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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.
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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 <to
come in too large numbers, we were: invited to a
more - retired and pore, pleasant room.
-
In a short time a Mandarin of; high.
called Oil Ili: He 'came in a long white silk.gown,
and very familiarly presented hand . as if he
had been accustomed: to this Mode •orsalttiation
all his life. He was a Canton man.who had lived
a good, while in Shanghai, and had, some oppoi 7
tunity of observing foreigners. He was authck
rized to speak for the King, it neems, and promised
that any thing we wished to say should be faith
fully represented to his Excellency.
The rebel kingdom is now increasing rapidly in
-its extent, and stretching its borders so near to us,
that the time will soon come when we must take
some stand as missionaries and as men in regard
to them. We have come home with our minds
much more favorably, impressed in regard to the
whole movement than they ever were before.
These men seem to feel an interest in what they
do. They feel, however, improperly, that they
are called of God to put an end to idolatry and to
Tartar dynasty.. When they are about to destroy
a temple, they stand around it, and,their leader
cries out: "in the name of Sbanf,, , ti, the holy Fa
ther, and by the authority of Jesus, his Son, we
demolish this temple," and then the work begins.
Unless God interposes, and by his own might puts
them down, what power - can crush a people infa
tuated with such an idea? Certainly no, army,
whose soldiers fight only 'for the sake of two 'hun
dred cash a 'day, no army in China.
FORMATION OF FOREIGN PRESBY.
TERIES.
We fully endorse the following remarks from
the Evangelist of Oct. 11th, on the above subject:
We have spoken in another place of the de
lightful religious spirit that characterized the re
cent meeting of the American Board. There was
one subject, however, of sufficient interest to our
own denomination to require a separate notice.
We refer, of course, to the questions so, amicably
settled last' year at Philadelphia, on the applies
don of the.peneral Assembly. These, as will be
seen by our report, were. , in part re-opened by a
proposition for future conference, presented by
Mr. Wood, on behalf of the Prudential Commit
tee.. - We do not understand this.measure to indi-
it yvas, if we are rightly informed;a compromise_
designed to meet the views of certain individOs,
who•viere apprehensive that more 'mould be ex
pentad of them by the General Assembly and the
Presbyterians than they, at ;east, were disposed to
concede. The proposition was for further confe
rence with a view to define more exactly the
meaning of the terms used in regard to feteilita
ling the formation of Presbyteries. It did not
propose to take back anything which bad been
granted the last year. Still, had it been, enter
tained and acted upon by the- Board, it would, no
doubt, hive been regarded by many as bearing in
that direction, and have had the effect to awaken
jealousies happily laid to rest by the recent stipu
lations. We are happy to find that the temper of
the Board "wasnot in favor of encountering such
liabilities. The proposition was, on motion of
Hon. Linus` Child, a prominent member of the
Prudential Committee, referred to a special Com
mittee, who, after careful consideration of the
whole matter, reported unanimously against any
further agitation of the Subject, in the following
resolution, which was adopted without discussion
by the Board:
That the. Committee are unanimously of the
opinion that such conference is not called for. It
is their firm beliei that the Prudential Commit,
tee, while exercising their discretion in the appoint
ment of missionaries in full view of all the cir
cumstances as they may occur, and acting on the
clearly declared principle of , non-intervention in
ecclesiastical affairs, will be able to carry out the
fair intent of the passage in question to the satis
faction of all parties concerned. Especially at
the present juncture of reassured and harmonious
co-operation, does it seem tOtlieni unwise to open
debate on a question in reference to which no diffi
culties have occurred and none need be appre
hended.
From this decision it will appear that the Board
have in fact reaffirmed, after a year's reflection,
and after a full inVestigation of the subject'both
in the Prudential Committee and the Special Com
mittee above referred to, all that- they conceded on
this important poin t in the compact framed at
Philadelphia, and have declared their Conviction,
in the most explicit manner, that the Prudential
Committee "will be - able to tarry 'out the fair in
tent" of •its language; ".to the satisfaction of all
parties concerned." This we think ought to co n
r m and we have no doubt will confirm the con&
.
dence of the Presbyterian Church in the disposi
tion of the Board to act towards them in the most
friendly and honorable manner. Of courseit can
not be expected that the Board, actinr , t . as the or
gan of two denominations, should itself take the
initiative in *Moth% either Presbyterian or
Congregational organizations on the foreign field.
All that can be expected of them, is that in the
designation of the places of labor to the missiona
ries they shOuld regard their wis,heii in reference
to the point in question. But this we conceive
is indispensable, and the only means by' which
the' principle of non-intervention- can be carried
out. One of three ; things must take place. Either
the Prudential Committee in their, arrangements
must facilitate the formation of Presbyteries where
the missionaries desire it; or they must allow the
missionaries and then:Presbyterian friends to make
their own arrangements to that, effect by deter
'mining their own locations; or thirdly, they must
virtually prohibit any such arrangements to be
made. As the case now stands the Board promise
that the- Prudential - Committee shall facilitate this
object whereVer and whenever it can be done con
sistently with other interests of the missionary
work. Aud the General Assembly and the Pres
byterians leave the whole matter, with this pledge,
to the discretion and Christian honor of the Com
mittee of the Board.
We 'well know that it will be an easy matter to
contravene the wishes of the Assembly under this
arranaement, if the Prudential Committee are dis
posed so to do. But we believe the concessions
have been made in good faith, and that in good
faith they will be carried into execution. And so
believing, we trust the union which has so lappily
subsisted for half a century in this noble institu
tion, will be continued with increased satisfaction
15) all parties; or if a separation must come at
some future day the way will be prepared by this
arrangement, for such a separation as will be safe
to' the cause, and just and eatisfaintory to all.par
ties.