El Os IMMO Gay*, RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE. The re-union of llchoel Churches- se. .f manta of , the Presbyt• 'Qne 'hundred of thei forty-two Old Schoo now taken action - on last Assembly met. iv-Union on , the has!: • thirty-seven of these the basis sent down semblies. The great School . Presbyteries the basis sent down semblits.' The quest the basis of the stand_:, ied at their meetingsi most hopeful sign of understanding of .the may be accomplishe», that at the next meeting of the Assem 'lies, the differences of opiniop may possi 'ly be harmonized, and the good work be consummated. The conflict of ideas and old settled views on certain doctrinal points and polity, is in a transition state, while the_ assimilation -of hearts seems to be complete, and noth.- mg is now wanting but to adjust the sup posed barriers, and forms necessary to complete the re-union. The Independent , gives sonic curious . facts• in regard to the practice of infant: baptism 3n the •Methodist Episcopal • Church. In the New England •Confer ences the adult baptisms are about seven times as Many as 'the infant baptisms, mid' one infant only is baptized to about one hundred and forty-three members. • In the Baltimore Conference, said to be the garden spot in Methodism, there are six times as many children as adults baptiz ed, and one infant baptism to about nine members. Taking the average of the whole number, , Infant baptisms is two-thirds of the adult baptisms, or •one infant to twenty-seven Church members. These facts indicate that in New England the . dtity enjoyed by the Church, for paientslo have their children baptized is neglected, while in Baltimore the Discip linary obligation is genrally observed. Prom certesponitence touching the late session of the Mississippi Conference, mainly composed of colored ministers, ' presided over by BiskOPSimpson, we are informed that so strong was the social prejudice that but -twq white men were _present during any part of the Confer ence services, and but one white woman —and she a teacher of the negroes. This fact will serve to illustrate the barriers Against the efforts of the Methodist Epis copal Church to carry on its work in the Last week over eleven hundred conver sions and accessions to the United Breth ren Church were reported in the Religious Telescope, the organ of that denomination. This week's issue about seven hundred and fifty are reported. ' Presbyterianism is growing in Boston, notwithstanding die disadvantages hith erto in the way.. The Evangelist, thinks . Presbyterianism in that city is an exotic struggling for, an existence among. the, overshadowing forms of ecclesiastical life, native to the, Puritan soil. Rey. Mr.. Dunn, lately called to the pasteratef the Beacon street church in Boston Is enjoying a refreihing seaion, and many are joining the church every week. Bishop Illivaine, of the Episcopal Diocese of Ohio. thinks very properly_ - that the performance of florid anthems, and the weary repetition of operatic strains by the choir, of solos and duets, in' words which might as well be , Pottawat- Jamie.. as far as 'any understanding of them is concerted, ilia nuisance quite in tolerable; The - temperance question: is agitated with greatforcein ChUrch ' and State'irt Massachusetts. Many of the ministers are preaching a series of Berm:Ms on this topic. Rev. Mr. Murray, of . Park strzet church, Boston, in his first amours* of the : aeries of "Temperance Sermons" took the ground that to save the individual drunkard would never remove the evil. The people must be so educated as to permit no_legislation whatever upon the subject, and therefore banish the traffic adtogether. Father Doane, who has been soliciting lands for the endowment of the Amen . can Roman Catholic College at Rome, has been favored with great success in the Catholic , Dloceses.in ihe East. ``The funds now amount to over one hundred - thousand dollars, and thelleld has only been Partially canvassed. Father Doane, 'We believe, is n'pw on a tour of the West. en cities The Catholic Chnurch la the patron of local and instrumental music in the high. *st sense, in' onaection with itas services In the public worehli. It Is represented that St: Martin's (Catholic) Church, of BaltimPre, mabcrs Its vespers;*pprotich ~ v ery nearly to a'conter. Two Sabbaths se the religious services began with an overtttre and closed with a marctiond beim= these were selectioni Bain 4l4t. Pent," "Moses in Biipt," end "Lotn •tiirdi.,l The Watchman and .fieflictor says with in about Oily years the Baptist.- churches In Boston haite Increased front three to :fourteen, sod within a series of ten miles rorind the city, from'seven to thirty:dive. ThO opposition `to the 'consecration :of Dr. Doan% elected Bishop of the Bpisco , - pal Diocese of Albany, New York, arises in part to his c,onrso when ho was living In - Hartford, in requiring candidates for con lirination to, repeat certain prayers at cer- • • wOtti7A - zifte- -- - the Old and New s possible from the les of birth bodies. one, hundred and Preabyteriez have re-union' since ,the inetyifour vote' for : of ,the standards, approving also of , y the General As -1.1 sjority of the lifew hale approved of i sy the General 'As ;on ef reunion ten 1 ds will be order the spring. The re•union is a better terms by which it Ing • . lain fixed hours eacti'day for a periCdpf time, varying at his option, before they would be admittid to the sacrifice of they Holy Eucharist.( • - The new volume of Zion's /feral& published in Boston, is greatly improved in its mechanical appearance, since the printing has been done by the cele brated ",Riversidc Press Company," and, if anything, the matter is better. Two of the issues, since the first of January, have contained cuts of "Governor Clef lin," of Massachusetts, and Father Tay lor, the noted Chaplain of the Sailors' Bethel, in Boston. The paper is printed in the same form as limper's Weekly,' 16 pp. The editor, Rev. Gilbert ilaTen, is a talented writer, well traveled; and an author of decided merit. Ile is progres sive, earnest, and indefatigable in all that he undertakes. The sireple fast that eight hundred la dies from Roston, and the neighboring ton ns, assembled in. Boston recently, in spite of a drizzling rain and almost im passable streets, to celebrate the first an , anal meeting of the Congregational:Wo man's 'Board of. Missions, and to take counsel together for' the Christianization of their sex in heathen lands, is oi era of great Significance. No one will surely object to . this sort of Woman's ,Rights: This is a fitep in the right direction. The''Protestant Chuiehman takes the ground that, the ProVincial system 'just introduced is revolutionary. It ;regards' the ,organic law of the Church imperiled, if not alreadioverturned. • - Revival power has bean strongly de. veloped in the Union Centenary Metho dist Episcopal church of Etna and Sharps. burg charge, under the pastoral care of Rev. Wesley Smith. Special meetings have been in progress for several weeks. The work extends even to tine homes of the people, and a number have been con. vented in their houses and on their way to the church. Sixty united with 'the, church during the first week. A number have been added since, and the interest is unabated. Rev. Mr. Smith has long been a devoted minister and has been in struMentalln doing .much good in the different churches of which he has had pastoral charge. WHAT SHALL 'WE DO WITH THE LITM CHILDREN ON SUNDAY "Take them to church, of course," says one. Now, I don't think it is "of course," when I look about, and see little things of four and six ytars old, and sometimes younger, fidgeting and squirm ing in their ont-door wrappings, in a hot, crowded, badly ventilated church, to whom the services are a dead language, and who prevent those around them from worship, throng]; pity for their evident uncomfortableness. I don't think it is "of coarse" when I see this. To be sure, there 'are mothers whose pockets contain alleviations for this juvenile rest lessness, in the shape of sugar pluMs, or picture books; but all the time they are being applied, the mother's eyes must be on the child instead of the clergyman, lest, sticky fingers intrude upon silk or velvet, or a too hasty rattling of leaves in reading the book drown the sound of the preacher's voice. "They should be taught to behave," gravely asserts some person, who, perhaps, has forgotten his own childhood, or has never been a par ent. This is true; we only differ as to the question whether church is the niece to pursue that education. "Well, suppose you keep a child of that age at home r ash another. "Of cobra() he aught not to play with his toys as on other days, and he can't read all day, and no one can read all day to him ' and what are you go ing to do then f" In the first place, I, for one, should never "take away its toys" before I could enable it to paw away Sun day pleasantly witty:tut them; and of course, I should not allow them to inter, fere with other persons' enioyment of quiet on Sunday. It is a very difficult problem to solve, I know; but lam sure to make Sunday a tedium and disgust. is not the way; •we have. all known too many bad instances of the terrible rebound of adult years from tnis un-wisdom. .' We have all known instances where "going to_ meeting" Was not prematurely forced upon the restless little limbs of children, who have, When a little older;asked to accompany the family to worship and been :pleased to go. Nor would I de prive a child of its accustomed walk in the fresh air on that• day; on the contrary, should be most Anxious that it should as usual enjoy the' out-door briehtness. - I would also always haVe for that day some little pleasure which:belonged' especially to it. It may be some plain little cakes. or nuts of which it was 'fond. I would always Lave on hand some stories toned, or to tell it on that day. If possible, I would Dave flowers on Sunday placed at the child's plate; !would strive that Sun day.sheuld be the' eheerfulest day of all the week to it—not a bugbear. I believe all this might bedone, without disturbing any Christian's church -membership, or periling any child's salvation. In the country it is much easier to make Sunday pleasant fon children than, in the city. You have only to let them'stray into the garden or field and be happy in the best way's little uninformed mind can be. Or, if the weather' interfereti with this, the barn And the animals tre'a never failing source of pleasure to it. , There are , those who might think. it "wicked" to do this. The wiehtiness:te me, antaistain making Sunday, which ahould be a delight, such a tedium, that in, after years, whenever the word strikes upen'the ear, or the day returns, the first_ impulse is to shim' and' evade - it. Oh, let StindaY be.what the memory of "mother's roont" is to us alll-g—radint with 'perfume of flowers Ind sunshine; The, bright spot to lOidc back Upon.' when old. age sits in the chimney corner with the sweet psalm 1 from voices hushed, by death, or for re bored, stilt sounding. in the ears, with the memory of happy faces over the Sun day meal- the glatile , Good morning" and the soft ood night. - • Surely that God who opens the flowers on Sunday, sad lets the birds' sing, did net mean that. wo should close our eyes to the one or our ears to the other, or that we should throw a pall over the little children. FANNY FEAST. BATITitlikY, -FEBRUARY -- 6;‘ -'11369 A young Hindoo .been traveling largely in India, andifas written a , book thereupon, which is, published In Eng land. He does not like tlie region of In dia, and of those of Islam he speaks as follows: It is well that the great' Mogul is ex tinct—and it would • be well for mankind if the Grand Turk also were nosiore. No curse that has afflicted thehuman race has ever been so baneful as that which Mohomedan rule has proved itself t) manhind. The Mosletri rose as a storm wave to entomb all the great works of an cient power and wisdom beneath its del uge, and to plunge Um world into it state of barbarism that has perpetuated despot ism, ignorance and anarchy -for many a long century. He has sever been better than a 'gloomy enthusiast, hating, spurn ing and slaying all who did not believe and call upon the Prophet;' One of that saintly, murderous brood, To carnage and the Horan given, Wile think through unbelievers' blood Lies the directest path •to heaven. . His history is made up •only of burn fug; massacres, and pillages—it is One. long uniform. tale of cruelty without rd., zsrse, and of offence without prayer or enance. His government has been that under which life hung by a thread, and female honor was exposed to the risks of violence. What 'has been his conduct toward heirs and •competitors for the throne, but a quiet disposal of them by the bowstring, dagger, or poison? How did he treat his wives and mistresses for their • slips, but with the sack,dialter, or living burial? What other has been the principle of his government than physical force' ' and plunder and. extortion? In what opinion' did he hold his subjects, but as beasts of burden and beasts of prey? In what light did he view woman but as a pretty toy, soulless as much as his tur ban, his pipe, and his amber mouth.pie.ce? The Moslem has lett the indelible traces of his presence everywhere in the ruin of countries; and in the slavery of na tions. His great object was to slaughter and destroy, and to make is glory of his destruction.. He' 'vas born not for the progress, but the retrogression of.man kind—not for anielloratioq, but for the perpetuation of evil. He never sought to dispel ignorance, and sowed no seeds of improvement to elevate the condi tion of mankind. "But for Ihe accident which gave Charles .Martel the vie-( tory over the Saracens at Tours, Arable and Persian had been the classicallan guages, and Islamism the religion of Eu rope; and where we have cathedrals and . colleges we might have had mosques and mausoleums, and Americal and the Cape, the compass and the press, the steam en gine,L the telescope, and the Copernican system, might have remained undiscov ;eyed to the present day. Under the pro gress which the world has made now, the Mohamedan has betuino an obsoleteism —and to tolerate his existence Is to toler ate an anomaly—a diseased limb cndan gering the soundness ofthe whole system. It it were possible to destroy all Masan. edan institutions, and to eradicate all '2ilohamedan traditions, by one vigorous and simultaneous effort, and if all that is .Mohamedan in name or spirit were to be come extinct by a combination of circum stances, it would be well for mankind, and rid world of its greatest enemy. The Moluunedan sits as an oppressive in cubus upon society, hindering the on ward progress of some three hundred millions of men, and to ignore the evil of hie existence is the highest treason to the Cause of humanity. Turkish Fasting and Fes:sting. CONSTATiIrioPLA Dec. 30, 1868. The- great Mahometan fast of the Ramazan is in full vigor at present, and a wonderful specimen of religious self. denial it is, too. The Law of the Prophet requires that all true - believers shall ab stain entirely from food, , ; drink, and smoking, from sunrise to unset, every day during the lunar month. When the month Ramazan comes at 'this season— when daylight is'dwindled down to the few hours between seven 'and half-past four—the observance of the fast is not difficult. But "when • the lunar cycle bring the fast into smeltering dune, with its long hot days, then is the time that tries the nerve af the most bigoted Turk. The rich manage to get along pretty well In either case, as : they can sleep all day until the sunset gun awakens them to the festivities of the night, but for the work ing classes it is pretty hard to have to go it for ten hours of hard labor on the re membrance of last night's luscious "pal lay," and the prospect of a coffee and pipe full of Latakia tobacco when the sun sets tonight. The regulations require good Mohame= tans to be most strict in the observance of the five hours of prayer, and the mosques are consequently crowded, and this affords opportunity for relief in one re spect. All Turks must perform careful ablutions before venturing within the niosques for prayer, and I saw one old chap washing his hands and face the other day, who, when he thought nobody was looking, let some of the water from the fountain run into his , mouth. True, he spat it forth right bravely, his con science 'wouldn't allow him to swallow a drop; but at all events he had the satis faction of: feeling the water upon Ida' parched tongue. . ~ Among other curious.rules of this" fast is one whicti'makes it a deadly sin for a man to look at a woman, even in wising op the street, and when the ladies of the harems ride out, as they always do in Ranuizan; .- all good Turks- take good cure to keep a proper &Mince from the carriages, The 'riirks are always snappish,' Burly brutese during thti fast, particularly IA the day draws to a close, =and they are count. ing theminutes which elapse before. sun down. Brit at night .all . changes. Half an hour before , sunset - . you may see the People flocking to , the I coffee-shops—and there seated long, glum rows they wait —their pipes, chiirged; and all in silent expectation. .Fite minutes after sunset— the delay Js,to make siuretile. sun 'inlet - malty set—five minutes after sunset. bangs goes the • Cannon at the ~ War Depert ment, and before its echoes, caught :up ftom gun to gun, have died on the floe .ph orus, t wice ten thousand pipes have and delay buret into'smoky life; and the , at mosphere is murky with the "Migrant puffs, while in and out 'among the busy amokere, the dekterous waiters dart it!ith precious i freight:o thick Ibla4 - pqffee. ' ' .''Grim !...countenance..ol relit untie: . the soothing influencd of that late breakfast —the silence of an hour is broken, topics of the day are discussed by the smokers, who, after finishing their'pipes are ready to go to the mosque for prayers, and home to dinner.—Letter to the Cia. 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