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RE R STKIF To 1 REMARKABLE NARRATIVES OR, RECORDS OF POWERFUL REVIVALS, STRIKING PROVIDENCES, WONDERFUL RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCES, TRAGIC DEATIMJED SCENES, AND OTHER AUTHENTIC INCIDENTS, To which is added name valuable hints for ChiHstian workers. By REV. A. SIMS. PRICE, $1.00. Published and for sale by the Author. KINGSTON, ONT., CANADA. 1S96, Entered. awonJinff ta th.. a,., , .. ai-c i I'RKFACE "a.la, i„ t,,e vear one ■" NiMs, KiMpston, ■'"ll'ire.nt Ottawa. "I tln» book an. ,„„„ilV,lc|. MnVfl,- »t„t«l, tl.oy „re • r To .onvuec the „„l..,i„ve,. of tl,. n,i.,.,. ;,.,„,,: of God to .sav,. ,o tl,.. „ttc.n„o»t, t„ l„.„| J. ,;,, -kcl 2. Jo warn card,™ ^i,,,,.,.., of tl,e terribi,. ■l"™"tJ,„tawaitstbe,„:t„„,„ » „,Hi the souls of Ten -™eth,„g that in these days of awf„l i„diff rlTe' "'" "'"'■" '^^^ >'• -•■-. -..I ™nse thea, t fTe IV PHEFAf'E. .l«y«. t» t,a., f„. fc Lord ;"^"""«— " thes,. "''*""^^''>' «'•"««"« mighty now A.S wl.er. Elijah felt its ,,oHor When glory be,in.o.lfro,n Moses- brow Or Job en.lnred the trying hour?- ' Most certainly it is I- fi e n Kingston, January, ma. ALBERT SiMs. A great under- wa not to attempt nK, oven in these CO NTH NTS. i' brnw. ur ? " I'lence tliat God Hs to accomplish ••th to the worJd Albert Sims. The Infidel Son - . . . . A Minister 's Consocration The Auful End .>f « Biickslider - Eternity ! Whore I ■ ... Dying Te.stimonie.s - . . _ A Hiirninjr ,i„(l h >J'uninjr Li.,ht The Trial .,f Faith - . . Father, Take my H.uid . Unseen (iuardians - . . _ Henry Martyn .... Agony for Soul« ... Gregory Lopez - - . Deacon Lee's Opinion Quench Not the Sj)irit - Soliloquy of a Lost Soul - A Prince in Israel .... A Scene in Prison Apostrophe to Rm,, . . _ [ A Vision-The Missing Ones . '. A Sainted Roman Catholic Reading the Appointments Hints to Soul- Winners One Woman's Prayer ... The Atheist Silenced ... A Touching Story of a Little Life - A Mali of Great Faith Praying for Fish - . . _ ' " The House-Toj) Saint Startling Facts and Figures about Missions 1 he Experience of George Fox - The Starless Crown - . . A Double Cure - . . Lead, Kindly Light - . . Praying Johnny . . . " Paoi ■ 7 - 11 - 16 - 20 - 22 - 25 - 32 - 38 - 41 - 40 - 52 - 66 - 61 - 66 - 69 - 70 - 79 - 81 - 83 - !K) - 97 - 103 - 107 - 109 - 110 ■ 114 • 120 122 130 137 145 148 151 162 VI •"CONTENTS. The J ucigment Day ... Prevailing Prayer A Persecuting Husband Saved - Eleven Hundred Testaments, etc - Exalted Piety - . . . _ The Moralist's Dream The Devil in Dry Places - . . Archibald Boyle - . . . Sanctified Nobility - . . _ The Preaclier and His Work How to Preach - - . . . An Eminent Saint - . . . A Vision of Hell .... How to Kill a Prayer-Meeting - How to Secure a fJood Prayei°Meeting A Powerful Revivalist The Bridal Wine-Cup Missed Jt at Last - . . . A Sanctified Class-Leader - Incentives to Soul-saving Work A Test of Universalism Correspondence between Rumseller, etc. An Israelite Indeed .... End of a Backslider - . . . The Harm of Novel Reading - A Miser's Death . ." . A Methodist Boanerges The Leek-Seed Chapel Punctuality - . . . A Short Story - . . . Giants, not Dwarfs .... VVliat Individual Effort Will Do The Great Destroyer - - . . The Revival Needed - . . . Remarkable Experience of a Spiritualist Is the World Morally Improving ? etc. Paor - 161 - lo4 - 169 - 170 - 173 - 178 - 182 - 184 - 193 - 200 - 209 211 - 217 - 221 - 222 - 225 - 237 - 241 - 243 - 248 - 251 - 252 - 255 - 262 - 265 - 2(i8 - 272 - 276 - 283 - 284 - 289 ■ 291 ■ 297 301 309 323 Paor - 161 - 1J4 - 169 - 170 - 173 - 178 - 182 - 184 - 193 - 200 - 209 - 211 - 217 - 221 - 222 - 225 - 237 - 241 - 243 - 248 - 261 - 252 - 256 - 262 - 2(35 - 2(i8 - 272 - 276 - 283 ■ 284 • 289 291 297 301 309 323 REMARKABLE NARRATIVES. The Infidel Son. " I wii-L, never l)e guilty of t'ouuding my hopes for the future upon such a compiled mess of trash as is contained in tliat hook (the, Bible), mother. Talk of that's being the prodnction of an Infinite, Mind ; a hoy ten years of age, if he was half-witted, could have told a sti-aighter st(jry, and made a better book. I believe it to be the greatest mess of lies ever imposed upon the public. I would rather go to hell (if there is such a place) than have the name of bowing to that impostor — Jesus Christ — and be dependent on His merits for salvation." " Beware ! beware ! my son, ' for (Jrod is not mocked,' although ' He beareth with the wicked long, 3'et he will not keep his anger forever.' And 'all manner of sin shall be forgiven men, except the sin against the Holy Ghost : which has no forgiveness.' And many are the examples, Ijoth in sacred and profane history, of men who have been smitten down in the midst of their sinning against that blessed Spirit." " Very well, father, I'll risk all the cutting down that I 8 KEMARKABLE NARRATIVES. shall get for cursing that l.ook, and all the agonies con- nected therewith. Let it come, I'm not at all scared " "O Father, lay not this sin to his charge, for he knows not what he does." "Yes, I do know what I am about, and what I ^av- aud mean it." "^ "John, do you mean to d.ive your mother ravin- dis- tracted/ Oh, my God : what have I done that this Jread- tul trial should come upon me in my old age ? " "Mother, if you do not want to hea'i- me ..peak my sentnuents, why do you always begin the subject i If you do not want to hear it, don't ever broach the subject again for I never shall talk of (hat book in any other way." The above conversation took place l)etween two fond parents and their only .son, who was at home on a visit from college, and now was about to return. And the cause of this outburst was, the kind-hearted Christian parents had essayed to give him a few words of kind admonition, which, alas ! proved t.. be the last. And the above were his last words which he spoke to them as he left the house. How anxiously those fond parents looked after hiui as though something told them that something dreadful would happen. What scalding tears were those that coursed tlieir way down these furrowed cheeks ! Oh ' that they might have been put in the bottle of mercy • Pom- wretched young man, it had been better for him had the avalanche from the mountain crushed him beneath its deadly weight ere those words escaped his lips. Little did he thmk that He who said, "Honor thy father and inother," and, " He that hardeneth his heart, and stiffeneth Ins neck, shall suddenly be them as he :ed after him as thing dreadful ere those that eks : Oh ! that : mercy ! Poor for him had the ill! beneath its ips. Little did ly father and , and stiffeneth i that without remedy," was so soon going to call him to give an account for those words, so heart-rending to his aged parents, and so dreadful in the sight of a holy God. He had imbibed those dreadful principles from an infidel room-mate at college. Beware, young men, with whom you as,sociate, lest you fall as did this unfoitunate young man. John B left his home and hastened to the depot where he took the cars which were to bear him to M- I where he was in a few months to finish his studies. The whistle blew, and away swept the cars "acro.ss the trembling plain." But alas I they had gone but a few miles, when the cars, coming round a curve in a deep cut, came suddenly upon an obstruction on the track, which threw the engine and two of the cars at once from the rails. As fate would seem to have it, the wicked son (John B ) was that moment passing between them. He was thrown in an instant from the platform, his left arm b(!iug broken, and his skull fractured by the fall ; and in an instant one of the wheels passed dii'ectly over both his legs neai- the body, l)reaking and mangling them in the most dreadful uianner. Strange as it may seem, no one else was mjured. The di'eadful news soon reached his already grief-stricken parents ; and ere long that l)eloved, yet ungrateful son, was borne l)ack to them ; not as he left, but lying upon a litter a poor, mangled, raving maniac. Why these pious parents were called to pa.ss through this dreadful trial. He " whose ways are in the deep and past finding out," only knows ; except that by this sad exami>le of His wrath many might i)e saved. Many skilful physicians were called, but the fiat of the Almighty had gone forth, and man could not recall it. When the ,iews reached the college, his class-mates J 10 REMARKABLE NARRATIVES. hastened to see him. When they came, nature was fast sinking, but the immortal part was becoming dreadful! \ alive. Oh '. that heart-rending scene. His reason return- ing brought with it a dreadful sense of his situation. His first words were, and oh, may never mortal hear such a cry us that again upon the shores of time : "Mother! I'm lo.st ! lost! lost! damned I damned: damned forever ! " and as his class-mates drew near to the bed, among whom was the one who had poisoned his mind with infidelity, with a dreadful effort he rose in the bed and cried, as he fixed his glaring eyes upon him : "J , you have brought me to this, you have damned my .soul ! May die curses of the Almighty and the Lamb rest upon your soul forever." '"hen like a hellish fiend, he gnashed his teeth, and tried to get hold of liim that he might tear lu>n to pieces. Then followed a scene from which the strongest tied with horror. But those poor parents had to hear and see it all, for he would not suffer thein to be away a moment. He fell liaok upon his bed exhausted, crying, " O mother ! mother, get some water to quench this fire that is buining me to death ; " then he tore his hair and rent his bi-east ; the fire had already begun to burn, the smoke of which shall ascend up forever and evwn o rae ? Ah, Lord, g, sifting power ! lesh ; they dayed led with Him at 't. " No ! all or *li, in that hour I n-t island in mid- all things much been in reality the atFection and life were broken, ijuenched. God's 'ast ; His fingers :s inmost fibres, and held it up, ;o its centre, to blow it all away. s was (lone, the il, baptizing men i hour my future plain, and my V". In that hour I saw before me in the world only tribulations, sneers, censures, oppositions ; but in Christ I beheld inwardly truth, love, and divine glory as mine. That was the " sealing of the Spirit." Under that process, a fiery ordeal indeed, I cried like a babe torn from its mother's heart. I sobbed like an orphan at the grave of both parents. I shrieked like a wounded frame under the surgeon's blade. That was the "death of nature," begun at least, if not completed ; the serpent's head was crushed, his fang was bruised, and his life was smothered, though his form might coil, and his tail rattle till the sundown of life. All hopes, all ambitions, all interests, all affections — everything of life—then stripped off, passed completely into God's hands. That was the "inward crucifixion" — "the circumcision of the heart." The will of self then fell into the will of God, as a rain-drop oi' snow-flake falls into the sea, and becomes a part of its current. Thus began the union of the human soul with the divine nature. What were the results of all this? Let others speak of those external to myself. Nothing do I see to glory in or to commend. Only of that which is within can I tell, and that imperfectly. At first I felt as if a besieged city, overcome and prostrate, lay in my life, amid ruins ; as if a dissected frame were mine, yet intensely alive and .sensitive to every touch of evil, every word of error. Men frowned, and I wept ; lips cursed, and I warned. One thing was still needed after that burning, the anointing of love, the oil of God, to soothe the seared humanity. It came slowly ; out of the dark .sepulchre the smitten frame rose; into the sad, broken heart life began to breathe. From the scattered fragments of the old, God built up the new- Jerusalem, a temple within more glorious than the 14 REMARKABLE NARRAIIVES.' first. Physically, the extremities of my frame were still endowed with what seemed superhuman strength, yet at the centre, in the heart's place, all was vacancy and weak ness, as if a sword had there divided me in twain. In tellectually, thought was quick and intensified, conceptions of truth were clear and strong, speech was fuller and truer; only the old habitudes of mind hampered the utterance. The former poetic and ornate sentences, which gave pleas- ure to the earthly taste, with just enough truth in them to save from damnation, were gone to ashes, were burned up as hay, wood, and stubble. Tn their place, plain speech, simple thought, yea, even sometimes common-place expres- sion, entered, displeasing to minds who think that popularity and sucee.ss with ministers depend upon beauty and not upon truth. Preaching became and now is atti'active and glorious ! The Sabbaths come not often enough. Study, and praver. and converse on religious themes are intense delight unceas- ingly. The intt tests of earth excite but little ; it is child's play to talk of or attend to them. Time is a shortened duration, in which all the energies must be enlisted to the utmost. Oh, it is a glory thus to live ! 1 never knew before what that term "(//on/" meant. It has been like the flashings of a rocket-wheel, expiring iji the moment that it shines. Now it is the pathway of suns, the sweep of comets through my soul's firmament. Night and day God realizes himself to my soul. Spiritually, this life is indeed beyond descrip- tion : truly, its peace passes understanding ; its joy is unspeakable. Amid trials, tests of faith and sincerity, which God has brought to me over and over again ; by seeming death agonies of my beloved ; by insults to my face, and slanders behind my Itack : and by desertions and ES. A MINISTERS CONSECRATION. 15 frame were still strength, yet at icancy and weak p in twain. In dfied, conceptions i fuller and truer; d the utterance, .vhich gave pleas- truth in them to wore burned up ce, plain speech, non-place expres- ik that popularity -utyand not upon iiveand glorious '. tudy, and prayer, se delight unceas- ittle ; it is child's ? is a shortened )e enlisted to the :new before what ke the tlashinys it that it shines. f comets through realizes himself beyond descrip- liiig; its joy is 1 and sincerity. ovei- again ; by ' insults to my \- desertions and distresses multiplied and .severe, I am still kept sustained by all-sufticient grace, with the harmonies of Cod's truth, the great choruses of His promises in my soul, with the pulsations of love in deepening tides beating evermore into my central life, (lod be praised ! The tempter comes, hisses with hate, allures with smiles, ass.ails with f|uestion- ings. In vain ! Knowing the victory is sure, though the battle is keen, I am never overwhelmed. Blessed be God, who causeth me to triumph ! Though weaknes.ses, defects, and infirmities abound : though ignorance and failure and difficulty retard, the step is prctgressivo, the movement upward. How can I unfold all the sweet, transcendent blessings of this new life in Christ ? Dark p,'i>;sions, aj)petites, and propensities; keen l)itterness and vain suspicions; all the host of inner evils that befoiv only cowed under the foot •|of will or the frown of truth ; that slept amid worldly peace, but were wakened in power at the touch of tempta- tion ; where are they ? God only knows. He has taken .them in hand, making the wolf dwell witli the kid, the •leopard with the lamb, the calf, the young lion, and the iatling together, and the little child Jesus leads them- pod shall u.se them all for His glory. I aspire after no ap- jilause of men ; it is as jiainful now as once it was pleasing. il shrink from sight. Only by the definite will of God I Mve this record." Like Abraham I take this only and |)eloved child of my heart to tlie top of Moriah, whefe, |iound (jn the altar, a knife of earth in my own hand may felay it, if (iod so will. Whatever He commands, I obey, though it be to stand in the fire with the three. Ah ! 1 know that the form of the fourth will l)e there, and that *he smell of fire, even, shall not be founfl upon me. If God 16 REMARKABLE NARRATIVES. be with me, who can be against me 1 If Christ be my all, how can I need more 1 No ! the world may take f roai mf all its own ; I claim and need it not. The church, yet half-born, in the twilight of the valley may gi ope and dose; may cast the spawn and slime of its earth-life along my path ; my soul shall be cleivnsed therefrom by the ever cleansing blood of Him who walked that path before ; my feet shall tread the air lu though they were wings, and the mountain-tops only shall be my stepping-stones of glory, my ascension ladder to the mid-heaven of God's great city. There and thence shall I cry, "O Church of God! O souls on whose lintel the blood of Christ is sprinkled, be ye wholly cleansed ! Zion, arise ! Israel, come out of Egypt : pass from the wilderness ; possess the land of rest in the blaze of God's shekinah, and shout, ' Enter thou, O, Lord, with us and dwell in thy Temple evermore. Amen !' "- Experience of Rev. Henry Belden. The Awfi'l End of a Backslider. The following is a short account of the life and death of William Pope, of Bolton, in Lancashire. He was at one time a member of the Methodist Society, and was a saved and happy man. His wife, a devoted saint, died triumphantly. After her death his zeal for religion declined, and by associating with backslidden professors he entered the path of ruin. His companions even pro fessed to believe in the redemption of devils. William became an admirer of their scheme, a frequenter with them of the public-house, and in time a common drunkard. Wi !S. THK AWFUL END OF A lUCKSLIDKR. 17 Christ be ray all, lay take froai mf The church, yot ,y gi ope and dose; rth-life along my •om by the ever path before ; my re wings, and the -stones of glory, God's great city, rch of God! O s sprinkled, be ye me out of Egypt : nd of rest in the er thou, O, Lord, ore. Amen !' "- ckslider. life and death of •e. He was at iciety, and was a voted saint, died zeal for religion slidden professors (anions even pro- devils. William [uenter with them n drunkard. He finally became a disciple of Thomas Paine, and associated himself with a number of deistical per- sons at Bolton, who assembled together on Sundays to eoiifinn eacli other in their infidelity. They amused themselves with throwing the Word of God on the floor, kicking it around the room, and treading it under their feet. God laid his hantl on this man's body, and he was seized v/ith consumption. Mr. Rhodes was nHjuosted to visit Williatn Pope. H.- says : " When T first saw him he said to me, 'Last night I believe 1 was in hell, and felt the horrors and torment of the damned ; but God has brought me back again, and given me a little longer respite. The gloom of guilty terror does not sit so heavy upon me as it did, and V have something like a faint hope that, after all I have done, God may yet save me.' After exhorting him to repentance si and confidenct in the Almighty Saviour, I prayed with ■ him and left him. In the evening he sent for me again. . i found him in tht utmost distress, overwhelmed with "; bitter anguish and des])aii-. 1 endeavored to encourage him. I spoke of the infinite merit of the great Redeemer, and mentioned several ciises in which God had saved the 'greatest sinners, but he answered, ' No ca,se of any that J has been mentioned is compara>)le to mine. I have no I contrition; I ciinnot repent. God will damn me! I I know the day of grace is lost. God has said of such as fare in my case, " 1 will laugh at your calamity, and mock I when your fear cometh." ' 1 said, ' Have you ever known |anything of the mercy and love of God?' ' Oh, yes,' he |replied ; ' many years ago I truly repented and sought I the Lord and found peace and happiness.' I prayed with ^liiin after exhorting him to seek the Lord, and had great J 2 IK REMARKABLE NARRATIVES. hopes of his salvation ; he appeared much affected, uru! begged I would represent his case in our Society and pray for him. I did so that evening, and many hearty petitions were put up for him." Mr. Barraclough gives the following account of what fic witnessed. He says: "I went to .see William Pojh-, ind as soon as he .saw me he exclaimed, ' You are coni< k. ;ic one who is damned forever.' I answered, 'I hope not : Christ can save the chief of sinners." He replied, 'T have denied Him, 1 have denied Jlim ; therefore hath He cast me off forever I T know the day of grace is past, gcme gone, never Jnore to return ! ' 1 entre-'.ted him not to he too hasty, and to pray. He answered, ' 1 cann(»t j)ray : my heart is (piite hardened. I have no desire to receive any blessing at the hand of G'od,' and then cried out. *Oh, the hell, the torment, the fire that I feel within me! Oh, eternity ! eternity 1 To dwell forever with devils and damned spirits in the burning lake must be my portion, and that justly ! ' On Thursday I found him groanin;,' under the weight of the displeasure of Ood. His eyes rolled to and fro ; he lifted up his hands, and witii vehemence cried out, ' Oh, the burning flame, the hell, the pain I feel I I have done, done the deed, the horrible, | damnable deed ! ' I prayed with him, and while T was praying he said with inexpressible rage, ' I will not have salvation at the hand of God I No, no ! f will not ask it of Him ! ' After a short pause \> cried out, ' Oh hc-\/ T long to be in the bottorale pii -u. the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone ! ' The day following T saw him again. I said, 'William, your pain is inex- pressible.' He groaned, and with a loud voice cried out, ' Eternity will explain my torments. I toll you again, 1 ES. TffE AWFri- KND OF A BACKSi IDER, 19 luch affected, anrl our Society and and many hearty count of what (ic V'iUiani Pojh", uid u are conic t^) see ed, ' I hope not ; ' replied, ' [ have fore hath He cast ce is past, gone 3d hinn not to he , ' 1 cannot j)ray : desire to receive then cried out. [ feel within ine ! r with devils and ; he my portion, nd him fi;roaninj; t (iod. His eyes lands, and with flame, the hell, leed, the horrible, md while I was I will not have I will not ask it out, 'Oh h(.\,- T the lake which ) day following I ur pain is inex- voice cried out, t^H you again, I am damned. F will not have salvation.' He called me to him as if to speak to me, Itut as soon as I came within hiK reach he struck mo on the head with all his might, a'ld gnusliing his teeth, cried out, ' (iod will not near your 1'. lyers.' At another time he .said, 'T have crucified the .Son of (iod afresh, and c.miited the Mo.kI of the covenant an uidioly thing '. Oh, that wicked and horrible deed ,,f blaspheming against the Holy (iho,st: which I know I have committed.' He was often heard to exclaim, ' F want n(»thing but 'hell: Come, f) devil, and take me!' At another time he said, 'Oh, what a terrible thing it is! Once T might, and would not ; now I would and must not.' He declared that he wa.s best .satisfied when cursing. The day he died, when Mr. llhodes visited him, and askr'd the ])rivilege to piay ojice more with him, he cried out with great strength, considering his weaknes.s, ' No ! ' and pa.ssed away in the evening without Ciod." Backslider, do you know you are in danger of the fires of hell 'i Do you know y„u are fast approaching the J " Line by us unseen That crf)sses every path. That marks the boundary between \ God's mercy and His wrath " ? ■ You are, and unless you turn quickly, you with William T'npe will oe writhing in hell through all eternity. God .*ays, "The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways." But He says again, "Return, ye back- jBliding children, and I will heal your backslidings." Oh, Jcome back and be healed before God shall say of you,' ^" He is joined to his idols, let him alone. "—,S^/, 20 REMARKABLE NARRATIVES. m. Eternity— Where ? A YOUNG man was working alone in a large room in which was a big clock, the loud ticking of which seemed to frame itself into the words, " Eternity ! — wherk ? " Unable to endure any longer the reflections thus awakened, he arose from his stool and stopped the clock ; but the question, " Eternity !— where 1 " still so haunted him, that he threw down his work, and hurrying home, determined that he would not allow anything to engage his thoughts till he could satisfactorily answer that searching question, " Eternity ! — where 1" " Eternity ! — where 1 " Tt floats in the air ; Amid clamor or silence it ever is there ! The question so solemn—" Eternity ! — where?" " Eternity ! — where ? " Oh ! " Eternity 1 — where ? ' With redeemed ones in glory 1 or fiends in despair 1 With one or the other — " Eternity ! — where ? " "Eternity! — where!" Oh! how can you share The world's giddy pleasures, or heedlessly dare Do aught till you settle — " Eternity ! — where 1 " " Eternity ! — where ? " Oh ! friend have a care ; Soon God will no longer His judgment forbear ; This day may decide your — " Eternity ! — where 1 " " Eternity ! — where 1 " Oh ! " Eternity ! — where 1 " Friend, sleep not, nor take in the world any share. Till you answer this question, " Eternity ! — where ? " Reader : Thy time on earth is short. Kach closing year, each setting sun, each tick of yonder clock, is i ETERNITY — WHERE ? 21 shortening thy days on earth, and swiftly, silently, but surely carrying thee on — on to Eternity and to God. The year, the day, the hour,' the moment, will soon arrive that will close thy life on earth, and begin thy song in Heaven, or thy wail in Hell. No future hour shall come to bring thee back to earth again, thou art there forever — for Eternity. To-day thy feet stand on Time's sinking sand ; to-morrow the footprints remain, but thou art gone — where 1 Into Eternity. ' To-day thy hands are busy at work, thine eyes are beholding, thy mind is thinking, thou art planning for the future To-morrorv all is still ; the folded arm, the closed eye remain, but thou art gone — gone to Eternity. Others were once busy as thou art, healthy as thou art, thought- less as thou art ; they are gone — gone to Eternitj'. The merry voice, the painted clown, the talented artist, whose presence made the theatre and the pantomime an attraction for thee, are gone ; they are removed far from the region of fiction to that of reality — the reality of Eternity. The shrewd merchant whose voice was .so familiar to thee on the crowded Exchange is hushed, he buys and sells no more — he has entered Eternity. And, reader, thine own turn to enter Eternity will shortly come. Ask thyself honestly, " Am T prepared for Eternity 1 " Give thy conscience time to answer ; listen, it speaks to thee to-day, drown not its voice lest it speak to thee no more. Let the Heaven and the Hell of the future stand before thee in all their reality ; one of these must be thine Eternal dwelling-place, and to-day is the time to make thy choice. To-morrow may be too late — one day behind time. Which art thou living for 1 Which art thou travelling to 1 I. '! ' > Ml h f J 22 REMARKABLE NARRATIVES. To go from the haunts of sin, debauchery, and vice, to the presence of ( lod and the Lamb— impossible ; from the crowd of the condemned, and the race for gold and gain, to the song of the redeemed and the crown of glory. No, never 1 Except a man be horn again he cannot see the Kingdom of God. Reader, hast thou been born again ? If so, well ; but if not, the horrors of an Eternal Hell are awaiting thee, and to-day thou art nearer its unquenchable flame than thou hast ever been before. • Halt : Why will you meet God with an unsaved soul ? He wills it not. To-day He pleads. Turn ye, turn ye ! Why will ye die ? "To night may be thy latest. breath. Thy little moment here be done ; Eternal woe, ' the second death,' Awaits the Christ-rejecting one. Thine awful destiny foresee, Time ends, and then * Eternity.' " —J. R. Dying Testimonies. Thk following are a few death-bed testimonies of noted infidels : Gambetta, the late President of the French Republic, was an atheist. He is reported to have said, just before he died : "I am h)st. It is useless to attempt to conceal it. But I have suffere;! .so much, it will be a deliverance." "Give me more laudanum, that I may not think of eternity. " — Mirabeau. DYING TESTIMONIES. 23 " Oh, the insuiFerable pangs of hell 1 Oh, eternity ! for- ever and forever." — Newport. " T am abandoned by God and man. I shall go to hell." — Voltaire. " Hell is a refuge, if it hide me from thy frown." — Altamont. " I would gladly give thirty thousand pounds to have it proved there is no hell." — Chnrteres. " Stay with me, for God's sake. I cannot bear to be left alone." — Paine. " Soul, what will become of thee ? " — Mazarin. So died hundreds of others, including Hume, the phi- losopher, and Gibbon, the historian. Let the reader contrast the above expressions of horror and despair with the following shouts of victory from dying saints : "lam in perfect peace, resting alone on the blood of Christ. I find this amply sufficient to enter the presence of God with."— 2Vo«ej-. " I am sweeping through the gates, washed in the blood of the Lamb."— ^er. Alfred Cookman. " I see nothing terrible in death ; I've no fears. I know in whom I hav6 believed." — Brooks. " As sure as He ever spake to me in His Word, His Spirit witnesseth to ray heart, saying, ' Fear not.' " — Ruther/ard. " Oh, for a ministry devoted to the salvation of souls ! I commit myself to the Saviour of sinners." — Page. "I am happy as I can be on earth, and as sure of glory as if I was there. Here goes an unprofitable servant." — Willimn Grimshaic. [5 .'■ I.'i t 1^ t, i; i\\ 24 REMARKABLE NARRATIVES. " Oh, the preciousness of faith I 1 have finished my course. My pilgrimage is ended. Oh, thou Friend of sinners, take thy poor old friend home ! "—Torial Joss. " Tell my friends in Barbadoes that I die happy in God." — Daniel Graham. " I am a witness that the blood of Christ does cleanse from all sin. Oh, the goodness of God to a poor sinnei* ! The Lord has finished His work ; has cleansed and filled me with His fulness. Oh, what a weight of glory that will be, since thy weight of grace, O Lord, is now so great ! Jesus is come ! — Duncan Wright. "I am. happy, I am happy ! For the last four days my soul has constantly been in a state of inward glo'ry. 1 have done with prayer now ; I can love, I can praise, but I cannot pray. Now, Lord, lettest thy servant depart in peace, for mine eyes have seen thy salvation." — John Valton. " When I get to glory I will make heaven ring with my voice, and wave my palms over the heads of the saints, crying victory ! victory in the blood of the Lamb ! " — John Parsons. " All is well, all is well ! " — William Hunter. " He whom I have served for nearly fifty years will not forsake me now. Glory to God and the Lamb forever and ever ! Amen." — Alexander Mather. " Hark ! Do you not hear ? They are come up for me. I am ready. Stop ; say nothing but Glory ! glory ! " — Pearl Dickinson. " I know I am dying, but my death-bed is a bed of roses ; I have no thorns planted upon my dying pillow. Heaven is already begun ; everlasting life is now. I die a A BURNING AND A SHINING MGHT. 25 safe, easy, happy death. Thou, my God, art present ; I know, I feel thou art. Precious Jesus ! (41ory be to God ! " — John Pawson. " Victory ! victory through the blood of the Lamb ! "— George Shad/oi-d. "I feel Christ to be my rock, my strength, my rest, my hope, my joy, my all in all" —Thomas Rutherford. "Oh, how this soul of mine longs to be gone, like a bird out of its cage, to the realms of bliss ! Oh, that some guardian angel might be commissioned, for I long to be absent from the body." — Johri Fletcher. " Glory to God in the height of His divinity ! Glory to God in the depth of His humanity ' Glory to God in His .(i-sufficiency ! Into His hands I commend my spirit." Edivard Perronet. " My hope is joyous, glory to Christ ! "—Richard Reece. "Christ Jesus the Saviour of sinners and life jf the dead. T am going to glory. Farewell, sin ! Farewell, death ! Praise the Lord ! "—Robert Neivton. ''■ The best of all is, God is with us. Farewell ! Fare- well ! "—John Wesley. A Burning and a Shining Light. In describing the character of that eminently devoted minister of the Gospel, Rev. E. Payson, his biographer says : The Bible was with him the subject of close, critical, persevering, and for a rime, almost exclusive attention, his reading being principally conHiied to such writings as would 26 REMARKABLE NARRATIVES. assist in its elucidation, and unfold its literal meaning. In this manner he studied the whole of the inspired Volume, from beginning to end, so that there was not a verse on which he had not formed an opinion. This is not asserted at random. Before he conmienced preaching, he made it his great object to know what the Bible taught on every subject, and with this purpose, investigated every sentence in so far as to be able to give an answer to every man who should ask a reason of it. In this way he acquired an unparalleled readiness to meet every question on every occasion, whether proposed by a caviller, or a conscientious inquirer, which it is well known, he usually did in a manner as satisfactory as it often was unexpected. The advantages hence derived were, in his view, beyond all computation. It secured for him the unlimited confidence of people in the common walks of life, as " a man might}' in the Scriptures." It gave him great iuHuence with Christians of other denomi- nations. It enabled him to confound and silence gain- sayers when they could not be convinced, as well as to build up the elect of God in their most holy faith. It furnished him, too, with ten thousand forms of illustra- tion, or modes of conveying to ordinary minds the less obvious truths with which he was conversant in the exercise of his ministry. But there is another part of his example more ditKcult to imitate than the one just sketched. He prayed without ceasing. Aware of the aberrations to which the human mind is liable, he most earnestly sought the guidance and control of the Holy Spirit. He felt safe nowhere but at the throne of grace. He may be said to have studied theology on his knee '. Much of his time he spent literally „-**' A BURVrXO AND A SHINING LIOHT. •27 prostrated, with the Bible open before him, pleading the promises—" I will send the Comforter and when he, the Spirit of truth is come, he will guide you into all truth." No man ever strove harder to " mortify the flesh svith the affections and lusts. ' It is almost incredible what al)stin- ence and self-denial he voluntarily underwent, and what tasks he imposed on himself that he might " bring every thought into captivity to the obedience of Chri.st." It was not long before Mr. Payson felt his need of entire sanctification. The risings of inbred sin continually troub- led him. In his diary he wrote : " Felt for the first time in ray life, what the Apostle meant by 'groanings which cannot be uttered,' and my desires after holiness were so strong that I was in bodily pain, and my soul seemed as if it would burst the bands which confined it to the body." It was not until some years after this, however, that he entered into the experience of his long-desired blessing. He was now recommended to the churches as a preacher, and he at once began declaring " the unsearchable richel of Christ." He entered upon his work with fear and trembling. His labors, however, were so acceptable, so much accompanied with the divine unction, that he was sent for from every direction. God gave him many souls and Christians were built up in righteousness and true holiness. Subsecjuently he became the regularly settled pastor of the Congi-egational Church in Portland, and was ordained to the ministry. In this capacity he labored most faithfully. It was his constant aim to bring sinners to repentance, and to lead his flock into all the fulness of (Jod. He was a terror to evil-doers, and by his fearless denunciation of sin, he incurred the displeasure of many. Though his health soon began to fail him, he continued to P^ ■At 28 REMARKABLE NARRATIVES advance in the divine life. To a friend he wrote : " They tell me they are certain that I shall not continue with them long. But the Lord'.s will he done. Welcome life, welcome death, welcome anything from His hand. The world — oh, what a bubble — what a triHe it is ! Friends are nothing, life is nothing ; Jesus, Jesus is all I Oh, what will it be to spend an eternity in seeing and praising Jesus ! to see Him as He is, to be satisfied with His likeness ! Oh, I long, I pant, I faint with desire to be singing, ' Worthy is the Lamb ' — to be extolling the riches of sovereign grace — to be casting the crown at the feet of Christ !" On the 8th of May, 1811, Mr. Pay son was married to Ann Louisa Shipman, of New Haven, Conn. ; a woman of kindred piety, and whose energy and firnuiess of character, connected with other estimable accomplishments, proved to be a true " helpmeet " and contributed much to his best welfare. As the result of having taken this step he was none the less devoted to God ; but rather became increas- ingly active and useful. Mr. Cunmiings says: "To his ardent and persevering prayers must no doubt be ascribed, in a great measure, his distinguished and almost uninter- rupted success ; and next to these, the undoubted sincerity of his belief in the truths which he inculcated. His language, his conversation, and whole deportment were such as brought home and fastened on the minds of his hearers, the conviction that he believed, antl therefore spoke." Glorious revivals of religion attended his incessant labors. Yet he felt himself exceedingly insufficient for the work of a . pastorate. To a brother minister he wrote : " No man is fit to rise up and labor until he is made will- ing to lie still and sulier as long as his Master pleases." decli ':%' A BURNINfi AND A SHINING JJfiHT. 29 Dte : " They e with them elcomo life, liimcl. The Fi'ieiids are li, what will ig Jesus ! to ness ! Oh, I ' Worthy is inari'ied to a woman of Df character, ts, proved to to his best step he was ame increas- rs: "To his he ascribed, lost uninter- ted sincerity Icated. His 'tment were ninds of his itl therefore is incessant cient for the r he wrote : is made will- iter pleases." I I ,1 His biographer says : " Economy was a very noticeable feature in his character. It was a principle with him to spend notiiiiig merely for oi-namcnt. The money which came into his possession he regai-ded us a talent for which he was accountable ; and so scrui)ulous was he as to the disposition wiiicli he made of it, that he is thought to have regarded .some things as forbidden luxuries which would have been for liis welfare. In his furniture, in his apparel, and that of his household, and in the provisions of his table there was a plainness and a simplicity well becomin" a man professing and teaching godliness. He did not save to hoard, but to ble.ss others. He did no^ love money for its own sake ; and so obvious to all was his disinterested- ne.ss, that, so far as is known, he never fell under the charge or even the suspicion of being avaricious. He had declined purchasing an article of convenience for the family one morning, because, as it was not absolutely necessary, he thought they could not afford it. The .same day he gave ten doUai-s to a woman in reduced circumstances, who called at his house." The year 1816 was characterized by a most remarkable outpouring of the Holy Spirit on his people. Many were truly born again anrl added to his clmrch. His congrega- tion was also continually enlarging. Bowdoin College conferred upon him in the year 1821 • ihe degreevf Doctor of Divinity. But in a letter to his mother he says : " I beg you not to address your letters to me by that title, for I shall never make use of it." His health becoming worse, he was at last compelled to resign his pastorate, although in the midst of a flourishing revival. Yet his " inner man was renewed day by day." To his sister he wrote : •' Were 1 to adopt the figurative language 30 RKMARKAHI.E NARRATIVES. of Bunyan, I might date this letter froni the Land of Beulah, of which T have been for some weeks a happy inhabitant. The Celestial City is full in m^' view. Its •glories Ijeam upon me, its breezes fan me, its odors are wafted to me, its sounds .strike upon my ears, and its spirit is breathed into my heart. Nothinj: separates ine from it l)ut the River of Death, which now appears but as iin insiju;- nificant ril! that may be crossed at a single step \vl,enever (Jod shall give permission. The Sun of Rigliteoudness has been gradually drawing nearer and nearer, appearing larger and brighter as He approached, and now He fills the whole hemisphere ; pouring forth a flood of glory in which I seem to float like an insect in the beams of the sun : exulting, yet almost trembling whi'e I gaze on this exces- sive brightness, and wondering, wit!) unutterable wonder, why God should deign thus to shine upon a sinful woim." Again he writes : " I have been all my life like a child whose father wishes to fix his undivided attention. At first the child runs about the room — but his father ties up his feet : he then plays with his hands, until thej' likewise are tied. Thus he continues to do till he is completely tied up ; then, when he can do nothing else he will attend to his father. Just so God has been dealing with me to induce me to place my happiness in Him aloni3. But I V)lindly continued to look for it here, and God has kept cutting off one source of enjoyment after anotli^r till I find that I can do without them all, and yet enjoying more happiness than ever in my life before." He was asked, "Do you feel reconciled?" 'Oh, that is too cold. I rejoice I triumph ! and this happiness will endure as long as God himself, for it consists in admiring and adoring Hiiii. I can find no words to express my happiness. I seem to m A Bt RNINO AND A SHININO LIGHT. .^1 le Land of <.H a happy view. Its 1 odors are id its spirit lac from it as ;tii insi he on to the great fountain. It (>f heaven were opened, and all its f and I trust no small portion of His henevol iiowii into my heart. " It has often been lemarked that i)eoi)le > ho have been into the other world cannot come back to tell as what they ha ' seen ; hut I am so near the eternal world that I can se.:> almost as clearly as if I were the.'e ; and I see enough to satisfy myself at least of the truth of the doctrines which I have preached. 1 do not know that T should feel at all surer had I been really there." A friend with whom he had been conversing on his ex- treme bodily suf^-erings and Ins higii spiritual joy,s, re- marked : "I presume it is no longer incredible to you, if ever it ,>as, that martyis should rejoice and praise God in the flames and on the rack." " No," said he, " I can easily believe it. I have sufTererl twenty times— yes, to speak within boumls-twenty times as much as I could in being burnt at the stake, while my joy in God so abounded as to render my sufferings not only tolerable, but welcome. Tk". suffhrivf/s of this presenf timo arp. not worthy to he com- pared with tlifi. glory which shall he revealed in us." To his wife he said : " Hitherto 1 have perceived God as a Hxed star, bright indeed, but often intercepted by clouds: l)ut now He is coming nearer and nearer, and spreads into a sun so vast and glorious that the sight is too dazzling for flesh and blood to sustain. I see clearly that all these same glorious and dazzling perfections, which now onlv .serve to kindle my affections into a flame, and to m,^lt down my soul into the .same blessed image, would burn and scorch me like a consuming fire, if 1 were an impenitent sinner," . ^ 'i Ji ii Ii. 32 REMAKKABLE NARKATIVES. He {lied in great peace, October 22rKl, 1827. So s' faith." 2. How is this faith tried ? By temptations, dis- couragements, opposition, persecution, misrepresentations, afflictions, pgverty, prosperity, trials of various kinds, and by obedience. 3. Why is this faith tested ? Saving faith is the founda- tion of all Christian experience. Though a Christian may be in .a perfect tempest, if h.is faith in (lod remains TMi: TKIAr, (»!• FAITH. 33 unshak..,, ho .s p..,.fo.t,v sat^.. Hut if his faith fails tl.ou.'h ... ,„ay hav. ev«rythi„,M.|s.. h. will 1,. a.t.aU.l ^K .a^MKle. As.,th,th.,i.thatpnnoiph.hv.h- "vl lovHs h.,s heavy ,n,„s against it t,. w.ak,.„ arul .mi fo, h.. ,l,.vHu,.,n,.„t .,,1 ruun-ishment of ,.,„• faith, p.r- "Hts ,t to 1,.. tri...!. H,,.,,, th. Apostlosavs '' Thi'k iV not Strang, oonc-erni,.,. the Hery trial whieh "is 'to try you as Uu.u«h s,.ne strange thin. ha.l hap, ,|„„t.;,.„; In the tune of Zephaniah the prophet, in speaking of his o thee an affl.cted ane name of the Lord." l>an:el says, ^^ Lny shall I e .unfU^...d,,de white and trie.l." u is nee;s,a,y that . H.th shoul.l he teste,!, in order that we „,ay'|.a,,. ^^hether.t has any flaws in it, or whether it has heco, J -akened. When everything is sn.ooth and easy-Xr we cannot tell how our faith stands. The degree <,f f;.,i,:: w<; may have is no criterion. It is one of the n.ost unce,- tarn th..gs ,n the world. It is only by the hard knocks of ;i.vs, I hnd .t to be most true-that the g.vatest te.nnta tjon out of hell is to live without ten.ptation. ,f I ^ s^u,uH stand they ..>uld become st4nant and in^^^^ • ■»th ,s the better for the free air, and for the sharp -ter stonn in its face. 0,..ee withereth without ad^^' low t ?' U " "' <^-'"^n-ter fencer, to teach us Low to handle .„„• weapons." Says one, '< If gold, though pensh.ng, is yet tried with fire in order to test its genu t -ss and to ren.ove the dross, how n.uch more d^es your" i-th-svhich shall never perish-need to pass through a !i« m . >:. 34 REMARKABLE NARRATIVES. ftery trial to reiiK)V(' wliateAer is flefectivp, and to test its genuineness and full value 1" 4. Why is the trial of this faith more pi-ecious than of gold that p(>risheth ? Because : (1) We, get a deeper and richer experience. "The trial of your faith worketh patience." " But the Ood of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ 'Jesus, after that ye have suffered awhile, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you." Is not this more precious thau gold I Bunyan says, " Temptations, when we meet them at first, are as the lion that roared upon Samson ; hut if we overcome them, the next time we shall find a nest of honey in diem." (2) We become more useful and l)riiig n!ore glory to (iod. "He purgeth us that we may bring forth more fruit." He thus tried .lol), Daniel, the Hebrew children, Paul, and hosts of others, and their after-life was more than ever conducive to the gloiy of God. Just when we think we ciiui stand no more and are going to die under the pressure, is often the very time when we bear the best increase. "Gold does not increase or multiply l»y trial in the fire, it rather grows less ; but faith is estab- lished, improved and multiplied. (3old, though it bear the ttre, yet will perish with the world ; but faith nevei' will.'" A certain writer has said, "There are more undeveloped physical and mental resoui-ces than liave ever been brought to light, and made to bless and comfort the Innnan race. The y)otentialities of mind and nature, we venture to say, are almost as iidinite as the iidinite (!od himself. We know' not what powers we are in possession of until our capital has been drawn upon. We do not perceive the countless millions of stars above us until niglit has come and broi from witi The man joys to bi messengei when we we but lei Crush grance tli of |]pdfor has com*; illiterf'te s • Hrticulties anc(; with; "Tiled, rainbow of liis seed as sea-shore, face as th doorway t( led God to inito his fr in the (>nd liad before iiioiintains, Israel to Maiiasseh's crown. D) province of nation. |^( not, that he •Nero's axe. THE TR[A[, OF FAITH. 35 anri brouf,'ht them out ; .uici from within but pressure from without find rovwils tlic liidden forces of on,- „,it The man knows not, the depth of a husband's 1 joys to !)(. reape*! tVom the fi u re ove, and the messen^fer knocks at his 1 imily circle, until the terribh louie w when we are under pi'essuifi than at we l)Ut 1 earn of our hitherto sluml e can accomplish more another time, for tl len )ernii,' powers. Crush the daisy and it will send fort! prance than ev er, 1 a sweeter fra- of Bedford jail foi- twel >unyan was confined in the darkn ess ve years, but las come of that long imprisonment. what iuunense was stripped of all tluit 1 might give him r w K'e as unich as h >'i'l I>efore. David was lik.^ a hunted partridge in ti mountains, that he mi>.'l'.t I Fsrael to the saints .M i'<'ome the sweet Psalmist of all succeeding generations. inasseh's chain was worth more to him tliMU Manassel •rown. Daniel IS s captivity made hiur ruler provnice of I'.abylon. Kstl over the whole nati Pete lers e.vposure to death saved rwas girded and carried whither lie would "Of, that he should glorify (Jod. F^aul's head fell benenth Nero's axe, that there might be placd ui-on it an unfad ing * •^-ril N. ne HEMARKAULK NARRATIVES. chaplet ; and as an old Puritan writer has said, ' the stones that came about Stephen's ears did Imt .knock him closer to Christ.'" — Brookes, Mijsterij of buffering. (3) The ultimate end " that it might be fOund unto praise and honor and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ. ' " If we suffer with him we shall also reign with him." " Our light afflictions, which aie but for a moment, worketh out for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory." We shall ultimately be found tried stones, ready and safe to put in the heavenly temple. In the building of Solomon's temple no hewing and sawing were done where the sacred building was reared. All the stones, timber, etc., were prepared in other places, and brought in a finished state to the builders. Beloved, the hewing of the stones for the spiritual temple nmst be done here, that at the appointed time God may find us ready to be placed as living stones in that temple. Says one, " The temptations of Satan which he intended for their destruction, frecjuently become jewels to adorn the crowns of Gods people before the eternal throne." Matthew Henry says : " Honor is properly that esteeih and value which one has with another ; and so God and man will lumor the saints. Praise is the declaration of that esteem ; so Christ will commend His people in that day. (J lory is that lustre wherewith a person so honored and praised shines in heaven." Pains, furnace heat, within me quivers, (Jods breatli upon the flame doth blow, And all my heart within me shivers. And trembles in the fiery glow. And yet I whisper, " As God will ! " And in His hottest fire hold still. THE TKIAL OF FAITH. He comes and lays my heart, all heated, On His hard anvil, minded so Into His own fair shape to beat it, With His <,rreat hammer blow on blow, And still [ whisper, " As God will," And at His heaviest blow hold still. He takes my softened heart and l)eats it. The sparks Hy off at every blow, He turns it o'er and o'er and heats it. And lets it cool and makes it glow. Yet still ] whisput you are out of the darkness now ; liow did you i^et out .' ' he asked is liy Tl lei'e IS hut. one wav, she answereu, ana that ^■oinii;- to the Woi'd. i rememhered that the Lord Jesus deelares all the hairs of our heads are numl)ereil, and althouifh I once had children of my own, whom 1 loved, ! suppose, as much as most motheis love theii- children, and altlioujfh 1 washed tiieir faces for them, and hrusiu'd their hair manv a time, I never thought enou,<;ii of oiu' of my -hild ren to count every liaii' on its liead. Since my Father thinks (>nou^h of mc to counts ev(>ry liaii- on my old y;rey head, i told the devil to yo avay and let me alone. an( I he has left me in pe ice Father, Take My Hand. TilK way is dark, my Father ! Cloud oii cloud Is natherin<;- thickly o'er my head, and loud The thunders roar above me. Set;, I stand l^ike one bewildered. Father, take my hand. And through the gloom Fiivid safely home Thy child. IIJ f'ATHEH, TAKK MY HAND. Tlio day goes fast, my J<:u,li(,r ! And the night Is di-awiiio; darkly down. M3 faithless siglit S.'cs gliostly visions. F.-ars a sin-ctral band Encompass me. () Father, take my hand ! And from tlie nit my worn orne H- •^^^ IlKMARKAHLK NAUI5ATIVES. And faltcM-iiifi; spirit, rise to tliat l)lt'.st land WIkm-c crowns arc ^'ivtwi. h'atlu'r. take my hand, And reaching down, Lead to the crown Thv cliild. TIIK CRACTOUS ANSWER. 'I'mk way is dari<, my child 1 I'.ut leads to light ; 1 would not have you always walk by ight ; My (lealings now thou canst not understand, I meant it so ; but 1 would take thy hand, And through the gloom l-ead safely home My child. The day goes fast, my child : liut is the ni lot thee freely pass ; will take thy hand. And through the throng Lead safe along My child. The cross is heavy, my child. Yet there was One VV ho bore a heavier for thee— My Son My well-beloved ! For Him bear thine, and stand With Him at last ; and from thy Father's hand, Thy cross laid down, Receive a crown My child— ,SW. 41 Unseen Guardians. C. (5. Stkiniiokkp, formerly of Germany, was a Christian hnn in faith consistent in principle and practice, and, as a c ergyman of the Lutheran community, very earnest and ealous m fulfilling what he considered to be the duties of us oalhng These were often arduous and unpleasant but he au\ not shrink from their performance. On one |{ i;.M A It K A lll,K \ A 111! ATI V KS. occasion li" whs iMfofiiicd IIdiI (lie cliict' niiiii, tlic liij^licst, |)nl)lic olliccr in his disi rict, was li\iiii; in sin, to liisown (lisifracc, to tl sorrow oF ('\('i'\' re nicNpi't'ssihIc ''VH 1' (.f I CI nistian cili/.cn, lis \vi aiKl tV, to III ic scandal o f til c cliiircli tlicrc. (11 winch he was a iiiciiilici rcat 1) < hi rcccisiiiLj this int'oriiial ion, tliis taitliful uuiii'diuii of the lock went at icr tot he oll'cmlcr. Aft CI' inciitioniiiu; tht occasion of his visit, he said he had come, in the aullioi-itv of his ollice, to hid hiin reiiios<' the ]>iil)lic scandal he had L;i\t'ii rise to, adding, " My iiord will re(|nire f/iini sliee|i of Mis shc|ilierds, and as I am ennai^cd in Ueepini;' this llock, )f suH cr su( h d oiiiiis as this III it. ri le man was irritated at this In d conditional condemnation ot his wicUedness, and told hiiii >nest reproof and uii- I t< f h le meddled much more with linn or Ins allairs, he wouli nv inc him remo\ed from the ministeria I oil ice Steiiiliofer h't him, know that the fear of such a result would not deter liim from the ])(>rforiiiance of the duty devolviinf on him from his station. week passei 1 I) aiK I as the oll'ender had not ahated the scaiidfil, Stcinhofer called U])on him ai;ain. Aftei" expostiilatinij; with him, lie plainly told him that if ii<; did not manitest that he intended to amend his evil ways, in; should, on the morrow , publicly hriiifj; the matter liefoi-e the coiiifreuatioii, when assenihled for worship. This would clear him hefore the people of lia\iii,i>' any active or passive comjilicity in this wickedness ; and he ailded, li(» should tluMi li>ave it with the fiOi'd. who would prove tiiat^ lie would not he mocked. T 'huk >is honest rebuke, and ev(>ii tiie prospect ot a puhlic exposure, did not induce the man to dianije his course. lUit to trv to prevent Steinhofer from sprciidin;.;; th(> case I'NSEEN (MTAUDIANS. 43 iK-for." tlic nm^n^ffitinu, In- ciilli^d upuii liii,,, |„.f,„,. u.., ""•••liM-, will, ,„ai,.v thivuts. sfckiii- u, tVij^l.t..,. him into sil.Mi.M.. Tl.c |.ast,..r Iwui ,.„unt.M) tli.. n.st ; n.. tVar .,f |.<-<-ui.iarv It.ss .,!• iMTsonal su(r,.nii- could mhIucv him to efore tl"- .'on-n.-ation, and .-...luested their prayers thut this n.i.|U.ty should 1... reMH.vvd fn.m amoi.n. them, and that it iiiiirht not he laid to their char^^e. The raj,re of the public oHicer was so jrreat that, in the insanity of passion, he deternn-ned to kill his faithful Improver. Knowin- that on that afternoon Steinhofer would visit a sick memi.er of his con-re«ati house ol' iJic niinislcr, lt>lliiiir Imm' Id litid out who llit> .slnmifcrs were who iiffniiipiiiiiiMi linn on lii.s .•it'lt'rnoon \isi(, Sln' ntinic tin' ini|Mii\. juhI whs told lliiil III' wiMil onl iilono, anil look nolliin;:; willi liini l)nl his Itil III', w hi.-l 1 ill' rfifrii'il imiirr his arm Ins rrlinn to iiis (|iii>slion sImiHimI ilu- ini|iiiri'r more than I'vrr. Ili' iiniiiiiy ilisjialrhnl a iikvisimiuim' (o llii' ••liTnyiiiaii, liiMnandiii!; who (hose twoniiMi wi'io who, ono on his iijj;hl ami llii .III HM' on Ins IctI sidr, arroinpanii'il linn lo \isil I ho sick man. Ill- mi'ssi>nu;i'r was also insliiu IimI I II sav thai I us mastiM' had soi-n iIumii wi Ih I lis own I'vi's. ('. (1. S(i>inhofi«r, allhonnh In- know not whal prril hi- iiad i>sca|n'd, yd t'rlt convinced llial liu' liOid's hand was in llic ihiiin, and .ilso thai ||i> had hv Mis |ir(>s(«i'vinji; pioyidiMici', lii'i'ii round alioni him Ihal dav. Hi- iiadr I 111" siTvanl It'll his masli>i' lhal hr k nrw o ( n man Ihil, III* adiliMl si'ivr IS alwavs w illi na Ih h;i\ inn aci-oinpanicd him. ali>iu< ; till' Lord w hoin I HH>s,sam<, faillit'ullv dclivrri'd liy ll powi'rt'ul' t'lVi'cl on lhi> mastor. His conscicnrt' alarminylv awakiMicd. Ili> imnu'diali'lv am mni'i- 'I'l MS II' si'i'vani, jirodnrrd a w as with om|> tiu> n'liviisilions of duly, and lli.> ni-xt morninjj;, as a hunihli' ju'iiitcnt. hi' calii'd on his faithful rcprovor, witli I oars i'ont(>ss(>( 1 I ns past t'luni', an( 1 also 1 ns \vu ked int(«ntion so providentially frustrated. 'riic work of n'pentanee did not stop here, hut throuu;li tlu' Lord's assistinij sj;raoe this evil in.an iimended his ways. T/ir (Viri.ffidn, /i(tsfoi>. HKMlY MAItTVN. Henry Martyn. 45 IV III.' VDll- ISI-J ,1 |,,,„. ( Asid INIinoc, (linl !i{ '|',,|<„(, iij^ ,1 CHVclliT, |i(i,M,siri;,'(.|in,n;,'li lOaHt^crri triuw luM t'nil iiiiinc l>iil ••'ic,'Mrii(m even did not, I ikIc skit, and went I scnilciicd Ndriiclliiri'' liki^ i(, l.vll r HiUM fl IIS wiiy. Th.. « ii|i((ri a i/ivf was siioii (•((vcn-d oi tli<)ii;i{li( III' lijiii only '" ""•""i<'«iM.s(rraiii. 'I'lirv wli., iMiii..,! I mil tall HH one of (,|„. iiijllj inlii t'nii;o((rn cri ■a,\CH. '•Ill 'I'Ihmi;,'1i hill tjiirlv 'IMS who cvci'v yi'ar his inaii was iiiiMScd. I'liord if j our Vf'urs .if iv^r, U,' had ntnirk th '••'■"".• upfir.M'iali.iri in Kn^lan.j and A ahiHist n. Mil her .lai. had. A stal.'si .III.' hcinic naiiii' whi.'h a.l iniTi.'a as IS llu> nan said II IS name Kii;,di
  • .Mir own. ^ipol ; a lian.lsoiiic i loniiincnl, icai'.'d. y r.-nidvcd |,o a inoic |nil,Ii,. I'liiisc in four di(H.|vii( I, and insciihcd with with li, uij,Mia,ir,>s. LonI Ma.-aiil i|)I'iv..|a,lioii of the truly jri '■"'iiiin,!,' from fainiliurily with th.' h.-m.-s ., Ihi'ills us with his | ■••at in character f all N iiics .III ll.irat axes, who us avarrc, was allc.-lcd |.. mil Henry of > rcv.M'ciicc liy tJ„. st.iry .if this .v.ain.ir mans litV, and wrote this cpitapli " I l.'r." Martyn li.'s I |„ inanli...)d's .'arly 1,1 'riif Christian hero found .).ini H a payan toirih .'liKioii, sorrowin-,' .I'er her faVorit ■(' H(in. Points to tlie^r|,„.io„s tropliies which he won. Ktenial trophies, not with shui-hter rvd orstaiiieil with tears hy jiop N l>iil trophies .if th( less captives shed, Throufi;] cross. Foi^ tliat d.-ar n amo 1 eviuy form of danger, deatli and shame, < 'nward h.- j.iurneyed to a happier shore, Where danger, (ieath and .shame are known, no more I m lA 4fi REMAHK\m-F. NARHATIVFS. fif'iipv INl.'ii'tvii was Ixirri in ('ornwall, Krii,'liin(l, in I7HI. At. sixt<'fn lie ciitfrcd ( 'fimlji'iilL;*' rriivcrsitv. li (' was intensely ambitious, and was nettlfd Itecauso at tlie early exaniinations lie toiik only the seeond posit inn. Hut at twenty lie ^'I'aduated as Senior \\'ranj,'ler, with the lirst lonor. II e coll Id, I owexcf, apply Ins lind better than rsion. Its oetjasion was the death of bis father, and the thou<,'ht that it was now too late to ask from those cold lips for,i,dveness for his undutifnl conduct. He could only yo to (lod for it. lUa, havin«,' once come bt>fore that thr<«ne, and felt ujxin his soul the shadow )f (i s condemnation for sin, all Ins iirule was crushed havinir felt the lijjht of (Jods countenance reconciled, his soul as ever after tilled with i;ratitude iind love, ' rom that time Martvn was another man. That strouL' wilfulness •ecame to his Hedeeii stronir willinj^ness, as he j^ax c his whole bein;j, up He was ambitious still, but he had now an )ver-lord. even Chiist. H is fasorite text was. " Seekest thou jjreat thin;;s for thyself.' Seek them not, saith the Lord." So thorou Chi'ist that .selfish honors no longer pleased hin>. When he LCraduatcfl first in his class, he wrote I obt imeil m\ highest wishes, imt was surprised to find I had gra.sped a sha(l( Hi atli itensiHed, energy was not lessene( l»v having higher appeals, those of consci nee and service, HFXHY MAHTYN. 47 17SI. i> was ('(Illy {lit at > (irst add.'d (.. natural (Icsiiv ; an-l his fa<-ulti..s w.-.v n.,w fiml l.y Ins .•onnnnni.m will, (|„. Holy Spirit. Yh, 1... was not w,M,„„t, trem.Mi(i...,s (..M.f)tat,i..i,s fn.rn his uM aM.l.iti,,,, K-r- awhil.. h„ i.i„,,osf.,| to stiKJy law, "dn,.||v," lu- say,^, " Ih-«ius.. I could ni,t. consmt t.. 1,,. ,,oor for ( 'hVist's sak.*" Hut he (lid not know his n,"vv,.r self wh.-.. he tl,„„;,d,( that way, an.l wl,,.,, Ihr n,..,M.nl ..f dr, isio,> ran..., he turn.-d his l»ack upon all prosp.vts of s,.,-ular !,^ain, an.l so„;,'ht th," ministry. In I. so:., H,.nry .Martyn saih-d for In.lia. Xin- in.mths w.'n-n.nsunM.d in th.. .jonrnry, which t., ok him am.ss to S..uth Am..rica, and then around thr (Jape of (iood Hop,. Arrivin- in Calcutta he was fril,.,! l,v tVvcr, and his wcak.-nod body became a source of discoura-em.M.t, ov.-r- '■"•>'•' only l,y his .leathless .levotion. The horri.l rites of ^^>i-;nit liiiM to 1) ^iliMit. !•: \('rv\\ liiM'c he went he mns t h -tt. I) tulkiiiii .'iltoiil Christ. \U>.\ tlicn' was a iirovidciicc in liis toiiituc tlial l\i> iviu'w not ot'. NCafsat'tcrwai'ds Sii Uoiicrt l\('r I'oi'ttM', in jonrnt'vin"' thronij;li I'ci' sia, was met Ity people wlio askt^r it" lie kn(>w " tlic man of (Jod, " somronc wlio liad nia came hei-e in the n\idst of us, sal down eneireh d I )V oiM' Wise niiMi. and maile sueh remaiks upon our l\oiaii as cannot li answci'ci W want to know more about hi s reli<'ion an( th(> hook lu> left amonjj; us." At Shiraz, lonj^ after Martvn's deatii, tiiei'c HmmI an aceoniplished I'ei'siaii, Mahomet Katem, who confessed that for vi'ars he iiad l»een .secret I V a Christian. le had n(>en com meed ni said I heardle.'.s vouth, eiifeehled hv disease, w ho iLjaAC him a hook .vhich hail since lieeii his constant comp.'inion. It as a IVTsian N leiirv Mart vn. Martyn probably knew iiotliinj;of his personal inlluence u]>on tluvse people a. little as we know I1h> result of onr liv.'s. lUit to return to our narratixe. Me was out of money, and Wduld have sUirvcd but for help from a poor muleteer. Hurniiifj; with f >v(>r, achiny; witii weariness, breatiiini; with ditlicultv from tlie progress of his diseas(\ he reaciied Tabiiz, whcrt> tliC Hiiiilish aintj.assador received iiim. l''or two months Sir (i(>re Ousley and his lady watched by his bedside, until temporary r(>turii of striMi,ij;h allowed his departure. In the meantime the ambassador himself pre- sented the Ni lestamcnt in I crsiaii to til ;iii,i(, Ity wliom IIKNUV MAinVN. ol It was «,.;,,,. ioiisly iv..iv...l an. I |.i.l.li,.|y .•uiin.in,,!,.,, ; siriro vvhicl. it l,Ms shn.i.. ,,s „ , lay star ..f l,,,,,,. I,,. ('|,ris(,ia„ rniMsi..ns in (|,a(, |,;u'(, of U... vv,.,'l.l. K,,-;!,,,,,,! |,;,s s, t u.illi..ns ,,f „M.i„.v ;.n.l many livos of s..l,li,.r.s i„ l',.,Hia, '">< llf w..rk ..f II.M.ry Marty,,. thnu-rU his fa.-c was hanlly l-. .lr..„.-|,i„o ,.ai„s a,„l ihicvi,,. villages, 1„. ,M,s|„.,| ,,„svar,|, || -.|, fai„t,i„- a„,l rlways witl, th.. ,ln-a.l fVv.T or .•hill. After a „,o„ll. ,„■ ,„on. of tl.is so,.| of hf,., w,. (i,„i ,1,,. last „o(,. of his jo„n,al OcU.Ihm- <;. ISI-J: "Noho,s,-Ht,ol„. ha.1, I ha.l ,„„.xi,..,.t,.,i n'i>os(.. I sat, ii, a„ o,Thaj7i a,i„v fn,.„,-. Oh w!-,.,, shnii Ii,,,.. .{vr piac- t'o <«ternity?'" T.,, row. hut, as (l„.y wo.iM say i„ (h.- Kast, "(lo.l kissrd i,i,n at, (I (h'cw oi,t. his soul, " I'Vi'-H.ls in ,lis(a„t, F,„ha wa,t..n,' wt,o wonl.l ,„.v,.,' ,■0,,,... |{,„ , |„. sto.y of his wo,.k (loa(,..,| ov.-r the lands, and witl, it, thr story of his heioisi,,. A t,h,-ill of ii>issio,ia,ry i„),,Mvst, went throu-l, th." .-hm^,.!,. Tl,<. caus.. of ('va.,-<.|izatioi. rmM-vod a„ impulse second to t,o„e si„c(, 11,0 early days ,.f tJie Ktiirlisl, Uefonnation. 11 l,est,,ry or Hemy Martyn ah, lost op| )resses ar, o,'diiiai y 52 HKMAHKAltl.K \ \1U( ATI V KS. (^hristiiiti. His spirilimliiv was no rof'mcd tliat ii is (lilVuMiK tlu> rare atiiuts pl\( of monntaiii licij^lits, lianl for somi' vt>ii IxTatlir. His couidnc and (•oiu't>i\tiatioii of piirposr make our lives s(>(>m \vt>ak and discoiintH-tcd like water spilled on llie jjroinu;. eon\|>ared with the tnnent that tint's a hundred faetori«w. Ho was dead at thiity two, liaxinjn awakened a nation, and some of us are t wiee that a.i{e and have hardly l)e,i,nm to do anytliinv; foi- the jjreal eryinu: world and llini who redeemed it. \V(> cannot follow Mariyn ; we are not lirave enough, nor lie.e enoui»h in moral lihre to take his lustre. liet us, then, mor<> deeply appreciate tlu' les:«>n now earvinJ in four lanu;uajj;es uj)on his tomh at Tokat : " Mav tiavellers of all nations, as they stej) ,isid(> and look at this inonunuMit, he led to love, honor and serv(> the («od iind Saviour of this devoted n\issionary." -James Ludlow. !).!>., in .I/(.s'.v/()>i(//7/ Ririrn'. Agony for Souls. 'Pmk overheard eloset supplications of John Knox were, "(live tno Sei)tland or I die I" and those of (Jeorjie White- fiokl were. "(live me souls, or take my soul !" When the attendant.s around the dyinjj; bed of David St.mer thought that his spirit had taken its tli,y;lit, he raised himself up iii hed and cried, " O Lord, save sinners! .save them by sooivs ! save theni by hundreds 1 sav»> them by tlunisaniis !" and liis work on earth was liiiished. The ru.linir na.ssion was stronir in. cleath. Of .Vlleinc, author of A/arm to rnrtniirrfi'd Sinii''Vii, it is AdONY FOR SOULS. 53 Hai«l Mia(, " lio whn infinitely iukI iiiHulialdy groody of Mm (! riclu'st po.sse.ssions on earth. Oh, labor," sa^' lie, to his sons, " to win souls to Christ." Kleniinj^-, in his Fu/jUmrrif, of Scrlpturi'y inonliotis John W(>lsh, " oft,en in th(* coldest winter ni I desire to I tf iiiorc useful. And I wond IT why it IS that- I mil not. oh. for souls! souls! the salvation of I iii'imI a more aU'eetinjj; apprehctisioii ouU nil ot ihe \iilue of souls, a iiioi(« teiidei rcp-ard f (!od, aiK ir the honor of I more intenst- sympathy for perisliiiii. sinnen Oil, could I always iivefoi tor eli'riiit-y, and speak for eteriiit\' ! I ('t(>riii(y, preach for eternity, pray ot man a,iid see only (iod." T fulii'd liis faithful wife to li want to lose si!>lil wo days hefoie his death h !S side and sail wisi to lioast, liiit at, Liverpool and lloston I '•IK' iioiir each day to pray for souls, and fn " I do not appropriated tpiently spent that time |)rost,rale on my study I! • ; in addition |,> wliici at Mdstoii, I held sometJiiiiir lil' Ke iii;r|,| vi'mIs, ai".sinit to pray ei.-li ni,!,rlit at I w.-lve o'olodc. I do not, say it to boast, ''•II it appears phiin t.. me t'lat tiie stn-ret of success in the eoiuersioii of souls is praver."' It is said of Will. .Mc|)ermott that "he used t o sneiKl whole niithts in prayer with .lohn Siiiitii hef ore meiiiora I.I tl e seasons of revival, in which multitudes of lose sin- ners were won t(> Christ. In III an'ony ot prayer, with l)rok(>ii li(>arts anr faitii." moriiiiiijf. h Hrainerd could sa\ of himself on more than one occasion : r cared not where or how I lived, or what hardships I went thi'ougli, so that T could hut gain souls to Ciirist. While 1 was aslet'p I dreamed of these things, and when I AfiONY von SOULS. 56 wak..(i M.,. (irst Mn-,,i,r I ll...n;(l,(, „f was Uiis -. inv (IcsirH \v:im f,„- d., • ,. . , ."^ y desire -.vas foi^ t| my li(t|)i' \v;is in (ii»(|. real, work ; all If <-(.iivfrsi()n of M,,' |i,.,i,(| ifti, and al .(< U'h '" ''""t |M,ss(.ss..,| this mast..r|,assi„„ furs.Miis. H, liirciits and (mhiiiIi youlli, wiMi looks as l>laclc '} ill (Ik' tVcsliii nss anil vijrof of IS a raven's wiiit;, soon to I M';'n;n<' wlutoand hoary wifh labor. Il,s ..arc-r was sho,. l.ul, ^'L.r.ous. l|,.n.ow,U„l th. work of a lif.Mn.o into tun short, yoars. J'h.. (h.. of lov,. within l.in. I,urn.-lf, in .si.it.M.f <-v.«.T ol,stru,.tion, i,.t,o th. heart of tho heatlien, suh.luin.^ t..'ornulti..sof eannihaiis.n. and winning j^ospol triumphs 1'" .nost ,hst,in,i,ruish,.d in n.issionary enterprise. His heart was set on three thinj,rs : 'The eonversion 'of the Vi.\ums, t,lu. translation of tlu- Scriptures, tl.M revival of Scr.ptur,ai holiness.' .John Hunt's prosj.eet in .leath was unclouded l.riKhtt.es.s. He ha.l safely <-onnnitted his last treasures, his wife and children, in (iod's keepin-r |'.ul then, was .so,n..thin- ti.at hun- al.out his heart n.ore closely than these. That ohj.-ct to which all tin, energies of his K'-»'fit ,sr)ul had be.^n devot.Hl, wm the last to be left. He- was observed to weep, to keep on .silently weeping His emotion was increasec], and he sobbed as though in acute distress. Th.m, when the pent-up feelings could no lon-rer be withheld, he cried out, ' Lord .save Fiji.' This master |»:ission of love for the souls of the Fijians had become ident.itied w ith his very lift.. ' "The Rev. John Smith, a Wesleyan minister, had a passion for souls, which led him to do many strange thin-^s m the eyes of the world. Ft is said of him that at one time H "'f " '"'"""°"' ""' "'-owed'th were that tf '""V*"™"-. ''"wever oteoure they were, that there remamed no diffloulty or obscurity i^ toTemofe the'Tl?' ''™™"' """"'o^*' -^ '<>".» andTev an , .' """oerning passage, of Scripture. "hrLis-r'wrch^o:^\r":!;„^^^^^^^^^^^ knew Withal, the clearness which couIdTdra™- from lS;t7:trtdtt?tei':rr-*'T'" .t.es and the tunes when they lived, with as much exactness as if he had had the Bible before him and was eading them out of the book. Nor was he ignorant o the history of other neonle • K„f ,v • ^""''int or tell witl, \h. r . ' o^'casion ofl^-ered, could with the utmost accuracy-so far as any records 4 I o8 REM A I{ K A lil.M N A Hit ATI V KS. rciniiiiH'd wlmt w fic (lifir iiianncis, their I'llStdlU and the flits which lli(!v IkkI invented. 'n le sfi nie kni>\vle(lji;e lie had of what passed from Noah to Clirist. and spoke (,f ilM.se times as if tliey liad l)een present to him. Ilerefeiied ull jiiofane iiistories to the saered : knew tlie wars and events whioh liad oeciirred in any nation to tlie lurth of Jesus Ciirist, and spwke of thorn as elearly as he could huvc done of the thin^i^s of his own times. (Jref,'ory Lojjez was a tlioroii,i,di master of all ecclesiastical history since the birth of Chri.st ; as likewis.' of all the emperoi-s to Philip ||., in wiiose rtn<,'n he died. Ill' was (>(|ually skilled in profane history, ancient as wt>ll as inodei-n. He drew up a cinonolo^ry from the creation of tiie world to tlu^ pontificati^ of Clement VII I., so exact, thouf,di so shoit, tliat all remarkable iiicidentJi, whethe;- ecclesiasti(!al or seculai', were re(!orded in it. lUit this knowledii-e was not limited to history.' He was so knowing in astronomy, cosmoj^raphy and geo<,'raphy, that it seemed as if he had himself measured tlie heavens, the earth and the sea. He had a globe and a general map of the world, made with his own hands, so just that it has been admired by persons deeply skilled in the science ; and he was so ready herein that the Marquis of Salinas having sent him a very large globe, he observed m it several mistakes, corrected them, gave his reasons for it, an(i sent it back. He had so particular a knowh^dge of nations, provinces, and their customs, that he could accui-ately tell where every country was, and in what degree of latitude ; their cities, their rivers, their isles; the plants and anmials which were peculiar to them -of all which he 'iHE(i()KY r.oPKZ. .');) spok.- .IS kiK.wiii;,^ \vl,;i(, 1„- said, yvi withoiil (,|,,it. avvn- j,'anc'c whifli soini'tiiiifs uttcnds knowlfd^c. r.()pe/ was w(,ll v..fscd in aiiat..iny, mcdiuii.c, and l)i)tariy, and he was Hkilfiil in |K'iiniansliip. IJut all this knowlcdjic did „.>t f..r a niuni-Mt divnl his mind tVoin (hr one thin-( nccdfid. \Vh,-n askfd whetluM' iinnc ni- th.'.se thin^rs cvt'i^ -aw him any dis- traction, h<" replied: "I find (h.d alike in little thing's and in ;r,,.at." (h.d |„.i„^r the (-(.ntiiiual ..hjeet of Ids attention, he saw all tliinj^s o.dy in (Jod. He had also Kreat skill in dirertin.!,. oth.Ts. He saw spiritual tinners with the ey.is ..f his soul as clearly as outward thing's wiUi those of his hody, and had an amazing accuracy in dis- tinguishini. what was of -ratv from what was of "nature ; and that, not .miy with r.^^ranl to himself, l.ut tho«e also who (-onsulted him in their doubts and ditiiculties. He fully satisfied all th<. doubts that were j.roposed to him ; he instructed everyone how t(. act in his pro- fession. Non(^ were so afflicted, but he comfoi'ted them. He imprinted on the spirit of all to wIkmu he spoke an ardent desire of holiness. His words were all «ords of tire, and inflamed the heart with the love of God. No one >vont from him without feeling himself comforted and strengthened. "If any man offend not in word," saith the Apostle James, "the same is a perfect man." We may then pro- nounce Lopez a perfect man. One who had "lived with him in the strictest intimacy for eighteen years, says that he had nevei- heard him .sjH'ak one .single word that could l)e reproved. His conversation was always of things useful and spiritual, meet to minister grac to the heareis. He measured his words so well that he spoke m ■ ::: • 60 RKMARKABLE VAHIIATIVES. no more than was necessary to make himself understood, and he never ex;i^gerated anything. His patience and humility shotie with great resplend- ency. Although he fre(iuently suffiM-ed great i)ain at his stomach, and violent colics, h.. never made any ccmiplaint, nor indeed any show of them. Whiln he was at St. Foy he had the toothache for almost a year togetlier, but it was not perceived hy any outward sign, only ; hat twice he used some herbs which he knew to be good for it, and that sometimes it was so violent that he could not eat. He desired to be despised like his Master, lie studied to foi-get all temporal things, and thought only of seeking (rod and .serving Him. When he had any great conflicts, he rejoiced to sustain them for the love of God ; and. after he had conquered, he offered all that he had suffered as a sacrifice to Him. He offered Him not only the spoils won from his enemies, but the gifts and graces which He had given him, joined with fervent prayer, and an un.speakable sense of his obligations to the Giver of every good gift ; so that when he received any new grace or gift, his understanding being more enlightened, and his heart still more inflamed with love, instead of resting on those gifts am] graces, he offered them to God. No wonder that the Rev. John Wesley should have said of him : " For many years I de.spaired of finding any inhabitant of Great Britain, that could stand in any degree of comparison with Gregory Lopez." DKACON lee's OPrXIDX. fil Deacon Lee's Opinion. Wk k.M.Nv* „..t vviuM'o "Deacon Uv' lived, says the Go/clen h'nl,; nor whether he live' ,| all : hut his '• opin- ion," as expressed in the Hui,j.,n«l s. .,■),, sent t.. us l,v mail, ought to he r.-ad and po d< -ed in very parish in the hind : Deacon Lee, who was a kindl;, .sl-.u, faithful, gracious ".an, was one away the preacher. The deacon came in to meet his visitor, who, after the usual greetings, began to lament the low stat.- of religion, and to in(,uire as to the reason why there had been no revival for two or three years past. " Now, what do you think is i\m cause of things being dull here? Do you km)w? ' he persisted in asking. The deacon was not ready to give his opini.m, and, after a thought, frankly answered, " No, I don't." " Do you think the church is alive to the work before U V " No, I don't." " Do you think the minister fully realizes the solemnity of his work ? " " No, I don't." A twinkle ^as seen in the eyes of this troubler in Zion, and, taking courage, he asked : " Do you think his sermon on ' Their eyes were holden ' anything wonderfully great 1 " "No, I don't." . Making bold, after all this encouragement in monosyl- lables, he asked : i' m-s i" 62 REMARKA fiLK XAHHATIVES. ''Then clunt you think we had better dismiss this man and hue another ? " The old deacon started as if shot with an arrow, and in a tone louder than his wont, shouted, " No, I don't " '' VVhy," cried the amazed visitor, "you aoree with me in all 1 have said, don't you ?" " No, I don't." "You talk so little, sir," r<- lied the guest, not a little abashed, " that no one can hnd ,mt what vou do mean " " r talked enough once," replied the old man, rising to his teet "tor six praying Christians. Thirtv vears ago T .^ot my heart humbled and my tongue bridled," and ever since that I've walked softly before (iod. 1 then n.ade vows tZ'"^' ''"'"'•■' ""' '''•"'' '''"'• '""P' '"^ ''' ^'^^^ The troubler was startled at the earnestness of the hitherto silent, immovable man, and asked : " What hap- pened to you thirty years ago V " Well, sir, I'll tell you. f was drawn into a scheme just .ke this of yours, to uproot one of (Jod's servants from' the held ,n which he had been planted. In mv blindness I tancied it a little thing to remove one of the "' stars ' which Jesus holds in His right hand, if thereby my ear could be tickled by more Howery words, and the pews filled with those turned away from the simplicity of the Gospel. ] and the men that led me — for I idmit fli..f i ,., j i "It- n,i 1 lamit that I was a dupe and a tool -^-flattered ourselves that we were conscientious We thought we were do.ag God's service when we drove that * holy man from his pulpit and his work, and said we con- sidered Ins work en.-oken a:, : -' vw,t,d chddren converted, and [ resolved at a conveni r^M 7" ^?"':':\^-^''^"'"- to .ny wayward^sons ^vh,c^ hke long-buned .seed, had ,u»w spruiig u„ But 'Od demed n>e that relief, that He miiht tea ." »' esscm eve., child of His ought to lea,; tlt/:^^ ..uches one of His servants touches the apple of H .s eve me ::: ::f rt "^^ 'i' '^-^ ^^^^^-^ ™^ ' '^'-^ --^^^^ me, set out on a twenty-five miles' ride to see him It vas -en.ng when larrived, and h:s wife, with the spirit wWd any woman ought to exhilfit toward one who had o wron ed he l...b,^a, denied „K. admittance to his d S, saul, and her words were arrows to n,y soul : ' He n>ay be .lyn.^ and the sight of your ..e migi.tldd to his .n^^ H^u .teome to this, T .said to my.self, that tlfe man ^ wh t;:? ' ■ ; '■"'^'' ^'''•■^^' ''-»^''^ >- ^-^to his an 1 wl , ""' "^ '"^' '^P'"^' '" '^ ^^^''''-'''^ bereavement ad .ho had, until designing n.en had alienated u.s, bee ^ me as a brot^.e..__that the man could ..ot die i, p^ w mytacebefo..ehimr ' God pity .ne,' I c..ied, consrenjation . was deeply impressed ; and in every direction sinners, cut to the heart by the power of (^od, w«M-e weeping and prayina; foi- ineicy. Seriousness was depicted on every coi'Mt(.iiance. Mr. Childs walkerl out into the con.!i;re man began to curse him : and w ith all conceivable oaths and blasphemies, he continued to vent his feelings of malignity and contempt until Mr. Childs closed his prayer. He then QUENCH \OT THE SIM R FT. 67 turner away in a rage, and in a short time left the camp- ground and returncHl to his houus which he reached ahout th. gomg down of the sun. He sat for a long time on the long p,a.za in front of the },ouse, and conversed sj.ar- ■ng.v .vith h,s family. As the twilight deepened l.nd rught et drop her curtain, he commenced walking up and 'lown iMs piazza. Presently his tea was announced, hut he refused to join his family at the table, saying he felt a little n.ace his piazza, until it was time for the tamily to retire for t lie night. His wife re.piested him to go to his chamher. '< No " said he, «not now. L,.ve me alone for the present'" >She urgeo hnn to go in from the night air; that he was further endangering himself i,y his exposure. " Let .n- alone, said he, as she insi.sted up.m his !(>avin.. the p.azz,. .. When I go in at that .loor,"' said he, soh-mnly, I shall come out no ,no,-e until I am carried out to niy «ravv At fi,,st his wife was startled, l.ut she recovered Herself and remonstrate,! with him for using such lan- guage and mdulging such gloomy f(;elings. Sai«l he • " T cursed the ^.^eacher tn going to die, and T shall .^o to hell. I ought not to have cursed that man." sjie oontinue,! to expostulate with him ; told him that he was depressed ami low-spirited, and ,Iid uhat she c-ould to relieve his mind, but all to no avail. At a late hour 1 •. went to his bed ; but alas ! to rise „,. more Tn ttie morning he was found quite ill. Medical aid was called in, and evei ' ' ry thing was done for Ii give him relief. But he told th im that f'nuld be to m\^ < I r< em that it was all in vam, «i8 REMAKKABLE XARRATIVFS li ' •<, that he should die and go to hfj), that his case wuv hope- less for tliis world and the woiid to come He grew worse; and it adiiiil oS a doubt whether the dying chamher of any man e\er i)resented ,i nv>tv tei uble and heart-appalHiig scene than uul the chainhrr of this inise-- ablo man He sent for the pious tenants ..ti liis fari.i to eoiti; :>,Hi] ^h \>y him juid kee-p the devils ,.ut of his roon . He : aid that 'Jie rnultipiiefi sins of his wicked life wtfio like so many demons tearing his bleeding heart, tkyw attempted to direct his mind to rhe Saviour of sinners. •' Oh," said he, " 1 have rejecter! the last otter ; I have cursed tlie minister who made the tender of salvation n> me in the name of Jesus.'' The sctM,- was to.. awful to b(!h..id. His neigiibors Med from his presence, and his words of de.spaii- and remorse and unavailing regret haunted them wherever they went. The scene grew still more frightful. Despair-utter (|(>spair— was depicted in his face. His c^yes seemed to he kindled as with a spark from the pit of hell ; his voice unearthly. He called his friends to his bedside for the last time. Said he : " 1 ,un dying. When T am gone you will all say that I died frantic and out of my senses. 1 nevei- was more rational. I know what 1 am now saying, and all that I have said ; and f now make this statement, that what I have said may not be lost upon y.ju." He then, with his remaining strength, cried out in the most startling accents, » The devils are around my bed ; they wait for me ; they mock my dying struggle.s, and as soon as I am dead they will drag me to the hottest })lace in hell." The.se were his last words. SOULOQUY OF A l.osT SOIT?,. 69 • Soliloquy of a Lost Soul. CoMK, oil, ny s„ul, thy c.-ttuin ruin t.vice, .'<■■ tliou )U',ndure for sin Are never more to end, but always to begin ' Oh, that the hand that cursed mj to the Tash Would bless me back to nothing at a dash • ^ P'' B || ' 1 irn ' 1 1 i III [^"justly I M... sin uv,.„..,. ,,,„, ,'^'-l>l..«n.. this awful (Jodun.!.., as.. „.yf,a,. —.ye/. ^V■|I.MAM t'l A Prince in israel. Mot sliiiv. OWKS lodist flonoiiiinati '''",i,W.'ii>(l, MiuvU I lit) '""' of' tlx' tonn,l,.,-s of |,h,. ] •)M -was l),„.„ ,1, i{„,.^| ■'"^I'l'cls n'scinhl,..! (I inaiiv I .V'-ii-^ lie h.ul 1 I ". I7S(). If '-•It of .Jollli J{„ I'liiiitivc IN CdllV <'i'>iH)ii ill "•'•am., as ..niiiu'nt f, "'''" 'I most notoriou "van. For ,„,i„^ "Mciuy of all .ro,„l iissailcii I |)ioty of the ,1, ^ SIIUIHI-, hut now Ih" 'l""»^v"c.anuM„lila.a(I..,„| mil (III '"IX'st typ,.. 'I'), ti;iiti('(| th If VI(!tofV. H ■ l)iit tl |'o\V(>i-s of lii.s 1„, «t>Ifout with all 1 «' i';i{)i(llv ^•''•.V liaiid, and f ii-ouyii faith I iiWW ill •''^wt"nMU-v.,t,..lto(J„d, audi fe- ll! main- All fcl lie lis III liglit t "' 'aid hiiii- < Nv.is n.it long before he be, " ''"''■'' ■^"»'« from ."tcnial tait ho '" ■■ind prayer. M, ^^••'11 ill answer to Ih'I 'oanie noted as my were the sio-naj woe '"Several of miiiht "•^ f vietories which mor(> ert'eetuall ^•oi'siilted too-ether 1 owes s iivs : oi'tier to ac Vi -tl inplish tl lie conversion of y carry on the t' grand object of low u pravt'r-iii(>('t iii.ys in person who should fh'.st iimers to (J,,,!. \\' our anxious desi le '"''h-n' fvir tl iidaress tlie tli 'igi'oed tliat th le particular hi 'one of Grace should *'-i--p.^.yi.iz;rr;:;5!:;::^"- :•■«''' " «xe,cis„ taitl, ,u,,„ , a„J if t|,„ bles. lould responii^ Amen and gi'anteci at once, still to mg prayed for uas not persevere in pleading until it A PUrNCE IS t>iHAKL. 71 W'lSj l.(;.s(,,nv,.,J. VV.. r.,.. • I '"' ^^''-""•1 wiLl. th. ..„.,"'' ""^- f ''"'^ '^--.b, when others. '''^^ (Mutt. XV. .«). And .so of ;':^->-'^-H,t,.u:t!:: "u^^''"^'''-y-..inut: '^'''' •■ *■'■-' ' ^■"-"..1 it a vertl ""' ''"' "^•''•-- «^' ^•"■'>- "'"•"'^'"•s in an 1.1 ^'' ""^^'^"'- *<> '"'"' thirty or '^■^ ^'^ ^'•'ttin,.. into faith an< 1 '"'""'" '"^"''"''•«. '^•"''^ ^'o.y that th. ,h1 L :T"' ''"■" ^'"' ^'-'^ '> -'-traot.dindivil£.:::^''^'''^^-'3'l>W^^^ '"'Ki'lition tothe.s,. labor ' i, , -'^ '- an oxhorter and a ."/'"''^^"^'^^ «-^^-^-i.sed hin.- •-'•^-'us hook,s and f'ts '^^ """""^^^^ ^^•'"- -^ other J)ay hy day he hu„„ered and H ■ . . ---:;:drr r"'- J I > 72 RKMARKABLK XARHATFVKS. among men as a flatnc of firt'. His labors wure truly apostolic. Having heard t'r-. Loieusjo Dow a favorable i.ccount of the American canip-rneetings, he, in conjunction with other devoted men, assisted in holding what is sup- posed to have l)een the Hrst camp-meeting ever held in Eng- land, on Mow Hill. May ■'Ust, 1807. (Jreat results fol- lowed this meeting. The origin of the Primitive Methodist body, in a very important sense, dates from this memorable occasion. Othei- cami)-meetings followed, and (iod m'X His seal of approb,iDir)n on tlitmi by cfonverting many souls. For the active part which Clo^Jves and Hugh Bourne took in these meetings, the ministers oi the Wesleyan Ixxly, of wliLii l)otl) of tlK^se determ mmI not to countenance a movement whi-h thev .strangelv enough considered irre but to foim the fruits of their labor into class • , „ ith regularly appointe.i leaders und stewards. The Kev. (it>o. Lamb, in his mem<" 'al of William Clowes, observes: " Thus the profe.s.^ed fuDowers of the venerable Wesley, the great field pr ' ".r, expelled ivam their com- munion a humble man of i fo. . teaching the (Jospel in the open air, without the, sum i ion <.i the instituted authori- ties of the circuit, tliough by these efforts a number of the vilest sinners had bwm converted from (l;!,rkn<>ss to light. ' A VniSrV. IN ISRAEL. 73 W^^ysaw h...... .,, a. I.n,..,. of open air worship iHun, g vea up, an.! therefore .sol.-.nnly enjoined his people t^. 2;; -' -- <'..'y in new pi.ees, hut in old-eiuLh. cncu^ He says : -rh. .....test hindrance to opon-ai,. - -M.thod;sts. P.ut re.arn.u as a —onary. They agreed to ,ave hin. ten shillings (En,- l-l. currency) per week, to go out an.i lahor at lar.. i, .l' -rk of the Lord. Never were labors ...ore ard.:,,.^, -cess .uore glorious than those of, his ..enwka nj: t^^T'rr'- ;?*'"'• '^'•'"••'"'"^ '^ ^-' ^"^ -^j M.^, ^1 the vanous classes were .,,.anized as follows: P." c r ' """':;'""^' ''*'"" ''^^''^' '"•'-'"-^' --nteen m"ti tf" "^''^"f^^^' •'"'-'-' '--'-- At a business 'm tnig a tew months after, the „ew bodv was „an,e,l the Pnnntive Methorlist Connexion. On a certain .nissionary tour he walked one day twentv- ^<>.n; nnles, and while on the road, he says : '' T fell in o\ P-otound meditation ,n the fall o,n.an. hi. depart rt: ...^.g|nal hohness, the depth of n.i.p.itv n,t<, Jl.ich sin a ;"::^,''"\'^'''' f!^ ■■"!>'- '''''^ty ^'-ny power but t^.^^ od to .^.st<.re h„n. These reflections 1 pu.^ued in nu- mnd untd r was l,rought into great sorrow^and di.stre.ss^ -uh I felt the travail in bi.th, and experienced an inter- nal a..„y ,, ,,,„„,^, ^,^. ^,^^ ^^^.,j. ^_^^ ^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^^ -ho were po.st.n,, „„ i„ the way of death, whose «n.p. .,^1 -'•^-'"^'i. ' -I'tmuch, and longed i^. some co..;:^ m :« 74 kEMARKABLK VARR ATIVES. I tint place (jii tlu; road wheic I inij/lit give vent to tny burdened soul in prayer. In a short time T arrived on the borders of the wood, and then I owe,- -Hi xn the Holy (.host, and In nxuch assurance.' Hi.! truly apos tohc nunistrations were such as I should have anticU pated nm, a legitimate successor of the Apostle Paul ; they were thrdhng with power fro„, on high, and resulted in the conversion ot multitudes of sinners to (iod. Ha^•ing a body ot divnuty „j Inmself, he was superior to most bogles, and but sparingly read uninspired author.s. He, however S rH> r '"'"'^"'^ *''^ '"''■•^^^"-^ ^— the g.eat sohdity, the point, the overwhelming power and amazing success of his ministry. » P «' and " Mr. Clowes was very remarkable for his nower in n ha, „cv„,r falle,, u, my lot ,„ exp„,„„„e suoli bapli,m,. us: n ill 1..11-M 7(ii RRMARKAIU.K NARRATIVES. as I neveH- failed to feel, while kneeling with him before the mercy-seat. Perhaps it will be seen, in the light of eternit}', that much of the success which has crowned the lal)ors of the Connexion was graciously vouchsafed in answer to his 'fervent and effectual prayers.' The results of the midnight devotions which he rendered to iiod, and of his wrestlings 'until break of day ' when 'as a prince, he had power with (xod and [)revailed,' are yet to be revealed ; the witness of these holy exercises is in heaven, and their recyi'd on high. ■'Streaming eyes, broken heai'ts, cries for mercy, and joyful deliverances were (trdiuaiy efft;cts produced when he drew nigh to ({od in puf)lic prayer. 1 was present at a love-feast conducted by him and his frienti, the Rev. I. Holliday in Mill Street Chapel, Plull, at the ccniclusion of which al.>outy foi'ty souls were professedly convertefl to Go(l. "(ireat as Mr. Clowes was in the [)ulpit, and mightv as he was in prayer, he was ecjuany conspicuous for his strong and unwavering faith. ' I /mn' l)e]ieved, I (fo believe, and r udU believe,' he would .say ; and he soared to what he called the 'mountains of frankincense, and the hills of myrrh," and regaled himself with fruits and Mowers in the garden of the Lord ; bathed in its (U-ystal fountain of purity : aiul basked in its i)lissful l)owers of holy serenity and heavenly joy. His strong faith enabl(>d him to make his constant fibofle where only a few of (nen good men pay an occasional visit ; h(^ lived at a great s})iritual altitude, a sort of Pisgah's mountain life, on lofty l)anks of high and holy regions. If ever he pitched his tent, he shifted it higher still; he was a spiritual mountaineer. 'His religious life appnars to have been one rapid ascent from Si '3 1 A PRINCE IN ISRAEL. 77 grace to grace. No wonder that one who thus walked with bend ij;; :r' ^"'"««; ; ^^•^-^ P-- ^heds its bain, hope able fo : ""' '''' -'^'"^ ''"^"•'^ ^* -'^««'' «l^"uld be pa^sedh-i]f.,n '^\'^y^^'f perhaps no man could have h ''sbe. i '•" " " ''""^^'^'"P -ithout f.elin, that w^th '• :" "ir.' ^^^-^^Phe..e of holiness, in contact iTv" 'V "r'^'' '^'" '^'"' *^' '.i"'*t men made perfect ' and bvmg for the t.ne ..n the verge of heaven i " s..;^ ". Tl ''""' " '"^'"''"« '"^ introduction to Clowes, •'''t>^. ihere was a most impre.ssive .^-avitv in I demeanor when he recnved m. W • "' lifted nn fo I '^c_i^ed me. His eyes were devoutly .tted up to heaven, wlule he in.plored a blessin-. upon me Let us pray a n.inute.' said he, and the next ^ tt -- on h.s knee,s, pouring out the desire of his soul f n" .na^.an,.r which Teannot fully describe, norZue^ ^o -et. An,ong other things which he fervently asked rin-ir-rr^^"'- . !;'»<>, might so .smite (lo Philistine. • H...f *.i, • , iv„v 1 rniiisrine.-, ttiat they mi^ht fill y:'i thl I 78 REMARKABLE NARRATIVES. he had one never-failing resource, and that was prayer. Oft on these occasions his manner was very singular. There was no sign of agony, no conflict, no wr'cstling, no stirring up himself to take hold of (lod. In those days his hallowe(1 spirit abode in a region far above all this. Some- times when sojourjiing in the home of pious poverty, where there was not a second room where he could enter, he would say to the good woman of the house, ' Now I want to pray : pursue thy woi'k, never mind me ; ' and then, without one word more, he would (juietly kneel down in the most retired corner to which there was access, where he would remain for an hour. Generally, in such seasons of hallowed con- verse with the I)eity, there was no audible expression, no groaning, no .sound heard -no, not even a breath. There was an awful stillness, which some survivors wliom these lines may reach, will well remember'. He somehow, in tiiis solemn (piiet, sweetly sank into CJod, till he became as inoticmless as a statue, and often, at these times, there was an inward whisper to liis heart, which said. ' He it unto thee even as thou wilt.' " But it was in public prayer, when conducting divine worsliip, that he towered to his most lofty height, appeared to the greatest advantage, and witnessed the m(»st glorious results. In this 1 never met with his eipial ; and do not (•xpe(!t to meet with his equal again on earth. I nev(>r knew a person anything like him : there w(>re such fine bursts of glowing imagery, such an appropriate use of Scripture huiguage, such delicate and sti-iking allusions to tlic furniture and worship in the temple of Jerusalem, such a taking hold .)f divine help, su^jh solemn familiarity with frod, and such an unshaken confidence, in the exercise of which, like the princely patriarch, he v.-^inld aav, ' T will If A SCENE IN PRfsoK. ^^ not Jet thee go unless thou ble^s me ' -n^ v. • results, ;ts cannot be acur-ter / ■ '"'^ ""me'iiate -eetideaeanbefor :^;^-:^^-''-^'>^^^^^ present atsueh seasons." ' ^"'■"'"' '''^'" ^^^''e A Scene in Prison. To one of the Bellevue cells ti.e.. ,,,,, - wo,uan bea,.i„. the usual pernm L v^ "^ """'"'"^ -- -leadeMittle won.u. lit, / 1 "V /r'"' "" went that sorrow I..„) ....... • ' "'^ "* ^^^'^^ate refine- tl 'e pliysician, wl ev 'P« which had we,,( oft ■ow ha,J only intensified, and si '••W't'^Jnst leaving the patie torwai'd irazt I'll, hut k K' looked at nt, with clear <^pt their .steady, straight r am not certain," si If said at '"y '">y for a long while, and I tl want to see him." The doctor looked "an-ow bed where tli, with his face buried «'''isply against the skin, I •)een cut, f( I'ound it .so f have searchcrl f i)i' ""!< lie must he 1 ere '"''•pitifully as she went P'ltioMt lay, a lad of hardi " <"''<• Pil'"w. His fair 1 lip to the y twenty, )row "in- wfi,vi »• the h(.spital ba.'bfM' wl ned by exposiue. had 11!' " Ffe's y«'sterdav, ii'' niipo.ssible to make 1 not lu st(M,d there had lain that w ay >*aid the barl '» t''<" agitated face bef, '"Other, f,,r it "I'l turn his head, ^'ver since they brought I >f'''. and then nm ill "ver the theii ••'■e hun, tunned I was quite plain wh„ t| moved by .somethi U'J prostrate figure. She k "^ ouii way. The fUist l)e, stooped us I own, and laid her hand on h ' Charley "Pw it as mothers k i« hurninff hmv now ■' "'^ ^'^'^ ■'^oftly, as if she had < 'inie into !)is :,■ 80 REMARKABLE NARRATIVES. room to rouse him from some boyish sleep, " mother is here." A wild cry rang out that startled even the experienced physician : "For (joil's sake take her away! She doesn't know w'heic r am. Take her away ! '" The ])atient had started uj> and wrung his hands in piteous t'lilreaty. "Take her away ! " he still cried, hut his mother gently folded her ai-ms about him and drew his head to her breast. "Oh, Ciiarley, F have found you," she said through her sobs, " and I will never lose you again." The lad looked at her a moment. His eyes were like hers, large and clear, but \<'ith the experience of a thousand years in their depths ; a beautiful reckless face, with lines graven b\' passion and crime. Then he burst into weeping like a child. " It's too late '. It's too late 1 '' he said in tones almost inaudible. "I'm doing you the oidy good turn J've done you, mother. I ni dying and j^ou won't have to break your heart over me any more. It wasn't your fault. It was the cursed drink that ruined me, blighted my life and brought me here. It's murder now, but the hangman won't have n\i and save that much disgi-ace for nnr name.'" As he spoke h«> fell back upon his pillow ; his face changed and the unmistakable hue of death suddenly spread over his handsome features The doctor came foi'- ward quickly, a look of anxious surprise on his fac<'. " I (lidn't know he was that bad,'' the barber nmttered under his breatli, as he ga/ed at the lad still hohling his ike APOSTIiOPHE TO RUM. f^■^ It » better to li„ve it »o " li,. ..,i,l ,„ i c..-».l,-.ti„„ t„ tl l,e ^ i """■'■»«>•. '■""•'y to ode,. i" tiK. „,„ti,„„,™ „„ "i; .;"''" '' "' "'" «•■■■■ so,„„ti,i„,. , "^ h^t« gene, t„o," |,e sr.ftlv whispererJ .,n,l f. . -":^^:;;:i:;:^::ttrrt::;rT---' Apostrophe to Rum. (Many are the scathinfr words written ■„..} i King Alcohol ; hut ne^er have wT en 7 ''"""^ ;"-.ive. such a torrent of ;.::eZ;:,r:r''^ tamed in the following.] ''' " ^""■ O issue of Hatan ! red with the fierv wr„w Johovah, stand hack and answer tlT r ' '"' '"'"' "^ against vou Tt ;« f , ^ mdictment T. hrin« undertrvho ;;:" , ^^'"'"" r,.:u..n ,, th! .^3""'' ■-'«-» '^ true hill by God a. ^, .-.md ....,ues,. Serpent an.l adder, fie„d ■^y^ 82 REMAKKAULE NARRATIVES. and fury, enemy of God and man, move thyself ariglit in the cup and blush crimson with shmno. Jiut answiT me : What iinKu-encc iind [)urity have you bitten with your ser- pent fan,jj; .' What lu'arts of love and dc^vi^tion ha\ e you stung to death with your foul touch? What hopes have you crushed under the loathsome pressure of your hideous and relentless coil ? Listen to the cry of the orphan whose father \du have nuwdered by your slow, dea(ll\ |)oison. Listen to the heart-l)i'ok-en lamentation. Visit tJie hiipj.y homes whieh your loathsome and; polluting prcsenct^ have changed into desolation, drunkenness and despair, and hear the ery that rolls u}) thr.iiigh the sulphurous Hames of hell. From every gallows tree and dungeon of darkness, from every roof tree and liearthstone, blackened and blistered by your infernal power, accusing voices come to l)rand you as the worst enemy of the human race. Oh ! listen to the i-lanking chains in the maniac's cell, the shriek of violated iniuicence, the dying moan of the victim of the drunken assassin to-night, and tell me, o'h ! tell me, in th(! ears of all, what reason or apology have you an liour, or a minute, or a second longer for corrupting the world with your poisonous breath or polluting presence? Blessings wait upon all othcsr creatures under the shining sun but you, while only curses follow you in this world and the ne.xt. Good there is in all things else but you, even in the meanest insect that crawls upon the earth, oi- in the smallest island builder of the sea, or the ti!i''est speck that Hoats in the illimitable aiu] all-embracing azure fields of space all the countless worlds between; but for you, in you, from you, by you, through you. there is and there never was any good. Evil, and only evil, born of the devik A VISION'-THE MISSING ONES. gg corning from th. devil, leading to the devil, conden^ned of ->1, c.c.nde,nned of n.tn, an evil and a cur.se for .-venuore ' ^''->n, tluef and ..ol.l.e,, slanderer and hlasplu.nu.r ^ arly. He said he had passed a very restless night, and thought he might better get up. [ told him of the absence of his mother and sister from their rooms, and recjuested him to look around and see if he could find them. In the meantime I hui- riedly completed my toilet, and soon Fiank returned and said the missing ones were nowheiv to be found, and that every door leading outwards was .securely locked, as on the preceding evening. We were at our wit's end, and what to make of this strange occurrence we did not know. On again visiting Julia's room we found on a stand her well- marked open Bible. One [>rominent verse attracted my attention ; it read, " J-5e ye also ready, for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh. ' . This passage my wife had alwft,ys declared referred to the coming f)f Christ for His saints, the redeemed Church, according U> I Thess. iv. 16- IS, while I insisted that it meant onlv the I A \-rsfON— THE MrsSIN(J ONKS. So preparation for death. R„t I an, dic.ressi„. Fr-nL a 00.., ,„, , ,,„„ „.,,,^„,^. ^., » ,::;x j-^ - each take a different route and visit so...,. ,.f l.y vn mff she was m ,i " p,.ck „t trouljle," ,„„l l,ad t„ hod always co„sidere,I t„ 1« „ ,eal ,-o„,l (-hi! " , ! Pljd her a ,„«„ .,.k. -. «,,„ had ;,„ off ^h ': «-.th™,t even p„«i„g .he kettle „„ th,? ,.a„„e o " W ' I «..,■,! to an,. „f „s. But what |,u..Ie, ns til' : T' »i.-'S"to„t „f theh,>„se,tw ti: ::..,:, :^:i. :i'':;:: nom Mrs. B. h progressive euchre party " "Indeed," said T, " :t i.s exceedin-dy tl.«nl explained t„'|,e; the '^b^eTT ,„:"""^': ' " !"?'' When she h ,„,,,.,„, J- -2^^^^^^^^^^^^ and Juha, she became s„ very nervous that I was .lad to change the subject l,y sayuK. tliat as I I , f Weakfa.ted , would ,f,n L;, .^IZ L^l::^: •Mhen her husband heard niv storv he treated ^ , «o»i deal o, levitv. and declared 'JZ , 1 l,: 1: Paymgme a practical joke, to induce „,e to rise eaii^ the,uselves somewhere about the house. a„d when I returned home r would find then, all ri.d.t. As we seated ourseb would have tu t, es at tlie table, Mrs. E. said iK-e coffee without milk, as her we Ik h 'A '■■i\ milk man, 86 REMARKARLR VARHATIVES. who had heretofore been very reliable, had failed to make his appearance. Presently the' door-hell rang, and Frank entered in a state of grt^at nervous excitcniont, saying he had been all over town intiuiring for his mother, and that, m almost every house he found trouble similar to our own. Almost everyone was anxiously searching for missing ones. He also stated that the streets were thronged with excited people, hurrying to and fro, many of them weeping bitterly. Breakfast was scarcely over before inciuiries were made at the' door as to missing neighbors, and anionL' those who called was Mi-. H., who greatly aston- ished UK hy stating that his two youngest children, ten and 1 .vflv.v, years of age, had gone oif with their grand- nmtlifj', wiio had been bed-ridden for over six years At this tiuaouncement Mr. E. showed evident signs of alarm, and related a conversation he had held yesterday with a fi-iend, whose religious ideas he had looked upon as (juite heretical. His friend insisted that a vast majority of church members in these days were but nominal Christians, "lovers of pleasure more than lovers of God," and that the love of the masses for religious things had reached a very low ebb. "My friend also assured me," said Mr. E., that the Scriptures clearly taught that, when the elect* number of Christ's Church would be complete, Christ would come as unexpect-dly as a thief in the night, and call His saints, both dead and alive, to meet Him in the air. The transformation would be effected in the twink- ling of an eye ,; and although the call would be made with a shout and the sound of a trumpet, yet none would hear it but those for whom it was intended. Then would I A VISION— THE MISSIN'G DNEs. 87 bo reahzedtho i„,p„,.t, of Cluist/s words, ^ J„ that ni..ht, ther. shall he two in one bed, the one shall 1 ken rnd. the other left ; two shall he grinding aU the ,, the one' shall he taken and the other left.' I fear that time has no^y come, and, ,sad t.. say. uv are among the left ones " ^«nv as the n.orninj. was far advanced, it was suggested that we go ,lown to our business places. Frank had already gone to his office, ami I, with a heavy heart wended my way along the avenue among an unusual' thro.igofmen and wr.men, whose faces betokened intense sorrow. In the business part of the city I observed that many stores were closed, and those that were open did not appear to be doing any business. Everv saloon that T passed was open, as usual, with groups of men outside apparently engaged in serious discussion. As I passed bv hecty hall, there was no perceptible diminution of he usual crowd of political "hangers on ' around the l)uildin<;. When I reached my own store, I found that my book- . keeper and the faithful old porter, who had served me so many years, had not yet put in an apparance. My two o her clerks were on hand, doing nothing; nor did I feel hke askn^g them to do anything. I then went to the Chanriber of Connnerce, and found the largest gatheri,,. of •nerchants tha, I had seen there in many ntonths. 'in- s e:td of the lively, noisy bustle of buying and selling, and clerks and messenger boys running to and fro, there was a solemn gloom pervading the whole assembly. Bv unani mous consent, and in consequence of the great calamity hat had overtaken the community, it was voted that re days' grace be allowed on all contracts fallin. due this day T will not attempt to set forth any of the 1| ^. ^ %s^^\^ IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) y A /. .<^4L^. I L<'.' f/, 1.0 I.I m 13.2 ll|M 12.2 1.8 1.25 1.4 i.6 .< 6" _ ► ^ <^ /J / 'c^l a •^ Piiofc^rapiiic Sciences Corporation 23 WEST MAIN STREET WEBSTER, N.Y. 14580 (716) 872-4503 'W Ux !l 88 REMAKKAKLK VAHRATiVFX ll reasons and speculations that were advanced as to the vi..tation wasa.supernaturalone, and that in some way ^ve who were left on the earth were blamahle for it ' lu the afternoon, by connnon consent, business of ail k nds was suspended, except in the vicinity of the saloons where a, reat deal of disorder prevailed. Here and Zre were groups of people in earnest conversation. At on" f ' anrasT' "" ^^'« '7'-^ to he well versed in Scripture, and as I approached he was saying that "This is the dav ^:?' T'' '' ^^-^•-^-•^^-^i-'-no.ieof': be eved xt, and now we are beginning to realise how oohsh we were." I„ the evening nearly ev..y church in the city was open, with overflowing congregations ^:;:^f''T'.^^'^^^ to know the cause anS meaning of the gre.t visitation," and to learn how lost hopes mi^ht be regauxed. Many of the pastors had gone with the missmg one«, but some were present in their churches All order of service was dispensed with, and noisy confusion prevailed ; crimination and recriminauon were bandied to and fro between the pastors and the people ' ^ th latter asserting that, if the pastors had done the'; duty and taught their flocks the plain truths of the B^bl insead of lulling them to sleep with philosophical andmora essays they would not now be in their present - condition, m my own church the pastor was present, Most of the active workers and constant worshippers were absent. Audible groans and ,leep drawn si^hs ^C occasionally heani from various parts of the roon. .C were bemoaning the loss of children, others of husbands, of ^vnes, of fathers an.i n.others. The pastor was speaki'n. A VrsiOV-T„K MlSSfV.i OVKS, .S9 ^'1" >•»""■ fe -"- oft,;;,,,,,, 1; ' J';"';« r:;;;:';,:;r''' '-» .■^'-.n...,. :„,;„:':,;;:' 'f^pn t.. these accusations I can oi.lv siv H,.f i > *2-.,e ,,. t,.e .„,„ ,Heo,„«, ... :;:!' : ■;, ■ ,:»;;; . ^•Jlley^', v,x., to treat the Bible as a h,.I , ■spintual syn.hol.s and allegories ut I ".■'"'^' *'' T ,.-> ji . ^f-,"ias. nut 1 now confess til -It ^y« 1 am n,.mv i,. ni.y ...asy dv.iiv was .,nly a dr„ain But, tl... „>.„... I ll.ounjl.t .,f it aftersvanls, tl.o more solemn se.>,n<.,l the Scripture truths vvhi.'h it eontaine.l, and the more was 1 nnpressci with the iM>portanc.. of havia-' our amps trnniM,.,! a.i.l hurniM- ready to .i^o out and meet the l>n(ie<^room. -Sfi/. A Sainted Roman Catholic. tl \I)A.MH 1)|: |,A ^JoTHK (icv ON was converted to (Jod through >S1 le a-rency of a Franciscan monk on the L'^nd of .July 1 le savs <)68. r bach' fa re well fore\-er to iissemhlies which I had visited, to phiysand diversions, dancin- unproHtal.U' walks .•iiul parties of pleasure. The amusements pleasures so nuich prized and esteemed by the uorld, . ..ppeared to me dull and insipid_so much so, that I wondered how T ever could have enjoyed them." A few years afterwards her husband died. Passing through severe trials she was k>d to give her.self more fully to God, and to learn the blessedae.ss of walking constantly by faith in Him. She says : "Great was the change wliich I had now experienced' but still, in my exterior life, I apj.eared to others quite simple, unobtrusive and common. And the reason was, that my soul was not only brought into harmonv with itself and with God, but with ( Jod'.s providences. In the exercise of faith and love, I endured and performed whatevei- came in God's providence, in submission, in thankfulness, and silence. I was now in God and God in me ; and where (Jod A SAFMTKI) RO.VfAV nATFfOMr. 9| is there is as much siinj>!i,>itv as nnu'..,- v ^ . , , l-t-l t,. attntct notio... ^ ' '"''" "'" '"""'^ -'-" " I l>ad a ,h.ep peace, which soo.nc.l to .ervul.. tl... l i soul, and msulted from the fact that 11 ».""..■« <-.,„»tit„te,l the fulfil,,,,,,, ; "","■""" "* '■•■'"I' p.-..vi.i™«.,s . I,,., :;;!ii'r,"ti:";z";: ,''':: "',"t «"cl. pr.,vi,le„ce, a,, ,|„. ,r„,. ..,,,1 ,, ' '" "'""'' H.»v c„ui„ »„„i, . ,,„„ ,1Z.ZZTZ, "■'""■"""'""■ -tu.e, i„.t .„i „ „„„,,,,, ,„.„ ,„ :;:;- :' j , ;•;;"; -' i»t .he p„.e,. of »ufe,. i; '°; f "r^^^^^^^^^^^ ■nu=l.. Hut i„ „,. c,.,.t,;„ t„l T,tr "'""'■"' tl.e,,. „.„» divi„e ,u,d «„,„„„„ ,„"; • ■,„ '"V»™pr™,„, 0-2 REMAHKA HLK VA IlilATI VKS. 1' if ' One rlKiracloristi.; of this higher d was a sense of inward enrist'. Her enemies, however, were determined not to h-t her rest ]on,flftventJiin;ri„ j. up, brnk-c (I ovv f> the arbor, and '•^^•W'«lbya body of sold «>tl,atita].,.f.areda,sifit J f>.S over- vvith Nt '»"<•«, whici, fell icrs. M lad \ iitniy tV.'f. All tl y windows were l,rok )eeii «o".s were around tl,e l.o„se „,.k n., ""''" '""^' ^"''' •"g to break it in „.,, ' , ^"'" " '■""^'' '"''-. threaten- '— ' -.ce w,.: '"■'"^ '""•^•"-' '^'-•■- f have . work. ' """" '•"•••^""■^ "1- their wi.ked "^' (^od, resnltin. in th 1 "" ""'"'' '»'^' ^''- --k -P-tedtl.atJ,..<, 4^^'/'T' .'■"^''^^'"'^ ^ — -'-•I. took place; and I ft" • '^^'^^ '" ---.Vthin,. sorrow and the joy. ' "''^ '""^''«' '"•th^ the "It,,lea.ed(.vid,"sl„.say.s " to nnl- conversion of two or three ec lesi T " "" ■"^•*" prevalent views and nr. f. "'"* ^*'"'^- Attached to the ^^'ctHneof^.th^dort:..;';;;'''"^'"^'''^''-^'-''^' One of. these persons at first vH, "" '"' '^'"^^ ^-^^^ «-e him new "People," says 3JadanieGuvon "ri . . -•1 -des, far and near. Fri- rs ' . '"''''''' *"'""' '"-•••"• a .stat. in whi..h th.-ir hearts ■tnd hps wen. closed, tlH.y were at onee e-niu,.,] with .ifts <• prayor, which were wonderful. Ma.velh.us, indee,l,';vas the work ..tthp Lorlc up to sei-k (io.i. Th )iii '"•^ ill I>i,j(»ii sonic 1M|(. ;i cliiii.^.) rw hiindred time at'i,.,- tjiij,; X'lll ly p<'rlonii,.(|. 'I'l ' 111 \v||i,.|i s( 'inc icli^ wjiicliKlcd, u cm, oli.s(«r\c(| I ,.[■ lod Wf'd, find stilted t,, I '•'" ""•llcdi,lt,.|y to th.. I ''•' I'ncsi, ul„, l,;i,) iiiid aft,. I- (I ic\- u-,.)., ""•"■"' ''•■^ "iward trials a„,l '^Ik' I'cin iil-s, < will "■'■' ^^' ^.cl<,„„v|,,,|j,,„„„„ ,„ ,,^,^1 , , >">' '""' ll'«"kf„l » ' li-u,. «,.,-v»„t „f ,,.,„,;. " '■""""■ " ""'" "'■ P«m.r, '»<„y „„(, ,„ ;„■„„„/. ■ '•'"'• "»•• ';/ (a ,j„in -.-.I of ti„. r,„.J ii.t,,,,,.,, •„'".„"• "««""™iy w- tl,, »i>irit..al child,,.,, ^,i,,,, ^ ^J. •""' ""■ «■■•■»'«■■ r>mr,l»r of .■"^Je the r,„„ark, thlt h. It ;;"':"" "'"" '"» ''avi„« ^«;;^..ha,.i;:::::t;:r]:^:~-..e,. When none came to sec her. .v.>.. ,..v...:. " ^' •. . verse, she wrote ; wht '>«! of writing tJie uiczcFents of iiii *! . i ! .ill ft 96 FtKMARKAHLE rfCAHFt.ATtVKS. r:i hnrt'l!''''/!"" r'""'"""''"' »i"' '"■'■ fri..n,l»; wl,..„ „,,,„„. :::;;;:'"■"■ """ -" "•■■ ' - •"■ « ■•■ >.,>■ ' ■.■i,;::; < M. f iiiutu It she would consent to tfiP n-.a^^.^u...dau,,.to,.wit,,H,oHlessnohle„..n,^ t'. I .; Archl.Kshop of P,..i.. SI... ,.,,,e this noble n,, v • '"' -Il..w,s suttW-in,., l„.t never .Hows wron,. i ..e ^Wly hat .t.s His will t,.. I shouM .-emain C. plon -•^' '""iw- the ,,ains whiel. a.-e eonnec-te.! with it ' . t' -" ;;"t. rely content that it shouM l,e so. I .-an neier In' -y>..Ky at the expense of saenHnn,n.v,,an,hte,;'' Ate,- e,.ht n.onths' in.pnso.unent, she was set at lihertv ^ the .ntereession of Ma.lan.e ,le Afaintenon, and inune^ Htely be,.„. again he,- course of pHvate n.eetin.s , "^ ->u., the tin. n.ore entirely to those w,.;; J :::^ •md seeking sanetifieatioi.. "After the labors of the . ■■ ^ 1 1 l- .ciuois or tne ua^-, J luive, tor some time t.ji«» pent ,. jK,„i„„ , „,, „^,, i„ „,,,„„,„„' ,n' -:-:;;^]^=-— .--' - so great iui extent li,a mother in the faitli On tho^Sth of July, ,6.,5, y,, 1,.,^,,,; »m to the convent to take Ma,l„„,e «„y<,„ ,,,,k ,„ ^^ READING THE, : WOINTMENTS. 97 now but til. r::^:;"" *"' ' •""' "°"""s ^. do gaudy l„.nii„„„„,, „f „ „i tr "r ',"'>'■» 'l'»n "H the that joy ,v„id, tl,„ liv: ' ^:°* "f ™' ' "■«■' '"11 of i Reading the Appointments. read." . nni^hed, the appointments wi]] be earth, ' '"°'*^ ^'"Portant things of 7 i fi ni fji 08 UEMARKAm.E NARIUTIVES. In tho ffllowshipof .ToHus, with tin- failings of , o good Mishop ask,.(I forlM-arance- ho hml (Joru- his \h T] a man, to plan !Ht. For tho <,'Iorv „t his Mast. r, (rusting Kim tognid*. the fK»r preachers ririerl Without prejudice or favor; and th.. preael " Amen ! " " Beuhth Afountains-Henry Singer "--.happy people, nappy priest, On the chuntiest of the (Jospel thn.gh the changing year to feast ; Not a church trial ever vexed then, all their preachers stay three years, And depart amid a ten.pest of the purest kind of K-ars. " Tnmhle,! Waters^-Nathan Peaceful "-how that sainted face grew r«'d ! How the tears streamed through f.is finge.s as he hehl his swimming hend ! But his wife stooped down and whispered -what sweet message did slie bear ? For he turned with face transfigured as upon some mount of prayer. Swift as thought in high..st action, sorrow passed and glad- ness came At some wondrous strain of music breaking forth from Jesus' name. " Holy Rapture," said the Bishop, •' I have left to be supplied," And 1 thought-You couldn't fill it, Mr. Bishop, if you tried. ^ ^ rtKADr For* WoulfJ >•'''» THE APfor\TMR\TS. an an^rol duly transfr 09 , V'""' ""'^ ''"'^ '■'"' ^"ndo m.J to this Confor.nrr, b.Iow T\ F><'"f''«' know '"'7 woul.J not •■« that thosf, biesHed AnrJd ^ifivfii si "K ;--..• strain of disconj though iK IS( ■f»VHr Hoin.. Hhr)rtcomi Hang as ' f'rand Hndfavor - J J"'"'! ! t,hou;;(|,t I ~'M)n;is [^ Th. "««inM„.ff.athersofJ '•IS winiri ngs. the "^„:."::,""' "-■"-"« '"««..„„, ,„.„„„ „^„^^ ^Vill transform hii,, t., .. i '''•-™'"p..Mjtr\:;,:;:;;:-:;":,;;,7 r","'-'-"^- • sound, ** '^ '''"' <'"^I«'l's charming 'J^'hT will start a hi.r reviv«l i • "„ rtviva/, find forirct th»t ».„• << n„- „ '^ """' "f* N around. l^n>"" iMirnace-Soion Trin,m,.r" i ■ musth,,! "nnnuT --what a Hishop he TJ«cy have got the kind of proacfmr th . ■„ aT; preacher that w,|| ,„it. tj,^^ ^^ Metho-Congr,- Baptist _ L^ni -i,. " l.Iand, '" ^'"^' '"^t"'-". hh-the and f'ire or water hell nr I " ^— ation-Jaco ';^ -ul^: r'^7 ^^'^ - "-'-ci. will go "' -'""'d m hand the two 'J''"-ough the years before them K • * • earth below. "' ''""^'"^' heavenly life to " Greenland Corners-Peter Wholesoul " , . . . self-control, "ojesoul —but he lost his Buttoned up his coat as if he felt „ m • souJ, ^^''^ '' «old wind strike hi.. Hi 111 i 100 REMARKABLE NARRATIVES. :i ii ;i "l Sa-y the dreary path before him, drew a deep breath, bnit his brows, Then concluded to be faithful to his ordination vows. In the front pews sat the fathers, hair as white as driven snow — As the Bishop rerd the appointments they had filled long years ago, Tender memories rushed upon them, life revived in heart and brain Till it seemed that they could travel old circuits o'er again, " Happy Haven — Joseph Restful " — how the joy shone in his face At the thought of being pastor for three years in such a place ! " Hard-as-Granite — Ephraim Smasher " — there the stewards sat in a row, And they didn't want that Smasher, and he didn't want to go. " Drowsy Hollow — Israel Wakim " — he is sent to sow and reap Where the congregations gather in the interests of sleep. As they sit on Sabbath morning in their softly cushioned pews They begin to make arrangements for their regular weekly snooze. Through the prayer a dimness gathers over every mortal eye; Through the reading of the Scriptures they begin to droop and sigh ; I J READING THE APPOINTMENTS. 101 , I In the hymn before the sermon, with its music grand and sweet, • They put forth one mighty effort to be seen upon their feet; Then amidst the sermon, throl)bing with the Gospel's sweetest sound, They sink down in deepest slumber and are noddrng ail around. But I guess that Brother Wakira, on the first bright Sabbath day, When he preaches to that people, and is heard a mile away, Will defy both saint and sinner on a breast to lay a chin Till he strikes the strain of <• lastly," and I'll warrant him to win. For by all who ever heard him it is confidently said, If 'twere possible to mortal, he would wake the very dead. Then a mist came o'er my vision as the Bishop still read on And the veil that hides the future, for a moment was with- drawn, For I saw the world's Redeemer far above tlie Bishop stand. On His head a crown of glory, and a long roll in His hand.' Round His throne a countless number of the ransomed, listening, press'd — He was stationing His preachers in the city of the blest. Some whose names were most familiar, known and rever- enced by all, Went down to the smaller mansions back against the city wall. "^ One who took the poorest churches, miles away from crowds and cars. Went up to a throne of glory with a crown ablaze with stars. 102 HEMAIIKAULE NAUHATIVES. How tho anorola sang to grool, him ! how tho Master cried • " Well done ! " While tlie proaolinr blusiied and wondered where he had such glory won. Some whose .speech on eai-lh was ,sinipl(>, witii no argu- ments hut tears, Nothing nov.,1 in their sermons for fa.stidious itching oars, Col(ily w,.|,;.)med by the churches, counted burdensome bv all, ■ ^ VVr (luiet, gentle nature, though a famous proacher'.s wife, Praised and blessed her for the haiw.vsts she had garnered in the sk-y ; But she meekly turned and answered, " 'Twas my husband, . Iword, not I." "Yes," the Master .said, "his talents were as stars that glow and .shine ; But thy faith gave them their virtue, and the glory, child, is thine ! " Then a lame girl-I had known her— heard her name called with surprise, Tnere was trembling in her bosom, there was wonder in her eyes. " I was nothing but a cripple ; gleaned in no wide field my King ; Only sat a silent suflFerer 'neath the shadow of Thy wing ! " tHNTHJlTO SOUL-WINNKRS. m "Thou ha«t been a mighty pnviohor, and the hearts <,f many stirred To devotion by thy patience without uttering a word " Said the Master, and the maiden to His side with wonder press 'd — Christ was stationing His preachers in the city of the blest And the harp strings of the angels linked their names to sweet(!st prais(> Whom the wo,-l,l had passed unnoticed in the blindness of its ways. 1 was still intently gazing on the scene beyond the stars When I saw the Co.iference leaving, and I started fo,- the cars. — A'«,;. A/fred J, Hough, in Ziou'h llHrald. m Hints to Soul-Winners. [The various hints contained in U,is article have been gathered from many source's, most of which have l)een re- vised, while others -.m^ wholly original.] 1. Every Christian can and ought to be a s(,ul-winner Accept the ref^ponsibility as in common to all believers 'Therefore they that were scattered abroad w.mt every- where preaching the word."-Acts viii. U ; also Acts xi. I J. These disciples who were scattered abroad were not the apostles. See Acts viii. 1. 2 Abide in your calling with God. It is not necessary to change your honest, honorable work to become a soul- winner, but take Jesus into partnership. 1\ l»,J I3,F H fHl I ?1 psi 104 RKMAIIKAIU.K IVAHHATTVKS. :iS'- ■•5. Abandon all faiM, in your own wisdom or plans. Rnlv on d.v.no -uidanco. Only (},„I k„„ws U,o I.oarfc ■i. Acqunv powor in han,lli„^r M„. Wonl. That is tlio woapon ..H,l,., snvanl, of (Jn,U.t|,. fi,-.., i.a„„n,-r, sword soedJ,nvd lan.p, l.v.r. mirn.r. .Is. ono Mil,,. .,ways fo.. UosakooHooahtyof ,„..vUlixin, iLsnlf „pon your M,i„,l • w hero you for.ot, chapu-r and v.rs. you will not forgot tl L' • placo on the pa.^o. *• T). Ai.n to l.ad to innnodiato decision. First striko for couy.ct.on, thonarous. oonsdono... th.n pross tho will to a ohoico. 6. Ask Hod for a passion for souls. " Tl.on I said I Will not mako n.M.tion of hin,, nor sp.ak any n.or. in 'his numo; I>ut us word was in mino h.art as a nunun, Hroshut "P .n n,y hon.vs, and I was w.ary with forhoarin., and T could not stay. '-.Jor. xx. !). 7. Attain facility of approach by habit. Winning souls t« not tho result of spasn.odic. but of constant activity It must bo a law of daily I if,.. ^' will w, h nion. Con^orsion is a supernatural work. " n. effectual Jerrrnt prn,/rr of a rh,hl,'ons ,nan araUeth much " ■>. Act as a^,..nt of tho Holy Spirit. Tho jrrand oncour- a«en,ent ,s that, while llo is loading you to Tcok .souls He IS working on the .souls you .seek. Con.paro Plnlip and the Eunueh. Acts vu..; P.ter and Cornelius, Acts x. Keep in fol owslup with the Spirit, and get His anointin. 10. Read ove, the list of deaths very carofuUv in the monung papers. Each day will M.us disclose \,o your notice some very painful berea^-en,ent. Enclose in an envelope a tract or small pamphlet you deem best suited to the occasion, [n this way the privilege mav be yours of HINTS TO SOrTL-WtVNKUs. 105 man <,/ To,! ■ ";, 7'*^''r>k^ -'"'"'•^''^ know mon, ul,out tho >nan ot C.o.l „. Palostm. than ,]i,J (,ho ki„.r of fs.-u-I and was tl.o .noansof saving 1... .„..to,. N..,.,„: '^""''' '^"^^ ofltin;::;::^:::\:;"'r'^^'>-"-^'ik«'y.nou.o.i. 1.0 (,fro,.hvl ..f " 7;*^'^ "^- ^" "•> ^^'ly can so much good ^Cuw " «';'>'^ --ioo in tI,o g..oat ....nnation in uny^ Hussanc Baxtor wen, oonvort.d hy ..ading n looks ";r'\'^'^""'"-^'^'"'^ '^'^" ''^' ^-ed'to fact Hny Low nrany families and individual, it Jy bc'read, a^d 1 106 HRMARKAHLE NAJIUATIVKS. :>( IH ..or,!;nM,r:'':'r •'"" "'" ""' "■"' ■™'""- ""«'= ■«>■ nti.sor ii,a;lit and U}\e vour,s(> f h„t ,),>., 4 tnu-t fu,„l f,„. ,1„. p;,,r, ,"''''•'''"'■•"''' you w,l, ,,„,,.,i,„, „„ ,„.„„^„,,,^ „,,^^ ^^ ^^'^ i^Ct.^ If you desire to save souls, jrlonfv r„,,\ ,.. i 1 By tl,o „,.„,,,, „,„, ,,,„„,|^ ^„,„^^ ,^j ^,^_^|,^ o i,,l y stm.,m„g l,l,„„i f,,„„ „i., pi„,.„.,j ,i,|„ , ^ ,„. „, ,5 '„° and l.y the pricoles, v„l„„ of i,„„,„.u.l .,„„,,, .„,, l.t,,;';" ^;^; ample, or u couvincing ars„,„e„t „aj, .loea,. of Mti'Z' seuupiipp • )^nf *,. 1 1 , . "^ "■fiJL.u or little con- sequence but feeble as .such i.istrumentalities .seem tl.ev have resulted in the salvation of thousand^ - ^ 10. "Putm more /..^-thought, and leas a/ter-thou^rht \' be l(>nt, it ,'ood can Iw ese riiossen- I to our free to noedv ■niiii,' iu)rn litorature. ■y, and lose Hi'o never i to Christ * for ever ■//■I'd (i.l.',ns ; ure in the ■h, neither ifl lay up 'e. Time no delay. I ; by the ■uhl(!HS of eternity, Ip us in a »ugh the giving a ■otionate tent ex- fctle con- m, they bought. WK woman's praykr. rf ^^ Butter y„„r ,,r„a„ t^ ^k '',7' '"*?, '° ''"'''' " '"S "re ■-. d«»P water. noS^ or o ! ,T """" '''' »'"P» mucl,,.|ilc,, l>,„',,|,„,|,f„, "'■ ^'"«%m„J w„„l l,„|, »■>"■' «.i.ii« ..„ , : , •"?;"- '■■ - v,„„,,„ ,,„„,., tl"> l.o„e l,rf„,, ;,„. ,..;'•""'■ "»» « !....« I,„l„. „„,„,, 'l'"iol,„,W„„„ ,, ; ; """expect l„.rv,,,t, w„„„ '» 10 Oood.' Ti„'re,. ;^„;' ;:; •^"7'' «»"■«■■- • fca,, I ™nkli„ ..|,„t ,,„ «^^' '" !«>!< very „„„,, ,„,„,„ »«"t f„„„ p„,,i,. f„ p„; y'S^"'"-'*'-™! ina.,„»k„t Tl.oy are »„r„ to c„„ J , ' r'' "! "'" "'-"« »f 'Hal. t'oort enterprise,. Ue, ,i w! "''' , "°"'' "'" '''"•"■T of «»*»oVaii,tory„ „'!'";.''''' -""" K«tl.er. ,Ll "oadtl,„ .Life„f ^„„ ,7 •^"■»'._of tl,e .Slave Trade.' '^"Va„d..ew,,.j;,:':::--^^^^^^^^ One Woman's Prayer. Sometime in the last oeoturv ., "f -i.o» the world koo>v 7^; if°r :"';'"" '" ''"S'-'J' Poured out l,er prayer, -uid 1 ' "' " """^ ""<' »l>e '^'" l-S.wup'reekle,;:l, '; .'"7 "' '^ «»-er.,i„„. ""Sased ■„ the slave trad, „ tC'V T' ""■"'""^ «" P--ap.. .. hopelessly ^Z^Tll^^- """ ™ -i-^ any pjrate who ever Il'f 108 REMARKABLE NARRATIVES. trod the deck of a slave-trader. But at last, when all hopes had nearly expired, his mothers ceaseless prayers were answered. He was converted, and finally he became one of the most eminent ministers in London. That man was the cslebrated John Newton. John Newton, in turn, was the instrument in opening the eyes of that moralist and skeptic, Thomas Scott, afters- wards the distinguished author of the commentary on the Bible. Thomas Scott had in his parish a young man of the most tielicate sensibilities, and whose soul was "touched with the finest issues, but he was a dyspeptic, and sorrowful and despairing." At times he believed there was no hope for him. After long and repeated efforts Dr. Scott per- suaded him to change his course of life. That young man was William Cowper, the household Christian poet,''whose sweet, delightful hymns have allured hundreds 'of wander- ers, and the most polluted, to the "Fountain filled with blood. Drawn from Immanuel's veins." Among others whom lie influenced to turn from the " broad road " was William Wilberforce, a distinguished member of the British Parliament, who gave the death- blow to the slave trade in Great Britain. Wilberforce brought L3igh RichmDnd to see the "b3tter way," who wrote the " Dairyman's Daughter," which has been read with the devoutest gratitude through blindin,' tears in many languages all over the earth. All this indescribable amount of good, which will be redoubled and reduplicated through all time, can be traced back to the fidelity of John Newton's mother, that humble, unheralded woman, whose history is almost unknown. — Sel. THE ATHEIST SILENCED. 109 when all as prayers lie became That man n opening 3ott, after- ary on the man of the "touched I sorrowful xs no hope Scott per- 3ung man ■iet, whose »f wander- from the inguished ;he death- ilberforce ay," who teen read tears in iscribable uplicated ^ of John m, whose The Atheist Silenced. •• The fool hath said in his heart, There is no GoJ."_Psa. xiv 1 " Answer a fo3l a".3r>rdiii3 to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit."— Prov. xxvi. 5. During the month of November, says an exchange, a clergyman and an atheist were in one of the night trains between Albany and Utica. The night being cold, the passengers g ithered as closely as possible around the stove. The athaist w.is very loquacious, and was soon engaged in a controversy with the minister. Ih answer to a question of the latter as to what would be man's condition after death, the athei,t replied: "Man is like a pig; when he dies that is the end of him." As the minister was about to reply, a worthy Irish woman at the end of the car sprang up,. the natural red of her face glowing more in- tensely with animation, and tlie light of the lamp falling directly upon it, and, addressing the clergyman in a voice peculiarly startling and humorous from its impassioned tone and the richness of its brogue, exclaimed : " Arrah, now, will ye not let the baste alone ? Has he not oaid that he was a pig ? And the more ye pull his tail the louder he'll squale ! " The effect of this was electric. The clergy- man apologized for his forgetfulness, and the atheist was mute for the remainder of the journey. Sel. h m 'M Ml no REMARKABLE NARRATIVES. A Touching Story of a Little Life. " What is your name ? " asked the teacher. "Tommy Brown, ma'am," answered the boy. He was a pathetic little figure, with a thin face, hollow eyes, and pale cheeks, that plainly told of insufficient food He wore a suit of clothes evidently made for someone else. They were patched in places with cloth of oiflferent colors. His shoes were old, his hair square in the neck in the unpractised manner that women sometimes cut boy's hair. It was a bitter day, yet he wore no overcoat, and his bare hands were red with cold. " How old are you, Tommy ? " " Nine year old come next April. I've learnt to read at home, and I can cipher a little." " Well, it is time for you to begin school. Why have you never come before ? " The boy fumbled with his cap in his hands, and did not reply at once. 1 1 was a ragge ap with frayed edges, and the original color of the fabric no man could tell. Presently he said, "I never went to school 'cause- cause-well, mother takes in washin' an' she couldn't spare me. But Sissy is big enough now to help, and she minds the baby besides." It was not quite time for school to begin. All around the teacher and the new scholar stood the boys that belonged in the room. While he was making his confused explanation, some of the boys laughed, and one of them called out, " Say Tommy, where are your cuffs and collar ? " And another A TOUCHING STORY OF A UTILE LIFE. Ill said, " You must sleep in the rag-bag at night hy the looks of your clothes?" Before the teacher could quiet them, another boy had vo unteered the information that the father of the boy was old bi Brown, who was always as drunk as a fiddler " The poor child looked round on his tormentors li\e a hunted thing. Then, before the teacher .ould riotain him, with a suppressed cry of n.isery he ran out of the room, out of the buildir.g, and was seen no more The teacher went to her duties with a troubled heart All day long the child's pitiful face haunted her. At ni-^ht it came to her in her dreams. She could not rid herself of the memory of it. After a little tr^ouble she found the place where he lived, and two ladies went to visit him It was a dilapichited hous... When thev first entered they could scarcely discrn objects, the room was so filled with the steam of soap-suds. There were two windows, but a tall brick building adjacent shut out the light. It was a gloomy day, too, with grey lowering clouds, that forbade even the memory of sunshine. A woman stood before the wash-tub. When thev entered, she wiped her hands on her apron and came for- ward to meet them. Once she had been pretty, but the color and light had gone out of her face, leaving only sharpened outlines and naggardness of expression. She asked them to sit down. Then, taking a chair her- self, she said, "Sissy, give me the baby." A little girl came forward from a dark corner of the room, carrying a baby that she laid in its mother's lap-a ean and sickly-looking baby, with the same hollow eyes that Tommy h;id. I '^^ f 'I If: j li f'l 112 BMPRKABLE NAKRATIVES. '•Your baby doesn't look strong," said one o*f the lacJies. No, ma am, sh., ain't vory well. I have to work hard and I expect it affects her." ' "Wherois your little boy Tommy ?" asked one of the visitors. •;He is there in the trundle-bed," replied the mother. Is he sick ? " " Yes'm. and the doctor thinks he ain't goinrj to cet won." At thi, tears ran down her thin and fLed'cheekl What is the matter with him ? " '•He was never very strong, and he's hud to work too hard carrynig water au.l helping m. to lift the wash-tubs chooir could never spare him till this winter. He though If he could gn. a little education he'd be able to help take care of Sissy and baby and me. So I fixed up his clothes as well as I could, and last week he started. I wa afraid the boys would laugii at him. but he thou-^ht he couU «ta„d it if they did. I stood at the doofand watched lum going. I can never forget how the little e low looked. ' she continued, the teai^s streaming I^' look ^He r'"'7 ^'"'^^^' ^'^ P««^ "^^^« --- ad .D n' "" ""'^' '° "" ''' ^^^ ''''' the yard, and aid, Dont you worry, mother, I won't mind what the boys say/ But he did mind. It wasn't uu he ,:r .11 he was back again. T boiieve the child's :..:, .v. iust broke. I thought mine was broke years ago. If it was Jt was broke over again that day. I can sta^nd mo t an; uffe?'"'Hl h t I'T '"'• ^^^^^ -^ «h^'^-' suffer. Here she broke down in a fit of convulsive weeping. Tfae little girl came up t. her quietly and stlL A TOUCHING STORV OF A UTVLE LIFE. 113 a thin Utile ar>n around her mother's neck. " Don't cry nx'lhor, sh(! wliispored ;" don't cry " The woman ma.lo an .fFurt to check her tears, and she >^.ped her eyes. As .soon as she could speak with any degree ot calmness she continued • ''Poor little Touupy cried all day; I eouldnt co.nfort I'lm He sa.d .t was ,k. use trying, to do unythin. Folks boy. I tnec to co,nfort hi,,. l,.fo,-e ,ny husband c.n.e W Itol.imhisfatherwou.dl.e,nLifhesawh.: Hr,op. H s fat,.,. ea>n. and saw hi„,. He wouldn't have ^|"e . .f he „adn-t been d..inkin,. He ain't ..bad man wh ., he ,s sobe,-. I hate to tell it, but he whipped Tonnny -cl the chdd fell and struck his head. I suppose he'd '.; l-en s.ck anyway, liut oh, n.y poor little boy [ My s-ick suffering child !" she cried " H,.v.. *i . ^-^ ''^^'^' ... , •■"ifctci. How can thev let ,nen sell a th.ng that makes the i.uiocent suffer so '/ "' Iitt?e"del''". '"''" "'"' "* ''" '•"'• '^^'^'-"^ ''^* ''^v, poor. I.ttle defenceJess v.ctnn. He lived in a Christian and, in a country that takes g,.at ca,. to pass laws to p,. tect sheep and dd.gently legislate over its ga.ne. VVouhl tl,:' the chUdren we.-e as precious as b.asts and birds His lace was ffushed and the hollow eyes we.-e bright There was a long purple ,„ark on his temple. He put un one htte wasted hand to cover it, while h'e .said, <■ Father wouldn't have done it if he hadn't been tZ^ m his queer piping voice, weak with sickness, he half wh spewed, « I „,d I ,,n ,„i„^, ,, ,.^ j,^ J to ever help mother, anyhow. Up in heaven the an.^els ZlSZ:'' tal"!^ ^-"k-cls child, and makefun of y „n_„. .,nd n.ayue ,r Im ,,ght up there where Gcx] 114 REMARKABLE NARRATIVES. is, T can keep reminding Him of mother, and He'll make it easier for her." He turned his head feebly on his pillow, and then said ma lower tone, "Some day-they ain't going_to let the saloons— keep open. But I'm afraid— poor father-will be dead-before then." Then he shut his eyes from weariness. The next morning the sun shone in on the dead face of little Tommy. — Selected. A Man of Great Faith. Tins eminent man, George Muller, was born in the Kin-r- dom of Prussia, in 1805. He was converted to God whe°n about twenty years of age, in a small meeting that was conducted by a university friend of his. After havin- spent many years in the university, he left Germany for England, in the service of the Gospel, and has been pastor of a church in Bristol now over fifty years. At the begin- ning of his ministry his salary was made up of pew rents and by other similar means. He began to see the unscrip- turalness of these methods, and soon told his congregation that he would relieve them of all anxiety, and if they would give him just what they could find it convenient, for the rest he would simply speak to his heavenly Father, and look to Him for all necessary supply. He says : " Since that date, over fifty years ago, I have not failed to have an abundance for all the enterprises under my control, although I have not any stated salarv or any regular income. Frequently the last copper had gone A MAN OF GREAT FAITH. Ijg Wore the ,„pp,y „„„,, but I s™p,y ^^ .he matter to mj lathe, to g,ve „,,. f„„,i|y a„j „rpl,a„«ge thi, day their da ly brea,!, a„.| H always ca,„e. Not o,.ce were they with T «°»J.,»l.»l-on,e f„„, „p„„ the table: nut o/cc dtl theygocoldor hungry to bed." 'nfiam His attention wa» drawn u. the numerous thron,- of tor, sulfenng for want of food „„d elothing, and having experienced such blessed help in answer o pit Tj -n ered „ he could not, by taking the .nattj^^ r Oo get all necessary assistance to help them. This took such a strong hold of his mind that in ^larch, 1834 h lu ded rbTo;d" Th T ! ^'T*''"'*'" '"»"""'''"' ""-""d Abroad The object of this institution was to establish reldo t, ' ""'"■' "T" '"'"■"""'■^ *«». -" --ulate re ig,ou,s tracts, pamphlets, etc., among believers and un behevers, and befriend orphans. F,.„m" the first 1 Id" God the patron of the institution. There are at ,r"en under ,ts control some 1 18 .schools._,everal in Snt n r , -d other distant parts of the globe!:^!",';; . t viueci ana tor winch he rwvuf ),../) <^, i lie m.\ei iiaa to ask any man tn tha amount of one cent. These 118 schools d,^w ^1 L .nst.tut,„n «,50,000 a year, but all this vast sum ™ 1 ^■ned through faith and prayer. In the circulation ot the Holy Scriptures the work of the institution is so„"etl ng 12,000 Bd>les, 6?,000 New Testaments he-ide- o.b^ , t.ons of the Scriptures, have been distributed "" 116 REMAHKAHF-E NAKHATIVES. Between three and four millions of tracts and pnmphletfi are chstril.uted yearly. More than seventy-six millions of books, pa.nphlHs, olc, have I„vn f,nv,>n awav ; sixtv-M^ven millions in various lauKua.yes. As (he resulV of this enor- mous eireulalion of wholesome literati.r... a f,n-eat many papists, and thousands of „th,.rs, have l„.en saved ; while in the various Sumlay and day schools and orphana-es un- told numbers of chil,h-en an.l youths have been s^ivin-dv converted to (Jod. " On missi..n work (hroushouf the woi'ld. he has spcM.t aIto-(«ther about a million of dollars. Hut the support of the orphan was tlie particular ol.j,.ct in view when the institution was found.-d, and in that directi.m it has been omuiently successful. It is now one of the larjjest iAstitu- t.ons of the kind in the world. " lie at first prayed for )?;»,000 to start tlu^ institution, and in doiny so he .'xpected to receive ,.very c,>nt without askin- anyon.. for it. After four months he had enou.ijh, which came in small and lar-e sums fnrni various directions, and h,. nmted a house, and fitted it up to afVord a. home for thirty children. On the day of the opening, he sat in his vestry to receive applica- tions for admission, but not one came. Aft(>r .some reflec- tion, he remembered that he hiul asked for money and house and furniture, but he had n..t prayed for orphans, and he at once humbh.d himself before (Jod, and asked for orphans. N(>xt morning one came, and since thi>n more than 10,000 have been provided for. Within six months of the opening of the first home, he opened another, and soon after a third and a fourth, for j^'irls and boys." In his orphanage tliere are about, on an average, 'J, 200 children. None are admitted unless satisfactory proof can be given that they are legitimate as to their parentage, real A MAN OF nUEAT PAmi. 117 orphM,, and that thoy are m»dy. Wl„.„ ||,.„ i,.,„„ '.o.>«.,ital,l„ »,.„, t,„.y are f„r„ll,„, X, tf :™;3 .n.u.y ..f t,K,,„ are re^ an™:.,:"";;::::;,'";,,;:'' '■'•' "7'-» - *^'-».ooo y iJu. millv l„|| amounts to .f 10,000 yoarlv ' JIo 'las s.,in .tnncs pai.I out as mud. as «->7 -,00 i ' , "In all Vr,. \T II I •>-/,-)00in ono day. ot. ;,,*;,; 'c;;;;,:'" ""'rr' "^ "" "'■'"""""«° '-' *M7.o„,,;i;;i^r;;r:ar::::.:;;::^:r""" 'viii CO yive It-— somo L'lvin" out r)f '"iK ove.v (kv for th.Uy j.„a«, .„d the answer hod not com. „ yet) hT il UN UKMAItKAlU.K N.MM! ATI VKH. j ■ i nion(.i()ni ni'V(«ri,'ivivs imy lunii.iii 1 ncoils, ii.-iduM- by word or |.M,k, ImiI mailer, .rr<>;i,( uiid sm;i,ll. In C,.,!, .'ind ...ml mir.'iiro CliriNlidiiN |mli(>nMy wiiilin^r liflccii, (•(•|Mvs|. |i(iv(>i'l y, 'iM'civcd MjiMwcrs nfd'v llii> d "■lllij; (l|.> |,.;,s|, illlJlllMlidll of his ;il\\)ivs (•iirri(>s (>v(* lie coiisidi'i's Hull would li in Him. lie says. >• Wli.-n I (irsl. I vviili a |)(Mf<'c| Irn.sl w i ) nit>. n>lviny on II ini .siM oul, oviM- iialt' a ccnlnrv myself, fiiinilv, I st lieM-an allow in;,' (Jod ^^^ d,.a,| l:illv on Ilini for iX(>s. Ir;n,d oil .simple promises. I believed (he WonJ. I r(>sl,>d on il and pnielised it. r • took (Jod -M Ilis word.' Tlioiii^l, a. stn.n.;..r, a fon-i-nie, in l'',ny;land, I I tl I I knew .seven laiiijiiaire.s, and ini-diL lia ve used leni perliapsas a m.>ans of remunerative employmenl. ; but ' eonseera(<-d my,s,.lf lo labor for (he Lord," I ,,„(. my rehanee in the (Jod who lias promi,s<.d. and ||,. | awordiu.sr („ ||i.s word. I've laeked noil IMS ai led liave liad my (rials, my .lillienll lm( my reeeipis liav a,n-,v,i;al(>d ((>ns of (1 dollars, while (In 111,1; nodiiiiir. I ies, and my empty |iiir.se, lou.saiK Is of N( e work has trono on alj (h lliis is nol. ;is som(> have said 1 es(> vears. man of jrreai menial power, or endowed will per.severanee— (iu>.se are not (he reasons. || leeaiise I am a have soujvh( (^od, and He 1 1 enerity and J whieh, under H is becaus(> las e.'ired for {hv insdtuti on. lo (iireolion, h;is 117 sehools, with ami m istresses, and olher departmen(.s. The diflieul masters lies in such an undertaking luuo been gigantic ; but I read that A MAN OK OIUCAT KAITIf. nn (hvy (hat p,il (|„,i,. (, M (III ll< ;•'•«' in < I- ^o^lslwdl not, Ik. ,.,,,,, ,,,.,. •'!• <''iriM^ from A sfo III.-. II,.,.. ,,„, , ,. , '■'"" ^^'iKTira (,o -'■<■■'■ :...w,.;;':;:::,;' ;::„;;:,;:;;: -^j';- '->-■» > r-v, 'i ■""■ y "'.■.;,■,:'•/;;';'■•■'■ , ■ "'• ""'' ••••^'•>7 ,„„. iMiiMln.,!,!, pari, ,.f- i, Tl ■::;::';:;;:,;;:,:■•»■;■''■■""■' ^.".'Mi,,,..'";,,,, ■ <•> H' V (ID,,,, (;,„| 11 , , ' V "1 a iiiiic el,,!,! (dill,., |),,v 1>„ 1 , ' '''^' '"''•'" H'lM- tl.o Loi-cl l..t ■?,;,,, ' '""'«* "•'^-'-'y'lucvstion before (},.,1 ., / I . '^""''""^'"^""^"ythiVs f speak to '""«'r''^. ^^ ,.s .so ahout the conversion of puson.s -prayer, sooner or lat.r, is turneu into praise , 2-''-«-I-ttoattainful..Utl.atono. I,,s^' tl>'ngs a. juiapin, into f.:i oxerciso of faith in sud. U d^:^ If §j m , IF ' ; 120 REMARKABLE NARRATIVES. '1 I discouatenance. All such things go on in a natural way. The httle I have I did not obtain all at once." Again he says: "The first and primiry object of the institution was, and still is, that God may be magnified by the act that the orphans under my care are provided with all they need only iy pra^jer aud faith, without anyone bemg asked by me or my fellow-laborers, by which it may be seen that God is ever faithful axd still hears PLAYER. This my aim has been abundantly honored. Multitudes of sinners have been thus converted; multi- tudes of the children of God in all parts of the world have been benefited by this work, even as I had anticipated But the larger the work has grown, the greater has been the blessing, bestowed in the very way in which I looked for blessing; for the attention of hundreds of thousands has been drawn to the work." Praying for Fish. An article with the above title appeared in The Christian of April 2nd, 1885 : "About eighteen months ago. the fishing season in St Ives was very bad ; for weeks past scarcely anything had been caught. The depression in the town was very great money was scarce, and many were wanting bread. It was a time of great trial, for starvation stared many in the face. Going on his rounds of visiting, the pastor called upon one of the officers of his church, a worthy old fisher- man after the type of Billy Bray. " ' You cannot see him, sir,' said the daughter. ' Is he PRAYING FOR FISH. jgj pray ! ■ was the p„,t„r s q„ery. ■ y" ,' , f '° every day." Tl,i,, was „„ Wod„e»l,v "■, "'™ ""><>» the ,veek.„ig|,t .service was held A^^V " """'''« the aisle this wortl.v IT **■ P""'"'' P'"«<= deep, and let down your nets for a draught. And Simon answ(Ming said unto him, Mast(>r we have toiled all the night, and have taken nothing : ni^vertheless at thy word I will let down the net. And when they had this done, they inclosed a great multitude of fishes ; and theii- net brake. And they beckoned unto their partners, which were in the other .ship, that they should come and help them. And they came, and filled both the .ships." Putting these two miracles together, the ancient and the modern, can any, whose soul has realized the power of a prayer-answering Saviour, help exclaiming joyfully, "Jesus Chiust tiik samk ykstehdav, and to-day, and foukvek." — Heb. xiii. 8. The House-top Saint. " Yes, yes, sonny, T'se mighty fo' handed, and no ways like poo' white trash, nor j'et like any of dese onsanctified col'd folks dat grab deir liberty like a dog grabs a bone- -no thanks to nobody ! " Thus the sable, queenly Sibyl Mclvor ended a long boast of her prosperity since she became her own mistress, to a young teacher from the North, as she was arranging his snowy linen in his trunk. " I'm trul}' glad to hear of all this comfort and plenty, THE HOUSK-TOP SAINT. 123 no Sibyl ; but r hope your treasures are not all lairl up on oaith r l,„pp y„u nvi' a Christian ? " Hskerl the voung stranger. Sibyl put up iior groat hands, and straighteiu.d and elevated the horns of her gay turban ; and then, planting them on her capacious hips, she looked the beardless youth in the eye and exclaimed with a sarcastic smile, " Vou hope I'm a Christian, do you? Why, sonny, I was a 'spectable sort of a Christian afore your mammy was born, r leckon. But for dese last twenty-five years, I'se been -1 mighty powerful one-one o' de'kind dat makes Satan shake in his hoofs— Is'e one of de house-top saints, sonny ! " " House-top saints ! What kind of saints are those? " asked the young Northener. "Ha, ha, ha!" laughed • Sibyl ; "I thought like's not you nevei- heerd tell on 'em, up your way. Dev's inighty scarce anywhar ; but de Lord's got one on 'em at any rate, in dis place and on dis plantation ! " replied Sibyl, triumphantly. " And that is you ? " " Yes, sonny, dat is me f" "Then tell me what you mean by being a house-top saint." " Well, I mean dat I'se been t'rough all de stories of my Fathei-'s lioiise on arth, from de cellar up ; and now I'se fairly on de very ruff— yes, on de very ridge pole— and dere I sits and sings and sees heaven, like you never sees it t'rough de clouds down yere." " How did you get there, Auntie ? " " How does you get from de cellar to de parlor, and from de parlor to de chamber, and from de chamber to de { 'I' B-'> 4 !i 124 HEMAKKABLE NAKUATIVES. n • ( ruff! Why, Ho builder has put sta'rs thar, and you sees 'em, and puts your foet on 'em, and mounts, ha?" " But there are the same stains in our Father's liousc for all 11 is children, as for you ; yet you say house-top saints are very scarce 1 " " Sartin, sonny. Sta'rs don't get people up, 'less dey mounts 'em. If dere was a million o' sta'rs l«adi\ up to glory, it wouldn't help dem dat sits down at de hotuun and howls and mourns 'bout how helpless dey is! !Jrudder Adam, dere, dat's a blackiii' of your boots, he's de husban' o' my bussum, and yet he's nothin' but only a poor, down cellar 'sciple, sittin' in de dark, and whinin' and la'mentin' 'cause he ain't up stairs ! I says to him, says I, ' Brudder' — I'se alius called him Brudder since he was born into de kingdom — ' why don't you come up i \iode light ?' "'Oh,' says he, 'Sibby, I'se too onworthy ; 1 doesn't desarve de light dat God has made for do holy ones.' "« Phoo,' says I, ' Brudder Adam ! Don't you 'member,' says I, • when our massa done married de gov'ness, arter old missus' death ? Miss Alice, she was as poor as an un- feathered chicken ; but did she go down cellar and sit 'mong de po'k barr'ls and de trash, cause she was poor and wasn't worthy to live up sta'rs ? Not she ! She tuk her place to de head o' de table, and wa'r all de lacery and jewelry massa gib her, and hold up her head high, like she was say in', I'se no more poor gov'ness, teaching Col'n McTvor's chil'n ; but I'se de Col'n's b'loved wife, and I stan's for de mother of his chil'n, as she had a right to say ! And de Col'n love her all de more for her not bein' a fool and settin' down cellar 'mong de po'k barr'ls ! ' "Dere, sonny, dat's de way I talk to Brudder Adam ! But so fur it hain't fotched him up ! De poor deluded THE HOirSE-TOP 'saint. 125 creetur' thinks he's hiunhl.s when he's only low-minderi and «rovollin'-li!u.. ft's onworthy ,.f a l.Iood-boughfc soul for to stick to d„ cold, dark cdlar, when he niought live in dc light and wannf, up on de hous(!-top ! " '• Tiiat's very true, Sil)y| ; hut few of us reach the house- top," said th(f young man, tiioughtfully. "Mo- fools you, den !" cried Sibyl. " Do hou.se-top is dare, and de sta'rs is dere, and de grand, glorious Master IS dere, up 'hove all, caliin' to you day and night, ' Frien' c iilorif,' o' me. and I oould kcrp hold (.' your Karnicnts. I'd |,f,v." hop. (.' j^ittin' t'rou.uh d.> shiiiin' .jatc ! your ^-lothcs uiid your fac« and your hiiiids shine lik(> ,silv»'r, Sil.l.y ! ' says she. ' T)car soul,', says I, ' dis lijrht you mm- isn'l ininr ! It allcomos 'floctod on to p.H)r Mack Sil.yl from d.^ rross ; .and dcr." is li«aps moro o' it to shin.- .>n t.. you ans.y,.VVHI,w..s,.,,,|,,,,, ,,,i,,,,,,^, ,,,,,. ^,,, ,.,^_^ __^^^^, 'lat dey-s only l.al^.ay up. and ..inks ,|..y^s .,.,,J.;r: '-Is oId..d,U^^kin^lat Satan isn't nowlH.,.c. now! Bu I- Ks doso l.y ..„, ,..,, lu. .sn>,.ov,..s doir soft pillows, and s n«s .„. to sl...p .„.Uo slund... ; and .1. woh! o' do king < -" ;Jo" t get no lH.Ip tVou. dnn -not for <,n. wl.il,, - I> c -unl... .s a sort o' half-way house n.a.le for ..st and ccx.-' B.tld ! ir""" '"'"•^ '' '■"'" '^ '""'^'"'' i'^^'^' •' You know LJiuddor Jiunyan, sonny?" "No." " What, never heerd tell o' John Bunyan ? " "Oh, yen." ^ "I tho„^,ht you couldn't all bo so ignorant 'bout 'ligion b ud or da got asleep and loss his roll, an,l dafs what's de ravtter w.d heaps o' Christians i,» ,le worl'. Dev f-ills asleep and loses deir hope." ' ■'And do you keep in this joyful and wakeful frame ail the tune, aunt.e ? asked the young learner. " I does, ho.u.y. By de help of de Lo.d and a contin'l w^h I ke:>p de head of de ole .sarpint .ashed unde^ Ly hee,prety general. Why, son.ti.nes when he rises up and thrusts Ins fangs out. I has such power gin ,ne to «to„,p on hun dat I can hear his bones crack-Lstiy - I ft Z'" '' '" '"'' ''^' '"^- "''' '^^'^ '--^ ^- - up III" 128 REMARKABLE NARRATIVES. i . I : "Now, Sibyl, you are speaking in figures. Tell me plainly how you get the victory over Satan." " Heap o' ways," she replied. " Sometimes I get up in the mornin', and I sees work enough for two women ahead o' me. Maybe my head done ache and my narves is done rampant ; and I hears a voice savin' in my ear, ' Come or go what likes, Sibby, dat ar wafk is got to be done ! You's sick and tired a'ready ! Your lot's a mighty hard one, sister Sibby '—Satan often has the imprudence to call me 'sister' — 'and if Adam was only a pearter man, and if Tom wasn't lame, and if Judy and Cle'patry wasn't dead, you could live mighty easy. But just you look at dat dere pile o' shirts to iron, 'sides cookin' for Adam and Tom, and keepin' your house like a Christian oughter ! ' Dafs how he 'sails me when I'se weak ! Den I faces straight about and looks at him, and says, in de word o' Scripter, ' Clar out and get ahind my back, Satan ! Dat ar pile o' shirts ain't high enough to hide Him dat is my strength ! ' And sometimes I whisks de shirts up and rolls 'em into a bundle, and heaves 'em back into de clothes basket ; and says to 'em, ' You lay down dar till t^-morrow, will you ! I ain't no slave to work, nor to Satan ! for I can 'ford to wait, and sing a hymn to cheer up my sperits, if I like.' And den Satan drops his tail, and slinks off, most gineral ; and T goes 'bout my work singing : ' My Master bruise de sarpint's head And bind him wid a chain ; Come, bruddeis, hololujah shout, Wid all yer might and main ! Hololujah ! ' " THE HOUSE-TOP SAINT. 129 folk. m„,t „i ,e" If T „ "f : '°'"' ""'" ""'' ^"""1 corn cake in t^Won! I , , "" T' "' '"' •"''"O" ""<" hop. failed ™Tt f ' . ' *" «"' '■>" '" '"k™. ""d "y ^n.^u. o. H, jn , B„/;;:„ r: ;r::„Tr:; my body under, like Biudder P„,l . j .■ ^ power to separate „ef;™^:i^::; "itrd '^ '" enniiah f^^ u i i loveh. I se had sorrows C wid It :: " "" "?"'" ""' ^""^ "° •'-- "> *ar' to hI t Tf, '"" "" ""' ''"' ""'^ ^■"•^' "■" nearer waftLn ^""'».™W "ke '» =l"rk all trouble on dei bru^ed and wounded and Tick .sinnerT H s lof T f^.^::frd:tS— -t:^^^^^^^^^^^^ Ill Kt I 130 REMARKABLE NARRATIVES. Startling Facts and Figures about Missions. TnK following,' facts luul li/yy. It is computed that there are»8r)(;,000,000 heathens sittinj; in darki\ess. At present then^ is an average of but one oi'dainese have but one ordained missionaiy to every ."{50,000. China's population is ;{Sl',6oO,000. They have but one ordained missionaiy to every "jOO.OOO of the })oi)u!ation. Every third person who lives and breatiies upon this earth, who toils under the sun, sU'eps under Cod's stars, or sighs and sufl'ers beneath the lu'avens is a Cliinese. Think of it. Kighteen magnificent provinces in China, each as large as Co-eat Britain: 1,700 great walled cities, some 7,000 towns, and over 100,000 villages are ojx'n to the pi-eaching of the glorious (Jospel. A million a month aic dving in China without (iod. There are 1,500 counties in C^hinji, representing hundreds of thousands of people. witlK)ut a single missionary. The whole world, with the exception of Thibet, is now open for the reception of the (Josj)el. The Bible is printed in -'50 different languages. South America has 5,000 Christians among 50,000,000 of people; Cuba and Hayti. a few thousand among 2,000.000 he.athen. ' Oriental cLm.^. " Ar,„™„.„,, N,„t„ri»„., „,„, Two iMmdi-ed riiillif Cl,r,,ti„„i,,v. ^ "'" <'"*<=» influence I.™ti;.,n. t,ln.,»t,an,, but ......h^. -,0,000,000 "•"" ■ "f y i„ prop„rti„„ i„ thi, l.„d ,„ ,„ f„,,-^ thX^^ ■"««' o„,. financial ability- U it because Hio CI ,.t,a,„ of America a,„ poor that ll„.y onlv can afford .*n,000,(,00 annually f„r ,bi, work ! Hy n< La" The e, .matcl wealth of th,. Church ,„c,„l„., ^>f a"" a amount., to # , ...OOO.OOO.OOO. Tin, actual increase iX" wealth last y,.ar, after all livins expenses were „ ■ I *500 Onn nnn ti • " '"l""*'"' "ere paid, was ...WU.OOO 000. Tb,., amount would support one million of nuss,o„ar,es for one year, and would Hood the world Jitb he G„.sp„| ,m,„ediately. without taking a single dol a from the cap,ul of the Christian people of this I'.nd The d.spr„port,on between our means and our gifu is o . .er y absurd that there is no roon, for even f e id 1 S if:/ r ""'■ "'" '""""■ '"" ""' "-' ■•-'-ed «"e „ decency. Compared to what we pay for other thing,., It 1.S simply oonteinptihio S « chlf (7 T'''' ^'"^' '^'^'' *'- ^he whole thurch of God gives for mis^Unv.. The men of America spend more in a year for tobacco'than the whole cZcT has spent ,n eighteen centuries to spread the Gospel. The de 1 spends as much every forty-eight hours for whiskey as the whole Church spends for missions in a year The xtra buttons which the ladies of America put on thei the world. The theatres of New Yorlc alone receive -ore money in a single winter than all the miss om ry treasuries of the world. '"issionary take stock ni a silver mine of astoni-^-^ .;^i.-, . reason, C i ll ,, 1 1 il '; writer said ■ Much of the profits will be t 134 UEMAHKAHLK VAKFIATIVRS. ■i. I i i u If consecrated to tho cause of missions." The Chaplain replied : " I am workiiijj; two i^ood mines now ; one of them is tht mine of Self-denial, far over in the valley of Humiliation. The oth(U' is the mine of Consecration, entered over on the heavenly side of tlu^ hrook Peniel. There are riches enouj^h in these two mincts to convert the world. Self-denial of om^ meal a year from each com- municant will hrinj^ an iiicreas(> of $r)r)0,000 in the annual income. C'onstH'ration of one ccMit a day by each communiciuit would hi'injj; over )ji!l(),' •00,000 annually to the missionary treasury. This is only a surface ; what would it he if we should ^et down into the dej)thH." Then> ai-e some seliish, narrow niindcMl souls, who cry out, " It is all very well to talk nhout sending; the Gosfjel to tlm heathen, hut we have them at our doors, and charity begins at home." l''or such ptu-sons we present a few facts : Fi,i\sf : Ninety-eight per cent, of the contributions for re- ligious purposes is spiMit at home, while oidy two per cent. is giv(Mi to the; foreign field.* Yet, tlun^e are sonw who seemingly begrudge even that small amount, and stead- fastly refuse to make itfany lai-ger. Second : The Moldav- ians an* poor and few in number, having a membership of about 30,000, still their yefvrly averag(> for foreign missions is the sum of $\'2 per member, and every (iftieth member is a foreign m"-;sionary. Now, what is the result of this noble sacrifice I The Moravians have, in heathen countries, three times as large a membership as in Christian lands. See how God honors their liberality. Third : The increase in converts to Christianity in heathen lands is thirty times greater than at home in i)roportion to the number of niinisters employed, although the tests of discipleship are of the most trying nature. Fourth : The H «TAUTrjNO FACTS AND FIGURES. KT(^ i';l';-ys,.'TlHn-.isthatseattorotl. undyotinc, is; «'''i:;::::ir;^-"' y -— ,.. , •<■ was ,1 ,i(irk and stonnv ni her little ones and • "1 1, j 1< 1 ;i II 1 ' .'' '■ H L 136 REMARKABLE NARRATIVES. i! i ';i '■ grew still in doath. Sho had loved her master and given her life for his lost ones. Oh ! if a poor dumb brute could love like that, with no eternity to reward her, no heaven to await her, but the smile of his approval in the last instant of her life, what shou .i He not expect of us, for whom He has given His life already, and to whom He waits to give a recom- pense that can never fade away ( Beloved, shall we catch His glance as He looks out into the darkness, and cries : " A thous. so wanton. Soint! of his fclativfvs would have had the tli(ui;,'ht''ul lad ti-aintid for a ch'ruyinai., hut others ohjcctinj,', he was ap- prentiood to a person who, as the manner then was, com hiiuHJ a numl»er of occupations -sh(»eniakin-,', wool staplini;, catthi d(«aiin<,', and so on. <;.«(.r^'e proved a vahial)le assistant to him. The fear of ( I od rested mi,<,'htily upon him, and he was an.xiousiy watchful in all thin<,'s to main tain strict inteM;rity. " Verily ' was a favoiite word of his, and it hecaiiu^ a connnon sayiiii^ amom^ those who knew him that, " If (3nor«e says ' Verily,' thoi-c is no altciriu" 1 • '» iUUl. Fox hecamo truly jonverted, and soon afterward d«vote(i himself to the work of the ministry. He was imprisoned for .sonit; time as a " distui-htM' of tlie peact^" When liherated he still continued to trav(>l up and down Knijland, proachini,' and (^\horti^^', and leaviii},' I)ennant>nt traces hehind him ev(>iywh(Me. The term "Quaker" was Hrst applied to him at Derhy, in KioO, hy .Justice Bennet, as Fox .says, " hecause I hid tiiem trcMuhle at the word of the Lord." In 105"), |u! was hrou<'ht he- tore Cromwell, who pronounced favorably upon both his doctrine.s and cliaracter. Still h(> was fretjuently imjtri.soned hy country magistrates. He visited the Continent of Kurope .several times, and in 1671, made a voyage to America, wliere lie spent two years with gratifying success. Hi.s visit to the Nethei-lands was also attended with much of the divine hlessinw \V e give a few extracts from his journal, showing the remarkable success and power of tliis man of God, and the bitter persecutions he endured for righteousness' sake : " As I travelled throui,di markets, fairs, and divert places, THk kxpkriknc^k or (iKoiujK vox. i;j() I saw death and darknoss in all pooph, where the power of the Lord (hul hud not shaken th.M... As I was passin-^ on m Leicestershire, I can.e to Twy Cross, where there were oxc,.en,en. I was moved by the Lord to «o to the.n, and warn then, to take hee.l of oppressing the poor ; the. people were n.ueh afreet..,! hy it. There was iW that town a Jfreat .nan, that Iwul long lain sick, an.l was given up i,y the pl.ys.eians ; anrl some Fri.M.ds in the town desire.J ,ne to-., to s.M^hi,n. 1 went up to hin. in his chan.»,er, and spoke the VVonl ot life to hin,. and was moved to pray for him • an.ithe Lonl was entreate.J, and restored hin. to health' but whe;. r was come down stai.s, into a lower roo.n, and was speak.ng to the .servants and to so.ne people that were there, a serving ,nan of his came raving out of another H'om, w.th a naked rapier [light swo.-d] in his \vuul, and set |t at n.y s.de. I looked steadfastly on hi.n, and said, Alack f<,r thee, po„r c.eatu.e ! what wilt thou do with thy carnal weapon ? it is no more to ..,e than a straw ' The .stande,-s-l,y were much t.-oul.Ied, and he w.w.t away i„ a rage, and full of wratl,. But when the news of it ca.ne to his master, he turned him out of his service." Speaking of his impiisonm.ent in Carlisle gaol, he says • ' The judges were resolved not to suffe,- ,ue to he brou-d.t before them ; but reviling and scorting at n.e behind my back left ,ne to the .nagist.-ates of the town, giving them what encouragement tliey could to exercise their cruelty upon me. Though J had been kept so close in the jailer's house that friends were not suffered to visit me, and Colonel Benson and Justice Pearson were denied to see me, yet the next day, after the judges were gone out of town, a,i order was sent to the jaile.-. to put me down into the dun-eo.i among the moss-troopers, thieves, and murderers, which a* 140 RFMAKKABLE VARRATIVES. \'\ i accordingly he did. A filthy, nasty place it was, where men and women were put together in a very uncivil man- ner, and not even a house of convenience to it. The prisoners wore ho lousy that one woman was almost eaten to death •with lice. Yet, as had as the place was, the prisoners were all made very loving aud subject to me. Some of them were convinced of the truth, as the publicans and harlots were of old ; so that they wore able to confound any priest that might come to the grates to dispute. But the jailer was v(My cruel, and the under jailer very abusive to me and to Fri'^nd.s that came to see me ; for he would beat Friends with a great cudgel when they came to the window to look in upon me. I could get up to the grate, where sometimes I took in my meat, at which the jailer was often oifended. One time he came in a great rage, and beat me with a great cudgel, though T was not at the grate at the time ; and as he beat me, he cried, ' Come out of the window,' though I was then far enough from it. While he struck nio I was made to sing in the Lord's power; and that made , him rage the more. Then he fetched a tiddler, and brought him m where I was, and set him to play, thinking thus to utHict mo ; but, while he played, I was moved, in the everlasting power of the Lord Crod, to sing, and my voice drowned the voice of the fiddle, and struck and confounded them, and made tlieni give over fiddling and go their way." A way of escape from this horrible jail soon presented itself. The authorities offered Fox the captaincy of a com- pany of soldiers. Here is the record of what followed : '' I told them, I know from whence all wars ari.se, even from lust, according to James' doctrine; and that I live in the virtue of that life and power that took awav the occa- n . i THE EXPKBIENCE OF OKOHOE mx. 141 rion of all w„r.. But thoy urged m„ ,o accept their ,loc. .„e, ami ,l,„ugl,t I .lij ,,ut compH,„,,,, ,h,J But t„Td before war, and strife, „,,re. Tl.ey ,.i,, the, .m- e iHn i.:;!.;: """" r :"• "'"""" " -"^ -'-•-' > wa tC r M 7 """'■ ''"' ' '"''' «-" if «»'t t1 r " "'"'■" ' "■'""I'l"' i'"nder my feet iaiTr iToTh?"'."^'"?'' "'"^ -■''• ••'■"'"' '■""-:;; telon.,. So I wa, taken away and put into a lousy ,tink mg place, w„,,„„t any l;ed, a„,itchers, several of whom had bound themselves with an oath before they came out, that they would kill me (as I was told) ; one of these butchers had V)een accused of killing a uuin and a woman. They came in .a very rude manner, and made a great disturbance in the meeting. The meeting being in a field, Thomas Taylor stood up, and said to them, ' If you will be civil, you may stay, but, if not, I charge you to begone from off my jiround.' But they were the worse, and said they would make it like a (common ; and they yelle-fl and made a THE EXPERIENCE OF GEORGE FOX. 143 noise, as if they had been at a bear-baiting. They thrust Friends up and down ; and Friends, being peaceable, the Lord's power came over them. Several times they thrust me ofF from the place I stood on, by the crowding of the people together against me ; but still I was moved" by the Lord to stand up again, as T was thrust down. "At last I was moved by the Lord to say to them, ' If they would discoui .• of the things of God, let them come up to me one by one ; and if they had anything to say or to object, I would answer them all, one after another,' but they were all silent, and had nothing to say. And then the Lord's power come so over them all, and answerr J the witness of God in them, that they were bound by the power of God ; and a glorious, powerful meeting we hati, and His power went over all, and the minds of the people were turned by the Spirit of God in them to CJod, and to Chiist their teacher. The powerful word of Christ was largely declared that day; and in the life and power uf God we broke up our meeting ; and that rude company went their way to Halifax. The people asked them why they did not kill me, according to the oath they had sworn; and they maliciously answered, that [ had so bewitched them that they could not (lo it. Thus was the devil chained at that time. Friends told me that they used to come at other times and be \eiy lude, and sometimes break their stools and seats, and make frightful work amongst them ; but the Lord'o power had now bound theiA. Shortly after this the l)Utcher that had be'-n accused of killing a man and a woman before, and who was one of them that had bound himself by an oath to kill me, killed another man, and then was sent to Yoi'k jail. "Another of those rude butcher.s who h/ul also sworn to ■ I >k i i* g '•! I! :.. 144 REMARKABLE NARRATIVES. kill me, having accustomed himself to thrust his tongue out of his mouth in derision of Friends when they passed by him, had it so swollen out of his mouth that he could never draw it in again, but died so." Penn, in his preface to " Fox's Journal," has given the following tribute to his lofty character : " He had an extra- ordinary gift in opening the Scriptures, but above all lie excelled in prayer. The inwardness and weight of his speech, the reverence and solemnity of his address and behavior, and the trueness and fulness of his words, have often siruck even strangers with admiration. The most awful, living reVerent frame T ever felt or beheld, I must say was his prayer. He was of an innocent life, no busy- body, nor self-seeker, a most merciful man, as ready to for- give as unapt to give or take an ofl'ence, ... an incessant laborer ; as unwearied, so undaunted in his ser- vices for God and His people; he was no more to be moved to fear than to wrath ; civil beyond all forms of breeding, very temperate, eating little, and sleeping less, though a bulky person. He was a diligent student of the Word of God. He knew the Scriptures so well that it has been said of him, ' If the Bible should be lost, you could find it all in George's head.' " lis tongue ley passed he could given the 1 an extra- 3ve all lie ;ht of his dress and ords, have The most Id, I must> 3, no busy- iidy to for- an in his ser- I be moved [ breeding, , though a e Word of 3 been said id it all in THE STARLESS CROWN. 145 The Starless Crown. f'7^''^ T' *"'" T""^ ^° righteousness shall shine as the stars forever and ever."— Dan. xii. 3. Wearied and worn with earthly cares, I yielded to repose, And soon before my raptured sight a glorious vision rose • I thought, while slumbering on my couch in midnight's solemn gloom, I hear,; ,.„ angel's silvery voice, and radiance filled mv A gentle touch awakened me~a gentle whisker said "Arise. O sleeper, follow me;", and through the air we fled ; WeJeft the earth so far away, that like a speck it seemed, And heavenly glory, calm and pure, across our pathway streamed. "^ Still on we went -my soul was wrapped in silent ecstasy • I wondered what the end would be, what next shouh. meet mine eye. T knew not how we journeyed through the pathless fields of light. When suddenly a change was wrought, and I was clothed in white. We stood before a city's walls, most glorious to behold • We passed through gates of glistening pearl, o'er streets' of purest gold ; It needed not the sun by day, the silver moon by night • IJie glory of the Lord was there, the Lamb himself 'its light. id ?■'■ m r I I! I tfSSBSJ 146 REMAHKABLE NARRATIVES. Bright angols pacoii tho shining streets, sweot music filled tho air, And wiiito-robed saints with glittering crowns from every clime were there ; And some that I hail loved on earth sttod with them round the throne, "All worthy is t!io Lamb," they sang, "tho glory Hia alone." But fairer far than all besides 1 saw my Saviour's face ; And as T gazed He smiled on mo with wondrous love and grace. i Lowly I bowed before His throne, o'e.joyed that 1 at last Had gained the object of my hopes ; that earth at length was j)ast. And then in solemn tones He said, " Where is the diudem That ought to s{iurkle on tlw brow — adorned witii numya gem '( I know that thou hast believed on me, and life through mo is thine ; But where are those radiant stars that in thy crown should shine 1 " Yonder thou seest a glorious throng, and stars on every brow ; For ever}' soul they led to mo they wear a jewel now. And such thy bright, reward had been, if such had been thy deed. If thou hadst sought some wandering feet in paths of peace to lead. i' f THE STARLESS CROWN. 147 isic filled ■oin every ith them ^lory Hia i face ; love and T lit last at len<;th re is the th many a irouf^h urn wn should on every now. had been IS of peace "Thou wort not called that thou shouldst tread the war of life alone, ^ But that the clear and shining light which round thy foot- steps shone Should guide some other weary feet to my bright home of rest, And thus, in blessing those around, thou hadst thyself been blest." The vfsion faded from my sight, the voice no longer spake A spell seemed brooding o'er my soul which long I feared to bi-eak ; And when at last I gazed around in morning's glinnnering light, * My spirit fell o'erwhelmed beneath that vision's awful might. I rose and wept with chastened joy that yet I dwelt below Ihat yet another hour was mine, my faith by works to show ; That yet some sinner T might tell of Jesus" dying love And help to lead some weary soul to seek a home above. And now while on the earth I stay, my motto this shall be. lo live no longer to myself, but Him who died for me > " And graven on my inmost soul this word of truth divine, Jhajthatturn many to the Lord hvvjht as the .tars shall shine. Ho, reapers of life's harvest ! Why stand with rusted blade ^Jntil the night draws round you, and day begins t<. fade ? 4,: 148 REMARKABLE NARRATIVES. Why stand ye idle, waiting for reapers more to come 'i The golden morn is passing, why sit ye idle, dumbl , Thrust in your sharpened sickle, and gather in the grain ; The night is fast approaching, and soon will come again. Thy Master calls for rer-.pers, and shall He call in vain 1 fe'hall sheaves lie there ungathered, and waste upon the plain ? Come down from hill and mountain, in morning's ruddy glow ; Nor wait until the dial points to the noon below ; And come with the strong sinew, nor faint in heat and cold ; And pause not till ♦^he evening draws round its wenlth of gold. Mount up the heights of wisdom, and crush each error low ; Keep back no words of knowledge that human hearts should know. Be faithful to thy mission — the service of the Lord ; And then a golden chaplet shall be thy just reward. I! ■', 1 ^1^ A Double Cure. • Hark ! A light step, followed by a heavy tread, is approaching '"ly study. What does it mean ? It is a cold freezing day in February, and it is Saturday — a very busy day for me. Well, I should think wife would entertain company in the parlor. But here she comes, followed by a person right from the State lunatic asylum — one that 1 had met with before, i must confess that I felt a little A DOUBLE CtTRE. 149 ' ! ^vu.^ with s,,ch company; hut I immediately arose and Mr. Van Benschoten ; how do you do ?» " T am welt bless God ! I called, Brother Osborne, to tel yen. :^ g;-eat tlungs the Lord has done for n.e/ He then'^ vl 1 h.s experience v^hich is as follows: " I have heorf in the New York asylum for two years, and have been growl worse, so that for several ninths T have not been^outs ! those pnson walls Recently, Mr. Gray, the superint:^^ dent, wrote my wife that I was an incurable Le Qf course, [ expecte.l to remain incarcerated within those pnson walls ; but what was still worse, T expected „.y reason to re mam dethrone,!, which in the past had been penod.cally. But I was growing worse; my body was quite en^aciated ; T had lost my appetite, and in tLt I was full of fearful forebodings, a wret'ched man. My le was a sad one Here I must suffer out this brief exi.stence m misery, pain, sorrow, sliame and remorse, and then an ternity with devils and damned spirits , and all this brought on by my own licentiousness. <0 wretched man tha am, who shall deliver me from the body of this cieatM A companion in tribulation said to me, the Lord can heal you, soul and body, and gave me this passage of ^^:V \^?^f^PT^ "^ f-th shall save'the^siclc. and the Lord sha 1 raise him up; and if he has committed us, they shall be forgiven him.' I thought, that just covers my case-but hou,, to make it available ? T was told by my comrade in distress, that I must fast and prav which I did, until I wore my knees sore. I was then watched very narrowly, and prohibited from getting upon my knees; and finally, ] was shut up at night in a crib in order to prevent- as T suppose the doctors viewed it -a I, ■i I •if ■I 'I- rt 8. 150 REMARKABLE NARRATIVES. m 11 lii further development of ray new phase of insanity. The crib is something like a large cradle without rocker — with a cover of slats that shut over the top, and is locked down when occupied by anyone. While in this condition, I was led to think of God's goo 'ness to me in sparing my life so long, and I a rebel against Him. " I thought of the effort I had been making to get to Him ; my sins had appeared in dreadful array, which I loathed with all my heart. I felt that tliere was real godly sorrow in me. I had besought the Lord to pardon my sins and heal my body. I believed that He was able to do it; yea, I thought that He was willing to do it ; I tlinught of the promise, ' The prayer of faith shall save the sick,' etc. I said, O Loi'd, Avhy not now ! they have locked me up to prevent my getting upon my knees ; but can't the Lord bless me lying on my back ? Can't the Almighty come right through these slats ? " I heard a voice saying, Yes, He can. The next moment I was believing in God with all my heart. Something said. Why not believe that God will do His work, and do itnoic ? I said. Lord, thou wilt do it now ! Just then I felt a very strange sensation going all through my body, and with it a conviction that the work was done. I felt it all through my soul and body. It flowed from my heart like oil from a flowing well, and continued to bubble up just as Jesus promised it should do. ' The water that I give you shall be in you a well of water, springing up unto everlasting life.' Praise our God forever. The next morning, soon after coming out of the crib, I met the head physician. He said, ' Good morning, Van ; how are you 1 ' 'I am well, I replied — glory to God ! ' ' Van, what do you mean V 'I mean that the good Lord came right down into my crib LEAD, KINDLY LIGHT. 151 last night and TTe healed my soul and body-glory to God ' ' The doctor looked wild and said, ' Van, be careful, or we shall put you upiaNo. II.'" (The hall where the incurable c^xses were kept.) The brother constantly affirmed that Cod had mad. him whole, every whit. Within four weeks trom the tims the superintendent wrote this brothers wife that her husband was incurable, he wrote her that he was so much better that she could come after him, but did not state how he was cured. Three years after I met this brother on the cars. His first utterances were, as I approaclied him, " Glory to God Brother Osborne, the Lord saves m., soul and body " He said that he had not had a .symptom of his old disease since his last night i,i the crib. Our God is mighty to save -From Born of the Spirit, by Rev. Zenas Osborne ' Lead, Kindly Light. The author of this beautiful poem is now Cardinal Newman It was probably written before he left the English Church or the Roman Catholic. It is sometimes printed with but three verses. Hero it appears in full. Lead, kindly light, amid the encircling gloom, Lead thou me on ; The night is dark, and I am far from home ; Lead thou me on ; Keep thou my feet ; I do not ask to see The distant scene; one step's enough for me. f» »J 152 REMARKABLE NARRATIVES. * T was not ever thus, nor prayed tluit thou 8houklst lead me on ; I loved to choose and see my path ; but now J^cad thou me on ; I loved the garish day, and, spite of fears, Pride ruled my will, lleiuember not past years ! So long thy power has blessed me, sure it still Will lead me on O'er moor and fen, o'er crag and torrent till The night is gone ; And with the nioin those angel faces smile Which I have lo\ ed long since, and lost awhile ! Meanwhile, along the narrow, rugged path Thyself hast trod. Lead, Saviour, lead me home in childlike faith, Home to my God, To rest forever, after earthly strife, In the calm light of everlasting life. i "Praying Johnny." John Oxtoby was born at Little Givendale, Yorkshire, England, in 1762. In early youth his education, through the poverty of his parents, was much neglected. He passed the first thirty-seven years of his life in great ignorance of himself and his God, and was characterized by awful wickedness. In the year 1804, he was led to see his dread- ful condition, and after having drunk deeply of the bitter cup of repentance, he was soundly converted to God. "PRAYING JOHNNY." the unsaved .ndh' '1 "'^"' -theo.npas.sion toward the j^ o 1: h T "'^ P^'^'^ ^^ •^"'^^^h then, f.on, Primitive M.th "lists aJr"' • """" "' '^""^ ^••*'' ^'- shortly after svas employed as n' ^'"P^'' "'^' His journal show.s tli lev y ci.tr ^^ /""'"• vileged to enjoy his ^^^or,Z.Z:l:^t:T '') converting and sanctifying power At J T ^ ^'' ""^ ing which he hpl.l . "^^'''•^' ^'''^'T 'neet- fe vnicl, He held, some were converted or sanctified TT;« success was indeed !ilorinn« Ti «'inccineu. His tations of the div.n 7 '""'*^ P^^"''^"' •"^nif««- whUe ,.te„l„g to the me»„,es which o,™e f™ hL 1 ' noZTnlT ?™ '°^' "•' """^ '« ' -tain .::„, l"» miijhty ,„cc«, „e„ lik, |il,TLtr„:1 ' ? ""''' °' The har *j'f thou behe vest." The young man 7t^ ^^^"''7^*' ^f I ^-^'•^ to, I should tell ka I lie " Brother Oxtoby, however, urged aga.n, " Teil God hat thou behevest. and put the lie upon Tny back." Strange a this may appear,- the youth, i,. a few minutes, venu reef his all upon the atoning blood, and experienced t'heTll :f The strength of his faith was further evidenced in his Ao a number of such persons under such cW cumstances, he was p^llpf^ ,-,. . a ■ ""^j^r sucn cir- ca, ue was called m and, in many cases his vi-«;fu eard t. ,„.,.„„„ ,„,t^„„,, i„ „y_^^ ^.^ confidence had 156 REMARKABLE VARRATIVES. i ■ Jill triumphed over maladies the most hopeless and discourag- ing ; diseases in the limbs, which had been dreadful and inveterate ; and even fevers, whose aspects have been the most raging and forbidding. In many cases the results of his faith have silenced every objector, and struck numbers with the most peffect amazement. But our brother wa-. an extraordinary man in the impoHunity and pret '.mci/ of his prayem. What has been said of the strength and constancy of his faith may be said, with equal propriety, of his importunate and pre- valent pray -s ; that is, he was second to none. Tn fact, we need not be surprised at this, for generally these two excellences walk hand in hand. For some years he was known in the religious world to thousands by the singulai name of " Prayin;/ Johnny." This epithet he justified in the whole of his conduct His prayers wn-e long and very fervent in his own closet. Mr. Bottomley, who was stationed with him in the Halifax circuit, says : " During the time of his stay at Halifax, he was much given up to prayer, and generally spent about six hours each day upon his knees, pleading earnestly with (^d, in behalf of him- self, the Church and sinners, whose salvation he most ardently desired." Frequently, when harassed by any particular temptation, when concerned a'^out the temporal condition of any person in dangerous affliction, when under engagement to pray for one who was troubled with an evil spirit, when foiled in some late attempt to do good, when travailing in anguish of mind for a revival of religion in the neighborhood in which he was laboring, and when deeply anxious to see the glory of the Lord revealed, he spent many hours in the most decided abstinence and secluded letirement, and "PRAYING JOHNNY." jg^ heard, a.„„,,, L dr, iLI T ; uj ffT, ""'? A strange fact connected with the hi^tnr^r f .i ■ When tfiere, his home was with Mr Sfpn^.a f ^-ily was one of the most inflult U ' tt ^ T' .nercantile engagements were numerous .Zt 1 '"" ried on a considerable LusinessT.! ' '^ "'"'■ nected with the shinnhK f ""'' ^"^^^^'^^'y ««"- 1825 Mr ^f ^^ ^ ^'epartment. About the year i»^.J, Mr. htephenson had a shin at se-i ,.n .. ( ■ i distant v„,„,.e, ,a,„„t t„e »«fety'„f I, "h , r,:':''*" "!,"' began to feel anxious. TI.ere Ll „1 K ! '""'^ ^he vesse, extending ove. aTe^ Z ^^7:^1 " had expeetetl. And what tended muo), T l^' -licitude, they had a son on Wd fo \vho:T::r "J wa::i4r^,::^j-:;;:.-*e.,ni,y,.„d m 158 BEMARKABLK NARRATIVES. Ill which ho besought the Ahniglity to give him an assurance whothor tlio ship was really lost, or vvhothor it would return lionie ill safety. In his protracted travail, he olearlv ascer- tained that the ship whicii had been the object of so much solicitude was not lost, but that it and the son for whose safety the family were so anxious, would, in due time, return in safety, and that all would be well. This wel- come intelligence he communicated to the anxious family; and did it with as much confklence as characterized St. Paul's niin.l. when he uttered his noble speech to the em- barnissed .ship's crew, while they drew m.ar to the Island of Melita, and, contrary to all hurnan appearance, assured them that not a hair of their heads should perish. But high as our brother stood in the »>stimation of the family, and exaltt'd as was their opinion of hiy extraordinary piety' and the power and prevaleney of his prayer.s, yet his calm and positive assertions on this subject almost exceechul the powers of their belief ; and though they did not distrust them, they staggered at tliem. I]ut John remained un- moved. He smiled at their doubts ; reiterated his expres- si(.ns of confidence ; UM them that (!od had "shown him tho ship while at prayer; "that he was as certain of her safe return as if it were in the harbor then ; and that when the vessel returned, though lu^ had never seen it, excepting when revealetl to him in prayer, he should know it, and could easily distinguish it from any other. Time rolled on, Mr. Oxtoby pursued his work, and the family nsuiained' anxious, till news reached them, one day, that tho vessel was safe on its way home. . It soon after arrived, at which time Mr. Oxtoby was about ten miles distant in the coun- try. The Stephenson family were, however, so delighted "PnAYINo JOHNNY." jgg with tho occuiTonco witu ♦! -tod M„nd j:,: :,;;:' -' ^"'■'«'■ that a Ki,, vv,„ i,„„„,lia„.K. „,„„ , , '. "" '"•'"; """"<>"t- ninlinKt,,,, 0„av Mr s ... I "'"■'■ Wiini l„, tou-Iii-iI ...vv^h,,, , J „„,,,,;':: '\'r;;;;;;;.:«^-;.v.-,,,, „„,,,,,,„,, B'l,iel,(J„,l •"*% .Hi.t.ir,;,,,.'i;:"V: :'■"';'" ""- i"» a,„a».„„.„(,. hl.Tli.'..«,„ with ovmvl.clm- Mr. Oxt„liv mia lit,.,,,-.,,, „ „,,„ „^, „ . vi«iti"S I.- w.„ v.,rv ,l.lar I , '"' '" '"""'y t.~, l„ at „v„,v „„„„ „,„„., :,tf" ;;»-■ H„ on. "■liomver l,„ cuW ■ ,l.,i„„ „„,,, f„,. ' ] " , ."" ""l"'"on ensulfmont in the a} ijss of woe. ' prtsvent tliuir otornal 160 KEMAHKABLE NARRATIVES. 'I i IHi' Moreover, Mr. Oxtoby was in every respect a matured Christian. He arrived at that state of grace which is implied in being " strong in the I.ord." His spiritual at- ti. ments and enjoyments were deep, constant, and in- crci^sing. He saw the glorious possibility of being filled with the fulness of Gor", and of being perfect as his heavenly Father. He " went on to perfection." In this healthful state of soul, this entire freedom from inward evil, this power to rejoice evermore, to pray without ceasing, and in everything to give thanks, this unction of the Holy One, which taught him all things, this dwelling in God and walking in the 'light as He is in the light, this ability to love God with all his heart, and to do His will on earth as it is done in heaven— in this glorious state he lived for many years. John Oxtoby is now regarded as one of the great men of Methodism. During the whole of the afflic- tion which hastened his death he hai the most glorious displays of the divine favor : he received such a baptism of the Holy Ghost that his soul was filled with peace and joy unutterable. Amidst the sinkings of mortidity, the sor- 1 owing of his friends, and his near approach to eternity, he entered the vale of death in glorious triumph. i THK JUDGMENT DAY. If51 The Judgment Day. Thk following was written hy Rev. Rowland Hill, and posted up as a play hill at Richmond, England, Juno 4th, 1/74 close to the play bills of the day, and helped to close the theatre : BY COMMAND OF THE KING OF KINGS And at the Desire of all who Love His Appearing. AT THK THEATRE OF THE CNIVEKSE, On the Eve of Time, will be performed tlie GREAT A8SIZE OR DAY OF JUDGMENT. I JiE Scenery, which is now actually being prepared wil' not only surpass anything that has yet been secM^ but wi 1 inh.itelv exceed the utmost stretch of hunm,. conception ThcMc h" 11 be ^ nist-, RKijpif«v\.tr.Aa<.,>xT „f f i licit, will ue a a in ; . .>...i.n. concepnoii. USt KEPRE.SENTATION of ALL THE INI.AI.ITANTS of the WoRI I. in Uie.r various and proper Colors, an.l their Custon.s an, C'.er ^u\:^&£!Z:^-^'^y ••^'"-^-' *"'^^ the most = "tW God. hall hrhu, every work into j„/,jrnmt, with every, ecvH thmy, whether it he GOOD, or whether it be EVIL."~Kccles. xii. 14. THIS THEATRE WILL BE LAID OUT AFTER A NEW PLAN AND WILL CONSIST OK PIT AND (JALLERY Only ; and contrary to all others, the t.iALLERv is fitted mh fnr th. reception of People of Higii (or Heavenly) Birth and H.^>it f^r those of Low (or earthly) Rank. N.B.-The Gallerv il ..1 eious, and the Pit without bottom ^ ' '""'^ 'P'^" ro prevent inconvenience, there are separate Doors for admittint- .-t. nn., ^^UU\\]^ bhin.. 1 ijc Door which opens into the Gallery is muL' ■ "« V J 162 REMAKKABLK NAR '. ATIVEK 1 n very narrow, aivl the steps \\\> to it arc wmewlu' diffjciilt ; for ■wliich reason there luc acldoir- inany pencil' about it. Hut tlio LJoor that gives eiitiin.oe into !l;. lit is very wide, and very en m- modious and sucii liuiuijera Hoc k to il that it is geneq lly crowded. N. B.— The stniight Door leads lo'.vard" the rit'lit hand, ii',>i li'.c br lad one to the left. Tt will be ii> vaiis tor (nie in a tinselled eo.it ^ antl bfirrii'.ed Lmgiiiige to personate one of lliiiu iJiuTii, in order' to get adii'ittanee into the upper place, for I ' lere is onk of :s not unfre- quently in ditliculties. He had contiacted a debt with his baker, and had paid it, but a second claim was made upon him for the amount. He was sure he had paid it, but un- happily, could jtrochice no receipt for the money. The baker called upon him with a public officer, and placed before his clioice the innnediate payment of the debt, or an injniediato lodgment in prison. Two or three of his friends happened to be with him when these persons arrived, and heard the protracted and earnest conversation. The good man's declaration as to payment weighed nothing without the receipt, which, uidiappily, seemed gone foiever. The baker and the officer at length denounced the venerable PHEVAIUXO PRAYFR. ,^;^ motiientH, rose witl, H„. .,f, . , ''« P-^u^fid u few -Kl won di,....t to t ^"'"""■■^^ ''•^"" '"'^ '--«. -.^^..v.,,,.n,,..„,«,jn,,:,::::;;„i;;:ri:;:- .,-0 .„„ In p , „ft„^„ ,„. ,^^,,^ i,ef.„. *:..,::;' ' pi '""'■ ""•' "" '""""^ f"'- " l""»l. "".I none fo,- ,. wr:,:n7;o"P " "'-*• "■"-" -^ '"'■■ ^^^ — "> "No, m,.rlr a, I have the ti.ne-table and th. rulos ^av I must run o ,, " i~in.».,^y i I .;i 166 EEMA.RKAJ3T.E NARRATIVES. She turned sorrowfully away, leaving the bronze face of the engineer wet with tearM T'vesently ahe returned and said, " Are you a CIn .oiian r "I trust I am," was the reply. " Will ytiu pray with me that the Lord will in some way detain the train at the junction 1" " Wiiy, yes, I will pray with you, l)ut I have not much faith." Just tlien the conductor orie;l, " All aboard." The poor woman hurried back to the deformed and sick child, and away went the train climbing the grade. "Somehow," said the engineer, " everything worked like a charm. A.s I piiyed I couldn't help letting n.: Vis arm. " Well,' said he, " will you tell me what 1 am waiting here inv. Somehow T felt T must await your coming to-night, but I dou't know why." " 1 gue.ss," said the brother conduct-. , • it is f 1 o. •' And the king answerer! and sairi unto the man of G(,d ' Entreat now th. face of ,• Lord thy (Jod, an eadi'y admit that p. ayer is often answered on the instant of it-; being presented. But the Bible, Christian biography observation, and personal experience present numerous and incontvovertiblo evidence that frequently perseverance -someti,.u.s long-contuiued perseverance .: is absolutely and indispensably necessary to success therein. In the thirty-second and thirty-third chapters of Genesis we perus, the deeply interesting^ narrative of Jacob's ¥ ;!. Ml *-■%■ 168 HKM A RK A lU-K N A RR A TIVKS. night-loiiR supplirnt.ion with fcho " aiiRol of the covenant." Here is a pi-aycr, vvhioh foi- tVrviMioy and earneHtness, was never, perhaps, surpaHsiul, except, perhaps, in the case of the " Man of sorrows," bowed dxwn with anguish, in (Jethsemane's garden. Hut, notwithstandii\g thiM'tv was here every essential of truly Scriptural prayer, it was not until after many hours of earnest pleading, not until the Li'eak of duy, that the suppliant prtnailed The prayer of Elijah at Mount Cannel, I Kings xviii. 42-45, furnishes us with another illustration of this view of prayer. Six time's in succession, Elijah's servant ascends the summit of Carrael, from whence he looks forth for indications of an answer to his master's prayer. lUit on each successive occasion he i-eturns with the response, " No appearance of rain." But he who had power— by prayer — to shut and to open the windows of heaven, con- tinues his fervent intercessions foi- rain, the servant ascends the meinport of the little cloud discernible upon tlie horizon. Soon that cloud overspreads the sky, and is speedily si.'cceeded by the ".sound of abundance of rain." Comment is unnecessary. The importunate widow, mentioned in Luke xvii., and the narrative of the Syropho-nician woman recorded in Matt. XV. 21-'JX, teach the .same important lesson of persevei'anee. A PFR.sK(^urrv(i irnsBAvn saved. lep A Persecuting Husband Saved. A .'ooK wo.n.t,, at I{..,.wi,.k. S,„ Jo|,„, i„ vVilt.shir. 's sv t. woul. not ,...|,n.,ui,sl. M.,. s^rvic,,. of God, I,. tW- u.ntly turned I..m- out of doors in tlw ni«l,t. and dur . ^^w.nto.. season. The wife, l.in, a p..«,L.t won.an S o avo.d hoar ol,,se,.vation. she w.nt into the adjacen edsandhet..awhole,ea.-. Seein, no o ^ her husband she fonned a .second re.sohation I ,>ersevete xn.onth.s,on^^^^^^^ ». .0 .rod ab,>ut twelve o'clock as usual, and as she thought tor the last tinm. Fearincr tl.-t \L ■ . fl.Ju ;„„* ■ , • tHiing tliat her wishes, in this instance, might be contrary to the will of God she ;;::t7^r^'''""'""^^"p^""^"'- Her desn-enot ;;••;; anted, her expectation appeared to be cut off. That same ^.iy he. husband returne.l from his labor in a state of deep ejection, and in.stead of sitting dewn as usual to Z 1 nner he proceeded directly to his chamber. His wife bHowed and heard, to her grateful astonishment, that he who used to mock, had retired to pray The husband came down .stains, but refused to eat. and •eturned again to his labor until the evening. When again h., came home, his wife affectionately asked him, m m leven hundrec] New Testaments, and had also sold and (iistributed several thousands of r(^li,wise, it is ad(h'(l, of awakeninu; the attention of several of his friends to a concern for tlieir souls, and amouijj others of two popish priests, who, althoui^h they hav(> not Uift the (/hurch of Rome, an; now active in exhorting their parishioners to read the Scriptures. Thus it is that, by the blessing of (rod, oiir^ niiKjh. tract has been the jneans of the (;irculation of f/evmi. hundred N^niv TpMa- meiits, serrral thDimd))'/ tracts, the ronrnrytion of a,t /cast one Iwliriltin.al, and the aioake)ii>t(j^ and it is to bo hoped the conversion also, of tivo popish priests. Tract Societies, writes a clei-gyman of the West, ai-e, under (lod, the hope of' this hrnd, and will Ix^ for years. The inhabitants arc? so mixed and multiform in their religions, that exiicpt in a comparatively tew favored spots, there are scarcverty present '■ • sj EXALTED PJETT. 173 to them no terrors ; they rest as comfortably in the un- w the poor as those who faro sumptuously. They have no.arst.>h,.apk,.n to terrible rer,orts <.f fovors anrl posti- leuces .„ te.-i.cls of the West. Their sympathies' are no confined to th..,„ that can best pay U.em; nor their efforts to sav.n. M.„s,. who he.t entertain them. No. ^ gofo.-th in the spirit of (..spel preachers-to the broken-heart.l, to the lost - those wandering upon the ^^ -.s and iwhe wilderness; they go J,L,.': frospel to the pour. M m \A Exalted Piety. ro.< full salvHt.o„ the Rev. John Fletcher thus prayod ■ Sudde,. y conu. u.r,o thy temple. Turn out all that offends -oyc^of thy purity, and destroy all that keeps ,neout of ^^e rest wind, ren.ains for thy ChHstian people; so shall • keep a spn-.tual Sabbath, a Christian .jubii.e to the (^od of my hfe: .> shall I witness my share in the oil of joy wi h which thou anointest perfect Christians above tlieir ellou behevers. T stand in need of that oil, Lord ; n.y ann> burns dunly. Sometimes it see.ns to be gone out. I hat of he foobsh vn-gms ; it is nu.re like a smoking flax ^'':"> :; I'unung and a shining ligl,,. Oh, ,uench it not ' raise il to a flame. "Thou knowestthat I do believe in thee ; the tren.bling and ot ta..th holds thee; and though I have ten thousand ^ .-s gneved thy pardoning love, thine everlasting ann is „... .,nd.r,„eu, reaeemmy hie from destruction, while 174 REMAREABLK NARRATIVEa Hi i >1l I f 1 J 1. ! ltj ill ; thy right hand is over me *-o crown me with mercies and loving-kindness. But, alas ! I am neither sufficiently thankful for thy present mercies, nor sufficiently atliirst for thy future favors. Hence, I feel an aching void in my soul, being conscious that I have not attained the heights of grace described in thy Word, and enjoyed by thy holiest servants. Tlieir deep experiences, diUgences, ai>d the ardor with which they endured the cross, reproach me, and convince me of my manifold wants. " 1 want ' power from on high, ' I want penetrating, lasting ' unction of the Holy One,' 1 want my vessel (my capacious hearts full (»i oil, which makes the countenance of wise virgins chetJrful. \ want a lamp of heavenly illumination, and a lire of divine love burning day and night in my heart, as the typical lamps did in the temple, and the sacred (he on the altar. I want a full application of the blood which cleanseth from all sin, and a strong faith in thy sanctifying Word -a faith by which thou maj'est dwell in my heart, as the unwavering hope of glory, and the fixed object of my love. I want the eternal Oracle (thy still small voice), together with Urim and Thumuiim -' the name which none knowcth but he that receiveth it.' In a word. Lord, f want a plenitude of thy Spirit, the full piomise of the Katlu-r, and the rivers which flow from the inmost souls of the believers, who have gone on to the perlection of tlieir dispensation. " I do now believe that thou canst and wilt thus ' baptize nu' with the Holy Ghost and with fire ; ' help me against my unbelief ; confifui and increase my faith with regard to this important baptism. Lord, I have need to be thus baptized by thee, and I am sti-aitened till this baptism is aeroniplisherl. By tliy l>aptism of t^ars in the EXALTED PIETY. i7B < »^iood, of f„e and vapor of smoko, and flaming wrath on Ca a,y, l„pt„., O hapti.. „.y .soul, and rnako fdl tn," o he or,,.naI sin ! Sonu- of ,,h, p.,,,. u,ok at ,lea h f" f«l..U..t,onfro.nsiu;butatth^^ "Say t^ my soul. 'lam thy salvation,' and in ,,.0 foe] .U> my Kuut. as well as see with my understanding t • thou canst savo from sin. to the uttmnost ..ll H f unto (Jod through thee J an. tin. 7 f "'""' and ortluKlox n;;ions iJSj' ' I"-"f«-ion,s. llr^ ';"''''*"' '•* '"3'^J-Hclark and stony he.ut Ne.tlH.- the plain letter of the (;<.spel nor tie Hw.,et ton tates and transient illuminations of thy Spirit can s.tt.sty the large desires of my faith. ' "Give me thv ahidin,-- Siiirit flmf ri. shed •il.ro.wl i)' I '^I'"". f'at He may c-ontniuallv •"^ut-d aiMoad thv Ove in mv soul r' r^ , , :;;;irf^:r:!:;;: E;: S = shall go meekly mourr.in.r to mv -r.-.v/ 1 Ui ' I „^j • . "S i'<» ni} giaxe ! Jile.s.sed mourn ne,-,j.. They •;' »™n«eh,:z ::':;:;;r rt,r',*f ™ H 178 REMARKABLE NARRATIVES. Hi: The Moralist's Dream. Very many persons, more perhaps than we are aware of, are building their hopes of salvation upon their own good- ness. Like the young ruler who came to Jesus, they point to their correct outward lives, their amiable instincts, their obedience to the positive precepts of the moral law, the general good character which they maintain in the com- munity, and confidently ask, " What lack I yet ? " Very many persons go through life, enjoying the confidence and respect of their fellowmen, pointed out as models of com- mercial honor and good citizenship, and amiable and kindly depoi tniint, and cherishing a good hope that these outside virtues and fair reputation and good moral character, are all that is needed to secure the approbation ot (Jod and a final entrance into heaven. In very many cases this delu- sion continues, and ends onl} with life. In others in the grace and mercy of God, it is corrected, and the man taught by the Word, or Providence, or Spirit of God his true moral condition is led to abandon his self-righteous hopes, and seek for pardon and acceptance only t hrough the merits and mediation of the Divine Redeemer. The methods in which this blessed change is accomplished, may differ widely in different cases. We desire to narrate a well-authenticated case, which came to our knowledo-e many years ago, in which the agency employed by God to lead a man who long had rested on the hope of the moralist, to seek for- a better reliance, was that of a dream. The individual in question was a gentleman of good social position, and of highly respectable character. - His home was in a beautiful tpwn of New England, where he III THE MORALIST'S DREAM. I 179 - called a man of unblf '' I", ' ^'°' specimen of .hat • -tedonhisinte!itv,;T '"r""^^- ^o stain ever his character a^Tli^J; T ' " """^' '''^^' owe any n.an a fart, " wf ""•""'" ''""" '^ always promptly -md H V ^''""^'^'y "'-abilities were ti.nes said that MTi^i"^'';"' ^'^°"»"'' ^^ —ome- gas ready to testify th.f)''"'^^'^"^'^"''^''^^>''^ody With hii, strict 'ftiw.;:r ^/^7-^-^^^^i-t.aZ was the trait on ihic inli, fu"^ '"'"^- ^"^ ^'"« himself. He was en d.^, "'''' ^'"^*' '^^ '""^^ P-^ed those who .erZX:^^:r "' '^^ -"^--tion of if he had been asked on whit '"" k'""^ obligations, and relied for his ju t 'fi L'on at 1 T". " ^"^'''""» ^'«^' ^^ -plied, ''Ihaveairv,r ^^^^^^ ^^^^'"^^^^ ^''^^^ c^i." ' "'""^^ ^^^" ^" '^^"-^t man, and paid my h'sSi t^::, ^n^' -^.^^- - was an old man. -ill pride'd ll elf p :t?T 'Z^"''^ ^""'"'''''^ ^^' no appeal to put his trust in the ^reat IT ''""''' rely on the nrefion^ li i , , ^ Atonement, and to debts. "' '"' '">d P""! «" his honest He dreamed t' ■ ■ ^M uieam he bad died, and his souJ had left th. 180 HKMARKAJILE NARRATIVES. tl:ll fi. body ; and entirely self-conscious, ho found himself in what seemed to be a spacious apattment, from which there was but one exit, and that by a large door. Upon the wall above It, he distinctly read in large characters this sen- tence : " Von shall pass from this room, directly into heaven, whenever yon can show that yon have paid all yonr debts.'' "Oh ! " said he, "then T shall go at once to'heaven, for T am sure that nobody can say that I owe hnn a farthinj?." .Tust then he heard a confused noise outside the door, as if H number of persons were seeking admittance. Then' it opened, and a pale, sickly-looking st.-anger approached him. and said : " 1 am come to demand the payment of my debt." " T owe you nothing. I do not remember that I ever 8«w you in all my life." •' *>-> you not remember," said the pale stranger, "about t«*niiA years ago, when on a hot and dusty sunmier-day, as yx>n were riding in your carriage in Boston, that you over- took a stranger, weary, .sick*, and poor ? Do you remember the imploring look which he cast upon you. asking that you would give him a ride in your carriage, and how, regardless of his appeal, you dashed along, and left him almost fainting by the wayside ? 1 was that sick stranger, on my way to the hospital. Von owed me a ride. Not by the rules of earthly law, but by that code which is the law (.f Chri.st's kingdom. You owed me a ride, and that debt stands charged ngainst you on God's hook, with interest through all those twenty ytflTrs." New thoughts began to work in the man's mind ; but ere he could speak another person advanced ami accosted him : " I have come for the payment of my debt." He recognized in the speaker a former poor neicdibor and re •• ' ■ ■ ' ^ ' replied : " vSurely I owe you not! lUiir . elf in what there was m the wall ■s this sen- %to heaven, onr debts." leiiven, for farthing." e door, as Then it .died him. at." lat I ever ', " about er-day, as you over- ■emernber that you egardless ti almost ^r, on my »t by the le law of hat debt 1 interest ; but ere ;ed him : leighbor, l-HE ,VrORA,,s, ,s DRKAM. l«l "Did you not once bmr ,.p . '< Yfi« r •^ ^ '"'' 'I cow ? •• ^es, r remember that, fhouirh .f^ '. But I paid you for her." ^ '"^ '""« *""« ago. " Ye.^' replied the man • " h„f i t'>« eircumstanees-the hard « ! ''"' ^ '-^"HMnber ^-'"-toget workvsolh t "' '"^ ^'^^' ^'-^'^- '-" from starvation, f was f.J T''','''^'''''^" '"''' '''^"««''*'i'l '•-' -U"e. And you, ,„v Lh . ," ''""' '"" ''^^ ^"^'*" J^-' «««••- though you knew hs wel l 7"/^''^'^'' ^^ take your Pnce. You „,.. ,», ,,, „ ' , "' ' ^^at ,t was no fair ^-ven'sjurisprudence :„•!;, '"•"■^' '^^ ^''>^''« ^-. bv .vears." ""'* '^ '•«'^" "" interest all the.se — trugghn, for .hnS ^^"''"'°^'^^••- ^gHmst him, which he felt .v.^' ; ^ '"'-"'" '^ ^I'li'n oonfu.sion am] remorse, with hk ^^^^^whehned with f-e. -d in despair of an j" 1' '"'""''''"' '''^ '" ''^^ '-d^c^'igationl, he ex^^uir Lr '''^ ^'^--- debts which 1 can never p.y " "'" ^' '^^^^ *"'•«'" t^^ese p^^e t ::::::;::::- .^-e^^- the wan, ,^ "Ah !" cried he "fh..f • , fte «.«.* At„„„,„e„. „ J^ :"' l'™""'™ an,l t„i,h „,,„„ IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) '# /. / W 1.0 I.I t US 2.5 iiiiii 1.8 1.25 1.4 1.6 -< 6" - ► g iluiugmpj Sciences Corporation 23 WEST MAIN STREET WEBSTER, N.Y. 14580 (716) 872-4503 ? .<" c^ .<$> i ij.< ■" ^ >#.>^ #^^ li'j m'\ 182 REMARKABLE NARRATIVES. It; I l! The Devil in Dry Places. Christmas Evans, a celebrated Welsh preacher, in his own graphic way describes the influence of divine truth in the heart as the means of resisting temptati(jn : "I see, the unclean spirit rising like a winged dragon, circling in the air, and seeking for a resting-place. Casting his fiery glances towards a certain neighbor- hood, he spies a young man in the bloom of life, and rejoicing in his strength, seated on the front of his cart going for lime. ' There he is,' said the old dragon. ' His veins are full of blood and his bones of marrow. I will throw into his bosom sparks from hell ; I will set all his passions on fire.; I will lead him from bad to worse unti Hie shall perpetrate every sin. I will make him a murderer, and his soul shall sink, never again to rise, in the lake of fire.' By hhis time I see him descend with a fell swoop toward the earth ; but nearing the youth the dragon heard him sing : " ' Guide me, Thou great Jehovah ! Pilgrim through this barren land : I am weak, but Thou art mighty, Hold me with Thy powerful hand. Strong Deliverer, Be Thou still my strength and shield.' " ' A dry, dry place, this,' says the dragon, and away he goes. " But I see him again hovering in the air, and casting about for a suitable resting-place. " Beneath his eye there is a flowery meadow watered by THE DEVIL IN DRV PLACES. ' 183 a crptal steam, and he descries among the kine a maiden about e.ghteen years of age picking up hero and there a beaut.ful flower. 'There she is,' says ApoIIyon intent r:Li'- '!,-':'-^-'-''-^Hti;:h::::;; .ay f.om the paths of virtue; she shall think evil thoughts, and l,eco,ne impure ; she shall I.ecom,. a „"' creature .n the great city, and at last I will cast her dow^n .om he precp.ce ,nto everlasting burnings.' And again he took h.s downward flight ; hut he no s<,oner came n^r the ma.den than he heard her sing th. following wo.-d." vUl I voice that might have melted the rooks : J " 'Other refuge have T none. Hangs my lielpless soul on Thee : Leave, ah ! lea\e me not alone, Still support and comfort mJ.' " 'This place is too drv for mp ' ,.:n„., n i he flies Now h. ; ' ^ ^"^ '^''''»""' '"^"^J off balloon, but very much enraged and breathin. forth a^^^t^i:^ ^"-^-^- -nanddamn^tJrto beheW ,. w„„„^ .,tricke„ in year,,' busy with ^e,■snb„i„„ vhee at her cottage door. ■ Ah ! I see/ say, the da"™ she ,s ,,pe for destruction ; she shall know'the bit :„«",' of the wad wh,c , ascends f,™ the buining „,arl of hell " H f„j.th„.th ahghts „„ the roof of the cot? where he he « the old woman, repeat with trembling voice, but with depart, and the hdls be removed, but my kindnes, shall not m 184 REMARKABLE NARRATIVES. depart from thoe." ' This place is tdd e to the vile association which was to pro e ht run. ~ruiM for time and eternity • '^ Archibald Hoyle had been at one time a vouth of H "d.est prondse, ., em, possessed of da.:li;^;:^:: ^^c.nat.n, n,anners. No ac<,uiren,ent was L Ui^l t 'ib'llty ; but, unfortunately, ,/>,,.. ,r„. , / / -,,„„„ ,.-. k.:uc,u.m,;,..,,,;:;;;/Zh ;;;/:;;,;;;:;;: desi,-,l,l.. vi , »■ .r '"ituiii-, niiuli. l,i,„ „ ,„„st ,"■'''';";"'" t'"- '!'«■".; an.l ,. victim a„.l ,, ,1,,,. »'«shv,..iiidUv,.iitv, In- *,i,,, ,. „f ,!,„ . "'"»«"' I'" we», ,„ve„, hell, „r eternity , W„„|,, ,„„re „ 1 1^ =';::=::-'^rr'ti.:fT" -'-p Y»t, vH,il,. ,.M „itl,i„ tl,«t l„-,ut was fest*: .„- i„ „„,. person, all In., external el,.ga„ce „f manner, and cntinnerl a^aob,„„,e,l,^, favorite in t„e fairest female i:!:;;':!. i)f tl ''if' le annual meetings of the chd,, H.rvle d reamt that I le I.S() UKMAHKAIM.K NAIIHATIVKS. !P ! 11 i iL was still ridiiiji;, .is iisn.il, upon his famous l>larU liorso towanis liis own lioiisc I lien a counliy si'al ciiiliowci'cd Itv aiuMcnl lii'(>s, and silualt'd upon a liill now liiiill over liy llu> most tiisliional)l(' jiaii ot' (Jiasijow and tlial he was suddenly accosted i»_v sonieoiK", whose |)crsonul appearaiure he eonld not in the jjloom of nijyiht (hslii\el ly diseein, hnl wiio. sei/inu the reins, said, in a voice a|i|uirenllv aceiis lonied to ciimm.uid, " ^'oll must yo with me' " "And who .Mri' you / " exclainu>il Hoyle, with .1 volley of Idasphe mous execiiitions. while he stiui;i;led to disenya^e his reins from the intiinler's i,'ras|). " T/mt you will see liy and hy," n<|)lied the sami' Miiee in a cold, uneerin;,' lone, ', liul fln'ilh'd tiifouyh Ins very he.iit. Itoyle |i|iniii;ed his spurs into the p.inlint,' sides of I hi' steed. The nohle uninwd reared, and then suddenly tiaited forward with a speed that nearly dt>priven ",'uide still liefore him! Aj,'oniz»Ml hy he knew not wli.it, of indesciihahle horrtn- .ind inve, iJoyle aj^'ain furiously spurred the fj;allant horse. It. lieii-ely reared and plunged ; he lost his seat, .and expected .at (he inonieiit to be diislnnl (d the earth. Hut not so, for he eontinued to fall, fall, fall, it appeared to himself with an ever increasing vt>locity. At length this terriiie rapidity of motion ahjitcd, .ind, to his am.a/.ement, and horror, \w perceived that (his mysterious .attend.int was i;los(> hy his side. " Where," he exclaimed in frantic energy of despair, "where are you taking met WIkmc .im f — wliere am r going?'' "To hell ! " replied the sanu' ii'on voice ; and from the depths lielow the sound so familiar to his lips was sudilenly reechoed. "To hell!" t)nward, onward they hurried in da'-k AliniUIUMi IIOYT-K. IS7 .,f I, is s ,,.,.1 , "'"""';"" ''.V Mio nnn5.r,oi,Nprn«oncn 1..M as (lu.v "'""•;••'""' «•>•"' .nrnvis,.,! <„ u |,|„„, ; ''— Mia,, «,,,Hnsa,M|y..|I,s..f a«o,.v a,.,| .|,.,s,,ai,. |.i. , 'i^ •-•'•>• ll">.y soon ,va,.|,..,| ,.„ a,v|„.,| .,.M,,„,,. ,.,• ^ . ::';7 "'^ T^«'"" - ••""■ '^" "... «..a...,..i.; .^ .I..S.,,I,..,|. M„l(,|,„,|,,s, «„aMl,i„^r M„.j,. ,„H,|, ^■'Y Mm m I,„.(|,, Willi,. „„.„„ ,„,.„„j, ,,„.,„„;,. VLSI..,, (|„. ,„.,.,„,^ „f ,,,,.j^, ;:::;:: :;,""™,"-^ « :■..'!::,:";;: .1.. .V .n„ „v„r ,,!,„ „,i,|„i«l,l :,,„,, i|„, ,,„„„„ ^ " "'"''>'''• ■U,,,,,...,,y. .,,„.„ tl,„.|a.„„f .V,,.„„2, '""'■ "■'"'; '■■"' '<""» I..- -..I,. , w, r '"■ i.u ll,.c,l„,„» „f ||„. vain ,„„,„iu tl,„t l„„| ™.,„„„,| S,„l,l,.„|j, „l„„,vi„„ that |,i, „„„„t|,|y „„„l„ct,„- |„„J ! I 188 HKMAKKAIU.K NAUIUTIVKS. •, whom nsi' ('ariicstiu'HH, veiituro(i to adtli-oss Iiis fonncr friiMKi Mrs. D- lio saw sittiiij; with lH>r cyos fixed in intr as slu^ was wont on cartli, appaiviif ly ahsoilu'd in her favorite jranic of \am>. " Ha. Mis. D . delii^'litcd to .see you. D'ye i,' do Just st«.p tor a moment, rest, and " 'nIkjw ine tlirouf,'li the pleasuies of hell:' he was j,'oin-,' with reeUless piofaeity to add; hut with a shriek that seemed to elea\i' throu-,'h his very soul, she exclai d, " |{i;.sr ! Thi'Vf is „t> n-st ',,( ///'//"■ and from the interminahle vaults. V( (ires, as loud as tliundei', repeated the awful, the heart-witherinj,' sound. ■' There is no rest in hell ! " She liastily unelasped the v»>st of her f,'or<,'eoiis rolte, and displayed to the seared and sliudderiiii,' eve a eoil of fiery, livinj? snakes "the worm that never dies, " the worm of accusinj,' eonseienee. remorse, despair writhing,', dartin-;. stinginj,', in hei' hosom. ( )thers followed her example ; and in every hosom there was a self-inllieted punishment. In some he saw hare atid throljhinj,' hearts, on whieh distilled slowly drops, as it were, of ticry molten metal, under whieh consumin-j, yet ever unconsumed, they writhed and palpitated in the impotence of helple.ss, hopele.ss agony. And many a scalding tear w.is dropped of hope- less anguish, wr.ing hy selfish, heartless villany, from the eye of injured innocence on earth. Fn every l)osom he saw that which we have no language to describe n(» idea horrid enough even to conceive ; for in all he saw the full-grown fruit of the evil passions, voluntarily nourished in the human soul during its mortal w AHC'MIHAM) M()V|,K. i«n "Of I),.s,,,.,i,.: • • • K(.r Im.|| ^u'v^^ ,,(•! |,.>|| ..„ « ,,,„,:, i„ ;„., '^"' '"■ "'■" "• i.i» vis „,,,i„„| " . ' '" •'...."■lal trail f | ,,,1, , | , , . ""■"i;'" 'J- " ■ i.....ii.i.. »..,ii .,„i,i,is . I ;, ' ' "■'r ;'•"■'■'"•■»' »'"-k..f ..«..., a,.,,., ' "'•■■ ■, ii ;r :;:;l^^^^^ ».M...nii» .v;- -ill ..i.«..H,«, ,„ ,,„,. „..,,:/';'';;;;.:'■•'%•■ plc'.isiin's (,i, ,.,>,tli =,,„l f •!• . f'X'ir sinful ;,,,, ,,,,,,. ■';"•' ^:">-^' <•'. t iwo„.i. „.,i, .,„,„.,^. ^^ "1. Vi\i(( fciiiiiiis,.,.,,,.,.^ ,f ,1 ■ ,, ™rtl, i,illi,.,,,| „„ ,1 ,., ,.„ """ K'-ll"« » ...I i„hel|, ' 'l"'l"lt."«l|....iK» in i.l„.i|. ,],„„„ i-"'i->.r;ro«i;::''i,,"^^^ ■■■' - ii.— «n II ' '^^ "Me itioinont." Sc/m'.. I...,l fi -..•ds l„.,.n b.-outlK-d f..orn his Mu.iu, ^2^' "" veil „f .. V stunned with the same wild •veil <.f jony^ r-e.-choed l.v ten thousand voices " T ' IS no rest in hell '" »o'i-»-s, ijie I ire 190 REMARKABLE NAHRAtlVES. :■ '""' '"-"vorod I'f- "f U,„ Clul," ,-,i 1°' ""■"■"'■"■"'"» "■ losing ", he of i»»ti^ i,i,,i„: , T'; '";""; 'r *•'»'='<•'' '"'" ■" «.. act n.orJrc<,:::j ,1:^ rif '■;;;- :;""°r -'»-™' ^^e ''Md-. the BiUe 1,,^; L '""■■■'=""■ "'" "> l."ve l>i« ruin >v„., th.. ,,l,',t '"' '"""' f- ""J. "nd ■i-pe^t di»«„.;t :^t'™:,' he'c,:;""'-' r, * ■* of life they jmd heen ,„ ' ""'' "'" ""ode ^ "y-pathiL ,■ , .„ , nil trr"" T'""''""^' "'"' Letravin., him into ,. ,„. , " "" '"^ ""deeded in ■'"•Hhe:«.eeei:td7rir::f'™r''''V''-'-™' i"S»of re,«.nt,u,«. r , eZ f "'"' '*'™.''<«'-hi, feel. Hb^<. ie»t „nn. p,.„;;ri:i.r "'"•' " ^'"'' '■•'' oouid^ III r: :; :,:r."v'"''' "-'<'- .f we brolcen-praye,, „„oe „«■ , ,"""' ■««''"«<>"« were '-^ oy L Ln th°:;,r: j",,:::-;;^ -- »"=" yet no. lost witho,,. „„.,, .. ,, ™""-''" were recalled ; 1^1 il :(l a d let-p struggle bet weeij the 102 UKMAKKAUI.K \AUI«ATI\ KS. c-onviotiniis of o()nsci..|u <• an;< .iiimial iiicctiiitr lit' shriiiik will HtiiH-tiv,. horror, atui mad.. ..,, his mi,„| uUrrlv to avoid I an III >\ »'ll aware o slioiild liavr no choice. || f this reKohe. his tcmplers de( Hpiiit of evil : How f..el.i ermined In "vv pi.tent, how a«'five is i h« Hoyle found himself, j e IS miassisled, Clirislless i nan tal)l • ' (»n that very day. where he had le could not tell how. seat«'d ai that thousand and a thousand t make liim sit. sworn to himself a imes nothin; on earth could M IN ears tin>,'lcd and his eves opemnj,' sentencH of the president's a <'tiv(' is ilir Ntlcss iiiiin I it('(| a\ that <> liiniNcIt* u curth could •Micd to th«' ("•'Hth'iiH'n, I (latf si net- ony ut thi' 'st iinpulst' iiccis ! \ have sohl n' wifith of oiiiitrr the )Iaiisc, and His mirth. Mistiin of a all darker en to tli(> I gusts of lerves and SANTiiKiKi, \ "IKI.ITv, Tl If f found. "lloMiiiir n '••'•MMl^' t)i. "'"' ^>y^l\U' and I ».-ll k "l''>*i liovl - •|""'llv ,r, in.'j Was '"< ''oundy I «''izin;ron II, ;••" '-''-'K with ri...;;; ;;/'''•• '-•'..M...u..r.,; "'r«''^' .'n.a, ;r: ■••'•'•''"^'" ".,.,. ;, ""'"'<■'•. 11,,. d,,.H,|, i, , ^/"'HIVS to voil. ""^' ""• v (ha. iv • \ ''" ^^•"■"' that. d;,.»l. -. ""■'--" ...■: r;,::: ;;::::;;: That whi.-h . """'mi..ss ,.,in M,.v 1... ... that most ■« is "'-':i";.;:.:rrr,::r"'' '- -^-l womh.rful niv fi '"< sii,,.,!. .\,„, ,.,/ moiirn.itiii '"'^"' niouLdif is fi,,,, ,i "" '' <"i|"i«-ity to ,.ndu,,. if. ' "' ""''■" Sanctified Nobility. f-M'V Ma.xw,.;,.,,. ,,|,„ ^^.„ W-ley, was ind..,.d;:.;r^''''"''f-'-V''^ l^•v. ./ohn .» •«< nnif,. .i,„| , ,. I '- ^."^ She ;::;;','" fi-- "■»,.,„„;„:'";; .■■•■ •'-v,.,,- "•■'ifh iiiitn ;*•,- ..I . ■ '" ■ 'laMn-' I,,,...,.,) !• "•■'Kh until lif,. ^1,,. , " '" '""i.!,'<-r and t| tMu- ,„i,,s,.d fron, 13 ' "'•''■■^l'"''.-nc,. „f M,i, 194 REMARKABLE NARRATIVES. !» long-coveted blessing, and boi'e consistent testimony that the hitter root of sin was destroyed. " Lady Maxwell's experience from this time — to use her own expression — evidently ran in a deeper ciiannel. She had for years walked with God ; but now her walk became more intimate and familiar. She h;'.d long felt ' the powers of the world to come.' After this she freciuently felt as if on the borders of immortality, holding converse with its heavenly inhabitants. Her faith, in a measure, drew aside the veil of sensible things, and enabled her to contemplate with a steady eye invisible and eternal realities. 'While an indescribable emptiness appeared impressed on all terres- trial objects,' her affectionate powers were concentrated and fixed on Jehovali. To promote the glory of God, to extol the riches of His grace, to exalt the Saviour, to recommend redeeming love, to seek the salvation of souls, was especiallv from this period, her only and delightful employment. This was the element in which she lived, and moved, and breathed. Though still conscious of her own nothingness and weakness — though still the subject of temptation- - called to wrestle with principalities and powers, and the rulers of the darkness of this world — yet her spiritual enjoyments became deeper, solid, constant ; and her frames less subject to fluctuation." In a letter to Miss Ritchie, one of her devoted corre- spondents, she says: " Since January last, the Lord has been sensibly increasing my little stock ; not only making wonderful discoveries of the glory of God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Ghost, as distinct persons, yet the same in substance — equal in power and glory ; but also allowing me such nearness to, and deep communion with the sacred Three, as was at times almost too much for the ;estimony that lie — to use her channel. She r walk became It ' the powers jntly felt as if iverse with its are, drew aside ;o contemplate ities. ' While d on all terres- icentrated and God, to extol to recommend was especially employment, id moved, and n nothingness temptation- - iwers, and the her spiritual nd her frames levoted corre- the Lord has only making ! Father, God : persons, yet ory ; but also imunion with much for the «AX(TIFIEI, XOBJUTV. ;i I qe clay tenement, and seemed in "•'"^^' ''--•ft.n been JX 1^ ; , ^ ,^"'-'' ^--' -it^^ '"^y ade,,uate idea of then. • ''''^ ^ ^'"»"^>t -""vev ''7-ly n.aiesty was ...:^, ^ ^'^ -'-- ..-Ideur 7'7"".i.>v.. Atothe;:i:'7r'--'-^^-edb, «^-"^ -n the presence of the ^ '• ^^'^ '^^^ -Hed to ;p-) awe filled „,, ,,,,,,^ ^^,,;;'^'' ^ --elf;.,,., t'- presence of Je,.,.vah i "" T""' ^"^^ -'^''' f-"'^- At other times, k^ / V ^^"^•" <>" '-Iv '/^ve so surrounded me that I ?' , '" "" ""'^- ^^*'-t the words, the 'o^erH•helm n J ' 7 ''^ *'"'' ^^^ent of ; letter to the Rev. Alexam ^ ^ "'T^'"^ ^'•'^^'^- " ^" ^^' %'^t every inch of „„- lu'f ^''■' '^''^ '^^^^^'^ -^ "Hiave «omet„„es within, when H ' ""' ""'-^^ ^^'itliout but -^tted. for wise e;d:rn^:sr;:r;f^-^--'^.-ep: •■^ ---ner ; all human help fai f " , T " ' '''' ^"^^^^ ^o ;-«--. that r stand by f.^th .' ul ^''^""' '" '^ ^--'^^•«- ^y the „,,,„, exertions Tdin '"" "' '''^^^ ^^•'^>'' -H" f-;^^W, faith seen.s. It "^^ >" -V l^ehalf. or the ,irer^ act, by .,,„,, f ^ ;/ f '^^ ^-ts, ami but l^'^ep my hold of Christ . m '"^" '"^"^ devils T ^'eneral, these very t ' !' '' """•'^^' ^-I- But 'i, ^^-v^^odsoonLbr'r:^"'^"^^^'-^^''^--- ';gammto a wealthy nJace 7^;''^'''' '"^"^ '^''i^'^ me Again she writes : <' M^ c ^df, ' '^^•^'' ^'^^in the' -eiT" nvers. wide and deep, "^r re t b , h'"' ". " P^^'^'^ «^ '-O'-^^ ' l^.-yself; and^provea H:otrn '"/^^"^-"^o Hnn, :i^ t re 1 1 "M'lisli it for V.)6 IJKMAUKABLE NAKRATIVES ' If' ■ (I llionsiirid worlds l( is. ;,,,l„„,i „ ' « . 11 IS, nuimi, a iifiinm- j)uMi ; |,„t L.vo !• vels (n(MT moiiMlfiii, ,„.i|,.,.s ,i|| ,.,i^^. -. .su..poss,l,Ieto,.nu.tot..IIyn„lHnv,.„.,l(io,l hush,.,. ,o ■- '- tins .....undul u,, a fu of I.olv lunnl.lo '•^.. Mylioa,., uas.nH,..,! into ,leep ....tifude : its t.„- 'l.Mvst tc.ol,M.s wen. ..all.d ford, ; and ..vory d,..Mv,. of that iH I.„d to.;lus.xulKM-Hnoeof His.oo,iMess,soweIl suited to n.v presn., feelings, while .nournin. t,.,. ,..,,,,, vah able tr,en,l- a ,„ost useful nuuister of Christ. Trul v I an. ;-)<> to ,.,se above tl.e ,..ave of ,..y departed f,-ie,.d. t^r h..n wo,.sl..pp.,., ,„,•„,,. ,,, ,,,„„. _.^,,,, , followsh.p u-,th hi.s sphit.- ,Ia,.ua,y 7, 1 r!l-> she w.ote erd^ry .M.a..lyo..Sund,,.,..o.i.,;ti:h;.st;:r^^^^^ ^o. , T ha,l a u.ost wonde.-ful ,lispUy of the love and power of he tnune Go,l. This eontinue.l for n.any hou.. n i full st,-e,..tl., an,l, i.. a de-nve, fo,- several ,lavs. It wis n.ost n..no,.h,e season. , proved the over.v^ -h. ^i pcnverotsav,n,,raee. I would not here atten.pt to .i^: he great outhnes t^. no hu,nan pe,. .an desc,.ib;ail 1 teit a,.d saw. Early on Sunday .nor.xing, in secret praye, (..d the Father a..d Son .Irew ve.-v nigh A I I onhe chvjne presence so penetrated ...y i.nno^ sou. t.^ . es e,l the whole powers ,>f n,y n.ind, in ,leep an.l solen.n ••^ttenfo... A sp.r,t of supplieatio,. was then poure.l upo - ^„. n.yself a..d othe... while I felt s<. sun-^nded ^ ' i)o.ty, so let „Uo Jehovah, as no words can exp.-ess flf Htli : l)iit Idvo fi- tVicrinous and sol: ' t'<»iifid(.nce tl iliat I ^^■"idd, l,„t|, f, "^' '■< should I,.. d ■"!• myself '•'11. / (I '""""'"''".•hapel wl '"'!'" '"•••'•Weu ,.ontinu,.d 'one for „,,. til alf pas( ""■ •■^•■•••"" -.ridfeit T;;;:^'^^'''-''^'''.'--..!. "''""""•' ^" ^'^'"••"< '/Ann he"l ' r"'""'' '•>'^''^'"' "' ^l-''^-'Mnedndn,lin.w- 1. ,r""''''^' •'•''■'•-'•'■''• Mv '''''r''''''''--^p.-.'tri r'''''-^ ;;•*'• ':--^'<''yi-taii .,p;,, :'7'"*'''"'^'^''''"'''' '"'■'''^''^'■•"'-••'''J'-s ocean of /"'•""•""<' -"k "/•'-' ^<' .- a sohtarv hles^n '"'■•' '""■• ''''"-'■'' "'•^ ""•"".'^'' ""' -hole con... "?" '" " "'"^-- '''■"•"-' •'';;; ■•''^-w-p.-cuii^ri^r,!.:;;;-^ A'-- '<- ' 'his this eminent ..,•,.. ^ ^""^■- '" — ...• t.. ,.,.aj.,.,, "oi? 'f ■" ■■ "'"' 'I'i- -a., H„,,,||, ■""■'■■""..le.1 l,v a„j,,„, ,.„ , 3 """"« "' til- ~u,c,,.,a,v l''«- »l„„l, «-,„ p,.;„,J™ ■"*«"«■■ --a,„l al,„>-,. all, a ■ -l l."iy Maxw'wi, Zyi ; ,;'•"",;"' »-'-'•■■ Tl„„, The Rev W Afl *■ " ""'■' «-v.: .,„^i,:7T iTTT- "'■ ■•"^" *"•' talent fo llllir '' <'<>ii\ersa- !>S ItKMAUKAHLK NAHIiATIVKS. i I II I tioM w.'is \(MV I'fiiiiirkaltlc, ciiItMiliUrd li,u;lil. It iniulit l)c sniti uf In-r that si fvccv siilijccl, Slic was Irulv limnl) at (II ICC til I iniCi and IC SIldKC w c tlii iiiilccd t(i ({iicsl jiiii s \\C|(> t II (luiilii her Clirisliaiiily. She a|i|icais ever [i> lia\(' liail siicli t'lill anil clear \ic\\s lit' llicilivinc pcrt'ccl inns am I of tier iiw n w aiil n\ contni'iiiit v In 1 1 sue cxtemlcil ill,- li\ inc iinai;e sciiNciics lit tier own religious prisileijes and (it her ilis|iiii|)ortionate iin|iro\ erneiil ; siieli u |iei'ec|i lion ot' the attainincnis nt" dtlieis, iiiae( n circiiiiistanees ta' lira III.- ti II adxaiice III (' hnstian lioline; thai lier o\\ II iiiiwdc own, as oMMwheliiied her with a sense of tiiiiiess, and sunk liei as into nothiiii; before (Jod. |<'ew per sons more fully estiinat. '(I tin.' full value of time, or more sedulously Inislianded it than she did ; liaAiiii; in this, as in some other things, taken t he father of .Methodism for h er mode With ii(>r the eharaet ers o f oil lers were as sacred as Jlicir iiroperty. Speaking- evil of the aliseni was not known in her presenct>, and even the attempt was seldom made TluM'e was ii(> trait in Ltuly Maxwell's el laracler iiiort ler prominent and fail- than her />rnrn)/i'iir<\ desire for n-ettiiiy; i,'oo(l was not more intense than 1 (o he ust-fid to her fellow-creatiires. i'erli; exam})h's liavt> occurred of inea; IS so coiiiparai ardent ler wish ips veiy few livcl V limited beinjj husbanded so well, as to produce so much benelit to mankind. She saved all tliat she could for the .sole purpo.se of ,i,'i\inn-. and by this her funds were continually kepi low. (She was, as has been noticed, singularly plain in her dress, ,ij;eiiteelly fru,i;al in her household ; and thus, by avoidini,' every usele.ss (>xpeiise, she acc|uired the power of oonferrin;,^ more in charity than many jxisse.ss with ten times her J I CI |ii'iifil .111(1 lokf well oil I III i|ll('sl inii i(';irs vwv to ■ |M'i't'ccl idiis i\ inr iiiiM.ijr ; IS |ii'i\ ili^ijcs, 'll il |H'l'Ct'|l I'ciiiiisljinccs ss lli.'iii licr iiwii iiiivsor 1(1. I'"('u per IMC, (ir iiKUc ill tliis, as ill ism fill' licr IS S1UT«'<1 lis lit was not, was scMdiii rurlci' iiKHc llcr ardent, laii licr wish IS \('iy tVw vcly limited 'll liciiclit to sole |)iii-|)(is(' ly k'('|iL low. II lu'i' dress, by avoidiiit; f coiiferriiiff times her N.ANTTIKIMI) \(I|1||,|tv, IfM) "><-<"lle. All (li;,| w,t,s ill |„. very Utmost. I'ower to do, she did to th lerc w;is .scare,. Iv ;i, I a I'nvatcor |.iil.lic charity, whether for tl • instruct ion ,,f y,Mitli, tl •l|' of sickness ; (nv ||„. iiiniaiie inslit iiti<.ii, ,,>■ le rcoosc -f le relief ,,f spre.K and sii|i|porl of reii.rioM, fi llldi;,'ence, i,y | ||,. reforimition of mor.ijs, ,,r the "III winch sh( O Wlllcll N e did not contrihiite receive .ii.i.licai i,,ii,s, .ind 1 .^l.'-.'.'ected and supported a school, in which at tl <.'t her death, uhoiit eiVI,, hundred child did not le t iliie e.'icll fi CO eilueation, and school. And such were tl ren recei\ed a L'( H M j I'y of the Scriptures on leaving,' "foiira-jiii;,' ellecis produced I ,1 . , , )S'"rt 'iM-ii^ iM'Oducei •V Mns scli,.o| ,.,s induced he. ladyship, l,y will, to provid for i( •s eonlinuance to tJ pared for every '' •'lid of time As si .L'ood wo ■|<, 1 1 e \vas pre 'HI almost ( tl 'iidl le siihjeet of her chariti ''^>^<'nc. If the sih-nt dead could es IS '<' iielive liviiii,^ speak, if th arise, am orpliansslK. pn,t,ee|,M|. if M„. fHends si I" sick she relieved, and tin lionest tradesmen whom she aided if || hrou^dit int(. noti all the III i},'hty lee, and tlm youth she inst should arise to hie.s.s | le assisted, jind t h le ohscure hy he army of I'eady witi inspired lienevoh essi Clieteil, if these ler memory, what a s would att,est the heav..n- em|.|oy(.(| her .iioiuiy, hut her t nee of Lady Maxwell ! lUit h\ K' not only her pen, wliicli %vas iiiirent, and | on^'ue, which was persuasi v<; ler iiilliienci mild, hut pow(.rful, amon^r her friend H.s.si,stance. And it has h which si pat <' LMVe however small. !eri .said that there w ') which was s, to ohtjiin their IS no sum no institution which si '■'•ni/ed, nor an individual who became the ol m; charity, but what ,sli(^ followed witl pray,ject of her I particular, (earnest 1)1 CSSlMir. one iiiJL'ht I ■(!C«!iye If IS v. |l:-i I 200 ukmahkable narratives. IHII ir li.: 1 1} hi The Preacher and His Work. THE MINISTEK. A minister is setapart to gk.rify (iod and J,elp men A true minister dares n„t be other than a minister Few men are so closely watched as ministers, and there are none whose inconsistencies do so much harm Ministers are put in charife of souls, and will have t.. give account of tlieni. No man is fit to be a minister who would not jovfuUv live and di<. in the lowest sphere so long as he can se.-se l^; Lord. No one can so easily do harm as a minister. If you are seeking to be a.lmired, it will af. last be better tor you ha,• n.en nof ul get most Aow, men. " ' ""^ " ^'^''^ you can Be more concerned about your abilitv H.., i . opportunity and •.b.mf , ^ '"' Jibout your Your sptre i ^""' "''^ "^'^^ ^"^' *'''"^ ^i^''-- of ferret: ' ^"•" ^" ^^^^ '"^"^^^"^ -" ^-eyou a sphere Tl-e is no p,.ce without its difficulties; by rem..vln. Ik M |M ?i^ L>()1> llEMAMKAHf.E NAHUATIVES. n m ^ you may cliiui-ic lliciii, it, may he you will increase them ; but yiiu eaniiot escape tliem. Tiiose wlidiaisli tliemsclv.'s into a spliere tliey ai-e not fitted tor in tliis life will i\'- One earnest ,„„n doe,, n„„. than ten el„,,„e„t .,„,,. ''"^ «oll, ,,n,| y„u will n„t preach badly. PRKPARATIOX. •-~::^:::r^^z;-™---' - ,„„,,. ^°" "■"" '" S"". men's praise ,„■ «ave „,en'« •m^mk. ^*'^ HKMAIJKAHLK NAHUATIVKS. I'r('|.nn« your licurl, then your srrnion ifpuiv your s.Miiion sviM, tlir jii to reform the I rather than to inform the mind very sermon may he your last. o sermon is a suceess which does ii tc.ueh the I and move the will Make iikmi rememl)er tli(^ te.xt. K'art eart in helj 'ri;.\Ts .AND niviRiovs. Choose your te.xts for u.^efulness. Ilejeet evcMV division wiiich mi-ht strike, hut wouM not It is (Jod's yyoixl not our word, that convicts oomerts and So,,,,. ,.an only he won to Vuh] ].y loy,>, so,,,,, ean oniv h Ji! Ill view. H' dn" last ItfUiitifiil iif,'(iiii. less c'ctii- 'losc. I (lie first lit' heart he lic.irt ould not cts find nlilv l)(( '''•"'; ''IflvA.IIKH AND Ml s \V(»|iK. 20; •''■'^''11 from sill |,y f, III'' ''^<'ii|tliii(.s (Id. '"' ' "■'*•' I'l''Hn/ua;,r ninnr rmrhrs ih "■■iMitv will make a man sp.Nik 'II' hfiii-l. Sd'il, III;,' scriiMtii^ '<"ii^' and MjM.cial ai '«' >*yii<»nviiis, \\| ?,''aiidly. |,i,,ty plainly, I"'" Used n(spcct- Ddii't wliip NviM, a switch that has (I,,. | stai I "" will ,„,(, kI yi)ii. caves on '""^'"^ ""^"i^- you do not make him under Tl H' «rca( TcachtT "•'vcr used a hi^^r w,,rd. I>KMVKRV, To k <'<'I> att»3ntion, mix 'luestion tl Think of y,,„,. j„ "^ with statc-incnt; ar '•'"■ '•'■"if'sin, and it will hind •e'V "eecls, ansp,>akinL'to/, H-;;-.s think about what you think ab Address th.. lowest, and Mak ilH. lOUt. o men listen, and do „„fc i^t t,| •I- whom do you preiich, for Ch you will reach the hi;^rhest. f'ni iiiisunderstand. yoiirarlf / '>rifif, or for TMK CONfaucr.ATION. Think N more of the People than of the preach early thnu'-fourths of (.very aud l*'V. the ^rreat truths of salvation K ■"'•<' do not understand I h : li-ii i .Iniu. it u„(o J/,.' It is not ll„. tim.><.f.sick,u.s.s s.. ,n.irl. as (|... tiiiir „f oouval..sn...,v that .l.vi.l.vs tl... t„(„,.,. Iif,.. Ifnunnl,,.,- this, and seize oiiportuiiities. Let .>aeli o,u« feel tliut y..ii a.v l.is |)..rs(.iml fvMul (Jot others to talk. What a umM says to vo„ |,us ...ore influence upon /n„> than all you can say to hini. " If u man have a hunchrd sheep, and one of then. 1„. «one astray,, loth he not h-uve the ninetv an.l nine, an:r::::,:;:-: ' »'•- *.^»t:;;t;';L::;;::':;'r" ?:••■-''--- "'.^r;.;:ur;":'s"™'"'- p- ■«■ «.. ":'^ -'"' " ""'-P ...■.■ea.lnotMaN. -vo 07ie ran exUnuiU' th: re^u/t nf • book. "'"^ "-^ 'J^-'^'^^'J or hndmg a PRAISE. He Who seeks praise H.Idom gains it. Praise makes a wise „„„ hu,nble, a fool proud •V munster should he sadderu'd hv ./ Life praise thee, ask, Will CI P'-rtise is better H.an i •an hp. r prai.sc '"•ist accept rue 20.S UEMAUKAHLK NARRATIVES. If) I: Ih ! Christ praised Mary more than Martha. " As the Hjiing pot for silver, and the fai'iuicc for < ill. Defend tl le thank the you and youi^ charactei Gospel out of the pulpit, and devi I f If ()!■ ■are that the stoiy shall ant to " break,'"' mak give your blood a ch putting you and Do not get excited hearers. when tl ne\er come ti e your^'^hirt-collii and let the Lord you are lied aliout, on your guar the people, but sci'cam. Too 210 !(!•; HEM AUK A HI. !•: NAIUIATIVES. imicli wiiivv slops mill wIkm'Is, and (on iiuu-Ii noise dcoMiis siMisc. Mnipty v<'ss('Is riiin; (|„. |oii(ii>st, I'Dwdcr isn't sliol. Tliiindci' isn't li;.rhtiiin<,'. Li.i^dilnin,-,' kills. If yon vc li?j;litnin,n', you can airord (o (Imndi'c; hnl do not ( Ma rv to lluindcrout of an I'liipty cloud. l>o not scold (lie jicoplc. Do Mol ai)usc Mie faitlifnl son I who come to mcctiiii,' rainy days, hccausc of iUv otlicrs who do not conw. I'lvacli the hcsl (o small con .Urcijjations. -Icsus pivaclicd to one woman at the well, and she -jot all Samaria out tojiear I lint ne.\t time. N'cntiiatt^ yoMf meeting-room. Sleeping in church is due to had iiir ()ft(>ncr than to had manners. Do not repeat, .sa\ing, " As I said hefore." If you said it heforc, say something ei.se .'itter. iicave out. words you cannot define. Stop vour declamation and talk to folks. Come down from stilted and sacred tones, and heconi<> a little cin'ld. Changi' the suhject if it goes hard. Do not tire yourself and iwevy- one <'lse out. Do not preach till (he mid, ■ "■'■ '•'■l"i""», i" .; »/:■: :;:,c ?;'■'■';"'■'! '"'"■'■« « -"-:;t;:'.:;::r'i;7----'"-»-: Mils She , ■,.«{),„„,., : " r,,,,,) I ,..;,| ,, ••"''*'""'-""•- ' -ill joyf„,,v ,;,'/"'' '•'■■f*' '^'' •IK' lllVS..|f'" r,.,l , , • -^ «'•'•• )SS, only yvo -"i.n,,,,;i ;'',''' ":'"" "'"■'■'' "" '■'"• •■"■■■ .; t: ^'^--y -on, .,„,„„« \i •'I inodKM (■oiis.'iitH, ,> M()tli()(ii,st xpecting that si '"•'•'(illL'.S. >e would M )()ii mf "2 I 2 iu:mai{kaiii,i.; NAimAiivKs. Ill iiij i iii'comc wcjiiN' (111 U 1. "^•' i< "i|'. Ill lliis, liu\\(-v(>r, she w;i.s ,|is;,|,l„.iiil(>.l. Il(>r (liuiji{li),i| 111 hr iMiir\' lit'i- ,-;il imi- sl(M<|> iiiiicli I'oi- iiiaiiv iIjivs ,'inil iii.LjIil'^. Tlic Inv.'.it' Coil sIkmI iiliroiid WHS now in\ im-;ii .nul dnn ill my liciul < : Mill! Ilic (limiLrlils III' Ihi' ;iiim/,iiii. '|»(lis of M|.,.,,v which li.'iil phickcd MIC its ii hniiid I' i\w I roiii iiiiiiiiii;' (jiiitc ovci-i'.'iiiK" mc inc. (he i iiosi olisliniilt ill.Midcr. wlio h.'id so loni; iind so n'|ic,itcdly ivsisicd aiid rnc\ CI I His II. l.v Spirit ' This I, Sa\ lour, so unmerited and t'n liiid I lor ciyht moiill IS any interruption I )\ e o! iii\- ( I.li d in licini;- aeeounlcd worthy to i.ear tlie cross for Him who di(\cry storm, lieen U'A with tl le i-iehcs of His lo\c, and comforted with (he coiisolalions of His Spirit ; I lia\e lived in His smiles, and shall lie preserved to His ulorioiis kinydom." It was not lony. liowe\er, hcfore she was led (o-cclhat inl)red sin still nMuaincd in her heart ; and she had maiiv painful experiences in l»at t liiii;- witli her l.osom f,,/.. 'rii(> reading of (hat in"s!ima,l>lc i.ook, " Wcslev's I'lain Account of C'hristian r<>ifcc(ion,'" did 1 ler mucli ifood, and slie s iw II was hei priviiege to he cieauKcd fi'oni ail sin. ■AN ICMINKNT SAINT. L' I .'{ Kiw ('\ (- ' ■■"'■- »■". -^ i-u,.,., :; ' : '"■■"■'»■"■"> vi.i >v..l. „„.; |„„, II,,, ',"!"'■■■"' ■ «■...■.! I, W --^..-.■.i .'^;: ir;:',:::'.';; :»■■■"-■■'.". ,"•"- .''■M...n..i.;;;;;i: ;:;:''• :;","/ '•■-■ '"■- •'».>■ i». .... i. „,v SI, „,i,, v.. ' ■....'.: find ' «"' ' ^■■x- «I'.'-.V I.. Mi., „„„„■ i::il:': ;;:;;::: "" ^■■■'^"^ »- • Wis _£»l HIMAUKAHI K N Milt yTI\ VM Iv •] ' ' >nlv l('( ,ill ni\ lii'Mil lir llnnr ' riir.>M>;ll .ill >i||.' t'llilllU'il Mnirll liiii|||\ \M';i k n,' < -i, M'l ||i<| •^iMjipliii- Hpini inoiiiiloil InuliiM Mini \(-( liixjin m ilivihc 'IiiiVU'^ Ileal lli# follow ini{ gloi umim ;-M(iiiion\ "I wii- ■■<> li.ippv ill (li,> nii-lil (liiit I liMil \<>iv liiil,. ..|,M-|.. Mii.l I .•n\ok«> Willi (h(>M(> wonh, ' Tlic (imiijiIc of mi iii.jw ,.||||i^ '''*! ' ^l\ «i>iil miiKm into (III' ili'i'lli o| uoihiiio 4m. tniij iMi|o\'; , loser eoiniiiiiiiioii v\i(li Jliui |||,.| ,|,iv d,,,,,, p^,,, liefoiv l''.\er\ moiueiil I feel siieli a uei,u|i( ,.1' |o\ e ii) aliihwl o\er|>o\\eis lli(> fuenllie) of iKidiie' I Kin.w I eoiiM li,>,n- no more aii me more ami le( me die ' I Imin (o lie fiveil from (111' eardr \\\\{ lielp me, l.onl, to «,.||( ie( la\ (lie. l>o(i\ .town (o fe(>l (liy pivseiiee ' 'I'lmii .|\\,'||,"i( m m\ lieai(. and sliaU foie\<>r dwell ' i'lioii ar( iiiv |ireNen( lu'a\ en. my 'ioiil'w efenial all. "I weii( (o lied las( iiiir|i( MO full of ( lir lov ,' ,,f (,',m| I eoiild no( sleep foi' lioiilN. li|i( eoti( iniii'd III ';ei'ie( iiHci eoiiise witli my Saviour. ,\( pieaeliinii ( Im>< morinnu I \\;ls so o\(ii los( in depdisof love iiiiiil leralile ' A( (he lo\efeas( I was aijain overw helmed willi His imiiiedi,\(e pri'semMv .\ll around me is (Jod," Aiiodier sdikiiiii feadireof (his saiii(l\ woman's e\- perieiiee wjisher iii(ima(e .•omnHiiiioii wi(li each person of the ■|'rini(y. She (.'.stilies (hat "site k<'p( jidi.irv of her life fnim the tiim- of her eon version to (hid in her .sevenlcenl h year till within a few days of her death, amonnt iiiir. lii'i in c li \ iiii> iin \ "I W ;l" ' ili'i'ii, mill I II iinlu.'llmn IlillUMC'iM. Mini !\\ (llMII CM-r l( I'l' l(l\(> ll'J ' I Kiiinv I jcrl I c'iii l\ (n ii; til Ih> iVi'i'il ml I i"ti!;ii('il, Hill |;i\ (!im I'ili' il ill iii\ my |iii";('iil >M> nl' ({nil I srrinl iiilri M iniiiniiiy I 11(1 I'Vrcodill!; II. Illl.'llljl' III ml lie MjH'iik. iniiil liM'iililc ' I NMlll IIJM i\ lllll.'l IIM CV I'll person of rv of her life NCNcrilciMilli ,1 iii< III M ( jni' 2i:. ^^ IMIM NT H,\|\r. (. .Jo,| , .,. ', " "" " "" '' "i" 'In MM. f,Ko, •■ "' ' '•"■ "' .H M(o.vM,,o„,,j.: ii III.' , MOI |||L,( " ' ^^'"'" 'In.., I ,„" ^''""'; ''" I J,. Mr (,, nil nv r. II., „,„,,„ ,,. , '"" "•"' ",v •'' '"'"""" '" ""■ «J."lli.....l ImmIIIv I .. ::''m,:;v';;;;::; -;-7' r ''""■■ -- 1'^ 'in. I ,ill II,, •''•I'V I- lliini. M\ (;,„| mI.(i.|.,u., (1 1. "" """ "vrt |l ..M..|||.i, \ I I I ' ' ' '. \l' III,., umM.,,„„|,„„| j„ „ , , I ''nnnol ..x,,!,,,,, I|,„( I i , ' """""' '■^' '^* 'l'".ill„r (|„H u„s n.n..u,.,| |„ ,„„ ,,„ ( 1,1.1 r..|, ,, , ,• ' '"•"'•'"I'- '-I "'"""•;""''-"'-'' I'l I .i,.:i..,i«,.,, f,„„ •' •''liriMcnl ol ili.v ." I . I M »> I ilil.L' (o I.e.. i'oii,..,i I' I .11 v^f'lt'. I M.,|. no,. ml I,, ,,,, ':'^"""'- ''^"" •"" V l,onlW,„„|„„,, '■' "I"' ^i'iV4 : "A., (,, / flti.l every ini'i/i, elo.,.^ ;;;;;;-|.vve,. ,,;,...,.,..,.,. ,,.,,,, ,;.,:„;:::.';;;;; ;;;;^ """• ^^l'"l' Ma,.,r.|M.,|, fhe ,,,,', n,v(^.,l,.' ,... , ,„.;. i '' l"^' '"'"'■'' '""I 'I'M.,/,, el,,.,, :• •mimiMii.M with Hi,, ill tli(> iiiirl,t II,. so lili s 1 fis a iiiHii and a tVit'iid. S »iy«Hil with Ilis^.|oriousp,vs..Mn. ]>i'iso„ and wiiio- awav ; and luid t'oiivr.ycd hv tlicm ( I't' ,' Surrounded wit! I aiiLM' s. and niy crow?, ; | tllOUiillt." <' my (iod— niv Ht ean even now sc ''. my trcasiu'c, iircc support the hiissfiil She died as si,,, ha.j lived a^vd thirty nine vi had 'US, dui-niif twe,itv vc III holy triuinpii, in 1 7J)4 ^•••"•"':"^'b --^l'<'"l-i.l.(;..d. Ilerhushand irs of which sh own cxpi'i'iein'c on this vo oan tell you what I f (i\cs Ins y tryin- (H-casion : '•(iodulone I.ord ■»'h in that dread iiive th( i-eturn the last partin-r 1, hreath si,!,'nal to,- disiiiissi(»n, and I moment, when tht kiss I- was ealled t:( :i« It wer<', i,, silent accents, ' ( )) or some time I could oiU lers latter end he lil<,. | prepare me to follow Ikm-. bleedins; 1 eoine ( ig lieart TJ Come, oil. '> is still the I, ler imaiie dw, 1. mv (uhI, let 1 y »y juiclcly, jind mguage of mv <)li, let m(> oi) 1 '<■ ■^oiiltraiisp.M'tingspectach Oil whom even angels -raze .' A And sliaJvin-,^ off I pious saint, matured for God, K'l- earthly clod. Lo see Mis open fao( I .see th generous friend sine Her voice still vibrate ■ere The voice of truth and 1 's in my ear. ove It calls me to put off my clay, And bids me soar with he To f r away lirer worlds abov( ' il ■irul I have Soilirl iliics lUS pI'CMCllfC, liWdx : find with iuiiffls, ly tr'c-isuiv, the blissful 1, ill 17!I4, which she III ,!,q\('s his ' (<- ^•"■ -^''t^u.c,acco„.panicdnu/rh :''';'''"''''^' "''•''• ^'•'••'^-'' '"""-'■"« i" H- ....■-i.s of Jesus"""";'' •:'"""''"^'3- ill, l>ut ''""' with her iM co„ve,-s..M V" '^'"'' ■''"'""".^' -"'"■ '-to^odand.oo ' rr'"'^"'-'^^''''---- ".ended "^-i".'..-...iiii;; 'r'V'''''r''*'''''^^^'-^^ ■-^^en.ed to die, h„t as the „' |- "" ''*'"'' ''" '"^"^ «'»^ 'ipl»-.u-, l'<'>- friends anvioMslv V '•"""try -did not ^'••'-.^unedinZ: J'?''''••^'"''^''--^• -hichperiod wcroneatcivVT ■""""' '''^^"' ''"'-'^ -tion. we could .^ ^^n ' ""' ^'"^ ""'>' -^'- '-•i«'>t foandn,lrn. " 'V"^'"''"^ -t--t'K.th ni^htand dav 'aiid Xr7'''"'"" V""' ^'"'^'^^ «tate for nearly a week she ' . '. "''"' '"■'^" ''" '^is " Mr. C-— : i, ,;■ .U ' r"' "^■*'" ^""' «^'''' ^ ^vas under the inlluence „f ,,' •'""'"''"'*'' ^^''"^'"^ ■'^''<' "-taken, as he ^^^ '''^^ ''^'P'"^'' ^'"^t she was «-id she, .. he is dead f 't " '"" "^"- " •'>''' "" •' " ^ates o; hell, t: ^^ :;'••'•' :^"'-^'-- ^ P--1 the blue fla.„e c^ver hi. n ,:'";"' '""' ^''^ P'*' --' tlie -"••■-' • ■ ^'"- ^^ '« -il^o 'lead, fur he ■saw it« beautiful just as r was leavinout the two individuals alluded to, and found, to their utter astonishment, that the former had dropped down dead about half an hour before, whilst in the act of tyinj,' his shoe, and that about the same time the lattiM- had suddenly passed into the eternal world, i'^or the truth of thes(i facts I do solemnly vouch. She thtui went on to tell them where she had l)een, and what she had seen and lieard. After bein.i-- sufficiently recovered to leave the house, she paid us a visit, and Mrs. Young, as well as myself, heard from her own lips the following account of what she had passed through ; She informed us that at the time she was supposed to die a celestial being conducted her into the invisible world, and mysteriously unveiled to her the realities of et(^rnity. He took her first to heaven ; but she was told that as she yet belonged to time, she could not be permitted to enter that glorious place, but only to behold it, which she represented as infinitely exceeding in beauty and splendor the most elevated conceptions of mortals, and whose glories no language could describe. She told us that she beheld the Saviour upon a throne of light and glf)ry, surrounded by the four-and-twenty elders and a great multitude which no man could number, among whom she recognized patriarchs, ]>rophets, apostles, niartyrs, and all the missionaries who had died in that A VISION OF |||.;(,|,. 2U» me, worry colony, lH,.skl,.s nmny oth.-rs, wl,,,,,, sl„. mfutioin-d, a,,,! .lltllolI^rll Uios." pjirtics w.'iv nut niinied by the angel that att..n.l.-(l her, yi-t she said that s.'..in,K th«'m was to know thcni. She (lesfi-ihed those celestial sj)iiits as hcing variously •Hiiployed, and although she felt herself inade,iuai ■ to en- voy any dolinito idea of the nature of that oniployment, yet it ai){)oa..<.d to he adapted to their respective n.e'ntal tastes and si)iritual attainments. She also info.ined us that she heard s,weet and most enrapturing ,„usif, such as she had never heard before, and nuido sever..! attempts to yive us some idea of its melodious character, but found her notes too earthly for that purpose. While thus favored, the missionai'i.'s already referred to, and other happy spirits, as they glided past her, sweetly smiled, and said they knew whence she came, and, i"f faithful to the grace of Gud, she would, in a shoi't tin;e.' be admitted into their delightful society. All the orders of heaven were in perfect and blessed harmony, and appeared to be directed in all their movements by a mysterious in- Huence, proceeding frcmi the throne of God. She was next conducted to a i)lace whence .she had a view of hell, which she described in the mo.st torriflc language, and declared that the horrid shrieks of lost spirits still seemed to .sound in her eai-s. As she ap- proached the burning pit, a tremendous efiort was made to draw her into it, but she felt herself .safe umler the i)ro- tection of her guardian angel. She recognized many in the place of torment whom she had known on eartii, and evezi some who had been thought Christians. There were ])rinces and peasants, learned and unlearned, .■■■i 1. writhing together i n one uiKjuenehablr (h-c wuere dl •mm '220 KKMAUKAIII.K NAKHATIVKS. cart Illy (list ind ions and lilli-s w«'if fm-cvi'i- at an end. Amioml: I hem slif IpcIicM a Miss W . wild liud ucciipicd ii prominent station in society, Imt had died dnriiiL' tim illnt'ss of tills yoiiii^' woman. Slic said tlial wlicn Miss W ■ saw lici' ap|iroacli, lice shrieks were apiialliiiy, lieyfind the powei' of lanij;iiaiie to deserilte, and that she made a despci'ate tail iinsiicceHsful elVort to escape. 'I'lie piiiiishment of lost, souls she represented as sym- Itoli/.iiiL; the respective sins which had occasioned llieir condemnation. Miss \V . (i,v instance, was condemned for the lo\e of money, wliicli I hase every I'eason to helieve was her hesettinn ^i". i'lid she seemed rohed in a, u;armenl of i;old all on tire. M r. ( ) — , whom she saw, was lost tlir()ll,u;li intemperance, and he appeared to he punished liy devils iidministeriiij;' to him some lioilin;^ li(piid. She said there was no symputhy amoni;- these mihappv spirits, hut. that unmixed hatred, in all its frightful forms, prevailed in «'very pari of the licry rei,'ions. She lieiield pai-ents and children, hiisliands and wives, and those who had lieen companions in sin, exiiihitin,!;' every murk of dee|( haired to each other's society, and heard them in (iendish accents uphraidiiii,' and hitterly ciirsinj,' each other. She saw notiiinji,' in hell hut misery ami despair, and heard iiothinj^ there hut the most discordant sounds, accomjianied with weeping and wailiiif,' and ifiiashinu; of tei'tli. While she yazed on this revolting,' scene, manv souls arrived from earth, and were j,'reedily seized hy innumer- ahle devils of monstrous shape, amid horrid shouts of hellish triumph, and tortured accordiiiff to their crimes. This fearful view of the state (), edit. 182!»). She WlU us that t lltl )>ll(l, [| o<-('n|iif(l 111111.1.' llit> lirll Miss ii|i|).'illiii,i;, I lll.'ll sill' il lis s\ni )Mi'il ilicir (iii(iniui('(| |,(t l)clic\c' I ;;tii'iiiriil ■, was lost iiIsImmI hy Slic siiiil pii'its, Imi- cxiiilfd ill iciits and liad lii'cii ■t'|) lifil red ■ill arcfiits Slic saw I Mi>tllillliiyiii« with (hciii. " How to Kill a Prayer- fleet ing. I. KoiuiKT all ahout it until thr hour arrives. -• *'"' ''" miinit.'s UiU', and sit near the d(tin,<,'s, and who //•t,s// tliey kntiw how to make it moi'e interestinji;. You want to know how to bring live coals to the altar as you go to waken its (h'(>s. You want not niereh' to enjoy more, l)ut to have otliers enjoy more ; and you want this meeting to he an instru- iiient of doing your Church and tlu' connnunity good. How shall you aid ( Let the weekly pi'ayer-nieetiiig live in youi- heart. Think of it when in your business; when you read your IJibie, and .see if you do not light upon a beautiful text to cai ry there ; when you read the I'eligious pajjcr, and ,sec if you do not find some thought or some anecdote or .some fact which you can u.se in the meeting. See if you can't gather a few drops of the dew which fall-s on Hermon. You may not be a theologian or a genius, but you can do .something, if 3'ou will think of it beforehand. You can utter a thought in a few moments, which cost you perhaps days to think out. A single thought that has been revolving in youi' mind, maj' Ix^ valual)le in propoi'tion as it has been thought ovei-. Th • pebble which David chose was one that had been washed and smoothed in the br8ok a long time. Ft was all the better for its polishing. On the day of your meeting, dont forget to think about it ; mention it in your family worship ; let your family see that it lives in your heart. Be sure and piay for it before yon goto it. Ask, j)lead that Christ will be manifested in ill leetinjc. I! fai til fill — ' iilwjiys at new liow to now liow to en its firi'.s. have others (' an instru- good. How eart. Think your l>ible, xt to carry 1 see if you • some fact jaii't gather You may something, an utter a ^rhaps (lays ■1 nn'olviiig 1 as it has c'hos(^ was lie br6ok a ;liink about • family see i>r it before inifestefl in 'I')U- TO SKCUltK A (;(),>!, I'llAVEU-MEKTINci. 22S it. Pray that the Holy Spirit will be present to warm, eheer and animate evvvy heart. j;-l responsibility for it. M.ke. it a solemn ,iufv, a habit, and a privilege to be there. (U> with a eh ful faee Don t go a,.ting, looking, or feeling as if vou lia.l a chain -^..Hl you called i)ut,, by which you w^vdragg^^^ - . If the room is dark, move round and get more lights. It not warm and cheerful, go to vour brethren and insist .ipon it that the room ,..sf be comfortable,' pl™nt, and inviting. If others seem inclined to shirk Hon t you. ^ii^^^sin,in,isUun.orauU,..th...i^,,^^,^: at all, be careful and see some one of the brethren who is a .singer, ami urge him to be there. If you can't si,.., he --'^''- f.y.>ucan,youneedliisaid.-(ioup near'the l"'Ip.t or table, up where your minister and your brethren '•an see you, and feel that your breath is warm t the meeting is thrown open for remarks, don't sit -'< vvait tor others. Be ready. Have your ,un loa.led and shoot .,uick. There is no life in silence or in waiUm!' Let your prayer be ../.... It ...ay be much longer than yuu think It IS. 1 once heanl and Joyfullv united in siv prayers, no one of which was over two minutes Ion- Thev were intensely good. "" ^ Feel under obIi.ati. sometimes have something new sung? Can't you t-v words/ Can't you get that other man who never sp^tks o ,>pen his mouth i You must go to them alone - ..e the nieeting, and speak encouragingly t,o them. )on s.^^^^^ '<> <«' your meeting hopeful- ] nm in, really IJii: 224 hkmakkaum; naiujativms. belioviiiK Cluist, wli.-ii II,- proniistvs 1,. 1,,- j,, tli,. midst, ..f the two or thn-c wlio n;utli,>r in His tiaiiif. Von mav foci, porhaps, tiiat you arc col,! and oIIkm's aiv cold; hul tli(«rc certainly will !),> (),„• there, Christ, who is not ^'ol.j. |),,n't I'ini,', cither in yonr prayers or Keep the wheels out of the old, always dwelling; upon a revival, a always he liarping on one si ill your exhortations, deep rut. Sonu- revival, as if there hut tl ai'c was iiotiiinj' done or to h School ; tl prayed for lis; wliercas there is the spirituality of the eiiurch ; ic seed sown ; tluM-c is th(> Sal)i)ath there is the ^^'or(l, tl IS lere is the liltcrality of the people of (h.d ; there e soil preparini,' and to h(> prepared for the seed of the th oi'd ; and all tiicse l)elon,<,' to the jiravcr-nietit Don't scold. It ITl place tofj;roan under spiritual whip your j)astor with your prayers. lyspepsia. Don't His heart is heavy enou,-,di ; hut he |< best to k<'cp his heart-aches to h outwardly cheerful. He wants ami need prayers and sympathies. nows it is ofttiii imself, and to he at least ■s vour earnest J)oii't teach false theol o'fv. N ou soiuetiines lieai' men say, '• If now this church would only come down on lici knees in the .lust before Cod. a ivvival would follow." Don't you know that if shc^ should thus come [irayer nieetin,tin<,'. (Mear liim and with (iod bef< your conscience of the burden of known sin. Hnd the meetinjj; dead and cold to you if you do n,,t. o sin-. ^4cparate us and Cotl. Rrr. John Tu,l,l. Y ou wil ur V I'OU-KIU-.M. UKV.VAMsr. " 225 A Powerful Revivalist. •l'<'l,iw Looks II,. „„,;. , '" '•"""' " •l>'"<.Mi in '■"■■ i"-: ::■::,:::;;;;::.',:■;'''':; ';■■"'■■ « ""> His S,,iril, ,u„| „h,. ,1. ■ 'i^l-riis (i„.l i„ |„„„. -^^v;..r,,;l;:^ ;: r 1:7, ^- - ■""■'■ i.-.f «„ifi„„,., J'' """.' ■ 'i«""»i ^•.^i!«^ »!::;:„ ::;:;::■":";; '-•" a ' ^- ^; *,:;;■;;•"•,:':' ■■ '"- *- -^ it «,!,,? :-,.^,,;™"'7''»'-'.t i.».,. H f..J:;I ;,;;:';;:''': '"'":■" ■■"■'i'f- • iK'c'oiitrm V, Ifl WdM wholly ^ict'iiicd ( 'I IM»'|l(,)|| stu(,( " '*»*• itm I sau II 0( # III! as I c'liiid "mfm^ 220 IIEMARKAIU.E NARRATIVES. see any oth(>i- nmn. He said nothing, but looked at me in siu-h a manner as to break' me right down at His feet. I have always i-egarded this as a most remai'kable state of mind ; for it seemed to me a reality that Ht^ stood before me, and I fell down at His feet and pouied out my soul to Him. r wept aloud like a child, and made such ccm- fessions as 1 could with choked utterance. It seemed to me that I bathed His feet with my tears ; and yet I had no distinct impression that T touciied Him, that I recollect. As soon as T becamf*oalm enough to bi-eak off from the interview, I retui'ned to the front olHce, and found the fire I hiid made of large wood nearly burned out. But as T was about to take a seat by the fire, I received a .mighty baptism of the Holy Chost. ^^^ithout any ex- pectation of it, without ha\ing the thought in my mind that there was any such thing foi' me, without any rtcol- lection that I have heard the things mentioned by anv person in the woild, the Holy (Jhost descended ujion me in a manner that seemed to go through me, body and soul. I could feel impression, like a wa\e of electricity, going through and thnmgh me. Indeed, it seenfiBd to come in waves and waves of licjuid hne, for T could not express it in any othei- way. It seemed like the very breath of God. 1 can recollect distinctly that it seemed to fan me like immense wings. T wept ahmd with joy and love, and I doubt not but I should say I lit(Mally bellowed out the unutterable gushings of my heart. These waves came over me one after another, until I recollect I cried out, ' 1 shall die if these waves continue to pass over me. Lord, 1 cannot bear any more ; ' yet I had no fear of death." Beincr a-uned that (lod wanted him to preach, he ga\-e up the study of law. and at once .Mimnienced his work as .1 POlVt)BFl;i. UEVIVAUST. 227 "" ""ilMssndor of the Cross P,,,,,, H » . , . ordained to the ministry ""'""'«"• '»' '"'« yers and u(l' '^'^ winch ivvival i,i Utica Tl.o f-.ii ■ '^'^" '" '^ ^«^^' weeks' '■i--uo,raphyon;;::!;;:;;-:;-'--.«;.... I-.'.- w,,i..h took ph.,, „,„,,, lit' f'-'l^f <'■;'"■' »on.e „,e,tin,,s in a very .icked ph., ,: ^ ., ''"'"'""^ I stopp,!,! at the villa.-e hotel .,n,l ,1,. , ;l-e were no religio,,., »K etin^ he,; , 'h I ™'™" """ time. Thpv h-,,] .. i • i "''^^ ^"^^'^ at the "P. By r: ;; rx ;;;:';■■?• """■'^' !'-' " ™ '»*] "»P»Hor of a Christia, ,:;:y-Lte'7'" " T"'"' "' "■ "-" on the evenin, after iL;"' '"'' T'"" lounil the .•i|Ia„e T ,, ,, °|,„,, . - , '""'-'I As I passed ,''-n,eaMa:„„:;:etn::'h:;:e'rt:::'''i''rf""''-: leave to preach in the srl,n,>I i ^ "Stained ""'before the Sahhlt 'd7>:: "'" r;' ^'"'""'"^ »nd ahnost terrlHed, in vi„„ „f 1 ife Tte of" ''''"T'^-'- -t-»»l. „n Satnrdav. the r!!, ' ' ."' """^ "'-I' I my heart the f.jU ly, tlie Lord applied with" ONV.n^wurds. ad'"■'-'"' ii!."' 'i.i.,., ; ";, : "■■„"""■'■ ~" ' ' »■■• ' P.-'.yer..„„,.ti„,,,, „„ „„. " ;»"■■■ -"I .-.I.. I,,l ,,„.„ V,.,,. „.,„,,„ ,,,„.,' / ;|:"'""™'- T,„. „-„„u„„. :,., ^ '".>i.™.i'..v V,': ''■■'•, «";"7"i y '"■-i.V ....d,„.e. A, „';'";• " '^- "■'■■■ ""•" I ■-"l.i <-t .nyself „„„.„ „,., 1;\ '"'^ '"';' ™« '«"■« > -''■«p"u*... Ti„. :, ;,r:,;,. ''''■? '" " ■''"'- ■■' "I'"" ...... an,: ,.„,„ „ ,'"'"',"" """l""» "f l-av,.„ I-3-. ir,. t„ tins ,C ;•" "r"""" """ P"-.,. ,„ ' »iii .j«t ", t,„>;?" -ri:' ;;' •"■•» 1;'-. '- t-e •■■^ >■ - • •^- ^ <^"J<' f'e people, , -IS nearly th( to tell then, of the destruction "y would of th(> liifrally to cut like a sword. The power from on high came down upon them in such a torrent that they fell from their seats in every direction. Tn less than a minute nearly the whole congregation were either down on their knees or on their faces, or in some position prostrate before God. Everyone was crying or gi'oaning for mercy upon his own soul. They paid no further attention to meoi"*to my preaching. T tried to get their attention, but I could not. I observed the aged man, who had invited me there, as still retaining liis seat near the centre of the house. He was staring around him with a look of unutterable astonishment. Pointing to him, I cried at the top of my voice, ' Can't you pray 1 ' He knelt down and loared out a short prayer, about as loud ;)t, !Ui(l tlu'ir 11,' for Sodom, found in the with tlic fiU't it nif. .Mfiny s()in(? of the to strike nie. s^ivinj^ tlioin, If sketches of tlie historical id 'oidorstood n that neigh- it tlieni with From that rapidity. Tn congrogaticul the sensation I the congr('- like a sword, lem in such a ery direction, •egation were s, or in some vsiH crying or ^hey paid no I tried to get ^ed tlie aged ning his seat y around liim Pointing to lu pray 1 ' Ho ibout as loud ^ I'OWKKFCL UKVIVAM.vr. O;} | 'w Ik' eould hoil(.\v ; !,„( (|„.v ,...,M Aft,.,. 11- , • ' ' ' "" 'if»«'"ti<'n to him /Vrtei' OOKH'"' ;ii-iijii.. f', .. . i- "I'll. -"' I'ut M.y hand on th,. head of ' '^""' •'"^^•'> k.ieelin.r.. ...v ^• < ' ""«' ""'" ^^■''"' ^^''is ; - rgot '- at tention, and preached .W.S i/ his -"lt;uMd then .Mother,andan<>^heti ?.'"'" ouK.is. Atter contniunig in tliis wiv f;ii i sf't r i...,c. .>! r I " "ay till near v sun- stt, 1 was ohhged to commit the meetii... to the .1 \ '^ tenioon of the next day I was sent for to go.tvn to t 1 ace as t ey had not been able to break up^ ^7^^ Iheyliad been obhged to leave the ^,1. ii '"^^*''"g- -»r bv. where I f„„,„, ,. „„,„, J J .^C " ''"r^ > tli. u Jioines. These were soon subckied by the Word of I'ere, at my second visit, T learned thnf ' ''^^ ''^'^^«^- «»t c! 1 , ' *'"''^''^" that the place was p'lllorl Willie laboring in Svracuse VV t • . '^'""'^' ■ninustevofClktfri S uJ;„er '; 7'"?" '" " • -^^^^'^'nce County, by the name ■«iil| ">:!•> HKMAHKAIil.K NAIfliATI VKS. !: < li! ! » [li: )t' Cins's. ll,.siii.| |(. Ml.". 'Mr. Immimv, .v lint Sodom 1 said, ' I slia.ll wvwv t'or<,'ct i(.' IIt> replied, ' I was then a yonn<,' man. and was conveiled at that meetinif.' Me is still livinif." Of the ,1,'reatness of one revival held in Rochester, he says it "attracted somneli attention thr(»u<,'h(.iit Ntnv York, New Knf,dand, and many parts of the I'nited States, that tile very fame of it was an eHieient instrument in the hands of the Spirit of (Jod, in promoting' the ^'reatest revivals of re]ifj;ion throuju;lu>ut the land that this country liad then ever witnessed." >n (Miiinent minister, in speakini,' of this revival says : "That was the f,M'eate.st work of Cod, and tlie jireatest I'evival of relif,'ion, that the world has ever seen in so short a time. One hundred thousand were re[)orted as havini,' eonneeted lli«>mselv<'s with churches as the results.'" The time had now come when his exp»M-iene<( in the thin«,'s of God was to be deepened. He says: " During; this winter (1S4;{) the Lord yave my own soul a very thorou;,di overhaul inj,' and fresh baptism of His Spirit. This winter in particular, my mind was exeeedintcly t^xercised on the (juestionof personal holiness; and in respect to the state of the Church, their want of power with (Jod. 1 ifave myself U[) to a jj;reat deal of prayer. 1 rose at four o'clock, and .generally spent the time in prayei' until breakfast, at ei^dit o'clock. My days were spent, as far as [ could find time, in searchinjL; the Scriptures. 1 read nothing,' else all winter but my liible, and a o(l, and •Id lias ever msand were cliiirches as ence in the ' Durinj,' tliis MT thoroiicrli Tliis winter •ised on the > the state of ^ave myself o'eloek, and ast, at eif^ht d find time, ?e all wiutei' new to* me. ^ with li^ht, s Word was ■V I'HUKHi'i I, i{|.;v n A I, I ST. '2ii:\ Af( •''• |"''iyin^' in ilii s way (i "'""^''" 'it I ,Mi-h( I ••••^'"•'•.• I ^'reatlv ii "<•- ill (hat .|ir,.,.( "•n it (irvsl •■"" •■"'''••I'. I( .•r,.a(,.d passa-cs ,,f Scripdu'e <<> fall l,ac|, if n. Ilereased liiv (list •on, for- a f r-ess. •'\v nionlhs 'lit dirccdv I wa '"'"'".""■^^'■""^■''■ ^l'<'.'il< of, I had iut al :'"■'"- "P "'.V wif,. |„ ,|„. ,„•„ Ki-eat Ntrii^r^rl,. jj ^■•'«'l)l<' health, and it o^' (iod. SI lojl; '••id nevei' l„,f, «asevid,.„t (l,at she ...aild tout le was in M-yy '•■i.vin,ir I,,.,- and all that I and f "••' '^•■•'1. m clearly what not livi if-i inijilicd i. liours [ strn;u'A''''d ''<'*".V to tlie will of (i„(l J'"«s'^sse,| „,„.„ M„. altar of (;,„! I'F'on my knei's t(.m\,. u<- I fonnd ii}> iin(juali- ">.y«elf nnahle to ^pii-ed profusely witi sui ■pi'is.'d at (his that I I'l'iyed, until [ iiiiahle f,, ' 'W'ly. I str„^r.|,.,|, an,| ,'ive u '^'•" f'xi.austed, anrj still found" I' idl (o (!od >,jecti',n to His d I.er |>rayed, and ■If mvs( was ( to make ,„) (,1 pl«'amed. But 1 moments with this djsec hav(! sin hack a way •^ \^in, in such isposin- of her just as H, as "'il>led, after- stru-r-d 'iim,i,'ement and hitt iWliii^' foi- a few w .ittrihuted to the fi,,r-y d V(^v^,'n-v (han f |,..i,j in a deene, ••riiess, which I •y darts of Satan, to fall •Her- done ix-f,,,-,. uj 101, 2:U HEMAUKAIILE NAIUJATI Vi:s. Ill the intiiiitoly hli-sscd and pt-rt't'ct will of (lod. I tlicii ti>ld the Lord LhutM liad conrKifiu'c in Him; that I was perfectly williiio- to ■,'ive myself, my wife and family, all to lie disposed of uft'ordin;:: to His own wisj; in the will of God I had never before known, ^[y mind s(?ttl(!d into perfect stillness. T seemed to be in a state of perfect rest, body and soul. The cpies- tion frecjuently ro.se during the day, ' Do you still adlien^ to your con.secration, and abide in the will of God i' I said, 'Yes, I take nothinji; back.' Nothing,' troubled me. I was neither elated nor depressed ; I was neither joyful nor sorrowful. My confidence in (Jod was perfect; my acceptance of His will was perf(^ct, and my imiid was calm as heaven. Holiness unto the Lord seemed to be inscribed on all the exercises of my mind. My prayers were swal- lowed up in the will of God. Of course my mind was too full of the subject to preach anytliint' (ind ; the I, till' coiuci"- latioii of my went HI) fai- lle mij^rjit do (!(! will could ill rris fj;o()(i- :o notliiiij,' to ioldiiesH, tcll- )od. Sodiiep never before ■i. T seemed . The (jues- still adhere )f (lodr I ;roui)led me. 'ither joyful [lerfect; my ud was calm be inscribed s were swal- lind was too t a fiili and My soul was .^er had any ^ ' My grace A /•OUKUiri, IU:\IVAJWST. o;^:^ :^:":";r :,;:-,:":;: "■■■-■"■ ■ ;'■' '— ^Vom^M■ful Po... -11 ' ' '"'""■ '''■•^" '"' '•'^ii"'i "f tk.. a,„,,.t„, ,„,. 1 """>■ "" I«««"1K llir..l,Kll our >' tC;;: tu ;:;:;.:;:: 7"";-'"'^ «— them „vol„„ ?„,, ..,rr , "' "' " "'"P'« "I Tlw>,. "'-ui^iiMi. I went slow y towards thf.m ved that |,e,. ,,,., h, „,„,W,,I „, t,„.t ,,„. „„„|,| : •""' '""""" ^ '-t ob».,.v„,l that tin., si,.U'». "'"■™-.-..^:^l'.::::r;:r;t:\::;^ ""J ail in tli(> room wei-e n f«.,..., ti. ^ ,. tlirough the fact, «-e in tears. The f,.,-| 'Ory. Mr. w j^j ing spread , me owner of the 23(j RKMARKARLK XARIJATIVES. establishment, was jji-eseiit, and svi'iw^ tho state of things, lie said to the superintendent, ' Stoj. the mill and let tlie people attend to religion : for it is more inii)oitant tliat our souls should bo saved than that this factory run.' The gate was iunnediately shut down, and the factory stopped : but where should we assembled The superintendent sug- gested that the nude-room was large : and tlu- mules being run up we could assemble tlierc. W',, did so, and a more powerful .>eting I scarcely ever attended. Jt went on with great power. The building was large and had many people in it, from the garret to the cellar. The revival went through tli<; mill with astonishing pcnver, and in the course of a few days nearly all in the mill were hopefully converted.' He .says: "I shall never forget what a .scene I passed through one day in my room at Dr. Lansing's. The Loid sht)wed me as in a virion what was befoie me. He drew so near to me, whih; T was engaged in prayer, that my flesh literally trembled on my bones. I shook frym head to foot, under a full sense of the presence of God. At first, and for .some time, it seemed more like being on the top of Sinai, amidst ;;.s full thunderings, than in the pre.sence of the cross of Christ. " Never in my life that I recollect, was T so awed and humbled l)efore God as then. Nevei-theless, instead of feeling like fleeing, I .seemed drawn nearer and nearer to God— seemed to draw nearer to that Presence that filled me with such unutterable awe and, trembling. After a season of great humiliaticjn before Him, there came a great lifting up. (iofl assured me that He would be with me and uphold me ; that no opposition should pre\ail against me : that T had nothing to do in regard to all this matter. '■»K UlllhU, WrxE-ciP. .,3. .'.ei.. ..ao.,„,n„,., .;■;,':'::',: ;;';;;; ^';;";''" »"*- '■ The Bridal Wine-Cup. " Pled;;i.; witJi wine ' P]^,\,n> ..,h • -'<' thoughtless Haney Wo^j ':";'•; ™' ^he voung The beautiful bri.le o-,,.,v ■,,.... ... ... ^:ve,T,vewa«t:,, ' ::;;,;^,,p'^'»T'•■ •"■»li«t, Iratoftatehi, f,,:,,„, , "■> .'■"' ' » «""- 'l'«.v watol,,,] hi,„ t., „,„ ° "' ''"• '"!'"'» : »"<) K. ..igl.t sin con 'I««e(l ; and !„>!• I,,,,,,! h! >^he was uny pale, thoucrl, ife' "'ok Hot, (t,^ more suiilmo- |,,n.k, .si le fF^ 238 REMAHKABLE XARRATIVES, ll" gracefully accepted the crystal tempter and raised it to her lips. But scarcely had slie done so, when eveiy hand was arrested by her piercing exclamation of, " Oh ! how terrible ! " "What is it?" cried one and ail, thronging together, for she had slowly carried the glass at arm's length, and was fixedly i-egarding it as though it were some hideous object. "Wait," she answered, while a light, which seemed inspired, .shone from her dark eyes; 'wait, and I will tell you. I see," she added, slowly pointing at the sparkling, ruby liquid, "a sight that beggars all de- scription ! And yet listen ; I will paint it for you if I can. It is a lovely spot. Tall mountains crowned with verdure rise in awful sublimity around ; a river runs through, and bright flowers grow to the water's edge. There is a thick warm mist that the sun seeks vainly to pierce. Trees, lofty and beautiful, wave to the airy m(>tii.n of birds. But there, a group of Indians gather : they Hit to and fro with something like sorrow upon their dark brows. And in their midst lies a manly form— but his cheek, how deathly ! -his eyes wild with the fitful fire of fever. One friend stands beside him —nay, I ^should say, kneels ; for see, he is pillowing that poor head upon his breast. Genius in ruins ! Oh, the high, holy-looking brow ! Why .should death mark it, and lie so young? Look hov lie throws back the damp curls ! See him clasp his hands ) Hear his thrilling shrieks for life ! INFark how he clutches at the foi'in of his companion, imploring to b»; saved ! Oh, hear him call piteously his father's luinie ! See him twine his fingers together as he ether us he THE BRIDAL WINE-CUP. gSO shrieks for his m-sfo.. i ■ « «„„ , » , , '"■^t'l'it, native land ! I"» ™™» »m life,, „ ,i ° :'■ ;'«"' '"« ««,. ...soe, Mend l»..i,,e |,i,„ ;, „;"* ; """'S'' 1"» vein,. Th„ »•«" move silently ..w.v ? f, '^"■"'"'■"^^l-O". *e dark dyi-K together.- "^ ^'' ""'' '""" "'« »'"■« -kI the w):^:::::,'';-:;;j^!:;;:;-i;'-'^^-oM.,.,e„ „,,,,,, The 1,,-ide .,t.K,d vet 1 ., '". "'""'' """'y l'0»om. stealing t,. th- ,„u „ „, T 'l"'"'''"« I'V. and teai-s arm h^l l„,t it t:,! "" ' , 'r' '"'""• """■ ''»"«'"' t.:«uWed.red «ve.,.t;;:;, ^ ^t ..^1 ''"" "' "''' It IS evenin" - o„n,i„, -t- . Hi, e,e, „.. irr' „ ^ ^j-';-': He n„v„» piercing glance,. ,„ . , . """"el*, li(.s -my f<,tl„-rx s to peril my soul for wine. Not firmer are the ev.'i-lasting hills than my rd^olve, Um\ helping me, never to touch o*^- taste the poison .up. And he to whom I have given my hand, who watched over my brother's dying form in that last solenm hour, and buried the dear wanderer there by the river in that land of gold, will, I triist, sust;yn me in that resolve. Will you m)t, my husband ? His glistening eye, his sad, sweet smile, was his answer. The Judge left the room, and when, an hour after, he returned, and with a more subdued manner took part in the entertainment of the bridal guests, no one could fail to r.'ad that he, too, had MISSEJJ IT AT LAST. 241 om determined to Imnish fho ..,.-. W« princely ho,... " "" "■^' "' ""'"'^ -"' ^"-e,. tV, Those who were present;,, ,hi, u-,.l r ^'--.p-s>.io,...i,,.,.„,; ; -- ;;:^-''--rf^>^^^^ '•onouncerl tWover »I„. • , V "^ *""" ""i* l'"ur March, 18G7. "'' ^'-s. >^,,, ,,, ,,^,,^,.^,^^ ^Jissecl It at Last. "TJio Iiai-voat in ,,,n,( ,1,,. ..v«,l."_^J„, viii.a,.' ' '° ""• ■'■ " "■"I<«1 »n.l«-o „„. „„i professional visit \fto. T '" «i"n>nonerl on a "P into th« ,,„..,': ;;,: :" r "'''" """ " ' ^"•« What have voii nii««<.(l?' , 1 ten- T 1. . • , f]"au.(j. lAl issed what ? " " i),.r. -tso,itis rt V '''"^■^••"'•'' "^^''--v -n-n,her tlT'h. :r ";"''''•''' ^''•' -^^^^^^ -^'^.ut;:^;'';^:,^.:v''''"'''^"•''^"''^^^^ way.'" ' ' '" ''^ «'^>''nK ^" >ne, '(Jo thy While 1 l«i .villi-- theri [■■ispim aiK lixilvinir with a v ■■ I'i'l !IC/I.l M !"i I ^+2 KEMAHKAULK NAUUATIVES. i ! l!3 stai'inj,' eye, lie contriiued in substanci' : " I was awakciioci and anxious alM)ut my soul, hut F did n.,t, flicii want to be saved. S..inetliinji seemed to say, ' Ihm'i put it off, make sure of salvation.' I said to myself, Vl will postpone it.' I knew I ou,irlit not to do it. ] realized tliat I'was a ^n-eat sinner, and. needed a Saviour, hut dismissed tlu; suhjeet. Yet I could not , favorable. I bai'-jained awav, resisted and insulted thej Holy Spirit. I n,>ver thou-lit of eouiinK to this. 1 nejrlected to make my salvation sure. And now 1 have mis.sed it at last." " You remember," su,y:;.ested the physieian, " that there were some who came at tlu; eleventh hour." " My eleventh hoi.r," he replied, "was when I had that call of the Spirit. i liK had none since -.shall not have. I ani jrivcMi over to belo.st. Oh! I have missed it, I j have .sold my soul for nothin,!"-, a feather, a straw undone forever.'" Soon he raised his head, looked around the nx.m, turn- ing' his eyes in every direction, and then burying' his face in the pillow cried out in a.^ony, " 1 have mis.sed it at last,' and he passed awav. " How shall we escape, if we ne,rou< '<'Sj);u'(. ,)f (,1 Jnistaken ! I '■•'lid with S, inward cnci ilai ""■" <-'""lie(s; Kufc, oh, I ''"' ■'""" ''^"^'I't M.at I ha.1 ''<■ mu' with v(>r '■"""<"' to 1)0 a Mibl,. CI "'A( oin in th i^'<' no small «' way U, I y clear map ,,f (,| M-.stian. The Hih| eaveii, J witliout holim "' \^'i.V to hea\ le ^'ave i„ «''''<' for me to d,.s,Til '^s '"> m;in shal ■•'"' and (oltl of unhcjief.' ^\y j wit J cut ' 'i lar-'o ,s(, do ii'iJp of a t, WM level witf, ^,1^ '•'•' ^^Ilat I su/K.,-,.,! f leart ajjpcar,.,! to ^''' the Lord.' /, 'om 'an evil me (hat '^^ impoH- '*ie as a snial neart strcnved over it. S ■'■'■ •" ■'. which jiad be fe""i"id, and a little 1 ;ard en. <'" reccnti .>' like, I d I.SCO\('l'(.(l, '•'''"'.i^^ •'^omethinir si f)ose earth ""'tin;,' uj) / ,U,i i'<'m;iins of tl I'efore I could 1 •''; ■•^'':''''''pt'''^' to pinek ^^^ not '«' ^''ii'Mal nn-.id, and what le deadli ii'f ''t. My inward X' meet iov the iid a work must 1)(. (J t'"it 1 felt it, iiatu re "-1^ will ii '"ipossil.l,. to rest in tl K'i'itance of th 'H'pear(,d so 1,1,1^,,. ,^,^^^ lonc^ "'i,i,''iiie that thi s n the •i"t of the knowlcd ^'^«<'. for [ never ],ad one d nay !,'•• of forgiven,. .S.S. "It state. S: /lave aris(!n fi aints in «inful. ">me, p(,,.. That witn <'«« was so c'l( ^■•i'" to attack me froMHl W'ls inward hoi '" the .Scriptures. i'' that Satan I "''t of my accepta, om th( could not he iimself k lat "i*'NS, and for t],;,. , imii'ter. What I tl ice : th '•'«• it was i, foun '" ^J'c J]ihh>, that Unon.r- th» K'n wanted J»'''i.v.hI, and s.'arched """''^'■r of promi.ses which! "y r'rivile^o S'lve „ie to se(! it was 1 244 REMARKABLE NAHRATIVES. !i I 'hi to be saved from all sin, my mind was particularly directed to Ezekiel xxxvi. 25-27. The more T examined the Scrip- tures, the more I was convinced that without holiness there could be no heaven. Many were tlie hard struggles which I had with unbelief ; and >Satan told me that if I ever shoukl get it, I should never be able to retain it. But keeping close to the Word of God, with earnest prayer and supplication, the Lord gave me to see that nothing short of holiness would do in a dying hour, and at the judgment. Seeing this, it was my constant cry to God that He would cleanse my heart from sin, and make me holy for the sake of Jesus Christ. " I well remember returning one night from a meeting with my mind greatly distressed for want ( f the blessing. I turned into a lonely barn to wrestle with God in secret prayer. While kneeling on the threshing-floor, agonizing for the great salvation, this promise was applied to my mind, 'Thou art all fair, my love; there is no spot in thee.' But, like poor Thomas, I was afraid to believe, lest I should deceive myself. Oh, what a dreadful enemy is unbelief ! I was a fortnight after this groaning for delivei'ance, and saying, 'O wretched man that I am, who shall deliver me from the body of this death?' I yielded to unbelief, instead of looking to Jesus, and believing on Him for the l)lessing ; not having then clearly discovered that the wit- ness of the Spirit is (.4od's gift, not man's act, but open to all who exercise faith in Jesus, and the promise made through Him. At length, one evening, while engaged in a prayer-meeting, the great deliverance came. I began to exercise faith, by believing I shall have the blessing now. Just at that moment a heavenly influence filled the room, and no sooner hail I uttered the words tVom my lujart. 1 ■' ^^^'"''"MKI. (TASS-KKADKH. "III «itn,,» „f ll„. s„M.|, "'" "■'■""■•' >'"■ "■•"'"•"^ I ■ >v;;;,:;::;:''V''" '»"■'-' «il-i«t w,i» all i„ ,j| „ "'■ ' •"" ' "■"« ""lliiliK a„,l 'I'llis «a».il,„in ,|i, „„„||| , . . "'•""•"' "( SnJ r,| ■ ; '"■'■""» » »'""''"f"l 'fcvel- I -■fr-n,;:,!; ', ';:':'"'7'''''«'-- ■•-■i-.i .-it:, -■-i-.M.at„™;J,;: :'^,^;:7^^ "-1.1,...^, i'"- ».i,i,„ ,,i;t I '«:: rM';''?,"'' ^'■""■" ""■""'■«■ on for ,„„,e ,,.„„ „,h,„ ' ' '" ''™'"''''* "'■" ''" wut oome, victory ,„2/"""h '"",''' «""" " ' ■'■' gained. "'"■ "'»' ''»■ ""■"■■kI' Cl„-i„, l„„l living fire. He 2, t w",, T'"" ,'"'' """'' '««<""« » At service, fr„,„ „„„,,, ™ ^'^^ .^, "'.'" - "-«. to c„n,e." fiom tl,e very jaws „f l,,...,, ', . "" .'"""'''■'"J then, «■= l>e,l.si,le of a black 1, .t '''""° ""'' " '"'="'' '" " Well, „y friend we | " "'•'" ""'^ '"• '"> '^"l "l™ very C'Z- Z r° "' '"''"''■" """■ ""' ""■■■ have yon 4„ i|,', „ •,. ^"^ '''ff"^ , ™;"- " How ,„„,, »e have con,e to inonire l:^ ptt",, h , " "'"'"■" ' '"" 'mi paiticularly how your nnnd indeed ! what is the matter "Oh a great .sinner." .. a great IS there fi: 24(1 lUlMAKKAmj.; VAKKATIVI'X .siiii...r, u,v you ! " " Oh. yes, sir." «' Well, what ,li,l Jesus 'liofor.'" ■'K.,r sinners; i,ut I an, " ••St.,!,, now; ansvv.M- ni.v .|,.(>sti..n. V„„ say that C^M'ist died to save siniiefs. Did III- (lie (() save you?" " Yes. sir." "Well ■sii', if lie died to save you, should vou not praise Ilim T' "Yes, sir, hut- " "Now, stay, nu friend ; just answer n.y ,,uestions. You adnnt that Christ died f<.r vou ; then should you n..t praise Him? " " Yes, sir." " Conu', th.Mi, my l)rother, lift up your voice and prai.se Ilim. f.lory be to (!od ! ;rl..ry he to God! Cm.e, my hrotlu.r, join with me to praise the Lord." Soon the siek man he-ins to utter words of praise, then looking away to his H(Hleem(;r the Holy Spirit descends into his soul, and in the supreme joy of a soul redeemed on the brink of the grave, he shouts "Cdoiy ! glory ! Praise the* Lord ! " Although laboring hard uj.on a farm to earn his daily bread, he prayed for tim.>, planned tV.r tin.e, and found time to di.scharge his duty as leader for his classes. He wrestled with Codforthe.salvati.mof hisliousehohl. . He prevails exclaiming, " (Jlory ! glory I glory ! The Lord will save' ull my family ! " They wc>re all converted. He often sought, expected, and receivt-d special baj.tisms of the Holy Hpnit. Under their intluence, though speaking with great plainness and simplicity, "his words of fire seemed to fasten like cloven tongues to every heart, and often pierced like a two-edge ;"V"fii"-...;t,„,v,„.,.,.,i;„„.' ",;"'"• '"II ™ ,.„,„, i-i" 'I". «„,,, ti,„ I,,,. 1,,,,^ -^ ; " .V the Holy (;host. """"""^ -^«"- ' -"' ti.e.s,. .,1 ,„. fi,« It 1.S supposed that h ^vei-e the ma-iri,s of hundred in visits, p,,.yer., and .-xl « of conversions 'lorffition.v ' WOT^'" 1>4S lU-.MAKKAItlJ.: N.\Hl!ATIVi:s. h ' I r ! ! Incentives to Soul-Savinjr Work. l-'n:st. Til,. coiiiiiiiUKl of uiii' Lnrd. Srrti,i(/. 'I'll,. r,.\v.ir.L>(): Hz,.ki,.| xxxiii. S. Ilav,. w,. I„.,.,i sav...l if w,. d.-ny (ho .■„,, ,.f sulvati,,,, („ others / Can w,. Ik. sav.-.l if w.. fail in thi, ,.„„„„,,„,1 ] s,.,. ilmt iiwfuj wjiniiii;,' ill K/t'kicI xxxiii. 12. To .i,.f,d.>ot l„ ,j,.in. tlu. putiont the nu.lin.,.. and ho die thereby, are we not iv.sponsiMe for his (Jeatli ? Consider the result of a Levite wlu) should refu.so to tell the .s..rpeMt-hitt.'n Israelites that Moses had lift,,l the bra/en serj^ent as a remedy and h,. that nvo„M look should live Head John iii. 14, 15. Christ said, " If ye love n.e, keep ,ny nonnnandments." It I be lifted up I will draw all men unto me" It's ours to lift Him up that the whole world may se,. Hiin. See John xvii. 20, 2 1 . > THE RKWAUI>. James v. 20. Here is the promise of a ^'':vnvi;sToso,-,.-sAV,x„ wuKK. o ^c, I'liink nt' mcctiii.r il. ; '"'""* "".l".vlil<"U.Hl,.rsow|.savin. '• 'M)nn^rH Klmlnoss ,H..x<, to our ..WM . TIIK li(.(,|. ritAT COMKH. A soul HHvod from Ii.>l| ^^jl.;^.n.s..nu.un.n.,.onsry over dcatli t^onipdnionsliij) <.f ,l,.,s„,s. Tho >'"lw.'llin^.(}o,landpow,.,-of the. HolvCI *. TIIK (JHKATKK I'lUJSK op r;on. A soulsavH Will, sin« forever. _ JH-v.il „... he,u- the last of saving a sinn..Mik.. Everlasting praise for everlasting On a wi-lvation, e can set a multitude on Rve.-John B. Gouyli, m M f^WP* ■2nO UiJ.MAUKAULK NAKIUTI VES. Ill I if' t I (Jod's love tow tlic inrlividual ivv(>al,s niiin'.s powi^i- to praise. Said (>iu, siiuKM-, " Kvory world sliall hoar of my con- version, and there is not an angel or an areliangel whose hand I will not shake, and say, "(ilorvto (Jod, and sin<' Hallelujah"' t'.OCIKTV AM) ITS HI-KSSI\(.S. Hatred, nialie(( and strife lessened, ■ id lov<., joy and peace increased. There is no true Christianity without nioi'ality. Convert the race and pi-isons clo.se, two-thirds of all asylums and hos])itals will not he needed. One judge will do for every fifty we ikav ha\e. War will he known only in memory, and every soldier ran heat his gun into a pruning lKH>k and go to work. The ory of the poor will he stopped by moutlifuls of meat, and the destitute; will sing for joy of plenty. "One policeman can watch a ward in New York or London, and sleep whenever he likes."" .)0V IN TIII{P:K WORLDiS. Heaven will rejoice, (iod «m the throne will he glad. Angels. and archangels will shout the praise and wonder of Christ's salvation. The redeemed ones there will run the streets of gold, wild with delight that one has tasted of the good gift of eternal life. Earth will ivjoice.^ Some mother will weep tears of joy ^- •'og'na. The colonel defer.dld ' "' ^''^ ''"''"^ -H.S a controver,sy which .s • T'"""'' '"^^^ ^'^ ^^'«»'fc -tly that when they 'ft I ''"'' "* "' '""«' '^-' '■-'■"- ^--i that the S w^ Zr """' ''"'^'^ ^"-^' *'-y -wards the falls l The UniversS 'T'' ^"'''' '^^''^''y nive,.sah.sts at once dropped the . f f i "Hi '2 HKMAKKAUI K N AHUM i VI<;s. II 'i; I'M Hi ■'I j ' : ' i I rf' II- ( if.: o.'irs. an.l Uo^nu (,, rn to (J,,,! (,, 1,,^,. ,M...vvnM (Ihmii l{i.-I.i„-.lsoM laid Iml.l of (In. M,n., ,-x..,(,mI ,,II his sln-M.^ti,, .■>M.l l.y(i..,l's MH-IVV, IMiII.mI ,,s|„,|v. WiHM, (l.rv h.lMl.-.l. •"• M.MivsM'.l InsrumpanioM.- " C.-m |,Mnrii, it i^ ' nnl 1.,,.- snuv yn„ w.Mv railin- al in.i,,i.,n is (|,al vvl,,.,. a man (li..K lh,. Ii,sl ,U<'l' winrl, 1„. i. rnnsrinM. i. iH-in- inhravci.; nnw. | Nv..M( to lri„, bmndy. I),.,.,-, ans of tho fathor and mother. im'K'v on (liciii. >ll liis s(rt>iijj;(ii, 'II (ln>v l.'iiitlcd. . i( iv Milt Iitiiij; 1 I'll! iii'c iuiimmIi I ilii'^ llic lirsl ln'.'uni ; now, I riirlilciicd when I \\niil(l li(> i)\<'\- lists vvrri' mjIchI I. si'niti'liiiiy liJM ii'lmrdsoti, IU\\ 'III it will never Rumseller t'd Dp will: Jill 'iiiii, wine, jirjii, Our sclicincs, ited (icliiiii, i vdiit (if tiieii i; )!<•, (lie Holier, , |i(ui|ierH, /iiid ■til tlio doareHl ':■--;::"::;:'::::',;;:::':■:,;;:''"; -» > M.eir,.:,iI,|,VM. """ "'"' " '■"l"'".e|. („ -1 .Vv,',!,!, "■'■" ' '"«'« "■- ' "■■ :!:::::::!.:•''-■ '■■« - I r."U... 7"''':'''''' -I ■' I lt,i„„ ' ."• I"l".v ,„„1 ,., .1 1, in „.. ,.,,,,1. '" '"•""•" '--I.^ '"•"■<, ,""■ '-.v.-.- ..M.I ,1„. j„,,, ''■■■■■■ '."■..ic..,.M„. „„,„,„,, >..,■„,„,; '■ "," ■ "'"'" I-.-.....;- .. I,; , „ .1" III Hie MliTcts '"' I Will ,,„,.v,|(, 'IIHlll.ll(i(„l';, ;,,„! K 'Hid (I, },y w,„.,| j„ Aw/iiUli;^ y„„r lejily, • 'III', voiirs (,ridy, l{ K f I, V ^'v Dkau iJ.ormc.,, I ,„|dn .V"" l.,v II.JH n„l,',,nu^ "If M|.irilH, (itid 'M'l>'-liuM.iM l„.,.a„se„f ,1... .■', '^ "■""" >■'> ■."■", -. „.„,;,„„„ w-^ imf 254 l{K.MAHKA|{I,K NAIIUATIVKS. ymis I li(iV( ih <" vainly s<.tin;h( tor a mnn to do (his woH, >«) fully after my own heart. < one low as yoti are. I ransaekeii tli( i'sl (ieptiisof hell for spirits who eo.il.l .lo (ur nie (I, whole work of (l(>stniet.ioM. Rut, lilt| tlioi'r etrorts. I s'Mit out tl. (i,.Mi..M .Mun)-r. and he si onsand. most ,i;e,.<'rally t.h.> hopi-less and (1 til Itiit I sneeess attended ew a few K' innoeerii. us mission was a failure l)ad <• my servant l.ust m-,, f,„.||, ||,. |,,,| yaths and dishonored "i-'iiiy of the viotims escaped '.liron,i,di fli luraetei' and eausiiu nil I5nt <'veii then. •'neiiiv, sen e power of (!od, mv !.t A \.'irice, and in his ,i,'olden chain '""""I. l>iil men soon learnel lo hal.- him for 1 s some were ■UKl comparatively few fell l>v 1 MS meanness. iim. I* The twin hrothers l\>Mt,ilence and \V lunine followed l.ehind them, hut iJiey slew indi If went, forth, mk] ately the old an It 111 pandeiiioiiiiiiii. this Work ()ii<> rfiiiH(ifk('(l tli(> • l<> tor IMC (lie I'ci'ss .'iIIi'iiiIimI I' nIi'w (I few (Ih> inmicciii. It's( m„..|m '••'--J.,,;,;;,,::;'' '''^- •"•..... ... , "" ' ^"•i.iisi.i'.i.o,..:; ;„;: ^^^ ^--i-n..., '"•«'l<"" l..'u.(,sor "H.|„i,.s;u '"'"n.n^r ,'ro„. (1... ' '. 'i^Lin,! ,; ;v"'"'' '-••■ -f -^ i, I s.; ,,,:;t ^'••' ''''•''•• ..-K •'7'' '-' •■■'v. yoi. .,.,,, u,, ;:;-''''" -vv.,,.,. '"""• •''""^'' '--. 'uiii wo,: ^" •■•""■^'•"' " ^••""•• •^■"" " •'•••""". Vo, Hl,.,|| I ■,• ' '"''""^ •'*'"^" '''tl "" ■'""■ "■•"■'<^ •^I'.'ll |..o,|„..„ ,.„ , '•''W.'U'd foi-.'Vl-,-. V-mslotiM- v,.,y lu.s(, i.i'(;iKi.:i{. An Israelite Indeed I '•-•<-"tin'iioli,.,.ssl,vuo si ; 7"" "••"■ — ''.V Hon«|., '-^^i.-wiv.oi.,,:;;7't"^;^'"''''''-''''^ s „ow ,U,o„f, , lov.., ;u,il pniis;,.. f, "lit. tWlTif,- -■'■, but were increased to 4oO l,>y the Conference of 1 787. Like many of his o-ethrer), he was often greatly depressed in spirit, and tempted to leave his work. On one occasion he unbosomed ins mind to an old friend, who advised him tQ go to his closet, in retirement to take a review of l^is whole life, and if he could Hnd a single mercy with whicJi God had blessed him, to praise Him for it. Mr. Bramwell followed lus advice, and while thus engaged, a successive •orain of divine mercies passed in review. He saw, indeed that his whole life had been marked with mercy. Grati- tude overtlowed his heart. He broke forth in praises to God, took encourageinent, and vNcnf forward in the name of the Lord. During his zealous labors on the Dewsbury circuit a most wonderful outpouring of the Spirit was realized, and nearly two hundred were added to the society, and many of the members were entirely sanctified. On the Birstal circuit his ministry was equally successful. His powerful preaching added to the societies during his two years' stav on this circuit. Mr. Bramwell was next appointed to Shettield. Every where he was received as an angel of God. The peop' '•n beei> kept by , as in .ill Obiier fiar. Ho sue- eiv-od the hless- 00 great to be tess it. T then )!• my s'lul ; and nco thfvV ti>no.'' I. The number ■e increased to •eatly depressed 'n one occasion ho advised him review of his 3y with whicii Mr. Bramweli !(!, a successive e saw, indeed mercy. C rati- 1 in praises to I in the name >ury circuit, ;i s realized, and >', and many of II the Birstal His powerful wo yeai's' stay iield. Every The peop' '^N ISItAELlTK INDEED 2o7 'less (i, (I K' Wi ^o<>od, the ,n;in,i..r in vvhici, I, . , -^"Leclness "»■'■■'!'■"■■« "Ml,,., ,, .;■'■•■'■"»'• "■•■•■-*- 1,., ^" i"-''^'n,Hng .hi/;;;;:,:"';';,,"' "'" i'"^^<'''"n,is„n.i,t;^ ■'-'"•'--^ and i„,h,,,,, . ; ; ';';-''-'n .'xerosed m„d. -^;«n was brolce,. d.Iwn l!:"" "^'■'■^- '''-•'■ 'Vl- ^-'y union p..ev.i,,,,, .,hM ";■"";■" '''^'^H— ', a -'J-untrybro,.. o,t ,/;;''■' '^^'^'^'"''^'-^^^^^^^^^ ^^f-- hundred nu.mb.r;;.j77;^^ ^'^•' -'h-^^^^^^^^ ^""'■«e of hi.s th.'ee years' '"' "'" "'^'•"•O- in ti.e "'^.^^tters to intim^; ; n;V'''' ^'-'^ «PH'itof very elevating nietv 1 ^'"■"'' '"'"''^'-t - ;^'-eat work. To Mr.^! I tl^ ' "^"•" —ration to his h'- ever that those w o ^ " " ""^^ ^ "' «- --e — i p.-ayer are men of b in' "V"^; '^ ''''" '" -- heaven; thoy ,o thr,,u.d the 7, '°'' '^'' ^'^"■^'' -^'^ -signed to every ero., t^^:"^ "''' '•""'^— ' -- g''eatest cross. On thj o.le "'L''" '''"''''' «'-T of the -, P-yor, every cross brin!!. T ' T'' "'"'" "^^ ^° ^""^ -J- them of the little lov. t , .r^^t ^"^'■"''^^'' ^^^ ^Iv. Eramwell's next fiel ' '' ^ "^J^'^'"" -^ »"'-PI^y division oa ti^^. "' .^^■';i^<'^t-^''an.. J^,. - thoo,.ani.ationof t ^tS:^ '^' ^^■'"^•^' '"-"^^^^ -'J-cl persons left the s ^ ' f 7 Connexion, three ^:''Jy 'nade up in one y^^ \ ^'" ^'"'^ ""'"'^er was -«";t hundred more were'a;^;d Tl f''""'"^' ^■^^-• •^-hled. The name of the W, I'," ^''^' .!"'^^^'^3' was 17 '^ ■^'"^ ^•■'^•^ magnified i n the "mmr 26.S REMAI{KAnr,fc NAUHAtlVES. m conversion of scvcnil Deists, wlio icnoiineed their enoi'. and found redemption in His hlood. Several very strikin<( cases (jf divine healing also took place in answer to his believing prayers on this circuit. In prayer for the society at a watch-night sei-vice, his eyes sparkled like Hanies of Hre, his whole frame was full of animation, and he took such hold of (Jod that divine power fell on all present in a wimderful manner. .Many of them were .so affected that at the conclusion of the .service tliey could not come down the gallery stairs without iissistance. His labors on the Leeds, "W'etherley and Hull circuits were also crowned with glorious success. On entering upon his work in the last-named place, he says : " I have had three week.s of agony, but now see the Lord working.'' Three weeks of agony : Is it then any wonder that such Pentecostal results followed his preaching? The manner in which he walked with God and maintained deep com- munion with Him, is thus described by Mr. John Hebble- white : " During the time Mr. Bramwell was in the Hull circuit, I lived in a house on the Humber bank, nearly a mile out of town. A large parlor on the first floor commanded an extensive view of the Humber ; no vessel could pass unseen from the windows. This room was his favorite place of retirement, and he was at all times welcome to it, for we felt ourselves honored by the use to which he appropriated it. He was wont to resort fre- quently to it, and spend two, thi-ee, four, live and some- times six hours in prayer and reHection. He often entered the room at nine o'clock in the morning, and did not leave it till three in the afternoon. The days on which his longest visits occurred were, I conjecture, his appointed fasts ; on these occasions he refused any kind of refresh- I tlipir crioi', very .striking iiswer to his lyer for the sparkled like iniation, ami n- fell on all hein were so !e they could itance. Hull circuits On entering .'s : "I have t'd working.' ler that such The manner d deep coni- ohn Hebble- in the Hull :)ank, nearly le first floor r; no vessel oom was his t all t'mes r the use to resort fre- 3 and some- ften entered id not leave 1 which his is appointed 1 of refresli- A.V tSIUEUTE INDEKD; o-g e..te,-» into cf,,., irHrj ^tr" r- '"""" take faster h„,d „f ,„„ „, y^- H. o.„ s.,.in,, weep, and love, and suffer ■ v.! i "" '' ''■"<'■ "'"' »hen I ten, ;, ml^l'Z', """'"^ ' ""' »"«•«■ cleansed is srent ■ l,„t „ I I ""'"eation is great, to be cleansed, wl,:,;: ,'„::; :\,;»/,"»"«-ti„„, "' ",e being «- world, the noL „,:,'':,'':;;' '"^™»"".".«lf» >»-» the f„„ s.a„,p of Ood's iCe ST """ "'" ™<' "■alt, and live, doing all in Hi,n t.Id to Hh '°" ""''' ""'' "> P'-ajer, and turning „„ in^ Ti^ ' =°""""ally T. rnT-^'T" '""=- •'^ H'-"t:H;:^j- ''"'- '- ^g'Un he writes: "Oh tl.,-« I,. / this opening into dorv 'l '" ^^ ^"^'^ P'^^'^oe, ti- being ;ii,i„i: ?x Z:rjr' ^ ^-^ ---^d G'«./ .-. all. ok' ou] If i^^' ^°'' '^^^ Church 1 -•ite. aod gra. t the fll T' ''' '"l ''' ^^ning, as I May the world receipt i"", 2' t^""'' ^'^ '''"' ^^'-• I^evoted souls are my del'i.i r '"' "' ^'^^ '^'''' ''''''■ t.sj;:irA»"*-::o7e!:nt:r:? -e L:t:t:7X:::-;,*° ritdSr' tr' -■ d„r„g hi, labor, in tha. .eidn:^*!'; 'trT '^ "'ll If ^ ■"•nr- 260 REMAHKAIJLL NAfiRATIVKS. fill! !l •f rcmai'kahlc (iclivt r;inct>s \vi(>iij,'liL out tor liirii iuid otlicis in answer to liis prayers. One of liis first remarks to tli(> society on enttMiiig upon liis woiU in ' 'u'id was, "Sk)\v siiii,'iii,nt witness for (Jod in the world, showing to what a height of holiness Ciiristians may attain on earth, when hearty sincerity, deep niortilication, diligent watchfulness, love of divine communion, and a humble and active faith meet in tlic heart of any man." His countenance and s2)ecch were peipetually js before God, in the conscientiuns observance of all His prucepts ; his heart full of love to iJim; his face awing the beholder with the majesty and shining, with the sweetness and beauty of holiness. To c! appearance he spent f/ery moment of his time in his !>eioved duty, and in zealously doing good : always ready for and enjoying f^i>iritua] com- munion with God in all His ordinances. He ^.weetly united the lowest humility and condesc 'on with the most transcendent charity to all men, yei as .t to suffer sin in his brother to go unreproved. 1: inauu uned peace of conscience and assurance of eternal life inviolate for many V- i \ I iiixl otiict'.s niirks to llu> \. 'icld was, ;s, Hiid iatt! ' marks of a icavcnly life coi'taiii tli(' V SUl)Ull)S of of glorilie(i dootiiiit' of this c'xperi- oi'ld to hiiu, liii,!,' to liiin. 1 the world, I may attain lortilication, iiion, and a any niau." .]y as before is precepts ; lie beholder 'etness and pent (,-ery in zealously i ritual oom- jeily united 1 the most o suffer sin ed peace of e for many AN ISHAKUTK INDKKI) ' o,,, years to^r,,,,|„. ,^„,, ,,,„•, power of (;od dwelt i..,' T"'""" '"'" ''-"'- «^'fJ and adon.,.d him »hal. M, """'''"■'■'■' '^" '"•'^"" ^---^^^^^^^^ -'• J-''"""«'J- Oh, the '''^y -ith an eye to this " '"'"•>'^'""^' »'« ^Jon- every The hue Rfiv. Joh,. Mon-js savs . in this room ! I-«m|, I am just, whriv I wouhl lu>. | w.uihl not. (•haiij,rt. my situation for (he world. | am Jnsl, in hcavi-n.' ThcsV cxpivssions 1m- contijinally used. I spok.. (o him uh.Mil IxMnx tt'inpLMl. ' Ti'mpl.Ml ! ' he .vxclaim.-d. ' ( Hi, l.iit w aiv Naf«'. The ih'vil may knock at thnhior, and tiMnplati may p»'»«p in at th.« window, Imt n.-ithrr can hnit ns, for (hmI is in us.' " on End of a Backslider. TiiR foMowinj,' case* ()ccurrt>(l in west crn N (>W was puhlish( Church of their choice. He did not statid hy them.'l remained in the Church. lie i^'i'adwally lost hi hut mctit. When he went s eniov- amongthopilirrims he confessed his AN ISKAKI.ITK IVtiKKI)' '^:i;:i:"';;:::t;!,.';:::."T","- »'-'--..^" '■"■■""•li'v^ II..,,.: ■'"'■''''■•» '"«M„„.„r „„|,| '""U" ,,;;,::. :::::::7i:;: "■ "'■■'•'■ '■««l-"Kl u,l,„„ , . •"■ '■"■"■"'■I". '■""■■.«! .i,„i,.,. .,., , ';: """ '-''K "-;-:-:" ::::;:;\:;:n;:\'''ir''-'« lf-s,n.lM„. I,.,, 1 '" ;''7""'"'^-n.i,ss.Ka,,io,, '•-■-■» '■'■■'-™-;T:,:;:;.::r:::\7'' ".''■■::■■ - ■■ ■•-.■,'":.':;,,";;:,'•;-;,•';•,■■":'•■' '■-'■'■y .,..«. ,„„i ii„,„ ,.. " """■ '■■•<,.i,uii„„„ .-"■"■i,i-»ii,.' 11,. ,.„ii,.,i r " ""'i"""» ""I- iM,.,, i„„ .,,,:.,:'';'''■;■""■'","-'■"' ''-,. I'" »»i'l. " liv,.,l in ,]„,,. "■' ""•"'■" " ' lmv„," ::r»;;:;;;::'";:::t:',r ;■••-■'.-,. Jr:t • iilll lost ! J ;ii|| l-.u* t " ,, »|i, ■" -.-^t,;,t:s;:ri:;.'t; '■-'■' NfiifJ j H- In m 204 llEMAUKABLE NARRATIVES. had warned his children, but tliey counsel. Jl,. hogged the sister whom he had ohiu-Z.rwith would mind none of h being led of the devil, to usk warn his children when he w of torment for which 1 a pious sister livinf? near to ^'one, not to go to the place !IS • le was destined. <' Tl or azy," he said, "but my mind is clear. (Jod is mak ley call me spectacle of me. (Jod 1 Hli taken H It las given me over. Th-^ Spirit has is everlasting flight. The devil 1 is all 1 can do to keep f as control of me. I'om coMunitting tlie most horrid crimes." That night he got up from his bed and ol poison. He stood over the table for 1 to take it, but Jtained resisting with all 1 df an hour, impelled went to the barn to ham: there, h li^ might. Ho tl len himself, but, finding his son IP Sa\e up the design. Hi.; tVioads sent for doctor. The doctoi- said he could not d for he li ad HO disease : it was his mind that > anything for 1 the lim. trouble. .\ fosv djiys after, h caused the fi M'as loft in the parlor as hi.s lunly went out to breakfast. Ho called them bad at a time, and bade tl d it to the top of the bod-post, mad in it, and when they oamo into th dead. a fe\ lem all a last farewell. As thev passed out he went to a bed, took out part of the cord, tied e a noos(>, slipped his neck <' room they found him What (iod an awful warning ! Bev m anv H y degrees AN'hen you begin t ivare how you depart fi om im. you know not wl o wander from only in following the Loivl f K'i'e it will end. Thei •e IS sa ully. Walk in the lidit. .fety m I i ■ iy call nie 1 is making a h'^ Spirit has ontrol of me. most horrid iiul obtained )iif, impelled t. He then ling his son •sent for tlie ling for him, ; caused the parlor as Iiis 1 back a fcM- 1- As they lie cord, tied led his neck found him depart from an(it>r from 're is safety light. TBE HARM eP j^oVEL HEADINO. 26.5 The Harm of Novel Reading. In the citv of E .,.,... Pvi"^ a respectable spl e ' in"'' '"'^ '""''"'■^' ''^^'^ -««- '^*^ '-ociatLl with CO "L "T '• '""^ ""•^ '" -''v -voton.orality; tl e "T " '-'"ts were oHe.; ''-tin.ew.s,l;te; "Xtf'TTf''^""'^^^^^ --tained and adorned b ; \ 'V'''^' '''''^'^ '>'"- '- ''^^'--^ uohisehi, r "tr "''^^^^ ^'■--^-'i^-Mheirinte 1 . V7'^^^ f''''--t only i„ the r:';\"''«'""^-''f--- tl'e "••^'•'••lyarra„.-.„„„t;"7.^-\"^ ^J^>'"e«tic worship and la.-geand well-select il.;";/""tf' '"* ^''^^ ^ ^ -"d doubtful n.oral d " " "'^''^ "'"^''^ '^^^ ^^tion '''he Pn.llig.te br 1>, :^t7;''" ^""^'""^ '^-'"^«'^- «'^'-Jy.you(h a genius for druv" *^'^''"^«'- '''«played in give promis.on.is one davi::- ^" ^^^'^-'^-T - to ters c.- the art : but hi. e t , ''^ '""'"^ "'" ^''' '"'^«- ■^^-'y undermined a ">o IT" P'"'^"'"' ''' '"« ^-«"te ''- twcn-i..„ hi fc,;r """'""'""' ^''-^ h«'--I'od g-e. The m.; rt, :r'"^?"^ ^^^'■'•'^^ '''- to the f'-^ ^ '^"'^ the dau:i:::: :: :z:2"7' :^'"^"^ ^"^ Wed father, .ho „o.v p, I.t^., """^^ '^^ ^'" '''■''g'«»- B..I thou.d, he ,n V '"" '■''ST'ird for ;-7'e of his broth;!: t;:r;:L:t:"^^"^^'^- f""'.ly prayer once a week^-on ford' t' " ' '"" '" ^'""^ ^^••-^^^till the inveteracy of hi . . . ^'^"^ ""'^"'"--''"^h t'"^t "out of the same m . "^ P''"^''^"« «^vearin. -^•" Hisebu;;z::n:;t/"^'''"'^'''^^^'"^-d-- ^" t'.ose who had the misforW ;;:7.7--'^"y terrific "- to be their witnesses or 266 REMARKABLE N'ARRATIVES. V 'hi victims. The strict Presbyterian notions and habits of his brother were frequently tlie themo of bitter or sarcastic remark ; and his select library of standarti flivines and historians was denounceci in no measured terms, as calcu- lated to cramp the minds and prejudice the tempei's of his children. For himself he was determined that no such I'estraint should be put upon his daughter K , who should be left at liberty to choo,se her own books, that she might see the good and the bad, and form her opinions in the most liberal manner, .'^o as to escape bigotry and nar- row-mindedness. The freedom thus granted >vas eagerly used. As the daughter advanced to womanhood, she took her range among books of all kinds, and what was the result 1 The books which tended to restrain the wayward tendencies of human nature, were treated with flippant censure and thrown aside. Writers of fiction aljsorbed all her hours. Circulating libraries were ransacked, that she might find the most stimulating novels. The influeiice of this most trashy reading was soon apparent in her looks, temper, language and inanners. Impatient of all restraint, she wandered in the paths of the tempter. The love-tales of her favorite authors inflamed her imagination. She dreamed and spoke of splendid matches, till she became quite unfitted for the matter-of-fact world in which her lot was cast ; as for domestic duties, they were too coraitionplace for so gay ;i young lady. These she would leave to home-spun Marthas whose genius was formed to superintend them. She pos sessed no fortune, but was fully prepared to spend one, should it ever come into lier possession. Her course downwai'd was fearfully rapid, for soon a "gentleman"' appeared as a suitor, pronn'sed marr-iage, abused her d habits of his !!• or sarcastic tl divines and ernis, as calcu- tenipei's of his that no such ■ K , wlio )ooks, that she cr f>pinions in ;otry and nar- d was eagei'ly hood, she took what was the the wayward with flippant n absorbed all ?ked, that she ins ^vf-s soon iind manners, the paths of Drite authors md spoke of fitted for the cast ; as for for so gay a spun JMarthas nn. She pos ;o spend one. Her course "gentleman " abused her THE HARM OF NOVEL READING. 267 *e fa.e. 0<>Mj,Z^'J'':^:~-f->-y'^-<>:> Lor in "' novel „^i ,„j;; " - «"l Pl-»".e, Iho c-eation ■..-o^.. Lean a,J'a„ unl ,/ r:? Z'' '"T' ^ etw-nity without liope i„ wl,-,t ° , u '""""'' '"'» "'"...n of ,.,. „„,, ,:„',;;,;;:;','"•" ^" «« «.t to pwpotiiote l,en shame 11 ■, ""'"W '"f""'" t«. painful to b„ f„r,.„tte , H ' """"""'' '""" '"'"^'' -'■•-k »ith „a,,v. n:;: • .^slt \"""°- ™ fcond,. His rehVious hrnH, ''""'' '"*« the '"-staining his t Zr^v ' """"'''^ ''^^'^ «" ^»« -7, tic happine;. H ^e d'r'r "'^P^^'^^^^^^^' -"^ ^i.s domel -t of acuainti:::' ^. zz: 'r ''''-• ''- prevent their becominc. in/ r '"^'"^'^ ^id not -eml.rsof societ7 ' ''"'' ""'"^ ''^"^^ ''^^^^'^ Jn these days of chp'm i,-f„ i ♦ . : a "^ tjicjp literature, let -ill „.u^ u mfluence with the young beware how thev ncn T' or immoral reading. The nress .1 ^ «"«ou'-age light fo.-thinthemostfa;cinatig' ^etn:; 't'" '^^^ -to allure into forbidden ^.ths O !l ^ "' "'"' careful about the food of J • i ^ '''^ "'** *'^ '^^ '^« food of the body 1 reithe ""h ' ? "' "" ^^'°"* ^^e will destroy life tL nl " ''"'' '^^'^^«^-' ^^^et. '-iyi- kined,in thrirr '".i"^* '^ ^"^ ^"- ^^j ... . ,, 268 REMARKABI.E NARRATIVES. A riiser's Death. TiiEY lirouglit him a silver dollar. He took it, clutclied it in his long, .skimiy fingers, tried its sound against the bed- post, and then gazed on it long and patiently with his dull, leaden eyes. That day, in the hurry of business, death had struck him, even in the street. He was hurrying to collect the last jnonth's rent, and he was on the verge fii the miser- able court, where his tenants herded like beasts in their kennels ; he was there, with his rent-book in his hand, when Death laid his iron hand upon him. He was carried home to his splendid mansion. He was laid on a bed with a satin coverlet The lawyer, the relations and the preacher were .sent for. All day long he lay without speech, moving his right hand, as though in the act of counting money. At midnight he spoke. He asked for a dollar, and they brought one to him, and lean and gaunt he sat up in his death-bed, and clutched it with the grip of death. A shaded lamp stood on a table near the silken ])ed. Its light fell faintly around the splendid room, where chairs and carpets and mirrors, silken bed and lofty ceiling ■ all said " Gold ! " as plainly as human lips can say it. His hair and eyebrows were white; his cheeks sunken, and his lips thin and surrounded by wrinkles, that indicated the passion of avarice. As he sat up in his bed, with his neck bared and the silken coverlet wrapped about his lean frame, his white hair and eyebrows conti-asted with his wasted and wrinkled face, he looked like a ghost. And there was life in his leaden eye ; all that life centred on the dollar, which he gripped in his clenched fist. A MLSEU's DEATH. 2G9 it, clutched it iiinst the 1)P(1- witli iiis dull. ii lifid struck to collect the pi the miser- easts in their ill his hand, e was carried an a bed with 1 the preacher oeech, moving nting money, liar, and they sat up in his lath. s silken l)ed. room, where 1 lofty ceiling 1 say it. His s-unken, and lat indicated bed, wiih his bout his lean ted with his ghost. And i' centred on it. l-vyer .at before JtUf "'"-.'"", ''>' "'" '""T-. The We, „„ hi, „„.,e. Ti;: ; !" ",' ''"""• """ "'»'<' »1- before hi,„. '" " ''"SO l>«reh„,ont »prea.| ;;Boy..ut,,i„kl,.„,ni,,,.ak..a,vnn".,k,,Utl,e«„, " Wait. He'll ,,e ,„«, ,.«,;,.„-,,;,;;". "'""I--" '"l-'y- dollar. He ™ a rich ,„° ,, T "'"■'' "P°" ""' and Chestnut street, , "r "■'""' P"'""'"™ Walnut *irts. Hehad .r„ ?■' "'"' """* '" 'I'" o"'- the lal■„« „„ California. Hi nil « . '""I i'»We„ interests i„ half a dozen papers in ,, '" t"' """* ' "«' he had «o be in debt without th po^ to av^Ie^ ""I °"""'- virtue, to got nionev Ti,.,. , ^^ ' ^ '''"'" "^l" one "- virtu? he hj- j'f ::;'" .'■« v- '°-«-"' f-'ylve years. To lltdC."' ;:,:'" .'""f ™^' "^ tenant, to turn a fpw . j r. , ^^^^«'' *" tlistress a speoulation-^Le, : t* :;na:'°"'™'' "' " '"-^ He was a good ,») „,„ . 1 '"'■'•'-•cements of hi, life. «pon the plvdoor Zl ^l et""T- "", "P™ " ^'"""- ^ '""> " benevolent (") m n f ^ '°"*"' "''"'■'='■■ «= ™ --ng fron. , Te'ltfr^T """""■ """"^ '- debtors .ho writhed J r, 'eVr'."' ^ '""' *« '0 so,ne benevolent institution ■ He ta" ""^ '"' *■""" in the gallows and the jail alw« just(?) man ysi found in lum a fuitt it'ul ^70 REMARKABLE NARRATIVES. |. ; I' IH and unswerving .arlvocate. And now he is n dying man. See him, us he sits upon tlie bed of death, witli tiie dollar in his clenched hand ! Oh, holy dollars, object of his life-long pursuit, what comfort hast thou for him now in his pain of death ? At length the dying man revived and dictated his will. It was strange to see the motliwr and son and law- yer muttering— and sometimes wrangling— beside the bed of death. All the while the testator clutched the dollar in his right hand. While the will was being made the preacher came— even he who held the pastoral charge of the church whose pew- doors bore saintly names on silver plates, and whose seats on Sabbath day groaned beneath the weight of respecta- bility, broadcloth and satin. He came and said his praj^er, decorously and in measured words, but never once did the dying man release his hold on the dollar. "Can't you read me something, say, (juick. Don't you see I'm going ? " at length said the rich man, turning a frightened look towards the preacher. The preacher, whose cravat was of the whitest, took a book with golden clasps from a marble table, and he read : " And I say unto you, it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God." "Who said these words— who— who— who ?" fairly shrieked the dying man, shaking the hand that clenched the dollar at the preacher's head. The preacher hastily turned over the leaf and did not reply. " Why did you never tell me of this before? Why did you nevei preach from it as I sat in your church? Why — why?" The preacher did not reply, but turned over another leaf. But the dying man would not be quieted. " And it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a A MISErt'.s DEATH. ii flying man. ii the dollar in fit' his life-long r in his pain of ad dictated his 1 son and law- besidf the bed d the dollar in BT came — even ch whose pew- id wliosc seats it of respecta- aid his praj^er, r once did the J. Don't you lan, turning a reacher, whose golden clasps say unto you, ye of a needle, ni of God." who?" fairly that clenched 3achcr hastily Why did you nevei preach -why?" The ler leaf. But id it is easier lie thazx for u 27 J •ich iiian to enter thr- I-;, i ^"'— o^nie.^ An. Inotrich^ vw/'"^tf■■ --P%^ What debtor did I e er s^:! T'^'' ' '^•J 1 f'ver release ' A,,,) w •^I''»<'-^vhat deutor ^'•■^y -d ,..faehe,l to IZ 7 '"^-l""''''^^ ''''''''' '^""- ^'--'- N.-^ wor^LCl ri:;-', '--^ ""'-t -I'le preacher i„ search of •. , .• ' -Pi'lly fn-er ,he leaves 1 J ,"""^''r" ^^''^^'^"^ ^■"-^^' I— ^-e, which he read • XZ ''"'"^"'^' "^"^^ ^" ^^^- -^^ 1>-J for yotu- nnserieHv ir^Lro'"'' "^'' '''''' ■ ■ ■ Yourgoldaudsilvers ,/ "P"'^ them shall be a witness •• '.'''^ ' '''"•J ^h« '-u-s' of ^esh as it werefirrYe nr'T' ^''^" ^^^ ^-- [or the last days. Behold ^h ^::t T^T '""'''''^ have reaped (Jown your fields X . '''''"'""'"^ ^^^o ^-ud, cneth ; and'th^ c;^ ^/t;^ t;:^^ '''' '''' ^^ entered into the ears oft/ie Lord of """ '"'^P^' ^- never preached that to i.e ' sT^keV l'", '• ' " ^"' ^'^" P-acher, who had bluij red Iro .f'"'""^ '"^"- '"'^^ James, which we have c uo d W ^'^ ''" ^^'^'^Se from was perchance terrified y t t V r 7 "'^^' '^^ ^^^^- «« ioner. Then the wife d rre^i'nit '' '" '^'"= P^^^' ^ind the son (who h-ul , '^''^^'^ to comfort him "i" lip*. Tl,„, |,e died ••'"' "'''""■■ "'■'■' "fe Wt "Pon the preacher's .hn,2 ,1 ^ v "'"" '■""'■•*«• and tried to w„neh the d '.■..: ",^ '■*^""" ''"-'' «» "Je,. " "" "^'" "■• hand, but ia vai„ 1' 272 REMAR'KABLK KARRATIVKS. He clutched it as if it wore tlie only suviour to light him through the darkness of cteniity, and tlie son sat down with dry eyes, and thought of the hundreds of thousands whicli were now his'own. Next day ther(> was a hearse followed by a train of car- riages nearly a mile in length. There was a crinvd around an open grave, and an eloquent sermon upon the virtues of the deceased by the preacher. There was a fluttering of crape badges, and rolling of carriages, but no tears. I'hey left the dead man and returned to the palace, where sorrow died, even as the crape was taken from the door knob. And in the grave the dead hand still clutched the dollar, — (leorye Lippaid in " Earnest C/irintian." " But they that ivill be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition."— 1 Tim. vi. 9. 1 ■ '• A riethodist Boanerges. Benjamin Abbott was one of the most memorable men of early AJethodism. He lived in sin, and was a decidedly wicked man till he reached the age of manhood. Dr. A. Stevens gives the following in his history of Methodism, from which we gather this account : Mr. Abbott, in his early religious experience, met with a Methodist preacher who talked to him about Wesley's views of entire sanctification , and he resolved to seek this great blessing. He was in greater earnest ihan ever. He wrote: "Soon after Daniel Kuif came upon our circuit, and my house being opened for a preaching-place, he came ! A METHODIST JJOANERGES. to liirht liim ;(>ii sat down of thousands train of car- :iowd around ;he virtues of fluttering of tears. I'liey rthore sorrow ^ door knob, d the dollar. )tatiou and a lusts, which lim. vi. 9. [•able men of a decidedly i. s history of count : Mr. met with a lut Wesley's to seek this n ever. He our circuit, ice, he came 27;} and preached Tn fi.„ 'I- "•„,,,, ,„■„.,; -'i"^;,"^ .""::"" rV""'- ' '■"p""«' "fill and I,,,],.' Ti,,,/., ""'"• '-"™. -'"'J sanctify me, '-1 .." powe,- ,„ lift „i,,,, . ,' '• ' '" «■■ tl- Ho,,,., r "k« fire co„.,„rnit'Zr°'"'^' '""'■•'■'" '«"'^•• 'loprnvod natu,.e. W|,„„ ' "O"'"?*''."-- ,.f fallen, "-■. -d stood p,„.. ;z:ti;;':""''' ""' -' "'- ''Ppe,u-ed to ,„e ,|„.t „„ ,!,„,*, '""8^ '" ■")■ "'M. it It ..l,o ap|,ea,„d „, if r ,„' '","*'"™ ""' P''"»ing 0„d, »PP«'mI ne,v. I felt , 'Z, m'T """' '°'' "^'Tthing l'"'l made, and .„, ° '"''''"""= ™»";'<»' that 0„,1 ~".oti«..d „,e, »o„l ,:.,| i;;," 'r 7"™"- "■« ne l,ad keo,. my w„„|», „„d ,,,3. ,^^.„, " J"""" -■« -"e, he will «,ne unto hin, and „,.;i. ,"'," 'o™ ''"n, a,„l wo will 2^) Thi, 1 foC ;: , "7 "'""'" "■'■"' '"■"■•' (■'<»"' xiv. •"•;■""•' »i-h,.:ri.:::;;7::,':«''-''- He the^ »"":::^;pe;;r'^,:;::::'r'>'''''"^'e,,,ee.ho,.ted I- sloep, and he woke nl , , '■""""' ""'" «""" '""' i" sennon was ove,- t . Ji, T "' /';"" "'""■ "'» «'" P'™ehin,w.» al, ; "„:"^ "V"' ""kI - His i" New.re,^ey we,e l,e tl, V '''u '" '''" ''"J' '"»■ ">»" He was l«th hilhlv ! ' T? ""'" """J"""" Abbott, ■".ere was an unXi i'T • "'"' ''™'-'"'-' '^'oved. '*life,a.,„iet„„ :, w 'r '■"'"'•'°"' ""« -"..plioitvi,, "ess in hil „,.,I..' '';';'•"■'■•"»<'.'"«' » fatherly tend,.,.. 18 ' "" "'*■■' Kenei'ally „ddres.«,d as i4 I'mm •274 ItKMAIlKAHl,!'; N'AHHATIVKS. i!: "Father AI)l)ott."' Many rejoiced to own him as tiieir spii-itual father. For years he travelled without a cent of coinpensiition, except his eiitertaiumont among the people. By industry and frugality, he maintained his family by tilling a simill farm. Ail his family were members of the Church, and shared his zeal. One of his sons went out as an itinerant. He begged money and timber to build a chajiel in his neighborhood. He had the simplicity of a Quakei' in his dress. ]\[uch of his success was by his pas- toral visits. He called on one family, and incjuired if there was any preaching in that neighborhood. When he was told that there was none, he ofliered to preach in theii- hcmse if the man \vo\i\d invite his neighbors in. He was told that the peo>>le did not want [)reaching. Then he sat down, and told i!j< family his e.xperience, and j'elated what wicked men n- ■ i^•i•^^re conversion. (Jne of the daughters began to \\.-^.'f.. The power of God fell t»n them while he prayed, and he 1* ft them all in tears. Of one place he wrote: "TheL;)rd began to work in a powerful mannei', and we soon had two classes ; then the de\il roared hor- ribly, but God woiked powerfully, anil blessed the word, and sent it with power to many hearts ; many fell under it like dead men, being alarmed at their dangei-. The watch- meeting was crowded. One of the preachers preached, and then an exhortation was given. The Lord poured out His Spirit in such a manner that the slain lay all over the hou.se; aiul many others were prevented from falling by the crowd, which stood so closely that they supported one another. We continued till midnight, and some stayed all night." Sometimes a single sentence would stiike and convict a sinner. Taking leave of a family, he gave his hand to a A .MKTHOI>lST UOA.VEHOES. 07.5 ^-s coMverted ci^^., '''^' ^""^ ^''^'^ "'^ '".^t till ho After lub,.ri„., with ..pp.. '^"^^"ergos. ^'irouit, New York a.vJ ",...! 7' *W"u.to .., ^ , ^ P^^'P'^ ^ ''e labored to lead hf ,'"'"»'' ^ '^"^ ^"""^ it. He Hi.s favo.; " e.t re.:,"^*" ^''^. ^^P tbi".s of 0.d^ f-st, after severa h d t H Tl ^"^'^*'"^''^^-- ^t a love- '-de^Horted,heari:an-'^, :::,^P^"--'-J ^^ ^- tion, for now is the dav < '" *^ '""^ sanctifica- ^beLord fell on LJi A^^ V'^'^^^ ^ ^^^ *'- power of t'- floor all through the hous 'f"- "" ''^^^ *^'^^' ^^" ^ "-« no niore relating exneHr '7 ^"^ ^^"""- ^here -g was dispensed vfth 't ""' "^^ ''^^ ^"^^^^ P'^-^''- " He was tho ou d^ V or. ' T'''^^ '"'^^ ^'" -"-*■ mysteries of spiHtual life at '' '' ' ^'"^"""^^ ^'^ ^^e a great drea.Lr 4 d t' • '™P''""""^^ ^^^P^V mystic - ' "' '" ^'"'""^ «*■ the night, recorded m IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) 1.0 I.I 1.25 ■ 50 3.2 IIM U IIIIII.6 6" .- -in i liulu^iajjiii Sciences Corporation 23 WEST MAIN STREET WEBSTER, N.Y. 14580 (716) 872-4503 m \ :\ ,v \ % .V ^y ^-u^ 6^ 27G REMAIIKAHLE XAHRATIVKS. { with imf|uesti(mablt' lioiiosty, wore often vorifu-d hy the most astonisliiii»:j H>„| |,r,.a,-i,i„„ to i,i, f,.ii ■ ''"■'■• ■■""' '-" """ «.-» A,,?: ;.,';::, :"» "p'-"- po»»e.,.,e,l I." ».imll d,..„,,,. „t °„„ "'7 'S"<>™nt, l,„ --a.- Of .,.:« ,: '^,„1 ;■;:,,;;:;; f ;-;«■» < evidence: " '"^'*"»t aih.rds ample liigh road. Three voi.nr, . • . ' ^'■'^'" *''« i'««i Met,,,.,,,,,,, ,,a , , J, ;: ;;'"• "" "^i"-" -i thou,.,,,, it „o„!,, I,e a „,„,, f,,,,,' , "^ """'"" '■l>»I«l. (( \y . „ ' "'**^ '^•i file actors • blacke„e,ra:e"''„„td.I',I' "T"' ""■■ ^^'"""*" -"' , , i^n^e.-i, on ,1 Clark ni'dit ;i Uffi^ i c o'c ock. We l,„H rl.-. ^ 1 . ' "'*' '*f'^"''fi twelve wena.,co:4rc„ :.';*:; 7:;.'°'- 'B-c.„a» ^ «.. point. I fc,t ,„v,,e,f°„ co«,.d r "■'""' ■' ""■»» 'o it «» but a c,a,t.a",.dlv f,X „ f,, , *"" '" ''"''"" "'"' -<" if-"t,,e,,,.,, IT, f'™■■•P"-'''™n i^!S 278 REMARKABLE NARRATIVES. "The clock struck twelve. 'Now comes the witcliinc tiyio of night,' exclaiiiKMl Tom. " ' Dont let us frighten the poor coujile out of their wits,' said I. " * No,' said Ryder, ' we will he gentle robbers — gentle as Rohin M had suffered it to remain open, as you will see. " Now consider us, face to face with the ' Old Gardener ' ; and a pretty sight we presented. Three ruffians (ourselves) with white waggoners' frocks and blackened faces. Before us the ' Old Gardener.' sitting on the side of his bed. He the witcliiiifr nut of tlieir jbei's — gentle lian proceed, oldior as well in wliich the ml t!e\v open. kitchen. To "I'oni an inner ' exclaiined a ;he unmistak- I befall you,' ed the 'Old II me; all in e entered the fastening the nain open, as d Gardener ' ; ns (ourselves) aces. Before his bed. He THE LEEK-SEKD CHAF'EL. 279 wo eared worsted nightcap, a check shirt, and a llannel acket ; h.s u-on-grey face, fringed with a grix.led bea d ouk,ng as cool and undismayed as if ,.e h^l been i •• u Ip.t preach.ng. A table was by the side of the bid and .nnned.ately in front of hin,, on a large .leal table w^ an open Md.le, close to which we observ.?. to our 1,^7. he..pot gunpowder, large enough to b.ow up a castle. A candle was l,unuMg on the table, and the old fHlow had a sj.en.onehanda„da,arge<,i„ti„theother. ^X^^ all three con.pletely paralyzed. The wild, iron-faced deter m.ned^oU.e.01d(.u.dener,Mhecan.,le,theHin;::L steel, and the great .heap of powder absolutely made eo.a.. ot us all. The gardener saw U.e i.,.reLnt "'What: do you want to rob u„,| n.urder :' exclaimed '-. .yo had better join with n.e i„ prayer, miserable -ners luctyouallare: Kopent, and y'ou may be sa .^d ^ou wdl soon be in another world ! ' " Hyder fir.st recovered his speech " VPloase to hear n.e, Mr. (innlener. I feel that we Have been wrong, and if we n,ay depart we will LZ Z:: ■''■'''''''''- '^ '- --y -^ '-^ ^^^ "We laid our purses on the t;ible Ix-fo.-e him ' "'The Lord I'as delivered you into ,nv hands. It was so revealed to n.e in a dream. We .hall all soon be b another world. Pray, let us pray.' And down he f upon h..s knees close to the table, with the candle burni ' r7ldt':i:!p^^T' -''--'• He stopped. eyed the purses: and then on the table. Hi emptied one ot them out appeare.! surprised, and, I thou-li M I !i^ liSii: !r 280 REMARKABLE XAUUAnVES. «ratifi.Hl, fit the lar .,'(m»(',ss of its coiiti'iits. Wt^ now tliouglit wj' sliould liiivc to ivtiiv; l)u( to our dismay llu> 'Old GurdiMicr ' said : '"Now w(? will praise Uod l)y singinj,' tlio Hundrcdtli Psalm.' "This was a-;oiiy to us all. .Vflt'r the psalm the old man took up the scn,i„| p.i,s.. ; and wliilc lu> was oxamin- inj,' its contents, llydcr, who was tlos.- bohind Tom and myself, wliisperoil softly : " ' r have unfastened the dooi' ; when you hear me move make a lush.' "The 'Old (iardener" then pourinj,' out the contents of the second purse* exclaimed : "' Why! there is almost enou^d. to build oui' new house of (Jod ! Let me see what the third contains.' " He took up the third purse. " ' Xow : • whispered liydei-, ' nuike fi. lush.' "We did so, and at the same moment heard the <,ld fellow hannneiin^' away at his flint and steel. W(. expected to be instantly blown into fra,Kments. The* front door, however, tl.'w open before us ; the next step we found ..ur- selves in the .^^irden. The ni-I.t was pitchy dark. We rush.'d blindly throu^di the nursery -round, scraml)led throu-h brambles and prickly shrubs, ran our heads a-ainst trees, then forced ourselves thi-ou^'h a thick hedge. At last, with scratched faces, torn hands, and tattered dothes, we tumbled ovei' a bank into the iiifrh road. " Oui- horses wre soon^ found, and we j,'alloi)ed to Ryder's residence. Lights* were procured, and we .sat down. We were black, ragged, and dirtv. We looked at each <.ther, and. in s,)ite of ..ur miserable adventure, roared with laughter. e now tliouglit nay the 'Old 10 Iluii(lrt'(llli i).sfilin the old e wtts pxiimiii- lind Tom luid lieiii' iiK^ iiiuvc 10 contents of >iir new house loard tlio *»ld WcM'xpectcd I' front dooi-, >ve found our- y duik. We fl, sciiuid)I('d lieads against hedge. At tei-ed clothes, galloped to and we sat kVe looked at nture, loaied THE LEKK-SEEI) CUAl'KL 281 '"We nv.iv laugh; oxelai.ned Ton. 'I,,,, if ,.• . !"i^::^'':::t.:;rd;:;;;:;:;--'r^ c-.m„„u,.ilv.' '»"Kl'"i»-.sU«.k „t ,|„. „.|,,,,„ ': -;'y-nw. i«.',*M,::*;i: "■'''; -i»....i «,u, .„,„,., f„,. „„"„':;„' '7;:;:;;,: ™'^!">- w«» cmplote. T,„„, „h„.,„ |,at,,,d „f V ' ", " soon ,. it w,„ Wii, „ e i ' '" '"""■'"'■«■''""»-' - "■"1 "•« ^ui ti„.c„ ,/oton„h o,T" '; T' """ """"■""'• io«l.t ,-elate,l l,y tl,o 'Odrn,! .'/'"''''''■" "' "'» in nr\,^nn..): . ' >io dilHculty in conoealiug our,sel ves. 'Ill we had sermon was M IIH 1 282 REMARK AllLK SAimATIVKS. short , l)ut the slatomont ly, and liiimorons plirascoloyv. 'I'liis cMwiinjf lit> scorned lo excel liimsclt", and was e\nl(in;,'ly liiimoious. Tlie old fellows t'aee iflowed with deliy;lil and satisfaction. 'I never,' said lie. 'saw Mack faces pr-ay with yreater devotion. I have .some doul)l, hi>wever,' he slyly oh.served. 'if theii- prayers were ipiitc heavenward. They sometimes turned their faci's towards lh(Mh)or, hut a lifting of the IlinI and steel kept them (|uiel.' " lie then added, with H knowing shaivc of the head and an exulting lau'jh, 'but tliey had not, smelt powd(>r like the old .soldier whom they came to roll. \o, no, it was a large heap -ayi', large enough to fright.Mi old (leneral ('live hims(rc ready. V joiiuMi each other, hut could not .speak. We could barely cluHikle, ' leek s(>ed,' and then roared with laughter. " It was a good joke, though not exatstly to our taste. It has, however, more than once served foi- subsequent amusement. "The chapel was built with the money collected by the gardener.-' — Sel. 'S XVIIH I'dlltlMi I iniin's ((Uiiiiit, kI.v huiiioi'ous. liciul iiiid t |Mi\v(|(>r like <>, IK), if was a (JciiiM'fil ('live iikI s((>cI wrrc yst'lf was iHil II', ' (his liu'i,'!' my sl(K-l<, iMV Mitiy laiifJtIu'd ; d tlicii- hands. lIK'CllK'Ilt., lint ii'ioii, and Ict'l icli (itlicr, l)iil ', ' l('(>k s'I"T (h.sas w.. should? '"" "♦ " "^^^- l""l'.'tn- for th.. „M.,.tiM.^s asw„ ••7;"'-' -wetal. ,..„„ ,.„„,,;, ^^ p' ' Onn^,.,.at .U.S.. of nnpan-tuahty is J.., ^ lo^'' si-htof th.. fa<-t that (h..v .0,. ■ . ' '""«tia.,M '"'».!. .Sun.Iy „o on... l<„osvin. and .w,//,/,,, „,is fa.-t r''"^"!''' '" -""^- •^■'.-■.i,u...L.a.daC:j:,: iisin^oii Ml." Lords I)av or m Umi.. 1 • i ''"'■'^•'''"''' '^"--. - •' - .•^'''■.- matt..rs H.U w. 1 •see overyouc in thoir „' :<* placo.s at tiio ajfpointcd t line ■,SV/. ■9M [I I 284 HEMAKKAllLi; NAHUATIVES. Wl.ou eight Quak.-r ladies had at. ai.i.oint.n...,t and seven XV...V puiictud, and the eighth, being a .juarter of an hour too late, h,.gan apologizing for k<'epi*ig the others waiting, the reply from (.ne of them was : " I am sorry, friend, that thee should have wasted thine own (piarter of an hour, but thee l:ad no right to waste one hour and three-quarters more of our time, whid, was not thine own." An.] of WashingLon it is said that when his seer.'tary, on some important occasion, was late, and excused himself by saying his watch was to(j slow, the rei)ly was, "You will have to get ;:nother watoli or I another secretary." Napo- leon used to say to his marshals, " You may ask anythin.' of me but time." Of John Quincy Adams it is sai<], that in his long service in Congress he was never known to be late. One day when the clock struck, and a member said to the Speaker, "It is time to cull the House to order," the reply was, "No, Mr. Adams is not in his seat yet." And while they were ye. ...eaking, Mr. Adams came in, he being punctual, while i.w clock was three minutes fast.— CyaoHure. A Short Storj;. The official board is in session. A very animated discus- sion is going on ovei- the withdrawal of twenty-seven of the members of the Church. Dr. Williamson, the eloquent pastor, is speaking : " I admit that in point of numbers twenty-seven out of over eight hundred would make but very little dilTerence, but see who the twenty-seven arc, the very ones who carry on our prayer-meetings and attend to the spiritual affairs of the Church. It i.s true A SIIOHT STOHV. 285 )I)ointiii('iit Hiul ii (|u;ictcr of an )i*,i,' the otlit'i's ; " I am sorry, own (|uait('r of ! one liouf and not tliino own." is sctM'ctary, on iscd himself by 'as, "You will etary." Napo- y ask anythinn.iul..t.onist as any n.aa in the prohibition IZ IT, "Of cours.." said Dr. Willian,son, -we will have tn «.ve the.„ their letters, f.>r we can find no fauTt liU the Chr.st.an character. But we have none to take tie P aces n. the public prayer service. This is one of tee - bnngm. pohtics into religion ; they won't mix " (V tho doctor just reverse the theory and bring religion ^o poht,cs, and you will see them nnx so nobly'that t ly J ^-g back the p..yi„g «p,,, ,.,„, ,,^„ J^^ ^^^ ^y^^ a then you wdl see they will mix.) Then savs Dr' .ma...on: " The grand old Re, .bliL pa:^ iT.^ enough temperance party for me. and while it is not up to Ive to .see it,, yet I am not going to throw away my vote <•" a party that has not a ghost of a chance of efecTin" s candidates. (Applause.) ..I d,„, underst n fha SmiU '^Tn'^^ P-^l^'^-n-ts want," said the Hon. 1^ H::^tr:;:^:.ri''-'^?'--''-^--edthatt,; m legalized without ."jin. That IS ! I ! i •2M(j UEMAUKAIILE XAUKATIVE.S. true, Mr. Sinitli, iuul iiotliiiij^ stron^'nr tliaii that fciuld bo uttered. The iiiiiii who sells li(|Uoi' for a living is vsorse than tt " Just then there was a sharp knock on tiiedoor. "Come in," responded the double l>ass voice of Dr. Williamson. The door oj)ened and the portly forn> of the saloon keeper across the street ajjpeari^d in tiie doorway. lie was the first to break the oppressive silence : " Cientlemen, knowing this to be your regular meeting night I decided to come over .md inform you that 1 and my family have made up our minds to join your Church and help along the good work you art; doing " This speech was greeted with dumb astonishment i)y the mem- bers of the board. Dr. Williamson was the first to speak ; " Have you given up the saloon business '/ " "No, sir,"' replied the saloon-keeper. " Are you going to '/ " "No, sir. I am conducting a respectable place and see no reason why I should." " W-e-e-lI," slowly replied the doctor, "our church rules prohil)it us from taking in dealers in liquors, and ior that reason we must refuse you." "Oh," said the saloon-keeper, a flush of anger coming into his already florid face, " I was not aware of that. On what grounds does your Church refuse to admit saloon- keepers '( " "On the ground that they ai-e engaged in a business that sends souls to hell," replied Dr. Williamson. "The Bible says that no drunkard shall inherit the kingdom of God, and therefore no drunkard maker can. More than titat could bu iviny is worse door. " Co'iic r. Williaiusou. ( saloon keeper lie was the ';,Mdar meeting oil that I ami 1 your Cliurch doing " This t by the niem- : " Have you place and see ir church rules i, and for that anger coining e of that. On admit .saloon- in a business imson. " The lie kingdom of More than A SIIOUT SToHV. 287 that. <.ur br.ard of bishops has .h-ehtred that the li,uor tralhc cannot be legali/;,,! wiih„ut sin ' The saloon keeper was thoroughly aroused by this time. "" m a suppressed angry tone he asked : " I),, you knosJ that a great many of y.,ur n.e,nb..rs are regular ;ustonuus ;; J I'ave hear.1 that son.e were." sai.'i.lge over the .ultrad ""^''^ ''""'"•'^' ^^■'"• -'^' -uls over the nuM ^kv 1 l" ' ' ''■^"'^^■^•^- '"'• ^-'' -i>o in conflict n.T 1^^ T' ''"^'f ' '""•^- ^^^^'^ '-t a retreat, or .trL:::^T:'ri'^^'"^^^'-'' '"• ^'ie. who M-ill never he i ''''" ^^"' ^'^^'H-er -nd infantine stature, n.en vt ?''^' '"'^'^ "*" !'"»>' lived habies, and .h l^'VT' '"'•" '"^'''^^' ^^^^^^^ '-^bies; andif God pern i -n"" "'""'='^^' "'-'» die -ng the lullaln- of t ,us ^d 1^' " '""' ''"' ^■''^^''^^ '-' themselves. " "■'""^''^ "' ^l'"''^"^^' -•ippI<^s hesKies sermons. We want ,„.,, „„t ba/.T'<', " ""' '"P'^'- '"en of iron grip who ^.^ , . *' ""' ''^^•'^''f^: '■^iinai •smokes like a |,| J9 thunders of the 1, l^l'lg furtl;i, iw in their (> UN til and u|,„ van hurl ll 10 290 KKMAUKAIILK NAIiKATIVIX m Ii; ::i iiiiii < .-inatl HMIIilS (I f h-fivcii iit tliciii till thcv howl liko (1 •'iiions UM.I tn«inl)h. lik,. a dty sliak..,. l.v an" oaith.ni.ikc. Men wim c.-in .irous.. and wak,. Mh' Clunrl., r.rlai.n l.arksli.l fri^'lit Ik-II. (M'S. .'11 SI, HUM'S. tc.Tify the w.m-I.I, stir tli.> ,|,.vil. shakr ,1,'t'ls, seraphs, and all the .t(l(.rv world. and U»\t' M.'i. <.f JFoly (iiiost i,u>tal. of spiritual roi)iist I cast-iron constitiitioiis. steel dyiii-(, and nioimtain-niovin,!; faith. Men who I impossibilities and ove u-alth, of sinews, and undaunted, un- iiuyh at It is not vonie all ditlieultiei nuieh learnin,-,' tiiat is wanted, hut wisd to make a rij,dit use of tli(< hvirnini; we 1 oni condemn learni ia\'e VV o don't, million times more t>f it tl 11,1,' wouhl to God that all of us possessed a lan we do ; hut we want to put () soul-savinjr purposes, to harness it with our learninj,' t power, with living' Hashes (.f Holy Gh„st CI un-ch is loaded down to tl t^neri'v. witl le \(>ry i,rates of danniation 1 learnin- ; th.> very Hames as they shoot out their r<.(l liot fiery ton,u;ues are laden with the iierf «)f the schools : and the ui Jiertume and incen se the unsaved, and the wailing of the d •oans of the lost, the shrieks of the rhetoric, the orator innied minyle with abl e and fastidious [ireachers ; f •y, and the ekxpience of our i asnion- pulj)its, souls ai their learning perfumes tl i« the sacrifice. rom under their \ ■e worse than, damned, and tl ery le incense (tf le very blood of which their soul It is not learning but pt)w er al apostolic strength, energy. Not the skill to spiritual might, and Holy Ghost (li-«'ss up thoughts in gauze, and tinsel, and "sparkl finery, but a giant's strength to make thoughts, t., clotl Miir the them in in tiame and fill them with lightning; to nuik spiritual galvanic battc le :e of effectually with holv and d ries, and charge them so ivine electricitv that t'verv Do. '2Ul ■'^'"^•k Sll.lll |„„S..,. fl,,. i„iMt. f • ■ • <.-vn.. u-., .Ir;!;:...;.'": ;'"■>■ '• ^ •••• -. ..,„ .., ''" '"'"»■ 'l"« »i..l .vl„.„ („ ""•■ "<'-M, lUi.l „|„, „|.„„, , " ""» '""I 'Vl"-ii In •■f»'»«.-.' ai..m! ,;;';;:; »';•■■■•■ i-' -■.■>■ aariifs/ /•/,..:...■ . ' ■ -"■ ''- •Sura/, V.. ""■'"« ClirUli.,,,," /.t,;, What Individual Effort Will Do "f »,„-k „.„» „,ij, ;™'^' ";•" '"» fav.-ril, ,|„„|„ »»"i""-iy to,. ti,.,„,,„ ,.,,;";:;::'''■,''"'■'■ ' '•■' ■■■" ijfweaRi 1- I ( 292 REMARKAHLE NARRATIVES. and untirino; eflforts for their salvation, and attribute their conversion under God to his instrumentalitj'." His bio-riaplicr says that "during his stay in Jewett city, he wori^ed fifty-seven days, at seventy-flve cents a day. Here was a nieclianic performing iiis daily task on time; establishing and sustaining a religious meeting at the boarding house, on Wednesday evenings ; a meeting of the people of (Jod for prayei-, on Sal)bath mornings* at sunrise ; and, though he went about three miles to attend public worship, throwing his efforts into a Sabbath School at ") i).m., and instructing a class ; devoting Sabbath evenings to meetings and family visitation ; conversing with the sick, the careless, the anxious, and those indulging a hope; uistributing tracts; endeavoring to awaken aii interest in the benevolent operations of the day ; keepiii" a brief diary : abounding in prayer ; and adopting methods for the foundation of a church and the settlement of an evangelical pastor." The friend with whom he lodged there says : " Religion was always first in his mind. If he entered a family, after his usual salutation this subject was immediately introduced. In promoting the Sabbath Schools, he went out into the highways : and wherever he found those of suitable age- however far from God they might seem -die would gain their attention, and, if possible, bring them in. Six or eight wild boys, from twelve to fourteen years of age, were thus induced to attend, were led to see their ruin by sin, and brought hopefully to Christ." En the providence of (Jod, Mr. Page was, in October, 1825, appointed as Deposi- tor of the American Tract Society— a position for which he W.MS eminently fitted. It is said that " one consideration that satisfied his mind of the propriety of changing his ittribute tlipii sphere of efTo.t was, that I.e could think of «ons, within the bounds of ).; "" ^'''""- P*^''- not senouslv ad.h. "^ ' . ' ""^"•''^"■^^-"' -'"'- l^o hud "Ii-ol. re»ult<,l i„ „„ „coo,„„„ , Yi'rt-a revival I''l" I >vitl, all l.i, ,„j„| "■" '"■'•■*""K"1'1.. »-„,.kJ, 'iiiii and M-ork Tn.. !• •■ '"^^''' "'^'^ '"« «msta„t -etio,, .i/e,,e L :^^^ ...«. »l„l,. i„ „„, "'«" i"» past,,,., ».' :.„';."".■'■ ;• ""• "■'■■-'-■• -'- w„, P,»i-,.|--„ip,.ti„(,s „,„| „,,,,,■„„ '■'«.'" «>ncl„cti„i; ,JUi- 'live,.»,li..,l, „„,, ,,rt ,,„'"", """" """■■-',«„«; a|,„ -nple, were never eonnn^nnj. r TI •■"""^"' ''"^"«"^' then, appeared to h.v. ' P''"^^ '""' ^P^'it of «~ JI. :; ^- ;-'-'i^^ted, and the, .e. ■ , . *''^^•'"l•■acter and condition of H •strangers on tJie sul e lifid also a Ji H'Vy tale/it for add fessinijf '"''■'" "'>''™--'i.-.=IW,>n :,,,,. I ;.S IB* 2f)4 UK.MAHKAIll.K \.\ltltAII\ i;s. ill I sih^' our m(>t'tiii>j;s, ho would nliiiost uIwjias Niii<,'|(« onl, iiidiv idiiiil, and en yai'c III fldsi' |icisiiiiiil coiivcrsjitioii. Sfvcrid pcrsdiis were in tliis wiiv l>r(iii,:;lit under c. in ic( ion of sin, aiitl soini' will li.uc ivasun In lilcss Cod lliroii'di fttM'iuty for his iicrscvcrin^r fuithfiilncss. n,Lja<,M'd in his usual liusiiicss, iJic n'Ii of pt'isoiis with \vhos(> stale hi- had hecoine ac (l, was jjfeiKM-aliy pressinjr on |,is mind. || js „o\v known (iiat, for sexc ral years hef ore ne (lied le iisiialK ha(i hy him a memoraiKJum of the |.a s and adihcsses of Ji few individuals with whom he was to convfM'se. On »■ went> t(( and from his olliee or If no names were on iiis list, he felt, these he would eall as 1 relif.(i()us meetinj^fs. that lio was doinir little 1,'ood. lie also uniformlv had in e mii,dit preseiH. as Ik; lose whom he ins hat some awakeniiifj; tracts, that, li should Jud.i,'e them adapted to tlii^ state of tJ met. from hi Not. unfrtMpiently he would seize a f cw moments s usual occupation to -fo out. aiin('(l to .some meetinj,' or other reli^^i for the eveniiif,'. Kvery <"vid<-iice of ^r,,,,,! uouomplislu'd jj;ave him new joy, and ev<>ry openiiij,' for usefulness added a new impulse to his eH'orts. He felt that, under (lod, the eternal joy or \v(h\ of immortal souls depended on his fidelity. " It was not' the revented it. " "«' liroiiirlii iij ,.|H,,., , , '•■"H, I,,. !,„,.„. ,i„i ' ■^" ""■" ■! f n,.. •■""•"■;■'••'"■"■. ::!:;:;;:;::;':;;;;: ';" "'-V^">..l..n„(nlH,(,„.. ,•„, ,,„, , , ' '''"' ""•••••I.V I'ni.v Vvhul., ..,. I.uv : .. '"•^"'^-"' »•n-..n,..,...v,.K ,i„ in,.. .,..,,;;;';: ••— «—. ...i... ,..1 , Ills l)io^rna.|i,.r savs • '"n,-,.. • f.'....n„u,, 1 '""■"":'"'■■■""""« ■■..„ *m.,,wi,i,.i, ,,,,,,;;'"'■'""'''''". ■.".iii,,.ii,,,,v,.,,iy """i'':z:;;tt::;:::;;r*''' ' '''■•■'' -^'■••'■^ .■l,„™,.,.,.,.. " "■'■"""'""•"■■.V". I.i«(:|,n,,,i,u, ■■"^'»/'c:';;r;i.;,":;„;:';' ""t"" '■■ '-^ »' ''''-«■."'-::::;'■; trj!:;;;^;;'-'; "< • ••■• " ':""'""'™ I"- ««u ■.If,.,,;,, ,„.":•'■;■:"""•'■."""» tliirty-t fi «'" (,(*/icl.f,r,s I,., |„.ou£rl >il, plac<- of I, is „a(, '"" '""' "^' '.is .Sal.l,a(,h Sa\u,„l J'Uhlirly ,„ ,,,„j.,.^^ ,tj ij"'*y riHl, «, 'iiri(. oF \v}| ">m have «(.(, mtmm >■' ' i I If 290 nKMAIJKAIlLi; N'AUHATIVKS. their faces toward the iiiiiiistiT? that thirty-t'ouf souls sliould liavf Ix'cn ;,'athere(l hy him and his fellow lal)()n'is from one ward of the city : and fifty-eight, in connection with his efforts and those of a few endeared associates, have been l)ron, back on his work on earth as ended, he whould, with the solemnity of eternity on his countenance, say, 'I know it is all of ^'nice, and nothinj,' that F have done ; l)ut I think I lia\c had evidence that more than one hundred souls have l»een i-on verted to (Jod thronj,di my own direct and personal instrumentalitv ' .' " As he drew near death, he exclaimed : "()ii, for a holy ministry, de\()ted to the salvation of souls! I caniu>t bear to have so much time wasted in controversy. If all would devote themselves to the salvation of souls, how many mii-ht be saved from eternal buriiin','s : " Of him it mi-^dit truly be said that "he ceased n()t to warn eveiyone night and day with tears." He died in great peace ami triumph, September L>.'b'd, IH.'U. irty-t'oui' soul.s t'cllowlfiljorcrH , ill connection red associates, |)co])ic of (Jod, ividiiui.s slioiilii 1 tcius, for liis Ici'Ftit tliJit, in Ki is now liis h Jis ended, lie < counLeiiiuiee, ^' that I have more than one roujfh my own ;)h, for a holy I cannot heai- If all would Is, iiow many f him it niij,'ht veryone ni<,'ht and tiiumpii. Tllli (iHKAT l)|.;si|{(,vK,i 297 The Great Destroyer. " l'lu,soM,;i{ at til,' l)af lin,. , -■-;.-:.....,u,:,:::\-;:j::r:::^:--> "■■■IT ,.,.«„„ „-,ul,,l "" ". ""- :::::-:^::,;rz;::;-r:::;' ■•--. '■■"•■■'■"I" "'-V "-..,„. „„u, , „„ ,„.;:::,';; •!'■" ■"•" »■■" "- ci.ensh and protect. While I .. '" '" '"^"' eonunittin. tll^ ^•^..-.. • '"' "" '-'"^^''''H'ance of uumttnio the fearful. ill cowanlly and inhi Ilia-, deed, | ifppl 298 I!i:m.\kka»i,k n'aukativix liiivr 11(1 riylit to coinpliiiii or cniKlciiiii the verdict of t\v('lv(' <,'(kmI iiicii wlio liav»' Hctfd us jiii'ois in this ciisc, for tlicir verdict is in uccordancc with the (ividcncc. " l?ut, may it- ph'iisc lh(^ court, I wisli to sliow tlic court that 1 am not alone resjJOMsihle for the miinh-r of m\- witV : " Tliis startlinj,' statement created a tremendous sensation. Tlie ,jiidK'«' loaned over the th'sk, the hi\vy«M's wlieehvi around and faced tlie |tiisoiier, th(> jurors l(.)ked at ^'ach other in ama/ement, whihi the spectators couhl liardly suppress tlieir intense excitement. The prisonei- [taused a few seconds, and then continued in tlie same firm, distinct \()i(!e : " I repeat, your honor, that I am not tiie only one fiuilty of tlie murder of my wife. 'I'he .jud,i,fe on this bench, the jury in the ho.\, the hiwycrs witiiin tliis liar, and most of the witnesses, includinj,' the pastor of the old churcii, are aha ,ij;uilty l)pfore Ahuif^hty Ood, and will have to ap- peal- with me before the judthor for the murder of one person, the law-powei- of tliis land will arrest tlu; twenty, and each will 1)0 tried, convicted and executed for the whole murder, and not one-twentieth of the crime. "T liave been made a drunkard by law. If it had not been for the lejfali/.ed saloons of my town I never would have l)ecome a drunkard, my wife would not have been murdeied ; I would not be heio now, ready to be liurled into eternity. Had it not been for the human traps set out with the consent of tlie (Jovei'iiinont, I would have been a sober man, an industrious workman, a tender father and a loving lui.sliand. But to-day my home i.s destroyed. n^y wi|^. ....H..l..,v.|. .nv liwl. ..,.il.ln.n (I..,, ,,,.„.„,, -::.r;i:r,:::!:;;;:i-i:-:;- " I'm- ..,„. y,„r ,„„. t,„v„ ,v„s ,viu,„„t a sa ,. |.-„,. „„.. >»ai- I »■«» 11 s<)l)oi- jii,.,i [•■„,. ;!*::;::l;"'"' '^ ""'-■ -* '^ .^•.;'"::::;::2:;;:;:::;r;:--— r- l,.,lf nf fi • • "• ^''^ rmmeH of one- in our town T? ''"'"'"' ^^'^« ' "««.ssarv ' > tovn. Ih, prosecuting' attornov in tl.i.s case wus ^ one who so .,o,uently pleaded witl/ this court r I was p. ". ,n "'" "' '' "'^^' '-*'— -tence of .loath was passed uj.on n.e, ^.ranted the lieens.- " The impassioned words of the prisoner fell like coals of hre upon the hearts of those present, and f^' '»y the m;- MOO ItKMAKK A mm; \ A It UATIVKS. Ill I: : .s|)rclat (»t' the hiwvcis wcic iii(i\i'i| In Iciirs. Tin- jiiil^*' iinuli" a iiK.liori iis it" lo Ht(i|i miy i'liillirr M|in'cli on tli(« pari of tli<> |H'iH(»ni ! no' yituv lioimr, <\n iinl close my lips; I nm ii(>arly Min)U>,'li, and they arc tli(> lasl wmds I slinll < mm uticf on I'aitli. " I l)('fj;an my ilownward cariMT at a saiotin liiir - N'j^alizrd and pro((>i'|i'd l>y the voters oMIiis eomi iweidth which liiiM n'('»>ivt>d annually u partol' the Itlond moiicv I'rom the poor, deluded \ielim,s. After the State !ia.s made me a drunUai'd ami a murderer, I am taken hel'ore another liar — the har of juslice (() hy (he same power of law Ihal lejfalizeil llie lirst har, and now the law powci- will conduct nil' to the pifi. of execution and hasten mv soul in.lo et(>rnity. I shall appear hefore another liar the judj,' ment liar of (!od, and there you who have lej,'ali/ed the trallic will have (o appear with me. Think you that the (}reat .Iud<,'o will hold me — the poor, weak, helpless victim of your trallic -alone responsilile for the mmdei' uf my wife? Nay; I, in my drunken, ficii/ied, irresponsilile condition have murdered one, liut you have delilieiatelv and wilfully murdered your lliousands, ani'ati()ii to-day with vour consent. ".Ml of you know ill your heart.' rlinl these words of mine are not tin- ravintfs of an u'ist m i ! • ; d, hut ( J Almij,'hty'H truth The licpior iyMYu .-f tins nation is responsible for nearly all the murders, hloodshed, riots, poverty, misery, wretchedness and woe. It lacaks up tl'ou.sands of happy homes every yeiir, sends tin,' husliiuid and father to prison •"•• -v ..nd murdi.ivd a. di 1 , , '"' '''' •■"^•"■"•"" -"'• '.yHski,.^ :;:::;'••''•-'-• vo ' -" H..S.. .,. .., iv as,r:' ....... ,. .. ' '" «'^" >•"""■ ^' HITS, iniHsioii "" - ^-' .'".•li... at dm sH„m ti„H.. It „mur d ' " •"K, <-(.-n i,.f,io„ ,.onv..rsio,i ,„ul •*• "'^''''^•■" • W-ans dm.|,n.a.iof diat kj,.,,,! Kdom wliicli :}02 REMAKKAllI.E NAHUATIVKS. " is righteousness, peace, ami joy iu the Holy Ghost." It means holy tempers, clean lives, and pure hearts. To be moi-e definite, the revival of God's work makes thorough, radical changes ; it unmasks hypocrites, exposes false hopes, sandy foundations, and self-deceivers. It sweetens tempers and harmonizes the family ; it heals heart divisions among brethren, reclaims backsliders, and stimulates God's children to be saved "to the uttermost," so that the world sees that religion saves men from all sin, making them honest, upright, uncompromising, "full of mercy and good works." This revival will break up bad liabits, destroy all desire for forbidden objects and wean the soul from all that is opposed to God. It will lead to " cutting off right hands," " plucking out right eyes," to parting with every idol, and its converts will count heaven cheap at any price. . In such a revival you will see, furthei-, the following fruits; A tender conscience which dares not indulge in doubtful things. The filthy weed is thrown away ; vain personal adornment is given up ; foolish fashions forsaken ; the abandonment of the saloon, the card-table, the horse-race, the dance, the circus, the theatre, the secret lodge, the rink, and whatever else hinders communion with God. The Lord's house is filled with humble worshippers. There is a great increase of Bible-reading ; the prayer and class meetings ai-e thronged ; free-will offerings to support God's cause are given, and church festivals are abolished ; pro- fanity is hushed ; the Sabbath Day is kept holy ; neighbor- hood broils are cured ; line fences and other difficulties are fixed without going to law ; and order, industry, clean- liness, temjierance, economy and righteousness are pro- moted ; the criminal list And taxation are lessened, and all human interests for both worlds are advanced. THE KEVIVAf. NEEDED. .'J03 T.. brin- arouiul such a revival as is needed it J. ., -ary that there slu.uld be : '' ""'■'■'■ !• An utter abandonment to God, an.l implicit reiiaiice pon H.S ^vJlhn;,ness and power. '• It is not bv nn-^ht ^ y^po«.r, but by „,v Spirit, saith the Lord of , os '' All tlungs are possible to In-n. that Ix-lieveth " To p.-eaehu.,, t<.o, needs to be a.akenin, in its arac " Su^ sul^eots as death, eternity, ,ud,n.ent and h H d to be huthfuly proclaimed in this , lay of carnal .secu 2 - Ihere should be co-operation with (iod in the nJli all tl.e means within our power. The first of ,1," I |;^|^^.- the Holy Spirit. President Kd ward :;! The.e ,s no way that Christians, in a private capacity can do so mucli to promote the work of ( od •■ ,^,^' •the kingdom of Christ, as l.yp..;::::'^r;h"^^ .enume rev.valists known to the Church are^ 1 P-yer. They prevail with God, and so prevail wl)^ me thul 'r? r"'";' ''''' ^''''"''^••' -nnande!! that they should not .lepart from Jerusalem, but u^ait for tbe promise of the Father." ^. And when th y had my d the place was shaken where they were assemb ed to ^ I and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost and ' spake the Word of God with boldness " ' ""^^ 3. Burden-bearing for souls is also necessary. .^And the Lord saKl unto him, (.. through the n.idlt of th cty . . and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men hat sigh and that cry for all the abonnnations tl he ^lone ,n the midst thereof." It i.s f.t.I to think 1 -|ply asking God in a formal way fulfils our w. ^ U thxs great matter. But little will he done unless tee nmch earnestness and wrestling with the Lord. () the most successful and holy nunisters that ever 1 iy d ! 'i S04 KEM A l« K A HLK \ A UK ATI \' KS. said : " Kxlriimiliiifiry cllt'cts ran never he pi-ddneed 1»\' ordinary means." Kvtu'v re\i\al eosts snnieone ni(tre or less a<;()ny of' s. Watson savs • "lf'(!.,i i ,, , --■tifi.'d,.;oi.nii..owi.s;i;..r ,''''''■'■ '^ '••■'' ''''•' mmvuv ,. y.., ;' ;;' '''''''';7 "^^ ''"--i... tWy..u.,say vTr^r T^^^ ^V" i.-- l.u.i -"^ '-ti'in^ ,,o a ..Hva,. ''''''';■'*'"''''''•'•''->••-. <-'"is(, di,.,ln,, ,,„; ' :^' •""".-'' -nply ,.|.o,V,s,si,,, -•Uinou.scn ...... ., '""">. "♦""•■'^"•■••v.valiH.s l.oM U.c soul •H- that (icjicn i( V IS ncM f)iit only co\(.r,.,| -'0 "P ''.V Ihr ilM|Hl|..,| '•'■>;« in''^<'-'i from th ,r ( 'I irist (f«^*" s : t - I j ■ f! Jii :U)G llEMAKKAlUvE NAUUATIVKS. personal holiness. That doctrine has no ('artli(|uake power in it ; it is a poetical (h'vioe of the (le\il, for he loves to he covered over witii the horrowed costume of C'hrist, provided ht^ can retain a niche in the heart. Oh, no I in the revival I mean the cwiriial mind is never represstid under borrowed ^'arnients, l)ut torn out root and hianoh ; u revival in wliicii in) ont^ ever I'ises for ])i'ayers, hut whtue they fall and l)ray for themselves, and weej), and mourn, and make the doctor think they aj'e insane : a rc^vival that will make preachers forget their manuscripts, and hurst out and weep in the pulpit ; a cyclone of mysterious onnii- presence that, when it strikes a church oi' connnunity, will make people very mad or \ery happy. "I declare, in the presence of (utd and His hosts, I am ready for just such a moral scene. Nothing is so alarming as tlie utter absence of alarm in the churches. Nothing is so dreadfullv terrific to my mind as that sinr.ers hav(i no terror I Oh, that Ood would so baptiz(! with fire a thousand j)eoj)le as to render them an incojni)rehensible amazement of power ! Oh, for a few men so dead to all things but God, and so fille(i with Him as to niakc^ them more than a match for the rest of mankind I Oh, thou triune (Jod of Sinai, Calvary and Pentecost ! art thou not now nursing, under the horizon, the lightning, and thunder, and rain of an amazing holiness revival ! Lord, U'l it couu; ! Ijct it strike our nation ! Though it may blow tlu^ steeples of our abominable church pride in the dust ; though it may thrust our philanthropic fairs and festivals in the gutter, blow the French music out of our choirs, and the feathers out of our bonn(!ts ; though it should confound all the wise ones, and be understood by no one but thy Divine self, let it come ! Thou art the master of thine own tempests. ■I'J"' HKVlVAi; m,;eJ)Ku. 307 <>'', H(.ml US ;i sfonn fn,,,, (!„■ Ilolv CI, < i . l"l",^,S (,,, hrcuM... cinill,.,,!,!,. s v^sflll in , «liidi H,.v ||,.Mrv I?,., I ""•»<'ll"wn.^rmlvi,.n .'"'"^ ••«■■■"'""' i"-»., u, „,,ji J i„," r II iM.n , I rccoivisl fron, fiinitli ■ i„.il„.„. i "I- lii--iiiuui„f,|,,,.isi„„, „„,„|,„i„i,|. .„,„,., ., , i..»iL^;;:. tit!; ::■;"■ r'^' "■' y-^ r-'-"" '^^ ': ..;:r ,::r"i: ,r:r'' n.c.s^ il " J ^ ^;;;;'- --'^ ' --'<•■ <".■ w..,.. alwav. .....,.,.. .^' ''"',"" •^'^" '"■-H.av. don... B„ • ways tendoi-ly y,,ur "iny for .sinnor; H'py 308 REMARKABtE NARRATIVES. i ! f unhappiness. A man full of C'lristlike tears is a noble creature. Such concern melts men and tells with God. " 3. Keep your eye single. Having chosen your aim, be true to it. Do nothing idly, or without meaning. " 4. Study the Acts of the ApostleS. In those Acts lie all the seeds of all evangelical methods. Cultivate fertility of expedient. In principle be fixed, but in action manifold, " 5. In composing sermons, first fix your (^ye on what you mean to hit. Let nothing in that is not meant to strike. " 6. In selecting the sermon to be preached, consider the people, not yourself ; take not the one that will give you the least trouble, nor the one that will win you the most credit— but that which is most appropriate to the cunent need. If the people bo hungry it is better to feed than dazzle them, even though you were able to do it with the sheen of diamonds. " 7. Choose your hymns carefully. Give them out heartily and with much inward devotion. In your first ])rayer plead until the people move ; wait until the baptism of the gower falls. You must not preach without the power. " 8. Preach as a dying man to dying men. How would you speak if j'ou were sure that in sixty minutes you, with nineteen others, would be in eternity, and at present of all the twenty you only saved I In such a case how would you entreat and warn and weep ! Do as much like that as you can every time you stand with God's message of mercy among poor, sin-smitten, dying hearers. "9. Never doubt either God's presence, God's Word, God's pity, or God's power. tears is a noble lis with God. isen your aim, be eaning. n those Acts lie lultivate fertility action manifold. )ur (^ye on what is not meant to eached, consider ne that will give vill win you the propriate to the is better to feed ,ble to do it with Give them out I. In your first wait until the t preach without 3n. How would linutes you, with \d at present of iuoh a case how Do as much like h God's message earers. ce, God's Word, kxi'eiue.v(;k of a snurnALi.sT, " 10. During the ciosiiii,' If 309 l""iy.'r, rcMH.ndMT thut su.vrss '\!""V ''"■'''•'''•'"'"' •'''•'•''.^'■'■'-'.i.v. K It strength ponnit, ...arshul th./ aftn-.n.-ti,.. . "'- It. Study the p,.culiariti<.s and UsU-s of tl... , ,.i: 'iiMong wl,„„, y.n. labor. T I. fi , . ' ' ' they I'eceJNc, and f •il'or. 'IWlMl.rp,.,,,,!,. ,„,.„„j..sssvl.,u youi'sclf Nv.nc.h, pniy. a.i.l bHicvc. Remarkable Experience of a Spiritualist. If '"^r>-•"Pf.lot entitled "Spi,u.l>oss,.ssi„n, • li.,„,v M Hugun.n tlu.s relates tl. awful experi.-ne,. ... \,^ h fep.ntuahsn,. Let the reach-r take warni,,. • ir:::,;i;:;:^-n':;::!.:i-'-^";'-^ «pirit-n.edium. It seems tl. h " ' ''''"'"' ''^ whi.V, 1 " ''^'^"'^ <^'''it there are outward marks bv wh ch ,„od u,atenal for the spirits to work upon ea, be «eaddy recog.uxed by, the initiated. Fo,. ..onth ' 'ntervas, he presented the phenon.ena of S .iH :^^, ^ 7 -the evidence of son.ething that he cons d^!^ T^, ^ -^ant.^e^ -the connuunicatrons of the dead to U. it 1 At that period I did not "do.." f i "' "^'ng. medium, as he su...ested r • ''^"^•""'« '^ «P"-it- pure men, and they had little real re-^ard for the do '• of the Scriptures. ^loctrines pr- ^ ill ' 'm ■ mM l ri';i; i:' ;i: i ■ U'\ •MO ItKMAKKAIll.K \ Al! I! ATI VKS. In tlic sjiriiii,' of IS(i'.>, an elderly lady wlwiin I had loni; known and I'cspeett'd, whose intei,ni)y I could not (had)! (iiitelliifent, relhied, and a niendier ot' an oithodox elnn'cli). eoniided to nie the seei'et that she had a table in hei' liouse wiiieh woidd answer (piestions and t\)llow her aixait th(^ room. Of such tliin,!,'s I had heard before, hut, never witnessed, iiaviny' had neither snilicient cnriositv nor con lidence to visit more than one s|)iritual "circle" and that iiad proved a failure. The lady further said that iiowevci' .sceptical she might he i'oneernin<; Spiritualism, she could n()tdoul)t the <>vid«iice of her own senses. Sh(> also invited me to witness thesstnie |)heji(tmena at hei' lionie. I did so. The table, wlien 'ore, l»ii(. in>\i'r riosit y nor con I'cic " iiiid tliiK tl tliiit liowcvcr ilisiii, slic could Siu> also iiivittMl ionic. I (lid Ko. t, would Hiiswcr ippiiiii over into lie tiililc simply siiiu; (() witness ot. Ill ways siitis- li,i,dit one — wus more willing to School scholars W'licn the lady )lo followed her diich she said it lid secured my '!id of hecomin^' ■ooinmunicatioii ith Spiritualists inner sought to md I'eniai'kable, ications became '™'m :.r,,:::. :■;:;:.;:;;'";;■■■: "■■;;"' ■ :;:::,;"":"^''-" — -.^ !»::; : ;i;:,:;:;:;;:t ;::;"';;■•;'■'■;■■' "■■ >. ; ; :;;;..::::;:r,;:::;;:;':^:::-;,-z::r;;;::: :,;;;^!:'f:::,:r;::;:;z:;z:'r-:;:;-i.^^^ -:::::::.: ;;:;;i::::!;::;;;:;;;::::^:r- < 1 , ,• . ifuched ,1 |„, „| where I II... H|,„-,|,„„l. I !,„,, ,,„„,, I" I "...I ■"""■■"'"-"•'■■'■ '";..i...-i.lin..: ,;.',:;;■;■ '■::;.":' ?■-».- ■■-« ,... ■:..,:,:, I MI'lV so cxiiftinu ,f\ ,,,,,1 ji, , I ' >" - • "'i^:':':;t::;.::::i:;;,::;:;2 r" "■;■•"•» "' »i''"i' I I -M ■ „..,,,. I,™, , t.».,Ma„„„ .„■ ,i,i, i„i,..,.„„„.«. „,„ .,,.,. ..,,„.,;,, 7';. . MI no II, i,o jiiy Jieait.s d(«,mrfi /h.,/ u'.r. ,v,avm,, (!„■ u.ijhr my soul. My c(jnditir)n (for 7 mad f nu ^.reat secret of it; attracted illf i 5i ^ii' ni2 ItKMAItK AIII-K N.MIKATIVKS. the iittciitioM of s.'vi'cal tVinuls in tli.- Ilcsli, and I was faitlit'iilly wann.'d {„ desist tVoni spirit coMMniinicalioii. KviMi tli(> lady ^who owned tli(> ti!)i)in!,' tal)Ie soieniidy nuniselled nie to relini|uisli S|iintiialisiii as sometliiii!,' dan«('|-i»ns ; l)ut I was infatuated, and i^rew anijcy under tliese repeated cautions. Tlie idea u|.|)erMios* in niv uiind was this: Conned in;,' the possil)ility of spirit-coininuniea tion witli tlial of iJi;/i(>„. I detennined (Iia>in<,' now tlie l)Ower) todisc(,\er wliatever of (ioOD Spiritnalisni possessed. In tliis respect I hecaine its cliampion ; and uo sooner did I read) tliis determination than tlie spirit of ("vil and his nnissaries tooi< a dec-per and fuller control of my human faeulties, hodily ;uid mental. / /in,/ (/inn ,„;/.•<,■//, unt,/ /,> //i" s/nrif'<. To overeome me to -i i,'reater dej^ree was in their power, and (hey did so. | i„,ame more efhereaU/ed ur spiritualized, and unfit Ioniser to do worldly business. I no lon;,'er needed the pencil to receive their communica- tions. Vvoiu that time they spoke with me face to face, unseen and unheard by all around .'.xcept my.self. My natural .senses remained, and on ordinary topics I c(m- versed with friends in the (lesh (piite rationally, l)ut there was such a preponderance of spirit-control that ordinary toj)ics were .secondary. , I was doing business in the spirit- world more than in this, and my thoujjflits -yea, my very life was absorbed in the mysteries and delusions that thronged about me. For about three months [ was in the ])ower of the spirits, having a rlual existence, and greatly tormented by their contradictory and unsatisfactory operations ; but as I had sought their companionship for no evil purpose, and had grace enough given me from on high to call ui)i>n the Lord Jesus Chi-ist to pity me in my miserable and helpless sli, iiiid I wjis iiiniiiiiiiicul ion, liil)l(' .s(iifiiiiil\ as Hoiiif'tliiiij^ k' aiii^'i'v iiiidrr s<^ in my iniiid i"it-(i,inmuiiica a> ill",' now tli«' lisiii JjOMSCSScd. I no sooner did >t" «'vil and liis oi niy liunian nn/srlf fiic(ti/ fi> (\o<^l•^'^^ WHS in re el lici'i'alizcd •Idly hiisincss. ■ir comniuniua- e fac(^ to face, myself. My topics I con- dly, l)iit tlicre that ordinary s in the si)irit- -yea, my very Icliisions that power of the tormented by ,tions ; but as I purpose, and call u]mn the e and helpless i:xi'i:uiKS'ri: (,|.' v si-miTUAr.isr. ;ji;i ';"""""■'■ '.A/Mha., he spirits ™of,enn.s,ra,nedfr ""•'t'-- ves. S.ill , hey ,orn,en„.,|, .„.,.., ,„„,,,. ,,,„,,. "X<"Mt. I desired to be freed f, ,hem. | los, mueh of -y-'"h.h.n..e in them, and. heir l.h,.,, ny an.l nnelean- .- shocked me. I>.u, , hey were n.y .stant , anions. -^/./ W ,,.../,/• ,/.,,, They.en.p.ed ,o suicide ;"''.';'•''';••-';'•''••<•'---. l was fearfulU- bese, ami ;"'• '-"tHlmost frou, th.. very first I had been inspi'red 0'-^ were l.y (^,,1 ,,i,,,,Hf) ,„ ,,,,K.. friends wi,h .iM. LonI -us U„,„ H,e resuh, i .hink, of n.y earlv religious "■-'"f -n tl... Sunday School who h;,,] WHiver^l so ■•'any fmuMhe evil spirits that ,.ver..an.e then, ud it possesse.l. / f,,,,,, .„„. ft L the same .oodness that exists in the "outer darkness ' of the '■•<'. I an, not ^.,in« to e.dar^^e upon the wickednesH l.at was poured upon n,e like vials of wrath by the spirits because I won 1,1 not yiehl an.l be as wicke.t as' themselves I pra.se Uod t..-.lay, and I expect to throu.d. tin.e and eternity for the divine care and watchfulness tlwU, Me accordecr to n.e. (Jiving nu- faith to trust in His n.igiay power to debver, bidding M.e hope, yet withholding debve. anceuntd He was pleased to send it in all its fulness, in H.S own good tin.e, Me still restrained the spirits fron. ^lo.ng me any important in.ju.y. Ft, is true they led n.e •nto son.e extravagances of .ction, and to believe, in' a measure, a few of their delusions, often con.bming re igion i 1 i 1 i ■ 11 '. I V '1 ? - '1 1,; i 1 1 314 UKMAKKAULK NAUHATIVKS. aii(l-(l»'viltry in ii most surprising' iniiniu'r ; l)nt, iit'tcr all, liri/oii'l (I ri'i-fdin r.rfrtif, tlit'V could not inlhuMieo nic. A hijjjlu'r powei' controlled tlicm. One day, after they liad been |ieculiai'ly annoying, tliey threatened to kill me, and, tired of their t<»iinents, T told them to do it. At once there was a temporary peace, as if they liad been suposing tliem and their efforts to overcome jne. If I yielded to them in the least, e\en for a moment, they would take advantage of it in .some way to deceive me; if I opptised them, they tormented me, their power sometimes extending to my body as well as to the mind. But .still J prayed in faith, believing that deliverance would come. Almost every .sin that 1 had ever committed of any importance the .spirits paraded befoie me, so. that I could read it as out of a book. They instituted cour; . to try me (or pretended to), in which (iod the Father was 'supposed to be the Judge ; but the trials were nonsense and awfully blasphemous. One good effect arose from this. T began to hate wickedness in myself and everywhere — I was dis- gusted with it, and sick of it : and then I continued pray- ing earnestly to be delivei-ed from the s])irits and all sin. Oh, how I hated it in all its forms ! EXPEHIK.V.'K OK \ .Sl'i;tn CAMsT. Sir) liiit, iit'tt'f all, luciice 111*?. A it'tfr- tlit'y li'"l :o kill UK', iuxl, i> it. At oiiee hfcri .suddenly telling' MIC tliiit I in six weeks. til S(>ll(l t'oi' u nd they tliieiit- re inoriiini,'. I lit they seemed lenioiistrutionH. < — not trusting iin them except rts to overcome 1 tor a moment, way to deceive ne, their power IS to the mind, hat deliverance iimitted of any so. tliat I could cour; , to try ine er was supposed use and awt'ull}' this. 1 began [lere — I was dis- continued pray- irits and all sin. I l«'Il."V,. that at one tin.e Satan himself, hearinp mv fmvers, and finding n.e so l.itterly opposed to his .servant^ a...l sv,ckedne.s.s, and I.eing in rianger of losing so faithful a servant of his as t had he..., in the past, canu- to the aid <. the spirits to overcome me if possible. There was more "f .nahgnity, horrifying blus,,hemy and awful .ielusion n.'i.Mtested against n,e than before: but I praise (iod for >1h' grace that led u.e to have a .leeper faith and hope in Chn.st n, that trying hour, and I have rea.son to believe M.at then(hHl and the ,lovil fought for the possession of n.y sotd, and that He who never lost a battle drove away ...y mortal enemy. T felt that T was in awful peril, yet no new harm came to me. The very language of the liible was apparently changed by the .vil one, as if to .lestroy mv confidence in it and in (iod him.self. IJut with the .Ircad- ul temptation 1 receive,! new grac-e, even under the bewilderment that beset me, and clung to Jesus through it all. " After a season of the.se varied and wonderful experi- ences, I began to receive intimations from God and from the spirits (as I think now after the lapse of vears) that my deliverance was near at hand. 1 had been among the spirits for about three months, an.l tried in body and mind to a certain degree by their constant warfare upon me, but not permanently injured in either, and enjoving very good physical health. T had exercised by taking long and frequent walk.s, and been nourished by healthful food • I had thoroughly repented of every sin and become a believer and fo lower of Jesus, who had been my Friend through all, and T felt that 1 was really soon to be .lelivered frcm, .the labyrinth of wickedness and mystery in which I had existed for so many week«. One morning I was asked by ' in 6 HEMAUKAHLK XARHATlVKS. 11 !'(!' ; t an unseen iuul mysterious associate (I know not whom) to give my promise never more to have anything to do with Spiritualism. It may have been a messenger from the Lord, or from my spiritual enemy — [ know not; but a positive answer seemed to be re([uired. That promise I solemnly gave, and have solennily kept for seven years, and by the grace of (lod T shall keep it until I am called into the world of spirits. I think it was either on that day or the next that my communication with the spirits ceased, and I was at liberty, filled with praise and joy at God's deliverance of my soul from the peril through which T had so mai-vellously passed. From that hour I have been a Christian. 1 have already referred to the delusory character of these phenomena, and the little confidence that can be placed in what the spirits declare and perforin. For instance, not speint] the beings who guided ray hand when communications were written, it was impossible to identify the controlling spirit, although I confess that I sometimes had an intuitive impression that it was a certain individual whom I had known in this life; yet here there was great room for delusion, and I may always have been mistaken. When I conversed with them face to face, in a higher condition of raediumship — my spiritual hearing being opened— it was the same, for I found they could imitate the' voice of one man who is still in the flesh, and with whom I was formerly very intimate. I knew that this person was not dead, and that he was not speaking to me, but the imitation was very perfect. I came in contact, also, with several who pro- fessed to be persons whom I had known before they died, and whom I knew were dead. (These were, as I have, reason to believe, people who had died in their sins.) But not whom) to n<^ to do witli iger from the .V not ; but a lat promise I I" seven years, il I am called either on that th the spirits ise and joy at ;hrou doubt. T found them not only wicked, but {)o.ssessing a supernatural shrewdness that might easily niislead a human mind that was unguarded as to consequences, if once; bi'ought within their influence. Who is so subtle and deluding as Satan, "the father of lies"? Has he not many faithful servaiu., in the llesh, and if they .!,., ii ti i- * The Bible ''' ''"" *"' "'"^ -'^^^^'«'- Why then did you tell me that it was right and u.seful to ..nsult t e spnus ? Because I wanted to deceive you V^ Iwit ,s the business of these spirits with men > What do you think it is? "^^ I think it is to deceive Vi^y\- w^.n ,, . , "i-^'^H. V(i\ well, you are correct. An.you haj.py? No, I am miseral,le. Is there a hell / Yes. Are you in heir? No, m.t yet. Do you expect t(. go there ? Ye.s When? At the Day of Judgment. Is there to be a, J^ay of J uilgment ! Yes. 320 REMARKAIJLE NARRATIVES. I'h I fr!i II, r .'I ' 6 . I \ ■ . Ts there to be a resurrection of the dead ? Yes. Have you any prospect of happiness ? / have no hope. In the name of the Lord, is there a good spirit — the spirit of a departed Christian among all of these rapping and writing spirits 1 JVo, not one. Where are the spirits of departed Christians 1 TiiK Lord has takextiiem. Why then did you tell m\ brother in Philadelphia the contrary of all this ? Because I wished to deceive him. Could you deceive him 1 Yes. (The brother was a Spiritualist.) Why could you deceive him 1 Because he is a fool. Why is he a fool 'i Because he doesn't believe the Bible. Can't you deceive m--^ ! No. Why 1 Because you believe the Bible. Will you tell my brother what you have told me '/ Yes. I want to hear from you no more ; good-bye forever. /Spirit — Good-bye forever. Of those who profess and practise Spiritualism, thousands undoubtedly are sincere seekers after truth in forbidden places. Deceived and overcome by the spirits, they are content to be governed temporally and spiritually by them. The phenomena of Spiritualism become a source of wonder to them, being supernatural, and s(;rve to strengthen thei- faith in the power of the spirits, and, afterwards, in the truth of spirit-teachings. After that, these proselytes are willing to believe almost anything, if it professes to come from the spirits of departed persons whom they have loved and respected in this life. Here is the infatuation that satisfies the minds and consciences of the great mass of Spiritualists— the motive that leads them to look no further for religious doctrine, and tu dc•^ P'^ rliatev er oi I poses Yes. iave no hope. 0(1 spirit — the these rapping •istians I Thk liladelphia the eceive him, is a fool, ieve the Bible. 3ld me ? Yes. d-bye forever. sm, thousands in forbidden rits, they are jaily by them, roe of wonder ■engtheu tliei- wards, in thi; proselytes are esses to come ey have loved atuation that ^reat mass of •ok no further :ever opposes KXPERIENCE OF A SPfRrTUALrST. 321 *,'! rh*:pp:,Hi„f ™«™ " "-' "p"-^'"- ^» *^ Bible deceived) have „„ d^^e Vot [""""^ """ ""^ "^ -nt, that hoirtht: Vei'C-^'Si °^ f^ """^=- SpirituaH,™ lead., bad nj S::t,J^^:'Z':T "' distinguish between the true an^ t u " ** '° counterfeit waa .nnistaX LptS P''^"™'™ -'" *' machinery in use an,en„ 1 , ' "' "">' "' ""' I associated :«,!„"' :r," ""T""' «P'""»i«''- paid me brief riLTthat '"° '""'"'■' '"*°'"'* »»™'-'" I dealt i„ ., '*"'""'"■'"• ™t induenced by them .4:;:;;,;-:ri:e:r::j ;:ri'''" -!*'• - Spiritualist, „f these dav, Th , " T"" "'' ''°«"' ualists ,„av say, i feeft hat f ' "'"'"'™'- ^'P'"'' "nder God.'agaLt t I r r" a dli:""'"";'™' '"'°^" and so„i.dest,.yi,„ infllt '^ T '2:7^7'" opposed Mode™ Spiritualism for the follolingis „, craft,- «fa,„i,i,,r.sn,Vit,"..„ :.. .. ' . .:"':''^' "'^t^'h- Isaiah viu. 19, 20; L 21 spirit," etc., in the f( jeviticus xix. S\ )I lowing p;iHSfigo.-. J^x. 6, 27; Deut. 322 REMARKABLE NARRATIVES. I ; J:, I ! xviii. 10, 11 ; 1 Sam. xv. 22 ; 1 Chron. x. 13, U ; 2 Kings xxiii. 24; 2 Chron. xxxiii. 6, 11; Isaiah xlvii. 9, 12; 2 Thes.s. ii. 9, 12 ; Isaiah xix. 3, 4 ; Gal. v. 2G ; Rev. xxi. 8. 2. Because it denies the truth of the Bible, and reviles its teachings. 3. Because it bears the stamp of denionism, while endeavoring to pass itself off for something virtuous. 4. Because it blasphemes the Creator and Buler of the Universe, and denies the existence of a personal, all-ruling (4od. 5. It rejects the divine nature and mediatorial office of Jesus Christ, while some of its followers claim to have divine natures themselves. 6. It claims a proba- tionary state after death, while the Bible expressly denies it. 7. It is a delusion and a snare, misleading its devotees into silly and evil actions, under the impression that they are doing and talking sensibly. 8. It drives hundreds into suicide, murder, free-love and insanity. 9. Its visible phenomena, although better than its teachings, are unsatis- factory and useless. 10. No reliance can be placed upon what the spirits say. If they are sometimes truthful, it is to excite the confidence of those who converse with them and lead to a firmer belief in what they pretend to reveal. Lastly, Jesus and His apostles drove legions of demons out of the " mediums " of his day, and restored them to their senses, (See Luke ix. 37-42.) IS THE WOULD I.MPH()Vr\(; f 5, 14 ; :2 Kings ii xlvii. 9, 12; G ; Rev. xxi. 8. find revilfss its I of denionisiTi, ^tliinj^ virtuous. I Ruler of the 5onal, all-ruling rid mediatorial lowers claim to I aims a proba- xpressly denies ing its devotees ssion that they rives hundreds 9. Its visible igs, are unsatis- be placed upon s truthful, it is erse with them stend to reveal, ions of demons stored them to .'?2.S Is the World Morally Improving or Degenerating ? 1 HIS IS ;i momentous (lue.stion Fi. .iff -Ihat at last," says D. T. Taylor ".,11 nnf to the Gosnel n..,f nu- V^ ' '''' "'^t"^"'^ 'U-e open -l'<- .levdo,,,.,,.,,! of ,1 ■near 't, r/-"'!: irrr'n' -' ""■ • '■»'"■-' York 1 <■,'•, f ■""'' '^=""'»' ''"P"' i" New with, have ha.'i thei,- be ' " tZ'T T ,"" ""'""'""" The great facts of the nineteenth ..entnrv «.„„l . conspicously above the achievenien !, f , ' ■ "" ce-tu,,, that it wo„,„ „„ affeettZ i .Sir: 'f ./«wr««;, April, 1871. ^" -^^''•''"^'"incal thZrfir'" '' """'""^ '''^* ^^^^« b«- --de during tne past fifty years is unprecedented in the h\.i T!^ 1 , J ;i2(J IJEMAUKAHLK VAHKATIVKS. 1^ i *Ala.s, tht^ pii-tiiro changes. Aliliougli il is iifarly nine- teen centuries since Christ died, their fire still 1,(700,000,- 000 souls on earth who arts unsaved. Of the ;')!)0,000,000 of so-called Christians, includiny Romanists, Creeks and Protestants, a vast niajurity have only a nominal, (loul)tful religion that does not, eaiuiot .save them. Over against the 30,000,000 profe.ssedly converted ti> Christ, there are S0,000,000 of Pr(.testaiits (omitting the Romish and Creek churches) unconverted, and voluntarily renmining il' sin right in the very heart of our best Christendom. Ou;- only hope for the 1,400,000,000 on earth, oidy less than a third of v'-oni are .saved at all, is in the 30,000,000 of church members ; and Bishop Foster, according to the Xciv York Indepnulcnf, throws one-half of these out, declar- ing that they are hut " undeveloi)ed idle factors," leaving but 15,000,000 of active, working Christians in all the globe, Says Bishop Foster : " The Church boasts that she is going to conquer the world, and comes from her palaces and princely farms and subscribes fifty cents a head foi' the undertaking." All Christendom collects the sum of i?10,000,000 a year for mission work ; put over against it that the American natiim "expends the sum of $20,000,000 each year for imported artificial flowers to put in the head-gear of their women. Put over against it the fact, that Boston alone (says Dr. Dorchester) expends $50,000,000 each year for intoxicating liquor — and where is boasting / " A certain missionary society met in Boston some time ago, and reported that since sixty years ago $25,000,000 had been received and expended by it to evangelize the world. But the shameful fact remains, that the liquor bill of the United States is $900,000,000, and the tobacco s iiciirly iiinf ill 1,000,000, e ■••)1)0,000,000 s, (JiTt'ks iiiul iiial, il^ not every sixty vears, but every twelve .nonths,- .hich is sixty times as .nuch money for* tlH ,|,.v,l „. one y.ar as the grandest missionary sok'ty on this c.ont,nent could collect for the Lord's work in sixty years. An.l shall we ignore tlie stinging fact-oh tell ■^ ''••^!\^''^^''' -that tl. wretched MoTnion sect has TlH- 6V.i..iaM Union says: "The annual increase of popuU.on tar^ceeds the number of conversions to Christ. The htate ot New York has n.ore lieathen by deliberate choice vthin h..,. l.rders than there are memb.s cliurc^es in the heathen world. And while from 100,000 to -00,000 are su,.posed to be yearly evangelized, the total and tl ''"T^?''!'"''^"' ^-"^'-'^^ "f ^---ny, (ireat Britain, and the United States." facts "rr ,'r"' "' "" -'^"^"""'-^ ^^^^'^^ g-- these placed the population of the world as high as 800,000 000 Let us suppose it even 1,000,000,000-^-an estimate 'that ;;ooo^r""';^-^T'r^' ^^"•^^^^^^-"*- ^^ ^^^^« ^.^ot 000,000 1 IS claimed that there were 200,000,000 Chris- ums ot al kinds, Greek, Romish and Protes ant. t1 tzTS'v ''' "-^-^^•"•^-^-pop"i-ionof :;;: ^ 01 d n 800 The present population is reckoned by 00 000^;^^^^^^ M00,000,000. Of these! 400,000,000 are claimed as nominal Christians. Suppose these to be all true Christians-and none will claim thit -we ha.-e 1,000,000,000 yet unsaved Th.f • It •>0n 000 nnn , •>';''; ""^"-ve"- -1 hat is, there are -00 000000 more souls to be reached and rescued bv .he Cospel than there were in 1800," now ninety-five years ago. :]'2s ItKMAUKABLK NAKHATIVKS. J SayH Rev. 1). T. Taylor : " We bi>aHt of the light diNHenii- iiatod by the* pniss, forgtitting that it is Satan's agency as well fisOod's. t'orgot tliat in Hreat l?ritain the immoral, infidel and blasphemous ])ublicatioii-i each year reach the issue of neai'ly 40,000,000 ( Hdlnhiinjh Rerv'ir), which is more than all the imblications (»f all the religious societies put together, iJradlaugh's vile, atheistic weekly alone circulating l!r)0,000 eoi^.-s. We foi'get that a single, secular, novt^listie journal al Xew York outnumbers in its weekly issues all the icligious journals and periodicals in New England, — f<»rgt I that seventy-ti\c per cent, of tin; papers and books of our time are light reading of a frivolous kind, devoted to fiction and nonsetise, and do not lead tJie mind to God, — forget that of the vast number drawn out from the twelve million books in our public libraries from ten to twenty are novels where one is leligicms, — forget that a venal, corrupt, peiiiicious spirit pervades nmch of the press, which outpours perpetually a stream of unchristian thought, destructive of gorlliness and poisonous to the minds of our youtii, by which there is created and fostered a dislike to all nvil life, and a contempt for all real good. In much of the press, fun and tilth rule the liour.' Thr Tn(th says: "The most pareless eye cannot fail to perceive the fearful desecration of the Lord's Day, which is almost wholly given up to diversion or business, and which, if unchecked, will speedily leave no audience to whom the (iospel can be preached. Christians themselves are carried away by the wave that will suiely dash the Church like a broken wreck upon the rocks. Twenty-five years ago a Christian could scarcely be found who would read the .Sunday jjapers ; to-day "-hey are not only taken and read by a large majority of church members in Amei'i- IS TIIK woui.i, I.MPHoviVfi '. .S2y ers in Ampri- > Cl„.,»t„.„ ,-..«.,v,,l ,|is,.i,,M„.. if ,„. ,,,„,,,,:,, ,„_ ' '^ ^ j;' .I'jui II. 1. 1 s,.t,„,l,„., ,„ ,„ i„ „„,,. ^■ ;;:."'■' '"•'«'■'■""•'"• ■'■'■ • "y II iiiviil: :,: : wiii»t, .u„l (|„. „„,„,„ ,,„„;,|„„„„ . I . ■•■■"'•"'' |y III' .» "Ill 1.11 tiiu,,,.,,Mi,.G,,;.;, p.iL:;:::::';; ;,7:r :r:"::, *'"* " "'"""•"" n'lj' s,^ ' aJiT ;::^^" '"""^^^ Ti-^"f '" ^"^ ^"^--^« "^ abirrlonil "'•^' "^ "^"'"'"^' a. a cn,aki„^. of tha the wcH-ld IS growing better every .fuv. Hut if Tt is record of cuues, and unmorality is rolling awav the verv nor hold on the masses of the people " ■» 8 J^l ^""''"""'i"""'^'" '■""-S received a„»„-,., Iron, twenty.,,,,,,, „„„,»te,,s to „ „i,c„l,u. „,.„t out ,u,mZ .".lUiiT as to the ob»e..v,u„, of tl,e Sahhath i, t"t of the community is becoming worse " matrs f " ^^""f ^^^' ^^"-^-^ Presbyterian, savs: "Tt matters nut ^n what direction you look, sin is'on the m ■•■ ! ■'i 830 REMARKABLE NARRATIVES. increase, and the Church is losing ground in her conflict with sin ; she has ahnost ceased to be felt as a power. Tf a niajui'iiA' of our church organizations were to-day to become extinct, the world would hardly know it." Rev. J. I. Swander, Freemont, Ohio, referring to ecclesi- astical amusements, says : " They are ripening an epoch in the woi'ld's history, when Jehovah will again speak in thunder tones similar to those which began to shake the Continent of Europe in the dawning of the Reformation. What shall the harvest be if we continue to seal with the sanction of heaven the principles and practices of- hell 'I The old landmark between two distinct orders of human charactei- is passing away. 8heep and goats feed in the same range of pasture, and there is, consequently, not nmch appar- ent difference in their respective wools. Progressive euchre and retrogressive religion move hand in hand. The most popular amusements are common to both saint and sinner. Both parties seem disposed to meet on a common level, and form a treaty of peace. Zeal for God ! Heaven have mercy upon such willing victims of deep delusion I The only value of such religion is its prophetic utterances. They reveal the inward emptiness of mere nominal Christianity, and foretell the ultimate marriage with genuine iniquity. May the chariot wheels of God's be- neficent providence move on with rapid speed, and bring the inevital)le crisis." The late Hon. J. B. Finch, speaking of the Unitefl Htates, says : "There is not a large city in the land that is not controlled by its grog shops." 8ays Bishop Foster : " Rum engenders poverty, poverty and rum engender crime. From the Government rum- shop the wild beast hunts his prey. Is Christendom IS THE WORLD IMPHOVJKo ', 331 in her conflict kS a power. Tf ere to-day to jw it." ring to ecclesi- ng an epoch in igain speak in wx to shake the 3 lleformation. u seal with the ctioes of- hell '\ (lers of human eed in the same ot much appar- gressive euchre ,nd. The most int and sinner, mion level, and Heaven have [elusion I The tic utterances, mere nominal narriage with s of God's be- leed, and bring ■A the United lie land that is >verty, poverty .ernment rum- ) Christendom struck with Judicial blindness that she sleeps ? Are her eyes holden that she cannot see ? There are armies march- '"g and countermarching, with banners on which are embWom.1 Dynamite, Anarchism, Comn.unis.n, Nihilisn., ^o.Sabba h, Down with the Church and State, recruited from the dran. shop and ..rticered fron. the kennel Are we so deat that we do not hear the tramp of the gathering legums . Nation, that fatten the wild beasts of passio^ Hill be d.n,.ured b^ the wild beasts of rapine and ruin " Al. .iolly, an eminent French doctor, says : "There is in ^t ranee an increasing tendency to mental diseases generated Dy the increasing consumption of alcoholic drinks: and in pioport.on as lic.uor drinking increases, so do paupers, vagabonds, beggars, suicides, idiots, dwarfs and murderers increase. r.f'': J?;-.^';;'""^^''"^' ^^ndon, in his book, "The Inner Life of Christ,' says: "England was never baser in her morals in many public aspects of her history than she is at this moment. The recent revelations of the Pall Mall Gazette, of the immorality in high (juarters, certainly goes to cor.firm this statement. ^^ "Tu all civilized nations," writes Dr. Morselli, of Italy, In the United States, in Australia, France, Italy, En..- " and and Ireland, and all Christian nations, statistics sho^ that insanity, as the result of crime, is rapidly increasing. Mr. Moody sauJ, in a recent sermon at the Tabernacle ■ You say the world is growing better. What a thrill of horror the Parkman murder sent through society < Now a hundred Parkmaus might be murdered in a week, and it would produce no excitement." I ]\ «!32 REMARKABLE NARRATIVES. t ill Hem y Ward Beecher speaks in the following scathing terms : " All the frame-work of society seems U) be dissolv- ing On eveiy side we find men false to the most impor- tant trusts. Even the Judges on the ben-^h are bought and sold like meat in the shambles. One must go into court with a long purse to obtain justice. The judiciar\' of New York stinks like Sodom and (xomorrah. Men say the}' hardly know a court in which to trust a case. It is no longer an honor to sit on the bench, for if the judge be an upright man, his character will be contaminated by the great majority of his associates." H. Grattan Guiniiess, in his late work, "Light for the Last Days," says : " The religion of these last days has been well called a baptized heathenism ; Christian in cieed, heathen in practice." Rev. C. H. Spurgeon, in the Simml and Troird for December, 1887, says: "A man of God writes us as follows : ' You cannot well overstate the spiritual death and dearth which prevail in the j)rovinces. Where the " minister is successful " no Unitarian would b;^ offended with the preaching, and where " not successful," we see a miserably superficial handling of th^* Word without power. Of course there are valuable exceptions. What can be expected as to spirituality in the Church when deacons are better actjuainted with " Hamlet " and Irving's acting than with the Word of God 1 And what about the next age, when the children are treated to pantomimes, and a taste is created for these things ? ' This brother's lamentation is of a piece with hosts of others which load our table. They come from men who are second to none in spiritual weight. Either these brethren are dreaming, or they are located in specially bad places j or else there is wing scathing s to be di.stsolv- B most impor- ve bought and go into court liciary of New Men say the}' ;ase. It is no le judge be an inated by the Liglit for the days has been tian in creed, id Trox-i'l for writes us as the spiritual lie i)rovinces. irian would be ot successful," i)f the Word lie exceptions, I Church when " and Irving's :1 what about o pantomimes. This brother's !rs which load icond to none are dreaming, )r elae there is IS THE WORLD IMPROVING ^•« '■ 333 grievous cause for humiliation. We will not go deep into' Ins ,,uest,on. it is too painful. The extent to 'which' " rivohty and utterly inane amusement have been carried m connectum with some places of worship would almost xceed l.het. We call the attention of our readers to Z. tact that dortrrur has been the ground of battle in the Down-grade struggle which has been chosen by our opponents, but on the matter of prayer-meeting' and worllhness they have been prudently silent. The L^rd our (xod ,s holy, and He cannot compromise His own g^o.-,. :;. .ame by working with persons whose grovelling a • o si ;■" 'r «"' '^ ^^'^'-'^'^ '-^ -'-o«^ a. . Nodom for then- recreations. Is this walking :f\ '"; • ,'\^^'''^ ^'- «'■ in whic. Enochs ar: 'ul'tl . " '^ 1-art-sorrow to have to mention uch tlnng. but the work of tae Lord must be done a.thfull}, and this evil must be' laid bare. There cTn be no cioubt that all sorts of entertainmel a^ cant'^d" '"■ ^^PP-ximating to stage-plays, have been earned on m connection with places of worship, and are at Ins present time, in high favor. Can these things p. .: .note hohness, or help in communion with God ? Can men come away from such things and plead with God for the salvation of sinners and the sanctification of believers? fl Im . . \''" ""'''^""^^ ^"^j^^^' '' — - a. I amoved from the walk of faith, and the way of heavenly fellowship. In some cases the follies complained of are even beneath the dignity of manhood, and fitter for the region of the imbecile than for thoughtful men " Rev. H. Ronar, D.D., says : <^The religion of the day is an eas,-nnnded religion ; a religion without conHict mkI wrestling, without self-denial and sacrifice; a religion .S.S4 UEMARKAUl.E XAHRATIVES. which knows nothing of the pangs of the new l)irth as its commencement, and nothing of the desperate struggle with tlie devil, day by day, making us long for resurrection- deliverance, for the binding of the adversary, and for the Ijord's arrival. Tt is a sccond-rnte religion, a religion in which there is no largeness, no grandeur, no potency, no noble-mindedness, no elevation, no self-devotedness, no all- constraining love. Tt is a holloir religion, with a fair exterior, but an aching heart, —a heart unsatisfied, a soul not at rest, a conscience not at peace with (Jod ; a religion marked, it may be, by activity and excitement, but betray- ing all the while th6 consciousness of a wound hidden anrl unhealed within, and hence unable to animate to lofty doings, or supply the strength needed for such doings. Tt is a feeble religion, lacking the sinews and bones of hardier times, — very different from the indomitable, much-enduring, storm-braving religion, not merely of apostolic days, but even of the Reformation. Tt is an uncertain religion, that is to say, it is not rooted in certainty ; it is not the over- flowing of a soul assured of pardon, and rejoicing in the filial relationship between itself and (Jod. Hence there is no liberty of service, for the question of personal acceptance is still an unsettled thing ; there' is a working for pardon but not from pardon. Hence all is bondage, heaviness, irksomeness. There is a speaking for God, but it is with a faltering tongue; there is a laboring for God, but it is with fettered hands ; there is a moving in the way of His commandments, but it is with a heavy drag upon our limbs. Hence the inefficient, uninfluential character of our religion. Tt does not tell on others, for it has not yet fully told upon ourselves. Tt falls short of its mark, for the arm that drew the bow is paralyzed." Bw birth ras its > struggle with V resurrectiou- y, and foi- th»^ -a religion in in potency, no ;edness, no all- , with ii l-'air atisfied, a soul od ; a religion lit, but betray- nd hidden and Iniate to lofty ch doings. It ines of hardier luch-enduring, )iic days, but I religion, that not the over- joicing in the Hence there is iial acceptance ng for pardon ge, heaviness, ut it is with a jrod, but it is le way of His rag upon our character of it has not yet its mark, for IS THE WORLI, IMPROVING ! 335 ^ Says the ChrMan lUrald : the chmax of giant thefts, the city of New thir? ;: '''""„•"' '' ^"^^ ''^^'^ ''"''^-^ "^ the' .sum oT th r^- hree mdhon dollars by a ring of its omdals ! .Search ^1 h..ory and you cannot find another such showing a ^^;t all the lesser thieves are known-^not all are caught A host are yet outside of prison-bars, and many are in the Do.nm.on Says Dr. Talmage : Pleaching in ceiled houses. Sabbath ^.- bal ,ath, to the same congregation, appears to ...e but ^ tie better than mockery, when the awful state of Chnstendo... arises before me, overshadowed as it is with 1- cloud of Ahnighty vengeance. . . . Apostasy. '^-^it.*•'- ^.^'l.t be hope; but, alas! they cry, 'We are rich and K'-eased n. goods, an.l have need of nothing;' and this blasphemy is added to apostasy.',' Dr. T;ilmage thus describes the destructive, violent c asses of tj. .lay : -^He owns nothing but a knife for uni V c, sal blood-^tting, and a nitro-glycerine bomb foruni versal explosion. He believes in no God, no government, no heaven, and no hell except what he can make on earth ' He slew the Oxar of Russia, keeps Emperor William of Germany p.^actically imprisoned, killed Abraham Lincoln would put to death every king and president on earth, and he had the power. would climb up until he could drive he God of heaven from His throne-the universal butcher. In We ,t IS called Communism, in the United States it IS called Anarchism, in Russia Nihilism. That last is the most graphic and descriptive term. It ^eans complete and eternal smash-up. Tt would make the holdin.^ of property a crime ; it would drive a dagger through t-our heart and apply a torch to your dwelling, and turn "over this whole land into the possession of theft and lust and rapine and murder." (Sermon, June 6, 1886.) 340 KKM AUK ABLE NARRATIVES. "And what are all tliese dirticulties between Nihilistic, Comiuunistic, and labor ori^anizations, on the one hand, and capitalistH on the other ? Tiie activ(> operations for a strugf^le among all nations, with frauds in high jilaces everywhere, but developments towards the events describcnl in Dan. xii. I -.3, resulting in ' a time of tionble such as never was since there was a nation.' " — Scl. President C. A. IManchard, of Wheaton College, says : " Secret societies of various kinds have existed for centur- ies, but never were they so multiplied, so various, so power- ful, or so injui'ious to society as at present. Religion, Protestantism, Temperance, Insurance, Patiiotism, College Friendships, and Labor, all are now harnessed to the car of Secrecy, and altogether are populai-izing a pi'inciple of organization which among the ancients was the peculiar possession of idolatrous priests, and among moderns used to be the distinguishing mark of bands organized to defy and override civil authority. " An inspection of the directory in any great city of the United States will show that the lodges now outnumber the churches of Jesus Christ by hundreds. Tn Chicago, for example, the churches are about three hundred, the lodges almost one thousand. The membership of the lodges is overwhelmingly male, that of the churches largely female, another element which has to be taken into account in any intelligent consideration of this subject. There is a proverb that ^" Nothing lies like figures." Yet figures can speak truly if fairly dealt with. Masonic bodies claim about half a million adhei'ents, Oddfellow lodges almost as many. The Knights of Pythias, a new older, already is said to number nearly three hundred thousand members ; while patriotic, temperance, and insurance order.s already en Niliilistif, le one hand, 'rations tor a lii^li iilac«!S O 1 iits desci'iljed ublc such as \Ui l]il 1-Hst of hundreds of thousands of initiates. Tt would seem Imnlly '-edtul to say that a.i intelligent public should have clear and definite information respecting such a cluster of c..-gan.zat,ons. especially since they are all constructed on one pnnc.ph> an.l af-e, in their effeC on church ami state practically identical. " ' of ^eT" rf h"""'" ''" '■ " '" '^'^^^''^'^^ thegovernn.euts the world there are not only sovereigns and .ninisters, but secret orders, to be considere.l, which have their agent -.ywhere, reckless .gents, who countenance assa:ina- tion, and, if neces.sary, can produce a massacre." If this were true then, it is more true to-day, when onlers binding their members to secrecy are .so va.stly multiplied. Ft is true, as Charles Francs Adams has sai.l, that -. n.ore perf;ct agent tor the devising and executing of con.spiracies gainst church and state coul.l scarcely hav. been conceive,!?' but the subject ,s of the first importance for other reas^n^ We have Masonry, with its murder of Morgan;" the C an.na ( ,el, with its butchery of Dr. Cronin ; the Mafia, , ?;;;"' "' ^^^ ^^'^^"^ = ^ormonism, with it CO d.bloode.1 Mountain-Meadow Massacre : a^d many others of a similar character too numerous to n.ention The I! esleyan MetJmlist, of Syracuse, X.Y., says • " The Z'lf 7't.''; "^^""f '^ "P"""^' '''^' «>- ^'-'^ '^^-tled public to the true character of the terrible lodge system which, in numberle,ss forms, and for nua.l>erle.ss proLsed purposes, has been tolerated until the very foundations of our social, civil and religious institutions are dangerously midei^iined What does it indicate when in the Itate of New York the number of criminals under sentence now o.- quite i^cently. for ofifences against the public welfare aggregated eighty-six women ami 3,800 men?" i I 342 HEMARKAHLE NARRATIVES. « " For the following sij^iiificarit statiHtics of lo'"i Z-unt^:^ r^"''^ '•"•^'■^''""^ tl..- popular and onup tuston.s o soc.et,. .i go to show that we are fall- ing-aye, hav,' JalUu -upon ' perilous time. ■" •' There is a tendency on the part of ministers to dilute and e„,a.sculate the (iospel ; to substitute literary, histo.'- ca an. n.oral topics for pulpit discussion; and' wl a is called the ' hve subjects of the day ' for the reveahd o -u. and thenu.s of (.od's Word. Salvation fln^ pe..,ahty and mighty working of the Holy aij:; the counterpoise and ren.edy for the evils of society are seldom presented. 'Doing' -Christian work,' s" ailed jUK ex en^al activity in such work, are strongly ^nphajf d! But Chnstian work ,s the ' working out ' of what he Holy the Lord. \Vo,k without life is legalism; i. ;. the sao which produces the fruit. ^ "There is a tendency to superficiality in regard to - ...ous experience. Repentance, self-de^al, se^ra ic^ f.om tlH, world, cross-bearing, justification by faith regeneration by the H„,y Spirit, < the witness of the Sp '' n.l entire sanctification are rare topics in the av^I^ S ' 't "'"' *'' ""' P^^^'"'^^ ^^'---''^^^ P--tically igno e these scriptural themes in their revival in tructions « place of these, a manifestation of a desire for salva " m' by the lifting up of the liand, or the bowing of the tl ' or coming forward to an altar for prayer, is taken a^ 344 KEMAllKABLE NARRATIVES. m • hill I I ||. [ 11 : r n I ( , ( 1 evidence of conversion, and thej' are reported as such accordingl3^ These converts in connection with union meetings are assigned to particular churches, or are received into the local church as converts — while the sub- jects themselves soon find that ' they have no life in them,' and either relapse into indifference, and become sceptical as to real experience '-, remain nominal members of the Chuioh, and are mere 'lumber on deck,' with no power over sin, or power to influence others to turn from ungod- liness ; 'Sat without savor,' 'Clouds without rain,' 'Trees whose fruit withereth,' "There is a tendency to lower the standard of real, scriptural, spiritual life to a semi-religious worldly level, to meet the growing tendency to superficiality. The amuse- ments that are introduced and tolerated in various churches, and apologized for by the ministers and members, are in evidence of this tendency. Church festivals, enter- tainments and novel worldly expedients to draw and hold young people, and to raise money for religious purposes all tend to weaken religious convictions ; to arrest in the hearts of converts and church members the aspiration of the soul for spiritual good; to suppress Chi'istian testi- mony ; and to annihilate the distinction which Jesus made between those that ' we;e not of the world ' and those who are of the world. " The out )nie of these tendencies is to be deplored. They neutralize the plain, wholesom*! and soul-saving truths of the Gospel as preached by Cod's faithful ministers ; they tend to discourage the faithful, intelligent and conscientious among God's ' little ones,' and to ' grieve whom the Lord hath not grieved.'" The editor of the (loldpn Rnfe mwH : " The Protest.ants ted as such with union hes, or are lile tlie sub- ife in thein,' me sceptical nbers of the h no power from ungod- ■ain,' ' Trees iird of real, dly level, to The amuse- in various id members, ivals, enter- tw and hold purposes all rest in the spiration of istian testi- Jesus made i those who )e deplored, soul-saving ]'s faithful , intelligent 1 to ' grieve Protestanta IS THE WORLD IMPROVING ^ 345 are outdomg the pope in splendid extravagant follv in church building. Thousands on thousands are expe^'ided in gay and costly ornaments to gratify pride a..| wicked ambition, that might and should go to redeem the perish- ing nulhons. Does the evil, the folly, the madness, of these proud formal, fashionable worshippers stop here? These splendid .nonuments of popish pride, upon which mil- hons are squandered in our cities, virtually exclude the poor for whom Chnst died, and for whom He came specially to preach. No wonder God withholds His holy influences! JNo marvel the heavens are brass, and the earth iron ' " The Advent Watchman says : " One of the religious papers tells a story in relation to church gambling, which contains a lesson worthy of repeating. A member of a church weut to his pastor and entreated his pers<.nal intercession with his favorite son, who had become ruin- ously, addicted to the vice of gambling. The pastor consented, and, .seeking the young man, found him in his chamber. He commence.! his lecture, but before he had concluded, the young man laid his hand upon his arm and drew his attention to a pile of splendid volumes that stood upon the dressing table. - Well,' said the young man, these volumes were won by me at a fair given in youi' church ; they were my first venture ; but for that lottery under the patronage of a Christian Church, I shoukl never nave become a gambler." H. L. Hastings, in his preface to "The lleign of (Jlnist on Earth," makes the f<,]|owing powerful remarks : " Where shal we look to find ti.e tokens of the speedy dawning of the hoped-for .lay of peace? Shall we look at Christen- dom where for every missionary sent forth to convert the lieathen, a thousand ..l.liers are trained and su,,ported i ! -■ I J I i f ; ^4() K K.Vr A RK A BLE N A RKATl V ES. |i i H [Jlili that they may cut each other's tliroats? Shall we look at the dense masses of godless, hopeless toilers, who journey on in darkness to perdition, in the chief cities of boasted Christian lands'? Shall we look at those nations which claim to be mentally and morally in advance of all the in- habitants of the globe, l)ut who spend more money for strong drink than they do for bread, and whose yearly ex- penditure for all religious and secular instruction, and for all purpof^^es of Christian charity, would not pay for the cost of the intoxicating drinks consumed by them in a single month '< ■, " Hhall we look to the centres of Ciiristian civilization, where s(|uaIor crowds on splendor, and where Lazarus still lies, licked by dogs, hard by the ricii man's gate ; where in the midst of lavished wealth and wasted treasure, thousands of helpless women make their dire election between Imnger and shame, starvation and damnation 't Shall we explore the great cities of Christendom, where, surrounded by sky-piercing steeples and sweetly chiming bells, poor motherless, friendless outcasts wander wet and weary through the midnight hours, scorned by Simon the Pharisee and ins proud wife and silk-robed daughters; Hnding no way to draw near to Him who calls the heavy -iaden to come and rest ; no place in the rich man's house to bathe his feet with penitential tears ; no iiath open but the downward way ; no gate ajar but the broad gate that leadeth to destruction '? Shall we visit the gorgeous temples erected to Him, who more home- less than the foxes and the birds, was cradled in a wayside manger, and was buried in a stranger's tomb, but the price of whose blood bought a potter's field where nfrnnr/ers might 1)1' buried? -we shall find by the snipll of mint, and IS THE WOULD rMPROVIXG 347 bll we look at who journey es of boasted ations wliich of all the in- e money for )se yearly ex- 3tion, and for pay for the ly them in a I civilization, Lazarus still ,te ; where in re, thousands .ween hunger 1 we explore rrounded by Ijells, poor and weary Simon the 1 daughters ; lo calls the in the rich ntial tears ; ite ajar but '^ Shall we ) nKtre home- in a wayside nb, -but the ere xtrnngem [)f mint, and .UHse, and cunnnin, that the tithes are promptly paid by the proud Pharisee whose ' God- -I- thank^^thee,' echoes through the sounding aisles; but shall we not also find Iraud and (.reed sitting side b.) side in the chief seats of the synagogue, and unclean reptiles swarming like fro<.s of Egypt, while the tables of the money-changers still stand ■•ight sKle up, and no scourge of s.uall cords drive, the buyers /md sellers from the sacred place >. /'Shall we look to China, along whose borders a few mission stations tvwnkle like tapers in the midst of a dark- ness wide and almost impenetrable i While we rejoice at the salvation of some in the far-off land of Sinim,' let us not tori^t that every passing day witnesses thft 'horrible < eath of not less than one thousand Chinamen, diseased, clcl.auche,i, and degraded, murdered, damned, by the J. of that opium which is raised and sold by the British (.overnment, and forced on the unwilling heathen by Christian England at the cannon's mouth and at the bayonets point; and that while the British and Foreie.s to sins and dangers which exist on every ha d. It IS easy to talk about converting the world, but do those^who talk about it know much about convei'ti,-. men ? Do not some of them need converting themselves""^ Le them enter into this work with all their sorls, and it will not be strange if with others who have tried the experiment, they conclude that the world is a wrecked vessel doomed to go. down, and it is their business to launch the (Jospel life-boat and rescue all they caM " But If the world is not converted, will n,:t the Gospel then prove a failure? That depends upon what is to be expected of it. If the life-boat was intended to keep the «hi,< .rom smkmg, then it proves a failure if it only saves m :■,! ! i\ I ■ I '1 {• K. u i ¥ f I. 350 REMARKABLE N.^ IIKAT: v £8. the ci'ew. If the Uospel was to effect the eternal salvation of all inankimi, ;hen failitig to accomplish that work is a failure of tiie Gospel. If the Gospel was to conMd t .e world, it will pro-, a failure if that i-* ik it done. But if the Gospel was preached 'to take '"it w/" the G* ,J;les a people for His jiame,' theri it is not ;. failui.;. If it was gfveii that God might in infinite mere}' and love 'save soHi'',' tlit'U >t is not a failure. If it was given that every (•fpentant sinner might have eternal life, and that everj^ gOf;d soldier might receive a crown of glory, then it is not a failure. If it was; given that an innumerable company might he redeemed ' otit r/ every kind-;'d, and tongue, and nation, and people,' then it is not a failure. If it was given that the vales and hills of paradise restored might teem with a holy throng who shall be 'etiual to the angels, the children of God, being the children of the resurrection,' then it is not a failure. If it was givi n that the elect might be brought into one great family of holy ones, then it is not a failure." Many other quotations might be given, all showing the lamentable decline of vital piety. The very sins which characterized the time of Noah, are rapidly developing at the present time. Truly there is abundant and growing need for every Christian to cry fervently, "O Lord, revive thy work ; in the midst of the years make known, in wrath remember mercy." Meanwhile God's judgment lingeroth not, His promise He hath not forgot ; His words stand firm, and shall ■ ''Je Beycmd earth's madne.ss, rage a»: de. The cry of "peace " we h "d f' dig, ."-eems like an old forgotte >.! IS THE WORLD IMPfiOVlNG 'i .351 rnal salvation liat work is a ) coil' f! 1. t: e lone. But if he G» „:;Ies a V;. It' it was id love ' save 311 that every d that ever}'^ then it is not ible company 1 tongue, and e. If it was stored might to the angels, resurrection,' hat the elect )ly ones, then showing the I sins which leveloping at and growing , "O Lord, nako known, 1 not, While Europe like an armed camp, Trembles beneath the soldiers' tramp ; While each flevice for death and blood, Seems dreadful as the wrath of Gtxl ; ' Aud all the skill of Tubal Cain Prepares to heap the earth witll slain ; While groaning nations toil and strive, That men for deeds of blood may live;' ^ And mai'tial music sounds its strain, To lure them to the battle plain ; And monarchs, struggling, wilful, bliiid, To deeds of blood and strife inclined, March on along their dangerous path. That leads to judgment, woe and wrath. -Still long we for the day foretold. When lust of power and greed of gold, And strife and violence shall cease. And Christ shall bring the reign of peace ; When the predicted day shall come That brings a sinful world its doom : When, in some hour when all is peace,— When careless ones repose at ease, Secure, as when the deluge rolled O'er godless men in days of old ; Thoughtles.s, as when the tempest burst In flaming fire on Sodom cursed : Devoid of faith, devoid of fear— The Lord of glory shall appear. Like lightning's gleam along the sky. Like coming bridegroom's startling crv : if il m I 3.')2 UEMA.tKAHLK NARUATIVES. So in an unexpected hour The King shall come in God-like power; And Hashing through this world of gloom, Shall wake His people from the tomb, Shall call the nations round His throne, And take to glory all His own. With trumpet voice, with thunder's I'oU The Judge shall take supreme control, Shall rule the nations with His rod. And thunder forth the wrath of Uod Against unrighteousness and sin, And fraud, and greed, and battle's din. He listens to the mourner's cry, He lifts the weeping ones on high ; He hears the plaints of those distressed. He bids the weary come and rest ; He calls the nations to His feet. He gives the saints a welcome sweet. He says to them, " Come home, ye blest, Enter My kingdom, share My rest, And safe beyond earth's toil and strife Inherit everlasting life." Roll on, O day of joy sublime. Thou consummating hour of time, When the long years of Satan's sway Shall end in God's eternal day ; When sin and sorrow shall be past, And joy and peace shall come at last ; And 'neath the circuit of the sun, God's will shall as in heaven be done. \ -Sel. I \ ■Set. t Books we Publish. REHARKABLE NARRATIVES, ;;:;•„ "r""'^ "/■ ';";v-f«»i Hovivms. stnums it,.vI- "oath U«<1 SocnoN aii«l otho,- A,.( lu-i.t I,- I.u.lUc.f s. •V);) piiKus, cioih, ,si.ii;i. 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