OUR SPECIAL EIJBO#EAN CORRESPON DENT. Bomb, June 27, 1867. 1 Motel Conslanze, on the Quirinale. j -PIRST IMPRESSIONS OF ROME. Dear Editor : —lf I were to'try to give you my first impression of'Bome.in a,sijgiei line it would read, disappointment; sparrow crooked streets- r -dirt, and darkneaspdTOtr-life&jOur'Niagarar Falls, its, , upon y ( ou .eypry hour; you remain,, .until; it .Lecoipep. .overwhelming... There is scarcely a straight, wide,street ;n Itorpe, f.(7prsobegins at, thp -northernmost .cornel;,jat the, Dpi: jßgpolo,. runs due south, and straight but it isi a-jmrrow.stpeet ? in much,(>f. . njULoyeing, only, carriages.,to pap. with, ease, and. sidewalks sometimes ,pf ,jtwo-,,0r, three feet. There arefjnany,nic,e ( s,torp on.it;, h»t. on. eacLpide^-nre^yery.high, the, wholp, ,i. s ! 4s ll i^iiUPd / gl9o / iny, l tO| a .iPhilade}-, phian. Two other stre ; ete t radiate from the, same gate, Del Po.p_o.lo, one on thejight, and the other on tlte. .leftjOf (the and,, thqy; wjthjg street crossing nil] chrearin'djleading west steward &fc.'i' POTeJ&JiareJith'e only s 4 treats which'rah straight 1 for 1 half aiftile; iri ! Brittle/. short, ri'kirilteid! streets, wit;li' higfe ho.jises,' aID itiv?- lowep i story windows;, hny.e strong,,,iron; gratings aud the doors' 1 are ing v td' ; an inner cdritti ;i or'largfe sh'dJiMferioiWexJ 1 pASfiij?“prettyinrich' all 1 this l Wos-, 1 Weii 1 riplrife d.’ ‘ Stables, meat-shops, ing places; bread-stores,’ chairi-makers’, ykgritable sellers’, sculptors’ shops, junk and picture sferips,. blacksmiths,, maccaro'ni v,eri]ders,‘. /trunk-makers,, and! saddlers, one after’tie oilier,‘fell up miles' of*' the poorer ( ltreeti. The women sit in the doors and on,the pavements, talking, hursing their ba- , bies,- the, ( babies.being all pinned, up into a tight, bundle]', with'&eir Heads alone sticking 'out, "in , mummy style. The menworkeither in the dobr, pr just inside of’it, or, when, there is any show of room, in the street. No sidewalks anywhere ex- cept a few,squares on*the Corsp and all gp ip the .carte, jWagonSjjjriests, . monks and pedestrians I because Borne is fufr of priests flocking, hpre " from/the whple world, tp be.prjesent.pt Qpp vocatipn on the 29th. Day before yesterday oyer.. 10,0(10 priests, Strangers frpni. othpr pj[l of ■ ( paid/their.respects to.the/Pope] and..every, train Cpmes‘loaded < Fuil,of them,' Dost .week we. could hardly get places in the, cars fpr ptqyv.d, of priests filling the train. When we left Macon, aboyi?. Lycjns, . turning,East tocome . oyer,-jMi Cenis; r tookiinimore ; f nndiat the.-ifoati of itheiAdpsr wei : had do 4id'oyer,iheittg;erbw3sdTjiit‘ : of l ‘ by them. /' ThSy' Black gowhs down/to; j oj^^elm,,longer iand ‘lqqp'pd' /jip/, j ThsgftKyje made.of;, bdinbazineoori idpaoaidnTheyiwear a hatbfi blffOk ll silk> ; or’jb&WeW/reutfd • cfoWn 'arid bi i 6id lf hrini; 1 bidktf.as Ihi lmigth o'f*your hand, which' they roll' Lull ..'iV .'JuKtilif oV “PfSoiW 1 !? thq.twfl.sides^^naj.. king apointin front,, ■ A; Bishop, among andlthere; weahs a violetisilk gown'O'trir thehlackf and (die : ‘-'DApnchin-.Priitrs,‘"lyht> > aye ve^y l i&i3iri!r- 1 oiisiri 'lhe* riity,, go’llar'e with; cpayse brown dong, point bshind, a irope.'arohnd the] waisbandmo stocks i inga;> but < whic hl < consist ll mdsiSly • h f - sol#— l very litbl'^kippet-’ priit: ; You' irieet gowned priests arid monks, than you do’of ordi-’ narily dresspd people at Every visii 1 is fellpd’ with them,'.cdpsulitingj ‘i» wft,dft»' tbjsjr, gW,dB-:hfio,ks> , these narrow. «te,eete gos-long oaortej onitwoijwheelsj idrawri-shy. aimidera- 1 ble’mnlfe Or' donkey, and 'at his'right'shoulder'-is* getieSlly *tied' v a: 'lafgri •bundle of‘hay that'is id make djnnerr. the'fine carriages roil along filled ly dres^d' ladies; arid the crowd is so greht at 6 cari' Qnly walk slowly, each way 1 Cojchmen arid footmen, dressed as they are in London, sit rip in front generally;' hut the’ car riages rif the Cardinals have a arid often three footmen behind, who wear bright blue or scarlet' coats,. trimmed with silyer lace as bfoad as your hand; along all the jtdges.of the coat, iri straight' strips hehind, from collar to tip of tail, and in fant aliriost covering the coat ud.. • • 1 . AV 1 V.,. hW; "V They wear chapeaus, also,’ trimmed,yrith,silver lace, andtf it.h carriages oftgn of a brilliant .re^color^ and splendid horses harness’ they look very 1 fine. The' soldieretfarid Borne, like Paris, is full of them) all take off their hate when a Cardinal’s carriage .pa^es,,and sp dp.the pries.j]s ; At many. of the corners, in these, streets,, and sometimes .in the straight .wall?, ,a of, ,4^ Virgin, is setiagainSt the or live yards, abriye the grmyndE..'. A lamp ■ pr. .two.hurn' befpjre it at night. , The walls,of the, hgiises, hay|j getycr-. ally a .dingy They are, mostly hfiilt, of ,Qiinjbri.ck, large f flat, t npt oyer, half as thick as our. briok, but much ..longer, and , i'.oci iuo Jl 3i ’ .yf’*/ -‘yu-: n-.p -broader, a thick layer, ;. brick walls rire gjtiftetypj QV£f, so, |hat, the'ho.iftes‘alljijok ja stone.. It is .interesting, f ffyot that the. old yulnsj about Bpmo are bui|t t ,-^ricky’- just o|h i hg,k|o^ng^iat^l^; peoyTTe^haye.riot.c^angycl The prin^p^pbli o churches, of which there are nearly 400, and THE AMERICAN PRESYBTERIAN, AUGUST 15, 1867; some of them verysplendid inside, with fine works of art by great .masters. There are some fine palaces belonging ;to the nbbility; but they pre sent a dingy appeirance .outside.,. They contain, some of thenaf-Coetly galleries of paintings, splen did works of- old masters, which, with those of the Vatican, I will not describe.. I saw. them all, enjoyed'them "air hugely,“but won’t attempt to partiririkriz4 ; suffice it to say, they paid me for my trip to Rome; as did also St. Peter’s itself and its mighty dome, which I'Ascqnded. ; ? r | ■ The ruins of Borne, —what shall I say’of these - <• >v.-= j-? • -vstr• x~r~i:.‘-'rs‘r silent old reminders of the busy tide of life that flowed ’ tWri'rigit 1 IthfriO ‘ 2 00b 1 yeais agri? The Colliseum. e were! ’nothing’ b'ere ■ to.sea,would, well repay a.trip across the Atlantic, It>iri i larger, mbre subiune: iridtet ruin, l tbriri’i t! riA'pecfed' ! to hkvriflounfl'lit. ‘'‘Jttstks'eveln-i rib,'l J’tb I^ll4' ' the third or fourth.time.! ..i.clipibe.d'jas .riedr. the, top, ,as, .1 .coulcj, get, an,fl •,then, its maje?tip< jptqporr. tiohs, its enormous size; beeame apparent.l;siti upon' th e ! hale 1 rif A'b'rttkett and ‘iooked ! 36#il q nphtf the Tufrihd! atCh'es RriWiirirtricl 'tie^ AiiO'ilUt ifvl'lqi.&'TS «it, t O cip4 i A|f'fll}edjpnce:jinorei?vith ; itß; eighty,pr ninety , thriusandi’Bomansi frantic ptrSfiarisi driven' 1 iri't^ r the jargria‘l ; ’-Th f ere' theylateej out jirßblb'iy frbm that, very arch-Way) ( .that r .th.e ” Sen, pvjer j th.ere,, (sajng the,lions, wnvjrilg 1 from side : to .side; ; Lfancred:thdt:li heard; the , wild Shout' Of'the 1 audieririb, tier' rijjove 1 tier] fillin’^ the yast',sl6%'dl of the galieries 1 frem • the ground' liLt ?l;l Hj r H!! ,ip»UT ' ■ ill? » '•<>, to,,the t pj),; l^'the'1 h l uildiDg,, feet,.screaming, brindß.,;irendlng'thei : air -With -their ihtzzari'/as the' victims arie' torn ■' rift’d' •murdeirediby the 1 Wild hririlts. ■ ■T 'thefe was a .sound!.' ' ‘Jtt’ was only the Wa.i} of] spine jfifty’ monks and women singing the Ave Jilariajat.thgj little' ohapelsjerectediriroandithe arena. i As-their 1 slow tiproeessiori' l pitted' ifrom* irihri shfinri' l tri the other, 1 j'with/ t|ieir' ppfeHess tfefld 1 ’ .'l' ’ ! w hether qf |ho, hf. ,ao W?ftili a 4iB? n . e , u Ti%hi?riy,en frpmithatygry pkace,. i were npt-lookingjdriwn in'sorrow. afetWe mumme-i ry,e i 'The l men wbrOi hoods over’ their'fariesi 'hi^^ippl^Aihkfepje^^iiqfe! the ground ,before i eafth i o£ i the I dpte i p j httle | one after ithe; other, ..and i Went thuongh i their hyinriS audi prSyters!j ! J : Ohe'6f the f meti l [ 'stood* at-' the' bn^f .'Shlkibg a' baj;,. Vith ! .'peririi‘es 4 in/ it, 1 at alhwho'bamp, in, and Ipciie^thi:p.ugh.,the.h^oles, : in his,-,hood at -ns; very liardi when, we camo ,d]own. ‘Swallows and pigeons mrike : (heir 'nests in- the = arrihejs/'and j aS evening cori/es 1 flyfaforiud 1 arid*'cbilp‘ 'twitter'ih'ce ! SSaritly'! ! Thef]‘.with the,ipri^te.;]bdlgty, r are-t]?e gnly]signs? qfjlife, (he grand jold. ruin, knows,; j hut .what,,a monumeut of, ] thetmigb% pds't it- is; and ■ Bow I* < would llrire tri jsp'eridßalf mf time'ititß.ombkhriut'iri'’' i i ‘- 1 1 ' , arch'of l ’d?itris," on' l tSe W fn-’' i .aanl b«[o/r. .feiitKUir.iiin’uieu >.,wi ""orjfJJ iRn ‘ candlestick,, the]; ark, i and trumpets 'tin i triumph froin'thei tem'pteta'tilJernsrile'rn'.i -Bleife' agaiiTthe'' i arch' of jCjc.nstdri tirie: r ;Thje hid ’ Dom'an 1 'foi-rim j ! bb ! , f u i| 1 VffSHyJmWß* ■ Wfe? aws,}me'ndyig//old,. carts and; , buildirig.new .opes, justfwhgre'Bome.used to.dieii ,tate*'its law's to th'e’world. Many 'of the ruins? .however, the 1 jreserit'ari'd lrite Popes'are doing all’ ] they .can ’ enbljose them, ’and !'?■?».F°d?! tl hra.ce l yhat:.is,lively p> %}!.; 11 1 ! ! jA.;fe.w4aysai»ong.itheruiisnn!jf!yoritbegiritotfeel i hoi# great Boriie Warii' ! The palace’rif th'e' Gsesrirs,' s shows ri' peries t/f building) as large as several tocp ,arg far ipore ex-tqnsiyg than we bM®. ’any, idea; of id They cover'.‘as. large* a, space■ ris ' the Prilacri, and fthe ‘imirieiisd old- arches l2O Writ hi^, iT shdW’''hafts’2 i oo' : fee : t 01 PtSj.W\ik..f!}iX®> Qr, .flyetmmepse^oheSjSupk iportjng; the. high .floor above,; j and. thig. floor ,was. only the lbeginning s of tan immeriseistructure high-: ier riliill?' 1 Kfee; Moriairi'privrimfefits'liri th'erri, j'risf ias th'e Bomaiik left arid form’^onie' 1 of the' Ba^s,. isayy have been dugirnmade ojf solid,Egyptian Jito, ten-feet long, five broad and .nearly ;a friot' 1 thick. A'-dozen of them are'now 1 in ! th'e Srilikerimi 'of’Z|he Vatican,tipleridid specimiris of^rti 1 ’ From Istatues ancf-bustejMwhiqh fill the galleries-of art, intßomejl and thbperfection of .sculpture: in the 1 old Boirfaii ‘times; ’as well' aft thd grandeur of the 'architecture; fills the inihd'with wonder and awe .a ri iliv l ‘ # J i. i'.. ii~ ’lib‘‘y'lV Jrl■'■ ‘ s >• ;. i give you any idea of,-.what the-Borne, of the Cae-i sars was., ni i!' l Yours, ' .'i .-G.W. M. .. 'jekj • u«. ;i- WILLIAMSTO W tfOBEEGE. c , ; PRESIDENT' HOPtfitfß' ‘BAdCALitURFATE.' " s jPT e fident.Hopkins, deli-! ; vere4 i'Qn: .Sunday [afternoon; at! Goodrich Hall, .before the meeting at' 'Missionary Park,; is one of ithoSe-'aptfjand adniiraible' stai&hehts* of- 1 Christian' .jtrutTi which always characterise "the deiiveranpes lof ibhip ..-Christian . philosopher..'.,‘lts ( , .subject’!’,is’ .there jcoine.' any unto'. you ; tud* have-notidhis’'doctrine-, receivb him' not :■ God speedy dbrhetKat biddeth him speed ’ •is partaker of his, evil deeds.” 4 ' * 1 “ This doctrine,” the doctrine'of Christ, is the ■Reading-; liberality, breadth,ilf heral .Christianity, .broad Church,; narrowness, lib riibferalityji bigotry,: supferstition, or;-to/coneenta-atei all in one word, orthodoxy,—these are the terms that we. hear bandied on every side; and we would' gladly know their import. These terms are ap plied to men. on the ground of their belief—not their belief ori gll subjects, bftt Ist,, as they be lieve less or more in the existence and agency of invisible'-persorial beings, including God; 2d, as they believe less or more in the importance of re ligious truth; and 3d, as they believe in condi tions of salvation that require a life of less or greater strictness, and that thus include a smaller or larger number-., We have, thus-three spheres; and’standards of lib'erality. ’ ’fn dhe first the rj latiori of man and of nature to supernatural agency is Wmediately iri question ; ih 'the' secririd it is the relation , ,of (a, belief ffiriltidifli to practice, that;is,in question.; and in-the third, it is the re latiou of ,the,practical .lifg-.tothe^spirit, of Chris tianity, and-to the. moralvgoyernment of, God.] Bjit while ,the % quqstio.ns .aroith.ua ap{«rently djf fergnt.ol'heirj central, point, same,: •,They ! aj.l find -their unity and interest'in the relation pf thp: hunia.n loill to] ■ supernatural control., ,, .Elimi nate but this one idea, and. of thgjSe .p.qntreynrsies .will subside ,to the, metesfeyij)- pfq; .and/the .terms that may be used, howeye): in tense -in form, will; be charged with .no idivißive elements. ■ The 1 real the eiisterice of a'holy God ‘clriiming cbiitrdl 1 over the’ human will, , and the .extent,of tins control > thus, claimejd,, ]fri/tfle're, then,, any; criferion-,of liberality-in these several spheres l. - Yes. We'- must'-stop- at the point wher'eftiiegaiioh begins 1 tb ■ affecPtM 1 simt' 'and 1 grandeur of Sethg, This is the criterion 1 first ,E(nd ,the.]sebond divisions.qin the,'sphere,,of. belief,’diamely, affecting supernatural agency-.and of liberality in’j regard to; the importance'of l ‘reli giohs' truth;’TTh’e Witeriori oF'libriralitylri; prispeet/ to cctnducC t^aidothirit; cari/fee allowed in criw dygt, :W,hether>.iei;,Brip.cij)je[or /; ih form,} that, would l prevent the speediest possible restora tion of ourseflvel-and others' to S’ftiil l 'obedieririe' f thedaw of Gridr,' We maji iio’ariy thiri'^wliich 1 wij}’ DfSfe counterwork, .ip oup§elye| korkiwhichi/ChtistAamentpiflp., . In/this is jibe-, would;go'beybndiis license:. Shall we not feelori’g"to the .“p'ar^ v 6f ? 'pro^tessi? !,l Tel 1 ; in light, in ' the : detection/ of all shams and.'hypocrisies, out, .of jifee] Churph.sswell as in J it,- I huf,,espeoially.progress in; LOiWEj'i—•love to God>and love to'niau. : ’■ ■ >t ■ ’ : '"SuriH' is the-pritlirie 'of this’’dSporirse,'whirih 1 enifep'dies the true rientiriierit of CHrilt’s/Church’ iit t im grica fpr, the year .ISjljrV." 13/the; truth; 1 far any centuryj but especially 'pertinent.to thesa. daysu 'Jit will; be 'pondered-irind iappropriate'd-'hy the ieachera r in Israel. HenrY /FowliEbV* ;ta 1 ' !... ?, {• | >J: ‘ l ’ * ; * 1 . ’1). .jUb'-'fU ‘/ill t 'r.A «'l ’ : Jv,,T^’ L j jjßeab Booths® M®AKSj:4-SLn'c>e: my last ddte l ;we halve' prosechthd' 'out wfirlcj ‘Half' iniKdlapobr ‘ iand ! Kalf'in t^ ii ,viiia^s v 'M, c £He gyeat Treat inis' I (^ejter v an'd.cc®lef air.pfj UiT -Ji'i 7! -,i '.7/ im, -' Of> the hundreds of-Hill Fortresses in India' : thiV-is'dae f of thb ihbst'pdrfect;/'bbeh >'by ifyhhrl' iarid u art. "A.spur'of Western 1 Ymoun tarn $), juts out m^hjs.JaJitu.de.,forty rw.fiftymilep , to ;thfet£a£tj and ipiaturei seems' up } 'this'iportjb-spedialiy isolated andi eVeryway -adap-''! tile purpose 'ef’pubh ■S'B'brtV J^lt’is' situated ' 1 twely exiles' iipmecuiflelfy ih'frpnjrbf'our mission-; threehtbjpusftnd-fe'etiahOthithe.'-seaf-level, and fur-;; .nisJieaiaicOol retreat Irom-*the!holiplains'b'elOw. ; - - i ; Its iriiKtarystrPifgtli und'erstobd'frbih a brief description. ‘ From the "summit down-* wards'the liill’is'sc'arped'ip’ the distance of twen 'ty. ieet ( on al.l sides, .presepting. anjidmpst \ perpendicular;granite surface ; andethis. scarpoisj sUfmOunfted 'wiih 'a' 'Wall Of solid'masonry' fivb' miles’ in 0 bifcmt/ferai ' te'h ':tb' l ifiirty s fEfet J hi‘>*b’' ■ -A':- s;i!? '■■■ •'i.i <n fl<Sr. 5 with... .pactions .and .tp ( werp, .at all ,’salienfe Ppiuts, ;For -enprapce werfivthreciatupep-- sdous double or triple.gates,, reached' fromthe'ta-1 ;ble 'lands below'‘by long fli'ghfs 'Of stohe^stdps;' 1 lievHi'a'sTar^‘ay T pra‘cticafiie ib ‘fills;solid,rdfetlf Ji ‘ ‘ fn the old Polygar citadel, occupying the. high est .point. within/ the; jfprt^are, three .immense stone granaries fort thei.storage 'of 'snp- -I plies 'in' ease-of l ‘siege, and' the water'supply : is' uriliffiiiOd.' Tb'aififiipleifiehts of Hindu warfare -■.l -,‘H " ” ■ t l JFtf i*J ■•• v prayipus po British -invasion, this fort'provpd irn-. pregnable.. 01d*4urunffze/je,.tholast of the Hid-; ignis,'brought-his'whole force agdrnst itijiitltFOlj-' :biit aftbr six' month's'*persevering.’pfiorts' of/his 'whole army, he was obliged to raise the sieg<j,and J retire. .’Wfcemthei'gr&t i Shivagi got i possefcsidn'of it,' .he accoinplished'tlie featby a/stratSgbth cpiite as shrew‘d ! , as any “ coup 'd’’ etat” .o^^oplern '.times. A band; of his m,ost, faithful adherents consented, ’to-,,.b.e'i publicly disgraced;, sand scourged ; in ; full sights of their own; and Spin'e of thy i ennui y*s for jces/ahd making I ' this-' ai filea' 'for-deseriion, they soon'feund opportnmty/to' already, ‘reception ,by the besieged;enemy within the. Fprt; 'and-, .them by..; preconcerted, arrangements-they. ;Qpened the gatesdntthe tlight ! to .(SArattpt’ an'fchfis ;..1 ■. I (: ibeSbgihg' force , ! An Arabic inscription, dated. 1376, gives, the earliest record iwe\have of .a settlement; here,; and* t . . t . < - 7 thepla‘ceireaelTed*thef zeriithof 'itsprosperity in l 1770, 'having bheij fdf years fjid' residence of the, royal family aifd. Jhe seat., of ,goy.erijtnentV ■TaJl'jSa ,; the,, court :ecL- ; !tojjEokpooE, that’ time, became the permanent capital, and Punalla diminished in population and importance, though it remained the King’s stronghold in all emergencies, till the British forces captured and dismantled it in 1845. . Some of the dear children and youth, of your Sabbath-schools will perhaps recall the VRb'al account I gave them of this fort, and the cruel custom of offering human victims here. Col. Graham, a late political Superintendent here,- af ter describing Queen Jeexi Bae as a woman of energetiq pnd| administrative talents, adds 1 , “‘a foWhVot, 1 however, will eternally stain tlie character of this lady, who otherwise merits hcmof'for her talent and decision. Human sac-' rifiees '#efe bricourftgedto afeatful extent during her reign, and parties scoured thbplains' at night,’ to seciire the victith whowaS- to’'life sacrificed* withihafew' hiitidred feet df J her ’ palace. The teihple* to the infernal deity Was feitu'ated m the inriCr fpfoij ‘Where the - ' w alls' o f tw£j close' together^aiid 1 where every’ray'of in-* tercepted' 'by the 1 dense foliage l ' of uvefbarigifig' trees. Dart, dismal and lonely, the spot 1 appears suitable for thd’ viie ! putpose*'f6f'Which i it’'v^s Tisedi ?,; ' r ’> I hate just -returned froth'that “ dart, dismal”'* spot; *’ ; The ’ vile image l of the- goddess Kali still holds her* ’position ‘there,-iipderthe dark' over hanging trdeC,< and j®fthehear&i6f'tliesie'degra'dd^^^ idolaitere too, 1 as'aUeMed-'By tih'o’fresh oil and red palht applied 'in'HvoVehipjjfnl her.' *’ If Hiiiiian 1 victims afe’4hdfc 'still 'offered ! af’Shis -‘shrine," l it’ 1 t'fs only frdih lr a wholesome *'fe : ai 'of the' ’piramount' pfawer. 1 ’ 11 t V - J! tr - rf^*' ; j[.-a;!-; h'M.i >v f 7*!7>'• | ! T wonder 1 ifi ftKjr’Sf I ftie l 6hiidren reihemfeer fti e accbnift ! ‘off * the’" tlhcA toibdr ” 1 Uriddr which ! a poor'girl buried ailivfej'with a v?6w ! to 1 rendhr - Thfe'fower 'still-stinds l; keie,'a r perUi'ahefit'wl'fhedsAo this 'cruel rites of Hrfiduikml * " There is a4fcird J 'sp& in tli'fs f] Fort wHeffe huiman'Victims dsbil 'to bU Sfferdffy aiid which hot'pha've been : aisy]d3ed ! h'ithyi-tl) ; to'Britisffufficeri’.- ikis'ilhmediately In fcfie'reSF' of-the old J pklace, : ahd'’here“Vlctiißs' > ivere : md?e‘ privatdly J and fVeijtiefitly' offend, tfean ffl tfl| ! mthdeiy W desdrit/eby Cbl. Graham" ’Biit 1 ' i iri Jl tbis Kniff* 63f : point td^to^^&eiit'*lByiibV^feaffiMle ' ; ‘ : ness J! of^’mating*' it a' i jjernia'n'ent r: riiilsit)b dldtVbii. Has'Wnot ten’ Sktatfs seafibtfg'enbugiiT' 3 W i itfi-’ in thc : F6rt;'aud jfistuiiaerltebhstibnsj'lk ap<l|qi' laiioU"dF s Mlyirhree thbusand * sbuis. ' I^4'’po-’ litical^centre, 1 and tbif %sideri& and ,J court i>P*tile* ®fanifetd’aT bfibg ’clpy viaitork’' from all ! tHe ! fcuVrbundihgifcdthtry. 1 1 0 u the ‘ spread’out the broad valleys of t&is'ißaiichtfiinffa' and her tributaries, dotted ‘wiih'n&iieVouk vift'a- 1 ’ gespahd'otti the ’Eastithertptai'brbadebOvSUey'of the .WiZfiiM? HorelS'an*' attfpfe with -a cool •mouhta.iii climate. - Alone’ and -1 ‘weak h&jre' afe;-Fhave-hardiytheeh able’lfifdepress ; my' desire*.tC'buila' '<b-*-purchase & t Koilsb' ; - i hseft;''dtfd‘' mUkeiifai pbrihiinfentstation’. I'’GSitiU|tott ddfi^hd 1 us aimailfforithis l pla.de ? ivJs.it.ifo Dodoi -jji.lv, A doited milbs further 0 in? ! the : dire<itieir of RutMCifheriy} l oUr' , hea¥Mt* ! deapbift/-is"the "pfiftty* tot#n; (oft' iMulftitpoofl Pestliri g- 3 in ! a fertile' bp'ot ambtfgdthe*ikliottntaiUs,’ci6sei4)iil'ftle biJidbr terH-i tory bdtWen-- the Deccatf 'ahd'- ; £He‘K?on®fty. ;: *lt‘ : hap'a 1 population'df sbmefive'-'thoiisaiia, add With ! ite tiriity isuhbrdinate 'villages-' cbdS'ifitutbs ■' ab-ihi 1 depePdfentprincipality—that‘-is; ,, juat ; as‘ de'Ht* pfsKolapdor fis ! is Brififehr goveinimentVJ''' , It4- !| ehidT,-' iri Ah'ti}Spa;l'®ao,'' i h6TdS : high-rank':it the I 'Kohrpbdr l court, bblng : rcgaT'dbd as'tlie ; kiiig?S /V-®inPfHv o r{'*Videyerent:- ,,f ! Biit ifl< th'e 'rebellibn' -lekditig’ifeii -ofmi * principality (except the •'■chieffJluin'self;) tbdlc sides'agaiPsttheift-Mshy ! atid' fihe'PPea^r''restl4ss spirits abofUbdinghere, have ledfclietpolftfcal Agefit' and oth'et European frie'nds-to Jiidvtee'lne hot "to extend" bay 'preacliing-miirs - Idttf) tliib * at' lehst without a pnrty of’ police* or ’'hcrst-nich iu - my; train.But-I-havpalways pifefnredCfo" < lfa*re < no sue hi attendants, and no wea pb ns- pha tev ct ,o n 1 my preaching: tours inn Tndia;*"' ; My «rg6L ’ every-pla cey is to inakc known my true chaTactcr as a 1 and- 'the message----I* bring ttiem*. from* Gtfd: - seCures hli' the respeht s and.* iatteation I Idesire.* It did 4 Pot fail ihe' ! ih" Mulhxtpoor. ' {pithd'red’oiti < crb\tasj' imtoeuse curiosity, neVerihavin'g'sden'* a Missionaryibdfore-j but tfhen Onch they'up’derl stoodsiny cltoracter and ‘object* thby showed mudh' civility and retpeet.- r l'he' chief invited'-ine'to an -« in tervie w; u and > a imam ‘of' faironatural' ahilitieSVthbnghv littfei improved by education* jot ethbr pargpf thb.- worldC * He'kuew .npthibgtpf whatever -of' l Christianity. Ho listened; Ptfefti tikely‘4dJtmy: exposition!Of the Christian faiffi/! andfhe and spveral'of liis, highest tedi. copies l ofdouft-BbriptureS; ironldlgSFe thb^ghtfol^pej^ibtii 't ’j'qoilrn. -Here,->tooj is a-mbst ’desirableTcentfei'lhr Mis-- sions .-labor. About * midJway .Eilapmm and ißntnagherry;; (our seaport,-)^ Wulfcdpofr 'his s a -cool-, elevated position Vtoongi the i-mpunteins-* sharing- lar.gely in: the* healthful ddi-ih theihot* lan-Al beiogisthe'ipoiiticar. centte* fob -a large region -of «cbuUtry; it •fnrhishfestiJli. needful! ihoilities* foP Pprapid'diffaSidn*Of 'Chris.' tiamfruthi- ! Hopi CatoweftffepfesSiehe JlOngitfgStbfi our thearte tonne ssnch points occtipiedTor©h#l§t ft - '-I'.li t-!’: :ni'i’ Str*tMAEV».di: i9j S U.'AaviTO;• '! I® dosingj6ur'ivillage%<jrfe for'r^is'se^Jny^e t4ight stbi ß! entite' Mtfi6erTai&%&?firfii/ [schools under, government patronage. InJonlfri thirty villages did we find indigenous schools M '-i'juv; with from three to ten boyslearningto write on sand boards. In two hundred and fifty-nine villa ges we found no schools of any description. In one hundred and two villages We found no one able to read our Books and Tracts. Two hundred and forty of these two hundred and ninety-seven villageSj we had never been able to visit before; in each one of them the people assured us they had never seen or heard a MissrioPary' before, and in few of these two hundred and forty villages could we fitt|f@ny tracep oF'Chrisilali Fast bounif'Under the galling joke oT Hindu su perstition, they knew nothing of a purer faith. In viijejr facts, may we- not - emphati cally ’'exciaimV How then shaft* \hey tall* on Him, in whom they have not believed ? ppd how shall they believe ‘in Him, of whom * they have not preaejier , ;i , The desofitipp here brought to , .View is not limited to this, fiuction pf our parish. It extends-over the wlioie abroad field around us. The record here given is ui villages contiguous td’each'pthkr—not isolated' and especially igno raht or peglected- "We have, fekep village in '.the' district traversed. TChe* result is afaij , average of the. whole ' Kolaptoor iingdom and much’ "of the, hordering territory. . When are these milliops to know and/believe the Gospel ? ; _ln |lje limited. 1 district here wetave mentioned eigM localities' specially'fitted to be fcome centres for effort. ,;These are Ka gtjP,, 'NEyPANiV iKiapiEk, Moobgoord, Bhujl>- ERGUBH, WaUWA, FIipALLA, and Mulkapoor. Wouldi that these riamesmighf stamp them selves, fn glowing capitals on*the hearts .of as l> ',l.'* i!i i ; ’ 'jjf ri, * I ■* many young men, whom ,the _ love of ; Cjhfist and souls should constrain to cSme at once, occupy these posts and preach salvation- to these perish ing r idolaters, with faith,zeal and' loye. which death only cpuld ,extipgnish. ; * In the faith and fellowship of “the glorious of the Go<i,” 1 , *, ( f n To«rp, sincerely. R. Witpiß. •lil i -JliC V -) • TRIPLES WHICH AfiBWOT .TRIFLES. * if.,*; sianners I And * *morai>s. ' : *‘-I like theiptacti'ce of touching one’A hat to an' hcquain tan ce '-aeroSk -4hh ! Piifeet:: it prevents *us firofli becoming- barbarians;” said one of emulate, most-finent and l elegaPt writers.. . • ' . •jThpre jsi muot jit Ihis; j eThes gentle* courtesies of. .society are jprbihotiv.e; of* -kind Ijri feel ihgs ajid:self-ye»pect» Theyfeeget in usa thought fnlnesj ..and- eonsdfiratiqnv.fcir; ethers, which re»* flept-en till jsid.es itbe! most -agreeable (and useful rfSHh&e j SPKe jmofe.rene disregards these courte-. siea’; the .grosser ;l and : -more ; selfi3h. jhe becomes. BpistCrons .demons teatkm.Sj.offcnsiYepersonalities, violepeCj and.geneiaj ‘.disqrd@*, next:follow, as na tijtfally i aqiCffects -injphysics folio* itbeia respeStive i caases.ii iThat weiarfe, as*« progceSsing inii this wrbrtg;directionds-4bo ( e3Tideati t»ibiejdenifid.>: The high degree of personal freedomfconfor-i red ;upon jus by pqpi popular; form *i>£ government exposes ussnqpe tlus-Ae.turie'ji.thaa those of Europe Hence, ,-opr jn, being flWiguardj payv-ipjbeingjstßen.bously aetiypjiniqultiyatingitheseameniti^ioflife;; i,: .. . ,U are ;destitute;of any ,uni*r vergaftyi acknowledged iCterc?nonial code;* hence, it hebpojyeS s u3j,sp be;,i}.a dawiunto-, ourselves,”: in itoiregain,af;..it may be,, fihat refiaqinent of man nPre .that, mai;ked,.t)^ei.inter l co j ursei of our ancestors (rfal^hjngtwa,, ; EpX! in these Xe sppets .*wq-.are J fpr ! .behiqji tbcm-ianhis.Aay. . , | tipi moralS)| itrifles^jhave mnch rare. thfe jnpre daqgeroupj from 'being gen§ f aily, peeked.! or-deymtipp, from .tbg ljjte, in Siting,'lands AtvWroembeEqd,. i iJiida'y. J enpughi./«pp our trup th^ s§ ip ? te; endipf-jt, ..Thesyield i“*?'in/ 1 T <? r*s r sfl®P : i?M?i < H e ly* for,.instance,,to some -ypyng lady s polite request , a glisp of wine,*''has'mace-i thousands of ybiing"mea on*the road! teoiritem*per4nV%' fSalted;* beyond question, in /producing jthousands lof.sote,; And so, a to S^“ afet his cigar and’, hke a> y «j&i or ko/dh yelophd* ftt the, lutdlfeVable - 'Bffbrs 'iSf 'tbbacco, from which ,no .aft-en. coMideration -’eaQ ever extricate t : aod ip, many, gross displays sometimes made even ,in our tSmgrttsiihi'al Halt*, W the victims otiim frifles! but- deathblows to ’the digoity*of t-hrgS high boil cl«ks§s.^;i>A.|yit, this jhedghtvtbeir degrarliog benefit, pi a stan .XJi s&€feDsnce_ and refineii mapners, not td and riiffianis^ii. v ■ - ! ■’A'hoisterofiabriloua seems, bpt p, trifle indeed, accustomed as we have PSSffIP '“.tki?, 4 ip xuany other ha,bjts, y i 1 1 91 ls ,t“?'t* j ua .t so fefjs we depart from comehndshnd and-aisordcr of sihr'df this rhob:' 1 Un fprtnimtelyfer us, %*his:partiCulaiydUr ehiMren pywmjsexes arpjjtapght, ; prj inured, tp, blampr Jto **“? TcibßsMstMt nf tippir siarengthj in most of our P l 3™ a JL SC v?w s '< in ordinary tui tion. -'Tb sucfi A an * exjhhti in our city does’ this entire’■heighWrßbo’i'iof (heseft»stitntions is f sfeveral times each day, made “WWflrtitoft dPEfar whiijfeiipfteu roaches the And an this under,. the immediate eye and by permission! of the teach- Let-fts photo jtly cofesct an'iihj'hribus praetfeb Ty 1 naturally assimilate, its: vintims eventu tPMj“ee civilization, bat to thSU-of 'thriiibre Out-of door crowd. £ j) jj
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