• Iftem • 4: VOC AT [ l. • ..‘ orlon Beintaer. Vole V, Mee 39. .rite Advocte. Vole Ms ■Ne., 34.1 "ONE THING IS NEEDFUL:" . "ONE THING HAVE I DESIRED OF THE LORD:" " * THIS ONE THING I DO."' WHOLE N = B .- • • • Lk r - - • • • • . -1, • • • John iii 5,.6, and v: 25; Rom xiv: 8; From our London Correspondent... 4 man.. ..14T4-• 1 .4 p Titus iii : 5. And our 'Bible .Dictionary The Dissolution" of Convocation—lts Constitution speaks or it as " a marvelous - change in the and Aims, as Contrasted with Presbyterian Church not surprising, tkerefore, in- yr..- - Courrs—The United Presbyterian ? Synod ,at Edie- such facts,. that, the; AptOrvir•l ' buroh—lt Leading , FeaturesPr basal more .: read, in diff e r.- • us with new views, emotions, and sen 6. -Free • Church Lot,ftculttes Thereon The • Conti- 1 , • I , - mentsi and! effecting a 'medical cliangein neat and Evanyeliiation- The Apocryphal Ques- tuan.„,the our [hearts and] lives." That it is difficult lion in a the Germany—The Bishop exceptCrosses Stone Alta r :The Special s by experienceand by its effects, is taught by of the City Mission—The Tract London Missionary Societi- - o the-Saviour in . his ,•conversation. with Nice- • Livingston demos abouti - ; it, for - he " the'wind.- • ET tin bloweth -where it listith,- and thou learest the sound thereef,-but oanst not - tell wl*-- -- ;;•;:, o it oometh, and whither it goeti• • • • • one that is born of thg• • -, Yet it is a w a mother young and fair, ro4' hose heart o'erflowed with love; • from that love sweet vanes-- "' hour to hen "I- • • • hei e' we it he •( '.3 or ti • d 14 or t • . am • din ti • .- the • Elte • —J • ; IRA ••'• t ab -11 • • tin • • - e b lion !I; , , ke • ng he • :v., • a • tr • • • , 12 . an ,1 • Ca nl • • ••ID pau Wi e to 19,1 • • CO . • T MeKINNET, Editor and Proprietor. IN ADVANCE, 'Oat J ottri, 03 ItY J. Q. A. BIILLITAN. moveth on with rapid wings, stoppeth in his flight k on those o'er whom he's thrown mildew of his might. )ugh his speed be vastly great, gn naught can with it pace, rk is sure—he leaves in proof Le and a trace. r a mother young and fair, Ise heart o'erflowed with love; mn that love sweet vapors rose hour to heaven above. )11! the sweet, the pearly stream 't in each heart doth roll; t connecting link which binds ally soul to soul. ing husbatScl also shared part: and in return, leart for her with holy love st earnestly did burn. seem'd to be the cliniaz of it joys, their hope, their fears; 'er we are aware, how soon et joy is turned to tears! ling babe lay sleeping on mother's couch-like knee; r type of heaven itself, infant purity. hor anxious love &spitted many a token kiss; the works of God what sight •e beautiful than this ] trite swept past ere reason dawned, took the child away; joy to know she's gone to live realms of endless day.; joy to know she's left the earth ith smiles, and not a frown, ' she knew she was a gem, deck the Regal drown. lines of care were deeply drawn .oss that mother's brow, thoughts and feelings sadly drear le o'er her prospects now. • my heart I said, "0 Time, • dread is thy embrace! thy works thou surely leav'st Ale and a trace," Pa., 1857. Presbyterisn.Hanner and Advoiate • Religion; TO A FRIEND ON TEE DOCTRINES AND DIITIEB 01 THE BIBLE. Letter TX-I.—Regenerati6n. 'n will begat he us with the word of TAMES I: 18. R FRIEND :-It has been said be the want or privation of holiness n his very interesting, instructive,' le work on Regeneration, Char : "No privation can be removed he introduction of another form : a man is blind, that blinddess, a privation of sight, cannot be re without bringing in a power of see in. Original sin is. a privation of righteousness, and an introduction ipt principles, which cannot be re nit by some powerful principle em it; . a new life, a new nature, a hteousness. . . . There cannot be practice without gracious principle. ere may be some services in rata which may look like spiritual; iciple they are not so. Many acts q irrational creatures, which look nal acts. As the otder among the acts of statesmen, regulating wcalth ; their carrying gravel in ;s, to poise them in a storm, and qn from being carried away by the of the wind; yet these are not ra ts, because they proceed not from at from a natural instinct put into God, the supreme Governor. So o action of an ape, though like the a man, can be said to be a hu "so no action of an unregenerate igh like a spiritual action, can be ;Una], because it proceeds not from I principle, but from a contrary aunt in him. And all'actions have denomination from the principle they fl .w. They may be fruits of and fruits of conscience , but not fruits which God requires.. . a necessity of regeneration, for the ice of Gospel duties. We cannot form them spiritually, because we are nor vitally, because we are dead; cloudy, because we are corrupt; nor rily, because we are at enmity; nor Fully, because we are alienated; nor y, because we are falsity; nor hum muse we are stoutness; nor constant use we are levity : our natures must red in all these respects, before we fit for any Gospel service," or have munion with God, or be adopted family, or be prepared kir heaven. t be born again.—Johniii : 5-7. 1 k on Regeneration, published by the erian Board of Publication, pp. 10, 36, 39, 51. ach for the necessity of regenera- Let us now consider its nature. ! to the nature of regeneration, this may reed by what is said of it in the Scrip- It is a new birth; a new creation ; a ing again; a begetting again ; being partakers of the Divine nature; the of a new heart; putting. the law . us; restoring the image of. God to soul ; a resurrection ; a new life ; put on Christ ; Christ in us the hope of .; being born of God, and being quick or brought to life from a state of ; you hath he quickened who were I -dead in trespasses and sins:—John -8 ; 2. Car. v : 17 ; Roza xii : 1, 2 ; 10 ; 1. Pet. i : 3; 2. Pet. i : 4 ; : 26 ; Jer. xxxi : 33 ; Heb. viii ,h. iv : 23, 24; Rom. vi : 1-12, and ; Col. i : 27 ; John i : 13; 1. John : —4-18 ; Eph. t these forms of expression show that a very great change; and Cruden, in lncordance, defines it as "the change renovation of the soul by the Spirit and of God. It is called the new birth, consists in the infusion of spiritual life the soul, whereby it is enabled to per spiritual actions, and live to, God." Time. John iii 5,6, and v : 25 ; Horn. xiv : 8; Titus iii : 5. And our Bible Dictionary speaks or it as " a marvelous change in the whole frame of our moral being,. ittspiring us with new views, emotions, and senti ments, and effecting a radical change in our [hearts and] lives." That -it is difficult to explain,• and even to understand, except by experience and by its effects, is taught by the- Saviour in his conversation with Nice demus about' it, for he says, " the wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou.hearest the sound thereof, but oanst not tell whence it oometh, and whither it goeth : so is every one that is born of the Spirit."—John iii: 8. Yet it is a real change; a great change; a radical change; a universal change, in all the parts and faculties of the soul, and an instantaneous change; for as there can be no middle state'between life and 'death, so: the soul spiritually is either dead or alive ; and as soon as it is quickened, or renewed, it• is alive, and begins to act out its new. life :. so it is an instantaneous change. The whole process of conversion is a work of time; but the simple act Of quickening-- regeneration in its 'proper sense—is done at once; the dead in sin are made alive in stantaneously. And it is a change: in the nature of the soul, not its physical, but its moral nature. We have a sinful nature ; regeneration is a change' from sin, to holiness, so that from being wholly.inclined to that which is evil, we are disposed and - inclined to that which is good. There is in this change the implantation of a holy principle or gracious habit, so that we become fitted for the service of God, and can take pleasure in his service and delight in his law, and hold communion with hiin. And whereas there was in us before nothing spiritually good,' now that the heart is changed and a holy and gracious principle implanted, there is in ns some degree of M. liness, and we' are enabled, by Divine grace, Ito do those things which, are well pleasing to God ; to walk in newness of life; to grow in grace, and in me,etness for heaven. We are united to Christ, and so are made par takers of all the blessiUgtrof his salvation. May this be your happy experience '1 Read Eph. iii and iv ; 2. Pet. i; 1. John iv. and v.; and Hymns 81 and 82, of our Psalms and Hymns. YOURS TRULY. For the Preebyterian'Banner and Advocate. Enthusiasm—All Help. MR. EDITOR :—The following incident has been out from an old No. of •the New York Observer, and 'thinking it worthy of preservation, and even of extended circula tion, at the request of some who have heard it from the pulpit, I am induced to furnish it to you for publication in the Banner and Advocate. The incident, as recorded in the Ob server, is as follows " A GREAT EFFORTA FACT." ' Mr. Towsley, known as`."-the`children's friend," has related, the folleiving lacidenE' with great effect, whin the religious feeling of a church has been fluctuating between a retrograde and onward movement. On the banks of a stream - near a small village in Western New York, a few enter prising men commenced the erection of a gigantic mill. The frame-iork of the foun dation extended over the current, rushing at, a fearful distance, below. The timbers above were adjusted and fastened in their places, until .the huge skeleton was com plete, excepting one enormous bent, whose weight and proportions filled with misgivings even the heart of the master-builder. Every man in the village and vicinity was there to aid in the perilous "raising." The.platform was dark with the crowd, embracing every age, and trembled over the torrent beneath its burden. The signal was given—up the bent moved' slawly, till it reached what is called " the pinch," about midway to its elevation. Every muscle was strained, but in van. There was a dead pause for a momerit, and stillness which made the tumultuous ihrobbing of hearts audible. The builder mounted the eecond story, and looking dovin with tears, shouted, Lift, men, or die !" ,With a wilder ener gy, they grasp the pikes for their lives; but the frame settles backward, threatening to crush the despairing mass beneath. Just, then five men appeared in sight. " Help US 1" cried the builder, 'from 'his dizzy height. They saw the danger at a glance, and like cowards, fled. The excite ment had reached the homy of these fathers and brothers, and now the banks were-lined with mothers and sisters, whose up-turned, anxious faces, and lifted hands, asked im ploringly for help. Down, down came the the bent, slowly, as strength failed, and all seemed over. The builder, whose nature was not particularly inclined to sympathy or pity, was subdued with emotion, and in a flood of tears, turning to those women, mo tionless with fear, exclaimed, "Wives, if you would have husbands, and sisters, if you would have brothers to-night, come and help us 1" The rush was an expression .of the strong impulses of woman's nature. Each was beside her father or brother, heart beating to heart; then a shout, and one more .etruggle. The bent moves; another heave and it settles to its place; ' a stroke'of , the sledge, and all is safe. The heart and whole system had been strained to the ut most tension, and as the excitement passed, the whole throng, sunk helpless and trem bling before the Then followed the joyful congratulations and affectionate salutations. Some were invalids for weeks, in consequence of that wasting mental and physical effort. Every one 'can make the, application. When the religious feeling 'of ,a community, the spiritual bent, is rising, and lor want of union and strength settles back, it crushes not body, but soul; and separates in pros pect the nearest relations forever. And *ho talks of the enthusiasm of the scene we have described, and condemns the weep ing builder and excited women ?" 4nd yet, when half 'of a church' are awake to their responsibility, and spirits undying are vi brating between a glorious and a fearful destiny, while some flee from their appro priate station, and seek their own pleasure, others, of professed friends, breathe words'of caution, and would stifle emotion, to 'avoid the appearance of a false excitement or jai prudent zeal. And- who may estimate the value of female prayer and effort, in the building of Zion, and sarvation of a family circle? PUBLICATION OFFICE, GAZETTE BUILDING, FIFTH STREET, ABOVE SMITHFIELD, PITTSBURGH; PA. FOR THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, JUNE 20, 1857. From our London Correspondent. The Dissolution of Convocation—Bs Constitution and Aims, as Contrasted with Presbyterian Church Courts—The United Pr esbyterian,Synod at Edin burgh—lts Leading Features Proposal for Union -Free Church Demulties Thereon The Conti nent and Evangelization- The Apocryphal Ques tion in Germany—The Bishop- of London—The Crosses and the Stone Altar—The Special Features of the City Mission—The Tract Society, and the London Missionary Societies—Mi. Bias and Dr Livingston at 'Exeter LONDON, May 19, 1857. The CONVOCATION which,lll44 SO recently, and gave ,some promise of continuance—the Bishop of Oxford proposing ; to' discuss ques tions mod come to conclusions which ought: to be canon; even though the State might , refuse ; to make them so—has been adjourned for a week, and will be dissolved, two days hence, without any business being done I And so ends the latest" attempt at the re vival of rWhat is,- in , the pr'esent' day, the symbol of „High •Churchism, and ,whiph, in the predominance given , to the Upper House over the Lower, in the entire exclusion of an element corresponding to our Presbyte rianruling eldership, is essentially defective in its constitution. PRESBYTERIANISM, with its Synodical' action in the United States, and in Scotland at this very season of the year, presents a spectacle very pleasing - in contrast with Romish General Councils, and with "Holy Synods" in Ireland, as well meth Convoca tions, so called, in England. Ecclesiastical tyranny over men's consciences, accompanied by the suppression of truth both spoken and printed, is' the grand characteristic of 'all Roman Synoda. Arid, while one has some sympathy with various earnest and even . Evangelical men in England, who would re vive Convocation in the sense'4:of the Church making her own- laws, yet the inevitable re sult of this liberty by the State, as Convoca tion is now constituted, would be to increase the infiunnee of the priestly part 'in the Es tablishment. The UNITED PRESBYTERIAN SYNOD of Scotland• has been holding it. annual meet ing at Edinburgh during the present month.; Very interesting reports were given as to the successful efforts made, to raise the.sala, ries of ministers all Over tho Church, to pay off debts on buildings, an& to do the work of Missions at home. and abroad. In the West Indies a great and good. work is being done among the negro population ; while at Calabar, in Africa, the ndssion..begun some fifteen years ago, by the excellent Mr. Wad del, hasjacquired such a stability, that- a Presbytery has been formed there. Dr. John ; Brown, senior professor of. Theology,. to whom,, last year, a large sum of money was presented in the form of a Testimonial, by his friends and admirers, (and they are many,) invested the whole sum in order to found a, Fund for the aiding of the aged ministers, securing to them,.after bearing the burden and heat of the,day, a little pension on their closing years. At the late Synod, a.gentlemau sent in a donation. •of 400 .to the increawof this fund, which will: con tinue, I trust, to be a blessing and a ;com fort to -many. of Scotland's veterans, long after the venerable- gra,ndson of the revered John Brown, the. Commentator, wilfhave tered into his rest. There has been a, document.recently pub lished, with a large number •of influential signatures, by members of the United, and Free. Churches, indicating the'desire of .the, parties signing it, for a UNION between , the Free and United Presbyterian:, Churches, and indicating, a series of propositions, not only the reasonableness,;but, the practica bility of the union. I very. much fear, that this attemptat a union, in itself, so desirable, is premature.. The Free Church ministers who made snob sacrifices at the Bisruption--, who laid their "Claim of Rights" on the, table of the. Queen's Commissioner, by the hands of the illustrious Welsh, exactly lour: . teen years ago, and then went -forth—Ohal mers, Welsh, McFarland,' Cunningham, Candlish, Buchanan, and more than 400 more; these: men cannot lightly abandon the principles, in witole and entire, on which their " Exodus" was, made. The Old Seceders, (Ebenezer Erskine and his followers,) warred , with patronage, not with the principle of an Establishment. The Free Church now practically indorses these principles, and has suffered for them. The United Preabyterians are 44 Vol untaries," in the conventional use of that term. lam not arguing the differences at all, but only stating them. At a recent meeting of the Free Church Presbytery, at Glasgow, .there were, complaints made that , the ministers had not been consulted by the laity in this movement. Still the document is a weighty and important one, and will tend to lead to close, intercourse, exchange of pulpits, ite., which will prepare the way, I trust, for a final incorporation. I should have previously mentioned that the ; United Presbyterian Synod take a warm interest in the Evangelical movement ; going, on under the auspicr of, the ",Evangelical Society" of Belgium, and in the .operations of the Free .Reformed Church in, France, at the head of which is the venerable,and ex cellent Frederic • Koma r of Paris. To each of these .Presbyterian Missionary movements, donations or collections are annually given.: And, verily, there is muchloneed that the Continent should receive the prayerful and practical attention of .all-. Christians. The Sabbath Question, even in Protestant countries, is still practically unsolved. At Berlin, recently, where Prince'Napoleon has been on a visit,,there was a grand banquet at the palace on 'Sunday afternoon, 'and an opera in the evening I . The APOCRYPHAL QII.ESTION aum.un solved in Germany. One of the strong-holds of the Apocrypha, in Germany, is to be I found in the Catechisms. Thus,' , in the Protelitant principality of Coburg, in reply to the question, " How 'do 'we know that there ita.God ?" we find sumnswer, " From the Holy Scriptures, Sirach. 30-37;" thus declaring the Apocrypha to. be , the Word of God. In the Protestant Catechism ; until very lately,, used in Rhenish Bavaria; we find ten of the prophetical books• of the Old. Testament not once quotedin it, three only twice, and one once ;• Even Isaiah and Jeremiah are only quoted one-sixth part, as often , as the Apocryphal book, Sirach: The fret eighteen books of the Old Testament are quoted forty-eight times; the four greater and twelve minor proithete, thirty-six times, but Siracb- ninety-fiveltimes. The books of. Wisdom': and 'Tobias, !arefoftener quoted in this CateehismAhnn thirty eanoni. eal books ,of the Old Terttument.. It is •• not, surprising, therefore, in view of such facts, that, the Apnerypha should be more read in different -4mrls ,of Germany, than, the ; Holy Scriptures.:. In one of the largest Protestant °bursts in Breslau, Si rach xiv:l3, is, painted,p4lthe poor box. A German Bible Society pripted,:together, "The 4t,, Psalms, Proverbs, iand. Sirach,,' and. another Society, one of Alie Gospels ~and. Si rach together. „ Indepepieneof the in of Rational- . ism, we must neerilektlin v eneration to . : the Apocrypha' to Luthe ' having placed it f in the - German Bible.` e' seems Id have been 'guilty of `this incoria i tency fro& his un willingness to 'aioid: ane ' - subject, of debate, for that he had much ''-' , ect for the Apo. eryphal "books 'can haraly).'. imagined, when we' knew that' he called ... ~,,,- ~ tragedy," another "a comedy," * a ' - ; * " 4 ki.'illithilfe_tbre' it• his judgment on themL , pc ---i414- , The Apaeryphal ‘iferitroin Great Britain, in. which" DrAtAlstrew Thomp son, of 'Edinbiirgh, `, ye, such a = distin guished, parti has been permanent benefit. Not that the Church , o c' ngland. has , been able or willing to , sweep: away from: her "Lessons," extracts from books which, in, the Rubric, she admits *not in the Canon. But in the multitude of-ibles now publish ed, the Apocrypha is not be found ;• where i as.take up an old Family Bible, in an Eng //A househeld, and .yo, are almost a*tp find the spurious mine: with the .genuine Scriptures. 4 Vigorous efforts are , g made to:change., public opinion on th . ; `subject, in, Ger-, many. Dr. Marriot, o isle, well known for hisgreat services tch e cause Cif. Evan gelical religion' on the ittinefit, (an Eng lishman and a'Londonerly hirth,), his been the active agent , int - Matter. , Tiagis . have been extensive) irculated; written Lutheran, Reforme nd United' Chitral' ministers, and one by.' dor Ebrax4' for Professor of Thmi fogy in'the'Unifer sity of 'Erlangen, , and', ell known ' for his learned work against'Strlum. ' Prize Essays have also -been publis.d. Pamphlets' in defence of the Apoc , a, have appeared, also, by Professor lie , : tenbarg, who says that " the , =condition)). rejection of , -the Apocrypha , is the pralticall. denial in the faith of a holy Church ril and by the , Rev. Dr. Stier, who , says theit,are ;one, hundred allusions, in the , NerVestainent,;, to the Apocrypha, and that ' f,God's. Bible-plan reckons on the reading . ,the Apocrypha." To both these, the ant . 1 ,0 the first. Prize Essay, Dean Keel, h, written excellent and able' replies, - ~, A painful tact eimp out 4 that the Mo . - revisits in Germany, Wh. L e main sympathies are Evangelieal, are a .. . 4:the defenders Of the Apocrypha r Bev., 1 Bible Soeieties, and Conferences of ,Mi ~ 'ters,'have recently moved in the right. eetion; and what used to be sneered at, : ' "n:nieriEnglish-; Scottish question," is fie bee r eininge, "Ger= man 'question. 'lt ~ ~ ost important in itself, in its' two-fold r'i'gs` 'Mid -aspect:' Eirst, 'in reference to' Popery;' for-in at- tacking the authority'.of the—Apooryihai we -assault one of the 'bulwarks of Rome. Secondly, as regards;the :inspiration of , the Holy Scriptures. ' Who can , defend- , :": Bel and the Dragon," or the:, story of Tobit and the Fish, , as authentic, portions - of a 'genuine, Revelation ? Dr. Marriot, of ,Basle,,earn estly solicits help, to,, carryon his crusade, against the Apocrypha, and rich American Christiana might do well , to, send : him dorm-, tions. ' , Without entering' minutely into , fignres and statistics, I shall now refer to some :of the larger of tlibset,,Y May Meetings "-.,wbioh I have not previously noticed It , is , impos-- Bible for a resident:in:London--rpartioniarly 'with a nine years'_ familiarity with , such scenes, and constant. pastoral public du ties pressing on shim--to attend.ali , these great gatherings._ I have, howeyer, been present this year, at some of tlie„ most prominent, including the Bible,- the, City. Mission, the Tract, and the London_ Mis sionary Societies. The distinctive features of Twx, SocrErr, I formerly noticed, in conneirioni with the noble catholicity of feeling dis played in the speech of the, Bishop of Lon don, of whom I may say, in addition .to: what I communicated, , my ; last', as =to. his ; dealings with TractitrAmmisni, that he preached lately a most faithful sermon at .St.,Barna, has, in the presence of LiddeLand his con-, gregation v on the.significant text, "Neither.. circumcision nor uncircumelidon availeth ,any thing." His visit, also, to 4. Barna has, brought out the Popish, spirit eherished by, symbols, and crosses, and stone Altars, and;. his own quiet determination,,and decided Protestantism. When the crosses were ; removed, in his presence, two, of the or attendants burst into .tears; ,whereupon Dr. Tait' turned to .Dr. and re 7 marked that there could not be a stronger proof of . the, objectionable effect of such things, as theybewype:fdols c to the4cople. When the stone:. altar, was ordered to he taken away,- it was prppoaed instead, that a wooden table should be erected. over it.. But the BishOp was firm. a What, are we to do with= tit ? Is:, it to be buried "Nell," *Si the replY, "perhaps, teat may be, the best way pfy disposing of it." At the 'Cur 'MISSION Annual Meeti ng _ the revenue about. X 30,000; and , the agents 839—Lord C. Russel, a , brother of: Lord John, was , the first speaker, and 'Baptist Nod, the second.' The latter,.referring: to the progress' of , societrin a religiouti sense; and the increased r. interest taken by, the higher classes in vital. Christianity, observed : "It was only the other .day I mete with twos young men,r and one , manin middle life. One , of the se was,heir of, a Marquis, And taught a village.' class in . a Sabbath School; the otherwas Baronet, - who'had ' extensive property, and"Whe often went in the train from his place in Perlis.: ment, on Saturday; studying his lessons :for: his Sabbath School the :next day. 'I :know slow enother•Earl, who had ?been. almost run. oyer in the streets of. London, when distributingyeligioua Tracts; and who vies . apprehended in the Nil leries, for delivering shah Tracts among' the Offi cials in the 'palace, although as Soon as he" was known he was released.- r " There was another class respecting whom, we haye reason to rejoice. , It had ,not often hap pened, since the RefOrmatien, that four Bishop?, almost together;' been Appointed, who, in Writ,' and' temper`, - and devotedness,. were' ust what Crowther, Latimer, and Ridley 'were." Afterl.Mr; Noel,""roae- Mrt Pennon- the Bishop-designate Norwiph, to express his admiiation of the City Niaaion, and Mayer= sonal obligation to it, as a parochial clergy man. ,Next, came an Evangelical , 'Rector of §pitslfields, who exhibited—to the interest and surprise of the meeting-4:sit of pick iockir, which a:professed thief hak after 'his conversion, given to a missionary, desiring to be free from : those. instruments, the :very sight of ,which_were a temptation to him to resume his old habits The visits last year, paid by the mission arias, were More than a million and a half, the nunibeiwof , Tracts distributed , npwards of two millions; 2,270.0 pen airaddreams delivered, the,groakatteadance.at which was 226,665., • As. to"our . TRACT, SnarETT,':ithadla noble Anniversary, A new feature was introduced this year, namely, the preaching t for the first time, of Anniversary ;Sermons; the first by the - Biell6Pof .Repert's Lind, a man of- great • Tisdonr and Piety, -who delivered - is; D kr14141"4"1 4 41444* Dr. a les, of • iverpoo wo ' preache Surrey Chapel:" The public meeting 'was' very large, and "wits 'presided over by a ilia; tinguishei Irilibuthe,ithe Right Ifthi. Joseph Napier, M.;.1'.:.-,for Dablin "University.: Among the =speakers - were the Dean of Carltsle, (Br. Chise,) who denounced the rirayer 'offered ' - np by the Bishop of Man chester, at the opening 'or I" The Art Trees= ure Exhibition," (now 'a great_attraction at Manchester,) as fit only for a Deist, or Socinian, as the name of , Christ was not in it. It turns oitt,..however, that,the offender was the TimesneliS p aper, only gave part of the prayer, as' ir wire the whole, and omitted another , part, which was. quite Evangelical and Scriptural. : Another speaker was a rising'and-popular Baptist minister in London, Mr. Laudelis, who referred to the unfair Tortraits ~drawn -by .Thackeray and. Dickens,,, (wt. naming them,) of <religious men,; ~ w hom, they, - represented ."either as fools. or knaves :7, The,. Rev. Norman McLeod of Glasgow , told of. the crowds , of men and women who, during thepast,Nin ter, had filled his chureh once a week in their work day Clethes, `none others being admitted, and 'avowed- his belief; that; the literitine of thelmeginatibn, tales, &c., not professedly religious, might be made ex ceedinkly usetul. This' I also firmly be lieve; It his not yet come to pass,' how ever, that our men •of 'gentile have " Con fessed Christ" works, or twined a garland , of , hOnor for brows. *Still, believe-that-the tendency is .that way. The' benevolent inoopie - of the Tract So ciety; for ihe year, was .e.,7,507, the grants £9,6844 totarreoeipts for sales, Ai., £21,- 466. The -issues frcirni the depositoriee at home and abroad, were" upwards 'of thirty three milliorie during the lrear, being an in crease •of nearly ; two millions and , a- half: The Lortnox.M.iseioNAmi ArawrvxusAiti; piesented a scene of the most animated in terest. Never did I`see Exeter. Hall more crotided. The 'occasion was a great one. Livingstone, who has kviie clOile at his work : p re P an Pf 11"01114d has not:Yeelk. "lionizing," was to appear; and as Lord` Robert Grosvenor," M. P.; steiwed on the' platfoim, immediately followed by the great' African - missionary, and also by 'Mr.- Ellis; just 'returned from a missionary visit' to' Madagascar, the enthusiasm was very great. Ellis fast told how—in spite of martyrdoms numerous• as in the worst days 'of Romish bnrnings in Europe, and the rehearsal of which, frompublie documents; seemed almost like chaptersfroni Fine's Book of Martyrs— a church numbering "many thousands," full of; life, and love; 'still...ems' twist Madagascar. ! The. Queen- has.. ceased _persecute, ' and lavished attentions on Mr. Ellis. The Word , 1 91 grod,,, _which . had. been printed years ago, ki - stilti. l2 the island, an_a hasl,ept. truth. alive. ;The heir,; to . the throne is a 0 4 1 41 1 0 1 .1<itn440rair while bash" 1,48, withyet "it is not,, opu- Burned:" At Jest ,rose_Livingst,one, and men and= women, natanklY sprung theirfeet,de and welcome him. I described formerly his. appearance,,and also=his. : reception at Free mason's . Hall; "ivit: e i, mimeo bowed , down publicly, for ~t. , 4.f it it,,,time, at a despised, miesionary'l fe et, and thus did homage ,to Christianity as the great eivilizer explorer , and heeefactrees . . i nf . the world. But this was the coistithency of the Louden Mis sionary :Socie ty ; ` hailing their own missionl ary. His eifeeoh, hiniself, was simple,' direct, and preetinal. It gave' a 'clear and rapid of whit he had diseoiered, and what he proposed, and concluded by an ap- PeaFfor praYbi.' - for' himself and the band *lib are todocompanY him; to found a , Misi Sian in the'Very Mkt' 'of Africk, "amid 'the ' teeming population who`'have been diScoir erect in' a region-where all was -hitherto posed. to. deserti!that.iechoed only - to the cry-of :the -jackak or theroar. 'of beasts of prey. J. W. :Lord -Napier's speech at New York exactly elo4ueritly expressed Bridal feeling' toward ` 'America'. The'trinity' of Peace with' Persia has been ratified:' 'The Pope -is :'•makiet .a tour throughout.' the Statesfotthe , Church; and= is to' - be - absent from Rome for some - time. ''llke=tEmperor of Austria is in Hungary,- and has issued a partial, amnesty. , , . , Counsel v to Ithe-Dying; Should You ever`stand again by the ' side of a Ileath bedk do net fail 'te - direetthe dying one to the' infinitely:compaseionate Smitetr: Nothing else can bringeoniforiandtpeace. to the soul in such an hour. I.cannot tellyou how strongly I feel ow this subject; Christ is the light 'of the , :world. How , does tthe poor dying-sinner need.to turn his eyes to this light,‘ as hwis entering the dark• valley . of the' shadow; of death:, He came to seek andsto save: that ;which was • lost. How -lost does- the awakened sinner feel, when he is itaktaking leave of , all earthly things) and how u consolieg,,to be reminded ,of ,aw ,al - s post merciful Saviour, who, came to find And sayo twoyi _awakened, dying. Mal, is an insupportable huiden. How t precious ;then,to him will .that hlood. be which cleanses from 'all sin ! He rmetis to be reminded - 6f these things in his dying hour for his confused m' emorY is often weak, and his and' Satan 'comes ;with's!' his subtlety, to,. east his,'fiery darts, and ,annoy hini at that ihteadfal moment. 'That was. ;a dark hour even to the dying. Son of Goer;, he "needed an angel' to strengthew and `'pmfort him, 'al lie ' was ' - passing through it Reu. Daniel "Temple, mzssioaaarya to' Sin yrna `' ` From the New York Observer. Power of, consistency. An eminent : Divine of.this . city relates the, following anecdote . from.his own history When quite a youth; he early made a pro . fessiOn of - -religion; and soon' after entered upon ,his::studies witha view“ of eventually • entering, the ministry. Daring this period.. an invitation was tendered, him, by one of his wealthy' townsmen, to attend a large party to be given house. • Having; at . the start:of a Chrietian-life;ideterinined to ascribe with due .eharitythObest of motives , to the conduct pf otheynno impropriety was ever imagined ;s and'ithe, 'Fly2Lac 7 , eepted.. When the he re-: paired iiithnhiniee of his friend, • and' fter' spending: short time with some of this fef. 1 1 0Wrga08tap !.6711!: AClMated by his: host; who; after conversation, ; said : , t!. come into ,the.otity Tom ,play i e game an •-", • . Jail • a t; 4.%‘_t Ct. ra 11: the4NO t o " Mika • ....4 • n pro=` fetisionp and eotiseiefitimielytiesirortsittiLikil right wider :.all, k iiireamstaneeS;7he was both, mortified, and, confused.. the„ proposal,. and:. so doubtful as to the proper course of con., &Mt: te4nisite; that Ore . his :friend' leak of, astoniehinent; turned uponhis heel; went:to the hall; took :ids: - hat; • and lefti the house: When collected in his thoughW donhis 2 g9will,„Nt3 ,1141:14.pa tto the wisdom of his course,bet whein :hiss r Pilloir that night yielded' him reit,.lo%nonsoionee assured' him, that lb:4W the" world 'Might: 3 :4olS% binr,bf .pharisaical auSteritY; had esoapeit consequeneekbeyond his power to. estimate: gen T t h le e inl e n -xi tit y 'Vi b b e es r e e ' c 'h et e v us ed e a h n e (" vis'` f i r t o e la d: the evening - previous, - 'ipolegizing ' for hiving mortified and grieved him, assuring 'him of his, most. sincere friendship; and= now high esteem; and stated that after hii sudden.der parture; he took occasion to apologize to the company, explaieing the cause of firs ab senbe. This person was then an tinbelieirer, but subsequently 'embraced a hoPe in Christ, and ever, after,l‘a strong friendship , existed between them. He is now,residing- in, a Western city, a man of wealth and influence. The Young man is ibis , at "the' heed`Of one of our most usefOlislieneviderit inititutions, and often re:ceives. fiom his friend' donations to; !mist the good work-he*.representa, ,and is also sometimes reminded of the, circum sten& related., "Let' your light so, shine before "nien,'ihat they may see your good works, - and- glorifi your Father which' join heaven." - O. '.A.., B. . Parental Vanity. Another Cerise of - the groiring disobedi . enceind tha want of - filial reverence in the midst of ns,- is parental vanity. - I ' ' Mean' that feeling which prompts parents to ,Make a disßlay.of,their children, to show off their dawmtg intelligence or wit, or excellence, by saying ,things' to iliewthem ant, or by re peating in their' presence what . ' they May have -said.. All this isiditselt vary trivint;' it-. is ','but , .tbe..natirral, innocent outflow: of: rdectionifyozmaT say, and,,yek nevertheless: Vrsa - pew'eirgl alb( Moulding the ternr per, and hearing,, and of kracter"of children: It ten& most ineiribibly to make theni' flip pant, and.conceited; and arrogant; and self willed. And•pareote who ;have-found, great amusement in these ,displays do discover, when it ia too ,these that they, have erred— theifind that the Children take` advantage of their accredited cleVerness; they become impertinent; and how ban they be checked at fourteen or fifteen for what was thought very interesting when they were four or five ? Many pinions, you knoW, say that it is the misery of •man tb learn only when it is too' ate to profit 140 it ; that 'the leseeney of experi- ence are really understood 'only' when: 'one.: riOce. is 1 4 ,And, , , indeed: ,this; would seem to - true„ of the great' preen ; - cal„ theme now` in hind: When our dien 'area' 'then, seeing the mistakes we )ha , rel made; =either =on the One Band 'or the ether—either jn. exacting ; too much or too , Jittle either , ,in .making , our ohildren pert, by admiring them too mach, or hurting their feelings by taking scarcely any notice of diem= at all—Seeing thiti,' we 'think we should act*, differentlyj= could: we =live again through. the - , years -whieh -are gone. Per-. haps we might.. , We..nn'ght, indeed, avoid. some particular Mistakes,, and abeye all this one of showing eff the cleverness of Our chil diem We' de lit thoightlesslyi M'pleai3e otir friend's;-perhaps:to amuse' ourselves, forget tingthat the ipletutures' we derive are really serving to, _make our children, disobedient and irreverent, toiriakethem sef-willed. and impertinent—Rev'. E. .1214w00d.' An' Unienei'ved Heart.' Away, among ',the rough Moors, by the banks Of trembling -river'? on • ' the ' • skirts, of green -mood; 0f...10n-Sloping acelivity,- or steep hill side; ; we have .gatharP4, remote: from gardens t and ,the , care of men, bunches of wild flowers , although ver y Were e'*(iisitelkbeautifiiVand steeped in . fr& grunt!. odors;.2. and as theist"' are-:some Men and woineui.;Whoi havelliverlet:been: transplanted otatnng n#are into .a state of:grace,: r , There in loving them : miter vfhir deeliae;dtio take 'his 'orbs& irai/folloW Christ, was not there so- ',much that' was: amiable, gentle,. lovingsfAat Jefinei.QWn.heart.waa drawnt to, him? It, is said. that: he, loved, him, and, he emotion of a 4i'vioni's .bOsom c annot. be wrong; in mind.' Transilaiitid'higrabe into th 6 garden , of the - ilididiliditiztlwith the dewa.hf dieaven,..eonverted-to this faith, they would be ilowemAtu form wreath : for the hrow that ;non wreatked with thorns. lam ocmpelled tclluslinoiledgenthatl have known Sidle; WhOmli4in - Chariti reokoi among-true Christiana; who 'yet, in point of nabiraLvirtfuse put Christianto shame. In some ~,heautif4 traits they yore more like Jesus than not , a few of his real disciples. Let" 'tberd be mietake; then; when I sieak of the heart," as a'stone, I am looking at it asitleoks on God, a , Savionr, salvation, and :eternity: • Howevevi distressing it (anApit i 8 most I .4ioLress in g , ) to think - that ROtfiOna othaTiaomoat Pnel-Yf and:, of, M oat loving hearts, are cold and callous to the claims 'of Jesus; le so far as Divine Live to sincere, and - so tar as the kindinsis of saving mercy- are concerned . I am convinced, that alnOng - #. 1 . 0 . rocks which; , . Alltr hack thq, roar-, lug sea, up, in the crags where dews,.and rain, and bright sitnYelinf(filt; down in earth'e -ilarkiat °did deepekit 'Mines, there Hew bodored , no stoneleohfiri. harder; less in:P . pressible, mombnpenetrabieptiuut an unre newed heartn—Rev. .Gutleri" Philadelphia, 111 South Tenth Street, below Chestnut By Mail, or at the Office, $1.50 t, SEE PROSPEOTUE, Delivered in the City, L 75 Youthful Frieoships. What fond and ”generons frieedships spring up in the hea of youthful compan ions, in the bright epoch of sehoo‘day life I Then, life's young morn ishright and .fair, and all things wear the couleur • de- rose, This world is then a perfect Edee,inWthe warm, unsuspecting heart, of 4Ontb,little dreams that its friendships are glee and fleeting lw they were once fair :; and,bright. Our faith in each other, and in whatever is lovely, knows no lirnits; and oft in mativer - yeareWeaniile: at' our own youthful Credit lity, and remember twith• regret how our girlish visions, have 0,1, Bussed ; away, bean in_g record of their lermer.brightness. Our our Odd, 'andonr hearts are uni iedin a fend; 'devoted: ffienaslirp,ihe inten sity of which foritellttsrptrer and nobler life then`seldem aver fallreuirtiClot - of erring humanity- „1; t . , • . f. 1 facts an Atattings. Alf tEKE:outuviNo temper is a dread 'yd mark of an unforgwert person , . Tavel; CIi:AST.ISEDEENTS . 7 -Those, are happy chap= tisements, that hinder us in a sinful , way, and effectually bring Ra to our duty. ETETINITT l : , Who ean Mesita% :itetnity If a bird were to come once ,in thousand years from a distant .star, and carry ,awny one drop of"water until the whole ocean was empty, even then eternity Would be but just begun; Ottuarr.-11 is a fault too common among good people, to , entertain'-suspicions of others beyond-whate , there is just cause for. Werhave, often found more or virtue, how, and - conscience, in some, Teeple ithan we, thought they .possessed—and rit ought be, a pleasure to 'aux) he thus disappoint ed.r 'Charity : teaches hopp best: ' FOLI.X OF covsmousivEis. 7 -It is to - base thing , to get good s . keep illeaf. I see that God, Who' is infi nitely rieli, 'Widest aothinrk in his . owerhands;ebrit gives to ell his crew tures. But if we will needs , lay up y _where should we rather .repose it thin in Crhist's treasury? ; The; I . poor.. than's...hand 7is the treasury of Christ. All my su*silluityiliall he ,there hoarded up where I *now - it. shall he safely kept, and surely returned As ?owl., yym Mesnvc ~M ANY Rasa.- Strange ,paradox; 'yet strictly true Look for fore our sakes'''became poor, that „we; throne): his laiverty, might Look ati the: fishermen of ; hoWpoor; how wretched and obscure ; how despicable among men;...yet how. rich in faith and every c'h*tiatigiseei auk iwykdb they en rich the world by their : heavenly doctrines and holy lives!. PBBszmt,"°-i•77 B .M9se# Pir l4 . 4 leAP- Iy'Reitilexact stateo! . lop, soul, between hope . and ear, ani overwhelmed -with - friekwerC , rePeateit. ly to niter thin wish c '" 0 that. I certiinly knew-that I should be able to. persevere? He, inight.be answered thus,: -" And ,what wouldat thou do, if this certain knowlbdge were bestoWed upon thee Do now, that which thou wouldst do, and rest secure of thy perseverance." - HEATHENISM. -"My wives and my daughters,'" sap a heathen African ; "are my cattle, my oxen; My' .eiswis, plough, my wagon. • I 'houghtt'iny' Wife sand:paid for Sher; and I have a right 'to' ibeaVsnd Choose,, as much as-toiheat and kill my goat or dog, fox she is mine. My daughteitkidio are my Cattle, my money, and my inerahaidise, and I wish' then, to to dig, ,:and :not to read -andpray." • Thank !God, Our. littleigirls ate - in:a Chris tian, land. • RIGHT ABOUT.-I havoinatiseena sailor boje letter. There is one, good , thing iwhrch waut to extract.. " Tell Mother that as soon as I - read her letter, and found Ana' she did nOt went Me to smoke, I got mid - broko - my pipe and sold my tobacco, ' and' U . & not touched a ' - pipe eines, and ill not again Mktg like gives ant, rherbonsen* and that I don't - suppose _she- wilt ever do._ Now I; neither enibke, drink, nor _chew- rand I think_ I am great deal hetter without it. . So much for having a good Mother.' —Chs/cl's Paper. A Horrint DROP. EveFTAifie,atePl-take Forward on myheavienly,,way, Every littla'efiiirtrinake ' TO groW`Chiist;likli day'hy day; Little sighs.and little prayers, Even:flak tiarif;whielz fall; Little hopes; arid fears, and cares, Saviour, thou dost know them all. Thus my greatestioy-is this, „Tilatithet.l./Lowdiotglory!' styled, Slows the children's weaknesses,- And himself was once a child. • ; NOT. WAS, . BUM Its.—Do not say, or feel or tidnic,,tbat Chriat was,mernifuli that he was all kindness and all wisdom, that he did Many Migliiy cvcirkS;and had the Spirit of his Father` Without measure. Say, aid 'think, and feel, that he i s merciful; that he is kindness ;and wisdom, that, he does migloy works every day; that he not only was,, but is now allying object of our love, Of - our obedience, as our parents are, our minister, our teachers. Think of him as your Saviour, .your, Helper, your Comforter to-day, living.and loving you just as really and fully. as he did his friends eighteen hun dred pears a go—a , friend that time makes no changes, "Jests Christ, the same yesterday; . sy, and forever." OtrituTr OUR RIOECTEOITENESS.—cctiesue suffered, having done nothing worthy of 'death. be glorified, having done sothing worthroflifeJ Our sins were laid ~upon therefore-he fell ; his righteous• new will, be , laid upon us, therefore we shall 'rise. When Jesus cried upon the cross, ft is finished;" he had'done, said and ult nethinghefore heaven or earth that' dose's"- ed death; and 'when we shall be acquitted at. ,the , judgment.stutt, we: shall have : done, said and thought nothing that will be, wor thy of eternal life. -Our sins were on, not 'in'him; hiC'righteousness is on not in us. As IC -was made sinfOrlm, and: in our stead; so` we are- made. righteousnefar:by, him."— , Cummings,. 0 O. 247
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