Vol. VII, No t 1 7 —*Itole No. 318 .
.itrtoprizi.ma.
OUR LONDON CORRESPOND'ENT.
LONDON'T 'Sept 18,11€62.
G.ourrarani ! is on every tongue s- at is a
touching spectacle to a world tto see ita.Most
magnanimous and unselfish - hese baffled and
Prostrate ; No one can look ,itt„thatmeunded
Samson of Italy without etnogon- a and the
analogy might almost: sUgget4 thalsope : that,
yet with reviving stieugth he'maylow" and
overturn the totterini of Teocee.r I
ventured in my lastletter' l to give utterance
to a.wish—perhape toeivisionary-.--a cloudy
hope that. Gqd was labout to 'pint:lit:eat ofithat.
fair countrycthat festering ulogig—thato ,
pious spot which. has defaned..andloontami...
noted it for. so- many oenturies. ~Bntt n e.
the time ; s, not yet. A. little longer , s all
that pillar of offence stand up and outrage,
the, pure heavens.. Then—Vsey. shall -Enid
daily 'bpen and dikberge the tlitindeiholt i of
dodm. Ilse People of Itily--‘l4nighltibe''''
at' the expense of their &Atli
that they.ara fit to ,gbverh • theinseltes.
rebellion that would have , been: ormidahlti in'
any, country has been.(alutost quietly
pressed. :And Yet the .IPlP4rialt..nelf-eonetia..
tuted purse of this ! phild-ling..natien t ifetenv
ding that it stil),9ttigiot yalk aione—hoj i de
back with armed hand and iefules it the Pei.
feet liberty ,its
• demau,de.
.t very soul tat has , a 'spark of nobility Or
freedet4 orleit out , for the ce,ssatimi
French'• occupation of Rome; bat %timings
knows too well that the pimession'of that:is the {
control of Italy, and *we cannot suppeserthatt
he .ever legit go: In' CromWell's day,
mayhap why the sympathies of .nations took
practical form, Bush an occupation would
have brought down on France an irresistible
coalition. I In the age of timeserving, selfish
policy—we may imagine that the murder of .
all the Swiss Protestants Would not call forth
from Pruss(a or England anything but a "re-'
mornitrance." Surely if war be 'justifiable
for any cause tinder heaven it is the mainte
nanceiof religious and ,political freedom!
Thafollowing sentences embodying &no
ble. idea and a fine comparison, are from:
Peter Bayne's new paper, The Weekly Ber
view—and doubtless the. sentiment is cor
" garihnhji s wqtylded and a prieonur k drews,
ihe r'especgM,,:tympathyl all is - 4ns. ire.
A Still the!". eafpiiii i :pkviir Alilt t for he'.
°emu:Lanai the 'Julie:SW theipeptilation ; gut
evidently thelie4vers(th'aildistertnine'dieleti
tiny of Rome ave.n.cit atithiamoinehtlairdr4-*
ble'to the onfrainchihonibnf of •her people 4:
The 'most brilliant heroism, .thertraost noble'
Self-snerifmel,,thenpnreatlintegrity of purpose',2
ts lll / 40 50. 4 : 1 1Pe. 1 4 lorclW , befere these arnticnt”
bulwartiotsnperstition and tyranny,., l 4oee,
i
who believe n the old-fashioned interpipta r ;
tions of prophecy, will not wholly refilte`tte
idea that an aneitiiiterifediaiiiii limits thence
dent inettigireekif wnitY, - aiid
saw ' a' More awful' downfall of Papal *lC
eduess than 'that prepared' for it "by- The'
chivalrous enthusiasm of 'Garibaldi. Be thiti
as it may, it is impossible to avoid tharefiee-1
tion that a spiritual domination must be Mt'
sailed withi spiritual weapons. In valiaws:o44
Rome be feee it the Romans remained:in;
slavery to t - neir,p,wn_vices,,and.deln4ons..,.o
is these which,have ,formed the of the Papal tyial t b!t and( Oltliese)whieh' Must be
y,,
removed ere Italy can enjoy genuine free.-
dom.. .
„
" We revert,,yl closing this brief narrative,
to another . heimc man, a greater than .TottOph
Garibaldi ll who, eighteen hundred aniftwentY
years ages touched for a single cia,.'itt -Reg
gie, waiting for a favorable wind to'citir.y 'the
Alexandrian' corn-ship, which ' , conveyed him
from Syracuse .to Puteoli,lthe •niiii.Way.sta=
tion on his wayto Rome.; wiPmeaniStpPinil:
We fetched a compass and.oamatci.Rthegi
um.' He, too, was ready to preaolt„,gle4
tidings, to them which were at :Rome, ,And
he was teody_to die! tn...Aiti diactliarg.iof
his miseien...,ll.o,tho,,ttunted for the,Etei
'was fie Pitied to offerlitiself
a' living ea - alike tie the 'alter'of Italian en
franehi b' -Andtbßeme he journeyed;
striking (tionbloWs t .at .Ronielia-sojoniitted,
wieling.holotioniiliteapons. He *as ready
to b e- efferedk ! atid; to give the last drop .of hus
blood, in eonfirtnaticui of his worde. ; .He
preached the kingdom of, God,' and sow
ed against the manifold evils of the age of
the Caisais, even hi' the,veiy camp of 6 . 4
Praltorittris. Arid 'llli*id gained the'vic.=
for for for it was . the ' Word - of • God. Pte
trpeeoli of • the NieSpised Seirfsh•prisoner was
the utterance of -Him AithO'fitlls the stare
'along.' Hisomasgaga Oveithrew a falser re
ligion sand .6 direr sttperatition: than that
which nowlaitunphe.in the capitol. And it
is that word.which Italy t pow.denumde in.her
sore necessity. The Wordsg God !poken by
men whls s , like ,Garibaltiore wiliwg to die
for it, A khe only' power wtioh cuu. Shake
that *foie -*Melt reste' on the deep stiper
structure of Etreolioan biettorlind European
superstition." '
'So mtnikfor •Geribalditii 0!• -
You will have heard of .the death of 'the
Archbishop of, Canterbury..4 - man of deter
pinfollon withal. He managed to steer pretty
wellbetween the ecclesiastical scythe ,and
OliarYbAis—the High and Low—tliaugh' he
indlined'more to the latter.' His death thrbWa
a sariona reaponsibility on Lord Paluteriten.
The-ierratistence of the Churchill he pre.
sent shapcifort any length of time imay depeud
calls Inominear Grave 'questions are•heing
agitated witbin,Sand without that most•ancient
and respectable ; c9lesiastical edifice--and
thelns are m9 t t y po, strong as they used to
' , t b is knot t0 , ,,b 0 e expected that men in
this.Xineteenth century of { Christian lliht
and' aft, Wig stela by:tame l y and
t h'e' MO Rl' that ShOuldc'be "sdattiering. Gospel
bleatingst lavished on unworthy and lazy
Trieste ...and f.laineourde ?sold :;by sun* oniacal
contracts. while the people aralamishing
for thahreade of life. When. *emu's those
other ambefraSsing ftna Yito..questl.OPS,
revifii 9 .3 9f„IIVA' liturgy, the chnr° l "`. e s , .?t e-
Evert ttle Imes OPP& s :out thus strongly and
prophetically : .
" Whatever Pailianient, commissioners;
and t =dignitaries may lrhii k, they whole flues
tionof'Dburch•Reven* 1.9.mi1"g on i/gain,
and another gablesiasticat Reform demands
a sound adviser and a cordial eo-Operator.
The °hurt% :affects -higher , ruing les than
the stateraila CiinnOr 00118146 inti or even
safely, uukka .40 , 94aimonaftw
be scandalous in the most worldly sWesruan.
So far as regards its political position, the
Ohirreh is on its trial ; and its rulers must be .
men :who can look ahead, see real dangere,.•
devise idle alarms, resist importunity, and:
serve the Church, not their own family conYi
Flexions. For sßeli 419E4 2 , the Prernier,*4l :
not ' oblige a friend' . : . deer es that friend,
may be. 441 . - e?[ample, Rf..PoTpießtiousnest•
and im • partial ity will be . 11.110 . ei,tlarlp panful<
just niiir te hish4s and*etit64:' '
- Theltisholi orlAnlideli'll4 ilert‘ c hY.lii.4bei"
deitoie, kid wariltiliiihapabn:the Wet selht4' .
Swat this time; - Ileoilwiti Etiotdinian; by-i: •
theiby, aliihoolfellow of Dr. Haitiltads.l. :? - 1!
:
The :Sunda School. Oonventioni at' which.
delegates ; from ,all. parte. of tbeanould were !
ffe,QPtl clo Id 14). 861 4 1 49W 9n.-:FAIaY , 49t,
Thc . l .4cv. r., illaul'ibura., of realiailit" ;
i
Ohailin of issaChtisetts, lii. Dl2Clinto4 lif
Pails'; and other Ainerietiris;:t4lF ;iiiiJictiVe
DiiitilitllicYrbeeedinkii,.' liiiliiiitaii SttilVil'
gelioele are' models'. ' l - Al idle 'Efiglisli :fail'
"Onus papers,; give ....surh.ifult: accounts,' grid
others will be inipplinditcl-the. Athericin • pa- t '
R9rs so muoh ':better:thin any that I could ;
gore, that it Will only direct the attention of.l
Plg. ;9 1 4. 1 trEiltorthq fact . that 4 P-iintc-resting i
'NIA -inotEtaiA Sabbath-School convention
lianbeen held here. ~'
• ,
. Apropos 415? that great Pre;byterian 'Union
which we so much d'esitierete,-I may give you
same particulars, : of the , gunatterly Association
of the Welsh Calvinistic Methodists, held at
Bangor, Wales; from •the !Bthto- the ,lltli, - 4=-
who • aro Presbyterians in ,eyerything ; loft I the
name. The union feeling seen:into hw : been
very strongly manifested. there Deputations
were present from th e Preat l v r iati.giurekes
. s eAngland and • rrelaild;'itia . were ' well re-:,
caved.' The Rev.VAl:Wriglit of Solithamp
illii;raiir:- 4 He ilianted" thein for the re-
Otpdon he had received their hands; which
to Id* was a proof of ; the .essential imity of=
the various branches of •.the Presbyterian
Church,,, in, Ireland,. Scotland,' and
Vales. To show thern44 , : identity of., the.
Church : in England an wel1 ; a8 Ireland,,hO,
obaerviiitttat Dr t gelike,„jylionKhe saw,prit :
sent tligt 1 had 'opened - Xis cl t un!ch at, SOn 7
thempton: l a' (the stKiiikei:) . iiaa"iierticiilaily•
struck' the filiiiiatlif diijr - with the' fact`thit
whereier:therfotind Preebyieriakiiin: 'estab-,
lished, therothey fOund • some leading charic-.
•teristics Whithatade theme known-ad such 44 ),
all thoworld a , ON, the diffusion, of-knowledge ,
10 P9rlstreOgatixri'dwighs.., ut the_ ceen.7 ,
V r tive°l°:!79 l Y 3 4 .l aitpliCAQ7c)ADatlted tkis na , •:.
'IlvP , , illik4..i'4[ l the thraldom , of Emile,. than : i
he irent'abent iiiitabliliFing:inha l -bOse% as •
Welreii Driiiaeitf i iite . frhipi',' Thb,rait'thing he ' .
(Mkifiggliqiiii tip
save oiltis iiriftierietang6i,
wan! itvinagnibeent 'iliiiiiding - WM' Ohl tile'
;bass f4:of th•e• Menai, for: he education titais
viiiinthgeneration.; and: uponAnquiries. hit
'foilrulithat it waathe result• of theidetermitnier '
titeN.and•junsangnerable spirit , of •alms;:ist. one;
. 41,diY 1 :4,1 1 51(!.41 1 :4eiq 11;444444 himself,
a.X 4 brfnfluttui tAs4it.lryi..bY m ?. a utPf. r.
tut) moneycontributed onleflYlly.the; Prete- .
bYteriiiiiii 15'1'19 - ales that ilifilieliernier - W.:, '
lege; eti'idertied: their •iiti; 'Was ireeted.
.lEnthen: eiprethieWilimieN Inlet:inn' difitithiall•
fation .of!the*.nyeterii . of idiliirsliiptwhiCh they ,
possessed in: Wales; and said: he?coilfidently:
looked ; forwardlAAO.dv•vit.heu Mieir fhurch
would he his church and Ilia theirs . ,..ai).d: that
both united mnold , tbe i forever knoinnas the
'Bresbyterian‘Church.of England and Wales'
HO.nlso hoped , that the day wattinot.ifar. die--
tibte when; as . 4ieformer times, they would be
•enabled tositiOitiiinUre at Westminster Ralf
in Convolintiuil,=iiet in an spirit to:
Ards the ineyinfOluirokorYkland;notanY -
oilier °ka l i'' .iIO4IO I ::AII 4 tiPT'A B .C iliti t.tle
wiimiPg of .pos4 te,„"*-r:e4iming,,O . he
there entherepresentativeactthelturitanienr •
of England, united in:sibticl'grent,work :of i
'bringing.baek the lost pnaplo.:te itheir aliegi
ance.toVesus Christ. •Hemoncluded by sta
ting the object of his missionto Wales;which)
was,oA behalf,of ,the English Syood,t4 : pro
m ote a closer ,intercoimin,fitiPh,.tlia,• Wp l / 3 4
Presbyterian Church. ,
~
'Therrolroiii,nit .i .. !tiali,a l 4,iiriiiti. . .1:i.O. , 6Ed:' ;
" . .."Vhat:"ihii;Fnceting.of,,nlinisteip, and Acia-.
annii of 'the' W.4sh Calvinistic lifetho - dlstre
00nPexiok asimlnkb l 94 4 4. theirA4WWIY 4x-:.
sociation at Bangeria.o,th September,; 1862,;
receive, with .brotherly. regard the. deputation:
from thePresbyterilit Church in liieland,..to
gether .Ntith:.the oluisinnan ••of the.committee
soliviAattilby..thes"Wesbyterinix: ,42,14p012. , . in
England, te i/ promote, closer -,nniop., litistoveep
our respective. charches o and would,Rwten
tiithem. the warm ifyinpathy , *WA we fed '
towards the, rrefili*terian' ifiiiiiche's 'in Init'
hind, Elbotliiid; ifidlreliiiiii;iiiid . otr'eliiiiest
desire • for 'dime fraternal" ititereourse • with ,
them; niorn;.espeelallyni entire libber:dance
artists between:naafi& reference to:doctrine •
and.witlitnomiaterial difference as , reapecta
church polity; r end we, amid gladly hail. the
day 'W4eA!'. III F (14uxe4esf shajl„ AO oßly,lle,;well
known' to each, other AhTit,;Fheri• ./...n,•9,9 14 7
quence of previOns.nintual i viiiits and corres
pondence we-may besot merely in spirit, but
in: fform AAA reality gne4.
that at • - • ..-
.
A was . also 1591Pwwed 6 4...0 Alit neat
Qua rtali Meeting at Abugele, ii. deOtitiition:
from the 'Fite "Ohu.r4 - Of 'Sbotlanai head*
by Dr. Guthrie, was eijibotecl"to'itteildl. ,l . -
So the :UNION 'SPIRIT is woiking: ' TAM.' ..
byterianism-all over the world 'is tendingto
a common centre. The centripetal motion
has begun. The fusion will be fgradtal but
on that Account all the .moke- conip)ette,And
•
indivisible. There can bent,t.gnod : reliaou.in
the sigl4 of, 054 why those,, who,:...ear r inm)
name, anct, are nearly : identief .f iri,principle,
should be &spirted. I 100k ` ' Presbt;
..
Aniline as one Of the great elements lin
ationtl'unity—or international conctirdV It
tines` .niore - fully than any other; Church,
abovenational considerations. It den:hardly
be called , the.child of any particular , nation,
for. it .sprung 'up • in many almost simultarie7
ou sl y .
.1 4 . 4 rinbers, wealth andAdellectual
i• it erseeds all the sects of I'4°o4ant
ism..ikie gong that it shoal, l ?, APisever
ea:. let s dealt we an 'in . .Ehglsaid' and
Anieri4 to hello the " open doe P4'olll' Wish
and pray er be' uraicri: .' "
- . .. '-. i •
~,
=MEM
twg•tEßAiit. sdious.
st
:Al; St. Man".§, - 13Onton'T,1
duly'Bl.i#lB62. f
•STIV:—As t many of your 'readers...contri
bute tolheiniffilort of these schools iita I
oieithest- -that you will , have. the kindness, to
insert this letter in your paper.? , ,*
hough the " Afars " has been nine, weis
on this,
coastot.nev,er Catacs topy knowledge
until hit week, that, there was i,great work
of eii‘tigeliiation going on in the wildest p6,rti
•••
; rd
_ll
, •
of the, Lebanon, iniengst that: strange' and.
mystical " people , the "..tinseri."',"
.1 had lit ? :
wile been told' that theripparent civility - '
which' 'With fron" the 'Driiiis 11 1 . my'
rides through the dont:try; was froiri a; wily;
political ;motive, but. I that. do onetould •hope.
to suopeed in educating • time in the , . Chris,'
ti.an, faith, la, they., were quite ; inaccessible
whe the sub e tect of religion,,yrae„broached,,
'aid I, in fhpt t there Tit& Ad ile4nce ,of 's
I I
Diiist'i ; eilikeenvertedloAhnity9,o:- . ..
`They arViiideed a lade* generia irehiy,
nektqvilierationlivilltliee Welt& in its. 6.'61 7 '
befllltaily_iine-`11i441141 of our Lord Jesus'
Christ, ' 'Blois . the ..iniasionary .does' not • 'now
eeefille..hielninidlirrtotthe Dritses of 4naturea.
age; rip. Pit said ;tor hove hearts; like ~ ald,.;
"IP*. dieseMblingi et.-,911e , itime:: lll l4er.-4,4e
c,inel df, lAtohomet&*?,,,itpid . again preteAdT,
il,g,tis be • Chri t a PßP r i al 4 T ee P t i liX / 0 11 $11:
though i all ,the, Ole
_pl, 1 ged tO ti4nrwiNt)P,,
heethenigin: 'The l ':.llA 'Blip i llehtiq:
Missionary Wholiipiiiihtendi fire Wilil;Diode'
distri6t of Lebilibix tate, • I ( think; 'm'obttivisaW
devilled his i.special oare;2,sol far• telithei4 itadei
is , concerned; tethe 9 Christian educition- of't
their.; uhildrAto • All experience, , aa : well-,as!
the teaphiAg z ,of ?the;Scriptures, •aasures,,,ua t i
that the : lippmsions conveyed, in. chil6hstocl p .
While 9il3;,henr.t r is yet soft ~ !4 mi TFF :a 4f ir
Pure, niuft, fimn the character for this„ and ,
a 'betteilOrld. , If then, Iffir. Benton's' ilk
of" catehiiig 'the - Ifius6s 'With -guile " 'fll .
t ,'
they will'irettdil 'the eheracter• of bet's. :
uniquehee. . .0A the`2sth ' inst.; Mk ~ Beni
ton*ery kindlyAthouglrhaving just rettwiledi
from a long:ridel through • de' rugged passegt
otilobanoll)giiieldcd to my request,; to 'Qom ;
duet Ateto see the Diuseee,hePle.i.° the Metlb!
a„ fi T:fdge ef' i ihe Lebanon. We, ycortlingy,
started,' for a long ibly's.,,Fl6.; ~Wie.)?itises,
seem to be ' iseloted, as . much. ; from.TA?.
"Frank&" by the stiangeiitdti!iiii, otjk re
villages, pitched like e,gle'snesisiiii tlifliq*
of•the , mountains eithey are: by. `-theii rifys.o
tioiam ; 'but 1 Arab .horses` cab .climb '"these:
heightorlike goats and -so we' manasearrtol
reach, the schools by pothsi tato) Nog*:
horse, could travel withoofety... ; • • d:;,
. And 3:i.ow allow ine„tel t giNfe, an .aceognk i et„
4 03 .# 0 1 104518 .we visited frlle :Eir4.- was .10,..fb
*.6l4egle Illibreibii i'e.. 'found Ait 'the,
li
81161 20 lid sand' 10 "iris; o f :-WhOill' :onlY
cite %hi a'o rilltiaii;'the eon of the IFilalepite?
*kit R;if 'the vi
. 11aire. There '- were 41 names.
°Ayala h school 'Toll:).. :00the absentees? some -
were helping i tat . thenthrishint .ifloore,:' eta
some veto Miliotelimitit;ool)B4kia. ~; 1 ..: D..:
~ We (g.fiTiAeli the' ehil::l44l4:3o44lAlline•
8 19 1 41;,*°; 1 11Y. i.lAterliXestsr.o The PicAelkillyful•
° 044P4 8 ft •Fil,q,- 9f n 44 Itere laille.,s?, xtMil.
4:e New, Testament .
s , t .pipidetwt".cpe , ,P.te4'L
OA kali titifirri(l atlihplOcility oast
witith
dief foinia their phieet; the' finthicy'd 'that'
riading; liffitftl4'edir'reetneis - Of-their' iiitsWeiil
ternirineations.' ' Ilthißiblec:andlthe A'ssCin=
Ws , ehorter Clitechism, with that of. Dr:i
Watts are, used in -these :;schools, besides
otheraAn, use; in . Scotch ...schpols:! The cian
.1 1 .,.°llt,er.V41 144 .1t°`.1 1 PPeAt 4° 9° 1 °0 13 i% And
A Re.Va' them, 8 1 1 7‘9 0 14rire , ,P 1 °Yeb,V, the.
te#qcguirsiiaippos. The schools *er,e - e qtill,
11.61, ( 111, tAloolthiSter, ; olidni fAii Ivo
&sag irfilek 'pupils), "seeme d' o'bi"iiii foal
al tlihdlilinalitin''sis' .I.'e , Ar m e t Witlglii. 'illy
dobikol'ittlhomig.'i I *AS'equally pleaiuld iiith:
thediseitoline in , the!ether , two schools:. ' e-
new &h eel wealisita weeat'Arsum. ; here•md.
facmd 1,4 heYe.,..0416 6 girls, and, just ,ee j ilt
the sch°ol!ll.t.4-4940.Ty1it,i4ece,.W°P.P14,3'.1,4°°:
Christian pr • esent. • 'f hereirqro.Bo ueine,,on
the s'ohool'idlf, and th teitelier alleges` the
same ekotthe fir' 'tbe ableiiida. - . He 'ANY
stated that'll% idhooltlieedoublelhe number'
until within a Month - ,ago;i4lien the .iGieelc ,
and Maronite priests of 1 the iplacie rhad liar:
Christian children withdrawn, •because -the
Bible was read in the school.• We put them
through the same Cowie ofiliiiiinition, viz.,
reading, repeating tatechisiii,Td :and mental
arithmetic; and I have to say That the intel
ligenmi, 'of the boys ' was neeeristirpashed: )in
in any parish school that 1 . have inspected at.
home. - The/last school iwas at , ll4B,el , ll:tetA.;
here wefotuul 57 boys J ana ‘7, girls •; theinFm
ber, ie. Are roll, ffi' . BB,qq, of Af .R B2 t am pbxis 7
Owl, AO, gcD m ov3 11
4 o f
haA two
teachers, and.the'eleahlinetisef th„e room ' and
thd oliibV4 i aciiri.hijk. IfeimEriesi in'llilling
theirpie:A:ill* bohlui;':iiid iitiai4iiii*-the .
question's , which I .llApoited;'. did them . the
greatest-credit. '''. 4l l 4 ''' 1T . ' ''
9 . ';9l
,Benton cwild double the number;Arf !
schools, if ; be hadlthe funds,—X2o,perAn,
?luta for each schools • _ ~n
_:1 understand ,that. the ,Dnises,hom ittheT,
partspf
,ilie,ebanon, to,
have ma de frequent
tißphpatiori to him to establish schools -
.
glow villa es, • " '
"§iibectliitidtas 'for rthiie l philafithrOpic:Ogd
eitistiiiti:trojtiot,
bi.ttitirr Bonari;D.D:7-Yorki - Pb.oo
inburgh. : (.L•v3
•,,a / hiB • ;BOA& ..Migeloll;;haeaUftiioOnteKl44
WitlL *V, Ameri STAIN awl' Tt
Otta happy to, say tilkftt , thiTP is DO AFORE.S9,isPi.
between them Mr. .13entgo being earefifl t i 9
schools
,w i herit never existed
blfOre. " ' • • •••• .
611 V 614diltif " 4"
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AN infereeting rekte b ev.
Dr: Goodell, 'of , Constantiriople,' , Connected
with.:the treatment iof ,a tbaptized Turkish
family,,shuwing indeed a mew; order .of,things,
in the.. capital. of the ,14ohgem#dcfp world;
About fortaight ago,, A h coed
wife, *B43,kidnapped,aad forcibly
detained in
Oonitintinople. in her name liiit
without antharty was then prepared . and
presentee` `to the''Sheikh - E1 'Elam, praying
for~ a divorce, -and ' for .10,000 piastres
mony ' Hewas seized-and throwninto: •pri4
son, hut witnessedm, - ge*iernifessionibefere
the Sheikh :El ,isayiug that AS, ito .418
naiimality waP-gsmanln, but as hia:Nc-,
lt 6 n ,, he was a !C*jagaa — ria, PrOfeossiPil
never before mad 6 high.court' se Oaid , over the 1:0,000 piastres, lut protegted
ege:flist the'diieree unless he should be' per:
witted see his 'wyfilind aseertain'Whether
bhe had ifiddedi'renicunded"Christianity; s In
the theantitim73lis' rwife 'who ':had. spent her
ilitysiltrid nights weeping, found means to
escape! with ...her' three , beautiful Alaughtera.
Fatima Ayesha, and ,4elippea — r ran apro l ss
the eity,, got An.,buird steamboat, aud,ar
rited pfkfa t ly,. at BetIPIE. , the
'AI lslatn,cand at
Minidteis- for' toreign Alf:
rads heard . this,"they were terribly` angry
1.7. kb! .. 7 / ! . rott, 7' - - *. --:- z- -
with those who had -, ingbt the 'matter be
.
' fare % themo , apart inilio .7.4:, suolx4isgFace mon
them; took AnieLt 4gq , ou t Plkid.
' bs4c..to .1 1 0.4 , 41 . ..4A19 -O, P4S447 9 L,t I WnWS
hi L i SP.4OOOIP9ABIM-"-Peirfrk,;l S u rely
L ur u:h4.. not
. fox ykk, ws .. peptios ! . .. vitY
iiienOhilii: '&44 `"libi %It' tillidollitleit li thii
Gi:ioreViiiiitibi ..i liriti litdditi:"'Sitnejonli?
Pfoteittlint •illri4enit ..: - .':iiiiie "he ft .
i joy "i• 03 11. 5..,!: c 1 i:(ili ‘I , C i ig.k:lo: , :ti 10 St
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:-'7: i I griiiirt„; . V.t.i.; !'l. 7 ..;:i7filr,r•fi i •-di l•-
rt .-. !!:::: ...Mt& '' ' 0310•111 . ; , ...: 1 :MI .
II ! f..i 'L : . • '',.. r,. lONIlli : ', :i: SIONARUNOTO
•,•;1•. •• 2 *. i. • !'.•: .!!; '.. SHE : t : 5 ' ! ?, :1 r t •:: ..t.; kr .1 , v u t r.r, ,• , i•!!.
..... - (. , i
~..,,!." , • - ••!I i! 1 . pr 0 fain .I,m,iFygyti: ~ ,,ot,.s
' .AVNTt.! l #4?!**#..z - I ,Ve*.a.OPMIAI'If
of . .WV4 I WPMIPA 'I : 9AtfrHW-k we 111Pni)114.
lgoit it4n. - otopeity,,oi 4rd - noiinitist,s4
iq u tilt& • abliiiaalli''. l .: - i •, `, '.. sibilit iffilai n t.96lk'
plhee iiffiiie-yeiiii age r e l eii r iiit *Veitnitaiiy'
Societies"' and I "llollSitietibali 34 l3bet ( ite'l
We . will endeavor tiqtfltke l ocrlvfelit *this'
kLbjectoinderstood. : Pour-; readers.: .. The
!comma:lld ',9f Mt s.ltli,i rt iti,!..i` flo.ye info wit
ItkOh:VOrkis :.. 4 1 4Prec% , I *., e!) 9 sifi.:.o .every..
1
:cf494fmr:' , i/f :11.:0.., , 1Pg•10teR1 , -Pithi aiRP ,, .P I O',
Att: ° ! r .t#4l * P , J l i re,C)l .l,4. ':, P ..i.,r9..1PP1, t o hose who
l e
1 ) 5 0 14 1 ": n°t•'.....0.19 6 ; ( ' '§e: 9 ett4f... 1 C.j.t,...t.h# 0
•tbiise 'frlisiis3 fin*. ton. is liiihmiiiiknnimi . it:
1
eTiliiitigior4: iniet•be'.. - . 1( ;: pan. P le;l5r! .. .BWV !
by whom are they' ie.' L ' ant; i' - 'This lueszi
tion•hringso im-fto tliit f, Or ..t vlialitriet‘thie'
subject
. 7 4% 44401)544, f,. ,which , t , ..Wii.
- k4 8 1.?(,!4.*0 0 .100 , 9.1*, : , ;,10% 0 ,1*1014e ( . 1 . -- ..
t j .
til ' ili & s ksf, l ,o4 . c iti r ffe.,A,P ka' '5' .. . it 0 ". 247ftt0ir . 01,1 '
itik6' Wit 'stiiiiite. pf ikato'adU WI aS al' tome..
Ttaii• *vie iiot kihryo n ei • VpiVeriiii Oa* .
1
'-ot‘eitliiiis'llsicif 'of tilke l, ; ' liiVek . o;:bit • sit . ei t er .
*section:: arid" bran. -:: " .ariireWCf • • iVerjr i
..doiiititdentlinCer ~,, d !tportion,'.! of it? lip -
deed ..eVerg •isidivi4 ,0 1 - iSti . **friirifityr-titid
' ichild, , of i•oo4i.:io 44413;t,obligatimploiteelia::
49, 43 P • jlltt 3 rCAt!irk... , ' 44. d?, iO, .-Cf ; . c?a , u.siugiAft.
glorious 09Spf),:pc . - : . l i ::10.9t!,t9 ;. 4e ,. pa11k1it0,
I tlie . .t.mOvangelf* .
.tr. :as it Imi:ji,k i i . f, - .10;
iciiiiir, - H0..1010 . . •:,•.,:viiiveistat..'ehin4,
!•*'entiiiii body i xl , • 1 - '4 , 4ii,:ii'fiiitUililii:.icisf.
;Iwfteind .: fdo "'deal: U"of"tat'llitsfili l iiitiiii;
'clifiVenittntlfOto . ShBlii l / 4 1 6f $ Mitistoils,Th it'. ii :
:equally 'ibertara• I:th , .IfidividuaPtehiistian =.'
cap' seldom' by their. Ciliary 'action - do4.ritich
.. .
m.,, tms.: good works iNillaila .3there.:, are
.„soMe ;
1 4Pg§r.P9A - 444. 1 PE (t 1) it?iilliet444.lv,P.Prrt do:
. 1 0.0#... , 'I*P?9,I7I O, ..TAPS'',9f.FR e II L P e wAk
olooivi4.ll!),J c1 .. 81, i p p . 4ll4 4 ,lit,poa!z i
t #4l6p'ef'het , e. !e . i.S. J I isiii i ti4i lictay,.
‘.ie t eeiioeiiie,' iitceifft; .i s ittOioligilf iiiks iiiiili. : •
Viealj*oiesis; i?y: itielroi Ilk hiihaigilk .
:tlitt i e4ii Itiiiitho , H i ' ' aditoii':oliklit to" corn: .
imenee....: One of - -tlie ,, :. ~, . objects whioliethe ,
:Slitiont, had in. view. , . ~wrdaiiiingv.the organy
iitatiorE, .of Os people : iopieb.orsiteo., ...v.(l3ooloties
. ...o . lmsliswprOge ~,..34r„ FO4IPPPM9I NMt. that
• i.R,5. 111 0. -e4flttlitt#LPfl9 9 P l lir .M 4??? kit§t:
work ,cor; opre,,,pg. PP - ..q814 0 _,t..1f 1 ? , :e#4110.
fil' . 4;;" nijigit - b0.'490 , 6 . Oc' ti 4 : 7 IN I 4;iIT E 3,,AVIP
;
4..f..evet_eintro. il , - tier : 104,0 1.41 i 1 9 :
`these" 'fftgi ;-'.' in"; ititia l ,'" 'Wad• c hi
other =lCoiintritiii blealriktli , ths - Attes'lc r oipel:;':
possessed 'dig fisibatilreziiksf ;the fini4ion6.s ,
.spirit which*. sciughi ltoelyesseas • :anil - 1 which
I woulkhel , boghlits;poAlege .. mi;dilits!hdn•tit,:
; miliAt..Agtlixtre . isfijii'PAllt.bl: felitol - 4 FRl l . 4. °P.Ti'
1tttie!1.0?* 1 44 8 0 3( 4,4A. eT9trtbink r Ag-)O.lat!*.
1 . to, me
. w*lekry
,:work. i 'What prgyer,that„
: dia welp rand W . and endow with the gibe .
,•of • i race, - i; 1414"C:ill* ,leniToeri
i
i SiiiiiPei4le fcirtlie'' - 14e.aild giiiiipileiCtiref
Nithlivieidilitiii.ilcoliii6iiitiige. every' - 'youg g i.
ifii,p hi iliolt 411 igtidenCes mid signs' oftkim ,
. heotnibr;citiiiiig:..44: , .lie ivisiblell , :.Suchw , ..
!
church woulcV, r isteAnkAvatbh., over :with the
0401700 Ao3jetitlirdo.o4oBo-- of.r 4§.: , 7 o l4S'onen - -
10 10 ,m•.hc. , §47iP.Airi7 1 4 8 4. 0 . 3 1 1 114:1 1 3kikir, 1 *es,with:
11 . 18 : P 05 5; mi.i.,,, 0144. of ;
=ffie Alrklc.tg , i'rl 9 .4A - 4
''lPB e ,t
‘4 94 1?.1f. , kr- 41:9 0 - 0 . 4 7/110.., ,know : it not,
: . 243Sis i t" 'diem' if,lieed.'le; jw . obtaining tk e .
iliteiiiiY i ilia. Vdorligicii,l *Agit wiitoic diet
irilf%d'igiijiiiiiiiiile;`BoCli'a'aVar' , - eh' fvokilK
by , ltepaSiOeiiiid , toliieff s offiCe-heitiers;" in . thiet
time have the• ease veimeiriyirangiiieivbrotight;
to the , attention tot . : the , cocclesiwical..bedy;;
whether it kwealled T.siesbrtery Conferepcey
ag , A@@oci..,tl9 l 4 ~. w.hwei:ool--4.11 4# XP , PX 2I 4P4e:
: i4tVii i e=V ll 44o 4 iP ‘ 1 16 " :091kilthClgir,P s .
lig?, A.RT#,,frf .100 h. Al 2. eIc,rPCOA I ,P tucTiAA 4 IIA''
ordeih . t.hofic'Whinn''t,hey :deem called toAhia.
iiti,rli; 'aWit weird thitiOrtkoirtVigrilejcihili
don, Whether.' its fillfdiriiiiii i Wifrearry l thent,;
to foreign hridi; I*•iiiifilltfietii. Wtheifiiiiii:
country. .- : ..,: - . .- -;!!• : .ii:;k::..:i ....1 , ..• iii.i .
."jWelheld Aliiit it id this ecclesiastical body; l
!twit the i'ileinu;ch!' ,in whose i fellowShio he.
i *lB , ••livcidit or: it ‘.‘toresbyteili! bri7 an; ,road-.,
iliationi I , : or 4. .f g COnfer,e4CAs ? ithg:, , examiXiea
OP :his call 9tX4 0 ,4 - 4,9V , SPiriki- 1 .*.114 1 4i.5. ( 1*.i t
49.1Aj00s t,,;:i t ptewch ti g l.,Gßapekarid.Othorisle,
.44 nrdshisyfin to. o f . :f o ,4 : and pr each 1i,,,
diat jeid4: Ina firth - von thisinigity eriaria.
It jefrOji l that: bolitTtioliir iiii'nion is Otiii! . .',
. tiefti4 sd'fiii 'ills :6 . thilitleiedoneeititid;'
J o
shit 44 derkrei hit , ItheritrafOodhiMisisiciii:
• to ., gekforthquid tire Wthis4;GoSiset :.:I , AwdAf:
he. , is Bled of
.., to to ActAheimwelrabgedic,f
'4 4 1 / fffeign 4 o • dieig o .4oiftort4 l4o *lniiii
*AR* of Oft* YroHnoa.l4 , 7o4 . ..fcc*
dri
c:,944114 ftlA4 l ,Ry ter 4,,T,Au5,046#,..,t0
i i .opip.„ ) o .i lf i . ,4 148 . 140,in gii . : tii, it ,regwiar)y, - ,
44
. ss efiiiii . _ ai thit, bo dy • DA: i f . diein - iieocli
tidy; 140 'leek efr'''eminV6l l ,4(flifeti;:Pi4l:.
eiein"eireif he - i:i' l 'needtw'"Afid'ihiti':'relii .)
tiOnratid the f filnient'of"iti . defies,' Shad(
be maintained : ilbastcutitilifsiiWilar-obodiel ,
aritie,bn . the fief of I . 4rmissioii , 46,irilich. he
may:attaoli--- ' sel4 7,amtolihicli ,he :should
900, *AM te,..,0,44440 0 ,arid!folicqr,
...
.... -
ship. ~',•: . ••:=:. , ;.- ~ :i. : - ,‘.if'.l.-. -:1 3 -i •, :, :1,.. e.• , ::::.
- • !` YAP. ..: cg
. 1 4#19FIL 1 ( :InikslikciAi !`:Pectign.
t4eR A ". • a # 1 ?: , ~ : a idal.V.P ° Wii_ ii 42oslOPP4Ni
V • le. ( 9,!.-= ~, . 96.11 f l / 2 0r.., wiiwpnp,el, ,q,
CotiVeiltiois, ' .e air ariik444.l•lo6ii.pii
jiii
W . ioliiiiies li rd, , , f' l ' ' tette '6ii:61.141:*,
glitiiine whiChls 4iWilleit' iethe':: thitittiCiiiii'y
work, •• • Wherel:ilimi ',. yeati • have , tiften•Atti be
spent beforecseif-mrstiininubhitrehimmin be'
gathered . oirAlie yaniMion-field.b atitutzithese
t a giics . Pqghfirl.A9t ~ te i warp . Am ..flliStit944 l Md .,
Op* I ; 4 4.inh a lu i tiwttleioP4:99 .4(4 1 .0 g?,9 4 4,ek
that
,hare- . tif ti ploy i i.-
t ("'.° e 'd9f1P'• .. 4 107 .1 77 - -:
ewsmined,.:o4 - ed i , 4ourageu,.ditt, l ,
arithstkied, ' iirdWitak &of. Befit forts In - Alie:
name '4l ilieldreiegiabif Ili elftlidh; s
Xli6e,.. :".
Who' fili*e beedrie:niiiiiantifibeof thik•Geiafoil;
whether -:to Ifalitir ivikonie r. tsr itibroidi" , • , And
although they: Jinni( rreiy, , Ipiolierly .. :46quiker
those•whoni4heylinatainlinka Materiel pqllit
of view, in- theAmissionsu,fie*,.=!to!report,4o.
them :15erYlAisputelim3Bectigg,tiwilAogli,M;
04,t,f.,.i.m 3 Roctih,tlity, elie44: - .319. e pr0XP, 1 41 , _., 1 ;,14
enjoni. rsther,:thik'iiii* :i?pi?l't, . s oPrAfg
iillipie'the ialerifiagiVarbody.li C riki4g. fraatnal
°Um ai"itiiiikrisiiiii iiiid 'Wit thiiiii'faith"iii
,DAY;. - "ocaoligo Ts._ Looe.f:,
1 0PlitY t il t 3T4 i t 4 6 l i t i;igirytis' o iip e ste i r, (. 4 - hit '
kV iff efeiiijiiing"that" kelat&r• tii ' the' siiiiii` '
lu t a bodTrWhich• eight 'to te the i!aost cape
ble.nt.iplititig• ft, itid•l'whichl+alime -has 'the
I right to apply disetpline, in cases'whereadis
mpline marlierPeeded. ' , , ..'• t., ~ :ifl :tro, ,-;
t atithsi views:which we have expressed„be
bprVeg;itoyill.lip e,legitintato inference that
e ll g ai V o c thi l' 9 .Y ol7 za f:P t rillel,' I' ll , l SP9 l e: f it 41 14 i;
' al; it ' 9.94. 1 2:,t0rN AI grrt 7ui i on' . .7 ---, --- •
mu l isieneriji*
~ almost eekiutlly °pert kein
I tlib' i rlifit•principle'lle fkinciplexhieh, we
1 OifiNd,litistlii'-aliolitiilid"'lviristioir, i fiii dirir
we not readgii the /Se: Apillitteitlehap;•;
I jail, 2 ; ,1,Ki1i.:4 pgtr :,22)rthat evendhe apro
flea themselves; as, Weit.ta,otheriaithfulinew. ,
Mge froP' tiPiS to tißkeent• fo,r,o l ! 3 ,2thPi
PP , Pitil!Ftit t Ok TOYMJAAP I :efiq I ?IY 4 4 O ".
pad' pater% evopy i trpg.elio ,teet,rtaiiii,
fir i tAr k a n wi ir 4 ?), I l i , rosi i i : y .)
c h in
*lilt tWili4dlnsWSWiieti4aaid s 'eliiiii
Boards or Committees have severed thilzw'
laation which missiwatykisdopgitt_ever•teluie
in towards, the bodies ftliat,iclpcid i e t tipon
their call te) preach thesigespell(to nn-
evangelized, which iwa,,telle4.PTlNAPY&Riult
soled them, ordained them, and with many%
prayers and tears, sent theei.' forth; to: 'Abe
groat and responsible work , . of proschin . g,,
Christ to those who knew Him_Peot.• ',lt as. ,
true' that neither the enc. , not the: other, have
the Myr' to ordaillu. c9*it-awl 00 0 -ritielY
49 14 Arn.foro in , * t.uftneßf 011 48t e r4gris
rhurch to preach the apapel, (0 4 4 *Ate
MY :.eSsel).oft tiOuLvitalPvinoißle ofetlie ; „w)iiiie
imatte l 9•l3l4l 4 l%*.Y not. 1'4441411Y, terminatel
that ;relation•,and •oormeatiou by, taipg•the
whole work into their hands from the mo
ment that that ) initigl aot.haebeen perform
ed ? There is, indeedOone other met, which.
they may n°t,P4r,fs4loko is f/eNiti.giot&friont
the ministry: ~Xtfit.,WCPB F tt 8 114 14 •*or
iunateli he oool l,f,9llßlirhutth9,o 3 . o 4Y. 'that
Ordained the Astnissecl , and "degrasied mis
sionary, has the sad duty to perform of cal
ling him . honie te'l dirtie 'him iif 4,14. - saCied
`office *Atli 'Whidh'it' inVbsted lffixt: Daring
therinairvilLs::of 'Manly' years z :14 pity be—
:which elapsed betitt4en lux ordrilitliiii and de
position, that body May have,h4little; or
nothing to do, with him.; perhapibiriot even
receiving a letter Jionitahim• once•iti-a year,
or once in five years:! His name-may' indeed
stand on the eatalogne of its membersi i but
that is fill iiV4iiiiii4Ofikriihili'liati eubsvited
between tliVli)iiiiei.' 'pile of. the largest
trenches of *,'P
the,
,:i•iiiiiiitetii . irel t in lbese
United Statee repinis that - upwards of fifty
of its ordained , •mitiieters are ,missionarid in
foreign lauds: , Tfiese brethren sire, with one
or two 'exceptions, in the service of one- of
our largest and noblest Missionary Societies.
But so feeble. is Ag,rclation between ; these
more thaufifty p.ippiienaries,and,pheml'ireaby
teries which oydamed,them to, preachthe, Gos
pel as missimiariVi.rithat ,it , al4Pli'llaiily ) be
said to exist at all;
,certainly for all practi-
cal: pitrioseir itl ii /dead. There mus tili tie dbme- i
thing, wrong here, , , •
'llet it be • idialiiitded.. Inasmuch as fAr
I
`'. ll :l4ltPriCE , :' , ."•49 8 cloiatioir ' " tire
ritiPes,',lir ciffiii:tbaiee 'vhiAe' i duty it is 'to
di:dein' ilid - iintlitileatiielY cointhission 'men
. ..,,, . ._
as missiopftAes,,,h,av,,,e,thomeources to epapie
them tio,fArrY, on iftelvotk,qmissiells E there
is need of organizations, V oluntary Societies,
or, , gaeclesie,etical Boards; to ; provide the
means for the sustentation of
. inisnoms, to
'ascertainV!hak 4 1 54 . fox misE4 o 4447 . 4ftrort
'ar'e most open, and what particular cities or
:places are ,the most important or
- suitable for
t tliellaber, !lir' Miesiliaries, (kid • mfArm 'the ~
Olifirehei on these Tibias, ' Thhielit deed of
etganiiatithis ie do these tthiageißut let .
them confine themselvesto theirproperwork; ,
and nottattempt to occupy theilla.ee and per-f
fora the,functions of the o.b.urelS, .not ,only: i
I,in ,th .‘ " agOP.f•opilnationia444lBl4 o ,sitien, but,.iiNtsti tkit,APllefitains 63 ' ,tl l 9 , of OP4lttial worwork s '
otttli,4 ' Mll i r9 /. 0 8-44e XtsPrlThig their ) '
oases of conscienee, the formation of church- -
ei;Alle'sliapingittlie t ecclesiallte'il relatiQ
'or-tlifise "cliiiiche'e; - and 'of therbelongs' to'
;
tilelii6PerVork ofe 'Minister' of the Gospel':
It is•itheiduty tof the- ecclesitistital , body that ,
ordained. and , iientikini forth to preach Christ ,
to l°. these things. • ~ , , ,•., . , . ~•,-
•„Thescare our views, of gie snbjeetof4lot; I
;ions, and of theretation l 3 et'. *4,lsienafie.a,t l ',s
the, Ottprolfek; _arid ,if Apr: ere juet:lmik '
S4tUrat it iii%eertain that, tome serii4ifs
taistittei tiale . " lieen aideloy''tge Chuilfe% ;
, of'EfiroPe is well as Amen ea. b We haste n
ito'haY 'that we believe that they %tie Wit ;inis . -
'eakeli,lnd such /is may t'esiily be rectified.
Ail; that is needed is, thatthe relations which
at( the outset subsisted bets Keen. the missionw
1 aries *lid the t b,odies which trained thepitog-;
d4i4esl. ;hew, and gave thtm.:their, COMMA;„.
8051, 1 in.: ,Christ's name and, ; thehurch‘ . 's
name' to preach the Gospel, be reestabl44
and `aitiVelY mailitainod; let the missionaries
illioit, r4iil'arly, g iiecittent* ' and rally TO
their " Abiliperied;" their '"Aes'ociations,"
etc:, resfieting their work; and ' let. these
bodies Writi often and -fully.o,them, giving
la lineeded counsel, tanswenrepeaso' i of finial
.
rywexpressing itiogintinuetia4 ititl4 ,l •Y'raT ,
3 1kefairesinSte, 0 . 1 them, o,4 4tteELlTailligg for;
'them in all their trials and,ergrows,, amLstir
ring,up theii• pure Fail:ids:by way of f s aithful
,eilioriatiOn. Olfillere'were loch r elations
and suell'interbduese maintained lietiveen imr
missionaries , . 'andAhe :bodies' whieli) sett` them
out, *last whappY•influence would-be exert
ed,upiTu otinehurehes and ecclesiastical bo
dies 1 , A imiss missionary , spirit ,would.,,pervade
t.P., 131 to a ; fir greater extent than at; PROPt•
our churcnes wo,uldjr,gairly a• ; gl i ow wAth ; i .t.
We should all know more abont the Work of
missions—its difficulties and' trials, its hopes
and its fears, its sorrows and its joys; and
more,-too, Of Tits (blessed' rewards ! • ;Would
that the people of God, both in America , and
'Europe, )understood better and' appreciated
more highly; this' great subjece;than they
now seem to do 1 .--(lhristian Woelti: ! I
THE CitaIVAN WE A *WM
•
Ellis tells us that daing hiastayy,in
'gascar he was :itlinaiisly" a xatttb"
himself frieuari.to .k had'
mfick...rea de . cply ins 'faintly in the :
persecutioittfirtiegliiiliON'M thigiagh; 44,
:and bloody . daiii;i 'lied - VI 144141:4e;
•upon that
brother relpionar;eal9t,isuidOirneliiitY,Vt4, •
after ahriOs-reechanically.them
hands, there came over'his countenance, Ellis i
,says, "an expression•subh as::I. =hive neiref
witnessed in any.hUinan beingfliai- intensity
of feeling, neither ecstasy ;napteriver,:tnt an
appaieitVlirending of both ; 'during thh
whole interview, which was long, there was 8:
Stiange uneasiness mingled with an 'evicUnt
satiej'aetion." ' Was there netkhere,' even in
the twilight offaith and reason; recognition
of Christ and:cifallothat he 'comes to work?:
an intuition in...this half-enlightened,' Italffin;
otrmote4.eoul,of. what • remains :;long hidden
freln,Christ,:s.,;wise and prudent,;eneo,rtthe
stepp necessity,Pf the Christian .. eprivens3A.
that Christ in his membero,, as once aft:meth:l;2e,
in hie huraanperson, should suifermany MAO
Wore he 'can enter into his 0 ; 64 ?
hard . for Ilinnanity to receive this: deSsint,-to
accept this inevitable •condition of its initia
tion into its true , life,—the • laying down of
that very life that we may reqeive it again
in Christ: 'ward for us fea it was for the
first , disciples,
,Christ our Master
going:" before U.s""on dee' Toregeen path, to
uriderStland hini . whenlie`t'spekks of , Suffering,
efluinClatiOn r 6f deathitself; , shortly ito
acoomplishedinl ;Here too, eponthe wayrAtill,
t4Pre":he rea.BCl4.o,gB, ;8411n/sings,
too witilin4*/.44r,t,,Nhj9lllovit,ll(44le:CVA,elit
sPirit . ot Pt si ptpr o resiet t exen rebuke,
the`teaohing at its, belOve4 Zord which will
saY Unt'q Be' this far frOinlhee.", Per
what this whieft'Cli t rist
disciple'? .Evenv - thitt'whieh himself gave.
"Ssetifice and 'tneet-bffeiging 'ithcruc-wouldest :
not, neither.hadfit 'pleasur* e 1 -therein."'The : '
idea of propitiation; orlthe giving,up of some
thing which we boldtleast precious in , order
that we pay,retain. that. which we prige most
of all,,uppnwhich the sacrifiees under the old
law and those of all natural religions are
fdunded, finds no
: place in the - Christian
Covenant
For to centrm this between (rod;
and Dian, the'viokpilecious thing' of all' uiae
offeied, and was aceetjted "He taketh away
the first, that.he may establish •the 'second.
Atuttlinsit is necesSary that this Man
also should diave something ,te offer. The
need cf sacrifice not ;:taken ; away, only its
nature is changed, exalted, deepened , , and .
mild' as is genius of the New Dispensa
tibia, its knife goes closer to the heart than
that of the elder one,:which we are accustom:,
ed to think• of as Onstern and exacting. Be
hold the goodnese 'and Severity. of Christ!
"-Skin,'for skin," saith Job :of Old ; "all that
a,man hath will he give , for his life.".y,Aud
it,is this . very life which Christ asks us to lay,
do,wa f,or him ; this life ; of:which he tells US,
that, he who loved( it „shall „lose .it, and he,
who loseth it for. his sake,, shall keep it unto
life eternal. ,
And
~r • , • , . ,
Ana wnen we speak in a, spiritual sense et
Life, the' liYing it dovin andtaking it again,`
we'spaiktnot Of mere existence, 'bilt..'of that
which to `every one of `us:the-root `by which
we hold ; that which is to each individual
heart :confessedly ",no vain. thin& for
our life ,Take it away, and all _beside is
gone; "'for in..the blood is 'the 'life"; in the
affeetijhai in :the energies ;wklicki send
sa# tliVongh' tfie 'Whole thinking, feeling'
being. And it is to the root of this,free 'Of
man?elife i -wrapped round with its most in
titnate 'fibres;--even this ; . be it whatiat , may,
for which we-would give, for which we would
forco4.4themorlditeside, 7 -40 will
--that the axe of. Christ is laid.
The disciple,must be as hismaster,the ger-.
vaztt as• lord •' • Why was the sacrifice, of.
Christ's dea,th.soprp-eminenttY meriterious,
so infinitely prevailing , with God ? why do
the sacred writers attribute an efficacy to it'
which it wah 1M0.% Sible"lthat the Sufferings'
of iiiteonscioua 'though- intineent iietire'E; could
!Aiwa A3eeanse, to 'stipnothing of -the`in
trinsiuvalue of this sacrifice, it was, above
all others thatlave been ever offcred, a free,
dorkacious, and willing cne. The Man Christ
Jesus.: was, of„all created ,beings,—aa d fac,as
ye know their history, only one who,
chosehie' vi
conditions,
destiny, Who foreknew and at,-
ets full'
cepte o saw a Area
iieed,“and' r'eapotided to "it, tcLo I; I came."
"' My leave," said the acute Tienehworrian,
"iWas , ..not asked. jbefore I 'came into the
would"---a sa,ying:intwhich all that the In
dian heart man .urge against (Jod and his ap
pciintpents lies hid. : Why ehouldl he called,
4P O R IO sA4likel,t9:!fgrqgo .29 ? had
the choice been.pqmitted mi,ght,possi
bly,,haie declined it. Our Saviour's leave
eas ffilfilinent of his'Pather's
will wasrVOluntary;' , he saw the eild 3 from the'
beginning saurit eve* iskhe begiwiving, and
Walked onwards to,that end,, seeing his own
destiny and feeling his ,own , freedom.
have Power,!:')AsaYs) "to,3a3'.,down, my, life)
and. I have n pewsto take,it again."
But howls ginkt's follower tfi ohtain,this,
fr,ecdoni?. 4970s:this great tyansfer,,lying t
at the Veryliefrt flf our spiritufitlit,,thn.et. l.
change of our own Will • Air a . better 91m) ,
effigreif fat: V 1.0 4. impelled *like
by the w ihs"lind litringilf 'of 'his
whelS natirtyltd'efeiive•iuiitcl'' the dust' from
whence. he twits at; first Oikeik ?Hli :Alt this point'
wo , nluotopause a -ituntimit,.;:feeling-• .that our
Subject•bas drawn tus into desolate, teven:
awful rezion v .where, like the traveller4tigh ;
_up among the , we would fsinkohi ;
the breath anthurry onwards, . lest a 'word
too lighily•irpoittiiiiihoi4iitiatig down the im
penditig I:ValeriaB. For all thoughts:if:lit
reicrts•frOinthe biiedinferenee'•Of faith to
centre
that becomes irreiiiiihle•the nearer , we ap
it'difit Ott:centre, 'to the quictifiCe• of
. the
Mdtus rekim •ripsgiu
.ektiit *kit*, eaeititii'in loeo Them' is no
riirit46ethe Sala of the believer Ottlee
I •
forever on this magnet.No rest ;.. would'
say, aise, no. progress : forthe soul until it
redei;;re§ witilicrit this great: Wtive Power ;
receives it not only as a fulfilled face;blit ac
cepts it in its boundless Consequences, and
recogiiitei a.mongthem ;that Of Own
"baptism - ditollis death!' This digeigi6 is
not abii•iellifinaster, neither ' 1111103 serviiit
above;l4.ll=l;nevertheless, suety - Astlfat
is perfect shall be as his master. si 0 ;blesSea,
saying! 0
,promise like
.unto. that madejo
theiWchosen diScipies;'". Ye 1004 1
drink of my cup"'; and' 'ikhat* if outlLOrdii
oupislisinkl , prove to.be tthe:cup ':ofg egsr
mingileawith .galh. it-is none the lestithe:iiiip:
of blessing and of fall r tuireserved COMUltadAlLi
113. the 1 .08 8 084 tigilliont) l , t4iy
ve_is a Alin, ," • '
,opr personal initiation i 0 this,
olyitill• ;Of Siterifiee'ilOCllli3; as regards 41
in 'Christ Jeints, its" true sacr a=
ilibritienitliiirg' the soill real and
intimate: communion'`' with • him: • Christ' obi
Passover, his .been long slain for mil :but low'
do. Itis people, for. the most . ..part,: keep the
feast.? • 13y.way of commemoratiegfokly.
it is. they mft...4oeismiAggi; Sl
they ale ..PfRIAM4 II the 44thr•
It is not eirtiit4' *lO - ,l l l.44t.firttQJF
Lord'i'derAh'fintilliii Coining agouti; tedra*
IM=MI
GF4NESEE . FlOLNatig i r.---Whol 'No. 855:
J _ S?
out the
,depths, of act of . leve, we
must so oiire4tires to i t p as to learn what
St. Paul meant 'wheii:liggpoke of thing, up
that •whieb. was I:;ehiital'Or 7 the sufferings of
ChriEit. It is :the I:fearing' e.f ., the , eross; the ,
sharing of the passion ) fiat' enables the be-
Hever to meet and understand. his Lord ; " for
we 4ius T many,,are onatitpdp7Aid :without
par ictpa ion thefe cante'noViiieemion.
All that are in Ohrist must be made to
drink into , irke ;yet often lua4, i often
PerhaPaXansti lie return and, ask his, chosen,.
ones, "Arnie able to, drink of my cup ?"
before that - fipe, eel* amiver can be
,given,"
We are ; and many Offerings mutt - be
laid upon hiS'iltarNirtfitea:rs and weeping'
before joeitiebrdight there:f
For as 'Christ wa`rnideliirbluito tis;welnust
be.midertikefiatto him; 'even 'the , cost of
inuchnthaVde , grievous to -natuilia, feeling.
His coming mithinthe soul is the-kinging
in 04 new (nr4ql; .114.1.41 when was r Aborp a
tote
t'549#1,4190PiPn4.7.,.4b/Pl34llcsilof: -,revs ?
t imair yo pig*, ;of ;,,k .
afres h 11 goal before" 'affeetrOns i ; and One
of.,; p nes to be reached'only over -
the dead hody of all that made up their-for
raerlife.-:--Tite-Patibned of Hope.
,f .` ; •.; . , - -,
FALSEHOOD-OF SOUTHERN M4gTERS.
How, Southern, ruasters deceived their
slaves as,to the ~?:haracter and. lane of the,
nation in this war; Play he seen , from the fol
lo*rm,g: teStiiiiony Of Mrs. French, (the wife
We,prestiitie' of the 'Goverrunent chaplain ) in'
her 'Sldvery and the Poit'Royar
'The` proficiency of ' these slaveholders ' in
lying, -Which we would not 'intrude upon the
readerrthatto show the necessaty and logiti-
Plate work, and results, of slavery, and to
show heyv:, much credit, can be given to their
.assertions, would seem Satanic, were that
dignitary fool enough. For instance—pious,
tested,. truthfill servants said i'llassah 'told
us ."at 'de Yankees would put us in harnesses
made in de shape ob a man; and we would
hall to go on all fours; =hitched to great wag
ons fdied „with, stone, 'at, homes couldn't
draw. RABE TO SPEAR, NOW, CAUSE
xis WA.4, say,to pim , •
'4t;would' be onpossible. , We could not
move um if hess - couldn't draw um.' .
•,• . ,
"' But,' said, Massah, dozen men ,'will
stand' aid 'Whip you, and, if you don't go
ahead, they - Will pierce you with their bay
otiets, and , kill'you?
"aitcwonabe wasting money, sure; for
de man cost mo' dan de hoss. Can't be pos.
" 1 You'll see dey'll do it ." said- Massah.
" Dey all say the Northerners live in
bares and - casks - , an Sheds, in de streets, der
bhirn born in inn; um, dey hab
nothing for eat but;roots and rich.'
"Ent r say, t dey = Sind 'us "most all we
gets 'atis strange again
- " Dey fo' Money, but dey tad
tething , to wear.' r - • , '
,"-` 'At-Strange too,: when we ,get calicoes
atitlialLoWhs, 49 1 4 APT!, Can't be I 6 / I P°S -
Bible
"`Well they make it all, of oif cotton. We'll
keep 'at' noif,. - 4en dey can't hab anyting, hab
to go naked.'
TO three Weeks 'many poor slaves wander
edin -the -woods; 'after' our - troops = took pos
sessiOn..- jln other.places the established a
patrol of , then; hiding .:their women -and chil
dren. • ,
This was-done under the belief, or at least,
fear, of being
,shot,. cut to .piece.s, roasted,
and eaten by ,the Northerners, which their,
masters' had told them, 'Was the way in which
Yankees uSed negroes, and though they did
'not fully' believe it, still being so often reit
erated and sworn to, they feared us some
what. ; •
One said::_.:";Massat—TA ongressman—
wore 'at ,de Araß:lcqes would,not come; and if
dpy did ; 4e.:worl4:wonld turn back, and we
all be killed."
. .
Bvii; ; " ' 'sal She. "de war ' did come !
Massah emet 1 3 . ,raise de c toril r audit is jus'
•de)i3thzie world. De sun 'rise dere, and set
dere; jui3''Where it always did ! It's be same
'world; and the , ilame Jesus !"
4.lEvidently-the oratorical talents of the
'Qouvalasman t liad been finely used, for they
hadbgen.eccedingly. frightened.
,Thsor k ie*le Congressman, in whipping
nfo i or,women, because " couldn't do task.;"
"'Could - ne t t ; " onpossible ; " would oty,
.06.11'nfien the i davil ! needn't call upon the
! ' Call titiori the' devil.l I'll Whip you
tilliftm do , !"
lig But, • said the poor woman; "
call,upon•de debit, whenpoor body. suffers sol
i Sgbab to call upow,,de l -Lord, and hub to he
; wbip mo' for*mach, say soldiers kill
wc,g.arry we to Oulpt i ,grind up.our babies to.
make sug4r in Cuba., T say:
gassith l ' 'at .wouldbeliesh, and
, Itga, - *Ea blia,s4kit
'''"*l'Well . ;ithey'll do see.'
:4 4 .tut, Mitisus, we not 'fraid of de soldiers
'when:dey coMe , way up 'lont'atfence with
4:U*40 14 4 1 m5! Awl all deirtings shining
119? We go rigitent.to meet um ,
f,04.115E WE
PEAR.DE Lem>, Dey put deirhands right
cit'to shake. ..0 t :den we so,glad, se glad !
But;'iVe . dfilietthilidey kill we, cause Mas
esti ! liest'got
for dey clime dey kill on' :
chidkbns anti- pig -El, and all most; but we can't
taxe',` , 'calise dey fights:for we, and on' chirn, •
dat 4vekbe.free. Neber . been; in such peace,
nebezt Xebec, tink..* • could : work I loth
lip.g,ntoiwork ! •in such.v4ce l - r no dEiying, no
'gutp . .)g up„.no whip, -Op• dime. • We work
/to. * cs f use i so wiiling to work, for
1 49 5Vne9 4 .1.).4. end; so glad ! for
, 8 sood. - 'PAU% know'l live to see
Rich time:tin hone. 0 ! my
'so:swell till 0 !
my LordD.Now .times , vo good, 'don't know
whist f0.,d0, .too. much !. ;too =eh! Work !
tinikAtdonel ,come -here, so; peaceable, too
cmfor_tottle Iblied : i pmipe Lord
€4lj.eff Ini l lo4
Wetild'that the reader s cOuid hive seen her
radiant face,,her gratef ul, loving, ptire, ex
premien "Cfcotintelifiliel3; her pkte of hominy,
her :hut;: her rege,.Beard her' praises
was.kaightliir , an angel!. • !
"Missals not so hard," she continues.
c fPliv*,lll‘44: Massali no let you tell
what.drAverlio. .He cut you ,so,
_tie up
'ehry.43vOnal . hands crossed so, stretch way
tip o dfire 'eatise task not,'„done,. so hard!
so coilidekr.onpossible.
kr•n • Ts ;Placa Airy night.
A'it Jesus Veen - 70448i wecfor he . lp 'we all
(corrrscrEo ON FOURTH max.)