GENESEE EVANGELIST.—WhoIe No. 747.
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THE NEW JERUSALEM.
VPROM VIE LATIN OF BERNARD or eLttNY.)
To thee, 0 dear, dear country!
Mine eyes their vigils keep;
For very love beholding
Thy happy name, they. weep;
The mention of thy , glory
Is unction to the breast,
And medicine in eickness,,
And love, andlife, and Test,
0 one 1 0 only mansion!
0 paradise of joyl
Where tears are ever banished,
And smiles have no4lloy;
Beside thy living waters • •
AltiAttate are, great and
The cedar of they forest,
The hyssop of the wall:
infli_jaallers glow thy' bulwarks
-Thy lareete viitittreeraldublemes
The sardius and the topaz
Unite in thee tgeir ra#s;
Thy ageless walls are bounded
With amethyst unpriced ;
Thy saints build up its fabric,
And Uhl cerhetustotie is Christ.
Thou haat no sb'ore, fair ocean I
Thou hest no time, bright day!
Dear fountain of ,refreshment
To pilgrims far away I
thiosi`thaßock of Ages
They raise thy boly.tower,
Thine is the victor's laurel,
And thine the golden .dower.
They stand, those balls of Zion,
Conjubilant with song,
And bright With many an angel,
And manya martyr throng;
The Prince is ever in them,
The light is aye.serene;
The pastures of the blessed
Are 4eished in glorious ,sheen:
There is the throne Of AaVhii
And there l from toil released,
The shout of theM that triumph,
The,soaglof !hem - that feast.:
And they, beneath their Leader,
Who conquered in the fight,
, Forever and forever.
Are clad la robes : of ,whitte.
Sottot% nitlititet.
For the American Presbyterian.
!BO* ,01731 Vtilgt . l4o, THE
Like Seaford, Atiiket 11;1860.
IRON IVORltc—ikut. trEzsmtitsoN:-- , g dAtaimiTY
,141N,D.
We bad determined to form aizloo-pin.ourjaur
atey at this point--4n , other words, ,to Jeavit.pur
pain course hove forma vlsit,to Mt. Idaroylantilthe
Indian -Pass, And returh•hither on Saturday. We
pet 'out .aeoondingly pn Uoadity'angriling,, , ,and
walked ten , miles to"the ;Upper:Works. .10.urrogid
.10y: doing the abcre of ck , laike.:,Banfoldi",..onee an
artificial lake,,extendingithe wholeyteu.nkiles" ,inow
no lake , it all, .bnfoaaaeXe rilfeehltion tdior 'trees
skiTting4she banks °flit suitill sluggish:ever.
'iTbe igreat Iwo Jeerepony;. o4giatilly 'Misers.
Ffendesson Sobeatson, .built , leonte
via* SittOeldi thiei ,pqn t, An immense darn ,in order
.to 'sense eleol twate c tit aiiigationio the contuty
otle_a_imen_ ThiagetjagthatimealLpsitt,,lf.wet
greatlretilergtaliiiiladattloidotaltinginlhnadred-
Tileres oflowAtinberilltid,/bitoit , reised the witer ,
fOltr-Or'slx +feet ith.thetteattlifunakellenderson,
'which 'lie& some distanmeibove. -Three 34are ago
aim great Am , ' watiwailhOd 'away, /and, Like flan
lordcdisappeared,tleaving'itavalley of ." deathwood4",
'By MOOR hadireieheklithe , " , :Uppar'Wor,ker
where we found .truly it 'deserted 'village. JEFite
'open 'mine& and - piles ,of i °re v the :imnien se Ataoks
for melting . it, the vast buildings with costly .and
powerful machinery for ihe various stages of ma
`ntifaeture, were all motionless-"and silent, mulled
'been for the"last'five years. A'score .of substan
tial dwelling houses, some of 'them large and com
modious, were.all vacant but two, and,.oue of these
was about to be vacated. The saw-mills were
rotting , down,lhosalithy sent .forth ,no sound of
hammers r aad . the 4 !Adlrondack -Basic" had,evi
,dentlysuspended :payment.
It is about thirty years since the company.above
named, purchssed an immense tract of mining
lands' in this region, and commenced operations
on a large scale. . ''The ore , waS found to he of the
very best quality, arid was so accessible as to re
quire but slight excavatlea. Therewas butrone
difficulty, and that was fatal; , namely, tbe distance
and expense of transportation to,the,aettlements.
Ferhueinese•oorporatione. imoue eountrythaNe ei
bibited such enterprise. and perseverance-as obit•
raoterized these 'men and their work. For years
they struggled on, resolved, if possible, to over
come all 'obstacles and make the thing pay.
The original thive were, by common consent, men
of noble character and . remarkably attached to each
other. But fur this they would notbave breasted
for so many years the acoumulated difficulties that
lay irr their way. Their effort to subjugate these
wild end distant me-attainsto thepurposes of art
-and commerce was; fedied, a war with the giantS,
and the rough battld=fetds which we now find here,
all silent as it is, bear traces of prodigious valor,
though the complete conquest may.he reserved for
other bonds.
Mr. Henderson accidentally shot himself In
1845 1 at a little dike lainong' the , inountains, 4ve
miles aboVe the etWolqut" and Messts.Wlntyre
& Robertson having alSo l died,the Company is now
represented by other niunia.:
rice or S . ix years since, VierPhule Pr 9 ioYr was
sold.tuajtaMoad Convagiy, r } l9.,PPPossikto,make
the 700414Psise• successful ; bp opetling An. iron..and
lumber freighting business through dm great fo
rest., IA first payment of 180,000,1vas.made r and
the management of the mines passed -' into' new
handal-t•lut mi,the time for a second pe,rient,
the prciiiPeetSeif the 'Railroad seemed dubious, and
the, proOrty r A ssfertest to , the old CoinptinY. 'it oe
-
that, time the' 4 ,orks", have been idle, and the
breaking; away. stAbspilana..c l year or. two . later,
bas,:of eourse,mddetlfttrtihOr,Sbatacles to the revi
val of business. These mines are inexhaustible
and of superior qu.ttlity,'Unthicill /one day be sue
cessfelly worked. The' clety 7 '4ilestion is one of
time and railroad communieitiOn.' An
gent Irishman, Robert Hunter, is employed as lo
cal custodian of the property, and'hiefitnily are
the only, permanent inhabitants of the vill , ge.
JOURNEY TO MOUNT h10.01 . .-704.L4.11 , 11Tt POND.
Having dined with them .and obtaineasOml-fr
visions for our three days' tour to Xt. , Mrey,,we
left the silent settlement for the, equally silent fo
rest,' expeeting to encamp at the foot of ink°
Coldin,, far upi among the inotintaini.
After winding glens, w,tlx krapid,. je
neral ascent for five miles, wo found ourselivestat
the 'grassy side of "Calamity Pond," the memo
rable place of Mr. Henderson's death. Ou r
widened path had all the way reminded us that ~a
bier had . beetr Sadly borne along these wild and re
mote ravines, and now on the border "of this dis
mal, rush-grawn pond, We saw a beautifully carved
worriment. It stands on the rock upon. Whiel l ik
Mr. Henderson bad, aocidenntlly discharged his
revolver as he laid it down.
"`Calamity Pond," With its lonely-monument of
death—marsb h giant,' dreary, remote, mountain : .
girt, and awnits desolation, is no misnomer;
r
even beast and
,bird rust inp,tineAyely,,shan At.,§
- dreariness. We gladly hastened on, and two 'tulles
of rough climbing brought ne to the LalE c Coition
camp. . .
UN A .0016NN 'AND - A MOUNTAIN' TH'ENDER
lktootWnettr aPproach to thlibeantifiii elieeticif
water, half mile in extent; .we foitid" the ccitibf
linen 'of two wild, noisy brooks,'that formed the
stream which we had traced up 'from the twin
Works--4in-irnPortant branch; Eby the way, - of the
infant Budson—one the 'otttlei . of -the lake, the
tither the
'own
_"Opileseerti - Brook" -which
flowsidown in a constant series 'of 'cascades be
tweeti.MOunt MclVla'rtin 'and. 'Mount Marcy. Just
beyond- the camp we'found the 'beautiful 'bike
bleep—perfectly plachl. l .-nestled like peacefnl
infant.in -the bosom of this great mountain range,
whose salient peaks were still tinged by the sun
'set. It; lies more than 2,800 feet 'above tide
-inter, midis something over half a mile in length;
and yet is imbedded so _deeply among abrupt and
lofty stfmtnits, as `tb appear dwarfed by contrast.
We forgot for a while Our fatigue,lnd hunger ?
and -the.approach of night; while gazing-upon its
But had--not 'long The twilight
was hastening on, and the distant lightning in the
west, announced, as a part of the' programme of
the night, a thundartStOrta; 'and we knew that in
ilia' grand oratorio of the ,
thase old Titans
around would all join in the reaponses and the
tevitherating chortle:
Our 'bark shanty, Situated lliousand,s of feet
above the common level of mankind,' we might
consider as a royal and Selept gallery—very select.
What-if it did' require 'seine repairs; lest-Sublimity
iihouldlive-place to the matter of'factenierience
Of. a drenching?`key; branches' as primeval
'Adam litarhave gathered. for hisionwer, were soon
'added to its thatching; 'and having 'made our
simple evening . rn'eal, we wrapped ourselves `in our
'blankets and fell:isieep the ISPening peals
ihOuld rtnisifini; -
Whin at t lenith the storm did come, it seemed
grander Ter oilhaving been asleep, and for having
'to Tecollect l , wiih strange Where we really
were, The whole Weitert(sky quivering COl3-
- staiitlY 'With lightOing,, and the 'deep thunder
Seemed to salute each nearer and more diatant
`surnmit 'person andip torn: `.Meatiwhile the
i nil rti Iced ,: the girt nth tcreice which must
have star ettfin. e 4 " ,, f ro sst - Litc• : ' t e d
:to •tell'the gave
,rus
ioind solleitudS about'the' peeeifil& visitation
Of a 'filfidg tree:` Our last 'reinerobraioe was'ef
clyingthiitiders; Arid morainefannd us' refreshed
And btit - etightlY wet.
ilevin s g • breakfasted, We entered the rough bed
*of the "OpaleseeotAßiiols," ii , liiehf:Vr6 were to fol
low 'for threit'or'f&afruiles, stepPinefibm stone to
keno. frcn - taie Ceiden we' fount
•"112ount "Marok . Piup,"` lewiingitill 'two and' a,
'half -011 es of 'Steen ascent "to the' top. As. the , ikst
looked tiAtitli Were•iii dotfht - Whetiler
• •
:to ciliinb 'the ininuidtrbefekthe next day. •
Meaftwitile i the'lnotion for "dinner,'whiehin 4,1113
4roods• at least; is always in order, was unanimously
tarried 'Without 'debate. • "Shall-We ggi'upl" was
etall.the- question, as"the 'itAefigth glei l k e d
down upon the ruins of our demolished meal. The
sky was full of detached clout* but, with tunyle
the morniot" and-we set-oua
T,EP ASCENT.
In an hour and .a half Wt 3 lad passed from the
larger spruces to the.dwarfs,,and finally leftlthm,n
all far the bleached rock. Cmiceive,of,La
.hread,wooded orrountaln..w .. ith,a,steep and naked
bluff—an , almost 4nllnite Gibraltar-,-superindimed
uponit, and yonilave lktount Maray,asitrappeared
.to us,on emerging.fremr the.spruces. Though, not
so.high, it .has, I think,r a far.bolder,a.t4grander
summit than Mount „Washinoton. Fortunately
we bad chosen the very time, T better. for ,cifect
than When thasky.is,entirely,clear.
4 4A multitude Of .tiense whkitmley dun&
Were wandering in thick docks along the mountains,
Ahepherded, by ther{flowNitivArig
and the snowy whiteness of these eontrasting.with
• the dark ...green of the .mountains . beneath them,
was 'inexpressibly beautiful. • Some of these clouds
appeared above us and some below, and -as. the sun
Was naw.Well in the west, their • litoving shadows
fell on the deep valleys far to the eastward, or were
".seen elinibing the sides of somedistantleak.'
• One -cloud came _in contaetwith the rough mini
mit:on :whieh, we were , standing, and Tresented for
-.e.moment a peculiar_appearance. Instead of look
ing:compact ands fleeey ai When .at a 'distance, it
seemed to be drawn out like , the fibres of carded
wool, hatchelled, as I may -say, -over the, sharp
rook.. '_'Soon it phased like'a dream away, its shadow
weislif down in.'the valleys, and our obseuration
- -waiendeli. l Town through the full circle—north,
east, South; west,' the onehanted world had reap
peared.
There was it peculiar softness upon everything.
fiche !islands , here -"soft: Of canine. . TheJlidies, of
, which -more than' • twenty :lay' in full view, were
'smoothly:edged bydistinee, and thetamtretching
'landscape, soluniversally wooded pver all, its undu
lations,. had a •beautitnl velvety -appearance, espe
.eiallyias it. was still further. traced, in the depres
sions, by various •:shades of .roseate and. purple
haze.
As Ruskin would say, the whole landscape
seemed '!zatliered...ilp fEad!li.lkarid _Tram one
end of the ..horizon to the other, like a woven gar
:meat, and ,shaken into Atep fulling.folds; all its
hidden. zivers leaping into, cataracts along ,the hot
lova, of , its, fall,
S and all its forests rearing ,thein
aelges aslant against, its.slopes, and all its exquisite
.41t9a,nes,tligg ,Ostuselves into,.the .new
~windings
, „ „, L
; : they Veps• :+ 4o3, acele aud. the day. can „never
he Arg,9ttoP..l . •
,- frAilitttlf. 3 4 1 7.94 1 i: 0f t : g49 l ,utlliPing ftom:gke-APP,se
P:,:ji.lL - Apft,vitir.:A,','::. -.. viv._,lo#..sT.:' ; ;.:,.:::,:sE.TlTßElt.. :,', -1800.
forest far olown in one of 'the valleys, showed ns
the direction of our camp-fires, and we retraced
our steps, feeling that neither reason nor fancy could
contain any more, and that the carnal apparatus
which we call the body; was in need df rest.
Bor " the American Preabyierian
innittU l t:
Soft is the music that would eharm forever;
The flower of sweetest smell is shy and lowly.
Wordsworth.
The poet in these lines has expressed 'an.-ex
tremely heautifni, sentiment,. He .has langht, us
orta,,fuo.tle of drawing a.snbljme merabtruth from
nature- Bet. hereilith like a , Perfame) , w4iek
exposed to the light and atmosphere, .soon de
""parteti?, iendures not, long the gaze of palmy, eyes,
or exposure to remark and flattery. It is aluipst4o
ethereal for mortal ton& -- its native spotirppeara
tg:te".o 2 P Cf Ahq P lo oestegon#r,iffr aNagrgul 12 11-
gar vision.. No grifen MbliCbooOtnes.the'.ohristian
than-humility. For hp, l tikmeo t icoy the Divine spirit
to ,estimate, things ; at e their ,true Talnoi,,depides
quite apc,IR:4tO.Y.APon 114 o!rlifosiition an. Tel!tti,r
00(1 t w q..his fellow men. He. ltnonts that, .he
is : guilty of transgressions,,sins of .the, heart, ,that,
ho; o ,annot -cPctainlY aay !44er lAcTi
also .40wohe" Miat he is
under, tb* 4° oPIANS P9OPv. e i, al li tr n P r qA B o
ppctp. others. lie recogui§es the .fagt, that Vlore:*
vat oupability,for evil wkthiniitp.,l4i4 k l.9ce the
magazine, uoe.tis hut thespayk to souttorfil around
Oitsoioy ,ppd death. F He, acknowledges that
,tha
Rnly i ditfaretico between him .and , other T9P.,is
yine,grace; that he has remained firm while others
have fallen, +because he has- not :been exposed ~to
the, trying clronmstances :in which they have •lieen
placed; or if he, hps,, that grecehas been full
exercise to sustain him.
No grace is better -adapted to make . him happy.
The lower down the ,valley of humiliation the
Christian descends, the leftier view be obtains of
the,Pivine f ch.aracter,,the beauty of holiness, the
odiousness of sin. The principsi_sogrce .of Sun
happiness ip. this world is pride, We me .hut
xddons.willing to be rated at our true value. We
desire sail underfelse colors, and we want every
one. else, to acknowledge Apse as „genuine. Now,
that quality, that will . enahle us to be willing to
im_regarde.d for .just whst We are, csnnot fail to
make us happy. , No spiritual attainment has
powerful influence .upon .unregenerate men.
Al'healtby.seal in religions thincrs is frequently
called fanaticism, wild fire; a conscientious. dis-
.-chorge of certain Auties, Phariseeism, over-sere-
Tulousness; -but true humility has something in
it.wkieh is•Jmaven-born`, which stops the tongue
of scorner,the and, awes the natural man into si
•
Bit there is ,a false Intmility which smug
:times ,becomes ittgrafted .upon the truly humble
soul. It is - manifested by kdesire to exhibit and•
obtain credit for humility; a satisfaction -et re
eeivinti, the approbatiOn of men for the possession
of .this grace; an ,nnr
cu Lityis a mirk
tieirrauindividuat aOl gel
of truth and ourity, the elearer beeomed the Vi
sion ufhis routUlold imperfections and sins. ,And
Ale:result of consideration of - theskerrors, is, an
earnest-desire 40 -remove them; hence .real pro
-weal, advabeement True humility
not-meanness, nor u 4isposition • to, eriaff,e before
unen. ,Tbe.faet :that :the,-,humble see' estimates
amen ~not-by the standard Of 09 wor 1 4 1 4)0-,by*n
.46vated ;and true staudard, renders-himliittlesdis
.
posed to Abuse ,himself before's:sinful rfellow-mor
r tal, .IMerather to •humble himielfqbeforeithe.only
- One'who.is conscious othislimputity,and is fitted
!totbe Judge. • -• EAT.
, VIRCULAR /OF 112R , JESSUP;
= - .611§BiONART- IIZi.STIt .
To my friends in the Sabbath Schools inAmerica
; ' 13eixut1 Syrja r Ady 4th,
lisesl-Tott this little :note to, tell you in .brief ;a
_and stery .of what has. happened to the poerpeople
in Syria among ; whom we, , Six; Meeks ago,
,ourrnissienarieswereAll labor; rig .st,,their stations,
hoping to do much-.good; this summer. The .male
and femalneeminaries,-,and a great maarsehools
were In operation, arid ~ the - Syrian heys and 'girls
were learning to read and love the gospel. Now
school, exeeptiog enc,
Sidon:, ?The male quid • female _serniciariaa are
:closed, the pupils all sent to theirthomes,,except
ir, thoSe who have.heen killed; and our mission
ary work is alnieSt breken up The reason , of this
sad „date of things is ; that a fteagal. War has; , hee. ll
- raging iuMount Lebanon; by ‘which thousands-of
.the 'people. have been a killed; Villages - burned, and
many made'WidOwS and orphans is Supposed
that about`seventy:five thousand people haver been
driven from ; their homes,,the most.of them, having
lost all their worldly goods;:---,more than one hun
dred and fifty towns and villages hive been burned,
and there are nearly fifteen thotiaand new-Made
:widows and orphans; In , the town. of gasbeiya
we had a Protestant communitY,a school for the
Children, and a. beautiful church edifice and a bell
—The winked Druzes attacked the twin burned
the ohurehy broke the bell in pieces, and massacred
hundredsnf the poor people, among them more
than half ofthe Protestants. They burned down
every house in the town, and drove all the' poor
women and
_,c ren away, an :they , are .now
wandering..: c houtovith no home,s, theirvfathers.and
husbands almost all killed, so that they'have to
beg„ their bread to keepthemselves'from starving.
In the town of Deir el Kam; in Mount Lebanon,
the Bev. Mr. Bird was the missionary,,antt he,had
two large and interestingschools for boys and-girls.
There werumearly one hundred:ancl fifty pupils,
and we all expected that great good would result
from the instruction of so many of the youne , Arabs
of Mount Lebanon. , put, new, alas 1 that beauti
ful Lebanon town is burnedto ashes. 2 The Druzes
attacked it, -butchered nearly all of then men and
boys, (to the number of abouttwelve hundred,)
burned every house, eicepting that of the mission
itry,and his house has since been plundered, so
. that'now there is; nothing left in the town but ruins
and' corpses. The women and , girls escaped to
the sea. 2 ,shore, and are almost all of them now
,
assembled. here in Beirnt. Some of them are
mounded.with battle-_axes,Wl,swords,
and .our hearts are sickened at the, sight, of so
much suffering. -And I tnight.write a very long
letter i giving you the particill&vof these dreadful
acmes, but ysig i*os4 jo , hoq•i' 6r go
-. 4 axt.loh, 1; 10 0404)o 9, 3 4 W.l494ess:,
F. F. E.
Many of the Protestants : havel# all their
,earthly
possessions. Thejo49s.Ffk‘ l lo, - their cattle
stolen, and they have nothin,ii to eat excepting
, •
What we give them. Ihere.arcehttie children now
in thelower part of he bons° iti„,whichi live, who
have been brough by their widowed mothers
about fifty miles, rtethey have,.no clothes to ~wear
but the rags with• w ..011. they Os- new, covered, .no
fathers tOprovido le OM, analno home tureturn
tolettlfe fatere;" So eof iho-Wetestarits in Haa
t,
beiya eseapedefrom Al ohter, by lying down among
, ,
the dead. bodies as , ough, •they were ;dead, and
I l e
when they came tcT irut , thpir clothes were co
vered. with, blood. ,3(, egged man, anaong the..P ro _
testants in 'Hasbeiraqedaerk the smv the wicked
Druzes ,coming tora, „er,hi4:and the hundreds
tti
of defenceless people, round/him)" Balled gut ,to
the people around th 4-4 11 e•itiougl; vo,ice, • telling
ulthem to put their tr
~.tn-thrt,,Lord tTesus .gluist,
who 'alone can, save,-# . 44 he74Anye4 Slid a
large multitudeprayekw.i.thi.iMfonOremeeding
their souls to the Lori,Yeet.. - 4- few minutes
after, ,while this good rifen .(itsofned Bhu..oopsoor)
Wasprayieg,-,,,the-Druze ,rnsh# upon him and cut
him in pieces with tlf,ie, battle-axes.' His wife
and-child esctiped toAatteasees, and the wives and
children of the otherleen itho were killed are
seme.of ;them here ia,4eird,l some in Sidon, and
some in :Tyre.----We ~eartuot 41find houses enough
for them tosleep iuhere In Ifeirut, so they, have
telleep in ,the open..nixpAnA3kre furnish many of
them with fmal. 'Whelk., thelrkext winter season
comes on, theyurill .needirarler clothing and bet
ter food; and houses te...ahelter, them from the cold
pied,and rain. As we„who are missionaries have
not ,much of this Y2rlire,.rids; Ye cannot sup
port them. very logg,.pel , Oave, written atiap,
peal,t9 our, frfenda_ie Ap'Rrica and England 'ask
ing thel,n to contrihete f p ,' ething for the relief of
these, poor, eufferingoO le. .1 write- this short
; letter to you ao , ,as to give ypu ail an epportimity
to give some of..yonr
„penpha to keep thef3a poor
widows and. fatherless childrOfrom starving. We
hope to open some ef,,epr4ebools again before
marl i moeiha have ,Eassed,-vd - then we can -in
struct,these poor, little gifts and. bus, bet now me
must get something tefirteinffiem front starvatiPP)
or they will net live to enter :our, schools again.
If ,the, members of-your Sabbath Schools are dis
posed to eeatribute apOhieg, la.Lowever small the
sum may be, pleasasend th4troperit of yper,pn
-triutiPP An, AY II tL . 4-LY , ,4•: P§uP,R 4 l - , .Mon
trace, Penn'a, and he wilt, orward it to .me .foi
the sufferiegtpeeple, in , Syr* -We hope that,be
fore leng.o.M• .missioeary eitel:ations- may all be
resumgd„,again;. but note livi:hear.of nothing but
rumors ,Of watt; :We, n.ei t
,' 191gsprayers_ very
much that ,the ,L6rd , mak ; ve uslaithun con
fidence , . , .
in. 44.,:iii these-liotrs of severe trial.
Commending you_ill4p the I t ord, and praying
that you may all congeceate4ogr hearts , and lives
to its service, fam,ex i ef,,,y4nre,in,,Chr r iet e
Alus7u--i'•
- I :. Rrin — M 4 PASetri
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TO ,AMERICAIC C rS'I'IAVS. - •
tf for g e t record
The Irish Assembly Vid- t pO: orge t o
its gratitude to AmeAftai Christians for the
•geneidult 'in iport glienvii• them to the Home
Mistion,:in nonnexioni4th.the visit of - tbei'lle
imtation last •year—npwarde of .E6,oooi'llgr.
Dill, the Moderator, 'dwelt on the "433(61ot:di
mai); cordiality?' withiwhinh 'they trere•illeerved
by varionsTivangeliOal‘Chirebes. • 'Ai:Mow
ing is •.a summary •oft his; address; and i also. the
resolution' adopted by , theqikagetribly , t' ' '-i
.11erefeited;jhrst; To. tlittld : SClioel Presby
terian ; Church:, beeanee ittliathe largest and
probably the,mest induentialpand,:next.to.that,
'Pf: zalgikkr,s.ol9 o l,tx.lrbjelOtan/ectoolly forward
in Supporting,,eod ,syihpathjsing with :them;
and then to the trtiied PreebyteriMi"Chniih,
derlutiltitni whlel bed already re
ceived and ihiMked for-their great kindness to
your. deputaticup.and • liberality to. your mission.
With regard : Jo:the peenniary ,r,esults, ,they,
were ,very tangible e and could „sPenk for them
selves. He , thieght ,the had . never obtained
so much' money id'so slits a time and
small an a,moant! , of ltbor and expense. • lie
could speakast:any.length on the deep-WWl:et
I felt by the various char-thee in Ameriea,,and
,Tore .partionlitrly,,, r by.the . yresbyterian Church,
theM irid all 'their. operations.' 04
not that • thdee'ln notitifiy fell); un
derstood the deep ;interest: felt by. American
:Christiana .in all their religious: movements. '
One in e tli , !Ne , ,Pel*Aßif og4P,E,i9rile.;to.,illns4Ve
that cct i , that, in receiving newspepers, 'jour
nals, &c., h'Oni 'America, he Itioked to them as
cOntaining b'y:far the beet digest and selection
of the account of the Irish Revival. He thought
that in making this report it, at Ksimpleuct of
jestice to re,fer,to tvfq.beloved brethren, and to
the special
,interest which they took ,inall their
proceedings frodi the time they landed until the
time they again set their foot.on:dedron their
return.: hoine—Dr. ;Murray; of ;ElizabetlitoWn,
and .Georgeall..Stoart. ;(Loud. applause.) In
deed,„he to**, include the whole household. of
Stuarts. (A.pplaese.) Re could not command
langue-ge,strong .enough t p express his feelings
1 of eittitnde foe the kindiese;persOiiitily.and on
1 public-grounds; as4hehiiepresentatfice-.of this
Church, they xeceired Ittlihltr hands. it would
49e,cuPYT JP9TP: ,SgegsttOn -the , -4/4.PmblY
soul,' afford for a im tn.:go : over. ya-
Ilene acts of kindoesk 'doh tbent bi these 'be
roved' brethren: . They did almost tier - jibing
for %thew They. area - tlrAlcilitated: their! mils
siola; /by •tbeir admirtble .iarxaniretnentec;Bo -that:
they had a sort .cf
were
the laud. Thek were jeted and feasted until
they were , overwhelmed with kindness, and
,be
gin to feel :hey were =IA greater personages
than they:had .st•-all supposed. themselves to•be.
,To use :au :expression ;.of one of -_,their .witty
America theywere very nea rly spoiled
by being lionized . That friend ohserved he had
never-known any one Whn Odd not heen spoiled .
''by being 'lionized but ens 'and' tibias- wait ! the
Prophet Daniel.' i:(Latighter.)• ,. .ll.e:miglitunm
up the whole by , eaying that these warm-hearted
men wrote for them, planned for,„them, •and
yelled, ; for thern--nsed_el) theiiinilueuee fOr
them; paid for theni . and = them
throughout their whole ebuYao.l - 'Heinight be
perMitted ao Add; thit be etiVerleltthatitheir
Otihrbhi stood!so high,l or oCen pied so :Important
,cposition.Ws.in,meeting the-membersoor , their
..gb. ll 7.4, 9 4l l •Cclinninnion on.a,foreigu!soil., - He
would not like to say he . tiati• been
. prond of
their Church (for they dare
. pog;as
4i,ed;-'lsWly; 'be 'timid of
anythiegOlut le was tbanklid'iolliod:who!bad
so bonoredmadeblessedl the ministration, of our
f . ./ trch. lil..tritining,up men. to, ,occupy , tee many
, Presbyterians did):Piaces: of in e, end
usefulnese in a foreign land . "MOdelitOr
"exPressed trigiet• tbittr: — Edgae - 'hlitlttot
his Ireport , Witht -and lionelnded4kr Stating
that:the trmonet-ziOwardsomf
AulvAlttiAcigildget.
tee upon their part ,tlykt it would be .excla
sively devoted, to the operations of their Ro r
map Catholic .Mission—that it Should be, em ;
ployed a. fade bon in the work of missions to
Roman Catholics. The second stipulation was,
that it should not be employed or used fOr th'e
perp_ose.of saving the purses of other people, or
repressing their inability, but rao9r, to stimu
late and promote this grace r -pinyoking them
to love and togood"worys. He was sure that
in accepting Me Money the Asseixibly would be
perfectly willing , to accept those `!conditions
also. , , , .
Mr,-McClure:then moved—" That we, recog
nising the, goad hand of God in the, labors of
our' brethren in the Atnerithin delintatioil:and
In brining them lbackin safe,ty theirTami
lies and friends, record our sense of gratitude
to, the minister,B and members of the,America,4
Churches for ,their kindness :to our, brethm,
iheti_ sincere sympathy with our missionary
cause, Od the noble contribitinii to 'eurnits
sion flint And :that OSPecielly - In'record our
sincere -, thinkst'to Dr. Murray, of Elizabeth
- George n:-S,t,uhrt, Philadelphia, and
james Stuart, New, "lr?rk, who among many
Christian friendsevinced apre-eminent interest
in our mission.
. The nuition was unanimously paised.
The "Moderator, in appropriate terms, con
yeyed the „resolution tci -Mr. James. Stuart, of
New. York., ,
Mr. Stuart, in a brief kddress,,ecknowledged
the compliment: '
• The. Jost number of the ,Congregatioital Herald
contains the following incid.ent, whieh•isisueh. an
admirable illustration of the ingenuity to . .. Which
pions and pruderit zeal often leads -the.Claristian
in his la/orator:the salvation of so ids, tbatWe can
not‘ ferbear 'giving it a ,proininent -place, In the
hope thatit may prompt our.readees in like man
lier. to- be; ise to: NV iry Souls
tarmereiboys; one aged sixteen and.the
ether eleven; were together in ..tbc forest, cutting
wood. The older one had for several yea t rebeen
a tthristiart, arid be longed that his younger—bro
ther, Whroin thetenderly loved; Should' alScrbeearly
converted. • The 'younger, one Was" an amiable boy,
of ;bright intellect, 011c1 lvasat this time •so much
interested in the study of aritkinetic, that he de
lighted in snlVing ariththeiMal ques i iipps while
aliolit . his work: He;woii r d Solicit from his old&
-brother hard :problems; and IVOuld think'oute &Lid
`Announce the Answers, with that intellectual satis
faction whiehalways attends triumph over diffi
culties.
• •
gevefril honrsihnd thus pleasantly, a'nti a
a Mental" `excitement whieh 'greatlY"felieved.:i.l;e
drUdgery ofithe'manul :Tabor when it: suddenly
occarred.to the older. .brother,.that here.niighthe
a. to turn- the,.. i thought,s-of kba.",t
eipanding mind toil;i:d - the great' problem of his
soul's eici-naf ' 'Therefore, reineinberinga
-
leVice of:Nettleton in sorneWhat sinfila'r•oireeni
.statiCes, he' Met , the liext challenge !for 1"-a"hard
,question," by seriously :asking, " What shall it
4 profit l a mau if he shall gain, the whole world and
`lose his own "Sent?" It was an
'question.' The young mind,-sunk under it fora
smometit. ' This was:ti theme' for , Which(he-trvas uri
..preti,ared,-And,-..alk.Awake trtitarghihemas, for a;n,itt.
telteg • - t • ,4*qtly that .here was p,
•
ZEMIN
- nitiide '34 solemnity Opened before' bin, there
- wai a.thinifestation'ef euiotion whichiiroved that
:the well :aimed: wow had: been -guided iby;tho
droly,Spirit,..andlbfkilliodeed reached..the:inerk. - 7 -
tligst be was diaposed.to blame: is i brother for
an 111-tuned introduction of irrelevant matter.
Bat when he saw the tearful solicitude of that . bro-
Aur, lig. incited ,in to tears,' aud . saltedp“,W s hat must
Ido tn..e,ealreil?" , •, .
"Be ieve in Jesus! Giveldra pier heart! Cori
eeergetetr: life:to him.! Oh! ~do nchir, my:dear
liretbe:r,!". were the earnest• directions:. ;,;r.
r: f„f' ,you pray; for me that:l. may, do, it?" was
..the sobbing .answer.- , . :, • •
- joyfully was, that: request complied:Arial
:They kneeled.; together ain't) o g the :chopped mood,
~uoder. the. green arches of that - Toreetaempler, .its
„great Builder graeionaly,beard their prayer;•.there
440,41. ear buy..arashorn .Of. God, and thenceforth the
Awcwere .brothets, welLai brothers-in
Ogilfiesh ,- : ; •:: : 117 •:.
The i iineerity,:of (that Featly:. eenneeratiou ,was
-proved bp a life:of singular4.pnrityrand integrity,
thrOugh ;his youth and :eaxlymunthood; and by -a
meacefarl,death when. he hadinumbered a littleimere
:than ,thirty,years, and ,whendlis family, the Aura,
AO4 „apdappreciating , public 'felt ,Oat le 4°ol, nOt
.oi..sisslnd: • • --f
Ptivotilm r,eader„havo,pet you,semeldearfnend
dinatnntiyetiknow,Cdtrist, and- to,fshnst .you
.ovulipstak4alswoyd-in,.season. for his S),vation?
-.POsslntlintrtelvi..rn
. over him.? Chilthen, toll
him, in some way, ly,obr; affectionate ,anaiettes.
11,011 Peed' , not. dct e jt.in just, this.mannAr.. Some
::entirety, different pleoo4,pflpiorench pay suggest
*pd_- : yetitio,,not wmt,•to jnyent: a novel
An:lin-A.in;easo),ibleas : tbe
14:20 1 :9 - 0 01 another . . .11. 1 14 P. ..RAks , any. 410h*
new 0f'544, ,thin1i . ,04n440n.48.1449:11 WaY.Anggtifl,
:and Christian judgment may.apprpve... t,:
.'STATISTICS` OF DRINKING AND . DEM -
' . ENNEs§',.tir,'OpLA**. ' • •
.... f ,The, liondon oormsoent..o, - the, S. S. Times,
.
-gives) the followingulaiming, facts , he to , the %acid
.
lkiiiiiiicating drink§ in• 'England, 'and - its effects
'tlin . n t ihe, inol:al'an,d iidigiiiiis•CenilitiOn of the:Cclui
'• t ' "'J '• • ~ .( 1. f.; 41 -.. ~. 4•.; 4 .. „ .
, Some idea of the amount of intoxicatingAiinks
consumed in this country may be formed from the
amount. of-revenue raised, by the government from
. this source: -The returns, for ,the last year , have
just been, published. • The amount received by the
_government on spirits, wined i .malt, and hops ; for
-the' last year, reuckhqd tigonormous sum of $lOO,-
.9.82,400,1. 1 I afidegkitbia, in a „country with less
,than. Ao;9o.o,oooof l inhabitants. These are fright
:bd.:4de,, ;The.. duty, indeed, , is very •heavy, so
~that,ot m
hrr.quantity
_consued .rnify l be ,!less than if
the duty was less. Indeed, at first view, it would
seem ns,if the goveroment were ! disposer!, if possi
.:o3,. t,o
_strip , the, sonsum ption u by f the imposi tion, of
glades which are now so great that , under. almost
any,prdiriary. , circumstmiTs,_tlicy would• be prohi
fiito.%l l iEvery gallon of.sturits made in, tbe. coup
. txy pm; ;24042,5Q to thkgoverriment,tas •dnty;
.2 9d ; y,et it dpcs pot seem to , have.the •alightestja-
Alnenen ip,ntte,eking c4ol4 . luptipt; kl 1 d :he g o Yer4l-
-iiiPP. l 4TgestlY . pro s*r t ,94 4 le.finbil;fug i Form
,nik)r,of,o4e, people.; I net:trery sure we,yr,ottld haie
:0204firlfW4iskyrebellintig.in our country ). should
. our -govern in en t, mtein ptto, i Mposikany, saoh.dnties ;
and the C 1
.4 0 91 31 ! 0 401 1 fie s 'Af5 11 0, 4 1ucrlhere has just
proposed to impose about 26 cents, ser : ,gallon
more, tcr help nieet i .the• ,epepfies.of .the ,Phipese
, war. o,tir:ing%ttin: p.a.st year, there ; wtp„ilyty paid
c • i to,„the governnvot,, on, 6,77,5;9414a11nus j ot fo•
11,129 : itr,lne,. : ausiv 4.,5)09,457. : gallons : of : foreign
-spirits f Thigt .sq.9 l Y looks 79rY fomni4ftWe.. .134 t
1 , 4161 if nothing cpwpared yvith, the, demonstration
[ l et the iiondoplocks. I visited.these dooltstatcw
.49 8 s ince,. sq. ,I ; ,s in ,one. single wine-vault, , which. coverecUYC , a cres of . grou p d , And . conteinecl
recently, fLt‘ dW4: ,tithe,: 2 8,9 0 ,9:: goSlis.Of . .port, wine
, alone,. ,each celik, containing J ahont 129 , ,01100i5.
• -f?i tiler!, were also several Pkkor, Ya144..1P( 4Rost
:cqnal ex tent- 7 411encres upopiereslvernoyered
with casks, along ‘ the docks, and through the; open
, spaces; lii,.the toOst 4 painf,al .. i*l disnotga„iing
THE,GREAT QUESTION' SEASONABLY
AN:D mFF,F 4 CTUALLY. ASKED
part of the whole matter is, that the largest part
of thie'enormous auth is }laid by the poor; and
this will be even more the case , hereafter, as the
recent treaty with 'Fronde takes much of the duty
Cif, of wine and brandy, the drink of the middle
and tipper pluses of the community.
I, do not kiiow the whole nundier of gin-shops
and` beer-shops in all England and Wales; but
there are in London alone'lBss3 of them!. If the
population ofLondon , be 3,000,000, which is, per
haps a little over the mark, that would give one
gin-shop to abOut every one hundred and sixty
p"crions, including Women and children, while' the
number of butchers' and bakers' shops together
do not amount trioVer one-third thelnuinber of gin
and` beer-shops,; or, say, while there is a gin-shop
for every 36p,pppoup,includitl )yomen and , ol4l-
dren, thereire one'butcher-shOp F 3.4 one baker-
shop to each 960 persons. '•
In' the lant 'year; 89,903 1 'petrsons , were 'charged
with Arankenness,iof whoa 24;395 were Women !
Of this number charged, 56,161 were punished by
'the. magistrates for being drgnlr, or drunk and
disorderly. Of , 'those punished 10,48 E were
women.
In 306 eases on coroner's inquests dtiring the
year, a verdiet,cias found of ',"Died 'from excessive
041 . 4kr0g," ‘,270,600 persons were . counted. enter
ing ourteen princiial gin palaces of London
in, one wege, TiliiCh "would give an average of
nearly' 40,000 daily attendants; at, only &cheep
out' Of the 18 - 853 in London !
- Such a state of things , produces its legitimate
and'inevitahle results—most alarming neglect of
all means of grace, and a frightful amount of
crime; for it cannot be disguised, if intemperance
were removed , crime ' s of every kind would'be vastly
diatinistiod, the cenimunity be saved enormous ex
pense:, and by far the greatest *obstacle .to the
.moral .and religious improvement of the people
would be taken out of the way. It is a fact, as-
Certainedby actual and careful investigation, that
of the population of London, at least three -fifths,
or 1;800,000, seldom or never enter any place of
religious worship; and while less than 500,000 of
the population are at the house of God on any
Sabbath evening, there are, at the same time _quite
as Many men, women and children drinking in
the iumerints - gin - and' beer-Shops of the 'metro-
Cdr. Banner.
THE. ROPE LEE THE ,SYETAR CHRIS
. TUNS.
The Pope has addressed to the Maronite Patri
arch of Antioc b. and, hiS suffragans, the followiner
qammunieation, dated 20tli'atily :
TO our Venerable Brethren, &c.--By your let
,ters,:so full of. - sadriess, which reached us on the
26th of this month, we learned with great sorrow
,and disquietude the, horrible ,atrocities committed
on the faithful of our country by the detestable
enemies of ille - OhriStinti name, and the public
journals have likevviee, within the last few daysi,
given us the terrible details. 'To so :many= other
sorrows with ,which we were afflicted has there
'been added the spectacle of nuine
'iou.s convents' and Chure,hee 'consumed by flaines,
-of villages obmpletely ravaged; by sword and fire,
of many sacred objects shamefully pillaged, an
innumerable multitude of people of all ages and
conditions, and both sexes either horribly masia
efed; or compelled to' taketo flight in order to
'escape' deatlf;' while_ you yourselves, to the' great
grief of ouvheart, have . beete exposed as well as
: inanrpther-bisheps, to,the cotigtant , peril oldeath,
bn account of the innate ; of these infidels,
-whose fury'his up deubt b•„,,„`
BIM 'lie Zill.lilUllaittiliffnt le
Tire; recently; put forth's° often 'in The papers, and
.whose: rag,ei had suddenlydirected itself to: the an
ef the ,Christian , nation. Alas! it is
very sad and deplorable that in our time more
sympathy and more help are accorded to the pro
-routers of disorder and sedition, than ttr the Chris
dian people who groan beneath the yoke of the
Turks l and ether barbarous, nations, : people for
whose emancipation in other days, Europe under-I
took such formidable' wars; so that in the Parlia
ment of a certain nation various orators have acme
so far as to praise and ' , applaud a man who, int'dis
ef i U 1. w and justice,- is trying everywhere
to,overthrow religionlind public society.
It iS in this perverse manner persons think and
act' When - they reject and condemn - the Catholic
•religionwhich is the only' one that leads-us-to the
.truth,;_tthe only one which' teaches it; the only'
cue, t' eon henl the Founds of a_ diserdered ,so
ciety, and sustain it when it is weary and about
to fall HOW much it is to be wished" that 'those
~
who a.re the most interested - should 'know that if
lateen - society runs any peril it comes not• from
The , church of. God,- but fronitthe enemies of that
church, who, if they are favored,, if they, are, aided,
are in the habit of turning their arms against their
authors theinselves; for' the purpose of utterly de
.• .
'straying -all 'mil and 'religions easier.
IlOwever,' venerable , brethren, we. hope, God
_aiding, that - very shortly the inauguration
.of a
more favorable era for the Christians of our
country will take place, since the generous French
nation and its gbyerinnent are preparing a feet to
seinfassistance IMF country, whilst iather na
. Cons ;have already despatched armed vesSels.to_de
fend their countrymen, mid, as it were, to rescue
them from' the grasp of wild beasts. We• have
not been 'strangers io this'niagnificent moVenient;
we excited it as much
_as,we could by our exhor
tations, compelled as we were by our
_paternal so
licitude ;. 4 atid .We .clo:not:deubt that it Fill become
still greater for the defence of your safety and
your common salvation. - Be persnaded that for
eur - Phrt we share your sorrow'for the disasters
which haVe befallen
, yon; and, whilst we 'hasten
to send you a small suni Of money—all which our
own misery permits us to diSpose of—in order to
give
,somo,relief to, your misfortunes, we pray. and
conjnre. the Father of Mercy to deign to regard
fretehin throne of nglory thiS afflicted Part of the
flock of the Lord, and to restore arid comfort it in
His beady and. His clemency.
May immortal God, in whose' .hands are the
hearts of kinea lead the most powerful Christian
princes to repress the efforts of the, infidels, lest,
they strive more and' more after. the, ruin of the
Christian name. May these same
_princes' corn
prebend what
_grave nay, whit extreme danger
_Threatens society, unless-they unite their influence
and.their, strength to quell here, in , Europe the
audacity of the wicked,, to hinder the attempts of
those men, who, as though animated by a new
madness, seek only to extinguish all religious sen
timent in the soul, to confound all , lews,' . Divine
and human, and, in sweeping away all idea of the
just and unjust, to make human society like a den
of Wild beasts. '
I-n the midst of the incredible confusion in civil
things, in the midst of the , fear so great of trou
bles to come, this single idea consoles us--immely,
that the faithful spread allover the earth offer to
The. throne of , Grace fervent and assiduous prayers
which will rneve our merciful God to g,ive us, at.
His own good time, the tranquillity we wish for;
so that one ,day we May eongratalate ourselves on
the happy and brilliant result, of our, common
,wishes add render for so great a benefit just
thanks to' the Supreme moderator:of all things,
the guardian and aveng,er of the Church.
joicing in this hope, venerable brethrenove-anCertt
with all our heart, to you•and to your llocks,'our
apostolipal benediction as a presage of a better
futin4 on earth, and the pledge of a ,blessed eter
'Given . at Rothe, the 20th Jury . lB6o, in the
:fifttienth: year of our pontificate.
PIUS IX., Porz.
Notbin.. is easy but'ivb`i - ivas difficult at first;
nct even le aiinplean adt.tia" walking.
VOti._ Y.L.—NO. -2. Whole - No. 219.
E RESULT
SCOTTISH HUXOR.
The following amusing anecdotes are from an
article in Blackwood's Mac , azine on "Scottish
National Character."
A minister of Crail had been long annoyed by
the drowsy propensities in church of a farmer,
one of his parishioners, " one David Cowan in
Troustrie;" and remonstrating on the subject, had
his patience ionciliated by two cartloads of coals
Which the offender engaged to drive to the manse
door. Nevertheless, "a few Sundays afterwards,
Mr. Cowan '
soon after the commencement of the
sermon, fell into a sound sleep as formerly . ; and not
only so, but made so much noise as to disturb the
sitters near him and the minister Mr Glassboro
Wait if for a whilei`but at last tie'iiegithlie to stand
it nerionger, desired the people north loft
`=-Ang/ice gallery—to waulten David Cowan.'
David, awakening suddenly, and forgetting where
Ire was, asked the minister 4 if he didn't drive two
cartloatis of coal to the manse last week, to let him
sleep P"True,' replied the minister, 'but,' did
not agree to let you snore!'"
Such tales of colloquy in church,abound. "Jen
ny," asks a Dunfermline minister of the same ge
neration, stooping from his pulpit, " have ye got
a preen (pin) about ye?" "Yes, minister." " Then
stick it into Mit sleeping brute by your side."
Such instant punishment must have made it dan
gerous work to trifle with the temper or even at
tract overmuch the notice of these keen-sighted
observers. "An admirable story of a quiet pulpit
rebuke," says Dean Ramsay, "is traditionary in
the East Neuk of Fife, and told of a seceding mi
nister, a Mr. Shirra, a man well remembered by
the older generation for many excellent and some
eccentric qualities. An officer of a volunteer
corps on duty in the place, very proud of his fresh
Uniform, had come to Mr. Shirra's church, and
walked about, as if looking for a seat, but in fact,
to shoiv off his dress, which he saw was attracting
attention from some of the less grave members of
the congregation. He came to his place however,
rather quickly, on Mr. Shirra quietly remon
strating, '0 man, will ye sit doun, and we'll see
your new -breeks when the kirk's '" This
same Mr.,Shiria, was well known from his quaint,
and, as it were,• parenthetical comments which he
introduced in his reading of scripture: as for ex
ample, on reading from the lifith Psalm, "I said
in iny haste, all men are liars," he quietly ob
served, "Indeed; David, an' ye had been i' this
parish, ye *might lin said it at your leisure."
These dull old kirks, in the CO of the eighteenth
century, can scarcely have been so dull as one
might suppose. Perhaps it is a Boanerges storm
ing in the pulpit, with afternoon auditors wofully
unable even to get to sleep; but 10, a dog has
followed his master to church, and, unseen some
where, pays tribute to the eloquence of the sermon,
becoming " first excited, as is not uncommon with
some dogs when hearing .a noise, and from whinge
ing to whining, as the speaker's voice rises louder
and louder, at ast beginning to bark and howl."
The indignant minister calls upoo his beadle to
ejectthe intruder. " Ay, ay, sir,"says John, look
ing uP to the pulpit, " but, ineed, it was yerseif
that began, it.' Perhaps it is a still more amusing
and confusing encounter. The clergyman, on
coming into the church, found the pulpit occu
pied by the parish idiot. The authorities had
been unable to remove him Without more violence
than was seemly, and therefore waited for the
minister to diSpossess Tam of the place he had
assumed. "Come down, sir, immediately," was
the peremptory and indignant call; and, on Tam
being unmoved, it was repeated with still greeter
energy: Tani, hoWeyer, very . cpfifidently replied,
i. A D , tift, minis
ter, Mist ye come up WV lire °TW-i - s ape crstr --
generation, and, faith, they need us baithi "
ONE TRUE CHRISTIAN IN MEXICO.
Rev. It. P. Raymond, of the Rio Grande
M. E. Conference, who has been distributing
Bibles in Matamoras, gives the following touch
ing incident: •
I think 1 have found one true Christian in
Mexico. He is a Mexican eighty years old.
He is very poor, and. teaches a little school in
the suburbs of Matanloras for a support.
While distributing Bibles, I called accidentally
at his -jacol, or house, and offered to sell him
a. Bible. He said he had one already, and
showed it to me. I asked him if he read it.
answered,' "It is God's Book—why should
I not read it?'' Ile then showed me a New
Testament, which he had obtained in New
Orleans, years ago. It was printed by the
American Bible Society is 1819, and its ap
pearance testified that it had been long and
well used. Between the leaves, marking favor
ite texts and, passages, were pieces of corn
husks or shucks. It is very commie with the
Mexicans to have .corn-shucks in their pockets
or hats, with which to make their eigarritas ;
intt,this old •man• used- them for a double pur
pose. :30.1y. old friend—for so I came to re
gard bim in a little while—seemed to prize his
old Book as a pearl of great price. I thought
he looked upon it with reverence and delight,
and his dim eye sparkled as he spoke of its
.blessed truths and precious promises. I asked
him if he prayed to the,saints? He said, "No."
If he worshipped the Virgin? 4 No; he wor
khiPPed Geld only; the Holy Trinity—the Fa
ther, Shin, and Holy Spirit." I took up the
Testament,•a,nd turned to the third chapter of
.the Gospel to St. John, 'and read the dialogue
between our blessed Master and the Jewish
ruler. I then asked him what he thought of
the new birth oi. regeneration.' He said he be
lieved it was necessary' to be horn again, in
girder to enters the kingdom of-God. He then
told. Me of his own deep repentance and sorrow
: of heart, and how at last.he found pardon and
,peac,e and joy, through faith in Christ.
THE TOIXNADO.
Rev. G. D. Young Of Comanche, gives the
,foll Owing account, in the Home Missionary for
. Septern - her, of the tornado occurring in that
place, and of the providential escape of himself
and congregation from its destructive effects:
Having passed through, the most solemn and
fearful scene of my life, during the quarter that
has just ended, I have thought that a brief ac
count of it might be useful and not uninterest
ing. On Sabbath, the 3d of June, having
preached in Comanche, from Heti. x., 31: "It
is a, fearful thing to fall into the hands of God,"
- I rode out on the prairie five miles, to preach
at Eaton, one of my stated places, the services
commencing at five - o'clock. The 'school-house
was crowded. After preaching some twenty or
thirty minutes, .I .saw, through the south-west
window, a very ominous cloud approaching.
An instant impression was made on my mind,
1 that I must dismiss the people; which, after a
short proyer,4 did,—took my buggy and rode
town. In the north-east were eon.
Unita flashings of lightning; and thet e came to
my ear , from the south-west
,a continual, loud,
rolling, awful Sound, as if more than a thoqsand
'Wagons, heavily loaded, were driven rapidly
over paved roads. I arrived home from five to
ten minutes before the most terrible, awful tor
nado, in the, whole history of the world, so far
as I know, struck our town, and, in two mi
nutes, destroyed the houses and many lives.
In less •than.fifty minutes alter I dismissed the
people, numbering, with the children, more than
one hundred, perhaps about -a hundred and
twenty-five souls, the house on the prairie.was
all tot n'to atonis, and every house on both
,sides
kirtlie - roa , for ve miles into'town, was de
'strayed: ' - •