Mt. Vernon Republican (Mount Vernon, Ohio : 1854), 1859-11-05

              ! 5 - - -n V T' f fi 'V t't, .ijjjJ-iffv. i'ir..i VOL. V. MOUNT ' VERNON, OHIO, SATURDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 5, 1859. .. . , - .t.t .'. . -?.y.-yi 1 DR. D. M'BRIAR, WOULD KKSPECTFUU.Y INFORM THS ttUnil of Mi. Vrnoi Ohio, and vlclult), tht he has permanently located Id lit Vernon for the purpose of Practicing blsProfossion in the la test and most substantial ityl- of the Art: end I wonld say' to those who stay favor mo with their patronage, that my work shall Mid will oompare, both In : . BEAUTT AND DURABILITY, with any In the State. I would altosay tothosewho re afflicted with DlMMed Moathi, that I am pro-pared to treatall diseases of the mouth under an; form; alio, to operate on Hair Lipi, tingle or double. Tbe bestof referenoescanbeglven. OFFICE Over Rnsaell Sturres' Bank, 3rd door below Mr. Sperrj's Store, Mala Street, Mt. Vernon, Ohio. REMOVAL. ; , i PB. , M. KELSEY, DENTSlST! HAS taken, for a term of rears the rooms re-oently occupied by Mr. N. N. Hill, and Immediately orer the etora room of Taylor, Oantt A Co., where he will proseoute the rarioue duties of the profession. : With an experience of over 16 rears oonsUnt practice, and an acquaintance with all the LATE IMPROVEMENTS of the Art, he feels oonn-'dent of giving entire satisfaction. The best skill of the Profession warranted to be zeroised in every oase. On hand a flne stoek of Dental materials reoently proenred from the East. Entrance on Main street, between Taylor, Oantt A Co.'s and L. Mnnk'i Clothing Store. April l-23tf Dr. G. Ezras MeKown, , T.OmoxW abb's Block, Km. i, t ; Id JloobJ .S.B. Corner Main A Vine 9U. Mount Vernon, 0. Mil operations performed In the latest and moat Mattered style and WARRANTED. WOOLD say that ho has renewed the lease for the abore suite of rooma for the term of Are years, and largely inereaaed hia faoilitiea for the be t-teraocommodation of risitorsand patients. Always on hand a large stook of DENTAL Q00D8 1 Teeth direst from the best tooth Manufactory in the world and m no othtrtl Can therefore, gire a more lifeliki txpntrion. thanean be obtained with any oneap or nr'or teeth, ; Is also prepared to insert artificial teeth on Cora-lilt or ruloanised Guttapercha or Rubber base en admirable base for temporary seta, Ae. . Would also call attention to hia method of treating teeth with expoaed lterrea or aensitire dentine without paia and notdoetroying the ritality of the tooth, thereby rendering that large number of teeth serrieeabla for years wbioh If not treated on soioa-tiRo prinoiplea are saoriBced. ''.,. Thankful for the Tory liberal favora for the last four yean hoping by striet attention to business to reeeire like confidence and patronage. J T, tANCI. V. 0. COOMB. ';; VANCE 4 COOPER, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, , , , j MT. VEBNON.O., - Office southeasteorner Maid and Chestnutsrreeta oppoiiU Knox County Bank. aeptlO ;;;;ATTX)RNl:Y;i.T;: tAW,',i '' , .;, r. . nf, verKon.ohio:'!"" ' OFFICE On Main Strwt, erer M. Abernethy'a Jrug Store. - : ' Sept. , 'l)-mo 43. '. D. C.: MONTGOMERY, Hi it: BAJtSING BOILDINO, OVER N MoQIFFIS'8 tfnnnt Vernon. Oblo. Special attention glren to the Collecting of Claims, and the pnrohase and sale of real E'tate. I bare for sale unimproved lands as follows, 040 aires In Osage County, Missouri, 80S aoros in Warren County.Missouri, 302 acres in Bt. Fran-eols County, Missouri, also 125 aores and one 40 acre lot In Hardin County, Ohio, and 83 aeres In Mereer Uounty, wnio. juarou i. iiv'l irk An L. ' ., , JOa.O. BIVIJC ATTORNEY S' AT LAW, r. Moon tibmom, omo. "'" OFFICE Main Street Below Knox County Bank. . - . CT"Prinptalentlon giTen to all business en trusted to thom.and oepooially to ooUeoling and so euring claims, in any part of Ohio Deo.fth-1868-a-8m. UUIT W. OOTTOS. w- Ll COTTON & BANE. A ttorni & Counsellors at Law, -"' Jfl. 'FaMoaj. OUo. "ITtTILLattand to all business intrusted to their VV care.lnanyof.theConrta. 3 OFFICE.K. E. Cornerof Main and GambierStt., prer rylo'a Meronant iaiioring wiuiiu"" Oot. lth 18S8.tf- . mtwam. . I. iAiiK6. c. . ialbwim. !i DUNBARi BANHIHO & BALDWIN, u- i. :' ttf vxmfOH. OHIO. ''Of-Of FICE In Banning Building, If . E. eorner ifMalB and Vine 8U., room formerly ooeupied by xi TT tltA.f-.1l Jan li.Sl.-lf. . . .- . BUY THE They ar the best Celiobee yet offered to the Pablio j.. !. , r 'vrtb money, i ; v f : i' : , ;., ..i n a; WBOMSAtl AMpJTS, ' ' toEFOBEST,ABMSTBONGCO ,.,,:.:., NEW YORK. , June28,J-3Jm. . . . .. . . - ; ,ooK AT THIS t THE Subscriber offers to sell hit farm of IS aores lying od Owl.0reek.lK miles S.E.of Mt. Ver- . non At is ina rery ant ifHiikoiiMatHiwuiviui . Oardenmgi . ! ' . . i - -mA 1m nt OeiiMeaa H&mlilev Hi 1... r namir.Snn. The honta ts nteind ioareolentj a fountain pump of oiooltealsoft water .'tthadoor. Btaoie.uora-oriotaiKi imiwmun" l iara. For farther particulars enquire oi , , .at t.. ni it' ' Real Estate g't. ' of Joseph Coltllle, residing oa the premitet. ; Mar. 89, SOtf.-, ' ' ' : " v SOMETHING, NEW;,. " FOR CHILDREN! " A large' anpply ot thoao ' Celebrated , mi ipmrnA Rnttte and Shoe. losl rcivil W frt .nit at MJ&&v!w toraof , , . . , Oct. 8th, '69. - , VW.HW t JlpDLEltlHAfeNtSS MAtliir, . ann iw .r Wnihride't Store. '"" Mn raaMOW, OHIO. . T"BKP 8ooUnOy en hand a targe aasertment of . iVHaddlery and Uaraeaa, Bridles, CoUarsIalUrs, ( Wblps,Aa.,Btaoufitared by axperieaeed werkaen . ana lortaiepw www. . - i ',- tefut wobi wabat.,j43 ' 'nTt. ..ll. U Trnnhl areaaer , superior article to theae eaaiiaenly offered1 for sale. I weald eaaalnriUraeeiala'tentioBtomyCotwaa, which eannot do surpass ea ier tv- fttltct )0dnjo A LLfio Inoident. BT b. p. ihillabeb (Mrs. Partington,) In Its eot the babe was sleeping, While Its mother by it sat; Little Mary Tory busy, Playing round with this and that, Singing now some little ditty, With a gleefulnesa of tone, Then, absorbed by childish prattle, .GaTtheraelf to that alone. Suddenly, as if nehantment Bound her by lie witching spell, 8tood she still and gased delighted ; On the babe she lored ao well Cased as though it were some rlsloa ' Of supernal splendor shewn, Sent down from Its source In hearen For her little eyes alone. "See the light!" at length she uttered, With a rapt, delighted air; "See It round the baby's forehead, - Like tho sun upon Its hair! Sho Is like the hearenly angels That the shepherds taw by night, When the glory shone around them With that great and wonderous light!" Then her mother looked, and wondered At the words her daughter spoke; Naagbt aha saw of light, aare beauty 1 . That from arer feature broke; And she felt aa awe within her - That aha soaraely eould express As she heard those words mysterious . From the little prophetess. ' "Mother, if the light should perish, And the lamp of day should pale, . Wonld not this tweet ray still cheer os Even though the sun should fail? Nerer light appeared more lorelyl Mother, see it fiash and play,- Surely 'tis a blessed angel That has hither made its wayP " That the mother knew the token,' ? ' Thongh her heart did not rebel, . . And, to God's high will submitting, Said "He doeth all things well." ' Ah, the sweet, tad dirinatioat Ere another daylight shone Sunward with the radiant angels Had the darling nestling flown. - , Religion vs. Sectarianism. SXTIACra FBftV a bbbiiost bi hikbt wabd BKEOHBB, MAT 20TH.. 1859. BBPOBTBD 1H IDLCroa THB BAHBBB0F HOHT. BT t, i. BWneW0B i '( ; a r T .'il 15 v 1 1 Titt! Foraamuah. then, as the children are par takers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through deatn ne migni destroy him mat naa ine power oi aean, w, u A n nt deliver them. who. through fear of death. were all their lite-time suojecs w eonaags. rur rerilyhetook not on him the nature of angels; but h tnnk nn hlmthe seed of Abraham. Wherefore in all things it behoored him to be made like unto his brethren: that ho might be a merciful and faithful High Priest in things pertaining to nnd. to mahareoonoillation for the sins of the peo ple, ror tn mat ne nimeeu nam lunsrea. wing tempted, he is able to succor them that are temp ted.-Heb. li. 14-18. When Christ came, the world may be Mid to hare been divided into two parts the Jew and the Gen tile: both of them seeking religion, but having very different objects of search. All men are compelled by their nature to seek some kind of gratification for their moral feelings. If they are intelligent and rightly direoted.this moral nature will develop a true religion; if they are ignorant and wrongly di rected, It will develop a superstition. Our word religion is a heathen word, and its ety mological meaning devolops th root idea of heathen worship, namely, compulsion: for the word signifies to bind again, to constrain, to tie up. Religion was, according to the ideas of the heathen nations, a process of tying up the mind. It wai compulsion, and that, of. tentimes, compulsion as Jtoe offspring of feel-lines . the most tormenting. Fear, and a superstitious conscience, indeed, are the chief instruments of religion, as developed witnoat the law of inspiration. What is called heathenism is fear and superstition. We may; therefore, say that no view of re ligion can be right which logically leads to the narrowing of human religious liberty, and which leads to a circumscribing, or to ti extinguishment of human joy. We may de clare, also, that the want of spiritual lite and freedom is prima facit evidence of the want of true notions of religion.'- Where any order of reliorious worship.; where any scheme of doctrine, where any church organization, where any Christian denomination-r-m short, where any sy stem which has for iu object the det eloping of man's interior nature, succeeds in making him lees free in conscience, less and lets free in hope, and less and less joyful, you may be sure that that is not a right sys tem, or else that it fails to accomplish its own appropriate end; for the characteristie effect of Christian faith is to give to the soul of man, in all iU range of affections, in IU moral sen timenls, and in its reason, a greater ievelop-mont and a greater liberty than it could at tain through any other instrumentality. A Christian is ogt a man thk maT io ,e" than be did before he became a Christian. A Christian is not a man from whom has been taken sway a great deal that' lbs world calls preeioda. for thai sake of limiting hia power, end freedom. and joy.' .' AfCbristian id a man who, from the day of bis birth Into Cbriet, marches with frtaUr and greater power, and freedotoi asd Joy, all the way boms to bee-ven. The very genius of Christianity is ibis that men are beet governed by development, not ny restraint.. , ,4 .- . . -i , : i There are a great many persons who wear theirntitsiaajeke.'.A. grea many carry it as a doty. A great many are led by Itas by a foar.; '2Tot a few are driven by it as tbey would be driven by a torment. . And it in true that to this day there are thousands anil tens of thousands of men that era sub ject to bondage through fear of death; and every wise pastor who draws bis ideas aa to man's needs, not from books, but from sympathetic contact with the actual want in human life, will feel impelled to open op the true nnture of Christianity over against this tendency of the human mind to yield to the bondage of doubt and fear. ' . Religion Is simply this; the right ordering and normal development of the whole soul of man before God. It is not a quality de rived from outside of us. It is not a thing put into us. It is simply the right, volunta ry action of the faculties of man's nature. Religion is only another word to describe a man aoting right,' in contradistinction to a man acting wrong. It is. as applied to the soul, what the word health is as applied to the body. Religion, then, is a word which inoludes in it the voluntary right action of a man's whole soul, not a divine stroke, although it comes from divine influence; not a sudden effusion, although there is, unquestionably, in some cases, just as God pleases to administer it, a very ' sudden, and sometimes overwhelming flooding of conviction; and there is, oftentimes, an instantaneous setting a man-free from sin, and making him Joyful I not only do not doubt these foots, but I rejoice in them. What I argue is this: you should oot take a certain kind of experience In conversion, and erect it into a standard, and demand that every man shall go through just that urns kind of experience, and that in all cases the same results shall flow from it. Indeed, the New Testament says much less about the circumstances of the beginning of religion, than of the affects of Christian life after it is begun; and it insists more upon right dispositions, right feelings, right emotions, than upon any particular way of begin ningtbem. One man receives the divine influence in one way, another man in another way, and an other man in still another way. In the cases of some this influence is accompanied by an overt and oot-bursting experience, and in the cases of others it is accomplished by a quiet, calm experience. The Bible.therefore, says very little with reference to those ro mantic kinds of experience in the beginnings of religion which are so dieclosive and impres sive.to the senses, and about which sectarios say so much. , Whenever a man's soul bas freed itself from the bondage of selfishness, and begun to love according to the law of benevolence, that man has entered upon a Christian life, whether he can tell the precise lime when be became Christian or not ' ... ' Let a man feel every day and hoar that bis life is governed by a spirit of benevolence, and he need not trouble himself to be able to give the time when he got religion. The date is of no account, if the life is only right. You say, "Is there not an instantaneous change in a person when he gets religion?". Yes, there necessarily is, but the fact that there is suoh a change, is one thing, and the power to recognize the precise time when that change bakes place is another thing There is a moment, a second, when t the sun begins to come north, but yon may not, per- bans, be able to tell when that moment or second is. There is, too, a time when it be gins torecedo from us, but you may not be able to tell exactly when that time is. The evidence of religion is in the fruit which the life brings forth, If a man lives a Chris tian life, he is a Christian; and if he does pot live a Christian life, he is not a Christian, no matter what his experience may have been. The sects, while in terms they all recognize this great central fact that love is religion, go on and add a great many collateral things as indispensable evidences of it; and it may al most be understood that in the administration of the churches there Is not only one re ligion, but also a great second evidence of religion, both of which a man must have in order to be a Christian. It would seem from the teachings of many, that tbey regard this evidence of religion as no lew essential than religion itself. Now I teach on the other hand, that God's sovereignty, In all eases of men's conversion, proceeds as it will; that there is no such thing as evidence preceding sctive Christian life; and that, according to the teachings of God himself, the only evi dence of religion we have a right to require, or look for, is the fact that a main is living a a godly life, that be is In the exercise of Christian dispositions in t word," that be is living as a Christian man should lire. Such is ths evidence of religion In a man according to Scripture; but men have their theories on this subject :- ; " One school have their theory of the doctrine of conversion, and tbey describe tbeir way in whlcb a man oovnee up to religion, SiymE. "He begins down in such a state; and then his palh runs in Such a direction; and then be passes through suoh. a class of experience; and when he arrives at a certain gate, be is obliged to ring or knock; snd at last be is ad mittod by a porter. Alter be bas gone through all this he Is converted, and there, is evidence of his oonversfon." ' There is over sgalnst this school snotber, and tbey describe their waf by wl.wh a man comes up to relt e-lon. They tall how he goes through the Slough of Dospond! how Be encounters dan cere and achieves victories) oa the road, enn- menUlng all the experiences he has, from first to last And so there are tea or twenty on- ferent theories, more or Ins modified, hi re spect to the mode by wbioh a man may ob tain religion, and the evidences hf which he may determrao wbethai be baa U or not. One church restricts all Bearing and ealbu-aiaretio emotional "experlenoes, and looks with ! doubt upon the religion of any man who has a susceptible nature, and whose feelings are so strong that at times they run away with bim to such an extent as to cause blm to 'speak in meeting,'! If a man is so filled up with true piety that he cannot restrain hia feelings, snd be gives expression to them in an earnest manner, overstepping what they consider to be the bounds of propriety, they at once say, "That man is an enthusiast," and anything which savors of enthusiasm it very suspicious with them. Religion, in their view. is an elegant morality, and Christians are men who are well-educated, well-bred, and who do kindness according to rule. They have a kind of decorous and proud worship. This is the case with note few of the sects. Over sgainst these are other Christian de nominations who go to the opposite extremes; and they demand just that kind of evidence which those religionists of whom we have just been speaking reject. They say, "A man need not talk to us about piety, if he does not manifest it, When the grace of God is in a man, it is like Bhowars upon a mountain, which send the rain down its sides, swelling all the streams and causing them to run ovor. Un less a man can ny 'Glory to God I' and 'Hal-lelujahl and clap bis hands, there is no evidence of Christianity in bim. He may fee a poor drawling slave In the kingdom, but nothing more. A man who is an earnest Christian will have his feelings high up, so tbst they will gush forth." There are good Christians, too, among the churches that take this view of the evidenoe of religion; but they grow despotic, and having bad a certain kind of experience, they say, "All men must feel as we feel, or else they canuot be Christians." I do not deny the right ol a man to be con verted in just the way that is best adapted to his nature. Every man has that right God has a right to make seed sprout as he pleases, I will acknowledge a man to be a Christian, even though he may not have had the ssme experience which I bar had, if the fruits of bis life evidence that he is one. God is a sovereign, and converts men in different ways. A third class of churches place the evidence of religion in the proper observance of the el einents of worship. Veneration we is to them the heart of religion. If they sit in judgment noon a man, and find that be is reverential to the last degree, and profoundly venerating, they say, "the root of the matter Is in bim." There are many parsons who make veneration, without a single quality of love, the marrow sod test of religion. I nev or go into a church where the worshipers are of this class, for I have . no veneration of any consequence. Lova, with mo. is religion, con stitutionally ; and my defect is a want of prop er veneration, which will ' account for some audacity shown by me toward venerable men and institutions. Nothing is venerable to me except that which is good, or has been good. I can venerate goodness and beoefl cence, but the moment you present to me merely wisdom snd power, I stand and look upon them with indifference. Tbore is another class of Christians who put the evidence of religion in ' being in the true Chureh. and In conforming to ordinance and church duties. ' In this class are included three or four denominations, representing very different beliefs. One of the denominations belonging to this class say that no man is a Christian who is not in agreement with, the Holy Mother Church, which has Peter for its prototype, and endless Fopes as successors of Peter. I would not hurt the feelings of any devoted Korean Catholio for the world; but such is the evidence of Religion according to the Romish Church. Not that they disown Ipve; for tbey do not. There is no reason why a man in , the Roman Catholio Church should not be saved. There is enough in the teachings ol this church to make sny man who belongs to it inexcusablo if he is not a Christian.. At the same time, the test ol re lieion with the Roman Catholics censints in belonging to the church, and in a certain con fortuity to ecclesiastical usages. ' When you come to ' what are called the High-Church Episcopalians, who closely re sembte the Roman Catholics, yon find that tbey take the same ground that a man to be a true Christian, must belong to what tbey consider to be the true Church, sod observe its ordinances. Now, I do not hesitate to Say that a man ia a Christian, and shall be saved, although h never was baptized, although be never touch ed the Lord's Supper, snd although his name was never enrolled on the list of any church if be yet loves the Lord bis God and bis fel low-men, and by bis life evidences the reality of that love; for the evidence of piety la sot in any outward form, but in the inward expe rience. It is the working of inward expert ence in the daily life that makes yen Cbrie- tune that makes you like Christ who is your Pattern. . ;,..'. , k' '.. "Well, but," yon may ask, "Jo yon mean to say that a man may throw the Church sway?" No, I think it ia a great misfortune for a men te be separated from the Church. Christianity dees not consist in tbe observance of ordinances, but ordinances are servants or helps of your Christianity. .: . If a man wants to go to New Haven, there are three or four ways that be sen go. but some of thdm fere easier and more expeditious than the1 ether Now I think it is very m nob so in respect to the ways of getting te Hearen. The Chared ieeroad fitted opwilb ears, with station-bonnes, with all manner of appliances, to make our journey the easier.- But Chrit says to nS, "That yon ooiae hither ie your! maia duty." ' If a man prefers o travel ba foot, be cannot travel so wet as be eould by taking the ears; but his going 'oa foot'does not' altar tbe' fact that be Is a trav. eler, and that be may rtaeh bit' SetMrialien. and if be travels by himself, his journey is a lonesome one, but he is nevertheless a trav eler, and may arrive at the place to which be wishes to go. And I say to the young, "You will find the church a help to yon in your Christian course;" but if oa say to me, "Is the Church essential to piety T" I reply, "No! not God's grace in the soul that is the thing which is essential. No outward thiug what ever is essential." I am bound to declare that the way for a man to prove himself to lie a Christian is to manifest right dispositions and right conduct toward God and toward bis fellow-men; and that a man whose life is characterized by ten derness, kindness, patience snd a self sacriflcin spirit, and yields continually the e ror-vary. iug fruits of benevolence, gives unmistakable evidence that he is a Christian, whether he Is n the Church or out of it, whelhor he bas been baptized or not. and whether he lias been a habitual partaker of tbe Lord's Supper or has never tasted ol consecrated bread or wine. The next thing you will read in the papors will be that I have doclared that the Lord's Supper snd Baptism are good for nothing. used to think that a strange expression of Christ which aaya, "He that bath ears to bear, let bim hear;" but I bare since learned that there is now and then one not more than one ia twenty who has ears to hear rightly. There is, therefore, great force In the injunc tion, "He that hath ears, let bim bear." Bet there ia another class of evidences of Christianity urged br tbe Calvinistio organization. They hold, as strongly as we do, that love is religion; but tbey do not believe that it will ever exist, except under tbe guidance of high doctrinal views. They say to God, in effect, "You can not tibed abroad grace in my heart, except by tbe logical method." If tbey want to know whether a men is sound in faith or not, tbey begin to a&k him, "What are your doctrinal beliefs?" and if the; find that he bas certain distinct elements of be lief, tbey suppose that it in pHim facie evi dence that be is a Christian. A certain in ventory of doctrines is made a condition of Christian recognition. Now I hold first, that there ought to be a body of truth to be taught to our children, to members of our church, and to the community. I do not object to a body of divinity it it is notadesd body. There is no objec tion to the most diligent indoctrination of men. But for any man to become the servant of s despotic creed, or for sny man to lord it over their fellow-men, presenting a certain doctrine to them, and Baying, ''Unless yon touch thli very point concordant with roe, I will not recognize you as a Christian," is detestable. I am not going to stand tamely by and see such mischevious view as tbia inculcated. 1 will not be made a servant to it in any shape, When men say that doctrine is indispensable to piety, I say it is false, or else you condemn five sixths of all Christians; for I aver that there is not one man in ten who conlJ con form to anv system of doctrine. If the mass of Christians do say thoy believe tf, whtn certain doctrines are presented to them ss in dispensable to tbeir piety, they do exclaim, -Credo, Credo," yet there is not more than one in ten that can appreciate logical reason ing. There is not one in a hundred thst can take principles and couple them together, sc as to construct a symmetrical, logical doo trine. It requires the highest order of genius to do this; and' yet the power to do it made to be prerequisite to Christianity in a I am not speaking against the benefits of rfirhtthink.ir.ir. but azaiiwt tho tyranny of those who say, "Others shall think as I think, or not bear the name of Cbnstians." I say and I would that I had a trumpet with which. 1 could roll it round the world piety consists in love of hesrt, displayed in the lile. Doctrinal correctness must not, therefore, be made an evidence of piety. God, in his providence, is bringing about a course of events by which these false notions respecting the evidence of religion will be ground to powder. The day is coming when a man, though he may be as orthodox John Knox, of Scotland, if he does not live agocd life, will not be recognised by the world as a sound Christian; and when a man, though be be wild On every point o( doctrine, if he does lire a goo I life, and if he toves his his God and his fellow-men, and bas faith in Christ and is in communion with blm, he acknowledged bv the world to be a sound Christian. I do not denounce theology, or schools theology, or doctrinal discussion. What of condemn is tbe despotism of these things, and the putting of tbem in tbe place of true godlinacs. What if great artists, great schol are, greet engineers, great statesmen, s'dould make their high mode of meotal aotion the law snd test of worthiness in all men below them? What i! Michael Angelo had refused to icknowledge any man to be a sculptor who could not carve as he did? What if Raphael bad said, "I will not recognise any man as painter who can not paint suoh picture as paint?" What could have been more tyran nie? And yet tbe religious world has had Augustine, and Calvin, snd Wesley, and Ed wards, and Hopkiae, and a thousand others that were truly greet men, and worthy to b revered, and that would soon, to be need so in tbeir own time, who, after their death, have base taken Bed held evir the beads of tbe religious no rods of iron. ; Men have been taught that tbey eould not be tree followers of Christ un'.ees they believed as Calvin did, or as Wesley did. or as Armmlue did, ores Edwards did. And the best of 11 M the everyone of theee men was a new-sobool saan ll s of progress, who bore wltoess to tbe truth or bis lore. When tbey were living they were de nounced as fanatics and muJ eapti; but the next general tun built eepulcbers to tbem, and erected them into despots. What then, is the effect of the dixorepaney which exhits among the churches, in conse quence of their making the evidenoe of piely to consist in doctrinal beliefs, these boliefe being made to take the place of the love of Christ In the soul? There ere thoussniaof men who, becomingsware of thin discrepancy, fell intn- nvolsion and ekepitcixm en the sub ject of religion. ' They see tbe constant war- ring of the saints, snd my, "All can not be right. I do not see but one hae ss mueb reas on as .the others; and I will have none of tbem." And yetHhese men who Hod fault on this score, ere just as inconsistent as those with whom they find foult. I do not believe a man when be disclaims In believe in vital reliirion, snd says be does nit believe sny- Uwdy is a Chrintian. I never saw s man thst, no matter how much of a skeptic he might be, oould not be made to acknowledge that ho bad known persona whom he believed to be Christians. Upon Christians the effect of this doctrine of evidence in respect to religion is to make tbem vary intense, narrow snd bigoted; and one of the most pitiable tbinge, I think, ia to see Christians of different churches sharp as a sword, and running at each other to ee, for instance, the Bsp'istn coming down upon tbe Presbyterians, the Presbyterians giving back equal thwacks upon tbe Baptists, and both of these dennmlnetione bombarding the Episcopalians. I will take no part nor lot in euch a warfare. I think there is tiy Christian denomination thst baa not enough truth in its teaching to make a man who be tongs to it inexcusable if he does not ret tn heaven. I have suffered m my reputation or should have suffered if I had had any for standing up for the recognition of piety in every denomination; lor in my view this re ognition is of vital importance. Love to God and man is all the evidence of piety that Is necessary. Everything is subordinate to that Love sits as God's vicegerent in the soul, and I will not fight with my brethren. There now and then a man who is not susceptible to love or anything else that Is good, and I doem it necessarv to exterminate vermin wherever they may he found; hut I will love nil my brethren if (hey will let me. Though I may believe them to he wrrng, I will let tliem iro their way. and I will go mir e. I am satisfied that if there wa more love among the churches, snd they bombarded each other less, there would be moie piety m them. 1 Tbe union prayer-meetings of 185H-7 did morel I think, to produce) nnity among the ohumhes, than all the Synods and articles of faith that have existed for eighteen .hundred years. I dare not to mt. in 1856 thst I thought union prayer-meetings wonld tend to bring the different eh arches together, for fear that if they got tbe idea that they were being assimilated, this most desirable result would be lofeated. We have el way wanted union, you knov. I never saw the time when I would not have gone for a union of the churches, if all Christians would becune Con- frregationnlists. There isnot an Episcopal Bishop who would not be glad to see a urnon of all the churches, if all would become Epi- copalians. Tbe B -ptmts would not Have tne slightest objeotion to a onion of the churches. if all would become BapHt. ' When a church was abont to be built In a certain town, the people were divided with reletence to whore it should stand, and the minister bad to proaoh a very strong sermon on the suhjeoL This sermon but thedeniren effe-t . It even brought teirs to the eyes of the deacons and H is a good sign when dea cons cry. .Tne next mormnv; one ueecun called on another, and said to hun. "W min ister is right, and we are imperiling the caute of Christ by our dissension, and I have com- to tell yon that we must compromise; nd now you must givo up, for I can't." And here is a Pope offering to compromise . and saying, "Yon mast give up, for I can't;" here if a Presbytery offering to compromise, and saying, ''Yon most give op for I csn't;" here is a CongregatioaalMt Association offering to compromise, but saying, "You must give up. for I can't." But my theory in this: Let giving u; alone. Let every man live in a one -story, three-story, or a five-story himae just as he pleases. Let every one keep homo, too, as be likes. Leva more. If man is bad, love him all tbe better. You will And that such a course will do more than any other toward bringing abont unity in the world, AsEiinotrBHT Extract. Generation afier generation have felt s we do now, snd their lives were ss active as our own. The heaven shall be as bright sround our graves as they are sround our p.tths. Yet a little while and all this will have happened. The tbrob-bing heart will be stilled and we shall be at rest Our funeral will wend its way and the prayers will be Mid, and we shall be left in the darkness of the tomb. And it may be for a short tims we shall be spoken of, but the things of life shall creep on and we shall be forgotten. t Pari will continue to move on snd laughter snd songs will be heard in the room where we died; and the ejee that roonrn-t for us be dried and animated with joy, and even onr children will eeeae to thmk of ne, and will remember to W our names no more. V ' . ' ... A man should never be ashamed to own he has bees in the wrong, which is hnt saying, in etbef words, that he is wW to-day than he wae ytitordBv.-yoi ' ; Well regulated minds may be satisfied a small Dortion of bappineM; nor a! can be happy with fe small portion of content Jreet. ' '. - v ' " : : I .mi ' . CulUwatlng; Hopsv ,; ..; v. , A valuable discovery in the cultivation of 1 hops haa juet been eommnnlcated to tby;. French Academy. .Like most agricultural Improvomepts, it has been the result of oh-nervations made by a laboring peaeant It constats In making the plaot run in a bori--zontal direction, instead or climbing up the pole. This is msnsged by means of B low t trellis work of the simplest , construction. The advantages of tbia mode of culture) art) ( , numerous. In the first place, it enables the grower to investigate tbe plant while growing, and cloanse it from the numerous insects which injnro it to so vast an extent; then It is, pro-1 teot'ed from the sun, which always destroys . the upper shoots; it obviates the great de- ; struction of hops in stormy weather, when ' the wind laye low whole bop grounds from (be height of the pdon; and, most of alt.it , enables the gathering of tbe cones to . ; tsiltaj place without uprooting the phut, besides) permitting tbe selection of the ripest ones a llraL end preventing tbe great tons wbioh srie- es from the necessity , of tearing down the wbolo plant to get at the ripest Uoinocaa, J. UU AU15U pe rr i A plain old gentleman went with hia testa iin old j to bring borne his two eons, two young sprigs " who were soon expected to frreduate. wniiet returning, tbey stopped at a hotel in one of j our conntry towns tor dinner. Tbe landlord struck with the dwhing sppearaMO of th ' two gertlemen, made WmHesf wrj oJIfcfoueV while he tiok the old msm, from hia Wmtev' spunsppearaocs, to be nothing but driven and asked them If they wished the driver to sit at the table with them. ."Well, Dlck.M'' said the youngster aside to his brother, he is our father, and It's his team, and W- will boar tbe expense, 1 thine: wnd better i let him eat with us. - Yes, I think so too. undor the cwsoflsetances ,- he replied. "Yea, landlord, you can give bin. a plat at the te- i bio."' i e - ..j. Wagoi to CsUifb'ola. :: A 8 an Francisco writer of lato dale sj4 they following; are about the rates of wage . now ridr CarpentewH from $4 to V Vj day; bricklayers Bad masons, from i to t blacksmiths, wheelrighto, machinists, !? ers, tmsmithst from $3 to $150 common la-,- borers, $3; form bends, fcwen $30 to net-; irmnthi andtoufldservwm nw2E pertnontb; ems) band ceokB, torn,. $30 to. ,. :v, Hsaj!.'..r,-?',MrvJ. An exefisngo pspes says: v It ia stated tbnlr the Be. George Tree, of Fitchburg,lcttnr4, so poweruUy in Webster. few days gov, against Ubseco, that several of his audience, went heaae and bumed their cigars, holding one end of them in their mouths. Vl ' r , t ' o v 7: 1 The following is set down os- tho setktie heating values) of d liferent kind of Ametiewj woodr Shellbark hickory, being taken aa the) highest standard, 100; ffgnut hiokory. 85; white oak, 81; white ash, 77; dog-wood, 75-' sjrub oak. 73; wkite h.l. 72; apple tree, 70; - . , . red oak. 69;-while beach. 65; black walntt; 60; black birch 62; yellow oak, 60;haTdna- plo.5H white elm, 58; rei eeoar, ou?wh. cheiry 5; yellow pir. , cheetnut,' white birch, 49; white pme, 4a. lew. but two stages in the burning of tbe wood;i the first the heat comes chiefly from- flam' in tho second ' from red hot eoals. 1 Bolt woods are much more ac'ive 'in? the r stage than tho hard, and herd weed met active in the second stage- than 'sort: The) soft woods burn with a voluininou flsmev and reeve but little coal, wniie tne oaru woods produco .ess flarae.and a large coal. t ' KT Hon. Will Cumback made an oxceU lent speech in Cincinnati ott Monday bight-He illustrates the position of Mr. Geo. K Pugh ty tbe followiog aoeodoter- y. v Mr. Tugh will shortly he like an oM Boo-iier lady's call t" high weter. , Khe owned1 esbin. a oaw and ealf. - The okenit prereher arrived at her house end attempted to arynt-paihlze with her In View of the tronblo tho freshet mast give bar. Bhe said she "didrat mind the water coming into the house, but it was mighty bard when tho ealf bad te etkk iis bead under water to Buck." ' Nexrefc Mr, Pugh would find th politiftBl WBfT Ohio bo deep that be won't be able to 'get, hja head deep enough nnder the surfeee itO'Bl to tbe public teat. , .. -. ?1: No Fiction", but Tart. We art awavs) thst It is customary to sveai of men 0 tho remedies of the day m a light and frrmhmi manner. This may snawar where tb" eea to be cored is of a trfling character, tU remedy presented simple, eltbough ripa adequate to the case required . But hm or are (ailed upon to prescribe for diseaaevo dure only by exeruciati pain. Bad whose termipetios U often fatal, we leave jesting aside, and proceed with earnestness to ntrer tacts that will perhaps rescue a fellow -beisiR from a bed of sickness or tbe grave. !-l. n thes that we would mtrodu- to ar evade Kennedy' ilelifiJ D'ec.v rg; snd state the. or the cure of humors theie ie nmhing In the world equal this pupulal and extenBvljs need medicine. ' " ' tuLti ii - ; , , i. j Truth extirpaiee errort as graB:extirptee weeds, by working its way tt to their ., aBd leaving there so roosa to grow--'?'. ' .a- ; (, He who tells B lie, la not.seitiiUe, lw great a ttk he undertakes; for ke mint I a foroed to invent twevnty ajore maintain 0M.fe.JVMe.' : ;5t itiUittHja ' I k mm LHMl f ': (rTllr. Robert SupheBsun. th emtntbt (engineer, dead, r .V - iY.l9.-itf may ivj. a