awfully rebuked by this removal. He was indeed our beloved brother in Christ, a faithful minister, and fellow-servant in the Lord, our fellowworker unto the kingdom of God, which hath been a comforter unto us, and an helper of our joy. Col. 4:7, 11. We justly accounted him the beauty of this part of our Israel, our glory and strength, and may now adopt the language of the wailing prophet, Lam. 4 : 5, 13, 16, 17, and say, "How is our gold become dim? How is the fine gold changed? The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning; the crown is fallen from our head: woe unto us that we have sinned; for this our heart is faint, and our eyes are dim." Activity in the service of his divine Lord, and in the way of doing good in the world, was eminently his character. As he excelled in gifts, and was richly adorned with the graces of Christianity, so he bare much trust to God, and distinguished himself in being profitable to men. His zealous labours have been gray hairs, and his usefulness more than length of days. Wherefore, as a period is now put to his services, and he has sunk beneath the dusky horizon of our dark world, but, we trust, he has arisen in unclouded skies, where he shines with increasing lustre, let us double our diligence in the work of God, following him even as he followed Christ; and while we inhabit this region of darkness, make our light so shine that when we come to make our habitation in the dust, like another Abel and the saints in glory, each of us may speak to a surviving world.

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As to you, my brethren and young friends, who were more immediately under his eye and care, God has taken your master from your head. And you will naturally adopt the mournful words of Elisha, when he had lost his tutor Elijah, "My father, my father, the chariot of Israel and the horsemen thereof!" He was, indeed, a father to you, and I believe there are few of you who have had the advantage of being his pupils, have found more real affection and tenderness and a warmer concern for your welfare your natural parents than you have found in him. You remember his quickness of apprehension, and remarkable felicity in the despatch of business, and yet his most exemplary improvement and redemption of time. You know how faithfully he devoted his time and abilities to your service, how freely he communicated to you out of those large stores of knowledge with which God had furnished him,-how fairly and candidly he proposed arguments on every topic, and answered objections. What pains he took to make you eminent Christians, able ministers of the New Testament, and scribes well instructed unto the kingdom of heaven. You will, I am persuaded, join with me in acknowledging (to the praise of God) that your acquaintance with him and relation to him has been your honour and happiness. May you remember his paternal counsels, prayers, and examples, that (through a supply of the Spirit of Jesus) you may be fitted for eminent usefulness in the Church, and may do honour to his memory and instructions.

To conclude, let all present be exhorted to improve this heavy rebuke of divine Providence with the preceding subject, as an incitement to the exercise and practice of truth and patience, and a vigorous application to the concerns of God and religion. Now it is light, and you may work by faith, walk by faith, and in patience possess your souls; soon it will be dark, and you can do neither. Be persuaded, therefore, to hear Peter, Abel, and all the saints in glory, exhorting you to give "all diligence, to add to your faith, virtue; and to virtue, knowledge; and to knowledge,

temperance; and to temperance, patience; and to patience, godliness; and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness, charity; for if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that you shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ" (2 Pet. 1: 5, 6, 7, 8), who is God over all, blessed forever. Amen.

Review and Criticism.

DEATH-BED TRIUMPHS OF EMINENT CHRISTIANS. Exemplifying the Power of Reli-
gion in a Dying Hour. Compiled by the Rev. JABEZ BURNS. Revised by the
Editor of the Board. Philadelphia: Presbyterian Board of Publication, No. 265
Chestnut Street.

Works of this kind are very valuable, and adapted to produce the most solemn impressions. Ministers, Sabbath-school teachers, &c., often need such compends for reference. The volume is compiled with skill, but it lacks a table of contents. It is elegantly issued.

POEMS OF THE LATE FRANCIS S. KEY, ESQ., Author of "The Star-Spangled Banner." With an Introductory Letter by Chief Justice TANEY. New York: Robert Carter & Brothers, No. 530 Broadway. 1857.

This publication owes its origin to the kind feelings of friends; but in our opinion to their mistaken judgment. A wrong has been unconsciously committed against the reputation of the author of the "StarSpangled Banner." Fugitive pieces, which he never intended for publication, have been gathered into a volume, which, as a whole, will not answer public expectation. There are, undoubtedly, some excellent pieces in this collection, for Mr. Key was a man of genius. The following verses will please the reader.

There's no home on earth; the soul has no home.

Shall it leave the low earth, and soar to the sky,
And seek an abode in the mansions on high?
In the bright realms of bliss shall a dwelling be given,
And the soul find a home in the glory of heaven?
Yes, yes, there's a home!

There's a home in high heaven; the soul has a home!

O! holy and sweet its rest shall be there,
Free forever from sin, from sorrow, and care;

And the loud hallelujahs of angels shall rise
To welcome the soul to its home in the skies.
Home, home, home of the soul!

The bosom of God is the home of the soul.

PETRA; or, The Rock City and its Explorers, with Plan of the City, and Engravings of the Monuments. Philadelphia: Presbyterian Board of Publication, No. 265 Chestnut Street.

This little volume shows how successfully important historical incidents may be unfolded to the intelligence of children. The history of the Rock City of Petra is a standing monument of the truth of Scripture. Firmly impressed upon the youthful mind, its details will be profitably carried forward into other studies, and be a permanent source of interest.

SABBATH-SCHOOL THEOLOGY; or, Conversations with a Class. By JOHN HALL, D.D. Philadelphia: Presbyterian Board of Publication, No. 265 Chestnut Street.

Theology is taught in ten thousands of Sabbath-schools, and every scholar becomes a sort of theologian, of course. Right views of the teachings of Scripture are essential to right conduct. Dr. Hall, who is a straightforward, simple, and impressive expounder of Divine truth, sends forth this help to youthful minds, and will, no doubt, find his labour well repaid.

CALVIN AND HIS ENEMIES: A Memoir of the Life, Character, and Principles of Calvin. By the Rev. THOMAS SMYTH, D.D. New Edition, Revised and Enlarged. Philadelphia: Presbyterian Board of Publication, 265 Chestnut Street.

Notwithstanding the miserable attempt of Dyer to vilify the character of Calvin, under the pretence of writing his biography, it is certain that the character of the great Reformer is receiving more and more homage from the Church and the world. The republication of his works in a durable form is his best monument. Dr. Smyth has contributed an exceedingly interesting and effective vindication against prejudices and calumny, in the little volume just published by our Board. It is decidedly the best thing of the kind we have seen. A very valuable Appendix adds much information to the general reader.

Miscellaneous Choughts.

A BRIGHT EXAMPLE.

MANY years ago, in an obscure country school in Massachusetts, an humble, conscientious boy was to be seen; and it was evident to all that his mind was beginning to act and thirst for some intellectual good. He was alive to knowledge. Next we see him put forth on foot to settle in a remote town in that State, and pursue his fortunes there as a shoemaker,

his tools being carefully sent on before him. In a short time he is in business in the post of county surveyor for Litchfield County, being the most accomplished mathematician in that section of the State. Before he is twenty-five years of age, we find him supplying the astronomical matter of an almanac in New York. Next he is admitted to the bar, a self-fitted lawyer. Now he is found on the bench of the Supreme Court. Next he becomes a member of the Continental Congress. Then he is a member of the committee of six to frame the Declaration of Independence. He continued a member of Congress for nearly twenty years, and was acknowledged to be one of the most useful men and wisest counsellors of the land. At length, having discharged every office with a perfect ability, and honoured in his sphere the name of a Christian, he died regretted and loved by State and nation. This man was Roger Sherman. We take particular satisfaction, now and then, in chronicling the career of these self-made men; and holding them up as bright examples for the youth of our time to follow. It is the best service a journalist can perform for the good of the rising generation.

THANKSGIVING SONNET.

BY I. L. GRAHAM, M.D.

REJOICE, O husbandmen! with thankful songs;
Be glad for your full garners; for the Lord
Piles up the year's rich bountiness on your board,—
Exultant praise to His great name belongs!

Each morning brings some bounteous blessing new,
Which from the treasury of good He pours,-
His power hath guarded all the Summer through,
In every harvest-field, thy richest stores,―
He gives thy flocks His care, and feeds thy kine,
Supplies with nuts the squirrel wild and free;
Gives life to beast, bird, insect, and to thee
A soul to praise Him for His gifts divine!
Let earth through all her borders shout to Heaven,
And loud hosannas be unto Jehovah given!

HUDSON, Nov. 1852.

IMAGERY OF SCRIPTURE.

How majestic is the imagery of Scripture, when it presents to us our Maker and God as feeding all the orders of his animate creation, and ministering continually what they as constantly need, for the sustentation of the life which He has bestowed upon them. "The eyes of all wait upon thee, and thou givest them their meat in due season: thou openest thine hand and satisfiest the desire of every living thing." "He giveth to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which cry." The sea-gull winnowing the salt and wintry air along our coast; the petrel twittering in the storm over the far blue waves of mid ocean; and all the tribes that cleave the air, or traverse the deep paths of the seas, or rove our earth, look up to His daily vigilance and bounty, under the pressure of their

daily necessities. To Him the roaring of the beast, and the chirping of the bird, and the buzzing of the insect, are but one vast symphony of supplication from the hosts which He feeds. To His capacious garners their successive generations have resorted, and yet those stores are not spent; neither has the Heavenly Provider failed in his resources, nor have the expectant pensioners been left to famish.-Dr. Williams.

THE SNOW-STORM.

BY EMERSON.

ANNOUNCED by all the trumpets of the sky,
Arrives the snow, and, driving o'er the fields,
Seems nowhere to alight! the whited air
Hides hills and woods, the river, and the heaven,
And veils the farm-house at the garden's end.
The sled and traveller stopped, the courier's feet,
Delayed, all friends shut out, the housemates sit
Around the radiant fireplace, enclosed

In a tumultuous privacy of storm.
Come see the north wind's masonry,
Out of an unseen quarry evermore
Furnished with tile, the artificer

Curves his white bastion with projected roof
Round every windward stake, or tree, or door,
Speeding, the myriad handed, his wild work
So fanciful, so savage, nought cares he
For number or proportion. Mockingly,
On coop or kennel he hangs Parian wreaths!
A swan-like form invests the hidden thorn;
Fills up the farmer's lane from wall to wall,
Maugre the farmer's sighs; and at the gate
A tapering turret overtops the work.

And when his hours are numbered, and the world
Is all his own, retiring, as he were not,
Leaves, when the sun appears, astonished Art,
To mimic in slow structures, stone by stone,
Built in an age, the mad wind's night-work,
The frolic architecture of the storm.

PLEAS FOR ISRAEL.

There are two classes of pleas for the Jews, in which, it is presumed, all will agree.

I.-ON GENERAL GROUNDS.

1. They are included in the general commission-"Go into all the world," &c.

2. Were the Gentiles specially intended, the Jews, who are found where the herald comes, cannot be excepted; and they are found in all parts. 3. Where the Gospel has been preached to them, it has not failed, but has been attended by many instances of success.