The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-11-13 00:00:00

DR. BYRTH AS A STCDENT

" First, I would mention the intensity of his love of liters
pursuits, as combined with the proud originality of his thong
and views. I have called it proud originality. No other tel:ms.
seems fully to express his disdainful refusal to adopt as his ;
the unsifted opinions of another. In truth, Ire could not be.,
copyist if he would. The very structure of hilt mind forbad it.
Every thought suggested by reading or conversation must oo
taken to pieces—reduced as it were to its original elements
and then, whatever was found to stand the test of his searching
_
scrutiny, would serve as raw material for a fabric
new, worked up by the machinery of his mighty mind.
as have said, his delight in study was intense. Fresh to the
last, as when the pulse of youth beat high within his veins, of
cherished his love of books, unchilled, unflagging, lit
feeble eyesight, broken health, advancing years, and Mani
anxieties, study was at once his duty, his business, his recrer
to. owl
tion. His lightest reading would have been laborious ,
men. • And, when any subject presented itself, worthy of nYf',Z
fully worked out, no plodding man of mediocrity ever 5.1,
passed him, in patient industry and undaunted perseverance'
ho that, while he held no opinion which he was not preparedly,
justify by reasoning of his own, yet none knew better than hu,
how to fortify his conclusions by the authority of the wise, of
how to guide the mind of another to the best sources of instruc.
tion or illustration. Often have I applied to him for such he, 0
never, on any subject have I applied in vain. Well may lus
example read a lesson to all, but especially to any young Ins,nt
Who may be tempted to think that his natural abilities set hen
free from the necessity of patient study. If brilliant gift',
maured judgment, versatile intellect, could have bestowl
such• a dispensation, long ago might our venerat.
friend have cast himself on his own resources alone. Nor vil.ll
any ohe lightly say, after looking to such an instance as hiss
that there can be, as shallow thinkers are• apt to suppose, any
.eS
spite

tenuency in multifarious reading to cramp the native enerl
of the mihd, or prevent its soanng with, free fight and self.re-
liance. I may not dwell upon the theme but I should be IP'
true to hiS•memory, if I did not point that lesson which with
the range of his influence he so delighted to impress—that
ginal thought, to be clear and profound, must be built on the
foundation of large acquaintance with the wisdom and learna
of other days."

DR. BYRTH AS A CHURCH

" His views'of church polity, you well know, were not exclu-
sive. With all who loved the truth, he delighted to maintain
the bonds of Christian fellowship. Aud this, not merely at the
bidding of a loving heart, or because he dare not iienj
the manifested' presence of the Spirit, under whatever fen'
it might be made known—but also because he dreaded the sere
tendency of exclusive feeling to obscure spiritual realities under
the veil of external forms. Still, never was any public Alan
more misunderatocrd, than when he was counted lukewarin to
the church of which he was a minister. Born in- another se"
ciety, reared underauspices very different from hers; his firsj
spontaneous movement brought him within her pale ; an
years of reflective manhood had only riveted the tie formed 10
his impulsive youth: He loved her well, though not blindly;
his most earnest prayers- were for her stabilitr, and among
the deepest of those anxious thoughts that troubled him, were
his fears for her well-being amid the clouds and darkness that
hang around her. The outward fabric of a church could not
indeed content him ;" neither its ecclesiastical machinery, 1121
the pomp and circumstance of state alliance. The props he
coveted for her were firm, true Christian hearts among her
ministers, to fight valiantly for the truth. No outward assaults
would have dismayed ninr, had all been sound within. But it
was a sore grief to Ain/EV/-10mm truth was dearer than aright
hand or a right eye, to we-wood, hay, stubble, built in with her
walls and bulwarks. When her sons seemed blind to her true
strength, as founded upon-the Rock,—when hollow evasions"
brought in upon her the old rejected vanities,—his clear eye'
was not blind to the treachery, nor his strong heart cold to the
danger to her spiritual life. Yet even this did not make WO'
"tremble for the ark of God.''' Far more did his spirit grieve-V.
when he thought he saw wavering or timidity in the rank in
those who professed to adhere to sound doctrine. For coin-
promise, and faint-hearted 'modifying of truth, he had no.
toleration. Avoiding all that could fairly be counted extreme,
he was vet fully satisfied that no- man and no church could:
confess Christ faithfully, without casting to the winds the fearOf
being accused of extreme opinions. And this was his great'
fear for our Church—that her-sons would not be true to her in
the hour of need—that sound doctrine would be frittered away`
by qualifications and reserves,- till men grew ashamed of the
bold simplicity of their fathers. Ido not wish to excite any
differenee of feeling now. All should be peace around his grave, •
as it is peace with his glorified spirit. But I must speak, as he
would have had me to speak. Could he instruct me now, I be-
lieve his instructions would be : " Confess all my infirmities,
but do not obscure the truth I loved. Give to my people, as
my parting legacy, the solemnentreaty to cherish as their own
lives the simple doctrine of the Cross; to let nothing come be-
tween them and Christ crucified—no cloud of words between
their minds and the hearty belief of salvation free and full;
without works, or sacrament, or> priest—through Christ, and
through Christ alone."

Mr. Hudson was seen on Wednesday near the London
stock Exchange, as lively and jolly as ever.
The Duke of Cleveland has offered to, subscribe f.. 50
towards the erection of a central ragged-schoolhouse in
Wolverhampton.
A correspondent of the Marla-lane Express sates that
the wire-worm may be destroyed by liquid ammonia.
The Sheffield Athenaeum and Mechanics' Institute was
opened' by a soiree on Tuesdcv- evening, when eloquent
speeches were delivered by the Karl of Carlisle and Mr.

iibebuc

An inquest was held on Satarday, at Hackney, on the
body of Mr. George Rowland Smith, aged sixty-four
years, a solicitor, who starved himself to death by decli-
ning to take any solid food as•unnecessarily prolonging
life and likely to suffocate him. .

LbLA. MONTES.—The celebrated Lola Montes is the
subject of many a paragraph inthe Barcelona papers. She
goes to the pistol gallery every day, and astonishes the
officers of the garrison with the precision of her fire,
A special meeting of the Town Council of Berwick-
upon-Tweed was held on Wednesday last, for the purpose
of letting several meadows and farms belonging to the
corporation of that borough, bet, although there was
considerable attendance of parties, and the properties
were put up at, in some instances, a reduction of more
than 25 per cent. on the old rentals, no offers could be
obtained. Such are the results of Free Trade !
Accounts from the west of Scotland assure us that
nothing can equal the agricultural depression in that pert
of the country. The harvest has been abundant, and the
crops got in in fine condition. Prime wheat, weighing
531b5., will only realise 4s..the bushel, or 325. the qr.,
after the expense of sending- to market; and barley end
oats are equally depressed. The black cattle, after being
kept over and fed for months, will not bring the first cost
two and three years' old Galloway cattle are fully £2 to
£3 below what would be considered a fair average price,
and below what will pay the farmer for feeding them.
The Duke of Newcastleis somewhat better, thouglfstill
confined to bed.
Lord Alvanley died 0..
title by his brother

Friday. He is succeeded in his

The patent Karaptulcan works, at Greenwich,
stroyed by fire last week. ,

were de-

Several ripe strawberries were gathered on Friday, in
the open garden of a gentleman living at Walton-on-
Thames.

Lord Rivers has just completed the purchase of the
whole of the Handley Estate in Dorsetshire, the propertl
of the Marquis of Anglesey. The purchase money vale
upwards of £60,000.

•
THE NOTTINGHANII COURTS' MARTIAL.—The whole
of the trials, with one exception, were concluded on
Thursday ; and the soldiers found guilty of insubordination
sentenced to three months' imprisonment.
On Wednesday a convict, named Francis, s confined le
'Milbank Penitentiary, made a murderous attack On 5
keeper, named Hall, and so beat him that his life has
been sacrificed. Helms been committed for wilful murder'i
POPISH. Ittors.—On Monday, when the people °
Wakefield were celebrating the fifth of November, a seri'
ous riot took place. Stones, bricks, and missiles of erell,
description were hurled, and one policeman was knocked
down insensible' and several others were seriously injured'
The ringleaders have been captured and punished.
SIGHT-SEEING.--A very respectable old man, who had
spent all his life (sixty-four years) in Morpeth, had lately
occasion to visit a neighbouring town. In detailing on
his return the wonders he had seen, he mentioned, as $
remarkable fact, that he had actually seen several well
employed in sweeping the streets ! This was something
perfectly novel.
On Sunday morning the roof of St. Michael's aurelk
Cambridge, (of which Professor Scholefield is the minister,'
was destroyed by fire, and very considerable injury "'el
done to the rest of the edifice. The damage is estimate
at £lOOO. The organ, plate, &c.,.were saved. The cause
of the fire is supposed to have been the carelessness of 0'
man employed in repairing the *ties.
The Bishop of London has put an end to many differences
of opinion which were springing up, by at once recouv_
of
mending to his clergy that the collections to be made ct
Thursday next should be applied to the improvement
the dwellings of the industrious mechanics and labours
of London ; and that where no local scheme existed tf,„.,
sums so raised should be entrusted to " The SeeietySe
Improving the Condition of the Labouring Classes." v_e
trust that the result will be a considerable addition to la
funds of that society, encouraging it at once to engage
some new undertakings.

LIVERPOOL
TUESDAY, NOV,

13, 1849

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