IL No, No. 361./ THE LIBERTIES OF GENEVA. » Founts PAPER. Surrounded by powerful foes, ajnfost alone in. its aspirationsifdr libertyamid the. oppressed and' silently submissive nations of the world, governed by a tyrant'Bishop, himself the tool of a tyrant’ Prince, with no friends but the Swiss, it would seem almost a miracle that the little city of so many vicissitudes and djsoouragementa ufetil, the Reformation breathed its, new life into the people, and made their , causa the cause of re ligious freedom, and clothod it with divine power. . If the Duke was alarmed by the attitude of the Swiss towards Geneva, the bastard; Bishop appears to have been unaffected,. Be persisted in his cruel oourse. His acts, ©quid not be re garded by the Swiss as, unwarrantable inter ferences; the Bishop was the acknowledged Prince of Geneva. The movements of the Duke excited their jealousy; the torturing and execu tion of innocent citizens by the Bishop they did not seem to notice.’- Thepoor'creature, Peoolat by name, from whom the Bishop by torture had extracted false accusations against the republican Berthelier, was sttill in his hands/ and farther tortures were prepared in order to win new con fessions from his quivering' lips and bring fresh victims into the Bishop’s toils. The friends of Peoolat were roused. With! the aid of an up right judge, lievrier by name, and theingenious Bonivard, the interference of the metropolitan of Vienne, who claimed jurisdiction over the diocese of Geneva, and who was known to be jealous of the Bishop, was secured. The de liverance of the tortured man-was demanded by tlio metropolitan.’;, An interdict was actually kid upon Geneva just before the festivities of Easter, and so great was the clamor of the popu lace in which the priests themselves united, that the demand of the Archbishop had-to be; granted and Peoolat was delivered - top to the triumphant crowd. Singular to relate, jusfc. as Pecolat’s friends were leaving , one gate on their way to the place of imprisonment wjth the order for ml lease, a courier from the Roman court -was enter ing another gate bearing pontifical letters which annulled the censures of the metropolitan, and an order to the authorities from the Bishop for bidding them, on their lives, f to release', Peoolat 1, It was too late. Becolat was released,, and the numerous and jubilant crowd which on their re turn had met the Bishop’s messengers hastening to countermand the order, paid no attention to the papal command; “This resistance to the Roman pon tiff,” says the,,historian,“was ,as it were! an affair of the outposts;gnd the Genevanswere thus training themselves for more notable battles. ‘Forward’ they shoutedj ‘to the eityl to the city i’ and the crowd, . leaving the Episcopal officers alone |U the road, bastened to the gates." ' The blood-thirsty.Bishop,next seized two of the “ children of Geneva,” members of fhe riot ous assemblies of youth, whqin Berthelier bad skillfully drawn into the liberal .movement, but who had so utterly failed him when real danger arose. One of these youths, filmed Navis, was the son of perhaps the most obsequious of the, friends of Savoy among the authorities of Geneva., His father’s greet services tb6,jbttke were no’ protection to the wild and frivolous youth who; had espoused the cause of liberty. Both, of these gay oreaturea were cruelly tortured, be headed and quartered ; part of their remains, including the head, Were put in pickle and hung ap finally on a great walnut tree just across the' Arve river,—the boundary between'Geneva and -kivoy,—directly opposite the Church of our Lady of Graee on the Genevan side; This bru tal exposure took place op Saturday . evening/; October 2d, 1518. It was the Bishop’s tion for an edifying Sabbath among the people committed to his charge. ' : - f . L The outbreak of hoifror and indignation among the people on beholding the spectacle need not h« described. “ The Bishop,” they said, “is a wolf in sheep’s clothing. Would you knbw how lie feeds his Jambs,, go to the bridge of the Arve.” The prelatioai power was doomed from that hour in Geneva. The bloody Bishop, in response to tlio remonstrance of the citizens,’ only intimated that if they wished to please him they must fur nish him yet other victims, “If you should M use,” he said, “ understand clearly that I shall pray my "Lord (the Duke) and his brother (the Count) to preserve my good rights; I have con- Vicnce. in them that they will not let me he trampled updn; besides this, Twill risk my life nmt my goods." A beautiful proof of Episcopal ;ne for his flook 1 * From that time the Duke 1 md Bishop were looked upon in Geneva as two tyrants who sought only the desolation of the Agitation for a formal alliance with the Swiss ' ;ts commenced. Berthelier and his friends la- I jiud with all the energy of a political clique at the eve of an American election, to organize this ‘Movement. Their determination R ealised the I'uke and the Bishop great alarm. Certain ■'Luieluke deputies were in oonferenoe with those officials at the time. They sent by these kputies a demand'that Berthelier be brought to ; trial. They also sent a sealed letter to the' council declaring that “ they would-hold them' 1 val subjects if they would assist Itt.wihesitrit ■Vy putting to Jmt%Br twelve The letter mrofn'pt to the ■ j tidies, unless they first swore to execute without ; lay the orders it contained- The P eO P ° were ■■■st. operated. The : grhht cohneil of 200 was ‘•tmmoned. The people refused |o take the oath ■ to receive the letter qpd even; threatened to -low the deputies, into thif B.ho|fP. n open.. ■'-tier asking an alliance with Erihurg waa ied about the olty for signatures:- T 1 bed names were appended to rt-... w c , d distinction (Hugues was append t ’tour the letter toFriburg. /They piet a warm ! "opikm and great honor at. Fnbnrg due; hundred signers receive* the '•ln' city, with an offer ; to m*df th ® “ llla -tacral the deputies tothe Swiss returned toGenevaon T „ U !®? ay jP d on Thursday, Deo. 23d, the proposal ot alliance was brought before the people in general eoUsoili Great excitement prevailed. After a eling So'high between the Huguenot ,an Mameluke parties, that deliberation was im- and the council adjourned Without cotflihg to ft decision. The friends of Savoy bolder an Mr. Champion is well known as a man of great wealth and liberality. He- has long resided in. this place, and has done much for its substantial prosperity, beside giving largely to all our great 'causes of benevolence. His standard benefac tions form long time -have been a- thousand dol lars yearly’ to each one of the" great national be nevolent societies. And it will rejoice the friends of Christ to know that the losses which he has experience's have not taken'away the-abi lity or the disposition to remember these good causes just as in former years. We chance to know, that, be has .recently sent hisjhousand dol lars to the Am mean’Board of Missions, another to the Bible Society, five hundred to the Home Mission Society, and five hundred to the Pres byterian Committee of Home Missions. How much more he inay have sent to other societies we do not know; but doubt not they, too, are re membered. - - GLANCES ON THE WING. We will next speak rapidly of some matters of interest in several different places: Coojperstoion.- — A gentle shower of Divine Gri-ace Has been . falling for some time on this place. Quite a goodly company have come out on the Lord’s side. Rev. J. A. Priest, formerly of West-Bloomfield, N. J., previously to’ that pastor of the Presbyterian church at Coopers town, and more recently a traveller in Europe, and correspondent of the N. t. Evangelist, has been laboring here most acceptably with his old flock for six or eight .months past, and this is the delightful reward of,his labors. He has recently been called to Claremont, N. H., also to. Dun kirk, N., Y., and to Cooperstowo. He has de clined the first two—holds the last in abeyance, not entirely sure that his health will hold out to reside so far north; but continues, for the pre sent at least, where he is, and where lie finds so much to encoiirage him in his work. Binghamton. —Tlio Presbyterian church in this, beautiful village have-recently .dedicated their new house of worship. It is one of the largest and most elegant church edifices in this State; and what is more.and better, it is already filled by one .of the most intelligent and refined audiences to be found anywhere. They are mi nistered to by, one of the strong, good men, Rev. Geo. N. Boardman, recently professor in Middle bqjy College. We were told soon, after the dfoatipu, that- the pews were all. or nearly all, not; only . sold, but occupied. If we recollect aright, the house,will seat about twelve hundred persons. And; not this- alone, but a gentle, spi ritual quickening, by which the church was greatly refreshed, and some souls were converted has been experienced. .Truly this is a prospe rous, Society. Long may they dwell close by the Fountain of all blessings and mercies. Adams, Jeff. Co.—This beautiful village; too, has witnessed good things.. . Rev., W. S. Maekie, a young brother who has been but two or three years in the ministry, is laboring here, and has received-about eighty members to the Presbyte rian, church within the present year. There has been no sudden outburst of extraordinary feeling; but a gradual quickening and a sustained inte rest, with some turning; to the Lord in every pass ing month. The prayer-meetings, also, and the Sabbath school, haye , received a new impulse. The .members of the church are at work aiding the pastor and helping on in every good, thing. Brasher Falls. —This is a pretty little village further north, in the, town of Stockholm, in St. Lawrence Co. It has the good : fortune to have one man, Hon. 0. T.'Hulburd, recently, elected to Congress, who is a. tower of strength to every good pause in that part of the State; foremost for missions and for Sabbath'schools; deeply in terested; also, in agriculture, manufacturers, apd everything that benefits society. Indeed, he is. one of five brothers in the same town, men of the right stamp;. There is a Congregational church at Stockholm, and. a Presbyterian church at Brasher Falls, only two or three miles apart.. These ,churches have united in .securing the ser vices of a minister, Bcv. S. W. Pratt, a graduate of the last class in Auburn Theological Seminary. He is, we .believe, to supply the two pulpits, preaphing a part of the day in one place, and a part in the other. ...... Why is not this amost excellent arrangement? The two cap support a’ minister; neither one alone can well: dp it, Why is it not a peculiarly good;arrangement,for a young man just com mencing the preparation of sermons? But one discourse a week is required of him, and that serves the two congregations. He is sure, also, of some exercise, ,(at least enough to pass from; one pla.ee. to the other every Sabbath,) which young ministers are apt ,to neglect to their seri ous detriment. This young brother is already furnished with a horse and buggy to take him around his two parishes; a parsonage is being prepared for him; warm hearts give him wel come; and so he enters upon his work under very favorable auspices. May the Master go with him, and sustain him, and give "him souls for his hire. Genesee, fMim. HOW THE OLD COVENAHTERS FIGHT, The Pennsylvania Reserves marched from Washington on the 26th of June, and by forced marches, under the command of Gen. Crawford, reached the Army Of the Potomac just in time to participate in the great battles lately fought on the,soil of their native State. When it was manifest that the enemy had established them selves in Pcnnyslvania, nothing could exceed the enthusiasm of this tried corps in their desire to meet them on their soil. They were soon gratified, and the orders to march were received with loud cheers. A toilsome march was borne without a murmur, and at Frederick they were assigned as the Third Division of Meade’s Army Corps. Thence they marched to Penn- sylvania. Before crossing the line, General Crawford addressed th(m as follows: Soldiers of the Pennsylvania Reserve: —You have once more been called to the field. An order from the Commanding General, a rapid and fatiguing march, lifts placed us again by the side of comrades ende&d to us by sufferings bn many hard-fought fields. If you would hail the , prospect of active service at any time with delight, how much mere now. Our native State is invaded by. tl e worthless hordes of plunderers, who, forget ,ing South Mountain and Aritietam, and allured by the spoils of our rich valleys, have pollute*! the soil of Pennsyl vania. Our homes are desolated, our fields laid: waste, our property destroyed. To-day, within a few hours, we shall tread the soil of the .Key stone. The eyes of all will be upon us. To us they will look with animus hearts for relief. ,Let the sight of onr mountains and our native •plains lire yottr hearts arms in the. hour of battle. dear to man. Remembc]’ you are Pennsylva nians. Let no breach of'discipline mar the glory of the past, but let ns pledge to each other to-day never to cease until we drive the enemy of our country, our, Constitution and our peace, forever from our soil I / I Forced marches soon br ugbt them to Hano ver, and on the 2d, they reached the battle field, having joined the Fifth Corps in'the rear. The battle was raging furiously on the left. The enemy seemed to,have ’concentrated all his force, at that point , for the purpose of turning our left flank,' and gaining possession of a point called High Knob, which commanded the entire position. A staff officer of the commanding General had - ridden to the rear, asking for troops to go at once,to this point. The enemy, had overcome the troops opposed to him. Both Ayres’and Barnes’ divisions of the Fifth Corps had fallen back, and the Third Corps had broken in confusion acrbssdhe low ground at the foot of the ridge. A'battery had been lost, and an immense number qf small arms. It was the critical moment of the day. Two brigades of the “Reserves” stood"drawn up at the foot of the slope, vital to us.' Gen. Warren had pronouncbdlt the key of the posi tion. - " The enemy were bashing on in the full tide of success. In a moment'more the day would have been lost, when the Reserves were ,ordered, to the Charge. General Crawford placed him self at the head of hisAncn, and taking the colors of the leading regiment, led them on. The Buektails had heeffi thrown in front, and fearlessly had they thrown themselves on the enemy, their rifles dealing : death at every shot. The enthusiasm' of the men was unbounded. On they dashed with a shout that made the welkin rmg. General Crawford, with Captain .Livingston and Captain Auehmuty, of his Staff, waving their hats and encouraging them; on. Seeing their colors in the hand of their General, they were irresistible... With long and loud cheers they crossed the low ground, driving the enemy by their sure and, volleys back across the ground, through 'the woods to the. ridge beyond. Here they stopped.. There was no support upon either flank. The enemy retired, leaving the field they had gained in our possession; ' The -day was saved. i)R HITCH&OCK; ON OF SPECIES. It is a sigriificantfact that very few of the.ad vocates t of the transmutation hypothesis refer to man as an example of it. Yet if it be true, man ought to be a conspicuous illustration of it. For in Ms case' we have the most perfect of all ani mals and vastly the superior of them all, appear ing suddenly at a very recent period; for>though geologists may. contend about the precise .period of his appearance, all agree that it was very re cent, and none contend that it was earlier than the alluvial period. Whence came he ? If he is only one of the lower animals metamorphosed, ,we ought surely to find a multitude of interme diate varieties. Bat not one has ever beeo brought to light. The monkey tribe must have been his 'immediate progenitor. But only a very.few spe cies of these have'been'found fossil, and none be low the Tertiary, and all of them differ as much from man as do the living monkeys. Lamarck had the. boldness to attempt .to describe the. pro cess by which the monkey whs transformed into 'a man. But the picture was so absurd-kind ridi culous that few have attempted to make; a sober philosophical defence of it. \ Yet if .it fails in a species so conspicuous as man, it fails as to all others. But it is lbss revolting to common sense and experience to represent obscure • radiate or articulate or molluscous animals as slowly trans muted from one speeies into another, than to bring manjintp the same category, Therefore silence in respect to him is the wisest course. For what philosophic mind, free from bias, can believe such a being, the highest of all animals in ana tomical structure .and intellect, and. possessed of a moral nature, of which no trace exists in any other animai, is merely the, product of t rags mu tation. of tbe radiate monad through the i&ollusk, the lobster, the bird, the quadruped, and the monkey, either by Lamarck’s principle of “ appe tency,” and “the force of circumstances,” or Darwin’s principle of “selection ?” The fact is, man’s appearance at so late a period in the earth’s history, and so independent of all other species, seems a providential testimony to the absurdity of this hypothesis. Opinions oj Eminent Naturalists. We ,haye seen,- however, that it has been adopt ed by some naturalists. How is it with the dis tinguished paleontologists and zoologists to whom we have referred, as the highest, authority on such questions ? We quote first from Professor Pictet, who. says, “ the theory of the transformation of speeies appears to us entirely inadmissible, and diametrically opposed |o all the teaching,qf zool ogy, and physiology.” ; Says Agassiz, ‘- nothing furnishes the slightest [argument in favo,r of the mutability of species} on the contrary, every modern investigation has only gone to confirm, the results first obtained by Cuvier, and his views that species are fixed.” ; “ It .cannot be denied thatithe species of different successive periods are supposed by some naturalists to,derive their disk tinguishing features from changes which have taken place in those of preceding ages; but this is a mere supposition, supported neither by physi ological nor geological evidence, and the assump tion,that animals and plants may change in a similar manner during one and the same period. On the contrary, it is known by the evidence f ur r nished by the Egyptian monuments,, arid by the most careful comparison Between, animals found in the tombs of Egypt with the living specimens of the same speeies obtained in the same coun try, that there is not the shadow of a difference be tween them, for a period of about five thousand years. Geology onlyGiowsfbat.at different periods therehave existed different species,; but no transi tion from those of a preceding, into those of the following epoch has ever been noticed any.where.” Says Owen, referring to the hypotheses of Wal lace, Darwin, and others, “observation of the ef fects of any of the above hypothetical transmuting; influences, in changing any known species into, auother, has not yet been recorded. Aud past experience of the chance aims of human fancy, unchecked and unguided by observed facts, shows how widely they have ever glanced away from the golden centre of truth.” Compelled thus by the principles of truephi- losophy to discard an hypothesis so unreason able, these distinguished- savans have felt as if special;acts of creation by Divine power were the only alternative to account for the succes sive introduction Of new groups of organisms upon the earth’s surface. “The two first ex plications’’ (that of the displacement of con temporaneous faunas—Replacement des faunas conlernporaines —and that of transmutation,) says Ricket, “being inadmissible, there remains the'third, which is known under the name Of the theory of successive creations, because it admits the direct intervention of creative; pow er : at: the. comnaencement of each geological hpoch.?’ • Professor Owen is rriore decided. “We are able,” says he, * to demonstrate that the differ ent epochs of the earth were attended With cor responding changes of organic structure; and ■that in all, these instances of change the 'organs, still,illustrating the ..unchanging .fundamental types, were, as far as we could .comprehend their use, exactly those best suited to the func tions of the being; Hence we not only show intelligence (evoking means adapted; to the end, but at successive times and periods producing ; a change of mechanism adapted to a change in external' conditions. Thus the, highest genera lizations in the science of organic bodies, like the'Newtonian laws of universal ihatter, lead to the unequivocal conviction of a great First Cause, which is certainly not mechanical.” . With still stronger emphasis does Agassiz speak of the origin of animals. “All these her ings," Says he, “do not exist in'consequence of the'continued agency of physical causes, but have made their successive appearance upon the earth by the immediate intervention of the Creator.” To the unsophisticated mind, nhtfamelied by theories, the inevitable conclusion from all these facts is, that the successive appearance of nume rous groups of animals and plants on the globe, forms so many distinct examples of miracles; of creation. For in the view of ail except the ad vocates of the Development Hypothesis,.they demanded a force above and beyond nature in her ordinary course, and this is the essential thing in a miracle. What believer in the Bible ever doubted that the creation of man and con temporary races was a miracle in this sense ? Indeed what stronger evidence of miraculous .intervention have we anywhere than the creation 'of organic beings, especially of man ? and his in troduction is one of the facts of geological his tory. But the mere creation of these successive races is not the whole of the matter. For they were nicely adapted to the altered condition of things at the different epochs. They showed, also, a gradual elevation in the scale of being, as we rise higher and higher. If it was not a miracle to introduce succeeding groups under such circumstances, that is, a special divine in tervention, then we despair of finding a miracle anywhere.— Bibliotheca Sacra. WHO SHALL DECIDE WHEN DOCTORS DISAGREE? The New York Church Journal, an Episco palian paper, after speaking of a request recently made by the Southern clergy for Bibles to be forwarded from the North,—a request to which the good churdhnieh of Nhw York seemTohave acceded, goes on to say • TPe cannot refrain from, adding that the Bishops and clergy there—Bishop Polk inclu ded—send the kindest messages of undiminished lo ve, as of old, to their brother Churchmen of the North. Moreover, we are well assured that even in the midst of the fearful struggles of war, the church is steadily gaining ground all through the South. There is a general and growing distrust of sects and fanatics and l’anters roarers; and from every part of the Southern armies, as well as from every part of the South ern country, the demand for the services of church clergymen is greater than can by any possibility be supplied. The Bishop of Georgia has lately made three visitations to Gen. Bragg’s army, for the purpose of holding confirmation ; and among those confirmed was Gen. Bragg himself. - . At the same time, and proceeding with a si milar gradual change along with the growing preferences for the Church, there is an evident change going on in regard to the feeling with which the North is regarded. The fierce• and. fanatical, hatred with which the war broke out is steadily giving' 'way to a nobler and better feeling, so that many of those who, two years ago were ready to swear that they would never eat or wear or purchase any thing that .came, from here, are now looking forward, with ex pectant interest, to the lime when they may be able to resume (heir annual summer visits to the North, as in (lie days before the war began. ■ The passages says the Commonwealth, which we wish-to call attention to are the beginning and closing sentences! These are strangely at variance with the sentiments contained in the “Appealof the Confederate Clergy,” already alluded to by us. These representatives of Southern Christianity take occasion to express their “undiminished love” in the following manner:— , If to awaken a deeper resentment than ever inflamed the people of the South 'before ;• if to quench the last sentiment of respect that lin gered in their breasts. for the United States’ Government; if to unite them more resolutely than ever, and to make it to the individual interest of every person in the bounds of the Confederacy to sustain and strengthen it with every dollar and every arm, and every prayer, and. every energy of manly virtue and Chris tian encouragement, be to advance, the invad er’s interest, and give him hope of success, then'has the proclamation famished him oppor tunity pf congratulating himself. Will the Church Journal gives us a “ Har mony” of these two opposite texts ? THE 104TH PSALM. A striking example.of the Bible’s entire avoid ance of error in its allusion to the grand pheno mena of nature is found in the 104th Psalm. This magnificent composition, than which, says Bishop Lowth, “ nothing can be conceived more perfect of its s kind,” demonstrates the glory of tbe Creator from the wisdom, beauty, and varie ty of his works. It may be considered as a po etical version of the narrative of creation in Gen esis. Like Moses, the inspired Psalmist begins with God, the Almighty King of kings, whose raiment is the light; whose palace is in the hea vens, whose chariots are the clouds, and whose retinue are angelic spirits, who hasten like the wind and the lightning to fulfil his pleasure. He then glances to the earth and tells us who “ laid its I‘oundatians that they should not be moved foreves,” “ From the inanimate creation he makes a transition by the springs and streams of water to the living creatures which quench their thirst and rejoice in the Creator’s bounty! He speakS of the provision made for such crea tures as the wild asses of the desert, and the fowls of heaven which sing among the branches of the trees. And then he speaks of man, of [ the provision made for man, and of the adapta- ; tion of all things to man, the chief of all these' i lower works of God.” The whole psalm is written in the.highest style of poetry, and yet in ; all this wide range of topics, the keenest eye of science cannot discern the slightest error, while. the phenomenal language respecting {he earth’s immovability, as has already been shown, con tains an implied recognition of a great scientific truth. How remarkable,a testimony to the Bible this accuracy is, will he felt when it is re membered that Milton, who wrote his immortal poem hardly two hundred years ago, speaks of the “ five other wandering fires,” supposing that to be the number of the planets which with»the earth and sun makd up our system. No such charge of ignorance can be fixed upon David or any other of the sacred writers, Baron Hum boldt, who cannot be accused of any undue'par tiality for the Bible, thus speaks of this sacred hymn: “We are astonished to find in a lyrical pocm.pf f snch a limited jcompass, the whole uni verse—the hhaveUs and the earth—-sketched* with a few, bold (Touches. ‘ The calm, and toilsome life of inan, from, the rising of the sun to the setting of the same when his daily work ik done, is here eonstrasted with the moving life' of the elements of nature. This contrast' and gener alization in the conception of natural, pheno mena, and the retrospection' of an omnipresent invisible Power, which can renew the earth or crumble it to dust, constitue asolemn and exal ted form of poetic creation. • Tullidge.' GOD’S DRAFTED. Our drafted men sometimes speak of them selves, or their friends speak.of them as the spe cially and inexpressibly unfortunate of mankind. Even patriotic newspapers occasionally • allude to them as “the victims of the draft.” One might think'they were speaking of' the draft of the king of Dahomey, for his annual custom of cutting thousands of human as a saeri- fthe cruel manes of his father. Our draiw& soldiers, to say nothing of the sustain ing excitements of patriotism and honor, should look upon themselves in the light of religion, : as differing from their neighbors only in the form of hard service to which the Lord, has drafted them. He drafts us all to bear the cross, in some shape or other; that is to per fomrfeome unpleasant duty, and the unplea sant duties are all we have to be concerned about, as the pleasant will almost perform themselves. ..Yes all men, as has been said, are “ cruciferi et cruces.” What kind of cross it shall..be our duty to bear, it is not for us but for Him who. rules, to select. Heraldry has devised seventy-two forms of the instrument as the. badge of the various orders of knighthood and religion to the world. Among them there might be a choice, but not among the still more numerous forms of trial Providence may bring upon us. Some may he averted or alleviated by a holy life, all wijl be made heavier by sin, but the best Chris tians maybe visited by calamitiesthey least ex pected. Why should the musket in a righteous cause be regarded as an intolerable cross,?; The motive from which it is assumed may . make it sacred as {hat badge. The crusader’s sword to him was literally his cross. Its cruciform shape was hallowed in : his eyes; : “In hoc signo vinces ,” it said to him as assuringly as when this legend enci rcl etl the heavenly cross in the visio.n of the emperor who assumed- the diademof Rpme.oa, this very day of the year, July 26th, in A. D., 306. We suppose no practical man now doubts the lawfulness of bearing arms> since : the ultra peace principles were exploded in the first whiff of gunpowder against fort Sumter. Arms must be borne, therefore some must bear them. If the lot falls upon ns, wejmay rejoice that it is this rathef than many visitations apparently more objectless and useless. >’ And we need not fear to find military life so repulsive as at first it seems. Some who thought themselves least adapted for it by tastes and habits have found on trial that in this, as in every other element of God’s universe in which human duty is in volved, there is a pervading system of compen sations,sand have been impelled to cry, “Oh war, thou bast thy fierce delight, ' Thy gleams-of joy intensely bright.” —Christian Register. SAVING MINISTERS. It has been lately proposed in the public pa pers, as a means of preserving clergymen for a longer use, to a greater age, that while they are young,; they should not be expected to do so much, as is now required of them ; that for the first five ybars of "their ministry, only one sermon on the: Sabbath should be given. Hot one minister in a million is ever disabled by hard study, or dies prematurely from that cause. A far better plan would be to require them to preach eyery day and Sabbath too, for the first years of their ministery,-and “as ye go, preach;” take circuits, and preach in destitute places, five: or ten, or fifteen miles apart; a sermon a day on an average, the year round; and twp or three on Sabbaths, the'oftener the easier; ’the advan tages are,that they would become acquainted withthecountryjwould bebroughtinto personal contact .with, a great variety of persons ; would see human nature in its runltitudiuo,us phases;, and thus in after-life would be able to read a hook, mpre instructive to them than any other, except the Bible; and reading it well, would ■put intheir hands a key which would unlock the human heart, and give them so complete an, access ; to it, that the people would say:, “JVever man spake like this man.” “ Be told me all that ever I did.” Patrick Henry owed his greatest power to what he learned of hu man nature by talking to all sorts of people in his little country store. , Another advantage is, that tbis daily, active out-door life, breathing the .pure air fdr : almost all of daylight, would enable them to work off that diseased bodily condition,-: which Is generated in theological seminaries ;and would so knit and compact the constitution, so.renovate it, not only by the ex by change of food and, associa tion, as to lay the foundation for many years of healthfulness in the future. It is impossible for s ,an intelligent* man to doiibt for am instant, that four or five years spent :in riding every day on horseback, in the open air, with the ac companying and exhilarating mental exercise reqiiired in preaching, would be as certain to. build up the constitution, as spending 'from morning until night in confined rooms, and eat ing heartily all the time, without any systematic exercise, would pull it down, and destroy it. There is nothing perplexing, or mystic, or mindracking in ordinary ministerial duty; it is mbre ! of'calm contemplation, like that of the' natural philosopher, the longest-lived of all other classes, as statistics say; , ,they "study the works of God; the cleirgy study his. word; which is a surer “word of prophecy” and a plainer. The destroyers of our clergy are not hard study ; not the difficulties connected with their calling; but reckless and unnecessary expo sures ; irregular efforts,; wrong habits of eating; unwise neglect,of wholesome bodily exercises; bad hours of study, and a criminal inattention to the securement Of those bodily regularities, which are ihdispensible to health the world over. Preaching often, does not kill; look at the Whitfields and the Wesleys and the multi tudes of others like them; .confinement even, does, notjdll: Baxter and Buiiyan; and many more livea in jails fof years' tbgetheii'' and that GENESEE EYANGELIST.—¥EoIe No-898. too without opportunities of exercise—for their living was plain, and that not. over-abundant, nor tempting either!— Hall’s Journal of Health. MISSIONARY INTELLIGENCE, Ordinations in Hurlcey.-, —Within a few days, in May, pastors were installed over no less'than five of the Protestant churches in'Central and Eastern Tiifkey. ; Mr. Goss, of Adana, Central Turkey, writes: “May 14th and 17tb were happy days for ns,for on those days pastors were given to'the churches in Adana and Tarsus. After the ’benediction by the pastor, the brethren assem bled around their. newly appointed shepherd, and, taking Mm by the hand, or throwing their arms around liis neck prayed for God’s blessing upon him, thus furnishing fresh evidence of their mutual love.” ‘ Adadpur,'who was ordained, at Adana as an evangelist, about seven years ago, was, installed as pastor at Tarsus, the out-station of. Adana, May 17. On the 23d of the same month, Baron Polat Sarkis was ordained as pastor of the church at Antioch, in the same mission, and on the 24th, (the Sabbath) a pastor was ordained at Bitias also. - About the same time, there was an ordination in Eastern Turkey also. The annual meeting of the mission was ’ held at Diarbekir, commencing May IS,, and closing May 25 j and the most in teresting, day of the meeting, it is said, was .that devoted to the ordination,of Baron Tomas Boya jian, as pastor of the First Evangelical Church in that place. “The examination of the candi date was full, and remarkably well sustained. More than a thousand adults were present, be sides hundreds of children, and the attention was unflagging to the end.” The members of the ehurqh, pledge themselves to furnish neajrly half the salary. : , '■ Ordination id India. —ln the Madura field also, in India, a letter of May 20 announces that there was to he an ordination. Mr. Bendall wrote of a very pleasant meeting of the mission, at which it was deeided that a valuable catechist, who had been laboringat the Tirumungalum station, should be ordained pastor at Malankinnaru. “He will be the second candidate ordained this year.” diminished Zeal in the Service of Idols. —Mr.. Tracy, of the Madura mission, wrote in April: “At the recent annual festival of Secundermalie, larger numbers than usual were present, owing probably to the abundant harvest just gathered in; but a most willing disposition to listen to the truth was manifested by the people present, and everything in the form of a book or tract we had to dispose of was given away or sold. Much difficulty was found in drawing the idol car, many of the people saying that it was not their concern, but that of the brahmins, who might'draw it themselves if they chose. More than twice the usual time was consumed in bring ing the eaf to its accustomed; standing place, and then it was accomplished only by hiring men from the village to do the work.” ' A.Missionary “Full of Joy.”—Mr. Nutting, of Oorfa, Central Turkey, wrote briefly, June. 15. “I am full of joy in looking at the work of God already visible in this field. As fait as I have thrown' the burden- [of supporting their own institutions] on the people, they have, borne it, and with cheerfulness and increasing ability. This year, since January, Ahry- ]saye (here: in Pqrffi) paid'promptly the Salary of their native preacher,—though he is not yet ordained ag their' pastor, and the church has numbered only 14 members and the congregation about 200,—asses-, sing it, and the support of three school teachers, according to ability, 'fhus far there is no delin quency ; every thing is paid up promptly. They have also paid half the cost of a place of worship in Germish, and part of the.support of an evan gelist, - though as yet . there is no, congregation gathered there. The word of the Gospel has also sounded out to all in the surrounding region 'from here to Serooj; Bozova, in more than a dozen villages, without a cent of help from abroad. Two weeks ago eight persons, four of them males, were received to the chureh, .which, now numbers 22 working Christians, meeting every Friday for a private church prayer meeting, and including seven hopeful young men' who are receiving instructions with a view to be coming ministers of the gospel, .unsupported, by foreign aid. Of these only one now receives aid from abroad. The others are all self-supporting, and never expect any support aside from what the congregations may give.” Jiheohuta Delivered. —The father of the present King of Dahomey was, in 1851, killed in front of Abeokuta while,making war upon its inhabitants. His son swore vengeance, and has, for twelye, years, been training his warriors ; (female as well, as male) to make it sure and .terrible. Recently the tiiike to ’'execute his purpose arrived. He 1 marched within six miles of Abeokuta. The Abeokutaus, though it seemed hopeless, deterA mined to,f{ght, to .the, last. The Christian con verts amqngthem are so numerous that their, quota of soldiers-M)rganized in a separaie band, with : officers of their own choice—numbered seven hundred. For sixteen days the attack was hourly, expected. In the meantime, the; Christian natives gave themselves to prayer ful; deliverance. At length it came. The Dahomian soldiers, apparently filled with fear, suddenly and without any known' cause) fled, leaving Abeokuta un-* harmed. The C hrlstians ascribed the deliverance to the Jiand oi' Gqd. ; v THE WHOLENESS OF RELIGIOUS CHA RACTEB, The Bostort Becor&er in an excellent article on this subject says: '' ’ Pew things injure the cause of .Christ more than the inconsistences, incongruities and con tradictions in good men. Their religion is con fined