The Religious Telescope - New Series, Vol. 14, No. 19 (January 6, 1864)

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Oh Where is My Boy Tonight
by J. Mungee
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t^£ , :'! "\o ics owl: 5*nii>’:. :e ai «#'*>4 U mo! where is my boy to-qlfbt?^
Is be alive and sound? ; " v Xi>" 'M'i Or. wouodod ih aqma'bloody fight,
Left helpless on tho ground? . vl. •
Al»s ! where is my -boy to-night?
The childrLJ«v«-»p well; w'vgTt Is bo deri?W raB'tifn’s bflgnt il^jh't,
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Once tnnira! where- limy boy to-bight?
^ X* be in battle strife? 1 •< - ”> &«>? i • '* Do«s lie epgage in ^e«Hy light, .. ;; .,
1 R'eeardios* of bis" lire? w7«o I •- -• U ••■ *tf Wl •• •- 1 O,«p«^(:. 'wbmy ^OJ io-night? . „
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6*4ht-Grtd! -HavVt ho Boy tb-trfgbtf .QhjJb-thibe pqesod away? -■•.''
Dwells be 1n'spirit realqjs of light?,.
■ liiW# bo m’ endless diy? '. 1",'
Ten thnueabd mothers! prayers to-night, l: s Toth ;fi>ir ifcnelfcoldier sohs; ’" ~ • la obwrua grand; lo! they nhflei ! ' * t ^d tby* tba.cbipcu* runs;. ,
“Gwnt r 14a«t«rf if day boy to-eigbt . Doth.LD wm«1pri*aa. pine, r,
Or n&th been3 Wounded in th«t fight^
Potxr thou the oil and w>ne.
“Hay boaven pr<^ect jny boy te-nigbt,r T+tixJtiir b (W dnrf e»roii» wav,' 4a4,guyie hin^»o the path' of rijjfet;- Throiighout.each c»ming.d*y-: .!. * ■
“O ifO-rd,^keep thou my boy to-night, - My own dear soldier ion;
A.li ve or dead —in camp or fight.
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HerlojeK?' iWatrod t^elcs her rest;
, oSbs.-^ails bwr ch^mHer light;’
T^.e burden ofor, pr»v•'r «xpreaaed, :
I* fdr'ber boy to-night. f;Near 'SprirfgWo, O., Doc. 2\at ’6X ‘
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Friends of My Youth
- Prion d«y>f my-yoikthl . Wtiere ite ye? Togetber wc Uitiachedf fytfi
litfp-baf fcs apoB ;thfl then joyoas utream of,life. The banks bloomedaa beaati- fil is » f.irj dfejnii and flowers dfnre beauty acattered thair «)) —•—-f
beauty Hcutwred thair oaors all around as. The eky was serene and smiling;. Tba weafher was pleasantand calm. But y«ar4 gone, and I am left alone, all nlo*e, a ad je hare not told mo wheth­er ye have departed. My frail^rooking bark la slowly drifting down tba tide, and alone she floats. No merry roicas,, or cheering so ops mark her oonrse as in days agone, when ye were by my aide to mark her protrreaa,,and gaide her in otto as. . -?fa, noT alone I- eeett to lire, and all olao seems dead and dying ’Friends of ray youtbl Where are yef Ah, hie f’’along; the banks of the wibdittc ftteititt, the branches of tho weeping willow point to thespbt whore yoar fair; vessels.sunk beneath 'the btl- low^of therji5agiaj» sea. 0 God I I Bed it alt! ye sleep beneath the igry waves where ye are still and silent, 0(?< i^as tire¥e hone to brave the ato'rm for yon? Wilt there nobo to throw thb frieodly rope, or Isaaoh the life boat, Mad has­te pto your rescue? Was. therenone with power saCEioient to wrest yoar names from dark oblivion? . )Vae there D<Joe td ratae a monameht, or seta sim­ple stone to tell;wbat'+fdth, trhat worth, wb»C beaaty-reats beneath tho dark and ehiUy ware, and, the winds and fcho wa­ters ( sigh sadly to my iisteaiog ear, »one!
Friends of my yoathl ~Wh’ere are ye? :' When"tie ran is gone,"add ■ the bii;dfl arfr'<l«ie< aBd the world is asleep and tho midnight boar comeasadly Ofty' and.tbe.waveBaf .tbe stream lie i^Jedt and peacefal^ a.^ roy fpejj, I
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i seenrto^iflrr your own happy spirits rislag up? fijbin yo^r ebral boaa, bring­ing with y<m>fche joys and delights ' of days, - ’T^s. then I obeck tbe ris- jQS,8^h, brush away^thq tear, and bid. the " playitiye moan begone, and ..the joyohs sbag re'tara. But (J, ttje mora- iog^'dawbs, ‘IW my tainted' visions
qaifckly depart, ifc-streteh Ay - aching arms .to:-'grasp.-and btrfd ^them, bat thoy'ye ^aae,:aod-X am le/t again, sadT comforttSsa^'aloni^j ; ,:iy
Priebda. of mV/y^b_! Where ,are, ye?^ A’- sweet, gentle' whisper comes o’e? the Yo Hing^iriV©, • T“Notfr lost, n6dV gonfe.-befcro;^ M y ojpna ^owiff' If;I My heart is thrilled with delig&tnril|dea8-
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meet yon agai n, .taste' the rapture a of yoaK diliciOas Joys, aad'share ihe glo.-. riea»ti;r!y<Hif fiiMivflfffy^home.
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o»»yi*udo aMfi^vnftn fo tW Wij- «i=ieippi Vtllt> » iiuglit b» expeoOKj from, m«tj tceottomod lo4tbo pnolioe ot wTupp(nK defo_n>«tc*#. *oai«x, *%i m4i lag tanocenf children. They are mak- iagJ;tf att%fb'r3 ' ‘j e'of thetnselveai Ti>o«-araa«s 4»ii»g<l*^aytfrttea back .and scatter ^b^g«U®r:ap to- -hkite /|OB^jth»e ^.•jlurty, fi(ty or & ^uodjiied, aad go jprow^me c,a^OttJt the iba a1^,Tfrok*lfn'g, rbtbiuig. aaa mardef- iajj,--: 7o<rov7»:i «aw 5YV ,an*\ •—■-Jnscn i
.: -Uader.fchoiBp&siotfa ^l^ bF pTeveirt- iog^rpp#r^£rQto;.faihmg Into tb^Ua- jon army, they g$*'ato»MkA *otmtry' like bo many fiends of darkaeas,-barr­ing and,;deefroying what they can not tak*.- away^i tf they obtne across an axmed forfle^ however emall, they mab- ife8t theic,cowardioe by rcnaiag away^ if they find, ^n,, .aaarmad fwoily,i:tb®j fex'hibit their .brutality ip violence and robbery. rTiring into' Unarmed loats contaraibg^women aatJ febilftrea* :is a favorita exermae. The Brasil was ai- -tac^ed .reneutly aear tba .month of Red Riva^,, She ^ad qq bpard a company of missionaries amj teachers baa,ad ;fq?. Natclre*." s^fr. VanetU, of the IJ^ited Pi-esbyteriaa churcS, >rk& seriouslyt 'tiwiagb ifeis hoped notmortalfy,-waboa­rd, Mrs. Vannetta, hia-wife, WM kill­ed instantly. Ooo of; the cooks: was |Iso Jtilled.. This ,is .th»; saddest ocour- renee that' has beulIcn any of ih&. mis­sionaries thns fsf. 'Hiev Jiave fallen
in: a goo«3*oaase. God bfeBs thiir two
little children. : \: cner v ' •
Drawing Nations.
- As tbis useful and necessary exercise' may pafc:be' well aoderstood by those who Jbate no knowledge of military af*1 fairs-rDO meaoportioupfyour readera,. FtAir—rpropose to throw some light on the sobject by relating a piece of my own experience. It is sa'bstaatial- ly os follows-; r: *. - '
TToajeMivjaa. reqnisitioi> from CoL ——. ‘ Thw, you are told, moat be ap- pri>Vedrby the gcaeral commanding the post/ Seiriag-the dbexnaentj you hast-' et» to the specified headquarter?. ’Tib ain? o’clock^bat the office is aot yet 0Den.> Half, aa hour,- passes,' daring which time a dozen accessions to. -the clbyer little company aJready waiting, arrive, each' obe eager to get a requisi­tion approved* or some more important document signed. At length the geo- eraLarrisas; but as you are a little bash'fpl, you stand, back aad wait foe your turn. After standing first oaoao foot and then on the other like a goose on iee,: for three quarterB of an hour,
“tsrs” appstsstfy as
far off aa it wos when the general en­tered bis office, you conclude that mod­esty in the army is do virtue, and re­solve to push your way to the tabJ,e at aH hazards. After suodry and sore jammings you succeed tn f.Ucibc ys>ui requi«ttion under the eye of the gen- Vral. He scans it hastily, and very eoolly informs you that he ba^uothtDir to do with it, you must go to Geper*l M.’s. Away you go in hot haste to the headcprartere of Gen. M.—distant half a mile. Aiming at the door tbe guard inform? you that the office is closed till two o’clock P.. M. Slightly disappoint­ed, you ret’ara home aad swallow ibe last dumpling the pantry affords.
At pfeoiBely two o’clock you return, and, after, waiting balf an hour, get yoju; requisition “approved.” Greatly relieved, you hastcq to the Commissary Department—distant ,tb*;ee- quarters. oJ a mild. Here, agaio, you find twelve or fifteen ahead of you waiting patiently to-be served. Now you betake ydurself to hard tbiakibg coneernitrg the state of affairs, generally* Firsts some very aseful r.qformula-the army regulations, especiatTy in the Commissary Depart- mentj suggest themselves. Then you wish you eouW' tray‘vfrhea, where, and whafeyou-'plOase; wish yoa were af home; wi^U .the war was over; wish you bad eotnothiug to eat at hoime-—ryoa’d wait tiJTto-morrow. Finally, you coaolude %n go to the post-office. Arriving, ^nd nothing! Yoa fenew tbefe was nothing when yoa weat.
Relucuing-to tba office at sanaet, you
procure yoar “prpvUiott ticket^’ You are now ready to clraw;-r;novnQt exacUy. JToa maist hive a dray 1 Fifteen min- jUtes agof the street w^s fall of them— aow nbne are in sight; ‘However; after some, more running, you succeed in chartering a, dray. ^ou 4oad ap aad drive Tiome, slightly wearied, aadr BiAn> Purely ' graving that you migb* never ,^in be',ot>ligedt; io pass throagE this, orjieal. .cr." "r(T , i
.While on tba subject- of rations, I ^rUl favpx^yaur waders -witl^a-oop^, vtrbatirit-^t "WKra^bi^of' in“ drier for bread wbicbirsceotly found its way in-' ■to the-hands of : Bro.-Morgan, who has ^f^ of the .freedmen'a:
mission^ in t&to eit|y :>o, •
‘‘50 ^ ^cjKapgM^l^isfc, Deo, 21y l863- ■^Dae^de^iOite negroes, leig.b^p ban- dred aad ^dvfenty rations of soft bread.
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:v.If is 'scarcfely neoesssry to add f tTiat tlf<| brde^'was fibribre'd’ljy’t'he’ ^'powers that- ibp&ti i THe. ordef se'etf cd
atriogply, worded; but;:being ■id wdoC- ■of b^eadi bc didn’t'et^UK^pn Srifltffc. -ju(
Wants of Missionaries *!<JQuite k amaiwrof ;mlasto6a^ies and tfraebofaiarealreadyintlievalley^and togrtj juT5L.comipgr . A ^.Jjipte^ 4here-
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'Jrtftrtt “Ot..,-M »Uiwa nardphips had bette^ atay at-honjpv This ^Ebte ‘Vwiey isk laid wrate) F^bnl^i- irtd no fefleek^1"2U, t3» -ooo v«niea(Jesi;‘T ^d^^wessawsi1 “’to -,HyUoJhiag of Ib^ Iax orias of life', t^re e^jorf lii/i ad; iU.« ,nvr^
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aba bedding they need. True, the army ‘tfcay fdrbislf'a few ebaMV^lanre|B; ' Hat .-itajcaa’ Tiot 4lwaye! db' th^.u,'Tt isetdobj ^ rfeeddiagTeaolughbto keep^ the sol- jogifcrtp&ie. ;If, 'theceforermi8. sionaries expeot^^leeftwatm agd ?<>(*- for tab ly, they will eiye ^ie,ed Ip [this '^^^eftiou. ' They ought also to .bring 3rag«jtables aad' fruit with them."; The , army w illturoiab -b read,-'meat and' :bof- fae ; and those who eaia>iive oirtheka JlLpn^£epd opt .troupe thw§#el vea*boot P'rpyisioaa'_ i _ ' tl(Jj a.,,.^ I '■f* 9r''They'"1 vant ^ 6choo!-Vpo.ks—nQt! 'each trasB’as wdtH^ n^t he toterated fn( P coaiaoa aohooMn tbfc Nortlr, mit’foSt; auob3 vbooJta*. inasps,'^e;,^^wyPtr‘%6tfldi .Belcotfo^ the i^onpfit *»f.» comm o naihodl
^ftrObio, pr^aasachusetts.' NeajJy all
the teachers and ^missionaries arrive ^ihotrt aby thing; sopie’ of them in such a'pitable oonditibn 'as to ^e objects j>l obarity ibdmwlvoe. Jietttliem 'come prepare4 fo-Uke canax^f themselves and
go to work immediately. ,lt .
. ‘ \Y- McKkb. '•'•Member 22, 1863:
ETB«T WtttOT—IRTTTArrnr OT THE v ,S£BSL9 TOW AJU> oca PHI805EKB, ■WOUHDED ahd dead.
On Saturday, September, 19, sooa.aft- et ftie cbmraencement of the battle of Chwkamauga, T was ordered by the Medical Director of my division to the dirisipn hospital, it was on Cloud's Farm, and at that time nearly two miles norih^o^^tbe left., jsiag of ,oar army Earty“oh Sabbath niorpiqg, in oonse? qnence oT repeated fiank movements on our left by the rebels, out ’hospital be- came-exposed to a fire ot shell and sol­id, shot- The mostpftheap deadly mis- silen . passed over us, but some fell in obV midst. About 11 o'clock a line oi, rebifiT slrTTtmshcT« were seen to emerge from a wood about four htrndred yards distant,-followed by a large force of Forest',8 cavalry. All the ambulances we had were loaded with wounded aad sent td Chattanooga, and. many.o£ the alTgbtiy-'wddoded wero 'sent on foot. Tbe enemy:continued tb advance until they ascertained it-wasa hospital, when a, tfquad oflbem rode: up. and for the first time we fere, ip tbe jbaads of the rebets.
Prida^, Octbber'2, our wounded hav- , in'g been paroled and sent 'through the lines, wo were laken* eighty ib number, Sjpven-of whom were surgeons the re­mainder enlisted mea, to Chickajnauga Station, seven miles distant, where we took the caTB (of Atlanta. We reached Atlanta tbe following evening, and were, lodged in the prisoners’ barracks? Those barracks consist of about twb acres of groand, inclosed by a board feace about twelve feet high., Tbe- few blankets the privates aad noa com­missioned offipcrB had were taken from them on entering that filthy hole; and those poor fellows, while they remained there, were without blankets, or over coats, aad speat the cold frosty nights with the earth ior a bed and tbe sky for a blanket.
There are two board shanties in those' barracks, in which were foTtyofourl wounded, all of whom were lying an the floor with but a single blanket, and I all of them suffered terribly Irum quid dbrlng the night. Dr. Ashman, one of oar surgeons, repeatedly asked the sur­geon in charge for straw, and in re­sponse received some glorious promises, but tbe straw nevercamo, Major Mere­ly, of Tennessee, was .in those barracks, and bad a fifty guund bail <uxd chain ! for bis-fcedfeliow. He was at the time daqg&rpusly ill with typhoid fever, add finally died, Surgeou Young, of tbe Seventy-ninth Illinois, who remained several weeks at Atlanta with our wounded, told me that the Major had to wear bis chain within twenty-foar hoara of his death. Two days after oar arrival,at Atlanta forty surgeons, cap­tured at Chickamauga, and several hun­dred other prisonors arrived. October 6, all the surgeons but those who re­mained with our wounded and enlisted men, numbering; in all three hundred; were pat aboard tbe carsfor.iiiohmond. We passed through Augusta* Georgia ; Hatbbarg1, Branceville, and Columbia, South Caroliaa; aad Salisbury, Raleigh, and Weldon, North Carolina,^and reach­ed Bachmopd Sabbath, October 11, aad all the sargeoos were lodged in- Libby iPrison'. Libby is a subatajitial .bxiek building, one hundred an^' fifty feet lodga'ad obe bbndred and feet Wide, and three stories high besides the basti- ment. rTbe upper two stories are eaob divided/ibto,,three rooms, and in these six ropms before our release, were.over, one thousand prisoners^ all commiBsioa- ed officers: “M
Each room- has' a iink immediately oontiguoua to it, aad ?,bo steaob obifiibg- thetelxom'is almost ooondurabie, ; Tbe ‘ windows were aU ungiaaed..:when we’ »rrive(i,_and at time? we ^uffejced ter/i| bly frbtt edid. The most’of them were stilt bpbn "frherr we left,'and ai the rper- euryi nmy fait to zero any day railtch"- jnopdfdaring the winter, tfo one kbbws what fjOftu^s tho iamatesKrfXibbytmay have (o ensure tbe;,,coming ..wiatpc,; Three days before our release the offi.cy»r tni clmrgd'df !Clbby were’so obliging'ia to* tUrniah tWb' stbfbs f6ii*ea|5b ToSib, Iftit 6traage <tO'i8ay we: etfffered iriffi tjold juBjt .aa,;we did wkboaf? thean^ fop^'tbtf simplejr^pji^at. we wereaot-fonuai- j e«J 5ifk>fi *‘D8leiAUC^Of..:Wopd^ap4 sbcn wllj ^rpbalil^ pejtw case t^^opg^ 'the ■winterfaB they1 sotnetitbes refused -to,fatnisb- usarfiingle'«icVof-wbbcf"to: uook with, >for bearljh a whole d*y°it W:
jcifj :,rr:s<i;a ^aj*»d :i
pi Ai.^pe fcmje^emeuf^r,spldw%wi» h'ad been wonndep at.Qhickamaaga were Quartered Iti 8bV oTtne Uxwcr roomer <» tSbByp under pne^ofcthe
rooms eacbapiad 7 by ^s? : Thrbtfgfe '-'a au»M(5p|Mai9g tii the:floor they tbld tH
^•y nrffflfejt;
but vr bati ’We •h*d'*to^id<d'^tfc lUem. €a^ertb^ttA>^‘^9^^t^bfaFaU^of tli©
Wjm JlMfP tbem«e»cwlty, aad,; ordered.O00 •hoaia go forty-ei^bl oat food,
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'WEetb^-tlnal'pT^^^^^i fprp(B<tor,aot fe ne(Ver‘6pujihe^oys were 'rouio'V^ li>- -bto<iRy®tttera.’ Some of ^trr^ bbF^it^i^ea^e'w qbe of the lower rooms of Lib^ ^Sj after rations. Some mfifl Wert ^f^te^./Sptne bare< leaded; anq~Tbn^tfa.bpe poor fellpfw Vawfo^ie^^j^wl^Mj Rfld without A .^Ilpwed, to, tCeiid an^d^'iuon^l^^Bfereppe to their tre3febn|,’B^tMvli^r‘e ap^earaace of ^*ir ^<B^^i^j^i|a|«UryatiQa and e^poaure»ljr^io^M®^ work of death. i^ove'm^f:2%i#aw twenty-^ our boys at work <M&- cleaning one of!
were" bifre-i
it ^thS^S^ȣ2^*n Aot ^
ill that his sargeon, Dr. McQ^ayrin, of tbe Twenty-sixth Ohio, proposed to Liententfttt ' Basri, officer in charge of ae, to leave him in the hospital. Liea- tebant Base presented the ease to Cap­tain Rainr, -commandant of the post. The Captain refused to receive him in­to hpspitaj, bat. told Lieutenant Bass to knock him in the head.
I.might,. extend this communication $(£ injinitum% aad relate Bome of 'the horrors of Belle Island, tbe terrible' mortality amoag.our mea at Richmond, the manner ia which we were tortured by the lice ia Libby ;• also the quality and quantity of our ratioas. • Bat this is unnecessary,.as those facts are ail embraced ip a report, adopted unaoi moasly and pabjished by tbe surgeons released from Libby Prison. ‘■‘Sparta knew (he names of the men lost ia .her.< cause at the pasa of Tbermopylaa.” But America will never know how many of- her noble sons perished in the deaa of Richmond.
The manner io which most of us were swindled oat of ouc monoy at Richmond, makes theft and highway robbery honorable. There is no State Prisou in £»orth America that can belch forth a more infamous pack of liarB and thieves thao tbe officers Hi charge of Libby Prison. > "When we entered the prison, we were told by Captain Turner1 that we must band over our greenbacks and gold and silver, if we had any, and should we need money while io prison, we should have Confederate.money at the rate of seven dollars for one,.and when released or exchanged our money Bhould be refunded in kind ; and if wo refused to hand it over, wo would be searched,., aad ‘if money was found it would be oonfisoated. This proposition was bo fair that about .nine-tenths of as deposited our oanh, in thQ Libby Bank. When we left, November 24, tbey commenced paying as off in Con­federate-money. A few who had small sums deposited .received greenbacks, but a large majority had either to take Confederate money or nothing.
Of the cleared land we saw traveling from Chickamauga to Richmond, a dis­tance o( nine hundred miles, I do not think more than one acre in twenty was tilled this year. What little was tilled was in corn, except a few ootton fields. I du not think the corn would have yielded over five bushels to tbe acre. A. H. LandIs.
Assist. Surg. Thirty fifth Ohio.
—Hamilton Telegraph.
A RUSTY CHRISTIAN.
A key unused becomes rusty. A harp an practiced gets out of tune. A heart which does not draw up daily and hourly its kind and emotions, a benevo­lence which does not seek its oppor­tunities for exerei.ua/ a machine which lays by unused, however admirably it- may be adapted fo its end, however beautifully it.may work, and wftb how­ever little friction—each', all will, by neglect, inattention, want of use, be­come rusty, dry, hard to start—some­times impossible without a great deal of work and labor, and aso of all such material as will pat it in motion. The engine may need the hammer, the file, the chisel, with oil,, andtsomotimes the repeating and wo,eking over again or replacing of some jjart of the machinery, and then it wvH not work as at first; the rust eate hi And some^imes so cor­rodes as to reqaire.ftaotber piece to be suhstitutfld- i ) '
Impatience,, or irritability, or indo­lence, or’Indifferenco may aay it.ip not worth tho trouble Ignorance may say itcannotbe done; despondency may give it over; but”patience, forbearance will;pat.^tni motion?—fit to its place, get i^ iu tun?, drajj up the waters -oi ’consolation—aq^, and effect,tlje work.
The'pump gets ‘dry from want pf ase, aad'hcweVer much'WaV-fer may be in’ the I well, boWever’ ^xfeellerrt the pumpr the stiffness ind dryaesa mbat be attended'to^ to moistpn, it, bo til it takes up the water.
Am ah who hae'a Bit>}e and, neglects, to readfti2—sthro be of graQe^ajid sel­dom Qome8itovie-_a Tamiry altar,'; abd
poly 8abbath: evening,- gets family arbao^ it-r;wbp jk-boWfttbe way ;of!'Kfe, H>*at just kijejHj.so; near, thft. it-.jniy.be Tibped for him he is in it—yefi-ie so,, ip alL bis movement^' 'InaiS-^vou stand in d0Ufefct*-it3ito i-sv6*rt' wtfo tfab wri&j^et geldbBKM^eftholdflf afpeavv: hn*
, x fnt of owe;:}application,! perse.
y> »w<W«*(P4“k.3»» «h»nld
follow; makes1 as. B(iff. ia our; move' merftt, ^dfy, v-R^Sr ^sly-tie',very motion keS iagrtttintf, sbrie’tibg— .bui sometimes tbe'Wi^ ettta in ttiat lb whole, U»in«:iaJisetei8. i.:. i »r' u-.<*.
, A!rua^h^tiv-r!Ua|ay.Lb oathe 6u tWardipp^raa pecft.am pi tp^ma ta^egs ~for erantrbf the means of gra«^e. so- itfdj-^hcn hr on gh^ uader. propel Weat meat/ iatnfbS; started .-rrba^. thb.:Bafe^ STire, -and obttfotCable ifl^e ^aad
Studying ^Bible, keepMg,up bom^-
boldwors^ip-.jprivate'_prayer, with, de- ifBtiRnde^ery ^yt?^Stiaffd u ty. Tnni may seem laborious, confining, but it
the- harden wtX.be ijgbt, .Jt ifl only a rusty .Christian, who ,<(an’t be hoved to .gp^peldutyjy while, it ia.* burden to him—it ia ip great dan­ger of* destroying him. y Are you in this oondit^on? Get the fife, the hammer', th‘b‘ oil. Rest aot aa til you fiad it easy to take hold of tbe Bible-and read—until 'yoa fin'd fh’e ebrobe ot-grace the plja«T where ydb mast go, to whicb yoa wfTl’go wito a r^*iy.’' mind a And : will; tbe- work nind service of God—t^o^ip ,wbich you flod yoar heart, Aud,iaad ever, ready. - * JVVbea yon .go ioto- the family of a professedChristiao, and ♦he fimrly' loQjt; surprised at your askfng a1)lees.iogT or, tbe head of the house apologizes for not thinking to ask you-untit yba hoye- hinted at it-^or when, on yoUT atig-j geetln^ -fatp.fly worabjp, ihe mpm,b«rs: are'jso scattered iba* they can not he; fodn’d, or come .in aad look as if tbey did not know what was going tp bje done, it is a tolerably safe inferpnpti; that they are uot ia the babit of these things,. Tbey ate certainly very
rUSty. r~ .* u. *-^al vJJ ij! -
1 ' Toy the Religjous Telescope. 1 OUR DEAD CHILD.
Fold, her little •broud about her, Boftest folds of stiowy white ; Yearntntr hearts mritit live without her, ,:v.abe is-in the taad of fight.
On her downy eoffin pillow i Lay tbe darling Ifttle hesd,
Lay the precious sleeper #oftly In heratraugo and lonely bed.
N^ver more ghall paio’s keen arrows, • Pierce thatawoet and tender form; She is safe from every evil,—
.Safe from evecy earthly: storm.
M. M. 8.
South Grove Mission.
Hints for the Recruits
A good soldier needs health, diBoi*’ pline, courage, and high moral tone. His food should be well prepared end eaten-'at regular intervals. A sudden chaoge of diet sbbald be avoided if pos­sible. Liquors should not be used as a beverage. Tea is better thw.' ooffee ; pare water, filtered or boiled, is tbe best drink. Sponge tbe tody two or three times.a week with Boap and water. Baths’tbefeet before and after a piaroh in salt WateT; it will prevent soneness and swelling. Avoid as much a6 possi­ble getting ohilled or wet. Neviir sit on the damp ground. Keep your clothes whole, clean, and dry, particu­larly your socks, and wear tbe flannel ormy-belt. Put in yoar knapsack a few good books, extra? army*beU;;extra shirt and socks, a towel, sponge, fine comb, tooth «ad clothes brashes; camp knile, sewing materials, stationery, stamps, and a Bmail box of medicines. A larger uumber of men die from sick­ness caused by ieoorauee or carelitss^ ne&s, than are killed upon the field of battle. Always keep cheerful and hope, for, the best, whether sick or well; aad: whether crowned with present success or pot. Be apt and painstaking.^ ev­ery drill. Keep by y«u and study e&ra- iutly tome brief mai.ual of tactics Make it a point U> love your profession, particularly the daily drill, to enthusi- a-m. Discharge every duty with your utmost ability for promptness and skill. You are good tor nothing without cour­age Mea, or rather aa apology fur men, who rua together like sheep, ur<. almost sure to be killed. Look tbe enemy boldly in the face. Do out die before you are killed, through tear ot death. Tho bullet may uot be ruu that ia to hit you. If you live to leturn you will be honored; if you tall, ’tia no­ble to die for one*B country. Avoid the vices of the camp asjuu would a pestilence, especially drinking, prufane swearing, Sabbath-breaking, and card: playing. Never take what is not your own, even from the enemy. Do not squander your money, but send it home regularly for tho benefit of yourself or, friebds. Have but little in your pock­ets,1 particularly on tbe field of battle. Obiy your officers, be kind to your fel­low soldiers, and humaue to all. Be a herb, a courteous Christian soldier. “Pot yoUT trust in God, and keep your powder dry.”
The Best Paymaster.
An eminent minister in Wales, bear-, ing of a neighbor who followed bis ealling on the Lord's day, went and asked him why be broke the Sabbath. Tbe man replied that he was driven to it, by finding it bard work to aiaiutain his family. **WiH yoa attend, publio woitBhip,” said the minster, “if I pay you a week-day’s wages ?" “Yes, most-'gladly,”- ^Iplied tne poor man He attended constantly, and received his pay. After;some time, tbe minis­ter forgot to send the money, and, rec­ollecting it, called upon tbe man and said, ^‘1 am in your debt.” \‘No, sir,’* he replied, “you are not.” “Hoto's'o?” asked the miirij'ter?'>«I have not paid yoa--of late.” -^Trae/' said tbe man; '‘‘but I can now trust in God; for 1 have fbapd that be can bless the work of ers days for the support of my family just thej-sanie; as seveo*”. fiver afterward lie kept tbe Sabbath, and found that m dpine ^or there w;as .pot, only no loss, but; great reward . , _RU;, ...
Each Has His Work.
All men can not work ia tho same ffaj!?*’“There are diversities, of opera­tions.Ppoa the face of watch you may'see aa ilfustration of my meaning. On small spaoe ypa. tave jihree ’Workers f there iB the seoond-jpointpr ip^r form ing Tapid revolutions^ there Is the mfabte-jjoTtrtei-" gotng at a greatly redaced speed, and there is the hbur-
fbinter txrdierstilP. “ nNbW,'atr^ on'e ua- eqoainted'with 'tbc mfebbatii^m' of a watch-' Jwoald : conclUde* ‘that tbb[ busy •little second-pointer was doiagr alt tBb work;- .it. ifl iSlrckiagaaw*y Hat- aixty tixaeg.jthQ Bpefid uC-.thebanimrta^oSatai', and as for the bour-haad, that seems Uy 'doing no work at aj^ You can see
snara
-4smeHy6a«etf df- Ofr motioa1 of. the
are,active, fassy men, wbo app^ar tffffc doiog the work of tlw w&^.dpiinnaiiii-
ty ^, and^ qtbflrs^Blo.wer But can
do witbout tlic minute .and ’the hour- pointerB?' The noisy second - ha n d ‘go rounditk little circle fbtft^erj wiVb out teJiirig' the irorld the true time. We t-hoald be thaukiul^for all kinds of worker^, . Ihesilent, steady hoar hand need’ nrft erivj^ tW bolBy 1 ittTe' colteagu <*. •J3ach man mast flll-the meajrure of his capacity. Xoar basiaefls is to do your aljotted.work, po as tp meet the appro­bation of ,|bp.. yfetofirr-Br.kuk Stand-
Christ Kindle
A'German corresjybadeot of the St, Louia Union writes to tho editor :
.. ;Wby , 4s it that you native-born Americana spell 4biff word in- a way to make it not only lose its lovely sense, but qven to make it entirely senseless? MKriss Kringle," you 6pell it; and if nobody check's you in this obnoiroUs orthography, a stapid,senseless word yill receive the privilege of aagmeat- •ing.^ie EngUah.,vocjabuiary» when by a very Tittle oat^,it:>cbuld ^ be enriched VitH S beautrfa 1 ,‘friend ly, aa^ sensible aiprestrforr. ‘
. Cbrist Kinde?>bf<*ai)flr, tb'e fittfe child —*Christ;-Jesus,riseliale'cbild; L'en­fant Jcau&, as the h' reach say. - {Tbe eveniogi before Chxifltr^fs the legead lets the child Jesas visit tbe bouse/i, wfierb there are some good-natared fel- low^ohtWren 'j[
Ia France they have no ChristmaTi trees, but .nevertheless, the' children know that “X[enfant Jnux1 is comine;, and,the pat their.shoes outside of their hoase-doors, or in the ashes of Jibe obrmbey, Being certain to find oh the next morning a copper, or evea a sil­ver or gold piece in them. L' Enfant J (tut, tbey knowT rewards, in this way their good behayio|-duriagtb^e year. , Ia Germany there is no house with* out a Christmas tree. Oo the oight before Christmas, Christ Kindel comes ia tbe best room in tbe house, illumin­ates tho tree,, and puts oo it, and.nndcr it, whatever all good children during the whole year hoped to get. The most lovely abd ihoocent feast, io faot tbe feast of children, this essentially Ger­man feast having fioally made tbe ntour tic muiuU"—iti it not proper, while yoa Americans have accepted the theory, to accept also the name, an,d not. spoil itby an’atrocious orthography? 'Is it aot a great deal better to spell Christ Kindel than to strangulate it into tbe nonsensical expression of Krit*-Krin- glef
BRO. Grumbler.
I met with this brother a few days since and heard him complain and la-1 men* in reference to men and things. He spoke of how wicked and abandon­ed our soldiers are, and charged that tb*e editors,' chaplains and oolportears lie when tbey publish accouats of re-. vivals in the army. From the. earnest and decided manner in which he spoke,
I supposed that he had bison' in thfe 1 ■nay Cm a the diy o( the
gles; but oo inquiry found that he had netv*r visited the soldiers, had weo^r preached them a sermon (for he is a proacher), ami is employed in the quiet work of teaching pcbool. Alas, Bro. Grumbler, that you should eo freely pass judgment on matters about which you know nothing. Alas for you, that you are not yourself among tbe soldiers, persuading them to bo recon­ciled to God. There you see and feel that tbere is something nobler and belter than everlasting finding fault.
As a general rule, we may aafely say, that those who discourage .the “heart ot the people” by their grumbling, are themselves only “uumbert-rs of the ground.” If their sighs and groans, aod complaints were all for their own bhort comings, it. would be very well.
■—Cor. of R<'l. JltraUl.
Satan Vanquished.
There is a story how the devil ap­peared to a dying man and showed him a parchment roll, which was very long, wherein was written on every sido the Bins of the poor sick man, which were many in number; aod there were also written tbe idle words he had spoken in his life, together with the fa he words, the auchaste words, and angry word*; afterward oame his ungodly words; and lastly,, his actions, digested according, to the commandments, wbereupoa Satan said : “See here, be­hold thy virtues; see here, wbat thy examination nrast be.” Whereupon Che poor sinner answered,' “It is true, but thou ha^t , not.set down all, for thou ehouldst have added, and set down- here below: ‘■The blood of Jesus Christ cleaoseth us from all oar srttt!;,’ and this alsb shoald not have been for1 gottbn : ‘Whosoever believeth iu Him eth^ll not perish, but have everlasting lifeJ-!' • Whereapoa the devil vanished. Thus if the devil master up our sins, and set them in order before us, let but Christ be named in.a faithful way, and he ;wili give back, and fly away with all -speed. ■" v’1' v
“Aly sins are great, I do'confess^ . ...
' Aud of a scarlet ^yei. - - : • .
But Jesus' bloodl can. wash me cleant.
, Aa .doeiL testify ” ,,
, —Bogatzky** Qold&n> Treasury. ; ! i
Effects of One Glass. On paeyiiig through1lane oJ the war^s of -'•‘k ^rtiioBj'l '
erly lobkia^ oonaiot. He held dottrb his faead aatthoUgl^auibamed tO'lbok'iiNk in the /acje.r. -Oa baadjng, him a tract, he said, >1 fuew ^put^voice a»;soop t beard you, sir :aadTbavnheard tou
After a few wordSsi>f^at^1 atfattbh, T found that wehad beec.oao time mem­bers .of the s?mei congreg^ljco. aadsat. • tia de r.. JJie aame; f^iiiWaJr n» uistry- I a nxiQusly-inqajjr^d^h^ it wasiiha* he^ had faUcn .8q low as to beeozne an io*
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glp^ pfai^ air«rwa* ay ruw^’ hd replied. could that be?” ,,!,
lament I I feaowne a regular atttadaut
fA f7 ^*9 :worahiptaod io4n<)d lhe congrogafion. I went on very happily for some years, until one eyerif^g l was n turning from ■■ i ■, whetf 'I dot with some friends from Hull. Thiy .prevailed upon, me to go to the public house to have bat ‘one gla««.' Cqn-( science Tbproved me, bat baring enter­ed upon the enohanted groaad, I was .rpadily. induced *o^take more liffaor ub- til. I ^became overcome.by *t.i The next morning I.was ashamed.,^ "hoil mj-
ielf,'arid'fett —-------for Leeds., ily
bid 'appetite for drink had been rekin­dled. I became reckless and joined la set of counterfeit-eainars. We1 were discoveredr convicted, and now Lam to be transported. Oh I that I bad uev«r touched thatonc^/as*/"—Band of Hojp? ■Review.
Trust Illustrated.
A ohil<d waa.once'walkiiigihroagb a straagc country, led. hy his father’s hand. The loYipg -pareqt had pointed out to him, far away in the distapf?4jhe hofbe to which they Were’5 going; and :oow.th®'child's miod waa trbaWed, fbV tho /oad acemod1 tb lead - quite: another way. “Are you sure .we njeiu the right path?” he would ofteo,a8k^T -f ^ 'But his fa the r*a only answer was, “Trust to me.” 1
• Again tbe ■ little questioner spoke ‘ “I can aot see how we ahall ^evef get there by clitobing thi*; steep mountain side.” , _ ....„i-
‘4 Still the answer was, “Keep fast hold of my hand, and fear nothing.”
. So the father and son went tm:their way until, when the little feet were very woary, a sudden tarn of the, .road showed them that they were at home.
Now, it is in sucha way that God oft-r en leads his children. They are like the little one who was so pnzzled about the teay. Wbat Will .become of ub?” they often auk, “Whatwill be tb morrow? or. next year? or twenty years to come N jw, such questions aro like the cghild’s. The proper answer is that which the. father gave to him, “Trust.1*1 “Do wbat is right now—to-day; so when to-morrow comes you will- find that God is taking care of > you and helping you still, audio the end all.will be welL”,
0 ‘ Hoping for a Hope. >
A man dyfbg from thirst stands be­fore a fountain. 11 ‘•Have-you drank ?**' •
.“No.l bat I hope I shall.”
“Do you toiah to drink?”
“No I but I hope I shall wish to. drink !'* f
“Do you see that yoa are just I'eady to die for want of water?”
"No I bat I hope J shall see it” ". Why does „he. not. drinkt Beoaase he has no desire to. Why. then,.does, be stand thero ? Because ne hopes he shall shall have such a desire. But If the promptings of a dying agony, and tbe sweet gushing streams before him leave him without that 'desiret wbat does his life amount to ? . t So stand we poor sinners by tbe fountain of the water of life. We look at the waters, nod look at those that aro drinking, and look at the invitation “whosoever will,” and then stand tbere still and K”p* that we shall drink. What is such a hope good for? WA»y not take tbe water of life freely ?” This hoping for a hope is often tho devil's opiate for a partially awakened sinner. God's direction is, Lay hold uptm the hope set before you."
Hearing and Doing.
I remember our countryman, Bro- meord. tells of one who, meeting his neighbor coming out of the chnrch, asked him, “ Whatl is the BexaiondDne?”
“Done I" said the other, “no; it is said, it is ended, but it is not so soon donr!"
And surely so it is with us; we have a good, store of sermons said, bat we have only a few that arc done-: aad one sermon done is worth a thousand Baid and beard ; for “not the hearers of tho law, bat tbe doers of it, are justified. And if ye know these things, happy are ye.if ye do them. Glory, honor, and p^aoe to every man that workethgoodl” Rom. 2: 10.—Bithip ffall.
Professor Agassiz, in a late lecture .delivered in Springfield, Mass., said: “Boya and girls, mea and women, should be less cloistered.* They should be associated in-the school, oo the farm and in the shop. Their influences should be pare and healthful, and thus would the raoe attain more perfect de­velopment. ' Society inll then bo put on a higher fonndatibb/'1
“If any man,’’1 saja Bev. Dr. Cary, “should think it worth , while to write my life, I can give you a oriterian bjr wjrieh you may jadge of- IlS correbt- besa. If be gives me the credit of hie­ing at good plodder,-he will‘describe me. justly. Any thing beyond.this will fee too. much.: ,1. caa plod* , J, cau persevere in any defiaite pursuit.: ^To this I owe every ’tjjing.^ " \. V.
A- Jdhrfor the :<)fftce Seeherr.f-Pres­ident Lincoln, is' said to have a -good joke flpon,. -sill : applioatioQsi>&i ^-office. He „• savs., that Jho, has but.ona want place* and that iVthe ooi^mand of jthe Aimy Ait'.'declihe
tbat,:<nd;^p^fdr hbmij'lia^fiedtfiat the'JPresHbot-fhasvwade tb^iin 4be' best ofeRitt hifl powbr. LcV.*'edJ«1 f'wh'o-- ■
JTU^ Ihpt'words'of toneriil’' Buford, in f'Mi&ribf
c>afaeteriWi<S:bf the iaan ind tfe sol- dier^q With tho energy uf -dalttTOor he
orewn; v ■
ftot . this principle la -joot leart»:
“There i» ootkiiig got h/ moi-iior ]<wt byfaolimm "