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.