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The Soldier’s Widow.
by w. P. R.
Deep burled In a woodland glen,
Afar from noise and strile of men—
A cottage hides itself away.
And shuns the light of busy day :
One stricken heart dwell there— alone,
And weeps for joys forever flown.
Within that humble home content,
A widow pours her long lament—
And loves her solitude and gloom,
Nor ever sings besides her loom—
Her heart still clinging to the dead—
Her husband in his soldier-bed.
Her love so true, as he to all
That bade him heed his country’s call,
Was wounded with him when lie bled—
But deathless still embraced him dead ;
And from Manassas claimed her brave,
To give at home a better grave.
And now the shadow of her cot,
Falls o’er the consecrated spot—
And there the household-angel keeps
Unbroken vigils where he sleeps ;
And widowed lo ve/eels not a fear t
Because her hero .deeps so near.
And now beneath the homo-wood greeu,
The soldier’s tomb so white is seen.
With chiselled words so few to tell—
All, when,and where he bravely fell;
And loving hands still train the vine,
With prlile, around the soldier-shrine.
And from their leafy homes above,
The bird’s still praise this woman’s love—
Who by her constant, frugal care ,
And patient toil and stinted fare,
Attained her hope—to build this shrine,
For him, who sleeps beneath the vine.
And from each neighbor’s rustic home.
The children too, delight to come—
To cheer the widow’s lonely lot,
And see the tomb so near her cot—
To read the lines above the grave,
And scatter flowers o’er the brave.
Bat still within the cottage-gloom,
The widow sits, and plies her loom—
Content with toil, and humble fare.
To give her life to God and prayer;
And from her window still to see.
The soldier’s tombbeueath the tree.
And now the Poet’s tribute done—
Bet Pity warm towards tills sad erne ;
Os wealth, of Joy, of hopebereft,
A tomb is all that Death has left;
Ten thousand in our Boutheru laud,
Far more than Pity should command ;
The wiflow’s cry,
The orphan's sigh,
In countless homes of gloom ascend,
For Father, Husband, Brothor, Frieud-r
Our country’s braves,
in soldier graves;
Det Pity hear the widow’s grief,
And send the orphan sweet relief.
goctrine anb ©rnerunrc,
Bishop McKendreo.
FROM "I.IFK,' JJV JiISHOF PAINS.
The following sketch of the revival
where he was converted, and the preach
er who was Instrumental in that work,
gives us a tine picture of the men who
aroused the church from its apathy, by
arousing the sinner from his sleep of
death, as well as the wonderful results
which attended their labors :
This revival, which began under Mr.
Easter, and of which young McKendree
and thousands of others became the hap
py subjects, was a novelty to many.
Most of the clergy of the established
Church opposed it publicly und ridiculed
it in private. The great body of the
Church stood aghast at it. It was "wild
fire,” “self delusion” or hypocrisy.” No
doubt hundreds of honest and conscien
tious persons thought they were doing
God’s service in striving to repress what
they regarded as “religious frenzy.” In
their estimation Mr. Easter, and all those
who like him strove to arouse the torpid
consciences of sinners, and proclaimed a
present pardon, and an internal evidence
of that pardon, were disturbers of the
peace of society, as well as heretics. To
the churchman both the preacher and his
matter were offensive—the first wauting
the odor of succession, the latter, at the
same time condemning his profession,
Iris experience and his practice. To the.
honest and devout Calvinist, having in
his mind Calvin's “horrible decree,” the
earnest offer of Christ’s death and medi
ation, as means available by faith for the
salvation of all men, without distinction
and without reservation, seemed presump
tuous if not profane; so that, in whatever
else they disagreed, Churchmen, Calvin
ists and quakers united in condemning
those who seemed to be “turning the
world upside down.” Still the people
flocked by hundreds and thousands to
hear them, and multitudes became the
subjects of this great work. Their plain,
earnest and scriptural appeals to con*
science ; their solemn and devout man
ners ; their disinterestedness, aud the
extraordinary faith and dauntless moral
courage which Easter and his associates
exhibited, and above all the wonderful
power which attended their miuistry,
were well calculated to excite attention.
And they did excite attention. The pri
vate houses, old field school houses, and
the few meeting houses where circuit
preaching had been ordinarily heard,
were soon found insufficient to contain
the immense throngs of eager listeners.
The barns were resorted to, but were soon
found to be too small. To the groves,
nature’s own temples, the crowds re
paired. The villages were emptied of
population ; the mechanic laid aside his
tools ; the farmer stopped his plows, and
mounted his family upon the horses,
sometimes two aud three upon a horse ;
servants, and those who could find no
other means of conveyance started on
foot. The roads were crowded ; the vi
cinity of the place of worship was covered
with horses and vehicles, and thousands
gathered around the temporary pulpit
aud held their breath to catch every sylla
ble of the man of God.
Mr. Easter was a man of great purity
of life, of a souud mind and deep religious
feelings, aud what he clearly apprehend
ed, and strongly felt, he spoke with the
confidence of one who knows he deliv
ers a message from God. He never in
dulged in metaphysical discussions, aud
rarely iu doctrinal expositions. His
themes were repentance, salvation by
faith iu Jesus Christ, aud the witness of
the spirit. His preaching was of the ex
perimental aud practical kind; his man
ner hortative. Those who knew him re
vered and loved him. When, upon such
au occasion as adverted to above, lie arose
iu tbe immense congregation, his appear
ance and manner inspired awe. His
piercing black eyes, bis awful earnest
ness, aud bis almost miraculous faith, ar
rested every hearer, aud transfixed the
most careless. His sentences in the be
ginning of his addresses were short, and
his language solemn aud pointed. There
was no mannerism nor circumlocution.
He was full of his subject, and intent on
ly upon the rescue of sinners from im
pending wrath At once he went to
work, invokiug the presence aud power
of God, admonishing Christians to pray,
and when his faith was mighty assuring
them that souls would be converted there
that day. Then he would begiu his ap
peal to sinners. Their depraved and guil
ty condition, their duty, tlie necessity for
decision, and the consequences involved,
together with the means and evidences of
pardon aud regeneration, were concisely
and overwhelmingly exhibited ; now soft
as au .Eolian harp, while persuading the
hesitating or soothing the penitent; anon
ringing out like the denunciations from
Mount Ebal, when successive peals of
curses reverberated against the incorrigi
bly impenitent; and then again, “in
language sweet as angels use,” whisper
ing to the believing penitent blessings
richer and more abundant than ever died
away in soft aud melodious echoes from
Mount Gerizim over the beautiful valley
of Shecbem—and yet bis wooie manner
was natural and unstudied. He would
have despised himself if he had felt con
scious that he was aping the orator, or
seeking aught but the salvation of his
hearers. His communion with God was
JMnlkrr« Christian JMvntnt*.
too intimate to allow , any less serious or
worthy motive; for he who walks closely
with God will be fearfully earnest while
pleading with man. The power of the
Almighty attended his efforts. The pi
ous portion of his audience sustained
him witli their prayers, and rose with
him in faith and zeai as he increased in
fervor and force, until the immense con
course, agitated by the conflicting emo
tions of consternation, grief and joy, at
last could restrain themselves no longer,
and gave vent to the long pent up but
now resistless feelings of their hearts.
Borne fled with alarm; others felt as if
impaled, while mauy fell to the ground
as if stricken by a bolt from heaven.
Many were happily converted while he
was speaking, until at last some fresh ac
cessions to the number of penitents or
converts would so swell the wave of emo
tion that his voice would he drowned :
and then mingled shouts, prayers and
songs would rise like the poeans of victo
ry or the wails of the wouaded over a bat
tle-field.
Such were the scenes often witnessed
in those days ; and let others call it con
fusion. fanaticism, whatever they please,
I believe it to have been the work of God,
and pray that such scenes may never
cease in the Methodist Church ; aud let
all who revere his memory recollect that
Bishop McKendree was a subject of this
glorious work. Surely his life aud death
might be regarded as a vindication of
such revivals.
From the Nashville Christian Advocate.
A Question of Law.
Under this head an excellent minister
writes us the following communication :
Mr. Editor: —There is a question of law,
touching the legitimate business of a Quar
terly Conference, about which there is
some difference of opinion among some
of our most talented, Intelligent, and pi
ous ministers in the Holstou Conference
In Section iv., page 53, of our excellent
Discipline, this question is asked : “What
is the regular business of a Quarterly Con
ference? Ans. 1. To hear complaints,
and to receive and try appeals.” Now,
the question we want settled is, Is it law
ful to hear complaints of any kind, in a
Quarterly Conference, from any member
of the body, against a preacher in charge,
who is a member of an Annual Confer
ence? We ask not, whether it is the
province of a Quarterly Coufereuce to try
ttie preacher in charge, wLo is a member
of an Annual Conference, for we know it
is not; but whether it may hear com
plaints agaiust him. To our certain
knowledge, the Holston Conference, for
the last twenty-five years, we have the lair
of usage in favor of hearing complaints,
under the administration of every Pre
siding Elder under whom we have travel
ed. That you may know exactly what
we mean, we will suppose a few supposa
ble cases.
The preacher in charge goes to his ap
pointment an hour too soon, aud the con
gregation not being there, be leaves be
fore they come ; or be goes an hour too
late, and the congregation having become
weary, aud feeling disappointed, have all
left before his arrival; or he does not go
at ail, and the congregation knows no
reason for his non-attendance. Aud this
happens frequently, we will say. Or,
when he does go, he spends a half-hour,
or three-quarters, in desultory remarks,
before he has really done the service, he
takes up that same strain of desultory re
marks, and leads off lor half an hour, or
three-quarters, longer. Or he is conduct
lug a love-feast service, and in his prelimi
nary remarks, reading his Bible-lesson,
anil hymn, singing and prayer, aud nar
rating his own Christian experience, he
'consumes all the hour and u halfj but 22
minutes. However clever he might be in
other respects, he would be considered a
most intolerable “bore” to any intelli
gent congregation. Is this all to be kept
close from the Presiding Eider, only as he
may chance to pick it up in incoherent
parcels, from individual members in the
pastoral charge ? Or does the law con
template the mention of these, and kiu
dred things, in the Quarterly Conference,
that he may have the benefit of explana
tion, orexcuse himself, or promise amend
ment, and reinstate himself in the confi
dence of his people? Cowper.
Oct. 11, 1869.
We need not say that editors “go out as
commou men” when they venture to an
swer questions like those propounded by
our correspondent. But we have no ob
jection to show our opinion iu the premi
ses— it is this : As the Discipline makes it
the duty of the stewards “to tell the
preachers what they think wrong iu
them," we think they should do so, aud,
if they will not amend, we think they
should inform the Presiding Elder, whose
business it is to take oversight of all the
preachers in his District. As the travel
ing preachers are not amenable to the
Quarterly Conference, we do uot think
complaints against them should be receiv
ed by that court. By reference to the
Journal of the General Conference of 1860,
page ISO,-it will be seen that the Bishops
were requested to give au official decision
as to what is meant by the word "com
plaints,” iu the question asked in Quar
terly Conferences, "Are there any com
plaints?” Bishop Pierce, iu behalf of the
College of Bishops, answered, that they
consider thar the word “complaints” in
cludes cases of official neglect in the offi
cers of the Church responsible to the
Quarterly Conference, and grievances
growing out of non-payment of debt and
cases of arbitration. At that session of
the General Conference, the rules concern
ing arbitration, etc., were taken out of the
Diseipin, so that the word “complaints”
now refers exclusively to “cases of official
neglect in the officers of the Chiirch re
sponsible to the Quarterly Conferences.”
We take occasion to state that the opin
ion which we have given coincides pre
cisely witii Bishop MoTyeire’s, which will
appear iu his “Manual of the Discipline,”
a capital work, so long desiderated, now
in press.
From the tenor of the communication
of “Cowper," we should judge that some
of the traveling preachers ought to be
complained of before some court which
has jurisdiction. Neglect of pastoral du
ty, or the perfunctory performance of it,
suiely ought to be severely censured. We
gather this from the communication, that
some of the preachers content themselves
with' reading one “ Scripture-lesson, ”
whereas the Discipline prescribes two for
the morning service, oue out of the Old
and the other out of the New Testament.
It appears, too, that the preacher com
plained of reads "his Bible-lesson” at the
commencement of the service, whereas,
In the Discipline, “siugiug” is put first,
and such was the order observed by Mr.
Wesley aud the old Methodists —very
properly, too, because when the lesson is
read at the beginning of the service, many
persons have not arrived, aud they are
coming in all the while the minister is
reading, so that few hear the word of God
when it is read. The service should he
introduced by singing, as that brings into
the church the people who are lingering
around it, aud those who enter during sing
ing do not disturb either the minister or the
congregation, as much as when they enter
at auy other part of the service. Besides,
nothing so tranquilizes aud exalts the
spirits as sacred music—it puts the mind
and heart “in frame” for the worship of
God. It exorcises the worldly demon,
just as tlie harp of David ejected the evil
spirit from Saul, and the playing of the
minstrels calmed the spirit of Elisha, ami
prepared him to utter the divine oracle.
We wish all our ministers would pay more
attention to these matters. The cultua of
the Church is of immense importance,
and it oughE to receive as much attention
as the sermon.
Let ministers select their lessons with
great care—read them over in their closets
mark the proper pronunciation of every
word, and note where to give the proper
emphasis—choose their hymns and study
them iu like manner—and “take with
them words,” the most “acceptable
words,” (their own or others, especially
those of Holy Writ) wtien they lead the
congregation in their solemn addresses to
the throne of grace.
’Tis not a cause of small Import
Tlie pastor’s care demands
“Cursed be he that doeth the work of the
Lord deceitfully”—or as it reads in the
margin and in the Septuagint, “negli
gently,” which is perhaps the true ren
dering—but it makes little difference, for
he who does it “negligently,” does it “de
ceitfully.”
Scolding in the Pulpit.
i “He that winneth souls is wise.” Pro
i verbs xi, 30.
There is a difference’ between winning
and driving, and one of the commonest
| mistakes of the pulpit is the confounding
| of the two, and of indulging in a fault
| finding, ceusorious spirit, instead of the
! opposite. Ministers may find many
| things going wrong in their churches,
| their members becoming lukewarm and
i worldly-minded, indulging in practices
1 inconsistent with their profession, and
! that hinder the cause of Christ, and they
rail out against them from Sabbath to
| Sabbath, and wonder that their tirades
do not check these evils ; that they con
i tinue just as bad, or become even worse
i than they were before. They feel that
ministerial faithfulness requires that they
I should bear testimony against the sins of
their flocks, and endeavor to induce them
! to forsake them ; and so it does, but they
I mistake the best method of doing it.
Churches, in thi9 matter, are very much
like families. They may be governed
and modeled by kindness and affection,
but not by scolding aud fault-finding.
When affection is at the helm of a fami
ly, and beams out iu every look and ac
tion of its head, and sorrow, rather than
anger, is depicted in the countenance,
when any of its members do wrong, the
family can be Very easily corrected, in all
ordinary eases. But when petulence and
railing follow each other in quick succes
sion, and the members come to feel that
they will be scolded and harshly found
fault with for every little error they may
fall into, all family government soon
comes to an end. The head of the family
loses all power to mould it. Just so it is
with Churches. They may be persuaded,
encouraged and reasoned into almost any
thing that is proper, but they can be
scolded aud driven into nothing. Said
the sweet-tempered Christian poet, Cow
per, in a letter to the Rev. John New:on :
“No man was ever scolded out of bis
sins. The heart, corrupt as it is, and be
cause it is so, grows angry if it be not
treated with some management and good i
manners, and scolds again. A surly mas
tiff'will perhaps bear to be poked, though
he will even growl under the operation,
but if you touch him roughly he will bite.
There is no grace that the spirit of self can
counterfeit with more saccess than a reli
gions zeal. A mau thinks that he is
skillful in searching the hearts of others,
when lie is only gratifying the malignity !
of liis own, and charitably supposes his !
hearers destitute of grace, that he may |
siiiue the more iu his eyes by comparison.
When he lias performed this notable task,
lie wonders that they are not converted.
He has given it to them soundly, and if
they do not tremble and confess that God
is in them in truth, lie gives them up as
reprobate, incorrigible, and lost for ever.
But a man that loves me, if he sees me in
error, he will pity me, and endeavor
calmly to convince me of it, an'd persuade
me to forsake it. If he has great and
good news to tell me, he will not do it
angrily, and in much heat and discompo
sure of spirit. It is not therefore easy to
conceive on what ground a minister can
justify a conduct which only proves that
he does not understand his errand. The
absurdity of it would cerlainlystrikehim,
if he were not himself deluded.”
Sharp rebuke is sometimes necessary
and useful, but all other means should be
tried before it is resorted to. And when
we who preach the Gospel, fail iu our at
tempts to reform our hearers, we ought
not at once to settle down in a stale of
self-satii-faction with our own efforts, aud
lay all the blame on the depravity of oth
ers, aud not nur own. It is possible that
we may not have approached them in a
right spirit, and plied them with proper
motives, and if so, we may be as much to
blame as they are.— House's Scripture
Cabinet.
Hereditary Class Leaders.
The Rev. William Gritnshaw, incum
bent of Haworth, sent Mr. Wesley to
preach at a village near Todmorden, iu
1757. Mr. Wesley says in his Journal,
“Mr. Gritnshaw led us to Gawkstiaw, to a
lone home, near Todmorden, on the side
of an enormous mountain. The congre
gation stood and sat row above row, in
the sylvan theatre.” Mr. Wesley preach
ed out of doors. Those lone and majestle
mountains captivated him. *l’he locality
was in what was called the “Keighley
Round,” aud an old circuit book is kept
at Keighley with a list of the members
then in that society, dated 1763. There
are forty-seven names entered, and
amongst them are “David Lacy, stuff
maker, Longfleld.” David had been,
turned out of doors by tiis father for be
coming a Methodist. He next resided with
a family at Waterside, and in his leisure
made brooms in order to save money to
pay his class and ticket money. After he
had been a member several years tie was
made a leader, worked hard during a long
life, loved the means of grace, and died a
worthy man at the age of 83. At his death
his son Thomas, following in his father’s
footsteps, accepted tlie leadership of the
class iu which he had long been a mem
ber, aud from which not a few of the
members bad passed in triumph to heaven.
When tiie hand of deatli had removed all
the family but one daughter, Haunah La
cy accepted the leadership of the same
class, held in the same place, and contin
ued it till iu tlie ripe old age of eighty
uiqe years she went to her reward. Thus
was this class conducted by tlie members
of one family from about 1770 to 1852, a
period of more than eighty years. It was
a class of loving brethren and sisters, seek
ing to save their own souls and those
around them; the discipline of that class
was a rule of love, and heaven only can
reveal how much happiness was created
by the example of that one godly family.
Whilst literary and scientific institutions,
with nobility to patronise, and wealth to
encourage, and music and oratory to give
a charm to them, have to complain of
poor attendance and waut of interest felt
in them, here is a Methodist class meet
ing, led oy a holy man or woman, main
taining its influence, interest, and vigor
for more than four score years. The dis
cipline which prevailed there is available
for every Methodist class in the world.
“See how these Christians love one an
other!”
That Wonderful Prayer.
Which? Why, that one which your
mother taught you. Did you ever think,
short though it may be, how much there
is ih it? Like a diamond in the crown of
a queen, it unites a thousand sparkling
gems in one.
It teaches all of us, every one of us to
look to God as our parent —"Our Father.”
It prompts us to raise our thoughts
and desires above the earth—“ Who art in
heaven.”
It tells us we must reverence our Heav
enly Father—“ Hallowed be thy name.”
It breathes a missionary spirit—" Thy
kingdom come.”
Aud asuhmUsive.obedient spirit—“ Thy
will be done on earth as it is in heaven.”
And a dependent, trusting spirit—“ Give
us this day our daily bread.”
And a forgiving spirit—“ Forgive us our
trespasses as we forgive those who tres
pass against us.”
And a cautious spirit—“ Deliver us from
evil.”
And last of all, an adoring spirit—“ For
thine is the kingdom, and the power, and
the glory, forever and ever—Amen.”
Now is it not both a wonderful and
beautiful prayer? Jesus, our dear Saviour,
taught it; and who could better tell us
how to pray to His Father and pur Father,
to His God and our God ?
A Tribute to Methodism.— “l was
brought up au Episcopalian, hut I went
into the Methodist Church by choice. My
friends said, ‘You are not going into that
Church ; that is the Church of common
people, the unwashed, aud it won’t suit
you at all.’ I replied, ‘Well, I think it
will.’ Why are you going into it ?’ they
inquired. I answered, ‘Because I think
it is alive. I want a living Church, not a
dead one. I want not only a praying and
preaching minister, but I want him to
preach without his notes, and I want him
to pray without the book. I can pray by
the book myself; I want his heart to beat
against my heart, his bosom against my
bosom. I waut to know that there is a
man throbbing, thrilling, and feeling,
with all deep emotions and ail kindly and
benevolent passions stirring within his
bosom, for my interests. I waut to feel that
PUBLISHED BY J. W. BURKE & CO., FOR THE M. E. CHURCH, SOUTH.
Macon, <4a., Friday, November 19, 1869.
j when a roan stands up in the pulpit to
i preach to me he is looking dowu*‘*3B it
| were into a grave, as if there was a win
; dow in the heart by which he
! the skeletons that are in our closets, the
\ schemes that have been frustrated, the
sorrows that have scarred us, and all
I the tribulations that have made our lives
crooked. It is iu the Methodist Church
| that you will get these men.’ ” Such was
! the recent testimony of an American oiti
: zen to the Church and ministry of his
■ choice.
From the Christian Intelligencer. •
Affliction.
"Look upon mine affliction and my pain, and
forgive all toy sins.”
Affliction laid her heavy hand
Upon this shrinking, mortal frame,
And days of pain an.l sleepless nights.
I In wearisome succession came.
Then also came my sins to mind—
Os youthtul days and riper years—
-1 Ami when their magnitude I saw.
My faithless heart was tilled with fears.
But oh i I have a faithful God,
And in this hour of sad distress
He heard my supplicating cry,
And sent the Comforter to bless.
I saw my sins on Jesus laid,
I saw the Father reconciled:
I heard the loving Spirit say,
“Draw near! thou’rt an adopted child.”
My Heavenly Father! then I knew
Tnat Xhouhad’el seen my grlei and pain
That Thou hads’t all iny sins lorgiven,
Aud death would beeierual gain.
But since it seemeth good to Thee,
That 1 should yet remain below.
Oh ! make me as a weaned child,
’Till I from faith to vision go.
Courage at the Last.
The excellent Sir William Forbes, the
biographer of Beattie, uttered this: “Tell
those,” said he, “that are drawing down
to the bed of death, from my experience,
that it has no terrors ; that in the hour
when it is most wanted there is mercy
with the Most High; and that some
change takes place which fits the soul to
meet its God.”
When the loyal Earl of Derby came to
his execution, although he had said, in j
previous times, that he could die in fight, !
but kuew not how it might be on the j
scaffold, he now said that he could lay his i
head on the block as cheerfully as on his i
pillow.
“Let my people know,” said the pious I
Arch deacon Aylmer, “that their Pastor j
died uudaunted, and not afraid of death. ;
I bless my God that 1 have no fear, no j
doubt, uo reluctation, but an assured eon- I
fldeuce iu the siu-overcomiug merits of i
Jesus Christ.”
Thus said Peter Finley: “Give my love
to the people of Princeton ; tell them that
I am going to die, and that I am not afraiit
of death.”
"O, de not fear to die.” said Mrs. East,
in dying ; “you will find the word of God
sure; all will be fulfilled, and you will
find it so.”
These were the words of Haliburton :
“I, a poor, weak, timorous mau, ouce as
much afraid of death as auy—l, that have
beeu many years under the terror of death
—come uow, iu the mercy of God, and by
the power of his grace, composedly aud
with joy to look death iu the face.”
It ofteu appears that exactly those from
whom constitutional courage or philoso
phic firmness could least be expected go
down into the valley of death with most
complete triumph over their past appre
hensions. In the recollections of mauy,
some such example of a dying friend will
occur with convincing power and tender
ness. They tell us that this absence of fear
is no fruit of nature, of habit, or of stren
uous etfoit, but tlie gift of Him who gave
to death its terrors when he made it ttie
doom of sin, and who takes those terrors
away when sin is blotted out through the
blood of the Lamb. —George Ewgcs*. *
Marginal Readings
IN THE ENGLISH VERSION OF THE SCRIPTURES.
There are certain facts concerning the
English Version of the Scriptures so well
known as to scarcely need mention.
These are: (I.) That words printed in
italics have uo words auswering to them
in the original—they were supplied by the
translators to complete the sense. (2)
That where the title Lord is printed (iu
the Old Testament) in capital letters,
(LORD) the term iu the original is JEHO
VAH: and (3.) That the marginal read
ings (not references ) are of equal authority
with the text, haviug beeu the work of
the translators.
There is oue fact, however, in reference
to these marginal readings that has al
most vanished from the knowledge of the
Church. They are of two kinds, that the
difference was noted by tlie translators by
a difference in tiie reference marks which
they employed. In examining a Bible,
having margiual readings, issued by the
American Bible Society, (who very prop
erly retain the old notation,) it will be
perceived that only two marks are em
ployed—viz: th & parallel lines (jj) and tlie
dagger (f). Where the former mark (||) is
employed, the margiu gives a mere alter
native translation of the original word,
which the translators did not think as
good as tlie one placed by them iu the
text; but where the latter (f) is used, the
marginal reading is always the literal
translation of the original, and the text
presents the tauslators’ opinion as to the
idea intended to be conveyed by the ori
ginal. Thus Isaiah 26: 4. is printed in
the text; “Trust ye in the Lord forever :
for in the Lord JEHOVAH (in Jah Je
hovah) is (-everlasting strength.” The
margin gives as the literal translation of
the phrase rendered in the text "ever
lasting strength,” “the rock of ages.” It
will also be perceived that wherever the
dagger mark occurs, the marginal reading
is, iu the Old Testament, always prefaced
witii the abbreviation Jieh., (for Hebrew,)
and in the New Testament with Or. (for
Greek.) In the Book of Daniel, Chald.
(for Chaldaic) also occurs. It will repay
any one to read the Bible with au eye to
these marks. The word whose literal
translation is thrown into the margin is
almost always some figurative expression,
the employment of which give a force and
grandeur to the Scripture which does not
appear iu the text—as in Ihe passage
above quoted from Isaiah. How far su
perior is the expression “in the Lord Je
hovah is the rock of ages” to that which
the text presents!
It is to be regretted that many promin
ent publishers (Bagster for instance) have
given up these distinctive marks, substi
tuting their place mere numerals.— N. Y.
Observer.
An Unavailing Plea,
Suppose a criminal indicted for theft,
should offer this plea :
“1 have obeyed more laws than I have
broken. I have stolen only onee'or twice,
aud have respected the rights of my fel
lowmen thousands of times, and I certain
ly ought to be acquitted.” Would the
plea be respected ? No criminal would be
so foolish as to urge it. But men of intel
ligence rely upon the same as between
themselves and God.
But obedience can never cancel disobe
dience. We have only done our duty
when we obey in every act. If we faii iu
oue act, obedience ever after will not
change the fact, nor obliterate tlie guilt.
That sin will stand forever a blot, a shame
upon the soul, and shut it out of heaven,
unless washed away by the blood of Christ.
A sin can never be recalled, never be
changed, never be made anything else
than a sin, and its guilt must stand so
long as the siu exists. Our Creator and
Redeemer alone has the power to relieve
us from this guilt, and he does it only on
condition of repeutance and faith. To
that remedy we exhort you to fly. Never
hope to wash away your sins by your own
acts, but resort toalmigbty power, infinite
mercy, atoniDg blood.— Morning Star.
What Constitutes Hell?— Dr. Nor
man McLeod is accredited, in one of our
exchanges, with the following: “Let the
fairest star be selected, like a beautious
island in the vast and shoreless sea of the
azure heavens, as the future home of the
criminals from earth, and let them pos
sess whatever they most love, and all that
is possible for God to bestow ; let them be
endowed with undying bodies, and with
minds which shall ever retain their intel
lectual powers; let no Saviour ever press
his claims upon them, no God reveal him
self to them, no Sabbath ever dawn upon
them, no saint ever live among them, no
prayer ever be heard withiD their borders ;
but let society exist there forever, smitten
only by the leprosy of hatred to God, and
with utter selfishness as its all-pervading
and eternal purpose—then, as sure as the
j of righteousness exists, on which
i rests the throne of God aud the goveru-
I ment of the universe, a society so consti
! tuted must work out for itself a hell of
solitary and bitter suffering, to which
i there is uo limit except the capacity of a
; finite nature! Alas! the spirit that is
without love to its God or its neighbor, is
already possessed by a power which must
at least create for its own self-torment a
worm that will never die, and a fire that
can never more be quenched !
Popular Preachers,
It is a matter of great congratulation
when the sacred truths of the gospel
lighting upon the congenial heart, are re
commended to the world with all the
clearness of an irresistible logic and all
the charms of sacred eloquence. When
popular preachers are devoted to truth
aud preach with all the humility of the
humblest piety, they are inestimable gifts
to the world. They are like a sun rising
in a clear morning, without a mist to ob
struct their rays, and making their utility
more useful by the beauty which adorns
it. tiucii popularity is a power, especially
if every body is more conscious of it than
the owner himself. When an angel visits
our world he may spread his golden
wiugs, mortals may admire, but the an
gel himself is intent on his message, he
celivers it aud departs we are bene
fited by his visit. But men are not an
gels, nor is every popular preacher a wit
ness to the truth. Popularity is some
times brought by the concealment, the
perversion, or even by the abandonment
of the gospel. Some of tiiese men use
their powers only to betray their tiust.
We can hardly conceive a greater evil.
Suppose a mau, ih the garb of a clergy
man, with just truth enough not to be a
buffoon ; with a boundless fancy, full of
illustration, never wanting a sparkling
thought, and more intent on striking than
instructing his audience, always saying
smart things with all the newspapers iu
the country’watching to report his point
ed sayjngs. Suppose him to have the fac
ulty of setting a thousand admirers to rep
resent him as the only man who knows
how to meet demands of the age, though
heaven only knows what these demands
are. What shall we say of such an exhi
bitionist ?
We must say a very great price is put
into his hand to get aud to impart divine
wisdom. What a blessing such a man
may be! How many thousands might
he conduct to salvation? What a crown
of rejoicing might he receive in the great
day ! “They that turn many to righteous
ness shall shiue as the stars forever and
ever.”— Rev. Leonard WUhington, 1). D.
What is Thine Age.
“Father,” said a Persian monarch to an
old man who, according to oriental usage,
bowed before the sovereign’s throne,
“pray be seated ; I cannot receive homage
from one bent with years, and whose
head is white with the frosts of age.
“And now, father,” said tiie monarch,
when the old man had taken the proffer
ed seat, "tell me thine age, how many of
the sun’s revolutions hast thou counted ?”
“Sire,” answered the old man, “I am
but four years old.”
"What!” interrupted tlie kiug, “ffearest
thou not to answer me falsely, or dost
thou je-t on the very brink of the tomb ?”
“I speak uot iaisely, sire,” replied the
aged man, “neither would I offer a foolish
jest on a subject so solemn. Eighty long
years have f wasted in folly and sinful
pleasures and in amassing wealth, none
of which can I take with me when I
leave this world. Four years only have
it spent in doing good to my fellow-men ;
and shall I couut those years that have
been utterly wasted ? Are they not worse
than a blank, and is not that portion only
worthy to be reckoned as a part of my
life which has truly auswered life’s best
end ?”
Daniel Webster on Goino to
Church.— Many years ago, when Dauiel
Webster stood at the summit of his com
manding influence, upon a certain Sab
bath lie entered a small Methodist church
iu the vicinity of Washington. The num
ber of persons in attendance was few,
and the house and furniture were of a
very inferior description. The preacher
was a plain, unlettered man, who had
never enjoyed auy advantages of educa
tion, but who did possess a heart warmed
by the glow and excellence of the gospel.
At tlie close of the services as Mr. Web
ster was leaving the bouse, a clerk of one
of tiie departments, who bad been pres
ent, accosted Mr. Webster, and expressed
regret that a man of his eminence aud ex
tensive information should have been
compelled to listen to so plain a discourse.
‘‘You mistake!” replied Mr. Webster;
“I have been deeply interested and moved
by the sermon. As you say, the preacher
has no learning from the books, but be
has evidently been .instructed by the
highest of teachers—the Spirit of God.
We go to church, sir, not merely to have
our minds enlightened, but to have the
emotious of our hearts awakened aud ex
cited towards divine things. This igno
rant man, as we call him, has attained a
reach of knowlege which no mere learn
ing can give. He has taught us our duty
to God. May we perform it!” —The
Christian Witness.
An Aimless Life. —“l committed,”
says one, "one fatal error in my youth,
and dearly have I abided it. I started in
life without an object, even without an
ambition. My temperament disposed me
to ease, aud to the full I indulged the
disposition. I said to myself, ‘I have ail
that I see others contending for: why
should I struggle?’ I knew not the curse
that lights on those who have never to
struggle for anything. Had I created for
myself a definite pursuit—literary, scien
tific, artistic, social, political, no matter
what, so there was something to labor for
and to overcome—l might have been hap
py. I feel this now—too late ! The pow
er is gone. Habits have become chains.
Through all the profitless years gone by,
I seek vainly for something to remem
ber with pride or even to dwell on with
satisfaction. I have thrown away a life.
I fe«n, sometimes, as if there were noth
ing remaining to me worth living for. I
am an uuhappy man.”
East Texas Conference.
Rev. Jeff. Shook, Secretary, writes to
the Texas Christian Advocate: The 25th*
session of the East Texas Conference met
in Henderson, Wednesday, Oct. 20<h, at
9 o’clock, A. M., —Bishop Woi. M Wight
man in tbe Chair. We have lost one of
our number, Brother J. R. Burk, who,
his Presiding Elder reported, died in
great peace and triumph. The numeri
cal strength of the Church has been great
ly enlarged ; finances are improving, and
a healthy state of spirituality and relig
ious devotion characterizes our Zion gen
erally; hundreds have been converted
and added to the church the past year.
The subject of education received a liberal
share of attention, and the plan suggest
ed and adopted, if carried into successful,
systematic execution, will work out an
endless and untold amount of good to the
generations following. We had a pleas
ant session; the Bishop was always up
with his part of the work. This time the
preachers got into such a hurry to get
home they would not, or at least, did not
givli him time nor chance to give us, and
leave with us, his parting blessing in the
form v of a deliberate and religious exhor
tatiou, as he would freely have done.
Here are the appointments:
Marshall District.— L. P. Livery,
P. E.; Marshall st, Thos W Rogers; Mar
shall ct. G W Cottingham; Eiysian Fields
ct, J R Middleton; Carthage ct, J R. Bel
lamy; Carthage eol’d charge, supplied by
G Bird, eol’d; Henderson st, N W Burks;
Beiview ct, Neill Brown; Starrville ct, J
8 Mathis; Marshall & Harrison, eol’d
charge, sup, by C Wells, eol’d; Harrison
mis, Dan’l Morse.
Palestine District.— L. R. Dennis
P. E-; Palestine st, John Adams; Kicka
poo and Palestine ct, D P Cullio; J H
Neely, sup; Tyler st, supplied by Isaac
Alexander; Rusk and Alto st, C G Young;
Jeff Shook, sup; Jacksonville ct, E F
Boone; Rusk ct, to be supplied ; M Math
ews, sup; Rusk colored charge, supplied
by D Mims, eol’d; Athens ct, £ P Rog-
era; Tyler colored charge, supplied by
William Taylor, col’d.
San Augustine District.—D S. Wat
kins, P. E.; Sau Augustine ct, to be sup
plied; Jasper ct, E L Armstrong; Barks
ville ct, supplied by Benjamin Powell;
Shelbyviile ct, M Donegan; Melrose ct, A
D Parks; Douglas ct, Wm N Bonner, J
W Overall, sup; Mt. Ehterprize ct, D W
Ross; Milam ct, L C Crouse.
Crockett District.—J. C. Wooiam, P.
E.; Crockett ct, W C Collins; Crockett
colored charge, supplied by H Jennings,
col’d; Sumter ct, supplied by G M Hop
per; Homer ct, F M Stovall; Livingston
ct, A M Box; Livingston colored charge,
supplied by E Campbell, col’d; Woodville
ct, T A Scurlock; A Young, supernume
rary.
R S Finly aud John W Fields, trans
ferred to the Trinity Conference.
John B Tullis, superannuated.
Samuel Weaver, located.
J R Burk, died last year.
L P Lively aud Jefferson Shook, cleri
cal delegates to the General Conference.
N W Burks, reserve. Lay, James F
Taylor and M H Bonner, Lay Delegates
to the General Conference; L V Greer,
reserve.
Next Conference to be held at Carthage,
Panola county, Texas.
Arkansas Conference Appointments.
Helena district.—J M Steele, P E;
Helena st, J L Denton; Helena ct, J A
Williams; Walnut Bend, D W Reid; Ma
rion, B Harris; Oceola, L D Webb.
Jacicsonport District.—G A Dannel
ly, P E; Jacksonport st, J H Dye; Jack
son port ct, W W Gillespie; Black River,
J H Coxe; Cache mis, H P Clay; Cotton
Plapt, J Mackey; Augusta, C H Gregory;
E T Jones, supernumerary; Clarendon,
E M Baker; Surrounded Hill, T H How
ard; Prairie, W G Hilton; Trenton, George
Deboze; Augusta, Clarendou, Jacksouport,
aud Cotton Plaut colored circuits, to be
supplied.
Harrisburg District.—W A Cobb, P
E; Harrisburg, to be supplied by W C
Malone; Wittsburg, John W Walkup;
Taylor’s Creek, E W Coleman; Jonesboro,
H T Gregory; Greensboro, to be supplied
by I) B Warren; Gainsviile, W M Wat
son; Maumella, J P Webb; Madison, W
T Noe.
Batesville District. —B Lee, P E;
Batesville st, T C Ellis; Batesville ct, A R
Bennick; Bethesda, James A Walden;
Smithville, M C Morris; Pocahontas, to
be supplied by W Phipps; Grand Glaize,
W R Young; Prospect Bluff, C S Floyd;
Big .Creek, F A Ellis; Wallace Cove mis,
W E Whitten berg; Evening Shade, H A
Barnett; Mammoth Spring inis, R N
Francis.
Searcy District.—M B Pearson, PE;
Searcy st, Geo H Shaeffer; Searcy ct, R
G Brittain; Cadron, Thos A Graham;
Clinton, J Griffin; Lewisburg st, Isbam
Xi Burrow; Lewisburg ct, A C Ray; Gal
ley Rock, P A Moses; Dover, 1 L Hicks;
Clarksville) to be supplied by N Futrell;
Piney, J M Bewley; Agent American Bi
ble Society, John Rhyne; Searcy colored
ct, J W Patton. •
Fort Smith District.-J .) Roberts,
P E; Fort Smith st, Thus Wainrighl;
Fort Smith ct, H M Granade; Greenwood,
F A Tass; Booneville, F M Moore; Wal
dron, W RKnowlton; Bluffton, N EFair;
Danville, George F Fair; Dardanelles!, S
S Key: Dardauelie ct, C H Ford; Shoal
Creek, H M Youngblood; Ozark, G H
Waren; Van Buren st, Sydney Babcock;
Van Buren ct, R A Allison.
Fayetteville District.—W M Math
es, P E; Fayetteville, to be supplied by E
J Dawue; Evansville, J Grant; Viney
Grove, T S Smith; Maysville, R C Aytch
ley; Centre Poiut, D Sturdy; Beutonville,
J M Clayton; Van Winkle mis, I T Rice;
White River to be supplied by Moses Dut
ton; Huntsville, J M King.
\ ellville District.—W R Foster, P
E; Yellville, .1 H Wade; Crooked Creek,
D W Evans; Carrollton, A Mathes; Jas
per mis, G R Bryce; Marshall, W H D.y
ler; Flatwood, W J H Martin; Wild
Haws, B F Hall; Salem mis, J H Hall;
Mountain Home, V B Tate.
Transferred.—C N McGuire, to Noith
west Texas Conference; M Arrington, to
St. Louis Coufereuce; E R BirCus, to Lit
tle Rock Conference; E B Plummer, to
Memphis Conference: A T Goodioe, to
Tennessee Conference ; J H Porter, to In
dian Mission Conference, anil appointed
to Oekmulgee; S P Hicks, to Indian Mis
sion Conference, aud appointed to Scuily
ville.
Religious
A Hard Case.
“Observer,” in Zion’s Herald says: At
one of the camp-meetings, this season, I
heard a hymn sung, commencing • with
the following:
“ I saw a way-worn traveler,
Industv garments clad;
llis eet were wend Ina homeward,
His look was very sad.’
A few Sabbath evenings later, I wit
nessed au almost exact fulfilment of much
set fortli iu that descriptive hymn. A
minister, somewhat aged, passed on foot
towards his rural home. He has a stated
appointment for preaching, is acceptable
and useful, but before the Sabbath, had
walked eight •or ten miles to a town
where he was to supply a pulpit in ex
change. He gave two discourses; no oue
invited him to take refreshments at noon,
nor any one to supper after the afternoon
service. So, without taking any food af
ter breakfast, he walked home the whole
distance.
I spoke to him by the wayside. He said
he had seen no way to get dinner or sup
per without taking,for them, and that he
felt he could not do. He had walked in
the heat and dust about three hours; ap
peared weary, faint, ejected, aid sad
“The sun was sinking low.” His own
sun, too—the sun of life—was going down.
His cottage home was not far away ; his
heavenly home, near. He gathered cour
age, and with a somewhat lighter step
passed on; and as he went out of sight, I
fancied—
" He shouted, as he Journeyed,
Deliverance will come.”
At the last day. tire Judge will say,' ‘‘l
was hungry, and ye gave me no meat.”
To some it may prove true, iu a literal
sense.
The neglect to Invite ministers home is
getting very common. People seem afraid
to give them a cup of tea and a light
lunch. Yet this is all they may care for.
“Given to hospitality,” is a sign of grace.
Such conduct as this is a disgrace to any
church.
The last paragraph is the comment of
Zion’s Herald. We suppose such a case
could only have happened in New Eng
land or heathendom.
The Protestant Episcopal “Situation.”
A recent letter from Rev. Dr. 8. H.
Tyng. Sen., directed to the Committee on
the Revision of the Prayer Book, indi
cates the disruption of the Church as im
minent. aud possibly desirable. He says:
I look forward to the general meetings
of this autumn as an occasion at which
we shall probably settle finally great prin
ciples of contest and action, either result
ing in our separation or our snbmission ;
beyond which, for the present at least, we
shall have no more discussion. That our
brethren will much longer bear the in
roads of bold oppression—bolder heresy—
is in my judgment not to be anticipated,
or perhaps desired. I have no fears of the
issue of such a movement if it shall he
conducted with calmness and determina
tion. I cannot say I am without desire
to see it successfully ’effected, though I
should much more desire to see the Church
as it now stands prove faithful to the truth
of God and to the liberty of Christ.
The deep feeling, firm determination,
and bold words of Dr. Tyng, and many
other Low Churchman, have led several
of the Bishops to take advanced action on
the subject at issue. Various consulta
tions have been had between them and
the reformers, resulting in the prospec
tive Episcopal action set forth in the fol
lowing paragraph, from the Protestant
Churchman:
We have arrived at a point from which
it is important to review the progress
made and the position now occupied. A
number of Bishops have recently held
conferences with certain of the clergy and
laity iu regard to the present condition of
our Church. A wide range of views were
represented, aud a considerable variety of
opinion expressed. The prevailing feel
ing was one of deep disquietude as to the
existeuce of corruptions of doctrine and
errors of practice in the Church. The
conviction was finally almost if not quite,
unanimous that it was important that
those Bishops who felt that the state of
opiniou in the Church demanded some
modification of the Baptismal Office should
immediately announce the fact, and at
ouce enter upon a course of effort calou
lated to secure such results at the next
General Convention. This declaration,
we understand, is to be made at once by
ten or twelve Bishops, iu the form of a
letter to their brethren. It is also under
stood that iu committing themselves thus
far, these Bishops by uo means preclude
themselves from further actiou in the
same direction whenever it shall seem to
them necessary or desirable.— N. Y. Ad
vocate.
Going to Rome.
The Protestant Churchman says that the
Rev. James K. Stone, late President of
Kenyon College, and still later the Presi
dent of Hobart College, has given iu his
adhesion to the church of Rome, and was
formally received into that body on Sep
tember 12th. The New York Independ
ent states that two-thirds of the students
in tlie general Episcopal Theological
Seminary in that city have just gone over
to the Roman Catholics. The institution
is said to be under decided High Church
control.
The Churchman, after mentioning the
fact of Dr. Stone’s perversion, oharges
Rome upon the Church the responsibility
for it in the following emphatic words:
“We make this sad announcement in our
columns not only to express our sympa
thy which we feel for Dr. Stone, whose
awaking sooner or later must be most
painful : not only to express our sympa
thy witli those who, being nearest to him,
are most deeply distressed, but to ask
where lies the responsibility of sueh a
lamentable fall. We do not hesitate to
say, and we believe that uiue out of ten
of our readers will say, that blame at
taches in a great measure to us all. If we
use a service-book in which the Romish
ideas of priesthood and priestly absolu
tion are sanctioned, in which an undue
importance is attached to Cbnrcli authori
ty and to ttie efficacy of ministerial acts,
then we ourselves are putting our young
men in a Romeward way ; we are filling
their minds with ideas which, under cer
tain influences, will inevitably lead to
Rome. . . . We hope that this sad per
version will lead in ail directions to “great
searchings of heart.” Let parents and
teachers be instructed by it. Let thoße
who hold the chief places of authority in
our Church be reminded of the high and
awful responsibility. Let us all ask our
selves, and that before God, wtietber we
will any longer allow our Church to be
a nursery to that apostate communion
which the Spirit of God himself has styl
ed The Mother of Harlots and Abomina
tions of the Earth."
Welsh Methodists.— Dr. Candiish
thus reports his visit to the Calvinistic
Methodists of Wales: “The most marvel
ous scene I ever witnessed, or hone to wit
ness on this earth, was the gathering of
the people to hear the preaching of the
gospel. Thirty thousand people were
gatherid there hearing the gospel preach
ed, and I was most deeply impressed with
the whole scene. The preaching was, of
course, in Welsh, but I had beside me a
brother who interpreted so as I could fol
low tlie preaching in a great degree; and
1 would certainly say that the preachiug
seemed to me of a most remarkable kind,
as laying tlie foundation in a simple, clear,
doctrinal exposition, and then the practi
cal appeal. The brethren in Wales are
thoroughly Calvinistic in doctrine aud in
their order, aud they assume tile name
now of the Welsh Presbyterian Church.
This they are eutltled to do; for purely
through study of the divine word and the
leadings of Providence, without external
influence to any extent worth noticing,
they came to the conclusion of being thor
oughly Calvinistic in creed and really
Presbyterian in their Government. And
they ure really tlie National Church in
Wales, though .not established. The Es
tablished Church has a mere partial exist
aiice; and the Presbyterian Methodists
aro the National Church, as was well
pioved by that immensegatheringof thir
ty ttiousaud people. All works round
about—tlie slate quarries, etc., were stop
ped, aud all classes of tlie people came
into Bangor; aud, as I have said, ttie ef
fect produced upon me was such as I shall
never forget—to see tlie whole of that vast
assembly listening with profound emotion,
the tears running down from their eyes
and chiefly from the eyes of the men,
young aud old. I confess I could not res
train my own before the service was over.
I cannot enlarge upon this; but I venture
to propose that, after hearing my some
what informal communication, the As
sembly should agree to appoint deputies
to visit the uext quarterly meeting in (Sep
tember of the Presbyterian Church in
North Wales.”
Separation of the American Epis
copal Church. —A division in the Epis
copal church in this country seems inevi
table. Under the head of “A Call for Ac
tion,’* the Episcopalian demunds boldly
and strongly the following changes: "The
Baptismal Office, tbo Commuuiou Office,
the Catechism, which are persistently
claimed to teach the Sacramentarian theo
ry, must be revised ; and the Apostolic
Succession, in short, the whole tissue of
the priestly character and sacramental
grace theory, must be expunged and swept
from the liturgy and standards of our
ciiurcb, as the mediieval rubbish aud 'old
wives' fables’ of dark and corrupt ages.
Reason with the ruling majority—afford
them theopportunity to reform the church
in its heads and members—and then, if
they will not do it, we can go forth to tbe
laud of promise aud of freedom.” On the
other baud, tbe ritualistic rector of St.
Alban's Episcopal cburcii, affirms that tbe
Episcopal and Roman Catholic beliefs are
alike, although the members do not ebrn
luune together owing to the intrigues at
the court of Rome at the time of the Re
formation. He asserts that the churches
are actually one, that the members are all
Roman Catholic, and he hoped to see the
day when they would be united under the
latter name. Dr. H. W. Lee, Bishop of
lowa, also has written a letter in favor of
the revision of the Prayer Book. He iiad
been opposed to the measure, but is now
convinced of its necessity as the only
means of averting the calamity now seri
ously threatened, of an actual and open
division of the church. The revision
should be made, he says, on a broad and
comprehensive basis, and not upon that
of any mere sectarian party in the
church.
Rev. William Taylor in India.—
This distinguished evangelist is to spend
six months in India. He is now in Aus
tralia, from which place he will sail for
India in October. We learn that his plan
is to begin his labors in Ceylon, and going
from thence to Madras and Calcutta, pass
on up into North India, so as to spend
about three months among the brethren
of our Indian Mission. He goes to them
in response to an informal invitation, and
will lie most cordially received and sec
onded in bis work. All who know Mr.
Taylor will feel a deep interest in bis visit.
He alone among modern “evangelists,”
has gone among the heathen to preach,
and it is a most noteworthy act, that God
blessed him more abundantly wheu
preaching through au Interpreter to the
most degraded heathen in South Africa,
than when preaching in his own land.
His ministry in South Africa is unique
in the history of the modern Church.—
If attended with the same success in
India, it will make a profound impres
sion on the church at large. Some
of our missionaries in India are of opin
ion, that a successful campaign i.like
that in South Africa would give an
entirely new footing to Christianity in
India, and do much to infuse new hope
and energy into the missionary bodies
represented there. It must be remember
ed, however, that India and Africa are es
sentially different countries. In the for
mer oouutry error is organized, drilled,
armed, and strong. It is not irresistible,
but its opposition will be vigorous and
resolute. Let the church pray earnestly
that God may own His servant’s labors in
that great empire, and give him fresh vic
tories over the armies of the aliens.
E. H. MYERS, D. D., EDITOR
Whole Number 1778
Reconstruction in Ireland.—The
two largest Protestant Churches in Ire
land, the Episcopal and Presbyterian, are
now very busily occupied iu adjusting
their affairs, which had been thrown into
some confusion by the recent act of Par
liament. Meetings have been held by
Episcopalians all over the country, for
the appointment of delegates, lay and
clerical, to attend tlie grand assemblages
for the reorganization of church affairs,
which are now iu session. Tlie delibera
tions mainly concern provision for the
support of the clergy in place of the en
dowment. From the favorable terms given
by Parliament for the commutation, aud
the fact that most of the great landed pro
prietors, the nobility, and gentry, and
wealthy merchants, belong to that com
munion, it is likely there will be ample
provision for the support of thatohuroh
and its institutions. Tlie Presbyterian
Church is employed in arranging for its
SustentatioD Fund ; and though the terms
granted by Parliameut for commutation
were not so favorable ; yet from the zeal
ous spirit that has been awakened, there
will be ample support provided for it. It
may be necessary to state that "commuta
tion” meaDs the giving up by the clergy
of both churches their present endow
ments for a “lumped kuid,” to be paid at
ouoe; this forms the basis of the Susten
tion Fund. There is now a deputation
visiting the Presbyterian congregations In
the south aud west, to eucourge them
under their present altered circumstances,
and to assure them of sympathy and aid.
It will require extraordinary activity, as
well as increased liberality, to maintain
the various missions and benovoleut iusti
tutions of the church in their present
efficient state, along with an adequate
Sustentation Fund.— Cor. of N. Y Euan.
St. Ann’s on the Heights.—Recent
ly the new Bt. Ann’s church,' In Brooklyn,
was opened for divine worships A hun
dred clergymen of the Episcopal aud
other denominations assemtiled in the
chapel, where they were received by the
rector of the parish, Rev. N. H Schenck,
D. D., and alter mutual congratulations,
they all inscribed their names with their
own hands iu the pastor’s album. They
then formed in procession, and walked
into the street, and by the front entrauoe
up the middle aisle of the church to seats
reserved. The bishops and officiating
ministers sat in the chancel Bishop Mc-
Ilvaue preached the sermon from the
words: "Having a form of godliness, but
denying the power.” It was a discrimin
ating, eloquent and able defence of spiri
tual religion, aud a rebuke of me ritual
ists in the Episcopal Church who are act
ing as ferrymen of the Tiber. The large
house was crowded to overflowing, aud
tlie audience were deeply interested in the
solemn aud fitting services, protructed
through nearly three hours Bishop Lit
tlejohn preached,iu theeveniug.
John Street Anniversary.—The One
Hundred and Third Anniversary of the
John street Methodist Episcopal Church,
Rev. W. P. Oorbit, Pastor, was observed
on Sabbath 31st Oct. Special services
were held during the whole day In the
inorniug there was a love-feast, spiritual
and earnest, Rev E. L Janes presiding.
At 101 a. M., Rev. Dr. Dashieil, President
of Dickinson College, preached a sermon
full of practical thought aud real spiritu
ality, pressiug the truth home upon the
hearers with the evangelical earnestness
of the earlier days of Methodism. At 2
l*. M., the reunion of former pastors and
members was held, the Presiding Elder,
Rev. H. F. Pease, occupying the chair.
Among those who spoke was the veuera
ble Henry Boehm, uow in the ninety fifth
gear of his age and the sixty-ninth of his
itinerant ministry. He was present at all
the services of the day. and his words
were those of a loved and loving patriarch
approaching tlie close of life wit h his men
tal energies unimpaired, aud his soul tri
umphing iu tlie fruiPous and hopes of the
Gospel. Os the sisters who spoke was one
who told us in trembling yetgolden words
that iu her childhood sbe was led to the
first John-street Church by Barbara Hick.
Her early experience aud the presence of
Jesus abide with her. At op. m., the An
niversary Prayer meeting, characterized
by the life and unction of the early days,
was held. The evening sermon was
preached by Rev. Dr. Bartine, of Tren
ton—a sermon of rare ability and of ex
traordinary unction aud spiritual power.
During the whole day the congregations
were crowded : the exercises were full of
interest throughout; tlie contributions
were, as usual on such occasions amoDg
the John-street membets and friends,
grandly generous, (about §3,200,) and the
buptism of tlie divine Spirit was abun
dantly vouchsafed. We regret that the
crowded condition of our columns pre
vents a more particular report of the ser
vices.
Victims of the Inquisition.— a state
ment derived from an abridgment, of Lor
reut’s “History 01 the Inquisition in
Spain,” third edition, has been published
by the Edinburgh Spanish Evaugelical
Society, giviug a summary of tlie victims
of that .bloody instrument of Romish in
tolerance from the beginning, in 1481,
down to 1820. Tlie whole number of vic
tims, including those burnt ut the stake,
burnt in effigy, and sent to the'galleys, is
335,467. Closing the record iu 1740, since
which date only fourteen have been burn
ed, and 268 sent to tbe galleys, we have a
total, in 263 years, of 30 154 burnt at the
stake. Just about one-third of the whole
awful work was doue under Torquemada,
in the first seventeen years of the history
of the Institution, when 10.220 were burn
ed, 6,840 were burned in effigy, and 97,361
were sent to the galleys. It took nearly
sixty years to make up another third of
the victims of the stake; while a full
100,000 more were hurried to the galleys
in the short space of 23 years. After that
the work flagged, even under the rule of
the three Philips, and two centuries, dur
ing which the world was moving iuto the
light of the Reformation, were required
to equal the seventeen years of Torque
mada. If any one wishes to know wheth
er Spain escaped the influence that went
abroad with tbe Reformation, he Deed
only read tlie additional fact, that 260
persons were sacrificed in tiie last century
of the Inquisition, against 114,371 per
sons in the first seventeen years of its ex
istence; or the fact that in tlie forty years
before the Reformation, 232.650 were des
troyed, while in the sixty years immedi
ately following, only 60 000 suffered. Hu
manity stands appalled at the record, and
Christianity blushes at the atrocities com
mitted iu her name.
Pretty Shari>.—Mr. Beecher some
times gets as well as gives a thurst. A.
correspondent of the Advance relates the
following: One evening, the exercises
ran into the form of personal experience,
and several brethren told of their spiritu
al enjoyment. Mr. Beecher suggested that
this testimony was all very well, but that
the account of such smooth sailing did
not edify as much as the logbook of some
mariner who bad harder navigation, and
he said they would like to hear from some
brother who had been called to contend
with a very proud disposition, or a rough,
crabbed temper! “I like that sugges
tion.” exclaimed one of the deacons:
"Brother Beecher, suppose you lead off!”
Pretty sharp, that! but it broke no bones,
and no friendship. The pastor tooK it as
but small change for some of bis own
coin.
A Remedy Wanted.—A pastor seeks a
remedy for a disease which. Is not peculiar
to a member of his flock. He states that
there is a good sister living about three
squares from the church, whom he often
meets in visiting, half a mile from her
dwelling; who attends public gatherings,
such as church festivals, fairs, exhibi
tions, etc., but is entirely unable to go to
church, and has been thus afflicted for
several years. She “deeply feels tbe pri
vation of not attending Babbath morning
and eveniug, and the pra>er-meetlng dur
ing the week,” but caunot possibly be
present, though she has no small ohlldren,
and cap have good company, if she oould
ortf.y gd. He desires to know what will
remove this inability. Cau’t some of our
pbysioiaus prescribe a remedy ?
A Missionary Iconoclast.—Mr. Van
Meter, Baptist Missionary to the Karens,
was requested to break the vessels which
have long been used iu one of the village
temples tor sacrifices to the spirits of the
“dark world, ’’ He was, of course, only
too glad to comply, and the ceremony was
performed with due solemnity. This vil
lage is now a Christlau community, and
these onoe venerable vessels were tne last
relies of heathen lam.