TIIE MIGIOIIB HUD IRBIL
GREAT BRITAIN.
RESISTANCE TO ROMISH INNOVATIONS.
—There is an apparent waking up on the
part of some of the English Bishops to the
excesses in ritualism of many of the clergy
and members of the Established Church.
The new Bishop of Ely, Dr. Harold
Browne, has honorably distinguished him
self by declining to take part in a commun
ion service at Sudbury, where lights were
idolatrously kept burning on the table,
called an "altar"in the usual tractarian
style, by the rector, Mr. Molyneux. The
Bishop wrote to the reverend gentleman on
the subject; enclosing the opinion of a,
learned civilian on the law of the case. Mr.
Molyneux is not unfortified with law either;
he entrenches himself within the rubric pre
fixed to the order for morning and evening
prayer, which authorizes the use of such
ornaments as were in use in the second year
of Edward VI. He says there were lights
on the altar then, and therefore there ought
to be lights on. the altar now. To all this
the bishop coolly replies in effect : 'Grant
ing that altars were then in use, yet as the
Privy Council decided in the Round Church
case that we have at the present time only
communion tables, and not altars, the in
junction of King Edward that there should
be " two lights upon the high altar" does
not now apply. The rejoinder of Mr. Moly
neux to this clenching argument is a fine
burst of Tractarian feeling : " If the state
ment means that there is an essential dif
ference between an altar and a communion
table, and that the Lord's table in our
churches is not truly and essentially an al
tar, then I unhesitatingly and fearlessly
say; that as truly as the Church of England
is catholic, this statement is false. No
altar in Anglican Churches! Of course,
then, no sacrifice, no priesthood, no church !
What a triumph for the Roman Catholics."
Mr. Molyneux has since resigned his
living.
The Bishop of London, as our readers
have been told, mortally offended.the Tract
arians of his diocese, by refusing to conse
crate a church in Shoreditch, August 24,
until certain insignia of Puseyism were laid
aside by the officiating clergy, and were re
moved, or agreed to be removed, from the
building. From that day to the present,
the bishop has not ceased to be the object
of abuse and detraction by the ultra High
Church organs. So indiscriminate are they
in the missiles they hurl at him, that they
publish with great unction a letter from an
ex-Dissenting minister named Crampton,
who states that he had intended to seek or
dination in the Church, but, after seeing
the extraordinary conduct of the bishop, he
cannot do so. Others argue that his con
duct is solely the result of his well-known
sympathy with the rationalists. He is
warned that he is pursuing a perilous
course, and that, though he may not be
within the reach of the temporal laws or
the ordinary
,courts, yet he has rendered
himself liable to be cited before Convoca
tion, to render an account of his question
-able conduct, and compelled, under penalty
of suspension or deposition, to make such
declarations or engagements, and to do such
acts, as the Convocation shall deem requi
site for the security of the faith and the
due discharge of his episcopal duties.
A-correspondent of the Guardian, who
has taken a prominent part in getting up
the church in Shoreditoh, writes that he
has now the written approval of the bishop
to the carrying out of the complete design,
of which the cartoon ordered to be effaced
was a rough outline.
SABBATH R. R. DESECRATION IN SCOT
LAND.—An attempt, which failed nineteen
years ago, to break down the national re
gard for the Sabbath day in Scotland, by
running railroad trains as on week days, is
now being renewed. The Edinburgh and
Glasgow R. R. having recently passed into
the hands of the North British R. R. Com
pany, the directors of which have been
among the most.prominent favorers of Sab
bath traffic, has been opened for .passenger
trains on Sabbath, after having been
.for
about twenty years closed against them.
The state of feeling on the subject is
thus expressed in a speech delivered by the
Lord Mayor of Glasgow, to an important
meeting in the City Hall. Referring to
the nineteen years just concluded, he said :
"I am not aware that, during the whole of
that period, there has been any real incon
venience felt by any individual in any part
of the west of Scotland, where there hayn
been no trains run. There has been no
murmur sent up by any large section of any
town, or village, or county throughout the
western district of Scotland, or a whisper
through the whole of the north of Scotland
—that there has been any want of facilities
of communication, because there have been
no trains running on the Sabbath day. And
yet, without any felt expression—without
any suggestion of want by the citizens of
this city—without any such expression on
the part of any of the towns or villages
through which the railway passes, the di
rectors of the North British Railway, since
he Edinburgh and Glasgow came into
eir hands, barely a fortnight ago, without
siting for any expression of opinion what
el.; have announced that we are to be in
aded 'hy Sabbath trains."
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h D n E .s A ti T a H n o w T or G k E t N h E u l n .r. , spe li s DE of ßS t O h N i; — or T n h a e -
Lent of the Free Church of Scotland :
LGeneral Anderson was a.man of singular
votedness of character, and of liberal and
tholic Spirit, though personally warmly
ached to Presbyterianism. His name
for years been associated in Edinburgh
hriatian enterprises of all kinds. He
a constant visitor in a poor and desti
re' district. He was one of the surviving
r erans of the army of Wellington, and
S distinguished in the battle of Waterloo.
was pre-eminently a man of prayer,
g, it is' said , at five on the Sabbath
nings to engage in this exercise."
HE NORTH WALA 'CALVINISTIC Asso
lON met at Bangor, September 5. De
tions were present from the Free
roh of Scotland, the Irish, United; and
Eieglish Pre,sbytertnn, churches: Thirteen
perOna who had tindergone theological and
o-ther4ximination'S were ordained to the
work of ; the <Gospel ministry. Preaching
services were,frequently held, both in and
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THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1865
out of doors, during the session, which
lasted three days. The attendance at one
of these services, accordinc , to the North
Woks Chronicle, exceeded twenty-four
thousand people. A number of excursion
trains arrived from various stations on the
Chester'aitnlolyhead line, and the "roads
leading into the city were completely
blocked'up 'by visitors, who, it is right to
state, conducted themselves in a manner
worthy of the object for which they had, as
sembled together.
PRESBYTERIAN UNION IN THE COLO
NIES.—On the Bth of September the three
Presbyterian bodies in New South Wales,
which have been for some time negotiating
on the subject, were to have consummated
their union. These bodies were known as
" the Synod , of Australia in connection with
the Established Church of Scotland," " the
General Synod of the Presbyterian Church
in New South Wales," and "the United
Presbyterian Church." At a meeting' of
the representatives of these bodies, held at
Sydney from 9th to 14th June, 1865, the
following, among other' resolutions, were
unanimously agreed to :—That the Confer
ence, having understood throughout the ne
gotiations that the , question of State aid was
to be regarded as an open question in the
proposed United Church, and being desirous
of precluding all unnecessary, and agitating
discussion, in order that the Church may
be left free and vigorous for its proper
work, deems it of importance that it should
be definitely settled beforehand, by consent
of all the negotiating parties, that what is
meant by an " open question" is, that the
United Church, as such, shall take no action
in the matter; but that, at the same time,
individual ministers and congregations in
the said Church shall be left free to carry,
out their convictions in relation thereto, as
they may see fit, without hindrance or de
bate, on the principal of mutual charity and
forbearance.
The question having arisen in the con.
ference, as to ministers of the proposed
United Church occupying seats in the legis
lature, it was agreed, that without disturb
ing existing relations, no minister of the
Presbyterian Church of New South Wales
shall sit in any future parliament.
FRANCE
SPANISH CUSTOMS INTRODUCED.-Bull
fights have taken place at Bayonne, Nimes,
Arles, Beaucaire, and the project has even
been entertained of introducing them into
Paris; so that France would copy Spain in
one of its worstha bits. Generally, however,
public opinion has energetically condemned
this imitation of Spanish manners. The
most respectable organs
_of the press have
affirmed that our country would be dishon
ored by it.
ROMISH INTOLERANCE.—FanaticaI Ro
manist Missionaries have been going into
communities in which a large proportion of
the population 'are Protestants, who had
been accustomed to live on terms of har
mony with. their Catholic neighbors. In
one place, ground was seized and a crucifix
'set up; in another, the invaders have com
menced their " religious" processions, and
in the spirit of the tyrant who exacted
homage to the cap of Austria at Altorf, or
rather of the Babylonian king, they have
insisted that Protestants, as well as them
selves,- shall , bow down and worship the
golden image which they have set up. Some
young people, who, were at a tonsiderable
distance from th 9 procession, refused to obey
this unreasonable demon d, an d for this offence
they have had to appear before the court of
Pamiers, where they have been condemned
to be thrown into prison. Against this
judgment they have appealed. to a higher
court.
RATIONALIST ATTACK ON MR. REGI
NALD RA.DOLIFRE.—This eminent evangel
ist has been attacked in the pages of the
Lien by M. Athanase Coquerel, Jr. Mr.
Radcliffe is described, with all his sympa
thies, as it fanatic, " absolument denue
. du tact a
le plus elementaire." His teaching is crime,
or, to speak with the greatest moderation
possible, an odious absurdity, and he him
self is a ranter—an idiot, whose dangerous
drivelling is most offensive to the intelli
gent critic.
THE FREE CHUROHES.—The EVangeli
cal Society of France has recently published
its annual report of operations. This in
stitution is, in 'fact, a home missionary
society, supported and managed by the
Independent Churches; that is to say,
independent ofState control. Its
,object is
the diffusion of Evangelical truth in France.
It affords aid to some twelve pastors, nine
evangelists, and thirty-five teachers. The
Evangelical Society of Geneva is another
Institution with similar objects, and makes
Trance part of the sphere of its operations,
having not less than thirty stations supported
or aided by its funds. There is another
society of a voluntary character connected
with the Reformed (Established) Church,
the object of which is similar, and which
aids in the preaching of the Gospel in
about one hundred and twenty places in
France and Algeria. Its name is the Cen
tral Protestant Society of Evangelization.
SPAIN.
MANUEL MATAMOROS writes in July
from EU= 55'ounes, France, that fifteen
young Spaniards are studying there and at
Geneva for the work of the Lord. Even if
Spain be not open, he says :—" We must
not forget to state that we have received
proposals from Mexico.to send missionaries
,therq; also from Montevideo and Buenos
Ayres, where Spanish congregations are
formed and are in need of ministers; there
is a congregation at Bouideaux in a similar
position. In Africa and Spain, and also in
the vicinity of the Spanish frontier, are
many which I could name. Our evangeli
cal laborers are received and listened to in
Algeria with enthusiasm and love. The
work is making rapid progress in Spain,
and is also felt out of it among the Spaniards
who live in Marseilles, Bourdeaux, Bay
onne, and other parts. Are not these
manifest signs of the great love of God
towards Spain, and full of promise for the
future?"
ITALY.
• THE POPE AND THE OA_PEOHINS.-.A.
convent of the Capuchins at Rome, origi
nally designed for the mendicant monks of
.that city only, having by Papal authority
been converted into a general convent, the
monks became very indignant and sought .a'
retraction of the Papal brief. This being
refused, the feeling arose very high. Several
Capuchins were suspended, others were ar
rested and sent to distant monasteries. Re
cently a major of the gendarmes arrested
the Father Custodian of the Capuchins in
the open street. The person of the Father
Custodian is, in the eyes of the monks and
of the people, sacred and inviolable. To
lay hands upon him in the open street was
to declare war against the whole order of
the seraphic patriarch of Assisi. The Fa
ther Custodian, on being arrested by Major
Eligi, turned upon him and said, haughtily,
" You, the agent of the Pontifical Govern
ment, you dare to lay your hand on one of
the children of the poor of God ?" The
major begged him to enter a carriage. The
Custodian replied, "Like our father St.
Francis, I always go on foot. Take me to
prison, but walk before me, for no Custo
dian of the Capuchins has ever known the
way."'
A convention of the Chapter•of Capuchins
was called to protest against the proceed
ings of the Pope, but the police interposed,
and the meeting was immediately dissolved.
The Capuchins at Rome then drew up a
protest, which is, being circulated and signed,
not only by their own, but by all the men
dicant orders. The Pope has been so far
alarmed by the movement <as to release the
Father Custodian, but, at the same tithe, he
has expelled him from Rome. This quar
rel is fast driving the mendicant orders,
who are very powerful, into the ranks of
the opposition. They talk loudly of the
necessity of a reconciliation between Rome
and the Italian Kingdom, and of a general
reorganization of the Roman Government ;
and the more imprudent of them say plainly
that they desire the end of a reign which
the majority of the prelates also find too
long, because it opens no field to their am
bition.
SUPPRESSION OE THE RELIGIOUS OR
DERS.-A Turin telegram states that the
Minister of the Interior, in a circular to the
prefects relative to the approaching elec
tions, announces that, shortly after the
assembling of Parliament. the Ministry will
bring forward a measure for the suppression
of religious bodies and the re adjustment of
ecclesiastical property. This measure will
ameliorate the position of the clergy in the
country districts. In the division of the
ecclesiastical wealth, a portion will be as
signed to elementary and middle-class edu
cation, and a portion to the communes
where the religious bodies resided, for
works of public utility and for educational
purposes. The Ministry will also bring
forward, bills for reforming the system of
primary, secondary, and superior instruc
tion.
EMANCIPATION SOCIETY.—It is said that
the ".Emancipation Society" in Southern
Italy has formed 24 auxiliaries for the sev
erdl Italian provinces. Its members at
present consist of 971 priests, 852 laymen
and 340 honorary members; 1823 persons
in all. Among the 971 priests are 102
cures and 40 high dignitaries of the Church.
Among the laymen are three ex-Ministers
of the Kingdom of Italy, 36 deputies, and
11 senatois. Among' their objects are :--
To bring about an oecumenical council, for
the disciplinary reform of the Catholic
Church, in accordance with the require
ments of the advanced civilization of Chris
tian nations. Liturgy in the national lan
guage; and free • circulation of the Bible.
Abolition of forced celibacy. Admission of
full and entire liberty of conscience, and
formal renunciation of every doctrine of
compulsion.
ELBA.—The Proteafant movemen t in Elba
took definite shape in 1862, when three
different stations were established in differ
ent parts of the island, and Sabbath, adult,
evening, and weekly schools commenced.
At Rio Marino a neat church, capable of
containing 250 people, was erected for the
moderate sum of £340, the purchase of the
land included. This little church was
opened above a year ago. A correspondent
of Evangelical Christendom says :—" The,
converts of each station manifest the sin
cerity of their conversion by their changed
habits, by their love to the brethren, and
by their readiness to succor the needy, and
also by their prompt willingness to contrib
ute their mite to the work of the mission.
A cemetery at Rio Marina being much
needed for the converts, they again came
forward and paid for the ground and wall
ing it in. A committe of women to look
after the girls' school, has recently been
formed; 'and, poor themselves, they sew
and make garments for the children who
are in still greater need, The ichool-chil
dren, even, show a like self-denial and gen
erosity. Last Christmas they went to their
pastor with the sum of thirteen francs
(about ten shillings), to which for a year
they had, farthing by farthing, been con
tributing; they begged him send half
the amount to the pulisher of a Sabbath
school journal, and the remainder, they
wished to have sent to Dr. Revel, for the
mission work in Italy ! Elba has a popula
tion of 23,000 souls; 500 only have as
yet received the truth. Much, therefore,
has yet to be done; but what is done has,'
by Gods grace and blessing, been well done;
the little church of Elba is built on the
only sure foundation, the Rock Christ
Jesus."
A NEW CHURCH ORGANIZED.-IW. G.
Moorehead writes to the Christian World,
under date of September 20, 180
are aware that we have been laboring in the
village of Torano for something over six
months ; and thus far it has been a work of
pure evangelization--preaching the Gospel,
teaching, and combatting the errors of the
Church of Rome. Now, however, we have
organized' a church, and expect to adminis
ter the Lord's Supper to our little flock on
next Sabbath. Remember,. my dear sir,
that these people knew nothing ,of, Gospel
truth prior to our coming among
them;
but, as you will see, through God's blessing,
we have been enabled to do something."
GERNA.NY.
THE AMERICAN M. E. CHURCH has a
mission in Germany, the headquarters of
which is at Bremen where they. have a
Tract House. Dr. Warren, says tbe Chris
tian Work, is publishing from this Tract
House, a "Systematic' Theology," from the
Methodist point of view.. That the author
forms a Very lofty estimate Of his denorni
nation .and its future,, may be seen from
the following . sentiment:-" Four 'great
and thoroughly-developed systems have
hithertaappeared,---Roman, Catholicism,
Calvinism, Lutheranism, and Wesleyanism,
Wesleyan Methodism is the highest de
velopment hitherto reached by Christian
doctrine and life ; nay more, considered
in its principle, it is the highest which can
be attained in the ordinary and regular
course of history. It is the ripe fruit of
the Church's experience and study of re
vealed truth during the last thousand
years."
THE PASTORAL Am SOCIETY FOR BER
LIN, which supports altogether about twelve
preachers (" curates") in Berlin and the
province of Branderburg, having been
offered 4000 thalers (X 600), thinks of
making a move to
. reopen a sort of semi
nary, in which students who have passed
their examinations may -reside, continue
their studies, and acquire experience in the
practical work of a minister, prior to being
definitively appointed to the pastorate. An
institution of the same character exists in
Leipsig, and is said to work very well.
SWITZERLAND.
SABBATII-SCHOOLS.—These are becom
ing an important instrumentality in evan
gelizing labors on the continent. The
Christian World organ of the American
and Foreign Christian Union, has a " Sab
bath-school Department," from which we
extract the following :
In the Canton de Vaud, so steeply in
clined towards Lake Leman,
that from base
to pinnacle each spire and pebble is.dis
tinctly reflected, there have been, for some
years, ladies gathering their neighbors'
children, into their parlors, chambers, or
any convenient place, and instructing*them
in the truths of the Bible. Within the
last few years, these labors have been
rapidly increased; and now more than
eight hundred ladies, on each . Sabbath, are
giving these instructions to'groups of chil
dren. In few instances are they able to
adopt a complete organization, but they are
everywhere quickened' by its spirit and in
structed by its' literature.
Perhaps it ought to be mentioned that
the best Among those in Geneva, is one of
more than a hundred boys and girls, super
intended by the pious and gifted wife of
Merle d'Aubi,gpe, the historian of the Re
formation. These beginnings are now
strengthening;every other form of religious
organization ; and so highly are they ap
preciated, that conventions of Sabbath
school teachers are being called in the
Canton daVaud, where are discusied the
various methods of Sabbath-school improve
ment.
SWEDEN.
A REVIVAL of the dead orthodoxy of
this country has been for some years mak
ing steady prOgress. Beginning among the
poor, it has 'reached the highest classes,
many of whom, according to the Eixengeli
cal Christen*, now openly profess their
faith in Chrisb by their changed lives as
well as by their devout and constant atten
dance on thereachingof the Gospel. No
thing can eq al the desire to hear that
Gospel wher/ it is faithfully preached.
i
The crowds that attend the churches in
Stockholm, where that is the case, are im
mense. Half an hour before service com
mences it is scarcely possible to get within
the door, and as to finding a seat, that is
generally out_ of. the 'question, unless you
go nearly an hour before the time." The
people stand round the entrances like bees
clustering outside the beehive. A new
bUilding for worship, independent of the
consiStory, though not antagonistic to it,
and capable of holding 2000 persons, is
likely to be erected. Much life is -evinced
among the younger members of the min
istry. •
The revival has been fruitful in works of
mercy; all flourishing, but none so much as
the Deaconnesses' Institution, which has
grown to a size and importance certainly
not anticipated by the founders, who in
1849 laid the first humble foundation of
this interesting work. Nearly a hundred
deaconesses are now at work in different
fields of labour, schools, orphan houses,
hospitals, or in the Institution itself, which
includes 'the schools, which are numerous;
the home=for orphan girls, 22 in number;
the school of•discipline ; the refuge for fal
len women ; the hospital for incurables ;
and lastly, the hospital for the sick that are
brought in, all of which are included prin
cipally within the walls of the two spacious
and comfortable houses that have of late
been constructed not far from the Church
of St. Catherine, commanding a beautiful
view of the Baltic, but also in some smaller
adjacent buildings.' The deaconesses have
in almost every instance enjoyed the best
character, for usefulness and Christian con
duct. Some went to Denniark (hiring the
late war, and directed the hospitals for the
wounded soldiers. They were much prized
by the Danish authorities, and one of them
was called upon to superintend the estab
lishment of a similar institution in Copen
hagen. It has pleased God hitherto to pre
serve this work in Stockholm from all taint
of Tractarianism or monastic views. . .
There is no doubt that in some circles in
fidelity is in a very serious manner gaining
ground, and that in others Sweedenborgian
ism is making its way, and subverting the
pure religion of Christ.
MEXICO.
THE indefatigable labore'r for the evan
gelization of. this unhappy country, Miss
Melinda Rankin, thus writes to the Ameri
can an,d Foreign Christian Union fOr
November :--
At Monterey a native church has been
organized, consisting of fourteen members,
who give most satisfactory evidence of
genuine conversion. Four or five of these
converted INlexicahs are men fully compe
tent to go forth as colporteurs, teaching
and instructing both old and mung into
the things pertaining to the Kingdom of
God, and the, salvation of their souls. No
thing hinders them but the want of means
by which their families might be supported,
in their leaving their usual occupations.
.seminary building, and a place of wor
ship, will, with the blessing of God, give
the Protestant religion a footing in Monte
rey, from' which point we can make aggres
sions into other portions of this beirghted
Republic. Miss Rankin is in New York
pleading . for', aid in these objects. One
New York - merchant gives her $5OO.
MISSIONARY.
INDIA.---The indefatigable itinerant and
open-air missionary of the Scottish U. P.
Church; Rev. John Robson, after a
temporary weakness of the lungs from
over-exercise has, we are glad to
learn, been completely restored. Of a
recent journey from Ajmeer in the west,
through Rajpootan and Gujerat, towards
Bombay, he says in the U. P. Missionary
Record for October :
"We daily passed large villages, and
towns, and cities, teeming with human be
ings like ourselves, with immortal souls and
immortal longings, but all groping in the
darkness, in utter ignorance of him who
has brought life and *mortality to light.
Every day's march showed a field for one
or more missionaries; and every day we
had to lament that there was none to send.
After all, how very little and contemptible
is all that the Church has done in India to
fulfil the great behest of her Lord."
It is proposed to give the 12000 converts
under the care of the Church Missionary
Society in Tinnevelly, a native assistant
bishop, coadjutor to the bishop of Madras.
The converts to nominal Christianity are
slightly diminishing, but the baptized com
municants steadily increase from year to
year. The whole sum raised last year for
religious purposes by native Christians in
South India amounted to 22,000 rupees.
In 1860 it was little more than half that
amount, or 11,965 rupees.
In the year 1864, there were baptized
among the Khols 1170 adults and 930
children. There are 7923 baptized persons
in this mission. With many imperfectimis
these converts are among the worshippers
of devils and false gods, a living testimony
to Christ and his grace. They have gone
through many evil reports, and many per
secutions; they have had to flee for the name
of the Lord Jesus, and to hide themselves
from the rage of enemies; and they have
still, from day to day, to endure evil reports,
persecutions and temptations. Many who,
as heathens, were landownerskLrid comforta
bly provided for, have forsaken all their
property, and been obliged, after many ex
treme hardships, to earn a scanty mainte
nance by daily labor.; and, nevertheless,
they have not only remained faithful, but
have issued out of all their tribulations
stronger in the faith than they ever were.
A whole village in the /South has been
converted to Christianity by one man;
although the proprietor was an arch enemy
of the Gospel. At the end of 'the year a
chapel and schoolhouse were ready, and a
teacher has now been settled there, and had
a class of eighty Christian children. Four
years ago all were pagans. In another vil
lage, at no great distance, the mayor has, at
his own expense, built a chapel and a school
house for the congregation, asked for a
teacher, and maintained him and his family
through an entire year, although he himself
possesses scarcely more than three acres of
land, and by becoming a Christian exposed
himself to the dislike of his zemindar.
There are 4 European teachers, 14 native
catechists, and 11 village .schools. The
means for meeting the great demands for
the Gospel, and for instruction among this
degraded, yet woliderlully receptive people,
seem entirely inadequate.
SOUTH AFRICA.—The flourishing German
and French Missions among the Basutos
have been visited by great disurbances; •tl;te
first having been driven out and the native
Christians diSpersed by the violence of a
native chief, one of whose wives had been
baptized. The second has been exposed to
great peril in the war which has been pro
voked by the incessant hostilities and ex
actions of the Dutch, Boers upon the Ba,
sutos. It was fetired that the British
authorities at the Cape would espouse the
cause of the tyrannical Boers. The Basuto
women have taken refuge in the moun
tains.—A new mission is about to be
started in Independent Catiraria, by the
S. P. G.
CHINA.—The wants of this great heathen
Empire are tht4 graphically set forth by
a correspondent of the London Revival :
" Suppose our native land contained a much
larger population than it does, and suppose
it were deprived of the Gospel, and imagine
Spain, France, and Portugal in the same
position, with Norway, Sweden, Denmark,
Belgium, and Holland, would they not
present a loud call for help ? Suppose you
still add to these Russia and Turkey, what
think you would be their cry ? Yet all
these combined would not equal the popu
lation of Chinese Tartary and Thibet, and
there is not one . preacher to them. In China
Proper we have the whole extent of that
mighty empire thrown open to us by treaty.
The overthrow of the Taeping dynasty has
tended to the overthrow of idols. Will you
not go in and possess the land? A China,
man asked me lately, " How long have you
had that light which you have now brought
to us ?" I was ashamed to tell him, but
replied we had had it for some hundreds of
years. Oh I' said he, and you never
came to tell us of it until now. My father
groped after that light for twenty years,
and died without it. How would you
have felt under such a rebuke ? There are
eleven provinces in China without a Prot
estant missionary to tell them of Christ;
seven provinces, with a population of 29,-
000,000 each, have only thirteen mission
aries to them ; 185,000,000 are accessible,
but have never yet been reached by the
Gospel. I pray GA to lay this to your
hea:t."
POLYpIESIA.—The Samoans are eagerly
buying Bibles by the thousand. The natives
of Upolu on Samoa raised £513 19s last year
for religious purposes. The Australasian
Wesleyan Society report much! mortality in
the Friendly Islands. Many of the older
members, the first fruits of the Gospel, are
passing away, and it is encouraging to read
from the circuit reports that in death, as in
life, they are witnessing a good confession,
testifying to the power and, grace of the
glorious Gospel, and blessing those by
whom God sent that Gospel to them. In
Samoa there has been an increase of nearly
100 church members, making upwards of
1100 now under their pastoral charge, with
upwards of 5000 attendants Ott public wor
ship Not one half of the Fijis have heard
of the name of. Jesus. The following is a
general summary of the stations occupied
by this society:—Number of chapels, 665;
number of other: preaching "places, 321;
missionaries and assistant-missionaries, 89 ;
catechists, 455 ; local preachers, 1456 ; full
and accredited church members, 24,951;
Sabbath scholars, 43,862 ; day-schools,
1103; day-school scholars, 42,154; atten
ants on public worship, 103,099. There
are two printing establishmoots Tens of
thousandaare still willing and w ting to wel
come the missionaries. 'Pause uowin th e fteld
canot reach them ; they are too few in
number for the work already in hand.`
TURKEY.-Sir Henry Bulwer, the •Brit
ish minister, is about to leave onnstantino
pie, and will be replaced by u Lyons, to
the great joy of the friendz , of the Gospel
there. The last act, or rather failure to act,
for freedom of consci en ce, of which Sir Henry
is charged, is with reference to a brief Com
pendium of the contents of the 33.61 e, which
the missionaries of the Church Missionary
Society desired to publish, but which the cen
sorrefused to authorize. The missionaries
sought the aid of Sir Henry. The Porte
had no right to refuse to allow the publica
tion of such a book, and a word from Sir
Henry would have secured them justice;
but they were informed that Ali Pasha
had officially informed him that the publi
cation of religious books in Turkish would
no longer be tolerated. This order says
the correspondent of Evangelical Christen
dom is fully in accordance with acts of the
Government reported in my last letter, and
is a very fair example of what the Porte
and Sir Henry Bulwer mean by religious
liberty.
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