THE OBERLIN EVANGELIST.

Sttsta.inei> iiy an Association. { I Volcmk XV.—No. 10. Whole No. 374 REV. HENRY COWLES, EDITOR. j OBERLIN, 0., MAY 11, 1853. j NEW SERIES, VOL X,—NO. 10.

OBERLINEVANGELIST. 1. The reasons whichmay be offered why God should par- plead, filling your mouth with arguments. You may THE don our sin. speak of alt his promises and of that solemn oath in which 3 lUligians Sniraul, 2. The corresponding reasons why he should sanclify he sware by himself, to the end that they all might our hearts. have strong consolation who have fled for refuge" to lay Published every alternate week. Each volume begins the I. First, then, what reasons have we to present before hold of the hope set before us in the gospel." first Wednesdayof January,and closes with the year, contain- God why he should forgivesin 1 You may also plead his honor, that seeing he is under ingtwenty-six numbers, with a title-pageand index. I enter upon this inquiry and bring up these reasons oath and stands committed before the universe, you may TERMS: before your mind in order to show you what reasons you ask him what he will do for his great name if he refuse may present before God and to encourage you to present [to forgive a repentant and believing sinner. You may One Dollar per annum, in advance. thorn. plead all the relations and work of Christ. You may say (CTFor $5 received, from one individual,(rets of expenseto 1. You may plead that you entirely justify God in all tohim, Lord, will it not induce other sinners to come to the Publisher, seven copies will be sent to his address. his course. You must certainly take this position, for theel Will it not encourage thychurch to labor and forgive O'For $10, fifteencopies to one address, and for fournew he cannot you so long us you persist in self-justi- pray more for salvation 1 Will not thy mercy, shown to subscribers, themoneydelivered at thisoffice, any p-rson will fication. You know there is a breach of friendship be- me, prove a blessing to thousands ? be entitled to the paper for one year. tween your soul and God. You have broken his laws. You may urge the influenceof refusing to do so. You OCTSubscribers whowish thedtrectionoftheirpaperschanged You either have good reason for your sin or you hove may suggest that his refusal is liable to be greatly mis- should state where theyhave /ormer/y been sent. not. If you have, God is wrong; if you have not, then apprehended—that it may be a scandal to many,and that [LT*Commui)ications for the Evangelist may be directedto you are wrong. You know how this case stands. You the wicked will be emboldened to say that God has made know of fcke Editorland letterson business to beyond all question—with a force reason that no such exceeding great and precious promises. J. M. FITCH, Publisher, Oberun.O. ought to silence all cavil,—that all the wrong is on your You may urge that there is joy in heaven and on side andall the right on God's side. You might and earth also over every sinner pardoned and Press, College saved—that Jameb M. Fitch's Power No. 5, st., Ousrlin. should know also that you must confess this. You need the saints everywherewill be delighted and will exceed- not expect God to forgive you till you do. He trughl not ingly rejoice in the Lord their God. The psalmist rep- THE SERMON. to publish to the universe that he is wrong ond you are resents the young convert as saying—"The humble shall right, when there is no truth in such a proclamation. hear thereofand be glad." You may urge that since God MEN INVITED TO REASON TOGETHER what con- loves to make saintshappy in this WITH GOD. Hence you see that you must confess your world, he surely will not giving BY PRESIDENT FINNEY. science affirms to be truth in the case. be averse to you his Spirit and putting away Nuw therefore, will you honestly say—notas the de- your sins—it will cause such joy in the hearts of his cision of merely, but as the utterance of dear people. REPORTED BY THE EDITOR. your conscience your heart, that you do accept the punishmentof your in- You may also plead Ihe great abhorrence you have of iquities in "Come now,and let us reason together,Baith the Lord: as just, and do honor and acquit your God all living in sin, as you surely will unless He forgives you. Chough your sins be as scarlet,they shall be aswhiteas snow j the precepts of his law, and in all thecourse of his prov- You may also plead that God hates sin and therefore though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool,"— idence 3 Can you present this reason 1 So far as it must be more than willing to turn your heart away from Isa. i: 18. goes, it is a good reason and will certainly have its sinning and make it wholly pure before his eyes. You weight. him moral If lie was not, He could not may urge on the worth of your soul, a thing which God is a agent You come to God and acknowledge that you he understands far better than you do, and which have moral character. That He lias moral character is 2. may he have no apology whatever to make for sin. You shows that he appreciates inasmuch as sufficiently manifest from the revealed fact that man is your he gave up his renounce the idea ofapology. The case, you deeply only Son to die tint souls might perish. made his image. Every man knows himself to have a very not Ask him if in feel, admits of none. he does not know what it is for a to constitution, to be moral being. is also a soul be saved and moral and a It 3. You must also be to renounce nil sin and be it is for a soul to lost, that we necessarily conceive of God as a moral ready what be and tell him that the great fact able in all honesty to say this before God. You must ut- question between two momentous and cannot rationally think otherwise. these states is now cease all God, able to in God is also a good being—notonly moral butholy, and terly from rebellion against and be pending your case and must be soon decided for eter- so from heart, you cannot reasonably nity Ask if He acts good and sufficient, reasons, say yourvery —else ! him after all he has done and said about wise. always upon expect to be salvation he can refuse to save your and never irrationally and without reasons for his forgiven. perishing soul. Say 4. You must unconditionallysubmit to his discretion. —I) my God, dost thou not know how much my soul is conduct. Nothing less than is tho fitting position for a worth, how certainly is ifwe would appeal to God on any subject, we this moral and it lost forever unless thou in- Hence sinner towards God. You must unqualifiedly surrender to save it 1 must address as a being, and must make our terpose him good yourself to utterly your own. This through his intelligence, expecting him to he in- his will and renounce You may mention before him your lost estate—that appeal will be an important element in yourplea before God fur you arc entirely dependent on his fluenced more or less according as we present good and grace and mercy; that pardon whenever you can honestly make it. are utterly lost to God, to to sufficient reasons. you happiness and heaven, by good 0. You may plead the life and death of Jesus Christns unless ho has mercy on you„and you may conjure him by God is always influenced reasons. Good rea- in more sure have on sufficient to honor the law and justify God showing the love of his dear Son to take all these things into con- sons are to their due and full weight must other than mind of any other being in uni- mercy. It is plain that our reasons reach sideration. his mind on the the mind; must also his verse- Nothing can be more certain than this—that if points besides our own state of they You may also allude to merciful disposition, and to penalty law, ond that arrange- how his has we present tohim good reasons and such as ought to in- refer the of show such suggest often word affirmed that the Lord be ought ments are made as will ensure the honor and sustain tho delighted) in mercy," and that while "judgment" is his fluence him, he will influenced as much as he of law, forgiven. we work, be. thiswe may rest with unlimitedconfidence. dignity the though sin be Hence strange mercy is his delight." Ask him if he will to Upon worth to that gratify his showing Entering now upon the direct consideration of our see how much it is us we are able to plead not own love of mercy, and give you 1. that fully honored the law, so that the salvation you so text, let us first inquire, What is that towhich this text in- before God Christ has much need. Remind him that here God can forgive sin without the danger of seeming to is a great opportunityto magnify his mercy and display vites us ? riches of his Come now, us reason together —but what are conniveat it. It is everything to thepurpose of a return- the grace, and make an impression on the and let *' that forgivenessthrough mindsof both and greatly we"to reason about 1 The passage proceedsto say— ing sinner that he may plead saints sinners to his own honor is sale to the of God. Pardon and to their good. Tell Though" your "sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white Christ's death government him that to save one so lost and holiness or of Jehovah. so vile as you cannot as*' snow; though they be red like crimson, ihey shall be must notput inperil the justice but glorify his great mercy far as utmost or need to make of case earth, hell, as wool." In the previous context God makes grievous The expression he could make the is known in or or heaven. Tell charges against sins and hyp- his holiness and justice, as touching the sins of man, is him how he has said It is more blessed to give than to and terrible men. Their Christ, God did receive," and him" ocrisies apostacies have been provoking beyond already made in the death of whom ask ifhe will not take advantage of this and " his to therefore down to look into himself set forth to be apropitiation through faith in opportunity show all men how he loves to act on this measure;—Now He comes the of their see be hope of repentance, blood, to declare his righteousness for remission of divine law benevolence. case and if there any that be justand the moreover and proceeds to make a proposal. Come now, He says, sins are past .... that he might Tell him how wretched you are and must be Jet together Come near if ye will reason with justifier ofhim that believeth in Jesus." in yoursins if you cannot find salvation, and what mis- us reason ; therefore, say are you will me. Produce strong reasons why your God should Now can you that you willing to ac- chief be likely to do everywhere, on earth, and your he has made, in you are not forgive yourgreat sin. cept the sacrifice which and receive the hell if forgiven and renewed in holiness. invitation, coupled promisesannexed, gift of salvation through his blood as all of boundless Tell him that it is awful and makes your soul shudder to 2. The with the measure, of works think of on in sin implies that there are good and sufficient reasons why grace, and in no sense or meritorious ? going and of becoming hardened past forgive the penitent. the is If you can truly say this, it will become a strong reason all repentance. Remind him that he has invited you to God should Hence case fair why forgive and with him, for practical results. The way is open for salvation. before God he should you. come reason and that he has virtually pro- You may also his professed love for sinners. mised to hear and to consider yourcase. Sinners may sopresent their reasons before God as to en- fa. urge You do not God has professed the greatest love for lost men; has come to justify yourßelf hut only to plead his great sure success. loving everlasting love," mercy and 3. The nature of the case shows that we are to address even spokenof them with an what Christ has done for you. With these are at liberty to "this when you come to rea- very strong reasons come him, our reasons and make our appeal, not to Justice but to and you urge you before on his with You plead that he has man- own invitation, not to Mercy. We are to reasons sanction son together God. may complain against his justice, present which will the of his dear Son, and henco but to intercede for his the exercise of mercy. We have no from any ap- ifested this love in gift mercy; that you must beg hope must sure you understand his language of to consider the hell, can to come to you be that and him awful ruin of and that peal that we make justice. We must not matter. cannot blessing we need, it is our there cannot be any mistake in the All your you escape without his help, and cannot en- demand the for assumed that he has been manifesting towards everlasting sins are as scarlet, and hence that there can be no 6uch life long too his love you dure its horrors. He has himself said, he has not ever Can thy heart endure, as a justification for them. Hence our inquiry is in his kind providence;—so that left or can thy hands be strong ta thing to the fact the" days brought within fixed limits. We have onlyto search for himself without witness both and the greatness that i shall deal with thee ? Tell him your love for the lost of our race. heart cannot endure this, and that " considerations which may induce Lord, to ex- of this this should bo a strong those the reason why he should have on ercise mercy in our case. 7. He has also invited you to come and reason with mercy your soul. Now since sinners need two greatblessings; viz., par- him. Therefore he has fully opened the way for Ihe You olsocommit yourselfentirely to his hands and re- don and sanctification ; out rsubject naturally embraces freeest and fullest communion on this point. With amaz- sign everything to his discretion and tohis supreme dis- two points; ing condescension he suffers you to come before him and posal. Tell him you believe he will do the very best 74 THE OBERLIN EVANGELIST.

thing possible to him all thii gs considered, and that you thine enemies occasion to doubt thy sauctifiying grace they come without ever considering the words Savior, a rational being, shall by no means shrink from crifiding your whole cast- and to disbelieve thy ofpromise ! O, my reasons why he should and will !orgive and sanctify. Of not to tlie lor such a sinneras am, % to his disposal. You are not disposed to dictate or con- didst thou give thyself 1 course, failing to have faith, and having views altogether now, trol what God shall do, but are willing to submit all to to redeem me fromall iniquity! and art thou willing to fail to the blessing the-y and fall dishonoring God, they get his wisdom and love. In fact you have such confidence that thy servants should be stumbled by me over seek. in him that you expect he will give you salvation, for me into ihe depths of hell .'" Many do not these reasons, because in hon- also of on Him, and that 3. present you believe he has intended to encourage you 10 expect RemimJ Him your dependence esty ihey cannot. Now God assumes that we ought to to out the life with tic understanding thisgreat blessing, and on this ground you do expect, you set in Christian he in a state of mind to present all these reasons honest- all without his >o help, nothing-— find mercy. You will therefore at any rale renounce ihat grace you could do ly. we are not in such a state, we ought not to ex- Lord, thou Tell I:im to in distinct If your sin henceforth and forever. Say, "0 you have consecrated yourself Him pect blessings. his aid, and that you cannot knowest that 1 am purposed to renounce all sinning, and reliance upon promised en- 4. When we want anything of God, we should always in this purpose I will persist and die in it if die 1 must, dure to hill so far short of what you had hoped, and whether we can present good reasons why it and expected. Tell Him consider yea, go to hell, if so it must be, renouncing all my tin what you have promised ;-hould be granted. you were to apply to any other to sacrifice—that there is If and trusting in thy promised grace." of your willingness make any being, c. g., your Governor, you would of course ask in Let this be the of reasoning together nothing unwilling to give up—ihat you are wil- manner your you are the outset—Can 1 give any good reasons? If you are to of to your name and io lay your wi h Godon this great question of the salvation your ling forego good reputa- appeal to justice, you must ask—Have I any good rea- tion wholly altar—that there is nor one sacrifice soul. upon his sons to offer? So if you want favors on the score of be not to make and you of Him if He sees 11. We must now notice a few reasons which may yon are willing beg mercy, what reasons have you to offer why ihey should a held so dear to heart that you are not urged by the pardoned sinner whopleads for entire sanc- single thing your be gnnted.' If you have reasons, be sure to offer them, to sacrifice it for his sake, to show you what it tification. willing and by no means assume that you shall get your case 1. You may plead your present justification. You is, and press you to forsake it. Assure Him that if self- willing all without reasons. have already found grace in his sight. This is a good denial comes in his service you are to meet 5. All who are in any want are invited to come arui thee( nsequences. rou are ready to confess his grace reason to be used in your plea that He would fi.lfil all his Y brine forward their si long reasons, if in sorrow, dis- promises to you, anil not leave his great work, already be- to you and not conceal it from the great congregation. affliction, come and present your plea. If you are this ! do it. Him you are ready tress" gun, unfinished. Can you any U so, Tell sinner, with a sense of sin, fear not to un- to it all and renounce a oppressed 2. You may plead your relai ion to Him, to the church to die to the world—ready give up you* God. All those who are will bosom your heart before and to the world—that having now been justified and it utterly and forever. You are determined you under any afflictive dispensation should come, like Job, inio his known have no more fellowship with the works of darkness—to adopted family, you an- as a Christian and and tell God how deeply you are afflicted. Why not* a of God, and it therefore becomes of have become dead to you and you to the world. us child the utmost the world Did not saints of old say to God, "Doubtlessthou art our that so as are io meet all and bear all that service consequence you should have grace to live You ready the Father, though Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel of may and involve. No matter if the to adorn your profession and honor the name by which Christ impose acknowledge us not"! world disowns and casts you out from its and you are called. you regard Christian parents, you are invited to come and present You may alsoplead and the fellowship. You have counted the cost and are ready to your great responsibilities, your strong reasons why your children should be con- weight of those interests that art? depending upon your meet it all. much need ihiu reason are willing to be- verted. Come and tell God how you spiritual progress. Tell Him you have publicly commit- Urge as a further that you Tell cannot endure that all your to his to worldly unbelieving church—that blessing. him you ted yourself faithfulness—that you have trusted come dead a and behalf should come to nought, that the ready to die to their good opinion—to be prayers in their that He would keep you blameless and henceforward you are even of your life should fail, and worse than fail, grace for have excommunicated they do it; to be cast out if they great labor make his sufficient you. You professed if will must children of the covenant should dis- out. not being reputed a as it if your torely upon sanctifying grace, and how can you bear now will cast you You shrink from religion their way through throngs of of all need and all have heretic, you only have to overcome all sin grace and press to fail finding you you proleestd if may grace down to hell. and every You wish to please but one, and offered mercies to expect? temptation. Backsliders should come and tel! God all their case. You notice also the matter of influence saiisficd with God only. This should your you are quite pleasing will not your chains, and bring you others, especially be yourobject, and this, attained, shall fully satisty Ask him if be break over the influence ot your example. shall back, a new song into your mouth, even of is known that frequently soul. willing to give up all idols and and put Ifit you fall into sin, how sad your You are live praise for recovering grace. must be the influence On the other hand, God ena- to alone. No matter if your name be cast out as ! if Him 6. Of all beings, God is most easily influenced to save. bles you to stand up and testily continually to his sus- evil and trodden down as vile, by the church, by her min- He is by his very nature disposed to save the lost. Be what is this to his if you may only live to please God.— taining grace, a testimony praise, and istry, by all men, to let his mercies flow. You have only to bring blessing willing to all creature help, loves what a to yourChristian acquaintances. Tell Him you are renounce forth reasons; indeed you have only to come desire completely and all earthly reliances, with only one great enquiry— your strong Plead the you feel tv be delivered in the spirit of a child, trustful and lowly, and your case sin. Ask it has not given you thisvery de- How can I most and please God! from him he best is o-ained. You need not come with a bribe; you need sire himself, and enquire if intends to sharpen your Re sure to remind him that you intend to be wholly He not come and offer pay. No; you have only to come and waters of Ask him disinterested and in this matter; you ask these thirst and yet withhold the life. if unselfish say want to serve God; for this end 1 need spiritual must suppose thai to the burning things not for your selfish you are 1 you He means enkindle own-present interest; blessings. Tell him how much He has loved you, and desire and yet leave it forever unsatisfied 1 aware that a really holy life may subject you to much love; God- how often and richly He has maniiestrd this and Plead also his expressed will. Revert to that explicit persecuion—you know that "if any man will live show forth this same love yet is the God, Christ Jesus, he shall and plead that He would still avowal—'* Tins will of even yoursanctifica- ly in suffer persecution :" you abundantly, that may follow on in his ser- that cleansing, it may more you still lion." Ask if he did not intend you should understand are well aware ifyou receive this vice, and never more be confounded and put to shame this as applicable to deliverance from all sin and there- bring on you much persecution ;—you come not there- grievous sins. good, only and sorrow for your own fore »s an unqualified expression of his desire and will fore to ask lor present personal for you expect We, of Oberlin, have peculiar reasons to urge why from even now. will to endure 7. that you should be altogether free sin greater tiials; but you consent' any- God should appear for the conversion and salvation of it not this point thing does not sin. You want to represent Ask He has so revealed his will on that that involve sinners among'us. Just look here, brethren, you who donot come to in uncertainly as tohis truly. You want to encourage all Christians and you Him any will. him have come here 'o embosom this institution with your He not in many forms and in forms most clear and all sinners too to seek abounding grace by showing them Has influence and your prayers—have you no special reasons decisive, signified his wish that you should perfect ho- how you have found mercy. bless place and sanelify this of" of weakness, you to urge why Godshould this liness and rise quite above all thepower temptation! Then tell Him your great and how convert souls! 0 " distrust you are school, and to Himself these precious Remind Him how He has pledged his word of grace and entirely yourself; how, oftlimes, covered God the growing people of this great encouraging promises. with and with shame that cannot come and ask if he id out before you most confusion filled so you nation, already outstripping the of the means also how the church needs such witnesses to lift up head and you are constrained to cry, progress Tell him your 0, of must not become almost heathen, if his infinite what has done and what they have them- my God, dost thou not child ? Tell Him you grace, testify grace pity thy mercy does not descend on all our schools and colleges Refer to what world are saying loathe yourself—that you would fain yourselfout of selves expei ienced. the spue and mold these young minds to Himself. These young because the church are not sanctified,and show how great your own mouth, because you so much dishonor Him.— be when they yourself, ihat women, what shall their influence become a scandal unsanctitied professors are to their brethren Tell him you despair utterly of saving but and mothers, and are scattered over the breadth of you wives because they testify falsely to the rich provisions of gos- still have unshaken confidence in Him. Remind these young men, destined to stand on Plead that the church have of them moreover of his promises, and say that you are en- the land! And "pel grace. many Him the high places of social and moral power—shall the fallen almost out of sight of God's great grace,and so that couraged because you know that you are asking mercy West feel their influence—and the distant South, have become a sad stumbling block to the world. of a most gracious God. Tell you shall go away Great they — Him shall it and its peculiar instilulions feel the touch of Consider how much scandal and unbelief exists every- greatly disappointed if you donot receive the grace you tbe East—shall it know the weight and need. dear in struggle their power! And where and ask how these great evils can be removed ask and As said a sister a great of of their principle and of their educated and sanctified prevented. her sonl for spiritual blessings—" 0, my tied, thou hast evermore talent! 0 have we not reason to plead mightily with Appeal tohis great love foryou as manifested in what made tome exceedinggreat and precious promises; now if O how palpitating hearts are here has done, as Advo- dost not give me these blessings, what can 1 say any God? many young Christ and in his present office your thou to be drawn into God's work and into the more for thee? How can plead for thee thou dost which need cate on high;—as evinced also in ihe gift of the Spiril. I if spirit of full consecration to the Lord of Hosts! Chris- must and in Say, me in my desolations 7 How can 1 ever again Tell Him you will confide his love. I shut up tians, have no plea, no special, peculiar plea tourge it; must it, cannot doubt," thy claims to he believed and trusted as you understand I and will assume I present strong in behalf of interests so great and so pressing? I donot make one to all thy wordsof gracious promise ? I must not disbelieve. my appeal to Sinners in Oberlin, have you not some plea to urge? but to loving making your issue, come pleading not who is an alienand a stranger, a kind and Thus strong you 0, my heart, go not down to ruin from this Ober- come simple confidence as his child." your own goodness but your badness;—appealing not to stony Father; and I in lin! Say rather, omy God, wash all my sins awaj; O gay—*• I dread to offend thee and I long to live worthy God's justice, but to his mercy ; telling Him how poor and white me is, you can- fulfil thy promise make me as snow. Let ofmy vocation, and cannot endure to misrepresent that you are and how rich he and that therefore die, but and declare high praises of my God on which hope reposes." not bear to away empty. not live the great and blessed grace my go forevermore! must to reason with your Heavenly Father. So you come REMARKS. By no means forget to urge the love He has professed, and to throw yourself upon his faithfulness, pleading that 1. Whenever we have considered the reasons forGod's The glary of the Bible and of Christianity is, that it He will fulfil to you all that He has promised, and glori- actions till they have really moved and persuaded us, lifts man up to the summit of the universe covered with ouslyfinish the work He has begun. Tell Him how you they will surely move Him. God is not slow—never glory. Beaumont. stumbled many by your falls into sin and have given slower than we, to see the reasons for showingmercy and have — from to great occasion ofreproach to the cause you love; tell Him for leading us to holiness. The love of Godis an endless circle good good, you cannot live so—that you are ready to die under this 2. Many fail in coming to Godbecause they donot treat without error or inconstancy, moving in an everlasting awful burden. Cry out before Him « How have I given Him as a rational being. Instead ofconsidering him as ' round.-—Fairndon. THE OBERLIN EVANGELIST. 75 tnelling Christian Practice. It was a scene. Knees that selduni bowed be- It was in the of fore now knelt at ihe altar of while the solemni- city Jerusalem, and the person prayer, none other than tbe Lord Jesus w.« THE CHRISTIAN TRAVELER. ties of etemily seemed banging over us. Alter pra}er Christ. By his hewn hung upon the cross, and for us enenTies BY A CANADIAN MERCHANT. jwe went on deck and sung an hymn. It was a happy guilty sinners", he place—a floating BeUizl. lusleadof contusionand wnuli, few days in village the Every eye was fixcyj upon Having tarried a a beautiful of there were peace and suleinni'.y. We ceased just as the ihe young man, and a solemn in a vessel which was crossing one oi rested on every countenance. west, I embarked selling sun was llinging upon us bis last cheering rays. avyewhich He opened a BMe great lakes. Three olher individuals had taken pas- lay upon the .able, and read the the The captain, deeply aiiecleu, went into the caoin, lit condemnation and death account ofChrist's sage, and night coming on found us waiting lor a breeze. his lamp, took liis hiule, and was etigaged reading ,he captain nodded to hin, o'clock, the sails hoisted, in lill signal lor prayer, and we; all "a About nine as were another we had retired to rest. again fell on our knees board. When we had cleared the while he wept over ,1m condition si„ passenger came on After this, for throe days, we regularly attended public sake %f llers, a°n j ,- cabin, and seemed to suppose that of Christ, besought *£ harbor°he eniered the worship, and bad much interesting conversation on vari- God's mercy upon hem He c had all to The again was a floating Bethel. he was alono; for we retired our berilis. ous subjects tor there was nothing in the religion of the burning dimly on the table, butit afforded suffi- i ; In tho morning, the stranger lamp was young stranger to repress tbe cheerfulness ol social was not forgotten- and to discover thai he ,vas young. in- he evidemly did not forget cient Ih'hl lor me Seeing tercourse. From his lamiliarily with the Bible,bis that there were immortal he drew a book his pucket and read- around l,„n, has.emng souls beside it, from I mess ill illustrating its trulhs and presenting its motives, with him to the bar of God ! minutes. from on deck, was heard I ring Ihe day he conversed D read a lew Suddenly, {and trorn his fearlessbut judiciousuud persevering separately will, each individ the captain uttering oaths, tenitic beyond slops, ual, except an elderly gentleman the voice of Jwe concluded that he was a minister of the gospel.— who had him The youth arose, laid his hook on the chair, from seaUnseat, and showed much Illmwed description- From all he saw, he gathered laurels to cast at his l\ias- uneasines of i„d it, in a low in the realities of eternity were set m and kneeling beside whisper engaged feet; and in all his aimed to show that before u< ,„j,i, p, and his soul I ter's movements Spirit seemed to be with H y prayer. 1 listened attentively, though eternity was not to be trifled A tew hours before striving many hearts ° him, 1 could I wiih. seemed to burn within gather only an occa- |we arrived in port, we ascertained that he was a me- °' sional word, or pari of a sentence, such as 'mercy,' liiy- chanic. ' he seemed in iuir heathen,' 'sinners,'&e. Presently au Belore we reached Ihe wharf, the captain came for- d swearers, and could scarcely agony of spirit lor these ward, and with much feeling bade him declared see/:poutft;;,\^^,:ote'r!"" -' whilepleading God to have mercy J farewell; Eunpress his voice with (that lie was resolved to Jive as he had done no longer; My soul was stirred within me. There was a sm on mem- !his wile, he said, was a Christian, and he meant to go untili utheld^^ntt'^:t^;;;r^^.^^ersai.he sacredness in this place, and 1 was self-condemned, know- wiih 1 previous even na aw hi ,'' Jesus, Iand live her; aim added, " have had ministers as now-saidhe, ing that I also professed the name of and had re- passengers on my vessel sabbath days and weekdays,but ""'"' lellovv-passeugers to rest, not having ihe young man raised his tired with my spo- never before have 1 been so touchingly reminded of tbe eyes to heaven im to care. I plutlng the Spirit's influences, "if of God, or committed myself his family altai where my departed knelt." As and then nV ken I by j parents we S''J Early ill the morning was awaited a loud voice at left the vessel, every countenance showed that our friend companion whose tracts I the door of the way,—' Here,! had, by Ids decided, yet mild and Christian faithfulness, '!' by other voices in threats and im- are these followed won the gratitudeol many,ann the esteem of all. dotting •uco.y in par- precations against tract distributors, Bethels, temperance We found ourselves in canal sinners. soon a boat, where were The old man saw 'societies, &c. thirty ot various ages and characters; ihe plan of redemption so clearly the stranger, and feared would about passengers that he burst into tears, and 1 thuught of young they my curiosity was not a little excited tolearn how my exclaimed, Oh, mv !"\, threats upon him; hut he calmly said, and my How have I execute "their companion would proceed among them. Tbe afternoon sinned agains, " U-I mine. have but a few, as you leelsoul:II; yes,I have sinned God! I™ee •Those tracls, sir, are 1 had nearly passed away, and he nad cunversed with no all my days they good, you may one, il i But Jesus died to save " see' hut are very and take one but myself. At length he enquired of the captain if " sinner* renli»,l m„ . them on board to distribute, but d " aßg Bou'wish. 1 brought he were willing to have prayers on board. ■t •;;: r all too last night.' The sailor smiled and 0 ,"r,' .?, r," you were bus/ "1 have no objection," said he, "if the passengers i W «'*,ousand hMrls he s, d walked away, making noreply. not; snan'tattend." J.?^ H.' breakfast, the captain have but I The young man " We were soon called to with and At an hour the passengers.were invited into the lamed away and wept. For some at Captain,' early minutes silence was mate. When we were seated the table—' cabin, in afew minutes the captain was seated broken only by the deep sighs as the Lord all our and among aged penitent. There was ofZ said our young companion, supplies them. After reading a short portion of scripture, our something, in an hour-1k» ' this, wants, if neither you uor the passengers object, I should a awfully solemn. Heaven was rejoicing, friend made iew appropriate remarks, atid earnestly over a I doubt«**.no. Jike to ask his blowing on our repast.' us to God. returning prudiga l. As he replied the captain, with apparent commended

that on principle neither these forms of sin nor any other I l|tween twentyand thirty tracts against these sins. Some Stir swipU^t forms possible,can be wiselyexempted from our hostility. [believers in evangelic creeds sustain the theatre, the to course, .bull be Pence." The terms imprudent and indiscreet may apply the race the gambler's business, the dance, and Sab- ..The work ofllishtcou.nc. modes in which we shall attack sin. but it is ruinous to bath profanation; yet you publish tracts—properly too OBERLIN, OHIO, MAY 11, _18->3-__ apply them at all to the question whether a given form against each of these sins. In these numerous tracls, of sin shall be assailed or shielded. This distinction is especially in thos» against intemperance, you have used They willbo tl.ant- ar No .dv.rtisemontsilMerl.il l» d>"paper in our view just the one which the American Tract So- the same arguments which are used against Slavery; you fbuf inserted in tho " Oberlin Weekly 10ne.." , ciety should have made, but have failed tomake. have planted yourselves on the same principles on which Society The American Tract and American If there were any real ground to question whether Anti-slavery men stand, and have dexterously set aside Slavery. Slaveholdingbeasin;thatis, whether makingman a chattel the same objections you bring yourselves against the as- and subjecting him to ail the incidentsof a property-thing, sailants of Slavery. Put Slavery of alcohol, Our readers have long known that we are grieved in place is or is not right before God, then let these grounds of and your batteries would tear it to pieces. Ol alcohol with the course of this Society in regard to Slavery, in- doubt be searched and sifted to the bottom. But we take yousay, "Let the demon no hide in the sanctuary." asmuch as they refuse Io publish a word against Slavery limber it there can be no doubt on so plain a matter. Let there be untrarnmeled discipline. Carry the war to as a sin, and will not even intimate that Ihey regard it as 5. For tho American Tract Society to do nothing the ballot box, &c, &c. morally wrong; and worse than this even, that they ex- against Slavery, while they sturdily oppose all kindred We think this the strong point of the letter. It shows punge from their reprints whatever would or might of- and even lesser social evils and sins, such as intempe- jthat if the Tract Society were to act out the same prin- those who practice and sustain ihis iniquity. fend rance, gambling, and Sabbath-breaking,not only leaves ciples towards Slavery as towards alcohol, it would speak We honor the Society for the much good they have this giant sin to flourish unchecked, but even gives it out in thunder tones;—its weapons transferred from the done, and would fain hope they may be induced to j moral countenance sufficient to counteract to a great one contest would be all ready for the other. But while change their policy in regard to the sin of Slavery, j extent all the efforts made by other Christians to resist it. |it adoptsone set of principles togovern its aclion against This hope, we freely say, has had its weight in inducing ; Entrenched as Slavery is in the politics and commerce alcohol, theaters, gambling and Sabbath-breaking, and us to present our objections in a frank yet kind manner of the nation—in the property-interests, the indolent disowns all these same principles when to past and yet continued policy. applied Slave- to their habits and the low passions of Slaveholding communi- ry, the worst results follow. If it be asked—Why do you oppose such a Society for lies, it needs only the sanction, we may say the tacit We dwell on these things with sorrow. It is painful this feature in their policy! we answer— sanction, of a few respectable religious bodies to make it to see men w|iorn we love pursuing a course we deem 1. It plants the Society upon anti-Gospel ground. impregnable. We have little confidence in any but wrong and injurious—painful to see the cause we love The only true Gospel ground as to sin is—War moral weapons against Slavery—and as against such retarded by those who should promote it. It is one of against all sin because it « sin. Whoever attempts to ! weapons, the sanction of silence on ihe part of the the sharpest trials of our earthly it work out make distinctions where God makes none,assailing some life—may greatest religious. Tract organization in the country is fruits unto holiness, moral firmness, charily. sins shielding others, is not doing true Gospel work. and and amply sufficient. Christian system knows nothing about Tbe genius of the Hence, deep in our heart we deplore tho position as- compromises with sin. The instant you descend to deal Relation of Infants to their sumed by this Society. It is not for us to judge their Christian Parents with some sins, you bliow plainly that some olher and through them God. softly motives: let the Lord only be judge of hearts. We do to motives are in the ascendant besides fealty to God and not believe they look upon themselves as doing ihe Since we wrote those few words in our last on this honor to his law. Tolerance of sin is treason to Jehovah; Lord's work unfaithfully; or the less inefficiently for subject, we have met a paragraph in the Side," and this doctrine holds true none Ihe less when ihe sin "Shady their silence on the question of Slavery. which we like so well and think so tolerated is strong, popular, or deeply intrenched in useful that we can We have been led to speak on this subject now by the not forbear to copy it out for our man's selfish pecuniary interests. Why does Christiani- readers. While we appearance of a long letter from Hon. Wm. Jay to Rev. are anxious to present the precise views sin Because sin opposes God. Does of those who ty oppose at alii R. S. Cook, Corresponding Secretary of the American practise does, beyond all dis- and love infant baptism, we have no wish to the sin of Slavery oppose God! It Society, in reply to an application for funds in aid professed hos- Tract deny to our Baptist brethren their undeniable right to pute. Are those, therefore, who in their Mr, Jay declines, and gives his of said Society. rea- interpret the Scriptures and to act to their tility to Bin discriminate in favor of Slavery, doing God's according sons. Treating of the actual position of the Society own interpretation, presuming that ihey will work on true Gospel principles! This is precisely the reciprocate on the Slavery question, he says— this feeling and the doctrine on which it rests. question which we answer in the negative. In the passage from the "Shady Side," we aie 2. The inconsistency of such a course palsies the "I know not that in the twenty-seven years of its intro- existence this Society has published a line intended to duced to Mrs. Vernon, the pastor's wife, to moral power of the Society. Consistency gives men writing her touch the conscience of an American slave-breeder or father soon after the birth of an infant, and sayiig— power, because it shows that they act on principle. In- trader. On the contrary, especial care has been taken It seems strange to me that I have been content to consistency palsies a man's power for the same reason; to expunge from your reprints every expression that hold" so national vaguely the doctrine of 'infant baptism,' which it goes to show that he does not act on principle. Such could even imply a censure on our stupendous occupies so a The Society has no hesitation in condemning prominent place in our creed. Since I secure of the human hearl. iniquity. have looked at the ordinance, to action never can the respect cruelly, oppression and injustice, but it shrinks with af- id relation my own child, 1 feel that it must have a meaning Man never is strong in his efforts against sin except at very of acknowledging that it is cruel, deeper and mi- fright the idea nuter superficial really with God. Doing this, he oppressive unjust to reduce a black man to the con- relations than my views have ever when he takes sides and grasped. could get of of abeast of burden, to him legal marriage, 1 very satisfactory views the will have the* universal conscience in his favor; but op- dition deny subject from the Bible and my own and to sell him and his children to the highest bidder, in Christian instincts; posing only certain sins, and thus exciting the suspicion but, looking. . around. on the lamilies of the church, I am company with the beasts of the field. This extreme sen- again thrown into that he opposes these only for selfish reasons and not in sitiveness is shown in the alteration of a passage in your perplexity." To this her true allegiance to God, he is weak as Samson shorn. reprint of Gurney's essay on the habitual exercise of father replies thus: Gumey this love always Your little Who respects such an opposition tosin! Who cares for love of God. says: If had " one, whose animal life is so lately sepa- prevailed among professing Christians, where would rated from your own, is still, in its spiritual life, a part its moral power! have been the sword of the crusader.'* Where the Afri- of yourselves; it has yet no accountability,no individu- obnoxious charge of hypocri- 3. This course is to the can slave trade? Where the odious syslem which per- ality, lis soul is linked wiih yours. Why should it not sy. Men will have it that if professed Christians were mits to man a property in his lellow men, and converts be included with you in the fold ot the Good Shepherd? rational beings into markelable chattels?' (Page 142.) You are, under God, to mold and honest in their hostility to sin they would oppose aY sin stamp it after your own This was meat too strong for the digestion of the Socie- renewed image. Hence you put the outward of discrimations in favor of any form of upon it and never think ty, and hence it was carefully diluted, so that it mightbe seal—the washing of water—to symbolize the fact of its it. We can 6ee no way to prevent men from charging swallowed without producing the slighlest nausea, as expected transformation into the likeness of Christ its hypocrisy home upon such discriminators. They will follows: 'If this love had always prevailed among pro- prospective regeneration by the Holy Ghost. You have fessing christians, been sword a right to presume believe, they will say that those who fight one where would have the of on its being a child of God soon after or at least the crusaderl Where the tortufes oj the Inquisition? it can discern between good equally atrocious, are hypo- and evil. This ordinance •in and connive at another Where every system of oppression and wrong by which is to contribute to this result by your own faith—not by critical in their pretence of doing God's work. There he who has the power revete in luxury and ease at the any mystic virtueinit, but by faith in God's plan toinclude seems to be no adequate remedy against this allegation, expense of his fellow-men?' (Page 199.) It was an in his covenant the children of his people. But let not thought to turn the Inquisition Gurney's your faith waver, or to remove its occasion. ingenious upon your purpose lalter. As you bring except application of his subject to slave traders and holders, your darling to its public consecration, must rest on that are let the language 4. This policy always principles and to lose sight of property in man in indefinite gene- of your hearts, speaking in the ordinance, be—'This un- both false and ruinous. ralities." conscious child is a part ol ourselves; we purpose it Large use willbe made of the terms "prudence" and Mr. Jay goes with searching power into the discussion shall be ihe Lord's; we will nurture it in a holy atmos- phere, and trust the divine to to last analysis, the argument of the reasons offered by the Tract Society their si- grace bless our endeavors "discretion." Pushed the for and renew it unto that it the holiness, may grow up a child for such policy will be that it is imprudent and indiscreet lence on Slavery question. Their tracts, they say, ol God, in the family ol Christ. Presuming on this re- to attack ems which are strongly intrenched—or sins "must meet the approbation of all evangelical Chris- sult, we dare label it now as the Lord's; a partaker witli of which claim Scripture for their vindication—or sins 6us- tians." But, replies Mr. Jay, this is not true of any us the laith and promises of the Gospel.' "And remember, Mary, by —or sins which have the support of tractsyou publish; orhe might have said,whichyou can pub- this step throwsupon you the t-ined human law duty of watching growth being, against specific wine rumsel- the of the child's moral business and commerce—or sins about which evangeli- lish sins. Evangelical and as you would daily watch your own heart and life; to cal Christians do na agree. It would be easy to show lera and drinkers abound—yet you have published be- secure, by God's help, penitence toward Him for its first THE OBERLIN EVANGELIST. 77 voluntary acts of disobedience, trust In Him for all At the meetings above-mentioned, remarks were made Kindness to the Outcast. needed mercy, and love to Him for what He is and what by Bro. Kinney, and various other brethren from Eng- bestows. To do this, requires more paiient watch- land, Scotland, Canadaand the West, showing that one Most of our readers know that Ihe dialect of" billings- He io 'all those places, and that fulness and a more careful ordering of Iheir own temper purpose moved Christians gate is reported to have grown up among the English ond than many believing parents are willing to the same obstacle opposed their progress—a sinful heart. " conduct and of the diffi- fish and basket women. No single tact could more ex- be troubled with. The consequence is that the precious Brethren from England Scotland spoke lambs ol ihe flock, instead of being tenderly nurtured culties encountered in conducting "Flagged Schools," of pressively evince their extreme social and moral degra- under the ample provisions ofthe covenant, are let loose tbe success that attended labor put forth in this direc- dation. with others on the tion, and of the delight they look in the work. from the fold, to take their chance It is in view of their general character Ihat we take so unsheltered common. There are exceptions, ot course, The Society, which was the result of this meeting, is ho our called "The Oberlin Sunday School Association." lively an interest in a sketch now lying before us in the to this fate; ond among them,I trust, will darting. Il my daughter, to load her by your will meet quarterly, on Sabbath evening, when reports " Nonconformist," of a free and generous supper given li is your privilege, presented in the paths of the Good Shepherd." will be from the various teachers, and such to some two hundred of these women in Bristol by Mr. side facls as may interest. brought forward be deemed of Edward Thomas, a This effort, to be successful, musl be engaged in hear- member of ihe Society of Friends. Call and Need for Missionary Funds. tily, and carried on wiih perseverance and prayer. The They seemed to enjoy their repast richly ; remained after quarterly reports will enable us to know each other's I the cloth was removed, and were addressed with affec- The American Missionary Association, at their last whereabouts, and show that the enterprise is tangible | tionate kindness by Mr. Thomas by progressing. and a benevolent annual meeting, passed Ihe following Kesolution: and of Within the region to be supplied with are at |lady (Mrs. Lloyd Birmingham)—were cautioned Resolved, in the of so well- Schools That view of desire many least one thousand young people who might be brought (against strong drink and scurrilous language; com- qualified persons to engage in the service ol the Asso- within their influence. If one of Ihese is converted, all mended for their correct and pleasing deportment at his ciation as missionaries and teachers, and the many new repaid. I opening calling for who labor in the effort will feel amply interview ; were tenderly reminded of Iheir relations to and intercsling fields that are and That good done by this Association is aid. we use increased efforts to sustain and increase much may be another world, and of will ihe prayer of its the love of Jesus towards them, our missions, if the requisite" means be furnished; and and at the close were entertained by the exhibition ofa used to raise, for the service President. that strenuous exertions be series of dissolving panoramic views, pf the Association the present year, the sum offifty thou- presented by means sand dollars. Union Literary Institute. ofthe magiclantern. During the addresses, the great- est " It is a fact that "many well-qualified persons" are order and decorum prevailed, there was an utter ab- at our wailing and anxious to go under the direction of this The notice below was prepared and forwarded sence of anything like levity or trifling, and the eyes of Board into the Foreign Mission field. Is it also a fact request.—[Ed,] several were suffused with teaas." that the friends of Free Missions will sustain them? A permanent Manual Labor School, located in Ran- Who does not envy our unknown friends, Mr. Thomas Co., Indiana, Large fields are opening, white already to the harvest— dolp designed especially for colored youth and Mrs. Lloyd Ihe rich salifaction they must have en- sexes, and attended chiefly hy them, has been ready do of both in joyed in thi3 scene? When are and there is no lack of laborers to the work. successful operation for seven years past, under the wealth and talent ever Can they he freighted to their fields, and fed and clad charge of Rev. Ebenezer Tucker, who has been Princi- used more topurpose for the joy of their possessors, than while therel Is this too much to ask of those who feast pal from its commencement. The Institution owns one in such outlays ? Who will try it for its good to both on the Gospel around their own hearih-stones, and with- hundred and seventy-four acres of good land, more than giver and receiver ? are It is loca- one hundred of which under cultivation. Il refreshes us to see how well some of our in their own sanctuaries? ted in a flourishing settlement of colored persons, num- British phi- Ye who live securely under enlightened legislation, bering more than four hundred, of all ages; and there lanthropists are learning the divine wisdom of doing good and rear°up families amid countless social and educa- are other large colored settlements in the jegion. There to the outcast. Their ragged schools are in point. These house, with accommodations for tional privileges, and have the Gospel to is a boarding forty, tea gatherings—how like they are to bless their souls female, school for the feasts recom- male and and a house one hundred mended so warmly by the and your own—say, what will ye do for the millions who scholars. Expenses besides labor, from $20 to #30 per first and best Friend of the sit in darkness and know no God? year. The school is conducted on religious (not secta- friendless in Luke 14: 12—14. "When thou makest a The great want of the age is a spirit of missionary rian) principles. lis Board of Managers belong to five dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, A number, viz., three to correspond of missionary going religious denominations. large neither thy kinsmen, nor thy rich neighbors they giving, to the spirit colored youth, have received insirucction since ; lest trained hundred also bid thee and and preaching. Christian young men are to en- its establishment, a considerable number of whom have again, a recompense be made thee. dure hardness, and to abjure all hope and thought of been and are teachers. Perhaps a larger number of |But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, worldly gain; but who trains the Church at home to an colored youth attend this school thai: any other ol the the lame, the blind ; and thou shalt bo blessed for they the for them : equal equal of worldly kind in country. Other schools are open cannotrecompense ihee: for thou shalt recompensed self-sacrifice and an renunciation and receive some—this is chiefly made of litem. be up at Ihe resurrection aims and efforts? 0 for some Paul to cry—"l would Fully three-fourths of the whole number have been per- of the just." not that ye be eased and they burdened—let there be an sons of color. The Institution has had a hard struggle, year to its stability its use- equality among you." but every adds and increases Railroad Sabbath Mails. fulness. Much instruction is here imparted at small ex- addressing Da- pense. Information may be obtained by The spirit of the is such as to vid Willcutts, Pres't Board of Managers, New Garden, age demand discussion Sabbath Schools in the Vicinity of Oberlin. Wayne Co., Ind., or the subscriber, Spariansburg, Ran- on the point of the individual responsibility of stockhold- dolph Co., Ind. ers and officers in railroad companies. The doctrine Ever since the settlement of this village and the open- Ebenezek Tucker, that corporations have no souls," is as true and as good, Prin. U. L. Institute. " ing of the school, efforts more or less general have been morally, as the doctrine that there is no God, or that made sustain whereverthey could be to Sabbath Schools The "Union Literary Instilute" deserves well of the there is no responsibility of man to his Maker. Where- gathered within such distances that teachers could com- colored man's friends everywhere. It has done nobly ever the power in such a company lies, whether on tbe far, fortably reach them. Below we publish a sketch of an for the outcast race thus few schools of equal means throne or " behind the throne," let it bear its own bur- effort in more systematic form, which we hope will be having done so much and none perhaps more. We think dens of responsibilily before God. Morally, it will and permanent and effective. The benefits to the teachers well of ils plan of "union," bringing colored and white must. Ostensibly each stockholder and each director are great and precious, and if the Divine Presence go students together, as if indeed the circumstance of color must be involved in the official acts of the company, with them their labors shall not be in vain to their pu- were altogether an accidental and unimportant thing. more or less remotely. Outsiders cannot be expected to pils. So far as we know the Managers of this School, we see know justhow much influence should be ascribed toone Me. Editor—On the evening of Tuesday, April 12, a cause to confide in their wisdom and competence for man and how much to another, and hence the public will meeting was held in the room under the orchestra of the their work. Their Principal we know, and think it a make each responsible some Church, in measure for whatever is Oberlin at which arrangements were begun, token of Divine favor to the colored race that in his which on the of Tuesday, the act of all. arrangements evening April He has them such a man. In a 19th, were completed, for furnishing Sabbath School in- providence given sphere To our mind the obvious duty of christian men is, not struction to the young people in the neighborhood of where pre-eminently a wise and good heart and a self- to stand aloof from all corporations which control labor, Oberlin. are needed, we have no doubt hut he sacrificing spirit lest they violate the sabbath, but to throw their full in- Two years ago, under the direction of Bro. Kinney, will be and has been the man for the place. Let him be Age*nt of the S. S. Union, eighteen schools were or- fluence into such corporationsin the effort tocontrol this Am. well trying to ganized within eight miles of this place, and wore sup- sustained. The Trustees are now build labor on sound moral principles. Let them do all they house him family, plied to a great extent with teachers from here. Last a for and his he having thus fur resid- can. If, having done their utmost, they fail, it is time year, for want of combined effort, but few Schools were ed in apart of the boarding house. They need pecuni- then to withdraw. Kinney supplied. Bro. is here now, and at his sugges- ary aid, and we are sure there are but few openings Sabbath School Association was organized, The friends of the sabbath in New Haven, Harlford tion a with where good appropriate officers. Teachers were assigned to twenty more substantial can be done with money and Boston, we rejoice to see, are rousing themselves in schools, and measures taken to carry them to their re- than there. effort to resist the recent policy ofrunning a sabbath af- spective posts. Will Editors, friendly to the education of colored ternoon train between and Pressing Schools, New-York Boston. Many students are ready to goregularly tothese youth, please notice Mr. Tucker's statements as to the this as the localities are mostly more than dutyupon rich stockholders and directors, and urging but four miles Literary Institute"!" away, and some as far as eight miles, the brethren will "Union theirpersonal responsibility, the New England Religious be unable to walk, and must theretore :sust to the libe- Herald says, Will the wicked respect church members rality of the colonists for means of conveyance. This Religion is the best armour that a man can have, but who consent to" receive the gain of iniquity 1 If it be trust willnot be in vain. it is the worst cloak. —Bunyan. wrong to rent buildings for the sale of liquor, is it mors 78 THE OBERLIN EVANGELIST. Key christKn to rent railroad depots and track and cars Io We have said the students increased rapidly. The The is in four puis; thefirst a verification of the post office for the violation of the sabbath '! Take an number (as per catalogue) the first year, i.e. 1834, was the leading characters portrayed in Uncle Tom," in A church io New- " actual case of recent occurrence. 124; the 2d year, 276 ; the third, 310 ; the fourth, 391; which you have fact after fact, toprove that the men York iiy, pastored by a well-known conservative divine, and i the fifth, the sixth, 484; the seventh, 560. Since women seen in the former work are no ficlion." excomt lUiiii-Hted a poor woman who kepi a little candy 404; " and fruit shop open on ihe sabbath, bough she declared then ihe average number has been five hundred yearly, I'art second gives ihe legal aspects of the system, the ihe oilierl days were not that In r small receipts on until last year (1852) when under ihe operation of the slave code being presented so as io show boih what it enough to support her lamily. One of Ihe elders of that does to crush slave, and running recent scholarship system, and in connection with great the what it does.imtdoto protect church is an officer and stockholder of a railroad him. in and out of Ihat city, which has been for years the internal prosperity, the number was about doubled. most unblushingviolator of the sabbath. How can that The first Theological classes were formed in 1535. Part third discusses the queslinn, Dors public opinion fact, Iheaction ol woman, knowing tills respeel her church They were Senior and Junior, thirty-five students, nearly protect the slave! Here we have incidents and facts, ! How Ihe world deem the professed ill her case can all many ol them both slranger and stronger for tbe sanctity of the sabbath anything but hy- refugees from Lane Seminary. than ficlion. anxiety As we read them we instinctively pocrisy ! See Matt. 23 : 23-26. The whole number of different students from the be- cry oui—How long can ginning is this horrid slave system endure Ihe light of such revoal- History of Oberlin College. Young women, 2,163 ings! [continued.] - - Young men - 3,310 rartfourth gives the ecclesiastical and religious view the subject;—the action taken and not The public exercises on the 20th anniversary, noticed - 5,473 |of taken by course, 230 |churche3 and their various ; in our last, embraced several departments of Oberlin his- Of these, 137 completed a Theological a organizations the doctrine course, Thirty-two land practice of ihe apostles; christian doings and tory. Prof. J. H. Faircbild furnished an elaborate table College 109 the Ladles' course. la- chris- jtian duty as to slavery. of statistics from which we draw most of the fads pre- dies have graduated from College. Of these, ihe first en- The authoress remarks ihat the work sented below. Rev. J.Keep reported on the financial tered in 1837. Three graduated in 1341. enlarged somuch upon her hands ihat she was- obliged to vicissitudes of the college, from which we may draw The proportion of ladies has been increasing since the omit one whole department—that of the " some fads for furiher nolice. A sketch of the religious second year. The ratio is as follows: characteristics and developments of the colored race various countries Oberlin for that occasion, may find 1834 37per cent. I 1839 33 per cent. in and circum- history of prepared -- '■ 20 •■ 1843 37 » stances." She suggesls that next issue. 1835 -- " this may be the subject for place in our » 1848 40 1836 -- 30 » I -- " " another volume ;—a suggestion which we trust Tho firstschool, as we have said,was organized in Dc - - - will be 1838 42 1852 - 45 " realized before For " " ] long. many reasons is cember, 1833, under Mr. Scoville, Iron) W. R. College, Of those-- who have" completed a course-- of study, there it time tho African character were deeply studied. The who remained about three months. have died— j study might show Ihat constitutionally, they Permanent teachers arrived ihe first ofMay, 1834,and students 11 I are not last or Theological least in those qualities of immortal the school opened May 7. The teachersfor the first sea- College •• ------14 beings which their Great Father values eon were Professors Waldo and D.iseomb, and Mr.Daniel Ladies' Course, 7 ! most. We append another Branch, wiih their wives. Pres. Mahan came in the College Ladies, ------2 paragraph from this work, taken Of College graduates 128 out of 198 have entered the from the close of 111., second spring of 183". In June of ihe same year Professors chapter in the part. Let ministry or are now studying for it, being sixty-five every man get the book itself and read his Finney and Morgan cume, and later Prof. Cowles. per till heart cent. ! The firstcollege class was organized in October, 1834, feels Twenty-two in Colleges in consisting of four members. This class graduated in areProfessors or Principals "It is believed that thereis no code of laws in the the of world which contains 1838 wiih 23. In 1835a more advanced class of four High Schools." Eleven have entered profession such a cabinet crystallization ol law, or are preparing for it. Seven are medical prac- every lear and every drop of blood which can be wrung members was organized, which was Ihe first to graduate from humanity, so accurately, elegantly titioners or students. and scientifically with the same four members in 1837. This class came arranged, as the slave-code of America. It is a case who graduated from College, of in from Hudson. Of the thirty-two Ladies elegant surgical instruments for the work of dissecting the human heart year 1835 was one of great enlargement. The all are married but five. Of these four are teachers, and living ;—every instrument wrought The wiih exactest lemper and polish, and adapted rock wiih Anti-Slavery one a public lecturer. They are the more recent grad- with ex- nation was beginning to violently quisite care, and labelled wiih Ihe name of nerve uates. the or discussions, and in some of the colleges the quesiion of artery or muscle which it is designed to sever. The in- free Anti-Slavery speech and untrammelled organization Ol' the married, nineteen married ministers; three, struments of the anatomist are instruments of earthly teachers; artist, and sieel and wood, to at mosl became rife. Under the influence of causes of thisclass, two, physicians; one an one a far- designed operate on perisha- ble and corruptible matler but these are of Io from Lane mer. ; instruments a large number of students came Oberlin keener temper, and more ethereal workmanship, de- The accession Of the graduates from the Ladies' Course, sixty-eight ihe Seminary and from Hudson. of several signed in most precise and scientific manner to de- to min- stiioy new professors as above noticed, gave a powerful im- are known be married. Forty-six have married the immortal soul, and carelully and gradually of isters; four, lawyers; four, teachers; three, editors; one a to reduce man from the high position of a free a°-em, a pulse, and suddenly swelled the number students. It social, religions, accoumable time physician; and ten, business men, including farmers. being, down to the°coiidi- is remarkable in how short a Oberlin College swept tion of ihe brute, or of inanimate matter. on from birth to maturity. To these accessions of stu- Of the Board of Instruction there have been twenty- nine holdingpermanent appointments. Twelve of these dents, in such numbers, so mature ill age, so advanced The Free Will Baptist are now on the ground. are living except two— Quarterly, in study, 60 firm in moral and christian principle, sowell All April, 1853. qualified every way to lay and to strengthen the founda- Prof. Cochran and Mrs. Cowles. These died after leav- tionsofachristian manual laborinstitution and establish a ing their posts. This second No. of the first volume gives promise of healthful public sentiment, Oberlin owes much of its Twenty out of the twenty-nine pursued a part or the decided abiliiy in thisnew accession to our christian pe- It was a most auspicious beginning. whole of the course of study here. This is true of eight riodic literature. It speaks right out and straight on to- prosperity. wards its During this period the public buildings were pressed out of twelve of (he present incumbents. purpose. In these respects it fits the age and The twelve number, itself to the forward, and brought into use amid immense difficulty Trustees are regularly in besides adapts masses, while yet its literary merit the renders it acceptable to minds. and at great expense. The Boarding Hall was finished the President of College. Tiiese have numbered thir- cultivated were mem- This Wo. Artl., on in 1835, the Chapel in 1836, and Tappan Hal], though ty-seven. Four are deceased. Three of these treats, the "Prospect of the World's in ihe Light commenced in 1835 was not entirely finished until 1837. bers of the original Board. Conversion of the Last Lalf Cen- "—an not Another hall, indispensible in those days, but not likely tury argument, from what God has said, hut "The Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin," from what God lias, so recently, to be remembered long, except.through the fidelity ofthe dune. Now time and of which Article "Mission of historian, is yet fresh among the reminiscences ofmany some before the public we gave 11. the Fieo Will Baptist De- nomination," an early Oberlin student. It rose modestly to the height our readers some of the first extracts thaicame to hand under which tlie writer specifies, (1.) To maintain the moraland of one story—spread out sufficiently in width to accom- is a book of immense power. The stamp of genius is on responsibleireeooui of thehuman will (2.) To ■• modate one tier ot twelve feet square rooms in Iront and it, not less than on its great antecedent. And what is ; bring religious ideas into the spheres ot common To another in rear, but stretched its length far to the south, yet more to the purpose, it bears like the Cabin tho thought; " (3.) bring the gospel to bear " " faithfully ail se as to furnishin all some twenty-four rooms and thus ac- impress of a noble woman's heart. Let any man read upon the spneres ofpractical life, and upon all the evils modate forty-eight students. Small cost of timber or this work and contrast it with countless other treatises great and sins of the age." Art. •■ Moral lumber, and smaller still of mortar and " finish were and essays on slavery, and how forcibly is he struck with Hi. Hearings ofPlireuology." " An. IV. Human there in this structure. Upright boards for siding, their the fact that the authoress of this work had a human Kcasou and theKeligion ol Christ." Art. "Missions." joints covered with slabs—a window and a door to each heart, while in many writers on slavery, the place where Y. " Art. VI. "Preaching." apartment—a small stove—a bed to fall by night and be the heart should be presents you only an ossification ! Art. turned up at early morn ;—these supplied thebarest nec- Even her selections from Southern news and advertising Vll. " bacred Music." essaries for the students' accommodation—better and sheets are instinct with the life of the heart's sensibili- Art. Vlll. "Alexander's Moral Science; followed drier in sunshine than in storm—but here scores found a ties. Many a reader will peruse them with new and and closed wiih critical notices." of home during some of their early pupilagein Oberlin Col- thrilling emotions, for he will see their bearings on hu- iome these articlesit would give us pleasure to al- legiate Institute. manity from a new point of observation. lude. to again if our space willpermit. THE OBERLIN EVANGELIST. 79

Bible Society Statistics. Uncle Tom's Cabin at the South and Spirit of enquiry at the South. abroad. The British and Foreign Bible Society, established It is a no'iceable fact of the times that " the Southern for March 7, 1804, has recently entered upon its year ofju- The following remarks appear in the National Em, a3 Central Agricultural Society have offered a premium best bilee—the fiftieth of Us labors—and we arepleased Io see I from a "Woman of North Carolina," and contain hints the acceptable essay on the management and treat- that its surviving friends improve the occasion not only | upon the influence of ibis incomparable book upon ment of Slaves." The Committee of award decide in by anniversary gaiherings and reminiscences but by 'Southern mind-sand upon Catholic minds'also,which are favor of the essay furnished by Rev. Thomas F. Scott of special efforts in the cause of Bible distribution. At worth considering. It is a rare and a rich meiit of this Columbus, Ga. their great anniversary meetings, several of 1heir foreign work that it illustrates and honors the Gospel, not less We hope we may live to see this essay. It may be a laborers were invited home, many of whom had never than it illustrates and holds up toour abhorrence Ameri- clew to the present type of Southern mind touching the met each other before, some having been in their fields can Slavery.—[Ed.] mode of using the slave system. We shall look—till further exhortation to of labor forty years. It was an error to speak of "Life among the Lowly" and otherwise advised—for •an It is computed that fifty years ago there were not ex- as a daguerreotype. It is a full length portrait, not kinder treatment and better feed,—-we fear not for more ceeding four millions of Bibles in existence, and of these quite as large as life; like most other portraits, a little education. We take it.the South cannot go avowedly flattered; the complexion not quite so dark, and the fea- some were kept as cabinet cnriosi.ies, making the num- jin the other direction—for more savage treatment. The tures not quite so horrid as they will appear when strip- ber available; for general instruction still less. -Since its ped of its "silverveil." Slavery stands in the light of spirit of the day must demand that the obnoxious fea- organization, the parent society has issued 25,402,309 eternity, before the Great While Throne, contrasted tures of slavery be softened, and the horrible system be copies, which number has been swelled by the issues of 1with the Holiness that "sitteth thereon." But il is an daubed over, to look as fair as possible. unrivaled portrait, which the sunlight of truth is trans- other Bible Societies to more than 43,000,000,—a number A clergyman (!) too is the successful competitor It to millions of minds. Will the children forget t all former ferring perhaps show us how much and believed to be greater than the entire mass of little Eva? Eva can never die. Her thin, slight, deli- will morality humanity issues. More Bibles made in the nineteenth century cate fingers will crown many a brow with the cap of the gospel as taughtby southern preachers may comprise. thus far, than in the 6,000 years that had gone before liberty, instead of the frail, perishing flowers she twined jLet us see theessay It may rival in interest the '-Key' ! tor her dear old ! Great Britain there are now—not merely one Bible friend. 1or even the "Cabin." In Eliza Harris will carry many a child across the Ohio as March, 1804, but 3,249; to which add Society, in for besides her own little Harry. Even poor Cassywill ex- I Ireland 510; for the colonies and other dependencies of tricate many a young creature besides Emeline. The Opinioxs of Sir Isaac Newton.—" We account the of throb Scrip tires of God to be the most sublime the British empire,493—total 4,257; and to this add for noble heart George Shelby will in many a young j philosophy." breast, and his vow be repeated and his deed emulated. " f find more sure marks of authenticity in the Bible of the world 4,000 more, the grand total ex- other parts The amiable generosity of St. Clare, with the conscien- i than in any profane history whatever." ceeds 8,000. tious energy of Cousin Ophelia, will blend together in Look also at the number of languages through which the heart of many a Southern man and many a Southern woman, them to "do" the "work" God's word, as issued from this society, now speaks to enabling assigned Acknowledgement.—Received j them by the Spirit of Love. And troop after troop of from Lyman Law, Esq., men. The total of languages and dialects is 14S. The Milford, Conn., being the amount of a legacy from the late Topsys will go forth to sow and cultivate the seed of Bryan Change, Conn, $50. translations, 175, there more Mrs. Hannah of versions, i.e. are being truth in Africa's luxuriant soil. Hamilton Hill, Treasurer. than one translation in several of the languages. 121 It was not to be expected that Satan would suffer such Oberlin College, 3J May, 1853. It is are translations never printed before, and 25 are lan- a book to pass without persecution and prosecution. amusing to see the attacks of the press, falling like bird- reduced to but existing only Congregational Conference of guages never before writing, shot on the back of the elephant—thenoble creature re- Ohio. in oral an immense amount of mental labor and everybody running to form. What maining unconscious see what As directed by the the the boys are at. i State Convention at Mansfield, the un- and talent has this century seen expanded upon Bible shooting jdersigned give notice that the first Annual Meeting book read in the South. In some it of this and upon human language, and how rich the tribute The is cases is | body will be held at Mt Vernon, Kuox Co., commencing on kept locked up, but, like the Madiai, the more it is lock- jTuesday, June 21, at 7 p. Christianity has laid at the leet of general litera- o'clock m. which ed up, the louder it preaches. Leaving American slave- j Each local conference or association approving the doctrinal ture! Iry out of the question, leaving out of the question op- basis of the Slate Conference, is entitled to send as many dele- ! as It was nobly said on that platform that these great re- jpression in all is varied forms save one, who can calcu- ; gates there are churches connected with it, not less than value this book in where the half the appointed being lay members, and each church re- had been achieved by the quiet, unostentatious, per- -1 late the of Catholic Europe, sults Bible is to the masses "a fountain sea'eri? ■ maining independent from present existing circumstances,but haps almost unnoticed labors of the patient fund solicitor, the Goliath of priestcraft stand ' by this Iacceding to the basis of polity and doctrine of such State Cnn unharmed Conference, is entitled to one delegate. overwhelming of idiom stone? not | the translator amid intricacies simple sling and Will the hungering and | AN organizations represented in said meeting requested —•• till they shall find are and dialect"—"the colporteur, in chilly journeys under thirs trig seek the channel through to present to the Conferencewritten statistics of Congregation- which the and wine, the light and of the ■ alism, and such statistics skies and often amid the more unkind menaces of bread love other religious as they muy°deem im- unkirui kingdom, were conveyed to the heart and soul of dear portant. synonim i fellow-men—and to the missionary, always a old Uncle Tom? The poor enslaved Catholics wilt read I It is hoped there may be full representations from ail parts with the exile, and often with the martyr." The doc- the Bible, even if they have to read it as the South reads !of the state. Our friendsat Mt. Vernon will be glad to wel- Tom, down and door |come all who may be present. trine was staunchly held that this great Bible movement Uncle with the curtains the locked. William Wakefield, shouldthey find no more ofwritten revelation than asserts much more than the right of reading the Holy Even M. E. Strieby, } Secretaries. " falls from the lips of the good old man, they will secure j Madison, May, 1653. Scriptures;—it asserts the right of private judgment and a treasure which Papal power can never take away; and of private responsibility"—a right lor which each mar- the "lowly" will canonize Uncle Torn and Evn; bishops tyr and confessor, in all time, had died—for which some and cardinals will venerate them; the pontiff will love NOTICE. Italy) suffering and more might I them and do them homage. Rev. Warren G. Jones having (in were now, many yet A North Carolina Woman. removed from Harwinfrm be called to suffer. The movement is characteristically to Hartford, Conn., requests all letters, papers, and publica- Protestant, and Anti-Romanist. tions to be directed to him at thelatter place- The Illinois Black Laws. One other sentiment advanced prominently on the plat- SUBSCRIBERS' RECEIPTS. form and cheered warmly, is toogood and too pertinent Rarely has the Dublic feeling of real men been more Received from April 20th, to May btti, inclusive. to our home circumstances, to be omitted. outraged than by this statute. Some of the papers speak Mrs. Lucy Pettingill, Peoria, 111., $1, Mrs. "Now this (Bible) Society includes in itself all the of Illinois as thereby made a slave state. The Buffalo E.Woodruff, do., do., 1, Miss Mary Pettingill, Salisbury, N. H./ 1,R. great questions of the day. It is a Free-Trade Society— Republic thinks that henceforth she must fall into the Wells, Squaw Grove, 111., 1, E. Doty, Pine, N.V., 1, P. Gil- it is a Reform Society—it is a Peace Society, and it is a class of slave states in respect to all that pertains to der, Gustavus, 1,Sarah Sylvester, Jackson,0., i, E. Perkins, the country" Bucland, Ct., I, L. T. Wilso-i, do., do., 1,S. Stephens, Half Defence Society. It is the chiefdefence of progress in population, wealth and commerce. The Day, 111., 8, H. Keyser, Clinton, Mich., 1, Rev. Ed. Sweet, &c. same law which smites all slave territory must 6mite Haydenville, Mass., 1, Wm. Wiswell,St. Louis, Mo, 1, Rev. our Bible societies should be, as our Heaven-de- legal penalties R. Hatch, York, O, i, Her. S. F. Smith, Elgin, HI., 1,D. So her. Who would go to live where frown Solomon, Fremont, 0., 3, A. S. Hiuckfey, Brooklyn, O, 3, scended Bible is, a friend to all real reforms—Temper- and crush down the impulse sof humanity? Who could E. Carter, Wayne, Pa., 1,25, R Dewey, Franklin, X V., }, M. W. Kay, Mass., 4, ance, Ami-Slavery,Peace, Moral Purity. We ask not to expect that law would long shield his own rights of per- Springfield, L. Silcox, East Lon-j Meadow, Mass., 1, Geo. Taylor, do., do , 1, H. Barrows, Ray* reforms other than tru'b push any ofthese by means Bible son and property? For ourselves we could hardly con- Mich., 3, J. B. Hall, Gaston, lowa, 1, B. Thompson, Jersey, and occurringfacts: nor farther than Bible principles both sent to be shielded by the same hands which strip 0., 1, S. Conkling, Le Roy, 111., I, C. S. Cook,Four Corners, and 0.. 2, E. Thompson, bear and compel us; nor in any other spirit and motive equal Hudson, 0., 4, Mrs. Chioe Henderson, scourge our but more suffering and helpless broth- Austinburgh,0., 1, Rev. J. Goodin, CampRun, 0., 2, H. H. than God's own Buok inspires. The Bible is the great er. Boswortb, Carthage, 0., ,50, J. Jones,Kenton, 0., 2. Jared Clark, Reformer of the world. Thrown among a sinning, apos- But the Republic reasons thus ; Brecksville, 0., 3, A. Beebe, Syracuse, N.V., I,C. C Waldo, New Madison, 0., 1, J. Page,"Marshall, N. V-, 1, R. tate race, it comes to teach us the more excellent way— "The recent'negro law' passed Illinois, establish- N. Allen, Monmouth, HI., 1, Rev. J. Copeland, Munnsville, turn paths of self-ruin, and win them to in N. V., 1, Mrs. Mary Week, Galesburgh, 111., J. Collier, to men from ing sliLvery in that S\ate, is likely to stop a large class 1, purity and bliss. East Weymouth, Mass., 2, Moses Dennis, Waukau, Wis., 2, of emigrants from the eastern States, locating there.—■ Rev. Jas. Gregg, Rose, N. V., 6, L. Clark, Morgan, 0., 1, The Bible is now accessible to six-sevenths of the hu- They prefer progressive laws and freeStates. So long D. Scovel, Pierpont, 0., 2, B. Taylor, Franklin, N. V., law its statute book, man family, and the same ratio of progress will bring it as this black disgraces just so long 1,Dea. D. Holmes, Wilson, N. V., 1, D. A. Gibbs, Decatur, will Illinois continue to retrograde and lose caste with 111., 2, E. M. Wadsworlh, Berlin, Wis., 2, Thos. G. Browa, within reach of all, long before the next half-century free States. The increase of population herafter will Palmyra, N.N.,2. there not hope in thy end," shall have closed. Is " latter be in the same ratio of per cent, as in Southern Slave Postmaster*. O thou desolated church of God 3 ;States." Caaoga, N. V., 2. 80 THE OBERLIN EVANGELIST.

POETRY. emy in this place have shared largely in this blessing. it to us to reap. In the missionary work, then, in ihe The Congregational church too has been greatly re- advance of pure and practical Christianity in the world Kindness. vived, and fifleen have been added to ns by profession. we may live and labor without a failure, only as we fail More are expected to unite with us soon who have hope- 10 uso every means we might use for tho furtherance of A little spring had lost its way fully submitted to Christ during ihe fewweeks past. No the g-ospel. In this field we may make Ihe most of life. churci, for of Amid the grass and fern; revival had been enjoyed in this a number Are we doing it? Can we each say truly, -'to me to live years, the evils oflong backslidirigs were is Christ," or in words, A passing stranger scooped a well, and continued other I am living to the greatest seen and felt us. The church generally has been advantage a man can If Where weary men might turn. among possibly live? we are doing all deeply searched and humbled, and some of the members the Savior would have us do for the gospel at home and experienced increase light, peace and abroad, He walled it in, and hung with care have such an of we may say this. Jesus will say to us by and joy, that they confidently believe that, they have never by, "Well done, good A ladle at the brink; and faithful servants." We shall truly known Christ before. Old difficulties between secure more gain than all the millionaries who have ever He thought not of the deed he did, brethren have been removed and reconciliation restored. succeeded in lading themselves "with thick clay;" more But judged that toil might drink. The standard of experimental and practical piety has pleasure than any and all those have got who have ever been elevated generally among us, and some have so re- preferred to duty; more lo! the well pleasure and honor than the He passed again—and ceived Christ we hope, and have so consecrated them- united voice ola universe of creatures could bestow up- By summer never dried, selves to him Ihat they will abide in him. A few heads on a selfish mortal. Had cooled ten thousand parching tongues, of families are embraced among the converts, but the 4. Time flies. The remnant of life is brief. Shall And saved a lifebeside. greater part are youth. The Methodist church too has we waste it on fashion and folly? on worldly pleasure or shared to some exient in the blessing. gain? or seek any of the old broken bubbles of earthly Sedgwick. Yours sincerely, A. glory? That be far from all who would aspire to say Hagar and Ishmael. truly, "For to me tc live is Christ." 5. Yet in the practical carrying out of this living They sank amid the wilderness, From the National Era. for his cause depends all our success. We cannot serve The weary and forsaken; The Madiai and the Slaves. God and Mammon. In devoting our property and ener- She the boy one faint gies to the spread of gave caress, In one ofthe Southern slates, a few weeksago, a small the Gospel, we shall not please the And prayed he might not waken. when world—shall please none but Christians, and perhaps not party sat down to supper, one of the ladies related all such. to company the case of the Madiai, which now seems Far, faraway the desert spread; the 6. Let us so live, then, that to be attracting the attention of Christendom. the blessed Jesus will use is us to do all his pleasure. Let Him in Ah! love fain to cherish About half the number of persons present were Anti- live us fully, free- ly, that as He was light and to Thevainest hopes; but now she said, and the Pro-Slavery. AH to life the dark and dying Slavery, other half seemed world, so we be. Let not see him perish. account deep feeling, and a may me receive the with part with 7. Paul, who could say, high indignation, as the following colloquy (literally "For to me to live is Christ," Then spoke the Lord, and at his word given) will was a working Christian and missionary, and endured show: greatprivations for the spread ol Sprang forth a little fountain, Pro-S'avery. Do you say those people were charged the Gospel. He did not frustrate the grace of God. Oh let us live unto Pure, cold as those whosecrystal hoard with no offence but reading the Bible,and, and in conse- Christ! Is in some pine-clad mountain. quence of that, leaving the Romish Church? Anti-Slavery. I do. Effects of Afflictions. O, blessed God! does Pro. Those people ought to be burnt. thus thy power, How different are summer storms from winter ones When, worn and broken-hearted, Anli. Ought to be burnt? ! Pro. Yes, those who imprison people for reading the In winter they rush over the earth with their violence ; We sink beneath some evil hour, Bible ought be burnt. and if any poor remnants of foliage or flowers have lin- to gered behind, along And deem all hope departed; Anti. But remember it is not the people, but the law, these are swept at one gust. Noth- ing is left but desolation ; and long after the rain has Thusdoth the thatimprisons them. ceased, pools of fountain of thy grace Pro. Then the law ought to bo burnt; and if I was water and mud bear tokens of what has been. But when the clouds Ri.se up within the spirit, there I would burn it. have poured out their tor- rents when have And we are strengthenedfor thatrace Anti. But recollect we have the same law here. in summer; the winds spent, their fury, and the sun breaks forth again in glory, all things seem Whose prize we shall inherit. Pro. What do you say ? rise with say to renewed loveliness from their refreshing Anti. I we have the same law here—a law that bath. The flowers forbids of population to read the glistening with rainbows, smell npart our Bible ! sweeter than before; Revival. Wot another word was spoken during the supper. After the grass seems to have gained retiring from the table, another Pro-Slavery member another brighter shade of green; and the young plants, of which had hardly come into Olivet, Eaton Co., Mich.,) the company broke the very embarrassing silence, by sight, have taken their Bro. Cowles: April 28, 1853. Well, that is abominable law and the place among their fellows in the borders; so quickly J saying," a most ; have they sprung the showers. Your readers, and especially those who have some truth is, ifI owned slaves, I would teach them to read among The air, too, Carolina Woman. which may previously have been oppressive, is become knowledge of this place, will be glad to know that God the Bible in defiance ol law."- ANorth and has visited us with an of the Spirit. — clear and soft fresh. Such, too, is the difference out-pouring For when thestorms of affliction fall on some weeks past God has been graciously giving an- hearts unrenewed For the Oberlin Evangelist. by Christian faith, and on those who abide in Christ.— swers to our prayer, "O Lord, revive thy work." The the former, they members of the church have been greatly searched. In bring out the dreariness and desola- "For to me to live is Christ."--Phil. 1: 21. tion, which may before have been unapparent. The Some who had "left their first love" "repent and do is their firstworks." A number of the impenitent we have gloom not relieved by the prospect of any cheering KEMARKS BY D.. M. I. to follow it; reason to hope do truly repent and believe. We ray of any flowers or fruits to show its be- have neficence. But the true Christian soul, been permitted to see in the inquiry room from thirty to in 'though weep- 1. The temporal life of man is comparatively a ing may endure for a night, forty, including both converts and inquirers. At other brief joy cometh in the morning.' times School period, yet long enough for every legitimate object of A sweet smile of hope and love follows every tear ; and nearly as many Sabbath children have found our And there have itself to pastor's study other places being. not been wanting, in all tribulation is turned into the chief of blessino-s! their way the or where those studied, they him, most whom ages, who have planned and practised, were invited to meet of were a high and holy either converts or deeply anxious for themselves. The with or a more base or groveling design, Walk by Faith, notby Sight. to make the most life. Doubtless the great number of convens to the present time none hut the of improve- Some time ago.l had occasion to converse with a person tell; ments of this age—the railroads, telegraphs, steam-en- who imagined that he had enjoyment Searcher of hearts can nor are we as solicitous gines, &c., well important sometimes the of about this as we are work be deep as as the more reformations peace with God. His great difficulty was thai this that the should and going on in tho world of intellect and Ihe field of morals peace thorough. Most of those described, with the exception did not last forany great length of time. When his mind and social order—have been mainly planned and for- was clear and joyful, and of the children of the Sabbath School, are members of warded by early somewhat heavenly, he had Institution, whom, the win- persons whose and persevering purpose perfect peace, and thought he might die then safely the some of at close of the has been tomake the most of Indeed, - but ter just to mingle at life. that person in a very short time his clearness became term, have left us with associates who has not some noble lite, confusion', his home, are, hope, truly object and design in at least spirits sunk, and he trembled in the and as we consecrated to God. some fancied excellence, supposed prospect of meeting We the more heartily rejoice in this work of God on some advantage to God. Such is the state of multitudes of inquiring gain, must be base or stupid beyond minds. account of our beloved Institution of learning, which is what I can suppose It may be that of my reader. Think, then, for a mo- richly sharing Institution, of any who will read these lines. ment, of the truth which was used so in it. This the "Olivet In- is inquiry of God to relieve the stitute," is flourishing and approved by the people round 2. Then it an interesting to every reader— individual to whomI have alluded. Your own How shall secure the greatest advantage this world, feelino-s about, as its growing numbers indicate. Our devoted I in and frames cannot be a solid ground of peace. Jesus labor ond is it source and make the most of lite? Solomon Iried about every must be all your stay ; your sole reason of prayer that may be the whence way; and he pronounced them all failures, for rest soul. streams of hallowed influence shall flow to bless the sur- except God's Now, does He change with the changes of your feelino-s? way. Although not under our blessed gospel dispensa- Is his colder when yours rounding churches and the world. he by faith wavers? Is his atonement truly, tion, only as may have anticipatedit, he came unacceptable wiih God when a of Yours to the final conclusion, exhausting time mental troubles F. E. L. after human research comes over you? Does his eye become dim when yours and all human wisdom, that to"fear God and keep his is clouded? May you not trust him in the dark as well commandments'was the only profitable plan. Alexan- as in the light—in the der, storm as well as in the calm ? Revival Intelligence. Bonaparte, and a host ot others as worthy, of whom There are ships which can only be trusted on the time would fail us to make smooth mention, have made great water, and onpeaceful lakes. There are captains that Hamilton, April 5, 1853. failures—Oh, how many have done thousands of times cannot be depended on in nothing—and history a storm. Is Jesus to be liken- Beo. Cowles The friends ofZion will be glad to hear worse than has embalmed them in ed to one of these! Forever banish thought! that the Lord has: his work of an infamous immortality. of time the Know graciously revived in some The shores are strew- that in the darkest, direst conflct that can come up- the churches in thisvillage. It commenced in the Bap- ed with their wrecks. on your frail and changeful hearts, your soon opening of 3. Dear reader, for you me, and all who God and Savior tist church after the the new year, ami and will look is infinitely willing and able to be your safely. Consid- has been the mostpowerful and extensive in lhat. About to Jesus and believe, there is a glorious end to accom- er Him, and flee from all confidence in yourself. Trust one hundred believe have already united with them. plish. Jesus has opened the way, and marked out I the Him and leave you.- every other refuge to go where it The students in the Madison University, and in the acad- work for us. Indeed He has done the work, and gives may.