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MEETING OF THE BAPTIST
ID OF FOREIGN MISSIONS.
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Wednesday April 27, 1 83G.
liie Boiikl assembled at 10 o'clock", A. M. at
house of the First Baptist Church
i this city.
The President, Iiev.: Dr. Mercer; of Georgia,
leiug absent, the chair "was taken by the lirst
Viec President, Iiev. Dr. Sharp, of J)oston.
After singing. the 223d -Hymn of j Winchell's
Supplement, the. throne. of grace was addressed
! v the Rev: Dr. Kendrick, President of the Lit
..hirv and Theological Institution, at Hamilton,
Members present.
Rev. Hanie
p, D. D.,. Boston, Mas
Rev. Francis Wavland,.Jr. D. D., Providence,
11 1.
: ITi-v. W.T: Brajit', D. P., Philadelphia, Penn
v. York. ' ' ' . . " 1 .
llcv. Basil Manly,' Charleston, S. C.
tJoV. Lucius Bolles, D. D., . Boston, Mass.
?., v -i t M-i me J(.ndrif i) I ami nn
James D Knowles, Newton, Mass.
Fleman Lincoln, Esq. Boston, Mass.
Levi'FuVwell, Esq.1 Cambridge, Mass.
William Colgate, Esq. N. York.
, l!vv. pencer II. Cone, N. Y. ' i
' j.'ov. jVim L. Dj3 Philadelphia, Perm.
E'lon Galusha, BochesUT, N. Yl .
'Il.'w liobert E. Paitison, Providence, It. I.
Key. I rah Chase, jSTewtou, Mass. ;
'Rev. James 11. Linslejy,. Stratford, Conn. .
,' !.t. Charles G. Somtners, N. Y
. i.'cV. William R. AVil'Hiams, Ni Y.
J.'-.'.v. Oreu! Tracy, Newport, N. II.
njv'.' Duncan Dunbar, N. Y . i " '
liiiv. Archibald Maclay, N. Yj j
Jlev Jonathan Goin-. D. D.. N. York. .
J'iev. N W. Williams Newhuryport, Mfss. .
Uev. iustavus'F. Davis, D. Cv, Hartford, Conn
K'ev. I lenry Jackson, C.havlesiovv'n, Mass:'
i !jv. Eli Ball, King and Uueen county, .Vir-
" ' ' -u'inia. , . '
l.'ov. Joseph A. AVarne, Brookline, Mass. : I
iiev, 3artholomev T. Velch, Albany, N. Y.
Kev. John Vraylaud, Salem, Mass.
7- Kev. 11. B. Smith; -New Hampton, N.'Y. .
Ciiaries L. Roberts, Esq. N." York.' j'
. i Mmis,ters,of the Gospel present were invited
: j panic ipate with the Board in their clelibera
io.is, and a large , number accepted the inviui-
The Rey. Di. Bollbs, the Corresponding Se-
.retary, then proceeded to read portions 'of the
Annual Report, from which k appears that the
."Missions, with feW exceptions, ar in a very flour
i shin slate. -JN'u'mber of Miss ions 23 Stations
I';' 'Mis&ionalfies, exclusive -oft Unity ativf; as
slants in1 the printing department at Maufirnjin,
132 ; Cliurches 21 ; Treachers od ; Printers'
iTO.. l ..:.,... I I,. nul Uwr OOI lriirt.
ng presse? 5." The entire Barman Bible was
xpected to be out of press before the close of
Ito."). In addition to. the amount heretofore ie:
ported', there have been printed at did e rent stai
'ions, mostly Scriptures and Tracts, upward of
7,003,000 pages. Translations of the Scriptures
finto various lanuaires ha!ve beenVommenced.
I'ive additional families have been accepted, and
soon enter their several fields of later. I
On motion bv Professor Chase,
Resolved, That the Report, an abstract of
which has now been reaa, beaccepted and print-1
oil underthe direction of , the acting Board. at
i Boston", .and that the various subjects presented
"'in the repdrt .requiring consideration, be refer
red to the appropriate committee.
The Treasnrer, lion. Heman' Lincoln then
.read, an abstract of his annual Report; trom
viiich it appeared that the amount received the
past year was about $G0,000--the amount ex
pended about B70.000. Ofthe amount received,
only about 835,000 was realized directly Trom
the Baptist denomination ; the remainder having
been appropriated for the assistance ofthe ope
rations ofahe Board, by the National Govern
ment, the American Bible Society; the Amencari
Tract Society, and the Baptist General Tract
.uciety. ' , J. '
,On mqtion by the Iiev. Mr. Maclay,
Hcsol ved, That the Treasurer's Report be ac
cepted and printed with the Secretary's Re-
' port. 1 - ... - , ' . . .. ..-'. ; i
The fdorrcspohding Secretary read a letter
ioni;the Rev. W. C. Brigham, one of the Secre
taries of the American Bible Society, communi
cating the recent resolutions of the, Board of that
Society, prescribing the conditions on which fu
ture qppropriations will be made by them for
the printing and distribution of the Scriptures in
other languages than the English ; also stating
thzVvpon, these conditions, the Board had appro
priaetd 85,000 for the printing and distribution
of the Burman Bible.
Adjourned to half past two o'clock.
; Prayer by the Rev. Wm. T: Brantly.
Prayer by the Rev. E. B. Smith. J
'. I he President then nominated the several
comraitees, which were chosen as follows :
On the Burman Mission.
annIiaL
i 150 A 1
Mess
Tracy.
s.N. Kendrick, J. Wayland, 'and O.
'idian Mi
?N..W.
Messrs.
Smith.
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L. Da rcr
Williams, E. B.
Onthe African Mission, j
Messrs. A. Maclay, E. Ball. J. II: Linslcyl
j On Publications. r
Messrs, U T. Welch, IlElUison. ! '!
On the Missio?i to France and Germany. ;
Messrs. I. Chase, II. Jackson, C. L. iioberts;
On the Siam Mission.
Messr. . Galusha. W. LI. William
D:
Dunbar.
Onihc Mission to
Assam, and ou new stations'.
Messrs. J.
Going, J. A. Warne, C. G. Som-
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mers
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On arrangements' for religtoui exercises
..Messrs. Cc. F, Davis, L Bolles, and II. Lin
coln. On the communication fro in thcBoard of the
American Bible Society. . ; ?
Messrs. S. II. Cone, B. Manly, W. Colgate,
E Farwell, W..T. Brantlv, J. D. Knowles, F.
Wayland, Jr. f i
Wednesday evening.
The annuel sermon before the Board was
preached, agreeably to appointment,' by the Rev.
Elon Galusha, of Rochester, !N. Y. I lis text
was hike x. 2. "The harvest truly is great, but
the labourers are lew : pray ;ve therefore the.:
Lord of the harvest, that he vo!uld send forth la
bourers into his harvest."j ;' - i
. ' I Thursday morning, "
:Pruyer by the Rey. Eli Bafl. j. . "
The Rev. Mr. Dagg from the Committee to
whom was referred so up iron of the annual Re
iport as relates to the Indian Stations, reported
that they had no suggestions to propose, in ad
dition to what the Report contained. Accept-
r The I
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whom was referred so much ot the Report I as
relates to the. African "Mission, reported in very
similar'style. Accepted.. '
'lj'he Rev. W. R. Williams from the Commit
tee on the Siam Missions, reported that they had
iio suggestion to make. Accepted. t- 'j
1 Professor Chase from the Committee on the
Missions to France and Germany, reported their
approval ofthe Secretary's report; touchingthose.
hussionsapd urged the importance of strenirth
ening the mission of Paris, and of prosecuting
efficiently the'plan or the giving of suitable,- in-
ed. ' i , 1 I
,The Rev. B. T.I Welch from the Committee
on Publications, reported, hnd suggested the im
portance of securinjg additional patronage to the
official organ of the Board, the Missionary Mag
azine. 'Adopted. r .
The Rev. Dr. Going, from tlje. Corrmittee'ori
tlie Mission to Assam, arid on new stations, pre
sented a report, which was referred to the act
ing' Board. , r 1
Adjourned till half past 7 o'clock, P. M.
Prayer by the Rev. Mr. Manly. !
;; Thursday evening.
1 The Board met agreeably to adjournment, to
gether with a large congregation, ibr religious
services.; : , !
:,,! ; After singing the Hymn (22Gth of Winchell's
Supplement,) , " I ,
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; : " O't the gloomy hills of darkness," Sec.
: Prayer was offered by the Rev. Charles O,
Kimball, Secretary ofthe Massachusetts Baptist
Convention. ' . ? .-
The Rev. Dr. Bolles1, Corresponding Secreta
ry of tlje Board, then gave a succinct statement
of facts in reference to the operations of the.
Board during the past yeW, and the large fields
which are now inviting more extended efforts.
The Board has stations in this country among
eisrht different tribes of Indians one station- at
Port au Prince, on the island of Haytitwo in
Africa on the Western coast -three in Europe,
viz. one at Ilumburg, in Germany and Uvo in
France five in the conquered provinces of Buj-raah-
two in Burrnah proper one in Assam
one in Siam, embracing also the ChinesetMis
sion. The Board has at different stations six
On the Indian Mission, i
printing presses in operation, which, during the ! and some less, yet in the principal matter, the doc
(past year, have been supplied with 25,000 reams trine off salvation for faith , to stay upon, and in
of paper. The. printiag,as ulready stated.amount-disagreeing from the dreaming determinations of
!ed to moretnan 7,000,000 pages about 1,000,- the Popish Church, they most agreed." Oh,
000 rnore, he believed, than any other missiona- Vrse should we be, if in the principal matter, the
ry'body in the United States, and probably in the doctrine of salvation for faith to stay upon, once
worm, buccess has heen equal to tnat oi iorni -
,er year. I he spirit ot inquiry is abroad the
neia opening still more wiaeiy ana u is only
fdr us to put forth the requisite effort, in humble
dependance upon the blessipg of God, to secure
liberal results. No limits now restrain the ac-
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uon oi ine noaru, dui a mciency oi men ana
means. Vill the Churches furnish these as they
may be needed ? . i
The Rev. Dr. Wayland rose and offered a re
solution to this, purport, that as the fields lb be
occupied bv the Board are multiplying, and as
success depends wholly upon God's blessing, we
ought to pray for the influences of the Holy
Spirit to give efficiency to our efforts.
The Rev. Basil Manly seconded the resolu
tion; and remarked, that so much might be said
of the suitableness and necessity of prayer, that
it was difficult to determine what to say and
what to omit.
Friday morning.
The Board met to complete its business. .
Prayer was offered by the Rev. Mr. Warne,
The'Rev. Dr. Davis presented a letter from
trie Rev. Dr. Chaplin, of Willington, Conn, one
of the Arice Presidents of the Board, apologizing
for his absence. -
jf The llcvt Dr. Kendrick presented the report
of the Committee on the Bnrrnan Mission.which
was accepted.'
The: Rev. Mr. Pattison offered a resolution,
urging the importance of prayer for the Holy
Spirit' influences ip6h our young men who are
preparing for the Work of the ministry, that their
piety, may b greatly increased, and that they
my hqtVe their attention turnetl towards foreign
fields, t
! TJie resolution was adopted.
Dr. Brandy inquired whether it vas true, as
he hadj heard, that the Board have more money
than men for the missionary work.
The Treasurer replied that, while we have
funds Sufficient for the exigencies, yet tit the pre
sent rae of expenditure, there wilhsoon be a de
ficiency unless the rate of income is considera
bly increased No candidate for the missionary
work has ever been rejected by the Board, ow
ing to it want of funds and he doubted whether
any ever would; be. Probably the Board will
expend? $10000thhe: enduing year.
Adjourned; sine die. -
Prater by the Rev. -Mr. Dunbar.
THE MARTYRS FIELD AT CANTERBURY.'
"The noble array of martyrs praise thee."
"Do'bu see that singularly shaped field here
beneath us, with low hawthorn hedges? There
are a fev sheep lying round the shallow pond at
the bottom of it( That is the Martyrs' Field tra
dition culls it so and there is every reason to be
lieve that the martyrs who sealed their profession
of faithS with their blood, in Canterbury, were re
ally buried on that very spot. This steep mound
would ifford convenient room for the spectators
ofthe aSvful tragedy, and that strange hollow
it is dry in the summer was certainly a work of
art, and made, and if not made, used, lor the very
executions." And so I was comedo the cud of
my pilgrimage to a place of much note; for during
the ALirian persecution more suffered in Kent, 1
believe for their religioifthan in any other coun
try in England; and of those the larger propor
tion in Canterbury. And the very last martyr
fires that scared England, and that within six
days of jits deliverance, blazed on tjhis very memo
rably spot. : Memorable! yet how little is it re
membered. It is called the Martyrs Field, yet the
shepherd thinks nothing probably ofthe meaning
of the iy'ords, as he passes to and fro ivithhisfew
sheep, j The children play here, and in the dry
summer run races up and down this hollow, and
thegrownboystry their strength in leaping across
it; and Httl care that once it streamed with blood
the bludd ot those of whom "the world was rrot
worthy1;" and so the little ones can reach the fair
may-tiiorn boughs from, the hedge, and find dai-
ses and dandelions enough for their chain, few
care to teach lucm now every flower and herb
there was withered once with hotter fire tnan the
midsummer sun's heat, that flashed and sparkled
here as it bore the living: sacrifice up to God.'
Ought these things to be so forgotten1? Are we,
then,sodegenerate,so unworthy ofouf forefathers,
that a senator has dared to speak of martyrs' re
corts ad "old almanac stories?" "They are old
almanac stories," i it was well answered, "but they
are red letter stories they are written in blood."
Come.then, let rne do my part let me express my
feelings! of gratitude to God for the grace bestow
ed On th?se blessed servants of his, and let me own
the veneration with which I trod this ground. It
may be that even I may awakeu some like feel
ing; it .may be that one who" has ffs yet thought
but littl? of the mighty debt due to our blessed
martyrs may in these latter days thank God, and
take courage to follow their good example, at least
in sincerity of intention. It may be that some
young person (for there were tboj'e who had the
fair projspect of long and prosperous life before
them 1 speak from the authority of livmsr wit-
-i j
hesses-fwho here gave themselves unblemished
offerings to God,) may feel their energy, and their
activity,; and their warmth of heart, all worthy to
be consecrated to the Almighty Giver. It may
be that some delicate woman for I can tell of
the weak and the fragile lifting themselves up in
the hour of trial to show how strength is made
perfect in weakness may learn from my record
to look in faith to Him who, to them that have no
might, inereaseth strength.
"In ifie beginning," Fox tells us "ofthe perse
cution, there were llying in the castle," there
yonder .within those very walls "fifteen godly
and innocent martyrs of whom pot one escaped
with their lives;" and this is the remarkable ob
servation he makes, "Though certairt swerved a
little in the number of sacraments, sonie more
! arrain we could all arreel"
i j was much struck with the variety of charac-
iters which I met with in the account of those
martvrS concerning whom' I had opportunity to
j consult! Fo'xs history ! and it is truly beautiful to
. observe hovv the relifrion ofthe Gosnel suDbiies
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every want; how it cives strength to the w?ak,
calmness to the irritable: nay, supplies even nat-
ural dehciencies. Concerning one ol tne mar
tyrs Fbx remarks, "This good woman was some
what thick of hearing, but yet quick of tinder
stand in the Lord's matters: his name therefore
be praised." Of another the account is very
touching from its extreme simplicity. Perhaps
it particularly affected my mind, because .1 knew
more than one tor whom the cnaracter rnign:
pass, j Yet it is not such a cnaracter j pernaps
that fancy would erace with the energy pf a mar-
tvr: but He "shall mve strenfftnana power unto
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his people;" yesreveja to his teeme nanamaiaens,
blessed be God. "She was as simple a woman
to see 'f savs the old martvrblogist, "as any might
behold: she had a lively cheerful countenance,
most patient in her words and answers ; sober in
apparel, meat and drink, and would never be idle;
a erreat comfort to as many as would talk to her,
good to the poor ; and in her trouble ; money, she
said, she would take none: 4for,f she said, I am
going to a city where money bears no praising
while, I am here the Lord provided, f.jr tne.'" j beauty; there is no deformity but in monstrosity .
And it xvas from tins, very spot, 1 thought again wherein notwithstanding there is a kind of beau
ns I looked round tne narrow bbundanT that the j ty, nature so in-vniously contriving the irregular
Uf I- tr rv I toll in orttrvj Ac . .-.4 ...I - .1 1 ' - .1 " . O 3 O
the bold Corneford, with almosl the fo-Ijng and
i i i i r ao-i ui-u io vjihi iii-rc iuiu
all the firmness of a prophet, denouncecihe wrath
that was preparing for a persecuting and apos
tate Lliurcli. iviy lancv pictured lis manly
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A.L I wn I. .fa.. -I "- t . I
couoienaiici-, uuu no iuny uearing, ai ue sioou ,
there, jiust in view of the thousands wlo throng
ed this tteep hill-side; and I fvlt hot many a
heart jimidst that multitude (for it vai not only
enemies who came together, on Such occasions,
butntany a trde and faithful, though perhaps se
cret, ll-iend was there whispering, ,rBe strong in
the Ldrd," to the sufferers, and encouraging them
in their last extremity by word and sign) I felt
how rtiany a heart bounded almost to bursting at
his words, as he hurled back the impious sen
tence' of excommunication pronounced against
him and his blessed companions, and ended with
a prayer, "that by thy just judgment, t) most
mighty God, against thine adversaries, thy true
religion may be known to thy great g ory and
our comfort, and to the edifying of all aur nation."
And did not the words come back to many a
heart with an awful feeling that the prophecy
was fulfilled, when the unhappy queen died with
in six days after, and with her as the historian
observe, the tyranny of all englhh Papists. But
there stood one in this field, ou that same day, ve
ry different indeed from the undaunted Corne
ford, though in faith, and hope, and patience the
ice tne
; who
g doe.--
same, l here, was a , weak aged woman
au kuuku iiuiii nui uu ouu iiiu saving uuv.- :
1 i I ski wk. I fiim I wi f nii'u f --v I t . , k
tnnesol the Uospei, and that it is idolatry to ;
creep to the cross, St. ;John saymg, "Beware ol !
images," and to confess that "we should not pray
io our laaye, nor to tne oilier saints, lor tney be
not omnipotent." What but thejiower of divine
grace could have supported so weak and failing a
frame to such extremity ; and what varied feel
ingot grief and triumph must have agitated that
son's mind, who having been the means of brings
ing an aged parent to the confession of the truth
as it is.in Jesus, saw her 'take hold ofthe Gcspel,
and grOe more and more in zeal and love there
of, and so continue unto her martyrdom." And
there was yet one more that I must name, among
that last band of the noble army of English mar
tyrs young, perhaps fair, admired, perhaps ed
ucated, certainly with all the energy of youth,
and, O! with how much fortitude, with how much
courage, that heroes and the mighty men of this
world could never have shown. Alice made no
complaint she felMherself1 a sirtner. It was not
for her to denounro the coming vengeance of God
on others. Alice humblylookeu to others for in-
struction, and questioned whetlicr she was right
herself. Yet. bein come to that deadly eXtremi
ty, strength sufficient for her need was given
strength was once again made perfect in weak-nvss.-
As she stood at the stale she requested to
see her jrod fat ter and rodmaher. No wonder
L'r
sl i
they trembled and hesitated tj come; they mu
!'nvi tliniKrlit nn t u hour n v.- u'ni'ii 1 ho.v lriri I
the fair infant, in her white' robes, to the font.
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Yet, if it was fear that mauu tliem shudder to own
their holy" relationship to tlie condeained one,
surely their child's courage must have shamed
them, when they at last yielded to the repeated
summons. She asked them what they had pro
mised for her in her baptism, and repeating the
commandments asked if she was bound to do,
and the creed, if thry had engaged on her behalf
that should she believe, moretnan this. I hey
Answered that they had not
Then, ' said shej
"I die a Christian woman : bear witness for me
And have we dared to trifle with these holy me-
morials? Precious in the sight ot the Lord is
the death of his saints. Let us no longer allow
ourselves to believe that it is a liit'e matter to
slight the tnejey of God in the establishment of
a pure Church in oar country. We have" been
cold-hearted long enough. A time may come,
sooner than we expect, when we shal look with
more of fellow-feeling on these bitter troubles.
In the "mean time I will end my ciapter with
Fox's somewhat quaint, but beautiful vmark and
prayer. Speaking of! another comply of the
English martyrs, he says'; "thus ended all these
glorious souls, that day, their happy lives unto the
Lord; whose ages all did grow to the fum of 10G
years, or thereabouts, j The Lord grant we may
all spend our years and days likewistto his glo
ry." Churchman.
From the X. Y Jllrror.
SUNDAY EVENING UEADLNG.
Coxscioitsness of siN.- Oh ! there is nothing
to equal those moments of desperateawakening
when we first become conscwvS that we are cor
rupted ! when some sudden shock arouses to us
a knowledge of our true position, and shows us
that the ground we have so long beei carelessly
treading, is hollow beneath our fed, the preci
pice near at hand to which we have been blindly
directing our steps ! The sick man' who is told
that mortification alone has stilled 4 lie torture of
his aching limb, cannot receive sucliintelligence
with more chilled and shririkirig hirror than is
felt by the heart which, pure heretofore, and full
earnest resolution for the right, has been led away
by temptation, and only wakes to Ijel the bitter
ness of its moral degradation ; to kiow that the
days of its purity and innocence ale over; that
vice is become a iamuiar tnmg jtnataii is known
of which we should have been igndrant; and all
forgotten which should have been most carefully
treasured in our memories: that in'otr sorrow we
have become "acquainted with sin," and have
made it our boon companion and felbw-traveller
in the great journey of life.
The Harmony of Creation.) hold there
is in general beauty in the works of t3od : and
therefore no deformity in any kind ot species of
creature whatsoever. I cannot tell by what lo
gic we call a toad, a bear, or an eleplant, ugly ;
they being created in thosn outward tyiapes and
figures, which best exnress those actions in their
inward forms, and haviuir passed thit general
visitation of God. who saw that all hehad made
was f?ood. that is conformable to his wlli which
nbhors deformitv. and is the rule and order of
pan asiuvy btvome sometimes morei remarka
ble ttian the principal fabric.
Idolatry: It is the iirst-born ofjfolly:thc
great and leading paradox.- It is, indeed tho
abridgment and sum-total of all absurdities. Yet
.iW,iv4b...v..vu.i.j0niinuuuuii
.
it was practiced by the Evntians once the far-
lameu masters ot ad arts and learnin
In thu
book of Isaiah, (xlir. 14.) we read that a man
hewed down a tree, and a part of it he burns, and
with the . residue therefore lie makctli a god.
Wijh one part he furnishes his chiiiney; with
the other his chapel. A strange thinr, that the
tire must consume this part, and ihei)hurn in
cenk1 to that ; as if there ro more divinity in
onq
end of the stick then in the other ;!or, as if ii
d be graved and pointed Omnipotent, or lb.v
con
nai
r
the
b
s and hammer could give it unapdthcosis.
'ni:j Spell of Year. flow painful to note
change which years have made, jvhether it
n tlie outward or the inward mail! So in
tently occupied as we ever are with individual
inttrct, we rarely pause to reflect, or note how,
maiiy changes ure in progress around us, until"
acc
jdent awakes us for a moment to tor.scions
k then, the word pf, time seems like the do
nes
i n
ts of an! enchanter, and we Mop ankl wonder
for
U moment, until we glance inward' and find
that there, also ! thought, feeling and emtiiou-
j are riot as once they were, when life was in the
freshness of early years and the world had net
chilled the first gushes ol nature nqr taucht
us the h ssons of experience. !
US IMC ll SSOflS Oi CVDOriCDCl
Tiir Goodntss or god. May net the lorr.
and beauty of Uo be likened unto the sun the
Suurce of all earthly good ? And ma 4 unto the
humble flower which springs up from qarth ! For
the shower which bears it down and jvcils it in
tears is but to strengthen it and prepare it for the
gush of holy light which succeeds. Keeping iu
inindthis comparison, may we not bar cheer
fully and with gratitude the trials with which
we are sometimes bowed down, while j consider
ing they are but in order to renew ouf strength
and to lit us for the glorious light of :hd kingrio::i
to come. .1'
Practical Piety. Its voicq is not low and
weak, chastising the passions as'ld Ejli did hir
lustfulj domineering sons; "Not fo. nij sous, nor
so." But it speaks out, saying, Th is 'hall and.
must beulonr. It speaks like a 'legislator : the
thing spoken is a law ; and the n anncr- of speak
ing it, a new obligation. In s ort there is as
great a; difference petween practi.trl anid theoreti
cal piety, asthcTo is brrtween rmtijrc and advice,
counsel and command, a companion ;md a go
vernor! J i-" '
Tiiii Gostel. It is the grca'Jlnd c ily means
that God has sanctioned and desiune d to renair
the breaches of humanity to set fallen rjian upon
his feet again, to clarify lib reason! to frcctifv his
will, and to compose and regula! :t his jafiections,
The whole business of on rredem ilicn is.in shor?
I .i .r i iLf.ii .
uuiv luiuuuvn uciaeeu ron.v dh jorrMiinn
t0 r'nut God's imane on the sdul. tind la rr
brth nature in a second and a fairer edition
.. . I 1 f i-
Humility of Relicio.n Tie humility of
rel igion, paradox though it seemends to elevatt
and refine. There is nothing injfis wLole range
which ran jar upon the harmorjj' ofpste no
thing lrom its loftiest to its lowesUprecient which
is not as purified as crystal from cqarsejiess. The
"pride of life" is forbidden, but opt its grace or
its beAiitv : for He who forhndp it !ms rhnthn tl,.
lih- and "Solomon in nil his rrlor'Iu-n!rirt nrv.
nt - - -- o ; .......
ii cd hue one ot those. :l
Adam. Uis own mind taughtihmi a due ce
pendance upon God, and chalkeijt out o him Un
just proportions and measures olbeljaviour to
ward all around him. He had nbjeatdchism, but
the creation, needed no study but reflection, read
no book but the volume ofthe world, and that too.
not for rnles to work by, but for objects to work
upon. ! Reason was his tutor, anofArtprir.cip!'S
ins Jlazrna rtoralia.
KTKIIXITV.
Th
e lotiowju view oi eiernny is irom tne elu-
II ." r ! .t
duent Saurin, in an attempt to describe ihe pro
cess of his mind, in endeavoring to form an idea.
of its duration. !"
i avail myself," says he, "of whatever I can
conceive most loner and durable. 1 1 hran imai-
i nation on imagination, conjecture jun Conjecture,
j : First, I consider those long lives. Which all
wish, and few obtain. I observe hostj old men,
who live for four or five generation, and wLu
alone mke the history of an age (j I dp more i 1
turn to ancient chronicles, I go back to the patri
archal uge; and consider life as extending thro'
a thousand years; and I say to mpeld all this is
not eternity all this is but a rointj compared.
with1 eternity. Having represented to myself
real objects, I form ideas of imaginary ones. 1
go from our age to the time .of (publishing the
gospel, from thence to the publication J of the law
from the law to the flood frorh ihe flood t
the creation I join this epoch to the pie&ent time.
ana imagine Adam still living.- ma Aaam
lived till now, had he lived in misery, ijad he pos
sed all this time in fire on a rock, wrraj idea must
we lorm ot his condition ? At whit pfice woupa -wo1
agree to expose ourselves to injsery so great ? ,
What limperial glory would appear glorious
were it to be followed by so muchwo2 Yet this
is jiot eternity, all this is nothing corajiared with
eternity. 1 go farther still. I proceed from
imagination to imagination from one supposi- j;
tionto another. I take the greatest humber ot
vntirsthat can be imagined. I form bf all these T
one fixed number, and stay my imagination.
After this, I suppose God to create a J world like
this which we inhabit ; I suppose him; creating it
by forming one atom after another, and employ
ing in the production of each atom; the time tixed
in my ! calculation just. now mentioned. What
numberless ages would the creation I of such a
world, in such a manner, require then, I sup
pose the Creator to arrange these atoms, and to
pursue the same plan in arrangKigjthem as in
creating them. What numberlers ages would
I such an arrangement require? . r'inallv, I ?un-
I ! ! I.