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.