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Kr. £dilor:-—l~‘arercd as our island has been with a visit from the distinguished Minister whose name stand-i at the head of this letter. perhaps you would like rt

tew words about. “the man and his com-v

matricutiuns." 14! Pm Mr. Pansth isa stout. honest. inrntetaleoltingman. just ndvaneln pnrentlyinte middle lite. public. and in private. too. as lam inform- ed, in simple aml unail'ceted. iln due- not play the great man. llo lets others find out his greatness. without ebtruding; it upon them. 2 Last Lord‘s Day morning. of course in : nuvlsrge Wink-yon Chapel. he pr it"lt’il‘ to an audience of perhaps two thousand people. _He tool.- tor his text. l’hil. iii. i‘.’-— 14. Illsttiteino was. though not formally announced. the Clin'stian um. u: illuslmtwl it the mrrer of Paul. " There l-‘i an teaehvg or like example." he said. in cutt ting tip«’ on his subjct : anti so he proceeded. . pressing the example of the Apostle Paul“ upon the study ant imitation of his hear- ers. Thntoxatnple was not too hiin for us. he argued. l aul begun w here we must begin.,li we ever become in any Iitcitntlt'ti what-lie became. lie began in a sinner uttqtly lost and undone—at as low a point 51.; any poor sinner ever could have sinned from; or was he not "the rink-1' oi hin- ,nevs i’" We have the same Saviour: ‘ l'util third. to introduce us into our career, and sustain us in it; while the same. means and appliances. and helps. and encourage- ments are within our r‘ach as were those .with which he was favored. Ilia circum- stances and sphere were peculiar. yet: .thz-ce so much r. senible ours that he had a right to exhibit himself as it patcrii tn all; believers; even asho dii when he said.‘ M Brethren, be followers together of me. .and mark them who walk. so as ye have us iv an example.“ In setting forth that cxntuple..the preacher sought to stir up within the bosom of his brethren a holy mmbltiou. No nun ought to say, " Welt. it! do bttt get to heaven at last. i shall be .svcll content; though it be but as it weie .upon ahreki-u piece of board. and though .I only eat find a timoi‘f place within its .doors ‘ No; we mustjustit'y Ulll't'lzlllit to he Christians at all by aiming to lie ‘- per- gtcot“ in our Christianity. and with nothing: Jess ought we to be satisfied. No man can ,aaloly set before himself any lower itan- Anrd. The preacher here directed much of his force against the low. mean. Scliiriii, nit Christian style of Christianity which lay: in a desire to be saved froth the cow mquenccs of sin. without. any desire to be saved irom sin ltsclt‘.-—.\nd in warm and touching tones did he call upon the simu- boring and the dead to awake and live—lo begin to live it! Christ. that they might prow up unto him. and live forever. tie nought the whole to a close in urging .upon his henrersjust. two littillis as to the «methods by which the Christian race is to .be prosecuted tn a. successful termination. it. must. be. first. by a perpetual conceit- tratiou oi cil'urt. alter the manner oi the gapostie when he said. “ (the thing i do ;“ .keeping that one thing ever in view while .he ” pruned toward the mark luv this prize .oi the high calling of God in Cltt'iatdvslt "1!.‘hcn.pe5t. it. tnust. be by keeping the eye over steadin ilxcd upon the glorious tut .turo; just like the apostle again. when. orgcut’uy those things which were be- h nd. and rear/ting jlll'lll littln Ilium things which were tigers," he ran his race, and .won his crown.

The: do i imperfectly indicate the gen- crnlbenriugs oi lir. i’unshon‘n sermon. rather than mark its outlines. And I have chosen to amplin here. because so much more has been said in Aineii a about Mr. El’uushou‘s lecturing tlmu about his preach- ,ing. able and wholesome as the latter . df somewhat less dazzling titan the lormer. ','i‘hOugh. indeed. it ‘itcy. idiomatic Saxon. well coinpaetod thought. clear statement. simple pathos, elevated aim. warm iind .xigurous appeal be any excellencies in ,public discourse. scarcely can Mr. l‘uu- tahou‘smost str ing lectures surpass his sermons. marked as these latter are by the ,qunlitiusjust enumerated. indeed. it the sermon oflast Lord’s Day morning may be taken as a fair specimen. there is in his preaching in rare union of beauty and nvholesomuness; the latter being just. as iconspicuous in them as the former.

The Lecture on Monday evening. at .eourse n ain in our Wesleyan Chapel. wits delivcre to a large and respectable um i- ence. though not to a crowded one. like that ofthe Lord‘s Day morning. it Wits on "Daniel in Babylon.“ now gutting to .bo pretl well known in the Provinces. 1 pie not. s etch it. as you are about giving your readers. asl understand. llll extend. ed report. of it. But no sketch. no report, be it as full as it may. can convey an adequate impression oi the power of this .lceturo es delivered; since eloquence and .otatory are things to be seen and heard. .nnd can {neither be reported her photo graphed. 1 can only intimate here the v lender oi the lecturers' thoughts, the n eganee oi his style. the abundance and beauty of his illustrations. the kncimcss of his satire. the skillfulness of his applica- Mona. the lame of his appeals. the grim- dour of his climaxes. and the crowning glory of his clusiq para rsphs. Then. too. the whole waslimspriu led with poet- r and anecdote. adapted stance to relieve t e attention. and to allure it. onward. Altogether there was nfl’ordn-d to the midi- .enco an entertainment at. once delightful and healthful—gratifylog to the taste l\|l(l improvlugloths heart. And. as the loc- .turer dropped his final accent. amid the signals"! applause that more on cvrry hand, one could not help thinking oi Mil- M‘s lines :~ .“The angel ended, and in Adam‘s ear

Too charming left ids voice. while he awhile

Thought him still speaking. steed fixed to

hear." V "Yet ancr‘nll i must. confess. though some

. may regard this as a sort at critical hern- uty, that the sermon oi Lord‘s Day morn- ing seemed in me to contain more oi

euulno eloquence than the lecture at the . lomlay evening And sure 1 nut. that. it the letter was more admired. the former was more deeply felt. and will be the longer remembered.

The was at Punshon and Spnrgeon woken mentioned together. as though they wore in some sort rival candidates (or the paint oi oratory. Without iningiit inc i r on instant the exlntoucu oi any thm$$ as between themselves so uuwnh shy" rsln glorious its this. or giving «common. in respect to them. in illtt “HIM. t. o! psrtizaushlp. it may ted to p see

you» (but: live 0-mi-

ent bu a side by sldeforn little white. {not some both of the resemblances and uses which may be traced bo-

tmen Brgtroln . then. with re- ' cl. 1 remark 1 int even in person not wholly unlike. it not low l nuttnil—oi' a coupe. Qualcnsucrs m- "“neju_:e than

over them.

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2' “P' i centur , . . lli-x tiianoer in ' punshuu, and he will perhaps have larger evening. bringing not very important. yet

til it: the shrim- iu huthcases seeming to be somewhat out. of harmony with the glory of its occupant. in manner both: are simple. hearty. and unassuming. wil-

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Iliug in do lltrli‘ ivlltnvtt all the good they I __

Iran. while bet-dying no longing“ tor ob~ ’scr alien and applause. White bolhoareE ’(tl‘fllOl'S they are mum-thing more. “ mtg i-. ity" as they art“. hot " in words" only. but also “ in deeds.“ Spurgeou's gills Inv ur- lgauizatiou and allutiuist ‘ililttil are quite as ‘rvtnarhablc as his other endowments. be ing thus. in :uitlt: respects. the W ' .wefi as the Whitolieid oi the tuni- Some such things are told oi

opportuuilit-siu these l'i'tnlllct‘.‘ .‘llt'\\’illg what there is In him in these i "pet-ts. than any which have hitherto fallen in his wav. And lastly. hrre. it'Spuvgt-on is yet. young. though approaching to middle lilt',’ i" l in!" is yet in the meridian oi his day s. with. let it be hoped. the half nt his ctlliil- lv career itill before him. So much ior‘ t'izsemblauces betweiz. these two honored brethren.

And now as to differences. Punt-lion certainlv has not that trumpet-tuned volt-e (it which we tve heard tin much in Spurn. gcou. 'l'hore isevcn a.huskiuvssabeutius. voice. impending the eloquent utterance of his winged words Spurgcon sc my to. be at all points the child of nature, flinging abt'u'td his epnnliutuous conceptions in spontaneous terms. l’u.tshnu is more the child of culture. more elaborate than Sour- geou in collectian and building up his thoughts. and lcadlng tin-m iorth tn-day 2t

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THURSDAY. tom 23. 133;.

{(0 notice can be taken oi anqu muus cum- uumicatious. We must know the names and addresses of our correspondents as it guaranty et'thcir good faith. We cannot undertake in return UUilllttlltllUilllUlln‘ that are not used.

NEWS SUMMARY.

’l'itr. English Mail arrived on Monday

intcrcstiug intelligence. The Reuse of Lords has rejected the Suspciisory Bill, the that put" use of which was to pro- mise Ire and an enquiry into her (.‘hurcli matters. The (lia-catublishmcnt of thc lrisii National Church has been of late. as our readers are aware. creating a great deal of iutvrust at Home. The bill in question was lost by an extremely large majority. in one-of the tallest. houses on record. The Mundurd states that the debate “as one of the most brilliant. most effective, most remarkable for force of reasoning. for eloquence, for depth of feeling and sincerity of purpose that have taken place in Parliament for years past. It eight ctituiuly .o silent-c till dispar- agcmcut of the L'pprr House on the score of latzgunr. indifference, or want of

L, monso-

‘uh organization that makes list: of such,

quiet in the States. A club of that no- torious brotherhood is in existence new in Paris. from which come rumors ofa “CH and (itaiiiy inuut'iou ciitiitly eclip- siug Greek Fire, and which is to be used in England. it looks like a iuinp of common coal. and will easily mix with householders supply of that article. and whtn touched by the explodes with im- rlilic force. it is for use cspi cially against large establishments. private families and ships. The Atticticaus seem at lust almost ashamed of their connection with

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things as thrsc. and the quicktr they" wash their hands of the Feniuns, the bet- ter.

The American treaty with China is at list concluded. it opens to the linitvd States every important port of the lm— pcrial Govtxnmem. and brings the two countries into friendly relations. 'l'ht heat of the mother during the pu-t few \eius is attracting the attention of tile- lroi'ologi: ‘ llumhtds efcuses oi‘san- hll'ukc have lately occurer in New Yolk. Men and houses have ulikc succumbed to heat indicated by the thermometer at 10.7: . in Montreal. imd throughout all parts of the Dominion. the weather has

Y, JUL}: 23,

1398. I

cd aml cost about 13300. which by collec- tions. subscriptions and public t 'as is. as. tit-at as we could gather Irqu a rough rid- culaliou made at the close of the tea. now all paid it r, to within £20 or so. a iiit‘lp uhivh speak: well for the people oi that. community.

ru—r—m o c:_.——-

Having.

in a low days haying will be on in good earnest The old prot orb, “ Make hay while the sun shines.“ is his wovlby el al- ti-niion z iver it was. Sonic farmers who think they. knew more than thrice who have tried ltl'ftll‘u, cut down their grass and rpm-till it out. anti let it lieiu this condition day and night until it is cured und‘ ready to go into the burn. We ltt'lit'\'.t' this tube it had pracllt‘t'. 'l'he lll'lll‘l' way tsiospread the gl'tirfi, if possible. b' ten or eleven o'vlnvlt. in the furl-noun ; ii the crop is \‘vt’y lienvv. to turn or tliv it up utter dinner. and rake :md took it up below the dew br- gins to tail. The next day wait until the dew is oil. and then open. ttlru at noon. and get it into the barn during the alter- noon. llzty svcurt-d in this way ".‘ili Iic awn-t and good and niilnlw'tys I. mmaud a ready e. and ill) readin catru ny the cattle. in than days til improvements. when farmers can procure mowing lua- vl-ines. hay rakes. and other labor saving arrangements, the hay and grain cropsvan be srcui‘cd in it much slnirtvv time than

been lllict‘nely and fatally hot.

nor of Ontario. Sir Francis Hiucks will

t The lion. \V. i'. “(Niall “'3” 5“. iii"Munch as is vuiiairlt-nt with the wel we understood, shortly sworn in as Uover- l of the laborers. and the l‘l'ill) all gathered.

Inimeriy..aml in bvtlvr (nudition. Witch haying vouu-s. let the wotk be dttvvu a)

:I.\ soon as pns>iblc. Men who well; at

which remark. however, it we may judge .statcsnmnlikc and oratoricul power. The trout what we have. he. d of him llcre.apv discuSsiong i“ the Commons “com 1,).

- ' . I ~ l u . . succeed Lord .‘louck as Governor (acne- l' "I! “Will i “‘1‘ MM!” ill- LI. ittt lulu

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plies more to his lecturing than to his preaching.—-Spurgcon thus is more the mail of the )eophi. morceasily understood :tnd nppreei ted by them titan l'uushuu. Although here, again. it. St‘ttllln aslt l’uu- shim were rapidly growing. .Cslli cially in his p 1 ring. into it simplicity and direct I nrss n to those of Spurgcun. and lilting him also tor obtaining,r an influence over the moses resembling that possessed by Spurgeon from the vrry opening of his public carcrt'. ‘1. ll‘gcolt veasmis. so to speak. by n cumin instinctive tactilty; while i’nnshuu. in working out his out sinus. resorts more to logic and thinly . linth aro rich in imagination and luncy. But Spurgt-ou her is everywhere el:-e. ta habitualiv si I ple ud natur ; while l'uu- shun is ulorc ornate and nrtili l: the one culls his llewers while the other cultivates tlirut.

lint enough oi this. Would that Spur- gt-on. like l'uushon. might be led. ere long. to cross the Atlantic.

J. DAVIS.

Charlottetown. Joly 91h. 186:5.

'l‘o ’i'lil hotToi: or 'm .lot‘ttx,ti.. Sta :—

in glancing over the columns oi the last issue oi the Islander. i noticed certain eiii. turial comments on the Wesleyan 'l‘enuud liazaar iicid in this town on \l’edueaday last. which. iI allowed to go forth uncou- tradieted. may lead strangers to believe that Sunnucrsidc is some (ind-lo ken place. where neither law or order cxi

The writer oi'the article ill question says that “drunken men reeled through the crowded streets or drove throuin ii . at

was going on in different parts ol'the tmvu. drunki-utwss. lighting and profanity were openly exit itcd to the disgust oi the Well disposed citizens until it late linul'.”.

'l‘hosc statements. lcontenri. are simply untrue. l ll‘.\\'rt'icd the crowded streets ul Sinnlutt‘side on the day in question lrom morning till night. and saw only one or two drunken n .n. and one only with blood on his late. Neither did i hear anything that could lie the least offensive to the feelings ol the most i‘ciii lady. it pro- lauity and vnwdyisni L‘XlrlLli. it must have been in some at those places ol doubtful character known to the initiated; and per- haps the editor of tho lslullticl‘. stimulated by an intersu (hire! for knowledge. may have wuudnrrd into some oi thew vliuicc localities. and hence the picture he has drawn. ‘

l have heard the opinionsofdill’crent per- sons on this subject. and the general im- pression is that the tiny passed oii' quietly and orderly. with the exception ol some harmlc.‘ lvcaks oi some of the Charlotte- tcwu boys. who lauded here in a slightly elevated state at mind; but even their do- ings were not ot thatnature which deserve to be characterized as “rowdyism and profanity."

With regard to the persons who the editor ol the [slander says were “ seriously injured, 1 may state that their injuries could not have been ol'a very serious na- tur isit did not prevent tlu-tu from rc- turning to their homes some distance in tilt: country lilo halite evening.

Yours. die.

Onstciwsa. ide. July 22,1868.

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I. 0. OF G. 'l‘., “VEST.

On Friday evening. the li'th inst... lira. Silas l". llodgscu. County Deputy ol the i. 0. of U. '11. itt'L'UllllellL’tl by Urea: .las. Simpson and M. H. Clark of '- Excelsior" Lodge. and limit. Jus. MeNeili and M. Matthews of " Gem oi the North" Lodge. paid a visit. to the interesting locality of “life liivcr, Lot 5. where, according to previous unuouucuntcut. they met with rt goodly number ol'thc inhalntauta of that place and vicinity. convent-d in the school house. (in motion. d. \V. Simpson took the chair. and having stated the object of the meeting. called upon the County lic- puty who Inicily addressed the audience relative to the principles and working of the above organization. touching upon the necessity of all localities having n't‘cnipu- rauen institution of some kind.

Alter several others had addressed the meeting. it wasrcsolved thuta l‘cnipio oi the l. 0. ol (i. '1‘. be organized. and n requisition ioi' that purpose having be it passed round was presumed to the U. l .. containing rixtocu signatures. The no- cessary preliminaries having been gone through. the applicants were called upon ti choose a name by which their Lodge should be known. when the name " Curs- ’I‘Al. “'AVIZ” was unanimously chosen. The C. 1).. assisted by the above niuucd lire. thcls. thou duly instituted " (‘vy slal Wave“ Temple No. be.

The following officers were then duly elected and installed :--—lirnr. A..\intthcws, W.U.’l‘. ; bistur Martha Meg isun.W.V.'i‘ ; lire. Jesse Mr he. \V.5.; lro. l‘. (inurd. W.’l‘.; Sister Jane Meggison. \V.l".S. ; lire. Roach Wisener. \V'at.; llro.J.it nu, W i.(.i.; llrn. 'l'hus. Meggisun. WA). ‘. Appoinlmcnlii i—llro. 'l‘hns. Methrcil. W. C. ; bister Mary O'Connor. \V.A.5. ; Sister Catherine hit-liar. \V.i)..\l.; Sister Mary Ann .‘lonntninJV lt.ii.8. ; and Sister Mary U‘.\lara. W.l..il.8 Roll on. their “ Crystal Wave.“ and wash out the loci stains cf the mainline. anti be then a sale haven ofretuge to those mused upon the dart: and tempestuuus bil- lows oi inleitlperaut 0. Years, in F. H. d: 0.. dilator. MUIKAE. \ "ills llivrr, July lt-iih. Mid.

l'.Src'y.

. . I u. tuvious rate. winlc ail soils oi rowin isuii . Iwcre dvstrous to present on address, and

miliar.

comparison feeble, unreal, and wanting in grasp of the subject anti in knowledge of the iacts. lly the Lords a constitu- tional question ol'tlic' first importance has been treated in a manner worthy of a great l'aiiiauientary opportunity, and oi the noblest, proudest. meat vigorous aristocracy in the world. The itoyal Assent has been given to the Scotch and Irish Reform lillls.

On the 20th ult.. a deputation from the English Church Union pvcscutcdwto the Archbishop of Canterbury an address. signed by over 20.000 lay and clerical commuulcauts of the Church Ol'liligliliill.l denouncing "all Christian cenumiuicntien with Dr. Colettso. until such time as he shall repeat of his errors.” The Arch- bishop, in reply, 5 .id that his sympathies were entirely with those who rcpudiutc the doctrines of Dr. Coleuso. and who have done their best to “ check the mis- chief."

Sir Robert Napier. ofAbyssinian repu- tation. has arrived in England. The gal- laut general, with the modesty cxhibittd. in his dcspatches. appears to have pur- posciy avoided the populargrccting which thousands in London would gladly have given him. and it was doubtiul uhnoatlo the last moment. when and at what tt-r~ minus he would arrive. The Mayor and Corporation of Southampton telegraphed to him while yet at Malta. to know if he intended landing at that place. as they

give an eliteltaimueut on his honor. lint the answer came bacl: that his arrange- ment were made to return via Marseilles. Doubticxs this was done on purpose. lit both licence of l'atlauueut a vote at thanks was given to the General and to the nili era uiul men of the Abysn'uiuli expedition. iii the lionsc of Lords it was moved by the Earl of Multaeabury. seconded by Earl Russel, supported by the Unite bf Cambridge. in the Com- mous it was moved by Mr. Dis -ii and seconded by Mr. Gladstone. The pre- seats from the Abyssinian army to the Queen have rcuched the indie Ollicc. They consist of three crowns, one of them ofselid geld. a robe of state, a goblet seal, trappings, etc. The robe is fresh iron) the loom. woven of rich gold thread with large patterns of iluwcrs in colored silk. 'llic seal ufgold bears a lion pas- siml, with a handle of three large pieces of agate. each life diti'3rcnt. colour. Sin. gularly enough. the cztsc that holds it bears the name of a well-known tirm in i'ull Mull. 'l'hcxc relics of 'l'hcndorc will not only serve to keep in mind his romantic history and tragic end, but will raise remain as rcmembrances of the jea- lousy oflior children's freedom felt by England. and of the deep meaning of the cry “ l. out a llritish sublet-t."