has neither passed away with the former, nor can be superseded in the latter. In both it gives the same inspiring impulse. It makes the martyrs of one age, the patriots of another, the philanthropists of a third. There is no precept like a great principle wrought into the mind, the heart, the life. Thus Christianity always tends to inspire a devotion as pure and spiritual as man at any time can rise to. It always enjoins and prompts the duties which the times require. It always forms to greatness and to goodness, as exigencies may demand. He who enters into its spirit must be happy. It is the only identification of self-love and social, and that which raises both above the misery of final disappointment. As its worship is not positive, its duties are not arbitrary. They bear on their very front their own obligation and their own recompense. They conduct to a felicity which must co exist with our consciousness. We are thus united with God, the infiuitely good, the infinitely blessed. We move onwards towards the complete coincidence of our will with his; towards perfect light, perfect purity, perfect love, and perfect felicity. elasticity, in Christianity, by which man can never outgrow it. It is the destiny of ceremony to become inefficient, to be a substitute for that which should be its own ulterior end. But in whatever Christians practice, the end is the test and the reason. If Christians need forms, they are at liberty to employ them; but so long as they keep their proper sphere in sight-and to lose that, they must also lose sight of their religion itself they will not multiply them; they will not pervert them; they will not rest in them; and as they grow more spiritual they will disuse them, or modify them, and ever hold on towards the moral pattern in the Gospels. Forms will ever be, and only be, the means of grace whereby to grow in grace. All the routine of a ritual may be performed, and the individual be never the better, either in himself or to society. That cannot be said of him, all whose observances are engaged in, as means for purifying and elevating his devout feelings. He who advances in the love of God and the likeness of God, must thereby be advancing in moral worth, and moral usefulness. The God of his adoration is the standard of his excellence. Christian morality is no system of direction and The spirit of our religion is the spirit of powprohibition, of pains and penalties. Of all the er, and love, and of a sound mind. Who is our law that it recognizes, love is the fulfilling. Its neighbor, but the stranger. from the ends of the particular precepts usually relate to the particu- earth, or from the antipodes of manners, opinlar persons to whom they were addressed. Its ions, or feelings, who may have fallen among general principles are what we have to do with; thieves and been stripped and wounded? To they constitute its morality, or rather its one do good, and to communicate, are the sacrifices general principle of benevolence. If we are with which He is well pleased. If they be his immortal-and Christianity ascertains that-the pleasure, they must be our blessedness. Raise benevolent man must ultimately be supremely your minds and hearts to heavenly things. Be happy. He is forming himself for felicity; full of mercy and good fruits. How beautiful, and how? Not by slavish or blind obedience. wonderful, and beneficent, is the adaptation of Not by a course of particular actions, minutely religion to our nature! It must have been specified, and remaining the same for all coun- made for man by him who made man. It is tries and all ages. Such an enumeration might worthy of all acceptation. Let every mind reextend to volumes, and yet be wretchedly im-ceive it. Let every heart love it. Let every perfect after all. And even if complete, it life display its influence. May every death be would do little for the formation of character, its victory; and every tomb be regarded as a like the Christian plan. We have to make our recording pillar of its promise of immortality. own application of the gospel principle. The love of our neighbor is eternally the same disposition; but the particular actions by which that love should evince itself, and work out his good, are subject to interminable variation. The day had been dark and gloomy, when Even some of the first great results of Christian suddenly, toward night, the clouds broke, and morality were not wrought by particular pre- the sun's rays streamed through, shedding a flood cept, but by the spontaneous, individual appli- of golden light upon the whole country. A cation of general principle. There was no pre-sweet voice at the window called out, in joyful cept to desist from polygamy. There was no precept to manumit their slaves. Yet what were more felicitous achievements than these? To do good, and to find happiness in goodness, are the law and the promise of the gospel. That man's duty is the greatest possible creation of human happiness, can never become obsolete. Old modes of doing it may pass away; new ones may be laid open; but the gospel morality tones : For the Children. "Look! oh, look, papa! the sun's brighting all it can." "Brighting all it can? so it is," answered papa; "and you can be like the sun, if you choose." "How, papa? tell me how." "By looking happy, and smiling on us all day; never letting any tearful rain come into the blue of those eyes; only be happy and good : ¡ character, as I regard it, to be found in the dif that is all." The next day, the music of the child's voice filled our ears from sunrise to dark; the little heart seemed full of light and love; and when asked why she was so happy, the answer came laughingly, "Why don't you see, papa, I'm the sun? I'm brighting all I can!" "And filling the house with suushine and joy," answered papa. Cannot little children be like the sun every day-brightening all they can? Try it, chil dren. Child at Home. ference of the color at the basis of the feathers, I am happy to acknowledge, was pointed out to me by Miss Grace Anna Lewis, most favorably known, and deservedly so, as a lecturer and teacher of Ornithology and General Natural History." He has paid her the graceful compliment of giving to a new species of birds of the genus "Icterus," the name "Icterus Grace Annæ nobis." DIED, in Somerton, 23d Ward, Philadelphia, on the morning of the 11th of Ninth month, 1867, Amos, FRIENDS' INTELLIGENCER. son of the late Jesse Hawkins, in bis 23d year. PHILADELPHIA, NINTH MONTH 28, 1867. J. RICHARDSON'S JOURNAL. -The short ac on the 21st of Ninth month, 1867, ELIZABETH B., wife of John S. Bower, and youngest daughter of Bushrod W. Knight, of Philadelphia. on the 3d of Ninth month, 1867, at his resi the 72d year of his age. on the 16th of Ninth month, 1867, LEWIS WALTON, in his 67th year; a member of Spruce St. Monthly Meeting. count of Anne Richardson in our present No. dence, Bensalem, Bucks Co., JOSEPH P. Knight, in was written by her husband, John Richardson, and extracted from his Journal. This work, containing an unusual amount of interesting incidents, has been recently reprinted upon good paper with clear type by T. W. Stuckey, and is sold by him, at 624 Weaver st., Philadelphia. For the information of Friends, who are not familiar with the history, we will add that John Richardson, according to the testimony of Gisbrough Mo. Mtg., of which he was a member, worthy Friend, who was of great service to the churches where his lot was cast; as also an instrument in the Divine Hand, of turning many to righteousness." was a He died near Hutton-in-the-Hole, Eng., the 2d of 4th month, 1753, in the 87th year of his age. on the 18th of Ninth month, 1867, CAROLINE C., infant daughter of Samuel H. and Mary C. Gartley, members of Green St. Monthly Meeting. on the 28th of Eighth month, 1867, at the residence of James Dixon, Talbot County, Md., of paralysis, MARY D. BROWN, a member of Baltimore Monthly Meeting, in the 53d year of her age. worthy and valuable Friend. A benefactor to the Thus has passed from time to eternity a most poor, a councellor to the needy, beloved by all who knew her. Behold the upright; their end is peace. ―, on the 2d inst., at the residence of Edward Bringhurst, near Wilmington, Del., ELIZABETH SHIPLEY, widow of Samuel Shipley, in the 85th year of her age. FRIENDS' SOCIAL LYCEUM OF PHILADELPHIA. Friends' Social Lyceum will hold its First Annual Session this winter in the Library Room, 15th and Race streets, as heretofore. The first meeting will convene on Third-day evening, 1st of Tenth month next, at 8 o'clock. The meetings of the Association are open to all those members of the Religious Society of Friends who desire to pass a social evening while in the pursuit of literary knowledge. By order of the Executive Committee, lt. The Executive Committee of "Friends' Publication Association" will meet on Sixth-day afternoon, 10th mo. 4th, at 3 o'clock, at Race St. Mo. Meeting Room. LYDIA H. HALL, Clerk. ORNITHOLOGY.-On more than one occasion we have introduced to the notice of our readers, Grace Anna Lewis-a member of the Society of Friends-as a competent lecturer on Ornithology. As it is her wish to resume her lectures the coming winter, it may be satisfactory to those who are interested in this branch of Natural History, and who are unacquainted with her qualifications, to have the testimony. of John Cassin, as reported in the Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, of Philadel-tom, for "1705," read "1785." P. 452, 1st column, phia. John Cassin is the Vice President of the Academy, and is eminent in scientific circles, both in our own country and in Europe, as an Ornithologist. After describing two allied species of birds, he adds-"The points of distinc-world over to find the beautiful, we must carry THE BEAUTIFUL.-Though we travel the tion between them, and especially the infallible it with us, or we find it not. ERRATA.-Page 451, 2d column, 7th line from bot near the middle, for "rigid muse," read “rigid nurse." Same column, 8th line from bottom, for "the form is 4th line from bottom, for "when rust corrupts," read laid," read "the form beloved is laid." Same column, "where rust corrupts." For Friends' Intelligencer. FIRST DAY SCHOOL CONFERENCE. At a conference of Friends, held at West Chester, Pa., on the 14th of Ninth month, 1867, "to promote an interest in First-day schools, and to consider the best mode of conducting them," the object of the meeting having been fully expressed by Wm. M. Hayes, of West Chester, Eli M. Lamb, of Baltimore, was asked to serve the meeting as clerk. Encouraging and instructive communications were read from our absent friends Samuel M. Janney, Gideon Frost, Benjamin Stratton, Davis Furnace, and Sarah Hunt. Extracts from private letters were then read, containing inquiries regarding the possibility of procuring suitable text books, and other appliances to "the best modes of conducting" First-day schools. They all served to show a great and growing interest in the subject, and an earnest desire to promote the welfare of the children of our Society. Wm. Dorsey then urged upon the conference the necessity of zealous effort to extend to our youth careful religious training, and to endeavor to incite in parents a fuller appreciation of their duties in this respect. He was followed by many Friends, who gave the meeting much information regarding the schools of their respective neighborhoods, giving accounts of circumstances causing their rise, the interest felt in them, the manner of directing them, the difficulties encountered in their progress to their present conditions, &c. From those speakers we learned of a common want both of proper books and of earnest laborers in this work. A fervent desire appears to be felt by many Friends within the limits of this and other Yearly Meetings, to establish First-day schools upon a firm basis, all believing that, unless the right way be found, the work cannot prosper. Sallie S. Truman, Dillwyn Parrish, Joseph M. These Friends were requested to report to an adjourned meeting of the conference, to be called by them. Having conferred together in great unity and good feeling, and recognizing the importance of relying upon a Higher Power for direction in this important work, the conference adjourned. ELI M. LAMB, Clerk. EUROPEAN CORRESPONDENCE. No. 5. HEIDELBERG, Aug. 10. After six lovely days in Brientz at the Pension Bellevue, (for five francs a day,) I went to Lucerne with my party by diligence to Alpnach, along a road overlooking the Meiringen valley, where I wanted to go and see the Rosenlauhe. No one ought to rush through this beautiful region so fast; and I did it most reluctantly; but one of our party was in a hurry to reach Carlsruhe on the 10th, to see her brother. I did not go to the Lauterbrunnen, nor see the illumination of the Giessbach, though I saw its seven falls in the daytime; and no one should omit it, for it occurs every evening, and is but a short sail from Brientz. There is a splendid hotel there on the heights, where one can pass the night, which is the best thing to do: and see it all day, as well as in the evening. The diligence goes to Alpnach at noon, and the magnificent drive, together with a sail over Lake Lucerne in the steamboat, only costs eight francs. Lucerne should be visited for its beautiful situation, and for Thorwaldsen's Lion, carved, ten times the size of life, in a natural rock perpendicularly rising over a small tarn surrounded by trees. It is in commemoration of the fidelity of the Swiss guards of Louis XVI. on the 16th of August and the 3d of September. The lion is dying with almost a human expression on his countenance, with one paw on the lilies of France and a broken spear thrust into his side. Expression can no farther go, and I would not but have seen it for the world. the leaders names are given, and there were on both occasions taken together more than 1000 private soldiers who fell rather than break their oath; a memorable episode in that epic of tragedies the French Revolution, which Carlyle has proved to be a Poem written in heart's blood by Lydia H. Hall, Sarah Hoopes, William M. the Genius of Humanity. On the theme " a Hayes, and Alice Paschall, West Chester, Pa.;lie is incredible," as Carlyle says. The younger portion of those who expressed themselves on this interesting subject very generally deplored the want of co-workers from among those of riper years and fuller experi ence. After a free and full expression, it was proposed that a committee be appointed to draft, for the information of our absent friends, an address, embracing the views now expressed as the sense of the conference, to awaken a greater interest in the subjects for the consideration of which we assembled; and also to present a statistical report of schools already established, and such recommendations as may seem to them worthy of the attention of the conference. This proposition having been adopted by the meeting, the following named Friends were appointed to constitute this committee, viz: All Another curiosity in Lucerne is an old bridge on which is painted the Dance of Death, now somewhat weather-worn, and which I lost, as we had but one whole day, and I could not lose going with a party, perfectly familiar with the whole locality, down the whole length of the Lake of the Four Cantons to Fluellen the Rege on one side-the Pilatus on the other, with their giant brethren. The day was perfect, and we took second class places on the boat which are the best places for seeing; and every peak was named to me as I passed, and the places I could not see were described most graphically. I saw the little hut (constantly repaired and kept in the same shape) where Walter Fürst, Wilhelm Tell and the other conspirators met and formed their Bund, and soon, on the other side of the lake, the Chapel of Wilhelm Tell, built on the rock whence he pushed off his boat. It is open, and we can see the picture of the Virgin. A winding path leads up the steep mountain side to a hotel. Above the hut on the other side rises the Zählsberg, on which is a fine hotel and pension, to which everybody but light footed children are taken up by porters in chairs! but which, when attained, is a charming place to stay. Our steamer touched at all the towns on the lake on both sides and there are hotels-pension at all of them. When we arrived at the extreme point, which is Fluellen, we landed and took an omnibus, which carried us in twenty minutes to Altdorf, between two ranges of mountains, with one snow-clad pyramid at the end. Here we saw the two statues that stand on the spots where Wilhelm Tell and his boy respectively stood. Instead of the boy, some hero-perhaps Walter Fürst-stands where the boy stood. The statue of Wilhelm Tell is colossal, and very fine. He is holding the arrow, and saying to Gessler that it would not have failed" had he aimed it at his heart. An old tower between the statues has on its outside a picture of the scene. The arrow has just pierced the apple, and the people are shouting. Above is the hut and officials. It is very much injured by the weather. After contemplating these things we went to the Church, and saw Vandyke's Nativity of Christ and some other pictures, and returned in time for the boat; and then such an entrancing sail home, seeing the whole region again in the afternoon light! I said at every step in Switzerland "the half was not told me!" Nor could it be. Words will not describe, nor even can the sun paint these scenes, nor human genius. There is always a perpetual watching for the snow-peaks, so apt to be enveloped in mists and covered with clouds. It is wonderful how one demands these snow mountains, though the green mountains and grey rocky peaks are so beautiful and varied. I always think when I do see them of a sentence of Emerson's in one of his lectures: "We are always glad to be caught up into a vision of principles." And when I see them for a few moments only, I am reminded of a passage in Mozart's Twelfth Mass, where the solo voice leaps from high peak to high peak, and which, when I used to hear M. B. sing it, always suggested the Alps; for I had seen them, I find, in Allston's picture, owned by Col. Baldwin. And I cannot here refrain from telling what proves Allston's power of suggesting the whole of nature by his picture, which is the proof of the great artist. I saw that picture in the first Athenæum Exhibition in Boston in 1826. It was one peak of the Alps, with a foreground of green mountains and a valley; and when I saw it again fourteen years later, I was surprised to find it one peak, for I had remembered it as a range of snowy peaks. I would have been glad to have stopped on my return at one of the villages, to be carried up the Rege on mule-back, or by porters; for there was an old lady of 76, who was carried up the Zählsberg, and wanted to be carried up the Rege, who shamed my terrors. I arrived at Lucerne at 7 o'clock, and rushed to the Cathedral to hear the great organ discourse the most wonderful music, where the stop humana vox sounded so exactly like nuns singing, that I had to be reassured that it was really all instrumental. I could not sleep that night. I was so filled with beauty that it refreshed the body without the aid of "nature's sweet restorer;" and the next morning I rose at four, to leave Switzerland, where I had thought to stay a month, and had only stayed ten days, half of which had been in misty weather. We started for Heidelberg, and I, oblivious of the fact that Strasbourg is on the Rhine, left my party at Bate to go to Strasbourg, as I did not wish to miss the Cathedral, and for a franc or two more could reach Heidelberg that way, which was also prettier. But it looked tame enough after Switzerland, though it was pretty to see the villages sleeping on the plains at long intervals, with the little church in the midst with its heaven-pointing spire The roofs, and often the steeple, is of a dark red, which has a most pleasing effect. But still more was the church in the midst of the Swiss village an added charm to the mountain scenery, showing that man was not without the true sensibility, and from his depths aspired more finely, because more spiritually, to that in God, which nature symbolizes to man, in order that men may fulfil their destiny by symbolizing it to each other. There is something to me indescribably touching in seeing all over the European landscape, even in the wildest mountain passes, these footprints of humanity,-these shrines, and crosses, and monuments, and churches,-which testify す T BODILY EDUCATION ESSENTIAL. to the unity of Humanity and Divinity, when- | BE TRUE. Thou must be true thyself, If thou the truth wouldst teach; To give the lips full speech. E. P. P. Shall the world's famine feed; |
