.. , ~ ...,..... . . . . . i . . .. . . . /0 ....,, 4 . , . , .• c m ill \ .: . . • . ._w....................... GENESEE EVANGELIST.—WhoIe No. 748. For the American Preibytvrianq THE CRUCIFIXION. The following poem is the sweet breathing and swelling sublimity of true inspiration. It appeared tseently in the loredericksburg (Va.) News, to, Which paper it was forwarded by a correspondent, *he says, "It was transcribed from an old , copy of the 'Church Rekiker,' Philadelphia, .1881. I think the poem nothing less than masterly. It was originally published in anrAnnhal, the ‘Anitti let,' 1880, signed tptortavoi (Chtistianos.) I don't know the'aultiOr, but he justified his //QM de plume." B. F. S. WaShington, D. C., Sept., 1860. City of Godl Jerusalem', . 'WII rushes out thy living stream? The turban'd priest, the hoary seer The Roman in his pride, are.theref And thousands tens of thousands, still Swell round CaUvery's wild hilt Still onward rolla.the living tide; There come the bridegroom and the bride, Prince, beggar, soldier, Pharisee, The old, the young, the bond, the free; The nation's furious multitude, All maddening with the cry of blood. 'Tie glorious morn—from height to - height Shoots the keen arrows of the light, And central•in •t t heir glorioys shower; • Palace of Holiness and .Powes , ,, The temple on biuriah's brow Looks life a risen sun below. • But wo to hill and wo to vale! Against them shall come forth a wail; Aud wo to bridegroom and to bride, For death shall on the whirlwind ridel And wo to thee, respleindent shrine, The sword is out for thee and thine I ' Hide, bide thee in the heavens, thou sun, before: the deed, of blood is done! Upon that temple's haughty steep Jerusalem's last angels weep. They see destruction s -funeral pall Black'ning o'er Zionfa sacred wall! Like tempests gathering on the shore, They hpar the coming armies roar; They see in Zion's balls of state The sign that maketb desolate; The idol standard—pagan spear, The temb t the flame, the measure. They see the vengeance frill—the chain, Thelong, long age of guilt and pain, The Exlle's thousand deap'rate years, The more than groans, the more than tears, Jerusalem, a vanished name, Her tribes, earth's warning, scoff• and shame. Still pours aldng the multitude, St)11 vanilla the heavens the shout. othiond r in.the murderers' furious vsn "Who' totters on? A weary man, A eines upon hi§ shoulders His brow; his fisite,-ohe quivering wound. And now be treads.on;Calvary— Whntreleve upon thatitill must die, What hand, whit heart, in guilt imbrued Must be the tneuntain vulture's food? There itaild Iwo victims, gaunt and'bare ? Two culvit enibleani of despair. . And who the third? The shame . 'franzied at. the Snfiliier , s name lien,d'uleuehed, teeth goasking,.yestnres tors, , l i he curse, the taunt, the laugh of scorn, All that' thrd dying hoUr could sting, An t iroued..tbre thou thora.crosvu'd Magi "ttitCuried and tor nred, taunted, spurned, •No , verith for tarmb by Him returned, gynngeance flashes from his eye, The sufferer calmly waits to die; l'Thelliedy sceptre, thorny crown, Bring to that pallid brow no frown. 'At Net the tvgrd pt death'is giv'ett, The farm ie bowed, the nails are 'driven— Now trimppli, Scribe and Pharisee, Now, iiornan, bend the moekirg knee! Thworoaa is reared-t—tbe deetd: Xbece•atikttde Xeesieh t a eartbly throned SaCh. was. this earth's consummate hour--- For 'thre, bad. blazed the. Froptiet's.power, For tbus,bad swept the.ctinqueror's,sword, raised, case down, restored, Persepolis, Rome, Babylon, For this ye sank, for this ye shone! Yet things to which earth's brightest beam Were darkness—earth itself a dream, Foreheads on whieb shall crowus be laid Sublime when atm and star shall fade, 'Worlds upon worlds, eternal things, Hang.o'n thy anguish, King of kings! Still from his lips no curse has come, His lofty eye has looked no doom No earthquake burst, uo angel brand, Crushes the mad, blaspheming band— What eay those lips by anguish. Thaw?. Giod,,be my murderers forgiven! " . He.dies. !In wboae high victory The elaYer, death himself,,shall die, tie dies I By whose all conquering tread. Shall yet be crushed' the serpent's head, From his , proud throne to dackriels hurled, The God and tempter of our world. He &et •Creathittla awful Lord, Jehovah, chrlat, 'Martial Word! To come hi thunder trom the skies, To bid the holed world arise; The earth his footstool,. heaven hie throne, Redeemer! may tb • witi be done I ft, Sativsqauflottrc LETT 2ROM, BH A, . TUE INTEREST 'Or PR.OTE.STANT ofilusirriors IN MISSIONS TO THE CIIINAsE DISPROPORTIONATE AND INADEQUATE.' ["lt is possible thit'my India has given me a disproportionate int:Crest in that land as a field of missionary effort and yet f cannot avoid feeling that the Christian world,' and ` especially the American Church, is greatly at fitult in niat putting forth more interest, sympathy, prayer'and effort in behalf of the perishing milliand-of India who are hastenfiag to idolateue graves at the. rate 0f'14,400 every day." Am. Pres., pec.'B; 1.869: Extract of letter from Rev. It G. Wilderj' To ministers, miasionary candidates, theological students, and Ukri4eianst generally in the United States. Greeting:—l have notplicsd, the above para graph at the head of this lottgri,for , the,purpose rof criticising it. I would rather draw•the attention of Christians in. America to,its - sentiments- I would commend it to theitt.reneVMd and. prayerful consideration. My heart was deepltateeted on reading it two or three Months ainoh,aftl) tune of its arrival here. I know boW to; oporttAze with the feelings of its author. How vividly does it indicate the ardent interest which missionaries have in the land where: - they have . labored. It has been suggestive of some thoughts in regard to the disproportion and inadequacy of _the eifer‘ made by Christina for the spread iof lhe gospel this empire. Allow 011 1 '800 4 lig ! tin g4g# so changed as to apply to thislansi) and says; • is possible that my life in China has given me a disproportionate interest in this land as a field of missionary effort; and yet I, cannot avoid feel ing that the Christian world, and especially the American. Church, is greatly at fault in 'not put ting forth more interest, sympathy, praYer and effort in behalf of the perishing millions of China who are hastening to idolaters' grayesitt the rate of thirty , ffie or forty thousand every day." STANDARD 'OP MISSIONARY INTRREST-POPULA .- TION OF CIIINA. What should he—not what isthe ntandarti missionary interest in a heathen land? By what principle should the missionary force be distr . ', buted; or what should be the criterion by which ' to decide the prePer4n.oportion of laborers in dif-' ferent countries ? hese are subjects not only worthy of, and appropriate to, the particular and, prayerful consideration of Missionary , Societies through their secretaries 'and committees, and of candidates personally,. but also of, the pious and interested friends of missionsgenersily. gas the population of.a land, and the extent, of territory to -be influenced, anything to- do.with its proportitin of laborers?` ContemPlate China in re spect to extent and popnlation. Tt'is allowed ,by geographers to be the :second largest empire on the.globe, Rnssia being the largest, art4-inadcessi ble ,to Protestant missionaries. Unquestionably, - China has the most numerous •population of any eountry ruled over by one man, being variously estimated from three hundred to four hundred millions. But the number of missionaries in this, land is, very greatly less in proportion to its popu lation and extent than in almost any , other acces sible heathen country., Though the missienary, has personal access at present to comparatively a. small pertionof, the empire and the ,population; still, by means, of books, and tracts, written in the *classical, or general style, and by the _agency of native Christian helpers wider his superintendence,, he can de, by the blessing of God, an amount of good, limited only by the, amount of funds and, number of men thus to employ, in places whither be himself cannot penetrate. There is no censor- . ship of the press in China. Books written by the missionaries can circulate in all parts of this vast empire, and, if well written and adapted terest the Chinese, may be read by multitudes of the , reading portion' ofthe-huridieds of millions of ., this people. ' The time, we trust, is near at hand when Pretestant missionaries of the gospel„ may go everywhere in the empire,.preaching Christ ,cru cified, without , let or hinderance from the Chincse government. THE 04INESE raNqp . ..4,GA. What deters, the missionary candidate from seeking to proclaim the way ofsalvation - to the Chinese? Dees the language:deter him? is it possible that a language used by the most popu lous nation on the globe 'for several tens of cen &dies, Should be , the"insurmountable barrier be tween them and the missionary candidate, whose soul is burning' with the love d Christ, and is consuming with zeal for the salvation of men? It is feared' that many candidates are, indeed, kept' from coming to China in consequence of the mag nified diffionities of the language. Some seem to prefer to go to India, where . the Sanserit 'should be studied; or to Syria, 'where the Arabic 'should be learned, rather than come to this land, heciitte the Chinese , language is::so. difficult 1 I knew a fellew-student, a fellow-countryman, who decided • to' go to Syria and learn the Arabic, because 'he aOuld'uever, he, said, acquire the Chinese LI haVe often thought, when reverting, to the sentiments entertained by missionary candidates ,at home about the Chinese language, of the common pro verb about the fish, frying-pan, and fire; or the more elegant Classic allusion to those famous whirlpools between the coasts of Italy and SiCily. IS t CHINA. UNINTERESTING ?--ALAS, FOR' CHINA! Ikea the feet or rather should the feet, that there is no pressing eall-for-ynissionaries coming from the Chinese, and: no-absorbing and general interest among them in regard to the gospel, de- bide the missionary candidate fodesireto go ) , or the Missionary Society , to prefer:to send hiin to some other land where , there is evidently a more urgent call from the people; and a greater aeneral interest in the 'religion of the Bible? This is a grave question,, and deserves to he well pondered. Different persons will doubtless, viewing itfrom diffeient stand-points, come to different conausiona. Put, alas! for the Chinese, if they are still to be left to droP into "idolaters' graves," at the rate of thirty-five or forty thousand per day, because they are not? an interesting.pebille, or becanee'they Sarre oat' Specially interested already - in the gospel! ' Though , the language opt. easy of acquisition, and. the- people i iii ; some respects, are ,difficult to ititerest and influence T.-z-it . is :one Of 44 the nations" unto ALL of which, according to Matthew, Re Made it their duty to go and teach all that lie had taught theiii. Did not Jesus die for the Chinese as much as He did for altar heathens ? He* great is the responsibility of the Church, when she practically neglects, ancFeven virtually refuses, to carry out the Saviour's e.oinmand to any thing like 'a 'proportionate and adequate extent, as touch ing theimmense end populous empire Of China! , And if the Church is waiting for a great in terest in the gospel aniong this people, before 'she sends a proportionate antadequate supply; of 'her Oa and :11Se-daughters hither as mis.situteries; and befortiSlie, Oita up herardmit andeffectiial prayers 1414 Divine blessing ; to on misSionery :ef forts. in this. land,: hew long will she thus wait? Will this empire ever become- the Lord's "'harvest Without , tilie-ufte .nf appropriate' means'? Miist matirtilillions; nay hundreds or thousandsuf mil- Hong, , fill'" idolaters' graves'? itr this dark empire before the Church shall awake to:her , duty to the: Land of Siiiim? If on, every successive day for a month or even a m 4 p - g e` week, a city as.popu ous as tiidl or y racuse,,or Rochester,,Shouldjie l swallewed up in the bowels of the earth, what u,profound sensa tion would the:fact , produce as soon as known:all over, the civilized world! r,,l3ut•the fact : that the same number ,of humanybeings ,arehsstening to sidolaters' graves" every successive day - for every successive year from this,ene empire, is viewed with.comparative, equanimity by Christendom 1. ,putdl, am •not' .content •to leave this subject here: , Allow due, then, plainly to saki whether there not • too great , a tendency in missionary candidata , to , :olterisli a dosire to, labor in •,those lands, or, those islands, pr:theseTarticular stations, where there is a religious awakening already ex, : . PHILADELPHIA, .-.7.:.:..T..4U,1t5DA:T;:.:,...,:,:.;5:R:T5-..1.18Ei1l- isting, or some particular interest already excited, rather than to devote themselves to those places where there is no extraordinary awakening or in terest? Is there not comparatively too great a restraining, or, at leait, omitting of prayer on the par o e t fth Church generally in behalf of unawa- kened lands and uninteresting stations? And do riot the personal : friends of missionaries in the fo reign service confine their 'prayers, in Moo large a degree, for the Divine blessing on' the labors of these whoni they`know,, and' on those lands where their friends are engaged, forgetting to remember and embrace all the nations of whole world in their importunate and frequent ' supplications? AFLIIENCF. , OF SOMPTCRA, ASSOCIATIONS. .It would be a 'curious subject to'finquire,Und lids important; enough to repay sOme. reflection,. eachChristianfor himself, how great an influence' Scripture assooiatiais, both names,4lmes, and scenes, have in. calling tOrth Trayer fordands men iioned Bible, and ,in leading-missionary candidates to prefer to go to these and adjoining countries. It . ii-welltinciwn that Many Christian . travellers prefer -to visit Syria., or ASia Minor, or , Greece, &c!, in conseqiience of Scripture'assoeia tions connected with them, rather than other lands. not more distant from-theirhoines, nor less abound ing in' delightftil scenery. How far does a similar interest in lands mentioned in Scripture, growing' to elate extent out of acquaintance with Scrip tare language'and Scripture facts, beget importu nate 'prayer on the' part of Christians for those lands, to the neglect of similar prayer for other lands, and a desire in missionary candidate's to go to those _lands, when they would shrink from go int to tither countries less known, and less in teresting in' their general or historical associations? How renal dOes such' a circumscribed and local interest from' the spirit of Christ's farewell behest to his apostles to go and eirangelize all the World, to go and disciple all the nations? These suggestions are made, as nearly as 'I know my own heart, not in a carping or fault-finding spirit, nor from any feeling akin to personal die satisfaction or discoura i gement in my work. They . relate to highly important and practical' subjects intimately connected with the most rapid spread of the iosp6l in all the world. As Such, they are . recommended to the serious and prayerful conai deration Of the pious reader. Ido not pretend to have properly and fully discussed any one of the different points, presented, but merely to have Bug gested some subjects for the contemplation of those western Christians who may see them. May the Holy Spirit lead those in my nativeihnd who love the Saviour to feel a deeper interest and more cor dial sympathy in labors for the salvation of the pe ritdrig millions of this most remote and populous land, and to offer`up more ardent prayer, and en gage in greater efforts their :behalf. While China has beenand is still comparatively neglect ed by the Church, I belie rejoiced, and Luria re joice; that otheilands do receive from her more abundantly, the stilt very inadequate interest, sym pathy, prayer and effort. I would not have less b'estawed.ouothertlands, hut-more on this. ANFERawkli-MisuoNAßir June'23d, 1860. editors of religious papers in• Arne rica.insert the whole or.a part of the above letter in their Columns, or give its : subject such a notice as, they think it deserves,? . I append a few items of statistics in regard to the, missionary work in this empire., Protestant missions in China were,_begun fifty three yeamago, by,Rev. py:.,tobert Morrison, who, arrived at Canton in. 1807,.fromEngland !. Bev. Dr. E. C. Bridgman was the pioneer of American missions ) arriving ,ip :lip, ...Now ,number of Protestant missioparies from,Enrope and America is about ninety, of whom morejlian one half are from Ameriga. Of the American missionaries those sent out by the Presbyterian Board (O. 5.,) sta tioned at Shanghai, Ning - Po, and Canton, are the largest .13Odyl. the -Episcopal Board-of Missions,tetationed at. Shanghai, under the supervision of Bishop Boone, are the :=nest largest: - The'Aikericeri 'Board's 'hilssibnarieS' are ten in number. Their stations are at Shanghai, Fulichau, and Canten. In ten years this Board, the first and largest missionary,orgardzation inthe United States,-has sent out .seven men to China. It'has lost during this time aitby death, and one by retiring; from the work on aeCount Of 'ill health. The Reformed l)utch Church,- in America ,has sent two clergymen to reinforce its,very succesiful mission :Ea.:Amoy ,during the last -twelve - years. The Methodist Episcopal Chnrchihis a mission at Fuhchan ) m id the Methodist EpiscepalChurch ) SoutN,,hraa,mission at Shanghai. The t' inen can taptist,Mistionary Union has representatives at Hong Kong (unless recently transferred ~to Swatow, one of the new ports}) ' and Ningpo. The Southern baptist ,Convention has representatives at CantOn and Shanghai. ,There is also at Shang-, hai a missionary station of the Seventh bay 134-, tilt Missionary Society. There' =is:-no :missionary at the New Port on the island of Formosa, opened to foreigri trade, accordirig to the'Ainetiaan Treaty, made in Jane, 1858. 'Who mill come 04:occupy that port, as well asthe3other ports,whieh. will pro- bably soon be. opened,. according '.to. articles in English and Prencli 'Treaties ? 'How Many? • For the limeticati , Preabytiriap: OUR CORRESPONDENT. `TILE 'N. r NVILDERNASS.. AT NIGHT Dowe , ,,the valley between Mmiat Mar and Mount .M‘Martin,.flows the ‘Topalescent Mook,''T so called from the peculiar beauty of the stones that lie beneath the transparent waters of its bed.. On its - bank, two, and a half Miles from. the sum mit of. Mt: Marcy, is a new bark camp in which we had stretched our weary limbs for the night A very large and cheerful' Ere`was blazing .be fore us, and we were yet excited with the view from the summit, which,we had fit left two hours before. - All were talkative: and niirthful, and, the spirit of slumber might have -been found any where but under thatlpyr,barkroof. Sleep came at, length, however—tut in snatches. Charley had unfortunately placed' his bed across iltexem4ning roots of-a deinolislied stump, which by the transformations of tieubled dreams, 9ight hceotesktifimiely the. grxc iron of his tor mentor, or any other disagreeable excess of that White?aalh Auggst 13th„ 1860 "roughness," which he had d e three hundred Miles to enjoy. Nehuchadn zar, with all his visions, slept more. quietly tha Charley.. As for F. the punkiee were very ass duous. And the good man might have heett s en to rise during each of the silent watches, d with sorrowful earnestness poke the fire for a lOw yield of thick, delicious "smudge." '1 Not even pssian himself en portrayed the solemn n3ajesty e fOrin there diinly, outlined Up 1 the night. ' : ' ": - : ' 131 was leednriiing 'a very : ion i;ace. at 'the: of -the ,' s.. , ..,i.,, . farther end camp, and , t,was,as silent in that quarter as' if the iiit@L v ;iifi tt iriiotilstick' steeds had spirited him back the mountain top; but soon a head rose sloWly '• `4inw'with hair wild as Caiiindra's, though heifer, and 'filled' with leaves and atiCks, and the ti'slidnnd'fiee" un-: usually'` expressive al 'seen' iP eiie:glii , 6 of 'tlie , cathp' fire; ` and there buret fatt`kiipiin our ear's a' t e most thrilling paisift&ribininl, ''OieL ,2 •ElOito in ilia highest style of •Votrilia6tio' ~, \ ign art; filling up the full measure of alfeetatioa it soared in sub lime screech .. t?theyerypie,lnctaye t‘ and al together attain ing' ton perfect iii of mimicry that convulsedthe whiple party, .amtpOstponed further 4 sleep tor some hours. ! Thnfirst appearances of d 6 , hoWeVer, found t us again slumbering—all but he indefatigable'P. He was astir; he had" replen . 'hed' the fire, arid was looking after the a ff airs otl'ille'hOusehold with great energy and effect. We Iliad vague ideas of somebody, somewhere, arousint . us to some kind of effort. And our el:nicer, fie. 'became quite clear at lengthwten we felt dash of cold water . i.j ed in our faces, and We'looked just in . time to see P. With a volley Of slippers abucutt liii,liead, making masterly plunges' through th ',under brush—his long - pendant& sack, well inwith the speed following promptly in his wak Though at g,rdit peliiiildfril ''s F. had perfermed a patriotic deed. We were scion breakfasted, and on our way down the OpalesOlft; only stopping for a bath in one of - ttlie beivitilful pebbly basins that are found beneath each 'its cascades. Before'l2 o'clock we were tiVriske Golden Getup. It was not the hour for dinneiiiand we had time: we muscle? for Avalimichilika. ' Our little map informed us that it lay about two miles above us, between Mt. McMartin and Mt. Mclntyre. But there was no path thith'er, very few parties had ever seen it, we!had no glide ; and'the thicket seemed well nigh'imperietrable; Still we could not lose dur;way if we followed the shore of Lake Golden, itnd'the inlet that con nected it 'with the lake we had in view. We de cided to go. The shore to c'ilie` traversed was a steep slope of the mountainzto , the water's edge, and countless trees which had-been undermined on the lower side, and thrown:over toiard the lake, lay in dire confusion across our path. Over these and-under' themy and .through , thein we tore our way-Lyes, , and our garnientif , as well,but , after half a mile of this highly- interesting progress, we cameito the inlet, and'falr lnto what seemed a deer frail; with here ;ari4.' eie 'a , few human loot-prints, we soon roach &Veritable . ; :'''-• ' 'AVALANCHE ,LAKE:; .Shall call it more ,beauiMi than Lake Col den? It - bas She sanxLcteristies precisely' only more , wonderfully "developed. Lake 4 olden is over2,Boo feet above tide, water.- ThiS. Must: benearly 3000 feet. Lake Golden , is'aboilt half: a mile long,. by.one fourth of L winilelklvidth, and is - surrounded`-by mountains' that rise with great: Voldriess - and"..te a - lofty.height,- -This lake is of about the same-length, , by , fefteeti or'ltwenty-rods , in 'average 'Width; a rid) wallod: , Up 'either -side nearly, 'Perpendieulai :bluffs. - Therare " quite' per-. peridiehlar for perhaps: 400 feei'froM the'.water, aruirthenrreeeding an'angle of abottt 20° they , rise' from 1000 .t& ;1600 feet' higherP We could' fionii the! lower end-see through the entire lehgth of -thij immense t chasm, but having' no :bpat it was -impossible to.pass the torpendieular walls be- , tween- which and. the ,, blaekt,iudden depths therd was no inargid,Or shore a> Whe-iemains of alrudo rift- showed' that oinmadv,an hirer had , navigated' this wildest quid' siblinitst*f all lakes, :and ob tained:a view from-Vie-Upper end. siwamE .Axp 'INTRROSTING .GEOLOGICAIe FEATURES Both mountains aie, at this Poißtimere naked weather-stained rock, walled up . seemingly to the very Yet I can scarcely Say walled up, for th 4 wtole 112'elititain side is one sdlid mass, with nolappeara'Ale&of 'stratification. .The nape, 0 Avalanche Lake," is strikinglyapplieahle, having been borrowed from. the fact; that.at some..re mote period immense slides; of .ronk, , seale,d:.off, from., the steep sides of hod.: •mountains,. by; the action of frost perhaps; have ,deseended• into the. lake a.tits foot, and , possiblyilby damming up ;the passage,: havellelpedi.td , fornit the =lake: ;Who can !eV& ainey -the subliine , hig,ory •ofi this: scene of tumult:? Whage.ear Iteardlthellerrible thur , der of ;this favalandhe of 'Solid rook , as sit- descend ed. apparently in ond.maigs? : We • 'felt how epkiniA44 l ,and,frailiwe7were, t as sonietlin&seemed to say to*, as' to: Jhbl‘!Wheke *ad ithou.and thy leclale.; rase?twhetuthese .great, mountains were•pleft,ated ;these 'Blighty wonderS wrought " , ; •,••, , „ . .AOn . the: side Blount .-IVl•Thiertin, about oppo site • the :taiddle)of the .laltcr:, is; whet:, Geologists , call 'f•the. Great Trap.pyike." t :It, 4, an.immerse groove,with: perpentlietger Witigs,:runtting from the. feetg. to , the• awn mit-10P the mountains, per., reedy straightc isverhapsr lo ,o,i - feet7widei-and , , in; setae places 30,0 feet :deep: (The eleavineproc'ess- , es , by,mhich lltisAyke. has 'lee"; iformed=ail appear. 0; have had; aTetpendieularidireetion l .and l on one side,. star ted .1 off t a : few •feet from _the. niain• therels yet'Atanding.a, wicleiltbreo shaft, or:,seale,. probably ; omo feetligh.;;The batten]. of !the. d.ylce vgafi , , heaped withtbefinmento:of , siakilar :shafts: which ,had fallen• • s'-'• • ' , But our•time' had eotne)fdr,„ieturning to:.earop Weind never spent_an hott in-a-seelusied,sa re-: mote and, iid. We; would: gladlyr hare' passed the 'high Walls and :traVelled thelentire.length of the lake,tOtAliere viati , not:footheld,= ndtlie;blaek dePths of , the. Inter rendere4 it:prebable that this perpendicular bluffexterided - far below the:surfs* as well•aefar.abOVe. • Rettliiink to eiti'Oe'llep, 'hastily; get oht , tipoti out 'ward 'Seiror thiles; c)'' Hunter's' —at the upper Iron Works. We keaeheiliTtlie place just it dark, having been absent on the mountains nearly three days. STILL ANOTHER EXcußstoN; INDIAN PASS. A' night's 'rest upon the floor of the ample Tar ter, prepared us for one more mountain excursion —a visit to the "Indian Pass?' ilanter had left home when we set alit. next mornmg, and'as we had no guide, we were left to learn oxy; way from our map, and this could tell us nothing of the paths. happened, unfortunate y,to take'the wrong'side of Lake lienders6n,"and - found our selVei4earing array 'the precious day in walkiti around t succession i iiiregular bays or arms of the lake, and likely never" o reach onedestina don: have edepytt,ely hits kl9wjynlOVing ,tike dar)c walls of Butve retnenberect having„seen a flatbottconed boat: at the-foot of the lake, and, were'not in securing possession. Many thanks to the pro, jester: and = builder , and owner, of, that fiat' hot- , toinedThOa.te,V. The nuistexquisitely turned wherry would have been in 4keeping with tha beauty' of so romantic and beautiful a lake, but we waved eur weatherz, beaten heartfeWexultation as we paddled the good oldzenerous flat over the placid waters, for we were sure to solve the question of the path, and hoWever 'grotesque We picture we fur nished for some artist's eyes, we certainly'carved out some very wide ripples, and'made a great deal of unrestrained noise'and awakened a great many capital mountain echoes. May all aecider4 and nu shaps in our lives, and all deviations from the .• right, path, and all vexing delaye and losses of precious time, result as'happily as that ride in the' aforesaid flat-boat, so roomy and commodious and opportune. In grateful and deterinined forget.' • . fulness of her undue proportions, let her hence forth be known as The :Aida pf the Atointains. We had a'full and satisfactory view of the lake—every side of it, and were unanimous in ranking it high,..among the , hundreds of these mountain gems. We had, seen it often in the frontispiece of magazines, but now we were borne over its glassy surface. Soon the path was found, and we were walking up the, bed of the Hudson, stepping from stone to stone. At about three o'clock, P. 141., we reached the Indian . Pass, or, as it is sometimes called, "The Notch." 'We had ceased to wonder, as we supposed, at natural marvels, and yet here we were again, gazing upon e, :new and unique curiosity with ; new enthusiasm, and overwhelmed with a sense of awful grandeur. The -place,is not easily de scribed- nor easily forgotten., "Wall; Faced Mountain" approaches with ft, perpendicular_ precipice 1,000 feet in height and,nearlybalf a mile long. . The trees upon its tops. look like small shrubs, - while their luckless fellows that, have, fallen into the abyss below, reveal the . fact that they ate all , of medium size. ..Opposite this; bold front is Mt. M'lntyre, with a steep though not perpendicular side,leaving a frightful and, almost bottomless gorge between. From the Mt M'Tntyre bide, and perhaps from .both, irecti masses of rock " onsancis .in` numberoand some of them 50 feet, and even 100 feet in , diameter, have fallen into,,the chasm, while others of great size have Stopped midway: on -the mountain side. • How they could have stopped when once in motion- 7 hOw.they could have been arrested in a leaning .position, -and that-On a slope •of from 30° to 45°, is a marvel. We found one perhaps sixty feet high, and pro jecting so far that a plumb-line from its brow would have fallen thirty feet beyond its base. Our only possible explanation Of this :singular' phenomenon *as, that: it must have• &erne: doya. the 'mountain' with a sliding : instead of , a-re-. volving Motion; and that its centre of - :gravity was 'regulated by a broader_ base than appeared &Joie the surface. • ' SOX/ROBS OF THE HUDSON AND' AUSABLE RIVERS. The rocks that have :reached the bottom `form, in one place, a high ridge across the gorge, and frdni beneath this wild chaotic mass; floW'two river's of very different 'destination. On the south side, as you Ilsten among the rocks, you hear the gargling, infantwail of the Hudson, and a little farther" dutn i,bursts forth with a vigorous flow that bespeaks its rare promise as destined to bear the fleets that,throng the'me tiopolis of a continent. On the north aide, the Aisatile . RiVer goes, brawling forth in, like manner, and, with rent proclivities, flow's towards the great St. Lawrence and the alliances of a foreign domi nion„ It is rather the Esau of, the twin stream lets, arid, forfeiting its birth-right, seeks persis tentlY the inhospitable north; and leaves the rich inheritance to its' bi. Other. 'Hew many a family history is` here epitomized ! How often, froni'the'same' cradle, do the most divergent go forth We claMbered overthse wild masses of rock, and gaZed at the towering walls of creation as long' as the declining day would allow, and the turned with a rapid step honieward. The sun was about setting when we reached the lake, and re -embarked in' the graceful and elegant clipper, Maid of the .Moun tain. The voyage, was, but too quicklY'aceom plished, and We were at Minter's. A quiet walk Of %ten ninon the next day, . . . . brought us'to Mantyre's,"'where, 'after'this de tout.' of 'sixty Tidies, we were td-enjoy another Sabbath'a• - rest Four or , five different parties , 'of toUriSts were iifthe-initnediate vicinity during. the'SEibbath; anci these, with a=fevkscattered fa-. inillesotere'twice':assembled , for religions "seal_ viees.'-We'hea.rd.t*o exeellentidixeourses fronit Rev. Dr.lrebrie, if Jersey City, and 'Rev. Mr.f Fowler,ok our 'party, and 'altogether the day , was one , OfinuCh profit The next day was one long to be remembered, :for its heavyabdconti,nued rain. Ws remark able how soon wild life : renders one indifferent , to the inconveniences,of the-weather. To walk one day under the.gentle or vigorous patter of a good rain; Ammo& to us .not a very serious, mattir,:- T anefelra 'new experiencel but ,to be shut • up,for.a:day within the, close walls of ; backwoods hotel appeardd intolerable. We set duti.therefore, at half-pant eleveni and , walked ,withooV.stopping till half past five ,'having complished twenty,miles,in„an incessant storm. 4t -THE MAID OF • THZ Z4OtiNTAIHS." NEW 4A.tcy-F,LB SABBATH -SEP VIVES:" WAIN. RAIN. We were new at Roots, nineteen miles from Crown Point. A. thorough drying and a night's rest put us, in good condition for our last day's walk. As morning came the rain still continued, and our belief that rain was better than idleness still con tinued. We.again strapped o.n•our knapsacks and sallied forth for .Crown. Point. The rain subsided after t an hour or, two, and o'clock, P, M., we were on board a veritable steamboat bound for. Whitehall. BACK TO CIVILiZATION.ADIEICI TO THE MOUNTAINS. Pleasure seekers; ticketed for Lake George and Saratoga, were all about us, and, as if by Magic, the age of crinoline, and "scoop shoveli," f eud "stove pipes," and . "patent leathers," bad isnddenly re-appeared. Rip Van Winkle him . self could not have been' more an island than were We.' But then we were not exactly , asleep, nor bad Vvibeen . asleep, and amid such scenery as surrounds Lake Champlain we felt qUite at' home. And now a goodly village, "lying round . loose" upon the ridges,and under the ledges, and in the valleys, is announced as Whitehall, and squeezing into it through a tun nel, we find a hotel, and trunk of clothing, and in short a wonderful exterior transformation. After determining, gractically, how far and how high to step' in the light, thin boots, and how most naturally to lift the unaccustomed head above the dignity of collar and cravat, and at what angle to erect the smooth — polished shaft of a beaver, we came forth as natural ized (?) citizens of "A. Great Republic," and were soon lost to ourselves even in the throngs that crowd the swift rail-road train. Adieu to the grand and inspiring wilderness scenes which still remain—and may they ever! -L-as God made them. Adieu to the generous companions in travel whom we had learned to - honor and love. F. F. E. AN INVITATION TO . lOWA. For the American Presbyterian MR. EDITOR : Doubtless there are some of your readers who contemplate coming West, ere long, to live. And I desire to.. say to such, that the time has again arrived when it is safe to come to this state, (lowa.) The. wave of speculation in lands has passed away. Those who arrested the natural course'of emigration by getting possession".of the public domains, have found themselves compelled to r :freep possession, while the taxes have been to them a constant moth, until many would be, glad to dispose of them at almost any price. And more or less of these lands are, from time to time ex cham.inf, hands, at even less than Government price,. .10 ($. l / 2 6 per acre.) And lam informed that land . can be bought within five miles of this place for Wier acre, and within 20 miles, good prairie land can be bouolt for less still. And will you permit me to call the attention of your 'readers, once more, to this region in which I live. ,lowa Falls, Hardin Co, lowa i is one of the located points of theDuhuque and Sionitity Railroad, which the Governnient Land 'Grant will cause to be coMpleted, and to this place, if I understand it right, within three years. It is in a healthy 'and good farming region, and as many good judges' - think, one of the best stock regions in the world. The re-action` from the speculation prices, caused by the moneyed crisis, has probably reached its extreme point, and an upwaaq tenden cy is in some place's beginning to be manifest. Also, 'crops are good and abundant this year. And now is really the best time to immigrate. Those coming here now, with only moderate means, can take things to an advantage; and have also, soon, all the advantage of *a direct Rail road communication with all the East. And, as' a minister of our denomination, and laboring to build tip the cause of Christ, in con nection - with 'our Churelvin this regiim, I feel that I-Can conscientiously and heartily invite the members of our Church, East; who desirea home We.st, to come out here now, and take advantage of the present opportunities, (for it cannot be wrong,) and at the same time kelp us in our ar duous labors. ,We think we have an interestinc , cluster of infant Churches, with openings for m f tny more ; and • a family or two of our order forms, the nucleus fora Church almost any, where —if they only-do their duty, and we can reach Now, dear brothers and sisters of our Church J . who.think ofmpving 'West, won't you come, some. of you, at least, to this" inviting region, and come guide; we want your help, and we can also help Any letters of inquiry directed to Rev. Williston Jeans, lowa.Falli, Hardin Co., lowa, will receive a speedy answer. Truly yours,--W. J. p. S. We . also very 'limck need one or two ministers this fall. THE WESTMINSTER REVIEW'S IGNO RANCE OF SCRIPTURE. The Oumberiand Presbyterinn, of, Waynesburg in this Stite, gives the following as one of the re- 'silty" of an'examination of the late review'of Raw Bampten. Leettires in the' Westminster. The Westminster Review for July, in an article on Rawlinson's <Bampton Lectures for 1859, has rot/failed to follow in the weltbeaten.track of those who have gone before in :resorting to misstatements of theßible record. The writer says:, "Passing from Gentile to Biblical evidence, we find the stereotyped assertion of &vibes, thafthehooks of Joshua and Judges suppose the Pentateuch as their antecedent. But it is, not, explained , how ,Inslitia could have engraved thp five books nn a. pillar on Mount Ebal: Now, the reader need not be Surprised 'whelk witell han, that it is nowhere said' that Joshua ever' engrived the five books on a pillar on Mount Ebal. See• Joshua viii. 80-32. " ThencJoshua built an altar,, unto. the Lord God. of „brae' in Mount E'bal, as Moses the servant of the Lord commanded the children of Israel, as it is'Written in the bdok of the law of Moses an altar of whole Stone, -over Which no man bath lifted up any iron:' and he offered thereon burnt offerings unto the Lord, and sacrificed peace offerings. And he wrote there upon the stones a copy of the law of Moses, which he wrote in the presence of the children ofisrnel."Now instead of Joshua en graving the whole "five ! books" of Moses upon the altar, (not pillar as the 'Review has it,) he Only:wrote...the law 'of Moses:" It might, very truly, be, difficult to ,explain how. Joshua. engraved the whole . Pentateuch on the altar without sup-. posing it to have been very large.- But to ex hdti-he•'"Wrofe'the 'Moses on the al= tar,'!is'noVery . treltbles t init task.; VOL. V.—NO. 3.—Whole No. 220. YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIA- If great cities harbor great evils and furnish innumerable and great incentives to sin, they are also places where the minds . and hearts of the good are post active in devising remedies, and most liberal in carrying them out. It would be interesting and in a high degree instructive to bring together in one view, the various agencies lately sett in operation by the Christian people of London, for the rescue of the degraded and vi cious, and for the protection of such as are in the way of temptation in that vast metropolis. We content ourselves at present with an ex tract from the London correspondence of the Sun day School Times, in which a single one of these agencies, and one perhaps least known in this country is described. The suggestion of the writer in reference to the formation of similar in stitutions in this country is worthy of notice- The recent 'moven:ea in'NewYtirk City, having in view the establishment of a Ladies' Reading Room 'and Library, is in the same general direc tion, though perhaps intended for a higher and less needy social circle than is designed to be met by the London Association. London is the great reservoir for all classes'of people in the whole 'kingdomseeking employment of any kind. It is 4 great workshop, almost lite rally a bee-hive, where every variety of employ ment is furnished, and to London, thousands, and I believe I may say tens of thousands of young women come annually from the country to seek employment in stores, shops, millinery houses and dress-makers'. establishments. As dresi-makers and milliners alone, there are in. London at least 15,000 youno• b women plying their needles during a large part of the year, and more than five times that number are employed in stores and shops of various kinds, and from Want of means, from low wages, want of friends and persons to care for them, no class is so much exposed or more need the sympathies of Christian people, and the won der is that Christian benevolence has not long since been more directly employed in behalf of this most interesting class. • Christian Associations have been formed in ,this and other lands for the safety, improVement and spiritual good of young men. They have re ceived largely the favor of the Christian public, and have been instrumental under God in se curing the temporal and eternal welfare of multi tudes of young men. But why were not "Young Wcyriteit's Christian AssotiationS" thought of long since'? Young men can take care of them selves. Not so young and friendless feniales, es peCially in a great city, *herd vast ntunbers are annually ruinedior time and, eternity, simply for want of a little active Christian benevolence in , their behalf. Christians are slow to act on the great . truth that prevention is. better. than:Cure, and that ordinarily it is easier to savetiett,..Of any class from ruin than to reelaint one already ruined. Blessed be God, howeVer, some 'kind Christian friends in _this city have -been caring for young women.in a. quiet way. .for.years,. and practically labOring ,for their spirittial. 004. Many Bible classes have been held for them in' private houses by devoted ladies:in Various parts of London. For some time efforts have , been.rnade to gather in as many as possible on and afternoon, and. in many cases, happy and ..savino. results have fol lowed their efforts. During th t e.laat four years a " Yoiing WoMen's Cliiiitiarrainprovement Asso ciation has been 'maintained in the- West End -at 51 Tipper. Charlotte , street, Fitzroy square; un 41er, the -guiclance,:cd:,thlitAmst -434iznable , Christian lady,,tbe Hon. AIM:* Art Kiritiftd . . - Al the rooms — of this . asioCiatiOn7a — clos --- roturis — opeix every evening from seven to ten o'cloak frn ge- - neral improVementfor all who ean,attend. Bible readings, are, held. every Sabbath afternoon and ovary Friday evening after. $ o'clock., After the Sabbath, reading a social gratuitous tea iaprovided. for all :vibe 'attend; and Provision is made for boarding.* Certain traniber at as moderate expense who are not otherwise provided for.. Another association of a similar kind has also been opened in the- West End, under the care of Miss Bramwell,' one of the Crimean-lady nurses. On 11M:return to 'England, hearing of the fearful moral condition* of the young women' engaged in the London 'houses of business, she resolved to set herself to this work, and opened rooms at 49. 'Great Marlborough street, in humble dependence on God and the Christian public for the means. The hoine is for - the purpose of providing a suit able place for;the young women for rest and in 'tercourse with Christian friends .after' the labors , of the day are over ; also for' improving the Mind and'for Scripture reading, teaching and prayer, :and 'on the Sabbath for familiar intereottrse, read ing, prayer, social lmeals and Bible-classes. A - considerable number- also are provided here, at a very small cost, With lodging,,and whole or par :del board; and when sick or out : of employ, young [Women here find'a honte where they are - cared for with, motherly 'and sisterly care. 'On 'Sundays the Iroonts are -filled, and-thus many young women are 'saved : from temptation and sin, and many souls have already beeuloronght to ,Christ, have found pardon and peace, and are now laboring to bring others to' share the 'same precious blessings. ;!.11- ether lionie hasbeenopened recently at 43 Craw ford. street, Bryanston .square, west, and has al ready been attended with retest-extraordinary suc cess, and witlksaving results to many souls. This lipme •:provides lodgings already for about fifty 'lining women, with full or partial board, at a very low price, and a Christian home on the Sabbath for larie-numbersmore, for whom plain meals are ;provided on that day. A peculiar. blessing seems !to have rested on this association from its very 'eomm.encement.. So much have Christians been encouraged by the wonderful success of-these efforts in behalf of young women, that a fourth home, almost in the centre of the city,, near Blackfriars Bridge, 3, Chatham Place, has just been opened, and better than all, a great central org,anization has just been formed, called " The United Association for the Christian 'end Domestic Improvement of Young Women," of 'which,that noble Christian philan thropist Lord Shaftesbury, is President. The 'great object is, to connect together and multiply homeswhich shallfford ' opportunities for the Christian a and aomestie improvement of young women,' especially those engaged in houses of business. Nothing is now more evident than that this movement will grow into a great female mis sion of a deeply interesting' character. A deep sense Of. ,the necessity of this' agency is now press on the minds and consciences of Christians, and God has so signally set his seal of approba tion to the work that it must go forward. These associations wili,soon rival or surpass in numbers the Young Men's Christian Association—and Why should they not ? Surely they are even more needed, and, 'humanly speaking, we .may antici pate more prompt and blessed ,results. The Young Men's Christian Associations in the United States have been and are most blessed and pros perous institutions. But have you yet any Young Women's Christian Associations ? If not, will not some one immediately, make a move ? Do what you can, brother, sister, at once for our too long neglected sisters, and act all the more affec tionately and energetically in consequence of past neglect. G;LORT TO CHRIST.—The heart of a believer, affected' Viith the glory or Christ, is like the needle touched lOadstone. It can no longer be quiet, no Toi3ger , satisfied ata distance from him. It is paint° a s pontinual motion towards him. TION IN LONDON.
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