the last trump, to call the dead to judgment; " and his " atonement," through whom we "hope for a blessed immortality.'

The death of the worthy old general furnished a fine illustration of the sustaining power of the gospel when earthly comforts wither and die. "Henry," said he to a highly-valued young friend who was attending in his room Henry, when we have lived as long as we can be useful to others, and as long as we can enjoy life ourselves, we should be willing to go at our heavenly Father's call. That is now my condition. I have lived long; but, now the frailties of age are upon me, I can no more be useful to my friends. Indeed, I can only be a burden to them. I can no longer be useful to the church of God. The pains of disease are upon me. I can no longer enjoy the bounties of Providence in life. What then? It is time to die. My heavenly Father calls, and I trust I am ready to go."

The physician who attended General Jackson on his death-bed, wrote a very instructive and powerful letter, describing the last parting scene in the Hermitage. The chamber of death seemed very near "the gate of heaven." The soul of the dying man was full of the hope of immortality, while he took an affectionate farewell of the members of his family, the children, the servants, all who belonged to the household. He commended them to God in Christ spoke with unwavering confidence of life in heaven for the followers of the Redeemer. He then entered the cold stream of death, and was seen no more.

"As some tall rock, that lifts his awful form,

Swells from the vale, and midway leaves the storm,
Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread,
Eternal sunshine settles on its head."

With a few additional remarks I shall close this article.

1. General Jackson, in theology, was a decided and thorough Calvinist. That sublime system of divinity, so clearly taught in the Holy Scriptures, and so accurately epitomized in the Shorter Catechism of the Westminster Assembly, was the joy and the rejoicing of his heart. His ordinary conversation abounded with references to the hand and counsel of God. When rehearsing facts that had occurred in his military or political life, he would repeatedly pause and say, "It was the hand of God." "Divine Providence ordered it so." "Such an officer was cut down; he was a noble man. I felt his loss much, but it was the hand and counsel of God." This continual reference to divine Providence, in all the events of life, was a strongly-marked feature of his conversation. I must here give an anecdote. An able jurist, born and educated at the east, had emigrated to the west; and, by diligence and fidelity in his profession, he had become prosperous and popular. He was now a candidate for an important office, in a district where the popularity of General Jackson was absolutely overwhelming. It was well known that the candidate, whose friendship for Jackson was in the subjunctive mood, would most certainly be elected "to stay at home." It was indispensable to success that the voters should know before the election that the candidate was the friend and admirer of Jackson. Our jurist was very hostile to the doctrines of Calvinism. Indeed, I fear his hostility. went further; for I had been told how he worried some young preachers, with sceptical objections to the Bible. I was thrown into his society not long before

the election day. After a few moments' conversation, said he, "Calvinism degrades the human mind. I say, it degrades the human mind!"

Yes, sir," was my reply "yes, sir, Calvinism degraded your New England man Jonathan Edwards, as all Europe and all America confess, into the most distinguished theological writer who has ever put pen to paper in the English language. Both hemispheres maintain that Jonathan Edwards is unequalled among English theological writers. How Calvinism degraded him! Again, Calvinism has degraded General Jackson, as you maintain in all your public addresses, throughout your electioneering canvass, into the most eminent military and political man which the world has produced in the present age. How degrading is the influence of Calvinism!”

2. General Jackson, in his intercourse with his neighbors and with society, was "the good man " and the perfect gentleman. It is to be regretted that heated politicians and crazy fanatics should be so successful in misrepresenting men and things, as to keep worthy citizens in one section of our country under injurious mistakes relative to their fellow-citizens in another section. Christianity, common sense, love to God, and benevolence to man, are the same, east and west, go where you will, throughout our great country.

A few years ago, I had the privilege of sitting for a number of successive days in the senate chamber at Washington. I looked on Webster from Massachusetts, Wright from New York, Calhoun from South Carolina, Burges from Rhode Island, Preston, a native of Virginia, Clay from Kentucky, Judge White from Tennessee, and all their fellow-senators; and I said,

"Be you Whigs or be you Democrats, be you from the east or from the west, from the north or from the south, any country on earth might be proud to call you her citizens. And I will rejoice that the beloved land where I was born, nurses in her bosom such a body of men."

3. Let me close with repeating, that General Jackson, from early life, was characterized by reverence for sacred things. He spoke reverently of the word of God, the house of God, the ordinances of God. He honored God in word. And God blessed him while he lived, and blessed him when he died.

THE EAGLE AND THE GNAT.

THE following article was prepared for a highly practical purpose. In the region where the author lived, that scriptural and sublime system of Christian doctrine, denominated "Calvinism," was most bitterly assailed, and that too, in many instances, by persons who had taken no pains to have their minds expanded by searching the word of God. There is a curious fact here. The man who has never looked into a law book, knows that he is ignorant of law. The man who has never read a medical work, knows that he is ignorant of medicine. But the man who has neglected equally conscious of his igno

to read the Bible, is not rance on divine subjects. Tell that man of the " SOVereignty of God," the "doctrine of election," or any kindred doctrine, and his heart will rebel against it at once. And he will be "wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason." The fact is, men are born with hearts opposed to the sovereignty of God, and the system of doctrine that maintains it. In this controversy, the depraved heart decides, and not the understanding. Now, when I have encountered persons who were eager for argument, while they evidently "loved darkness" and "hated the light,' persons who would "glory in their shame," while they were "willingly ignorant" of God's word and the