iSiimspiittiJracf.
the HINDOO BELIGIOHS MOVEMENT.
Kolapoor, April 22, 1868.
Dear Bro. Mears : The mental, moral, spi
ritual conflict in India is daily gathering in force
and momentum. ■ The .Undercurrent of thought
and feeling among the more intelligent young
Hindus, is such--in many cases as quite to neu
trality or even set back, the surface 'flow of su
perstition and idolatry.
I reoently sent yon a brief account of the Ba
boo Keshub Chunder Sen's visit to Bombay.'He
giVe BeVeral addresses, one on ‘‘Hfdyferi” Wt'dlie'
coihihencement of which-he utiered theToliowing
ptfiyer, viz: . •.> • -a
■ «We thank ThCe,"o ‘beneficent God, that
Thou -has gathered bas in 'this sdcred place of
rrorship to Thee.: Permit us
to approach Tjhee,,aijd ( pranare our hearts- that -we
may feel .Tity VacretTpresence. OjThou light of
liftsT Thdu'dflf feveryWherfe'J Thou J art before
otir eye# ifn : ilTth'e objects We behold ; Thou
dweftCstinsi the- iinmostorecesses of the heart ;
everywhere is Thy benignant tape,, and Thy lov
ing arms are around us all. Help us so. to
opneontrato our Thy all-pervadjng
;*> - to; 1 . (ffeel, iThy holiness and ' purity,
tmrtf (j egoh corrupt,desire, each worldly cravipg.
may perish, .and gil the sentiments and .feelings
dtihe'fehll may he “brought at Thy febt. May
d<ft> (She pletOures- which we now enjoy id Thy
cOmpanyrba 1 transitory; may they - sweeteni'our
Vthlw'liycs and continue to eqdearTheei to>UB
OXerlastingly. Vouchsafe ,to ep ( ns ; plqara, un;,
der the shadow of' Thy protection, and. guide onf
the thorny pWclis 'of‘ififeT world?.
the'pain# dbd sufferings of the'World bh Thou our
joy ; amidst its -darkness ibC'' ‘Thou -our light ;
amidst its tempt%tions.nnd( persqc|,>tioos Thom
o^r,shield and ( ( gopd Ti
will ( and affection;. sanctify/our dealings ‘ with.
ealMlf 1 oMihr j , Wnd' übira u bira fit into
hpbd. ‘MaywCaid each-other in that'which- is'
gQbd:m Thy:sight, (Teach Us; QLord, to spend 1
alj.qpr days papire. to <: bepar^
wiJ“*** j°iy
tbQ next world., Be with us always, TJiou affec
tihi&te htid ’etiable tis t6‘ groV steadily lii I
ih this- Bfesideikcy
urtler thmlprotoctiop!iOfc,-,tnlei,faith. j ,:May Thy
degDqgum be M phanted, byjeyery, fip, apd,. mayest
Thou,findk tomple in every breast. Do Thou,
tfew aftd Whtf Sre'ner’e' present 1 tai- :
wight,- vA«fl JuntoTheC Wfe all ascribe ev’crlasting
glory *nd;praise.” , "■:.j - L;rfr : ir. ■ruM> aid
, ;TJh ere,if ,110 iin ,1&e.
Baboo’s preaching, else we might at once give
him the Oh'fMtiah''fellowship,'for
who ever-grasped-*moro»<dearly or firmly “the
tint of all the. Commandments''(Mark xii. 29);
ratSwr‘dWMojJs' tiief felfemedtt' hi* jiriybV,
o» iai of -its! benefitdin stricteraccord
with thato£,the humble QhristiSn believer? In
his rays
' ‘‘ Worship comprisps'•three eletdents—adpra,-
I’ibhj'WratSthdeftiiid'hrsyelr: trill 1 admit tha't
SpftrWGCd % t ’grefc't ! '^e i toust
greatness and .adore -His. supremacy,, and itbafe sd
i®
so far must wje ( .ae^hojy]edge
tne benents, and pleasures He has
dtittferred dsbd U'i ana'dhes* dhiiycbniei l Upbn'hs|
With doSt fervedt and isideCre-
the Subject upon which Tam about 1 .toeritec id
ppe; f hich, in.vnany a country. and; amongpt m»py
acorp munity, has given rise to .discusaiops,.tp
dbuhtsi amjto objections. To my mind superior
to these-'tWo -Wlenitents of-Worship; i's thb ■’third
prayer. -The flrst two are du
gratitude^—:but. the last ia' a
nppegsity.;, !0 .it,l.caniiqt liyp—qithoqt.it
I panppk grow-, id spiritual life—without it all
my hopesf.m“spiritual 'b'e‘ in' p
arid'd'ea;ih ! W6‘uld
bdiw-'ffiol-idcutical. - dft' isrmy-doty'doi magnify
tUAf pnd:my .dnty to, offer :my gfatitn.de ,to- Hod;
is .indjspensably necessary that I should
nfQStrate. .and humble myself down to the dust,'
anefoeg of my God that he should give me,that
aid fo success J in- all' spiritual
ptyif'eSS—Which Is essential'tot he attainment of
Hferd ' and herekfterl' It' -is 'this great
point which.ifis my desire to: imiSrpssiUjfobiybu
<,!> WThe’Oxjpfience of all mankind fever sincC
njtin 'was' born down the present time, has- testi
fied that'nibrtal power 1 is Wbt enough to bfip'g
dow;n 4vi'l,’ tb the sonl against Bin. ‘'l-‘feel
tation's of the : world I feel this., It'is not 1 a -msit
tor whioh cait be' argued out by an appeal tofhe
bfoglbtil or to the deductions of logic.
.'HoV but T’ appeal to your experi’erices; and ask
ybtf,‘ Whether ; ybu have, spirituiil neirve enough
Within'you to ! guard yourselves against 1 every sin,
—not -odd siii or two sins, not five varieties of
sin—buV evefy manner aad kihd of mn ?' ;I' sii'y
there is not a man of flesh and blood that
breathes on our earth sho can triumphantly say,,
"Here am I; come all manner of sin, and my
fell attacks/'' /The fact is.
Ggd’t.qiAjp/nbsplnteJy necessary—the eyes must
be flftep up iii order tjhat we may invoke the
of*tMt divine ' without whose
did VAnnrinVit 1 - 1 adv aA ce ‘one 1 single igtep' in the
path of pfogress:-‘ .1 - !
'i 1‘ Aslf ttiqjiddo Snstiq iyhy,lic day
.of his life, -He ujould feel, astonished snd,wo.n|d;
stand and’loqV,7not knowing' what to say in re
piy/' -Alf tiat such ad untutored'idkn would say.
id repiy 'lifould be- tHis—' —l khfow -not 'why I
,pfay,tbut/thi» T can-say,-Ti.cannot do without
pray er day thero are so many sins eoniing
and trying to devour me thai only for the pur
pose of sell-defeuce~f'nHtsfrinnnblc myself down
and offer my prayer to God, If. the rnde rustic
Vb ’of plr'aybr,'neither ;has
'sbS' t Wise mWeJId. T-cau giVe no
ofwthetfabt yhiy I have) learned to pray mrid
I S,m in thp.hftb^'offeringprayer l( daily to my
God- If ’i could jdo without it, .this very mo
meni I Woulff leave' off the habit;. If ,1 had
neWer ffelt thdWfeieeSsity I never wodld have veh
tored updto&he’Wbfk'— I Would have" Considered
it silly and unreasonable —but I have fojmd ; at
necessary. When God first allowed the truth of
religion to dawn upon my heart, —(allow me to
THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN, THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 1868. :
mention one incident from the earliest, chapter
of myjreligious life)—when I felt the very: first
movement ithat took? in my heart, then I
felt th'e need of: pra^r. Day after dainty heart, I
Was full of -daihfajjss, aid I felt-theinflufence of
all the the flesh, the allurements of
the world, tW jJnwer of evil, the power of fame,
and-of lust, and of ambition, and of covetous
ness, and of worldliness, and of scepticism. I
Against i these multitudinous elements I, a poor
man, could! not possibly stand. Feeble in body,
feebler in soul, feebler still in spirit, how could I j
I stand in the face of enemies-sp, sonormir I
dable, and so numerous as these, enemies outside]
and enemies'within, contending for masteiy o ver
[my,soul day and night, every hour of the-day,j
I every, minute of, fhe hour, every.second .of.‘the
[minute? What could I do in circumstances such
[as nhese? I 1 waited ' not for ‘ttte ! retcditii’ff
of any : particular book or the *' 'df
any particular prophet. I conshlted imy soul;
and my soul stated, in langnt^e:.exceedingly, dis-,
tinct and articulate as it were,-— 1 Pray, and pray,
if you want salvation.'' And then my ptoucrand
arrogant mind was’humbled’ dbwd, and "with
was humbled down >my heed ? iiiylie'a'rt'f'tfhi'efi
had been eatgn up' with conceit, ahdi trrogance, !
and self-suflicic.ncyjfoand, that-there was nothing, I
in it which could, withstand the ; awfnl shdekp of
these temptations* tp me and therefore as r my ( pnlyJ
resource—aifsid&a of "the hdfizdn heihg dark;
— l lfeltthatin dfie dii , 'eeti'6ii ::, (ftilyicodla ;, I I ' : ad-
landthip, whs iprdyef; Ivfelti'thiswWd;
| ‘prayer’..was iniigolteidhttejrsisftßoJJjei
gate of heaven—on,,the ,gate onthp kingdom;of!
God—as if to, show .that none entereth God’s
kingdom" except he- jiass jtbrofugh" ihe ! ' gate of
prayer—hobe l cOUquereth sin : '6r un
; less' h.e humbly, iafhestlyj. jmd .fervenfly:pEay.-)
Then I, prayed, ..Thg §»t day,
* prayed in the morning and | ..m the; plghtj,,cQn’ceal-,
ing the matter from tbe knowledge of my friends
and relatives; For they wdre ’Scoff&rs theh/aa'sofae
time before I probably "was. 1 twas sure that as
soon asjthey came [to knctw o£*it r i'they'iwould'rid*
ipule me .and; scoff At me .dissuade me)
if possible froin supji (i a gqd]y; f liabit,;,
but^lest 1 siieli circdmstanees should happen, I,
kepfth'feMatter a! grealtUeetetf - t’Baly' iifier 1 day T
kept on prayings and in.tlie icoittsAj l iSsdrd ybu,fi
of a,few days,' I .found/as it were aifloqdof light,
entering into, theiinmost i;eeepses of iny heart.., !,
found all the ‘darkness .gradually
ted. ! (ih‘, it was'eheef ipg mbppligh'i.after a* most
;iitipendtt : able" ! drffk:h'dsk itfd hrd&ius sin. 5 ThSn if
felt cheered,- andfelt thaU t oohld eat ffiftf’driuk'
—i-and sometimes t! I conld :do -!So;iwith,'pleasare'.-,
Thep I fi>nqdirqf.t andthen:l;found.
comfort in fhe company of friends. For.l jpanj
assufe ybu : w'als dkiine 1 in when T
j had giVed Up 1 almbst ihirth 1 add good humof l alfid f
; cheerfulness, t and .amusfemeritu of n all j kinds,m t
IfqlJ t troF:ld. i wMldark)}>eiQfidse myHhaftrt!
j and beneficent (jod revealed to, me .just,at t.hat
,timeithis salvatiori/ndm&y, pray-'I
erjl’-oanhdt’thidk I‘yiffld D h£wi>eBir ) ti&t>j
night. n Yba wonlddiat kawecseensn&e an j
! addressing pqdpjfe: OQfe,. ft. Ift JW> I
much for my feebleness to bear —it ovgpppWiB|f,
me when it enters niy mind —the thought,, where
, L would I 'have*'been fo'night ‘ J if Gbcl’had not |
! taught - medb <prky , Prayed to me*waS“tlie' ! be ‘ )
: ginning of'Salvatibh. . X
'investigatedr-r-then I tried;tO( C9nsult .theologi<!ft} '
sources so very, precious,-in the spiritual worM,
i wert'etilaced in fact ft iaPmy'’ctmpSSaf 7 tM u vferi
! siarii'(skidi whffo^sddfef'hi'eJithus^ir. 1 1 J? l! Svail6d
myself .of .ithese, and weiition).grQwingj:inbgrace,.
in faith, and in parity. And what I
true in my of every
man. I assure you it is prayer which ought to
be. considered ai i the; beginningof. religiouSdife
—-j;h'ei,.pillar>’of- t^eJdpg^om.,qf. Gjpd—tbgigfttq
to’ paradise—the key to God’s moral government.
Have that, arid you have m your hand,the means
of urilockfrig 1 thfe 'treasure's’ of‘'dtWHe : gHdief Is 'if
want?—- j c6me!and pray; ‘is there
a;doubt,you ( wan3t.-todtepel?rtfeome and pray!) isit
weakness apdnprfy,».
is it power, you want—come and pray,:, is it siu
ydu wish to give up.’ —come and. pray; is it
holiness yoiftfant? 1 coirie and'prly.
•Ithave given to all iriquirersiatter .truth tJhat‘hSv-e
calledon me,,and whoso,- co.mefhito; mfe» in future
for advice 1 , qhall,: find, jSmnp ..ansyfer— ‘ PilftX
without .ceasing,’ as was .said in days, goim by. j( TL
Willhot ask you £i> pray for rich''es, L faihej ; or i teini)bral
beriehts. 1 f atn opftoSed’ to that- doctrinei n I J r e’coiiu
merid prayer ouly lor Spiritual blessingsjifor spirit}
ual|knowiedge, for spiTitualipow.erj.andfQr, gpifiUi
ual holiness,, . Fortkese three things jpray.jancl.if
you don V believe, me, laugh npt.ql me, but go, homi
and try the experimerit, aAd if oiT’tihe 'fourth
day of your trial,,yoii, hjtd—experiences give
the lie to my statement, I shall retract everything
I have said. 1 [Th'e'fepeaker then {went dn ttafrge
the'necessity of sincerity, earnestness j persever
ance, and speciality in prayerand
of his subject quoted- .the King’s soliloquy in
Scene lit, lief iM qf ®unfet, pqmjaug;>iit
that the'man who prayed Heavb’n'for forgiveness
Withoutfea'lly irid.ofjthe»siu which
lie asked to be forgiven might apply to Jiis o,wh
case tbe passage-rr- , j , , :,
My,Wprds tly up. my,‘thoughts remain bejo.w;
Words without.th'ojjgln neve? to.heaven,go.,
He enjoined prayer,in .solitudei,: prayer iin family,
and prayer, in congregation. as being obligatory
oh all .men/ and m the cdurse of the retnaibder
Of bis discourse he spoke follows r —] j : : '
. “ Ncver shall India be - regenerated without
prayer. .That is a thing which' witht.myiwhele
heart I believe;, and if any of you individually
were to come and ask me whether you could ever
ke’savfed with your knowledge,' With' ydiif l dedds‘,
with your reform' inoveriients, <1 'would say at
once,> no Such thing will ■ salvo you. Therefore I
wo.uidrsay to you individually,and; colleetiyelyr—l
woqld u say.,tp .all Indian qien, yrQ.nien w ,an ! d chil
dren- —p.ray, pray, andipray from to-morrow. And
what* excrise' can you havS for riot bhgidnirig td
pray from to-morrow '! 1 Just after you' rise from
youf-bedp why should yon wot .renjetnber: what >jt
brother-has. told you this evdning-r-rftold Jou for
your own individual saker— sake
for India’s sake—for your, own family’s .sake 1 ' —
for your wife's Sakh—ybur 'parents’ -sake—your
children’s childrefi's sake l . J Bo begin- to pray
from th-morrow. Set aside ybur.- business for five
direc
tion, I ask you to use this little book for the
present, prepared by an humble brother of yours.
Use oo£ qOhese prayers at a tim|, one eVpry.
day. Fars|es, 'Hindoos, all|m bpji yw to; do thisp
i-wiU go Ipln on my kneesdf toj
beseech pray to Godj-I .Will atidtdObiy 'tife,
-I wilhuodergo afy privationf — trad'
you inU pray to-morrow.”
concluding his remarks, of
fered up another prayer, and the assembly then
dispersed. -- -
The fact that this Baboo draws crowds of high
caste intelligent Hindus to hear such discourses
as this, wherever he goes,,that, he so thoroughly
,/rousjes leaves
is certainly one of the signs of th 4 times, and
"Sarks an dra in~tke
Of;tills people.;-Npiohe can be sp-blind; igluofo
to tecpgnize this movement as :a direct resujty)£
missionary .effort aad gospel preaching ,in , this.
land v liotir , eter ‘much we "may regret "it is not of
typSl'' ,: ' J : '■ ~’ u ' l,: 11 ' u: ■' 1
- evidence' of l the effect' !of'theßa
bpo’s jit-eaehibg appears'iilltbe coalnienta of' the.
ipubtycppre^., pf.Jjhpjj.pmbax daijjy.papers;
{have devoted several special leaders to the sub
recognizes, 1 fhd'Bebbb
las'the mteliectiitfi leader in'thfe' tefform iihdta
ment’ 'oflnd|a,andiseesih: the ISontß/h
'and its Bpreading,influepce, ,% rising power^hich
|i? to. destroy
'ahci'ilepoine potentendugh eventually to' grasp 1
ithe reihk'of poiifibff/'dvirthroW the'paraihbudt
IptWerCtihH banish"fcheEnglish frotnjlpdia/’ We :
'arel- not .prepared -to endorse’ thesehvaticinatiorisf;
but that the Baboo, is; at, the head'pf ?a mighty;
we.,jhQy a believe,
:a‘nd‘' it maKes'us iong 'to see the church more in
earruM'tfi ieitif dii ‘thip;vantage grobnd, and cast
into^tiy&S'seething, fermenting eleinents rnorebf
the salt df Hod's; truth,•< and so ;bripg[!the:gospeb
*-tO:bear, on; the ;pf these intelligent iH.in.4u9b
itbat tHexsitalJi npt p.njjr, believe in the, one hying,
i and feel thpir heed of prayer to
jHim, A but 'learn to'recognize “ God in-'GhTistCre
oonbilrng thp world unto Himself,*' and feel their 1
absdlutesheed of His atoningsaprifipe; tu- ;: r m ![
. ( 'rhr.eeofpur
’to the cturch at our jlast communion, and others.
iare'hoMfulf'lieip us wifcji' I your'Sprayers.’ ‘ ’
Yours eve'rp - ' : 'R: Q-.' Wilder. 11
: -i.'A rsifc ‘ J-i.-f-J' ■■nhi'i V/-J A
QHAEGE OR JSE7.
' yi r,Jim-..?- s47?^.^.^
1. ,:*■ ;'>m
t The Installation of Rey. C. P. Glover oyey one,
of of fart^fth^
B^“ ? i8S! l aB. l haa.^ready J beenr jn oyp
M^ ; enterpjifft
will be glpd, to see some' further, notice.
S‘T,®! &°: f< ?^ w v
ing the ,charge it pf lUy-j 51.,,
r Jyl i; ,r t , ; b^m!
! $^^ n Jtess!? mn
■%i?rp teAW
1 tri^ c
1 “!>
if position yo'u.pccupy. demands Jt)us of
2. Th ? worl£ ja ys|ch you - ,ai;e ensaged demands.
$&., ,’lo L^o^ib!
%»»
of,-the 1 «fo mLJ#m JRk&'fM.Mlft-. “gluing,
with, God’; Ire wUmwe& alt thjhgf madfe; and |
HidrWaS ‘Mde-that was
mJid4rJ ;
wiiplleftt the igkfciesi tfcheSven/to^Ugoa-Hims
•Jir tim-fi&vw
even the death of the cross,.,; I rctivji Josus, the
beloved of the Rather, the' expiess dmhge 1 df
His person—the—brightness ol His glory :
who died amid the scorn and ignominy of
thoieJMaMokafig n»sr«tTrtaas ; § u»
sits—His love—His sufferings—
His death —His,resurrection—and His ascension.
faittin ! H'fe\tonihg ’sa’crificfe— love'‘ and
db ! ddiehce I fo‘ , H(d' l boniniandB. • Pteach it in the 1
simplicity of-Slfc ©OSpel, with ajheavenly unction:
■hinder «hefiBSpir%tijSn;ofi ptoyee%nda„thoj:pug|i.
ft* K°#S f iSte*,:
Christ’s stead, to reconcile men.io trod; and there
Christ.' 'iiifce- Him s in ' th r e of' Hi&:
word: . Like:Hiin in that jwe seek, not ito.do out
ojfti; will; ;butj -the; wU! of ;.Him, ths}t, v
|ik«„Him are , wP>g,to
make in, order tnat.we.mavbfing man tot a k now
iedge ‘of bis you di 11 onb o fore the law p 6f the'sM--
VatioU 1 tjhat'ig'provided 'for .hiih ; ■ and of hisr eier
n’al.ruib if the .reject: the 'overtures of meirojitob
toipedat the, sacrifice, ,of t;he.Lprd
ish the admonition of the . Holy Spirit. . It will
lead you intdailfrufch. It will guide' you in thb
exhibition of Hfs 'Wl 1 It ! will : 'makd : ydWia' , finf’
istefi%oi , kmin l tliat'nfedde'th Wot be ashamed] wol
i' > Whe <resppMsilfSities< of 'lheiv)6r : k connected with,
your : lpd>Pirs l f^\9, u
•for an earthly .wiwer, and your responsibility m
not, therefore, satisfied when you haVe gritififed
the ddlAdhds'o'f; earthly‘desires:' TiueiShetf have 1
apparently called you to- this'field-; but, it was,
under the dic66tion,of a. higher .power, tban.pnjn
nrtend.to, H,im ypu; stand Yo^n^ay.,
satisfy, in the di£oharge r df your labors, those,
oyer whomW made you Bishop, and yet
Mi to : meet 1 the" expectation of Him'- 'who 1 ‘has
Seiit'yOui Thd tendenfey of thenge; causes !inin,
isters to consult, tko ioi.s/tes, rather than the l needs,,
pf their flock. (1 .Criticispa is .jrife; jn f . thp Church,
as well as in ;ibe'State.' jLt is felt in. the religious
congregatidQ fits Wdll a*B iti tHb lifcerary association.
lfe do you like th'G -seriiion ' has become
just as much a matter -ofjCoursß a3i n liow .are -yoiii
pleased: -with. * the peieutifi,o. pr,, literary lecture ?, ,
And tbis is said not bo much in reference to tlie
pabulum— tne hetuai food, contained in the ser
mon, as in Teference to the'style in which it-was
eonstructe'd, and the manner of its
Whiles weiapprove; of; high excellence -in both, of
these particulars, Sto- do condemn the spirit,
exalts the style and delivery above .thopgbt, sim
pib! powerful,W& adapted in dress to reach thb i
heart. : OT, - : 1!1 " 7 " ' ', r ;i) '"f ' u,;
l! ' Thb 1 minds df toed who-sittunder the gospel
ministryrstde adore usually i-*f|
it is,to this point that we are to have an eye,
when ,we aina to atthclc the dtd3el Si Si
tan, and the minister who prostitutes his powers
ito.graitify the caprice of; a wicked and fastidious
taifej who. spends time and labPr in the
.litjery and[ delivery of his thoughts than he does
WjiSiua&cy of/the thoughts ha.
presents, kins aganfet both man and GeAjand in
that day when men’s souls are to' he,
will find that he has made a great mistaCeT’Sna
that his responsibility does not stop with the
creature , but with the Creator. Preach the
word — il be instant in season and out of reason—
reprove —rebuke—exhort with all long-suffering
and doctrine,” remembering you are not the
[ agent; of man, hilt of God. You are not trans
acting the business of the congregation, but
Christ’s business. ’Your
liei W.ith (the. Chnrch, bjitj,witJri;the r «5&-.
iwmat.you preach,. and now. you preach, ana ,to,
Sim you 1 mtiSteither stand or fall. '
\ - But whild you aim to preach the Wordnwith’
poWer—while you urge frdmi this idesk .theoeed
of Ahe •,great splvajaoir—while you pregeutii.phtjiet,
der the inspirit lon of the Holy Ghost, forget not'
ithe sick-bfed, the hbtrab'of te'huiribTe
cottage add-the-staielYmaugiOni ; .Enter the'iso
cial sjirely as you
Sschool and the house of prayer.' your 0
I
ithe little ones in yo,ur arms and point them to
i Jeshsi' ’"i&rasp 'thh 'old- in'en bjy'-flhfi 1 hand ah'd aßk"
if'all 'be “weli with the soul: i Salhte’ those whom?;
you'meet-byi thfe way-side; iand call, ,to thsWAOij
membrance J;he\unpey life.,,B,e. inst^n^,
iin season and out, of season.” ; Let .the people
tiiiuinmy.tr.nsimuii.oiiJ auLai:iselßJi
know you in your, rebuking sin, m your reprov-
in l you’r'loth'"fo^ vr %he !
tiW bf lafelsdvfl,'in anddongrsuffetx.'
presenting and i enfor(?ij)g.jtbe °jj
repentop.ee: towards |Gsh, ftffll'i -,R
I Jesus Christ, and you will accomplish a work
ihere tfikt will a4d Mjdid- 1
in'g. , ’May'G6d Mess‘ydtf in ,J yoUr relation 'tb-this'
/people;.'and ' cause hisi face to-shine c-liponsiyftPo
; jjay flp bJessAhis people, and makp, tl^gn^^.great
that f tahernafcle that needeth not,the light of the
: su f i v antf aild f tli&'Bta?9'/b tiff %*
the light therfedf, and joitt in praise and
■ giving to their God/ and to your God' and.toour
\%sda Amf&-,
J, , !
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ttt ‘ u*;i
XEV iA'J' lfJ fI BTE ) W^i i ß : i'S f 'LBTTBBS I ‘III.’ ds IV.'
in e ' isirfiMT/s 1868t v :1 ’!
wdacfeustomed’:
offlfM *(iliiiate; ''whtfe
tfut' vkgetsitioa 5 dtidlir’eit&’
fkoste; : ya ide/ it is a W6fili 'the‘ i6n‘g s
seW Wfage prddFto’fekl? W Hd6 -&
of 6vfer'tle i road E! wfeere tfofe deck
io 1 f ltoiiriititfg'ttte &o
! H#yj 'iriftMubefl ‘into E a new; 1 ‘noffignifi- 1 '
l cenf ’fl6ral : %i)Hk, 0 former 1 ex^SnSefeei 1 'and l
| even conceptilo'A ofvejg^toiWls^esidlutioiiiied.' 1
! I*l wont to fride myaelf 'sdiitewhat'on
ttoW of tie f’dadj : aB- ! somiEp
sdeiie’df tropical vegetatibh bursts upon {KevMoil^
lityb : 7&ii‘
IflieJtk ib'olt 5 * fib^erS* 1 and!
;fruit?" ~'Add "inttf i (He'*hmiitlitytd:-nodded '“lit
lals^erf^W^N^r^^dco'a-^kiS^^iil-SluWpa!
tb4if'la'rge 5 h'ußky “ftuitj‘ 'flaße'iptlflniJi wfttt'fK&P
dfent;«lusterB offruib'large as si i JfluSfiel ’basket-?';
plantains, Bananas, imangiwjfe—on,.pir ®ith i( fqsn}sf
qf#»fe>BS iWltfi
no. conception,, and, all erpvying fjo densely -togf-J
tier c.ouM' Bardiy .fly ' < ?r&6s‘
ftjiiagß‘ratiiiek%ll : 6veV J witli ; olu&ol
tetingjand.‘peadentparasitesi. >, dy ••. luod
| fchg
forms lnto wnich he has moulded, mattpr are, or
to ! uC, “infiniii.
tffi J £tethity ; bbfbte iri ■which' itd j: bis»t'Jhisi
Cjusb newness,.
lo ri'jiiais •>.!
o <{ ‘ Man, ; is ,& la?J being, naturally.’ ’ ,So _ hsv;g,,l
often,preached. There is,
faetipn in haying here so marked a confirmation
bf’tbe tfieoiy.' Central lAiihfineihs
itfeein -'td-be’a'miserable mixture of theaborigihes
land old Spaniards.! !The).Chnrch ofsltomei gene-i
}r§tie!»gj£BC£,,made ippnygrtSipf and gotjipssession
.people. 1 Full, time, without any inter
ference, ha's been, allowed for working oiit the
detbriofatinginfluencea of her system upon man’s
mehtal; 1 moral and physical-being. Her work .is;
I hgc& perfect i Apparently hur; race could; be re
jduced no lower. Even the railroad, with-all its'
accredited quickening, and arousing influences,
ilauil't'.across 'their country' by,'Protestant skilly
lebergy and mAWey/beeihs tiohave had no power l
’asfyet tb quicken into any kind of activities their
'dominant lives. ’
; ajidfe /all seniirsavage ,pepple they .aggregate,,
lliye in Whgs, and have in various places through.
jwnichthe railroad' passes, built themselvies villa- ;
erections! The things called
houses are mete!sheds covered..with dry. foliage,
frotn fcheir.broad-leafed,-.trees. -, The !inhabitants,
scein;tq.bayc,no, .£fot pne.was seen
at wprk'ot any kind. V.Npt .a garden or cultivated
■ acre did*wfe' see between As'pinwall ; ahd Pahaiha'.
Quite numerous neat; cattle;
adew dull-looking ponies. an. occasional outland-;
isbdqp.king ; pig, a flppkp, oft chickens, here
and there, a. monkey or parrpt--all living,.together
with the ,people without any separation or abodes.
In' 'oiiit place : We havra! few I ' tufkfeys; : 6l which'h 1
lady passienger' said : “ They looked like Chris
t'anrturkcys-r-none of the other anipials includ
ing the,,people, looked , vu . ~i
Yet each and aIL of these lazy, effeminate crea
' tuxes have, he saved. How lOng Oliorip
;erb >! thelgbspel ! of "Jesus' shall 1 haVe' fi6' r lehve'ned<
out mm as ito> make bach iahabitaht ofl eafthian;
active, intelligent Christian: ! ;i j V;i . , ji-.j
i dd.-’v ' -- EANAMA^May,iIB6Bai j
Here, lak the terminus ;of. our o delightful] itubo
Itfad ride, across .it-bejYstbUMiiSiliVP/igot gpr.
Few names more f ntly applieq. its wafers look
as though they’ had 1 never by ;
st()#itf i!i qilSBid as a"lhirrori' ONA ffiafyel'thefifirat
European discoverer as he gazed upon this
mighty assemblage of waters/exclaimed in de
lightful enthusiasm; Pacific ! Pacific I
Now safely on our capacious steamer Montana
we have a voyage before us on this great sea, of
3200 miles, 'ete reachingSan^faaficiflco.
'' PANAMA.
This is the first actual dly I have ever seen.
When cities were first built and designated, none
received the appellation city, save those encom
jpjtiißejjl by wylils and
ib a.wal'ed city. Its walls and battlements .would
certainly afford large amusement andplaylplfa*:-
ercise, to. the.,^ w, pf/onft off gu f;
sent lor its bombardment. The ancient town—*
siftd to be the SS*SfcfiSttt!fS 3 3FT188?
kind on the ccyitipent —is. ; a dingy cluster
cayiqgf hidus&;' vfith as ‘jjfinjffiand
decaying as the walls. Ail the life and energy
mauifestedare by the employees of the Steam--
ship and.&;Baikoad / Companies. - : ' {The guards
.over the stations, depots and goods of these
jcomnaiiiee vp sin gyiform.with
ig’tinwSnd* bayonetsr 4 Affi6a-in 'various
stretching forth her hiMd&i 'l
, k A^ 3 jtsiial- for old Catholic towns, Panama
jboastslier Cathedral Chburch which is still in'a good,
jsSat.e oSf' priservatmS. 4 ' as a Churdh' fits '
■ddhefteif' 'irdrlc - wonted eompftetig- 1
jtfeaSy'whed nob'ii iunhediiite! contact with Protest
' taptism ; gniiapelled If# itjW*ample and unStim
jthe breath tne of human*
| b -From Patterns; steamed -for six
!d*js'W& lwghtß;td^st!l»e'!«*s*.'ofcflenti»l I'4me 1 '4me-
Tioa, iV w4[h 4Ps|raf g?B' : ot' peaked moitn.-
'tains, almost constantly in view—ra distance of
hdlfrs f ih'thib' ; finest i ¥ea^6ri o b , n .ffiw lbng M&tican
! coast, i sweeping! gr&md l iiflafadnSd 'nMtling'qniet
ly-begeath- and' with^fih
Jcoal brought from-
iaico und ■ .Cap's iliorn, ja- '.distarice of t.weitffc thdßi
!sand miles; The-Jarder .otiPurb§%tglsft recjeiyedi
i s ?§e Mjdp,
[and cattle. Provisions are needed for reeding Jpr
.whisks in contihiuidiiSb li 'ft?elvb ’lidhdred y h€«llih(y'
jhuHMlh' beingfc'l 'ThSB' ! «difcfi j wdr«(t'"bri»«gftfc ! d>ni !
I board, alive .toibe Maaghtefed!sntitha)s)ttnga<;'
tfeemWe^g.
i around the horns ot the. animal, and be drawn by *
lil?&rybgk r th&‘ ; tfaiei J tflwK
j by a pully- up its ! 6ide,«'datSgllDg;in'-fhel Jairntesfil'
qpppsite .the, gangrwsy,' whenidrawhi ipfc.v The
| ■* feSS?» A?4j Aft> «Wfe3
ilaugh. », . . i
; ’“Wheff dur aiihteired'ih' thbfe
Ibe'ihg no'wharfy'aWholi -fleet, of
i hoUofred joutiOfilwSgft ttcesrT-cameiaround
!"M“{ tytajifeilto sm. SMSH^J?SWS&
bananas., plantains, mangoes, melons,. &c M ; each
i '?.•*']!liitor in Ji ~t.>Jro?q w>niw qftw Ocj/J
I guided by a swarthy owner ip the slightest pos-
| siblb ; hot*'cHma'te' ibd ' all maW
jnerfof dialects; badge
v jThe dativeh Wepe cot allowed
‘gifia Cbme.nearYhem
lour upper .deck,twenty feet ..above. ,A bargain.
I Wad struck with tne owner of some native, boat,
He thdn thtdw a ropb ,td‘ fclije’*
was
iluto this you were to put thf( i |irftiD^^ l ßip > i^j-t ?
fc- sfe imjsp! B?es^.«skfs# te
ffrst.. Kvidently. they hdve .somehow imbibed a
miade-fiefsadi-J Mib kidney
| the -basket,'®adiin>ho; nislinceidid fthey .&il
!i JE® %» it
: hitherto seen was thus darned on for hours.,
, t le^-'^Bfii'kb-
I thing- : 1 Alsingte itomiwiaitell hsistoryiaaiwiell as
Ithat'of aUiiMaxiecßo il Altihioligh
!spapor^t ( heaT*estr,tq r( f,hg,Coital,,.oa ,}bp,f
'wagon road from city, into the interior; no
wheeled eafriiigd in-aill tfe region. The
trade'is carried ou upon the backs •of ffluleaior ■
beads ;pf , the! people. ’. undpr i ..Jihp;
same conditions ,would vlopg siuep .haye had a
■railroad into the, interior, either under, or over,
pr alro'uiid these mouiltains. Poor Mexico! Ere
{long'as a nScesiyitjrhhe must fall into the
possession and üßderctiieieonirol of- UncleiSam.
It wih fee a> sadmadditiphalfibarden—an .awj&il
moral inc|ibus £ tp sl sho f u|der- , Bible.,, Tract, r
Home Mission societies with their cdiportage''
systems must hasten 'to get an accnmulatibni 'of
riiesnS in order'to.mefjt- the emergeiiey.
■' lit ‘-AJ'M:
A Festival in Wilmington —The. straw
iberry festival of the Hanover Street' church
closed 1 Thursday evening,' fJuhe 18th. ft had
been oipeh : for three-days and evenings at the
City,Hall, and was (attended beyond allprece
:dent.,,, ,Its success,-must, jhayp been trtily
ing .to the ladies and others who lajbcred to make
it onp of the inpst attractive'Qhurch fe3tifaWjet
held. The room w‘aS' tdst&fully Sdecdrated“vrith
nationalflags,flowerSj H evSrgreen'SHftSd J other .de
vices, of beauty, and,ornament. Among. Abes oh-;;
jects ( of interest intniature ship j pf
stufted birds, and a selection of rare American,
coins, from the cabinet of a gentleman of iftrisr
city. : ITbit ’’last daffofdedi a finenopportuaitjtfbr
persons,interested' in;Obmisuiutics, to see: # cop*,,
nee ted ;§erie,s ,of coinage pfjthe United from
'1j793 fd 1868 V embracing naif cent's find: ati. o tne
infer mediate deribimnau'ohs up , ' , ‘& lj gfolii f eaglee.
Aghast the'mbsfc'huflbus' iir’e bbservfeefthe genu- :
ind Washington'cent-;) varieties lofiheicolonial
CCbls,-.pattern pieces, Ac,., ,allsh§; rare
Siich as the 935, various dies* 1804,
‘ 18 P 9, &o„ with many others equally scarce and
1 jidterdyting, ' ''' "V ’ ' '' ‘'
' | ''Tbis'feltival, with‘its surroundings ‘ and at
i tractions will long be remembered by the people
, :(^ l ol^ i Haijpyer pbf>Sch “K«>ne,of. the [most plea
, ■^hpß., ^i^a)io oi,;church's
1 imany, delightfuji remipueepcee. _ t
l if As "ihe l, Mrthejt pour
dfoWrtiselved -into tbA-bbaofo'of'lho sea, *o
neither lean rone wOdr sa nl adi n d rasti till they
come info the bosom of Hod.