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:h tivaiiy have, no d-.mbt, repeat
t,v:njiui;4 in tneir con
. the 7
nave emit;; , ovc
to o
'itii :i iV'i? suoii tt"!ptraii -o i-s cucj-e,
h;.ve mercy upon me ' Lord, for-
and lay not this sin to my charge,
i-s sake '. " Thus oi the work
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t ,;1
v tit
n-peni:ne
t .: y know lit lie; tney
it
suitertv! ineir jug-. u
?i.-in
r.. Ixvni incmselves nu
truo ve-
:-e a dee) toavietiou
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1 -iX-.-.xx: both by nature
ana piae-
ft 5!!,
aiut contriiiori
have i
iv had a superficial latiu-
Their
fjee
T:UioO
Jrd 'lil
..I irn
L-ir hearts.
Jeeo and
re pen r
work :
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tO tfiO V.O iull; t:!i
-n!irs o( t he house
hidden abomi
re been not up
riivrv to ueiee:
the
vwl.
ii.iri,.a- that have
a-ai i;.t the honor of God, at
i
Ihe s;d cry
'tev have
1 1
fc!t u'J-i smarting fi oni a wound oi sm
iJK.y have g-t it idighily healed; and
.Av t-tvP.ntanee U that of which they
1 .-j
lo.-'ir ir-ocOtan
)uav lepent, it was
oarilal ant:
liiCui-
They
fie!;' : and its end
proves
)ave n-:.t. iorouHii tue ex-e -s ci
i -. n fcl to lay hold ou the hopo set
LefbVflui ; aud rcfu-sed to be comfort-
. ... l i'..,
. A.
ulOW
r i
h.-.v felt that word powenuny
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i into their hearr, "on . u.uitiet .
.f pjoil cheer, thy sins are ibrgien
No man should eensider his re-,c.-
h-ninti answered a saving end
hk-; .-.ouKiiil he feel-- that - ( . ck! tor L rust s
hu f.r-iven him his ?ln, ' tnt the
s't.hit uf Cud testifies with his
he U a ehild of G(kI.
.-i.-!v confess their wa stu!
w in
They see
contiunai'v
n-.T. ih ir puiit. They are
in-xkiiv' esei
Oi-,-!, ..:'h and
for tluv-ir crimes.
The
subtlety of the temper, the
1 tie 11L. ' UlVHi v f
t h n.j-tvciabh i-ireunisf
uiees in v,ti:.m
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i !irV W.'
o;..d, Ac, ..areali pleaaeu
thcit
ns, and thus the ros
'1 I V
ace is preenuie.d ; lor
rey
on
toi a man nut- .-is s
ar-i;avw;'dire that 1
n io iiimseu, un nc
alone is guibv, ho
Tan Out. I
C:01Uot i)
.iT-e. !hj:
i.iir.ifi;.- ecnseoueniiv
t
-a
cd. Keader, till thou ac
and tliyseif only, and feel
li.a; th-.m art responsible
lor ail tpy miq-
re is no nope oi ui) ou-.tw.
Header learn that true repentance id
a rk and not the work of an hour:
i i. not pas-in jc regret, but a deep ana
u'uor:" convictlonrthat thou art a fal
len ohik hast brokea CodVlaws, art
imder his curse. and in danger of hell
fir j
jeor. and overwhelming sorrr does
nrt depend merely on the degree oi.cua
:.! niiir. but rather on the degree of nea
vsaiy li-ht transfused through the soui.
Man is a iUlcn spirit; his inward puts
are very wickedness ; in his fail he mis
lositfe image cf God. Let God shine
into wzh a heart ; !t hiin visit every
chamber in this house ot imagery ; le.
h-iui draw every thing to the nght oi his
own holiness and justice, ana, piu the
; that, there had not been one act of
tr;ias-res,3ioii. what must be his fee tings
sinful, the commandment ascertaining ns
obliuuity, and illustrating all its vileness .
ffe who sees his inward parts in Gods
liht will not need superadded tran.-gres-.ion
to produce compunction and peni
fence Confession of sin is essential to true
. .,r.,i ;ii a man take the whole
bkme on himself, he cannot feel the
absolute need lie has of casting m
on the mercy of God that he may be sav
ed. A genuine penitent, will hide nothing
or his-state : he sees ana oew
ich he has commit
ted, but the disposition that led to these
acts. He deplores not only the trans
gression, but "tno carnal mind which is
fnmity against God." The light that
shine i into hU soul -bows Mm the very
source whence transgression proceeds;
who thus saw, in the only fight tfta. con a
make it manifest, the deep .uepravuy en
hi. heart! sin becoming indescnuuo.y
.io sec-..-, i.i.s iHi:eti nature, as wen as ins
smiul.iil'e ;he asks pardon for his trans-gre?sloi:s.----ond
he av.ks washing ami clean
sing for his inward defilement.
If every penitent were as ready to
throw aside his ?elf-rightet.mnes's- and sin
ful incumbrances aa the blind man wan
to throw aside Iiia garment, we should
nave fewer Celays In conversions than we
now
II ihat. Lave been eon-
I ii i'O-.l . Sin
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i i .
ve oeen
rough t
?e nowicuic oi the truth.
I J V L I
tue penitent admires ihe moral
it
, - most, earnestly lur a eonioiim
ii vl fuels tliat he can never le
i'isik'd till lie awaken up after th?s di-
'tCfc ; ant ne nates inmeit, ua-
h ihut
he has lrfkp.n i
:nd
cnai w!S evil rasicns are su
in a s-ate
oi host Hit v
There (s
o it.
one doctrine relative to the
economy of divine providence little lieed-
! eJ
amoiiir men ; I mc-2n the dtctrine of
rfjtUj
u.
W'h,
man has dne wron-
u his neighbor, though on ids repentance
and failh in our T.ovd .Jesus Chririt, Cod
? lorgtvts liiux tus Siii, yet he requires
him
o mukc
if it lis
he uo n
i-i the ;
rest!tn-ion t the person injured, dacing cause. A'yo, salvation by sutfer
n ihe ejuip-iss of his power, li nr is absurd, contradictory, and iuvojs-
;., t ou vi
.1 i-.r"il i.il. -ir.'l TA tV--r-' i(
proidc;ice.
iSuch
rpeet n
i Uiiiee. i is
dictates o' infinite
d !::! h:-:,- of this kind shall pass
nnuotlct i
have air
tins
ill
this
ustory.
and wo
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mor
No man
should e!s
it the I; and of God
vruo.
til
iVrt.'MUi d hi.-t no
i I-CS, V. iiilil IlC i' II- III UlS JJUWUI , W ii.au.t-
ro? ilte.iloii. Were he to weep tears oi
blood, both the justice and mercy of God
would sho.i out his pvuyev, if he made not
his neighbor amends kr she injury he
may have tlone him. The mercy of ou, j
throup-h the Mood of ihe croKS. can alone
pardon his eiiilt : but no uisnonest man
c;.u ex peer this :
a d
is
the
i dishenest
property of
man who ilicually
another ra a
1.
ao mail snouiu
! ? 1 .., I t., c, e,i oo
any fu!uie tiuie. . if Cud speaks to-day
it is to day that he should he beaiM
and
ooeyeu
'J defer roeoneiiiation
to God
to any future period is the most reprehen
sible ami destructive presumption. It
supposes that God will indulge us in our
f-ensua! v.ropensii ies. and cause his mer?y
to tarry for us till we ha
our i;iip:hous purposes,
we r-i?er. ie:'t 1'-" t
ve consummated
ft shows th;iL
ho r-resenl, the
devil to Christ, sin to bylines, and earth
to heaven. And can we
suppose tnat
Can we sup-
Cod will be thin: mocked
peso thai
n can ;iail eons
:st with, his mercy
to extend 'forgiveness to sach auomtna-
oie isrovocation
y What a man sows that
eI.-.H hrt rcan. li lie sows to tne nosh, ne
shall of the flesh reap corruption. Hea
der, it ij a dreadful thing to fail into the
hands of the living Cod.
As all had sinned against Cod, so all
shiiuld humble theiuseives beibre
Mi'aihit whom they have sinned.
Him
But
-In ;
humiJiation is no atonement
therefovo ie3ntance is
ICiOllt,
UUiCSS
faith in our Loi
id Jesus Christ accompany
It
iar.es dispo-ios and prepares
h n?tl f;. rjardoniUL' mercy, uut can
V
never be considered as making compen
sation tor past acts of transgression.
This repentance and faith were necessary
to the salvation both of Jews aud Gen
tiles : fur all bad sinned and come short
..p :,-..r Tho Jftwn mn-it renent I
who had sinned so much, and so long,
against light and knowledge. The Cen
tilea must repent, whose seandalotts lives
were a reproa--h to man. Faith in Jems
Christ was also indispensably necessary ;
fur a Jew might repent, be sorry for his
sin, and suppose that, by a proper dis
charge of his religious duty
and brlner-
"mg proper saerauces, ne cou.u eonetuaie
the favor of God. No, this will not do;
nothing but faith in Jesus Christ, as the
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eiiu oi tne taw, auu iv "..
vicarious sacnuce, will uo ;
hence he tes-
tiued to them tne necessity ot iauu iu
this Messiah. The Gentiles might re
have sinned, and their present amend
ment and faith can make no atonement
for what is past ; therefore they also must
believe on the Lord Jesus, who died for
theif sins, and rose again lor tneir juti- j
iieation. . ...
Penitent sinner, thou hast ssnnea
o-ainst God, and against thy own me .
Tne avenger of blood is at thy heels.
Jesus hath shed his blood for thee; he
thv Intercessor beiove the throne ; lice
to him! Lay hold on the hope of eter
nal life which is offered to thee m tue
ospel ' Delay not one moment . uou
never sale tui tnuu icucinwvu
in his Mood I tod invites nice . uvaw
spreads his hands to receive thee! God
hath sworn that he willeth not the dcatu
of a sinner ; then he cannot will thy
death ; take God's oath, take his promise
creulL wuai ue umu dj-uivvu .
Take encouragement! Believe on the
Son of God, and thou shalt not perish,
but have everlasting life ! .
hnvp. nroduced suffer inK, is it
possible that suffering can destroy sin I
It is essential, in the nature of all effects,
to depend on their own causes; they
have neither being nor operation but
what they derive from these causes; and
in respect to their causes, they are abso
lutely passive. The cause may exist
without the effect ; but the effect cannot
subsist without the cause, To act against
its cause is impossible because it has no
pent f'i their profligate lives, turn to tue
true God, and renounce all idolatry; this
; c-p'ii bur. it is not sufficient : they also
independent being nor operation ; by it. !
therefore, the beiLg or state ot the eaue !
t rc ' i . l f a ft ..
cuu isever fe auteieu. tiusc so suut;-
iiigs, whetlier voluntary ot involuntary,
cannot aifect the beinu; or nature of mh.
from which they proceed. And could we
lor a moment entertain the absurdity,
that they could atone for. correct, or des
troy the cause tliat gave them being, then
we -must conceive an effect wholly, depn
dent on its car.;:e for its being, to rise up
against that cause, destroy it, and yet still
continue to be an effect when its cause is
no more ! The sun, at a particular angle,
by shiuing against a pyramid, projects a
thsdow according to that amjb, and the
heiiiht of the pyramid. The shadov , j
therefor:', is the r-fte.ct of the ixiter--!
j tion of the sun's rays by the mas of tlic
pyramid. Can any man suppose that this
shadow would continue well denned and
dihcernable though the-pyramid were an
niliilated, and the sun extinct? No.
For the effect would necessarily perish
with its cause. So sin r.nd j.ujTering;
the latter springs from the former : sin
cannot destroy au fibrin a:, which is its pro-
sioie.
"Wherefore then servetli the law ? "
Of what real use can it be in the
econc
serves ray of salvation ? I answer, it
the most important purposes: 1. Its pit
vity and strictness show us its
ormm :-
it came from God
All religious institu
tions, merely human, thoujrh prctenaed
from heaven, fchowr their origin by ex
travagant demands in some cases, and by
sinful concessions in others. In the law
of Go-1 nothing of this appears, and
therefore we see it a transcript of the di
vine nature. 2. It shows us the perfec-
liun o- (u &iute 0f man ; for
as
that law was suited to his state, and the
'aw is holy, and the commandment holy,
just, and good, so was Ids nature : it is,
therefore, u comment on these words,
"God made man in hu own linage, aad
in his own likeneHM." -. ft -serves to show
the nature oi .sin : the real obliquity of
a crooked line can only be ascertarned by
laying a straight tne to ii. Thus, the
fail of man, and ihe depth of that ft-.ll,
are ascertained by the law. 4. It serves
?e col-vie;, man of sin, righteousness, and
j'idgmenf ; it shows him ihe deplorable
t-tate into which he is fallen, and the
s ioat- danger to which he is exposed.
ft serves 3 school mafde-r, (ov Irv- l-cr
of children to school.) to convince in of
the absolute neceity and value of the
gospel; for that pure and moral law must
be written upon the hearts of believers;
and its precepts, both in letter and spirit,
become the rale of their lives.
By the law is ihe knowledge of sin ;
for how can the finer devi itions from a
straight line be ascertained without- the
application of a known straight edge i
Without this rule of right, sin can only
be known in a sort of general way ; the
innumerable deviations from positive rec
titude can only be known by the appli
cation of the righteous statuses of which
the law is composed. And it was neces
say that this law should be given, that
the true nature of sin might be seen, and
lhat men might be the better prepared
to receive the gospel ; finding that this
law worketh onty wrath-, that is, denoun
ces pnni-hment, forasmuch as all have
sinned. For, it is wisely ordered of God,
that wherever the gospel goes, there, the
law goes also; catering every where.,, f bat
sin may be seen to abound, and that, men
may b led to despair of salvation in any
other way, or cn any other terms, than
those proposed in the gospel ot Christ.
Thus the sinner becomes a true penitent,
and is glad, seeing the curse ot the law
hanging over his soul, to flee for refuge
to tiie liope set before him in the gospel.
Law isv only the meaii3 of disclosing
this sinful propensity, not of producing
it; as a bright beam of the sun intro
duced into a room shows millions of motes
which appear to be dancing in it in all
directions.- But these were not intro
duced by the light, they were there be
fore, only there was not light enough to
make them manifest; so the evil propen
sity was there before, but there was not
light sufficient to discover it.
It was one design of the law to show
the abominable and destructive nature of
sin, as well as to be a rule of life. It
would be almost impossible for a man to
have that just notion -of the demerit of
sin, so as to produce repentance, or to see
the nature and necessity of the death
Christ, if the law were not applied to his
conscience by the light of the Iloly Spirit;
it is then alone tJiat he sees himself to
be. carnal and sold under sin ; and that
the law and the commandment are holy.
insf and rood. And let it be observed
that the law did not answer this end j
mereiv anions: the Jews in the day
he davs ol i
the apostle; it is just as necessary to tne
Gentiles to the present hour. Nor do
we find that true repentance takes place
where the moral law is not preached and
enforced. Those who preach only the
gospel to sinners, at best, only heal the
hurt of -the daughter of my people slight
ly. The law, therefore, is the grand in
strument ia the hands of a faithful min
ister to alarm and awaken sinners; and he
may safely show that every sinner is un
der the law, and consequently under the
curse, who has not fled for refuge to the
held out bv the gospel : for in this
sense also "Jesus Christ is the end of
the law for justification to them that believe."
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'Ihti 35it!e View of Slavery.
BTSHOT HOPKINS EKl'T.Y TO THE PRO
TEST OF PENNSYLVANIA Cf.ERGYMF.N.
To 1 he Ilight Rev. Alonzo Potter, D,
D., ihop of the Dioce?e of Pennsylva
nia : I have seen, with great amazomentj
a protest against my letter on the "Bible
View of Slavery.' signed by you and a
long list of your clergy, in which you con
demn it as '"unworthy of awyrervaut of
Jesus Christ," as '; c Sort to si?f-alu,
on Bible principle. the Siu?ed in rebellion
ajrainst the Government, in "the wicked '
! attempt to establish, by F-ree of a
i tyranny in the name of a 1'epublic whose
corner stone snail be the perpetual uend
mre of the Afrie n," and as such you sav
that it challenges your "indignant reprt
batioa." Now my Itiht Eeverned brother, I
am feorry to be obliged to charge you not
only with a gross lmsuit against your sen
lor, but v.-ith tne mme fceneus ohenee oi
a ta!;-c" accusation.
31 y
letter
s first
published iu .Tanip'ry, J WGI, more t'mu
three monilis before the war began, at a
time when no one could antieipate the
form of government which tho Southern
States would adojd, or the course whieli
Congress ini-rlii take in reference to their
secession
knd when I consented to its
lepublicatiou, I did not suppose that it
would be used for the service of any polit
ical party, although I had no right io
complain if it were so used, because the
letiev, once published, became public
property. Bur. iu its present form there
is nothing whatever iu it whieli bears on
the question of "rebellion" or of the
"perpetual bondage of the African." or
of a t; tyranny uuder the name of a Be
publie," of which slavery should be the
"corner stone."
On the contrary, I referred, cn the last
page, to my book called "The American
Citizen," published in New York in 18
57, where "1 set forr.h the same views on
the subject of slavery, adding, however, a
plan for its giaditai aboli'ion whenever
the .South should consent and the whole
strength ol the Government could aid in
its accomplishment." "Sooner or later."
I added, "I believe (hat some measure of
thfLf character most b adopted. But it
belongs i. the slave S sates themselves to
take the lead in such a movement. And
meanwhile their legal rights and their
natural feelings must be respected, ii we
would hope for unity and peace."
With these facts before your eyes, I
am totally at a loss to imagine how even
tie. extravagance of party seal cou.d
frame against me so bitter a denunciation.
The whole object of my letter was to
prove from the Bible, that in the rekoion
of master and slave til ere was necessarily
no sin whatever. Ihe sm, if t here were f
iny, lay in Uie treatment ot the slave,
and not in the relation itself. Of course,
it was liable to abuse, as all human rela
tions must be But while it was certain
that thousands of our Christian brethren
who heid slaves were treating them with
kiudncKS and justice, according, to the
Apostles' rule, and earnestly laboring to
improve the comforts and ameliorate the
hardships of the institution, 1 held it to
be a cruel and absurd charge to accuse
them as siuners against ihe lIviue law,
when they were only doing what the
Word of God allowed, under the Consti
tution au established code of their coun
try. I do not know whether ycur band of
-indignat reprobationists ever saw my boo,
published in iSo, but you read it, be
cause I sent you a copy, and 1 have your
letter of acknowledgment, in which, while
yon dissented from some of my conclu
sions, you did .it with the courrsey of a
Christian gentleman. In that letter
there is nothing said about my opinions
being "uuworthy of any servant of Jesus
Christ," and nothing of "indignant rep
robation." But tcmiiora mutantm; ct niS
mutamur In -VIU.
Yes ! the times are indeed sadly chang
ed, and you have changed accordingly.
For many years you have met in brotho
ly council with these Southern slavehold
ers. You invited them to the hospitali
ties of your house, and paid them espe
cial deference. The new light of Eas
tern Abelitionism had notyet risen within
our Church, and if you then thought- as
you now think, you took excellent care
that no man amongst y our Southern friends
should know it. Moreover, your favorite
theological seminary, only three years
ago, was the Virginia school at Alexan
dria, raised to great' prosperity by Bishop
Meade, a slaveholder, and I am sure that
nothing at variance with iny Bible view
of slavery was taught in that institution.
Yes: we may wen say or vuit, as ox many
others quantum mntatvs m Wo I Ifow
changed is the Bishop ot Pennsylvania m
three' years, from his former course of
conservatism, peace and Scriptural con
sistency !
But the Word of God has not changed,
the doctrines of the Apostles has not
changed; the Constitution of our country
has not changed; the great standards of
religious truth and real civic loyalty re
main just as they were; and I remain
nlontr with them, notwithstanding this
O J
bitter and unjust assault from you and
your clergy. I do not intend to imitate
your late style of vituperation, for I trust
t hat I have learned . even when I am re
viled, not to revile again, I rspect the
good opinion of your clergy, and am not
aware that I have acme anything to for-
leu it. 1 respect your enice, your talente,
t your personal character, and the wisdom
and t, access with viiich, or many years,
your episcopate has been eor.ductea
But I do not respsct your departure
from tne old and. well settled rule oi the
Church, and from the Apostolic Jaw of
Chnstiau hurne and conrtesy. I do not
believe in the modern discovery of those
Eastern pnuanthrnpit3 wno uany the di
vinity of our lledeemer, and attach no
importance to the Bible except a3 it may
suit themselves. I do not oelieve that
the venerable founders of our American
Church were ignorant of the Horiptures
and blind to the wincintes of Goswsl
I ington and his co-patriots, who framed
our Constitution with suchexpresjprovi
slons for the rights of slaveholders, were
tyrants and despots, sinners against the
law of God and the feelings of humanity.
But 1 do believe in the teaching of the
inspired Apostles, and in the Holy Catho
lie (or 1 'tiivertai Church which you and
your clergy also Trofess to believe
I
j know thatthe doctrin
line of that. Church was
clear and. unanimous on the krwfulncs, of
slavery for eighteen ceuftivies together;
and on rht point i regard vour "protect"
and
ndtgnant reprobation as tne idle
' as the
Wiau tnat pa.sses
1 wish yon.
therefore, to be advertised
j that I shall publish, within a few months.
j if u gracious Providence should spare my
life and faculties, a full demonstration of
the truth "wherein I stand." Aud I
shall prove in that book, by the most un
questionable authorities, that tlaves and
slaveholders were in the Church from the
beginning; that- slavery was held to be
consistent with Christian principles by
the fathers and councils, and by all Prot
estant divines end commentators up to the
very close of the last century, and that
this fact was universal among all churches
and sects throughout the Christian world.
1 slurll contend that our Church, which
maintains the primitive rule of Catholic
consent and abjures all novelties, is bound,
by her very Constitution, to hold fast that
only safe and enduring rule, or tbandon
her apostolic claims, and descend to the
level of those who are "driven about by
every wind of doctrine." And I shall
print your "indignant reprobation," with
it3 list of names, in the preface, of my
book, so that-if I cannot trivts you fame, I
may, at least, do my par? to give you no
toriety. Thatthe nineteenth ee,:;rnry U a centu
ry of vast i si prove meat and wonderful dis
covery in the arts and sciences I giant
as '-willingly ao any man. But in religi
ous truth or reverence for the Bib'e, the
age in wfeich we live, is prolific ia daring
and impious innovation. We have seen
professedly Christian communities . diride
nnd sub-divide on evorv side. We have
t!l0 aad gpreaj 0f Universalism,
Mi Holism, Pantheism, Mormonism, and
Spivitua'inn. We have even seen our ven
erable Mother Church of. England sorely
agitated by the Contagious fever of change
on the one hand toward superstition, and
on the other toward infidel rationalism,
and we have heard the increasing clamor
against t' e Bible, sometimes from the
devotees of geological speculation, some
times from the bold deniers of miracles
and prophecy, and, not least upon the list,
from the long-tongued apostles of anii
slaverv. .? -
We have marked the oralors which cry
;-)ovn with the Bible; it maintains the
lawfulness of f lavery." We have roar-:
vcled at the senatorial eloquence which
proclaimed that, "it was high time to hayc
an anti-slavery God and an!i-slavcry Bi
ble." We haveherd the Corutitution of
our country denounced as "a cvecaat
with hell." We heard .the "boas' ed deter
mination that the Union shall never be 1
restored until its provisions for tits protec
tion of slavery are utterly abolished.
And what is the result of nil ibis philau
thronhv? The fearlul iudscmeat of God
i has descended to ehtntise rkeso m ah plied
I , o . .x. .it' . :-.. rf. . ,, ...
acts Ot Tcucmoit ;;u'-s-;-i ,-,v -
eminent, and what- that final eahstrc-pbe
shall -be, is only known to jiirn who jceih
the end from ihe I eg inning.
After forty years spent in ihe nunl-.try,
more than thirty of which have been pas
sed in the cilice of Bishop, I cia lyok
back with humble thank fuhi-SM v ihe
Giver of all good for this, at lesst, that c
my bast labors have been di reefed to tie
preservation of the Church mm the in
roads of doctrinal innovation. At my or
dination I promised "so to miuicter the
doctiine and sacraments and di.-cip';ne of
Christ, as the Lord hath ton?' .au-Ied. and
as this Church hath received the
and certain it is that "this Church" had
no received the modern doctrine of u!-tra-ab.ol'tiouism
at th&t time, ab I trust
she never will receive it, because it is con
trary to the sacred Scriptures.
I also promised "pith all faithful uih-
irence to banish and drive away from the
Church ail erroneous aud s trange doctrines
contrary to God's Word," a" d I made
those promises in tne true sense wine"
the venerable Bishop White, my crdainer,
attachod to them. I behoved then, as ne
believed, that, our Southern brethren com
mitted no sin in having slaves, and they
weie men of as much piety s any minis-
ip.rn in our communion. I. believed as
he believed, that the plain precepts and
practice of the Apostles sanctioned the
institution, although, as a matter of expe
dienoy, the time wight corns whsn the
South would prefer, as the North had
done, to employ free labor.
These promises I have tent faithful!
to this day and if, when I am drawing
near to the end of xny career, I am to
be condemned and villified by you and
your clergy, because I still maintain them
to the utmost of my abiiity, be assured,
my Iliffht Reverend brother, that I shall
regrot the fact much more on your account
than my own.
In oon elusion, I hare only to say that I
feel no resentment for the gro&dy insult
ing style of your manifesto. The stabili
ty and unity of the Church of God are
the only interests which I desire to secure.
and I am too old in experience to be
much moved by the occasioned eceseefl fo
itimar infirmity.
Bishop of the Diocese of Vermont.
Jiurlutgton, Vt., Oct. 5 18G3.
Habitual Joyfulnea.
Tbe genuine right temper and frame of
a truly Christian mind and spirit may bs
evidently concluded to be this : an ha
bitual joyfulness, prevailing over all tli
temporary occasions of sorrow that ooour
to them ; for, none can be thought of that
can preponierate, or be equal to the just
aud great causes of their joy. This is th
true frame, model, and constitution cf the
kingdom of God, which ought to have
place in ns : herein it consists, viz., ia
righteousness, and .peace, and joy ia the
Holy Ghost Rom. xvi. 17 Nor is thii
a theory only, or the idea and notion of
an excellent temper of spirit, which we
may contemplate indeed, but can never at
tain to. For, we find it also to have beeii
the attainment arid usual temper of Chri
tians heretofore, that being justified by
frith, and having peace with God, thej
have rejoiced in the hope of the glory of
God unto that degree, as even to glorr in
their tribulation also Rom. v. 1-3.
And that in confidence they should be
kept by the poWer of God through faith
unto salvation, they have hereupon gvgpjty
rejoiced, though with some mixture 6f
heaviness (whereof there was need,) from
their manifold trials. Bat that their joy
did surmount and prevail over their heav
iness, ia manifest for this is spoken dr
with much diminution : whereas they are
said to rejoice greatly, and with joy ua
speakable and full of glory. Peter i. 1S,
6-8. Iltme.
A Cool Name.
A gOtd name is above all price. Har
you not found it so, young man, yon, whose
well-known virtues have placed you in a
position which you occupy with feelings of
commendable pride ? And yen', whose
fame has been the target of envious tongue,
have not you seen a good name to bo Ihe on
ly breast-plate that is impervious to the
poisoned shafts of calumny? Gold and
talent, what are these without a character f
A light to render darkness visible ; a gild
ing which, by contrast, makes the substance
more revolting. Cheiish it, then, all ye who
possess it; guard it carefully, for, depend
upon this, its purity once tarnished, the
mofct unvarying effort will hardly restore it
to its pristine lustre. Let it attend you
through the journey of life crowning your
days with peace and hpppiucss. The recti
tude which won it will engrave upon yj.ur
face a letter of recommendation t-j ptwpje
of every nation and tongue. And when the
treasure is no longer useful to ou,it fiiali
descend to your posterity a legacy witL
which millions on millions would not beejr
to be compared.
ti" t bat Itcach the Kicgdcra.
When the Fcv. Andrew Fuller wis vis
iting Mr. Suieliff, a plouj iniaister, o
his death-bed, he said on taking leave,. "I
wish you, my dear brother, an abnnd&fit
entrance into the everlasting kingdom ot
our Lord Jesu Christ !" At th'w Mr. 8.
Imsitatd, not as doubting bis t.tiaEce in
to the kingdom, but as quentiooing who
ther the term abundant wcr applicable
to him. "'that' st-i I he. ;4is more thsti
I expect.' I think I unierstaad the con
nection mud import oi thevo words, "Ad l
to your faith virtuo givo diligsnco to
make your calling and election sure for
so an entrance shall be miuistcrcl uoto
you abundantly I think the idea i
that of a ship coming into harlior, with a
fair galo and a full tide. If I may .but
reach the heavenly shore, though it be oo
Ixrd, or a broken piece of a ship, 1
shall be satisfied."
i3 Ueautfful Extract.
envy no quality of the mind or intel
lect in others, be it genius, power, wit o
fancy ; hut if I could choose what would be
mo3t delightful au l I believe most useful
to me, I should prefer a firm reb'ykin l
lief 'to every other blessing; for it makes life
a discipline of goodness, creates new hope
when all earthly hopes vanish, and throws
over the decay, the destruction of existence
the most orgeour; ot all lights; -awaiccs me
even in death, and from corruption and do
cay calls up beauty and divinity, makes au
instrument of fortune and shame the ladder
of ascent to Paradise; and lar above alt
combinations of earthly hopes, calls up no
most delightful visions of palms and au,-
ranths, the gardens of the blest, the secu
rity of everlasting joy, where the sensual
ist and the sceptic view only gloom, decay,
annihilation and despair Sir. Davtfl
He that makes Hkht of little sins is in
i the ready vray to fall into great ones.