Delaware State journal and statesman., 1861-04-16

From thy arch of glory glide;
Trim thy lamp at eyentide-"
Foe in ghrb Of friend appears
Trusted in our sorrow
Come, dspeler Of our fears,
Bring the promised morrow;
Or, if still the night we bide,
'rrim the lamp at eventide."
Ararat and Zion wear
A sepulchral covering;
Asshnr sees, with shuddering stare,
Magog's eagle lowering
Thou that tamed'st Asshur's pride.
'Trim the lang at eyentde."
Startled from her sleep, the Queen,
Bahel's Queen, is shrieking:
llark ! from Alp to Appenine
Terror's voice is speaking;
Come from Bethel's shady side
'Trim the lamp at eventide."
-Cdristian Treasury
ABOUT HATIEo.-Hate not L, is not worth
while. Your life is not long enough to make it
pay to cherish i'll will or hard thoughts towards
any one. What il that man has cheated you, or
that woman has played you false ? What if this
friend has fOrsaken you in your time Of need, or
that one, having won your utmost confidence,
your warmest love, has concluded that he pre-
fers to consider and treat you as q stranger
Let it all pass. What difference will it make to
you in few years, when you 60 hence to the
undiscovered country2 All who i'll treat you
as q stranger? Let it all pass What difference
will il make 10 you in q few years, when you 90
hence 10 the undiscovered country? All who IN
treat you now will be more sorry for it then than
you, even in your deepest disappointment and
grief can be.
A few more smiles, few moro tears, some
pleasures, much pain, little longer hurrying
and worrying through the world, some hasiy
greetings, and abrupt farewells, and our play
will be "played out" and the injurer and the
injured will be led away, and ere long forgotten.
Is it worth while to hate each otherg
correspondent of the New York Churchman
says that a masked ball was given in Chicago TO
help pay for an organ in the church! Less than
a hundred dollars were raised by the means.
We trust the day is coming when fairs, lotteries,
rallies, balls, suppers, festivals, and all that
order Of things will cease to be associated with
the means Of raising money for religious pur-
poses. We ought 10 remember that giving it isas
truly a religious duty and privilege as praying.
TWILIGHT THoudnrs. less to meet met
Whose heart have | touched To whom do these
words come home? Who has felt too deeply the
import 0fthem? One less to meet me- Yes
return to the sacret spot, home where is center
ed all affections, and find a-Blank. You feel
that one smile less beams upon you, there is one
in which you have passed many hours with the
near and cherished one in health and when
disease fastened itself upon that form, reducing
il almost to u mere shadow, you linger beside the
couch, aud feared to feel the pulse lest it might
throb family. Look around at the family OBJ
jects- some favorite book, perhaps with pages
turned down. The Bible in its accustomed places
you open and find the passage, ''The Lord is my
Shepherd" distinctly marked, while the form Of
the departed one seems to fit before you.
THs AnABs PRooF. - Some years ago
Frenchmau, who like many of his countrymen
had won high rank among men Of science. yet
who denied the great God who is the auther Of
all science, was crossing the great Sahara in
company with an Arab guide. lie noticed with
q sncer, that at certain times his guide, whatever
obsticle might arise, put them all aside, and
kneeling on the burning sand, called on his
God.
Day after day passed, and still the Arab never
failed, till at last one evening the philosopher,
when he arose from his knees, asked him, with
n contemptuOus smile "How do you know there
is a God ?" The guide fixed his burning eye ou
the seoifer for q moment in wonder, and then
said, solemnly, GLOW do 1 kR0ie there is q Godg
How do know that man and not camel
passed my hut last night in the darkness Was
it not by the print of his foot in the sandG-Even
so," and he pointed to the sun, whose last rays
were flashing over the lonely desert, ''rlIAT foot
print is not that Of man."
CHuRcH BELLs.-In childhood the church bells
used to make us melancholy They have not
that effect now. The reason we take to be, that
they sounded to us from the remote regions Of
the whole world out of doors, and Of all the un-
tried hopes, md fears and destinies which they
contained. We have since known them more
Familiarity, and our regard is greater and even
more serious, though mixed with cheeriulness
and is not ut all melancholy, except when the
bell tolls for funeral; which CUSTOM by the
way, is a nuisance. and ought to be abolished, If
only out Of the consideration for the sick and
sorrowful One of the reasons why church bells
have become cheerful to us, is the having been
accustomed to hear them among the cheerful
people Of Tuscany. Iu catholic countries bells
are ringing at all seasons, not always to the
comfort of those who hear them, but the custom
hns associated them in our mind with sunshine
aud good nature. We also like them On account
of their frequency in colleges. Finally, they
remind us of weddings and other holidays aud
there is one particular little jingle in some Of
them, which brings to our memory the walking
to church by the side of our parents, aud is very
dear TO u.s.
AprLAuDlYG IN CnURcnEs.-The obsolete Gus
tom Of applauding preachers was revived in
scyctal churches on the National Fast Day. The
Rev Jacob NJ Manning, at the Old South Church
in Boston, the Rev Sumner Ellis, in the Univer-
salist Church in Salem, and the Rev. Dr. Chnpin,
in his church in New York. uttered sentiments
which call forth strong marks Of approval from
their crowded audiences. This course is not to
be commended, but it is merely the revival Of
an ancient practice Of the Christian Church, as
in the fourth century lhe preachers were loudly
applauded during the delivery Of their dis
courses The frequent orrs OF Orthodox the
clapping of the hands and stamping Of the feet
in churches, were as common in that period as
similar proceedings now are at popular assem-
bages OF the people II is related that Chtyscs-
tom the celebrated Christian Father whose
noted prayer was said in thc Episcopal Churches
on that day, was applauicl in the great church
at Conslantnople BY the peoples waving their
plumcs their hanlkerchie's and their garment
and by others grasping their swords and crying
out win ii loud voice, "lhou art worthy iAo
priestbooi"- BOSTON Transcript
solruEux BAPTIST CoSvrNrioa The Eien-
nia Consention Of the Baptiss Of tle Southern
States will meet at Savannah on the l0th of May
next 1t has charge Of the Board Of Mlssious,
foreign and domestic, and also Of tha Bible
board. From all the Slaveholding States il will
bring together some Of the leading men cf the
denomination. Its sessions usually embrace
about four days. DR.. Richard Fuller, Of Bhlii-
more, is the President.