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When paid in advance we will deduct Twenty-five cents in tile Dollar from our regular charges. Cash for Advertisements considered due, and collectable, at one half the time contracted for insertion. Yearly advertisements, due and pay able quarterly. JESSE M. WOOD, JOHN If. RICE. Proprietors. SCRIPTURAL SELECTIONS. O give thanks unto the Ixird ; tor He is good: because His mercy endureth for ever. Let Israel now say, that His mercy endureth forever. Let the house of Aaron now say, that His mercy endureth forever. Let them now that fear the Lord say, that His mercy endureth forever. I called up on the Lord in distress: the Lord answer ed me, and set me in a large place. The Lora is on my side ; I will not fear : what can man do unto me? The Lord taketh my part with them that help me : there fore shall I see my desire upon them that hate me. It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in man. It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in princes. All nations compassed me about: but in the name of the Lord will I destroy them. They compassed me about; yvs, eticy <»>*v : but in the name of the Lord 1 wdl destroy them. They compassed me about like bees; they are quenched as the lire of thorns: for in the name of the Lord I will destroy them. Thou hast thrust sore at me that 1 might fall: but the Lord helped me. The Lord is my strength and my song, and is become my salvation. The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tabernacles of the right eous: the right hand of the Lord doeth valiantly. The right hand of the Lord is exalted : the right hand of the Lord doeth valiantly. 1 shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the D>rd. The Lord hath chastened me sore: but lie hath not given me over unto death. Ojieii t<> m« the gates of righteousness: I will go into them, and I will praise the Lord : this gate of the Lord, into which the righteous shall enter. 1 will praise Thee: for Thou hast heard me, and art become my salvation. The stone which the builders refused is l>e come the head stone of the corner. Thin is the Lords doing; it is marvellous in our eyes. This is the day which the Lord hath made ; we will rejoice and be glad in it. Save now, 1 beseech thee, O Lord : O Lord, I l>eseech thee, send now prosperity. Blessed I* he that oometh in the name ol the Lord : we have blessed you out of the house of the Lord. God is the Imrd which hath shewed us light: bind the sac rifice with cords, even unto the horns ol the altar. 'Phon art my God, and 1 will praise Thee : Thou art my God, I will ex alt Thee. O give thanks unto the Lord; for He is good: for His mercy endureth forever. — Psalms. I' I) Mil IAI f .ITIO H. For the Banner A Baptist. THE DEACONSHIP. NUMBER 1. ORIGIN OF THK OFFICE. Dear Banner : Some time ago I furnished a few articles on the subject of the Ministry, in which I endeavored to show, and 1 think did show, from the Scriptures, that the herald ol Salvation should l<c entirely consecrated tc his appropriate duties as an ambassador ol Christ. That all his time and talents should l> employ ed diligently, in the great att.l res|H»nsil»lc work of endeavoring t< win souls to Christ. “Give attendance t< reading, to exhortation, to doctrine. Modi late upon these things; give thyself t<> that thy profiting may appear t« all,” is the Apostolic injunction. If h< tally and faithfully discharges the duties o the Ministry, he has no time to devote t< worldly pursuits. “No man that warretl entauglcth himself with affairs of this life that he may please Him who bath chußet him to U- a soldier.” If, therefore. all tha time and energy's <4 the Minister are t« lx- devoted to the one. great work in whid he is vngag.-d, whence is he t<> look flu bread—for a support for hri family I I we are wiling to be fttiMktk Wordo “V. r arise up.o this subject. “The Lord bath ordaiue, that they who preach the Go«pe| nioji he of tie (ri'ijvl "It we have sown nnti Bantlmarft ilamu'iA Cterolu'e flagfeL I [ you spiritual things, is it a great thing if * I we should reap your carnal things ?” These and a host of other passages of Scripture show, conclusively, that those & who require the services of the Minister. >er are required, by the Word of God, to sur er nish the necessary means for his temporal ir support. The Minister of the Gospel is - e . entitled to a support, in consideration of st his services, or the Word of God is calcu lated to deceive and mislead an hoaest d, enquirer after Truth. To deny this is to to deny the plain teachings of Holy Writ. l e !No truth is more plainly taught in the Bible. To deny it, is to deny the words ■‘ s of the blessed Savior. He has said, allud ing to this very subject, that “ The laborer is worthy of his hire.” But how is this divine plan t 6 lie carried M) execution ? How r are the means to be Taisi-d for the nuppM-t srf Hv the relief of the poor? Is a matter of 10 such vast importance to the advancement J* of the Redeemer’s Kingdom to be left to JO the ever varying anjj_fluetuating impulses -of the promiscuous membership ? Or, is ,s it made the especial and official duty of q some—who may be appointed by the mem bership—to attend upon this particular duty ? These are important questions. I now insist that it is made the particu -- lar and official duty of the Lord’s Deacons ,l to attend upon this very business. It is , r necessary that the hands of the Ministry r be disengaged from all secular concerns; , H and to meet this very Necessity, originated the office of the Deaconship. I believe, by common consent, that we r . have, in the f»th chapter of the Acts of the Apostles, the first intimation of the origin, or existence of this office. Not that the word Deacon occurs in the chapter—at least in our translation—but on account of the work assigned them; to serve tables, s And the word Deacon signifies one who r serves. No one disputes this, I lielieve. n Let us now calmly survey the circuni -, stances that gave rise to the appoinrnent of t Deacons. In Acts 4: .32, we have the ’ following important information communi eati-d to us in a portion of inspired history. t “And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul; neither “ said any of them that aught of the things j which he possessed was his own ; but they r had all things common.” 34th verse: “ Neither was there any among them that e lacked; for as many as were possessed of I lands or houses, sold them, and brought 1 > the prices of the things that were sold, and ' laid th.in J«u ii nt th.- .■lportfc's fret ; and , distribution was made unto every man ■ n according as he had need.” Here was a • community .>l‘ gpofis. All tin- believers I lived together as one great family. They e had a common stock. Out of this eom | mon treasury the Apostles, not only sup plied their own daily wants, but also were h expected to act as daily distributors, to l' x'ipply the wants of all the disciples. This I soon became a burdensome duty, requiring d much of their precious time that should be t devoted more directly to the proclama e tion of the glorious Gospel of the blessed 0 God. c _ 11 And in those days, when the uum it her of the disciples was multiplied, there i. arose a murmuring of the Grecians against the Hebrews, because their widows were n neglected in their daily ministrations.— j i hen the twelve called the multitude of n disciples unto them, and said, it is not rea ’ son that we should leave the Word of ' God and serve tables. Wherefore, breth e run, look you out among you seven men of d honest report, full of the Holy Spirit and M isvlom, whom we may appoint over this « business. But tee will give oursehwe con tinually to prayer, and to the ininistry of . the Word.” Acts 6; I—4, h The Apostles of our Lord and Savior were burdened with secular cares. Much of their precious time was consumed in t attending upon secular duties. Their hearts -. burned with the Love of Jesus. They longed for the privilege of spending all their time in the work of the Ministry. God iu His providence is alxiut to open the way for the acOMaplrahment of this desir able object. That God who “makes the ! wrath of man to praise Him, and restrain- ; ‘ s | eth the remainder of wraththat causeth ’ 1 | “ All things to work together for good to k ’> j them that love God,” allow’d the spirit of ‘I I jealousy to arise in the midst of the disci- ; ° | pies, to afford an oeeasiwi for the entire j d | release of His Ministers from all secular! s | duties. I believe that God in His provi d j dence overruled this jealousy for good, o i The Apostles said. “It is not reason that o ' we should leave the Word of tbxi. and »• ■ serve tables.” Here I conct'ive tn lie the ■y i development id - a great principle. Tliat »' ' the Ministry should be entirely freed from ic ■ all worldly entanglements ; for just in M* proportion as their time and talents arc | :<> I employed in attending to secular duties, . :h | just in that proportion is the Word of Gtxl e. neglected. And if it was unreasonable for -n I the Apostles to distribute the provisions a- j already at their hands, much more is it to 1 tmreasonalile that they should leave the -h i Word of God for the purpose of engaging »r | in some worldly av.M-aliou, sow the prewar- j if I ino a snleustence fi»r themselves, or others. of | It is worthy of remark, that the inspired m j A|«Mtlee bwaed the propriety of their entire •d freedom from secular duties on the grounds rr jof reason. ** D is no» resuaa that we i to [ should leave the Word of God and serve ATLANTA, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 16, 1860. , -r~ T UK". - :■rew.J.'ft'Wui -■■■- -- f tablesso that he who denies this doctrine - sins against reason as well as revelation. f But some one must serve tables. The ■ poor must not be neglected. The temporal , concerns of the Church mvst be cared for. The Ministry must not leave the Word of God to attend to these things. It is nbt best to leaye such matters to the fitful impulses of the masses, with no one to sth up their pure minds byway of remem brance, and take the lead in patters of such importance. Hence the origin of the office of the Deaconship. It originated in a ne cessity. That necessity was the release of the Ministry from secular avocations. I, therefore, conclude that those Churches that oppose or neglect all provision for the Ministry ; all efforts to release the Minis try from worldly pursuits, so as to enable them-to give themselves contimiaßy to of the have no use for Deacons. In my next I shall notice the Scriptural qualifications for the Deaconship. A GEORGIA PASTOR. For the Banner and Baptist. FINAL PERSEVERANCE. NUMBER V. If the doctrine of final perseverance be not true, it is not only possible, but cer tain, that no fallen creature can be saved, you may say that this is a startling an nouncement. Be it so, we shall soon see that it is true. We have already seen that salvation is wholly of Grace; that man cannot save himself. “By the deeds of the law, there shall no flesh be justified.” Rom. 3: 20. You may reply that although salvation is of Grace, yet conditions are required. He (man) must repent and exercise faith. But these do not save him. There is no merit in them. But you say he cannot be saved without means, though his w-orks be not meritorious. Certainly you are cor rect ; and on this premise you may predi cate the conclusion that man cannot and will not persevere to final redemption, without means ; and hence, conclude that his salvation depends upon his own efforts, I admit that means must and will he used in the salvation of every mortal who reaches the dimes of Glory. But vet, 1 contend that salvation is not so contingent as to depend upon the faithful works of . man. Os his own power, he can neither come to God, nor retain the favor of God. “ No man can come to me except the Fa» th«r which hath sent me, iji-aw him.”—( J no. 6: 44. f Although man has not lost his obliga tion to the law , he has lost his power to keep it. And since he cannot save him self, it is unreasonable to contend that by his Works of righteousness he can merit any favor at the hands of his heavenly Father. But you may argue that when he is converted, then God only pledges Him self to do His part, if man w ill do his. Then, if it be a joint business, how much does God do, anil how much does man do? If salvation be of works and Grace con jointly, where do works and Grace meet ? And if there lie no direct line at which we can certainly know that they unite, should you reply man must do all he can, and God will do the balance. I would ask how much man can do ? Can he do any more than God has given him power to do? If you say that God has given him pow-er to do all that is necessary, then is he able to keep the whole law. But he could not be able to keep the whole law, unless he were entirely free from sin. If he were entire ly free from sin, then would he be sancti fied, and in a hotter condition than Adam was in his primeval state ; for he would not only poaseM all the power that Adam did, but would have the knowledge of once having been a sinner, which would ever warn him against the mdulgepce of any thought that might lead tojdn. But to the question. If the doctrine of final perseverance l>e not true, then no man can be saved.” Be not alarmed; the ques tion is easily sq(ved. If he may fall from Grace at all, one sin may throw him. For i one sin our first parents were banished from the Paradise of God. That state of ! the heart w hich would lead a man to cOm ! mit one sin wilfully, would lead him to i commit many if it suite.! him to do so. Vhe Bible so teaches: “For whosoever j shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in i one point, heisguilty of all." James, 2; 10. Now we liave the ease made out. Ei ther man is subject to sin after conversion, or he is not. If subject to sin, and by win sequence subject to apostacy, then he may fall from Grace every time he sins, unless ■ God should see proper to avert the evil. : It not subject to sin, then is he completely holy and sanctified, and not liable to fall, j But man is not sanctified in this life. “If we say that we have no sin, we deceive I ourselves, and the truth is not in us.”— ' Ist John, 1 : 10. Now, if whenever man sins he is subject - to fall, and if he falls, there remains no more saerifiw* for him, bow is he to be sa . ved ? li you say that man, after he lie- ■ ; comes a new creature, does not sin wilful . ly—and is not, therefore, guilty of violat- j ( ing the whole law—l reply that if he trans-1 greases unwillingly, he is not guilty. It is j not he that sins, but sin that dwells in him. i Read Paul s confession iu 7th chapter of | Romans, at the conclusion of which he j “IIIS BANNER (TKR” US IS “LOVE” > cries our: “O, witched man that I am! - . who shall deliver |e front the body of this j death.” I The conclusionsait which we arrive aae, there is no salvatidP without Grace; if the f doctrine of final be not true, no man can be saved, for no man is with out sin ; and one would ruin him if he were subject to Therefore, the doctrine of has no foundation in truth. Its falsity is demonstrated by di rect passages of Scppture, in proof of per severance, opposedjto suppositions, drawn ' up to show what wp dJ be the case, if bit lie vers were to tability of by the express de elammations of (prist: by showing the absurdity to which! * - doctrine of aposta cy leads, and, b k| in view the fact that salvAUsMuj^MiLL*Grace. ' ()ur Uieiiucu wj". ■ “amicus.” For the Banner & Baptist. Powelton, Ga., August 1. ’6O. Dear Bro. Wood: Allow- me to say a few words in the Banner in reference to a recent visit of Elder. J. R. Graves to our section of coun try. I had been trying for some time to get him among us, and when at last he did come, and I shook his hand, I felt that I had already done something for the truth. I was not disappointed, except agreeably. No one has (even among his ardent ad mirers) overrated his pulpit powers, and I really believe that the fine powers, with which God has endowed him, are conse crated to the service of Jesus. I am satisfied tliat the overflowing crowds that sat enchained by his powerful exhibi tions of gospel truth, could feel no other impression. I think I learned, by listening at him, preach why he must, if possible be put down. Let me say to his enemies— “ Brethren, if you destroy him, you must keep the people from hearing him. You have no idea, bow prejudice falls before his presence.” Why in many instances persons who thought him, before ho came, an excluded Baptist, gave him, before lie left, nice little contributions for Spring-Street Church ? True-hearted Baptists will love the doc trines he preached. They will, somehow, love the men that, preach them—metro politans influence and majorities to the con trary notwithstanding. Men who are wil ling to suppress and ignore a part of the New Testament, will, of course, avoid him. Now, for my own part, 1 am willing with him. to- bare east out us,evil, if it is for adherence 7> Baptist doctrinesj.— But let me say, that 1 lieheve the day is not far distant when all true witnesses will stand together I suppose now’ that a confession is due from me to the distinguished men in our denomination in Georgia, whose w-ills I have so much disregarded in inviting Bro. Graves to visit my churches, and some other places. Wdl here it is. I humbly confess to you, my dear brethren, that I honestly and with conviction of judgment, believe, 1. That a majority is not the Church, un less it is oliserving the order as well as keeping the faith once delivered to the saints. 2. That no church is bound by the deci sion of any other any further than she may conceive that decision to be ac cording to the law of Christ. 3. And that Elder J. R. Graves is doing more for the advancement of pure gospel truth than all the men who seek his ruin. And, in conclusion, I confess that I was born and raised in Georgia, and feel that, under the constitution of my beloved State, 1 enjoy the right of private judgment. I have been in the service some time, for a young man, and unless the doctrines of “Corrective Discipline” prevail, I may re main till called to inv reward. W. M. VERDERY. THE SUN-SET OF MAN'S LIFE. .1 composition l>y Miss Bach Harman, of Forsyth, Georgia. SCENE FIRST. I morning, not many yearsUince, the people of our town might have obeerved a superannuated, shackling old vehicle wending its way through our street. This vehicle, the vic tim of the drudgery of the past forty years, was drawn by an old stager, whose sunken eyes and woe-lwgone appearance alike gave token of a scanty com-crib, and the frost jof many winters. In this vehicle were seated a plain and aged couple, dressed in homespun; the result of their own toil, who, to all appearances, had almost lived the usual time allotted to our species. The feeble old gentleman, with tottering steps and trembling hand, assisted his still feeb ler companion from the vehicle, and they go their way with measured steps about their secular concerns. This old couple, i whose destiny has been linked for near half a century, were among the first set i tiers of our country, and the young, the middle-aged, and the old, look upon their j gray hairs with great respect and venera i tion. They came to this country “in the j times that tried men's souls,” and by tbeir | uprightness, integrity and industry, have j won a comfortable competence, and the j golden opinions of all. SCENE SECOND. The bells are tolling ! sad be reavement has happened to us ? The insati ate monster has laid his ruthless hand’upon the aged matron, and summoned her to “that bourne whence no traveler returns.” The long row’s of mourning friends attest the worth and purity of her character. The grief-stricken pall-bearers, followed closely by her desolate children and her disconsolate husband, whose tears coursing jdown his time-worn cheeks, with his gray locks disheveled, evince the, melancholy truth that her place can never be supplied on earth, in the bosom of her family. See the poor old man ! What bitter, scalding tears trickle from the dim windows of his soul ! They follow her to the grave ; and as the numerous friends collect around that spirt to pay the last tribute of respect tep wife, the man isstiTl tne object of general cotnmis--* eration. He wrings his hands in inconsol able grief as he hears the rumbling sod sound his own death-knell upon the coffin lid of the lifeless remains of his faithful companion; for soon, in the course of na ture, he must lie by her side; and as he sees the last spade full of earth thrown upon her grave, he shrieks out in bitter anguish. “Here lies the bosom compan ion of my early spent life. Here lies bur ied, my heart, and the solace of my life, whose place can never be supplied on earth, and all that is left me now, is to try and meet her in Heaven.” And the poor old man turns his grief-stricken face homeward, like “Rachel w’eeping for her children and would not be comforted because they are not.” SCENE THIRD. What splendid equipage is that ? What beautiful horses. He alights from the car riage. What a genteel-looking gentleman, with upright carriage and buoyant step, dressed in a fine, black suit of cloth, and sporting a gold watch and chain. Ye Di vinities ! Would you believe it? It is the same aged gentleman who has just buried his wife. He has consoled himself by saying: “Poor old creature, she was prepared to die, and no doubt she is bettor off.” And before the sod is dry upon the old lady’s grave, the tailor has taken the old man’s measure for a new’ suit ; the horse-drover has victimized him to the tune of about 8500, for a span of fine hor ses. The carriage manufacturers have felt the bottom of his pockets tor a fine car riage; and by the unutterable grief, on account of the death of his wife, his snowy locks have*,hanged to a glossy black ; and the barber has' shaved his weather-beaten old countenance three days under the skin, to prevent the w hite ends of his beard showing. The old widower thus revived and rejuvinated like a chrysalis, has thrown off the shackles which have bound him for forty years —and he boldly steps forth upon the arena, emphatically a candidate for matrimony. This care-worn face has in a few’ weeks become round and ruddy; and his figure, recently borne down with age, has become firm and erect. Although so lately having agonized over the remains of his poor dear wife—now, this is the very last topic that you can extort from him m conversation. And although he declared at her grave that his heart was buried, it, like his youth, has been resurrected, and he is now willing, anxious and restless, to be stow it upon some fair lady. And strange to say ! his most unnatural desire of all is, not to marry an old lady of sixty—his con genial spirit—but he makes his debut to sweet sixteen; and if the girl is sensible, soon makes his exit. He floats around, the by-word and ridicule of society, until at last he may overcome and marry some hapless victim, and they retire to enjoy the hard-earned living of his former wife. Then, 'midst disappointed hopes, she soon hurries him beside his former wile, and lives the balance of her days to quarrel over the property of his children, with which she feels too keenly he has bought her. MORAL. Man has allotted to him threescore years and ten to live upon the earth. When he has married, raised and educated his chil dren, in this respect he has fulfilled his destiny. If misfortune should deprive him of his wife, the business of his few remain ing days should lie to prepare for death. Tell me not that the grand-fathers of our land can find congeniality in the sprightly girls of sixteen. Better tell me that de crepid old age can find companionship and congeniality in prattling infancy. Better tell me that yon declining Sun can find congeniality in the brilliancy of the Morn ing Star, or the rosy dawn of the beautiful Aurora. Addendum. —We wish it to be clearly understood that ewA one must apply what we have written, to himself, and not think it intended for his neighbor. ... ♦ ♦ The less notice we take of the un kindness and injuries that are done to us, the more we consult the quiet ol our minds. Suffering others to think for us when Heaven has supplied us with rea son and a conscience, for the express pur pose of enabling us to think for ourselves, is the great fountain of all human error. Confidence is the companion of success. Dahlia and the Rose are twin sisters. LETTER OF DR. TAYLOR. The Virginia S. S. Convention —-4 Mis sionary and Chinese Convert—The Japanese in Washington —Their Ap pearance — Contrasted with the Chinese Special Interview. Mr. Editor : I wrote you last from Richmond. The Sunday School Convention of the V irginia Conference was then in session. The crown ing exercises of the occasion were the meet ings of the eleven Sunday Schools of Richmond, including the onfe from* Man chester, on the opposite side tpf James’ River, in the two principal city churches, Old Trinity and Centemtry, on Sim Jay afternoon. Both were crowded to oVei flowing. The singing by th£ children was remarkably exeenerit. So -were some of the addresses by' members of the Con vention. Do.;Saturday*njglit 1 had -met a forme)’ fellowmsorer tisi China, 116 V." A/ B. Cfe baniss, of the Southern Baptist Board.— He was accompanied by a native Chinese convert, as a servant to his family. His name is Zung Koh-san, and we had a con versation that was most interesting to me, who had not enjoyed such opportuni ty for several years. Mr. Cabaniss kindly volunteered to bring him to the meeting at Centenary on the next day. So they both came, and added greatly to the in terest of the occasion. Mr. C. spoke and introduced Koh-san, who answered ques tions proposed to him by interpretation.— They both sung the little hymn “Happy Land” in the Shanghai dialect. On Monday evening, Bishop Early, Rev. W. B.’Rowzie and myself, took the train for Washington city. About midnight we exchanged the cars for a steamboat on the Potomac, and reached the city about day light on Tuesday morning. After break fast we called on the Secretary of War, Ex-Governor Floyd, of Virginia, an old friend of Bishop Early. He promised to arrange for an interview with the Japanese ambassadors. We found in the person of the Chief Clerk in the War Department, Colonel Drinkard, a cordial Christian gen tleman, and, Mr. Editor, an old College mate of yours. Then we went to the Capitol, and there, on the floor of the House of Representa tives, met, among others, Gen. McQueen and Col. Ashmore, who showed us much attention, pointing out to us the notables and introducing us to many of their friends. I renewed my acquaintance with the Rev. Dr. Thos. H. Stockton, Chaplain to the House| and while conversing with him at his scat near the chair of the Speaker, twelve of the Japanese embassy entered, accompanied by the Naval commission, and took their seats in the diplomatic gal lery. They looked on for a few minutes, while the regular business of the House proceeded as if they were not present. — But the crowds in the galleries, who knew they were to visit the Capitol this morning, and had come for the purpose of seeing them, were intently gazing upon the Japan ese. Presently the three ambassadors, with their interpreter and the naval officers in charge, were seen to leave the gallery, while the other nine remained seated. The Speaker then called some one else to the chair, and retired by a side door to his elegant room to receive the dignitaries.— Dr. Stockton followed, inviting me to ac company him. We were formally intro duced to them through the interpreter, and they all shook hands with us. Mr. Speaker Pennington requested the interpreter to explain to them the office of Dr. Stockton, and to inform them that in his prayer that morning at the opening of the House, the Doctor had prayed especially for them.— When informed that I had been so near to their country as China, they bowed polite ly, and their sober faces relaxed into a smile of gratification. On inquiring if they could speak Chinese, the interpreter, Na mura Gohachero, informed me that, though they could read and write that language, they could not speak it. 1 was greatly disappointed in their ap pearance. The expression of their counte nances is decid dly stupid, and, in some of them, almost idiotic. Right sure am I that, from among the third or fourth rank of Chinese mandarins, I could select at ran dom, a half dozen men who would far sur pass these Japanese, princes in intelligent expression of face, in dignity and manly bearing. I wish we could have an embas sy of a similar character from China. It would perfectly eclipse this from Japan, in the impression of physical and of intellec tual superiority, as well as in imposing ex terior display. Should such an one ever come, this remark may be remembered.— Without expressing my own opinion, I found that our former Commissioners to China, whom I met on the same day, Dr. Peter Parker and Hon. Humphrey Mar shall, both entertained the same views. A note from Mr. Floyd to Bishop Early informed him that we could have a special interview with the chief of the embassy on the next day at noon. So we repaired to their quarters at Willard’s Hotel, and Gov. Floyd, the Bishop, Rev. Messrs. Rowzie, Proctor and myself were presented to them in their own reception room, by Capt. Du pont, Captains Porter and Lee, and Mr. Portman, the Dutch interpreter, being also present, together with a fourth Japanese dignitary, who is styled the Censor. The interview was a brief one, and did not differ materially from the one before described. Yours, Ac., CHARLES TAYLOR. Every desire bears its death in its very gratification. Curiosity languishes under repeated stimulants, and novelties cease to excite surprise, until at length we cannot even wonder at a miracle. triumph of woman lies not in | the admiration of her lover, but in the res | pect of her husband ; and that can only be gained by a constant cultivation of those qualities which she knows he most values. To be active, is the primary voca r lion of man ; all the intervals in which he j is obliged to rest, he should employ in ; gaining a clearer knowledge of external i ; things; for this, in its turn, will facilitate i activity. j TERMS $2. I ALWAYS IN ADVANCE. ” r vol. i. ( NO. 44. - tits-.. Dr Van Hat For the Banner & Baptist. FOR CHILDREN. • ’ ‘ BY MRS. L. O. G. The Seventh Command you will n’ot so easily understand, and yet, it. is one,Mfhich is, perhaps, more frequently violated than any other. It means we should be pure in thought, word and deed —that our affec tions and desires should be fixed #pon holy things, and t hat we should lie careful to keep ourselves unspotted from the world. Children are apt tp feel that it is of little consequence, what they think about, or how they act, so long as they can keep whatever is wrong in their conduct con eealed from the eyes.of others. But God looks at the heart,- and every evil thought is marked by Him as deed. . " A good old man ur'd to’ T was a liitl§ girl—“A young person’s character is just like a piece of pure, white, blank paper ■, the least spot on it will show, and it is a difficult matter to get these spots off.” There is one now upon my little Marion’s paper, which causes me great anxiety. I mean your hasty temper. It has been compared to a keg of powder which ■ the least spark will kindle, and there is no telling, the mischief this small spark can do. This is • a blemish in your character which, you should use your utmost en deavors, to get rid of. Our Savior says : “Blessed are the pure in heart;” but where anger and resentment are cherished, purity cannot reign. The next commandment, “Thou shaft not steal,” is one I cannot think my little girl would ever be guilty of, and probably no child, who is rightly taught at home, will violate this command. But there are many children who appear to regard such things as fruit, and flowers, (and many other little things,) as public property, and fail not to appropriate them to their own use. You remember, Mrs. Alton was showing me a rare flower, a few days since, in her garden, which, she thought, would expand soon, and which she promised to send me to examine and copy for you to sketch at your next drawing lesson, as soon as it was fully opened. She was here to-day and told me, a lady called yesterday, ac companied by her two daughters, who ob tained permission to walk in the garden to look at the flowers. What was her surprise and mortification, to find, when they re turned, that they had plucked indiscrimina tely many of her rarest and most beautiful pets —amongst them the one we were speak ing of —and which I was so anxious. in bloom. The tears came into Mrs. Alton’s eyes as she related this incident, and spoke of the annoyance and vexation of such sa crilege. She wondered, how parents could allow their children to act so, with only the mild reproof, “My dears, you should not pull so many of Mrs. Alton’s flowers.” Most of them were sent to her by her bro ther, who died last year in India, and she prizes them highly on that account. So you see, how much pain thoughtless chil dren may sometimes cause. I once knew a gentleman who had a rare fruit-tree, of a peculiar kind, from which he was anxious to preserve seed. The first year it bore very little fruit, and he for bade any one touching it, designing to save it all for seed. One day, some friends cal led with their families to spend the day. He showed them this tree, and promised to give each one some of the seed when fully ripe. They returned to the house, leaving the children at play under the shade trees in the grove. Now a rude boy heard the conversation about this nice fruit, and so great was his desire to taste it, he soon left his young friends, and, hastening to the tree, he plucked the unripe fruit and began to eat. ft was so delicious, he continued eating until it was all gone. He then re turned to his friends, but he had swallow ed the green fruit in such haste, it made him quite sick, and he probably would have died, had not his father (who was a physician) administered an emetic which gave him much relief. But all his pleasure, and that of his parents, was at an end for that day, and they took him immediately home. Thus he was deprived of a plea sant visit, besides causing his parents rnudh I sorrow and mortification. But this was j not all. ft so happened that this tree was very tender, and as the following winter was quite severe, it was killed by the cold and thus was entirety lost by this selfish j hoy’s greediness and wilful violation of the eighth command. Children should never touch the least thing which does not belong to them. They have no more right to take flowers and fruit without permission, than they have to take silver and gold. Christian Biography.—There Is a vast value in genuine biography, ft is good to ' have real views of what life is and what i Christian life may be. It is good to familiar ize ourselves with the history of those, | whom God has pronounced as the salt of the earth. We can not help contracting good from such associations. How a hu ! man spirit contrived to get its life accom plished in this confused world—what a man like us, and yet no common man, left, did, suffered —how he fought, and how he con quered, if we could only get a clear pos i session and firm grasp of that, we should i have got almost all that is worth having in I truth, with the technicalities stripped off'; s i for what is the use of truth, except to teach * man how to live?— Robertson.