.„ . . . . . . .. ... . - . • . . ... . . 411. ' - ' - -- ' -'. • . , .-..-- • , It . /......" 6..., 1 ... • .• . „ , ! :-• r . ..._ ~ • • ~.. , • ... ...: ty ...... ~ ~. .... . -.-1. . ...., . . .c, _., ,_ • ..• . ..,... . ; ...,....4 7 . .. . ..,.. . . • . ~ . .. . • ....,........ i • ;, • :, . ..„..._: •„. r.!:. • . ~ .. ..• .. . r.• ~ .... -<> . ..., • ... . ... • • 4 • Ili.. ~ .• . . . . . ... . .. ... . • . _ • • ~ . .._ ... . . . • , . ....._ , .., . ... .. . .. . ... . GENESEE EVANGELIST.---Whole No. 754 Notivg. For the American Presbyterian. DESIRE. gY J. 0. IILYTHIA 0, could I sweep on angel wings, Around the Throne on high, I'd join the song the seraphs sing, t And " Holy, Holy l i ' ory. My Saviour's love, 0, Vondrous love I Would all my soul inspire, To lift the voice, and raise the song, And set my tongue on fire. The glowing notes, and blissful theme, From off these lips should roll, Like waves of glory round the Throne, Or joys within the soul. The millions of the blood•washed saints, In raiment white and fine, Joining their voices in the , song, Would strive to vie with mine. But Gabriel, next in lofty rank To'God upon the Throne, liiiie - iiweeter tone. itad Gabriel sinned as I have sinned, fled Jesus died for him, Then might he strikes higher note, •And sing as sweet again. • SWEETNESS OF FLOWERS IN VERSE BY TE103169 ROOD. To • Welcome, dear Heart, and a most kind good.morrow; The day is gloomy, but our.looks shall shine:— Show're I have none to give thee, but I borrow Their sweetness in a verse to speak for thine. Here are red roses, gatherid. at thy cheeks, The white were all too .happy to look white: For love the rose, for faith the lily speaks; It witinm in false hands, but here 'tis bright! Test love sweet Hyacinth ? Its scented leaf Curls manifold—all love's delights blow double; 'Tie said this flow'ret is inscribed with griey- Bat let that hint of a forgotten trouble. I pluek'd the lirimirose at night's dewy noon ; Like !lope, it show'd its blossoms in the bight; like Endymion, watching for the Moon! • And here are Sun-flowers, amorous of lightl These golden 134tercups are April's seal, The Daisy stars ber constellations be: These grew so lowly, •I was forced to kneel, Therefore 1 plunk no Daisies but, for ,thee. Vere's DaWes for the morn, Primroselor Pansies and Roses for the 'burs e A'wight once made ft dial of their bloom, " • •-• So may thy life be measurid outO3y flowtfa I 4tovvmoulquo. :Do HOME MISSIONARIES NEED A VA CATION ? Our city pastors yearly find, that "rnuph study ica--wearinoss p_f_thaflosh,"-arukthat.pature, worn tind exhausted, With , the , *Hurons' , dirtiret:- an , labors intense, of pastotal life, sternly demands'iest —quiet, relaxation, and change. And so with the summer's balmy dawn, or in its golden meridian, 'they close the doors of the Heitse of the Lord and - speed them quickly away, as their tastes and in clinations lead; some over the restless waves, to ruminate on foreign soil and manners, some with their fashionable parishioners, to seek and, per haps, find rest at some popular and densely crowd ed watering place, while others still, hie them to the deep, dark, grand old woods, where they find Dame Nature in a bland and happy mood, await ing her city guests with benevolent preparations for change, relaxation, rest—yea, and healthful ex ercise too, in ample store. And now the "dim aisles" ring with the "glad anthems of the free!" •By freedom from the hot and murky atmosphere, • and the dusty and fashion-bedizened streets of the metropolis—freedom from the irksome thraldom of heartless ceremony, and from study severe— freedom from headache and heartache, and vexa tion's legion train ! Thus revelling in the heart of this glorious old solitude, or in other and more congenial scenes, the days glide all too swiftly, till duty stern loudly calls to the activities and toils of life's usual routine. But then the charm ing spell still lingers, and with the pen, they live over the pleasant reminiscences of the past—and anon,' the less favored ones, who have toiled on without cessation, through winter's cold and sum mer's heat, are well nigh tempted to envy, as they -feast on the manifold letters and " summer pic tures" from foreign lands, sequestered sea-shore resorts, and inland woods and waters. Well, what of all this? AU quite right and proper. These worn and weary ones do need rest and relaxation, and are wise for securing it. But do not our Home Missionaries, who labor as earnestly, who are in "painful weariness" as often, and who are doing as great and as important work in the church of the Living God, with inexorable poverty preening down with withering weight, sometimes need rest and relaxation too? And how shall they obtain it? Crushing poverty confines them to'their homes and wearing toils, year in and year out. No trips to Europe , and feasts for a refined taste and cultivated imagination in climbing amid Alpine scenery, or in strolls through the crumb ling mines on classiagrounds,no cooling:draughts from the life•giving waters,4-Saratoga, or invigo rating baths in old ocean's foam, no congenial re unions With college Alumni, or even social greet ings with distant family friends. The weary march of life must still be perseveringly prosecuted, withotit~•reaohing any green oasis or refreshing seasons, save those in "mercy given" 'by the blessed Spirit, to Aver the often sad and way-worn and over-worked toiler in the Master's vineyard. It seems not enough that they should endure hard ness as good soldiers, "always abounding in the work of the Lord," 'without 'rest, without vaca tions, but must labor in the midst of poverty, pri vations and annoyances, that would be insupport able to any other class of , meu t or else leave many whitened harvests to fall and , perish, and an im portant part of the field to become a dreary waste. Thus from love to the cause of Christ, they toil , unceasingly, often confpelled by the ()jinn& which sends them forth, to gather straw- with which to make brick. So they nerve hand and head and heart to the task, until the great Master -says, "Well done r good and faithful servants," rest from your labors, LIBERALITY URGED. Brethren, these things ought not to be. If it is the duty of the church to evangelize the great j • and growing Weet and one ekes of men are found willing . to endure , the hardships, privations. and sicknesses- of a , pioneer what 'less, I ask in the name of the Master, can, those do who have the means, and eawand: comfOrt; attlidst 'the privileges and refinements of older society, andlio whom :the: Command' is just ai imperative, ft Go, preach , the gospel to every , creature ;V what Less, I - ask, can they do, than to give liberally, as ithe Lord bath prospered them, for the support of those who thus labor.? Andy to el& that:the,Trea- Bury of the church which professes to support them, be amply and seasonably replenished, The Scrip ture saith, ‘ 4 Thou shalt not muzzle the ox that treadeth out the corn. And the laborer is worthy of his , reward." And :while the, faithful ; missiona ries plough. in hope," and, obey the divine in junctions,, as In the morning , sow thy Sped, and in the evening withhold not thy hand: for thou know est not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether both shall be alike good;" they 'have the best of warrants to leave results to Him who alone giveth the increase. Let not then'the chniCh deolde herself .ittarkee allotted thein-to' be doled. out according to large or small " figures;", in- their reports,' but remember " He that deviseth liberal things,, by li beral things shall stand." 4 SXSTEM of sUMMEB 3,ImrANOIS, PROPOSED And these things lead me to say to our vacation needing, relaxation-seeking city pastors, who pre side over= our missionaryaffairs and who: may be said to perform all the ecelesiastioal.engiiieering they require, and who profess such large-hearted sympathy with their poorer brethren, and who Make, on anniversary occasions, such soul-moving and eloquent appeals' in their behalf,' to invite, yea to urge them, for the love of Ohrist,le do still more, to come still nearer, and let the beatings of their large hearts be actually felt, on pioneer ground, and . the gushing forth of their warm sym , pathies be actuallyleen by the living eyes of their toil-worn brethren Why not imitate in this re:- spect the gifted and self-denying Apostle' to the Gentiles, and go round about Zion, and tell the towers thereoCand mark well her bulwarks—and thus like Paul, refresh the spirits of the saints, and by them be refreshed.. Or why note‘exchange va cations with some of their far-west brethren? We would promise, them some "summer _pictures" that would feast their hearts as well as their eyes. Ourfar-stretchingfiower-decked prairies and beau tiful groves, laden with wild , fruit, would afford solitude, relaxation, and quiet. And if possessed like '" Ambrose," with an uncontrollable passion for angling, our numerous streams, some of them Niagaras in miniature and point of scenery, fur nish abundant opportunity for the gratification of a finery taste, and at the same time, by casting the "net on the right side" men, might be caught, while weedy gardens and teeming fields of golden grain, would pressingly invite to wholesome exer- jeige.4asialsordabromama uw, suer Vacation. And uporithg , Sabbath they Ceuld— talk to us; of course we should not expect then to waste their eloquence upon the "desert air," or throw away upon an unappreciating audience their ornate and scholarly sermons, but they could talk to us about the simple and unadorned doctrines of the Cross, themes which we can comprehend and do appreciate. Such a vacation would have all the benefits of an ordinary one, with others super added. One of which would be a real insight into Home Missionary life, without the endurance of its poverty and crushing burdens, and ,the beget ting of a truer sympathy and fellow-feeling with these laborers in the vineyard. While thus phi lanthropically seeking rest and health, let some of these overworked, weary missionaries find change and relaxation amid the stir and bustle of the city, and feel the throbbing of its great heart, and view life under other aspects, and let their eyes all un used to sight-seeing, be once gratified. Then let them, upon the Sabbath, enter some of those mas sive temples of the Lord, whose doors are closed, because the talented and eloquent pastors are ab sent on their vacations, and if their fashionable and fastidious parishioners are absent too, suffer them to open their grand portals for a few Sab baths and preach the gospel to the " common peo ple," who would hear them gladly; and -though some tapestry-carpeted, velvet-cushioned slips should be somewhat soiled, if at such a cost gems were added to the Saviour's crown, and souls i)n mortal saved from the wrath to come, would not their wealthy owners be suitably rewarded? " Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ." How can we bear burdens if. we know nothing about them? And how can a .church be strongly bound together without frater nal acts and interchanges of lair() and kindness, and responsibility? ONE 'WHO LOVES TUE C.HITILOH. VISIT TO :THE TOMB OF THE ADAMSES. AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN:--A traveller some times falls unawares upon most interesting locali ties. Such was my lot but a day or two since. Being in this city on my way to the White 'Mountains, by kind invitation of Henry D. Mears, Esq., Agent of the Balt. & Ohio It. IL, resident for the summer at Boston, a gentleman not un -known 'to the American Presbyterian, I went out to spend the day with himself and family at Milton Hill, where they are at present residing. In the afternoon, a ride, five miles, to Quiney was proposed, and gladly accepted; In this, as in every other direction from Boston, whose envi rons surpass any city with which I am acquainted, the road is lined with most• beautiful and highly adorned private residences, presenting a continued attraction to the eye, all the way from Boston to Quincy. Quincy has acquired a world-wide fame for two similar productions, its granite and its men. Though 41 beautiful, it is but comparatively a small place, and yet it has attained the unequalled honor of having furnished two occupants, Father and Son, of: the Presidential chair of the United States.. This is honor enough for one little New England village. On our way to the town, and just upon its en virons, we passed the old family mansion of the Adamses. It is a, capacious, pleasant, nnpretend -ing house, now, as I was informed, the residence 'of Mr. Charles' Francis Adams. The neighbor hood is, quiet, and far enough from Boston to constitute a most desirable retreat from the con . filets 'of the world and the agitatioas of public PHILADELPHIA, TIIUROAY; OCTOBER 25,1860: life in the`midst of which its illustriotis oecupants spent most ,eftheir days.. The chief object of attraction in the town is the large old.granite Church, (which, by the way, a.derned with a magnificent portico of immense granite whtph lie the mortal remains ot the renowned and fienored Father and son. To.,thii Church, under the 'guidancetof a little , boy, who acted as janitor, and who,, frlorn funds thus aequired, is accumulating money in the bank, We immediately &end our, way. The church is large, massive and imposing;' and the, silent awe which reigns within the great audience chamber and which one cannot but feel, prepares the mind fer 'and 'appropriately harmonizes With that with which, you approach the pulpit and take your stand before, the, resting place of its illustrious dead. On either side a high, massive, mahogany pulpit, is a large white marble Tablet, set into or ngainst . the wall,' on which are the - following scriptions, is copied by My excellent friend,,Nr. _Mears. _.the..t....1 , 1..*--OrAbi....patrigi3trifitraterrrgtit of the , pulpit; that of the/Son on the left. They read as folloWs`:-- A LinifirrATßß ANIOITIAM" PIDEN BETINEBIB. • , • D: O. Beneath these walls • • are,deposited 'the mortal - remains of JOHN ADAMS. Son of John and. Susanna. (Boylston) Adams. Second President of the United States. . • Born 80th October 1785. " On the fourth, of July, 1776, He pledged his Life, 'Fortune and sacred Honor to the Independence of his Country. - On the third .of September, 1783, He affixed his seal to the definitive Treaty with Great Britain, which acknowledged that Independence, And consummated the, redemption of his Pledge. On the fottrth of July : , 1826, he was summoned to the Independence of . ' Immortality and to the judgment of his. God. giis house will.hear witness to his Piety; This town, his birthplace, to his manificence; • History to his Patriotiotism; Posterity to the depth and compass of his mind. At his side aleapi 'tit the tromp shall sound ABIGAIL,, • his beloved and only - wife. • Daughter of 'William and Elizabeth (Quincy) Smith. In every relation of life a pattern of Filial, Conjugal, Maternarand sacred Virtue. Born 22d November, 1744. Deceased 28th October, 1818. Aged 74. Married. 25th Ootober, 1764. Daring a union of more than half a century they survived, in harmony of sentiment, principle and affection • the tempest of civil commotion: meeting undaunted; and surmounting .the terrors and. trials of that , Revolution which secured the Freedom of this country; o;' , . ; e prOspec s o nturity to the Race of 'Man upon Earth. . • • PILGRIM, . From lives thus spent, thy earthly duties learn, From fancy's dreams, to active virtue turn. Let Freedom, Friendship, Faith thy soul engage— And serve like them, thy country and thy age.— ALTERI SECULO. A. Near this place reposes all that could die of JOHN QUINCY ADAMS, Son of John and Abigal (Smith) Adams. Sixth President of the United States. Born 11th July, 1767. Aniidst the storms of civil commotion he nursed the vigor which nerves a Statesman and a Patriot, and the faith which inspired a Christian. For more than half a century, whenever his country called for his labors, in either hemisphere or in any capacity, he never spared them in her tense. On the twenty-fourth of December,, 1814, he signed the second treaty with Great Britain, which restored peace within her borders. On the twenty-third of February, 1848, he closed sixteen year? eloquent defence of the lessons of 'his youth by dying at his post in her, great National Council. A son worthy of his father; A citizen, shedding glory on - his country. ' - A scholar, ambitious to advance mankind. This Christian seught-to walk humbly in the sight of his God. Beside him-liesVi • his partner for fifty years. Louisa Catherine, daughter of Joshua and, Catherine (Huth) Johnson. Born 12th. February, 1776. , Married 26th July, 1797. Deceased 1 fith May, 1852. - Aged 77. Living through many vicissitudes and under%igh responsibilities as a datighterilirife, and mother, .the proved enlist Dying, she left to her family and her sex the blessed remembrance . .of a woman, that feareth the LORD. " Herein is that saying true, one soweth and another reapeth. I sent .you to reap that , whereon ye bestowed no labor. Other men labored, and ye are entered into their labors." The Tablets, with those of their wives, speak for themselves, and Ladd ,not a word, of comment. BALT. IS OUR, COUNTRY IN DANGER? For ourselves, we are troubled with no fears on this subject. At least the present aspects of the political contest are to our minds, no source of serious apprehension. We believe our people will be guided by common sense principles under Which the American = mind so, generally acts, and will not allow themselves, to be,parried away by false alarms, prodnced by designing politicians for selfish ends. But as there may be some timorous ones, who would welcome a word of encourage ment from a Southern quarter, we give the fol lowing from the Louisville Presbyterian Herald to show how little real. anxiety, is felt on this sub ject among those who might be regarded as quite susceeptible to such feelings: It cannot be denied that we.are suf f ering from many evils now, but they are not greater than those which our fathers encountered and over., came; whilst, on -the other hand, we have many helps and facilities for resisting them which they did not have. Bibles are now multiplied by the thousands, and put into, every family. Tracts are printed- tbe million and scattered like the leaves of autumn all over the lima. Sabbath.. schools are gathering the-young into their bosoms, and impressing the leason4 ttue andmorality t .- illri '' - morality upon their young , and ten :minds at I e time when impressions are tli oat- lasting:. Mis;. sionarf Boards and Soc *es are' Bedding; the living preacher into ever ' 'tYi and hamlet; and neighborhood, where 'cong dons can be gathered and bringing the Gospel ear Upon the masses. We nowhave ten times- many communicants; in:all the. evadgelioal chit heel as we .'had at the beginning. of the present e ntiry; whilst we have five times; as many' people ' We are making Pre= gress in religion and moral y; as &nation, notwitti standing the erdakings of Ick- , fogies and the d spondency of fearful 'patrif . The timid patriot should chem. lip, ' , then; .a a not give 'up 'all for 105 t.., The Ship of State upon the''breakers, but:she , has been there ; b ire: The. same" God which enabled her .to ou de the former storms which - beat 'upon her, wi eiable' her to 'outride the one which ii- now re:,i, if Christiana will but rally around the thron of his mercy add , ask him to do it. He may be ringipg utieto , straits to teaoh,us our_ rdppedden If so,,the ,quicker we learn the lesion rote d - te t be faught,,lhe sooner 'it'll' these4:Vils uri irllicliVe'arti suffer= ing be remoired = fiotailno , -..-1, =ME REPORT OP THE P • TEE, OF THE- A: TINTrING - THE 0 In a previous issue 'wel the Prudential Committee slop to the Ckerokees. B annual report, which. pr and furnishes the ground . . Committee acted. As this event is the fi of what must prove a long series in the diffusio. of the Gospel, o t vertti? world, the Board will ilea c to have a suilmary view of the reasons Whi liafe led to' it. They ate thus Stated by the P detitial Committee in their report: ,"; • The committee have . ved at the conclusion that it is time for the Be ifto' discontinue its ex penditures among the Ch okees. To prevent all misapprehension, it shoul :be:stuted in the outset, first, that this is not divin :to the relations of our work among these liadiainVo the systein of Shivery; the mission having fotuirkasi.ented to the' prin ciples embodied in ghat is- generally known as the "Goodwater'Settrement." Which was approved by the Board at Utica, and he committees haying no evidence that the brethrti now constituting the mission have departed, in. 'theory or practice, from those principles. And,&condly, it is due to the _..ar . missictnies to say fut!th ' that the prevailing : opi nion the Beard's among them is adve eto te retiring from the gherokee btati . . That is what should i be epecied.Of brethren - °voted to their work, in suchcireuinStances • an' it may be hoped that some of our various, 11 e 'Missionary Societies will intetppr,,t9 sustain_ em longer at their 'sta tions. - ~...,-,..,-.,., To aid iii.ackmirtictthe duty of the Bo'ard in respect to 'thie t. , , ,e , a series of inquiries was ad dressed early in :th6:prep.ent year, to each of our three ordained Missionets among this people, and from these brethren ins ' r r e s received, which, copied out in a fair hand, teget . r fill one hundred pages of manuscript. The I. :',pf the responses was re- el cling t e state an. r. in : the ChroliteS, - and' t ims'&" Other misSiciiis, and of other parts of unevangelised world whether the Board may,now properly retire, from the field, and expend elsewhere the five or six thou sand dollars required for the support of this mis . sion. 1. The CheroAees area Christian people. This mission is one of the oldest under the care of the Board, havit , been in operation about 43 years. It has etnpfoyed.A.B clerical missionaries, 29 laymen of different occupations, and 66 female assistant missionaries, or 413 iii all; and ,$356,421 have been expended itirom the Treasury 'of the Board. As the result of those and other kindred efforts, the Cherokees have been elevated from the savage state to their present degree" of civilization. Doubt less among the ignorant portions of the people there are remains of superstitious notions and ha bits, greater than are found in older Christian communities; but the people, as a body, give the common'proofs of .being u Christian people. - How ever low may be the staff lard of -.their. Christian ity, it'is their only religion . The peoftle 'are ge nerally, as with us, ranked-in one or another of the evangelical denominations. And they are ac cessible to Christian preachers, and listen to them with the same deference as do their white brethren in the adjoining States.,-They inhabit chiefly the eastern section of their tertitety, which, borders on the State of Arkansas; extending north and south about one hundred miles, and east and west about seventy-five miles. The Cherokee people are sup posed to number about 21,00. Our three mission ary brethren residing among them concur in the opinion that they reckon themselves, and are to be acknowledged a Christian ipeople. Mr. Torrey says: . "Christianity is in recotised t among them, as Much as any other port nof the United States. Mar t Censtitution provides [Art. VI., Sec. I,] that no person who denies the being of a God, or a future : state of reward and punishment, shall hold any office in, the_ civil departinent,. of this nation." Mr. Romney says: "Tye,nation, as such, I presume, would claim to he:Milled a Christian nation. `Some laws have been passed by the Cherokee Council, which have recognised Christianity as the religion of the na tion. This has been done We yentally rather than decidedly and positively:" mppose that almost universally they would de* to he called Chris tians." And Mr. Willey bears a similar testi mony. "I think," he says " that the Cherokees, as a nation, may justly be ea ed a nominally Chris tian, nation. The Constitu on of the nation re t" - co&nisea the Christian religibn, and requires a be lief in it by all who hold office under the govern ment. All teachers in the (public schools are re quired by law to have the Bible read in the schools daily; and when they are prepared for it, they are requested to pray daily in their schools!' 2. How far the Cherokees have the Gospel ~Ins titutions. 2 "In this territory'and population," Mr. Torrey says, "there are probably, of all denominations, including native pastors and exhorters, not less than sixty licensed preachers; or one to about every four hundred inhabitant's_. Of these, sixteen are white men, namely; threemissionaries of the Ame rican Board, three Moravian/4411re° Northern Bap tists, two Southern Baptists, and five Methodists. There is probably no citizen of the nation who is not within a convenient distance of occasional re ligions meetings. There are, I believe, thirty public school houses, all of which are used more or less as preaching places, and , probably more than dOuble that number' of other Aces of wor ship!' . The stationS' orihtTeard' are in the southern section of this tetrit&Y. The Moravians have two or three stations in the northern section. The Northern Baptists occupy the eastern side; while the Methodist circuit riders, and a portion of the Baptists, perhaps mostly from the South, range through the 'territory. 'The Methodists/ Mr. Torrey writes from T'ark'Hill, 'are building a large brick church on the hill opposite ours, and in full view of it, about two miles distant, to cost $3000.' Mr. Ramsey, writing from Lee's Creek, says: The Baptists have -built a meeting house within about half a mile of the station, where they frequently have pieachirig! Mr. Torrey thinks there is no part of the country that is not fre quently visited by preachers from the Methodist or Baptist ,denotninations. Ranney supposes that all cad hair aomi . kind of Oaaa'hing; at least IMENTIAL• COMMIT ,O4. F. M. (MI DISCON RONNE MISSION. a ' Ve'the resolution's of isoontinuing the tins , - • ' ' ' nly is that part of the '3ecled those resolutions lievihich the Prudential O'coasiOnally,'fionfaorge one of the denominaticins; but that only a•very small, proportion have - oppor. tunity, to hear the. preached ,gospel statedly, and re gulaTly, on the J Sabbath. , Mr. Torrey reports the church-members as being Mere than three thousand in number, constituting more than one-third of the iniult , 'peptilition. ' Of these, the Northern Baptists have theilargeit num ber; or aboukfkfteen hundred; the g 9 tho,dista the next largest; the ; Southern, Baptists the next; ,the, 4ortivians dent two hundred, and fifty: • Of the actual piety` of this large inernbefillip we` 'may' not Speak confidently: Where siolnianrhave-opportu: flit) , to attend only three or' four. meetings in a year, even though these, meetings, be JiTotracted, we can :hardly look for much religious knowledge, or effective, Christian character,'ai" the larger portion 'of' the native preachers are said to have but little education. 'Our brethren 'declare, that no members 'have been reeeived ;into either of, our own churches, without first giving what they deemed to tie cre dible evidence of yepentance and faith In t4re "been donforrnity to the principle- ecogniadd by ;the Beard " That credi; lehievidendhlnt repentaneeand , fikiarklObristrA thejudgment of the missionarietinnd f the churches they gather, entitles professed converts from among the heathen to the ordinances of baptism and the tOrd's SiipPer; . .thoee ordinances' being* evidently designed by Christ to - be means ;of:grace:for XL Romney regards the members of his evrtlehttreh, at Lee's Creek, as furnishing the' same evidence of faith and repentance as did" theinernber:s 'of a ehnreh in Vermont ' , where lie labored as. a ,minis ter of the gospel before going among the Chero kees. 3. Difficulties in, the way of further operatfons by the Board: Wketber it be possible fora missionary society; situated like the Boardito revive . this mission, and to prosecute it vigorously for the succession of years -is a matter of considerable doubt. One of our brethren thus 'Writes "To one who looks Upon the 'aurfiee,' the posi tion which your missionaries' nnw occupy among this people 'amounts. to -this. They are laboring under the, complication of disadvantages;, at a great expense, greater, I suppose in proportion to the extent of their pperations,, than that of any other denomination; shut out, at least, , for the present, from adding to the number of their sta tivs, or exchanging them, for more prornising lo calities; regarded with jealousy by a very inifuen dal portion of the community; with no active na tive preachers; with small congregations; With very few young, persons connected with their churches; with a membership which has not ma-, tonally increased for many years, and, with scene ly any promise of future accessions; and competing with other sects, who occupy,. indiscriminately, every part of the -country, have a large corps of native assistants, and count their audiences at times by thousands, and their accessions byscores." Looking deeper, this brother sees "something under this weak" and despised exterior," in its healthful influence on the piety and morals of the nation, "that is nearly worth all the cost• and con tutnely, which have attended this mission , for the last ten or fifteen years This , is probably true of the past. Yet among a people' situated like the Cherokees, and with such an all:pervading inroad of other denominations, it must be diffibult-for the Beard to regain its ground—mainly because so . ; ; 45p - IA rE6 p'elipie•Wieshienerterey our ministrations. is comparatively small. The audience 'at Park Hill is not far from forty; that at Fairfield (a monthly meeting) is sixty; at Dwight, it is from sixty to one hundred; and at Lee's Creek, seventy-five. Moreover the mission aries all preach through interpreters. If it were possible as it is not, to procure' native pastors for 'the small' churches at each of these places,. the people could not be induced to support them "since, other denominations," as we areassured, "would very readily take the support , of these churches pina. their hands, 'on condition of re ceiving them' into their fellowship." Elsewhere the same writer speaks more fully on this important point." Unlike :most nations emerging from heathenism," he says, "this peo ple have, from the memory of the oldest, and ,I do not know but always, been entirely exempt from taxes. They are able to give but little at the best, and they think themselves less able than they really are. Their idea of public money, is money • paid to them for their benefit; not by them -for the public good. As to eating and drinking, they are liberal and will share the last feat' With the needy. They will often provide entertainment at 'camp meetings, at no small expense of labor, time and property. But to persuade them.to carry these same provisions quietly to their minister, to be used frugally for his family necessities, would be no easy task. Again, the moment these stations are deserted by the missionaries, there are at least three deno minations who are ready to furnish them with preaching free from all expense, except on occa sional contribution and camp meetings, and who would take our educated young men into -their service (if they would consent) at .a salary:higher arid surer than any they could possibly secure.from the people under the most favorable circumstances." These are facts which should obviouilyhave much weight in determining the ;futaire 'duty of the Board. Churchea, that are always to be depend ent, in lands which have. become professedly Chris tian, can have but a slender claim upon institu tions that, exist for the propagation of the gospel among heathen nations. Until the churches shall euter more readily and'fully into the work of mis sinus, such investments'cannot -be wise. Should the Board occupy new districts in the Cherokee country, ,there is reason ,to believe that other demonstrations will follow us, and there ren der it as impossible for us to make - headway, is they do where we now are. And- in obtaining new locations; in formieg new relations, in start ing anew in everything, with such obstacles, and with the disadvantage of prejudices, however groundless, against us as a northern society—pre judices so prone to start periodically into life and vigor, upon the recurrence of our national agita tions during 'the Presidential 'eleetion—Our''pro , spective embarrasiments are too great, •and our success is too doubtful to warrant the attempt. "I suppose," says one of our brethren, "that to at tempt to establish new stations without an 'act of Council, would be simply to forfeit our expendi tures; and I have no idea that such an act'could be obtained." The national law on this subject, passed Sep tember, 1859, is as follows: "Sect. 2. Be it further enacted,, that in future no missionary school or establishment shall be lo cated,' or erected, without permission being first obtained from the. National Council for such = pur pose, and the place designated, by law for the same, with such other regulations as may be deemed ne cessary and proper, either as conducive to its Oar ticular usefulness, or conformity to natienal rights , and interests." THE REVOLITTIAN IN CEINA. The following extract, from the Journal of an American Missionary during a tour to..the • rebel district of China, in the latter part of June, will be found to convey much information in re gard to that interesting and pewerful movement. On his way to Suchen, the rebel head-quarters, 70 miles distant from Shanghai, he arrived at the city of Qung San, also in their poSsession. , . A s we approached the city gateye accosted,the guard with shouts of ",peace, Mee, we" ,come. in peace; we are preachers of the di rive of Je.sus," holding Up in our hands the open ''Scriptures, as emblernatio 'Of our 'office. 'After diia inquiry a mesiengerwassent on board to talk,with us, and others came of their own accord, made their:own and:wfs suppose their own reports. There, were not a 'few Who in a privOle sort of way, as, if afraid to'be heard, asked for *um, the Use of this 'dreg being interdiCted by their governinent. They were* chiefly anxious, however, for foreign arms; It,seemed,strange to shake hands with a genuine long-haired rebel, and our situation was, to us, 'a decidedly novel one. An hour'sdetentioii, and a messenger came asking us to accompany him to the Office of the chief officer of the city, (a military, mandarin ; ) We, did so, made our visit, a.O were kindly received, the officer laying aside his assumed dignity, after the first few questions as to wherefore we had come, He invited . us to sit down and we 'had a long free talk. He offered us au escort to Suchau, which we declined, but suggested that, we weuld like a letter to the Suchau authorities,, which was readily promised, Something was said about our dining with the officer, and Awns hinted at least, that he intended te. gelid tie seine :presents l to the boat. :Ail this we declined f ,preferring 'to Tetron to Suchawas soon as possible. There were, however, some, of the lower 4peys- who ,brouglit on board. some . chickens and:fruit; anachatted,With us a long From them and' Others *e gathered some iteins• of inte rest. . ThersaY, that' their original king, Hung Sien Tsen,,is still living. and well, and is: the present reining king at Nanking. (Ills was confirmed by repeated inquiry here and afterviards at Su dan.) They observe the Sabbath, the same day with Us, meeting regularly for social worship when not, directly engaged in actual war. They sing in their worship, and I was not, a little surprised to hear one of them repeat Shuck's version of the' doxology, almost exactly as we now use it in our hymn books, except that they use Shangti as the specific name for the Divine Being, Zung as the generic for God, and Sung .Ling as the name of the Holy Ghost, thus putting beyond con troversy the use of those words which have given missionaries so much' trouble. For baptism they wipe the breast; implying .the cleansing :of the heart. This ordinance they administer to women and children, as well as to adult males, and but once to each person. I3elow will be found a copy of their doxology, a brief extract of their faith, one of their prayers, and a form of asking a bless ina at table before eating; this lastteing repeated in kneelingposture before sitting down, These were furnished by the military commander at Qung San : Doxology.—Praise to Shangti who is the hea venly holy Father; praise to Jesus who is the holy Saviour; praise to the holy Spiritual Wind which is the Holy Ghost; praise to the three per sons who are one true God. Abstract.-- Is the trae doctrine like the doc trines of the, world? It saves the soul of man thatthe may enjoy everlasting happiness. Those who are'wise will diligently perform it; (1. e., con form 'to its teachings,) and blessed are they who. receive it. . If a man search his heart and per. his own sinfulness, the road to heaven is open to him. The mercy of our heavenly , Father is boundless. He spared not his first-born SOD, but sent him down to the world to give up his life as a ransom, that he might forgive the sins of men. If a man know this doctrine, repent, and depart Evelting rrayir.-- re, i e ones, bow down upon the' earth to pray our heavenly Father, the great Shangti, to grant grace, to pity, to save, to preserve us. Give thou continually to us the holy Breath (or Spirit) of God to change our wicked hearts. Never let the Devil deceive us, but evermore strengthen us. Never let the Devil persecute us. We trust in the redeeming merits of the holy Saviour, the ancient Teacher, who is our elder brother in heaven. We trust also in the merits of the learned Teacher of a later day, the eastern King who redeems us from disease, that they may in our stead pray our heavenly Fa ther, the Great:Shangti, that his will may be per fectly done on earth as it is in heaven. Look down upon us and answer our prayer. h our hearts we truly wish these things. Blessing Bqfare a /Itea/.--Jleavenly Father, the Great Shangti, bless us little ones. Give us day by day clothes to wear and food to eat. Deliver us from evil and calamity, and receive our souls into heaven. On'the 23d the party, arrived within three miles of Suchau, when they encountered another body of the people, two hundred or more, among whom were women and boys, all armed as those of yes terday, but apparently far fiercer and more set on fighting. With very considerable difficulty we made them understand who we were. Two of the older men came on our boat, where they were told plainly where we were going, and what we were - going for; that.we were peaceful strangers desiring to do no one any harm. They took some books with them, and told us that all was well with us. The number of corpses at this place, both on the shore and in the water, was so great, that the scent was almost intolerable, and the peo ple assured us that we would find it worse and worse up to the gates of the city. One of the party being worn down in body, and feeling that farther exposure to such polluted atmosphere would be decidedly injurious, declined going any further, till the people told us of a clean creek which connected with 'a lake, where there had been no slaughter, where the water was.clean and the air pure. Thither we; resolved 'to go, think ing that those of us who were strong and healthy might leave the boat and walk to the city. On reaching Suchen, the report was soon tele graphed round the city, that the foreigners 'had - come in force, and that we were but their forerun ners. We met a little company of: soldiers whom we told we had come in peace, and asked to lead us.to the gate. When we reached the Fu Mung, the people at first looked timidly over the wall'at us, and beat their drums to announce the approach of - strange characters. They questioned ns repeat edly about the number of our beats and men, and wherefore we had come; all which questions we answered plainly. We _told them we had a letter to the T.song Wong, (Faithful King ) ) and wished him to send - a messenger to receive it. They lowered a rope and :wished us to send the letter over the wall. >This we =refused to do, and also declined to enter into any protracted conversation until we should have suitable means of sending our communication to his - Excellency. One man who deemed to have some authority, inquired again 'about> our object in visiting them, when we re plied as before, that we came as ministers of the Gospel, but had received at Qung San a letter for his Excellency, the Tsong Wong, and would be glad to speak with some man authorized to take it to the King.: He asked us to hold out the letter that he might see the characters from the top of the wall, that it yvas really to the King. This done, he promised that our arrival should be an flounced at once, and that a messenger should wait on us very soon. We waited under a shelter near the gate an hour or more; when the messengers, tour or five in number, arrived. We talked with them a little and delivered our letter with our cards in English to the chief one, who left at once for the King. The others brought out seats for us, and seated themselves to entertain us. Here we wrote a note to Brother Crawford, announcing our safe arrival, &e., which be received very soon, but his answer to very littlewhich we failed to receive till next day. After delay our messenger returned with fine horses for us, and we were invited to enter the city. There were in our train, before and behind, not less, probably, than fifty petsons on horseback and , on foot- and all the way we went the people rose and stood respectfully till we had passed. y0b.;,,,....y.5ith..:,---.:97- 7 ,-,Wh q ip...0.....2,6 - -.. My own:idea was at first, that the 'Teeple got up from mere eutinsitY, it being 'so' strange to see foreigners treated with such respect-by the autho rities -But on -otheroccasions we tm,woarrtmners whipping the k eopre - up as they 'Against this we protested, but it was 'their way of showing respect; and - our - words passed-for naught.- The city was far cleaner than we had expected to find it.. There were bodies in manyof the pangs,but there had evidently been an' effort to get then] all out of the streets' and houses. The men thaflive saw were a strong, Vigorous-looking set,•far• asps- fibrin appearance to those in the Imperial service. We were led to the, residence of die Mandarin first in authority after the King, and invited into a spacious 'hall, where every thing was nice after Gl:anew taste, and where we were entertained.ac cording to:Chinese fashion: We - sat or reeline4 upon, a nice lounge, where was brought •na the means,of washing face and . hands. Tea and sweet= meats, &c.., were kept before Us. 'We were in vited to go into another room and take a bath, and when the attendants upon thehouse- seemed