ftim’itatt gminjiftiait. THURSDAY, JANUARY 28, 1869. RET. JOHN W. HEARS, R.D., Editor. JTo. 1834 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, THE EDITORIAL COMMITTEE. Bar. Z. M. Bamphicjr, D.D., Piutor of C»l»»rjr Church. *«»■ Herrick Johnson, !>.!)., Pastor of the First Chareh. Ker. Danl. Starch. D.D., Pastor of Clinton St, Chareh. *e». Peter Stryker, D.D., Pastor of JT. Broad St. Church. *•». decree F. Wiswell, D.D., Pastor of Green Hill Church. S«T. E. E. Adams, D. »., Prof.' In Lincoln Uni versity. Rev. Samuel W. Duffleld, Special Cor respondent. Mr. Robert E. Thompson will continue to set as Editor of the News Department. Correspondents in every Presbytery and Sy nod will promptly furnish us with fresh items of sews from their respective fields. (stistttias MemorikSy. by i sev,.\ohas. f 4,. Smith, b l)., br. Mcllvaine in Rochester, Re port of the Saharanpur Mission, be Avaritia, by S. IV. buffield, page 2 d; Possible Bases of Union in the Lutheran Church, Bryant Poet and Editor, Great Star Shower in Georgia, Japanese Paper, Scientific Items, page 3d; be Givethbis Beloved Sleep, (original Poetry), bunie and the Ice, Child and the Eagle, Mrs. Vice-President Colfax, Voyage in the Arm Chqtr, (Poetry), Over the Line, by T. L. Cuy ler, Power if’"a Smite, page Qth; Religious Wo\ld Abroad, England, Scotland, Ireland, Spain, Portugal, Italy, page 7 ths f , SUMMARY. The Ritualists of England are terribly dis concerted by the final t deojsioa against the St. Alban's ceremonial. In four ji'eirs the Rbfaish priesthood his increased 161, the ohapels 281, and 1 the convents 37, in England and Wales. >,ln Scotland, the increase in the four years to the close of 1867, was but 18 priests and 10 ohureh«^*at- which figures the); have pemamda slation ary during itlie past year.' ‘ * The Established Church iof 'Sootland his called forth a great burst of indignation by turning out a Eree Church congregation, and seizing its building, taking advantage if informality to subvert the clear justice of the case. There will soon come a plan for its des establishment, like that of the Church of Ireland. The members and families of the Irish Presbyterian Church use enough tobacco to supply four times the amount of the Regium Donum now in peril by the proposed act of disestablishment, , It is proposed to build an Irish Assembly Hall, and to raise a statue to the late Dr. Cooke. In Portugal the Bible is freely circulated-, and die* centers are protected and idemnifieiL by law for as saults which are sometimes ipade upon them. . In England there is one-murder to 198,000 people; in Rome 4nd : the Papal States one in every 700; in London 4 per oent. of the birthsare,illegitimate, in Rome 248; ■ ,v Three NewYorkPiresbjteriea,'Watertown, Cfiamplam and Delaware, have voted for Reunion, first on the Joint Committee’s Basis and then on the “Standards pure and simple,” with a view to its. imißediate con summation. Another New York Presbytery, (Cortland,) whioh has lost three churches to the Cong'regatioaalists during the year, approves of Reunion on the Com mittee’s Bppig, decliaes to answer, proposal for action on the other platform. The Reunion Committee of our Assembly met last week in New York City, and reoommended such action to the General Assembly as is o&lculated tp conserve the liberal orthodox type of Presbyterianism in the event of Reunion. Rev. A. M. Stewart is appointed District Secretary of Home Missions ,fof_the Pacific Coast, : andi Rommis sioper to General Assembly from the Rrpsbyterynf Sierra Nevada. "i i; / ,'1 i;,;; j , /;,'j North Broad St. church has very recently estab lished a Dorcas Industeisl iClsfis, which jpeets every Saturday afternoon in the Leoture Room. One chareh organized by our enterprising brethren of Minnesota, one received from the other branch, by the Presbytery of Cincinnati ; one ohurch edifice dedi cated in Michigan, costing $3,000, and cue in'Downs ville, S. Y., coating $6j800; one chnrah Uedicated af ter repairs worth $l,BOO, in FranklLn.Tjlle, N. Y.; two calls, -(one aooepted,) one instaUa,tioii, (Rev. E. B! Parsons at Ba&dwihsville, N. Y.,)one ordination, (Mr. R. C. Morse, of -the Ntw York "Observer,) are the prin cipal church and ministerial items of the week. AOKNQWLEDGEMEITL To send copies to. Home Missionaries,^ From S. 0. FerkinB, Esq.,’ $10.00?' from a lady of the Pint church, Koi<APdoßi .WV'Means wishes to report, that he has recently remitted $240 to Mr. Wilder, including $125 lately ac knowledged by us, and that he is prepared to mahe .any remittances from Sabbath schools and others .annually contributing about this time. FAT OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOL TEAQHERS. OFFICE BOARD OF CONTBOIL, Philadblphh., Jana*ry2s,lB6S.> Editor of American Presryterian Dear Sir :—My attention was called to an arl& ole in this week’s American Presbyterian,, re flecting upon the management of the Board of Controllers of the Public Schools in reference to the ( payjient of teaphers in irredeemable curren oyo’r warrants. You were probably not aware that the City Councils alone have entire control of these payments, and, consequently, whatever irregularity exists must be charged to their ac count. Hoping ybu will make the proper correc tion „., % , X remain your friend, ' " Daniel Steinmetz, Coßtrptiers of Public Schools. [Our esteemed ebrrespondentwill- observe, by recurring to the article last week., that the Board of ControWis.not.mentioned, much Jess reflected oasf- C-ffi THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN, THURSDAY, JANUARY 28, 1869. THE SABBATH SCHOOL INSTITUTE. An Institute under the charge of the Penn sylvania Sabbath School Association was held last week in the Reformed church in Seventh street near Brown (Rev. T. Dewitt Talmage, pastor). It was our privilege to attend many of the meetings of this Institute, and we now pro pose to lay before the readers of the American Presbyterian a report of the proceedings, with some friendly criticisms upon them. The exercises opened with a sermon by Rev. Mr. Talmage on Sabbath evening, January 17th. This was founded upon the following text: “And Jonathan gave his artillery unto his lad.” 1 Sam. XX. 40. From a full report of this dis course in the Morning Post, we learn it was sharp, eloquent, and seasonable, showing Sabbath School Teachers the line of advance in their work. On the Monday, Tuesday, Thursday following, the Institute . held. two sessions each day, one beginning at 2} o’clock, P. M., the other at 7i o’oloek)P. M. The', preparations for these-meetipgs ad mirable. Too much praise canhot'be given to the President, Rev. George A. Peltz, the Secre tary, Rfrv. Alfred Taylor, 'and to the c'onductor of the music,' Mr. J. E. 5 Gould. Tlie last -named gentleman, at‘his !! own expense, provided a full supply of elaborate programmes, containing not only the order of the Exercises, and a list of the Speakers,' but also' a collection of hymns, and tunes selected from a new book which he is pre paring fqr the press. These hymns'Jlng by a large choir of “ Little Wanderers,” and other children, under ,the, leadefshjp 5 of. PrjiSf. Gould, added greatly to the ihter&ft of and effectually prevented all Weariness, which usually attends': sjuch se^fees' 1 1/ 3! !Q A J It would tajte state'particularly ’the FxfercWs of s t'hVto dkyS* of profit .and delight. We. can but allude to them in passing.''®Tfie ,JJ aB3 some capital hints from their large experience and study. Mr. John Wanamaker, of our city, Mr. W. A. Wisong, of Baltimore, Mr. W. H. Sutton, of Jetgej, city , tra,d Freeman, of Newark, explained and illustrated the practical workings; of . a- wjell r c °hducted S^bbaih. Sphooj. WeWere r pldased with of Dr. Freeman. Rev. Dr. Cattell, President of Lafayette College, and* Rev. Dr. ! osborhe, one of the in that ( of yrhom have travelled much in oriental lim«, and made themselves familiar with Eastern customs, showed the great importance of > Sabbath-school■ teachers studying Scripture Geography, ahd'ehdeavoring, with the use oif maps and-dharto and the black board, to interest and instruct rtheir -pupils in archseolegy. Yery-fortpnatqly Prof. Deihl, who has travelled more than aoy other man in thfe world, excepting Bayard. Taylor) and who has made himself perfectsmasfer of the hab its and customs of those, now living in,,what we call Bible lauds, unexpectedly-rwas' present, and by his versatile knowledge agreeable way of Using it,, the Jpterestipf a|l the meetings. > Dr. Jlewton,szbt7ey>i|inceps, file prince 4>f preacher! to. chjtqreu, conducted a children’s church. Prof. Gould gave some .val uable* h'ihtson’ * Mr. J! R. Sypher \;of ■ the N&r Tbfk Tribune, and your humble correspondent, en,deavo^ed fi to,enforce the 'impoltance of temperance' to the children. The • exercises in interest from the beginning to the close/co'neluded with an excellent;. address liby. Rev. bp “ the Possibilities of the Sunday-school,” and a very happy speech, as farewell, by the pastof of the church, Rev. Mr.' Talinage. Besides the above gentlemen, whose names were.on the pro gramme, Prof, Delhi) Gen. Gregory, Rev. Dr. .Nevip, of Lancaster, and pther earnest and eloquent Sunday-school men took part in,the exercises. ... „ ■ -It was good to ‘be there'. - All Who attended this Institute we sure .weye profi|ed and de lighted, and went home resolved to try to do more for the ca,usc of Christen the Sabbath school than ever before.. The most, progressive workers no doubt received some riaw'hints, and those who are pursuing the old-fashioned way followed by,our fathers, witjh the'li|fl<!V ehildreh perched on high benches, in'- A'poorly ventilated room, and simply asking them a few general questions, we think must have felt there modern improvements they would del well to adopt. Let those who call themselves conserva tives, and who look with suspicion on all that is progressive, consider ..the distinction . between truth and teaching. The former changes pot, the latter does. '< All the efforts and appliances which are calculated to bring gospel truth to the heart, and thus lead the young and old to Christ; should be hailed with joy, and used with energy. We have said the preparations for this Insti tute were admirable. Yet they were not perfect. As one of the conductors himself remarked at one of the meetings, “ those exercises should be run on a time-table.” Certainly. These warm hearted brethren coming ; some 'distance to;meet each other, each full of his subject, and drawn out by the remarks of others, wish to express tfcfe :Bbßtitneutayand h#rdjyiknqw. wh«rd,tb sS>p. The pastor, pf. the North Breed- St. T church was on the programme for Wednesday evening, to Address the meeting oil “ Adult Bible-class teaching,” and, to * illustrate this important sub ject,, taking the- whole audience -for his* class. :Such an exercise requjres > full hour to do 'it jhstipe. Unfortunately fhf the speaker 1 ,, if. ppt for his auditors, there were two very important and interesting subjects that evening preceding hiß, and the learned brethren, in discussing them, failed to keep account of time. The exeellent brother who presided over the. meeting, seemed to think there was nothing to demand prompti tude, and the consequence was, that this great subject was introduced just a quarter after nine o’clock, when many of the audience felt com pelled to return to their homes. Of course the Bible class teacher could not, in the fifteen min utes left for him, have an opportunity to show how smart he was, or test the docility and ac quirements of his class. Tlieu again : there was a .very handsome look ing “ question box/’ placed in the middle aisle, but if there , were any questions put in it, we did not see them taken out, or hear them discussed. Perhaps thejf itere at tome tithe when we were not presept, .but not, always Ahen the subject was on the programme-. This .ques.tion-box ar rangement-,is: excellent. • 1 Important. points, are thhs presented; and, often in' a‘ few ' words,* the rnpst perplexing themes are well discussed. After elaborate remarks on some great subjects, these questions are calculated to giye great relief, and the wbrds which are embodied in the impromptu answers are'frequently-the cream of the whole. 11 ' .With these trifling’ Exceptions, we think the Institute ' all thatj could! be'asked .for. It was a. grand success. ~:Such communings ofkin dred spirits are promotive of, great good. New truth ; is 'elicited 1 , "‘and' each earnest Christian is stimulated to‘ a holier devotion, and more prayer. . ' 7 5 P. S. FROM OUR ROCHESTER CORRESPONDENT*. si?’. LAWRENCE CQUNajT AnNIVEItSARiksi ' These religious festivaisj which we have Spoken quite freely in previous, years, .were held this ’week ini this city of Ogdehshurg from which we write, in : connectioti' with the Ffrst l Presbyte rian chUrch, Rev. Dri Miller’s 1 . The attendance of delegates from other parts of the county, and of. strangers from a distance, is gather,larger than it has been for some years past. The place is central, accessible and" inviting j and we are happy,to see, that the interest of the people of the county in these anniversaries .is not abated. They commenced: op Tuesday evening, as usual, with the County Temperance Society, Hpn. ' of Waddington, being in the chair and making, the bpening address. Without .naming them, he made touching allu sions to two' distinguished men, of the county, who had been utterly ruined by rum. They were referred, to as a fearful warning 'to ; others. On Wednesday mprnihg'caine the anniversary of the Home Missionary Society.' ,' Rev. Mr. Stowe apppared with.his big map;'and Rev. M. E. Strieby, ojf the American' Missionary Assorn ailot>i Do ch maffp "capital speeches. Mr. Strieby had not been at the an niversaries before', bqt all that heard him' on thjs occasion will be glad to see him'again.’ His speech wjys methodical, but full of fire and pa thos. It.drew tears from many eyes. He has great power over an "audience/ and made the work for'the Freedmen, now happily undertaken by.our own church also, loom up. in grand pro portions. ’ It' must .be attended to at once, both for the sake of the poor blacks, apd for our own protection and safety. These points were well put, touchingly illustrated by facts and! anec dotes, and a deep impression. ' " Wednesday afternoon was devoted to the Bible Society ; Wednesday evening’tb the! Amencan aria s Fofmgii';ChrUtian 1 Union/ The , Bible So ciety is employing ,a'-'colporteur to r canvass the county and. supply all the: destitute'''with the word of God. This Bible Society,'auxiliary'to the natipnaf institulionj Was in exis tence work for more than thirty years.; 1 " ' ,/'!'",' , ’/;' ■ feev. 1 W, 181 spoke earnestly and/eif fectively for the American and Foreign Christian Union.’ Hp sliowedpWhat encroachments Rome is maklag upon us, and made the impression upon the minds or His ‘audience 'that linueK more ought to be'done; and doiie at once, to meet' those ag gressions. ' ■ ' . ’ ‘ The anniversary' of ■ the Tract Society was held on Thursday morning;’the Foreign Mis sionary Society on Thursday afternoon ; and the County Sunday school Association, finishing the series, on Thursday evening. Thus seven re ligious;meetings' are held in the same place in three days, iwell ‘ attended, with good - speaking and;real' interest. It has been a‘ pleasant' and profitablepecMipn, of which wje should fie happy to say niucii mbre if time aW,space would al low.! '' ' " ' ■*' ' ' "/ 1 1.)/. t< , ■_ ST-LAWRENCE,.PRESBYTERY. - . /The annual meeting .of . was held on Tuesday ;l’9thinstant iat Ogdensburg. The chief ’ item .of; business was. the unanimous and hearty adoption of the overture of the Gen eral Assembly; on ire-union with, the Old School ; and after such; action the iPresbytary also ex pressed its ..entire willingness to unite with the other, branch,on the.basis of the “ standards pure and simple!’ .if that; be found to be the; better way, and, to; unite at pnoe. jThe Presbytery is entirely ripe for re-union.- < i >■ : Rev. : John Waugh, and;Wm. A. Eldridge.both of Ganton, were appointed Commissioners to the General Assembly. , : - ■ f , HOME FOR 1 THE HOMELESS. The future •b- p: ‘this admirable institution in Utica, designed for aged, indigent females, is how made' sure. Hon. l'. Eajctqn offered $20,000 on condition that a like sum should be raised by first of January in all the rest of the county to put with it. For a time the subscript tion moved slowly, but! the’ladies, to,ok: it iji hand, and when the, time was up they had a surplus of nearly $5,000 over the sum .named, making now as good as $i5,0,0Q.. ; ; :-d.i ; • . Without waiting, however, for this, the ladies having the matter in charge, rented a building and gathered anumberof dependent, and needy old women into where they have already been earing for them; bUt ROM th'atfthey;have; the funds secured they will soon erect a suitable building, and make the “ Home for the Home less” one of ’the permanent benevolent institu tions'and ornaments of that beautiful city. The ministers of Watertown are still keeping up their Sabbath afternoon temperance meet ings in the great Hall of the village. They are well attended, the last Sabbath crowded. In stead, however, of haying one long address, as when the meetings were first started, they now have several short speeches. Rev. Dr. Porter, Rev. C; C- Wallace, of the two Presbyterian churches, together with the Baptist, Methodist and other ministers made five minute speeches last Sunday, with which the audience were evi dently well pleased, and a good impression is be ing made for the cause of truth and sobriety. Rev. L. M. Miller, DJD., of Ogdensburg, has had $5OO added to his salary, the . addition to date, back over a good part of the past year, making the total,now $3,000 a year, beside a pleasant parsonage, and gifts, and kindnesses in numerable,- just such as an. intelligent and affectionate people are apt to bestow upon a pastor who has served .them faithfully and ac ceptably. for eighteen . St. Peter’s Church , Rochester,, are so far along in the reconstruction of their house of worship lately destroyed by fire, that they, are . expecting to occppy their new Lecture Room next Lord’s day for preaching and Sabbath-school services. Their audience room will npt be ready for use be fore spring, . , As we anticipated, the First Presbyterian church of Rochester have given to Dr- Mcll va.ip .former,, pastor,, a call to .return ,to them and again be their minister. They have great hope that he'will accept their invitation. Rev. Chas. G. Johnson, a senior in Auburn Seminary, has received and accepted a call to the Presbyterian church of Holley, and expects to enter upon the pastorate the first of-June. ' The State Temperance meeting is held this week in Rochester.,', but we (are too- far away to report it. :Rev. E. P, Hammond is also to he in Rochester next Sunday, to hold meetings there for a time,> of; which we shall'hope to: have ; some thing good; toisayere long. -: . Genesee. , Ogdensburg, Jan. 22,: 1869. LETTER FROM CHICAGO. 'DeAb. American :—The Christian Conven tion, held last' week in the. Second church,,was very,successful, both as respects the numbers in attendance ' throughout, and % the /spirit - -which marked its exercise's.lt- jwas generally- 5 partici pated'in'by the-clergy df alldehominationshere, and to some extent, by strangers. A very whole some influence seethed to proceed from, it , upon the churches; and; more than the-usual degree of interest'is manifested in many of our : congrega tions. In a! few ’a'Vhry' decided revival of reli gion is in progress. From twenty to thirty have b,een ; ;hppefuUy converted in, the congregation of fieri Aviißddy,' of • the (Ninth; • and the - entire church is' thoroughly roused to prayer And effort. :A someWEaVsimilaTstate df things obtains in the 5 suburban .church of Hyde Park, Rev.! Mr. John son’s, wherea considerable number appears to have entered.upon anew life- , ' . > The 31,st Street churqh has. extended a unani mous call to. .Rev. G-. W. Hackie ( to become its pastor, which ;hj» - will doubtless accept. ‘ . Rev. ff. R. Williams, late of Medina,, N. Y., is incited; to become pastor of the Waukegan church, by a .unanimous movement of the people. jrhis is an,important church,.in a .very attractive youDg city. My. W. expects to be able to give them. an affirmative .reply.., . The: new Farwell Hall, of the Young Men’s Christian Association, was (Opened this week by two lectures, from, the distinguished, English Methodist minister, Morley Punsbon. I think juost of his;heayers; were disappointed in tbeir .expectatiqns. Beyond .an occasional pas sage, of considepibletolqqneuce and .fluency, and a good 5 voice and elocution, there was l.ttle to re mark ofexcellen.ee in,th,e,lecture to which I lis tened. He; cannot for a moment be compared, as an orator, with his countryman, Henry Vincent, Esq; _ ■!: ii-m-;.’, is, an, ornament to, the, city, and a great, public benefit. .In every respect it is quite superior, to its predecessor,, .and has no equal in this, .country that I know ;Of, or, any other, for the purposes for, which,it is'designed. At.a meeting of the congregation of , the Sec ond church, ,Qn ; Monday evening lastj it was re solved to sell their, present church site, and build again “ not, north of 16th St., nor west of Wa bash Avenue." EinaJ action was, reserved till an adjourned meeting,, two weeks later., .If, however, the action of that meeting is Tightly tra de,rstood, immediate, steps will, be takeq for par-, rying ih.eir, design of removal into pronipt execu tion, ‘I/’ j ,’... , V ~ ‘ Our church atfPontiac, in Livingston Co , in this State, having unanimously invited Rev. Wm. McConnell, late of this city, .to. become their pas tor, Mr. McC. hasacceeded to their request. All are enjoying the fihest weather imaginable, •now,-for several weqks past., If you, have as good or better, lam “ glad of it.” Noeth-west. LETTEB PBOM EABBISBUEGH. ) HARRiSBURGH, Jan , 1869 Dear J3ro. Mears:—Your correspondent from Central Pennsylvania moist be very remiss. I have s.een no.thing frpm his pen in your columns from time immemorial.. Things oocur here. Here gather, the Solons of the State. Do we not give laws to the whole Commonwealth.? '•Tit is perhaps too) early to judge of the oharao ter'of our new Legislature.- Rumor, with her many tongues, says bad things of them, that they are corrupt' have already begun to take bribes, ire below the ordinary stiandard both for integ rity and . ability j‘ bnt they have' certainly done one .good thing in .the.election of . Hon John Scott to the U- S. .Senate, : The Commonwealth may. be congratulated in: this servant of hers; an incorrupt; talented; >ud Christian man, against whose! character;beano ..in whose future! there Jse'very thing tqhope. Do : Christian jeople pray for their rulers and legislators? There is the highest need of prayer. Our excellent Governor is slowly but surely recovering from a serious attack of sickness, and in a few days will be at his post again. May his useful life be long spared. Our capital city has lately been honored by being made the head-quarters of a Catholic Bishopric, and rumor says great changes, are to be made in the way of schools, nunneries, &c. Already we hear of processions, confirmations, grand services, &c., in great abundance. When the new Episcopal diocese is formed, and its Bishop establishes himself among us, the Bishops of the single Churches among us will learn their inferiority. One of them, the greatly loved young pastor of the 0. S. Pres, church, Rev. S. S. Mitchell, is said to be seriously considering the duty of ac cepting a call to the pulpit made vacant by. the death of the lamented Dr. Gurley, of Washing ton', D. C. It will be a gteat disappointment to his people, and his many other friends here, should he conclude to accept the call. The Church with which he is now connected is a strong, vigorous and active one, having in it a very large proportion 1 of earnest and devoted men and women. It would not die,'though be reft of a pastor. It might almost dispense with office-bearers. Dr. Candlish says; that the Ply mouth Brethren and the Friends are so far right, in that their system which sets aside-official dis tinctions, were it only practicable, would be the beau ideal, the very perfection" of Christian' or ganization. It is the- necessity, not the glory 'of the Church" on earth,' that she' must’ have her officO bearers! “ f would that all the Lord’s peo ple were" prophets." , ” ; The week of prajef^as’observed by our Pres byterian churches this year with more than usual interest'. The nightly* meetings'were largely at tended, and very impressive and hopeful. They were followed on the succeeding week by twe ‘large linioii meetings of the. Presbyterian churches, Old and;New SCh6bl, in which*a‘!de lightlul spirit' of fraternal love was manifested." * ; The opening of 1 the New' YCar is with ns the season for Sunday-school anniversaries. Wehavft in our city several of the most effective and well Conducted Sunday-schools in the State, and their yearly reports are very encouraging. The ' Fifty-third Anniversary of the Presbyterian church Sunday-school occurred a few days ago, and is stiH the’ Subject 1 of so • fre quent remark and so great congratulation that* a brief' account of it may prove interesting.' ‘ ; ’ , [Account of S. S. Anniversary in our next.],. MISSIONARY. • What Missions have done for Polynesia. —When the London Missionary Society sent out their first missionaries, these' islands were Sunk in the lowest heathenism. Incessant war, merciless cruelty, infanticide, indescribable vice, in many places cannibalism,'made the strong races a ceaseless terror to each other and to the world outside them. The four'great Societies which have sent‘ their brethren forth as messengers of mercy, have gathered into Christ’s fold 300,000 people, .of whom fifty thousand are members of the Church. They haye .together expended on the processless than £12,000,000; a sum which pow‘-a-duys wifi only make a London railway, or furnish the navy with six. iron clads. Yet in all .but Western Polynesia, land and people are Christian now. The victories of peace have taken the place of Resources have multiplied; wealth has begun to accumulate. Books, knowledge, order, and law, rule these communities. Large churches have been gathered,'schools flourish, good men and. good women are numerous. Not a few have offered themselves as' missionaries to heathen islands; and in zeal, selfsacrifice, and patient service haVO, equalled the earnest, men of other climes, .All over the southern groups of Polyne sia, this is the. work which niissionaries have been doing.—'JThis is the influence which they have exercised, and thesei are' thefruits of their devoted toil. It is not Admiral and Cap tain Erßkine, and Admiral Wilkes," who testify to the reality of such results; but to these Chris tian. Ls)ands, where’sailors were once afraid to land, hundreds of- whalers run gladly every year to get thp refreshment which their hard toil ren ders so grateful. 1 • : The Chinese in Hawaii sremnch betterlooked after .by the native churches than are the Chineee in California. of them ■ have long been inthe habitjif attending!our native services on the 1 Sabbath, and of contributing generoiisly at our monthly concerts; .and for other benevolent objects. Thos it is in building churches,, our Chinamen are ready and generous in helping; Most of our more intelligent Chinese .give up their old forms of worship, and prefer to believe in the Christian’s God. Some are inquiring,.can did, and tender, and some say they are sure that the Christian religion will, ere long, prevail over all their.vagt empire. They have no confidence in the gods of their fathere; but Tire*ashamed of them. The children of-these Chinese; by Ha waiian wives, are fast multiplying. These are active, bright, and are all receiving a Christian education. They are ail seen in our- schools, our Sabbath schools, and i our Sabbath assemblies.” . . . “’Our Hawaiian Board,.iduring its ses sion last June; engaged the services of Mr. S. P. Aheong,’ a young Chinese merchant of Labaina, as a travelling agent among his countrymen at the Islands. He has given up his store, and left his wife and four young children at Maui, and is now pursuing the business of a Christian colpor teur with zeal, discretion, and efficiency. One Week ago ! we had the pleasure of welcoming him into our family; where he now is. Last Sabbath morning he preached to an overflowing house, in the Hawaiian tongue. In the afternoon he preached in two Chinese dialects,, to all the Chi nese in and around our town.., JVbne were absent, and all were greatly interested. : He; is a young Apollos; and like the Alexandrian, he. only needs, UndeT God; the good Priscilla and Aquila to teach him 'the way of the Lord more perfectly.’ He understands, six of the Chinese: dialects, he can speak Englißh tolerably, and he is ready in the Hawaiian. He is lucid, eloquent; andimpressive.” Herald. ~ i f ~'. ;; .! Romanism in Roman Catholic organ, states t|iat she whole of China has been divided into twenty-four yatho dipgctei tiy nineteen bish 9Ps> a od five prefects apostolic,lof different na-
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