FRIENDS’

tleness,” &c., whilst in contrast to these, we are
told that “ The works of the flesh are hatred,
variance, emulations, wrath, strife, envyings,
murders,’ &c.—Gal. v., 20, &. Which of these
two is the spirit of the battlefield, shall be
answered by a writer in the Times:— The
very idea of having something to do has hada
most beneficial effect upon the men, who swear
that they will make the Russians pay dearly for
what they have suffered in Bulgaria;” whilst a
writer from the Baltic fleet declared, “The
whole fleet israving mad for revenge ;” and of
the camp in the Crimea, it was affirmed at the
same time, “ The allied armies are all eager to
revenge upon the Russians the losses and dis-
asters of the past.” And to these I might add
the query, Which was the spirit that animated
the British soldiers in India, when, in retaliation
for the wrongs they had suffered, they bound the
bodies of the Indian mutineers to the mouth of
the cannon, and blew them into the air.

It would take up much of our time to run
through the whole of the passages of the New
Testament in which the great duty of LOVE is in-
culcated—the very key-stone of Christianity,—
and of which the apostle emphatically declared
on one occasion that ‘* Love is the fulfilling of
the law.””—Rom. xiii. 10.

That these injunctions of our Saviour and his
apostles were illustrated by their lives and ex-
ample, I need only to refer to that memorable
prayer of the Saviour for his murderers: ‘ Fa-
ther, forgive them, for they know not what they
do;” and to the last words of Stephen, when he
said, ‘‘ Lord, lay not this sin to their charge.”—
Acts vii. 60.

It is almost an insult to the common sense of
my hearers, to ask them what is the meaning
of passages such as I have quoted. It would be
nearly as rational to deny that the sun shines at
noonday, as to assert that they do not bear one
unmistakable meaning ; that they are not op-
posed in all their authority and fulness, to those
passions and feelings without which ‘wars could
not be carried on. They are not metaphorical
—they are not figurative—but are a part of the
simple declaration of truth, which the wayfar-
ing man, though a fool, may perfectly under-
stand.

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For Friends’ Review.
NOTICES OF DAVID COOPER.
NO. Il,

“Tn the year 1755, I was much exercised in
mind and buffeted by the enemy, and being at
our meeting the 14th of 12th month in great
distress, our friend Joshua Lord spoke largely
on Isaiah 54; 11—* Oh, thou afflicted, tossed

with tempests and not comforted ! behold I will]
lay thy stones with fair colors, und lay thy foun- |

dations with sapphires. And I will make thy
Windows of ‘agates,and thy gates of carbuncles,

-| who hath all power,

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and all thy borders of pleasant stones. And all
thy children shall be taught of the Lord, and

gs,| great shall be the peace of thy children. In

righteousness shalt thou be established,” &c.
The fore part of which was so exactly my then
situation, that what he had to say to that state
was indeed balm to me—and the joy and com-
fort thereby administered were so great, that I
could scarcely forbear, after meeting, taking him
in my arms and embracinghim. And as neither.
this friend nor any one living knew of my ex-
ercises, 1t was sufficient to have convinced me
of the truth of revelation, had I disbelieved it
before. I spent the afternoon in retirement, and
had such a sight of the trials, exercises, and
strippings of a real Christian (much of which
it appeared to me that I should have to pass
through) as made my whole frame tremble under
a sense thereof.

‘My beloved wife had also about this time some
very close trials, which Divine Goodness had
prepared and strengthened her mind to bear, by
teaching her in a very singular manner to place
her trust and confidence in him who was all
sufficient. The account whereof she related to
me as follows, about a month after it happened.
The relation was accompanied with heavenly
sweetness and Divine love, in a higher degree,
I think, than I was ever before sensible of.

“In the year 1754, in the first month, soon
after the birth of my fourth child, I, Sibyl
Cooper, in a dream thought I was standing in
our porch, and the sky became very black with .
clouds, and [ saw in the east a stream of fire that
reached almost to where I stood. The clouds
seemed to threaten severe thunder, and I felt
much terrified, as being in great danger where
I was—and I concluded that if I was in the
house I should be more safe. I accordingly
went in, but my terror continued, and I felt con-
demned for endeavoring to fly from danger ;
being shown that I was equally within the
reach of Providence there and out of doors, and
that His power would equally preserve me in
‘one place as in another. In this surprise and
horror I awoke. And, as I lay musing upon
my dream, a being came on to the bed, attended
with a most melodious ‘sound. It seemed to
have wings, and with them to move itself gently
to the bed’s head; and though I perceived the

| nurse to be asleep, yet considering what I had

that I was guarded by Him
and that nothing would hurt
‘me contrary to his will, it removed all fear.
When this consideration fixed in my mind, it
took hold of my shoulder as I lay on one side,
and, with a sweet and heavenly voice that might
have been heard all over the room, said: ‘ How
oft have I guarded thee, —and then descended : |
the same melodicus sound continuing from the
time it came on the bed, until it went off, only
ceasing whilst those words were uttered.”

just been taught,

 

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