Sai an oe —— — ‘eured for David. There he es oe ee ~~ ee etapa . : Mothcdist Brick Churoh. , REV. LACHLIN TAYLOR, | Tae Rev. Dr. Lachlin Taylor preached an eloquent sermon in the Prince Street Church yesterday morning. The Rev. Dr. took for his text the 18th verse of the 68th Psalm: ‘‘Thou hast ascended on high, | thou hast led captivity captive; thou hast | received gifts for men: yea, for the rebel. | lious also, that the Lord God might dwell | among them.” The preacher said it was} supposed that this magnificent Psalm, from | which the text was taken, was penned by | David to be sumg at the removal of the Ark of God from Kirjath-jearim. <A brief but eloquent description of the capture of the ark by the Philistines many years be- fore, was given, the tokens of divine ven- geance and displeasure, in the extreme suf- ferings of ths Pailistines during the tim the ark remained in their midst, the haste made by them to place it beyond the beun- daries of their country and on the boarders of the land of the Israelites. The ark re mained twenty years at Kisjath-jearim, when David conceived the idea of placing it within the new city which he was about to build for himself, and make the capital of his kingdom. David had reigned seven years and a half at Hebron, when he deter- mined to make Mt. Zion his future abode. In order to do so, it was necessary to drive out the eccupauts of the great. fortress who had hitherto successfully resisted all at- tempts to take it. The beauty of the situa- tion and the importance of the place asa stronghold, induced David to send out his greatest general to capture the city. How magnificent the view which must have burst upon his vision as he approached the fort- ress! The walls were scaled, the inhabi- tants __ slain, and the place -se- prepared a Tabernacle for the ark of God, although a tent, yet doubtless rich and _ beautiful. There is nothing either inthe old Scriptures or the new which indicates God’s displeasure at beantifying the Temple in which he is worshipped. David conceived the grand idea of building a magnificent and rich Temple ; and although prevented from so doing, yet that which ke had performed, the erecting of the Tabernacle for the ark, was on a munificent scale. Now, then, David was preparing himself to bring up the ark, and no easy task was it to accom- plish; the preacher in his travels had visited Hebron, once a grand old place, but now a shabby village, an old sheik took him to the outskirts of the village and pointed to a valley (or what in Scotland would be called a glen) in thebeautiful blue mountains of Palestine, and said, ‘‘through that val- ley came the ark from Kerjath-jearim.” He had travelled over the road, and so rough and jagged was it, that it would seem almost impossible for anything on wheels to pass upon it. It was not as- tonishing that the ark toppled over. Uzza reached out his hand to save it; but the displeasure of God was manifest by the sudden death of the man. David refuses to go further with the ark, and seemed to have been displeased at the death of Uzza. But Obed-edom, grandman, desired that the ark might turn into his cottage, and the blessing of God rested upon him for his act of care. But the devoted monarch could not rest till the ark was placed in the Tabernacle, and he went forth with a grand procession, which did not halt till the ark was carried beneath the rich curtain, and safely lodged in the place prepared for it. At this period of the proceedings in all robability this Psalm was sung—David fimeclf giving the key note. A wonderful man was David. Whena mere shepherd boy, he ran out to fight the Philistine. Did you ever think of David’s courage ? He ran out to meet his foe. A ruddy youth running to meet a man eleven feet high! Perhaps as he advanced in years he became as great a general as Wellington, or Napoleon, or Grant. A poet, never sur- d by cven the immortal Homer, or ordsworth, or Byron, or that grandest of all English poets—John Milton; a musi- cian, equal to the most skilled in the nation of which he was king, he doubtless sounded the key-note of this beautiful Psalm, and all the vast throng joined to celebrate the event of placing the ark in the City of David. This brings one to the text : ** Thow hast ascended on high.” We have the authority of Paul for stating that these words refer to the Saviour. He came to expiate sin, and, when the work was done, ascended up on high. Have you aver carefully thought of the intense suffer- ings of Christ No method of putting to death can cause such intense suffering. The nails were driven into the soft part of the hand, and the Saviour compelled to hang upon his own flesh. No vital part was reached to cause instant death. By this means of cruel torture the victims often remained for some days, suffering the most excruciating pain. ‘The Reman _ soldiers came first to those who were crucified with Christ, and found that they were still alive. They brake the bones of one, then the other ; but when the Saviour was reached they found he was dead already. Did they kill Him? No. Listen: He said, “I have power to lay down my life and power to take it up again.” They thought they would kill Him, but they were foiled. Christ voluntarily gave up the Ghost, in order that He might make a full and free atonement for sinful man. Then came that grand and wealthy nobleman, Joseph of Arimathea, and placed him in a magnificent tomb. I have seen the tombs in the vicinity of the cities of Palestine, and some of them are beautiful in the extreme. rock, they bear marks of patient toil and care and taste. Some of these tombs are used by wandering Arab tribes to shelter them from the weather; the bodies they| once contained have mouldered away to! dust. I thought as I visited some of the tombs outside the city of Damascus that if) —= sugh were to be found in Western countries | they would be valued as works of art. The doors are nicely adjusted and hang upon! not feat were placed as é > er" “~p NEE egrrnce me en ee IE. erties cocnmanseecd man soldiers rolled a larye stone againsi the door of the Savior’s tomb, so that it might be made secure. Sixty soldiers who knew ( a guard to watch the lifeless body which the tomb contained. \ Make the watch sure, said the priests. here was a collusion between the vile black-hearted Jews nyc the heathen Roman . 7“ ha ; to prevent the . ) iveur Wintne away the body of thwir Law ‘dhe tread of the Roman sent e -aarched to and fro might be hea: pile sh oo Unieht air, while fifty-nine ¢ \“ \ canding at their post, Whe tu kui sal tis face the drivensnow, satapon the stone. Did the soldiers fight? Was there one man among them that had nerve enough in his arm to try his halberd upon the Angel ? No; the forces of man against one angel of God were powerless; they were paralyzed. Then came that absurd story, ‘say His dis- ciples came and stole Him away by night as the soldiers slept.” Iuthat Eastern coun- try the moon shines so brightly that a newspaper can be read. I have read nyself from the top of a house a paper that was placed in my hand almost as well as if by daylight. The queen of the night shone forth in all her brilliancy when the angel sat upon tle stone. Did it ever strike you that the position of the angel was peculiar on this occasion? We read of angels flying or standing but never have we read of one in a sitting posture before. The Roman soldiers had a full view of him no doubt and the absurdity of the story con- cocted by the Jewish Priests is apparent when we remember no Roman soldicr dare sleep at his post and live. Who ever heard of a man being able to tell what took place while he slept. The Priests were ashamed of their own story. When the Apostles stood forth on the day of Pentecost and iterated that Christ had risen from the dead, did the priests repeat their story? It is not probable. Was there ever such a mis- erable fiction uttered in the presence of reasonable men? Christ triumphed over death and hell. He came forth from the grave and might exclaim ‘‘death where is thy sting, grave where is thy victory.” } The grim monster, death, was gathering in, gathering in through all ages, but his master had come and no triumph was gained over the Lord. The preacher here quoted from an old Divine who said that death held in his hand a spear and cn that spear was a sting, he plunged the spear into the body of the Saviour, and withdrew it again, leav- ing the sting behind; but when Christ came forth from the tomb, he triumphantly held forth the sting in his hand exclaiming, ‘‘ O death where is thy sting!’ Dr. Taylor said no funeral procession accompanied the body of Christ to the tomb. We read that the rich man in Scripture was buried, no doubt with a great deal of pomp- rich men always have funera! processions. If a man has been a colonel or a captain, or a squire, pomp and splendor attend his funeral obse- quies. Wedonet read that Lazarus was buried,the rich man was burried, but Laza- rus was carried away by the angels. I wish I could describe the parting scene between the Saviour and his disciples. They were happy while the Master was with them, but became downeast when he past away. He ascended on high—he passed through the starry heavens. That noble Irisman-——Lord Ross—who made himsélf poor by experi- menting on the telescope, has rendered to science great aid. After Herschel had dis- covered with his powerful telescope much in connection with the solar systein, Lord Ross by thetnore powerful telescope he had caused to be made, found that twenty benches of stars (I do not know why they call them benches) existed beyond the limit which Herschel had reached. When the mighty Lord ascended from our earth [imagine He rose as the Emperor of the vast Empire of the starry heavens. He is now wearing the Crown of the Kingdom of heaven. While upon earth he wore the Crown of throns. I have cut with my own knife when in Palestine three sprigs of the thorn (I wish I had cut twenty) said to be the kind of thorn of which the crown was made. It grows about two feet in length with stabs or pricks on one side growing from the root to the point, the point of each stab being as fine as a cambric needle ; if the thorn was placed upon a fleshy part of the body and struck it would tind the bone in an instant. The pliable nature of the thorn permits it to be twisted into any shape. The Crown which the Saviour wore was plaited with the pricky part inward. The sharp points pierced the numerous ran tickling down. I imagine I see Him now wearing that great Crown of triumph and of victery over death and hell, and all his enemies. It may have been that the angel which sat upon the stone was the first to welcome Him as the Lord of Heaven and earth. In conclusion I may say that I trust the time is not far distant when the story of His ascension will be read in every vernacular on the earth, and that both old nd young may learn of the cross, that old sinners who have done every errand and every chore of the devil, may learn to love Christ. Between death and such sin- ners I would hold up the Cross. The sermon occupied one hour in the de- livery, and was listened to with the greatest attention. Our report is very much con- densed. <P> —- Horrisie Tracepy.—On Satur day even- ing a pet fox owned by H. B. Smith, Esq., of the ‘‘ Dominion House,” escaped from its den and ran through ‘‘ Holland Grove” to Mr. Brown’s yard, where two large dogs Hewn out of the solid, belonging to Mr. Brown, after a desp erate struggle, tore it to pieces. bright as lightuiuy and his garmenis like | DODD & ROGERS SMILE ARRAN OF cOoMPETToN! :0:--——- nat Cai tal LOO SI EVER MADE?! MN LHS) a ‘SH3I00H 7 Gaod FOR SALE BY ‘GNVIS]T tt bv ties Ie No. 1, 7-inch Holes: No, 2, 8-inch Holes: No, 3, 9-inch Holes. 0-— To those who want a FIRST-CLASS PiiRFECT OPERATING COOK STOVE, we would invite special attention to our ** PATENT VICTOR,” and think on examina- tion it will justify our claim as being the most comeLere and perrecr Soft Coal}Cook Stove ever made. We claim for it — lst. It is simple; it has but one damper, used to apply the heat to the oven, which is so arranged that the most ignorant cook cannot mistake its use. 2nd. It is quick in its operation, the plates of the oven being Corrugated, and Deflecting Plates being placed under the oven in such a manner that the heat is thrown under the oven evenly, and the flues around the oven so large that a perfect bake is insured in the shortest possible time. 3rd. Its Perfect Arrangements for cleaning out the flues apd under the oven, being provided with cleaning doors at the front and back of stove ; also, holes in top of stove for cleaning flues, thereby giving perfect access to all its parts. 4th. It is provided with an Open Front, small doors for feeding coal, and large doors below, which when thrown open make it equal to an OPEN FRANKLIN, and a most cheerful stove to sit by. Sth. It is a Great Saver of Fuel, doing its work with one-half the fuel usually required by other stoves. 6th. It has given perfect satisfaction in every case, and we Warrant it a perfect Baker s@ Examine the * Victer” and you will buy no other. Many of these Stoves are in use for wood, and are giving every satisfaction. FOR SALE BY SODD & ROGERS. Charlottetown, Nov. 28—th & mon. NEW G0003! NEW GOODS | Robert Orr & HAVE JUST OPENED A VERY LARGE AND. WELL-SELECTED STOCK OF STAPLE & FANCY DRY GOODS, CLOTHING. MILLINGRY, Et., EBte., which they are selling, WHOLESALE and RETAIL, at the lowest prices ever offered in Charlottetown. at a . " We solicit an inspection from all Cash Baryees of our Goons and Paicrs, before pur- chasing elsewhere. ROSE RT ORR & CO. ace. 8 veins of the temples and head, and blood a - Tea and Entertainment INCTICH. CHANGE OF TIME To Suit English Mail at Halifax, PRINCE STREET, On Thursday Deg, the 5th, ype sreamers sv. 14 WwRence ana ! , PRINCESS OF WALES will, during —--— | remainder of season, leave CHARLOTTETOWN TEA and MUSICAL AND LITERARY | for Picrou Lanprne every Monday, Tues- ENTERTAIN MENT, consisting of Solos, | day, Thursday and Friday mornings, Duetts, Recitations, &c. 'at seven o’clock, connecting there with day Tea on the tables at 5 o’clock. train for Halifax. Fatertainment ht & | Returning, will leave Prcrou Layprxe for a@ Do not fail to attend.— 'Yickets, 50 | CHARLOTTETOWN on arrival of morning train cents; Entertainment alone, 15 cents. | trom Halifax, on Monday, Wednesday, Nov. 23—- Thursday and Saturday. No change in Steamers from Summerside. Charlottetown, Oct. 4, 1878. —2aw mon thur wkly —IN THE— 5. C. CHURCH, ANNUAL MEETING, [evows, son 24 ue AUS | IRON BEDSTEADS UST RECEIVED, ex ‘‘Prince Edward”— cheap. HE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE, I Salvage Corps will be held in the} office of the Stipendiary Magistrate, Market | Building, on MONDAY Eveuing next (2nd | @ December), at 74 o’clock. As the appoint- ment of officers and other important matters will be before the Corps, a full attendance is! ~ respectfully solicited. __ Citizens willing to join the Corps are cor-| dially invited to attend or send their names. By order. 10 A. A. McKENZIE, Sec’y. | Ch’town, Dec, 50— ~~ +>1f| PICTURE FRAMES, THE LATEST STYLE OUT ver CHOLCR=Large Stock, Nov. 22—1m THE CELEBRATED | “AGONIC” | — GILT MIRRORS, Thin Ivory English Visiting Cards; Fx* “ Prince Edward,”—cheap. (LADIES’ AND GENTLEMEN’s) | J. NEWSON. JOHN NEWSON, Noy. 22--Im ‘ - PARLOR BRACKETS UST RECEIVED—cheap. J. NEWSON. Noy. 22—1m NEATLY PRINTED AT Nov, 22— im G. Herbert Haszard’s, -OR SALE, 18 QuEEN STREETS. {i OOO 3USHELS SWEDE TURNIPS, Ch’town, Nov. 27—3taw pat | Is hy J. H. GATES, Birth. In this city,on the 29th ult., the wife of A. F. Tomlins, Esq., of a daughter. Died. At Portage, Belfast, on Tuesday, the 25th Jueen Square, South Side, CALL AND SEE | Nov, 26—tf Queen Square, South Side TEXHE WEEKLY EXAMINER. — Per. sons having relatives or friends abroad, and desiring to keep them informed concerni New Goods, iit, cici nice “ er way than by subscribing to THE Wkaaxcs JUST OPENED. EXAMINER. Sent, pres, to any address BREMNER BROS. D —OUR STOCK OF— ivots, so that the slightest touch of the November, of wera fever, Maria McLean, nger will open and close them. The Ro-’ daughter of the ate Alex. McLean, Esq. m Great Britain, the ‘ted States, or the Nov. 29, 1878—2w 3aw her pat 2i ; Dominion, on receipt of One Doilar, _ AUCTION SALES. | ieee TRADE SALE. TO CLOSE CONSIGNMENTS, We will offer at Auction, Qn Thursday next, 5th Dec., AT ELEVEN 0’CLOCK bla. FLOUR, Bbls. K. D. CORNMEAL, Bbls. ONIONS, Bbls. No. 1 Labrador HERRING, Casks KEROSENE, Casks VINEGAR, Half Chests TEA, Boxes SOAP, Boxes T. D. PIPES, Boxes CRACKERS, Boxes Val. RAISINS (Fresh Fruit), boxes PEPPER, Boxes BAKING PUWDER, Boxes CLOTHES PINS, Dozs. BROOMS, PATLS, WASHBOARDS. WRAPPING-PAPER, &c. TERMS at Sale. HASZARD BROS, Dec. 2, 1878— AUCTION! To be sold by PUBLIC AUCTION, on TUES- DAY, the Twenty-fourth day of DECEM- BER NEXT, at the hour of Twelve o'clock, noon, at the Court House, Char- lottetown, under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in an Inden- ture of Mortgage, bearing date the Third day of February, A. D. 1873, and made between John Henesy, of the one part, and Francis Kelly, of the.other part— LL that tract of land and premises situate, lying and being as follows, that is to say : Commencing on the north side of the Fort Augustus Road, at the south-east angle of a farm of land in the possession ef Thomas Ceerley ; from thence north fifty chains, or to the northern boundary of the said John Henesy’s land ; thence east five chains ; thence south to the said road, and from thence west to place of commencing, containing by estima- tien Twenty-five acres, a little more or less, and being part cf Lot or Township Number Phirty-six, in Queen’s County, toyether with all rights, members and appurtenances there- to belonging. For further, particulars apply to Messrs. Hoveson & McLeop, Solicitors, Charlotte- town. Dated this Twenty-seventh day of Novem- ber, A. D. 1878. FRANCIS KELLY, Mortgagee. Dec. 2, 1S785—!aw t sale Wreck Material at Auction. i WILL SELL AT AUCTION, ON WHDNESDAYT Bec, 4th, at 12 o'clock, ON QUEEN’S WHARF, all the material saved from the Norwegian bark ‘‘ Moss,” consisting of — @) LARGE ANCHORS, 2 large Chain Cables, 3 Iron Pumps, Pump Gear, Iron Stan- chions, Iron Davits, Mahogany Doors, Old Copper and other small gear. Sale positive to close an account. I, C. HALL. Ch’town, Nov. 30, 1878. Inselyent Aet of 1875 and Amending Acts. a ee BY AUCTION WILL BE SOLD, On Saturday, the 7th day of December, at the Subscriber’s office, the Boo kK DEBTS of the following Insolvents : Book Debts of George L. Dogherty, an Insel- vent. Book Debts of Robert Clow, an Insolvent. 66 “ James D. Reid, $6 $6 “ James Reddin, “ A list of Debts can be seen at the Sub- scriber’s office. B. WILSON HIGGS, Assignee. Charlottetown, P. E. Island, } November 30, 1878. \ pat li Prince Edward Island. IN CHANCERY. SILAS BARNARD, Executor of the last Will and Testament of James Coles, deceased, Complainant, —AND—— THOMAS REILLY, CATHERINE REILLY and MARY G. REILLY, by her Guardian, Hannah Reilly, Defendants, In pursuance of a decree made in this suit by His Honor the Vice Chancellor, bearing date the nineteenth day of November, instant, A. D. 1878, there will be sold by PUBLIC AUCTION, on Monday, the twenty-fourth day of February next,, A. D. 1879, at twelve o’clock, noon, a the Supreme Court House in Charlotte- town, in Queen’s County— A= ne Piece “0 Namber Eighty ng of Town Lot Number Ei nine in the third hundred of Town Lots %, Charlottetown, commencing at the northeast angle of said Town Lot, on the southeast edge of Kent Street ; thence, following the course of the same, westwardly for the distance of eighty-six feet and eight inches ; thence, by a right-angle line with said Kent Street, south- eastwardly for the distance of forty-eight feet and six inches ; thence, by a line el with said Kent Street, eastwardly for the distance of thirty feet ; thence, by a right angle there with, northwestwardly for the distance of six feet ; thence by a line running northeast- wardly to the southwest angle of the dwelli house ; thence, by a line at right les wi the course of Prince Street, cutuendl; thirty one feet to the westward of said. Prince Street ; thence, eras e course of the same, northwestwardly thirty-one feet to the ee of commencement ; together with the uildings and improvements thereon and the appurtenances thereunto belonging. ated this Twentieth day of November, A. PD. 1878. T. HEATH HAVILAND, Master in Chancery. Nei McLezop, ) Solicitor for Complainant, j nov 22 law ts ep Nas ig ot ed eS = aa R eels : r poster,