Vol. 'VII 7 No. 11.--Whore No: 323. foettg. (For the American Presbyterian.) After Communion MERCY'S feast again I've tasted, , With my, Saviour akthe.boardi And the blissful moments heated, While.my spirit heavenward soared. Earth from hiaren further fleeing, , Dimly all,its pleasures seen ; I blow much absorbed , my being, In these rain delights bath been. an& sense my thoughts engaging,' • Oft have swayed , my changing heart; Yet, while thus the conflict's raging, „ 'Strength and.peace'these hours impart., Shitle 'midi . lona! faith inspirine— Svieetinatractori df , the soul—` Speak,the woadrona grace untiring, Guarding me from ain't control. iesus, Master 1 let thy'blessing , Sfzial4hesd tokens of thy love; •.11Lionitle, contrite faith possessing, .140 me luant,with-theembovsfl. etfittlOptiattift. LETTER FROM NELL KoLAPoon, brim, Aug., 23d;1862. As we wait with intense interest for each ,Telegram from our native land, how eau we presume that you, amidst those thrilling events, can give thought , to tbis side of the world .44d yet India is embraced in ,the " Great Cammission," arid weighty and im perative is her claim to the prayers, sympa thies and efforts of all God's people. POLITICAL DISQUIET. Waiving her moral condition for a mo ment, the political status of India is not sat isfactory. British power and prestige have been formally reinstated, bast avail not ; to keep quiet all the elements of evil, Flow.can you subjugate' 200,000,000 millions of people so Ow no restive spirits among, •them shall plot .mischief ? An extensive conspiracy, :having its head quarters among the ten million rest less subjects of the Nizam (ri little to the N. East of us) las recently come to light, and one of its princiPals—Rao Saheb—a relative and oc-rebel of Nana Saheb, has been seized end is likely tit:veld-sr the just penalty of his crime. • The Meels are still troublesome. These pre a bold hardy race--h-a remnant of the ab nrigines, arid gave much trouble in this part of India during the mutiny. At Burmonee they are in open rebellion now and commit ting serious depredations. They hide during the day, and •plunder and burn villages at night: European troops have' been sent to reduce them, but their predatory warfare is exoefglingli difficult to meet with regular troops, an the fever of their jungles is al most as , much to be feaTed as their bullets. The tribes, on Me North Eastern frontier have been engaged in plundering 'forays for months. A large British force has been try ing to bring them to terms, but as yet the evil is scotched," not killed. - Some of the Rhonda, too, are in arms, and with political disquiet the enormities of Hin duism. are cropping out in fresh oases of atrocity. Se - veral cases of Sutee have recent ly occurred, and others have been prevented by a vigilant pollee. In one instance near Seetiee the relatives of the dead husband bound the struggling wife and threw her* upon the pile against her entreaties for life. Several instances of Meriah, sacrifices have recently , occurred among the Khonds, and it is quite evident that those sacrifices have been,kept up in some form during all the years Governukent has thought them sup- . pressed. It now appears that, in accordance with immemorial usage, every native vessel leaving their coast carries , a wretched victim to be sacrificed at sea. Is it not sad that two hundred and sixty years of British influence and rule in India have availed so little to suppress these enor mities and improve the character of the peo ple ?—And sadder still that the Christian elements of the Government are so'strangely unknown or misunderstood by the great mass of these ignorant idolaters. It is certain that multitudes of them believe the British , have succeeded, by larger gifts, in diverting the" favor of the idol-gods from the Hindus to themselves ; and it is no uncommon event for the people to be thrown into a panic under an apprehension that the British Goiiernment is about to seize their children and offer them in sacrifice to the gods. Only a few weeks, ago and a short distance from Bombay, two agents of the Rail—Road- going to a neighboring village on business, were assailed and murdered by the people, under this ap prehension, that the said agents had come to look for children. to sacrifice on the Rail Road works,. A short time since a European collector's daughter was abalit to be married. Wed ding preparations were l in process, and 'on sending for something to a native village near by, it was found deserted. The people had heard twelve fat children were, to be sacri ficed to the gods to solemnize the,nuptials, and hence they hastily fled.. The utmost endeavors availed only to persuade thO aduys to return—not a child would they bring back until after the wedging. , . . Do you remember the chuppattles:(eakia) which were sent in every direction over'ln dia just before the meeting of 1857 ?• The• same kind: of of cakes are said to be circula ting in regions to the North of us at the pre sent time. TIIN NOLAPOOR MISSIONS. Was it not .rob who said: " There is hope of a tree if it be cut down that it will sprout again P" And may not we rejoice in a like experience Y The. Lord has smiled on our endeavors, and our dear mission is re-esta blished. These Hindu hearts are terribly blinded with ignorance, superstition and sin, and we are vCry little. and weak, but in the midst of this dense darkness, extending from seventy to hundreds of miles on'every hand, it is a joy to see'even a feeble ray of God's truth shining, forth in its , divine brightness. We have now three native communicants as the nucleus of a chureh, some two hun dred youth in our schools, and precious op portunities to make , known the message of fe. , The first and most pressing question with us is, will God come, seal his own truth, and convince and convert these precious souls ? Each year of labor in: India only deehens our conviction that we may,plant and -water; but God anly can,give the .increase. It is a comfort to feel assured that many praykng hearts in our native land are remembering us and our work in earnest entreaties, ,for God's presence with us. The next question is, will our dear sion be sustained? 'God bless the large hearted friends who hive: been forward to help us, in this matter. Two thirds of the subscriptions pledged for 1862.-have'been paid in, and we feel assured the balance will, not be lacking. 'Re who has inclined: so many hearts , to help, us begin a good woric will not fail nein the midst •of Our hearts are oppressed' with sorrow for our dear nountri,_:And" special affliction just-now in the - death - }freloved old :Pistor, , ltev.'xiaitia Patinhlee, D.. 19 . -; of Malone', New York. Dear, venerable man= we hardly knew before how much we loved him.; Nobly ,did he bear his part 54 years in the. Gospel ministry, blending JohnTs love with. T'eter's zeal, And, with -God's blessing, gathering large harvests of precious souls. He has fought the good fight-4s finished his course—henceforth the crown.—Yours in the Gospel.' R. G. WILDER. THE EVANGELICAt..ALLIANCE: LONDON, Oct. 18th, 1862. THE Evangelical Alliance met for its six teenth annual conference on Tuesday. It appears not to have been so unanimous and hopeful as that at Geneva. The topies of discussion were the Persecutions in Spain" —" The Lord's day" l :—Egypt-- , Syriaand the War in America. The , latter will be the subject most interesting to•your readers. The:discussion was called up by Pastor Fisch of. Paris, whom doubtless many in our churches remember with pleasure as having visited us a year or two ago. The letter was as . follows : • "'You will be pleased to' hear, 'dear Sir Culling that we have decided that an,addreSs of the French Christians will be sent to our American brethren. Wey are not yet come to a conclusion on the following the address be sent, in the name, .of the Fretichltraneh of the Alliance, or will it , originated inerel• `by the Alliance but sub mitted to the individual signature ' c d the French sPeakini Christians. Ent we are one on this point that it will be the exPression . of our deepest sympathy. to our brethren'in,the North ; ; that welvill utter the conviction that the only cause of this awful struggle is, the question of slavery, and that we cannot en courage too much'our friends across the At. lantic in the steps Which are now taken= to do away that abominahle institution of sla-, very. We shall tell them that we hope it' will be...the _,,result. of .tho.,4iresent wale; and that in our opinion the terrible sacrifices of lives and treasure will not have been too great a prize for such a blessing.; This is the general feeling of Evangelical Christians in France. We have not• a single religious paper which is not ,a warm supporter of, the cause of liherty, freedom, and Christian civi lization which is represented by the North against the slave oligarchy' of' the South. Nobody of us would think to put the two causes on the same level tq give encourage ment to both ; 'for as the Southern Christians consider as a dreadful evil the emancipation of the slaves, which isour, greatest wish, it would be almost a mockery to addres,s them on this circumstance. Moreover, they are shut up in their blockaded country, and, our address would , not reach them. Air address directed to both would miss its aim for one party and grieve the other exceedingly. Si lence would be then much better than any such expression, which would do harm in stead of good." • This you may readily imagine was bomb shell* in such, an assembly, where political creeds vary as much , as religious. Sir Cul ling Eardley " deprecated saying any thing on the spur of the moment Which would com mit the Aliance to anything whatever, ex cept to that which every British Christian feels—grief and heartfelt compassion for a' branch of the English race involied in a fratrieidal war, and the hope that the war will issue in, the abolition of slavery."' He said that this question of slavery had nearly prevented the formation of the Alliance in 1846, , from the refusal of some American brethern to join with the Alliance in Con _ demning slavery. He would say nothing on the " philanthrophy or policy' of Presi dent:Lincolii's proclamation. "It would be impertinent in a foreigner" to do so. He eir pressed and truly the burninglorror and de . .. testation 'of •slavery by every Englishman, and then., came the remarkable part of his speech which .I give you in full, and which provoked much discussion. He dis tincey averred that this was merely a private utterance . and was to commit no soul living but himself. . " Gentlemen, we have many - brethren there, as well as in the North—brethren, if you please, deluded as to the evils and sin of slavery, but brethren stilt Now, I have a word to say to these Southern brethren. Southern brethren, you are free traders, and. therefore you know what the word competi tion means. Now I should like to whisper in, your . ears, or .rather (if you would not think it unkind or unchristian) to thunder;in your ears the Word competition.. Compete with the President Lincoln! Take the wind out of his sails ! He is emancipating (some say) your slaves badly. Do you do it well. He is doing it as an act of war. Do you do it as a measure of peace. He is doing it in stantly, Do you do it safely and gradually. He declares every negro shall be free at the New Year. Do you declare that every child born after the New Year shall be free. Do you giie every negro the right of buying his freedom at a price fixed by law. You want troops , ; do you. declare that every negro who will serve in your 'army shall instantly be a freeman. 'Take measures' of this sort ; and not only will you;turn away from yourselves the possibility of a terrible catastrophe—not only will you, such of you as are real Chris tians, satisfy the exigencies of your own con sciences, hut you will, probably lay a founda tion in the respect and sympathy of Europe, on which it is not impossible that the super structure of peace may hereafter be con structed." Whatever might be the opinion of those present to the judiciousness of these words PHILAPELPI 7 If4. , ;: , : I:MP - I,* - 1 7 ,QYFMIWR.: - .1,3;, : 18.p. in the abitract, they were generally 'objected to as improper under the circumstances. The Rev. W. Arthur said he had come, back'from America an intense'anti-slaVerY 'than—and that 'England had been disgraced by the tone of :a` lying press on this qtiefstion. He expressed hitil opinion that.itlvould . be a de lusion to suppose that the slavehold.ers could be induced to -undo an they had.done. _.Af ter"a long discussion, the letter of Pastor Fisch was referred to a Comniittee, Who re 'ported. the following resolutions Which were agreedlo. ' "Besolvect---That the fraternal commind cation received from -the Piris ,Branch, be affectionately aCknowledged ; that the best. thanks of the Conference be conveyed to our TrenCh brethren, for their, expressions of warm ;intereat in the 'operations' and sue ,cesi of branch _of *the 'Alliance, 'With the assurance that :we partiCipate In their deep symptithy _with our_commimlllrethrem 'in America in the tearful zalamitioawhichhaie sprung fromthe civil war new raging.: - "Resolved—That-this Conference„ desire tnexpress their deep sorrow for the continu ande of "the civil War in 'America, and the- fearful amount of bloodshed and suf fering to Which' it has - led. ' - Believing that ; sin is the cause pfGod's-sore judgments, and that the evils connected with the mainten ance of slavery in the South and complicity with those evils in the North are one great cause of this solemn visitation, they, renew the expression of their earnest prayer that peace maybe restored; that - these evils, and all others which have led to these calamities; may be removed, and `the immense resources and energies 'of the American churches be set free to promote the_cause of the Gospel of peace and love. They desire further to record their conviction,,as tritish Christians, that the duty of our country is to read in this war, not a warrant ._for self-righeous pride, but a laid call to humiliation and prayer and repentance, lest . eur own many national sins - should draw down upon ' , Us, in •turn; the judgnients of God., 'That- considering further the distress thus occasioned - to large classes in our country, they recommend that Sabbath, November 9th, be made an occasion for ,public. and, private confeasion of sin and special prayer on these grave'subjects,.so far practicable, inthe churches of Christ and Christian families thiongliout the land." ADELPHOS. LESSONS ; :OF NA.R. NUMBER XX. COlSkitriK CHARACTER'AF -.DIVINE ,PROM DENCE. We retain the third chapter of Second Kings; 'that' on one occasion the forces of IS nael, Jtaah, and Edom, engaged in war with, Mesha, King .of Moab, were, distressed for want of water : when _consulting. Elisha,who it_seems-accomiltuaied the aro ithey re ceived this reply , : "Thus saith the. Lord, Make this valley full of ditches. For thus saith the Lord, Ye shall not see Wind, nei ther shall ye see rain; yet that valley shall he filled with water, that ye-may drink, both ye, 'and, your cattle, and youtheasts. Anil this is but a light thing in the sight of the Lord: He will deliver the Moabites also into your hand..." They did as he commanded. "A.nd it, came to pass in the morning, when, the meat, offering was, offered, that behold, there came water by the way of Edom, and the country was filled With water." At the same time, the sun, now rising, shone upon the water, and- caused it to present to the eyes of Moab the appearance of newly-floW ing blood. ; "And they said, This is blood the ; .kings are surely slain, and they have smitten one another : now, therefore - Moab to the spoil. And when they came to the camp of Israel, the Israelites rose up and smote the Moabites, so that they fled before them." ; This. Story is calculated to impress the mind with the august majesty and wisdom of Deity, who not only possesses an exuberance of means for :the accomplishment of any ob ject upon which He determines, but is able tozive numerous and diverse Aspects to the same means; and make ' it a medium forthe, accomplishment of an infinite variety of ends. The .allied kings pray for •water, lest for the want of that supply, they might not. be able to cope with the power of Moab. But it is comparatively a small thing to the. Lord,to remove this incidental evil, for, in the act of bringing water for the refreshment of their .armies, he readily finds means to the greater achieveinent of seducing the , enemy' to their deatruction, and thus winning for Is - - rael and Judah the object of the campaign,. In the meantime, the sun rising to pursue his accustomed course, and • give light to the world, is made, without anticipating his hour by, a single moment, or altering the direction of a single 'ray, to lend his help in affecting this great deliverance. This unaffected:nar rative 'intimates to us, how vast are the re source-aver the divine: mind ; how Suprenie, indePende,nt,And complete; is his - control over all agents and events ; and how' incompre-' hensively great was : his > skill ,and; power, to combine his instruments in ways innumera ble and complex, fer, the accomplishment of his designs., it There is no searching of his understanding.", Every act of omnipotence is perfectly simple in its mini and 'application, yet it is at the same time, in 'an' infinite de gree;-nuiltiplied and Compound: in all its As pects. A single dispensation of heaven May be directed to a thousand marks, yet over takes, each with 'as direct, and accurate an aiin, as if it .had no ,other mission to fulfil. The events that occur in the life' of an indi vidual, may have their appointed places in the lives of hundred'persons besides him self, 'presenting 'different features and occu pying's different'position in the history of each. Alingle 'occurrence in society,--such as - a failure in busines,s, an unexpected rise to , fortune, an advantageous. marriage, the disappointment of a lover, the result, of an application for a desirable position r .---thoUgh apparently - affecting, but few indiviittali, 'may sometimes-be seen, by the thoughtful observ er, to have a place and influence in the ca reer of many fainilies, and to bear with direct effect upon the plans and expectations 'df scores of men and women. As the same thread is woven into the variegated web, changing its color according to the figures to be wrought upon it, so God: is seen weaving a single event, or a series of events, into' the lives of a number 'of persons, varying its grain according to'the position they-respect ively occupy in the sight of his laws, and the , . . . ,degree ; of n4turity. Which his designs regar.l. ii* pach,inay,hayer* F eady attained . ; What'_ is a roUgh!blowri'directed, in punishment, to the., pr*; th 9. ,4 61 44 ,1 *§., the treachery; : of one, inaf . he 'the 'SO., %nob of : the P.iviiie ' hand,' didt . rei4litig'l, t he sincerity, the piety, the lowly ineiit-ef hubtlier: The same ' event iv te - One: the. lvitita 'Criliof - 'eVii. actions that years have .coverer . '-lt - Writh oblivion; , whilst it places ,antitherYfav the first . tithe 'en Ithe., stage , of ;Wisp:oo l a.. obation.r. ' It is; the- last shock in ; the Aeseor, ,ti. ~ A eypfali, of ..:04e; and i p the first . obstacle. erpruragingly takenout , a . the .w.ay . :iit another,„ who;rloved of, the Lord, 'goes forth to rim y g - ,.estreex ,of virtue : and: prospetitY.:,: . The et df Providence that i . 'descends lipev a;' ' A 'When - he . 'silie l . 148. .aimed , AgeSlseforelh gil l ated, with eiadt'ii-: Terence . ; to: his is; erroirlatid: his faults;' yet 'it ,was , aimeds as well 4.. - teti thousand other di= reetions, , and faifila,keni : thousand other coffin- PiseimA,inrittkiii , : . v . yet divided fa 11., ! .. The *TOkorieli ati4140 .- '' 4 , . - , :e good -r .eyil,, for, *PS Pr- :e'YiPrY.! (34 P4.;...*! 47 7 . e, gocßOtion§! 401itiridepemleut# us, and runs with par, I itelleue'intridaey,thronili, Oie plan, of God's exqiii . site:kettfurgi . OA . the hearts of &hers; i' upon Whyin'll'e 'is Sw3iiiiig' his jidgii'Mite;'4 , whom he la preparing' for himself. ,'''''''',' '' ''-' ::-.''Thesi COnsideratiOs. :should , teach 'Mani kind 'humility ; • and Ipit the highest, and the wisest to• acknowled4ertheir own great And palpable weakness,44gnorance ; and., .clepend epee, and, iy , ,silette4o. , awe, to bow down, before.the ; Creator,ind' seek their. wisdom and ealetit'freiii*ilo.e. ",They teach . us hoW little `account the y m k alies of the schemes and transactions off~. thian beinge f . ho* . he . . groups and -reorganifet the plans of all to gether into - hia:ownAinpelior syetem at his pleasureand-While*eitoiji of the hunibleat of. his matures, : wit All f :. the incidenta of his journaythrough the, rild,,,.remains for ever distinct- itthiS regi* - yet,. the paer#s ,ap.d. OK; tunes of 4,ll„ ; .,areper e,etly aMl l ilie9rtaral?ly., 1 . combined ' in' his o ~ , , sreati:ntuArsal; and. eternal' design. - . • ~,,';:;: ; 7':— ', '''S; ~.?;: 111. THE CRY MIDST MUM [Extract from .41.40`1"86 of lect,tcres ,on he Book of Joneth4 BY REVAAs 3 i.j.ADAMs. l' - Cry a,gainst it.'li, This is God'sPiray of checking sin. :, He 14siordained the :ministry. t not only for pro* g;doctrine,-bat; to re= buke wickedness, .e Mod,. ; earnest condemna7. 4 tionis the duty, of i e,preacher. Often does. he §peqc of 'sin ti , #l4 tenderly,. in- a tone. 1 1 that eieboidens th sinner. Not, so God.,, 41 . Cry against it l i t ', 4 Lift up thy voice like .1 trumpet, arid sliti iFty people' their Iring-: gression; and theahti 6 'of Jacob their Sins.'" l Here is•the poweiqf ithe , pulpit.- Lev it be clothed :with , lo46:4iLet, inercy stand in it` with eritreatv .Wl , ' il4 lit tearswith .out stretched hart?, for,,' -,.penitent ; but let not ,sAnt•PkalYt!..X' '''. ' , ' , .,14keL0iu,. -- ,, - :_netTuat , i ter what sin lte,. dividual ;or national. Be it'otthe World, Or ' F ertile chureh,-71et it feel the scathing 'fire ! Let it writhe' 'be neath the mill-stone :a God.'s Wrath. Cry against itl—though -we .cry for it. Cry against it, though friends turn away' though supplies fail,- and the pews are deserted. That is God's" rule for ns. That is what our times demand. Ant why not cry, ;against it ? Sin cries against "God. and heaven, against man and the universe. , • • , This command to i .„ - Jonah expresses the moral condition o 1 ineveThe fumes of its in rose to heaVen. The whole city - was a Vast altar - oil:Which six 'hundred thOusand people Paid 'their= offerings to hist. • All their temples, and statues and <paintings : all their wealth, art, and splendor.; their walls of de fense; their pomp, and power, and genius, were only the decorations of a stupendous sepulchre whose horrid odors no regalement could diSsipate, no, artistic beauty hide. The softness of.an oriental clime, the deep, clear glorious skies, the Majestic silvery 'Tigris that friiived beneath the, battlements, only enhanced by the 'contrast of their-loveliness; the orgies And- crimesithat festered within the walls.,-.:lts wickedness was unutterablyt4- fensive to the holy. God, Is it..not the same with the cities of. our time ? What can London, Paris, Oonstanti ; nople, Liverpool, New York, Roston, Ails delphia boast by way Of exemption from desert of the doom of Nineveh, and Babylonf What saves these cities but meroy, beholdngser haps: in eablifive ' tea, fifty righteousrighteous'? Or ' at - most a tithe of r the population who cry against. 01;1. • . " • • . ~e~~~~:: MY P . . I prow few men - 13r - koW" where 'l ; ` I laVe 'but •ft few t.l ve very - preciout4 l • But; dear you I own; you neverlie ••• , I have every ship t harbor L but without which own them' I never the crews or oirteergi about expenses -or '1'o"- wearisome. I have after those "things,:iwhia l' sin left pure. enjoyment ; the re 1 enjoyment of theinbe aty, their .coming and going, the ;Itinging.. of. • the. anchor hoisting,: crew.-. . . i , ' T go about the 'yrhaYvels watch` the pack ages'going in or 'C'Onnng mit of ahipe. The outlandish inscriptions, the Ceidons of indigo' piled up, the itit,olis'of . tea chests, the bales and boxes, Ale: Wind and spices, all pass un der my ini:PeotionT. , .. I. say inwardly to 'the men: "Let...these =things ,be taken , care of without. troohlingftnit t and I am .obeyed. :. I have also many 4hig.yards,'w.Wo they Aiwa building all, kinds. of- craft. Other men pay the money ; I takathe pleasure, and they the anxious care', . . The Yacht Club have: been very Obliging to me. At great expense they' have equipped' unequalled boats, that suit me to a-nicety. I ask nothing better. They are graceful as: swans, beautiful as butterflies: If I hid them all, to care for,. my pleasure would cost: merather. dear. But, with : - extreme delica oy, the, gentlemen of the_Club relieve me of all that gross and material part of it, and leave me the boats, the; pleasure, the poetry of the thing; and once or twice in ,a season I go down the bay, on, a breezy morning, and ,OPERTY. rich :as I am- I seares7 sseil all my tidasures. f at home; and iVey mate and inaniMate. suppose`that.thdt id all: more mistaken in your 'at comes into New York y of the gross trouble en have who think they, concern myself about ibouefiniglit or voyage, :zee All this Nrciuld. be ertain, men ivho lank Elite theie fine tellAs sail th l eir Crift,Atiid 'I .do )belieii thatifthey Werecdoinkit fel-their own ''selvesv•inoteail of •for , mrenjoyinent, 4,hey wouldlnot exert themselves-more: ... Then, how.mueh have. I to , thank. the en terprising shopkeepers, who drips out their Windows with suet beautiful things, phangiug them every. few days le.st I should tire.. It •is'i, question of 'duty and • delicacy with me Ailittlier I -ought iiett•to go iirtoften se 'thus : 1 .4 43t00d meriiiiigi;Mr. Stewart, 'Good :riinhik. -ing, , Mr. Lord, or Mr. Taylor.. lam treittly . ,obliged to .youifor those fine' goods futile Win slow...;: 1 have:runjoyed, them :amazingly,- ae . l Aid '49.o.ther patterns of last week. , Pray, ,eirs, do not put yourselves .to all this trouble-. on,my account , Yeti if your kin4essimijsts ripen it; I' 5h4,1114 but too happy:to couteAnd look every day : at 'Stich raie f -prediactfous • . ' of : the `loom ', • " - •"'' 'I " ' Azia.tlicin'holi:niiiiy ins ol build haidebilil bousefiforithe -tifi look' at, •d• fill Will!' O a r it ties.l withtflowerts for nief , t6.4io to, and`:•plicellig most -beautifut 'fates .ofl' 1 fimilylin-tho mindew t,o theetlimetedl I.:(Surelythie # A ,lind-hcartnd 'lnd • '..• Anakrthen , he* . many fine country ,- seats e built, ;and grounds ' laid out, for rey enjoynient. .The - fee simple, may be in some other plan, but I own them. Por he owns a thingifio'Understands it hest; and gets the'inott eutsymenifroni it . !' . This world Was mide .for s poor men,_ and • therefore the' greateit part of lit was left 'out of , doors, 'where everybOdy:eradd'‘.enjoy it: Arid though men have ',beenbbililding and fencing for six thousand pare • •they have succeeded in getting very little of .the 'uni versal treasure sequestered .and' out of sight. Suppose you cannot plough, that fertile field; or own the cro s, i or reap .the , haryeste,ii there no pleasu e to yen ni it fine field,' a; growing crop, a "good harveit . ? lir 'fiet; I sometimes fancy that , l enjoy:ploughing arid , mowing moremlien,oth•sr people are engaged it.lttliem thlii if I were .-working myself. , at away i ; my hearties, I,pay; lam in,thei: i shade, of this tree,, watching, yoth peild enifiY- . fig. the scene ireaziuglY. I loyee• to go ,into, tl4 pasture and:look over those sleekDevuu shires. The OWrigi'isriVeri kind. -He has. paid thousands Of dolltiO foruthend 'lie - has spent •I'. know hotiloViiiitoliqbr- theo - baiiis and premises ;. he :Ireefpli ) B eArilfal o s i e m then - : to tend them, and'.all for :mrenjoyuient 'and . . : 'sy.CM:IIO...WP walk4breugh.bthe , fieldii,handle. ' 114 . ally' veoW , 44 4 RoCitimir poin4, and) en4oy the wholf,lier4..fult u is nnk.,Egt,tho.. so" • I ' -calledowner!'.. , • .. I . , 1 ' SOnietitnes I goorit . iezlepkifter i? 4, faimA l . 'tot I' own all the beitt f "Opeelereabonte. kik' the !Orchards; the garden's; ;the greitheueie; the stately forests. 'aud.lixquisiteitteidiiiiiii that I possess, diiiiistednOo:of all Yeiatidif tit' taxes, care, orlAslork,' ire ,eneigh, to' nutkel one's heart swell with:gratitude. .. - >• ."-r. ,Besides all thisi .there :fir a:royal, artist that rises earlier than Ide ever y day, and works. gloriously every hour,. painting pictures in i the heavens,, and Oyer'. all the earth; giving iiibbitible celore, „rmetuiiiiploeg/40, 01 tetifo, filling the day'and tho•worldWitificinei that the-canvas never.•equaled. • And this stately gallery, with a &ratlike heaven, afande open ' without fee,rir, „impudent janitor,.;to ,eilery.: poor man that ,has :,eyes,„ And. the bestof ' all is that , glorious is , is this manifestatiqn,. it'is but! hint `and outlying suggestion ef i . l u i work transcendently better, not made. Wltb, . heads eternal: in 'the heavens' —li."; .E'. Peeder. . l' .• - NEGtO4AIING. WE have Jong felt :that there is a Crane' , against the colored race far worse in the eyes , of God than.elaVery. It is that 'of de spi*lng and. h,ating: them. It may - not in words deny, that,the negro is a man, hut con- ceding, this, it denies' him humanity. -It re fuses him the rights . due everywhere, to hu man, beings as such It ridicules his, 'fea tures his speech,,his feelings. It excludes him from all hat' the most Menial oceupa tions. He may not *orship hi the sanctuary of God without faking a, dishonored' seat • he may not be burie in the eommorrgraveyar unlegis in Some' corner Where it would be a disgrace for others to lie. He is proscribed, hated, and hunted with, obloquy limn- his birth:to his gravc.: - ' • Never, perhaps, have - we-felt, sobnmiliated under the diselosures of this ail,prevalent hatred of the 'African race, as on reading of the recent interview of the honored and be loved President of the United Stites with' certain. colored men, relative-to eolonization in Central Anierica. Thestaternent which he felt called to' mike of - the feelings; with which •they are , regardedin this country undoubtedly for' the most part correct; al though we ,rejoice :to, believe that .his own head and heart cherish sentiments .far more worthy of a Christian statesman fact' itself, with Shaine be it,coniessed.;,is too true, that the `mass of the Americanpeepli" do sb-irtuelilteitia6 and : hate the eeleted race, . that :the Utter Cannot awar among' p's inlhe enjoyment ,9f their just rights as men, as' equals in the:sight of Him who , made ns aro( one blood.. What, a, .statement 'is this to pro- , ..„ .claim to the nations of the world inthis nine teenth century,. in ;this home. of, freedom and - religion! What a comment upon our 'Christianity 1 . What all'act to hold up :foredhigh heaven in an' hour when impartial • justice is weighing the nation in its balance, :and is about to pronounce, fordiS, ante „or destruction, our, riatitmal..dOom I' act. Journal. • THE; PROCLAMATION 'GOES' JUST YAW ENOUGH• SOME have complained that the preclarne,-, does not go far enough. In MYjudg ment it is to be 'eomniended not only fer go!. 'big so far, hutitipally*foi notioing fa'rther. lxißmancipation =is offered not to 'slaves. hi" loyaLStates, but only to^ slaves, in . regions 6491,1PiPdi by the enemy. This*.is 'correct.:. Where there- is. a , ! State, government - under the Constitution of the United tates, there° is no military necessity, of emancipation ; and therefore no right to emancipate by the mil itiry power. • 2. Instead of proclaiming the' universal and perpetual abolition of slavery in the United States,"the_President only of fers freedom to certain slaves. This is cor rect: Abolition is an act of, political so vereignty. Emancipation ,may be, and in this case is, a military necessity. 3., A hun dredt days fromthe date of the proclamation : are to pass before it takes effect. This re milts fromnhe idea of the proclamation as a war measure. It calls on the people in, each state' to establish a constitutional go-. feiinnefit theinselves' before the first of January next, and threatens‘ thein with the emancipation of all their slaves if they fail .to comply: It , gives time for the knowledge • ,ef the proclamation <to `pervade ,the rebel states, to reach every white 'man .and every 'black man, and to have an effect on the war in advance. of the, day when, eyery,slave un der the rebel power shall` be (so far as our government is concerned)'irtevocabry free. Meaitwhile.; just - is, fast as our ,armies ad •vance' and lust 'as kagt , asSlaves . of rebel Masters come within cCuir lines,the process of goblet emancipation is going- on under the sots of 'Congress. and:it conldnot be ae,deler. 4P.!: I `PY any, Proclamation., • Nor is there any force in the .complaint that; the proclamation makes no professien of hostility Ito, slax.ery, but emancipates slaves only becaiise emancipation is , a necessary measure of against the rebels. ( The PreSident had, no right to emancipate any slaVe'bn the - , groan& that slavery, ni wrong; buehe hat a right,':AS Conunander-in 7 chief of the army, land:navy, to proclaim the eniatidi pation slaves :on the ground that their emancipation is necessary- as a means of crushing the rebellion ;; .Perhaps there t utight have been a little more glow in the comosi-, tion :without 'any. offence against,oo& taste., Perhaps no ruleof propriety wOuldhave been hroken, it some keen and Memorable word, Or some feliciibus phrase, had betrayed ra ther 'than annonneed the personal satiSfaction With which - A - o'f name of Abraham Lincoln' was -subsoribed tOa doeument which might become a charter of freedom to 'millions, of his fellow men. , -But I am not sure thatthe proclamation as it stands, is not really more dignified than .it would have been if Gover ner Andrew or Senator Sumner had written. it, or even if the rhetorical fienof.Secretary - Seward had been employed npon it. Beyond all pOssihility-of siirinise; the entire preela l .,, mathin is Abraham-:Lineoln'a -own handiL' work; and this is las :it .Should be. If it seems- more like a laAtTaper than like a state-pa-. per, please to remember that it is a law-pa- . per; and: that it- ought to -have not only the exactness but the.unrhetorical dryness .of : . , a law-paper. :I am inchned to think it , fortu nate,-- rather than otherwise, that the hand penned: this. 'great historic document happened `to 'be - More familiar with the - style. of the 7pleadings.atid records Of the counnon lawzonrts than with' the style ofsuchiprocia, mations as ,are-..indited 'by : the ledders of French and other European revolutions. for. Cheever, I observe, is.out against the: proclamation in a characteristic series of dis courses which he is giving efery Sabbath evening. As a friend. of the President, I an: thankful for this. The dissatisfaction kindly uttered, , of the class whom Dr Chee fer naturally represdnts, will go far to con ciliate thOusinds Who might otherwise haie been'drawn'into 'opposition by the persistent misrepresentations's:if-those whose sympathies : are with the rebellien. AN' ILtUSTAATION. - Not with the hope of instructing Dr. Ghee . vex-still'lees with any design of refuting anybody of that class----but only for the - Sake of illustrating=my - own. view, I conclude with the statenient of- a supposed case,:analogous' tethat ,with which the' President had to do in:issuing .1,0! proclamation. Let it be re membered that the President' of the. United States is not an autocrat like the Emperor of . Russia, he is a public servant, whose powers are strietly fireited. Many things are right ; in' hethselvei - Which 'the 'President has no right to do. :As the mayor'of New York has gertain•efficial - powers and- duties defined by the city 'charter7 and the acts of the legisla ture ; se the official pdwers and duties of the President, are - defined by the Constitution of the United States, and the acts of Con gress. , .The President is as destitute of all power beyond what is granted to him by his cOmmisdion, as is the mayor. In a certain contingency the mayor may order a building to be:blown up With gunpowder, just as in a certain contingency the President May eman ciplate- slaveaty proclaniatfon: The great fire in Neit',.=York nearly thirty years ago, was arrested by the exercised that contin gent power, on thepart of the municipal au therities. ,Sapposenow that ,a fire is raging. in New York. It.has baffled the strength and `resourcesof the fire department ; the wind's are' fanning it to a more devouring' filry ;' and the necessity of extreme measures has become inti:nifest.' A certain building =Est he blown up, to stop . the progress •of the cenfiagration. That bailding,as it happens, is 7s, "gin palace," or .6 " gambling'hell," or it r is in some other way, a source of infinite mischief. _Mayor Opdyke gives the order to broWlt up, But in ,writing the order lip care-. farialistains frOM alluding to the character of the bbildrrig, or 'to the mischief caused. Therefore a loud outcry of 'censure against :the ix'ayor arise' frolic Certain zealous `reformers: - - 44 Tif6 mayor';" - Itis said;"ought to. have acted from higher principles. < His ordef,oughtl to have glowed with .honest in dign4ien againnt ~ the crimes and the' demo - ralizing infinenced.which that building has beentio, tong theprolifid cause. And besides, 'he has done the Work'pf the Lor(ldeceitfully; he, instead of making thorough Work, has spared'another building of just the Sable cha: racier - in the next street.- The fire had given him 'the right . to blow- upcbuildings, and he ought to have exercised thepoWer- by blow ing. up every building of that Character in every part of the city: -Therefore let us de 'nounce mayor Opdyke a magistrate who - bears the sword in ,vain; let ,us:de what we can to throwthe government of the city again the hands of gernando Wood' and his accouiplice's."--: Views ftom a ?'Patch- Tewei; iii the'CO nOigatiorialie ' - • RALIGION. Apiaornx.id.not the,doing of, certain acts or the avoiding of certain sins, or the exhi bition of certain feelings, or the offering '_of certain praiers::„.--it 'goes far'beyOnd these. Ali these ins',3 , exist, 'ana'yet there be no ligion. As the= marble statue is not theliv ing man, so the most perfect routine of ;kV is nothing without "life from theeindwelling Spirit.. Without the litter, there may,be a religious machine, but mot a religious man. SANcTIFIRD sickness . , crosses and losse: are better than unsanetified health and gain CHANGES of condition are but , exchanges of mercy to a gracious soul. G.ENESEE "Witi `AYE Aso Arite" triiii:yeaiio - away?"said the Saviour ,_gp ib:itili diaoiplet.. . "Lord, :to Whom shall 'we 'go ?" - aeliediVet'er'; " thou hast the words nf eternal life." To what teacher should thtj repair,' that Iwoi.iltr , be bitter irnalified - to in •struct them? • =To What JeWish party Should they-apply, that •theyonight better learn tlif 64 way to.heaven? • To ,what ,sect of philoso 'o lo M:should . they gir-tha r t ;they might tuote:, t cousolationrinAh l e ilis i ,of ,life, be bet , suPpaped in ,its trials,, and go.' a.,...Mcire eatie Pietor99. answer toilose qUeitidaTithipliihei ids , Wadi "picoMpied. thelme to liler Dift . eidtieilheie 3 sldett be in the Christian mil giori;:blitlidideNveuld- they find fiNter ? Myi teries there might be, but Were` could the go !where there.were none?. - - . • ailittiallviliere will a Min ;go , now to find systemthatis better fitted -to meet the ef of the .presentr world ? - This is a fair t,ion„andone.which it, becomes every . answer for hiinselt can sinful, suffi and 41'14 man find a Systera - that will b. Will he' to meet 'his condition ? goheat . ism`? 16 the ` ancient, philosophers ? to modern infidel? 'Do they 'propose a bet way' by *hid' a guilty 'conscience may sortie calm ' by lithich life's 'sorrows may borne, and by which the pange' , Of death be ; more patiently. or triumphantly endtiri '.oh, what is this world.when- wehave . ed away from the cross of Christ, and fr the instruction wbieli Tad has -given us. Hie word? Mni is seen ,upon the eartl strange being; playing a strange part, encircled by, mysteries. He has been ted he knows not liy whom, or when, o) what purpose. He begins to sin as sr :he begins;to act, but he knowanot why. finds himaelf prone to evil by some myei ous law for which there is rio explanaf He suffers, he knows not why. He liver 4 knoVra-not for what end.; and, when he be goes into another world, he knows whither or why: He can do nothing to the progress of theplague which sweeps the race; and:he can only stand and weep the graire 'which he digs for his pale br and which he himself must, soon enter vealed religiln comes and tells him w' him, and'whr; explains the way in race sank into this melancholy conditi how it may lie recovered; proposes adapted to him as an immortal being a brighter ,werld,,,and explains to hi may b 6 hie own. It:originates no . of disease; dips the arrow of death in poison, Creates no new darkness art grave, robs the' sufferer"' of no eon& and creates no new danger. Then why why should be go away ?—Barnes's ' of Salvation." -- --°' - -- QUESTIONS - TO* THOSE WHO NE - - PRANEIWEETINGS, -- L 'Axe yon. always Vetterstoployed ? not can,it be right in you to absent self? , A- Do you get more good to yor• arid more good to others, by et If iOt,,:ein you be acting wisely 'Does your own conscience or have you not sometimes a keeping it quiet on the subject ? Will a death-bed commend sent course, or will you then look , neglect of prayer-meetings , with pl think you ? 35. -Does not your pastor suffer by yt gieet ? Does it- not hurt-his feeling: his zeal, and hinder his usefulness ? 6: Are not your, fellow-members Church discouraged by you, and • not thus offend Christ's little ones ? ..7:•:Is not your own family injured neglect? What will your children ti prayer-meetings, seeing you habitr glect Ahem ? Is it surprisir' them ?, ,there no reason to verted sinners may be both,. to' think lightly of. prayer, by, `O. Can you have a proper prioiperity of the Church, the si cause, and the conversion of never meet to pray for them? 10. Are you sure that you fulfil, ty as a church-inember, while you prayer-meetings.? If you think so, prove its.? 12. Ts theie no selfishness; Or worldly mindedness, at the root of gleet-? -If so, ought such things coAraged ? 'l3. Would it be right to give il l er-meetings? Do' you think this w( 'Gbd; or' improve the cause? But merabers did as you do, Must ihl given Could not the rest fin+ foistaym,g'away; think you, as `wel Do you`not- think they would, if -t1 were,las 'worldly, or as cold; or ai about the prosperity of the, cause pear to be ?--United%/Ifethodistlth j'AINCiPiE CAVAiNANIIS RES Dr. Goodell* states that during 6.ollfily journey to Aleppo, he and . pardons , were :obliged to spend a i!I Turkish. cafe, where they were surroi a noisy : set of natives. In the mornii the question arose whether it was hes: prayers. ,together, Dr. Goodell saic, AlcsSulMati never hesitates to say efa.tri'pablio,,ind why should they ?'3, cordinglropened his Bible, read a e., an knelt to pray. - He had hardly Wherne'notided . that the Turks has their talking, and' were . intently W their proceedings. He at once pasf the'English to the Turkish language, he ,continued his prayer, till, when iv hi t s, "Amen", was echoed from the Mu on alNideii of the cafe. " When they r their knees, the Turks clustered arow, inquiring WhO and What they were ydu r i?i'Otestants ?" said they. YS t Dr. Goodell asked, " W 49,re Pni 1 1 ":Those who do not b n , lies,'"' "Those who do not c P . • " said "Those who believe o N . n' the :Bib try -to live as it tells ,z3rn," said a; " Yes," said Dr. Good ti; , "we are , , ants." MANY are pleased with the cor them who are good, that are not the good of the company.
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