Vol. VI, No. 45.---Whole No. 314. ficierg. A Glorious Thing. I can pray, and that is a glorious thing." —Among the last words of John, 'Oster, I cannot seek the busy scenes of life, To act my part amid its toil and strife; Yet in my narrow sphere God gives me power $o sweet it brightens e'en the - dreariest . hour— To offer up to hire my earnestprayer, And lay before him every cross and care.. I cannot leave my still, seoln4ed-room t - Where shadows cast their= quiet, chastening gloom ; I cannot rise, or walk, or freely move, To do kind offices for those I love; Yet, while I suffering lie, the cross is there, . I And at my Savior's feet pour my prayer. And oh, it matters not how weak the heart Whence prayer ascends, if it hath loving part, In Christ the Way; faith clasps the precious word, And e'en the holy air of heaven is stirred ' •; God's ear is moved, and blessings rich came down, The waiting heart'swide sphere of prayer to . crown. Oh, wondrous, glorious privilege of prayer! Griefs healing balm, sure refuge from despair, Strength for the weak, and for. the weary : rest; For every sin tossed soul a haven blest. Tarry, my soul, safe in this haven fair, Till on the heavenly Shore shall end thy prayer.' —British. Messenger. OUR FOREIGN CORRESPONDENCE.- I AM not sure whether it be intentional or ccidental, that the great religious anniver sary meetings in these kingdoms are held in Spring. There is a beautiful propriety in the arrangement that fixes these annual ga therings, which are the vernal hopes of .ft fall en world, and proofs that its long -winter is passing away, in the season of, nature's ener gies and man's hopes, when the principles of a fresh life are beginning to circulate in thou sands of channels that have, fOr months, been dry. It has sometimes been asked by well meaning persons, "are these greatmeetings of any practical good ?" I regard the question as expressive of short-sightedness or scepticism, such as Christians should not manifest. They stir up the mind :by putting it in remembrance of the -work to be done,—the field it, is to be done in—the way in which it is to be,done— and the encouragement to persevere in doing it. Every year, at the anniversaries of the various religions institutions of our country, the cause of trUth and righteousness on earth is passionately-and determinedly appealing to us in the words of Abraham's trusting, ser vant to Rebekah's friends, when they pressed him to partake of their hospitality,—"Hin deri me , not, seeing the Lord hath prospered my way. ITAt4igne .and Calvin. My present letter, like charity, mm3t begin at home, but I am not quite certain that it shall end where t, begins ; for there are some important movements abroad I should like. to refer to, if 'I have space. The month of May this year hai been elm= racterized by unusual activity in bah the 'English and Scotch capitals. Besides the wonted public., meetings ,there has been ...a number of a more private character, in which principles and plans of action have been more thoroughly discussed by the fathers of Chris tian enterprise. In connection with the Cal vin monturient hi Geneva ' a conversazione .was held in the house of Arthur Kinnaird, M.P., at which D'Aubigne was the; chiefs at traction, and chief speaker. Inkthe course of his remarks concerning the greetultefer mer, the historian said,Calvin had neither,part nor lot in thedeath of Servetus,—a statement which almoit all but Unitarians cordially be believe. Mr. Spurgeon afterwards, alluded to the great historian's assertion, in no very norn plimentafy terme, saying, all parties but th'e Baptists had persecuted—Calvinists included. Ile displayed his usual honesty t lowever, in adding that it was not, the want;.of will,. but the want of power that kept the Baptists from persecuting. . / It. is .not probable ,that D'Att bigne's historim4 accuracy will lerendered questionable by ,the language of the popular London preacher. The Religious Amativersaries. The association for providing : religious services for foreigners in London during the summer, has been very busy. It has .been' nobly aided by the Bible and Tract Societies. Her Majesty's German Chapel at St. James's has been opened for these services. D'Au bigne and . Krummacher have preached there to good doligregations. • Other eminent evan gelical preachers are expected to follow. Thus by the living voice of the preacher, and the silent voice of the book or tract, Christ is proclaimed, in ; all Ills gracious fulness, to many who ' in.their own land, could scarcely be said to have beard of Him'at all. Chris tians here and in. America, sholdd invoke the special and effectual Outpouring .pf the Holy Spirit on these efforts, se that foreigners who come to London ito see 'a great Sight only, may return to their native land, possessors -of the "pearl, of great price." • "IThe Society for the propagation of the Gospel- in foreign parts," held its 161stan niversary„ in St. James' Hall. Since. the year 1792 t, in which the first missionaries sailed trim England, under the auspices of this society, upwards of £2,000,000 have been expended by it, and more than 3590 clergymen have preached the Gospel to 2,000,000 members of the English Church in regions where, about.---one hundred and ;fifty years ago, scarcely a dozen preachers could be found. The receiptsiamonnted to £83,885 in 1861; and the society has, been enabled to extend.its operations in India, L ,China British North America, Africa, Australia, l l'arkey, and'the West Indies. From the report of the " Church` Missionary Society," it appears that last year closed with a balance of £6OOO against the comniittee,'while the year 1 1861 closes with it-balance of £5OOO in-favor of the committee. This is a call to special gra titude in a year of great commercial depres sion.. On the platform .at this meeting. the necessity,. Importance, and ,utility of a native ministry „a Nays, insisted on by several speak ers. This is point—a native ,agency—to which akinissionary societies must give, more attention and greaterprominenee than it has hitherto redeived. accustomed to the habits of thinking iand 'speaking bf4trty peo ple or class, will always be the.most. Success ful teachers -in that field. .Let the churches . cry earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to raise, up and qualify a native ministry of the Gospel in, every 'emit The report read at the meeting the "Wesleyan Missionary SeeietY was full of. cheering .intelligence : The amount centributed during the year, for the purposes of this society was X 187,280, which scarcely covered* ,expenditure of the year, because several new' stations had been opened:' The writer is notone who is sorry to-find >a. Church or a Missionary society-get ting into debt now and then. He regards such a phenomenen ,cheering rather than dis couraging, because itahows that progress has been made, and it will,evoke increaeed liber 7 silty on the part of contributors. It is en instructive and gratifying fact, that, so far as the writer knows, not a single Mipsionaty society ever had to suspend operations for want of funds, or have . its accounts examined In a court of bankruptcy. Often- have the Society'ra,coffers been empty, huttliolord put-it into the heartof some of His servants to replenish them, and.the work his not been stayed. In the 27th Annual Report- of the:, " London City Mission"it is stated tliat 3 4oo agents are now employed by the 'Society; being an increase Of 11 during the year. Its ,sphere of _operations includes laborers at the decks, the police force, public houses, work-. Wises, and:hospitals. The " open air serv ices" were held without being interrupted, as in former years. This indicates a great improvement in the feelings and conduct of the population in those districts whose sani tary condition is bet a faint emblem of their spirited state. There 'is no heathenism worse than "home heathenism." We must never forget-the principle on - which Jesus ac ted in sending out His apostles to preachthe Gospel to every creature—beginning at ere ritsalem. ~ T o work , the, borne ,field energeti cally, we need not abandon the foreign. In the report of the "Baptist Missionary Soci ety," it is stated that "ten years ago the Society sustained in, its various missionary labors An India, Ceylon,, Africa ' France, and the West Indies, 45 missionary brethren and 11.4 natives as preachers and pastors over native communities. These have increased to 66 missionaries, and 148 native preach,ers and' pastors ; and Chine has been adopted by the Society as, an additional sphere of exer tion.. The entire income of the Society from all sources i5£33451. 4s. 10d., which ex.-; coeds the contributions of any year, with the, exception of the Jubilee year. The commit tee of the "London ,Society for the propa,ga- . tion of Christianity among the Jews,"states that the receipts of the Society for the past year exceed those' of the former year by nearly £2OOO. 'During the .year 5000 Bibles, 2400 New Testaments, 'll,OOO portions of Scriptures,, and 50,000 Missionary tracts and books have 'been, issued., The reports from all the stations of the Society, on the conti nent, at home, and elsewhere, give indications of progress. There is a shaking among the bones in the valley; a spirit of enquiry is avrakened;, and here.and there anlsrielite confessee that Jesus is the Christ 4 If, as Paul argues in Rom.xi, " - Through their (the Jews) lull salvation is' come' unto the Gen tiles," that the JeWs may provoked •to emulation, and besaved...the Gentiles must mingle with them more, than they have hith erto done, and treat them, in another way than they have been treated in general. Ju daism was excinsive and intolerant, abut Christianity must not be so. The "British and Foreign Bible Society " and the " Reli gious Tract Society," have been laboring 'with unabated' -vigor-in their respective spheres, and with much success. No portion alike Bible Society's field. has been more blessed than Norway. The people of that coun try read with.earnestness,„and received, with Nth the principles of ; the Gospel. In Spain and Portugal the action of the Society has been suspended for the present, owing, to the opposition' of `'"the 'powers' that be:" From Italy the. cry never eeases, "-come over and .help us." The _publications ofthe Tract So ciety have, an some manner, counteracted, the pestilential influence of, the infidel press. A pions -woman 'opened a little shin) in Man chester, for the sale of feligious publipatione, beside the sheep of an infidel who did a large trade in the' literature of hell. In, the course of time Ahe Infidel was' compelled to "shut shop" for'the want of trade, while the godly -woman's business increased eVery day. The .people will read ; and if they do not get good books, they will use bad. Itis,,therefore, the duty of. Christians ,erideavor, to,supply a Sound , and wholesomeliterature, t aa far -as they can at ± prices which defy competition, on the part of the siipporters of immoral and irreligious, publications. • The need of Religiqus . e f fort ..on the -Con . tinent.. r P r . To ,me it is ;Bettor ofttgreat regret, that the Continent of Bi ~i,rope receives such, a small share of attention at the hands of the, differ ent Missionary Societies of Britain. •It is gratifying to find that there is some ina proveinent in this respect" 'latterly. Old forms and the 'old- teaching are riot giving satisfaction. The people desire something better and purer; and. until. they receive the Gospel of :grace, without mixture, we shall find them ever shifting from one phase of faith to another, ; in ,search of a, resting-place for their troubled soul. The present, is, a critical time in many places; and if the truth, as it is in Jesus, be not, introduced by those who have` had it long and . known the value of there` will be. a terrible reaction from superstition to infidelity of sorhe form—per haps Pantheistic. It 'is surely 'ominous to find, such a man as Ilengstenberg. delivering an infuriated harangue in the Cathedral of Berlinto the Brussian parliament on the "Pi vine A right" l of lings to, govern as they, please —wrongly, l 4 they like. On the other hand it is gratifying -:- ‘ to know that the hearers most of them—are far in advanee of such antiquated teaching.. which the present King revived at 'thee commencement of his reign, to the amusement and astoilishnment of the' world. -It is 'a token for - good-to find- on the platforms of the religioas anniversary meet ings members of different denominations her-. moniously advocating the common cause— layman and clergyman-4.40rd, and Com moner ---standing side by side support of the noble enterprises of love. A great, deal more work is yet to be done by 'members Of all `Christian churches in ,which much talent of a high order is unettiployed. • They mist take' this uponthemselves that the Ministers may bu'ablel to give 'themselves "continually to prayer,.and‘ to the'ministry of the Word.' „ • 11:' I. • TIALADJIArtiTA_ T : lb,: ft :.,11$1)AIEL . 1862: • n fr:q Se r , • : ” • • was rather a startling antumfilliement , Drlf Cather at a meeting ofthe Systeniaticlßene-• ficence.Society"--"theintomextall the great Missionary societies united being only. about half o,million sterling, which is about the cost of an_iren-plated war frigate, and less than the ditty paid on tobacco alone' When, will aristitos en masse, cease to keep religion_ starving thq crumbs that fall from their table; arid 'honor the • Lord with their Sub stance, and with- "the first fruits-of all their increase? One of the principles of Godlic spiritual government is, "them that honor Me I will' honor;" and until, the churches of the :.Reformation in, all lands, give this Fin oir4Sis proper place in their legislation and, administration, their, success will be compar atively small. 'Norman should" count 4imself liberattill he gives, at leak, a tenth ;of his income to' the Lord *ho has made -him what he is, and givenlim what he has. Edinburgh? May llfeetings. The annual Edinburgh May meetings been held. 'The United Presbyterian and nod was the `first. The report on "Genersi Sta= - tistice was peculiarly pleasing in its detailk . The sum-of .Z 2050.67 was colleCtediduring% the , year for:ell purposes, being >an average of. X 1,48. 64. ,for each member. This is.an, example worthy, of imitation. The Synod, , very fully discussed the importance of alloore extended currieulum in the Theological gal, - in which, at present, students are required' to. attend only six Weeks in the year. A com mittee was appointed - ,to consider whole case, and report to next Synod: Prep and Atablished Church* The General Assembly •of the Established Church was, charaCterised by a little more, life, and a little lesS'ntoderation than formerly. The most important • diannion • of the Agsem bly was on .the L'ord Advocateis Education Bill: It n was all but unanimously resolved to petition Parliament against the Which) was rather roughly handled in both the U. P. Synod,. and Free Church Assembly.—The meeti,ng•of the Assembly,-of the Free. Church,,,, was very interesting, and disposed of a great, amount`, of meat important business. Dr. Guthrie'' succeeded Dr. Candlish, as modera tor. - In his opening speech which Was like the man,. Guthrie said, he was not beComing less Presbyterian, but more ,Catholic in'his sentiments,eyery--year. Hewas very happy in his addresses to the deputations from other churches, in correspondence .with the. Free. It was reported, that the entire sum raised during the year, Was £337,204, :being the highest amount raised any year' since the. Disruption ? '‘ With the exception of 1858`-.50, when there'was < an'extraordinary amount legacies to the ' aged and infirm uriiiisters' fund.". Dr. Candlish. was elected., Principal of the New College,,and the Rev.', R. Rainy, of the Free. High Church, was chosen Pro fessor of Ecclesiastical History, in, the room of the late, lamented Dr. Cunningham. Cunningham was a, inethber, of Mr. RAiny's congregation. jovidt. Mission& All the missions of the church: ere report ed, to,be in..a hopeful condition. The report Of the Jewish Mission was . specially interest ing: In,connexion with this report Dr. Dun can, Professor of Hebrew in the New College made a' characteristic' speech in which he said :—Dr. John 'Brown dates his fondness for dogs, so affectionatelrsagacious to his having been bit by one 'when a little ;boy, Among, my earliest inducements, to labour for -Israel (he was once u,Jewish Missionary) was my, being cheated' by a pair of Jews to the tune of Often since than have I, been good,hUmoredly jeered at for my judeomania,-, and my good friend, HUgh Miller, showed me up cannily In the Witness. I allowed myself .to be -cheated, with =my eyes open; that I , might-; gain .an opportunity'of slyly stealing away a:prejudice or ,two, and insin uating word for . Him who is the Gentile's light and Israel's Mr. ,Thomson, , of Paisley, said, the encouragementsin, the Jewish field were many. He would merely refer to one, viz., that all their Jewish converts seemed tube imbued with an earnest:Misaion ary spirit to go forth and labour among their countrymen. At this Moment, in'the Chris tian Chnrch; there were nearly 300 ordained ministers or preachers of .the Gospel, :who had been converted from Judaism,, about 100 of whom were n.theirown beloved country: This fact spoke :volmes for the quality and value of,the converts they had been blessed to ..kinisteriatSupport, • Lillis closing aildress, Dr. Guthrie dwelt at considerable length,.andiTith-gre!A power, on ,the question of " ministerial support." lie. piked,' where are our merchants', sons.? where are our elders' sons 7" Not in the Ministry, generally ; and. net in it, 'because the income is not adequate. j He shoived "the abiurdity of supposing that beCaiise man a minister he has less, need an:Loney; and - is less capable of managing it, s than if he were a merchant; or a lawyer. The address should have a wide circulation among oi . d.en e rnip a7 tions at the present time,_, for, in manyquar terS there is too much of thedisposition mark. ifested by an old countryman' who repre sented as seriously saying to his Minister, one day, " the Lord keep youi•buinmel,. and we'll keep you puir." , The eloquent: Doctor Also made, some telling 'references ..to the weak points, of the Established church ;And his• words have been described ,as, astonishing brethren of theEstablishinent,, u•Much as' if a' shell had been, burst among them. On the whole, the last 'Assembly' of the /ice Church, was a very happy one, and long to be xemetabered , ivith feelings of pleasure , and devout gratitude. • • i'At the' meeting of the ",Reformed Presbyterian Synod," in • Glasgow, Ahe Rev. ••Mr., Binnie, of ,Sterling,, was _elec ted one of the Professor ,of Theology., in the room, of the. late Dr. Symington ln re ference to Reformed PresbYteria,ne taling the oath of allegianee," and exercising the elective frafichiSe," if was resell/el, by a ma jority 642 to 11, that as the construction of the oath of allegiance, hitherto generally ac cepted, is now' called in question by many in the church ; " and, having regard to the _Apostolic injunction that no matter of doubt ful disputation should be the ground of church censure, the Synod, While they, ab stain from ~any judicial censure, of the ,opin ions given in, feel that they have no, warrant to visit members taking the oath in this - 'Semi's, or exercising the' franchise, with the :inflie ting on , eCelesiasti cal penalties. orthessuspen sion or expulsion from the littroln:" ,I • . ft I • Ci t aValtatallei. .."J C. " .:• . t Gavazgi via 'in 4gland• on , Whadtof ;Ma mission in Italy, to seelif he haiiiptilmida:tt% pohase a hall forthisoneetings. Algtassii• tiff) Rapier, 'has lirov44ll 1004 . an Ac , ilm i n tbe ! Amp of Italy,. , InpAerm4ol,7lo :read to the raii4PePh,444l4F?irg!a :him.' with eTeOlrt and offerin g 11*S of money tO;'4qlieli"4 ' tea at ' dt r reolPSacnigs, in' chargeoriige • tionary eipeditiOn t ,ieSilfeAiiiii 11 1 1 1 x itocntm-: tions against Itatazatwerediihdiated , byerispi) and'others. Thuirthe friend hi but a foe aiid , the 'cause of truth!' and' ;righteousness and' freedom in Italy is 4etarded.,4 ' The , wicked, , ; as well aatlie holy, age )yorltiitg out the mer ciful purpoies of Je, l oTifY in our W i er/d.; !k. 11 , 4 A we cannot doubi that i rebtpil L ig Goof Winking gOod out of :this ap arent evil, and"Cahie light to break in n i n this• gatheriiiidiik-' nem; andUltiniatelt , tltilyto-Jegivw tails for tt part of his poss., :,,, e.ectEß he a kaggid of , the Church, . '4' , laver gaztliinvytoi thrChurch. '443, 1 Jl,lft 1 , 414;111:. •• Ititk HING E OF THEAmO ffig ON mnp; • • vidlationof nature'; trtftil; lr•pui forward ~b yf iblidebyand.mOstineoh=. siderately adopted dr, repeated by: Ohristiazi. Writers; :mystifies what.- is. .cry clear. • -I!dift: wiles. -.are -Always, ; 4#1 1 .),I104 ce # 4 .14‘ 43 19P 1 011qk ?i° , Ease, PhA, is foxvign tke;niitiverso: • arc • not breaking upon ter °flier , thih 'that w e Wit Of 'nipii c ik eviV 4 moment "arrreor #ifitoirapnacipu* , airatoiad,: . is a: breaking in *kr the 'oideilif In tbis - sense all thee' Orld 'sdene' of per-; petual confusion ' -= hiss chitobioftikviOlelitegt% for ,wherever !man wines intnpfin,thel materjak, world, he comes .aside onto interrupt, or t9 i gpre : ii/Tr i px;#o4:l4p 3. . is oplir. The .ord'iy oimtgi! the bird to wing:itself finkeiiitlti - 194; or from. tree . in tree; but 'tells* of ilt r e.Siviii; or the 'gen . of *lO brings its pluMage to' the dust. "flew"igilious is th is; and yet we' hear it affirmed thatlthe'snialiest imaginable , intervention, distil:lg the fated-order of nit-3 ture—linked as ared, Aukrts irrevocably from; eternity—must issue,_ if it were possilllp, in hreaking.up,rthe !°..074*-04141°P,!4°., risl unixersel!....tfon/40 tree . .9IRIII be , erfindiadg,4.l.. • Po. 0. 4 3 111 1,1ezi, coiner,dizein• - in ivofrgiless 'f r agments. long its *l3 'IWO* 012rOkireg t :tq 'ad* whiOlitirVittrib'ute 7 .l* t14417.1 1 '' the purpose; the p : otieipf =God,. tiro not in any sense violations of itature; . : oratie?-• are :no in the.eame sense in.*Mph the..entireness of uut human existence --o X , r , ,eoYOt:CenYerePff r ith. the material world moping,,to of every day—is also liolatiori of nature. .. We here reach fa,e4) , tEe li nger argument j'igng Sible or not; 'anal' thily'ratietleat' the futility of .the sop *:.,. which' hlaS - enehitirala , -some strong,- es3q ) pozar,:- pro fessor ilifjpel t rell ways . 'Deny the existence:ea free will in man, and, neither the possibility of miracles or iny tither quettion'df religion or morality. is worth contending about. Admit the exiej tence of a free will in man, and :we have.thd. I experience of . a power, anaolgous, bnatbver, inferior,,to that which is .supposed to opeXata int. the production of a miracle, <and forming, the basis of,a legitimate argument fiom,t.be, 1 lees to the & eater. 'pi tlie 'Will of man We liiiye, the ,solitary instance of an efficient ciu r se,.in theligheat sense of the ter*, aCting . )tniOng and along with the physical` causes'ciftho'in • rial World, and producing iesulta4tioli would not have been : brought a:bouktr..any invariable sequence of physical cimsestlpft•to 1 their . , own actionv . ;; Wei have eyidence,aliT; of t an eiasticity,;no,to,apeak, in,tbe . sionstitu4. tion of nature, jiliichperMitElie influence Of "hitman pOwer'oik the pheripMena*Of ' the world to •lnilexerCia4:er'suitainded at will; Withotit ' aireeting . itli'i ttaliilityt of . tiiii, , whole. We.. have thus a precedent for. alkiwirig the posaibility4fasimilarinterference of ehigh?. er• Twill,:, on n.grander..ncale,lPArisiesbfor .by a,. AilAilarr, elasticity ; ;of' Alik miktOrzAtOb*te.4 l t 4 its.;# l 4! l lo 2 -...' ' ; s :.... . ‘, .: ,I Briley, then,. miracles are the work,ef-au agent Who is ; independe i nt of.the la ws of the material world , an ii4opin gia t interpOsition in any instance, neither obeys nor disobeys e those laws. . Substitute the will of Gixtfor the . will oliiiin, inditliiiii'an iiiiiiiiiiiefif hn- Man - agency in giVintratelk'direiiiidn't6llie course of hature, or.ilinriginating changes 'which :.otherwise' .woubb -never have :Aiken place, • i becomes strictly; availa.biejm illnetm Oaniof a .principleembFacing tite.AtilleAtztop,t of creation, antillli the pbeqiiineua 70,401,0 . t 1 11 044 0 1 3 ," P l ll B .-. l i.Vkliat7# l e449 B #9!3 9 9 ' 1- ixtp r iiil . the evaniellc4iniritelesreOlvos itself into a, oiiii'Only .Of,thi inC,ienilipiblinii; and t it *ill' is &aiming - 4'6460h* itrthe'ssOXtiOti which lie-Wire - fadeted: :' Is the universe=s vast *est 'machine of ' t dleisoiniqtainieca--7etenia , ally Efated; and tlieoforenxclusive of .what , ever: givesf room' foi;conceptions of moral and religions relations? Miracles can ktwc, on place in a univers e thus 'vied by fate. Pan theism, a.thehini, .no zoom "Ri n d° kis super natural; forittain . .i.Oom in =the iirorld• either for „m i en or God. • 4:Tiiii jr, r,o9ra for tan -I:lk4"ski he'feble lui4naAtit * .areal ,freerrietion , tibli,"' and felatet to iii*CiarkbYetniiient; it km no roan' for {Thdolintilit'df '4 iveratet think . of !aim, • * &lit ,think;st.-all.Lwirerth. -Ifritiahltivai — no.- ~..y. -; i• ; : N". :'110:. ~ ; ..r19,-, .:''.3 :3;9 .• ; • :; L . • - , `: I 44I I MORAW I T'. . oioP4'B" ) l:lo,ol,kfiXii*li the the pilopo n rtiiikie 41 'some radiant diitarit. Some angel'! Of& ithining path, till he stands' over iigainst, 410iit flaming orb, as r •in beauty of 'grandeur await:incompre hensible, it rolls upon its axis, directly under hilVfoot t And - with' what eyes will -he- now *PO - alit-betnitglY grpaforXtUe Vhoqtian,,,,7ll,l be the oh!ingefrom l f*h ' ,frp , 004, Vrteis br olg ht into theprppucehanber, n ohh Lordhloied,un i seen . ; a n d: substantia l and 4,Pißrox*,:beysincr hdinias, wiirgr#lr hi's - delight - When 'ffom this 'cleiteit earth havia•lifted'tolliat radiant land where, native 'to theoliinatio-sid.iliolioil f .;sprint ful ness of joy arid ,plessusesior.etermOreil—Ar. Ils.that would. be little temptgioti r let him be muchin ~ttur~tr~ AB , ll4aPlalY eXdaine4, in his patipe ~ #own- of,an,, ft l l 4 o, ePtsre4. immediately uPell 1 . 1 4 .w4OOF,IF entered years m 0.0, Paid fun of Vigpur;)•ll,.ftha belie.. in leas . than a.year hcli (Hattonktibiade the out-of-t&way chapel iii attOn dirdeiiihe'of 'the' fitintnis places Slaidon. ! such - cases generally, • whittlis‘called hafloy accident contributed to iiiapid popularity and success. A striking phraee used in one of his, sermons,. at which Str.-44rees Mackintosh. was P.Keseatv WO by NukTPlPrlsahlr 4 qiinim who ww3qPinott a i t tkoc t ed p(Attsta g ° ' l t7t' fo . discussion up* , hurcri re Venues :o+e Vie' nester tlxe opiortuniii of aniaditng thelfoilie - to' the•eloquence irlich liad of arthaid hint in-the remote‘ and.okirly endolied.chapel in. Hatton Garden: Sua an OVertisemeir was:enough.' :;Taste and• fash- PmfgaozioebtoOrithe 7 Scotch ,preacher: under. their fleellgatathlepatxowsge); The " itorid" crowded to hear him,- cfcouraly, tb.g faehißnAle 3Torld went, Ash as tP the ion of the - Tice little chapel Avila hold'but hlindPed but they lielii6ged the'doorit,' andvie*. ded the neighbouring streets, where carriages' were: fanged •en queue as though-It'were 'a p) 4 14d 'drawing -room.. . Struggles t; between ri ceaelemee, and aeeidents ,consequence, gftve,a4 o 4itie, zgst te.4,19 e_xeifement: "It • } ,vcae,an.exploit,',' ; stye eg9 o . .the Perit'oo.4t, gtheiTsTl "reieietelhe Caledonian Chime loss of life The,preaahr's Wiejiriliathetic'audisMcfriaf 'liirkbaldy hive - blien*assionitihid 'they could have seen hlB London chapel'ciolfded' with: the fastidious aristiwracj in :the 4orld. • Admission.mas , lbytickets ; ...and the sober Scotch elders who distributed!--and're ;°eive4 4.tqls2. Pna .lv altqhfoil.tlhe,:pieTs.fi;rxds winch were coMmittedl Yn order to secure a 0 4 1 1 4 it'ke,'idistfiaie'been siire - livitted tween thCiriaeifse"of religions ;propriety find ,their . flattered :national pride.' It 'Wits not m,erely :that-the little church•betatineraccOrd ing.to the testimony ofijealous.enemies "a gallery eflbeauty.,andtashion;',' even ..11:ayal Plasq , f 9 . 3 141 CaPiao 'Ministers were :..drawn : 4443. r Ae vlr,tex aspertea, thought' 04:00 Aeikie,d) tfiafdißliteries lof the fl" ghsl Obtrai' deserted their own yarbchip,j ditidgliiiieoine hearers in "i. licensed 0011- wintittle."Cif*tur "MO* triumPliiiit the most‘tu r nvholeacme , 'period of the priiiat- , . - -.41t-is_nnidiffieetisinglincifig.overiiiiing*. '4 1 4144-h. 0 41 - .to - to',.) nriderstind thoicausel ofiliNiterlAW P,QP4AritY, witheukelfrogether 'sharing the enthusiasm. _Great„portiops qt ; his sermons no doubt were ' exteniporised,'lr at leait never' °dignified a writing; but kis pnlilislied-' orations may' hectilten . ".fiiirlY'.'tii 'retiresoiatlis best andliihesii3tyle-of pulpit ;elxiq.uenceestrat is: easy-tobOirceiye,twithittese specimens .before es,- :howthatorre'atefini ; Pfssionqii-langl4ige Xhial 'riving-poured out •of his overflowing imagination startled at once 8 ', 114 .4 1 1 4/ P d s-'k tI i f Y . EPCIFIA t o ' 4 rere ac rne - , eustod, to the coo, i ; . ocjir i e,o4 . passionless Preachers of the !fay; '.10; seems to have abounded inihatapt'andicipioes illnstrailim, • ; draW'nelike from scripture "acid frian' subjects' :of common life, ivi doh. rouses so effectually the :listener* attention; apt to Weary'of level'ar : : i -. ent, however convincing,' - :and exhortation .•,. Feverfervent ; and he did not: hrink:from t.h9saetill more attractive topics ,ef personal 'alliision' of which all orators, know the dan- - ,gerous value, lmt whioh are least justifiable in the ,pulpit.:: te"atta l eks Southey and his ‘Vigion of jticlgineni; : ' Aio'e'ttlagieeti '..ifroitils .werth byname; We cannot . share the Sir.: • i prise which the authoress hae iliewhere ex-' . &weed, . that the• published' remains of 'an orecry t irce.so.popular should have "fallen ,intopartisl oblivion.".,, Xliere are, undoubt -1 !illy, --paisages : wAitee i ri . o . b. ~magnificence; of 14PfSg*tge , ia3rj. ell M,o*, l o l aega,, with the orator untit i nelehoosestqpanikand . there, are, iikiiin; t erse 'and' staking phragea, like: thit which 'Aught the' 'fancy ,of diaMini,; vilifeh beak the impress ohiito.i.irafuFaiiiVoritinal fancy, andP probably •oeoutred"' etill • Mere frequently in the extemporised '2; portions ,of h;is • ad. ll -ME I / 4 0 1 1 ( !k out :MtlieJ/e.#.of orAtorY, and 'n owhere pieserv,e4milv, 8.4144 memoTY of some retentive hearer. But there is a vague perpleiitYlnlie iii tin;. ei#,;. ii iiii 3 a 6 donfusion iniiiiPititliefint Mita:phi:ire - whiali detracts vdry<donsideiably frOm:th4 '• oader's pleasure. Two elements there were, of no- little. impor *lee in..hisixtraordinary popularityorhich the. best4o. most, correct of his pub li shed serrnops,mlmi. of neeespity fail to repto i ducc. ir,was'the living . earnestness of the man. There' is no need 'tit go tO Aristetle or to Thrice fO. tesiimony of the of this ilietoiicalqyalifieitien.' Wiry andience fable ittarndeloiry Orator "iamb - mit The 'sternest hurbrasoftens 'before -the paid advocate ' s white andkerchief skilfully applied. Earnestness is •the one,. virtue: iwhieht- the. pleader—and, ajas !•*Pr.q.u. her-7ikbilalettei-agsume, even tA(Alek-hech4s•it 419. To tke,ilSPer :jtAtke P,A I I 114P1:fall r.9100,414- 4 no ' S l 447:Pita • , ' t4ii., i brit .e:4•Ft ;n! a . 'We% point. .of'. j i ns 31 4i; '. Aril ft we . iiiiiX t t iniiV )11Ei 11114 - 811 Githee i'iliMii of lion; 'iits wilui - bona i'd.,ve looked upon Edward Irving, and not feel that he was absorbedrinthetruth of the mes . sPliger,Tfhit,ll:...:Aft. "IvtlifJ#l4Pliv:e4V•::Yih Nether what h e preapitgav,ern.hereiicej or orthodox, all must have felt that-to-him it was the or , Aeles;at God.:.: Another secret lay in the coin ' Mt4iPg . . Per.Son.:94the. ; pr.eacher- That.had ft ryr r fir Jo* e4thusiaatic anclieneetkinlicot api Tr not 411 Ways, f it ;would, seeui t ..favorably• Six feet two, with. the proportions ocaller eiiiee iindilio bearing of a paleakeiVented too -. Much of worldly and carnal'advankes in isotee eyes prejudiced by honest P,uritanism. " ThieDr: - Chalmers's' helper!" Said a' Glas gow worthy; ~r took him for a cavalry: off icer!" ~"?A wonderful .grand gentleman," a swam i . girl, in, the. same town described' -14 1 . 1 ; I ,l. o.ok.iiim_ifkiffill'e a Highland chief!" • .oxne.even told : p c :Chalmers that his new assistant looked kilEd.ii, brigand.. ' "- In' the full:Vise $f this danEer,ons glory, it 'lnuit be: remeMbered '` that ho was' a lways something inerifrind''somethlmg better' than AP Popular Feather; •IL was the:der:4d and -affectionate pastor, • not lonly, , to the iiii . ideal, ---.;.:.,, bersof his Sock, but eTet " 1 10,dy ; nt.the .. t . ~ ~ of tlA k isiek, 410,:fricndlesit,'1,and mi , riVigefss. whMri.fln Afgc addressed ' bini.'.. - 411...11ttCh _101±11n 1 .,190 ..had, he was s hisy l viiiitilliLand editlng., He went through : 'an imOnint' of exhalisting'iiibont Which few men, ntillaqiiira ientired'iO i ttiiiiii,, and ' ' ih ' "Mb " - ihiikintibisbly-Wili one of ere tecauses • tlifliaoWirearly. death:l---431/ektiadik% , *e..'i , :,---•--t , ::;tr .; -,, • .•-•,:::.! - .i) (;',...,,1 :.. : • ~ 7 i . I:‘ll.titOMMOil l l 4l fg a g n flif oY .l;k o A.) '' . .. 1 ` . lIIBERMI MUUMZE EDWARD , IRVINGet M=l=ZE ..:1:;; it; fi ii THE FREEDMEN OF. SOUTIVOAROLINA. ON the 19th of February la P4erie a 8 empowered by.the Secietirrif the to 'take " the superintendend.aika &Warn of such persons is might be enii6Y . ; ed`utioii'the abandoned plantations, with it viOi to preventlthe qleterioration of the 'estates; ki• soma* . their best possible cultivation, and;thi greatestpractioal benefit to the laborer:3lp-, on them." , . The_plantations referred to; are those de,. eene4, : 1 43r the, rebel °wile= 9A.1 the quiet gr. South qtrol*a 'sq. Georgia, : I,3o,sequent to . th j e:;l4;thling s aid 'establijhmcnt . of TT bwn Aroel. • Port 16 #4!:...th !VOA door thenletillefine the 'nails* for teating; c en smillilicale;* Some' oflhe . diffi c ult . prObleiate supposed to-be involved in the question of Einan:dpatiozy in;thikomminkt*iate titfalwlP olerW: :Will-feraincipated-slafes rlibrktfor.. w i ageol: Will,they labor .industrionalytnnder, rOmellie ?AcY capable.,ot*Eing, care of emselyes of being , educatedi becomi4 valuable and" profitable citizens ?. The; conditionof the Slaves of the . COtton Stafei,esfiecittily, beenregardizt dis couraging to all '- the oftlietitendifof man liberty and athinnament - exactly among these that 'Mr. fl l ieireigaltttieliirients have been carried on, and the civilized world everywhere is interested in the result.,Ve ciriete from:: the ireport as it appears :in) the. - 4 -nOt:aevq7,..StatgituNi. a.) , ,On; the 9th of March; the firstoolripany:of laborers lef; Neer..-York in.. the Ationtio for P2MleY4l)iand.At various ;:eleff hey we fjllow.ed by othals ' making,g4 Ten and 19 . va j m i e'n . in ; of the femme' r'" and Of the letter remained - *hen M. Pierpoil made 'out' hie'sedond report: . TheSe : weii rtons;oocapations including dlergyriien; teach= ere'artil physicians, and their business was to superintend the 4education;', religibUstFaining; health. nd industrial pursuits of the blacks.. Their_ compensation ,came. • from private spyress ; their .transportation, subsistence ! anlitert. ers, from the „GOvernment., - ,These were distributed among 189 plantations eori- . tillitirik -a of '9990 freed persona .- Pteree, .after describingthe eitracirdint-' ry cothbiattioe and • acctimtilition• duties laid upon these:missionary agents; says; “It'W - 011d not be easy-n:0111e Combine in' a; bodrot men; so . mrich worth 'and capacity; 'and it-is but a. deserved tribute to say that but lei their,unesual zeal and Aevotion devotion; uisAy.,4dv t gcse jnligenees, added to the, intrin -Bio difUnity of , ale: worle itself „ this enter-. prkset.On Which .pstrietism andhutuanity. l ha4l rated their faith; - wcit44 n have failed" of 'lke' coniphitel inOtaahiZliluni.hitherto atteni/4, -4: • z'': l ' 111-,..; I,rl •6if A "Ahe above naked,' .thore were,•jaccording to plantation' standard, 8,- 805iifull: hands. Theyare : thus 'spoken of, in the report : -Thenkecharda. aril zhnnserrif~ster the plantations have not. been prghtabbr employ ed— the forzner t hecause ,tikeyluil, me proper, sleek an!ii teols, and we werenetllthoria4 to attempt of aity,perinanent 3r valuable charaCter ; the latter, because. the sriperintenderits -Were not' eiceinpaniiel by their Both daises were averse to -field;labor; and occasioned considerable! trouble.- ...Some were assignel4rO the charge of ; gardens f t.and...others- 'went to the camps.- The .proportion- Of, nld,, sieklyi s and disabled is.. Lforoe4- alv i tty,manY of tbeir, ether ; s elves, were< -*ilk ins to , leave these. The; amount of d>sabili ty, among the people quite large, die to moral and pliyiial`causeaH Thereart ifears to be a watie Of. iital enfibdiri' *inn such as often carries afeebletrson through great toil and': *cation. %V may be as cribed partially ; tu their, vegetable diet, nnd • partially to their ; former condition, which has nothing ere strength to will or pin- Pose. Theirapart; trientsi4ensiiitable, 'and at night, they sleep on' the fiebi°.ktilliOnt `change Of clothing.. AS boatmen; they areooftenexpicsed; arid do not Properly Caroler *theineelVeinfter expoeure. During- this: has prey . - alent; . and !deranged the labor on several plantations.: ; (Tor the , purpose of staying. it, khgre waka general vaccination, ;and a h9api tal: was AWfablislied ;on; `Port Royal liland 4 and put tinder , the , nareef a physician em pleyed by' one of the benevelent associations. Sit fohysiCians• have beg em ployed and: paid by them.'ilt was an entiielythadequate corps for so extensiven territhl7, particularly as it was impbssible td.proehre for them reasons,- blemeans of conveyaide. RiIADIOSITO LABOR. COTTON. The negroes had commenced putting corn and potatoes into theirown patches, and in eotine'oases T had 'fitliun to preparia of corrifor. theplantation. No land had been prepared , for AOtton, and the negroes Were strongly r ,inclispesed to its culture. They were willing telfaise corn, because it was, ne eessary for food , but they saw no such n e t! easity_fora,4ton, and distrusted promises of payment fOultivating it. It had enriched maateig,'bilf had not fed them.", , Mr. Belie says that consider a ble ' persuaL. sign 'Prts'*eedfal to induce theirito 'engage in plantinethis crop. • Had the government promptly fulfilled its prOmises of paying - them wages for cultivating the crop, Mr. P. -thinks there would .have been no difficulty, geil i inelY remarks that " when a people. are Paseing through the most„ radical of all chafiges, prudence'requires that old habits - and modes of labor not inconsistent with the new condition should be conserved."` Vence lie persevered in his erideavOri Until' com pletely' successful. He continues.: , "At the/same time, the• importance of raising, an adequate supply, of provisions . was enjoined, and with entire success. On . , this point there was, no trouble. The, amount of theae.pleAted is equal to that of last year in proportion to the people to be supplied, and pr f ibablY exceeds it. ' The negro patches are far larger than ever before. They alone, • a'faitisesson, arid if harvested in peace, would probably prevent 'any faznine. On the whole, it-is quite oertaitr that !without the system hers put in operatiai:.thetanass of the,labo rers,, if, left to • . themselves and properly pro, tected from depredations and demoralization by white men, would have raised on their,ne spit,e,hes .corn and petatoes stiffi c eient for their food,:thougli Without theineeritiits and 'moral - theieby t hey ,would have raisedno cotton, nb .portable crop, 'and, there. might, under the GIMSEE EV/KQEDAt—note No, 842. MR. PIERCE'S SECOND• 11.11 PORT. uncertaiiities=, o`rthe- present' conditibn of things ; iiiveVelifLitiThillire of a surplus of necessary moneyfv, cattle and contingencies, •axid for the purchase-of needed! comforts."' '''Here we haVeiicigirlii) stated, the point which unassisted' 4114:6 - labor Would, under the peculiar ; .and in Inany-;ireapects, discour aging, - Circumstances, have reached; and the degrea m pf -,shaistance from the - White race NT4l,94 l ,ll4ollKr.olipa z q to give it. a mOre_Oeva te# Profitffik Olfaction at the 'crap:ince- The :ted freedMari' . introduction to I 'M'S new Condition, Aliitaatilifillair way to provide for lig' bwhvViim*leirtiti - before the arrival of his lienevOlentlfilde.ind -instructors. P.IMCI/PTI;ES ,, Mr. , Pierce's operations in , agrieulture com menced nearly. two months after the proper tn.e..1.Tk(!.411 , 11P1' iliAco.urtgegAPA3. anA. .0 4raw- 1 0:04P9A- Vigl+APFAifit i r#*! , t.Y O 7 deserve to be Stated in. ;place, the laboiers)i,ad just * pieseci through fob& months of idlen* . ind during the only great Maas of them Wss'iipon thii . Yalingitid local trans portation of" the:: cotton.' During thii time they had no assurances as to their future,. no regular employment, no care of their moral in terests, no enlightenment as • to their relations to . thiS w ar, . .exCept.the careless and conflict ing talk of siAdiers,who chaneecl to visit these plantations; whose conduct toward thein :potprepose§ss them in favor of otN'orthetnnien as t`o the rights of property' or the honor of women. The effects of this Tinjurious season' had to be met at the thiesnold,, and, as far :as could be removed. :The usual season for preparing for a crop had already advanced six weeks before the superintendence and the, distribution of im plements commenced. : : Beside the labor thus lost, there was no #me to devise useful plans for abridging it,, and • so conducting it as to be able to ascertain definitely what each had done; and to how much each was entitled. Nothing' is* found to discourage faithful laberere so -Much as to see the indolent fare as well has themselves. * * * The sitme..eause--viz.; the lateness of the season, together with the insufficient means of fencing—required the selection of such fields, for, cultivation as could be best protect tad.. frOmcatile„ . ,,apd not , such as could be Most ;easily and productively werked. There was an..inadequite supply of imple ments when the Werk commenced. A small quantity, less than drat required, was pur chased, and . was to haVe been sent with the superintendents; but, by some accident, the larger part of"the' - hoes and some other arti cles wereleft•behind, and did not come till some NtSeks, later. , • A , :Theplatititions were bereft of mules and horseanecessarylor plowing and carting ma nure. ...The timer owners • had taken away the best in poky . , cases, and nearly all the Werkable. Motes. ,and" braes remaining had !beeirseited 4 broar -- ,mlo - for, quarter-master coniirdiailat'servioe. a long list of :plaitatiMis not was left to plow. Oth :ers had ohs only, Mid that one blind or lame. On :none was there the former number. The ‘oicea.liad.been,‘toia!great extent, slaughter ed-fo.r"beef. The laborers had become vexed and dispirited at this stripping of the plan tations,. and they, kid no heart to attempt the Worting.of them. ►koductively. Indeed, in some cases, it did 'seem like requiring them tiiinahe bricks ,Without straw. At last, in a"Preising_appialtii the Treasury 'Department:. by 'the ' Special agent, ninety mules were forwarded4rom New York, forty arriving at Beaufort on . the .18th April, and fifty•.on the.2lsi. ~.Anether diffienity was' found the destitu tipapf corn prevalent, in many districts, as Pont Royal , Hiltpn tte.ad,..and Paris Islands. In e localitiesOfhad, been burned by the rebelS.'hail keen taken hi . large quanti ties by our army for fora:ge,'lnder orders of ereiL Shermakind. the result . indicated as soon thand 'report of the Special Agent of :Feb.:3;• had already arrived. At. length a consignment of $2,000 worth of pro visiensoftiriwhich an appeal had been made early in March, consisting of bacon, fish; mo lasses, and delayed by inapyaccidents, and :fOrWarded .by the Port BOyal Relief COMMittie .. t the ; l4borarii' had but 4(4 confidence in 'the payment..o64o by.us on behalf -'of the . ..governnient - The oriel per cent. a pound ; w hich had been piim=. isedl on the last year'S crifitilor cotton, lucidly stdred when our military= occupation bekan, and. for the baling and local . transportation of which:the laborers had been employed in November and Deceriker, :14#4, had not been P l 4, I:it-Otsapial"..AgeA l t;lttif not „ provided with.,6*B 0. po}ylol . 1104 .on this year's - eroip 4 1 ril 28: Ilion:the niOderste spun acre was paid - for cottoli. phinted !by April 23rd, being': distributed amonethe'la= biltert actitiding tothe_ iiMotint done by each. This payment quickined . the laborers very much, and the work went rapidly forward until:May .1.0, - ..when the time• for: closing the regular . plantiii,,s ; season arrived. Indeed, • from .bl3Binimag, where they %uld clearly see that thf3jyrere to receive the rawaidi of - their labor, they worked with Ariaiendable diligert4.% . . Thus they. worked diligently on their'nekrepatched at tlie, time When we had the most difficulty in securing theta' amount of proper work on the Plantations. k 1 : 1 1 B 3.!!tiLTS. • Tye — material results are seen chiefly in the amountf-land under, culture. Mr. Pierce giiei a detailed account from which we gath eilhatll%79s' acres have,been planted and 2,394 more'were to be planted in late crops, ibtal'of over 16,000 acres in ,all. Nearly five thousand five hundred acres are in cotton, More than one-third of the whole; about the same extent; is in corn ; one Ahousand acres potatoes and other vegetables ; and over .two thousand have beeupantnd by the laborers on their own account : , „- The cases, of t4sciplipe for idleness have been very few, and cannot have 'exceeded, if they , haveOnalled,' forty on : the islands. Thethphfirobble,lias been . Upon plantations iying;'expesed to the camps and vessels both Of the nav and sutlers, as on Hilton Head Island-and on St. , Helena near:-Bay Point, itvherethere was considerable discontent and insubordination induced by the visits from the -vessels and camps. It is not pretended that many of these la borers" could 'net have done more than they .amtinued 6n:Fourth, Page.
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