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Pittsburgh Presbyterian Banner (Newspaper) - March 15, 1862, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania m Kinky of a. Little it Avii it my Kinney amp of. Iii toys and proprietors terms in Advance. Single . $1.50 in cum. 1.25 delivered in kit bit 09 the Oltis. 2.00 two , we. Wil fit and by mail Sevonty number tor one Dollar the Luty three numbers. Pastors tvs Dink Tia Twenty subscribers and upwards will thereby entitled to it paper without charge renewals should be prompt a it Flo Bot Ore the year spirea Bond payments to a a in of a hand. Or by mail. A . David my Elf they amp co., Pittsburgh a. ? original.i1 a a a Union meet at freedoms altar our Faith anew to plight we text the Brave old Banner with stars and stripes so Bright a j Long live the Union and heaven defend the right a i a ,.�?��?��?�. A. A a. A a it. Gome Brethren like Ohr fathers in Harmony we 11 dwell their names we fondly cherish their deeds our bosom swell. Long Livo the Union our fathers loved so Well. A a a �?~v�?~5 r 4 v a a no foreign foe it sailing shall break the Mystic band nor treason i Wavd Larking Leakou a single strand. Igod save the Union and Crown with peace our land. On continent and Ocean a Over Mountain top and Vale our Eagle proudly soaring and waving Flag we Hail a Long Livo the Union i. glory fail. P i Arouri the Union gather a a if to memories of the past and Hopes around it Cluster Mijoi time Whilo time shall last god save Tho Union and band its pillars fast. To pledge our life and treasure to seek our country a Good to keep entire Tho nation unrest the sisterhood Long live the Union a in All its amplitude Low an. Vol. A. No. 26. Pittsburgh saturday m Arch 16, 1862. Whole no. 494. Are i Oil galled to the ministry ? the duty of every Christian to examine himself whether he be in the Faith is one of Universal acknowledgement among the people of god. The fact that a Man is in communion with the visible Church presupposes that he has duly considered whether he has been called into the kingdom of Christ by the holy spirit and that he often reviews the evidence of which at first he rested the conclusion that he was indeed a child of god. This is All right and Wise but we Are afraid that there is another question very closely connected with the interests of the kingdom of Christ in this world equally obligatory and claiming no less our most Earnest consideration which a Large number of Christian men either never consider at All or else consider very superficially. This question is the one placed at the head of this article. It is our purpose to Call to it the attention of two classes of a christians 1. Those who have already considered it and having decided in the affirmative have entered upon a course of preparation. 2. A those who have never a considered it at All. To the former we would say but Little at present except to counsel them that they frequently review the ground upon which they have concluded i that they have been called of god to preach the Unsearchable riches of Christ. Dear Brethren if it behoves a Man often to inquire into the foundation of his own Hopo of heaven surely it becomes him diligently to inquire whether he is called to an office the1 function s of which Are so intimately connected a with the eternal happiness or misery of others. It you have been really a ailed by the holy hint to this office you will often ask As did the apostle of the gentiles who is sufficient for these thing who is sufficient to exercise the functions of an office from which Are the Issue of eternal life or eternal death ? Young Brethren you who Are engaged m preparing for the work of the ministry Yre beseech you m the name of the master that you consider again whether you Are called to be ambassadors for Ohnsta. It is he Vever. To those christians Young men who have never considered this question at All that. We propose now to present it and at the. Very outset we would inquire How it has it ome to pass that you have never considered a question so Mam Westly associated with the interests of All that you profess to hold dear i How Oomes it that the Foremost of All Tho instrumental ties ordained of Chest for the ingathering of his wandering sheep and the spiritual nourishment of those Aheady Gith ered has secured so Little of , that you have never inquired whether you might not be a chosen vessel to Bear the name of your Saviour far hence to the gentiles if the very Foremost purpose i of your first love in the Day of your Espousal n to Tell others of the Saviour you had found How is it that you have never asked yourselves individually the question a a May not this be the business of my life a it 1 Mark it Well we Are not now addressing those who have examined this question and decided in the negative. We Are assuming that you have Nevei weighed the matter at All and what we would know dear Brethren is simply this How it is i that the question has never forced itself upon you we confess that we Are at a loss to discover How any Young Man Over whom the Saviour has thrown the Mantle of his righteousness freely pardoning All his sins and into whose soul he has breathed the spirit a of peace and love and so ship. Can fail to1 ask himself the question am i not called to proclaim this 1 Saviour to perishing sinners Quot we know of no solution consistent with the assume a Tion of the vital christianity of a Young Man except this that he has at once entered upon the service of Christ in some of the Many other departments of Christia labor and has become so engrossed with work connected with the Progress of. Christ a kingdom that he has lost sight of the claims of this question. Regina log this As the True solution of the Enigma vye would ask the attention of All who have neglected the question irom such causes to one or two considerations. 1. God has not left it with the individual believer to choose in what capacity he shall serve him. This is a recognized principle of the divine administration both under the old testament and Quot the new. He who ordained the offices of prophecy Priesthood and kingship. Under the former dispensation and designated men to exercise the functions of these offices also claims it As his under the gospel dispensation to ordain offices and Dall and qualify men to Hll them. In View of this unquestionable principle then Clear Brethren we would ask who has chosen your present spheres of Labory yourselves or Christ if you have chosen for yourselves in what capacity you shall serve is it not Manifest if the principle assumed be a valid one that you have usurped one of Christ a own prerogatives ? can you conceive of any possible Way of escape from this fearful conclusion if it he True that it belongs to Christ to make the Choice a which you have made Independent of his counsel if you have never considered in what capacity Christ has designed you should serve and have consulted your own taste or convenience in determining the question is it not Manifest that you have conferred with flesh and blood a instead of consulting the head whose prerogative it is to assign to each member and office in the mystical body ? a a a. 2. The second Point to which we invite your attention is the character of the signs by which the vocation of a Man to the ministry is indicated. Christ in Call i ing. Men into the ministry since apostolic or primitive times docs not designate them or indicate his purpose by miraculous endowments but by gifts which May he overlooked both by their possessors and by others. This lays upon men the onus of a strict investigation both in reference to themselves and others whose credentials it May be their duty to examine. If it were the won of the churches head to designate the her aids of the Cross by gifts of Healing or of tongues Aman such Manifest indications of a Call to the ministry we incur no guilt by once the consideration of this question. He might conclude in the absence of miraculous gifts that he was not called to the office of an ambassador. But As the gifts by which the master indicates his future ambassadors Are not miraculous there cannot to such prompt and facile decision. This will be All the More Manifest by reference to these gifts. Aptness to teach capacity for ruling Well blameless Ness of character vigilance sobriety modesty hospitality Benevolence patience Gravity Are among the endowments of. A Christian minister. It is Manifest that there is nothing miraculous in these qualifications and it is equally Manifest that the Man who possesses them All in the happiest combination is most Likely to be the least aware of the fact. Now dear Brethren in this lies your danger. As the Jato furnished by the holy spirit As the ground upon which a Man is to conclude whether1 he is called to teach the gospel Are not miraculous endowments is it not clearly possible that you May have overlooked qualifications which would warrant the conclusion that you have been called to the ministry if so then you May be1 engaged in the prosecution of a calling to which you have not been called and May be guilty of despising your High vocation As an ambassador of Christ. It is not our purpose to impress you with the idea that even in this Posi Tion you1 Are not serving the master. We Are ready to concede that you Are and willing to recognise the sacrifice which you May Lay upon the altar. But the Point we wish to urge is this that it is not out prerogative to choose in what department of a labor you May Seive. This belongs it Christ the head and is a prerogative which he will not give even to a member of his mystical body. It is therefore your duty to ascertain what his will concerning you is. Your proper attitude is that of Saul of Tarsus when arrested by the Saviour a Loid what Wilt thou have me to do a and As your sphere of service is not disclosed by special revelation a you ought As you value the favor of Christ at once to apply yourself to the examination of the endowments which the head of the Church has bestowed upon you the nature of the endowments will determine the question of duty if you have the gift whereby Christ is wont to designate his ambassadors then you Are called to the office of an ambassador and Are bound to prepare for the discharge of its duties. Your first duty therefore is to consider for yourselves individually the question a a am i called to preach the gospel if you never1 have considered it we counsel you to begin the investigation and foreign record. The Banner. Did i not greatly desire to preserve the papers i would continue to Send them or had i the Means to pay fur another copy i should take great pleasure in sending for another one for him. Yours in haste . Troubles itt Missouri. The following from Sparta mo., will give our readers a Little knowledge of the troubles of Christian Brethren and help them to appreciate their own Home comforts dear sir the past year has been one of. Great trial in this state especially to those of is who have had the courage to remain Loyal to our general government. We have passed through Many difficulties and we do sincerely Hope and Pray we May never have to experience the like again. And not Only in a political Point of View have we had trouble but also in our Church. Our Church is but Small Only Twenty one members and All have been and a re now firm friends to the cause of the Union and to our beloved general Assembly. But our misfortune was last Spring to employ a minister As Supply who was a secessionist both in regard to our general government and to our general Assembly. He preached to us till november when we differed so far from him that he had. To leave and now we Are without a minister to break the bread of life to u3, and god Only knows when we a will have another. I Trust that in his own Good time and Way he will a Send us a faithful pastor to keep us a from wandering from the fold. What makes this Case worse in our View is that this same preacher was born in Pennsylvania and raised in Ohio and we think that any person born and raised in those states with the advantages they afford both civil and religious is surely far left to himself when he will turn rebel to our common country. But this Many a misfortune was to marry Kentucky lady with a few slaves and we supp deep that accounts for the course he has taken. He has been in this state Twenty years and has received from the Board of Domestic missions from �150 to �200 per year and has now turned against the Church that has made him what he is. These things ought not so to be. We have taken your paper for about seventeen years. We prize it highly and especially the course you have pursued since the rebellion commenced in our once Happy country. A our political prospects a re brightening in this state and we Hope if it is the. Will of a kind Providence that on Federal troops will soon a be victorious and the stars and stripes again wave Over every state and territory that belongs to our common country. Very respectfully yours a. S. Household Grace Greenwood that a Joy to Homdan eyes when it laughs or when it cries a Lent a treasure what a prize la the household baby be its temper rising falling a is it cooing crowing squalling. It is the same dear precious Darling 1 is the household baby. A. If the scene without he dreary a a a. If the heart within grow weary baby wakes and All is cheery a. What a Rush for baby mammals eyes grow Bright with Joy grandpa laughs and a a a gladly leaves his last new. Toy a to play to Peep with baby a Sisters from their Nusie run Maud has caught the a sweetest one a Grace bends Down in. Girlish fun to make a horse for baby. The Banner and the soldiers. A Young lady who sent a copy of the Banner to her brother jul the army thus a writes to us Rev am dear sir a not Long since j i sent a note informing you of the recep. Tion of two papers one of which i informed you i sent to one of the soldiers of the 2d regiment n. J. Volunteers do will just a. Copy a part of the answer i received from s him on the reception of the paper. After mentioning the reception of several papers which he valued very highly he says a a a but i must say that the greatest treat 11 have had m the newspaper line was the j arrival of some copies of the presbyterian Banner a paper the Reading of which i have enjoyed since its first publication until last Spring. With what eagerness i examined it and with what satisfaction i a a found it to be the same old paper that it used to be How often have i thought of the Banner and wondered whether it remained the same 1 whether those valuable and interesting letter beaded London a and signed a j. were still to be found in it. And How pleased was i to see1 the same familiar heading and Quot the same signature attached to just such letters As i expected to find if -1 found any from him 1 used to be indebted to a j. and the banners for a much reliable valuable and interesting information Quot from across the Ocean which i could never find m the same Compass in any other correspondence or in i any other paper then i could always a oly i on a j. s a statements not but that he was liable to be mistaken but i venture to j say he Seldom makes a statement of any kind that any one. It is just like him to say All he has to America in a few words but those few words seem to express As much As could do. Thau the editorials were read with great interest and then again noticed other familiar signatures Asi j. Elm a amp a. One article which interested me As much As any other was a letter from a Mcd a dated a Bangkok Siam. Nov. 4. 1861,�?T in which he tells How earnestly and anxiously the missionaries and other americans there look for the Anvil of every mail he Speaks of the sad intelligence of the humiliating and disgraceful defeat and pm my at Bull run. 0 How i wish i was Able to convey to Hup immediately the cheering news now pouring in every a Day. This is part of what our Soldier says of for Tho presbyterian Bannor. On a Lidreh. A it must be confessed the events of the past year have presented some new phases in the presbyterian Church of which your paper is an Organ and your correspondent a presbyter. It May he As we Are informed it already is at the South that the Way is preparing for a re Nion of the two branches at the North. But of this i do not design to speak particularly at a present. There Are to our own Church which Are of great interest and which will come up for adjudication and discussion at the next meeting of our general the subjects of the boards and the finances of the missionary societies in particular will require much attention. Our Home missions Are greatly curtailed when there is the greatest need of them. Other denominations Are occupying Fields All ready for the Harvest among the late slave population in North and South Carolina and very soon by a the signs of the times a there will he under our own government a vastly larger number of this class than there is at present. I have no doubt but that it would greatly redound to the Good of our Church and the temporal and spiritual welfare of this population if we could immediately Send i number of missionaries into this Field. Then clerk of the Assembly is no longer among is. He has left for the South and we Are informed is already occupying a position in the Southern Church. We shall have to select a new clerk and when selected he will have a double amount of labor to perform namely to bring up arrears and to discharge present duty s it seems a fitting that the new. Occupant of this office should be selected from the same City that furnished his predecessor. The boards Are chiefly Here Andi Here the records have Long been a kept and this will Long continue to of a great Centre of is always Well to look ahead a Little and prepare for the faithful discharge of the duties which will be devolved upon us and these hints Are merely thrown out to further such business. A presbyter 1 for the presbyterian Banner acknowledgement. Or. Editor a1 love of publicity is very fax from cause of a desire to crowd your columns with acknowledge ments of favors received and were it not for the frequency of such acknowledgements from other recipients of the kind attentions of their people i should not intrude but equal tokens of kindness deserve a equal thanks and i think the liberality of the up to every thing we know hands and feet a a uptn4ke go a what a Fanny creators though is the household Bahy bring the Puppy and the oat. Let her poll and Pinch and Pat. Pass and Pup were made for that made to please the baby bring that China vase Mamma get a the Mirror and the Hammer a any thing to make a clamor and Delight the baby. Let it Clang and clash away let it laugh and shout and play and he Happy while it May dear mischievous baby. What a Joy to human eyes. What an Angel in disguise what a treasure what a prize v is the household baby. A a Little pilgrim., european correspond Edge. Memorial in Honor of calving the Genevese Ciron lard Aubigny its author colonization arid the Duke of Newcastle Scotland and vital statistics a a a cursing impenitent Rome and her Fate Nunn eries in England and a kidnapping a the ragged a school Union. And funds local efforts and adversaries a the lord mayor a judge Payne and his effective . ,. A a a a Ltd London feb. 15, 1862. A memorial to Calvin in his own a it it was suggested during tie sitting of the conference at Geneva. The idea was received with special favor. The following now i presume being circulated elsewhere but my knowledge of its existence arises from its having appeared in the Banner of Ulster As addressed to professor Gibson of the Irish general Assembly College at-Belfast.4 doctor Gibson anticipates that the Appel a a will elicit a suitable response of All in so a he events of 4he--reformation in other lands a and that a a when the time arrives for carrying it into effect material support will Nowc be the circular is As follows \ a. Geneva january 23,i 1862dear sir a there arc few things in Christian life As the Union of by Effren to glorify a Mieir either by proclaiming his eternal truth or by showing their respect for those of his servants whom he has honoured by making instruments of Good on Earth. The evangelical christians of Many different nations who assembled at Geneva in september last rejoiced in feeling the deep and living Unity which they had amongst them through jeans their head and they manifested this brotherly Union by voting the adoption of a Resolution which proposed the erection of a memorial to the reformation and to the great. Reformer of Geneva. You May remember dear sir that on september 6th, the lecturer whose subject was the character of Calvin reminded his audience that in two years and a half viz., the 27th of May 1864. The third Centenary of the death of the great reformer would occur and it was proposed that on that occasion the blessed work of the reformation of the 16th Century should be called., to mind and that to celebrate it some Monument should be erected to the memory of divine who did so much to restore the pure Light of the gospel to the Church. The nature of the Monument was not determined but the general proposition was agreed to by the Assembly with cordial unanimity. We need not be surprised at this for if the lord commanded his people Israel a a to remember the Day in which they came out of Egypt out of the Riouse of bondage for by strength of hand the lord brought you out of this place a we should not forget the Days when the lord brought our fathers out of the egyptian bondage of Rome into the truth and Liberty of the gospel. It is because they would not forget those Days of. Deliverance that our Brethren United with us1 m voting a it memorial to the reformer and we should be Lippy to see you dear sir and Many other friends Here on the 27th of May 1864, to celebrate with us the Day on which As it is simply and nobly expressed in the registry of the Geneva consistory a a John Calvin went to god Quot a this Short notice being the Only mention made m that document of his death. The commemoration of calving a death should not however consist Only in a meeting of Christian Brethren we contemplate something of a More durable character and which might be the Means of lasting Good to future generations. A committee Lias therefore been formed of minis i ters and laymen belonging partly to the National Church and partly to the free Church with the View of carrying out the Resolution of september a and this committee has Obj missioner us to write to you dear. Sir to ask it you to assist us in this work. A we wish m the first instance to have your advice As to the kind of memorial which it would but a Well to erect and also of the use to which it should be assigned. A we do not think of erecting a statue for such a Monument would have been repugnant to the Humble reformer who desired there might not even be an inscription on his Tomb. A Friend has suggested that the memorial should be Aii Hospital to be Pond noted on Christian principles Calvin himself having offered to preach to the perceive our project is but in its infancy. Any suggestions you May offer will to Welcome whether with reference to the project itself or to tie Best Means of carrying it out. Our great. Reformer had Grace Given him to do great things for the Benefit of the human race. Calvin held up on High the Standard of the Giloly scriptures of god As our Rule of Faith he sounded their Depths and Drew from to Liem the Treasury of Tho Unsearchable riches of Christ he showed in their Unity the great doctrines of truth he was like st. Paul the preacher of Grace he urged the necessity of individual conversion and of presenting ourselves a living sacrifice holy,1 Aoee Pablo unto god he tried to unite evangelical christians in a tie Bonds of Charity and Concord and now in the nineteenth Century the doctrines which he Drew from the scriptures Are preached throughout the whole world. All who love the memory of Calvin join in raising an Humble Monument to him on the shores of the Lake where he fixed his Hoino at a the foot of the snowy Alps which he gazed upon with May they All receive in their hearts the words which he so often repeated to his contemporaries a a no other teaching than that of the word of god. No other merits than those of the a Cross of Christ. No other Sanctification than that of the holy if these great truths could be made to Shine in Many a hitherto dark place it cud raise a Monument such is Wouldhave been a dear to the great reformer. Such a Monument,1 Ste Tes presbyterian Banner publication office Gazette buildings 841�?Tifth st., pics a. ,, both West Goa. Or 7th.and Chism s j a ? ,. Advertisements. Terms in Advance. Agana Rojc lines or less one insertion 80 cent a each hubs conent insertion 40 cents each line beyond eight 5 it j a a Square per Quarter $4.00 each line additional 38 cents a a reduction made to advertisers by the year. Business notices of ten Linos or less $1.00 each additional line 10 cents. David my of Ickney it co.,. Proprietors and publishers. Good people of the churches of Long a run and Madison ought to be recorded that a sufferers in a Blague Hospital hut besides the others May do likewise a for those expense of erecting the building Thepe would be whom god has set Over them the Cost of supporting the institution and we the pastor of these churches has been Ithak 11 better t0 of eave such an undertaking to the recipient of numerous Marks of kind Ness during All the time of his connexion with them. From the Young ladies and gentlemen of Long a run he has received among other things a an elegant family Bible a copy of Spurgeon a and one of the sermons of guinness Anda Beautiful hymn Book and from the people presents too numerous to mention among them May be mentioned the keeping of his horse free of charge during the whole summer. A a a few weeks ago a delegation from mad Ison took Possession of his House and soon the tables were covered with All kinds of Good things while Many valuable presents were left by them and were rendered still More valuable by the cordiality with which they were Given May the lord bless them All and Reward them abundantly for their kindness. A it William Dick amp on pastor. Private Chanty. Our idea would rather be to erect in some Central situation a Hall for Public meetings and which might also be used for preaching the gospel to the working classes. Ground rent being High at Geneva it was proposed to take advantage of it tie lower Story for school rooms a to accommodate week Day sunday and evening schools. The building would thus become with god s Blessing an instrument of evangelization in the District where it would be erected. The site for this building would probably be on the Tive gauche at a Short distance from the Lake. It is the part of the town most in need of such a place of meeting. On the facade we propose having an inscription something like the following. A 1a a Salle de la reformation Elev a 3. La Memoire do reformat eur de Geneve Jean Calvin a Par Des Chretien Ovan Eliques de routes nations Confor mement a Voen Emprimo dems Les Confer Knees Tennes a Geneveret september 1801.�?� Quot will you kindly dear sir give us the Benefit of your advice in this matter a for As you May however does not include the one we have proposed. Which we desire May become by the Blessing of it god the Means of bringing Many a to the knowledge of those great living and eternal truths which Calvin loved. Our Genevese Brethren will we Are convinced a contribute liberally to a building which it is hoped will be is. Work of National usefulness but As England Scotland prance Holland Germany and. Even India and America acknowledge Calvin As to Weir teacher we Are sure they will not be backward in showing their grateful recollections of his labors. We ask of god that the execution of the proposition of the 6th of september May be to his glory that it May strengthen our love for the cause of the gospel and of the blessed reformation and May be a Means of Blessing not Only to us but to the Many strangers who visit our City. A a. We remain sir. In the Bonds of Christ your faithful servants arid Brethren a a a Merle do Aubine d.d1 a ,. Duby Pasteur _ ,. A. Quot Gaussen ti.d.,a tii Koneius Moylan Mombro consist Oire. Rev. , Belfast. It will be observed that a member of the established Quot thu Rob of the Canton of Geneva signs this document. He is a Type of the rising tide of evangelism in that old fortress of truth and a pledge and Earnest of the Day when the Cathedral where the doctor of the reformed Faith a and As such recognized and honoured in the English universities and All Over a europe�?shall1 once More in spirit exercise a Legal Sway by the pure preaching of the Yord in tie Niobie Cathedral which once echoed to his Clear voice and when a hushed multitude sat at his feet. While professor Gaussen gives his name and approval to the document i think it us questionable from internal evidence a that it was written by do Aubigne himself and by him alone. A Els han4 those words so analytical and distinctive in their structural As the essence of calving a teaching and that in a contrast not with romanism alone but with lutheran ism and every form of priests my a no other hacking than that of the word of �6hd a 0 Vikor merits than those of the. Gross of Christ no other Sanctification than that of the holy spirit a How thoroughly do they bring out alike the style and the sentiments of the illustrious historian of the reformation and How far removed from party spirit is the spirit which breathes throughout the whole document in truth i am persuaded that this Appeal will awaken a Hearty response not from calvinists strictly so called or from presbyterians Only but from evangelical christians generally. The proposal too is eminently practical and the idea of it gives us a fresh glimpse of the Loving aggressive spirit of a revived evangelism at Geneva. A a new Era in. Religion was inaugurated there so says a competent witness by the conference. Colonization has been favourably brought before the Public in connexion with an anniversary banquet of the australian association. The occasion was the 75th anniversary of the foundation of the australian colonies. The Duke of Newcastle one of the speakers remarked that the australian colonies possessed a population of 1,250,000 and a Revenue of the comparatively enormous amount of ��6,500,000. They carry on an Export Trade which occupies 1,500,000 tons of shipping while their imports Are Worth �25,000,000, of which Rio less than �16000000 come from tie Mother country. Within the last ten years no less than �100,000,000 Worth of Gold has been exported from Australia and principally to this country. During that period also the number of acres under cultivation in those colonies a Rose from 60,000 to 300,000, and the Export of Wool had increased in value from �800,0,00-to �2,000,000. The Duke concluded by saying that our object was to govern our colonies by affection and that he hoped that the Day would never come when a single red coat should fire shot or Point a Bayonet in hostility at any British vital statistics As ascertained m Scotland present that country in a s very favourable Light. In. Reference to the productiveness of marriages some curious facts have come out. In preparing the Glasgow table one Mother who was Only 18, had four children a one who a was 22 had seven children a a and of two who a were Only 34, one had thirteen and the other fourteen children and on the other hand two women became 51, four at 52, and one in the 57th year of her age. The proportional mortality a mtg women is a than that of men. There being no account of religious profession in the scottish census. It is worthy of notice that in Scotland in 1856, of which the records Are now furnished out of every Hundred marriages forty seven were celebrated by clergymen of the est table shed Church Twenty two by the free Church fourteen by the u. P. Church nine by the r. C. Church not quite two by the episcopal Church. These numbers Are considered by Many is roughly to Indi Cate the a proportion of the population attached to each denomination. However the non Church going population Are nominally reckoned As belonging to the establishment and just like a similar class in England they go the Parish Church to be married whereas the Bona fide people of the free and a. , go to their. A a own in English parishes there is Many a Man who could say As has been said Ere now a a i have never been at Church but twice in my life once to b e christened and next to be married a and a then he adds a a a i shall be there Whent am burned.�?�. Land is ahead of england�?88 per cent of the men married and 76 per cent of the women were Able to sign the Register. In one year besides emigration beyond seas a Large As about 13,000 left Scotland for England and Ireland. A a our Northern neighbor a says the times a sends us in this immigration Many Cool Clear Heads she can boast and prove by tables and returns that brain diseases Are very a much less prevalent and. Fatal in Scotland than in England a fact of which it would be interesting to know the cause. The int habitats of towns in Scotland arc Cut off by Hiber Cular diseases in twice the proportion of those in the country a circumstance which seems to favor the doctrine that they Are diseases of debility and imperfect assimilation. Of the excessive mortality of towns beyond that of the Rural districts nearly half occurs among infants under five years is one of the animal pastimes a on Maundy thursday by his holiness the Pope and anathema a a has been Ever a so Nee the Council of Trent cd Quot even earlier a watchword of the system. But one of the newest and most bitter bits of cursing is that just emitted from the fulminating manufactory of m. Louis Ven lot formerly editor of the now suppressed uni yers. He is a kind of Demoniac Ultra Tanist and so in two volumes which he entitles a the perfume of Rome a in this Case the fragrance is very supper like lib comes Forth with malediction of extraordinary fierceness. It As to Cavour he was not merely a moral monster but a physical one. His head his features his bust his legs his spectacles Are mocked at and Piedmont is sufficiently punished for its crimes by having his statue on her soil. But the person on whom he empties the full vials of his Wrath is father Passaglia who As you Are aware Lias published a work proving that the temporal Power is not a Dogma of the Church. When he Speaks of the Learned Jesuit he gets beside himself and raves like1 a maniac a but Here a he cries a is the real infamous wretch in comparison a with whom All others seem innocent. Here is the monster More formidable than fire worse than the Pagan and the renegade. This1 is the priestly enemy of the Church the parricide the Judas still wearing the Robe of the apostles his full of the. Divine mystery. Infamous wretch we will not despise you whatever the pal triness of your mind crime is in your heart and this crime is too great. May you be accursed for this crime of your heart May you be accursed of the people you have scandalized May you be the astonished Priesthood throughout the world May the Bishop who ordained you curse May you be cursed in heaven accursed be you sacrilegious priest pro Faner of the altar abominable parricide violator of the most sacred oath All that you have betrayed ten times Over. It is of you it has been said a it bad been Good for that Man he had not been born a if you do not repent Way god count your Steps in the path of evil and not forget one of them May lie accumulate upon you the Load and the infection of the sins which you cause to be committed and of those which you May have remitted May All the blessings which you have received and which you have repudiated turn against you May they fall heavy on you May they crush you like a sacrament of satan May the holy ointment Burn von May it Burn your hands held for the gifts of the impious Victor Emmanuel and his alleged bribes. A a May it Burn your forehead round which the Light of the gospel was to have beamed that forehead which has conceived Felon thoughts May your stained Robe become a Robe of fire and May god refuse you a single tear to temper its fierceness and May your stole be to your neck As the Millstone to the neck of Babylon Flung into the Pool of Sulphur 1 a imagine old Pius Cardinal Antonilli perhaps he will laugh and sneer infidel and sensual st As he is Wiseman and Cul Leney hoc Genus Monc crying a a Amend to this How Christ like a How real the apostolic al succession Here indicated to a a Call Down fire from heaven a a such is the spirit of Rome. A a the son of Man is not come to destroy menus lives but to save a is the watchword of the gospel. Clear it is 1st. That Rome would Burn her ene Mies if slip dare. 2d. That she is in a great fright fear begets hate sees her hour approaching and feels the rumbling beneath that tells of subterranean fires Liat morally shall make her another Pompeii. 3d. That she will die with curses in her Mouth Semper cad cml cursing to the last even while she shall a a perish in her guilt a and when the True Babylon with the real judicial a a Millstone a shall be sinking into a a the Pool of Sulphur a her lips to the last and until her gurgling hate shall be drowned in extinction shall blaspheme god and impudently curse her triumphant and jubilant foes. But surely there is another kind of solemn supplication calling Down judgment on system not men Quot so let thine enemies perish o Jehovah a while we add a a let them that love thee be like tie Sun when he Shin eth in his strength a Nunn eries in England Are fast multiplying and More and More is it evident that women whose superstitious fears have been wrought upon so As to enter these places regret too late the Stop they have taken. Like the prisoner Bird the. Cry of Many a heart is a a i cannot get or. John Macgregor Well known As one of the honorary secretaries of the protestant Alliance and who some time ago met a kind Welcome at Philadelphia and else where in the United states in a recent speech at upper Holloway gave some painfully interesting information on this subject. He Here read an extract from an returning to the scottish statistics it appears that in elementary education Scott affidavit made by a nun showing the indignities and cruelties to which she had been subjected. A Friend of. His had a sister in a nunnery and As penance she had to Kneel Down before a shrine of the Virgin three times a Day and lick the floor with her Tongue. The. Object the priests have in View is to break their spirits to crush them so that they might he Bent As they pleased. Kidnapping is also practice. It appears that every Convent in England has a Cor respond in my Nibert a France so that when a stir is. Made about a nun immediately sent abroad. There use now. Hundred and sixty Tivo 7iufine�ij�mi England a a but a in years ago there j we Emiily fifty a a if the French a so ii Mac found it necessary1 to prevent Gregor kidnapping surely Tho English ought to do so a ragged schools continue to do a great work in the Metropolis. The lord mayor took the chair at a recent meeting in upper Holloway the speech of the evening was that of Joseph Payne Esq. In the morning As a Deputy judge he May have sentenced a thief of a Coiner born too Early for ragged school training a to imprisonment in the evening with his corrugated face and his Small Gray eyes radiating a a fun a and kindness he thus entertained and instructed the company no doubt Ulicy were acquainted with those India rubber figures which might be pulled out As Long As Don Quixote or compressed As Flat As a dutchman. He was something like that for he could make either along or Short speech. He would to like the dutchman however and give them a Short speech. He was very glad to see the lord mayor and or. Sheriff Twentyman Here and he was very glad to see himself. Laughter the lord mayor had his jewels on Worth Ever so much Money and or. Sheriff Twentymon had his Gold Chain but he judge Payno was better decorated than any of them for he had on his Whitechapel Waistcoat. Cheers this Waistcoat was made and Given to Liim by eighteen ragged boys taken out of the streets and taught the Art of tailoring. Applause he thought nothing of those who paid Large sums to West end. Tailors when he had his East end Waistcoat on. Hear there was one. Thing about this was bloc us too which made it peculiarly fitted for ragged school work it was the same inside and out. If he were to turn Tho Waistcoat they would not know the difference and if it were proper he would take off his coat and show them. Laugh scr the lord mayor was like his Waistcoat the same inside and out a hear a and so was or. Sheriff Twenty Maas the sheriff with the ungrammatical name. Laughter he supposed however that it meant the sheriff was Only one Man but he was As Good As Twenty., applause ragged school work was reaching and teaching preaching and beseeching. They must reach Down to the children in order be teach them and As lord Aberdeen said they must never use six Penny words in addressing children when four Penny ones would do. Hear and then must preach to them and beseech a hem to to what was said. Then in the work they must feel humility and sink gentility. They must a feel humility in ragged school work and a sink gentility a and it would be a Good thing if the ladies took off their crinoline. Much. Laughter the children were to be taught. To think of gods look to read in gods Book to act As gods leaven and to seek for gods heaven. The children should be taught to a think of gods god was everywhere and had his Eye everywhere and could see the smallest child in the darkest Corner. Applause thu they should be taught to a a read in gods Book a to become acquainted with his word and to a act As gods leaven a for Many of these children had been the Means of bringing much Good into their i orcs. Applause then they should a seek for gods heaven a which was to be found in the Bible and it would make them Happy in this world and in the world to come. As the Savage said when asked what religion was a it is something Good Here a a putting his hand on his heart and a something better up there a pointing upward. Applause what did the ragged school work do ? it does a patriots duty it shows a Christlike Beauty it saves the nations treasure and it gives the Angels pleasure. The first two he would say nothing about. It a a saves the nations Trca sure a for if there were More ragged schools they would not want policemen and judges. Hear then it a a gives the Angels they were told that there was Joy in heaven Over one sinner thai repented. What Joy must there be therefore among the Angels at tie number brought into heaven through the Agency of ragged schools. Applause ragged schools carried on a work of Molli fiction qualification ratification and gratification. A a mollify cation a the work melted and softened the hearts of the children. Two boys in going to school had to pass a very fierce dog. The animal barked at them and would not let them pass. The biggest of the boys got a stick but this Only further enraged the dog. The smallest boy had not yet finished his breakfast and Lead got a Hunch of bread in his hand and he threw a piece to the dog. The animal immediately ceased Barking and after receiving another piece allowed the Little boy to Pat. Him. The other boy then threw away the stick and they were Able to pass the dog Ever afterwards without fear. Kindness mollified the dog and so it was with these children a their hearts were mollified or softened by kindness. Applause then it was a work of a qualification a for the children were qualified for situations and taught habits of Industry and punctuality. Punctuality was a great thing. There was a boy named Bill who was very punctual and was always at the school in time. One morning he rushed in just As the door was closing for prayer. After prayer a tap was heard at the door and a Little girl put in her head Aud said a a please sir Here a Billy a much laughter Billy would not wait for the shirt for fear of being too late for the school so his Mother sent it after him. Billy was determined to be punctual and he no doubt turned out Well for punctuality was at. The foundation of All Good. Hear hear then it was a work of a a ratification a it ratified and and confirmed the children in their Good habits. Hear and it was of a gratification a it gratified Bolli the teachers and the children. All parties Rioh and poor combined in this Good work. Hear at this meeting they had the lord mayor at the top and the ragged boy at the Bottom. Applause this reminded him of the picture of the a a economical dog a a a dog with his Tail in his Mouth. And Why an economical dog ? because he made both ends meet. Laughter then ,thanks.�?� the gave thanks to him from whom All blessings came. Applause every one should assist those who Laboured in this work and bid them god Speed copy their Creed follow their Lead and give to their need. They should a bid them god Speed a a and they did so by coming to this meeting and encouraging them by their presence. Hear then they should a a copy their Creed a which was a it Hera a Node too bad to mend.�?�. Hear a lawyer was told that the authorities were going to put a Man. In the stocks. A they Oano to do it a said the lawyer but they did do it. People said they could not make any impression on ragged boys but Uliey. Had done it and could show the fruits of their labors then they should a follow their Lead a a follow their example and a a give to their the Bishop of Halloway a lady named Bishop who is Secretary laughter had brought an account Book and no doubt she would be Happy to receive subscriptions for the enlargements of the infant school applause two elegantly dressed ladies visited a ragged school and put nothing in the Box. Two plainly dressed ladies followed them and put something in. A do you see that Bill a Baid a boy. The first were artificial ladies while the others were real ladies. Laughter or Harvey stated that there were Twenty ladies to one gentleman at this meeting and he judge Payne trusted that they were real Ladin a and it not artificial ones. Applause. Judge Payne concluded with the customary tailpiece his 1,658th production and resumed. His seat amid loud applause. 1 varied Are the gifts of gods servants. Thrice Happy each who uses his own gifts glory. A .1 a 3 a a log it a a he a that hath tasted of sin will fear to. Commit it a find he that hath Felt a a he sweetness of a mjg a by will fear to of lend Oha Noeh. -1 a a a a

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