IN ALL THINGS, CHARITY. NOVEMBER 26, 1880. Number 47. GEL MESSENBIRS bless’d, who’va crossed the flood, airo gone before, „ , stitHis messengers fcstial shore. irstitious faith, so deride, id are we who feel, guide. ptill is flung,* embattled height, i^ssepgers, as mien Hebrew’s sight. With tread tPPnght to bend to earth The fairest, frailest flowers, Or brush away the beaded dew That rosy morning showers. They walk the earth, these spirits pure, Heirs of a heavenly land; They come, they go,- but leave behind No foot-priot in the sand. Bathed in a stream that ever flows Hard by the throne of love, Spirits arrayed in heavenly light, Invisibly they move. And bearing censers which exhale A soft, a uch perfume, They whisper to the dying ear Of life beyond the tomb. Pore messengers they come to win, To warn, to comfort, chide, And blest we are who ever walk— An angel at our side. —*Selected. ||ur |,ontriB«fw». LETTER THE SUNNY SOUTH. SaTANnah, Ga., » Nov. 23, 1880. f Dear Christian Sun :—This fulfills a promise made to jour esteemed? aut be left a forest, there would at least be an ini meuse grove, and to tliis fact our city owes its beauty ; for the architecture of the private residences, with a lew except.ons, is anything but attractive aud tbe majority of the streets being uDpaved betweeu the .-tidewalks,pre seut an uupleasiug asp ect to tbe eye, dust there . its streets uuuing due aud West and in dry weather the frflhi is very disjij^fefcb.le are perfectly Uoilhl B»y/%outh Broad, East Broad, and W»>t Broad fitreetsjgtraflltjon says, were the original liifflfc et the city, and marked the defences tile early inhabitants erected to protect them | from flieir hostile neighbors. ' At equal intervals throughout ft.e hity there are numerous pnblic squares, and ou Bull street, which is the principal promenade, the*squares contain several very handsome mon uments. One of these is of white niarble, erected to the memory of Generltl Pulaski, the Polish nobleman, upon the spot where be fell While de fending the city in the siege #f 1779. The inhabitants have a great vene ration for heroes, and if they fail in proximity to the city, eventually per fect some arrangement for perpetuat mg their fame. The corner stone ol a monument to be erected to Sergeaut Jasper of lievolutior.ary lame who lost hisllife In defense of the city,was laid on tire 9th of October of last year, just one hundred years since Pulaski received his death wound. On that occasion, which Savannah styled'its centennial, the city was overrup'witb people, and, like the late SMtJui-Ceu nial of Baltimore, was uecuniaril.\ beneficial to merchants, hotel keepers, and newspaper piMdlshejb. Forsyth Park, situated in ti^J^tbern part ol the city, is onoJPi' Savannah’s chief attractionay}fnl is to this city what the Ceutjml Park is to Ken York, It is iuJeed a charming spot, having all thefadvantages that na ture and art cat Rive. The walks are tastefully laid Jilt, and center upon h magnificent foWitain,circular in shape and colossal iraize, which iu full plu\ reminds one ■' a huge rock with sparkling castraes dashing from it sides. AroiiuBthis fountain (were it not for the evdHwatcbful polieemuU/ i he botauist couiJ find and endlen number of specimens (or his studj. aud not ouly hare, but throughout the whole park tnere are beds of rare aud beautiful flowers, tenderly cy,rer s,‘s. It iS needless to say this is a fa • oriu'' resort lor the old as well as the yotiL‘S' Yc>ur coi'.re8pondout lives in close proximity to this dear little place, md when the business of-the day is >ver, with his loved ones arouud him, it is a pleasant pastime to sit at tht windows aud muse upon its lovel.t i^lvau aspect, and note the different characters as the click of the iron iates announces their entrance 01 exit. But I must uot forget thi menagerie or more properly, aviar.t within it, which up to the time of m„> ast visit, contained an owl aud bah eagle—uot vuite equal to the Zuolog ical tiardensof Philadelphia \ et—but who can say we will not have an ele phant some day T Joining tlie Park their is an endos are containing thirty square acres :alled the Park Extension, and used by the city military as their dril. ground. In the center of this endos nre there is a very-Jrt^tSsotne brown stone monument, to the Confederate Dead. Its top is surmounted by a ife size brouze statue of the coufed •rate soldier, of the last days ol the war, donated by tfie city’s lately de eased millionaire, Mr. DeRenne. To call Savunuah tbe city of cburch is would not be inappropriate, as ii iontains a great many very hand Pl"8«l-0 *? <‘?f Wl@ft.fS! tecture. Ihe latter pleted, and wflen it m9^c.; in tierc niflcent, having ourfz. tune, and yet in beai* proportion it will not e^u m pendent Presbyterian / f How 1 wish there was a Christiai Church here. People ottej ask t< what church I belong. /trust wi some day may bd’so fortunaje. Adieu dear SON, for the present duties permit will let you of our forest City. when my mow more THE FUTURE. BV MARY LIZZIE BEAMON. OATES. COUNTY, If. ’fc." What transports of joy thrill the hopiig, trusting soul, at the sound ol 1 midnight, softer than an augel’s call. Talk not to me of the future ! It is irue, there are many trials in store lor all of us; but beyond these we look lor brighter days—if not in this world, in the better laBd to which the faithful are last hastening. here tbe hope-buds that lead ua to that hap py S|)W, Shall burst irflojoytooWarB, to strew our path tharaU' iiut let us turn our attention from uirsefves, to the present couditioi md .future prospects of the greal brotherhood of mankind. At the first glance, ourThearts sink >riibiu us, so much ofiguorauce, woe and degradation meet us on ever} 'iiie. We see errors as aucient as the everlasting hills, aud following close i,y their train, are oppression, miser} md siii. Great truths, for which the minan soul is hungering aud thirst iiig, are still uureveuled : The pure .nr of heaven is weary with its bur len of sighs and regrets. The soft breeze, that should bring peace aud wealth to the children of earth, is freighted with sounds of grief—the wild discordant din ofthe battle Held, lie moans oi the dying, aud the tri unphant yell of heartless victory.— Jh 1 victory. From tnatiy a wretched home we hear the ravings of the maniac bus baud, as he curses the geutle being A'ho has given her women’s beari into bis keeping. From tbe fur ofi Ganges comes up the low wail of the delicate infant, as for a moment it struggles with tbe dashing waves, te fore it comes a prey to the monsters uflbe deep, a tiny, innocent victim upon the altar ol Superstition. We turn from the fearful picture, and ,t«k, is there no redeeming spirit that shall roll back the tide of sin, and unchaiu the pent-np human mind i A voice within ns responds that there is a Power that can aud will do this, aud that power is the Spirit of Truth Truth is elevating and ennobling in its character, it is more precious ihan all the treasures of earth, and yet how unwilling we are to receive it 1 We dojint| f Him whon life e/yrnal. lV »« “If fell »oci«t/^®1b»rn to lire, ' 1 Tli, *ho»H teach oa how to die; 'a 'OIniterera; vanity can give ow aid; alone—man with bia Qod iMb Oanymust strive. not in language to impart the it meltings of my heart, bat we her hopes are destined, within C?r mould are wrooght, and grate receive from heaven, the gift ch has tempered as, with a purer, hter flame. Aud as we bid the sad adietk, the •oft language of oar soals flows from our never-silent eye. No words are spoken, all is deep feeiiDg—the silent transport of the heart. “One hour of aach bliss, is a life ere it closes, ’ Tia one drop of fragrance from thousands of roses." DIVISION IN THEJNFIOEL RANKS. The “Liberal League,” which is an Association of Atheists, met at Chi cago this year, and, we are glad to say, ended in a general “row.” The League went to pieces on the ques tion as to obscene publications. Ees. olutions, calling for the abrogation of what is known as the Comstock Laws, by which such publications can be suppressed and their trans mission through the mails forbidden Iiigersoll, wbo was a Vice President of the League, attempted to restrain bis furious associates, but they dis regarded his smooth speeches, pour ed contempt on the amendments he offered, and wheu lie threateued to leave them cried out, “A good rid (lance l” They passed the extremes! resolutions, aud then accepted his resignation, putting a woman iu hi* place. Wbat must those men and women be who cast out Iugersoll as as not sufficinently advanced!— Elizur Wright, a man knowu some wbat in life insurance circles, is now President of the League, aud is an in fidel of an intensely venomous stripe. He has just written to the editor oi Scribner's Magazine that the prosecu tion of a man by the name of Bennett by the United States authorities for using the mails to circulate an im moral book “was nothing but the old Chris^gM blunder of punishing wbert :t possible to refute.” As ii tiltu needed refutation.—Presbyterian. Minister vs. Lecturer.—A Bos Con paper has raised the question which other journals are discussing. “Why people don’t go to church.”— There is another question to be an swered,—Wby people do go to church. Auswer that first,aud then an answei can be given why some people don’t go. The truth is, nothing attracts like the pulpit. A rationalist will come to New York and lecture to a lull house, and go away carrying his humors; end some people say, “See what a success 1— what a crowd he draws 1—if only the ministry drew as well 1 But notice that this lecturer, sharp and shrewd as he is, keeps away from New York ior a whole year. He knows people will not come to hear him twenty, ten, or ev en five times a year. Yet the thous ands fill the Christian pulpit fifty-two days in the year, and send of their substance to the heathen. Cold us religion is to-day, it is yet the one thing that lives and burns in the hearts of men; before its shrines the world delights to assemble aud wor ship. Why don’t people go to obuteh ! Tell us why they do,please, and then we will tell you why some don’t.-CViristian at work. Tbe truth cauuot be burned, be headed, or crucified. A lie on the throue is a he still, and truth in a dungeon is truth still; and the lie on the throne is ou the way to defeat, and the truth in the dungeon is ou the way to victory. No accidents of position cau change the essential na ture of things, or the eternal laws’ which dntermiue their destinies.— U'm. McKinley. A Gentleman.—“Step lightly, Arthur; dou’t make so much noise when you come iu,” said a little boy’s mother one day, as he burst opeu the door and sprang into the room where she was sitting. “O, mamma, why must I always be so still T It’s a great deal nicer to make as much rumpus as you’ve a mind to.” And Arthur didu’t speak very pleasantly either, when he said this. “Because,” said mamma, in a quiet tone, “if you are a geutle boy I shall hope to see you some day a gentleman.” “I’m sure I uever thought of that. Why, is that wbat'geutleman meenst” ex claimed Arthur, in such surprise as indicated that he had got a new idea. Renew your subscription to the Son. \ MORAVIAN ARCTIC MISSIONS. BY WM. A. BBEWEB, SE. LABRADOR. As early as 17.31, the blessing ol God upon the labors of ‘‘The Apostle to Greenland” led two baptized Green landers to Denmark, to acknowledge what God had done for their souls, and to enlist, if possible, a more ex tended sympathy in behalf of their benighted countrymen and a mission so benign as that of Hans Egede.— Their statements and appeals had great weight, aud produced a power ful impression on some devoted hearts. Several Brethren were in duced to embark wilh the design of strengthening the mission in cold regions of the North Pole. One of them turned his attentiou, however, to Labrador, thinking there was a nationaleffinity between the Esqui maux and the Greenlanders, aud that a sympathetic reception of the gos pel might be hoped for at the hands and hearts of that wretched aud be nighted tribe of Indiaus. The application of Matthew Stach to the Hudson’s Bay Company for permission to attempt the evangeli zation of the Indians belonging to their factories was not successful,and the work was delayed many years.— Mammon may obstruct the work of the Lord for a time, blit it is only for a time. The on going of the car oi salvation will ultimately crush down and out every abstruction to the tri umph of the liedeemer's kingdom. Iu 1752 a ship was fitted out by some Moravians and several other merchants for the purpose of tradiug ou the coast of Labrador. In this ship four missionaries sailed from uondon, ou the 17th of May, on what turned out to be an exploratory tour. They took with them, however, the frame of a honse aud other materials for its® completion, a boat, various kinds of seeds, and different imple meats of agriculture. On arrival „bey fixed ou a spot for their future residence, aud gave it the name ol ‘Hopedate:;J It is related in Moravian pamph lets that another exploratory expe dition took place in 1761, but the waiter has been uuable to gather re liable details of the enterprise. In 1765, Jans HavetiTajld a^Ianish missionary named iJr^JrarT^and two other Brethren, having lauded as Christian explorers, penetrated far ther into the interior of Labrador Chau their predecessors in the first expedition, where they addressed several hundred natives, who listen ed attentively at first, but on subse quent occasions manifested a total indifference. Their labors did not succeed, but they were unflinching in their purpose to lift, if possible, the light of the gospel upou their dark ened hearts. In the year 1770, Messrs. Haven, Drachart aud Jansen explored the coast of Labrador, to fix up a couve nient situation for a settlement.— They were successful, and were en couraged to go to England, for aid to carry forward their enlarged plans of usefulness among the Esquimaux ; aud in 1771 fourteen persous, stimu lated by the statements of these Brethren and a zeal for souls, sailed for Labrador, where—after a tedious aud perilous voyage—they arrived on the 9th of August* and proceeded at once to the place of destination, to which they gave the appellation of “Naiu.” Iu 1772—’73 some of.the more fero cious Esquimaux were subdued by the power of the Holy Ghost accom panying the >pwkeu Word. These tokeua-we'fiTencouragiug, aud the ul tttfiate success of their undertaking at “Nain” was considered established beyond a peradventure. This effort of the Brethreu, commencing iu 177o, is accouuted by the Moravian Church as the foundation of permanent mis sions in Labrador, which have con tinued from that date to the present time. During the year 1775, while the political revolution iu America was goiug on the Brethreu were pursu ing a peaceful revolution for La^fc dor. This was about a generation before the American Church bad awakeued to the paramount obligation to comply with the Saviour’s com mand to go foitb to alt nations and preach the gospel to every creature. Iu that year the Brethren pushed forward tfreir work and established a new station at “Okkak but the gos pel seemed to produce but little et fect on the natives until the year 1781, when thirty-eight were baptii I ed and ten others received particluar | instruction as catechumens. In 1782 a third settlement was j formed and called “Hopedalel” that i of the same name having been aban | doned on account ol'adverse circum ; stances several years before. But i now that the settlement and name had been resuscitated, there was a growing conviction that the Brethren | had been led to return by the fuflu ence of the Spirit, for it became a scene of powerful awakening among the natives, and constrained the friends of the Kedeemer to esclafnj, ‘‘What hath God wrought!” The work was attended with var ied success until 1804, when the mis sionaries became much discouraged. But before the end of that year they beheld the dawning of a brigliterday, and the Spirit blessed the labors of these self-denying .Moravians with an abundant harvest of souls. And on ward for several years, until 1820, these missions prospered and many a benighted Esquimaux was brought into the kingdom. “Cast down, but not forsaken,” the same spirit ani mated these devoted Brethren under cloud or sunshine, and sooner or later they enjoyed the full fruition of their patient labors. A spirit like that which possessed David Xitchmann and Leonhard Dober, who on the 21st of August 1732, set out from “Herrn hut” for the Island of St. Thomas, each with six dollars in his pocket, determined to sell themselves into slavery if there were no other way ol preaching the gospel to the negroes, in a spirit that is uot easily laid ; and a similar spirit seemed ever to aui mate the missionaries to the frigid clime of Labrador, and, as in the St. Thomas mission, it bad its blessed reward, as will be further set forth in our next concluding number ol this series of missionary papers.—Ar. I'. Observer. CHILDRENS WORSHIP. Let no church, as it thinks qf its duty to the youug, feel that it is dis charged by the establishment and support of a Sunday-school, but that, over and above the work done there in, its clear duty is to make the church the true rallying poiut of the children, and the home in which they may best be nurtured for life’s work and conflict. Nor will it be denied that the church’s care for the child reu has taken too exclusively the form of instruction, aud that there has been too little care for children’s worship. The cry is for teachers.— If instruction has been provided for, we have been content. To a large exteut, this has simply been the re flection of an error iuto which the whole Protestant Church has more or less fallen. Her strength has gone out to instruction. Her care ha> been to have preachers of the word. This has, in many a case, thrown in to the shade the still higher matter of worship, Men have been content with good sermons, and indifferent to the infinitely more vital matter 01 provision for the worship of the church. It has been still more so in relation to the children. The country is flooded with aids for the teacher’s work—there are notes, illustrations, outline lessons, Golden Texts, Sun day-school papers without end. But what help is ottered for the worship of the children f Where can we look for aid in this high matter! All that we find are children’s hymn books without eud, most of them bad ly compiled, and_full of unnatural and unsuitable hymns. This is all. or nearly all, we can find to aid us in this high work. YVe will not say a word against the richest aud fullest provision lor the religious instruction of the children ; this is a work worth auy pains to accomplish ; but we will say that, in our judgement, we have done a still higher thing if we have led children to worship, if we have quickeued worshipful' feeling, or formed the habit of devotion. If we cau do this, we provide a means by which the young life will be contin ually nourished from on high, aud by which it will go forth to all the weary ways and warfare of life—“strong iu the Lord aud in the power of his might.” It is, however, much easier to indi cate a need than to say how it may be supplied; wherever the need is really and deeply felt there can be little doubt that Christian ingeuuity aud earuestuess will sooner or later discover appropriate means by which 'it may be met. So far as the matter of public worship is concerned, there would appear to be two chief direc tions aloug which our efforts must proceed. The first is clearly recog nizing the children as an iutegral part of the congregation, and providing some elements appropriate to them iu every service. This may be done in many ways, and will ije done Wher ever children’s claims are deeply felt. Let those who are responsible for f b« conduct of public worship distinctly recognize the presence of children in onr Christian assemblies, and it will not be long before the worship will take forms that will l>e, at all eveuts, in parts attractive to the young._ Our space will not allow of minute details, but we may indicate briefly some more helpful to the children._ it would surely be possible to make the public pra3’er intelligible and at tractive to children, either as a whole or in parts. Prayer cannot shape it self into too simple a form. The prob ability is that the simpler it becomes the more acceptable to onr Father, aud the more profitable for ourselves;