LETTER FROM INDIA, My Dear Brother Meabs: —We have just had a little specimen of British Hin doo Royalty. Since the people in this kingdom rebelled, and were re-subjugated by the British in 1844, our young king, “"'SSt'uan'j'has beeh kept under a kind of 'kutelagei : dnd allowed to exercise no power. You will remember, ibet in the.great Sepoy Rebellioiv.of 1851, this was the one; place, biTthe{limitS; of the; Bombay Presb dency, notorious for a violent.; qutbreak cUSirnot: jofiiin } the s i^bfelfion;. and as a> kjnd ofeevvardi for his ; ..fidelrty,.they .promished to rpstqrghim to power. ~r . . The fulfilment, of this promise has been- long,delayed. Last yeardt was.given out that • the Go vernor Sahib was coming frpm Bombay,to -honor the occasion:; the delay was for his convenience, At length, however, the day was fixed—the 18th of this month. ... A day or . two .before the- event, a Go vqmment. order, was issued to: the 44,000 people ofKolapoor to glean iup their , s houses, . As ,we;pass.ed along : the streets , th.eieyening of theilTthi-it wasmot a little amusing to see all the old women and sortie of the young ones, engaged in house cleaning V operation; It consisted in wash ing the mild nwalls.i.next, to? the narrow 1 Btree ts,; with tf, fresh mixture of mud add coW-.’jduhg*; landiitheh i iomamenting'them ‘ withi littlp-dots and Stripes :of white, red, apd; yqUott’.. The white,-paint was simply 1 lime . whitewash, and rthe’samfi, with the addition iof a. little coloring powder, served for the more gaudy decorations.< The Work was done iin theundfit indifferent and 1 ■slovenly; manner, merely sufficient to. obey the; order ;l airidyet-I iwas assured* by one high; iH authority, that the amounts of lime MseduraSsed itst price to four times its or dinaryvalue. i v-t " :i: ' The day. was not wanting in military' dißplayybut no;Govemor Sahib ’ came ; evens.the political 1 agent wasabßent; and represe'itOd' by Major Anderson, his as - <J :■ ' ft Having been 1 duly invited by an Eng- 1 list note, from this gentleman; seut br tbe bahd of a His Highness’ most faithful old “Nailc Dufiedar,” my good wife un : hesitatinglydecidedtbattmustgo. Reach-, ing th'e paiace with the little band Of Eu ito'peaa officers cbniuected with the regi ments stationedher6,we fQundthat'both regiments bad preceeded us; and pafiang through. long .filpg of these soldiers, we came to the- entrqnce/bf the palace where the young . Major. A. stood to receive ua;; and having d°ne so, they im mediately led .the, way, through dark pas sages and up a very narrow dark stair way, to the Durbar Hall on the second f10,0r,., already crowded brim-full of natives decked-, .out r in. holiday .finery. Near the centre of this Hali, we were seated in two rows of chairs.facing ; each other, the Rajah occupying the. post, of honor at one extre mity, with Majqr A. on his right, and Col. P. on his . left. Both these officers were large, portly men, and with the little Rajah between them, glittering with jew els and diamonds, they set, off the supe riority of the Anglo-Saxon to these puny Asiatics, a, la Punch. , , ... . I expected some performance worthy of the occasion—at least, some statement in English or Marathi, announcing the resto ration of the kingdom to the young Rajah. Not One word, of the kind. There was music, and the, disgusting performance of three dancing girls. After ah hour of this stupid entertainment, we were sprinkled with, rose-water, perfumed with oil of the precious sandal wood, wreathed with gar- landß of flowers, and then the Rajah and Major A. rose and led the way hack down .the dark stairs, and to the palace entrance, whence, all hastened away in the utmost confusion. What an opportunity for mating the moral and elevating power of Great Brit ain felt bythese grovelling Asiatics, and yet wholly thrctwn away. Not one word said td impress the young king with a fit-, ting seiise of his new responsibilities, not one enhobling sentiment uttered, and the Bfijsdiancf hiS subjects left to infer that, Abe most acceptable entertainment they can. propose for their Anglo-Saxon con querors is a nautch of lascivious dancing girls I .British, poljox.in India absurd and un- ’ ' ' CHRISTIAN. XcamepVay from the palace oppressed ■with a feeling of extreme sadness. I passed idol shrines which have been re paired and ornamented at. Government ex pense,. the special sanction of British officers. Herein this dark land, for 250 years, the representatives of the most Christian nation! on the globe, have pan dered to .'the grovelling superstitions of these idolaters, building and repairing their temples, directing and supporting their idol ceremonies, and virtually be coming ministering priests at their idol shrines. 0 what a price has been placed in their hands 1 What a vantage ground for elevating and blessing these idolatrous nations! And yet how sadly neglected and perverted! Under the wretched plea of religious neutrality, they have put a ban upon their own.faith, and entered into league with idolaters to pro tect and support their rebellion against the living God. I would not overlook the benefits of a mere secular education, from which the Bible and all Christianity has been expur gated;: but even l this was neglected for - some two hundred and fifty years Of Briti : Ish rnle in India, arid ik stili most ihfiagre, reaching: Only afewofthe ; higher arid' mote* Wealthy ■ and - leaving ; the masses In the inost debasing ignorance-I riot three. i& : a hundred able to fOad 'theTr own language. : 1 1 I Would’ not overlook' the benefits of railroads find-telegraphs, rapidly, intersecting all paftsofthislfind; but even these Are shorn of their iriofal power by unworthy concessioris to the idolfitfous superstitions of the native workmen^—car- ; tying sheep 1 on the first' train that blimbs the Ghats, to sacrifice tosome idol god in honor Of the event. What WOnder that, multitudes of these idolaters cling to their idols with more intense devotion, feeling that their past remissness has given a chance to their British conquerors to out do them in'Costly offerings, and thus win from them the favor of . these same idol gods 1 ; But we must not include all English-' men in the condemnation here implied. Let us never forget that there are noble, earnest, Christian men, bo,th in England arid here among these British officers, who depreefite the wrong position of the go vernment, and the great iniquity thus per petrated, as sincerely as any missionary. Arid let us riot fail to thank God that the 5 number of such men, in positions to influ ence the India (xd vernirient, is .constantly mcreasmg. RAJAH AND MISSIONRi . ' Does the question arise in your" mind, HbW'will this restoration of the young Rajah to; power affect' the missionaries ■?: We do riot ■anticipate 'firiy’charige. The riative Durbar and the Rajah himself have always seemed friendly. Tie forcible seizure df ear houte in our absence by Geri. Jacob for military uses, together with his foolish’oath, declaring no missionary should be allowed to live here again, undoubtedly had an unhappy effect upon the native government and, people'’ and their wrong impression was in a rqea- Sute confirmed bythesale of'our Cha’pel shortly, before our, return, effected as .it ,was by the Political Agent, the highest British ; authority in the kingdom., How could they help inferring that, the British Government was opposed to the mission ? The fact that the Political Agent had the property , sold at the order of the Board, they probably never knew. And if we should tell them so, how could they un derstand the possibility of such an order to sell a Chapel, which we still need every day as much as when we built it ? The natives were evidently posed by these un toward events; and the wonder is, that they received us as cordially as they did., But time rectifies much that is wrong, and corrects many wrong impressions. - The native government and people have seen us recover our housethey have seen the limits of :the military camp, which were enlarged to bring the house more abso lutely under Gen. Jacob’s control, con tract again * arid leave us in our former po sition. They, have seen us resume our preaching and schools in different parts of the city; and while noticing our forbear-, ance in regard to our former chapel, they have' seen us purchase another site imme diately adjoining it; and when the Jifus sulmans remonstrated and petitioried the government' and the Political Agent; to interdict our, building upon .it, they hfive observed that such petitions have' been unavailing. If we are enabled to go on without work and complete our chapel, we trust the wrong impressions that had obtained will soon be erased and for gotten. You will also bear in mind, that though the government of the kingdom is now conducted in the name of : “ His Highness, the Rajah,” yet the change is more in name than in. reality. The young Rajah has no business habits, and. I fear will give no attention whatever to the govern-, ment and interests ofjhis kingdom. j[|His minister is the choice of British officers, j A British- Political Agent still holds .su pervision. The Rajah has no power of life and death j all weighty matters must still he referred to the' Governor in Coun cil at Bombay; and this native govern: ment, like' all protected States; must heed the wish, and adopt the general policy of the protecting power. ; I confess I feel a strong sympathy, for the young Rajah. - he; possessed of suitable force" of character and governing qualities, and disposed to apply himself to business, I should sincerely rejoice in this restoration of power. As matters are, I confess to some misgivings. Faithful as the Rajah and his minister zuay be to the PHI LADE LPH I A-,-. lII V USD AY, JAGUAR Y 21,1864. English, his: subjects are restilve, and this kingdom has been the hot-bed of intrigue from time immemorial. It will not sur prise me to find their intrigues breaking out in overt acts, which may, ere long, give occasion for the English to resume the government, and more absolutely than before. TROUBLE ON THE FRONTIER. Several tribes on our Northern frontier have long been troublesome ; and two .months since/;Gen. ChamlSerlain, • with a force of some 6000, was sent tp‘ chastise them. A correspondent the -' M:The combined ledonbYtheJßind|stoeAjfoi£tics. hayjh heenquiet since aita'cfe at ofthe 30th ; dctober; ' |'our!times ( hate 1 they 1 furiously ®hd foblflljfi assailed: Sirs’Na#l© Chamberlain’s position;* and, four times, have they recoiled from the des- : perate shock. The orders are 'don’t dis courage their advance, let Them ’come oh to yohr ba^oniets .bdfofe^yo^ ’and- often: they have bravely l com'e ! bit' and closed- with offr • troops;'but > dlwaysto be discomfited' : 'They have shrunk;from the Enfields of the pale faces, and,, have, .been met .hand to hand by .our "Ist, 6th, 20tbPunjab Infantry’and 1 4th Gloorkhas, by all of which corps the ehemy'has' been overthrown.' And each Regiment boasts one'or more 1 standards taken in fair, and desperate, hgbt. . But ,our Gfflpral is.only anxious for them to comeon msm£" Never: has hS caught hill nien So vious expeditions, and now they mll found him like'>autumn leaves. - The:#egimerit most distinguished in camp> is beyond all doubt.the. fit Punjab Infan try-prider Ma jor Keyes, .unfortunately, wounded, ,ancl. the Punjab low. Two better officers are’iffilf to be found. Our casualties amotuft to ►SIS, in cluding-three European offieer&Jdllfed and 1 five wounded, lost’ at least 500 killed and ljsoo„Whined.” Of the Pandiqs t slain in. the conflict ; he a,dds).* “Neither. English nor,Tutsan will bury them, so their bodies area thrown down the khuds to rot!” * Another correspondent says:j “Their country will probablybe annexed; : but whettbdrderttibes'acfe as thesei-Brans-lit-’ dus Itapparees haye been actingjatthbre is no other course but tobring-tEfeih imder' the watch and police conttol of Gurowri' officers. The punishment of-aiibexa'tioii has; in this case, become necessary.' If such a course be followed, it wilj’have a mobt excellent effect on the -otKjlr hill tribes.” Query:—Were these tribes Strdhgfenbugh to invade British India with sbo.OOO men, anddemand the half, of it as theit/inheri taace, would these British ofjfcgrgcry out “ peace on any terms, ,f and the demand to prevent the horrors ofwar and bloodshed ? ' * ANOTHER- PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Ground was broken, on the first of. this month for laying the foundation 'dfr a new church' in this city Of Kolapobr. ’ We have 252 costly idol’ temples hbre but no Christian Church or chapel; and having labored under this difficulty tWo full years, we feel that’ we must havb'one place in which to worship the true God. We have not half the means necessary for building it, and may have to stop midway in the work, but we have begun it, tvusj> ing in Him for whose service We build it. We would apply for a loan to the Com mittee of your $lOO,OOO “ Church Erection Fund,” but fear we could not famish satis factory'securities. But if you hitve any committees or individuals who* mu-willing to “ lend to the Lord,” and repay it, we will thank God bn ■'their'behalf. And let us share your prayers, that we may be enabled to build uphere a spiritual church, with polished, living’stones re flecting the image and glory of Him who redeemed them. In the service of the Gos pel. Yours sincerely, ’■ R. G. Wilder. P. S. Our Viceroy, Lsrd Elgin, is dangerously 1 ill, not expected to recover. Kolapoor, India, November 25(h, 1863. . BT KEY. DANIEJj MARCH. ; - iv: Thee Paim Tree. Ps; 32 :12. The righteous shall ■ flourish :like the Palm: Tree. • The Palm, as seen by travelers in the lands of the Bible, arrests attention in the; distance by its tall, straight, column-like trunk, and its surmounting crown of luxuriant and. graceful lts dean feathery branches, beautiful* as'the. plumes of the bird of Paradise, never'frail in thd dust, never interlace with the. branches of I other trees,- never become; entangled with | creeping, vines, are never defaced with moss or mildew, never: mingle with the .rank- and noxious vegetation of the marsh or stagnant pool,, though it bagks in the same, sunshine, and derives support from the fame soil. , Apart from all the trees of the wood, the Palm stands , alone, tall, pure, ever stretching, heaven-ward with its yearly growth, ever welcoming the sun, yet not weeping like the willow in darkness; flexible and bending before the storm, yet again when the storm is past, rearing aloft its graceful form as bright and beautiful as ever in the blaze of the broad Boon, and the fading light of the SACRED SYMBOLS. golden eve. So stands thuPalm as seen by the pilgrim who follows the track of the wandering tribes, or surveys the land where they found their promised rest. And the righteous man, the servant of God, lives apart in a pure and- divine separation from the world. Faithful found? -among the faithless, he keeps his loyalty and his love, while the passions the'ifiiiltitdde sweir and roar around him, : outrageous as a sea. Ifhehends before the Btorm, it is ohly to ;risei ; With mew strength and ‘ beauty.; to his wanted stature .when.vthe btempest |has lexpended its fury,; and the 'darkness'ofj the; iBSe istands -as ; a td 'mariners onva ;*ockyjc<Mt,ii;tfountain to; pilgrim&hi ftHfe desbrtyra shontrofvietoty;amidlthe"<rdar of battle. oHis presence is othe'iprbmi&i of Jhis death the greatest-triumph! f Let/sceptics; scoff at the-’ power, of faith and the purity •of " 'religion;; - let sophists with perverse ingenuity, set reason'' at variance with ! revelation*; • let- the' selfish 'and 1 the ■gain-* seeking barter-their souls forgbld;'still so* 1 long as there is ! a good man in■ ■ the world to live for Godj the trufh of the ■ divine : word shall be demonstrated with power, ’and unbelief shall'be put to shame. By his silent separation from the *evil of the world he shall testify-against it,’ and; by the’ serene and'susthined ' superiority of 1 his"faith he shall*overcome ’its'power:* Animated by the spirit of his "Master, he can mingle with men in all the" walks of life," and go through*'all' the’ haunts Of wickedness upon errands "of mercy and love, and yet‘keep hip 1 garments clfean. Under his cultivation” the morkltvaste j hr •the city and the wilderness, brings forth immortar fruit, homes of the vile add wretched are’cheered with the' joys of paradise-restored. However the 5 wicked may rail ; qn him ip the day of their prosperity, the, worsjk,,of men welcome his conoqng in the dark hour of,, affliction, and eyes dimmed with the shadows of death look'on his face as if it Were the face of an angeL ' Life is prepious ib him, and the selif-denying work of behefigehce is full of joy, because .love attracts him to every duty, and faith gives him the foretaste of heaven. The world ,is Beautiful to him, because itisthe work of his Father’s , hand; and his emancipated spirit walks abroad through all the pleasant things brought forth by. the sun,. and delights amid the beauties and glories of creation as if they were all his own.. - w The new* deposit of woody matter, which is to enlarge its. dimensions and increase dtsistrength, comes directly from the vital process,; whieh is gping on at the heart. Thpugh jthe surface, may seem hard ; and rigid, yet the central portion of the trunk is soft and .pliant, and,at the same time full Vof ithat-mysterious and ever-acting vitality, which is the source of strength and growth to the whole tree. With the other and larger class,bf trees, the process of growth is the opposite of this. In them the heart may be hard as Atone, and utter ly dead, while the outside appears green and flourishing. The,whole vitality of the tree inlay be employed in: giving the surface the appearance of life, while the heart is utterly gone, and the trunk is is nothing ; 'but a shell. Tlie spiritual life of the righteous man has its seat in the heart, and displays its power from within' outward. He is not indeed asyet “ vital in ■ every part,” sanc tified in his whole body and soul and spirit ; but the warmth with which his system glows is fire from heaven, and it has been kindled upon ah altar where the flame shall never go out:; and that altar is his renewed and consecrated: heart. Howevet his 1 external aspect may at times seem 'rigid and cold, there os always warmth and tender sensibility within. The outside of the cultivated and .decorous worldling, is the best of him. While his branches are green, and he Spreads his foliage in. glorious beauty to the sun, he is so jjitterly dead in thevery soul and centre of his spiritual being as not. to possess the slightest symptom of vitality, where the new life of love to God should have its pure fountain; and perpetual spring—in the 'heart.." ;■ , And the universal church of Christ in the world, lives: and grows by the- same •law which governs the spiritual life of the individual -believer; The: elements of its power cdme- from within itself, - and not from the world. -And the church must be made strong, for the'entire conquest of the world, by liVing’’ expansion from its own centre of life/and "that is Christ himself, it is not the World that ’is to enrich and. strengthen and Save the church; ' but it is the church' Which is td enrich and-save the world, or both will be lost together. The streams of salvation must flow from the church outward, to water the desert and make the waste blossom as the rose. .The church forgets’ and its glory, when it seeks to propitiate the powers of this world by a recreant distrust of its own • truth, or a feeble hesitancy in asserting its high claims, in the name of Christ, to | the loftiest endowments of intellect, and the -utmost. resources of- nations. Prom the heart of the church of Christ alone can go forth the vitalizing influences which can save the world from utter corruption, decay and death. And the world can securCs’ to itselfx-|»ridaßexii growth and prosperity, only by taking to its own heart that divine principle of life by which the church and all the children of God live. : EXPOSITOR? . In dmy first- artide rpGn Hfearing i the ; fing J ?i;l(ia^«h»pted;«^t&ereii^?nroj:oper [ Idnd'of ipEeaohmgj: bafe-thisof / jE^poswS^h, : tilL the :iAtrdiieentury. after -Chrisfe;?’ land added, «this may beAvorthi considering by 'those -whoapreaGh One •bfvyour correspondents since, in a well written . has taken i :ex? •ception tjtoi xthisi brief ‘.remark, and com mences. /by -saying; ‘i One:story isgood till other is. told.” This oldadage is ge nerally true; add/il" have'no: doubt but that mine will begood after his is told. II .will/ for convenience, divide this writer’s objections into distinct heads. •1 1. He'fchiaks expository preaching is not the best kind of preaching, because “it fails utterly ’of Coining’ into'general 1 use in the labored= Sabbath-’ performances of pas tors^—it is almost entirely repudiated in the chief assemblies of the church,” &c. This : may be : very true. Btat what does it’pfove ? Has this able writer yet to learn that nuuiiiensAre no proof of being in the right?" Because ’ Pagans and -Ro manists 'Outnumber all'Others,'is itMejvjk dence that theyare in’ ; the right 1 .? 'And suppose nine-tbnths- Of the pastorS of the present day pratidh'ivritten sermons, (for, it ' Soems r tSfs J! ivas the “dash,” or dart which" took 'effect;) IS thikprodfthat they are 'ih the right ? B'eSides, as He has’ ex pressed a' doubt as to some of my states, meets, I must be allowed to doubt his view' Tdo s hbt admit'that the “ great fafets respecting the' piilpit j : the known re sults ” are" dii Ais side;' ; By no manner of means. On the contrary, I maintain that in proportion to the number of thbse who have preached' expository and even un writted sermons, the' teWfufir effect of the pulpit has been in favor of my position. Take the whole body of the “Reformed* ansi “ TJniied of our city. They ■ almost never preach-a written sermon, one not- expository,’yet?,'where will you find more’ numerous hearers or more stable churches than . Bey; Drs, -Wylie, Dales and Steele’s ? ■ Of, I'&ay come still nearer, even intb the very fold of the good bro ther,(fbrhe has given me his name) and ask; where is ffie-church or people fed with more intelligence? Where, “the lips of the priest” who “keeps” more “knowledge,” or deals out more, than R,ev. Albert Barnes? But, how many written sermons does Mr. Barnes preach in a year ? How many ; Sabbaths pass without an expository sermon ? A correspondent of the Congregation alist in the issue of Jan. Ist, 1868, says, “Rev. Albert Barnes remarked at a meet ing of the ministerial association, when the question of science to the pulpit was under discussion, that were he td live his life over again, he would devote half of the Sabbath day ministrations to expository preaching.” 1 “He regards it the most Scriptural and effective method of present ing the. gospel to the public.” ! 1 ; Mr. Barnes is surely a wise man on this, as on other subjects; and, I might well let the matter rest here. But as, my brother, this kind of preaching teas, the way in which Christ and his : Apostles preached, I must say a word more. The passage which he has himself quoted‘of Paul’s “reasoning gut of the Scriptures, opening and alleging,” &c., shows conclu-: sively how he preached. Ido not wonder thaP he ’should have said, “in m'uch-.of the preaching Of this day, there is not: enough expounding of the Scriptures.” Amen. ; ■ Now.how did Christ preach ? Look, at Luke iv :' 16-22. Did- hot this great preacher expound this Scripture from Isaiah ? Look at Mark xii. See how he confounded the Sadducees. Moreover, who would have expounded that Scripture cor-; rectly, if Christ had not said, “ God is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living.” They erred, “not knowing the Scriptures;” If the Scriptures were more expounded, fewer would err. When the Bible was even falsely ex pounded by the devil, Christ discomfited him by quoting Scripture in itS iegitimate meaning. If Christ’s preaching was not in the main, expository, then I do not know the meaning of the term. ;:-;i. , We ‘have seen how Paul preached.' .Now let US look at Pater's preaching, oh the day of Pentecost I do this the more readily, as this is one of the long serihphs to which my brother critic-has ' ! 6alied attention: ‘ “ These are not drunken. ” How does Peter prove this ? “It is that which was spoken by the prophet. ” Then he quotes Joel. Then, he tells his hearers what kind of a man Christ was; what the Jews had done to him, how God had raised him from the dead, <fcc. Then,*he quotes what David said, and expounds and applies it to their case. This is What I call expository preach ing. Id aim ost allreligious discussions and controversies, the difficulty has arisen from not properly understanding terms. Those who have discussed points, have meant di&Mht things by 1 Gfe' sefirtie name. If a very different'thing from , what I mean by it, anal am,led to believe sue Awes because he says expository preachjs&jonde tb' themintL?’' I if if* means igdorant preaching,- or preach' ing’mtAbut study. . ’ ‘ me give an illusjrationof uifuit jkind of expository preaching my .brother seems to me. to have in his nrnid. In early life, I had a neighbor, (and tie the only expository preacher. ,1 ever jknew to fail) who used to write his. sermons, But, if h'e. had written one during, the .week, and it was a rainy Sabbath,, or there were but few present, he would say, I have written a sermon, bat, as there .are few present, I will, expound the Scriptures.. He would then take a. whole chapter and talk away at random. When expounded, his service .was always half an hour longer, than at other times. The result was, that those who staid at home used.to say, they could , always tell whether the minister had, a sermon or not. If none, he kept .them the half hoar longer. These long exppsfto.ry sermons came bo often, that the people could not endure them, mid he had to go. ~r .fujly admit< that such expository preaching “belittles the mind,” and starves the soul, and oupAt to ,send any minister out.,Eke the itinerating “Levite, seeking a place to sojourn.”, But, I fully.bebeve that.the best way, the most Scriptural way, tiie most useful way of preaching is to expound and apply . Scripture; it will take more cogent argoments.tban my bro ther bas yet adduced ;to, .make me believe that such preaching is .caculated either to “belittle the mind, or make feeble churches. ” ERINOES IN CHRIST’S TRAIN. ; Our; minister gives us; at Monthly'Con cert, an abstract of the progress of the gospel during the month in Christendom and heathendom. This is alwayß inter estingto'thefriendsef Christ; and indeed, from the freshness and variety of the news' to every intelligent-person. Ihave noticed that the subject of interest is never the same for two successive months. Christ’s; chariot of revolution rolls on wajd. : , . This month the power of individuals for good seemed to be prominent. He men tioned; the gift of the site of a chnreh in Philadelphia by one gentleman, tire dona tion of a lecture-room and school-room all complete by another, the donation of a Mechanics’' Institute Sheriff Baillie, and the appropriation of £20,000 by the city of London to build houses for the poor. All this is the news which has reached the parson’s study-table in a single month.- Doubtless it is not half what might be; told. 1 The’recital of the personal influence de veloped : on the side; of knowledge and re ligion was 6till more remarkable. The Minister of Education in France has sound ly castigated the Popish journals which desired a bigoted education. The mer chants -and gentlemen •of Calcutta,:Hindoo and European, have resolved on the erec tion of 'a -Duff testimonial, and consulting Sir Charles Trevelyan, Dr. Duff’s steady friend and ally in the cause of English education in India, he recommended a splendid hall bearing; his name as one of the sides of the quadrangle of the new university in Calcutta. Then we heard of the Emperor of Russia decreeing an effective system of national education for Russia. - Next Of the Adjutant-General of the United States preaehing the gospel as follows to the freedmen, white and black: “AbbVe : all, trust' in God, whose power has'led; you-: out of the dark valley of slavery ;into the sunlight of freedom, and whose boundless love is ready to do so much more for you and for us all,- that no heart caneonceiveandno mind can meas ure His beneficent care. Carry your sor rows . and your sins to the foot of the cross,, and in yogr hour of need and angUmh Call on the blessed SaViour for comfort and protection; for’ He will never fail tp answer the prayer of a contrite and •humble- heart. Your religious instincts are., strong and controlling. Give them full rein. Do your whole dirty tb each live in the *fear aAd lbve of that Godwhb feigns oyer all, and who at the last day will judge you and me, and all of us, .and. give every one his just and exact reward.” . . Jts. a . new ‘and blessed style of ffilit&fjf ofdefk. concluded the list of ’BriqeSs’iiii Christ’s-traiTi by the announce imeift? ofj.fche? appointment to the govern ment. of, and the sway of the desia nies, of. heathens, of the faithful ithd intelligent friend of missions, 'Bif-"joiilP Luwreheef' ! 'and:Byc.bhBeeching prayer for him and for each of the others named. r Is the millenium actually dawning? Are the kingdoms of this world becoming the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ ? Watchman.
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