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TRIUMPH OF TRUTH,

Introduction

God's workmen die, but his work lives, and will live, until all his great purposes of mercy respecting our race are fully accomplished. Promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south, but God is the judge : he putteth down one and setteth up another. Infinitely wise and infinitely good, he chooses his workmen according to the demands of the work to be accomplished. He has ever done so, and we suppose that he ever will ; and it is vain to look for sameness in one department of his work while we find boundless variety in every other. The little spirits of earth may find fault with this, and talk as though they were wiser than their Maker ; but their wisdom is their folly, and their glory is their shame. It will be found worse than useless to attempt making the bed of the famous robber of Attica anything more than a poetical fiction. God's workmen are not to be lengthened,

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or shortened, or chiselled after any favourite model ; but must be left as God makes them, and work as God directs them. The great leading spirits, who have done so much to reform, refine, and exalt our race, were not made after the model of any school on earth ; but the work was done, and well done, maugre the objections of the schools or the learned doctors who directed them.

The Church has been blest with great and holy men, differing greatly in gifts, and perhaps in graces ; but they have fulfilled their mission on earth and have gone to their reward in Heaven. John was not like Peter, and Peter was not like Paul ; and it is not probable that Paul taught as Gamaliel instructed him. He had a better teacher. It is now, as it was in former times, and probably will be until the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the Most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him.

It would have taken many Francis Asburys or William McKendrees, to have made one of the master minds who have reigned in philosophy and letters, or in many departments of the Church ; but it would have taken quite as many of them to have made one Asbury or McKendree ; and who shall say one was not as much the workmanship of God as the other ? They have all had their work to

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do, and God has been glorified, and the world has been improved by their labours. In our ignorance and foolishness we may have condemned men and measures simply because they did not quadrate with our opinions, as though our opinions must be right, and all who difi*er with us .must be wrong. The days of other years required men of various gifts for the accomplishment of God's work and God's glory ; and have the times so changed that all may and all ought to be cast into the same mould, and come out as coin from the mint of the same form and the same value ? This is neither desired nor expected. Devoted as we are, and have been from our youth to our present form and order, and believing as we do the regular itinerant ministry the most efficient instrumentality on earth to save men from sin and hell, we cannot look with favour on any eccentric movements, even with the avowed object of doing good, unless there be manifest indications of Providence, and the abundant fruits of the Spirit, sealing the work, and thus proving it to be of God and not of man. In such cases we cannot wrap ourselves in our real or fancied dignity, and, like the Scribe and Pharisee, pass on the other side ; but must give the right hand of fellowship, and say. Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord. Our prejudices may be wounded by it, but our piety will be improved — for it requires no small amount 1*

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of prayer and self-denial to see ourselves eclipsed and be willing to have it so, that God's will may be done.

Priestly authority, dogmatical assertion, and angry declamation, may seem very lordly and very formidable ; but, if examined, as thank God they may be in this free land, they will often be found little more than mere painted ordnance, about as likely to convert sinners unto God, as the munitions of war, represented on canvass, would be to take the Sebastopols of the world. It is not by might or by power that men are to be saved, and certainly not by mere pretence, but By my Spirit, saith the Lord ; and if the Spirit see good to work in one direction rather than another, or by one instrumentality rather than another, let it be so — let the work be done — let the will of the Lord be done, and let all good people say, Amen !

For near twenty years, the Rev. James Caughey, both in Europe and in America, has moved in an orbit outside of the regular itinerant ministry, and yet in close and holy fellowship with it, forming no party, causing no division, giving rise to no secession, but labouring night and day with tears to aid the regular ministry in their holy work of building up the Church of God. The fields of his labours could not have been thought of by himself or the venerable men with whom he was associated — Hedding,

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Spicer, Clark, and others — when the Troy Annual Conference, held at Burlington, Vermont, granted him permission to travel for two years in Europe. God chose his work for him ; and he has proved himself a workman indeed, that needeth not to be ashamed in the presence of his brethren : rightly dividing the word of truth, and giving to saint and sinner his portion of meat in due season. The pride of man has been humbled, but the glory of God has been promoted in the pardon and purity of many thousands in two continents, who, we doubt not, feel their deep indebtedness to God for the man and his earnest labours, and in the last day will arise and call him blessed.

It is not easy to account for the remarkable success which has crowned the labours of Mr. Caughey. There is nothing in the man or the man's manners, so far as we have seen, that can explain it. He is plain in appearance, simple in manner, straightforward in action — never presuming and never out of place. He is not, as far as we have learned, as eloquent as was John N. Maffit, and he does not attract greater crowds ; but he is vastly more successful in getting sinners converted, and in pressing believers on to entire consecration. He has not the wonderful power of thought, or the majestic march of language of Henry B. Bascom, who died a bishop in the M. E. Church, South, and yet he can count his thousands where that

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great and noble-minded man could not count hundreds. No voice probably was ever more sweet— no tones ever more silvery — no tongue ever more fluent — ^no action ever more graceful — no life ever more devoted — no ministry ever more attractive — no man ever drew greater crowds or exercised a more masterly, spell-bound influence over them than the accomplished and sainted John Summerfield ; but we have no record of such multitudes converted from the error of their ways under his ministry. ' Without doubt Mr. C. is eminently pious ; wholly devoted to the work his Master has given him to do, and lives in the constant sunlight of God's favour : but so ' ave been many ministers of religion whose success was not remarkable, and is not remarkable at this day in any of the Evangelical Churches of which we have knowledge. It is, indeed, rare for a minister in this respect to be like Saul,- head and shoulders above his brethren. We have known far greater men, and men we think quite as good, but we know no man whose success in the ministry of our Lord Jesus Christ equals his, if report is to be relied on, and we suppose it is. The explanation for this we cannot give, unless it be this : God wills it. He can thrash the mountains with a worm, and grind the solid granite to an impalpable powder with the breath of his nostrils, and raise the weakest of his servants above the princes of his people.

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We had heard for years of the triumphs of mercy and the triumphs of truth by the ministry of Mr. Caughey in England, when some twenty thousand professed faith in Christ, and ten thousand a new and heavenly baptism, sanctifying them wholly to God, soul, body, and spirit ; and of his labours in Canada, where five thousand were pardoned and fifteen hundred received the blessing of purity ; and of some one thousand who were happily converted in the New England States ; but as distance lends enchantment to the view, some may have thought distance exaggerates, and these stories may be too highly coloured. We confess to have indulged in some scepticism ourselves ; but we have seen with our eyes, and heard with our ears ; and we are unbelievers no longer in the remarkable powers and the remarkable success of this gifted and humble servant of our Lord Jesus. The power that God has given him to move the hearts and minds of vast multitudes, and bring many of them in loving subjection to the obedience of Christ, we can no longer doubt. If great achievements constitute a great man, then there can be no question that God has patented the nobility of James Caughey among the peers of his realm.

About five years since Mr. C. was cordially invited to visit and labour some time in Philadelphia, but his mind was not then in this direction ; but in October last, it

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seemed to him as if the Lord, in his providence and by his good spirit, said, ^^ Arise and go toward the South." At this juncture, and while pondering upon it, a letter was received from the Rev. G. Dixon Bowen, pastor of Salem M. E. Church, Philadelphia, inviting him to visit that charge. Struck with the coincidence, he gathered that he was called, and accordingly set out ; but was intercepted at Newark, N. J., where he laboured six weeks with the Rev. William Tunison, and God gave them scores of souls for their hire.

On the 17th of January, 1857, Mr. C. reached Philadelphia, and on the 18th begun his work in Salem M. E. Church. This was a day long to be remembered for the intensity of the cold and the severity of the snow-storm, as well as the manifestations of God's power in the place of prayer. The church was well filled ; and as an earnest of what God intended to do, and as an encouragement to the hearts of his servants, a singular incident occurred ; a young lady, who was powerfully awakened, and whose spirit was stirred up to prayer, on her way home, in the midst of the bitter cold and the driving storm, by faith took hold on God's precious promises, and was happily converted, and went on her way rejoicing. Such a beginning promised well for the success of the meeting, and the promise was fully redeemed. The pastor writes : ''Not-

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withstanding the great snow-storm and intense cold, the church was full of attentive hearers, and night after night the altar is crowded with mourners. Last Sabbath was a day never to be forgotten by the members and congregation of Salem Church. Morning, afternoon, and night, the sobs of penitents, the rejoicings of new born souls, were mingled with the shouts of God's people. At night the church was so packed, that at the close of the sermon, we had to open the lecture room and commence a prayer meeting below. We charged the enemy up stairs and down stairs, right and left. The slain of the Lord were many. The work of God goes forward with increasing power." Subsequently he writes : " The gracious revival still continues in progress, and appears to be advancing with increasing power. Hundreds have been awakened and converted, and many believers have been sanctified. Mr. Caughey is still preaching at this point with great success, and the altar is still crowded by earnest inquirers after salvation." The result we have heard put down at five hundred, beside several hundred who professed to be renewed in the spirit and temper of their mind. On the 6th of February, at the instance of the Rev. Dr. Hodgson, he began afternoon services in the M. E. Union Church, and continued them in several of the churches, and in every church crowded congregations, solemn, prayerful

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attention, and deep religious emotions, proclaimed the presence and the power of God to save. Perfect harmony prevailed between Mr. C. and the pastors of the different churches, giving a most beautiful illustration of that beautiful Psalm : " Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity." This great work of God is largely attributable to Mr. C. — but honour to whom honour is due — he was ably supported and nobly sustained by both pastors and people — especially is this true of the pastor and people of Salem Church.

Mr. Caughey's published works are as remarkable and successful as his preaching. They are eminently readable books; and what is better, they are worth being read; and what is better still, they are read by many thousands. They are always sparkling — full of incident, and sometimes quaint humour — -always entertaining, instructive, and suggestive. They have had an unprecedented popularity among religious publications ; and the present work, we think, will not fall behind its fellows. His sermons on Sanctification are just the words needed for the times. They are Scriptural and Methodistic, and ought to be read and known of all men : and his remarks to his lady companions, on their trip to Castle Donington, on dress^ are admirable. The extremes are happily avoided, and no Christian lady, thoroughly in earnest to be conformed to

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the Word and Spirit of Christ, can read them without

profit ; and no Christian lawyer, and there are many snch,

can read his letter to a member of Lincoln's Inn, London,

without doing him good. The ^' Triumph of Truth and

Continental Letters" must be interesting, and more than

interesting. The man stands out in his work ; and may

Heaven bless the man and his work in the conversion of

many thousands more.

Joseph Castle.

Philadelphia, May 6, 1857.

Contents

THE TRIUMPH OF TRUTH.

Chapter I. Introduction

Programme of the volume — Nottingham Review — a critique, on Mr. C/s style, &c Page 25

Chapter II. Opening His Commission In Nottingham

A successful Sabbath — Morning prayer, cream of the day — The ornamental parts of religion — Spare end of the chains of darkness — Fire round the links — Stultifying the preacher — Parallel lines in a revival — Questionable anchorage — A nice point — The gossamer sail and broidered work of Egypt — " Not so. Lord" — "Wind out of the sail — Lordly conceptions — Sinners in chains — Sharper weapons — Wesley's first visit to Nottingham — A week of victory, 30

CHAPTER IIL

NOTES OF THE REVIVAL IN NOTTINGHAM.

Pentecostal Sabbath — Conscience — A frightened preacher — Reliability of faith — Remarks of a German preacher — Necessity of the atonement — Intellect on fire — The helmsman — Shining without burning — Raising the devil — John the Baptist's style — Prayer defined by Fenelon — Hindrances of sanctification, 37

Chapter IV. More Notes Of The Revival In Nottingham

Turn or die — Saying of Luther — Finding the kernel — A surgical principle — Wisdom needed — The Spirit paraphrasing his own work — Satan's opportunity — Words of light, but playthings — Slap-dash preaching — Baxter's idea of preaching — A humbling time — Sincerity — The fabulous stone — Chasing a thought too far — Forbearance of the Spirit — A great promise — Fletcher on belieWng — An amazing work of God, . . .42

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Chapter VIII. The Condition Of Lost Souls Incomprehensible

A SERMON.

Existence in eternity, — comparative ignorance of — Two inquiries — Hell, existence and torment in, incomprehensible — The most terrible picture in the Bible — Sin, a terrible evil — Saying of an Italian lady — Baxter's idea — The undying worm — Outer darkness — Last sentence — "Depart,'* — h<»w it affects a child of God — "Honour's grip" — Eternal damnation, inconceivably terrible — Shadowed forth in our impressions, . . .59

Chapter IX. Pulpit Faithfulness

A SERMON.

Apology defined — The spirit of the world in the church — Truth against the world — Gospel teachings, effects of — The liberal Emperor — Charity — Chain of perils — False charity — The world's anathema, preferred, . 71

Chapter X. Bin — Its Tendencies And Consequences

A SERMON.

Hell the end, or drift of every sin — Satan's proposal, — his advantnge — Little sins — Fallacious comparisons — Sin of a spreading nature, — terminates happiness — A fearful choice — Holiness in order to happiness — Little sins, — an experience — Tempting Satan — A sad cry — Conversion or condemnation — A criterion on holiness, ...... 74

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SANCTIFICATION, — ERRONEOUS VIEWS CORRECTED.

A SERMON.

Indifference to holiness — Saying of a Calvinistic divine — Running down justification, imj^opriety of, — did not escape the notice of Wesley — An old error revived — Absolute perfection, not a doctrine of Methodism — Initial sanctification — Not entirely sanctified, when justified — Wesley's teaching — Scripture intimations and inferences, . . .84

Chapter XII. • Sanctification, — Wrong Views Corrected

A SERMON.

Gradual or instantaneous — Time — A parody — rLatitude of opinion — Reason, its inferences, and conclusions — Wesley's view — Experience of justified persons — The vampire — An erroneous motto — Believing, thoughts on — Negative sanctification — Exhortation, 95

Chapter XIII. The Witness Of, And Profession Of Sanctification

A SERMON.

The witness — Limiting the Holy Spirit — OflBces of the Spirit — Purified and filled with love — Exceptions to a general rule — Not advantageous to after experience — Joy, a variable grace — Purity, stability of — An extreme view — Satanic advantages — Absolute rules for professing it, unsafe — Honesty of profession — Wesley's opinion — Benefits of professing it — Satan's snare, 105

Chapter XIV. Indwelling Sin

A SERMON.

The disturbing star — Searching questions — Eagle and firebrand — Treacherous friend — Indwelling sin, illustrated — Satan's ally — Increases the power of outward evil — Plague of the heart — Betrays to the enemy — Prudent counsel — Saying of an Italian Christian, . . . .117

Chapter XV. The Enemy Within

A SERMON.

Sin defined — Inbred sin, negative and positive character of — Contrary principles — How signalized — Perilous — Expostulation — Opulence, ancient definition of — A volcano covered with snow — Heart, elements of destruction, in — Hlustrated — Madame Guyon's experience — Sentiment

of a French divine, 124

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Chapter XVI. A Visit To Castle Donington

Preaches in a field — Great success — An excursion — Lecture on dress — Things forbidden — Nearest Gospel fashion — A safe rule — Primitive style — Innocent conformity — A single eye — God-prized ornaments — Returns to Nottingham, .* . . . 137

Chapter XVII. Sudden Deaths

Letters from a Birmingham leader — Sudden death after conversion — Awfully sudden, of two sinners — Reflections, 144

CHAPTER XVIIL

PROGRESS OF THE REVIVAL AT NOTTINGHAM.

Calvary, a power — Arrows losing point — John Nelson and the Nottingham mob — Charter for believing — The Highlander's "doot" — Faith defined — Remark of a German — Heavier ordnance — Note from a Greek scholar, on believing — Extent of the revival, . . . . • 147

Chapter XIX. Farther View Of The Work In Nottingham

A newspaper correspondent, — his impressions, ... . . . 154

Chapter XX. Closing Labours In Nottingham

Heart lodged in the tree of life — "Meditative thankfulness** — Joy defined — Test of an effective sermon — Exercise — Plato's idea — Letter to a lawyer — Desires the sails of the mind — A cry in the ships — Closing reflections, 156

CHAPTER XXL

OFFICIAL STATISTICS OF THE REVIVAL IN NOTTINGHAM.

CHAPTER XXIL

GATHERING UP THE FRAGMENTS — LETTERS.

Comments upon the revival — Ministers — Leaders — People — New converts — Wesley's affection for Nottingham — A visit to Newstead Abbey — Lord Byron-^The famous skull — The poet's tomb — Money loaned and lost — A gracious visitation — Manna and the mills — Soul, ship-like — The tiny sail — Goods of the footstool and the throne — Footing above the world — The shattered oak, . . .

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CHAPTER XXIII.

ARRIVES IN LINCOLN.

Amazing results of a Sabbath's labour — Journal continued — An effectual door opened of the Lord — Aristotle's opinion of felicity — Meditation — "Felicities running into felicities" — Lincoln cathedral — War in the gates — Crowning our petitions — A great work in Lincoln — Newspaper reporters — Annoyances — Character of — "Climbing thoughts" — More about the reporters — The Claudian litter — Light — Life and love, use of in preaching, 176

CHAPTER XXIV.

ADVANTAGES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF ENGLISH METHODISM.

Progress of the work — A host of praying men — Capabilities — Peril, if misused — A warning, 182

CHAPTER XXV.

PREPARING TO LEAVE LINCOLN.

Sanctification by faith — Prudence in enforcing — Extent of the revival — Cheering letter from Nottingham, 184

CHAPTER XXVL

TO ONE IMPRESSED WITH A CALL TO PREACH.

Sympathy — Responsibility and peril of the calling — Calamity of a soul damned — Sentiments of Hall, Hume, and Doddridge — Saying of an American Bishop — A glorious privilege — The crisis — A painful incubus — Effects of upon business life, . . '. 187

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TO THE SAME. — A CALL TO PREACH DEFINED,

A revelation from God — Wrong motives — A remarkable instance — The direct and indirect call — Solitary idea — Samson in the camp of Dan — Visitations of the Spirit — The imperative call — Fire shut up in the bones — Willing obedience — Simplicity in action — The indirect call, . 196

CHAPTER XXVin.

TO THE SAME. — THE DISCOURAGED ENCOURAGED.

An inquiry answered — A capacity for knowledge — Elements of the future man in the child — Moses — Humility, benefits of — Improve and have, . 205

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CHAPTER XXIX.

TO THE SAME. — THE CALL EESISTED, — CONSEQUENCES.

Door of usefulness closed — Call remains — A sore trial — Unwilling to obey — The leprous hand — Jonah — Necessary discipline, when tried as by fire — Moses driven into the wilderness — Joseph*s discipline and trial — Seneca's apple — Virgil's exile, 208

CHAPTER XXX.

TO THE SAME. — PATHS TO USEFULNESS.

"^esleyan ministry in England — Married men not admitted as candidates for — Reasons assigned — Not an obstacle in American Methodism — Regular path to its ministry described — Evils of not observing the path — Amhrosey singular case of — Advice, on supposition of being called of God, 213

CONTINENTAL LETTERS.

Letter I

Sails for Holland — Sea sickness — Dutch beggars — The Dutch pilot runs the steamer aground — Passengers are set ashore — Dutch ladies — Arrives at Rotterdam — View from a tower — Dutch linguists and steamboats, •....*. 225

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Rotterdam, description of — Erasmus, statue of — Sketch of his character — His epitaph — Visits Delft — Tomb of Grotius — Anecdote of — Music — A scene on the streets of Delft — Monuments — Proceeds to the Hague — Barneveldt, death of — Anecdote of his widow — Wood of the Hague — A Dutch congregation, 229

LETTER IIL

Remarks on the character of his observations as a traveller — Dep6t of a Dutch railway — Arrives at Leyden — A terrible accident — ^^A visit to the University — Arminius, character of — Episcopius — His writings — Synod of Dort — Truth — Botanical garden — ^Boerhave, character of — "John of Leyden," account of — The siege of Leyden — An evening scene on the banks of the Rhine — Arrives at Haarlem — Female preeence of mind — Town hall — Costar, the inventor of printing, statue of — Reflections — Popery and the press — Anecdote — The Haarlem organ, music of described — The sea of Haarlem and the Ai, precautions against — Arrives at Amsterdam — A scene in the streets — Reflections, . . 244

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LETTER IV.

"Second thought,** remarks on — ^Anecdote — Van-Hopper and the Pope — The royal palace of Amsterdam — Lessons in sculpture — View from the cupola of the palace — Dutch ingenuity and industry — Amsterdam, remarks on — Attire of the ladies — Leaves Amsterdam for Utrecht — Dutch houses — An illusion — Arrives at Utrecht — View from an old tower, . 267

LETTER V.

Leaves Utrecht for Nimeguen — Annoyed with tobacco smoke — Thoughts on the use of tobacco — Anecdote — An inveterate smoker — A class-leader and his conscience in reference to the use of tobacco — Gardens of Holland — Tobacco plantations — A "flying bridge" — Arrives at Nimeguen — Proceeds up the Rhine — Reflections on the Rhine — Thoughts upon eternity — Arrives at Cologne, 277

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A Sabbath at Cologne — A Romish chapel and worship — Popery and Sabbath desecration — Visits the cathedral; high mass — Cathedral, description of — Original poetry — Cologne, present state of — Leaves Cologne for Coblentz — Rhine scenery — Singular manner of propelling a small boat— Arrives at Coblentz, 290

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Coblenta and its neighbouring scenery — The fortress of Ehrenbreitstein, description of — History of the fortress strikingly illustrative of the fall and recovery of a backslider — Proceeds up the Rhine to Mayence — Rhine scenery — Anecdote — The repeating mountain — Tremendous echoes after the discharge of cannon — Reflections upon the feudal towers on the banks of the Rhine, and the state of society in the middle ages — Intellect and moral character, talent and temperament, thoughts upon — A departed friend, character of — Providence and affliction, reflections upon, 300

LETTER VIIL

Arrives at Manheim — A short description of the city and its environs — Mayence, present appearance of, its public buildings, &c. — The art of printing improved at Mayence — A bridge of boats — Mill-boats on the Rhine — Frankfort, its cathedral, gardens, <tc. — Reflections upon a scene on the bridge of Mayence, 311

LETTER IX.

Leaves Germany for France — Altered appearance of the Rhine — Visits the cathedral of Strasburgh — Popish worship there, reflections upon — An idolatrous painting — Purgatory and indulgences, an advertisement

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concernmg — Spire of the cathedral, beauty of — Ancient architects and church spires — Perilous ascent — General aspect of Strasburgh, . . 31^

LETTER X.

Leaves France and proceeds into Switzerland — Plains of Alsacia, battles fought there — Reflections on war — United States, revivals of religion in, preservatives from war — Horrible fruits of war — Arrives at Bale — Death and eternity, reflections upon — A beautiful verse repeated by a Sabbath-school scholar — A walk through Bale — Christian institutions of the city — A missionary society, singular cause of the formation of one at Bale — Samuel Wesley's Hebrew Bible — Tomb of Erasmus — Calvin and Castalio — A fine view from the cathedral tower — The Rhine, 327

LETTER XL

Leaves Bale for Zurich — Swiss scenery — Degrading character of Popery — Swiss coachmen — A wise dog — Thoughts on prayer — Departure of a dense fog — Magnificent scenery — The Alps — Thoughts on providence — Enjoys a sail on the lake of Zurich — A splendid view of the Alps — Zwingle's pulpit and tomb — An evening scene — Lord Byron's journal; unhappy feelings of that nobleman amidst the grandeur of nature — Remarks upon some public builidings in Zurich, 340

LETTER XIL

Leaves Switzerland for France — Sabbath desecration — A French cemetery — Luther at Worms — A remarkable prayer of Luther — His eloquent and courageous defence, before Charles V., in the diet of Worms, . 354

LETTER XIIL

Rhine scenery, original poetry upon — Shomberg castle — Anecdote — Visits Aix-la-Chapelle — The mineral waters, qualities of — The city, observations upon — A handsome fountain — Visits the cathedral — Tomb of Charlemagne — His throne — Anecdote — A Popish legend — Relics, . 365

LETTER XIV.

Leaves Rhenish Prussia for Belgium — Revenue ofiicers — Arrives at Brussels — General aspect of the city — Town hall, architecture of — The park — Departs from Brussels for the plains of Waterloo — Stirring incidents on the way — Visits the field of Waterloo — Horrible scenes after the battle, described by the guide — Interesting localities — Appalling events during the battle— Lord Byron, remarks upon — Napoleon, different positions of, during the battle — Poetry — The Mound — Wellington and Blucher, sudden meeting of, at the close of the battle, contrasted with the meeting of Christian heroes in heaven — A night scene on the plains of Waterloo — Reflections — Napoleon, reflections upon his character — A touching story connected with the battle, 380