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The Christian Index.
Vol. 57- -No 49.
Table of Contents.
First Page—Alabama Department: Sacred
Biography; A Sad History; Alabama
News; Spirit of the Religious Press.
Second Page— Correspondence: Tbe Koran
ami Mohammedanism—B. W. Whilden,
ibird paper; The Cultivation of Christian
Benevolence in the Sunday-school; From
St. Mary’s; Proceedings of the Columbia
Union; The Sunday-school; The Infant
Messiah; Lesson for January 4. 1880; Re
ceipts Georgia Mission Board—J. H. De-
Votie.
Third Page.—Children’s Corner: There shall
be no Night There—poetry, Miss Susie .1.
Cole; Golden Words to Yonng Men; The
•Sister, etc ; New Advertisements.
Sixth Page.—Our Pulpit: Sermon by Rev.
G. W. Colquitt; Obituaries.
Fourth Page.—Editorials: Whom Is It
Easiest to Please? Lost—Saved; Is Chris
tianity a failure? The Value of Unhistoric
Lives; Rev. Jos. S. Bauer; Rev. J.B Hart
well; Home Missions; Georgia Baptist
News.
Fifth Page —Secular Editorials; News Para
graphs; Literary Notes and Comments;
Colored Baptist Seminary; Work for Je
sus—poetry —Chas. W.' Hubner; Georgia
News.
Seventh Page—The Farmer’s Index: Im
proved Farming; The Value of Water for
Cows; Care of Stock in Winter, etc.
Eighth Page—Florida Department: Weekly
Correspondence; Brief Notes; State News.
BY SAMUEL HENDERSON.
CHANGE OF POST-OFFICE.
From and after the Ist day of De
cember, 1879, my correspondents will
please address me at Faybttevii.le,
Talladega County, Alabama. Be
sure to insert the name of the coun
ty, to prevent confusion, as there are
other post-offices in Alabama quite
similar in name. The Baptist Courier,
Religious Herald, Alabama Baptist, the
Memphis Baptist, Western Recorder.
Texas Baptist, and Examiner and
Chronicle, will all take due notice of
this, and accommodate nte accordingly.
Sam’l Henderson.
Alpine, Nov. 21. 1879.
SA CRED BI OCR APH Y.
One of the most important uses of
sacred biography is, that it consecrates
the names of ancient worthies with
the known possession of heaven. It
is encouraging and comforting for us
to know that, men who were compass
ed with . our infirmities —who wept,
and [frayed, and labored as we do—
who endured like temptation, atllic
tion, and distresses with us —who left
their footprints on the very path that
we are treading whose seasons of
spiritual depression and exultation were
just such as are common to us—whose
experience of the “exceeding sinful
ness of sin” and the rapture of par
don were, in all essential points, such
as are our heritage—all this, we say,
is not a little consoling and cheering
to us.
Many years ago, we remember to
have heard one of our ablest and best
ministers deliver a discourse upon the
sin and recovery of Peter; and among
other things he said, that whatever
might be the preference of others, to
him, Peter was the most ineresting
of the twelve, for the reason that |
his great sin in denying his Lord [
furnished the occasion of a sub- I
sequent ingenuous repentance, and
an as er career of supreme de
votion to his divine master, that
placed him among the chief of an
cient heroes, thus showing that di
vine grace once imparted can and will
overmaster the sins and infirmities of
every recipient. It brings the very
Apostle to whom Christ committed
"the keys of the kingdom of heaven”
down to the level of our common hu
manity in t'.ie weaknesses and frailties
of a common nature. We feel that
the apostles of the Lamb are but men
of “like passions with us,” and that
they struggled with the same “corrup
tions that are in the flesh” which we
so often deplore. Many a Christian
has thanked God from the depth of his
soul that this incident in the life of
Peter—his denial and reclamation
has been so minutely recorded. It has
rescued many an erring believer from
the very jaws of despair, and given him
“a song in the night.”
But then, let us not misconstrue the
purport of all this. Why has the
Holy Spirit directed holy men of old
to record so faithfully the sins and in
firmities, as well as the virtues of good
men? Not certainly to induce us to
commit like offences so that we might ]
illustrate the like virtues. Rather are 1
they recorded to warn us of the rock
on which they split. Their language '
is, “Beware of those sins that entailed
upon us such grief and suffering.” Think
of what the indulgence of a single lust
brought upon David and his family!
“The sword shall never depart from
thy house.” The fearfulness with
which this divine threatening was ful
filled is found in his subsequent his
tory, as well as in the wailings and
lamentations of many of his peneten
tial Psalms. There they stand, eter
nized as a perpetual warning to all
who are compassed with like infirmity.
They are the hoarse mutterings of the
divine luw to deter the rash and
SOUTH-WESTERN BAPTIST.
of Alabama.
thoughtless from incurring the like, or
even heavier,penalties upon themselves.
Such is the lesson whicr. the sins of
God’s people, as recorded in His word,
I is intended to impart.
i Again, instead of depreciating, we
| ought to thank God for what we some
| times call the heartless criticisms of
j the ungodly, called out by the imper
i lections of Christians. These criticisms
are often the means of arousing a
I slumbering conscience, as did the mes-
I sage of Nathan to David. A worthy
: minister in our hearing recently, quot
ing the passage, “Beware of dogs,” com
pared those critics to dogs--tlie dogs
ot the “Good Shepherd.” As the
sheep go astray, those “dogs” take !
their track, and follow them until they
bring them back, often not a little
worried by the chase. So erring Chris
tians are often hunted down by these
critics, and driven back into the fold,
back to “the Shepherd and Bishop of
their souls.” Is it not well that even
bad men can serve in the place of dogs
to the “Shepherd of Israel?”
How cheering to know that “where
sin abounds, grace does much more I
abound!” How consoling the fact |
that every contingency is foreseen and ;
provided for, and that there are no ini- ’
pediments of guilt but what grace en
gages to remove! For while God’s,
covenanted mercies do not exempt his
children from imperfections, afflictions,
enemies, the bidings of his face, and
the deepest gloom, they are neverthe- j
less “ordered in all things and sure.”
Where are those ancient worthies to
day? “Therefore are they before the
throne of God, and serve him day and
night in bis'temple.” And what is
that to us? Much, every way. We
believe that the same grace that gave
them the victory over all their foes,
and planted their feet upon glassy sea,
will give us the like victory, and bring j
us to join the blood-washed throng. I
0, how sweet to think as we read the I
sad story of many of their lives on '
earth, that from their heart-strings in
glory no wail of distress is ever heard, i
but that
“ ‘Tis strung, and tuned for endless years,
And formed by power divine
To sound in God the Father’s ears
No ocher name blit Thine.”
A SAD HISTORY.
More than a quarter of a century
ago, we knew a very worthy gentle
man, whose wife was a most excellent
Christian woman. He was accounted
wealthy, and was prospering in all his
worldly enterprises. Though strictly |
moral in all his deportment, and great- |
gratly attached to the church of I
which his wife was a member,!
contributing liberally to its support, i
he never allowed the subject of reli- 1
gion to disturb his mind. He !
could not be drawn into close personal !
conversation on the subject. He had |
set his heart upon the world so fully as ;
to exclude all concern about his soul, I
or the great hereafter. Although he I
attended church regularly, yet, under
the most searching and impassioned I
appeals from the ablest ministers, and >
under the deepest and broadest influ
ence of God’s spirit upon the church ;
and community, his face was always !
as calm and expressionless as marble, j
He was never known to betray the
slightest interest as to his personal sal- ,
vation. And yet, with all this, henev- ]
er threw a straw in the way of any I
friend who betrayed any desires on the '
subject. And what was still more sin
gular, his association was confined |
mostly to the best Christian men in
the community where he resided. His
respect for ministers, too, was really ;
profound. He was always delighted to j
have them in his family, for no man !
surpassed him in genial hospitality, j
But, as we have suggested, he was .
wedded to the world,and nothing could |
divorce him from his idol. We once i
witnessed an appeal his wife made to '
him from a sick bed from which she
did not expect to rise, that we have i
scarcely ever heard surpassed from ,
mortal lips; but it made no more ini- ,
pression on him, that we could discov
er, than an arrow darted against a
granite wall. There he stood, passion
less and emotionless as a statue of
bronze.
Years rolled on ; the children—one
daughter and two sons —were placed
in the best schools, and trained with
every care. At about eighteen years
of age the daughter graduated with
every accomplishment that could be
acquired at one of the best female in
stitutions of the country. And she was i
a gem of which any family might be
proud. But, alas! in a year or two
she sickened and died. The mother
wept and mourned as a mother only
can weep and mourn ; but bowed sub 1
missively to the bereavement as it be
came a godly woman. The father;
was defiant and rebellious, wondering
“what quarrel God had with him to
take away an only daughter!” The
same Providence that brought the
mother nearer to God, repelled the
father to a greater distance from him.
Atlanta, Georgia, Thursday, December 18, 1879.
' He never seemed to have had a thought
in regard to himself or his family be-
‘ j yond this present life. In a conversa
, . lion with a friend on one occasion, he
made a remark to this effect; That he
‘'had rather acquire a fortune for his
children in this world, if it sent him to
'; perdition, than to raise them in poverty
j and go to Heaven!'’ Now, reader,
i mark the results, as we detail them in
1 sadness. The death of an only daugh
i ter, just mentioned, was the beginning
lof his calamities. His worldly affairs,
in spite of all his care and labor, took
j a downward tendency. Loss succeed
led loss, until thousands were swept
away; and in the midst of these mis
fortunes he fell a victim to disease, and
died leaving no evidence of any change
for the better. A few years after, one
of his two sons was killed by a most
worthy man as a sad necessity, super
induced by dissipation. The other
one was unfortunate in business, in
volved his mother in his liabilities, and
Stripped her of everything she had left
for her old age; and, if she is now liv
ing, she is earning her food and raiment
j by her daily toil. We suppress locality
'and names; for we would not give
I pain to a living soul.
The lessons derived from this sad his-'
j tory are too obvious to be mentioned
! here. How sadly true that “they that
will be rich fall into temptation, and a
snare, and into many foolish and hurt
ful lusts, which drown men in destruc-
| tion and perdition.”
The Alabama Baptist.—Without
in the slightest degree disparaging the
ability of Dr. Winkler, we must be al
lowed to say, that the accession of
brother Renfroe once more to its edi
torial department has given this organ
of the Baptists of Alabama just that
kind of interest essential to its most
desired success. Brother R. knows
1 the Baptists of this State—has been
1 reared among them—is loved, honored,
I and trusted by them. He embodies
I just those instincts—those broad sym
[ pathies—which can touch at will the
! heartsof nis brethren, and inspire them
[ with something of his own impas
[ sioned zeal. The readers of that paper
I may well promise themselves a rich
; weekly entertainment in the broad
1 range of practical subjects that shall
be discussed iu its editorial columns
With brother West in supreme com
mand, with Dr. Winkler's classical pen
on the one side, and brother Renfroe’s
varied and effective capacities on the
other, the paper certainly deserves the
j most enlarged success. We tender to
' these brethren our best wishes.
ALABAMA NEWS.
—Typhoid fever is more prevalent than
1 usual at Eufaula.
—Evergreen has a negro woman as preach
j er for a colored church.
—Clayton has a public school with 180
| pupils and four teachers.
—The government intends to greatly ini-
j prove the harbor of Mobile.
—Mr. F. A. B, Smith has become the pub
lisher of the Wetumpka Alabamian.
. —Twenty-five negroes left Greene county
i the other day for the Mississippi bottoms.
—A special train recently ran over the
New Orleans and Mobile roadat tbe speed of ,
I about one mile per minute.
—By being accidentally shot in the leg. ■
Mrs. George Martin, near Huntsville, had I
her speech restored to her.
—Gen. Alpheus Baker has removed to the
j city of Louisville and has formed a partner
ship with Sterling B. Tony, Esq., formerly
a citizen of this State.
—Laborers are scarce and in big demand
i throughout Pike county. Wages are two or
1 three dollars in advance for farm work by
the month of what was paid in the spring.
i —II. P. Sibley, of Augusta. Ga-, has leased
I tlie Round Mountain Furnace, audit will be
] in lull blast, making iron, by the first of
! February next. W. H. Stocks, manager.
I —When the Selma and Peesacola road is I
i finished, it will beb t a picnic excursion to j
! the shining waters of the gulf. Fish and |
I oysters will then be as cheap in Selma as in i
. Pensacola.
—The Mtdwav church has called Rev. W. |
S. Rogers for two Sundays in each month 1
I during tho ensuing year. He will also serve 1
Hartville one Sunday and Mt. Zion one Sun- I
1 day in each month.
—Tbe venerable Bishop, Robert Paine, ;
who presided over the session of North Al
abama Con farence at Tuscaloosa, is eighty
years of age. He rode the circuit from
Huntsville to Demopolis in 1819, sixty years
ago.
—The Alabama Law Journal, heretofore
published at Tuscaloosa and the Nashville
Law Journal have consolidated. The com
bination will hereafter have its headquarters
in Mongomery.
_ —Tiic Eutaw Whigsays five wagons, con
taining as many or more families, passed
through Eutaw last Mondav morning mov
1 ing from Western Texas back to Talladega,
j Ala. They say that Alabama is a fur better
i country than 'Texas.
—The finances of Alabama are improving.
The exhibit just made by the Auditor Isen- I
| couraging. It n fleets great credit upon the j
energy ami ability of tbedistinguished And 1
i itorin making collection of current and de
linquent lines totheState, It must be home
■ in mind thut the revenue of 1879 was freight- !
I ed with Legislative expenses which did not
occur in 1878. During the fiscal year 1880
there will tie no Le.-lslative expenses, and
, the Auditor therefore expects a surplus of
$50,000 for the current year This sum add
ed to the balance in the Treasury October
Ist, 1879. will give us not less than $280,-
OUO surplus in the Treasury when the Gener-
I al Assembly of 1880, convenes.
rhe Religious Press.
A writer in The Presbyterian Ban
ner,'•speaking of the ordinances says :
“We should keep them pure ami en
tire 1. Pure, i. e., free from any admix
tore of human inventions or devices
‘ God would newer allow the will or « is
dotn of any of.iiiscreatures should be the
rise, ride or memure of his worship.
This honor ID hath reserved to Himself,
neither will he part with it unto any
oilier. The Scriptures abound wi'h se
vere interdict <i: s against those who shall
I pr--snme tiTvflF..: appo-nt anything in
His worship besides ilisown institution ’
To introduce anything of man’s device
into religious worship is to pollute God s
holy ordinam-i's. Pent, xii: 32. 2. En
tire is wc should not add anything to
the divine ordinances of worship, so we
should not de'racl from them. Every
ordinsnee of > htis the same au
thority for iqtsrfss'rvance. If we should
observe one became Go 1 has appointed
it, we should oh serve all for the same
reas >n.”
Admirably ut, Brother Presbyte
rian. This i-‘,jnst what we have al
ways contend, d for ; and for this we
have often been denounced as bigots.
Perhaps, howeter, this is because we
practice wliSlVepreach.
“Hie city of Cincinnati has become con
spiettous for the open desecration of th
Sabba h allowe ! by the authorities, and
indulged in by a great number of the
citizens. The saloons are all thrown
oi-en, 1 quor suf-1 in abundance, and to
these w< re s on added tluatres, some of
the wry lowest ami vilest description.
Into these tlieyoutlis of the city poured
themselves :mlay evening. Tbe
ruinous consequences have begun to de
velop thetns li-es, and last Sunday the
police intervened and closed the then
ties, dispersing the audiences which had
gathered, as usual The affair has made
some excitement, but the law is with the
police, and cerjlunly the effort to re
strain vice and shield the young people < f
the city from rhe gross temptation, is
commendable.” ■:
We are sorry that this state of
things should exist in Cincinnati, or
anywhere else, but we cannot help
thinking that if the same thing could be
said of this our city of Atlanta,political
capital would be made of it by some
of the religious papers, and that capi
tal would he brought to bear on the
next Presidential election! All that
we have to say about it is that we sym
pathize with the people of God in Cin
cinnati, wl|o he deeply grieved
by iDy' «f?j'ob'iged to witness,
and w< trust that' in answer to their
prayers, and as the result of their la
bors, it may please God to send them
speedy and full deliverance. We may
add that we have more faith in the
Gospel than we have in the law. If
the people are determined to desecrate
the Lord’s day, no legislative enact
ments can prevent it. We make no
opposition to law, we only say that it
will not be eflectual. The way to
stop people from doing such things,
is to so operate on them that they will
not desire to do them. The Gospel of
Christ and tlie grace of God are the
only complete remedies that we know
of. More prayer, more faith, and
more Christian activity are needed in
Cincinnati. Brethren, we join our
prayers to yours. “Thy kingdom
come.”
In a manufacturing town in Connecti
cut a clergyman preached last Sunday on
the Apostle Peter, selecting for his text,
that pastage which speaks of him as Ce
phas, a rock or a stone For flfte- n min
utes the preacher split hairs on the nice
ties of difference in the meaning of the
words rock and stone. Then he plunged
into the dead languages, and gave his
hearers the benefit of the passage first in
Greek, then in Latin and la-tly, in He
brew. When it is considered that a large
majorit y of his congregation is composed
of factory hands, it. is easy to see exactly
how edifying this gentleman’s discourse
was to the occupants of the pews. After
he had finished all he had to say in
in, Greek, snd Hebrew, he commenced
quoting poetry, and finished with impas
sioned appeals to his audience to em
brace the opportunity now offered them
of setting out for heaven.
We don’t know where this story comes
from ; it may or may not be true ; but
we have often beard sermons of which
the above is n pret y good description,
though somewhat exaggerated. But,
with rare exceptions, it is certainly best
in preaching, to say but little about
Greek or Hebrew, or about poetry, phi
losophy, or history. ’ A plain, straight
forward exposition of Scripture truth
is what is wanted.
The Baptist Courier, speaking of in
telligent piety, says pithily:
“Really, we fear that if religion were a
matter of dollats and cents, nine tenths
of the ChristianH of our day would he
bankrupt within twelve months, simply
for lack of information essential to pros
perity. How few, comparatively, will
even go to the cost of subscribing for a
religious newspaper, or take the time
and trouble to read it carefully when
they have got it, content to remain as ig
norant oi what is going on in the reli
gious world as a child of six years of age
is of international politics.
Yes, and what is worse tliun that, a
good nmtiy of our so-called “baptized
believers” know very little of what was
“going on in the religious world” eigh
teen hundred years ago. Some of our
THE CHRISTIAN HERALD,
preachers are very “successful,” how
ever.
Dean Stanley has said : “The best in- I
. stitmions he found in America were tbe ,
public libraries, and the worst were the I
newspapers.” He did not mean to sav, of
course', that all the new-p ipers are bad,
but that he found enough of the uu
' worthy in them as a class to deserve his
’ criticism and condemnation. Itisoneof
• tbe inevitable tnii-fortunes, perhaps, of
’ our D-mocratic civilization, that while
we ha>e the best of certain tilings, we
' shall have also that which reaches tbe
other extreme. Whatever we may say
! of -ocular journals, we will all agree tnat
it ought t<> be the aim of the religious
’ ones to set the example of dignity, truth
’ fulness, earm stness and thorough devo
tion to every good cause. Ami it is a
’ qtte tion whether they can all rightly i
' claim that in this respect they are true
to their mission.
And as these remarks are made by
i The Presbyterian Banner, published in
Pittsburg, we hope they are not to be
considered “puerile.”
Pius IX. has had a remarkably speedy
delivetance from purgatorial fires if the
following account of his reception in
heaven, given by Le Pelerin, a French
Papistical i aper of large circulation, be
true: “Upon entering Paradise, he
(Pius IX.) received a crown from the
hands oi the Immaculate Virgin Mary,
as a reward for the crown he had con
ferred on her while on earth.” St. Jo
-1 seph, whom he had made the patron and
protector of the Church, did not fail to
! shake him cordially by the hand and
thank him. On seeing him enter, St.
Peter instantly gave the pitch, and the |
heavenly choir struck up, while Francis
‘ de Sales and Alfonso de Liguori, whom
‘ he had proclaimed doctors of the Church,
‘ extollid each in turn the exploits at d
achievements of his pontificate. “And
fifty two saints, and twenty six blessed,
who owe to Pius IX. their existing pusi
: tion, regaled him with melodious con
, certs.”
We have some curiosity to know the !
way in which Le Pelerin professes to 1
have obtained its information, and are 1
reminded of a saying of Mr. J. Billings 1
that “It is better not to know so much,
than it is to know so many things that 1
ain’t true.” 1
Here is a shot from the Christian .
Advocate: ,
“He who slitters himself that he has ,
deep feeling without ever showing any, '
may be a very correct sort of a man. but
he is scarcely more useful to a church
than a mass of “lox-fiie” in a fireplace. '
Theglitterof conventional blatnelei-sness
is not the love that bm ns in a Christ like .
heart and works in a Christ like life. | (
And here is a shell :
“Many of the enterprises for raising
mo’.ey for Christ’s Church are of such
a character that he would not attend
them if he were now on ti e earth in the <
flesh. Then his followers should not at
tend them.
When our Lord’s body was taken
from the cross, doubtless the women
who loved him,ran all about the streets
of Jerusalem with weary feet, collect
ing the money wherewith to buy the
fine linen and spices for his burial.
Would they not have saved trouble,
and at the same time have furnished
to their friends a little “innocent a tnuse
ment,” if they had gotten up a supper, ,
ot a pic-nic or entertainment of any ;
kind, with a small fee for admittance? :
The "modern improvements” had not
been intorduced at that time.
i
“The chaplain of the Massachusetts
penitentiary says that in sixty yeatsthere
has not been a preacher, lawyer or do tor !
in that prison, nor a preacher’s son, and 1
only two church members.’’
We have heard a great deal about (
the extraordinary wickedness of preach- j
er’s sons, but so far as our observation
extends—and it extends a good long
way- the facts are just the opposite of
what seems to be the popular belief. ,
Taken as a class, wc believe that i
preacher’s sons are the very best peo- '
pie in the community.
A Swedcnborgian minister, who was ]
recently denied the use of the hall of |
the Young Men’s Christian Associa- 1
tion in Philadelphia, was afterwards j
invited to the pulpit of the Baptist ’
church in that city, of which Dr. E. L j ,
Magoon is pastor. At a conference of! -
the Baptist ministers afterwards held, j
the following preamble and resolutions !
were adopted: ,
“Whereas, The public mind has been
charged with knowlidge of the fact that
the pulpit of a Baptist chinch of this
city lias, by invitation and acceptance,
been mode the vehicle of publishing ,
grievous. and dangerous error; and
Whereas, The silence of a representa- I
live body of Bap'ist ministers may be
construed ns an endorsement of such pro- (
ceedings and utterances, therefore
Resolved, That, while we rightfully |
continue to disclaim any assumi tmn of ,
ecclesiastical authority, yet we feel call ,
ed upon to express public dis-ent from ,
proceedings thus publicly announced,and
that as a conference, we hereby enter
upon record our fraternal protest against
the employing the appointments of any
Baptist meetinghouse to aid in dissemi
nating opinions that we, as Baptists, be*
lieveare contrary to the teachings of the
Word of God.
Good for Philadelphia! The minis- 1
isters of St. Louis took similar action
in u similar case. The sooner we are
rid of the preachers who give us so
much trouble, the better it will be for
us and them.
of Tennessee.
The Evangelist, tin entertaining and
ably edited Campbellite paper, f irmer
ly called the Record and Evangelist, has
removed from Oskaloosa, lowa, to Chi
-1 cago, and comes to us in a new and
i beautiful dress. A correspondent of
this valued exchange says :
Our nation has been comparatively
free from pestilence, and no plague has
come nigh our dwellings, with the excep
tion of one or two cities in the South,
and these have only furnished cause for
a most unselfish manifestation of benevo
lence on the partof the North. Scheming
politicians may try to keep alive the ani
inosir.y between these two great sections
of our nation, but the mo’al sense and
Christian philanthropy of the people will
overleap sectional lines, and bind all
, parts of our country into one indissoluble
union.
[Amen! says The Index.]
Let us thank God tor the Christian
sentiment of the people which thus
thwarts the cruel designs of demagogues
and unscrupulous political leaders.
[Amen!]
Each Christian man must help heal up
the wound left by the civil war, instead
of making the breach wider.
[Amen! again shouts The Index.]
Universal peace reigns throughout our
borders. We cannot too highly appre
ciate this heavenly boon. Europe is one
vast rendezvous for her armies, and a
pent-up volcano of war and carnage may
burst forth at any time, but our country
is at peace with all the nations of earth.
All right minded men may well thank
God for this. The financial cloud that
has so long brooded over our country :
fast, vanishing away, and there is a gen
eral revival of busimss.
Ah! why cannot all our Northern
brethren write in the same strain! Let
tbis same spirit pervade the whole
religious press, (we care nothing about
the politicians,) and it would not be
long before the bitterness and wrath
engendered by war would be forgotten,
and we should remember it not for the
evil, but for the virtues not seldom ex
hibited by each party; wc should ac
cord purity of motive to each, and
should unite in our admiration of a
heroism that has never been surpassed
since the world began. But, alas!
alas! if called on to say what more than
anything else keeps alive the animosi
ties of war, we should be obliged to ex
press our belief that it is the influence
of that portion of the Northern religious
press which takes pleasure in trying to
make it appear that, with the exception
of the negroes, who are held up as
models of all the virtues, the popula
tion of all the Southern States, as a
whole, is the worst population in the
civilized world. The “unscrupulous
political leaders,” of whom the Evange
list speaks, would lose their power for
evil, if all the religious journals would
throw their influence against them.
Nothing can be true love to God which
does not shape itself into obedience.—F.
W. Robertson.
If you bate your enemies, you will con
tract such a vicious habit of mind as by
degrees will break out upon those who
are your friends, or those who are indif
ferent to you.
Probably not a single truth of much
religious importance is taught in the
Bible which is not repeated several times.
Doubt and uncertainty in reference to a
truth may be removed by looking atii
in its varied relations and aspects. What
may not stand outclearly in one passage,
from being stated incidentally or in a
condensed form, may be explained more
fully in another place.—J. T. M. Curry.
A youth by the name of John Owen
went to London to reside. He wanted
to hear the pulpit celebrities of that day.
He Bought Dr. Calamy’s church, but he
was absent. He hastened then to the
church of the eloquent Mr. Jackson, and
a plain, obscure preacher from the coun
try occupied the pulpit that day. But
that preacher, weak compared with what
lie expecied to hear, was the [rower of
God unto Owen’s salvation. Little did
be think, as lie wandered about tliat
Sabbath day, seeking celebrities, that his
soul’s need would be supplied by an
humble instrument compared with those
whom he sought.
It is al ways pleasing to notice an increase
of tenderness with advancing years. Dr.S.
I. Prime, of the New York Observer, lias
never shown any lack of tenderness, so
fur as we are aware, and yet he says: “If
1 had another life to live anfftwo thou
sand letters to write again, with God’s
help, I would not hurt the feelings of the
humblest of all God’s creatures honestly
trying to do good. He might be as big
as Daniel Lambert, and 1 would not call
him fat and unctuous; he might be as
lean as Calvin Edson, and I would not
cull bima bag of bones. 1 would count
each day lost on which 1 had not made
some hearts gladder than thev were in
in the morning; on which I had not
plucked up some thorns, or planted some
flowers on the path of human life. No
man can so live without enjoying life.
Dogs will snarl at him, but angels are
around him’ He may never have riches
or fume, but better than both are friends
and God."
The Cuban senators, and members
of the chamber of deputies, have re
solved to support the bill for the abo
lition of slavery in Cuba, which was
proponed by the Spanish government.
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