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believer, selfishly desirous of monopolizing to himself all the blessings of Heaven. The bishop has excommunicated the unknown sinner, processions with torches have canvassed the city, holy water has been lavishly scattered but all in vain. Salerno is still toothless and inconsolable, and all the dentists can do nothing for its relief.

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"When we look at the Mormon Bible, we think it such a meek, inconsistent tissue of absurdities that its adherents would only become the ridicule and contempt of all reflecting minds. But when we examine their Book of Covenants, we find a complete code for bandits and cut throats. The position is there taken that the Latter Day Saints are the only children of God. That the Father, Son and Holy Ghost has willed to them, as his children, all the property there is on earth. That all laws, conferring property on or defending the property of others, are depriving them of their rights, and consequent

ANOTHER SPURGEON.-A student recently from one of the Congregational Theological Colleges in England, by the name of Guinness, has commenced a career of preaching which commands attention, for the time, hardly inferior to that of Spurgeon. While he was in the Seminary, the dispute was rife which ended in the expulsion of Dr. Davidson. He ardently took sides with Dr. Campbell, against the new or "Negative Theology." As soon as he left the Seminary, his preach-ly their execution ought to be resisted. As ing attracted large congregations. He passed over to Ireland, the land of his birth, where he was at once followed by immense crowds. The Wesleyans repudiate him for his Calvinistic doctrines. But he is now taken up by the Presbyterians and Independents, and all classes flock to hear him. On some occasions he has had audiences of as many as six thousand persons. He has a musical voice

of great compass, his language is simple and poetical, his manner deeply earnest, and he draws multitudes of hearers who have not been accustomed to hear the gospel.

THE MORMONS.-We make the following extracts, from a recent letter to the Puritan Recorder, as especially interesting at the present time. It unfolds, perhaps, some ideas which are not universally known; and which are now of special interest to us, since our attention has been, of late, so much directed towards these people.

"MESSRS. EDITORS:-If you will turn to your Greek Lexicon, you will find that Mormon means some frightful humbug. Perhaps the best definition that would come to hand, would be the raw head and bloody bones of our childish days. And it may yet become raw head and bloody flesh to many followers of this fanaticism before it ends.

God has given them the property of the Gentiles, they have the right to take it whereever they can find it, and they have the right to take the life of any person who stands in the way of their getting it."

Such are some of the doctrines which are confidently believed and practised by the deluded followers of Brigham Young. Acting out these, produce such fearful crimes as ever and anon reach our ears, from their distant home.

EMBLEMS. "An emblem is an illustrative picture, representing one thing to the eye, and another to the understanding." The precise period of their origin is unknown, though they existed long before the time of our Saviour, as symbols of his coming were given by the ancient Prophets; and the writers of the Old Testament often beautifully employed them as representations of truth.

It was a beautiful thought, thus to symbolize the spiritual by the material, and in the simple act there seems to be strivings for the higher and holier.

Flowers are frequently used as emblems of the Christian graces. The flowering almond is an emblem of hope, and the amaranth of immortality, the violet of humility and reserve. Let us cultivate this lovely flower in the garden of the Heart, and by teaching us to think humbly of ourselves, it will make us contented and happy. "It is the sweet flower on whose breath our souls are enabled to ascend to God, and whose petals, seeming

If any person has had patience to wade through that silly thing called the Book of Mormon, he must have noticed that Nephi, or some other long eared animal, went into the water and ducked himself, and then ducked his companion; and then they duckedly so frail and tender, have yet more power each other to their hearts' content. And thus

they gave to their successors an example of immersion, and an intimation that this immersion might be repeated at the option of the individual. When we tell our Baptist friends that they cannot show us an unequivocal example of immersion, for baptism,

to guard us from temptation and presumption, than an unsheathed sword." The lily is an emblem of innocence and purity. Happy he whose heart is also pure, for such an one may claim connection with Heaven. But the purer the color, the more difficult to preserve it unspotted. Its beauty is spoiled by the

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slightest taint, and it must be touched with the greatest delicacy lest it retain the blemish. Thus one thought, one word, may rob the mind of its purity.

The nicely adjusted scales of the balance show even-handed justice, as in the administration of the affairs of man in the hands of the Almighty.

Among no people were emblems in more common use than among the Greeks and Romans. Wisdom and war were symbolized in the distaff and spear of Pallas; literature and the fine arts in the person of Apollo, wreathed, and armed with a bow and quiver: while the jovial Bacchus stood as the type and representation of those who drown sorrow and care in the oblivion of the wine-cup. With them, as with us, the olive-branch was an emblem of peace, and while in the presence of him who bore it, the wrongs and bitter enmities of the past were forgotten.

The utility of emblems consists principally in conveying to the mind a clearer idea of some important truth, than could be obtained without them.

What language could give to us so clear a conception of moral purity as the spotless white of the lily, or what could be a more beautiful illustration of humility, than the modest, half-lifted head of the humble violet from amidst the thick foliage where it thrives most luxuriantly?

Amid the constantly occurring scenes of life, a thoughtful mind finds emblems of moral truths, which, if he would make teachers of wisdom, would promote his usefulness and happiness, both for the present and future.

ANCIENT USES OF CORK.-There are some substances in the use of which we have not made much progress, partly from the fact that other materials have been discovered to supply their place, and partly from the substance itself possessing such palpable peculiarities that its earliest discoverers must have seen at once for what it was most applicable. This is the case with cork. The Romans used it as soles to put into their shoes, to keep their feet warm and dry; and as there were no high heels in those days, the ladies used it to make them appear tall. Camillus swam the Tiber with the aid of a cork jacket, fishermen used it as floats to their nets, and buoys to their anchors, and Pliny tell us that it was employed as stoppers to vessels of all kinds. The old Spaniards lined the walls of the houses with cork, because it kept them warm and prevented dampness, and lastly, the Egyptians manufactured coffins of it, which, being lined with a resinous composition, preserved their dead from decay. The method employed in Portugal of cutting the

bark and burning the outside, is the same today as it was one thousand years ago, so that altogether, we cannot say that we have done very much with cork that has not been done before. It is quite time that we made a start and discovered some new uses and appliances for this cheap and plentiful material.

THE POPULATION OF VIENNA.-According to the last census return of the population of Vienna, that capital contains 579,457 souls, including 20,000 troops in garrison, 18,356 foreigners, and 210,262 Austrians who are not natives of Vienna. There are 444,161 Roman Catholics, 10,494 Protestants of the confession of Augsburg, 1,293 Calvinists, 170 Anglicans, 15,116 Jews, 954 members of the Greek Church, and 33 Musselmans. The capital contains 8,793 houses with 89,441 suits of apartments.

A KINDLY GREETING.-We are glad to see the friendly notices with which some of our exchanges greet our monthly visits. These kindly nods of recognition and warm grasps of the hand are pleasing remembrances in the life of a Journalist. We fully reciprocate their good wishes, and hope by a steady course of improvement to render ourselves still more worthy of their regard. The Lutheran Observer in a recent notice asks of

the Journal, "Why not add something to the price of subscription, and enlarge it? We feel assured that its readers would not object to this, as they would certainly gain by it."

We hope the day may soon come when we shall not only be considerably enlarged and improved, but also be a welcome visitor to every Lutheran family in the land.

AGENTS FOR THE HOME JOURNAL.-We have sometimes, of late, been asked whether we have any agents at work. To avoid misunderstanding, we embrace this opportunity of announcing that Mr. Jacob G. White has been and is still employed by us as a traveling agent. He has already visited numerous parts of our Church, and proved himself a zealous and successful agent. We desire to commend him to the favorable regards of our people wherever he may go. His receipt will be duly acknowledged by us.

Several of our students at Gettysburg are also employed upon the Journal. These are we believe well known in the localities in which they labor, and hence require no public notice upon our part.

Our local agents of course continue to act as heretofore. The subscribers in their several neighborhoods will therefore continue to pa to them as usual.

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HE hymnologists whose names have father in 1756. In proof both of our subthus far received notice in this series | ject's tenderly affectionate nature and of of articles-Dr. Watts, the two Wesleys, his early appreciation of one of the best of Dr. Doddridge, and John Newton-were mothers, who was removed when he was all ministers of the Gospel. In turning only six years of age, it is sufficient only their attention to the preparation of devo- to refer to the deeply touching poem writtional songs, they were, moreover, all in- ten on receiving his mother's portrait, fluenced, in a great measure, by feeling the more than fifty years after her death, and want of good hymns, both in number and that too, at a time when laboring under variety. But we now come to one who the distresses of mental derangement. To was not a minister. It would have been the donor, Mrs. Bodham, his cousin, he pleasing to present the notice of this sub-wrote in acknowledgment, "The world ject with that of John Newton, had not their lives each seemed to demand a separate article. They were "lovely and pleasant in their lives," and it seemed as though in their death they should not be divided.

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could not have furnished you with a present so acceptable to me as the picture you have so kindly sent me." We cannot forbear introducing here a few lines from this tribute to a mother's memory, one of the sweetest poems in the English language;

"Oh, that those lips had language! life has passed with me but roughly since I heard thee last. Those lips are thine-thy own sweet smiles I see, Voice only fails, else, how distinct they say,

The same that oft in childhood solaced me;

'Grieve not, my child, chase all thy fears away!'
My mother! when I learned that thou wast dead,
Say, wast thou conscious of the tears I shed?
Hovered thy spirit o'er thy sorrowing son,
wretch even then, life's journey just begun ?

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