JENNIE’S DISAPPOINTMENT. BY “M. E. M.” [Continued.'] Days and nights move on, many of them very long and dreary to the boys in the hospital. Each din" was so much like the other—so unlike the busy, bustling days in the great world outside, so unlike the toiling, marching days of the army, so unlike the eager, feverish days of the people at home, watching the rise and fall in gold, and the state of the markets, and the news of victory or defeat .on the bulletins. Spring came on, With, “ slippers' of list,” so soft and fairy-like her .tread! the flowers began to blossom in the garden and the forest, the birds sang their morning songs around--the hospital, and through the wards, blew the odorous wind of the south. Robert was. sitting up by one of the windows, trying—it was bard work—to learn to write with liis left hand. Again and again he tried; but the awkward fingers could not easily learn the labor, that had been so aptly done by their lost fellows, and at last the poor hoy be came quite discouraged. Tears rolled slowly down his tfin, wasted cheeks, and he thought, jvith ■a' sad heart, of the future, i :He had hieanfjto db and„,hhiy“Cripple'd* in diis early man hood-ftmever able to work., for mother any’,more—only a burden on the 'dear ones at home—r-do you wonder that he felt sad? . ’ “I.almost wish:*! had died!” he mur mured, unconscious that he. was speak ing aloud. .. ; V > ‘‘Come, 'come 1 , Robert, thee -is nojfc half a man to give up like that,” said nurse, laying her hand on hip shoulder. “See what I.have brought 1 thoc.” She held up to his . view a : dressing gown. It was made 6f soft, brown de laine, with a pattern of rosebuds and leaves. The lining was of, calico. It was very warm and comfortable, but friend Rachel had remarked that the de laine had lost its >first richness, and had somewhere done duty in another form before it tad been converted into a hos_ pita! wrapper. . She helped Robert put it On,' and stood beside him to remark his appearance. To her surprise, a soft and pleasing light overspread his face— a look of glad recognition came into his eyes, and he said, ’ “My mother had a dress like this. 1 : Would it not he nice,if she .had sent this new? Oh! I’m sure it must be:from my. mother!” ‘ “ Thee ■ must remember there might be more dresses than one like that, Ro bert,” said Friend Rachel, “but put thy hand iajio the, pockets. Maybe there’s a card or something of the sort, to say who made it.’.’ Robert put his hand into the pocket, and presently pulled it out With a note in it. A little half-sheet of paper, folded neatly, and a having at the corner a co quettish twist, such as young ladies of ten give their little missives. The ; writing was plain and legible, but was in the unformed hand of a little girl. He glanced over it, and when he came to the signature he started up, and sur prised Friend Rachel and the patients in the ward, by waving his hand oyer his head, and absolutely shouting, “Hurrah! Three cheers for little Jennie t” , “What’s the matter, Bob?” said a feeble voice, from a cot near. “If you haven’t gone mad all at once, please to remember that : I have a head, which aches on the slightest provocation.” 5“ I thought Bob had been a very quiet member of society lately,” shid a’ friend coming up, leaning heavily on two crutches, while a glance showed that ; his leg had been amputated below the knee. “But I see he’s the same hoy yet, and I’m afraid he’ll never get into the Invalid Corps, unless he moderates his, jovial feelings.” ■ ‘ ‘ > “Such a pleasant surprise,” said Ro bert, looking .with beaming eyes-at the: smiling nurse, and the sympathizing faces around him. “I knew this Wrap per the very moment I set my eyes upon it, for my mother Wore a dress 'like : it the day I left homeland sure cnoiigh, when I readjthis little note, I find it comes from our owfi town, and was ■by my little cousm jepqie Martin. Lis ten, whjle I read the little darling’s let: ter. ; 1 •• “Dear Sbl^crWho'evey you may be, when you-get this wrapper, and put it on, remember that the people'at home have set forgotten yen. I am only a little school girl, but I love every sol dier in our grand army, and when the winter nights are long and cold, and the wind blows. I think of the poor fellows, shivering in their tents, and of the wounded men in the hospitals. When ever you feel homesick, let the sight of this wrapper comfort you. And though I’m not very good myself, and don’t like to talk to people tlm i are older, yet sol dier, remember to pray every night and morning, and try to love the dear Sa viour, who died to save us all.” ' This was signed by Jennie Martin, and similar billets had beeri placed in every article in the box. Robert had no doubt now, In his own miim, that his cousin Jennie had gone to heit aunt Ka tharine, his mother, and solicited a con ' tribution to help their little society, and this was proved afterwards to Ihave been the case. .1 The very look of the wrapper did him good. He dwelt on its familiar face, till every little rosebud on it seemeji to have a tongue, that fold of “ Home Sweet Home.” - 1 Such recognit ons are not unfrequent in the army. If seems, often, as though Hod guides the garment or the book to the very spot i 'here the soldier who most needs it, wts waiting till its plea sant spell shouldibe worn around him. RELIGIOUS jWORLD ABROAD. . MONTHLY REVIEW. ’ GrKEAT discussion started by the. “Essay and" Reviews” and by Colensoi’s attack oh. tlic Penta teuch; seem to *be producing good as well 'as evil effects. As ‘in the entire past' history 'of Christian doctrine, be lievers have been led by the .errors and objections of opposers to a" sharper ex amination and,' to' clearer statements of the truth, so now thb true doctrine of inspiration is being divested of unneces sary elements,, and is assuming a form more exactly adapted to the facts of Scripture, and more tenable in the face of infidel attacks. We may regard prin ; cipal Candlish just now as the leading ex ponent of that mode of thought in which the true theory of inspiration is taking shape,under the peculiar pressure of the rationalizing sentiment of the day. Bi shop Colenso having audaciously claimed Dr. Candlish as expressing in his late lecture views equivalent to his own on the subjeot, the latter has explained whatever there was qbscure or unsatis factory in expressions then used. The Duke of Argylc also made a speech be fore the National Church Bible Society of Scotland, January 11th, in which he argued for the divine authority of Scrip ture, both as against the claims made for “tradition” bydiigh churchmen, and against scientific unbelievers; The no bleman appealed to Dr. Candlish on the latter point, and ratlier over-stated his concessions. Hence Dr. C. has: been obliged to guard his views ’from misap prehension in both quarters, which he' does not only to his, own vindication, but in a manner to exhibit and commend the true views.’^^^^! The Union Movement, among Pres byterians is a topic of earnest discussion among the parties interested, especially ih England. The fodpwing ; aye .the al ternatives presenting themselves to those seeking a solution of the question. 1. A single British chureli including’ all the bodies concerned,, at least in En gland and Scotland.. 2. A single Scottish church including the U. P. Synod in England. This would completely isolate the English Presbyterian Synod. ; 8. A single Scottish and a single En glish church, formed by uniting the or ganizations, now separately, existing in each country. Rev. Dr. King, of Edinburg, has lately issued a pamphlet 1 in which he argues warmly for union, hut without indicating to which of the three proposed methods I it should come about. A very full dis- 1 cussion of the-subject took place before the Societies Union,”, of London, January 18th, which has al ready been referred to by our London correspondent. A very able argument for Presbyterian Union in England, and the, ■ formation of - a "distinct English or ganization, was read by J, Edward Jen kins, Esq., late of Philadelphia. Prof. ■Leone Levi gaye some interesting sta tistics showing what would be the strength of the united body, and Mr. Peter. Bayne, wlio was. to speak, prints,' in the Weekly Review, his speech, which there was not time to hear. He pro poses still another ' alternative, should the Eree and United Churches of Scot land fail to unite; namely:-r-that the .'English Synod join the United Synod hp'd thus constitute ' a strong British church.. ;; . \ . : ' The Q-eneral Assembly of the Presby terian ylmrchj of Victoria,; met at Mel bourn, Nov. sth. ; i 'Encouraging pro cess was reported. • ' l-l l '.. Tbe during the twelve months may be'judged of from the fact that the aggregate funds raised for minis terial'maintenahce: was over. 45,00.0Z.,> against 36 r ,000;. last year, and this vfth : out any,/Special- .effort. In addition to this sum, fiufgej amounts ,l?ere raised for building, missions, and other purposes. Nine ministers out of twelve arriving from the home country, have been set tled ia charges, and there are Still nine j PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, MARCH 3, 1864. vacant churches and a large number of preaching-stations besides. Indeed, one of the acts of the Assembly was to order the raising of a sum of 6000/. for the endowment of a theological hall; and there is not the least doubt that the money will be readily subscribed. The Bishop of London's Fund. —lt is intended to make a new vigorous effort to strengthen the Bishop of London’s, fund. The appeal which was made in June last has produced 100,000/., of which 28,900/. has been actually paid,: The Bishop states that he wants 100 ad ditional clergymen and 100 additional Scripture-readers to Work in the most destitute parts of the metropolis, anc of these he has obtained 25 additiona clergymen and 15 additional Scripture readers. Many liberal subscription: have been promised, among them behq those of the. Duke of Bedford, 10,000/. the Marquis of Westminister, 10,000/. Mr; Charles Morrison, 5,000/.; the Bi. shop of London, 2,000/.; the Earl of Derby, 1,000?.; Lord Ebury, 1,000/. Free. Church of Scotland Missions. We regret to notice that the very mea gre support- given by this strong anj wealthly organization to the grand causj of Foreign Missions—eighty odd thou sand dollars a year —is sinking even lower. Last year it was less ithan s6® 000. Truly the presence of tliat zealou a!nd eloquent advocate of the .cause £>r. Duff, is much needed in the churol at this time Italy.— The news from'this counfe•; is of the most inspiring and encouragro character. , , In Lombardy, .espebiallfc the progress of Evangelical opinions i so marked and rapid as almost to assui l the character of a general - religio is awakening. A iponthly volume inig it be filled with reports of the fruits of missionary labor appearing here aid in other parts of the field. The cone- of Evangelical Christendom says: “Nomission fipld has yielded sujch fruit in so short a time. Now.liere ]|as money, been laid out to better purposes, or faithful toil been so richly rewarded. To put it in a few. words, there is no paralled to be found for the : present shaking of opinions going on all around us, except in the fejment of mind that pre ceded and accompanied the Reformation, in England. At a meeting o:' : tl;e Society for the Evangelization of Italy held in Edin burg, Jan. 11th, Dr. Andrew Thompson, who, according to the Weekly H'evieiu, is particularly acquainted with the subject, made the following encouraging state ments : “InPiedmont there is scarcely-a town or village of any size in which there is not a little company of believers { in Florence wo have many meetings for Evangelical worship pvery Lord's.day; in Genoa there are two native congrega tions.; at Leghorn the church of M. Ri betti is crowded 5 every Sabbath; in Na ples, under the evaiigeUfetic labors of M. Buscarlet, the Marquis Cresi, and others, there are flourishing little churches and thriving we'havc our own Mr.; Kay with a little congregation at Pa lermo; and even: in the Island of Elba three stations, comprising a member-' ship of 200 souls;, hot to speak of many churches and* stations in more obscure localities. The part of Italy, however, in which there, is-the, greatest awakening at the present moment is Lombardy,with its capital, Milan/’ Prom the Cfimstian World and from Evangelical CKmstendom , the following facts are, gathered: In the town. Milan, alone there are al ready 1,000 ehurch members,, men and women, whose' names are on t&e .regis ters of the various congregating and partake of the ordinance of the Supper/ About 700 belong to -the Free Churchj and 300. to the, Waldensian and Wes leyan missions,/ This is but' itfi/small portion, oPeourse, of those wholreai the Gospel preached, or. are perusing the: Scriptures in private. The' most lio-’ ticeable characteristic of t&e rCvivalis the love of the-word of GodL Generally speaking, all the artisans and towns-, people connected with the ctifterent-ceri tres of evangeliKatibn caarythe Testae ment about with them in their pockets, and occupy their spare hours and leisure, moments: in reading it. The utmost li berty of conscience is enjoyed in this this part of Italy, . Rev. Wm. Clark, a missionary of the 1 A. F. sand Chlistiah Union writes, under, date of Dec. 29th: . • ‘ .In no other city, is there so large' a number who listen to the, preaching of the gospel on the Sabbath, and in ,'no' other city has Evangelical labor , been so abundantly , blest. Eiiie placesj in different partfs of the city, 'have, already been opened for public worship,! and the sixth is greatly needed., Most pf % these 'are crowded with eager apd attentive listeners to the truth, and j often hiany go away for want pffrpom. iThe.preach ers are not men distinguished for learn-, ing or power'of eloquence,; Iratjtheyare ,men iyho / have felt the power of the truth';in.ftheir, hearts',: anu heiice can preach to the hearts of others.; But-pn account of the on the part of the people pf this city to hear the truth, the work of these preach ers has become exceedingly jonerpus. ’Three ;or four times on tlio Sabbath, and ■nearly every ,eyening during . the 1 week; they are required togivet instruction .id' the people; ‘ ■ '_ ; d ; The instrumentality'is' ivhol qiiate to ! thd work to he perfor multiplied ten-fold it would k sufficient to meet the demand. i ble as it is we are continue nished at the results which follow. ’ The light is spreading from this centre into all the densely populated region around. The cities and towns on the east and west, on the north and south, are all re ceiving the truth and asking for Evan gelical teachers. Every where the preacher finds those who gladly listen to his words. If there were men to go forth, in great numbers, preaching Christ, it would seem all Italy might easily be reformed and led to embrace the relig ion of the gospel. And here is the great want: Christians ° abroad must help create, here in Italy, a native agen cy ; raise up and qualify, a host of young men and women who will become the evangelizers of the country. The educational movement in Milan makes vast progress. Referenced made particularly to the ordinary schools of the" town and'neighborhood. Once a week there is a meeting of about 100 profes sors and school-masters to talk over fa miliarly the best methods of educating |he people, point by point. The num ber of school-books teeming from the Milanese press is surprising. The books issued yearly in every branch of instruc tion are to be counted by scores. But the neigborhood of Milan is even more interesting than the city itself, n The evangelical colporteurs—not mere h salesmen, but devout Christian work ls men—meet with great'success. In Ca- V ravaggie, there is a church of eighty h members and a congregation of three hundred.’ 1 . •' . The evangelist Sciavelli. at Parma,, an ex-Eranciscan monk from Chieti, g lias, received of late many invitations to , tKe Gospel ink neighboring-villa ges. In one place, where bills, announ cing the service, had been, posted, no room could be got large enough, and he preached in a field to 2,000 people. A carriage and pair was sent; to; convey him thither, after his Sabbath morning seryicb in Parma. 'At another place, he liad again to extemporise 1 a field pul pit, and preach in the open air to thou sands of pe'ople. .The priests started an -'opposition service, and rung the church bells long and violently, but- not a man in the crowd moved from his place, and the church was afterwards ascertained' to'have been empty. The soldiers sta tioned there formed guard to protect the preacher,, and many hands sought a shake of his, and with tearful eyes ex pressed their gratitude, when the service was over. ' At Cremona the same porularity at tends the herald of the cross. . An im mense hall, capable of holding 1,000 person's, was literally packed to the door at the second preaching. In Como the audiences, at first consisted only of men. Violent resistance was indeed threatened by the women, who, to the number of 500, proceeded to the chief magistrate, and demanded the instant expulsion of the Gospel party. Being unsuccessful, curiosity got the better of their bigotry and .unfeiHinine rage, and they requested the Evangelist to address a meeting composed almost! entirely of females. , He consented, and many were deeply affected,'by; the truth. ; Liberal sentiments are , spreading among the clergy, and have penetrated, it would; appear, to flic recesses of -mo nasteries. The confusion among the ■Franciscan monks is great They de cline, in many instancs, to send replies to their “generals ”in Rome. Ih fact there is a schism in thevbbdy,'” The 'ec clesiastical seminaries,- too,-are infected, and some are in-a state of revolt.; - The students of Monte Cassina lately; drove put their superior, as a. friend to the Bourbons and a reactionist. The pro gress of education in the lately dark and hapless- city of Naples, is- truly marvel lous. A normal school for boys has lately been opened, 1 and one for girls is in contemplation. • ' ' The; course of legislation, too,’ is still; in the direction >of enfranchismeht from Romish tyranny. A law" has’ lately been enacted, releasing a large amount of pro perty from perpetual rents to convents, churches, and religious institutions, amounting altogether to so some five million francs. Such, a law as this now passed, and .that: which. abolishes corporations, except - specially authorized by royal decree, and another whioh declares illegal all bequests to re-. Rgious ; cominunities, unless authorized; by' the King’s exequatur, are radical ! changes in the very framework of socie-i ty as, heretofore; existing in Italy. And it is worthy of notice that such’measures are carried aghinst the -wishes ;of : Such men asPassaglia, Liverani and : Perfetti —who, as I 1 have before -intimated, are, reformers only of such abuses' as iii their' 'judgment diminish, the power pf the Ro mish Church. j ;, , ’ At the meeting" in Edinburg before referred to, the extraordinary populari ty, of Renan’s life of as Christ among the Italians was spoken of . a symptom not’ altogether discouraging. Dr. W. L.; Alexander said.:, “lie had groat-hopes;, even from a circumstance,- that seemed adver popularity and wide-spread circulation of' Renan’s hook in Italy. He uhderstood, from friends who had been there, that no book had. produced sq great a sensation as this deplorable book 1 was’ doing. It had been extensiye-j Iy read among: various classes of the community, especially themorte cultiva ted. That was somewhat; melancholy; at the same time, he could not but fiqvfe' that in ; cbiumunitie's' 'like: those ’of Prance and-Italy, a book fikejhisinight,; with the blessing of: God overruling lor,* good its' evil tendency, be productive pf , T4i‘',greatbf gppd than a better book di- : rectly addressed to the blinds of pro fessing Christians. The fact would be yinade icd. If .rdly be But fee lj asto- that intelligent people would be stirred up to make further inquiry, and would insist upon knowing from the sources themselves, what was the true and real history which had been made into this unsatisfactory though ingenious book.” We coonclude this extended summa ry—the most brilliant and hopeful it has ever been our privilege to give of the new movement in Italy—with a single paragraph from the March number of the Christian World: “These facts are most gratifying; but there v are clouds on our horizon in Italy which the Am. & For. Christian .Union wishes its patrons to see. In some parts-of Italy, and especially in Tuscany, the priests are working to pre vent any house being rented to us “ for schools .or church purposes. In this they are succeeding beyond our anticipa tions. They may turn us into the streets unless we can buy some cheap buildings. We wish those who are rejoicing in our success to know the danger, and consid er whether they will help make these purchases if it becomes a necessity.” OTHER COUNTRIES. Liberal movements in Portugal. —ln one bf the first sessions of the Cortes of this year, a young deputy, chosen for the first time, brought in amotion which will no.t fail to produce a general sensa tion in the. country. Mr. Levy Maria Tordao has proposed the following bill: “Liberty of religion, and equal protec tion for all religions guaranteed.” Vio lent accusations are found in clerical journals against two,. Gatholi.c priests in the Azores, as openly favoring Protes tant ideas. In these days, also, for the first time, a Lisbon journal has had the courage to open its columns to an open and frank answer of a Protestant to the unjust accusations brought forward against Protestantism in the last pasto ral letter of the Patriarch of Lisbon. Mdvementsin Austria.—jp. Austria the Lutheran and Reformed Church has, by an imperial patent, obtained eqal rights with’the Catholic ; /but there are as yet many deficiencies in this boasted system of religious freedom. For instance, the Principal of the University of Vienna has refused to allow the Protestants the same footing as the Catholics there. For religious confessions and denomina tions other than the Lutheran and Re formed Church, nothing has yet been done. The prohibition of extra ecclesi astical meetings remains in force. So it is with the. laws of press: the-public dissemination of their documents is still denied to them. ' However, a bill regu lating the rights of assemblies and con gregations is to be laid before the next Imperial Diet, through which greater freedom will be perhaps secured to reli gious confessions in Austria. In Prague the Philosophical Facility had appointed Dr. Stein, who is a Protestant, to be their Dean; but a protest was entered against him by tike Academical Senate, oh the motion of' Dr. Loewe, a protege of the Cardinal-Archbishop of Schwar zenberg f and the-ministry refused -to confirm him. ' Miscellaneous. —Upwards of 1,200 persons are said to have been present at a rdcent ScaindinaVian Missionary.meet ing held in Melmo, in the South of Swe den. The especial object was to consi der the expediency of combining the se parate missionary societies of Norway, Sweden, and Denmark, into one great Scandinavian Missionary Society. . No. conclusion' was reached, and the meet ing adjourned to reassemble in Copen hagen n,ext .Summer.—There are no less than fourteen distinct missionary orga nizations in. the little country of Hol- : land,-—an utterly needless waste of ex-; ecutive power and: multiplication of ma chinery. 1 MISSIONARY. India,- — As might have beenieocpected. — AVa .have already noticed, with such ex : pressioas, of reprobation as .we felt thd : flagraney of the act, dcmanded, the con duct of:. the publishers of- “ Christian Work" a professedly .religious and mis sionary magazine in .London, in giving publicity to the .'address of the clergy 'of the; Kebeh .Stales in defence of slavery. This very ' journal in the Feb ruary. number records, one of the natu ral results of 'such a dohumehty .written byprofessed believers and teachery of Christianity; and published .by a ihis sionary; organ. ; As the “Essays and Beview6’' and the speculations of Co lensphaye been. seized iipon by intelli gent opposera ; 'of Christianity amoiig the Hindoos, so we read in the columns ..of .the Christian Work, “ Seyeral organs of‘Hinduism take advantage, of the address of the, Confederate clergy to assail Christianity. The argument is th.U : ; Ministers of the Gospel in :the Confe,derete States, almost all of them being themsely.es-'slay6f-bwhers| and all of them.allowed tp. preach solely on con dition of tibeir approbation of slavery, have ypersnad,e,d; ; theiaseiy.es ..that the Bible is not againet a system of slavery , but only -against its abuses, and; they publish a lettersettlng forth their con viction ; consequently We are warrant ed, in believing that , Ohristiahity does not copdemn thejsyst.em of slavery ex-' is ting in America; and wo inay infer that, its; tpstimony against the-various eyils under, the, sun,’is, not more decided Or, -stringent* than that of other reii gw®?”- " 'l;' . ; Liberality of -Heathen Mihdbbs tee Mis-: siofis.—-Two; thousand rupees ($1000) vyere. contrihufed.,in Bombay in ifprtr nighj, for a missionary building, by tive fiWfldljA; terms with the cßfitish'rMission. A fandVisVNemg raisedbytNeviDr.Wilaonforthewidbw of the missionary Hislopi recently de ceased. Dr. Mi Says“ From SirLam setjee Jejeebboy (who was a fellow- passenger of Mr. Hislop to India in 18G0), I have received 500 rupees for Mrs. Hislop. One native gentleman, Mr. Karsandas Madhavadas, has prom ised me 5000 rupees for the enlargement of our Institution Library. He reckons Mr. Danjibhai and myself among his best friends. He sent 10001. lately to the Asiatic Strangers’ Home in London, 5001 in his own name, and 5001. in the name of his cousins.” China. —The Popish propaganda is making great efforts in this land. A large number of catechists and colpor teurs are there, superintended by twen ty-one Bishops. In one part of the Province of Pekin, accordingto Bishop Navarro, nearly 15,000 infidels have been converted to the Roman Catholic faith. A native Missionary, attached to the Vicariate Apostolic of western Tche-Ly, writes that in his own district where, last year, only one or two Chris tian families were to be. fonnd, now there are 1,500 Roman Catholic fami lies, and about forty Christian settle ments. Simplification of the Language. —A work of unspeakable importance, appa rently, has jnst been accomplished in the simplification of the hitherto com plicated Chinese language. Dr. W. A. P. Martin, of the Presbyterian Board, has published a book, called “ A Short Method of Learning to Read and Write Chinese," by which the acquisition of a practical knowledge of Chinese will be come the work of' months, lnstead of, as at "present, being the weary labor of years. Dr. Martin availed himself of the labors of Mr. William Gamble, of the-Presbyterian Mission at Shanghai, who,'when about to cast a fount of Chinese type, sought to ascertain what characters were the most important and the most frequently used. ; On examin ing over 4,000 octavo pages, oontaing a .million and a quarter .of characters, he found , there were but 5,150 different characters. Though this was a won derful' simplification,' he went further, and arranged them into fifteen different groups, according to the frequency of their use; when the result showed'that 521 characters included nine-elevenths of the whole number used. So that a student who masters these 521 charac ters, can read with tolerable ease the Bible and the different religious publi cations of the missionaries. . Great work near Amoy. A whole village Christianized. —Since 1854, the mission of the English Presbyterian Church in the vicinity of Amoy has been enjoying the most encouraging tokens of the divine favor. There has been much persecution inflicted on the converts, but they have Btood the trial creditably and the work still goes forward apace. In a letter from Amoy, November oth, 1863, Rev. W. S. S wanson, saj-s : “ You may judge of my feelings when on Sabbath (at Khi-boe) I found myself surrounded by a congregation of more than 150 souls. These were all seated, and joined with us in worship, and are quite exclusive of a-crowd of listeners who thronged the doors, windows and every available hearing-place. About six weeks ago, one of the preachers communicated with me, telling me that the whole village of Liong-Bunsoo, with the exeeption of one or two persons had renounced idolatry,’and were keep ing the Sabbath,.that many had broken their idol B or burned them!, abd that some had destroyed their ancestral tab lets. [This was the result exclusively of the efforts of zealous native lay Christians.] Mr. S. started for the vil lage and got there just as they were about to commence their afternoon ser vice. Before I entered the village I saw something I have never seen since I left my own dear Scotland. There was a solemn stillness. all around, and while at every village I passed on my way all young and old were busy reap ing, no one was in the field here, not even an ox or a buffalo. On entering the village I found the oxen all tethered ;in a row, eating straw, and thus kept i that all might get to worship. I cannot describe to you the reception’ I got. Poor people, they rushed about me, and, with the most lively demonstrations of joy, welcomed me. I was to them the representative of Ode whom, 1 trust, mariy among them have learned to prize. I was so struck .and overcome with such a sight, that my feelings I cau not express. We mot in the open air, and 1 preached ,to them from the first part of the 3d chapter of John. It was with the utmost difficulty they wonld allow me to leave them. Young and old planted themselves in the vil lage gates and opposed iny going; and it was only when I told them that there were others of their countrymen who bad claims upon us, that they were willing to let roe go. . Central .Africa. —lt is ascertained that many millions of the black race in Africa have, for centuries, had that kind of civilization Which is produced, by Mohammedanism, and are accessible to us by means of books in the Arabic lan guage. Along the Southern boundary of the great desert bf Sahara is a line of of six or seven old and independent ne gro kindoms, and other States inhabited by people, who had, for many genera tions,; schools of different grades, many of them free to the poor fc where the Ko ran and some of its commentaries are the primary study, and sometimes ac companied With .books in the native lan guages. . 3jearned‘ men. and women, it is said) are numerous, and held in high re spect, especially. thoße who have tra velled to Mecca, Jerusalem, and other sa cred or distant places. Many libraries exist, containing manuscript books of ; different ages and classes. -Many educated negroes have been found among the slaves brought to 'North and South America. .A century agp, a young African prince,, of superior eauCatiqri and’charrac:ter, alslave in Ma ryland, was freed, taken to‘England,and assisted Sir Hans Sloane in, translating Arabic.
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