VoL VII, No. 44.—-Whole No. .356.
THE PRESIDENT'S LITTER TO THE
NEW YORK DEMOCRATS.
Thb writer is free to confess thathe has
sometimes thought President Lincoln a little
too. moderate in some of his movements ; such
as hanging rebels, spies, etq., and, in bring
ing colored men into the army. Still he. has
ever upheld the Administration as the Gov
ernment. It is his belief that 200,000 col-'
ored men might have been now in the field,
and done already good service for the coun
try. If'suoh men as George Washington and
Andrew Jackson‘could use colored men u*
soldiers, and commend them for their gallant,
service, why should not Abraham Lincoln do
the same ? Surely colored men are no, bet
ter (allowing them to be as good) than, white
men. Their lives are no more valuable.
Why, then, not use them ? But as the Ad
ministration, seems to be in an improving
state upon this subject, he will not attempt*
to throw any barrier in the way of this pro-
gress.
In his recent letter to the Albany Vallan
digham sympathisers, the President seems to
have given their logic a crushing blow. It
is a shrewd, common sense, logical document,
containing many sarcastic ‘thrusts at the
whole race of northern secessionists, or South-*
era sympathisers. Some of these thrusts are;
so keen that we need look sharply to see their
edge. ■
The southern rebels have ever professed
to be great sticklers for the Constitution,
contending; that nothing in lit ’hould be so
construed as to coerce them to obey the Gov
ernment. These northern sympathisers say
the same. They are greatly afraid that
“ free speech,” a “free press,” ahd a free
license, or in other words, a free body to go
where they please, are all to be jeopardised.
Most effectually does the President dispose
of all these matters, So adroitly indeed, has
he done it, that it seems as though he who
Would attempt to bring them up again, ought
to feel himself diminutive enough to creep
into a very small auger hole. Dare lhese
half rebels do it ?
Then how ridiculous does ' the 1 President
make the thing look that the man, the poor,
ignorant man who has been induced toi vio
late the law, —he must Suffer— he must be
shot, while the sage aristocrat, the, adviter
and abetter of the act , should remain un
touched. The real instigators of all the
atrocious acts of rebellion must “ go unwhipt
of justice,” while Ijhe poor, unlettered sol
dier who was bid to do the deed, must be
executed! 1
Then, again, how does the President dis
pose of the fears of these men that the com
munity will get so accustomed to emetics,
which did good service when they were sick,
that they will wish to continue them as food
when they are well! t .
If he has not here given this whole race
of southern sympathisers an emetic of the
heroic kind, theti it is difficult to say how he
could haver given them one. It is no homeo
pathic dose. It is rather one of the good old
orthodox tartar-emetic kind,: which the Old
School doctors used to give thirty, years ago.
What a sa,d dilemma these poor Albany se
cessionists must be in! Who does not pity
them ?
Thanks to a kind Providence, the Pres : -
dent knows what the Constitution says he
tnay; do “in time of rebellion or invasion,’* and
he will do it* Thanks, again, that he knows
better, and will do better, than “to shoot a
simple-minded soldier boy; for. desertion,
while he must not touch a hair - of the wily
agitator who induces him to desert.”
'When I first saw this letter, I had some,
misgivings whether the Executive officer of
this great natiori had not lowered himself in
the judgment of the world,* by condescending
to answer a party of sympathising seceders,
who had, presumed to insult him and the
Union, by, their obtruding, nonsense. But,
upon second thought, and a, more careful
perusal of the .document, I arojatisfied.bg
did riglit. It will clear the airt but of the
eyes of many plain, common sense laboring
men into which 'these Valiandighamites had
thrown it. In this way, it will do good,
while it will be such an emetic, to them as
will be.likely to make them lie still after.lts
operation. Finally, as they had taken spe
cial care to let the President know 1 that they
were Democrats, he has given them his last
dose from their idolized democrat, Andrew
Jackson. After such heroic conduct from
“ Old Hickory,” of all democrats the most
thorough, they must be of a black dye to re
ply again, or “ open the mouth or peep."
It is to be hoped that we. shall hear no
more from this class of demagogues at the
north, who, if they could; would ad more da
mage to the country than all the southern
secessionists ever ean do. Our only wish is
that they may all be Sent after Vallandigham
beyond our lines; and, kept there till the
South is conquered.
He must be, a fool after more than
two years of this bloody struggle, thinks
that we can ever have peace exempt by con
quering the enemy m etarmis. What recep
tion did the peace proposals of John Tan
Buven, Brady & Co., meet withutithe South?
Who does not know that they,were spurned
with indignant contempt? are there
those who wish to make another trial ? If
so, let them go South in person, and stay
there. w. M. o.
SOME PARTICULARS OB THE REVIVAL*
IN MAMMON COLLEGE.
[W;E are permitted to publish , the follow
ing account of the recept great work in
Hamilton College, condensed from a letter
to Rev. Ohas. Brown, Secretary of the
Philadelphia Education ’Society.] .
At the beginning of the second term of
this year (the College year) religioh in Col
lege k was at a low ebb. The customary
meetings were thinly .attended. The stu
dents took very little interest in anything of
a religious character. There was a general
indifference: Many of the impenitent had
acquired dissolute habits, and spent their
evenings in a billiard saloon in the village of
Clinton f and in fact, some professing Chris
tians were frequently; found there. You
may conclude from this the state of religion
in College; but still there was caven enough
to leaven the whole lump. V . The pastor pro
tem., of the Clinton Congregational Church,
Rev. C. H. A; Bulkley, had started a series
of weekly meetings; and had induced a
large number of his congregation to attend,
and by his perseverance and zeal, and the
blessing of God,on his labors, there was; a,
deep religious interest pervading 'the town..
Some of the students attended his meetings,.'
and were blessed in so doing. They mostly
attfend ■ church there oh Sunday afternoon. L
There were many of them affected by his
preaching, but still there seemed to be little
interest in college. il think there was-a ,
latent interest among the impenitent ;, and?;
the prayer of the earnest Christian student
was, “Lord reviv.e thy work.” There was
yht no open idahifestatioh of the Spirit’s,
pt'esenceamong us. A few of‘the faithful"
in college proposed And started a noon-day ,
prayer meeting; and there we met day-after 1 '
day, ; sometimes almost in despondency, 46*,-
invoke God’s; blessing upon us and our im
penitent classmates. The prayers were often
apparently earnest.; and pomp -would/pay
that God must, certainly bless ns. The '
meetings were continued for several weeks
with very' little success. 'There was one
convert, Who received his impressions at Mr. '
Bulkley’s meetings !
These meetings were commenced a few
weeks before .the day of prayer; for colleges,
or, “ Gollege Past,” and when; that day, came
round there seemed to be an unnsna! inter
est, aniong the students, and some of, the'
.meetings that day were well attended, and
deeply interesting. This seemed to be a
foretoken of good things ; hut alas ! ! the me- '
teor fell and left the horizon, as we thought,
darker than before. Still our noon meeting
continued, but all were in doubt. At length
it was proposed to discontinue the meeting ;
but. still we. were loath, to do so.,There
seemed to be a distant gleam of light. , An
impenitent student was heard to say to a
friend that he wished there would be a re
vival in college. Some thought this feeling
was spreading. .The proposition was made,
to ; wait; three days before we would discon
tinue the meeting ; and that all should make .
it a subject of special prayer.'
god’s time.
Our time Seemed to be past now; God’s
tiffle was coming: I have learned one thing
in this; never to limit God to our times The
very next day, the light began to dawn. A
young man, the son of a, widowed mother,
and deceased minister, rose, in the meeting,.
and said, that he, had made up his ..mind .the
night before, after attending a meeting .in
the village, to become a Christian. Another.,
student followed his'example. They both"
said they had been thinking of the : subject"
for a long time, and were now'resolved ; and
asked us to pray for them: The first of
these students Was heard the day before
uttering at every step he took' in going to i
chapel the most blasphemous oaths. . He
was considered a “hard case” on,a fair way
to ruin. But ah ! a father’s,,prayers and
tears were treasured up and have. a posthu
mous answer. The other young'’man had
been in college over a year; and had gi vea ‘
the ty much trouble. ’He wits Wild"
and reckless.’ These were indeed brands
plucked from the burning. -Their appear
ance, confession, and requesfe in that-meet
ing were astounding to .all." It, was noised
about .among the students, and struck all
'with surprise- ~
This was the beginning of good , things ,in
-Hamilton College. The ' next” day others
came to the meeting to see and hear for
themselves. : Some Were attracted thebe
through curiosity, doubtless, but they came ;
every day saw hew faces ; one after another
arose for I prayer.:, some days; four or five;
and one day eleven arose and asked; the
prayers ,of Christians, .. .Cold and careless
■Christians would confess their,bapk-slidings
and.ask for prayers. Thus the work, con.,
itiniied till the end of the term, about four or
•five weeks ; and there were about eight stu
dents left who made no open manifestation
'of their desire to become Christians; : About
forty impenitent students had arisen 'for
prayers, and I think at least half that num
ber of backsliders were brought to their
duties. '
PROMINENT.MATURES OF THE WORK.
Among! the prominent cased was* a mem
ber of the; Senior Class, -although this was
! the last class affected. He had been in. the
army since he entered college, but served his .
time and returned to his studies. lie was
probably the most dissolute man in the Col
lege. lie had been in a state of moderate
intoxication three weeks previous to the
commencement of the revival. He was brought
to reflection; how or by whom you may
judge. He came to the conclusion that, if
he. did not want-to come to a wretched end,
he must stop right there,. He did; and re
solved to go to the meetings. lie came, and
all were surprised, although it was notvery
surprising to see the chief of sinners there
then ; for about all the students came; I
think he was thei clearest ease of conversion ■
during the revival., He arose shortly after
wards in the meeting and spoke earnestly of
the love, of Jesus. Oh, how these young
converts talk of the love of Jesus. He wan-.,
ted others to have that love; and prayed
earnestly for them and talked with them.
He went one day to ask and bring to the
meeting one of his classmates who was de- :
termined in spitb of all entreaties-to''resist*
the influence of the spirit. He found him
in his room; and the bell was ringing the
hour for meeting. He begged and entreated
him. to accompany bim to the meeting ;, but,
he declined, and upon leaving him, address
ing him by name he said, “ well, if I cannot
get you to go to meeting I know what I can
do, I can pray for you.”
A member Of the Junior Class had given
himself to Jesus. He got up in the meeting
one day afterwards and said he had been
home; and found that the very night, the
very time he gave himself to the Savior, a
mother’s prayers were ascending to God in
his behalf. He exhorted all in view .of a
mother’s prayers and tears to give, them
selves to Jesus. Another went to the meet
ing soon after the first conversion; and ask
ed; after attending a few times' for prayers.
He was for some time in deep anguish about
his sins, but he soon came out of Egypt, a
freeman in the Lord. He said’ in one of the
regular prayer meetings, Sunday evening,
that he arose that morning, and determined
to serve God; and, with tears rolling down
his cheeks, he continued “it has been the
happiest day of my life.” He is a decided
ITU LA DELPHI A, THU BSD AY, JULY 2, 186?,.
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tihristian. Another, formerly a very,,wild
youth, became the subject of prayer and en
treaty; and soon asked, an interest himself
itt'the prayers of Christians, ! He came out
on the Lord’s side ; and told the meeting one
day that he had “ ail object 'to live for now.”
He had been wandering about, but he was
settled now-; He has :exerted a gobd influ-;
ence on his associates and friends. Another
had,made up.his mipdto resist .all the.infl.u-.
ences. qf the revival, and stay awayifrom the
meetings. ! He found'sympathy in a class-,
male to’whose room he*went frequently to
talk over the subject. He stopped in one
day at noon, and said hp thought he would
go to ,the meeting .that ,day, but jit should
nayeno effect,upon, him:; and asked his as-,
soeiate, to go with him. ~ He said He .would;
and they joked’fogethef, over the, jsubject,
ahd’ said that : no' Demobrats' had arisen' in
the meeting yet. ; They went fdfHe meeting'
in'thistrifltng' way. : - " seemed t o 'bb‘
much affected while there; and after he went
to his room, he got his book to' btudy<;- buthe ‘
could not; his eyes wandered from the.page
to...the,,ceiling,, from there ; tO: the, window..
His mind,was not.fitted for study. He was
in the gall, of bitterness,,andfelt it. He.
found no peace until he; found ft in Jesus.
The'associate resisted to the last.
;, A' CLASS PRAYER MEETING,
The men that stood highest in their clas
ses, and are destined to wield, power in the
world, were brought into. the fold of Jesus.
The-ihcidehis I bhve related thus far cluster,
mostly around our principal extra meetings,
the noonday-ones. This was only a centre'
from; which went forth influences through all
the college'buildings,.and halls.' , Lwill dear!
crihe. a class prayer meeting.. It; was , held;
shortly after the work began., .Class meetings
are customary. THe attendance had been
from''six to ten; but at the hour of meeting
this night we were surprised to see all come,
fa.ces never-seen there beforet/T.he phqlh was.
as full; as ft ’is;-: usually jin.; recitation. "The
exercises commenced, ' some prayers were
offered, and. remarks made. .An opportunity
was given to, any to speak or ask for prayer.
Ope arose ,on the back seat and; said he felt,
himself a sinner, and with deep^,emotion ask
ed to be remembered in,our prayers. Another
folip'wed, and another, and still another until
it Went' ;, arouhd i the whole class, with one'
exception;' That was a wild n ydung fellow.'
No one -‘expected h'iih to ask for prayers. "He*
had been brought to the meeting through
the exercise of inus’cular Christianity! on :
the .part of a friend, But our faith; was re
buked. .He arose, and said .he was a grea.t
sinner; and asked us to pray for him. There
.was scarcely a tearless eye in the room by
this time. It was a. Bochirn. /And all joined
heart and voice in singing—
; ‘ “ Bid Christ o’ er sinners weep 1
,■' • / And shfill our tears'he dry."
That whs a culmination of answers to pray,
ers: "There miiy' He sSme'jhe'e-tings iri this
revival that; will be forgotten,'but' Bnsbne
cannot be. It will'have its influence on the
minds of the class forever. • ’
Irt these class ahd'hall meetings the'stu
dents‘wore brought closer together; and, con
sequently they were'scenes of many confes
sions, and freer conversations. ‘ These-were
the great arteries ef the body. \
EFFECT OF THE WORK IN COLLEGE.
Thisworkin college changed the face of
things. ! Profanity /and imp'rdper m’oise were'
jnot heard among the students; 'The billiard
saloon was desertedand, .the hotel, was not
frequented. ..The prayer-meeting ,was the
centre of attraction ; and all found!'time to
attend.-* Hours'that were formerly devoted
to card-playing, were'now spent in the pray
:er,-meeting-;, and the /very roo.ms ,where
youths assembled once to; play cards;; are
now the places of prayer*—the gates of hea
ven to,many; They came"together stilf bur
instead of a pack of cards bn the table, the
Bible was'there '; they caine not'to'swear and
play, but to sing and 1 pray. ‘ Enemies werfe
reconciled, and'bitterness turned to sweet
ness; by this revival. . Class' cliques and es
trangements were, removed.
The Junior claSs, urider the ' influence of
these rivalries, were about to close the ses
sion with two separate suppers, instead of,
one. The revival came in good- time. And
when it spread through the college, and af
fected these two parties, each camO arid laid'
down at the feet of* the other all these so
called hpnprablp offices, and were equally
unwilling'-to take them. The harrier fell,;.
the elass united; and ,had a unanimous sup
per. When it came off there was the best of
feeljng, and good order. No liquor on the
table, and none drunk by the students, as ip
times past. ■'
,The openly wicked, arid wild' young-men
were the first to manifest any concern in this
work, while, the moral men-were the very
last, andisome of them not' at all.* There
was little or, no excitement,** everything was
done calmly and unostentatiously. Some
Seemed to, lack clear convictions of sin ;,.but
all had a clear view of duty, iand of their ob
ligation to seek religion, -i
Dr. Candlisli oii tlie Troposea Presbyter
rian Union In Scotland. <,-m
INFLUENCE OF THE “FREE UNITED” CHURCH.
We may bounder a temptation*to magnify
in a temporal point of view the advantages
of this union; we may be under a temptation
to dwell upon the moral power and immense
influence /which this union would'give to the
dis-Estahlished Churches of Scotland—this
Free United Church of Scotland, not only in
this country, hut over the world, ( Applause.)
But I look forward to the future not merely
as holding out very bright prospects of in
creased .power and ihcreaspd influence, hut
as involving very grave responsibilities ; 'arid
I would desire our friends looking upon this
union arid anticipating the future, to an
ticipate it in that spirit, fob if it should
please the Lord to make us who have been
two separate Churches in the land and bring
us all together, I hope not-a solitary brother
on either sideleftbfehind—if it should please
him thus to weld us into one,' can we doubt
that it will be for some great Work connected
with the glory of His, name. Sir, if' I could
venture to hope that within a few years this
blessed consummation could be reached, and
a Free United Church of Scotland, thorough-
ly Calvinistic, thoroughly Presbyterian, tho
roughly non-pstahlisedj set up.-in. the .land,'
prosecuting zealously the two ends which
each of the two Churches,is now prosecuting,
as regards both home and foreign,missions—
I'pay, I cannot doubt that an influence would
be exerted; not only upon" the whole comfflu
; nity generally,’ but I will say, Without of
, fence, on the EstablishedHhuhch itself. If
we could present' to Scotland, and'to the Es
tablished Church, the spectable. of a great
body, .united, upon; scriptur.af.prineiples, for
prosecuting the work of- God, not distracted
ab.out matters: of form. and cer em ony:—not
led away by the temptation or an alliance
with 1 the broad, Ghurch over the Border, hut
prosecuting steadily "the Lord’s,'work, ‘accor
ding ’to the! good oldpbtibn of ‘the UalHnis
tic Presbyterian iCfiurch.’bf - Scotland (Ap-'
planse) our 'brethren wouldbecom'e ashamed
'of 'these, gew-gaw; novelties-they .seem to-be
: desiring—-(loud applpas,e)—rTandwl; amipersila-:
ded,also, that in thafe: suph
a spectacle, were exhibite.dj ,their,.prpfessors;
of theology, instead of cnltiv.ating '.the; inti
macy on theological ground—even of the
Maurices and; the Stanleys, and others ' of
the Broad 1, Church across the Border—would
be ! right -glad to come hack again to old
Sooteh theology.’> (Much-Applause.) , ■ ■
And if we-couldipresent such a Church in
Scotland; I believe; ’that We 1 , should; see; &
speedy, end put ;to influences which., I -must
say at,, this -moment.-, fill .my mind ; with, the
deepest, alarm,,for t cannot look at,,the Es
tablished university,apd the men who there
arb presiding, over, the ' theological training
of students—(hear; hear)—but with the very
deepest alarm. (Hear, ‘ Hear.) 'For if 'un
■ sound views or latitudinanan principles begin
;in,the Established halls of the country, they
>wiU not end;there.- They will;pervade other
bodies, and :I believe,-that nothingywill check
the,progress of such .evils as thiese so, effectu
ally .asfhis .very union: which we ,are now
proposing.- It .would make, ,us heart and
hand united, shoulder to shoulder, in main
taining the old fruth, and-standing oh our
giiai-d against all nbfelties. ' (Applause;) 1
DELAY DEFEECATEB,
I am very thoroughly impressed with the
conviction of the need of caution. . Nothing
will be gained, by haste, and above all, by
any attempt of the-’nature of patchwork.
Everything must bedone’delibefately, plhin
dy, and openly between the two 1 Committees.
T ani quite prepared" for'a little; delay, but
there : are’one or twoi considerations which t
seem' to me important. .In- the nature of .
things, I.do not,thirik,this is a case requiring f
great delay, and for,, this.plain.reason,.that.,
it is not one 'ini which We., go,into. a.negppia- :
tion* where unforeseen difficulties may be
expected to arise. Almost all thesi are pa
tent and' palpable already; .they lie on the
•surface ; we have talked- ofothem openly. I
could conceive a*-nggociatiott:4n'.which diffir
cutties might be started, and new questions
•raised;: so tfljit the hegoeiations might be in
definitely protracted,.,, That need not be the
base rhere, We, know pxactly the, points of,
difficulty before the . conference, and there
fore it need not be protracted. AVe can tell
perfectly well what are the points on which
we wish'- a Conimon understanding; before we
.taeet. ' And then I help thinking that
this is a casein which the proverbs mayap-
Pare dangerous , and -‘what
is .done well ispdonemlh the, better if it, be
done, quickly ’’-^.(applause)—“there. is a
tide in the, affairs of men, which, taken, at
the flood', leads on to fortune.” We all)know,
,if the tide be allowed to' turn, ‘the difficulty
increases. NoW, there is ’a tide r at ;th’is mo
:meht in the direction of, union. Men)s hearts
are warmed; men’s feelings are interested.
I do not say that the union should be deter
mined by mere feeling—that it should be a
matter of impulse ; but impulse, is often ben
eficial even fob stimulating; the under stand
ing,' The impulse of the heart-, tiie impulse
of moral feeling, especially if it ho the im
pulse of Christian charity and ..brotherly
love,'is a benefit in-diseussing every question
-that can affect the kingdom-of the great, God
of grace and. love. We ought nqt, to, contem
plate,; therefore, the protracting of these ne
gdcistibns,; lest the warm feelings of the
brethren shbiild begin td subside; and then’
'We'hhoul'd' ‘fall iafto-hur-splittinif and word
catching, and become ensnared in syllables,
instead of broadly unfurling the banner of
God’s truth. (Applause.) I have a strong
er feeling still, in 'reference to. :,this, whole
matter. ; I should not. be. so inclined to
.take, part in..it.as.l do with all' my heart,
; if I Aid not believe and were, thoroughly
convinced i'n my, own mind that this is .of
,the’ ! Lord—thttt ’it is the Spirit of God'
which ' has been moving in the hearts both
of bur- people and the sister Church. 1
doubt that ■ the proceedings in the;
United Presbyterian Synod and in this As
sembly, are the result not merely, of the
: presence of God’s Holy , Spirit, now with
us and then with them,, but ofnthe Spirit’s
workingi-in theihearts mf the members of
both Churches. Now, I can’t forget the so
lemn warnings of the Divine Word, “Grieve
not the Holy Spirit of God;” “Vex not
the Spirit.” Let ns beware of' delay,' of
prolonged hesitancy. The’ Spirit is with
us, I humbly trust, now; let iis see that
we do’ nbt weary, vex, or grieve the Holy
Spirit -by needless delays, questions, and
disagreements. , Contemplating the vast mag
nitude of the movement, let us not forget
that as regards Scotland, its magnitude is.
unprecedented since ,the- Reformation,,, It
is the proposal to rebuild the, walls of our,
' national’ Zion. It is. the proposal to' rear
again Jerusalem—-again to nationalize the
Chutctfof Scotland;' (Applause.) But, in
the view of- its magnitude, "aiid its vast
importance, if Wer it could be' said bf any
men that' they Were touching-: the ark of
Godw in a very delicate mannerj. it may be
said of us, and ol our -brethren of the, sis
ter Church; and oh! I desire , that all of
ns will go’ forward to this work -in .the spirit,
of aged Eli, our hearts trembling for, the
ark of God.
DESTITUTION AMONG fttE NESfttRIINS;
■ ! We havereceived from the Missionaries
Wright, Coat), and Cobb' of the Nestorian
Mission, now in this country a circular ask
ing aid for the Native Nostorians, who-by
‘the terrible exactions ;of their Turkish mas
ters, and by, a .visitation, of .locusts have been
reduced to, a condition bordering, on, starva
tion. The circular says:
Many, shocked and in-despair at the pros
pect before them, -have left their homes and
are’scattered begging through other conn
, tries,, especially Russia. As many as 90
have, gone from Geog Tapa alone including
our well-known helper, John. While of the
condition, .of those '.who remain, our letters
recently received thus speak: .
“ There is great Suffering from scarcity of
wheatin the market, though there is enough
in the storehouses of the Khans, who refuse
; to sell,’anticipating the coming of the locusts
again < nOxt year, (this season,) and conse
quently .a ready market for grain, ,at a high
price. Strong men, Christians and; Moslems*4
are.in bed, signing, while the women,' baking
their last morsel, Jail into the T.andpor (the
native oven in the ground floor of the house).
'Other letters speak of fainili.es in which for
a 4 long time they have baked no bread;’ of
'many * living “on ; Kishmish (a small raisin)
and sinjeesf fth'etasteless fruit of the, Jnjiib[e)f
and of ‘ little, children fainting in the streets
from hunger.’ - One father the other day in
Moslem—sold-his three daugh-,
ters to pureliase, wheat. ’ Buyuk Khan ( the
wealthiest and most, crue)iy oppressive mas
ter) found a handbill on nis door the other
day, advertising him that a band of men had;
bound themselves together for the purpose of
taking his tifo.; *; .* *, P Beggars swarmed in
his yard, but in his wrath, like Pharaoh* he
hardened his heart, and commanded .his offi
cers to sepvthat the bakers.made;a still more
,seanty supply of , and,sold.,it at a high
er price. The village of Sejr, r is better off
than the majority of villages, vet .there is
suffering ; here such'as we have never seen.
We try tci dbny Uurseives of what nine seem'
luxuries, that we may have more with which "
to help the -poor; hut what’ is the mite that
we can give among so many ? for they, come
from, afar. At the last monthly concert, the
congregation were many times in tearsi at
.the terrible recital of suffering.” . , .
Christian friends and brethren, we appeal
in their behalf to you. Remote and friend
less, shall they &e left to pterish ? Mustour
missionary brethren there be compelled to
witness such' scenes, to see thei r tried helpers,
their Christian brethren, the children of their
flocks thus suffer, .famish, and perhaps die a
miserable death, without the means to'relieve
them ?, We beg you, while you have ip your
noble charity, sent your.ajiip loads to,starv
ing Lancashire and Ireland,, not to forget or
grudge a portion for this people, both starv- ’
ing arid oppressed. '
" It is not our Wish’at all "to 1 draw : ff dm, or
' interfere in any wsty withy the receipts of the
Board, in making this appeal, or with custo
unary or proposed contributions to Its funds;
!Let, fthose be 1 sacredy s Rut are there not
some, many, u;ho are able and would be glad
to minister to the: wants of this , suffering
people, in addition to their other works of
love and faith'? , ' '
All sums ’that tiiay be' sent for tbis. speci
fied- object, Mr’i Jas; : Goedoit, Treasurer
A. Bi C. lb■ M. No* SB- Pemberton’' Square*:
Boston, Mass., or to Mr. Almon Merwif,
-Bible; .House, Astor Place,. New York, .will
be thankfully acknowledged, and fa,ithfully
appropriated and distributed by our brethren
in.Oroomiah. ,
Signed,
A. 11. Wrtgiit,
"G. W. COAN,
4 : - lI.N. Cobb, -
i - Missionaries of A. B. C. F. M.
Poughkeepsie, N. Y., June 2, 1863.
RiOGIOBS WORLD ABROAD.
GREAT BRITAIN.
Iffay''Anniversaries.—- -We countover forty
different religious and benevolent organiza
tions which celebrated their anniversaries in
London in May. - The reports, says the-
Christian Work,” generally show a de
crease; ofrevenue, to be accounted for by the
Lancashire distress. Home work has occu
pied more attention than usual. . There ap
pears , especially to be a .determination <on all,,
sides to supply more efficiently the wants of
the large cities.. There was no special fea
ture in the foreign mission reports of the year,
except the position of Madagascar. ' *
The British aid Foreign- Bible Society’s
income was <§780.000, 48.000 less than last
year. We give a list of the principal causes
and incomes as reported,:
British and Foreign Bible Society, $780,000,
- Church Missionary' ; “ • ; 750.000,
Wesleyan " , “ 700.000,
Propagation of the'Gospel “ 465.000, '
Religious Tract , - • 11 ; 475.000, :;
! London Missionary “ 400,000,
■ Church Pastoral Aid r " , 200.000,
London City Mission ’ “ 180.000,
;London Jews , - 160.000,
11 Baptist Missionary 135.000,
Coloniai'and Contin’l CK. ‘ - 145.000; 1
Irish;Church Missionary “ : 110.000,
' Additional Curates , “ , 100.00 Q,
, Total, ; « > !: - - $4,600.00.
Besides these there are many’smaller organi
zations with an” income of $85,000 and un
der.- -•
Church Extension. —One of the most im
portant movements lor the ''promotion of
Church- Extension, that has ever been un
dertaken in London, hits been begun recent
ly.. In the Bishop of,London's palace, two
meetings, attended by persons of .the highest
influence,'have been held,., at which resolu
itions have been passed, .pledging those pre
sent to raise 1,000,OOt)?., within ten years,
'partly for church building, partly for supply
ing thh spiritual wants of poorer" localities,
in the metropolitan diocese. The fund iff to
be called the; Bishop of London’s Fund: The
promoters of the scheme have , entered upon
it with an enthusiasm which ensures complete
iuccess, . >.t, , , ~; i ;
1 Colerlso Condemned. —The Housesof Con
vocation iof Canterbury - have -formally eon-'
demned Bishop Colenso’s book. The Lower
House; appointed a- Committeeat ; its last
meeting to examine and report on ; the u bock.
The report was approved,,,and a resolution
.was'passed by the Lower House, requesting
the upper House to take such steps there
upon as they might .deem expedient. After
an earnest a “judginent 1 ” was
agreed to, and cb'mmnnicated 4b the Lower
House, that “ the book of the Bishop of Na
tal involves errors of the, gravest and most
dangerous character, subversive of faith in
the Bible as the Word of God.” The Lower
House unanimously accepted and concurred
in this “judgment.” This decision is im
portant, ‘not, only in its bearing on the
Bishop of Natal, but as being the first formal
Synodical act that Convocation has taken in
recent times. ! Those who are in favor of the
revival of Synodical power regard this aa a
great triumph.'
The Synod of Dublin met at Cork, the
first time that a Presbyterian, Synod, has as
sembled in that city; and the, various reports
showed the vigor with which that Church
was extending itself in the south. It was
stated that the spread of reading habits was
modifying the tone 6f the priests ;' some of
whom are in the habit of- purchasing' Pbo- ;
testant books, and Oven expressing* their ob
ligations to such a work as Dr. Hanna’s'Last
Days of our Lord’s JPmsion..
FRANCE AND SWITZERLAND,
Openings for the Gospel. —rin Parip, the
facilities for spreading the Gospel astpn
!ishihg‘.‘ Wherevbf a chapel is operied-.ft' is
Isure to 1 fift, the 'flatne 'wilh the
schools. Suppose' the fall' of' the 'temporal
power - of the -Pope should'produce' a great
void in minds and consciences* if we Evan
gelical Christians, were but: ready, : there
would be no limits to assign to our hopes,
nor : to the, magnitude of the work before us.
The Pastoral Conference, composed of
members of the Nation Reformed and , Lu
theran Churches, voted 68 to ,14 against the
adoption of the Geneva (rationalist) version
of the Scriptures by the Protestant Bible So
ciety.-—Dr. Guggenbuhl, who Has just,died at
Montreux, has left his fortune, amounting to
600,000 francs, to the Moravian brethreh of
Herrnhnt, on condition that they keep up his
establishment under the name of Guggenbuhl
JTqsjntal for Crepins. The cost of this, es
tablishment amounts to about 80,000 francs
a year.-—Mr. Spittler’s Asylum for the re
ception and instruction of priests leaving .the
Papal church is bldsed for want of funds. '
ITALY.
Education in Naples— Tlie efforts made
by Government to‘push fibward education
are worthy of the highest commendation.
Irrespective of the town! 1 of Naples, there
have been;established in.. the southern pro
vinces up ;to the end of last December, 1603 ;
boyb’ schools, with an attendance, of , 60,250
pupils ;.,922 girls’ schools,, with 30,567 pu
pils; and .234 night schools,, with 9804 pu
pils, This is no mean work, and it will tell
wohderfullg on the nexi generation. The
muhi ! cipality’of Naples is hdt behirid in;its
educatidrial efforts'; while thebe are three
Evangelical schools for boys, and one for
girls,' under the direction: of the Marquis
Cre«i, andißey.,Messrs. Buscarlefe. and Ap
pia, where, in addition, to ,th,e bpst gepular,in
struction, religious knowledge, drawn from
the Scriptures a.s the text'book, is carefully
imparted. The number of scholars in these
four Bvarigelical schools amounts to'2oo.
! of, the Italian Government on
religious m’atters has generally leaned to the,
position of the lamented Cavour: “a" free
church in a free statewhich is nothing
mbfe'thhh. our i American
This policy leaves the priests, with all other
exclusively ecclesiastical affairs entirely in
the,hands of, the Superior hierarchy- Henep,
;if the higher clergy, choose, to punish the
lower for adherence to Victor Emanuel’s
government, as they do in many cases, _ the
government on this principle would avoid all
interference. In point bf fact, however, the
policy of the government has vacillated on
this important subject;’ Rieasbli Interfered
to some extent/ Ratazzi left them to their
fate. 3?isanelli,:'the present minister of Jus
tice and Public Worship, has entered on his
office, promising an energetic protection to
the liberal clergy, and has issued several
ordinances with that object. Thus it is ob
vious that the Government is, on the one
hand, tul Ailing a. political duty,, and on the
other hand, violating that principle of the
separation of Church and State>which forms
the avowed programme of the Turin Cabinet.
It would seem that some degree of interfe
rence,is unavoidable in the name of common
justice; .just as our civil courts take cogni
zance of flagrant abuses of power ou the part
of church courts affecting the temporal in
terests of the aggrieved party. If Rome
persists r in : excommunicating all the loyal
supporters of Emanuel it may lead to • the
formation of a local and national Church in
dependent of the Papacy. Thus the result
might .easily he,‘supposing the reform move
ment to goon ampng, the clergy (a proba
bility which cannot be estimated beforehand,)
that the Pope might lose his spiritual power
in Italy even sooner than his tern poral.
SPAIN:
The case, of Matamoros. —-Matamoros the
Protestant'martyr of Sp&in was condemned
by the supremo tribunal April 23d., to nine
years at-'the galleys and loss o£ citizenship.
His companions Alhamaand Trigo are con
demned to seven years at the galleys.'- A
petition for the pardon of thes.e , men, and'
others in prison at Malaga, ,by 30,000
ladies of different countries—chiefly of
France—many of them Catholics, was pre
sented to the Queen at Madrid by Dr. Bon
net of Paris seemingly without effect. He
writes to this -Christian Work from Paris in
May: “We have just learnt that a largg
deputation, - among whom are eminent inen !
from, all the nations of Europe, members ,of
British Parliament, ex-ministers from Holland
and Prussia, distinguished, personages .from
France and Switzerland, are proceeding to
Madrid, td solicit for the last time the par
don df Matamorhs.” Later intelligence shows
that' these'demonstrations 'were in all proba
bility effective. The- Queen 'has at length
given-way to the influeti.ee of the European
demonstration, to the extent of changing the
sentence of Ma-tamorps. and his fellow mar
tyrs, to banishment from the country.
SWEDEN.
Growth of the Missionary Spirit . A very,
undoubted mark of the extended and deepen
ed sympathy awakened in-religion, is afford
ed by the the past
year taken place in contributions to Home
and Foreign Missions.-■ Four quarto pages
of an appendix to • the April number of the-
Missionary Journal are oconpied with,the
contributions of the previous, two months.
-These have come' from every county, and. in
.sprne chses from very po'or people, wbo J %a‘ve
in various instances, entreated to be .allqwed
to give cherished heir-looms and even'articles
GENESEE EVANGELIST—fhoIs No. 893.
of personal clothing, as they had no money.
Some mosf affectitig. instances of self-denial
and zeal amongst the poor have come to onr
knowledge. In the midst of all opposition,
there is no doubt that the. Lord is silently
and powerfully advancing his kingdom in the
hearts of many.— Christian Work.
MISSIONARY.
Western The development of the
commerce of Bombay has been almost unex
ampled. The 'valute 'of its exports and im
-'ports'now exceeds that of any other town in
India. The American war'has had the effect
of throwing tan immense amount of wealth
into, this place. Landowners have seen their
estates doubled in value in three years. I
was. told the otheriday, .that,orders for equi
pages on behalf pf natives, to the amount of
56,0007, ha.d been sent to England lately.
' A portion of the wealth that has been ob
tained by the rise tin the value of cotton,
has ‘been spent ’in li the erection of new
temples'in Guzarat and Kuttyawar. There
is. .howeverj ,a manifest tendency to adopt
European customs and ideas, carefully dis
tinguishing, however,, between those that
have a religious element in them, and those
that have not. I may say, however, that
views of Christianity differing essentially
from those of missionaries, meet with con
.siderable hcteptanee. ' The essayists and
•Bishop Colenso are eagerly laid hold of by
young men, who have at some time or other
felt the pressure of Scripture truth upon
their consciences, hut who have not yielded
to their .convictions. They love to persuade
themselves that something like the same un
certainty hangs about the Book of Chris
tians and the boots of Hinduism. The native
press has done.agreat deal,to familiarise the
rending portion of the public with the views
of European infidels. 1 This, and the ungodly
lives of so' many Europeans (now attracted
hither in *such numbers by the spirit of en
terprise), are the two great stumbling-blocks
in the way of the progress of Christianity in
India. . ,
, Dr. l Mullen's Statistics of Ten Tears
,Progress in India. —Briefly stated, the pro
gress in ten years is this. As to foreign
■missionaries, we must deduct 48 native mis
sionaries inci,uded : in the 443 of 1851, which
will show that the,number has increased from
395 to 54 ( 1 or some 35 per cent. The native
agents have arisen .from 698 to 1959, and of
■the lattei 183 are prdained. If to this we
add the fact'that the i nfan t and poor native
Church has contributed 21,8097, and of this
no less than 18;0007, in the last three years,
we have a gratifying proof of its self-devel
opment. Still more. hopeful is the fact,
which the former,inaccurate returns seemed
to contradict, that' missionaries now teach no
less than 75,olLb'oys and 21,063 girls, or
96,574 in ali/a. number nearly equal to all
those who receive in .State schools a purely
•secular and. pop-moral,- education. Of the
boys, 48,390 are taught in 1811 vernacular
schools, and 23,963 receive an English edu
cation in 193 Anglo-vernacular schools, while
3158 are supported in 108 boarding-schools,
Of the girls, 4201 are taught in 117 board
ing-schools* and 16,862 in 373 day schools.
And this’ work is done, by 31 socie
ties, chiefly in England and . America, who
have 386 stations, with 2307 branches, and
1542 ,churches. Their agents have transla
ted the Bible, or, parts of it, into 19 langua
ges, have translated books into 7 others, or
26 out of the 30 spoken in the empire. From
25 printing presses they have in ten years
circulated 1.634,940 copies of the Scriptures,
and 8,604,033 copies of other books and
tracts. And all this has been done at an
annual cost of (in 1861) 294,0007, one-sixth
of which was subscribed on the spot. A
quarter of a million sterling is, at the least,
the annual tribute of Anglo-Saxon Christen
dom to India.
French Papists in Eastern- Africa. —
Opinion of Dr. Krapf. —From the account
igiven by Dr. Krapf to the Christian Work
of a missionary tour . which he took early
last year in Eastern Africa, we extract the
following:.
What struck me most was the great influ
ence which' the French have obtained on the
island Zanzibar since 1 saw it the last time.
They Have established a large hospital, su
perintended by an able physician, by nine
sisters of charity from Bourbon, managed by
fifty-six servants, by threes European priests,
and an apostolic vicar-general, who acts as
quasi-bishop for all the Romanists on the
east coast. Until now, the priests have made
no direct efforts to spread their religion.
They have besides preaching, or saying mass
in their chapel-on Sundays, limited them
selves to teaching children matters of gene
ral knowledge, to instructing them in
various kinds of handicraft, to manifesting
toward the , natives benevolent feelings,
and by physicking the sick gratuitously.
The result of all these endeavors has been,
that the foreign benefactors are loudly
praised, that more especially the apostolic
vic,ar is,extolled to the skies for his kindness
and refined manners, by which he knows how
to charm the natives and Europeans alike,
and thus to prepare the way for religious ef
forts of a' f direct kind; No doubt, the Ro
manist missionaries in our days have learned
from past experience,'that it is unwise to
speak out at once. . - -
An institution similar to that at Zanzibar
has also been commenced at Bagamoya, on
the, main land: opposite, to the island. They
have bought a large piece of ground for the
sutn of 11,000 francs, with a view of estab
lishing mission stations along the caravan
route leading to the central country of
Miamesi, which has been described by
Maj or -Burton; and Captain Speke. Most
of the monetary contributions required for
-these institutions are, I was told, collec
ted, on the island of Bourbon, where single
individuals have given as much as 20,000
dollars .at once ; otherwise the support given
by the Propagahda at Lyons in France,
would not be sufficient. I, for my part, am
by, no meahs afraid of the efforts which the
Romanists are making in that part of the
world,, for Hr know from experience, that
nothing but the pure Gospel and the Spirit
of God ean ; conquer the inveterate and ma
terialistic paganism lyiich, prevails all over
Eastern Africa. AH Other endeavors will be
fruitless in thejend, and the agents will re
tire in despair, as was the case at Gondohoro,
on the Upper Nile. The Romanists make a