is our duty to be satisfied with what he has | belong have been destroyed by the volcanic thought sufficient for us.-Mary Ware. eruptions." ITEMS. On the fourth of Seventh month, the Dutch exploring steamer Varna foundered in the ice in the Sea of Kara, north of Siberia. No lives were lost. The object of the expedition was to establish a meteorological station near the mouth of the Yenesei river, in Western Siberia. The dispatch also says that all the lighthouses in the Sunda straits have disappeared, and that where the mountain of Kramatan formerly stood the sea now flows. The aspect of the Sunda straits is much changed. A dispatch to London on the 30th, from Batavia, says: "The condition of the Strait of Sunda is dangerous to navigation. New islands have arisen therein, and the coast line is altered. The Government is preparing to obtain new soundings of the strait. Sixteen volcanoes have appeared between off-the site where the island of Krakatoa formerly stood and Sibisie island. A portion of Banand the population are in despair. tam is an ashy desert. The cattle are starving The It is said that the Indians of Alaska do not belong to the same race as the North American Indians, but that they are probably an shoot from the Japanese or Coreans. missionaries who have been laboring among them say that in many respects their conceptions of moral law are better than those of civilized nations. tions. Seven hundred and four bodies of vicThe Soengepan volcano has split in five por tims of the disaster have been buried in the district of Tanara, and three hundred bodies in the coast village of Kramat. The latest reports give the loss of life as 30,000. NOTICES. AFTER many long and discouraging delays, the work on the Panama Ship Canal has been begun in earnest. Ten thousand workmen, distributed over nine sections covering thirty miles of distance, are hard at work excavating the channel through which the waters of two oceans are to flow, bearing the commerce of three continents. The health of the workmen is said to be good for this season of the year. As they are mostly Jamaicans, they will not suffer from the process of acclimatization, and will thus be likely to withstand the general unhealthiness of the climate very well. There is now every prospect that the great work will The Executive Committee will meet at Race be completed within five years, and the At-Street Parlor, on the same day, at 9 A. M. lantic and Pacific Oceans united for all practical commercial purposes.-The Times. IN one of the Washington botanical gardens there is the Holy Ghost,or dove flower, in bloom. The stalk is about as thick as a lead-pencil and something over three feet high. The flowers, which spring from short side stems, are about three inches in diameter and look like white wax. In the bottom of the cup-shaped blossom is a most lovely specimen of nature's art. It is the dove, which occupies a sitting posture, with wings extending upward and exhibiting the first half of the body. In front of the dove is an altar slightly sprinkled with diminutive dots of maroon coloring, and this is the only color about the bloom. At the base of the stalk are three shoots or long leaves, like the shoots to new corn. There are twenty-five of the cups on the stem, and the fragrance is very delicate and sweet. The dove specimen is kept in the green-house where the air-plants are, which are nothing else than blocks of wood, kept in a temperature so hot and damp that they are forced to grow and bloom. ON the 26th of last month, terrific detonations were heard from the volcanic island of Krakatoa. Dispatches from Batavia note: "The eruption of the volcano on the island of Krakatoa continues. North Bantam, in Java, is covered with ashes, mud, and stones. The crops are ruined, and roads and bridges are damaged. The European quarter of Anjier and the Chinese camp at Merak have been swept away by the overflow of the rivers. The tidal wave also swamped the lower quarters of Batavia; the towns of Tjiringine and Telok A Meeting of the Joint Committee of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, on the subjects of Temperance and Intoxicating Beverages, will be held in Philadelphia, at Race Street Meeting-house, Room No. 1, on Seventh-day Ninth month 15th, 1883, at 101 A. M. JAMES H. ATKINSON,} Clerks. ANNIE C. DORLAND, A Conference of the Burlington Quarterly Meeting's Committee on Temperance will be held at Friend's Meeting-house, Burlington, on First-day, Ninth mo. 16th, at 23 P. M. We will be pleased to have friends from other meetings who may feel interest enough in the cause, to favor us with their company. ELIZABETH A. ROGERS, Clerk. The Bucks County Branch of the Yearly Meeting's Committee on Intoxicating Beverages, aided by the Quarterly Meeting's Committee, will hold a general meeting on the subject in the meeting-house at Langhorne, on First-day afternoon, Ninth mo. 9th, at 3 o'clock. All are invited. Philadelphia First-day School Union will hold its Quarterly Meeting, being the one previous to the Annual Meeting of the Association at Green Street Meeting-house, on Sixth-day evening, Ninth mo. 14th, at 8 o'clock. It is very desirable that full reports be received from all the schools, and that Friends evince their interest in so important a work by being present. Jos. M TRUMAN, JR.,} Clerks. EDWIN L. PEIRCE, A Temperance Mass Meeting will be held in Warner's Grove, near Christiana, on Ninth mo. 8th next. All are invited to attend. 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Entered at the Post-Office at Philadelphia, Penna. as second-class matter [Published by request.] MEMORIAL OF THE LIFE AND LABORS OF JOHN M. OGDEN. His strong, practical mind gave him commanding influence in all of the departments of Read to the assembled children of the House of Refuge, labor in his particular calling. There are and many friends, on Eleventh mo, 17th, 1882. PREPARED BY JAMES Y. WATSON. few positions requiring more critical and mechanical knowledge than that of a good A worker for humanity for more than half practical builder; he should be well instructed a century has passed away and gone to his in architecture and in all kinds of labor perreward, and it is fitting that the Board of taining to it. John M. Ogden possessed this Managers of the House of Refuge should knowledge in an eminent degree, he was make a brief record of the life of one, who thoroughly imbued with the idea of the digfor forty years, devoted his time and enlight-nity of labor, he looked upon the mechanic ened judgment to the fulfillment of the duties of manager of that Institution. John M. Ogden, son of Hugh and Dorothea Ogden, was born in Philadelphia on the 19th of First month, 1791, of an honored ancestry; he was fifth in descent from David Ogden, who emigrated from England, and was one of those early Friends who came to Pennsylvania in the good ship "Welcome" with William Penn, in 1682, and one of the first settlers and founders of the great city of Phila- | delphia. John M. Ogden was well educated in the Friends' schools of the day, and at an early age he was apprenticed to a carpenter, and after a thorough instruction in that trade in due time became one of the most experienced and principal builders of the city. His knowledge of architecture placed him in the front ranks of his business, which he thoroughly understood, and he built and superintended the building of some of the largest and best structures of the city. and workingman with respect, and gave him that place in society, even among the highest, to which he was entitled by his character and ability. In 1818, in his 27th year, he married Harriet, daughter of Gabriel and Elizabeth Middleton, prominent members of the Society of Friends, of which he and his parents were also consistent members during their lives. As he advanced in age and experience, he was sought for to serve the public in various positions of trust; he found time to assist in the establishment of educational and charitable institutions, he always felt great interest in the instruction and improvement of the young, and his benevolent and charitable mind led him to assist in the formation and support of institutions for the relief of the suffering and destitute. He was for 41 years a member of the Board of Managers of the Northern Dispensary, and was its President for many years and at the time of his death. He assisted in the formation of the Appren- | which superintended the building it now tices' Library in 1820, and was one of the six occupies at the N. W. corner of Sixth and remaining of the founders at the time of his Vine streets. death. He was the last surviving member of the Washington Association of the Federal party, and was also a member of the Washington Benevolent Society of Pennsylvania, which was composed of 1,000 members, many of whom were the first citizens of the day. His first presidential vote was cast for James Madison, in 1812, and his mother was an intimate friend of that President's wife; his recollection of early events was very interesting. He remembered going with his father, in 1799, to attend the last session of the Congress of the United States, held in Philadelphia, in the building now standing at the S. E. corner of Sixth and Chestnut streets; the Senate occupied the second and the House of Representatives the first story of that building, and James Madison was a member of that Congress and boarded with a Virginia lady by the name of Payne, and afterwards married her daughter, Dorothy Todd, the widow of an eminent Philadelphia lawyer; she lived in a two-story house on Arch above Fourth street. During the existence of the old Whig party John M. Ogden was active in its support, and afterwards was an unwavering Republican from the beginning of that party to the end of his life. He was one of the founders of the United States Engine Company, and was probably the oldest volunteer fireman at the time of his death. He was present and active at the first meeting for the formation of the Fire Association in 1817, and assisted in its organization, and was its Building Surveyor up to the time of his failing health, when his son Alfred was appointed to succeed him, and now holds that position. He was one of the founders of the Spring Garden Soup Society, and was its President at the time of his death He was the oldest member of the Carpenters' Company, serving for many years as Master Warden and President, and was also one of its measurers; he took great interest in that venerable organization, the oldest in the city, and one of the most respectable. He was for many years a member of the Board of Commissioners of the District of Spring Garden, taking an active and warm interest in the affairs of the District, serving the Board as President for a long time. He represented his District in the State Legislature in the years 1832 and 1833, and exerted great influence there. He was appointed by the Legislature one of the Commissioners to superintend the surveying and laying out of the streets of the Incorporated Districts of Northern Liberties and Penn Township. He was one of the Commissioners to superintend the erection of the Philadelphia Almshouse in 1828, upon which nearly a million of dollars was spent. He was a strong and early advocate for the consolidation of the many districts of Philadelphia into one city, and labored earnestly, with other prominent citizens, until that great purpose was accomplished in 1854. He was President of the Board of Managers of the Preston Retreat, and superintended the construction of its building. He was one of the Board of Managers and Vice President of the State Training School for Feeble-minded Children, at Media, Pa., and was deeply interested in it. He was one of the projectors and President of the Northern Liberties and Penn Township Railroad Company, connecting the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers, known as the Willow Street Railroad, the first passenger railroad in Philadelphia. He was one of the founders of the Spring Garden Institute in 1852, and its President from the beginning, which is one of the most important institutions for the instruction of youth of both sexes in Industry and Art now in the city; its large library and reading room is frequented daily by young and old. He was a member and President of the Board of the Grandom Institution, and a dispenser of its charities. He was one of the founders and a member of the Board of Managers of the Northern Home for Friendless Children. He was greatly interested in the establishment of the Philadelphia Society for Organizing Charity, was one of those who signed the first circular, calling a meeting of citizens in 1878 for that important purpose, and was Chairman of the Board of Commissioners to put the plan adopted in operation, and his interest in the work continued to the last. He was a regular contributor to most of the minor charitable institutions in the city, and freely gave his name in aid of enterprises which tended to the advancement and imHe was one of the incorporators of the provement of the community in which his Bank of Penn Township, now the Penn Na-long life was spent. tional Bank, and a member of its Board of He was a public spirited man, in its broadDirectors, and was chairman of the committee est sense, and when in health, was foremost in the advocacy of right and good government in every department. In all of his varied employments and responsible positions he was an active worker, and he devoted to them much of his valuable time and care; it was a heart work with him, and he never neglected it; he was not one of those who accepted and held positions of trust without fulfilling them conscientiously; few men were more particular in this respect; his generous and benevolent disposition, his tender feelings, his great love for children, and sympathy for suffering humanity, kept alive in his heart a continued interest which impelled him to work for every good cause in the most effective way, and he kept up that work to the end. He was a dispenser of charity for himself and others; his office was sought, day and evening, by the suffering poor, and his benefactions were distributed freely, but always with judgment and discretion; all were treated in that kindly spirit so peculiar to him, and which was so manifest to those who knew him. The interest he took in the House of Refuge, with which he was connected for forty years, and of which he was Vice President, has been reserved to be last spoken of in the record of his charitable work; it was, next to his religious, his leading concern; it was beautiful to see the interest he took, and felt, in the children of the House. That kind and benevolent face which all knew so well, and which speaks so eloquently from his portrait on the wall, was welcomed always by the children when he came amongst them; they felt that he was their friend, and he was appealed to by them as to a father, and the work he did for them was done heartily and well. As Chairman of the Committee of Building and Repairs he sought their comfort, health, and best interests in the construction of all these great buildings which he superintended, and assisted materially in planning; his mind sought for the best and most effective means of serving the purpose intended, that of protecting, nurturing, and educating the unfortunates who were to occupy them; nothing was forgotten which was then known available for making them complete and best adapted for their purpose, and, though some changes have been made, they stand to-day substantially, the handiwork of our lamented associate and friend, and as Chairman of the important committee who had charge of them for so many years, his care was always directed to their complete order and healthfulness, and when at the age of eighty-two he surrendered his trust into the hands of a younger man he still continued on the committee to the last, and whilst his health and faculties permitted, his interest was unabated. To He was also Chairman of the important Committee on Indenture for many years, and his labors on that committee were scarcely second to those formerly mentioned. secure suitable places, comfortable homes, and kind masters for the indentured children, and to look after their well-being, is a most important duty, and John M. Ogden never lost sight of its importance, his interest in the children led him to look closely into the homes and character of the masters of those who were indentured, and hundreds of boys and girls found good homes after leaving the House through his solicitude and care. His duties on the Labor Committee, Purchasing and Auditing Committee, and Committee on Discipline and Economy, were alike faithfully attended to, and, when health and strength permitted, he was seldom absent from their meetings, and his voice was spoken always for the right, and for the interests of the children. And after old age and failing health had deprived him of the power and pleasure of being present at the meetings of the Board' and Committees, and of mingling with the children, he loved to talk about them, and inquire particularly into their progress, improvement, and reformation; his eye would kindle immediately when they were spoken of, and to the 1 st day of his life his interest in the children of the House of Refuge, and his fellow-members of the Board of Managers, and of the Carpenters' Company, were remembered. One other controlling influence in the mind of our departed friend remains to be spoken of, that of his religious life and character. He held the simple Quaker Faith of his fathers; religion to him was an every-day work, he lived to "do justly, to love mercy and to walk humbly with his God;" he believed in that inner light, "the light of God in the soul, that lighteth every man that cometh into the world, teaching him the denial of all ungodliness and the world's lusts, and to live soberly, righteously, and godly in this present life;". his righteousness was practical, the fruit of faithfulness to the "law written in the heart," which he believed in, and upon, and in obedience to which he founded his future hope. He was punctual and regular in the attendance of his religious meetings, rarely, when in health, omitting them; he was an elder in the Green Street Meeting of Friends for many years, and sat at the head of that Meeting; he was not an oral preacher, but his life and bearing in society everywhere was a perpetual sermon and example to those who sat under him; he was greatly interested in all the business affairs of the Society, was a member of the Meeting of Ministers and Elders, a As advancing years brought wasting and feebleness, both in body and in mind, he was obliged to give up his many engagements, though he still loved to meet and converse with his friends upon the particular affairs in which he had been interested during his long life, evincing a deep interest in them and in all the general concerns in life. During the last summer he was given strength to go about in his rolling chair, and he visited his friends in that way and some of the institutions in which he was interested, and attended his Meeting at Fourth and Green streets, and this exercise in the fresh air seemed for a time to revive his failing, strength, but advanced age and weakness finally triumphed, and he was at length closely confined to his bed for the last three or four weeks of his life, and on the evening of the 29th of the Tenth month, 1882, in the ninety-second year of his age, he peacefully departed, leaving his family and friends comforted by the assurance of his having "entered the rest prepared for the righteous from the foundation of the world.” member of the Representative Committee or | might have been. President Eliot regards Meeting for Sufferings, which is an important the change here indicated as a part of the body having the care of the Society concerns greater change that has come over modern of the Yearly Meeting during its recess. He life, and instead of lamenting it, as is the was one of the Trustees of the Meeting prop- habit of purblind ecclesiastics, he indicates erty, and of Fair Hill Cemetery, and mem- what he regards as necessary reforms in the ber of many of the Standing Committees, and education of the clergy. He would encourhis influence in all of these responsible posi- age a greater freedom of thought in theolotions was very potent; few men in the Society gical seminaries: the curriculum of the semwere more beloved, respected, and trusted, inaries would be made less sectarian and and none more worthy of that trust. more broadly Christian, and no aid would be rendered to students. Coming from such a source, these views are valuable. But we doubt where any change in the training of clergymen will enable them to take that position of authority among men which would have been accorded to them unsought fifty years ago. People have learned in the meantime to prove all things and all men; to look through all factitious claims; to go below costumes and office and rank to the human soul underneath. They will not unlearn the lesson. The man in the pulpit will be to them always, as now, a fellow-sinner with the man in the pew. Presumably, the clergyman is struggling to find the right road upward. If he has found it, he is accepted as a guide. If he has solved any problem of the day-intemperance or licentiousness or infidelity-his words will be listened to with respect and gratitude. But it will be because he has solved the problem, not because he stands in the pulpit. Authority has largely left the office, but it has descended with double force upon the man. And, on the whole, this is a healthy sign of the moral condition of the country. A clergyman who would magnify his errand and not his office must see that, as the people become more sincere President Eliot's recent article in the North and earnest seekers after truth, each man American Review, and the answer to it, which will seek to bring himself face to face with appears in the present number of that period- God; and the agent who would come between ical, call attention to the status of the mod- them must give other proof of his divine ern clergyman. It is a fact evident to every-appointment than his choice of a certain probody that the clergyman of the present day, fession, or the fact that a man called a bishop be he Romish priest or Methodist itinerant, once laid his hands on him.-The New York holds a very different place in our social and Tribune. intellectual life from the semi-judicial position awarded to his predecessor by our grandfathers. A clergyman to-day stands on a level with the lawyer, the journalist and the teacher. As long as he shows that he deserves it, his opinions upon ethics and religion are listened to with the respect and deference given to any other expert. The mere fact that he has chosen a profession which presupposes an exceptionally high standard of morality is not enough. Fifty years ago, the opinions of the clergyman were received as oracles inspired by God, and a halo of sanctity held him in a measure apart from his congregation, no matter what his character THE CHANGED POSITION OF THE CLERGY. ELIAS HICKS-III. FRIENDS' MEETING-HOUSE, GREEN ST., Twelfth month, 1824. Man is made for society. Should any one presume to have an entire independence of his fellow-men, and live by himself, standing aloof from all sociability and intercourse with others, he must be one of the most unhappy creatures upon the face of the earth. Even the trees of the wood would exceed him; for by their branches, which intertwine, they defend one another from the storms that surround them. Divine Wisdom has made and constituted us social beings. We have but |