Vol. VI, No. 21.—Whole No. 290. Nottvg. All Things are Tours. Br A. L. WARTNG. Though some good things of lower worth My heart is called on to resign, Of all the gifts in heaven and earth, The best, the very best is mine : The love of God in Christ made known, The love that is enough alone, My Father's love is an my own. My soul's Restorer, let me learn, In that deep love to live and vast ; Let me theprecious thing discern Of whichl am indeed possess'd ; My treasure let me feel and see And let my moments, as they fiee, Unfold my endless life in Thee. Let me not dwell so much within My wounded heart with anxious heed, Where all my searches meet with sin, And nothing satisfies my need ; It shuts me from the sound and sight Of that pure world of life and light Which has nor breadth, nor length, nor height. Let me Thy power, Thy beauty see So shall my vain aspiring cease, And rnyfree heart shall follow Thee Through paths of everlasting peace My strength - Thy gift, my life Thy care, T shall forget to seek elsewhere The joy to which my soul is heir. I was not called to walk alone To clothe myself with love and light; And for Thy glory, not my own, My soul is preotous in Thy might ; My evil heart can never be A home, a heritage for me ; But Thou can't make it fit for Thee. (For the American Presbyterian.) THE LEGITIMATE OBJECT OF THE MIS. , SIONARY ENTERPRISE. JOHN : 16. IN true object is not to impart to distant anti destitute nations a knowledge of the arts and sciences prevalent in enlightened coun tries ; or to furnish, by the aid of missionaries to the heathen, examples of the advantages of a good education, and lead them to esta blish suitable schools for the intellectual training of their children ; or to promote their temporal condition and secular prosperity in general, by an extension of the bounds of civilization. These have ever been, and beyond all question they will ever- continue to be, the concomitants or the consequences of success in the missionary enterprise, but are not in any proper sense the, results at 'which it directly aims. The legitimate ob ject of that enterprise is the salvation of men throuptfaitla in Jesus. It is the preaching of the Gospel of Christ to the perishing heathen, that they may believe and be saved. The salvation of mankind from the eternal punishment due to sin, was the great object which God, the divine originator of the mis- Aettar7, enterprise, proposed -0 himself „ 4o gain, by sending His Son into the world. The Scriptures inform us that " God so loved the world, that he gave his wily begotten Son, that whosoever 'believetla on Him, Should not perish, but have everlasting life." The - course -which Christ pursued oil earth, shows that He understood this to be the object of His mission among men. He was ever soli- Ritous that they should recognize Him as their Saviour, and believe on Him for salva tion. His last command authorized His fol lowers to preach the Gospel to every crea ture as they go into all the world, .that the believing might be saved. tiroelanning the glad tidings of a crucified and risen Re deemer, and urging the heathen to repent of their sins and believe in and rely solely on Him for salvation, is the peculiar and appro priate work of the Christian missionary. It is the distinctive and legitimate object of the enterprise in which he is engaged. God regarded man as lost, and he sent His Son to save him. So Jesus regarded him, and He. died to redeem him. So must the missionary regard the heathen as lost ; lost to happiness and heaven and God, for ever irrecoverably lost, unless saved- by faith in Jesus Christ. He may do good to the bodies of men. He should, he most do. it in imitation of the example of his Master, the first and great Divine missionary, but, like Him only as a means of securing or promot ing a greater and a higher good. His object• in going as an ambassador of the cross to heathen lands, is not to advance merely the temporal happiness and the se cular interests of those among whom, and with whom and for whom he toils, but their spiritual and their eternal welfare. To this, all of his instructions and all of his labors should obviously tend. This should be the aim of his highest hopes and his most fervent prayers. All of the plans he forms and exe cutes, should be designed and adapted to facilitate, by the blessing of God, the more abundant reception and the more rapid spread of the Gospel, to render the heathen humble and faithful Christians, that they may attain to eternal life. Remark 1. This view of the object of the missionary cause, shows how false is the theory of those who say "civilize the heathen and then evangelize them." God knew what theory in its development would best pro mote the amelioration of the condition of main& He desired the, highest good of the human race, and He saw that it could be effected only by sending His Son into the world, and by leading men to believe in Him its their Redeemer and Saviour. Christ•did not occupy his time in suggest ing or in making reforms in temporal and secular affairs, such as habits in social life and modes of administering human govern ments. He declined to be a king. He re fused to perform the functions of a magis trate when he excused himself from pro nouncing judgment on the adulterous_woman, and from intermeddling in the' division of a patrimony among brethren. He devoted him self to the great work of promoting their spi ritual welfare by teaohing the only true and acceptable way of worshipping God, and the only way of attaining salvation by belief in Himself. So the missionary of the present day should not establish schools for the education of heathen children, or hospitals for the relief of the sick,' or attempt to abolish abuses in ei,vil matters, or inaugurate im provements in regard to any subject of a secular character in a heathen land, as a de . artment of labor paramount and superior to e simple and earnest preaching of the Goa . He ought not to'make progress in eivi tion in any of its • forms or degrees his first or chief object, as though civilization was introductory to Christianity. While it is his duty to endeavor to elevate the de graded pagan in the setae of being by an amelioration of his temporal condition, he must not regard that end by any means RS the main aim, the prominent object of his labors, his hopes and his prayers, unless he would reverse the divine, and therefore the natural order of things. Experience has shown that the heathen are disposed to become civilized only so far or only so fast as they become evangelized. The history of missions, among some tribes of. Indians in America, and among the inha bitants of the Sandwich and other islands in the 'Pacific Ocean, and among the natives of some portions of Southern Africa and South ern Asia, furnishes ample evidence that the heathen are not willing to discontinue per manently their savage rites or their super stitious practices, until they have been taught and until they have embraced, the principles of Christianity. They never have been, and doubtless they never will be, persuaded to adopt the views and the habits prevalent in civilized countries, before the light of the Gospel has penetrated 'their dark hearts. When that light enters, it exerts at once an influence which leads them to seek an im provement in their temporal condition, and to cast off the shackles which the error, the ignorance .and the vice of ages have riveted upon them. They then value •the example and the instructions of missionaries which relate to the habits and customs, the arts and the sciences connected with civilized life, and for the first time manifest a sincere and permanent anxiety to attain unto them. Be it remembered : civilization never pre cedes but invariably follows evangelization. Hence the importance of diffusing among barbarous and heathen nations a knowledge of the Gospel, in order, not : only to Chris tianiie and save, but also to civilize them. The Gospel is the divinely appointed civilizer of mankind. Remark 2. This view of the object of the missionary cause is the only one which com mends itself sufficiently to the Church to lead her to contribute money for its neces sary expenses, to send her sons and her daughters to labor in its prosecution, and to offer up frequent and earnest prayers for its success. While the increase is given only by the Lord, Paul must plant and Apollos must water. In other words, while the blessing sought comes only from above, the Church must do her part in the great work. And the part of the Church resolves itself into three things—money, laborers and prayers. Let her fail in supplying any one of thelie three, and the work, of missions is seriously retarded. It is only by, the abundant use of all of these three, that the cause Aourishes, and the heathen are saved by the superadaecl grace of the divine author and patron of missions. The Church Will ever in a good degree respond to appeals made to her for the ne cessary amount of funds, and the missiona ries,'urgently required for the 'prosecution of this enterprise,' if its great distinctive and legitimate object, the B#lvation, of the:Wilton through, faith in Jana, be made sufficiently prominent. And her prayers will be nume rous and importunate in proportion as. that object is impressed upon her heart and her conscience. Would that the peculiar and distinctive object of missions, so dear to the heart of God and of Jesus, might be constantly and prominently held before the mind of the Church I What happy and glorious results would follow ! CHINA. (From the:Banner of the Covenant.). NORTHERN SLATEHOLDEM [Concluded from, pur last] It must not be alleged that these were' the acts of the rulers alone`; the people fully ap proved of them. Some few, indeed, raised the voice of remonstrance, and petitioned for a cessation of the iniquityln the District of Columbia : but in 1836 the House, of Rrepre sentatives voted, " That all memorials, peti tions,'propositions relating to slavery in any manner whatever, shall, without either being printed or referred, be laid - on the table." This haughty refusal of the right - of petition in defiance of the Constitution, was carried by the vote of sixty-two Northern members. When a pro-slavery measure was to be' car ried there has never been any scruple about overriding the Constitution, it is only . *hen slavery is to be checked that we bec - oine con scientious and. 'scrupulous about ita cOmpro mises and limitations of the power of Con gress. Let it be repeated, that we the peo ple of the North have, done these things. We have elected to every office, from President to door-keeper, slaveholders, or men who would be more zealous in, the support of slavery than they would be in opposing it. In every department of government, in. the House of Representatives, the Senate, the chairs of State, the Supreme Court, we have placed slaveholders. No man could hope for any political office unless he was sound on the slavery question. We officered our army of freeborn men with slaveholders, and placed slaveholders on the quarterdecks of our ships,_ sending our own loyal, citizens as common sailors to the forecastle to serve under their command. . Our arse nals, our navy yards, our fortresses were all placed under the command of slaveholders. At length by the infamous Dred Scott deci sion it is declared that, " black men have no rights which white Men axe bound to re spect ;" and the whole territory, of the United States is thrown open to oppression, by the solemn voice of the highest national tribunal. The cup of our iniquity was full, and the thunder of retribution began to, roll in the crisis of 1857 ; but God, in wonderful long suffering, restrained the bolts of vengeance, if, perchance, any would shrink back ap palled at this blasphedous assertionof injus tice. At first' it seemed Us if conscience was not utterly dead ; and a newyarty was form ed to stem the torrent - and guide the nation back to liberty. But soon all the power of oppression was put forth; the mystery of ini quity began to work. Ministers, who dared a word of warning, were commanded by their wealthy hearers to cease Meddling with poli tics. Prayer for the oppressed was forbid even in - public prayer meetings. Leading re ligious bodies became fierce against any agi tation of - thUslavery question. National so nieties for the promotion" cif vital:godliness PHILADELPHIA, THURS lAY JANUARY 23, 1862. and. sound morality, pronounced it highly improper to issue a tract, or even to pass a resolution against the African slave trade, which thereupon revived by the connivance of the government and the people. Then ; the Supporters of the system, becoming every day-bolder in their tone, declared that the Almighty God was the author of their op preSsion, that slavery was a divine institu tion for the Evangelization of the world, and that laws , forbidding men to read the Bible, depriving the laborer of his hire, reducing two million of women to concubinage, and selling children from their mother's arms, were sanc tioned by the Word of God. Slaveholding churches on this basis grew and multiplied. At last the great conventions, representing all shades of opinion, met to nominate can didates for the presidency ; and Heaven looked down in. anxious expectation of some signs of true repentance. But he that was filthy remained filthy still ` ; and, alas, even the friends of liberty were seduced by expe diency to give the most solemn pledges to sup port slavery in the States where it now. ex ists ; only pleading that it : might not be ex tended. P. REV. NEWMAN HALL ON WAR WITH AMERICA- Whatever, says the U. B.'Gtazette, may be thought of the conduct of the Earl of Shafts bury in-withholding his name and influence from the meeting at Exeter Hall, it would be most unjust to the evangelical Christians of England to impute to them as a body any sympathy with his course. So far from this, there is abundant evidence that the true worth and piety of Great Britain have not proved false to our expectations, and we are continually receiving proofs of the clear and decided stand of the friends of religion in favor of conciliation. In addition to Baptist Noelsecond to no other name in the confi dence and respect of the Christian world—. are found many of the most distinguished men of various religious denominations, strongly remonstrating againiOthe menaces of the,government and of the press. Among these we are gratified to notice the public exertions of Rev. Newman Hall, so well known in this Country by his popular and excellent writings. [Particularly the tract called " Come to Jesus."] At a recent meet ing in Surrey Chapel, London, be addressed nearly three thousand people, mostly work ingmen. We give the following extract from his speech: At a lecture before the Young Men's As sociation, at Exeter gall, last Tuesday, I am informed that ,'".Rule.Britannia." was performed On the' organ, and rapturously en eered. [So ,itwas.] If the audience simply meant to express feelings of 'patrietiairt should heartily =have concurred With them, No. doubt it was so. But sonte.,people seem to imagim teat Britarmiht.tarult - ,ocean is - ems- that she may do what she pleases there—and that other nations must not, be allowed to act in a manner which is quite justifiable in our selves. Need l say that Buell. a sentiment is most unjust and .monstrous. [Helix.] If this were carried. out we ',should al - Ways be at war with every . cointnercial nation of the world. - No, :there are 'oertain.la•ws and • 'cus toms to regulate affairs .on the Sea. 'By these we must "abide as. much . as others; and, therefore, thefir4 thing to be done' is to dis cover what is the law.;--whether it has been broken,. and, what can be done to secure its observance in future. Let us then regard this question as one needing calmness of judgment, not violence and passion. Let the' case be deliberately argued. If Anierica meant not defiance, but law, let us first aster- fain what the law is—not demanding our in, terpretation as the true one; not admitting theirs but referring,the dispute to an impar tial referee. [Cheers, and a voice--" That's good."] But it May be urged .in apology for violent measures—" Must we not at once vin dicate the honor of onr flag." What !is our flag of so recent invention, with so poor history, enriched with so few - memories of glory, that it will be. dishonored by a short and dignified - delay? Dishonored by not at once fluttering defiance against the freemen of the north; but would it not be more dis honored by ifloating side by side with the flag of slave traders—(repeated cheers)=.7- slave ibreeders, • • Slave driversr. If there must be .one or - other dishonor, oh spare' 116 this lattert! Never, never let the meteor 'flag of England be hoisted on the side of tyranny and oppression. (Great cheering.) Suppose you are, watching two men fighting, and , one of them, all excited and irritable, chooses to be,proveked by your" looks, and. shakes his fist in your' face between the - rounds. (Laughter and cheers.) Would it be brave in you at once to, fight him ? „No! Bravery would say, "Wait a bit my fine fellow— you'-ve' enough on your hinds at present. I'm too much of a man to accept of your chal lenge just now. Finish affairs With your an-, tagonist _first—two, at one isn't fair. You may think better of it, perhaps, by, and by." Now, I ask you, would not that be braver than at once accepting such a man's defiance? (Cheers.) .But, supposing arbitration faili, and we cannot agree on this question, must we then fight? ' _ _ _ _ I have been • astonished at the opinion widely circulated that we must have either redress or retaliation. Is there not a third alternative—forgiveness? (Hear, hear.) If for the future the law can be made plain, and obedience to it secured, may we, not pass over the affront to ourselve.s? every dis pute between nations, if not amicably ar ranged, to lead Ito war? Is nothing - to be overlooked? "Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a , quarrel against any, even as God forgave I you, so also do ye." We feel it our duty to act on this law in our individual capacity; is it less our duty as citizens, and as nations ? Alas, Christian,nations seem to think that they may do as communities what would be wicked as individuals.. (Hear, hear:) But there are not 'two rules of conduct. If lam to forbear and forgiVe as regards you, my family must do 'so to your family, my town toward your town, my nation towards your nation. What has our religion done for us as a country, if we are to appeal as hastily and as, angrily to, the sword, to settle a quarrel as if we never heard a Sabbath bell, and . never had seen a Bible, and never listened to the Gospel of peace? (Cheers.) I beseech-you, make earnest prayer to Him. I observe with pleasure that a great `meeting convened in Exeter Hall for -. • I prayer j next Tuesday-4e day before our I government dispatch vairreach Washington. • Let us pray that it - may .e - received in a con ciliatory spirit. Butnt- only so. Let us pray that we may' be . thladiliatory, that we may be patient, and forbearing, and gentle,. even if their reply be: Otherwise; remember ing the command, forbearing one another; and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any, , I ;fear I have de tained you too long, blit the importance of the subject, I trust, will be a sufficient ' apo logy. (Cheers and "go - On.") Once more, workingmen, I beseech you, -do what you can to allay the unreasonable, unchristian war spirit that 'now prevaila. - 1": I Consider in this case war would be most wicked. I am not one of those who advocat peace, at any price, but Ido earnestly, plea, peace:now, and I ask you all to help.. z leach do-what- he can to roll back the 61 -- or ingry-pasaiOn. I F Oh, by all the untold hurr i otalif angry war— by the tenfold terrible:J:4s of a war between brothers—by the suireri'gs of a negro race, who look on with alarrAest You sholild . join their 'oppressors to rivetheir chains-Lby the aspirations of the long down trodden, people of Hungary and Italy, whose enemies will exult if the great champions of freedom - con.- tend with each other imitead of making com mon cause against tyranny—by the interests Of the world, which willlook on aghast to see its - &Misers "and ' - _evalgelists 'engaged in, mortal combat instead 4 prosecuting, in holy rivalry, enterprises, of l'enevolency the principles_ of Christianity—by the example of Jesus—by the -law of, God—J beseech you cast in your iiiihierice7gin:the aide of peace, and 'loudly exclaim, "we will have no war with America." (Loud and repeated ap plause.) COUNT GMPSRIN ON, TiTp,..4ITUTUDA, ENSLANiN 7„0. s 1 - 4 II COUNT .DE 4B,not an y proven himself one of the Warmest, but 'one of the most sagacious arid inalligent of the frienda of America in this cities in foreign lands. His book; " The Uprising of a Great People," actually anticipated as , by a lively Christian and French instinct, thesplendid outburst of patriotic feeling with which the North: rose against rebellion ; and,- now, in a communi cation to th.e " Journal des Debatp' on the Trent affair, he shows the .same, friendliness and 'acuteness. We give ., a portion of his concluding wordi on'the'aftitude of England " This immense social revolution,. coin mericedby the election t eflit. Lincoln, which has written upon its banner = "No Slavery Extension," and which-engages itself thus in the way towards abot.iion, this;generons re volupi9ni and which deserves encouragement, has- met only•with distrust and hostility-in England 7 On other points, and while still remaining neutral - ; ,Brighuad knows Stry , welr how to lend' to the causas - whichshe loves moral - • ,• - -ef "ournars,,Par -liamentary‘ speeches '1n11• pu • • • .• Here; no such thing: .J know not what fatal misunderstanding has compressed the 'gene rous sentiments which _here -should- have sprung np. From the beginning the princi pal. English papers,,and espenialir those; which are thought to express the thought of Lord Palmerston, have not ceased to pro claim. aloud' that the South had -, the right/ to secede; tliat the separation was ivitheut re inedy; that itwas good and conformable to thee-desires of•the English. Many times the recognition - of the South has been presented as an act which we must, expect and be pre pared for. : ".From all which, if care is not taken - there is this result, that in the excessive eagerness with which the .7 6 ren.( 'affair was seized, in the peremptory - terms of reclama tion, in the _form adopted to render repara tion difgault, we lee the intention of arriving at the .ends which England , proposes : to effect the recognition, to suppress the block,: .ade, to Obtain cotton, ,and procure an Ame rica cut to ,pieces„ replacingthe too powertni ItepUblic of the United States. "Liverpool has this time given the signal, Lancashire urges on to the rupture. Behind the' national honor there may be something else: Take care We must not think that; that is to.eay-, that must not be. " And that will be, if you declare the ques- - tion..exhausted, .the very - moment when public opinion begins to.give attention; o - if; if you exact a reparation without admitting an explanation, if, in fine, you reject in ad yanee all idea, of negotiation, of, mediaion, or arbitration,.._ " War, in.lead of negotiation,. mediation, or arbittatien, 'War; after the first word, for a Aneaticon which has'. been laid before lawyers aniTivllich - admits certainly of• several inter= pretations equally sincere: war at' any price --rthis does not belong to our times. "That which I say here, others will charge themselves with Baying on the other side of the Channel. There have already been, there, will be, liberal and Christian voices -who will not fear to protest against:the entrainements of passion. ' Until .no* havg heard only the factory-bells; other sounds must be heard. The great . party whiCh is abolishing Slavery and battling against theilave trade has been the principal,title of -honor of contemporary England-L-this'.. great party- is, not: dead, I "As to, America, her, friends-await with an anxiety I should in vain endeavor to por tray, the decision to which she will come. Never was a gravel question laid before,any .goverment The whole future' is contained in it. If she is enough mistress of herself to accord that which' is' den:landed of her, And to admit -a reparation, though an extreme one of the .fault committed in her name, she willhave the approbation and esteem-of all hearts= which are in their right places. filer vessel, the vessel which will carry back the commissioners, we will hail it. with acclama tions on our shores, and it will :see that the United States, in yielding much, will be' neither humiliated' nor injured by it. "Ah the affair might be` so easily settled with s, little , good-will on both sides ! There are on both sides men so worthy of effecting a reconailiation, to the glory of ()Ur times, and for the happiness of humanity! There are on both sides nations so welffitted to under stand and like' each other! . Must we, then despair of. progress and ,of the spirit of riea , ce ? Must we see with our eyes English, vessels engaged in Assuring the success of slavery? Must we veil our heads in our mantles?" Honor thy father and thy mother. CALIFORNIA SAVED TO FREEDOM. [We present an extract from the sermon preached by the - Rev. S. a. Willey, at the lite Thanksgiving, in. Howard St.. church, San Francisco. It appearing in a recent number of the Pacific, and will be found to possess considerable historical interest and importance.] And why are we thus at peace, while so many of the States are rent and desolated by war? because that on the tenth day of Sept., 1849,,the Convention then in Session in Monterey to frame a State Consti tution, voted :to, insert the following brief clause in the Bill of Rights-: "Neither sla very nor inViilimfary servitude, unless for the punishment of crimes, shall ever be tole rated,in this State." And they voted its in sertion unanimoudy. - And that prohibition liastbeen`limirdAhield-: arid` irtitection to this day. The: finger of God was in that thing: It was Only then that :that clause _could have been put in thußill of Rights unanimously, if at all! And it went in then, because manual labor was so richly paid that every body ablest was engaged in it. And while they were engaged in it,—professional men, literary men, merchants, etc., etc.—they did not want it to remain less respectable, by introducing involuntary labor by"their =side! They did not want the credit of labor, in which all were engaged, to deteriorate 'by such associations.. And,for that reason, that glorious paragraph_ ,took its ,place by common consent; in our 'Bill ofßights. SubseqUeritly, when the price 'of labor had' and when political and party influences had got to work in the State, it would not have been' possible in a Conventien to put that clause there. - `Think God,' it was engravers there, when , it was. And, His hiria. was in it ! For, once there, it has been impossible to wrest it from its place. The experiment was tried, and: thoroughly tried in many ,ways, and, by the connivance of some who were members of the. Convention and voted for the Article. Espe cially, in:1852, a plan was on foot to blot out that prohibition. It was not to be done by rebellion or revolution—the counsels of in fernal enmity had not then reached so rank a development. But the purpose was, by an or:gal:died effort on this side of the continent to, get .a popular vote in favor of changing the Constitution in this particular, and then by strict party tactics hn [Congress to over rule,the objectioni, that would ,eome from the free and get it ratified 14. Congress. I-myselfe l ard the parting-discussion of this plan', and 'the mutual Understanding -cencarn iitg it, on board-the steamship, Panama, on her way doWn the coast in the fall of 1852, between our U. S. Seriator—then on his way te.Congress—and the Governor of this State on is very business !. A plan ,of-mutual co-, opetation was agreed upon betweeu_them-to the 'end that thiaState—if not the it a part of it; mi; ht e 'oPened to slavery: 1' glib - of-the.State,_whei had come all the way from the Slave States to compass this ohject. And in'secret they organized a strong party and created aLvigorous sentiment-in favor of it. -- But, when-the plot was -published (and ,gives; me no.little satisfaction here to say, that our own newspaper, the Pacifig, did that work), and became the theme of general dis-' cussion, it was net found sufficiently popnlar to command the large' ote requisite to change an Article in the Constitution of the State.' lina so it remained, and the peace and . safety of the . State has been preserved: The men who sought' to subvert it, where are they ? The world has =lost sight of them. Many of them subsequently , enlisted in those disgraceful andMurderons expeditions against, Lower, California, Mexice, and portions of Central America, and lost their lives in bat tle, by disease, , or at the hand of the Public executioner ; while others remained here, restless and dissatisfied. The 'rebel 'array contains many' 'of theni to-day, some' of them officers of high ranlc,—and' some :of them accommodated' with prisoners' quarters in. Fort Lafayette ! • • Thus has the provision of justice, Chris tianity and right, remained in our funda, mental law, ,and by its quiet operation deter mined the course and destiny of this - . State. And it requires no spirit of prophecy to fore tell that untold millions ;who will dwell in future time within our borders, will praise the great and eternal God, on their anni versary Thanksgiving, for the peaceful results that will forever flow from that Con stitutional exclusion of the curse of human slavery from -these shores ! And we owe it to Him, and the peculiar ordering of this providence, and not to any superior virtue or strength of right principle in a majority of the founders of the State. • THE HUGUENOTS. IN the first half of the seventeenth cen tury, there' Coildle counted in France "mOre than eight hundred Reformed churchei, with sixt . y-two Conferences. Such was the pros perity and powerful organization of the Pro testant Party untir,,the lall,of La Rochelle, which was emphatically called the citadel of. " the 'Reform. This misfortune terminated the religious wars of France. The Hugue nots, now excluded from the' entployment ,of the civil service and jhe court, became the indUstrial arms of the kingdom. They cul tivated the -fine lands .of the Cevennes, , ' the vineyards of .Guienne, the cloths of Caen. lii their hands were almost entirely the mari time 'trade of. Normandy, with the silks and taffetas of Lyons, and, froin even the testi mony of their enemies, they combined with industry, frugality and integrity, all thoie' commercial virtues which were: hallowed by earnest love of religion, and a constant fear of God. The vast plains which they owned in -Beam waved with bounteous harvests.-, `Languedoc ' so, ong devastated by civil wars, was raised from ruin by, their untiring haus try. In the diocese of Nimes was the valley. Of. Yannage, renowned for its rich vegeta tion: Here the- Huguenots .had more than sixty churches or " temples," .and they called this region .Little Canaan. Esperon, a lofty summit of the Cevennes, filled with spark ling springs' and delicious wild flowers, , was known.as ortd i e , the garden of the Lord. The Protestant party in France did not conftne'theinselves to manufactures and, com merce, but entered largely, into the : liberal pursuits. Many of the 'Reformed" distin guished themselves as physicians, advocate's ; and writers, contributing, largely to the lite: `,airy glory of the age of Louis XIV. In all' the principal cities of the kingdom, the Hu guenots maintained colleges, the most flour ishing of which were those at Orange, Caen, Bergeracs and Nimes, etc., etc. To the Hu guenot gentlemen' in the reign of Louis MIT and Louis XIV, France was indebted for her most brilliant victories. Marshal Rantzan, brave and devoted, received no less than sixty wounds, lOst an arm, a leg and an eye, his heart alone remaining untouched, amidst Ids, many battles. Need we add the names of Turenne, one of the greatest tacticians of his day, with Schomberg, who, in the lan guage of Madame de Sevigne, ." was a hero also, or glorious Duquesne, the conqueror of De Ruyter ? He beat the Spaniards and English by sea, , bombarded G-enoa =and Al gief- spreading terror among the bold cor sairoof the Barbary. States ; the Moslemin termed him " The old French captain who had wedded, the sea, and whom the angel of death hacl• forgotten." All these were inns; trious leaders, with crowds of distinguished officers, and belonged to the Reformed reli gion. Wonderful and strange to relate, in' the midst of all this national happiness and prosperity, the kingdom of France was again to appear before the world as the persecutor of her best citizens, the destroyer of her own vital interests. The Edict of Nantes was revoked on the 22d of October, 1683. It is not our purpose to name the .causes of this suicidal policy,- as they are indelibly written on the pages of our world's history, nor shall we point to the well-known provisions of this insane and bloody act. In a word, Protes tant worship was abolished throughout France under the penalty of arrest, with the confis cation of goods. Huguenot ministers were to quit the kingdom in a fortnight. Protes tant schools were closed, ,and the laity were forbidden to follow their clergy, under severe and fatal penalties. All the strict laws con cerning heretics were again renewed. But in spite of all these enactments, dangers and opposition, the- Huguenots began to leave France by thousands. Many entreated the court but in vain, for permission to withdraw themselves from France. This favor was only granted to the Marshal de Sehomberg and the Marquis de Ruoigny, on condition of their retiring to Portugal and England. Admiral Duquesne, then aged eighty, was strongly urged by the king to change his religion. "During sixty years," said the old hero, showing his grey hairs, "I have rendered unto Caesar the things which 'I owe to Cmsar permit me now, sire, to render unto God the thing which I owe to God." He was permitted to end: his- days in; his native land. The provi sions of the Edict were carried out with in flexible rigor. Of all the services of the Huguenots to Eng land, none was more important than the ener getic, support-to the Prince of Orange against James U. - The Prince empleyed no less than seven hinulred and*thirty-six French offiders, braVe ra'en'who - liad teen learned to conquer under the banner of Turenne and'"Condi; .ixtberg was the hero at the battle of' Boyne., One of his standards bore a Bum; supported on three swords, with the inotto---- lemointiendray. ,The gallant old man, now eighty-two years of age fell mortally wound ed,, but triumphing, and, with his dying eyes, he , - saw the soldiers of James vanquished, and dispersed in headlong flight. Rouigny, in. the same battle, received a mortal wound, and, covered with blood, before , the advanc ing French refugee - regiments, - cheered them on, crying; ' 44 Onward, my lads to glory ! onward to-glory." --,Continental .krontlay. THE ICEBERG. SOME years since a vessel lay becalmed on a smooth sea; in the 'vicinity of an iceberg. In full view, the mountain mass of frozen splendor rose before the , passengers of the vessel, its towers and pinnacles =glittering in the sunlight, and clothed in the enchanting and ; varied colors of the rainbow. A party on board the vessel resolVed to climb the steep sides of the iceberg, and, spend the day in a pic-nic on the summit. The novelty and attraction of the hazardous enterprise blind ed them 'to the danger, and they left the ves sel,;ascended the steep mountain of ice; spread their tablet on the summit, and en joyed their dance of pleasure on the surface of the frosty ,marble. Nothing, .disturbed - their security or marred their enjoyment. Their sport was finished, and they made their may down to the water level and em barked. But scarcely had they reached a safe distance before the loud crash of the crumbling Timis was heard. The scene of their gayety was covered with the huge frag ments of the falling pinnacles, and the giant iceberg rolled over with a shock that sent a thrill of awe , and terror to the-breast of every spectator. Not one of, that gay party could ever be induced to try that rash experiment again. But what is this world with all its bril liancy,-with all its hopes, and its alluring pleasures, but a glittering iceberg, melting slowly away ? Its false splendor ' enchant ing-to the eye, dissolves, and as drop after drop trickles down its sies, or steals unseen through its hidden pores, its very founda tions are undermined, and the steady decay prepares for. a sudden catastrophe. Such is the world to many who dance over its sur face and in a false security forget the trea cherous-footing ,on which. they stand._But can any one who knows what it is, avoid, feel ing that every moment is pregnant with dan ger, and that the anal catastrophe is hasten ing= on ?—The Prayer Meeting. PRAvER.--Not only is it true, that the more we ask, the more we shall receive,—: but the oftener we ask, the more readily and cheerfully will the blessing be bestowed. Nothing is more pleasing and delightful to Him who 'is the Fountain of all grace, than to have humble, trusting souls comingto His footstool, and, by earnest prayers offered =up in faith, drawing forth'out of the inexhausti ble stores of His bounty, what they stred in need of, to strengthen - them - for daily didy, or to support them mnder painful trial,./* .*. * * The hand, outstretched in yrayer, is a hand leaning upon the arm of a covenant God,---the voice, upraised in prayer, is a voice speaking in the ear of the living God, —the spirit, that is bent,kPrayer, is bent before the very throne of God. Ares; the hiiinble cottager, when he 'gathers round him his little ilbek, and; at the family altar kneels' in - hie'lovi*ly dwelling, i Worshipping in heaven. GENESEE EVANGELIST.---Whole 'No: 818. There is such a thing, on the onehand, diligently using the means, and then :oahnly leaving the issue with - God; - there - is such a thing,- on the other, as Making Use- of the means, and then being disquieted with rest• less apprehensions as to the - The for mer is what Seripture enjoins; the latter is whit Seripture forbids. It is the duty of huSbandman, in obedience to the ordinance of God, to prepare the land, and east in the seed; but having done this, it is equally his duty to trust God, that -1111 labos will be blest, and to dismiss all anxiety - as' to the re sult. He would sin 'werelie to omit. careful ness in regard of tilling thigreund and scat tering the seed ; but he sins alsOif, after hav ing made the appointed preparation, he is fretful and= fearful' -in: regard {of crops. The former sin would be that of presiunption,. the latter that of distrust.; ,Meaus tare ,to r be. used. God has placed them within our reach; but, beyond that, we are utterly powerless. And yet, how many thousands, from day to day,' live on in a perpetual fever of anxiety, —scheming and planning for the future, as if they themselves could turn the current of events; Mark the furrows on; the brow listen to the eager inquiry,—sethe restless running to and fro,---the setting aside, some times the totaldisregard, of higher and nobler interests, for,the things of time. Now, it is this =king care, this wearing solicitude, this absorbing desire to accumulate, .which is forbidden by. Christ, and is inconsistent with a true and lively faith; and, to a child of God, surely this ought to suffice, —he is utterly powerless over to-morrow. It may bring with it altered 'thoughts, diverted pur poses, deranged schemes and, therefore ' must virtually think for itself,—seeing that we cannot think for it to-day. And, are we not under the watchful eye of a Father in hea ven, who has promised to provide that the morrow shall bring with it all needful sup plies ? Powerless over to-morrow we un doubtedly are, and therefore should be "with out carefulness." It will be time enough to meet its trials - when those trials come ; and if we are His, we may rest assured, that when they come, they shall not be unattended by the grace required for Christian endurance. Our Lord's meaning most certainly is, that His disciples should give heed to the duties of to-day,—in the sure and certain hope, that He will communicate strength for the morrow. There is no truth which ought more deeply to impress the believer's mind than this, that God will give grace and strength to-do or to bear, as the occasion may require, commen surate with our wants. It is not God's pro cedure to give to-day the strength for to morrow,—this would but weaken our sense of dependence on Him, and induce forgetful ness that of ourselves we have no sufficiency whether for duties or trials. But it: is. God's procedure to provide that the communications of His grace shall alviays be adequate for the wants of His people,—that if not madelocfore they are actually needed, they aranever ac tually needed without being made: .Besides, let us remember, that for the fu ture we are in, one sense not "responsible. Gpd'scommands are now—" Ge;workto-day in My vineyard." " Today, if ye ,will hear His voice,'.' etc. " Whatsoever -thy hand findeth to do, do it with all thy might." And of this we maybe"well assured,:thet that man will have' little seep° for solicitude about to morrow, who shall perform conscientiously and diligently, what ought to be the' duties of to=day and, if we are tempted,- -(as we often are,) to become weary in well-doing, let'it be borne in mind, that just in propor tion as a man diminishes his duties, he , will be sure to increase his anxieties. And further, to-morrow will be in nowise injured when it comes, by the preference of to-day,—for, the best of* all preparations for impending trial, is to be dilio-ent in the observance of present duty. Believe it, Christian ! from, the unknown depthd of the futuie there can come up no trouble, unaccompanied by its appropriate consolation,—no enemy at whose side there is not an antagonist,—no loss which does not bring with it a counterbalancing gain. You can at least say,—" If I know not what to morrow will: bring, I know that my heavenly Father orders all events,—it is His to order its occurrences, His to proportion its duties and difficulties, and I will trust in Him, and not be afraid. The man of the world may with good cause dread to-morrow, for he has nothing to assure him, that the sun will not rise on withered hopes and blighted plans. To him, the future is one dark, dreary un certainty,—he knows no hand in it,—he can discover np/jove in it,—and, no marvel, if it appear to him as a troubled sea, from whose dark waters rise boding and menacing forms. But, it ought not so be with thee, 0 Chris tian. ! Thy Father's hand is overruling and controlling all for thy final good. The storm may be gathering; even now there maybe signals of its approach,—the moaning of the wind and the gathering of the clouds. What then? Who is it, believer, that brings the winds out of His treasures, and hath His way in the whirlwind and the storm? Fear not, then, neither be afraid. Many troubles may surround you,--,--many dangers may threaten you,—your hearth may become dreary and desolate, and every earthly corn fort be removed,—still, amid all these outward ills, anchor thy soul on the sure word of promise,—"l am with you alway, even to the end ;" and let this be your prayer:— I "0 Lord, give me Thy dieaverdy grace, that ..I may cast all my caM Apon Thee, knowing that Thou carestfopAn; and, by ; path Thou leadest mc,,91‘., a save me.. from all doubt of Thy love,fnd bring me closer to Thyself.”—Path imy of Promise. FRANCE—SOWINti- T. : SUIPTERS WANTL ED.—The Paris 'correspondent' of the :Nerve of the Churches, says:" The ploughshare is overturning the fallow ground over all.the sosthern nations of Europe,; but where,,aret the sowers casting in the golden-seed ? Here and there a sower goes forth; but *ow, rare they are'! . We do beseech all our "earnest brethren to pray, and persevere itirayei; to the Lord of the harvest to stir Up 'and send"' out laborers. We do belieVithietheietr'ould be no more obstacles; nity, probably -fir less, in Paris than in.,,London, to the humble Bible woman's worlco the labors' of the discreet, tract-distributor = to the visits of the warm hearted evangelist r-- t to whole-eouled, manly, wooi•ker. in any ephere„Tiore such smit : forth and - in.PPiiif t ted hy4ig . ,ardent prayers and *ell-iinked' syinpathy - IRtheir brethren, CAREFULNESS.
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