he is present, he knows me too well to suspect me of (the Major) might sustain from this small debt. Mr. any intention of flattering him." "I do not deserve any praise," modestly answered Mr. Herbert. "I did no more than my duty." And then he changed the subject, and began to inquire about the condition of a sick man, who was a near neighbor to Major Stebbins. Herbert, seeing that the Major was about to make some hasty and perhaps angry reply, interrupted him, by asking me to walk over the way with him, and visit this sick man. I readily agreed to this request, and was just rising from my seat to leave the store, for this purpose, when Major Stebbins asked me to step with him into the back part of the building, as he wished to have a few words of private conversation with me. I accordingly prepared to do as he had re "I have not heard how he is, this morning," said the Major. “Poor man! I am afraid he will never recover. He is in extreme want, I understand. I do think the parish ought to do something towards sup-quested, and the Major, summoning to his aid all the plying his necessities. Our people here are too back-energy which he was capable of exerting, rose from his ward about such things." chair and followed me. "So I think," said Mr. Warner. "And after all, the people are generally ready enough to engage in any good work. All they want, is for some one to explain the matter to them, and to take the lead in managing it. Have you not found it so, Mr. Herbert ?" I hope you will not think strange of it, Mr. Bingham," said he, "because I do not offer to contribute any thing towards assisting that poor sick man; for the truth is, I have already done more than all the rest of the parish, and I think it is time for others to do something. Because I am a merchant, every body supposes that I am very wealthy; and though I am as well to do in the world as any person in the village, yet I do not think that every one has a right to expect "Yes, I have myself formed much the same opinion respecting the people here; and I think it would be well not to allow our sick neighbor to suffer in the least for want of any thing that it is in our power to afford him. I propose, therefore, that we mention his situa-me to give to this object and that, just whatever he, tion to a few friends, who will doubtless contribute who solicits, may demand of me. I think if a man something for his comfort. Suppose you yourself, Mr. labors hard, and acquires his money honestly, that he Warner, take the lead in the business?" has a perfect right to it, and ought to do with it just "With all my heart," replied Mr. Warner; and then what he thinks best. I do not see what inducement a turning to our merchant, he said— man has to toil and plan, day after day, to acquire property, if he cannot make what use of it he pleases, after he gets it. There is Mr. Herbert—he is old, and has no longer any great use for his money, so he can afford to give it away, if he chooses. And if he did "Come, Major Stebbins, how much will you give towards relieving the wants of your sick neighbor? I need not explain his situation, for it is well known to yon." "I do not think it is just to ask any thing of me forgive three or four hundred dollars towards repairing the that object," answered the Major, rather warmly, " for I have already done my share. He has sent here for a number of little things since he has been sick, and I have received the payment for none of them yet, though I think it is time that the account is looked after, or I may lose it altogether." "May I be permitted to inquire the amount of the charges you have against him?" asked Mr. Warner, "for, as there is no probability of his ever being able to pay it, I think it would indeed be quite too hard that you should lose it, if the debt is of a considerable amount." This was spoken in rather a sarcastic tone, but the Major did not appear to notice the irony, for he immediately rejoined church, it is no more than we had a right to expect from him. And I do not see why he should have the whole credit of doing all the good in that business; for, as I was telling you, before he and Mr. Warner came into the store, I think there would not a cent have been subscribed, or any thing done, if I had not constantly talked and pleaded with the people, about the necessity of doing something quickly, before the church went into ruins." Before I had time to make any reply, a customer entered the store, and, in company with Mr. Herbert and Mr. Warner, I left, to visit the sick man. "Well," said Mr. Warner, as soon as he had closed the door and stepped into the street, "that is all we could expect of Major Stebbins, when we remember "O, the debt is trifling, to be sure; but, as you say, I cannot well afford to lose it. I should suppose, how-that he gave only two dollars towards repairing the ever, that all the various little sums would amount to nearly two dollars, if I should reckon them at the credit price. So you will see that I am likely to contribute a pretty fair amount for my share." church; and even that paltry sum we were obliged to take out of his store, in such articles as we wanted, for all of which he charged more than his usual profit. And there was the singing-school which lately closed, and towards defraying the expenses of which he has not contributed a single cent. And yet he thinks that he is the life of the parish, and that all the good that has been done here for the last ten years, has been ef{ Mr. Warner appeared to be so heartily disgusted with this exhibition of the Major's niggardly disposition, that he did not hesitate to tell the latter, that he thought it would be well to have collections taken up in the parish, by way of making good any loss that he fected by his talking." GLEANINGS BY THE WAY-SIDE. in the "nurture and admonition of the Lord." The COMPILED FOR THE EVERGREEN. THE RELATION OF BAPTISM TO EDUCATION. children themselves, too, should be instructed in the In resisting the whole bent and bias of an evil nature, reclaiming it from the control and thraldom of a power to which its will consents, transforming it-to use the only word which tells us all-creating it anew, so that from being sinful and loving sin, it shall become holy and in love with holiness, there must be need of time, and influence, and energy, and patience, and perseverance, and true love that never fails, nor falters, nor grows weary; and there needs, above them and beyond them all, without which all the rest are vain, the sanctifying grace of the divine and holy Spirit. And the Church brings them all to bear-commences with the babe just born-secures for him, while worldlings would be caring for his fortune or his rank, a title to the purchase of the Cross, a portion in the LET us proceed, then, with the case of parents who are now supposed to have brought their offspring to Christ in the sacrament of baptism. What is now to be done? Nurture in the Lord has commenced. How is it to be carried on? Understand, and fully recognize, the relative state of that baptized child. He is a member of the Church of Christ, because "baptized into Christ," and because he has thus "put on Christ." The Church is the Lord's family: it includes the babes, and those of full age-some confined to the limitations of the nursery; others, by reason of growth, allowed all the privileges and liberties of the whole house; but all members alike of the same family. But connected with church-membership, are necessarily a certain profession and responsibility. They may be assumed personally, or by a lawfully authorized substitute. As when, of old time, parents stood for and with their children, in that covenant transaction wherein the peo-heritage of heaven-lays her wait for the first dawning ple of Israel solemnly took the Lord for their God, and of his moral nature, and has prepared her pious hymn He took them for His peculiar people; so, in the pres- and holy prayer, to catch his infant heart-leads him ent case, the parents of the child, being his divinely gently by the hand to tender pastures and still waters authorized guardians, covenanted and professed in his teaches him diligently, while he sits in the house and name: and whether words to this effect were used or when he walks by the way, when he lies down and not, and however the ordinance may have been ad- when he rises up-plies him with " line upon line, line ministered, the obligation entered into by that child, in upon line, precept upon precept, precept upon precept"— such transaction, contained necessarily the renuncia- has patience with his weaknesses, with his slowness tion of the world and of all sin, and the adoption of the of heart, with his impatience, with his perversity, with whole will of God. So that the relation of a baptized child his ingratitude, and supplicates, with fervent and conto the world, to the Church, and to God, as to spiritual tinual prayers, the blessing of that gracious Spirit, who duty, in proportion as he becomes capable of understand-alone can bless her care, and crown her toil with ining and performing it, is precisely that of any other member of the Church of Christ. His profession, represented and made in baptism, is "to follow the example of our Saviour Christ, and to be made like unto him, that as he died and rose again for us, so should we who are baptized, die from sin, and rise again unto righteousness; continually mortifying all our evil and corrupt affections, and daily proceeding in all virtue and godliness of living." BP. McILVAINE. It may be the duty of the Church to provide suitable institutions, and means of instruction for the nurture of her youth, but it is obvious, that the chief responsibility in this matter rests upon parents. Acting under this responsibility, i y, it will be their primary duty to commend their infant offspring to God, in prayer, and to cause them to be incorporated into his family and household, by the Sacrament of Baptism. In this new relation they become "members of Christ," "children of God," and "inheritors of the kingdom of heaven." In this relation they ought steadily to be regarded by their parents; whose duty it is to see that they are brought up crease. VALUE OF EXAMPLE. BP. DOANE. Whether it be for good, or whether it be for evil, the education of a child is principally derived from its own observations of its actions, the words, the voice, the looks of those with whom it lives. Surely, then, the friends of youth cannot be too careful to avoid, in their presence, even the least appearance of evil. It is not enough that Christian parents set no bad example; they must show forth a good one; they must not only seem virtuous, they must be virtuous. Their house, their habits, their family, their associates, their pursuits, their recreations, ought all to be so regulated, as to show that religion is indeed the parent of order, the inspirer of good sense, the well-spring of good humor, the teacher of good manners, and the unfailing source of happiness and peace. Accustomed to live in such a home, it is almost impossible that a child can materially go wrong. And this is, beyond all, the most valuable branch of a Christian education. Br. JEBB. EDITOR'S TABLE. way of extenuating this fault in the eyes of such persons as hold this opinion. On the contrary, all the satisfaction we can render them is, that however much, in their view, the excellence of our work may be impaired thereby, we shall, notwithstanding, continue to have its columns as much as heretofore devoted to the exposition and maintainance of Church principles. It was for this object that we were induced to enter our present field of labor. We saw many of the “peri LENT. The season of Lent has once more returned, and the Church requires her faithful children to assume their penitential garments. We are now called upon to follow our blessed Saviour in His humiliation and self-denial, and, as the season progresses, to feel the "sympathy of His sacred sorrows," and to view Him nailed to the cross, and there suffering an ignominious death to atone for the sins of the world. Surely, as anodical manufactories" sending forth their weekly or old writer observes, it becomes us to deny ourselves of something for Him who denied himself of every thing for us. Let us, then, as true Churchmen-as good Christians-faithfully employ this holy season as a period of humiliation, self-denial, self-examination and fervent devotion. For some directions concerning the proper observance of this season, we would call the attention, especially of our youthful readers, to the article in our present number, entitled, "Taking down the Evergreens, or Pastoral Instructions concerning Lent." their monthly prolific quantities of sentimental trash, contemptible fictions, and corrupting literature, and what was more to be lamented, that too often the children of Churchmen (those that had been baptized and "signed with the sign of the cross in token that hereafter they should not be ashamed to confess the faith of Christ crucified, and manfully to fight under His banner against sin, the world, and the devil,") were found greedily devouring these works, "which only repay a perusal with intellectual or spiritual damage; which gloss over life with a false coloring, and trick out every species of vice, and every phase of infidelity, in the most seductive attire; or which are written with the dripping pen of partisan malice or religious intolerance." With a view, therefore, to prevent, as far as we are able, the propagation and demoralizing influence of this kind of reading matter, we have made the attempt to furnish, what we termed in our prospectus, a baptized periodical literature, of a high order of excellence, and unexceptionable in moral tendency; that We have, as yet, heard of but two complaints which have been made respecting our periodical, viz: that it is too cheap-and that it contains too much about the Church. We shall deem ourselves peculiarly fortunate if no more serious charges than these are brought against our magazine. Still, however, as each of these { expressions of private opinion may have an effect in preventing some persons from making any efforts to promote its circulation, we here take occasion to ex-will be a safe and interesting means of contributing plain, in a few words, each of these points. First, as to the knowledge, usefulness, innocent gratification, to its cheapness. We are aware that the Evergreen, and the present and eternal happiness of the families considering its size, the quality of the typography, pa- of the Church of God. And shunning the path of conper, engravings, &c., (to say nothing of the reading troversy, which would be uninteresting to our youthful -matter,) is, with perhaps a single exception, the cheap-readers, we shall make it the great object of our periest periodical in the country. Several of our friends, odical to promote the cause of the "Gospel Faith in it appears, have discovered this fact, and are therefore the Gospel Church." fearful lest we, not having duly counted the cost of such an undertaking, may have put the work at too low a price, and may, therefore, become involved in expenses for which we shall not receive ample remuneration. We will inform such as are thus kindly interested in the success of our periodical, that we took all these, with various other contingent expenses, into consideration before engaging in its publication, and laid out our plans accordingly. We have made the price as low as possible, hoping thereby to secure a more extensive circulation for our monthly offering, and thus be enabled to do more good service for the Church. Our expenses, especially those arising from the engravings, it is true, are greater than many would suppose; yet if our subscribers will be prompt in remitting to us the amount due, we shall be able, not only to send forth the Evergreen as it now is, but also to continue to make further improvements. And now a few words as to its containing so much about the Church. We have no apology to offer by In reply to the inquiries of several correspondents, we here give notice, that it is our intention, as far as possible, to furnish at our stated times, an engraving of each of the Bishops of the American Church, in the order of his consecration; and not merely, as some have supposed, those Bishops only, whose portraits can be most readily procured. TO CORRESPONDENTS.-We think it inexpedient to notice here such communications as we receive, whether we conclude to accept or reject them. If accepted, they will be found in the columns of a subsequent number; if deemed unsuitable for admission into the Evergreen, they will be returned, when desired. NOTICES OF BOOKS. cessor (not by an uninterrupted succession, for this would be a serious objection in his view) of the Puritan "Martin Mar-Prelate the Great," whose coarse NEW-ENGLANDISM NOT THE RELIGION OF THE BIBLE: being an Examination of a Review of Bishop Brown- buffooneries and unparalleled invective of nicknames ell's fourth Charge to his Clergy, in the New Englander for the Bishops, in the days of Queen Elizabeth, the for January, 1844. Hartford: Henry S. Parsons-author of the Review has doubtless well studied. This is a pamphlet of 60 pages, which is introduced by the following brief and appropriate address to Bishop Brownell. RT. REV. AND DEAR SIR, The character of the article in the New Englander for the "Juris Consultus," in his "Examination" of this Review, has clearly shown what New-Englandism is, or, rather, what it is likely to be. And we might here mention that this term-" New-Englandism”— is one which may be considered of their own coining. In their own words, however, it is called "The distinctive religion of New England." The Examiner has presented us with several pages of specimens of last month, purporting to be a Review of your Charge, being such that you cannot, consistently with your self respect, take any notice of it, and yet being of such a nature as to need exposure, I have presumed to offer a few words in examination of the Review, and in confirmation of the important facts and posi-the German heresies, of which the Reviewer, in speaktions contained in the Charge. Trusting what I have written will meet your approbation, I have the honor to be, Rt. Rev. and dear Sir, Your obedient servant, ing of the German and Swiss Churches, [?] says, "with all their heresies and frigid neologisms, their state is greatly to be preferred to that of the Anglican Episcopal Church." This portion of the pamphlet will be very valuable for reference, to those who either do not As many of our readers (especially those out of understand the system of German Philosophy and TheNew England) may not understand all the reasonsology, as taught by their most learned professors, or which have called forth this pamphlet, we here give a who have not time to enter into a full examination few of the leading facts. of the system, for the mere purpose of gleaning a few expressive passages. We hope that the work will be throughout our whole country, for recent publications and events too plainly indicate the rapid tendency of all non-Episcopal denominations towards New-Englandism. Bishop Brownell's Charge to his Clergy, on the "Errors of the Times," was delivered at the last ses-extensively circulated, not only in New England, but sion of the annual Convention of the Diocese of Connecticut; and by a resolution of the Convention, soon after published. The first edition was soon disposed of, and a second was called for. This also met with a ready sale. In the mean time, to use the words of this Examination," &c., "it seems to have thrown consternation into the ranks of our opponents, or, as Tertullian would have said, 'into the camp of the rebels,' (Præs. Hær. c. 41.) And since they have recovered from the first shock, it has been talked over in private circles, commented upon in lectures, preached about in pulpits, and railed against in the newspa-to derive some considerable benefit from its perusal, pers. Every species of warfare which wit, or ridicule, or buffoonery could suggest, and every kind of weapon, from the small arms of the Religious Herald, [a Congregational weekly published in Hartford,] to the heavy ordnance of the New Englander, has been brought to bear upon it. In the mean time, Churchmen have looked on, quietly watching the terror and affright of those who all at once had been caused to see themselves as others see them. We do not much HISTORY OF THE WESTMINSTER ASSEMBLY OF DIthe "History of the Church of Scotland,” &c. VINES. By the Rev. W. M. Hetherington, author of New York: Mark H. Newman. 12mo. pp. 311.-This book was sent to us in December, though we have just found time to read it, and we had fondly hoped but we have been disappointed. If the author had narrated the facts as they really occurred, (even though he had given some few false colorings from his strong Presbyterian and national prejudices,) and had avoided so much needless repetition, he might have produced a work which we should have been glad to welcome. Still, to those who have abundant leisure, it might be interesting to read the account of the "one thousand, one hundred and sixty-three sessions," which this wonder at the unqualified abuse and unmitigated hos- bickering Assembly held during the "five years, six tility with which it has been honored, for it must have months and twenty-two days" that it continued. The been both difficult and painful for those who had not author hopes that the time is not far distant when kept their eyes upon their ancient land-marks, to real-another Assembly, of like nature, composed of Presize that they had drifted so far from their moorings, and were so near foundering amid shoals and quick sands." The "Review of Bishop Brownell's Charge," in the New Englander, is so interlarded with ribaldry, low ridicule, and vulgar slander, that the author of it is well worthy of the honor of being considered a suc byterians, Congregationalists, Baptists, Methodists, |