frijjiital ©xrmmumt&tiflttx ohbistHas MEfiokm. BY CHARLES A. SMITH, D.D. I remember it well—the old-fashioned house. It was painted red; and that is its color still, somewhat modified by age - , which with its own brnsh, and in its own peculiar way, has drawn lines of a deeper tinge. .Red was a fashionable color in those days for House and barn, because it was durable, and did not require to be renewed every two or three years—the winter storms and lh'4 sutnmer rains only adding to its richness, ihfel lowing the somewhat glaring hue into a velvety tinge; not all over, but just where each clapboard lapped over its fellow, the color being deepest there, and thence lighting up into almost R 4 original brightness. The Old chferfy trees ' that' were id front of the house axe hot stiiiiding AbW; bit they were noblh trees in tKfeif d'ay’ dnff thrifty iod wide-sprhiadinjg; and tW bUrrfes; that grew on them Were called bld-fasKibWecl—for the 1 sande reason pet Haps that Shfe'iiWe to primitive New England theology—because they were sour. But it ih i qtieaiion ! ¥he£her cherries cfr been- much impriyed' by frequeht : grafting. Thie j cherries; ad’Wb'iraia/* were sour ; 'bWt thfey 1 whitehiiiblarge; pluhiphnJ lifaiadittf*; ifeWif |* ihd wheti shbjeethd tos°presskrfe bht¥een : the'upper sifrfeois of the' tbrigue 1 iha 1 the tobf of the mouth', ydti l hi\i i 'iio''i'et£r that ahythihg 'lrSulcf ‘press hhin but'the tis Sues arid* juice of the rich fruit, aridtheseed that lay hidden within coverings more snmptuous than loom ever made. Put how are,these™anembries linked to the fes tival which !j children' love so .dearly—:the ?< festival of giflb, ht which 'friendship ! an<l lov r e Kqve it all, their own' way f" Not simply by the law. of ariso- 1 cidtidn 1 ; fpr' these cherries—ahany of 1 them— Wefe 1 preserved as ; luxuries Iqr the col'd'winter arid’ graced the. tpa-taliie'as a’hih| of the' silmhier past, and a Whisper of the 1 summer‘to' The old’faitrii- house' aroundwliich thes’e mem oi3es linger, was of' most ample Jclimeisions— 1 sifggdsifcive ’ of thq'large-hearted hospitality" thet greeted*‘eybry visitor.* "It was’ the Koine bf ’min istbfk • always loved to tarry there, becftuse they 1 were always ’welcome, it was not a mere cbiifteSy that Jgeeted them, but. a generous par tiality that “made them'feer quite at 'hppae/'ancl* rdh'derbd'ihhir 'intercourse unrestrained,' i.nd 'full] of th’ift genial freedom and'innocent fun'wh'ieh 1 Ming Healthful relaxatioq fi> the mind aftey weeks/ ari‘3 months of jffceWant! toil.' /Those “ministerial gatherings were always expected,during’the idays'and pn ‘ Christinas especially,,if at nbj other* I time, ministers and their wives , were f invited, to meet around the well-spread table. The cooking was thoroughly German—and when we say this, wb intend the hlghett praise. Our Christinas bfetokihst Was 1 obihposed of'£ahtig6, frikasSeed chicken/ find applb faubbV e’abh 1 übfibmmbii ! iW 'its'' way'; the inad'e' ofpigs'fatteried bhHHe fdihi—ribne*df kStir IbngdeggedWtiiiaaiy thait as 1 if tlihy'Wlirblnteb'dbd for the tabe* cbdrle,'a'nd that* Mn belief" bk cdkked’ into fathe'sS by any’ quahtity of obfti; fratfAmihals * with' les3 'tfo kho'ri* as just to answbr the ' purpose of iocomotion,' leaving no wehfy‘s[iace' < fbr the bye io travel *ovbf,‘ between 1 the febt and 'therbund, luScious/tender hams. An 3 "th'eii' the cHicken3' Were so. eobked als to btf fall of ribhhessj in jghity from whicA tHb¥ateiy particlet hadall 3ishppea¥ed',‘ to help make rainbows on Some bright summer * - ■» ” day., Andj thea.t^e.fyipte,saucel j Would. you make ipj? i ./Tate eider as it |ows from, the,,press, the.pure juice of the best and souadißst.^pples ? , and it .gently,, until pnedialf at Least. ,has parsed ift vappr, are. to, put in the carefully .cored and quartered, fruit, anp ,lpt the boiling process go on until .the fruit is saturated wioi the rioji, jqioe ( , and .the juipp itself has be come a syrup so luscious no words can ; de-, scribe the exquisite charm that 'lingers, upon the, palate along which it has made its gentie way. If the fruit to be' preserved, is, sour, the cider must be made o? apples .that are sweet; but if, is;sweetie, cider must he made of apples jtliat .are JJgpujce this,; happy comb 1-, nation',, and ,y ( flju ne ( ed no,. Qtheij sugar than, that, supplied by the s.killful balancing of the saccha rine and acetous principles. The, tprieys :that. graced tiie dinner table were fattpned with glump, honest,opro,; .their extreme tenderness indi- tpe wise, that had . been bestowed upon'them.., The.mince pies were not cpmpospd of all conceivable ingredients, but boasted of only, three—apples,, meat, and. raisins—the meat in dpserved preponderance—with., seasonipg Sugr, gested by,most expetiencedihousewifeiry. Dough.-j nuts and crullers reigned all day with becoming ptofdsioii. ‘ ‘ 1 l The kitcheh'was the most attractive room in the house. Here, around the wide, deep fire place, the family were accustomed to sit during the intense cold weather—for the 'cold ico* in tense in; : the region of whieh I am speaking.' The snow-storms yfere. genuine. For a day per haps, the snow iwould.fall gentiy, thickly, until, it laj twelve or fifteen inches deep upon the and then wind wouliii begin* to jday ite pranks until the fences in many; places' w ! ere , buried / Jihe, drifts, and " the roads were left'bare.- Then the ox-teams were called into‘serviee, and paths were broken through the fields, and the merry bells proclaimed that THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN, THURSDAY, JANUARY 28, 1869, the supremacy of wintet was undisputed. Dur- , ing a Storm like this,; imagine yourself with others encircling the aidple fire-place, containing a back log cut from the trunk of some missive tree, all With sparkling fire, and sending out its heat like a huge piece of iron just drawn from an angry furnace—the forestiek carefully supported, and the intermediate wood so piled as to let the oxygen that crept in along side of the window casings and beneath the ( door, have-free, play. No other light was* .'And white the nerves were paoified into-a gentle agitation' of delight by the howling storm.withojit and.the , blazing fire within, nuts and, ;apples and jokes we ,re hapiqd,ff^ply;ropn,dv if the . storm was not to,o violent, ,or if the .roads, Were alrpady, brpken,. apd. wel);b,qaten., w?P ,a ( leading experjenqe Sleigh- waspaade to hojd .twenty at. jfeasj;. ~ Buffalo;, robes were in great demand; for the atmosphere Wa^.sp i yh^n;and ! ,Bharp that ,it ; ,was..sure,,t<^cut, nos® and ,par. if ;they were ,npt[ w®E ,prot»ctejl,, The horses; entered fully, apd understandjngly, i«fk« .the .spprt. i. Thejt.n®ighed,and .as, if, eagejj trotted gaily, anjdj iwiftly pyet. thpjfrozpn, tragk,. stimulated .by the. creaking' snow and thp jirigling . be 115.... These Were sleigh-rides in which even Charles,.,.Lamjji Would for.theyfwould hayembraced hiS-'riervous Sybtoth hp to a glad a*nd thankful • , c6hYes®iph‘pf thefr .uiiiity. " '. "V " * ‘!' /’,. ' But these memoriesi linger most fondly, and , tenderlyaroiilidthe'yearh’ofchildhbbd— arbilnd' the Christmas tree, aniLthe .gifts, that,hung upon; it,, and that ' were!so ! ea^rLyik>i)kfed sl f6r *a»d' SO 1 hoistefously Weicojned by ilie ) young heart, and lundisturb.edi in its belief,) that .if. a father’si or . a to’titheW haiid !I HSd atiyiKih®-. Wdo with* tbiein,* 1 they, were, nevertuelpsa,. prompted py a. higher than l human 16ve. .Is it an idle.lanatasy',' or the , gem 6f a'/frue-’Hiith iffl'giljh'tibn . 6f the child,i when it regards these tokens oft pa- ( rbritsll’ Ibfe ak ifi’Sbhfe Way rtlStod' to fihd GHrist** . Kindlein—the little Christ-Childf if it were n 6V foli : ' tHdt' ‘Child 1 , ! whaV ¥ouid : hkfeome 1 'if th (lse gifts 'that ‘att’d 1 gladdeh thb Christiah 'h'o’ii e , ind'what WoJid ’bebhiiie of'the* fchil3iike ! affbdtibii'' l tft ! at hiesicte‘theiii? : '" • : ! "CKri&tniu's *5Ss yft : p‘hSiic!llly‘l;he'hhil'd’& hdlidiay;' aid as bftoh'tls'it child dgiiiii—i I h‘spirek' u aWfe#, ttnd’ petuitc, thbs'e' ihH’ f 1 VMi<iK !^ohld', He : b'vbr Jrtfhshinit SStil fii'elh 1 - 0 tofentS 'trub * Whhpbd;' bbdads‘b‘ ; of 1 ti!’ trdef'Hiit’ f ' in’akity.' “Tfi'erefoSe, iniSiiitich f alsVh bfiouWnekhf' seSde to ! ‘hS ; ’bhildrbh fh { ' , the i, trhb¥i!ipufbst lo wb %ve'’t4S&tfhs£iVil. |lf 'TEefeftifS ¥oiild'iwfe' iayp’ ifrfflrig thb'dfohkpf'iis' pielehhb’ itftb l> eybrf‘ Christian 1 ’ hibiHe,' '/wmte 1 tighit' "'fiiotiicAtidtiA 1 Will' rbVeM, ift triie’ 'sieai/iug ‘lts highb^fi ra« iMi.vi hue ./> J-'flk>-iq FROM OHR- ROCHESTER OORRES^ONDENT, toji ( jC.ollege, ,foi\ s pastor; of, ( the Firs/jp .city, ,has, beep pas,- (! copple hjpfpqiper It-Wffl tOj the.pppple, ,he, had .minisjtere.d, so, long,) and,quite as, plain,(that the reliOjle,,congregation; gfiye ywjcompy, ; ; Tj^y) cpuldmot, ,tfeej,s. H i,f, they a jhaljtrijed, lapdfjirejjli.d tpojb ope,.that,trie^ w Ij.pipst ,})eeq ( jp .the highest jing ,tp t)ie.,".Profp,9sor .to find ;thati he is, spkindly, remembered. : “ Hof. .changed); he, hps. ; )>e.Qpnic. ,mpf e,liberal; .p.a . is, plmpst a, new tf ‘school, mj.n ,noyy;,!,h§’s strong for^re.upipn; ~hej Wants all l^pne.” . And jf‘ound, l apd i mpre ,pn, this last, ipoint;.. On ,a,latp;Sunday r ev } e < p:iiig>.{ie,.prea;Chell, on'union. His'text was, “ s all may.hg, one, —that the world matf believe that thou hast sent me.” He spoke of the natnre of this unity. First; it is spiritual,- in ' that all -ire agreed. Secondly, it is’outward. Oh 1 this, people" mi£ht difier,' but he regarded ' tKis also as’CSsential. 'Ght’thte vine into a ; thouS&id’ ! piefees ! &nd‘ it dies.’ 'Dißbe'ver’-the’ ineinberS froth* ffife "bhiiaif Hedy; jthdy 'parish. ‘Thfee' were' ! his' ' ’ *Or‘-‘ ghiihruiiity, or an 7 br i ganisni'"ii' iie l tt life. 1 iSoy-the chUtoh i^ : virtually dead br|aiiic unity. ALbd’this is-'the feabtih Why the’world’is ;not Cdhveftecl—wily 1 thby‘ I *do’"nok Hblieve tbfit ; ;ohrist is’sfent 'pf thfe'Fdthhr. ' ‘ ■. ’ '‘-’I Ih’bdnii'rih&tioa'dfHiiP view,*heI’effe' 1 ’effe'd 1 the I‘His tory of the first three centuries, 4hero Was ‘Or ganic unity all''that* tithe: ' TharO wr'b difiefeh cds'ih'the church jijt'&S ,! gf4at as'those'which' separate the denominations 1 noW, r but 0 rganic unity. He accounted for' this by the fafct that their syilihol of-faith 1 Was ‘so brief and' sintpie," 'only the ‘Apostle’s Greed. ‘We had lost 'grouO'd iby 'ldsing' this Unity. He dOubted if there are'Bny mord GhriStiahs now;' than 1 ther4 r 'were ah the dose of the fourth century. 1 The time' of the reformation was Hie' age of controversy. For two hundredyeare, ho ‘Mis sionary was ient to the Hdathbn. The pf the devil is 1 to divide and J c'onquer/ 'We must 1 alloW hull ah'd'ainplh tblferaHtln to the 1 esberiiiais of theHtiristiaa 4althl‘' ,1 H , i tJhi'iBt‘ receives Shy ;6n4, ! thb oiie dhufch 'sholild- Veceive^ him. 1 ’i "'■ ‘ : - :r ' 1 ‘ "He fduhd' akffikny good Ch'nstians'aiitong '{He New School Presbyterians as among the old, or viee verna —so of the Baptists-, Methodists, Epis copalians; dad he would havC all one chnrcli in outward organization, because this: is essential to spiritual ttfiibn, and necessaVy that V the world may believe" that Jesus Christ is the only Saviour, Whatever may be said of the sentiments of the discourse, the spirit and manner were admirable. The preacher was evidently sincere and in ear nest., .He plainly, desires ,thp thing so highly bomdietdbd, ’sfnd givb-his Kebt reatobb in such a' manner as to bold the- undivided attention of his audience, from, beginning to end. . , This was partly owing, doubtless, to his speaking extemppraneously. Many remarked upon this as a improvement upon his manner with a, Written . discourse.« , He had ,only the briefest nptes .before him, and seldom .referred, to those. It jPips sp .with two other of, his discourses, and all ,werp Relighted with it. ;, He, has, plainly taken this, ppople, .cap'tiye.againjashe, did. oucei before.; W,e, shall.,bes much surgrise ( 4 i,fj do not give hinifa, tepd .and ; im.poj i tpnate J , ! cpll, to. return.,to fhem, and,,once imorebe-their, ppstpr... W,e o dp,. not. kn } pw that he would lraye, his present; position, for,any pastorate, and, jfe„.are not authorized, to church, plain ,to)see that he, .would receivea very cordial, welcome ,if he should return herej-uudj we,,tbipk .church,in its -present circumstanceSj w.ill be fortunate if they can get,hup; -,A ( nf!W ghurqb/edifipe jfpuld soon, follow, and ■ alLwould. rejoice) in .the ingfprosperily of ,thip pace fifst.church pftall.the i region- - s-' S„ ' r .ONE OF THE AECTHRiS, We learn from Auburn. Advertiser, ‘that Prof. North, ,of Hamilton ■ College! has been charming the ,people pf Aurora,, with one of his peauhful aiined particularly at.the pan theistic tendencies of the day- Of course he was “ rich ia imagery and classical allusions, sparkling. with gems from-Aeschylus and Homer." Who rc:;PJ Sr J"(le 11.:,. , . eypr .jheard Professor leet|ire when he .was. not “rich in imagery,” beautiful .also in thought, and 'anon t lighting ufi his themes ; by the keenest sallies of, genuine Attic wit. ‘ . , ua.'ii v!«,i i- "(( shpWjS well ( the drjft of a part, of the lecture,:' “ The professor: examined minutely the of Greeks, exhibited i£s gross ness a.pd ; hutpab, prigin, relieved .its .hpljqwness and'jßadpess.by, longings of £^ocratqs, s and Plato,, .and pouted, in ’ words jpoetical a^d^pa ( the bit self.jy.el-, fiomed tortures of Prometheus on the .peaks of Dtlil Mlir.i liUl: to W(UI Ilf IK L-11l iUlf-.F Caucasus, and showed hpw, in [ this great, heroic 'J-K.fil «v.!na b(«« .yofftteaylf. <uoy tl) self-sacrifice ( was the agonyi 4 or Gethsemane and the redemptive offering on, VjV>.’ tfJ Tu‘« vm W n:Tjit”,r t. nPii '»( ; anfat r-;f i ; fnui \r, .*.**«!• ... s.'u'ff .eutod jb bun EEPOBT. OF-.35HE SAHABASTIJB STATIC!® i sipnary bnetlfremaf SaharhopufiiNofthbrU .India:. with .thejdee'pesbjnterest, and, we< -trust .will Ip'ad <all 'the ihembers; of :the j ;Kef:, Fres. ; Ghurehltoflustaju’,her, Representatives; infthatLdig-,, ! tanc and heathen-land With-increased pfayerfulf-i ness'endliherality-. -In a' letter accompanying the repott, datediH9ls. ;18lih, 186%i Mr. .GalderWood writes;:j “During, ,myi thirteen years tin-India I, think I have not/inet as much eneouragemept, as within the. past twelve'months;, The, report speaks, of thi| sUbjeetdip to (September. - j iSincei then the 'encouragement [ continues./ Two ,of the most ad: lyaprced-and promising boys of;jh,e,>; High, .SShPoh 'haye declared ,tQ' me pfivately thpiry.in;tention: .pf ;spon beepmiiig Christians; They hreiasifer above: .the average-as tOihOneaty iand-good character ass ■they ace M'-iv... ,14;./ ; •! : a) i 'Stati'dn'lfijr ttii i/6aP ! ' ending 1836.)' j 3f<ssioti(fiy 'W.i' Cal9efwopd. ' Native Missionary.— Rpv.T; W: J. Wylib: Hi&d Tea Mer J . ;FerguBoU. '■ Teachers, Hr. ’McMillan.,.and? J. H. ,We^l|jj :t Female 2]eap/<er. B.iMe.^gjnan.^ i—Mrs. Walter Lowrie. 1 1 , -,n . ic.-nhv.' •:-;- I, Jt, .< ; f , PKEAbHINd: TO THE HEATH-Eiv, The ,dailypreachin'g;of the Gospel in,the streets of City, has .been kept up .during the year. A'one horse vehicle having,..seats .for. syx jor seven has been re'acly at "the door 'of thVtoissiotHiPy’s hMse ,y kbßut v 'twb 'fiHuPk ,! befo're darkdaily,;exaept on ■th'e i i'Btand I, sth ! days ; of the' I week, wheoother duties- omthe mission premises l , iaye attended, to. • In ; this {vehicle the, missionary: | and assistants have .been the habit of going to, | preach in tne'city which is about a mile distant I from the mission Jiauses.,,. li{.tliecity usually two !parties are formed wbo proclaim the Gospel in variQiis # ! severe and, protracted sickneps . in the, family ,-of the missionary Has'much interfered, with his dis , charge'of but it'has bken'yery seldom that; the: native brethren- have failed in' this res'-' pect,,an.d , never .without.igood,reason.: During, the past, year; the audiences, in , the streets have; been larger and more attentive than,the year, be-, fore. Nearly every evening a, party of preachers Occupied the platform in froht of thle High School building* On the-.street close to the platform are placed .benches, which the:'.people are invited -to, occupy, and h,pre imuph mqre respectable,aucl4en- t ces are obtained than generally elsewhere. Here ItA&C VthV Smre to hear fhe'-Gospe), .usually come' and : take 4MtsF‘Thßfearb 'perhaps v fiffibCh l; Or 1 twfenty persons, who ha ve been -in *'the 'habit iofi eflroyjg—not 't^pe^fiye dieve tbe ftliristian. religion reveals the only .way. ib'^'\^hieh' l iSeliWn lie* saved. It is sa ! d,tnat'tfiey 1 remain'so' long* Nominally professing w hkt iffpriU’ vate.ithey deny, i The great Worldlysaorifrcetbey would, be palled upon to -make, in .uniting withi the Church of Christ, is doubtless, the chief rea son of their delay. Several of them have con- fesked this. Still of them, there is ground for One of the most Useful native preachers belonging fe our mission Was for a lobg time one of their ftuinber. At the UardwarMela, several of our aSsistafits preached for eight or ten days. As usuhLihero. the audiences were large and often apparently at tentive. Several small melas and weekly piths or markets in the neighborhood of Saharanpur were attended by the missionary and assistants, and very encouraging’audiences were often ob tained. > , , ‘i tt is’will fextreme.regret that we are compelled tp report that preaching in . the villages of this district by the missionary, Was almost entirely prevented by ! very severe illness' in hiß family during the cold season—the only time in which such work can be done. The Gospel was preached during the season in only,some forty or fifty of our one .thousand villages. Wfe are glad to report that the sale of religious vetnabular publications at melaS, &e., ‘has been’ much tboro encouraging with us. tho past year! than .ever (before; tSeverajl hundredsof such books and tracts have been sola, at of course mere no minarprices, buf ’still though td prevent their bfeingpurehaSeH for' dtfibf pflrpdS'e than for reading. It is the settled opinion among us.- that the few books thus, put into circulation promise much morpjfruit.tban the large, numbers that in.former years'were'gratuitbusly distributed, and often used only as waste paper. No new plan was adopted for the-safe of bbbks,'- Which was al ways attended to by natives, ! andrusuklly by young Christians who 'were incompetent to preach.;, : TttE..IfATIVE,.CHBISTiAN COMMUNITY...',. .. v The, usual Lord’s-day public ■. services and, the.., weekly prayer-meeting has bjoen .regularly main-. tain'ed, and generally conducted by Itev. J Mr Wyife afifl * It is due' Wylie to state' that" during the past; year those duties have. been, attended to. by him m.uch, more than hagif of; the, tinte, congregation numbers froin fifty to sixty. ’ time to time the Session qf 1 the Church have'’ seen evidences'that-‘ihhSe Sfervicds' have ' been often followed'by. the saving and'Banctifying influences of the'Holy Spirt., s > . jThe SabbatJi-sohQpl ; for; .the uatiye. Christian,’ community, held inihe latter pairt oh . the day, h'as beeh ig'usual by aboiit .fifty r ‘persons:* To* c fli'6 fc; %Bble ■‘SchboT' abbkch "of its - sessions thd missionary,'^hea ; in the'statiorqlias expound; ded : a.paragraphiof Scripture, ; endeavoring to. bho>y.im i,t^-;praoUcal.applicant tion to'every-day life. In this, way duriug the past year be has gone b9er t 'tlie“ Bb6'k ; 'pf Es’thpf and' a l pitrf df ; the''Bb'6k ; 'of 1 J6b! w nut ; the year there have ", been ' icuhnitted* to church, membership ,by Certificate,:two persons, apd by examination thirteen.. .Qjne of. the latter w!as V Mussulman of nigh Respectability’and ini itejiigefice,’ Who Md for" neariy''tw ! b' J, yeafa' pfefsis’-” ited in demanding admittance to the church-of' Christj'hnd'iit'is: hopedethathewwillibe an>:hqrior; to;if.;. J ,Alth l piigh l .herexpßessed,a (l desire;feu devote count, partly, of. his 1- ' somewhat advanqedi age it ■wbb tnbughll best he 'shbuMVobrihun iff a’seciilbi avodatibn. 'This' he has dbtfe; kid his officer—'• l6fi« Government—speakline high praise’ 'of;hfe abilities aqfUseryjcpSi, „ .'.i'.iii-'' ■’ ’DHEiOBPJraiNAGIE; ; : - , » >Twely6i?ofi ;sl»ft'ni}i!9lfeß»sadmUs&t<Aocfaureht -membership ; after e2Eamiim.tipn;;byf, the, .session of ithe church, are young men .of thp Orphanage. We" rejoice, with- thantfulijess to'Me 1, Hobd'of itiie 1 chiifchi, (ihki a tn'bre‘^r l this 1 infisfesting institution canl be given than ; it is ■ belieyed,'cq|dd ever before hayq. . In, no former year have so many of its members been admitted ~to~the’Hhll’ 'privileges of the ichurchj sis; or. seven q( v these haye ynade 'much Kigner''afeinm'4n&‘ib i s^(iuiatieartiin i d; than any one ever did ibefore ins tbis institution. Their Wjell-doingy rqligipusly r and n mopally,;has. ( not ,b§ep. without the usual accompaniipent of persecution qh.thqpart. of some, pf their ' companions. Blit, -this : ‘too' < ,'has be‘eb followed “Kyi'ts | the strengthening of gdtfd principles in' the perse > Jov(tedn . she BailyiPrayer-meetihgispokeii of two; iyeaijs, agp, as begun yolnntarUy-by the, orphans among themselves, was dropped for a few .weeks" id tbeearfy parit of the year,' ft was r&cdmmehcgiii' iby dnly'feuybf'five'b'f thfe’most ‘ztalouS'of the" ioriphansj andibyitbem pbrsevetSd un for 4wo ot 1 t.brde, [months, jin! the, face! bfconstant an'dibitterj sneers and. contempt. Neither sucK petty perse cution nor, courageous zeal, it is believedj was •everljefb're kno’yrn in the institution, ihe 'good i triumphed' over the eVil. The numbers atten fl ing: the prayer-meetings : began: to' in crease—a room ;nearly ; , twice the capacity of. the oneithat fopth% purple, jras. rq-, quire'd and . obtained., ' Nbt satisfied with one meeting in the "day—held about' 1 11 o’clock, A. M.—a second was some mohths ago established, held about & P. M. • The religious 'devotions i of.; the, institution, which all in it arc required to, 'attend arp, (l'j-at the.opening.pf the morning school, -sifiging, reading the Scriptures, Sni prayer, apd (2f at tne 'opening of' the afternoon school, pray-’ erdfily‘ ) i an’d : ’(3) i ab'out , 7 1 P. M'.i'singifig, rfeMitig' the Scriptures 'with occasional brief; ,praeticalre- Imarks and, prayer,, j With, so, frqqjient times of devotion appointed by, the ,suppri,ntendqpt, he has, (not thought it proper .to e,iert' any- direct” influ’ -en'de in /asor Of ad&itib’fikl ‘le’asons''of'sbcial' iprayer, but on the other hah& he'has not-felt at r liberty to; in any way-disoourage them. He has, of - course, never boen present in these; prayer-' meetings, and only incidentally | and .when ne cessity a-rose, as when .he received a petition for ja! lafigCr rbbm, has'he l takieb ! afiy hdtice of them. ,0* that* 1 this institution',•'and'all similar ones; ■might even Kdfas prayerful; as; this. one now lis ! The number attending for 3ome w,eeks past,f he now fii-dsily.prayer-meeting has been from twenty to thirty. 1 The members ; of the church—fifteen’in' number—who are iii 1 the drphanbge, conduct -thfe !i meetings gerierallyin succession, often; however some Whd are not church members, by invitation*! Tead,passages, of Scripture, and ,lead, v in prayer’ S.o far f as.tbe superintendept,.is no ope in itKesh meetings has attempited to offer : the 'time heing occupied by singing bsiWrea’d-' mg tb@iScripturesiabduprayW;' ; vo | .uThe whole , nntohesiqfi drphanis ini the institu *l9B. is forty-no.death .has occurred among them ar ;. Six the highest class m 1 the High'School. n> ' • SCHOOLS. Early in the year the lower classes of the High School wete formed into a branch school, and a rule was made that no boy should be admitted into the High School till he passed an ex amination in the fifet in English, and the same fu Urdu, together other ele •rhentary studies in both of these languages. This and other arrangements have greatly promoted the efficiency of the school, which now contains a greater number of advanced students than ever, before. .A few months ago a youDg man of experience in teaching, who passed the entrance examination to the Calcutta ..University, some years ago was employed -as a teacher. The school is still, as during the past four years, under the energetic management of Mr. Ferguson. We have three Branch-Schools, in which the elements of a vernacular and also of an English education are taught. They contain in the ag gregate abopt 200 scholars. Grants in aid of these, and also of a second Girl’s School, have been asked for, and the .Director,of Public In struction has kibilly intimated 'that he hoped to make, the grants from the beginning of his next fiseal year. Owing to the severe illness of Mrs. Calder- Wo'od, dllring a large part of the year, she has not‘been able'td give the- personal attention to the Girl’s Schools l and Zeno.na Work that , they have received from her. The native Christiau woman who time of .the establishment of the schools'has aided her in ‘them, and taught in them daily, some mouths ago went with her husband to labor at another station, We are thankful to be, able to ; say. that an excellent suc bessor to her has been obtained. The number attending tbe, first .school has increased, but the second is still small. The girls are taught to rbad, Write, &c’;, in Urdu, by heathen teachers, but a female native Christian teacher his given them instruction daily ;in > religious knowledge, and in various kinds of needle work. 'including the orphan school, the, whole num ber attending our five boys’ schools is about 350, and the ; tWs*girls’ 1 skbobls aibdut SO'."' Tohaid' in 'defraying the expenses -of-’ these schools, and in relieving the Wants of a number of indigent lepers, and ethers, the European resi dents of the station have continued their gener biis'cdhtribufiikS." ‘ “' 1 1 ‘ <- ii ;. 1 U^L&e’r’SVOOD, 'Saharanpury Octoberj 18(S8.- ■'f IIIIZUITAKXIJMAB SCB-STATIOA. (qommenosd in 1867.) . Kan war Safe.; . t Afehtfe???—Mr. JReilly McMillan. s While ati their station, the brethren have occu pied ,their time , almost entirely in the . direct preaching of the, Gospel. In the early part' o‘f iehch dtiy they 1 haVe' visited in a quiet way th’e 1 shops'and 1 residbnecs of the natives; endeavoring to .become .' acquainted with, the people, and'to prpsent to, them, individually the’ blessings-ofthe ter received tha i was, expected. .The, natives of this place KaVb’ evidfe’n’tly no 'bbjbptibn to eOjoy the’friendship of a Christian. In the latter part of the day the brethren ; have endeavored .to ob tain audieqees.ini the; streefe, and in this also they have met with ;eneouraging success. : None of that .yirdient opppsifiofl that is usually met ; with‘‘oh itaklngfip’ new stations has been here experienced. The evangelist 'from the outset determined to ■ endeavorMo woo the people, to Christ, instead of lashing them with stinging ar guments on their religion. The esteem, with 'which the pativ'e representatives of Christianity Safe regarded here by-the people, we consider an important tbken for good. Several have been .met iwith Who declare that fchey prbfer the. Chri stian religion to all others, but are not prepared to profess it One has asked for baptism, 'aindmayperhapssobnfeceive.it. ; Thb Gospbl nhs been' prbclaimed in many of .the villages ■ near. Muzutfarnuggar City. The brethren, during; the cold ; season,. atid lip to the close of the Sardwar Mefa n where they preaehed, in April, labored in the Saharanpur district, ‘qbiefly preaching in .villages,'at melas, &c. | ''“ ' ‘' "' W.' J CALIjER%VOOD. \ Sahafanpurj OctoberyilB6B.i .. ; « il'V.r.'-’Uvyi H-J y.-rir >* v .- t . DE AVAEITIA. i w *;v hopplespass through the strait dpes .nqt.valne,jas we do, yellow gold dust and white ingots of silver. He clothes !eyery,saint i Q pure white raiment, and no thanks to any one who tries to bring in divers goodly Babylonish.garments of his own. ( And before such. people can enter, they must learn to spell over the notice on the door-post, “ All encum brances to be left outside.” —r Consider.that church member whp has fallen. It may be that foryears whenever, he has writ ten the word 11 God,” it seemed as though it would ,have looked better if a small letter ..began it,], Eer/then the.jnsertipn of. 1 .before d would no.t ;i be sq flagrant anputragepn rectitude, and for “ Cod ” one - might, very naturally road gold.” Such a man fer, these years, may have to; all ap pearance, gone i qni i: rigbtlyj J ancl ; honorably, and wqll, ; - His .praise, may havg beep abrpad among the.; chufobqs. But - : f P r a ll thftt he has been a poor reader, and in. obeying, the “ world” and not the ‘f word,” ho has added another of those letters, whichhripg the stench of .the pit. 'To mhke : friends .of the mammon of un righteousness” is to use it as we are to use the golden streets of the New-Jerusalem—to walk upon and not to worship. If we; only knew the blessedness of giving, it would; be safe for God to let us all grow rich. ; - Agfir ought to 'have added ah Avaricious man .to'those four things'in his'prdphefey which never -sdy, It'is enough.”'• ' ’ ,j Satan is so covetous that he wishes to possess |mbf e sdnls thaii' G'dfii ’ Eor ! between heaven and 'Kell'the'eirculating'mediam & !i thfi life of man. !~'One skys .‘nd 1 longer “Givef us “this day our dkily bread.” .He changes itfe “Give me this day »iy daiiy gkin.’.’ 1 • There be those who pray daily that the times of half cents may soon return. S. W. D.
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