GENESEE EVANGELIST.—WhoIe No. 793. PARTING hymn. “ Dundee” * Father of meroiee, Heavenly Friend, We seek Thy gracious throne; To Thee our faltering prayers ascend, Our fainting hearts are. known! From blasts that chill, from suns that smite, From every plague that harms ; In oatnp and march, in siege nnd fight, Proteot our men-at-arms! Though from our darkened Three they take What makes our life most dear, Wo yield them for their country's sake With no relenting tear. Our blood their flowing veins will shed, Their wounds oar breasts will share; Ob, save us fronrthe woes we dread, Or grant us strength to baarl let each unhallowed cause that brings The steriS destroyer, cease, Thy flaming angel fold his wings, ‘ And seraphs whisper, Peace! Thine are the seeptre and the sword, Stretch forth Thy mighty hand,— Beign Thou our kingless nation’s Lord, Buie thou our throneless land I Atlantia Monthly, €owssflim&en.«. TWO TRAVELLERS ON MT- LEBANON. Bear Editor :—Allow me once more to speak to my young American friends through your excellent paper, which we so ipuch love to wel come in distant Asia. Bhamdun is abont 4000 feet above the level of the great Mediterranean Sea, whose bine waters seem spread out in vast expanse at the foot of onr mountain. It is, in deed, a city set on a hill, and is delightful for situation. Near the road leading from Beirut to Damascus, a company of French and" Eng*" lish merchants are .constructing a splendid turn pike between these two cities. We rejoice in this new road. It passes through the middle of our missionary district, and a branch leads to Zahleb. During the eight years we have been stationed on these mountain tops, many travellers, Eng lish and American, have stdpped at oor house for anight; preferring our bumble hospitality to the comfortless Arab honses, or the miserable khans on the road, ora tent. Often havd we been refreshed and greatly encouraged by their company and sweet words of comfort and coun sel. Now, my dear young friends, I wish to in troduce to you two of these travellers. Several weeks since, one chilly Saturday af ternoon, an aged gentleman was seen approach ing the town. He stopped at an Arab house, and after a few moments Mr, Benton and the little boys went to oall npon him. and see If .he was comfortable for the night. He proved to be an English Barrister, of the Inner Temple" of London. His Dragoman had cheated him, and come off from Beirnt without any; comforts for his journey—not Sven a bed or a rug—and the old gentleman being in very feeble health, (just recovering from a dangerous illness) had so felt the great change, from the heat of Beirut to the chilly blasts of Lebanon, that he was suffering very much, and glad was he to come with Mr. Benton and find a nice warm stove and a com fortable rocking-chair in our quiet sitting room. Said he, " I did not expect to fiad civilization up here; but, pray tell me how can you make np your minds to live here, all alone with the natives ? You cannot know all the recent truths and the discoveries of the learned in the world of letters.” We assured him we were happy here and never lonely, because we felt we were laboring for Christ. But he was “by no means sure there ever was such a person as Jesus Christ.” Ah, poor man 1 He had a mind„of a high order—was learned in all the sciences and wisdom of this world—he had travelled: the world around—spent years in researches in Egypt! and Syria—had followed the supposed track of the Israelites in the desert—studied old stone coffins—deciphered ancient hieroglyphics—read ■ the Scriptures at least twenty times through “•studied, compared, hunted, toiled, nearly wore himself out, and ail for what? To dis prove the Bible—to overthrow the Christian taith—to prove that Moses was a rascal— ai leader of a band of murderers, thieves, and rob bers—that all the prophets were deceivers,, and that the great God of the Bible is a lie/— and the story of the Virgin and her Son, the vilest imposition ever palmed off on the credulity of mankind. So earnest was he to convert us to bis views, that he could scarce go to bed at'all, even when the Clock tolled the noon of night; and when be did retire, he slept little, rolled and tossed with a restlessness be could not de scribe. On Sabbath morning he renewed his attach, pitied onr simplicity,, admired onr high aims, longed to bring us into-the liberty of the adorers wd worshippers of Nature. He was present at our Arabic service, and, as if-bya singular coincidence, the text was, hato yob, law yers, for ye have taken away theihey'ef' know ledge; ye would pot enter in yonrselyee,. and tlio* who were entering, ye hindered ! 1 ’ .* After the close, the missionary translated the subject of his disconrse to One lawyer gnest. HdbffifilecF »t the coincidence, hat could speak of nothing hut his favorite theme—the adoration of Nature "the perfection of JfatßfP.’ ; ’‘ ;i; ’ His rule of life-was—"Do as yon would be none by* then yon willbe ready for any fateih Ho would not, could nofc,believe the God oftbe 'Ms* He was a hard master, unkind’ urnl ; permitting ain jnst to torment 0 P° or creatures hehad made, : He wished 0 “nd us gome of his tracts from London, that ml B ht examine both sides of the subject. We jsured him these subjects were ngt ne,«r to ns, , C . a( l l° n » ago examined them, w.d npw we “° Hwe to study to find out there is no God: ter some pointed appeals to hiacopsoience, remarked with mnch candor—" Wbll, I’m view DCe<l ?0 ° are tnost heartily sincere in yonr o S| ai,( l certainly We cannot both be right, ; fbr Weai» W 8 #re th# Tery antipodes*” “kj dear rid ’ [° plied ®iaBio.naity) , ‘ Sod-in bis for 09 ms brought yott tO'onr tobuntain home °me wise purpose* and-rwish to saypnib Bhamdun, June Bd, 1861, word more before we part, If we are right in loving, serving, and believing the God of the Bible, yon are wrong in denying and hating bira. If we are in error, and at death find there is no God, we lose nothing ; but, if you are in error, yon hazard every thing, and fall into the hande of an Almighty foe.” I never saw a more rest less, anxious countenance. Poor, rich old man, he was so feeble; he gave up his proposed jonr ney to Damascus and returned to Beirut. Now, dear young friends, let me introduce you to another traveller. It was late one eve ning when we heard a faint, knoekat our door, and were astonished on opening it to meet one we had known in former years as “Simple Robert.” He is an English lad, and was early left an orphan. He came to Beirut with his uncle, a clergyman, where he spent his yhnth and early manhood.' He learned to speak and read the Arabic language; and after the return of his uncle to England, he spent two or three years in going about the villages of Lebanon, on foot, with his satchel of books over his shoulder, trying to persuade the poor mountain Arabs to come to Jesus. About eight years ago, he was . stoned out of Zahleh; and on his return to Beirpt, he learned how we also were stoned out of that same Zableb, and that now the door was open there for the preaching of the gospel; he started off at once to visit the place, and had now come to spend the night at our house on his way there. He. knew naught, and cared less, for all the politics, maxims, and sciences of the world. He knew Jesus Christ and him .crucified, and now he had returned to Syria, as’ called of God to the work, to travel about from place to place, and in his.,simple, artless manner, en treat all he met to be reconciled to God. He said he had prayed a great deal for Zahleh while in England; and when he heard how the Lord had opened the door there, he felt his prayers, were answered. ■ -. Oh, what a contrast this to'our learned friend, the Barrister, of London! The one travelling in Syria and seeking for evidence to overthrow the religion of Jesus; the other following the footprints of his. divine Master, that he may tes tify of him< Whose crown would yon choose to wear-in the last great day ? Hath not God chosen the weak things to confound the mightyj yea, and things which are not, to bring to naught things which are ? » - , . .' • . The French soldiers, are leaving, and the country is in a terribly unsettled state. Pray for ns. We cease not to ■ pray for our own be loved country in this crisis of the great question of slavery. Has not that blot been long enough upon oar fair land.? , • ; ; Good-by, from Lebanon, L-G. Benton. ; LITTER FROM CHINA. WITHOUT NATURAL AFFECTION, OR INFANTICIDE I do not know howto mtrodnee the subject of this letter better than by placing at its head one Of the clauses used by Fanl in the first chapter of Romans, in depicting the character of the heathen in his day. I desire to nse it, not in a general sense, applying ,to the Chinese, but with a particular reference to the treatment of fa-, male children, at the hands of their parents in this part of China. It is a very sad and un pleasant snbject, from which the mind tarns in stinctively away. Bnt lam encouraged to dis cuss it briefly, in the hope of eliciting, in view of the facts and customs which shall be pre sented, the prayers of western Christians for the divine blessing to attend every effort to en lighten and. save this people. Let me ask, espe cially, the attention of Christian mothers and of Christian daughters in America, to some statements in regard to the killing, the selling,- the giving away, and the exposure of little girls by their parents, at Fuh Chan and vicini ty. I confine my remarks to these unnatural practices at this city and vicinity. Idd not affirm whether similar practices are common or ‘ uncommon in other parts of the Empire. * I will first refer toseveral considerations of a public character to show the prevalence of in fanticide, to a greater or less extent. These considerations are known to all intelligent men living here, whether native or foreign, who are acquainted with the condition,of things relating to this snbject. !■ There is a native foundling asylum located within the walls of the city. This is supported by contributions from wealthy. Chinese, the gen try, and resident-officers of government. 2. A large Roman Catholic Asylum for girls deserted by their parents, has been erected within two or three years,, near,the south gate of the city, in the snbnrbs. It is a large and expensive institution. A native Roman Ca tholic, last fall, told me that it had abont ,400 childrenrnnder its .care, -. ... 3. The American Methodist Mission here has established a foundling asylum on a small scale. It came into operation abont two years since. , 4. The distribution of sheets and books against the drowning of female infants at the time-pf the general literary .examinations, which occur at stated, intervals, at FuhOhau. At these regular periods when the literary talent of the prefecture and, in two years out of five, of the province, is. assembled here, may be seen, persons engaged in giving away to candidates and spectators,, boohs exhorting people to pre serve alive their female children. This fact showp conclusively that : infanticide is consi- ' kr. Afceel," Missionary at Amoy, made inqui ries into the prevalence of infanticide there soihe 15 of 1 B yeara' ago, and koine aetoundibgfSSts were published in the Miasionary Herald and elstfwtiere, as the result of hia psrsonpl Investigations. Soroti Bowringandother writers on China, hare also remarked on the frequency •f female infanticide in specified -localities. Some • wri ters have given a fiat denial to the.statements .of others on this subject, principallybecause instances did pot come under their personal observations, or the crime did not prevail in -the BeotionS through which they fra relled. 'or-Whete theyresided. I have no doubt* that in fgntioideis more,.common in some- localities, And pro vinces than in others. But the circumstance that it does not prevail In some places, or that it did not come Within the observation of a writer, by no means proves that it' is not common id other parts of the Empire. I have the 'stro'ngest reasons for knowing that it is prac tised at Fuji ChaniOnd vicliiityj aUo. that it.ia tolerated hW the -.trsfts- .indifference and levity by the rifass of the ' derabiyprevalent.else'thedistribntionofsnch works woald not be ..tolerated, nor would it have any inciting or producing cause, nor wonld there be any object to. attain by so doing. Why circulate tracts against. an immorality which does not exist, especiallyon an occasion when 80 ra , ac I 1 talent and respectability are assembled the days devoted to literary examina tions? The ..circumstance, referred to, while it proves the.existence of female infanticide to an indefinite extent, shows also, what I am glad to notice, that it is not popular, though it is prac tised, not justified, in. the sense of approved and advocated, by the literary class. In common conversation with the Chinese, they admit the prevalence of infanticide here, and very.frequently.inquire whether it is practised in western, countries. No one pre to»deny or conceal the, monstrous fact. A female servant, now employed in a missiona ry’s family, confesses to have destroyed,, or .ra ther, allowed her hnsband 'tp destroy one of. her little girls at birth. A servant, in another fa mily was doomed to death by her father soon after her birth, bnt escaped that fate in, conse qnence of his meeting with an accident, which the neighbors interpreted to be an omen against killing her, Another servant, in yet another family, says that one of her nearneighbors, and a relative, has destroyed seven girls ont of a family of eight children; the remaining one, being a boy,, was permitted to live. And here let me state that only girls are thus destroyed. I never heard of’a single instenee qf a boy being destroyed by his parents at birth. r A wo man, now employed as nurse in an American missionary’s family, has told the writer that ont of eleven girls born to her own mother, her own father allowed only four to survive. In the farming districts, in the neighboring country, it is said that every .family which has several girls born to it, .destroys all bat ,one or two, unless some of tbeir acquaintances desire them to bring up as future wives of their boys. In the city, the cuatom of killing.girls at birth; is probably not so universal as in the country: Some intelligent Chinese estimate that the pro bable proportion of city families which destroy one or more of their female children, in case they have‘several, and do not have good oppor tunities of giving them away, as about half. Thin is only an: approximate estimate. Accu racy cannot 1 be obtained In this matter. It is said that officers seldom or never destroy l their female children, as they are able to support them, and .When marriagcable find wealthy and respectable'husbands for them. When a little girl is given away soon after birth to be the wife of the boy of a friend, she is taken away and brought -up in the family of her future hnsband. When of proper age, the parties are married in the usual way in such cases, T.l}ja s way of disposing of-girls is quite ■common aniong the- poor. The woman above referred to, as having' killed one of her little girls, gave away her lasfgiri to be the wife of a little boy belonging to an acqaaintance. The servant whom her father wished to have killed, was-finally given away to a friend for this pur pose. 1 A member of one of the native churches at Fuh Chan, was thus disposed of by her mo ther, though her father preferred to destroy her. Tery many poor families thus provide wives for their boys. ' Borne families, after raising their girls for a few jeara, feel themselves impelled by'poverty to sell them for slaves or for wives. The regu lar price for such children, if sold to be, in tbe fntnre, the wives of the boys of friends, is at tifa rate of abont 2,000 copper cash, or $2 00 per year of their lives. ‘ A girl one year old usnaliy brings 2,000 cash; two years old, 4,000; three years old, 6,000 .cash. After the girl is old enongh to work,!the price is considerably dearer. One of the servants above referred: to, a few months ago, bought a fine-looking girl three years old for. 4,000 cash, or; $4.00, to be the ""wife of her little son six years old. She had had several offers at the usual price. When sold to be slaves, the price of girls is compara- tively dearer than when sold to be wives. Most girls sold for slaves are brought some distance to t]iis place. Sometimes, instead of being killed, or given away at or soon after birth, the unfortunates are exposed alive by the side of the . street, or under some shelter. Several have been thus exposed or left near the residence of the writer.. Only some few months ago, a missionary, while going to his regular religious service early one morning, observed a jesting crowd gathered around a crying infant left by the side of the public street. Quite a number of ipstonces have occurred within eight or ten years, of chil dren being thus left near the residences of fo reign missionaries!.; •P,robably.t^gJdesiguof4e ser'ting. thereby their- parents is that they may be cai-cd for in some way by. families living in the neighborhood. .... „ , ... . t v The methods of depriving the unfortunates of life are said to be three. 1. By drowning, in a tub of water. 2. By throwing into, some running stream. , 3. By burying alive; . The latter way . is affirmed to be selected by a few in the coun try,; under the belief that the next child will, in consequence, be a boy. Undoubtedly the most common way is, by. drowning. The person who most psualjy,performs..the murderous act is the father of .the child. Midwifesand.personal friends generally decline itas beingnione of their business,, and-as affording an occasion for blame or unpleasant recollections in fntnre years. Generally, the mother prefers the child sheuld be given away to- being destroyed.; Sometimes; however, the parents, it is asserted, agree to. • destroy rather than raise; or even* give away their infant: daughter, in order to keep it from a life of poverty and wretchedness. : ; ' -ThiHeadi me to mehtion that, generally, the professed, and doubtless the true reason for the destruction of female infants by poor people; is* tlieir poverty. For an indigent laboring; mai to Support* a family of girls and to marry them off according to the custom's biF society, is re garded as an impossibility. In the country, girls abi wbiheii L wtirk ik tfie s lifelds like boys and men. -In the city and suburbs, females are kept muckmore at home—especially in the small i iiiW 'Wwl »tcsassv»* tgtt M vt.'T : footed class—where they -generally,able, t«y > v ftp! PHILADELPHIA, fHDIpAfc AIMS! 1,1861: 'fiif t-'h ’’ .!‘“i get m-aoor employment At the time girle are married,.an amount qf clothing and, furniture mast, .he- fnrjiisbejithenias. outfit or dowry, by their paronts, t wbieh the poor are really. nnable to afford..,. When .parried, a A®nghter belongs to anotipr .family, and. neither slje.nor her husband is ejected to afford pecu niary aid to her father anjjLmqther to any great extent. Such Is the of Qhinese-so ei’ety that a poor family rjtises and marries, even pneiOr two girls grp|t4iffionlty.s i W»th a fam|ly, of.sqns the ease isjfar different. -They, when grown np, ehrn money when and where girls cannot. .The-sum of, money paid for a wife for a son by his .parents, really comes familysin|;the;form of clothing and furniture. He is thefr staff and support in old age and in sickness, keeps np the fa-, mily name, and what.i.B <lf paramount, import- .he barns ineepse befprfi;tlieig tablets, and. sweeps their graves whe^^iaiidSidw"; ci « lP> of the female children pf thf%<neh. That infanti cide is. practised quite frenheotly by the wealthy and well-to-do famili.es, r|sts;on the most expli cit end ample. testimony* the observation ! and; admission of their conntrf u>&n. One;of the ser vants above mentioned, rs]at£s that rin the na tive wealthy family whore .she was employed before she came to live with.- the missionary fa mily, one girl bad already .been destroyed, two had been kept alive, and4t was understood .that if the. last child had been-a -girl, it 'woold also have been d,estrpyed> simple and sole reason that jnore girls jg the family were not desired I ,- t(?t > : ;?k. e rich here; to. thuad mlssiop of their neighbors and acquaintances, the girls born to tliemafterthey have all they wish to kpep, Boyß,;onthe other hand, are always considered a ifalnable-additiou to the fa-' cide is probably emaller among the wealthy than indigent -Chinese. For they are not compelled (to adoptthe lan guage of this people?) $o destroy their female offspring by the want of; means of subsistence. This circumstance, makestheir crime {against nature the and inexcusable—, for it is perpetrated in blood, and with de termination withont ; any| reason or excuse; ex cept that they do to raise them. It would be a,gfeat the children,thus described, or given away soon af ter , birth,- are illegitimates- ; If illegitimates, they wouldnot invariabjy-beof one sex s Ow ing to the peculiar customs .Qf. Chinese social life, there are, doubtless, far 4hwef illegitimate; births here than in civilized and Christian;lands at the West. - The-girls destroyed are.bom in wedlock, but consigned to premature death by the deliberate decision of one or both parents, either because they are unwilling to he at the trouble.of bringing theyLup. or because they . feel too poor tofftpltr " ~~ ’ The crime of infanticide is very often men tioned with levity by the great mass, of the com mon people.'; When seriously appealed to, on this subject—though all seem to deprecate it as contrary to the dictates of, reason, and the in stincts of n Store—yet very many are ready bold ly to apologize for it and declare it to be necessary; especiullydn the families of the ex cessively poor. While “it is not, in fact, di rectly sanctioned by the government, or agree able to thegCneral spirit of the laws, and the institutions of the empire,” yet it is tolerated and acquiesced in by the Mandarins. No mea sures ate ever taken to’find out, arrest and pu nish the iiurderers of their own female infants —though" forbidden in occasional official pro clamations, the crime is extensively practised with impunity. “ - - Tn China, the doctriffe of filial piety is highly landed, and children are required by law and by the usages of society, to render the most abject deference to the will of their parents. Bufparents may discriminate between the sex of their innocent offspring, ddstfoying'the fe male ad libitum, and lavishing on the ihhle their care and love. How singularly find emphati cally are they “ without natural affection- ’’ I have thus briefly attempted to give a plain statement of facts relating to the subject of this letter.. The use of indignant and extravagant lan guage has been studiously avoided; confident that the simple recital of these unnatural and inhuman practices of this people, cannot but awaken fervent and prayerful emotions in the heart of the Christian reader. SiNiii. Fuh Chau, China, May 8th,1861. i-r - / , ROUBLE USE OF RAIMENT- “If thou at all take thy neighbor’s .raiment.to. pledge, thou Bhajt deliver itjinto that,the, sun gocth down’jPbrthat-is his covering only, it is'his'ra'itnent for his skin; wherein shall he sleep ? and it shall come to pasS; wheU he erieth unto me, that I. will hear; for l am-gracious.”—Exod. xxii. 26, 27. . _ . . , In all parts of Southern,Africa the skin-cloak is the covering of males and feihaies By day, and that in which they-sleep! by night.- They 1 have' no other bed clothes; 1 The Hottentot cloak is composed of sheep’s skins; retaining the wool .on the insidc; in which he sleeps, comfortably under, a . or tfee wherever he goes. Deprive him of that covering, ahj he would find hiihseif most uncomfortably placed.- If would he a ’cruel act. The nations farther in the interior have eloaks made from the hides of oxen or cows, which they havb k methodooi&akilj§: soft and use exactly .for tho same purposes as the! others, — namely for clothiog and for sleeping i n . .. ~. ( - African LijM. , ; BiEMGION DOES HOT- mbt* US *<>»> WOHK. Why should it? JVlnsfcaman fail inhis dutyto hisfellow-manbecanse he tries .to do his, duty to God? Mast be mope, or be mean-spirited, because be loves • his Makar ? By ho means. Bather will he be more earnest in his Calling because heknakesai conscience of-it.. Whatsol diers are more aetive or more brave than tboSU whoserve their country in the fear of God ?- Gideon, and J David, and other he roes 6f/Israel,'were'*fervent imspirik :Tbe great Washington soughtiQod in prayer. ®he be-' roic’Havelock wash man of prayer. So too was Headley Yiears, with other noble. men. Many men fear to be pioUs- lest they be ohfilited MTor S thbir work, i Butwpiet# hhte men for no good work. ThewbrkthUtapions ! man should be uUdertaken by no man. j i iurvns,s -*] • ;,.!**. imh ti -oh c ittf iltn pr SoMierVFriendU CORRESPONDENCE ;IN * IPW; yORK • ;,i / ' Rochester, July 16th; 1861. ~ Deab , Brother, , Mears: —Thinking that in theaetimesof “ wgr excitement,” a few notes of the incidents .of. a trip ,through the. centre and northern parts of Pennsylvania and New York vrouid he interesting-to jour readers, I have made some memorandums,on the way. I .left Philadel phia on Tuesday, July 9th, and: stopped at Bead ing. Business there, was quite, prostrated, as it seems todepend prettyxnuch onthewants.of the *•1; Waives, the town. In- passing through, -I observed an .exhibition, of the liberality;, of the (N. S.)_.Presbyterian Church, in .the iarge and, commodious parsonage, built, as I understood, by them. Such acts do notendwith the completion of the work; but in their infltieneeas betokening the appreciation' of the ministry of Christ, live on, and dbeef Others inariesspleasantposition. ‘ Be-’ lievirig there would ‘be & fine opportunity of view ing-thektmhijrjfoh the Catawissa and Williams port R-ond, ahd desirous of- avoiding 1 the heat and ddst of mid-day, I took the traiff it six in' the evening. But, alas! the vanity of human calcu lations’ ; the rain defeated al! these hopes. So that instead of seeing the sun slowly decline in the west, and the hills and mountain gorges appear wierd- ; like and'gloomUy sublime, amid the'shades of eve ning, Ijhad the prospect- of "half tfnigßt’seold and disagreeable ride; ; But as there are no eircuth stances in life, but which have their counter-ba lancing" advantages, I found,, upon entering the' cars, in old friend, with whom, in calling up memo ries and reminiscences of ■Collfege life, I passed, Tnstead of a dreary and uncomfortable evening, one which was both socially and spiritually profitable. ' At 12.30 A. M., I arrived at Williamsport, and in drawing up to thedepot, passed tworegi meats of volunteers, en route for Washington. They had justparfaken of a bountiful repast furnished by the’Citizens of the town, and seemed in remarkably goodispirits. P afterwards understoodthat ill the regiments except one, that have gone through,- have been provided with a meal. And this not consisting merely of the substantia! viands; but of the best their houses could afford, such as they would offer to a valued guest at their own homes. Well may the volunteers say, “God Bless the ladies of Williamsport.” . Well fiftiy these-ladies rejoice that the kindnesses they have shown have been be'stowSd upon many who are their brethren in Christ; who will not only stafid up for their coun try on the battle-field, but for King Immanuel in the camp. As one of them boldly and nobly said,-upon being interrogated concerning his fitness' for the eternal world: “I know not what is in the future before me ; but I have a Friend aboVe, who can take care of me.” It" iiiakes tis think better of humanity; wheV wd reflect ttpbn this Whole souled-generosity.' ■ From ‘Williams port, I took the train for Rochester. After leaving. Elmira, I en tered into conversation with two fellow-travellers. How qhickly and frequently,'how accurately do we estimate character by words; particularly when*' %m^affog^Snefl'Bfe'Wrfdi&*dn:rifo-i3er# < to^iK>tice l slight shades of difference in persons, and to judge of their social and moral position. Our- conver sation turned upon the state of the country, and the ? 4 ,peculiar institution.” Great confidence and hopefulness was expressed in regard to’the future; confidence in Mr. Lincoln,-and hopefulness in the vigorous prosecution of the war. But with one of these individuals, who turned oat to be an Or thodox friend; the conversation took a religious turn, After, vainly, and perhaps unprofitably dis cussing the doctrine of election, I presented the fundamentals of the gospel—repentance and faith in the Redeemer, as alone necessary; these were cheerfully assented to, and I trust in this case practically influence! the life. ; How often; are we prejudiced against those who hold the truth somewhat different- from what we. do oursclves? “ How often would sects the most opposite be reconciledj if;tbey could meet and read each other’s thoughts?” I was gratified to know that this person possessed Hr; Bathes’ notes, and appearediquite familiar with them. Since my;arrival at. Rochester, I have had an opportunity of .visiting some of-the nurseries, for which it is famous. The largest here, which is alsd-the4arg(Bsb;itt the-United States, is owned by Ellwanger and Barry. These: gentlemen com menced? this, business.m. 18,40;* with half ah acre of ground; the first a German, the second a na tive of Ireland, who .had come to this country for the purpose of studying its flora; both were poor, without influence, without capital;- Having had, an invitation from, a person'engaged in the busi ness; to visit this nursery, I accepted it with great: satisfaction. Their grounds are divided into two sections ; one of 100 acres; within two miles of the city;:the other, 400 acres, at a great: distance. We 'first' vi&ited. the green->houses containing the' choicest varieties of foreign grapes; for which there is quite a sale; being purchased simply for hot house purposes. Our next visit was to the spe cimens of pcar trees, of which: they , have four hundred kinds; the trees were very full,’and ap peared quite thrifty. . -Here were the ' choicest descriptions:; the: Bartlett;ithe: St:tGermain;~the Yicarhf;Wak«field;&c.; in the words of my friend,. “ therewasnd .use of Other nnrserymen trying to: Compete .with-them in: pears; for they-mlwhys bore; off But.it is not)only;ittithese:they are superior; but inseverything they niake iiia point attention toaoses; of whichphey have in cultivationabout sixihundred varieties; tin my enjoyment of-a viewof these, I couldnot be selfish; sincel; heartily* wished all’ the , lady : readers- of f the: Americans /Presbyterian the ? same privilege. ! : !. But it is inipossible 'to beparticular, for thc 'va rieties of Peonies, Phloxes,* Gamatibns and Dahlias.* seemed almost endless.: j My friend suggestcd . that after haying viewed thegrounds, anmcquaintance with the proprietors might he agreeable r .to; me. I found these gentlemen affable and unpresuming, exhibiting by itheir conversation a deep • as scientific men-is .their! branch, and also-?b!yttheir"; physiognomy, shrewdness and.energy in conducts, ' ingtheicbusiness./Oneofthepartnerscornplained of the, present sta.te ,of isffai.rs in:the. country, and; the neoeasityjof curtailment-in husiness; ' hntsseemed tp regret it miosfcon. account Of.the-ittr': terferenco with experimehting on a large scalej.he spoke of- the pleasure derived- from hiss pursuits,;, : and showed the keen enjoyment of ;an enthusiast.: Afteranpther ; .more parifculSriview bGasjKWtibtfofs ; the narsery, in .company..with one of the.partners; • I,leffcfhr,ißbohester;rwith acrjiniud impressed -with 1 ra.idssifesfitfi^nifoffP^iittjhiycnwn’.ptthiiof'wUfa;; Evjen; worldly success may have its moral lesson. The industry, economy, and self-denial practised to build up a large business, in the Christian life, will achieve great results. Oni Sabbath morning, I attended, service.at the Brick Church, (N. S.) Presbyterian. The; pastor preached from Psalm exxxiii. 1“ Behold, how good and how pleasant it is;for brethren to dwell together in unity.” The sermon;was, a very practical one, the illustrations homely,-taken from every day life, after the ex- 1 ample of the Saviour; in a word, shell a sermon as would be likely, to quicken a people, and build ■ them up-,in spirituality; Four points were treated. I of; as essential toi dwelling, together in unity:— ‘f We inustput the most favourable construction on abrother’s. conduct ; we must-hold a brother's reputation as sacred as. our, own ; we muat accept the failings with the excellences of brethren; we seldom see tbe best side of a brother.” This church ibas just been completed, hence the appro priateness .of the sermon. : In ! the';evening, I heard the:Rev. F. F; Elfin wood of the Central Church. His text was 1 Cor. xy; 49. The theme was illustrated by a reference to the principles of geology; the theory of Agassiz in distinction from that of Lanark, or the de velopment theory warpresented; to wit, that the earth and all created beings had existed in the , mind of the Deify from the beginning. The idea; was carried' still further by representing that thought, as having in view alho the perfected, tbe heavenly man. lam gratified to believe that the pastors of our branch of the church-here are ear nest men, and,, as a, consequence, the New Sebool 'churches have crowdedand flourishing congrega tions. You may hear from me again at my next point,- that is, if I reach another beforq my return, and my “jottings” appear to you worthy of the perusal of your readers. EXTRACT FROM REV. ME. WISWELL’S DELIVERED JULY 4TH, IN THE CENTRAL CHURCH, To any unprejudiced mind it is clear that the Articles of .Confederation between the thirteen po lonies, which, obtained from 1781 until the adop tion of the Federal Constitution, were in almost every essential particular a total departure from the principles of the declaration of Independence. And, hence,.the endless..conflicts through which the nation passed, and in the midst of which it languished; .When the independence of the colo nies was gained at so great expense of blood and treasure, the Work of founding a permanent Repub lic was but just begun. The country soon began to; droop and pine under the poisonous shade of the Upas of,‘‘-State sovereignty a government which was no government —a form of government which was in constant antagonism with the very principles for which, through' eight ensanguined, dreary yeais,.the people had: shed some of the most precious blood of the earth, and strown with their bleaching bohes almost every Hill and Valley from the snows, of.-New Hampshire to the swamps of Florida.; .They bad repudiated the government of Great .Biritaiii, and-had gotten, in Us place a mi serable Confederacy of independent States—they had indeted'escaped -the'perils of Scylla, -but-had" fallen into the snares of Charybdis. Coti federa tion, of these petty sovereignties proved as incotE-. peteut to preserve .the people in peace as it bad been ineffectual to conduct them harmoniously in war. Seven years’ experience liad demonstrated their mistake, and the condition of the country was “a shriek of terror at its awful magnitude.” The existing state of things could not longer be borne. The eye of patriotism saw it. The sage of Mount Vernon, in his quiet'retreat, was pained at the im perfect union of the States for whose independence he had sacrificed the best part of his life. And it was in his mind, so full of expedients for.the good of his country, that the idea of the Federal Convention (originated. He saw and .others saw that the Only safety for the country was in a speedy return to the principles of the Declaration of In dependence. To realize this idea, the delegates of the people of the several States met in convention iq th.e city of Philadelphia on the 14th day of May, 1787, and on the 2&th of the same month they organized by the choice of George Washing ton- as their President. The result of that con vention, of the profound wisdom and patriotism of the country, was the Federal Constitution. In. the preamble to that document they thus declared their purpose: “We, the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, en sure domestic tranquillity, provide for the common defence, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to’ourselves and our pos terity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.” The leading elementary principle of this consti tution that “the affairs of the people of the United States were thenceforth to bo administered not by a confederacy or a mere league of friend ship between the several sovereign' States, but by a government distributed into the three great de partments, Legislative,: Judicial,;and Executive;" Mr. Madison, whose doctrines are now held in contempt by rebels, in writing to Bis friend Ed mund Randolph just before the assembling of the convention, says: : “ T hold it as a fundamental poin t that an individual independence of the is utterly irreconcilable with the idea of an aggre gate sovereignty.” This was just what every pa triotic eye saw, and hence to form a more perfect Union and cement these States into hoe sovereign republic, this glorious constitution was adopted. I venture to ray that in this imperfect condition 5 of human nature, it combines more political wis dom,.more, sagacious statesmanship, and more sim ple devotion to national welfare than any political paper over Written. It was the work of one peo ple; it was designed to consolidate these States into' one; government and cCment them perpetually- by , the strong, indissoluble bonds of .one great civil fraternity. . ... ' "We, the people of this State, have more than, once rejoiced, as we do this day, that our anees-' tors took so prominent a part iu framing this Con stitution, and that Delaware was: the first to adopt it,/Dee. .7th, 178,7., Then and there this State, cheerfully yielded its boasted independent sove reignty to the sovereignty of a general government;’ Let that epoch ih-our State history be-sacred for-' ever. Let no unworthy son ever attempt to ex-, hiime from its appropriate sepulchre this wretched: doctrine of State sovereignty, the foul parent of all, the moniehtiius.eyils that now afflict ouf conn try; “If we,” in the language of our great states man, “or bur posterity, vioiare the rules of eternal justice, . trifle with the injunctions of morality, and recklessly destroy the political constitution which holds us together, no man can tpll how suddenly a catastrophe may overwb'elm'us that shall bury' - aH'bur glory'in profound‘obscurity. If that catas trophe shall come, let it have no history; l Let the horrible, narrative never be written; letits' fate be like thejpst book of Livy which np .human eye shall ever read; or the missing. Pleiad,.of which no' man BhhlTever know more than that it is lost and lost fbrbver.” I-;* - ;,;---.v- •> Eightyffonr years ago, where, we are; now go booming.of the cannon,; as ’with sullen roar,those sounds of carnage came down the peaceful valley of .the B.randy wine. They told, of #ar’which-wte wagd4;'to reteih ns is -the slaves of British'-fj#asny;f«* We- can nbwogaiu al- VOI, V—SO. 48.—Whole No. 265. M. P. J. ORATION. WILMINGTON. most catch the; note of war waged to destroy tbe government and deprive us of the.civil privileges so dearly won on many a bloody field. I have no terms in which to express the scorn and abhorrence which I hold'toward the men who so causelessly can lift their rebel bands against such a govern ment, 1 to establish in its place a despotism for the perpetuity of; the Worst system of human slavery on the records of the face. God is surely against it, our highest nature cries out against it, ana uni versal humanity lifts one long,-loud, piercing sup plication to us to save the Republic from such a fate. Too many and precious hopes are linked with it, too many sacred trusts are enshrined in it, to permit patriotism to falter. Let no one shrink from the responsibility; let no one hesitate to de clare himself, and fly his colors to the breeze.’ There are bat two parties in this country to-day; one is far and theother against the government, and the, man who in the face :of open war against this go vernment; endeavors l to get in between these two parties under the name of “peace,” “compromise,” or “ anti-coercion/' will sorely be ground to pow der, as he deserves to be, between two such mill stones. ■ ' - .... - .Dependi upon fellow -oitizens, notwith standing ail the sickly whine; and cant of partisans and demagbgueSj our very life as a nation, our in tegrity as a government, turn upon the uncondi tional extermination of this vile rebellion. The veriest-sehool boy, ‘with a spark, of unadulterated patriotism in his soul, can see this. It is govern ment or no government; life or death. To ac knowledge this miserable abortion of a confede racy upon the .plea of inability to suppress the re bellion, or aversion to the horrors of war, is simply to sign our national death-warrant. Rather let us hang ourselves at once and have done with it. No! no! we must sustain the government and punish treason,, and by the help of God we will. Let no man, especially no son of Delaware, shrink from such an issue. As the brave Nelson; stand ing on the quarter deck of his noble flag-ship, at tbe opening of the battle o'f Trafalgar, said to his crew: “ England expects every man to-day to do his duty,” so now America calls upon all her loyal sons to stand firm in their places and do manfully their duty.- Thus doing, the time will surely come, and it will not tarry, when we shall look back upon all our efforts in behalf of our government, upon all our sacrifices in behalf of our country with unspeakable pleasure;. while every man who in this hour of his country’s peril and trial, either by word or pen or deed, paralyzes the arm of his go vernment, and thus gives aid and comfort to its enemies, will hide away in shame undeT the with ering scorn and reproach of the world, and hu manity itself will hiss him into the farthest corner of Oblivion. DEATH OF GOPHI NATH NUNDI. LETTER FROM DR. DUFF. My .dear Dr. Tweedie:—As mentioned in my last, Sabbath evening, 17th inst., was fixed on for the induction of the Rev. Lai Bchari Do, as na tive pastor of the native congregation Cornwallis Square. This evening was chosen as being most convenient for educated natives whom we wished to be'present. By appointment of the Presbytery, the solemn services were conducted by me. There werepiesent, besides the members of the native church, a goodly'number of Europeans, and au overflowing crowd of educated natives—tbe passages being filled to the door. * * * But if I am privileged to sing of "mercy”— unspeakable mercy—l am also called to sing of what.iipp.ears ia our popr blinded vision, “judg ment”-too.- To the earliest converts of our mis sion—baptized as far back as 1882 —I have al ready referred. Of that first batch, which gave a shock to Hinduism iu Calcutta, from which it has not recovered, and never will—one and another has been called hence, so that only one now sur vives, the Rev. Krishna Mohan Banergca, Pro fessor in Bishops’ College. Over the one last called away, I sorrow with no ordinary poignancy. On Sabbath evening, 17th inst., I was engaged in the induction of a younger brother as pastor of a native flock. On Monday, 18th, tbe very day following, a note reached me from Futtehpore, about half way between Allahabad and Cawnpore, conveying the mournful, and to me stunning, in telligence of the sudden death of my greatly be loved son in the Lord, the Rev, Gophi Nath Nundi. Ob, he was a dear one indeed! so simple, so do cile, so humble, so affectionate, so grateful, so ear nest, so disinterested, so intensely devoted, so sin gle-eyed, so single-minded, so wholly absorbed in labors of faith and love, so instant in season and out of season! It is only a few weeks ago since he was in Cal cutta on a special embassy of faithfulness, affec tion, agd love. He was then in his ordinary state tof health-; and on Sabbath, evening sweetly, ten derly and impressively addressed a native congre gation in our little chapel. Ah, little did I dream when parting with him then, that it was the last time 1 was to gaze on that mild bnt earnest coun tenance! Little did I dream when we knelt down together, hand-in-band, in my study, to commend each other to the Father of -spirits, it was the last time we should meet till we hail each other before tlio throne on high, as redeemed by the blood of the Lamb! But so it has proved! I mourn over him as I would over an only son. till, at times, my eyes are sore with weeping. It is not the sorrow of repining at the dispensation of a gracious God and loving Father ! Oh no; but the outburst and overflow of affectionate grief for hiin whom I loved as my soul. But he has gone to his rest; ay, and to his glorious reward! His works do follow him. There are spiritual children in northern India, not a few, to mourn over his loss—a loss to them al together irreparable. It is not quite four years since himself and his dear partner were caught by the mutineers—examined and condemned to die by the Moulvie, who, at Allahabad, was for a few days sole despot there. Nobly and martyr-like did he and- liis spouse submit to their doom, rather than deny the Lord that bought them. And from a crucl and ignominious death tliey were rescued only,by the.sudden and. unexpected arrival of the heroic General Neil. But he has now had a peaceful end, and an honoured grave. There may his ashes Softly’repose till the resurrection of the jast! !i • The American Christian Mission, which he so„faitUfully served, will, I doubt not, sorely feel liis. loss. Oh, when shall we have scores and •hundreds clothed with his mantle and imbued with"liis spirit ? Will any of our young ministers, animated by like: faith and hope, at once come out and fill up the gap? pr, if they will not, will they at least pray that native men may be raised up here in greater numbers, both able and willing to' mount the breach? Some day, the Lord wxU take the work into His own hands; and then re buke the laggard zeal of those who will not come forward now to. His help against the mighty. “ This kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting.” What-a volume of sigoificancy have we in these'words? Long have all churches and societies laboured by all manner of, ..imaginable plans,, methods, and enginery to drive out the monster demon of Hinduism; .and hitherto but with very partial . success. Ferhaps it may be to tehoh iis all, that “tais kind will not go out but by prayer and fasting,” by real self-emptying, self-denial, and humiliation before God, accom panied by fervent, importunate, persevering prayer! Instead, therefore, of acting any longer as inge nious schemers of new plans, or as critics, judges, and fault-finders with old ones; were all of us, at home 1 and abroad, to betake ourselves more to self-humiliation and prayer, perhaps even “ this kind” of demoniacal possession would soon be seen “going out” from the souls of myriads, to the praise and glory of Jehovah’s omnipotent grace.—Yours, ever affectionately, Alexander Duff. Calcutta, March 22d, 1861
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