mm »®v®lr 'UvmutrVjfi, Si 50 tf annum iti Wiifln W. B. WKLLONS^Ed/tcIl rJohn R. Holt, Rllfrkd IgEusr, K Editorial Couxatfift£|j§|MKyigp Barrett, W II. Boyfl| ExRCUTIVK CoMMITI^BHpWj^JWl! Morinsr, J.McCuIly^/H.TtnftaivaAni L. Hill. All comnMtfticatfonWHwbe ad blild flffWlKilby,Street, nearly opposite tbe re eideMe -eif the Editor. J. D. BROWN Paurflftu ORIGINA i I KNOW THAT MY REDEEMER L1VETB. X Br Invalid. Though Sorrow,* wave* may o’er me roll; And grievous fear* oppress my soul; Though hope may wing her lastin flight And Peace be vanished from my sight; Though Disappointment* poise ned flings, May goad me with their poignant pangs ; And I be doomed by Fate to drain, Tfc* bitter dreg* of Brief and P do ; Yet still on# thoeght true solace glveth To know that my Redeemer live th. Though friends forsake and foes assail, Nor loving tones my ears regale ; No friendly band my own to clasp, . Nor shield me Irom Terap'ation ’& grasp; And though Misfortune's fier ce array. Like,d*mons spring up in my way; Or like a spectre, grim and gaunt, £Iy nightly dreams Despair may haunt; Yet still mv fears, one thought relie veth To know that my Redeemer liveth. „ And though dark clcnds o’erspread my skies, And furious storms above me rise; While angry blasts around ms howl, And dashing waves around me roll; And Jiiough tntect ions poisoned breath, May sow ibe seeds of pain and death ; And like a fiend grim War may roar And Famine sulk from shore to shore ; Yetstlll my tool one hope receiveth,, . To know that my Redeemer liveth. Elm Cottage Va. RELIGIOUS. For the Christian Sun. ORGANIZATION-8ECOND SERIES No. nn. V CourmruoN*. In the church covenant just published we here virtoally • constitution. The form is not precisely like others, for the church association has peculiarities which do not elsewhere appear. No o'her hind of association has the rights of belief, or local government, as primary bodies, and hence not the peculiaiitiee of it* organ’zn tiou. Aside from these prerogative*, the cHnrc.h constitution is* like any other, ex cept that it covers leas territory. The ■t model of one is a type of the other ; or ^/'Tntherall general constitutions grow from ^fhe locaChearilig its image, extending its : a’trihutes, intensifying Hr relations. The . flr«t contains the g^rm of all those which v fellow, snace only he'ng needed to am plify. The modem conference ia one form of application ; the general conven tion another. what ia a coysTTTtmoa. When any number of persona enter »nto an agreement to earrv ont pnMie ob jects, they are said to he organised. When that agreement la reduced fp wil ting, we call It a constitution. The same difference exists between them as there does between a verbal and writ*e» con tract One advantage of the written a greement is, that alt the specification* and conditions are in black and white, and tnake leas oenfusion and discord, heotnse they cannot he forgotten, misunderstood or evaded. It is often said that none but knaves decline written obligations. A constitution is the matured or written form of organisation. It is a system of means, for effecting a particular purpose. It la herei of itself an and, or ultimate design. With a oread, it is directly the reverse ; as this in never a means, bnt an object. The end of a liberal Christian’s /aith is the Bible; that of a sectarian, a creed. The former .Heads .organization to carry out Bible truths ; the latter to enforce hie ere id. Jt will hence be seen that the sin or viitae of the act consists in the use to which we put the instrument. It HAS BWSN PUT TO A BAD PtBPOSK. Do not think that a constitution it tit has boon used badly;. fOWr rial of wrath ia the creed, but purify constitutional powers and apply them to a nobler pnrpose. If wo believe that ibe constitution ia not the criminal, chaiscter which m affix to a human the subject is understood, and for certainly all will architectmal forts of a while thy god woft another. moss. A constitution i* a means which like be framework in a building, keeps the larts to Jut her. Great fiinciples underlie be base, and entering into the structure, ire secured by organic connections. The principles alone were useless, and Id were ibe disconnected orgnos. Unite them snd we bxva the body ; excite them, and we have tbe action of the body. Put a bead onto the body and w« base a judg ment to oont^il the action. It will then be seen that organic principles in consti tutions comprise tbe frame work of asso-^ .dated bodies. Remove this organic sup port aod tbe form is piostrale. Nothing s moie important then to give form to sxistence, and iu connection therewith beauty and proportion. Tbe disparity between the board-shanty and cottage is »nly a difference of design. The one has i carefully constructed frame work, tbe uther, none. The church may be built upon any model, or without any, hut the superstructure proclaims inevitably the taste of the master builder. tS AN INSTHUMENT Foil PROTECTION. Not only does a constitution give form sud with it a model of taste, beauty, aud proportion, but the supeislructure selves tbe-purpose of protection. It is an instru ment of guarantees In the local cbutJh it protects an iufinity of sacred personal rights, and In more general associations, the integrity of the objects which form the basis of their oigauixaiion. Suppose that ministerial character is one of said objects. Who would- commit his only persocal estate to the care of a shabby thing, in tbe shape of a half organised conference, which is unable to protect him from the iron shafts of envy, ambi tion and jealousy I Who would ttusuhe publishing interests of a denomination with an imbecile, without adequate pro tection ! Who would make bequests or douste other moneys to associa ions which furnished no constitutional guarantee* for its safety ! Who would liust themsel ves with fickle and irresponsible mana gers ? 1 admit that such things have been done, but loss, disappointment and humiliation have followed Our position to day is that of hundreds, who will uot trust their money nor souls (in gov ernmental relations] without protection. Who blames them ! Having repeatedly suffered the penalty of carelessness, the world will excuse them for exercising a wiser forethought; and would deep'se them asffoofe and serfs in longer submit ting to irresponsible rule. Meantime it tr a pleasure to say that there are ample guarantees for tbe highest interests of as sooiations, only they must be applied in constitution forms. A FORM IS NECKSSART, A constitution is a systematic form. In the first plane it defines its modes of ac tion, and secondly, it protect all kinds of interests involved, or rather invested in such action. Butrthere is uo otber way of following the modes or applying the guarantees except by a foiroal organiza tion. I any formal, meaning one which ie wgttfaw, systmffiiafia, AToeseplan needs re adoption every time the body meets. This periodical jargon is hushed into si lence in the presence of specific modes, where tba rights of meigbers are equal. Settle the question of organio forms— Jiaft your constitution with wisdom and sare, and the influence of a matured iystein will be seen ia useful measures If the guarantees are equal to tjie interests nvested, every member of the asaociation jnjoy# protection in the highest sense. Such aa iustituliou becomes a tower of moral and physical strength, its viitues Jeing its own mead of praise. 'A constitution it a creed.' Not so, my brother, While a creed is au end, an ulti mate dneigb a constituliou is a means', pulling dowu creeds and building up the lirble. 1 want you to help to perfeot this instrumental mean* so as to do lbs work ‘It d«.-4r»y» reunions liberty.' Not so, Wf the uhuleh owveuam expressly pro oota it; and if otber constitutions are iramed ||on the basis of this they will do lie same. OBJECTIONS. *It is following the seats' No, I think not. Thera it not a sect in Christendom, which has a church covenant like the one 1 have presented, containing ■ as it does notable guarantees of individual liberty 'Some of^pur fret ministers were a gainst it.’ Grant it. They were also : against the iupport of the miniatiy. But would you make the ministry a pauper institution because they did ? No I \ our good sense warns you 6ff such humiliating groand. Some cf our first ministers were wiong on the support of the ministry, or ganization and education. It is humilia ting, to think of it, but it makes out no case. Bad example is net good argument. 'll prevents natural growth.' I admit such to be the case in the old , fashioned creed, but the effect of a responsible sys tem is quite different. The sciews of the creeds compress the soul within a given dimension. The form c f a responsible system is^tted without compressing the parts, and the life grows with its growth, and strengthens whb its strength. When ore garb becomes worthless, :t is rolled up and laid aside and a new one proper ed to order. The successive garment# of childhood, youth and age only show that the body grows and ia vigorous. The Chi nese shoe which destroys the growth of the foot, may be an emblem ot the creed power, but never of a system of tespoasi ble guarantee*. Can the work be done I O, yea ! It may take many year# to do it all, but tie soon erw* begin the sooner we will finish, ^e shall meet strong prejudices, aud fierce and stubborn opposition. The stumbling block of bad example also lie in the pathway. The way of the Lord must fiist be prepared^ Public senti ment must be corrected* But this can all be done By preaching, writing, acting Bring bo cam*] weapons iato the work. Don’t stop to resent the charg « of being a creed-monger. Kern* ns bet that labor and patience effect great changes. We occupy an advantageous position as the work is already begun. Come, brothers, put shoulder to the wheel and move the work forward ! J. R. Hoag. BUSINESS A MEANS OF GRACE. We oflen hear Christians complain of tdeir leanness and emptiness, and attribute it all to their business. If they are cor rect in the cause of their want of religious eujoy ment, then either they are engaged iu a wrong business, or they are puisuing it in a wroug manner. No lawful business —and a Christian cannot engage in any other—pursued in a proper rnauner, will injure the religious enjiyments of the child of God. He that has the love of God tn his heart, and does his duty each day, toward God and man, will never find occasion to charge the blame of his lean ness to his business. The true Christian, who does all that ho does to the glory of God, is never more happy than when full of business. Letuitn counect his business with God ; let him work for God every day' nr the week, and consecrate- sib bis income to the furtherance of his cause in tha earth, and he will find that his busi ness, instead of being a biudrauce, will be a help—a real means of grace to him.— Instead of letting his business swallow up bis religion, bis leligton will swallow up his business. To all the dear bnlbreu who are ciippled in theirr sligious enjoyrneuts by their daily callings, I would recoin* mend the course pursued by Normand Smith : ** When roused to a more entire conse cration to God, falling in with theoommon notion that a life of seculiar busines is in comparable with a life of eminent useful ness and piety, he seriously purposed to abandon it. Hut more scriptural views led him to continue in business, consecra ting it to God. He put on record the 4 purpose to engage in u y businesa that I may serve God in it, and with tbe ex pectation of getting to give.’ From that time it waa observable by all who knew hjro, fltet be made rapid progress in re jMion. There was a^ervor and engaged pesaofapirit, a purity and elevation of aim, that could not be as'■ understood or ooo cealed. He rose towards heaven, like the lark of the morning. Freni that time he found no tendency in his worldly en gagements to chill his piety, or to enchain his affections to the earth. His business became to him a means of Orace, and helped him forward in the Divine life, jast as truly as reading the Scriptures and prayer.”:— Unity Magazine. THE MINISTRY FOR THE TIMES. It is alleged that one cause of the com parative inefficiency of the gospe.l, is the want of a cbrist an ministry adapted to the peculiar wants of the present age. We believe this is true ; but not in the sense gererally received. By a ministry suited to the times, is usually meant an educated ministry, learn ed in all which pertains to modern educa tion, quick to perceive and flexible to (he influences of the public temperament by which the ministry ii surrounded. All thi>, and more, may be made avail able to the cause of Christ. In qualifi cations ofjthis secondary sort, the cbristian ministry of the present day are not infe rior to their^ predecessors ; and are equal to the members of the other learned pro* fessicn*. But these are qualifications ac quired by preachers, just as ether men ac quire them.. Nurtured among the people, themselves a part of the people, they must necessarily share the onward progress, and be in sympathy with the common sentiments of tbe people, in all which pertains to them as men and a^ citizens All attempts by individuals or aasocia tions, to promote a greater adaptation of tbe cbnstian ministry to tbe imaginary popular tastes and wants of tbe age, bare lad and must ever lead 'only to a vitiation of public sentiment, and to tbe secularize tion of the clergy. The gieat want of the times is more ho liness, more laborions self denial, and de» votioh to tbe salvation of souls, in the mm istry. Manners have changed ; hut hearts are still “deceitful above all things, and des perately wicked.’’ The old nations of the earth have nassed away, but human na ture remain*. The gospel which suited the fishermen of Galilee, tbe philosophers of Greece Rnd the citizens of Rome, is “ the power of God unto salvation, to every one that be lie* eth." _ - The gospel i* in the Bible ; and the men whom the TToly Ghost, separates for tbe preaching of the gospel, can save the world, and fulfil their mission by preach ing nothing else but the gospel. But they must first feel its power in their own hearts. Its unction of fire must dwell up on their own lips. Its divine orgtn and heavenward destination mu»t be manifest ed in their own lives. The grade of persona? piety in the min istry of the present day is too low, and the tide of worldlines* is too high. The people should support them better, and pray for them more. The world will then have a Christian ministry adapted in all respects as instruments of its own con version — 21T. C. Advocate. . CHRISTIANITY. _.When I consider the &ouree fmm whence Cbriatianity has sprung, the humility of itc origin—the poverty of its disciples—the miracles of its creation—the mighty sway it has acquired, not only over the civil ised world, but which Christian missions are hourly.extending over lawless, mind less, and imbruted regions, I own the aw ful presence of the God head. Nothing less than a Divinity could have done it ! The powers, the prejudices, the supersti tions of the earth were all in aims against it; it had no sword nor sceptre—its Foun der was poor—its apostles were lowly ishermen—its inspired writers, obscure and uneducated—itscrmlle was a manger _it* home a dungeon—its earthly dia dem a crown of thorns I And.yet forth Went—‘that lowly, humble, persecuted spirit; and the idols of the heathen fell, and the thrones of the mighty trembled, and Paganism saw her peasants and her princes knee down, and worship the Un, armed Conqueror ! It this be not the work of the Divinity, then I yield to the reptile ambition of the Atheia - I see no God-jvl.see no government b«k»w ; and I yield my consciousness ?f an immortal soul to bis boasted fraternity with the worm that nourWfes ! - * RURAL. |||?R MARCH. JpSo#i»6^l,ov*R Sbkd. * Had tbe weather'permitted, it would bave been better to now clover seed on your wheat fields last month, than (bis ; but if circonwtsoeea bare occurred to pre. Vent you from doing so, you may safely do so any time during tbe current month But if we bad our choice in the selection of the precise time, when we would sow our clover-seed, we would wait until tbe frost was enlire|y out of the ground. We wjuid then sow the seed, lightly harrow it in with a light harrow, and following tbe barrowing by a" heavy ro|ler, the hea vier the better. And especially would we subject tbe grow jd to these operations, if tbe wheat crop showed any evidences of having been up heaved by tbe contracting and expaoding^wowers cf alternations of frost and heat. Now we are aware that many entertain the greatest horror at tbe very idea or pulling the wheat plauta out of the ground by the teeth of tbe barrow; m ihisAorrer, however, we do not in dulge. Experience, observation, and re flection, teach ns better. The harrow, to ->e sure, will pull up many of tbe wheat plants this we freely admit. But, then, most of these will be returned by tbe roller; the roller will not obly return a great portion of the roots to the earth, but will also bury many joints of the wheat plants the most of which will take root and grow into wheat bearing plants : thus, bv pro moting tillering, it will more than com pensate for any plants that may be killed by the process of harrowing. We believe that, for every plant polled up by the har row, the roller, by tbe burying of joir.u, rtfll cause two other plants to grow and bear kernels. Tnis is not all; the har rowing destroys grass and weeds, acts as a cultivation lo the wheat plants, and by attracting and absorbing the atmospheric deposits, fertil-xes the soil, increases, its temperature, encouragea the growth of the wheat plants'Slid increases their yiel ding powers, These are not ideal results —not mere theoretical opinions,—but are the actual results of experience and praet* ice. 0 Whether, hoseter, you barrow and loll your clover in upon your wheat crops or not, as to you may be seen best, do not, w« beseech yoii, omit to sow it, aa clover, ia conjunction with lime marl, or ashes forms the surest basis upon which the im provement of land rests. In conneclion with tha subject ef sow ing clover-seed we would remark, that lime should be in every soil on which clover may be grown, as the analysis of its ashesshow, that in every 100 parts there are upwards of 85 parts of lime, and that the proportion of organic matters capable of nitrogenous substances to be found in a good clover-'ey, is more than competent to supply the demands of a full 3fop of wheat, besides aTT the mineral substances it needs, and hence it is, that, tha season permitting, we always find an abundant yield of wheat wbeb grown upon a clover ley. when properly prepared. Quantity of seed per acre—Net less than 12 lbs of clover-seed should be sown on every acre—and pains should be taken to distribute it evenly. Oats.—Every good farmer wi.l admit that the oat it a most notable and neces sary grain in the economics of the farm ; hut admitting this, we ftar that the crop ia too often put in under circumstances which forbid every hope ot a profitably product. Generally'speaking, it is con signed to the poorest anJ most exhausted ! field ou the place—to a field whose soil had been reduced to a condition of utter ! impoverishment by a long couise of im provident culture, in whose soil it finds neither bread nor meet, or if be wav therein, they exist in such minute quan tities as to be utterly insufficient to aour ish aud sustain the crop. .Such practice should aot bo, 1 he oat-crop, under fa vorable circumstance* df m&oure, soil pre paration of the land, location, and seas ou HT he mad* to be a highly lucrative Si ADVEJm^SSjL “PWtntKmafstent #Tffflfflr853B3«erdI the paper, wilt be inserted as follow*: ^ ‘ Oneequareof 14 Hneslnineertioi.il,> 0 For each subeequqpt insertion 25 One square 8 months 6,00 One square 12 months 10,00 Two squares 6 months 11,00 Two squares IS moaibs 1*.*’0 ( Each additional square *,00 3u*iness cArdsof 5 os 6 lines will be’fn ‘erted for $5 per ? i TlllVb,gffi± **7 menttwoorrH ®*y#nr. Advertiee menU to be cmjffffffry week will be i nserted accordffd^^ree ment, between one. Give it a wHf prepared bed bf soil, and wherewith thereinto feed upon, and it will return you its 30, 40, 50 and 80 bushels of grain to the acre. Instances of much larger yields than the numbers named bare been realised, and «s main tain, that wbnt baa done, may be done again ; provided the same pams be taken to produce similar favorable result*. In our day, aad in our immediate neighbor hood, we saw 2400 bushels ot excellent oats raised on a 40 acre field. It is «omewbat lingular, but no less fre. qnent, that we Lear farmers say that the oat-crop is an impoverishing crop, and that nothing will grow kindly after it ; forgettipg to consider, that there was no food, or but little, in the field whereon they grew their crop of oats—or relief their apology for an oat-crop—and hence, that the unkindlinesa of the growth ot the crop succeeding (he oats, was not arcri bable to the oat-crop, but to their owu bad management, ia having previously, robbed the soil of nearly everything edibU* or convertible into food. The ml-avp is not more exhausting then other kindred crops; but still everything that grows must be fed. In view of our opinion of the oat-c rop we say fa ail candor that unless the soil be good, or if not good naturally, made so by manure, it is useless, with the view of profit, of sowing it in oats,—and tbia truth will hold good with every other jrop that growe and bears food for man or aui* mats. Feed your soil, and it will feed you. Startie if, and we leave you to d raw your own conclusions as to the nevitabla result. Djia twins. Your marshes should be drained by open ditches and covered drains. The earth taken out el ditches should be com posted with lime, marl or ashes, and when the ditches and drains have releived the marsh of its superabundant water, shovel over the compost, spread it evenly over the surface, And sow grass teed. Permanent Pastures. If yoii have no petnanent pasture pro i vided for jour stock, it is full time to sup ply this deficiency. If you have one al ready, give it a top-dressing per acre of 5- bushels of ashes, 3 bushels of bone-dust, and 1 bushels of salt; harrow it in and then roll. Eaklt Tunsrrs. As there is no crop which’ pays better when thrown into the market enrly, rnd none more easily grown, than the turnip, i where proper pah.* are taken, we shonid advise all who may live near a good mar ket to put in an acre, as sell lor rna.kct as for home eonsump'ion. With resfa d to the time of | U ti g them in, without attempting to fix upon any particular day, we will say as agential rule, that (n the epring, they sLuUid be sown as aoon as the ground ie entirely free from firoet, the soil susceptible of being put in first rate order, and sufficiently waun to cause the seed to germinate. The sooner the betSer, after this period, as the turnips should be allowed an opportunity of ma turing its root before the weather becomes intensely hot. Early Potatoes. Tba earlier you gel your e-rlv potatoes into market the belter price »n! they bring—tbe better will (hey |>iy therefore, as soon as tbe frost is out of the gi ootid, anti the earth in a condition to l>e plough ed am) pth, in first rate order, get it ready and put in your crop of ear!j potatoes. 'Fkxcrs. Exau ine all your feuoea. and have every panned made s’ook-ptoof. ftaas and Gates. Have every hush, bramble, shrub and briar, eradicated from the entire line of your fences. This done,eradicate all that may be growing in and alient your fields. iMCt EMENis AND I’oOts. Carefully over haul everything of thi* sort on Vour place, and have all necessary repairs forthwith tnade.so that, when ne«o ed. every implement and tool you Own may be ready for wi tk. UuEsr, and In Latin Fws'. As this is a trying mouth upon theae animal*they should receive 'ncreased at tention. t( Confined in a van!, Supply lUem with pine houghs to bi»*ae upon, *