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CQVETOUSNESS.
take 12: 13-21.
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H ' : V GOLDEN TEXT. , j.,','
' ''Take neea' and beware of Covetoush
WtS.' Lnke 12 : 15. , . .
Monday; teteeesv'Luke 12: 1&21
Tuedy, Covetousness Illustrated,, josh.
7i1 Wednesday, yetousnesV:
f laitrtted, Xings 5 : 20-2 ' thuft$yf
Covetousness Illustrated,, Acts 5 : l-ll.
' Friday; Covetousness Condemned, James
1 i Saturday, Treasure in. Beayen.
'feaitl Sunday, The Bin of Cov-
etousnesa.'Xbke 12: 13 21.
Time, Al t).r29.
OtjtXME.
Geetoosaess;
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Dissensioa.
T. 13-15.'
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Polly, t. 16-2t.' '
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COMMENTS.' ! 7 u
I. Ceretongaess Causes Dissension, t.
1S-16. . :-v-. ' .
EeTe were two brothers at variance about
some property 'left them iy their father.
ThAii' parents; in' beapinj; up ricbts for
their ehildren are often sowing the -seeds of
dissension. ' ' r'" '"
-V, 1& Mdster, ipeak to my brother. Per
haps this brother had refused to give him a
jost portion, bnt more probably, he wanted
more than his due, for covetousnes is "inor
AinaUrznitd for wealth! The covetous man
not only prizes oo, highly what belongs to
him, but desires what belongs to others.,
V.14.' Who made meg judge, de.f Christ's
object i not to look after our fiaaacial in
terest by becoming judge aad. jury to set
tle our dispntes. His aim. is to wean our
hearts from" the love of such things. His
mission r was purely spirituaL Let Chris
tians' follow .his example and keep aloof
from snea wrangles, but, like Christ,: re
buke the covetousnegs which causes them.
-Y. 15. Bacon of coeetovmat. Covetous,
ness is a sin which is the rootof all other
sins. It' leads J) to "temptations "and
snares 1st Tim. e to apostacy, 1st.
Tim. 6: 10 (3) to lying 2nd Kings 5 : 20,
(Annanias and Sapphira.) (4) to theft,
Achan. (5) to murder Jezebel and Naboth,
1st Kings 21.(6) to poverty, Prov. 28: 22.
(7) to sorrow,' Is. 5: 8.
Covetonsness debars us .
(1) From the Lord's table, 1 Cor. 5: 1L
(2) From the ministry, 1 Tim. 3: 3.
(3) From the deaconship, 1 Tim. 3: 8.
(4) From Heaven, 1 Cor. 6: 10; Eph. 5: 5.
In a word covetousness is idolatry, one of
the worst denounced sins in the Bible.
Surely we should "beware" of it.
A man' i lif. amtuteth not in tie abun
dance, &c , Having is not living. Making
money is not the highest or noblest aim of
life.. Tour natural life does not depend on
it, and your spiritual life may be lost by it.
In the true sense a man may be richer with
out meney than with it.
II. CovetoDgnesa Causes Folly, t. 16-21.
Or would H be '.nearer; the truth. to say
folly causes covetousness f Both are true.
This rich fool's folly shows itself i . ; ;
(l.) In hia perplexity. A man, wise with'
his mosey,' seed not be perplexed' bow to
dispose of. ais surplus m this-world of pov
erty, while God's command is to feed the
poor. A perplexity as to hoW to Spend hie
crop for God would have been wiser than
his aaxie-to keep them for nimself?; M
that men abonld be mOre troubled as to how'
to keep ffietf riches than how to give some
or them baeK to God, who has ouly loaded
theitf.1 . iris God's nature to give. How
much defaced has bis image become,' when
we alway receive and. never give.
(2.) In kis decision' he Is'nof content t.i en
large his old barns, butfeels sojich that he
can afford to demolish, them; aad build new
ones on : a grander scalp , Thus, u met
ow richer, they ara pfte more areful to ,
increase in appearances than In good works-
Ricieeiieveriaatisflr.: , Qutt vanily enlarges
with oof.fortepe!; f i m
i.) lnhu Inability to see the- fitness of
things, aoui thou last rkuch; goods laid up.
As it the soul could live oa such food,' The
man wno wouia uu nis paatry witn dist and
etoi and chair, ana expect Mb famUy to
live oa such stuff is not a greater fool than
he who would try" to feed bis soul on earth
ly treasurea. The barn is "to pfice for soul-
food.' : ??. t-; ' '.-1 . : h
(4.) In his iaym jj dain ib' wbat did'nof
belong to Mm.1 , Persons in the Asylum im-
agi&e that everytblog belongs to them, and
thbi poor fool is a fit subject, for he serious -
ly lays ; claim to many yeart, when hot a
moment but the present belongs ito hn:'
How is It with iyba who boast.qf tQ-mbirowf
(5.) In his being eafrtkltnerr without
seeing ..nis danger, joucetne
Notipethe ! difference
between S brave man and a fool. A brave
man can rash Jnto danger, bnt he. does it,
realizing' his , danger, but the. man i who
would rush upon the. enemy's cangoalaugn-
ing without knowing bis danger, is a fool i
3 'you?: brT6, seeing ;.Ood's jwratlf and
wiling tQ; meet it,:or. .are yon.' eating and
drinking merrily Jike this por foci, unoon-
cioua oi yonraanger f jeirflusT? uaiwuu
(6 J In his not knowing itke true Value of
tbiogaitrlt was an aiicient!nitonifto placer
before an ne.Tn 6f gold and xn apple
of equal atee " If he chbse 'the fcoid. he
as hihltM bedi'd his fillamsTherels
placedfbefore; you . ttfgolcl 'of eternal Ufa
ur me appie ,oi sensual pieaesure.; "Will
. yowcour ;,wisdom 'tp&g
gold, c;y6ur Miy:byjtaltmg the apple f '
uat layetA vp Ircamrefor linuttf.
fjr vuoewaeei pux irne r in .emr4ewPeriaa,ro4e8,-cn
appie a :eewaara man f itgan bpwingat a givensignai-r
aaaa immortal gtitiL but hcdidnH terW. H I Hniniisr of . a Email bell ib tha
a. .-J !'. -.Tf.; : Urf lift I I . I
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There are HcK J "poo ;Vqen' -and' ' Jppo rich
men. f Thft' qck"f -Tpixwr u man 'has AlHtle
roean but apank in . Heaven and , ihe
Lord has1 furnished !'blm With biank'cLecks,
which eainnrBTrtoh(r they wilj all
be honored. fis treaiurei'are mus above
the changed and" reeks 1 of liraeV No fire
or. financial crises, can' affect them. , ben
be dice bo goes to them. The, poor rich
man has' barns and palaces ..and" stock,
which he can 'lose,' which do not give peaoe
to the Wul. imd which t jdeatbY&e must
leave Bis soul will be, uir,arretel
and dragged, away, wn,U, the oal or tne
rich poor man wy Uiike Lzarou9,,fij avay.
y . ' COMMUNICATIONS.1
BY
REV. ' H. T. TATES D. D. - -
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-riAnctilral 'WbrshiptjeoiiiHmud. I
o5.f:The obffint an(j burial clothes,"
KO.form' most important' itemtf in
the list of things deemed ! neeesaary'
if or the respectability, comfort and -re-'
g08p )f a man in the1 spirit world.
rXhe clothes 5 mast 1 be-rnew, with cap
nd satin boots; In' a Word j the corpse
jmust bel ''dressed in eTery respect sis
jthe man irould have dressed - Himself
if or a feast. The coffin timber must :
Idecay, and be about four or five inches
tiek,' attd be joined laultlessly, nigb
iTfUOlished - ind yarnished. A' first-
class coESn -for thb 'wealthy and men
!of position consratsof four pieces, tbe :
:two sides, top aad bottom. A comn
jof -this' character, made of a very rare
'timber, that is said to last f oreyer, is
jworth a thousand dollars.- A man's
respectability in the other world is
estimated as much by his appearance
and the style of -lifs -dwelling as it is
in this life 'Hence ' the family of a
deceased, Mrent, in order to s secure
for him this, mark of respectability,
often impoverish themselves for yeara,
rather than - he : should' be de
nied t a decent .burials Indeed so
maoh importance is attached to this
matter, that men advanced m life and
blessed' with means, to insure for
themselves a suitable habitation when
they die, of ten select the timber and
superintend the making and varnish
ing of their own coffins. They even
po further while thev have the means.
lest some misfortune should, overtake
the f amily before they die, and employ
one skilled in fungsliui, to select a
fortunate place for. their graves,, and
construct vaults and raise mounds lor
all the members of their families.
These vaults are usually in a line side
by Bide, under one long mound, with
the top separated so as to give a peak
for each vault; hence, some of the
grave mounds we see about Shanghai
are empty vaults. V
b. . un every seyentn aay ior seven-
sevenths "after the death , of an indi
vidual, the '.female' members of the
family are expected '.to give vent to
boisterous, '"lamentations, during
which they call. the deceased by name
and recoani his oV her virtues and
gooa .quauues . 4r.is eupposeu uab,
sucn .aemonscrations ; ox , gnex win
have abdut the same influence on the
powers that be in the spirit world,- in;
mouiijing luwjuueu puuiaumeui
or period of imjbnsoriment,' bf their,
friend that' "similar, demonstrations;
nave.wita a uistricL magistrate in ue-
balf of a "friend imprisoned in his
vamen. vitn tee Bame oDiecc in
view, Iaminej 'Of ome weaitn ana
much superstition employ persons du
ring this period of -iactive monrning.
and ab30 tabseqtrentiy dnnng tne sea-
son for worshlpinjratitne' tombs, to
blow at their: graves at; niglft a rani's-
uui u via a wuau buuu ,
7. ' iPrauk h6 9th- to I7tft day alter
a tieath-the J exact '.aav "depends on
the day of the month fheV person dies',
i fm cvi aivrmAiAil -4r ' Mi n '
in fir with ' it a host of other snirfrs. 1
f I.. T
'According to a time-honored custom;
the family to enterta t their relative
and to contract the baneful influence
I of the ' visii of bther spirits employ .
pneBta xaupiaw m uuuuuuik w per
fhrrrf m thtidaT at the f amilV resi
qence, tne ceremony : caiiea wong--
r -. r..r ... . . 1 r
tenHWbmtte)! irhich to gratify ,
:and iUipea8ei:their; deceased -relative
its, and thus' Ignard the family against
hai Aieat feast is provided and
all the relatites1 and friends of the de
ceased are invited to meet him and.
J .ijsist in' the general festivities of the
1 family.-. In preparing2' f orv-this great
occasion the priests ; remove trom tne
family hall all its f urniture and deco
rate it with nchly embroidered hang
ifags of -yariousovices---emblemf and
rparapheraaiiaof aathoriryinthe-spint
world. or the time it looks more
like the abode of royalty - than, the
.humble abode of a merchant or shop
man.'" The" tablet :-of L the expected
visitor is elevated with a smali image
tp a position -in an ornamented Chair,"
tfhich' is placed on a table ifi the feen
faMe&te.tiall thus
makin&r a-' sort f tpmnontTT ahrinei3
-before whichthe nember8of 1 the
t ? t r j r
(u.j i uu tiUUtCSB bUCli BUVi U-
tiairhgsahdprofnisi to 1 bet more
aithfuiin the future3and arourid
ant-
the
AKhot
'I !oT as.rOfhie!l'he!Whple.
.aui."yut;V' uuiuuie con-
iessiwi at ;wh fiMttaiuisviga uu, t,ue
rrt ox, tn,i family, ana i a svonei oi
cpod lortune-ior tue, pr;ests,wjiQ are
- paid for their services and the use of
their implements and for the friends
wbo feaetJTqrtwdor tiroe daya n
famitj. ntliat' la leaitini . pn byorowe
c&piUV-ulU hudtahdoJie, .This
ceremony and f easti ng, enlivened by
music aad gong, U kept up one, two
or three days,.. When .tho priesta and
guesia are JnTjtod,,toptakeuoLrt
iresajments,' a, table furnished trith
Viands and phopscks, is set in a eep.
Lrate and Vacant room for the spirit
guests.-, jW.hen things are ready,
the master of ceremonies the Abbot
-renters this yacant , room, and afcer
repeating some unintelligible, incan
tationand a' wave of ; hia wand .of au
thorii jf,. if orders the; spirits. cpine
aud paxtakeipjf what had bepn pron-
ded for themand keep; qu ret,; . At the
cIo89Hypf .the Q9rftmon jhe , re-enters
thta TaQio6n andmlhfincanta
tlo'ns, anolhr.iraT of wa waoda&4
null
several visoxous thrusts of hia award
fowadsth fonrg points of thb com
pass, orders thespirits to depart,, and,
on, pain of j the, savewstpnnishment
npt to"distuf .thgnieij of. that fm
IV; jThej'spirii guest i'jj isaid, terr
ned at the sight of the sword and em
blems of authority, and at the sound
j oZ.the gpaxand fire crackers, are sup
1 pbseot to .take their departure to their
jpropej,rpiace .91 aoota.! j.ne priests
j pufethree pStripof yellow ; paper, (pn;
wniQa some unmieuigioae , picwirtja,
had .heen'r drawn, pye,r .the door,, ;tO
i guard tne iamuy.;. xne lamuy pay
tne -Abbot's Din ana wko iiis wora
fdr " .hat 'the, spirits , wiU , not dis-
tnrtheiiuf'i' .!;.;-,, ' ..:'...;. u ..
I.' 8l.r ..Tba last' and. 'one of. the most
imporUntSwnsadraUonsi providing; j'
ior ne .comjori oi a j5pjnt:,JB .tnej -
cither, wprld, is the location the fimg-t
,shui of the grace. The -term ,m,J
shuiis neyei use except with refer-
en co to the, repose. or tneaeaa, or ine
influence of , the dead upon the hap-,
pinessr and welfare of the living. It
maw .then be said or described to be
the siaiusub between the living and
the dead. . . , It is, therefore consider
ed to be a matter of vital importance,
in selecting a location for the family y
grave, that it should be done with
reference to conserving, the interest
and happiness of both: parties. To
do this successfully : certain things
must be taken into account, and no
one, it is supposed, can perceive these
necessary pre-requisitcs but a fung
sliui professor who, by long experience
and practice, has become skilled in.
observing them. It is difficult to say
which has been - the more successful
in deceiving -, the people, the fung
shui professor or, the priests, who do
JcQono-tdh- and . profess to be able,
through their gods, to control the
spirits. ; . . t
The; Chinese derive their idea-of
the importance of good fung-shui
good location for the grave, from
their observation of the operations of
nature. They have observed that the
vegetable kingdom, though apparent
ly dead while the functions of its or
gans are .suspended during winter,
recognizes a spirit of animation at
the approach of summer,and responds
to it by springing into life and. beau-'
ty. It is observed j too, that this spirit
pf animation brings wi th it life,, joy
and increase to all the animal king
dom, and. that it proceeds front the
South-, Again, it is ooservea uiat at
the approach of winter all nature
dies, and that the caus of this appa
rent death proceeds from the Jforihr
hence; we have the points of good and
he .belief , that, as man is the head of
ereau on,, there must.be ;a genial and
ani matin ar influence moviner centlv I
rotu uie. isuutu, uusigueu xur: u
special rbeneiit; the . effecta of .which,
if. not idisturbed by objects.! prrinflu
$nceSj calculated to intercept or divide
It, ana cpnsequeniij inauce an oppo
site and baneful influence from? the
North, n?ill vbo to , produce in'man.
something analogous to what has been
observed j in the operation, of; nature
on the vegetable and animal. king-?
dom-rphyBical and mental vigor, in
crease of - f amilyraqd; great , eommert
cialiaadspoiitical prosperity.y i HencOf
the importance; ot pecurmg, at ; any
tost, the best possible-location; fp? the
grave and that has no obstructions,
for a considerable disucektltOithe
South, atd'. hilli or rising ground,
or a clump, of . txjeQa onJtheJitorth, to
terve as a IJenderjnjpreryijthat the
dead may ' receive, .without "obstruc
tion, the good .influences ffronv the
South and be shielded from the evil
the cold blast from2 the. North, It
is inferred that the dead kre'as'sehsi
ble of the presence of this animating
influence as trees, plants and; birds
and animals are,; and that they .will,
u put in a gooa place, in like manner
realize, and acknowledge its presence,
by prospering the living members of
the family (as the root of a tree sends
ap.the , 8apt- to . the. brsnches which
causes them, tp;ibud and bloom); who,
in return attriDutingiaeir prosperity i uianta gaze down into its calta-love-to
thetinsr-sAMi of. their graves, act I liBess over the barrier of theBruaig.
knowledge the favor byiincreased at-1 Alew miles further and we are dash-
without diega
oitne-,ocautj, ispiacea wa poaviwn
that does not receive the good linflu
ences from the South,, but. is exposed
fo the baneful blast from the North,,
the dead are supposed ctot t be- seaisibW :
of the fact, and to avenge themselves
by i withholding? ifrom j?. ; tho q living
branches, of the family jthe blessinga i
and .prosperity usually i attributed to.
them,.andfflicti&g them ia.a .yariety
pf ways, even.touextinction.;From these
consideratioas which to to the.Chk
nese , are realities-it , can be readily
Been how important , a matter the lo-
cality of grave, is, and how very loth
:ai rich.'Chnaman;;mu3V be toaell,ior
mpve.his grave. from a plajse that haa.i out in;the bunriiigoa-hrhi without
pruveu to dq a prosperous one. .
-it f w'.4 LiviAilaa
H A ft! .M.
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. sy&f) unfit ilf
Deroted . to BiUe. ReEgion.'.nducatioiiivLiterare,, K&mm&Kp-ir
iBh mHJ Miall fftaVr .vr3TP , 7 ,' & 7 ? WMWUVi i iw.
i lift.' ? '. b ? f iHiiwn r....- i,l,i.iMif,:t,iM fl ,1.: I.Jo ? 5 tiiir . iu d ,tvif
"necessary to ba i3oneXqr s the dead,
hentherfirrt 'enter thB fpirit wbHcT.
Henc' the deith of "inittiriprtkat
member rfjf si family ia rearded' Ik it
great Calamity, not-'only oni account
of th loss ot' parent, btit ri ac
count of the pectmiaryariA other res
ponsibilities which it .entail tim
. The; Gospel, pt Qhriit UQx only
antidote for aH, their woea,ri 'fQoji
'? A TBIP'ABBOiD, 4 ' 1 5 ?
tnii
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f4 tid
morning ooac, we reach I5rieu, at the
head,irf- tM. iaieeyiri timta ukr thi
diligenca forAlpnachiTl)hThwii
says that a 'Swiss diligence 'if1 like
NoaVsArk, "follof liyiBgarWt
with a dorea ormore on top general
ly. This we find to be a strictly true
piotor. ..It faU .tto onf t Jot .to . be
thrown in ,the . same compartiaent
with; an i elderlj.ladr.and her fpn-j-.
the xnother, a natue of Paris, t who
many years ago, moved, to New York
wheretshe ' haj ainca lived . They,
both sjpeak English and, French ' flu
ently; and prove, td, be; very teajb
companionsvf It' ii wondejw, how
soon one can strike 'tip 'an', acqriain
anee ' with Trfeet trangersTr But1
there is a frateraal feeling; that ipringB
np in; my breast at-1 the tnere ' sight of
aa American, ' and 1 -havw ftearfyW
qnite,lot'iight of ian sectienal uner
iiauacan igreei,
I America.. a .-a n brother. ' ' Tbe hours
glide smoothly,leaaaUri hyj ae-we
.begin the ascent of the BrnniV Pats5
imrouga wAicourj Way.iiea. 'n.ey
call this the most highly educated and
cpltiyated part,; of the irlober. bat . I
tell you, we are far aheadof ,them;in
some respects." TYhy, here the women
have to ao aU the drudgery and most
of the labor, oh, the farms, while the
mel join ihs arrptf or get positions as
cooks and waiters at hotels. Along
the road, : which is very solid and
smooth, are numerous little cottages,
built1 mostly5 of ' logs what ' we ,0811
log cabins in America and in some
places considerable Tillages of the
same, covered with boarcbi xr slabs,
which are not nailed bn, but fastened
down with stones the size- of your
head and larger. Of course the roofs
are considerably flatter than ouri are,
or the stones would roll off. Should
think they had a lively time -potting
them back after: storms and hum
canes, if they have such things in
tnis country, 'ine scenery is very
fine, but not nearly so wild and' pic
turesque as that of the Simplon and
Tete Noire passes. The waterfalls
are very numerous and some of them
qu i te fine. K ear the top of the Pass,
which is 3600 feet high, is the Brnnig
hotel, where some of the party, take
refreshments. The wild floorers are
beautiful and cover the cliffs and the
vales in lovely and variegated carpets.
As we descend we tfegin to meet the
vehicles conveying tourists from Lu
cerne to InterJaken. There are scores
of them, and fudging from their ap
pearance, they are from every1 nation
and clime. Some one has given the
following description of the
SWISS
COSTTJMES,
i v 'Yost's pencil as ,.weU.a bis pen
bictnres the hardy .mountaineer witli
belt and alpenstock, the shepherd; with
farmer a.;anajpsaii4ie.
nis nuzc norn. me naymaxer tana
milkmaid withplaited petticoat and
apron oi, uiueinvn, ner nair notiail-
ingstraight,ddwhtfer heryeaas Is
the idiotic style in ' some countries--but
drawn back' front her 'shinTng
brow, Hied in light trvsses ana'erown-1
Some-' tieasaBt-lrrrkweaff a;ar2kr!flt'
bodice bordered withWack: m'f attnty1
waisccoat x wimouc eieeyes,"a snort
Striped dress, and flowersin 'theifl
hair and hats: JThe oat-doer life and
bealthfnl -exercise of theTeople po
tnote loneevitv. ro Yost teils of a Swiss
tillage on thenVisp wheta therewerw
seyeral centenarians Uyiagat thesame
time,-one of, whom begun his: second
ceuvHry wiui, xaira, marriage ana in-
tne time had'ej son, wheLws .himself
larried twenty years after." viVv2t m
j .-rBd8 Qiie'tAten -Iiaye long
steel,' fickle or. silver 'chains, which
are kept very bright, fastened to their,
belts in front, extending totthe tip
of the shoulders, where they ara held
ln a'claspof the Bame material.3 and
thence passingto the' middle of the
belt behind. At i fchort'distance they
sparkle like jewels in the sunlight,
and help to make up quite a 'gay cos
tume, to, rZttmOS , ml . J. Hi : tv-il i U 1
i -We go downt attthefjusuali breaks
heck rate,' and almost era: we are aware
Ot lit. we reach tha ahons7 nf TAVa
1 Lugernj The snow-whiU Oberland
m Sm5
i ssarnen; j wnere i we:' spend'5 anhonrV'
TTT J iLj. ' : a i m
by iwatchiaglthe pWp1e who :: bass
along the: streets,) . We afford atbless'
amusement , to themwepresunie
f ronK the;way they' 'gaze-at -us.y As
wearft."waiting, a iargeeompany'of
school ! children bome i ' alohir t barwi
headediand 'bafe-foet,' except those
that wear wooden ehoesaet woodeh
bottoms only, but IfoJJt -ttitiiiU 'made
of wood I which keep a noise oa the
stone pavements noti veryunlikehe
Stamping tof ithorses-'bni ihalokett
ground iTt,paea-i'aiia ;rirlsi go1
' any covering for their faces or heads,
tin
;Ia la
iuhb oj hi tk
SixMlftgfQrth4'KadaWareiTAint
sBach, a ltttle jtowni at the southern
xtremitxiot Lake Jineeirtie! ThU
lake i compose4;f ; four arms: whiJh
ex tend..Jfrom threeei:tOr. twenty (mil6a
eaoti, ,and form, aicrois iA tAlpacli
jou; get. a j.yiew; M$l ..the celebrated
?jSlidew,8 piileslongi which was.used
.Vf.NagojieoB, X, in running .down.the
timber from Hoont Pilatav for dock
yajrds. "Six minutes sufbce&for the
thundering descent,0 Here we take
thboati'v At W tfarrdw'placV4 IKf (M
rri of the lake' ii the bridge of Arch
ereggv . Brair' bridgeand hear by ii
arjoTd 'towerVi buflt J 1A 1301 Here
stands the oiatown ,Jol i Stoslkd';
which resisted "the 'Prench'fot1 ome
time in JTDand 1n' Whieqtitmc- was
eackwfcHrbeaiftptUTOfll
deur and. beauty of the 'iceiW'iier'e
stretching ontv before our enebanted
Vfe11 beh;njL(hfti irreniunTwifc
W&LmtoWA ithJinger?
tppi IUbakiiIhe gdgnunbearnsjf
downrnw
ejstCibnnwBea,
ihce wbf 'the'rorious
:-a- Mi.lmliuX-ti'L!iiI'nii rm
kingf day. M6nt PilatnaTPiiate)
rjceiyed ito Binlev fronf Hhe1' Rdtaari
UI1M UiS CUIUKc
edvenl6r whoidtllvefea- Christ on to'
be erueined. ft rsid that the thought'
of this so tormented him-thatHhe
wandered away from- Gaul, JAis Wace
ottbaoiahmant, inta bwild of the
Alps, and finally ascended this monn-,
tain near. tbe top.of . which is a small
lake,, where ,he. drowned thLnwelf
Spme layhetUbbedhimseliViPassiBsr
iaround on jthja. i north-.siclex, iWet.enter r
jthe western aim of 4he-4akfi wbjjch ;
Dnngs us in inn view oi
i ' Here we meet Cooke's grand .innual
excursion :o party from4 America0 and'
'Great Britain. - There are more tiian'
(fifty in1 tais division; end there is ah
other fellowingi with about ae maay
'more, :iThey have a business manager
along who: looks after the luggage;
(they don't know what baggage means
lover here) railroad tickets, hotel bills,
&c, and acts as interpreter for them.
IWe soon form several acquaintances
land feel quite at home, with so many
jEngUsh-Bpeaking people, . Aa 'soon
as dinner is Served we start ont to see..
jln the'party are two ladies froniTen
inessee Mrs Alston ind Miss Young,'
the former a fine-looking; widow, the
latter an accomplished young lady.
Being from the South -and a neigh-1
boring State;4 we 'Soon begin to J feel
like old acquaintances. Sly frifnd if
nearly as fond of lad ies society as I
am, and so it is not long ere we are
boUi corherecL' You need not think
I'm going to tell you what" we talked
about. This much I'll venture my
friend soon got a long; way behind,
and I--didnU cart! Walking along
through a lovely park we find Thor
Sraldsep's famous Lion of Lucerne,',
cut tor m solid ' rock 2$ feet lohg, ahpl,
8 feet high. This . is one oi the,
grandest-1 specimens' of sculpture
Ef ' any age. ItTs?1 intended to cofn
lemorate the Valo'r'-'oL'the " Swiss
Gaard who died at their mst in Paris,
ugus& iv,:,ri(, wniie ueienuing
a is AVI. !again Ja 1 revolutionary ;
k ! The licm is defending in death-
j Llossal body extends across tfc shield;
gony the French ooat-of-arms.'' The'
he broken spear lies close by? the
art oi np , enemy pieroes . nis i mam
louth form, and the blood is stream
hg from' the. wound: one of Ethe paws
s stretched at full Jepgth, ; and, the
ondef uiy expression owalmpst; hn
an ieenng m ine iace is,, ."most . par
etically sTghifieanlt.r "'Some'.bne has
laid that iftrould be impressive even
in a cifhirHalfbutlt Jjis nwresoout
looTS in sequestered nook; cat from.
the solid0 fdcV witr trickling1 rills'
iatjKedbefbre' iLltdicatlye of leisnre5
lyailei3t-andfcarefulii4spetion.wtn
l -jiniy aisnort oistanoe from nere is
the "Glacier Garden," one of the
most wonderful workshops of nature
kriowaCThe foundations a bed of
Solid'grahite lh which are'to be seen,
ten:' 6r a dozen' Glacier-rhills ,or hu pW
hOlsf "worn in' the jrpek ";by the whirl-;
lag-'lf stoaesrariven . round, by4 the
(noTin unitungice. aj tnese stones,
iome'of themeyeratVfeet la aiarhe
4er 7rJeaTbnalwthB4rirMnria'
the holes'ln Oierockand werepol-
isnea laemseives. une OX these mills
Hl Ui VI I'
'I I'l 1 .
drippiag' front its '.mossy" edges, " an;d t the great enemies 9 missions,coiieges, i History. ee
formin adark, cHrstal podlVih Which' I bible societies, 4r:j This night reach- I 'Aid,
thilltnii 'Mflitnfo-tfWieti.ifrt I aJ, Plumnnth. niriA TmlAJ fmm , the I fl.t.'.W
is nrnaot ten feet deep; and as many 1 "11th. Preached three'tirnesmorn
tK'diinieten!Ley' lioinWhai'resem I ingforcthe :Bapti$ts---theyihaye;a
ivIik KliA lUfla t. Uw I vfwl .! KntT Bmll iti1 irkrivTi-
ble the little- eddies in the' bottom of
tallies; This' ptrden was aU covered
Witht tha debris of 'ttief gladiers until
UWtwhentettatexcavatiPnstl)eBari.fc
Besides these there are i large blocks '
bf rock brought, away 4rom the.lps
t km A'iiTV
iM t VI SO UCftbO AA JLAA . S.A1C3 CA1 lItCBt
rotttthe tihie when1 almost th& wbrila'
bf Switierlaod,4 ailda1 large' part1 df-
HbJw a1 aJ Al A-if-Aal. Lf " . 1 a. ..L
fandwimniettsevMaaseaof -IceiritB1! )
hereandpUierei a!aSisiiWBlisri p
baaw as wa vuci it TiKiiiiHrrfinrw wpfr nnnflcr
weqnpanhabited byt animals- ektiacr
u Bgn..,ro! ai-Miji4ia ism io siam a lit
lift awaader a few roda farther whurte
We find a Utae.obs8ryatory,ThiB wa
wcepd.to gt ayiew, of .the .suasetii.
rVJOeiS ,is nothing jto.ojjf truct the.ria-t
clouds,, which'flit. across the .lovely,
Iky, aad th.ese with' their silver linings,
and fringe of gold tend to enhance;
rather than detract from the bean ties
.i"'i'.ft.'J-',4J".i'li1 irij
.a....
-.Wm ,,'i..h lr - IV.
J - , 1
of the surroundings. The quiet wa
.ten of; the Jake and the sea of bou ses
lie pread.pnt. below,; larpundf us the
erf3nipark,repder merry by tbe
sparkling fountain aBd rJaoghing
brooklets; stretches out iti.arms to
enoljrcle ns j' to the 'east' we "seoVthe
grias4-coTeredVi'sTobes'of Right; to the
soutH'old Pilatemt8 his desolate look
ing head, wearing his ) cap of mist
which (betokens .fair weather, while
just beyond,' the snow-raantled Alps,
in grand panorama, lie clothed in the
bright, goldenidight which c streams
iorin in unwonted eaaigenoeoupon
f heir, frozen cliffs Soon the scene is
changed, The.dazzling light , of 'day
giyjea i place tp, twiJightvandone by one
uie little stars come out from their hid-.
jug piaces, aau, -p
each bther,Mjprpm
lng' places, and,''peeping, smiling at
eacn oincrt'"prpmise".the speedy re-.
tide. STACHnTON'S JOURNAL.
c. Since.ireadingithe i harati re of Dr
Wait in-this. u weeJrJs i JtBCoan-Ba, eon
cerning the tour taken byhimiandr
at, extracjrpm thdia
diarv nf T)r
Stanghtpn w,ould,alsOe. jnterestihir ,
dmwi. tiSlrVaifaii
fi mysef expected to have left "Norfolk, 1
lbatfdurid?lha,t oiw, which we had
parch asedj-Was" good for nbthing.ahd '
had4QLlaokout forf aaother.9 -
'i.80tnii Procured a g-ood horse for
hundred ddlianty and started for the
:S9u,arQoak.pv,;TnTel
i . i -. ..--' i si w-
ten mues(lB?pppep. at in, weas jariagfr:
and staid, at what, s palled Jpne's. tav-
n f is , & tar tea a flay-weak, passed
the' beautiful C.urntupk Spuna, and
btekkfastcd' at 'a s CaJeV Wilson's.
wherVweobtainexJ ten dollars. Went
to wnat isfealle North -lYest; stopped
and5 tboktomeref resh ments. ' m Enter-
teted to-day North Carolina. : The
roads very bid ?' could 'get- forward
only , twenty rfive miles, i-Staid at a
iMjWiUiams', charged nothipg, and
treaUi with great hospitality,-, - .,
! 'jFel?f uary.lst.J,TooK breakfast at
sMr. Isaac, Ba xter's, Sheriff of .Curri
tuck county," a mc,pleasaht..iand
bounteous brother," gave us five dollar's.-!
Arrived this evening at Eliza
beth, and put up with a Mr: McMo
rines. Everything elegant and kind.
MrS.,,(itbe' father-in-law ' of Mr.
MoMi, gave us ten dollars. ' " 1 ;
' 2nd,i LeffctEl'wabetbv and as the
roads were very bady made only
twenty two. miles. Staid at a minis
tering brother's, of the name of Boss,
jwjthin ninemiies of Eden ton. ;.
3rd.; Reached, Edenton. about 10
o'clock, where we were most cordially
welcomed, particularly by Mr. Mere
dith and Dr. Collens Skinner. . I made
my home with the former, Mr.
Wait with the latter. " Preached this
evening aj. the Baptist meeting-house,
neat bunding. AssemWy crowded,
t "4th. Preached morning for the
Baptists, afternoon for the Metho
dists. Evening for the Baptists, aad
took a collection of - fourteen dollars.
Obtained here for the Cellege about
seventy dollars and was offered fifty
more if I would stay another Sabbath,
but the season is - advancing, and I
thought , it best to proceed. I shall
never forget the kindness of the Eden-
n friends -lUar. .v. s .'
-' 5th.and. 6th. Spent, both days m
rCsitpig and obtaining what Mhscrip-
tions wecouia , f,,,, ,. i S ,Hn . ,:
"7th. Left Edenton,. furnished by
Irs. Skinner with ham, tongue, cake,
nne, tsc.',,which we , found yery ac-
eptable, as' there is scarcely a tavern
w v - w , j ,
miserable bridges, wretched huts, a
few soli tarSPbx-cartsJ and a few wan-
aering negroes, mars, au our roau.
This' day-wecrossed 'the "Albemarle
J Sound,4'' diBrAfiee: Of twelve miles 1
1 dreaded this SoufcdU-Three weeks
before, an Italian i musician had been
drowned, and ( three days : before an
old Baptist minister, who. was one of
$ound. r!l preached in the evening at
the Court House. .,!
j 8tlwfc!Left Plymouth, and arrived
it Washington, thiyty-three miles; too
hue. :pr ppacniog; oiaia ac.Aejwye,
4aVAim ' . ' 'i . ' .3 . . ... .... . . '
pth..; Smarted for Newbcra, thirty- j
five iiniles., ft' At half-past " six arrived ;
elegance , and , ease. '"Here we, have
sinr.a continued. , ,., . ,. -,
i' lOBecamp5 lquaintcd wltfi a'
Hf r.- Tlateh.' a Presbvteriah brother.
one Of the loVliestbf menvPreaPhed
in" the i eveniBg;i-iWil Wt ' aw
and mconven
leatly -located meetiag-house after
noon for the vPrMbyteriaas a Splen
did house , with alofty spire and large
bell evening at the Baptist meeting
house and"' made a ' collection ' of
j 12th; Visits ;almostraltfthe dav;
obtained abbut thirty dollars. Preach-
5d Hhis eveniag;Nat the Presbyteriaa
leetrag-hbuse, made a' collection I!
have hot yet heard the amount; but
suipectit noriessHhah! 10x6' or
fifty dollars. .4? . wyil
I 13thrj3Iy:heaUh has foth.e, most
part been yery good, but! jb4 ;Te?I
poor jnight last night, aad, anx $0Kday
Jerytjmucn ajntciewiiaa severe ppia,
everhead-ache: for my strength, I
have, labpred too mnch:-, The congre
gations 'are '.'crowded , ahel X haw ex
erted .mvseif ' TerhaDS. imDrndehtl r.
tb-zhbrrow we expect to Start for JWifc
tiihgtbn, 'where we hope'tb spend the.
ftei- Lord's ' day, a "dismal, andy,
swampy road, we are told,' Of hinety-
three miles; thence to Georgetown,
-. i vi- j - - nuviisu
I MfM-j J'.i:ij ti'iui .rt:.i
" I null iilS ff. ' :-V . Vul
i ilS I(.3
Nihibeb 40.
X-)T. Irilf")
at.
oj U. r ninety-three,t miles ;, mpre,: on
roads of the same f orbiadiBg descrip
tion. lM4y a Kind providence stiH go
M Here the' diary ends, e l wish there
were more. -ii-am. glad that Bra
Pritchard. has .Jbegun, publishing the
history of Wake Torest College. Ii I
luougui, vne aaaresseson inacsuDject
from him j and'iBro.'' Skinner at our
Convention were singularly felicitous.
Get . Bro. : Skinner to i write out his
reminiscenses. "When Bro. Pritch
ard gets through" his "history of the
College, let him enlarge his borders
and go to" work on a history of the
North Carolina Baptists. Broi. Hsf -ham,
too could do this most ably, '
' 'V-;.'-"J.RTatlob.: "
S ymm(n4ton;jMrck 171881. ' ' f
MinABILE U1CTLT.
.nai knh if i urti ffm-'- i-rft
i f
r.
6jaetPdoBaptsta ararery food
otuingltha.riisethif Scriptural
This reminds us of .the artut who
drew a portrait, or what was intended
as such, and wrote nnder it, "this is
aulikeness of n ,w! lest : the
observer should fail ,tq recognize, it, i
But if sprinkling is . the baptism
of the Gospel,1 it took a long time td
find it out. The early Christians cer-
i tainly knew nothing of, it v They put
themselves to much labor and expense
to build, baptisteries daring the early
centuries,' which give their silent, yet
powerful testimony 'eveff5 now; that
immersion was the primitive practice
The catecombs in Italy are the oldest
The, first of these, was builtin the lat
ter1 part or the second century, . ' The
Baptistery is situated tinder, ground
ito i avoid" Pagan ' perseculion- ' arid
is u: sufficiently .large for immer
sion, being about three feet deep, four
feet wide and, between hve and six;
feet lonfir. It is a rreat pity that these
simple-minded 'people had hot learn
ed what Gospel baptism was ! '' What
an amount pi ton and expense they
could havpv avoided 1 , How, easy , to
meet in a private house and witn the
use of a pitcher,"awTTor even a
spoon, to put a little, water in the palm
of the, hand and sprinkle it on the
forehead I '. Poor creatures, they had
not gotten quite that far on in bibli
cal lore 4 ' ."- 'f
; Besides these silent witnesses, such
antiquarians as Mosheim, Neander,
Dr. Wall and others, tell us that in the
early centuries of Christianity, the or-
amance oi Dapusm was aauunisterea
by immersing the whole body in the
baptismal lont. mis is tne lactoi
history which they state. Is it not re
markable that these early unnstians
were! so totally ignorant of Gospel
baptism?' - ..'-' ' ; "
ling being used for baptism its in the
case of clinic baptism, that is, for
sick people, who, had professed the
Christian faith, but had neglected
being baptized, and when taken sick
and unable to oe immersea, sprint-;
line was substituted for immersion in;
their cases, lest they snouia aie
without " the lava of regeneration, ,
as baptism" was often called at that
time, ri ow, is it not remsraaoie mi
.. m-r j. -i- X 1.1- L
there Peeds be the converse of two
things, and they more than two hun
dred years after John Daptized in the
Jordan, to enable those ahclent'peoi-
Die to stumble upon the baptism ox
the GbsDeli one, that baptism is "the
lava of egeheration,,, and the other
4 sick-beHever in apprehension of
death, who had not been baptized f AH
-ion throueh at
least two annarea
j jears the early Christians groped their
way in darkness as to "the Scriptural
mode of baptising by; sprinklings
until i the concurrence oi tnese two
things. Is not that most remarkable t
Bat even; tnen, tnis rccnpuri
mode -ol baptizing by spnnkling,T
except in case ot thedwuct, wascpn
demned n by bishops ana counsels
dntil ,the counsel of Bivenai A. JJ,
1300.,, which sanctionednsprmkling
for the first time in all ecclesiastical
Smith's Bible Diction
Mr. Whitby , a learned
Commentator, says that im
mersion war-tharpractice among alt
Christians witb very ? little jnterrupj;
tidn; for thirteent,hundred yearsVand
was. changea , xrpmimmenwa.wfr
sprinkling withotit any licensed couhf
sel bt the, Cfliurch, or ahV authority
from Jesus Christ, (see Whitby pn
Bom. 6.) When ia all the ages, ex
cept" in this one ; thing, was it ever
necessary to nave tne autnoruy oi
wind ? " Bomah ; C
a a rfaffi no authority from the Scrip
tares for sprinkling for baptism; thejr
confess the change ana oaso tneir au
thoritT on the Church.0 ' 3 r' " t
ye; native, vxepaaiHij,;ja,j!auwio
Greek ipharcli says, the learning of all
, n.. l- rt 1 11 I.
Europe- says, " that baptize means to
immerse, to up. auk ucio, . -
American continent, it5 is-asserted
fliat it means to annnkle as its vacnfe
tnral & m"; Mtoryi saya :vwas
the earlv Christians immersed, &ow.'
it would Seett. 7 that the further some
fScriDtnrai;moder .of :doipg a
iVL. wt -
nu and the mprowmoto they are ir
Wa t nf-hA urosr la.niT'niisrR. liih
itter are they
reek-'irorda;1
AVL Olir ffUlU ,WWltw,JMV4M.,v
dip:" the whole wee-vnurcn says,
J- r- t. ... mt
Tr. ".. . it j- il, -
a popish counsel to get peopie to w
anytning according to its "Scriptara!
Jathohca to' this
f'the vrora baptize meana to tup ana i trutn anu w"-""": .r-"ce-L.
. jiTn--i!AWrili'W tha meaAino'of I If Baptists JWillnptbTe right, Uaibta
lt-k -l aa iSy.tATirt"nffei- th
papist 'says;"4 the ord baptize reV denial or aeal;it will .be W oJaddre
mares immersioa-but the Chureh vince: those outs thaAe to
authorized sprinkling,-and I folloS has .any, exceponalSXck,
the Church." But the American distinctive positio
Protestant says. " stand aside all of i Talue. Tht Woir . .
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Jou, I have made a discovery which
as baffled the skm of "all the" learn
ing of the least, which: sets aside the
uninterrupted practice of the Greek
Church, which defies the learning of
any native Greek,whichs laughs at
those old Christiahs.of the early cen
turies for being immersed for Chris
tian' baptism,4 the Scriptural mode is
to Bprmkla., AIs ft not a pity that
the early Christiaas did not know
this I It would have saved them so
much trouble 1 1 '-
THE DOCTOR'S BE180N AND BEX.,
-v - EDY. -
Pastor "Good moraing.Brd. Rich
ards 1 you doa't seem well; surely av
doctor can't get sick f ; ; - f
Dr. Richards "Yes, the physician
cannot always heal ;s himself. A
retched, cough has been worry in er me
for the last week .O
P. "I'm sorry, bat I didn't notice
your eoughing at' church yesterday,
wnen .-. -
Dr. "No.; I thoueht there was
quite 'enough of it. without aay aid
from 'me, so I suppressed it.""
p. Well, thanks 1 1 couldn't tret ;
rid of the impression that my sermon
was greatly injured by the coughing, ,
because the people didn't hear it."
"Dr:-! "confess that it had little
effect!6n me, for, true to my profes
sion,! sat there and made but the di-
agoois of .the disease of cooghiag in
church, and found the remedy for it "
wnicn u joa nite, a win give you.
F.-VCertamly I aad ia view of so
important a service, 1 will suspend
my rebnke j for your inattention to
preaching." , , . -
i Dr,! to begin with, there are two. t
classes of persons who Cough during '
the1 sermon those' -who caanot help :
It and those who can help it. With
the first we are bound to sympathize,
but I am rather of .the, opinion that
if they are subject to frequent and
violent spens oi it, it is tneir amy to
remain at home, for while they them- 1
selves may be benefitted : by the ser
vice, the preacher and entire congre- -gation
are greatly disturbed ; they do
much barm to get a little good. Those
who come to church, and are unable ;
to prevent coughing.'would lessen the
amount of it a great deal by a dose of ,
reflection, taken at the first symptoms
of its approach." ' r
P." i on are nght, wr, right I
Now for the second class."-?
Dr. "And that is the larger class, -
too, the quarter from which most of
the trouble comes." : .rC K ?
j P. Surely not 1 - It would Seem
harsh to say that persons create so
much infusion when they could
avoid it." ;- . " -4: wf-- -
- Dr. "Yes, sir, I j can prove it
Yesterday when you were speaking of
faith as a principle, which was neces-
li'xi.. .i:.r i :.i
saryinaii ine puiiuutu, vuiauieruiai
and social relations of life, the cough
ing was so constant that I could
hardly do more than catch the drift
of your remarks. -But while you
were telling that illustration about
the little girl in the Highlands of
Scotland who, while gathering flow
ers had . fallen ; over the cliff, you
might have heard a pin fall. Now,
what made the difference ? In the '"
first instance they didn't care much
to hear your abstract reasoning, and,
riot thinking that others did, when
ever there was the slightest impulse
tp cough they coughed. - In the sec
ond instance, they were eager to.hear
every word of the thrilling story ? to
cough would interfere witn their own
hearing, so they just stopped the
coughing:' And if you will believe
the, it might have been stopped be
fore.; ;''. : ' -; - - . '
f The remedy for this second class is
the same as that prescribed for the
first reflection, bnt a double dose.
Yon want to know what'kind of re
flection.: Well, this kind : "There
are scores of people here beside me ;
some of .them are anxious to near ev-
. - . t 1 i ' M T
cry wora toe preacner i saysj u a
cough, a nan aozen or more are sure
to take up tne strain anareven bud
posing that they do not, every body
ff xaa uvcm J -' ws ------
the preacher may say jo
if that is hot heard, the
will bear my congn insxeaa ui wu
use men, ana
e meaning of
a whole sentence or paragrapn may
be lost; even if I ' dont want to hear -it,
it's impolite in me to disturb oth
ers by gratifying an impulse,; which I
: j Why; sir, hateyer professional rep
utation I may enjoy; 1 would risk in
a guarantee that, in ninety-nine cases
oat of, a haadred, that prescription
will cure the patieat. Yoarhuadredth
man is i one or tnose wnose ayiij
will not receive morphine ; you wiu
have to give him somethiog else, or.
his disease.will coatiaae its ravages.
What the remedy can . oe is . oeyouu.
my art." ' ; 7!L-:i 'i&'ih .
i p. "Give me your hand, brother i
I r OTe you tmore than ever, and only
i. fuat.; .tpu:: JUk si iBj;wiigrenuvu
could have heard what youjhave said
tome.,: .... , ',-i .';.., .. .
And with a "good-day," they went
each to his grand yrork.
grand
W. Ia. POTIAI.
e promote Baptist ;
believinz tnem oux-
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i inem uduii, uuiuin - i .
- a. .ji . iifA tnsr soaii rnoir
a auvvisvs V- . . a. - at
t 1 ii a ..mul f hm hAf AM -ave
i iinag tna "rT iZZZJrZZm
I will not show- any pre-emmo a uice
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