PRESBYTERIANH'IANNER'"& ' ADVOCATE
Pr•obytorlon Bummer, Vol. V,No. 50.
filreobitorion Advocate, Vol. XIX, No. 45.1
DAVID MeKINNET, Editor and Proprietor.
TERNS.-IN ADVANCE.
Original Detrg,
Going Houic •
Ant—b , Home, Again."
Happy home 1 peaoeful home
Thrills with joy my heart,
To know that to thy sacred walls
My soul shall soon deparl.
I drop no tear; I feel no fear
To cross death's darksome sea,
For well I know a happy home
Awaits, beyond, for me.
Going home I going home
To that peaceful shore,
Where mires and tears can never come . ;
Where sorrows are no more
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1 1
Music soft, music sweet
Floateth through the air;
-Home-spirits tune their harps to greet
• My homebound spirit there.
..'Angelie tones; sweet, welcome tones
. Above . ; around, I hear;
While falls the Sa,viour's tender voice.
I On my enraptured ear!
Going home! going home
To that peaceful shore
Where cares and tearS-ean never come;
Where sorrows are no more I
I ' Heavenly light; visions bright
Burst upon my view 1
Heaven's glittering domes, and pearly walla;
And radiant spirits, too
Celestial bands, with ready hands
To bear ,me home, I see;
And Jesus—look ! he beckons them ;
He sweetly smiles on me !
Sin no more ! sorrow's o'er 1
Home, at last I'm come ;
Vain earth, farewell ! Hail 1 peaceful
shore,
My happy, heavenly HOME!
Steubenville, Ohio.,
For the Presbyterian Banner and Advocate
Eiridenoes of Regeneration.
Letter IV.—Unessentials.
Therefore, if any man be in Christ, he is a new
creature ; old things are passed away, behold
things are become new.-2. Cor. y: 17.
MY DEAR FRIEND :—As was observed in
a former letter, these words teach us several
important lessons. Here is union. with
Christ; to be in Christ is to be united to
him. There is a legal union with Christ.
'When one is surety for another, there is
such a legal union between them that, if
;the principal fails, the surety must pay the
debt. The law holds him responsible.
Hence this union is a legal union. So
Christ acts for his people. He is their
Surety. They have., failed; he, pays .the
debt.; • and he does this because he is their
Surety. There is a leial or covenant union
between them and him. And' there is not
only a legal or covenant; but also a vital
union; they are united to him -by faith as
well as by law or covenant. And here is
the result—or inseparable adjunct—of this
vital union, a new creation, the new birth:
if any man be in Christ; he is a new crea
ture. And here are the evidences of this
change; it will be manifest in the life; being
renewed, old things are passed away; be
hold, all things are become new.-2. Cor. v:
17.
We come now to the evidences of regen ,
eration. It is very important 'to have right
views on this point; and hence I shall
show, first, what are not certain, evidences
of regeneration; There is danger of rely
ing upon false evidences . ; and,there is often
much perplexity about things of,no real
moment in this affair. Hence I sall first
give some attention to these preliminaries
and unessentials.
For instance, some are perplexed because
they cannot tell just when and where they
were regenerated ; .or when and where they
found peace in believing, This is not
necessary. The wind bloweth where it
listeth, says the Saviour; but you cannot
tell any thing about it, where it comes from
or where it goes.—John iii: 8. The great
question is, Does it blow 7 or has it blown ?.
Look at the effects; look at the evidences;
if these exist, that is sufficient. Have you
faith? Do .you believe 7 If the thing is
there, no matter whether you can tell when,
or where, or how it came, or not. Have
you felt yourself a sinner, and in need of
Christ and his salvation? Have you asked
what you must do to be saved? Have you
prayed for mercy? Have you seen in
Christ a suitableness to your necessities?
Do you see that he is just the Saviour you
need ? Do you approve from 'your heart
the way of salvation through him ? Do
you oast yourself on him ? Do you trust
in him and rely, upon him? It is but a few
days since one trembling sinner gave me an
affirmative answer to all these questions;
and if you can. do so, no matter whether
you can tell when or where you were born
again or not. But few can fix precisely the
time and the place; and all I have to -say
to you is, believe, trust in Christ and serve
him, and you are safe. Your serving him
in cheerful and loving obedience is the.
_proof that you do believe and trust in him,
and that you are in him a new creature,
burn of the Spirit, born from above.
Others are distressed because they have
not felt as they thought they should feel
when they experienced religion ; or they
have not felt us they wanted to feel; or
therdo not now feel as they want to feel, or
as they think they ought to feel. They
make up their minds beforehand what it is to
experience religion, and how they must feel,
and how they ; and because they
have' not felt just so, and do not feel just
so, they are perplexed and distressed. Now
this is just as unreasonable as it would be
for a blind man who had , been restored to
sight to doubt and question whether he did
really see, because seeing proves to be such
a different thing in fact from what he
thought it was while he 'was blind; he
'thought, perhaps, colors were to= be felt,
whereas he finds they are only perceived ;
and hence he doubts whether he sees, be
cause he cannot feel the colors of objects.
Now, the sinner is blind; and what can he
tell about spiritual sight and spiritual feel
ing ? The fact is, religious experience is,
almost endlessly diversified; and when one
makes up his mind beforehand what itis
to experiende religion, or how he must feel,
he is almbst etre to be disappointed, and
consequently 'to feel perplexed.' ' iniis his
God's plan to humble human pride. The
blind be leads in a way, they , knew not.—
Isa lx : 16. The main use of the publica
tion of religious experiences is, not to teach
men just how they must feel When they be
come Christians, but to illustrate the rich
and free grace of God, and show the diver
sity of the Divine operations upon the souls
of men. This is the great value of Dr. A.
Alexander's Thoughts on Religious Expe
rience. He 'has been said to have known
more of experiniental religion than any man
in America, both in his own personal expe
rience, and in his collected experiences of
others. Many of these are given and com
mented on in his Thoughts. It is a treasure
which 'all should possess 'and study. I
would again recommend it to you. Read it
carefully. And read also his "Life," and
his " Way of Salvation," and his "Divine
Guidance," all published by the Presbyte
rian Board. But be not distressed becauie
your experience is not like that of others,
nor..because you do. not feel just as you
think you ought, or as you desite to feel.
The great point is, Have you faith? Do
you believe ? Let yoni trust be Jesus
Christ, and,'serve him with all your heart.
He will be your light and your salvation,
your peace and joy.
In some few points—the great outlines—
the experience of all is alike, or very .simi
lar; but in the details, religious experience
is almost endlessly diversified. two. are
just alike.; just ,as no two human faces are
exactly: alike; just as no two human minds
are exactly alike; and just as the condition
and circumstances, and the influences - under
Which they are placed, of 'no two are exactly
and in all respects alike. There are diver
sities of operations, but it is the same God
which worketh all in all.-1. Cor. xii : 3-7.
Hence be not disturbed because your ex
perience is not just like that of others; nor
because, you have not felt just as you
thought you should; nor because you,do not
now feel just as you wish you did; nor be
cause you do not always feel just alike, or
have the same degree of peace and Coll
denim. Religion is not mere feeling; it is
a vital 'principle, and the .prineiple may be
there, though not always equally. active.
The'great point is, Have you fled to Christ ?
pa you believe ? Do you trust in him ?
Do you rely upon him ? Are you living to
his glory? Is he precious, to you ? And
4o • you delight in the way of salvation
through him ? Does that 'way appear ex
cellent and glorious, and' is Testis Christ
the beloved of your soul,' the rchiefest
among ten thousand and altogether lovely.?
Are you living,a life of faith and prayer ?
So may it be ! Solomon's Song v . : 9-16.
Hymn 83.
11.C.141
! My ever bleseed.3esus, -
galye thee I witih to aing.;
To my soul thy name, is precious,
Thou my Prophet, Priest, and King."
YOtlits TRULY
MiIIEIMEIIEIMMI
'Ebianeial ,, Embarrassment.
Misslow Rooms, 1
No. 821 Chestnut , Street, PhiNdelphia. I
The treasury of the Board , of Domestic
Missions is.being rapidly drained, and will
be very soon exhausted. The balance now
in hand (August 17th) is more than eleven
thousand dollars less thin it Was at the same
time last year ; while the accruing liabilities
are very much greater than they were a year
ago. The probability at present is, that the
treasury will nof only be entirely exhausted be
fore the issue of another numberof theßecord,
but that by the first of October next the
Board will be considerably in • debt I The
amount now• in hand is not more than suffi-
cient to meet , the ordinary disbursements of
three weeks I I Under these circumstances,
the Board have felt corapaled to restrict
their operations and reduce their appropria
tions; and must continuelo do so, in order to
prevent still greater difficulties, unless re
lieved by the more general and liberal ton
tributions of the friends of the cause.
The present financial embarrassment has
been mainly occasioned by the failure of the
churches to respond to the enlarged opera
tions and increased appropriations of the
Board. During the past 'four years, the
number of missionaries has been consider
ably augmented, and their average salary,
previously inadequate to their support, ad
vanced nearly fifty per cent. The Board
have also established new missions, especi
ally in the newer States and Territories, which
has involved a heavy additional expense.
This liberal policy ,has been repeatedly. and
earnestly commended by the General As
sembly, and we •believe has met with the
decided approbation of the whole Church.
Such an increased expenditure by 'the
Board, required, of course, a corresponding
increase in our receipts. Instead of this,
however, last year the total receipts, as com
pared with the year preceding, fell short
nearly four thousand dollars; while the
excess of appropriations over the former year
amounted to nearly nine thousand dollars !
Notwithstanding this, the Board still went for
ward, hoping that the contributions of the
churches would improve when these facts were
made known to them. In this we have
been sadly disappointed; for instead of an
increase, the receipts have fallen off during
the past five months : of the present fiscal
year, as compared, with the corresponding
months of
,the year preceding, over three
thousand-six , hundred dollars. While the
receirits,have thus:fallen off, our payments,
as compared •with the corresponding months
of last year, .have been between five and six
thousand dollars more.
Under these °lieuinstances, the Board
are obliged, in renewing commissions, to re
duce the amount of! their appropriations to
the missionaries, and ; will . be oompelled to
suspend, to a great extent, all further ag
gressive movements. These effects are
truly, deplorable; for our' missionaries, in
general, were barely able •to live •with the
amount appropriated to them, on account of
the greatly advanced cost, of living, and
many of them must actually suffer by the
reduction of their meagre salaries: More
over, there 'never was a time when evan
gelical ministers were more in demand
throughout our country, nor when our
Church was in so advantageous a position to
extend her boundaries. Very many pieces
of great prospective importance might and
ought to be occupied` by us without delay.
But why should ; thp Board be left to the
necessity of reducing their appropriations and
restricting their operations ? Are not `the
ppcunutr3r resources of the Church "amply
sufficient to relieve the . Board and enable;
them toilestime iheir.iteept liberal ,petior T.
"ONE THING IS NEEDFUL:" "ONE THING HAVE I DESIRED OF THE LORD: - " THIS ONE THING I DO."
It t -N RDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1557.
Is there not sufficient intelligence to appre
ciate the importance of this great cause,
both to our Church and our country? Is
there not piety enough among us to co.o
mend the means which are indispensable to
the vigorous and successful prosecution of
the vitally important work of Domestic Mis
sions? Must the Board continue to decline
the establishment of new missions, however
urgently needed or promising.? Must they
continue to redocethe- salaries of our self
denying and laborious missionaries—salaries
which are now scarcely sufficient for their
support—and either drive them from their
fields, or oblige them to resort to some se
cular employment in order to procure bread
for themselves and families? And yet such
must be the action of the Board , unless our
receipts' are promptly and largely increased.
The Board can only disburse what they re
ceive, and-will--feel it to be their duty to
bring; their liabilities within their, income,
as Speedily as circumstances will ,
allow.
It shonld be remembered that we have no
collecting agents in the field, and must
therefore rely upon the pastors and churches
to take up collectioni for this cause. The
plan of Systematic Benevolence, which is
designed to supersede the 'necessity- of em
ploying pollecting agents; has worked as well,
perhaps, for the time,,as could be reasonably
expected; and it would most certainly suc
ceed, with the Divine ble,ssing, if our pas
tors and churches would universally and
zealousy co.operate in giving it effect. But
while this plan is slowly taking the place of
our former method ,of of, funds, our
treasury is being exhausted, and our, necessi
ties are too urgent for delay. We need ina
mediate relief, or we can not <meet our ac
cruing liabilities.
Having thus stated the ease, - we, now
leave the matter to the serious. and prayer
ful consider'ation of all the churches. With
you, dear brethren, rests the grave responsi
bility Of either relieving the Board; or suf
fering it, .from, the want of adequate means,
to becoine,still more embarrassed. We do
not mean to express indifference CM our part,
as to the result; far from it. We should
deeply deplore the necessity for continued
retrenchment. The liberal policy hitherto
pursued by. Vs, is,the best evidence .we can
give of our earnest, desire to extend the
boundaries of our beloved Church and, to
furnish an adequate support to our self-deny.
ing, laborious and useful missionaries.
Brethren, - what will be your response to this
urgent appeal for -aid r Shall "the right
arm of the Chu:roh" be paralyzed ? or shall
it not rather be strengthened, for the glory
of God, the extension of the Reedeemer's
kingdom; the stability and proaperity of our
'common country, and the eternal .tsalvation
of, ,many immortal souls! Will petal' these
momentous interests be affeeted
. more ~or
less, by, the practical answer you shall give?
Think—pray—act '
• G.-W. MUSGRAVE,'OOI% Seel ,
;
PUBLICATION OFFICE, GAZETTE BUILDING, FIFTH STREET, ABOVE SMITHFIELD, PITTSBURGH, PA.
Fiem oTti London , Coireniondent.
Going out of Town—The.Juvenilee at the Sea-Side
—The London Ministers', Holiday—Their Various
'Routes—Work as Well de Play at a Southern
Watering-Place—The Frightened .Puseyite , and
the ,Young Scotch , Licentiate—The, Scandalized
Practarian and the Dead Officii.—Prernature Re
port of the fall of I.DelhiDetaila of- ;Outrages
and Massacre--Deliti, past and
_present, Described
—The' Poppet Eing = General Barneird-44-
markable Paper on the Crisis .in=ilndici, by Dr.
DuP—False Pretences, Faults,: Remedies, and
Britain's Afission—Voluideer Corps and the
Americans at Calcutta—The ffilitia—The'Funds
—Union of Australian Presbyterians—The Di
vorce Bill and "Putting Away "—Visit of the
French BrOperor to the Queen.
' LONDON, August 6, 1857.
GOING OUT OF- TOWN 1 It is the watch
word ,passed ,from lip to lip all over the me
tropolis at this moment, among those classes
who are able to get away from the dust and
din of mighty' London. While , the West-.
End folk wait the rising of Parliament , for
their flight, and while the Ministers' " long
Nacation " does not begin till about the
same period, an increasing . number every
day are " going," and a' goodly company
have already " gone." Some , /tave been at
the sea-side with their children, to spend
the school holidays ,in such a way as may
invigorate the young people 'for Winter
health and studies, and are back - again,
their children once more at-their. lessons and
-their classes, casting back;, no doubt,
Wistful thoughts and remembrances to the
marine delights with vi - rhich they haie been
lately conversant.
The MINISTERS' HOLIDAY has also come.
"You are going pat this year'?"' '" Yes."
" Where are you bound for ?" Such (pies.
tions within the last few.'weeks = have been
constantly interchanged , among our cloth.
And the answers are various. One tells
that he is bound foi. Wales, to, Visit the
Menai Bridge, to wander in' the - lovely vale
of Langollen, or climb-the top , of Snowdon.
Another will soon be "off" to the lakes of
Westmoreland and Cumberland, and the, old
haunts of Wordsworth, Wilson, Southey
and 'Coleridge. A third will 'take wing •
" over the borders" and " over the hills and
far awa " to the Highlands of Scotland,
West and North; Staffa and lona are to be
„explored by him, and with reverence he is
to, tread the spot where, Pr. Samuel JOhnson
felt so impressed by the relics, and, recollec
tions of the days of St. Columba-and those
Presbyter -monks, who. held fast' the primitive
truths, the, preaching of which, _made Ire
land for a time " the island of aaints," and
the light of Western Europe.
But other brethren tell you that they are
' bound for Siitzerland- by the Rhine; that
Chamouni reposing beneath Mont Blanc,
and Geneva on the margin "Of her silver
lake, that the valleys, of the Vaudois,• shall
all be explored by them—with the gentle
shade of a Zwingle '
a Calvin,'or of one of
"those slaughtered saints " whose memory
Milton's noble sonnet embalms, walking by
his side, and talking to him of God and
Christ, and enduring faith, and - about the
vessel' of the Church, long tried and tetn
pesttossed, but sure at last to reach the
port in triumph.
Others there are, of the clerical order,
Evangelical Alliance men,, who say, "We
are going to the Conference in September;
in Berlin ;" and so they 'bide their time;
and put up with a London August, the most
trying month to the mental toiler in all the
year.
But what ateut others ?
Some, perhaps, exchange pulpits with
*country ' brother"; but that -.is rare.
Theig for-:,a London i Minister, is to
be: idle ,s• for, month, iffrpeesiklei every,
• ks'-
ii§lMin;3,9X,ll4llo Afup,c
t •
so that he may work hard, ;And (intel
lectually.) live fast all the rest , of the year.
It is not the privilege of every minister,
however, to escape work altogether, at this
period of the year. Some„thit -wield the
pen must keep it moving regUlarly ; but it
is an alleviation to write in rural quietude, or
on thi margin of the ocean. , And some, of
us, that both preach and write, continue to
preach when "out, " as well as lwrite. Still
it is light labor, comparatively, after all, and
Providence calls, and "the ti is short;"
and . sweet and• refreshing iscithat lovely
Southern watering-place on ~ the - coast, of
Dorsetshire, whither 1 go, and. d'ie tend,
for a few weeks, the flock ' 4 an- absent
brother, who is trying in thelforth to get
the funds:ifeeded for the builcling in which
the Westminster, Assembly doctrines have
already been welcomed. by,theEvangelical
laity,, who, either, reside c - -- els
where, in the Church of EI
is rampant and dominant.
A cousiu r , of, the noto
Mr. Be,nrifttk. fdrm9l'4
DOW of- -Frame, "is incur
with two curates, thoroi
their notions, is doing his
Romanising principles at
not afraid. of thelndepen ,
a great frightlest the Pre.
establish themselves. T 1
little story by way of iliw
The Winter before a
IC —, in Dersetshire, a
the. Free Church of S
been seeking health,,prevt ,
anent. He comes to Winter carters now,
where there is a Sanatorium stabliehett in
connexion ,With -the 'MetrOP itan Hospital
for Diseases of the Chest, an .14,a place on
which Sir James Clarke, th ,Queen's phy.
sician, has pronounced such; ieulogium for
its exquisite climate, as is s into make it '
famnus and 'prosperous. ' A r time the
young Scotchina,n begins to
. viire ' There
/
is a little body of Congreg tierialisbs, who ,
have , no pastor. Their cau „is ,an infant
one. Mr. M. is asked pile abbatliday, to
preach. And in his retie! tad health he
does so. There is quite
.a. 8 .nsation 1 He
continues his, prelections, an the-Evangeli
cal Episcopalian visitors, whir:tare disgusted
at the parish chiirch, hear offitirn, and begin
to repair to his ministry.. He is, just the
until for B—. The ige flock `.say,
"'Will you be, our pastor 4: He replies,
"I am , a Presbyterian. I mhstbe•ordained
by my own brethren; and , lf4 ' undertake
the, pastorate.'l must hp RtinlliA in h ave an.
elder." tilt, ; and
_r
he is ordE nal and . :
the distal ,
tonthly
meetings And' by;
comps , up D , OD al?.
eldership. )cracY!'
rebds,aga iere is, a
schism.
A nun (among
the. rest and his,
wife, at th 4 ,
oers,,,),
to a snit ?reaches
during, the „Winter,. to ,as many as ,it,can
contain:..He also ministers the, ,sacrament,
Of the Lord's Supper, and a church rector!
froni Essex,' just mentioned, and his - wife
COntntunicate with the Presbyterian, 'and
the ,Generakdoes so ; also 1 They - won't go to
the. parish, church. Mr, Bennet, ; ; the, in
cumbent, is -much disturbed and scandalized,
and' Mr. M.
,beconies quite his dread. ' 'ln
the sick '
chamber the-latter is `most useful.
In the - pulpit he preaches with unction ;and
power. In:private:life he has the refine
ment of a gentleman and nacholar. And;
so the
' people here say to
me,`" Mr. B. ' , is
afraid of
,Mr: M.; he does ' not mind the
Independents." , , - -
Well, General J. , ;'an old veteran, worn
out by long service,' sickens and dies: -His
widow'goes 'to the 'incumbent, requesting
hini to attend.' the" funeral and •read 'the
burial . service. • Then; 'asks the priestly.
maii, "Did the General take , the Sacranient
at the Scotch' Church ?" " Yes." "Ah !
then I cannot consent to read-over , hirn."
" Very well," 'replied tlie. lady, with quiet
firmness.' " rshalllethis brothers (referring
to two engineer iefficers'of rank, brothers Ao
the- deceased,) knoiv Of your refusal.", The
saintly man is in ••trouble. between his con
science and' , the- fear of man, wherewith
cometh a snare. - At - last he finds a loophole
of escape, andle earnest° , the widow and
says :' " Midame,J- feel Si:visit at , liberty
to' allow the service 'to be- read- over the.
General;, far I find that-he was-in London a
a short . time ago,-and'rebeived:the holy
Communion froni the hand of a BishOp." (l!)
Still, to >show his spite,' thureverend mum
bent conies not himself to'. the ; funeral,
but sends his curate;-who, moreover, only
reads the service at the - grave, : net taking
the body into the church 1 If he lad not
received the Sacrament lately,. from a 'Bishop,
and thus died in the Church, he would have ,
lain; in a heretical %grave. At the best, M.r.
B. thinks him a send-saldionatic. ~ Suclizis
a little illustration of,. Tractarianistn in
England. Others ;I..can furnish 'from .my
own observation at,l3—, but ' , forbear for
the present, and turn away to other themes,
hoping tn beexcused for the length of these
remarks in co,nnexion with a subject .so ,in,-,
teresting to us Londoners,, just now, "as
"going' out of town. o ,-
The report Of, the FALL pp DLaI was
premature. :It, had,its , influence on the
Stook Exchange, but it was nothinibetter
than a rumor unconfirmed, and so we wait
anxiously, for another mail, eight or ten, days
hence. Who can tell but that Delhi, at this,
season of,' the, ,year, so, trying to English
troops in, India, with, an abundant supply at
least of water,, With. stores of artillery and . -
ammunition, ;which (with stray fortifications
recently added to the , walls,) we hadAttious.
ly collected theie and placed under the care
of ,Sepoy . Regiments, alone---who can tell
but that Delhi may prove the Sebastopol of
Hindoostan,P 'Thither the mutineers from
the' whole, of 13engal,who have not retired
to their hemes," or beep arrested, have be,
taken theinselV,es. If 'Delhi fall, then, as
in a ,trap, the conspirators are taken to suffer
a terrible decimation; and, the rebellion will'
be erushe'd. If Delhi long hold out, Madras
and Bembay may rise, and then the con
quest of India must begin again.
The details of massacre, and of putrages.
worse than death preceding their death,
,
on European ladies , the dashing out of
children's brains on the earth, before the
agonized parents' l „oyes, or the throwing
up the little ones - into the air,. and 'catch
ittig, them as ,they, fell, ,on their4ei-S--
live awalteneit intense' horror in this coun
,‘ t , ' , 11 til lii'qtajlirili `.V.l'lqi till eY 1
try. The Oriental is quiet in his ordinary
bearing, bat roused, tie is a fiend in hu
man form. There were fourteen out of sev
enteen officers massacred at the mess-table,
at Allahabad. The Times anticipates and
justifies terrible retribution.
Delhi is the capital of a province which
once formed apart of the.renowned Empire
of the Great Mogul. The capital formerly
consisted of three pities, built near to each
other. Thc,first, long since destroyed, had
fifty-two gates, and formed the residence
,of
King Poins,*ho was vanquished by Alex
ander' the Great. The second' city was de
?nolislied by Shah_ 4:ehan, to ;furnish the
materials to buildthe ; city, which bears his
name. Delhi alone remains. The road be
tween it ' and Agra' that 'famous 'walk
planted by Jehin•Ghir;Jour <hundred - and
fifty, mileS haif league is
rked,lay,a,„lciad,of,,tl -rot; ; and ,at every
-ansarais for the
irof 4 thiVlllll% ,
wills of four
.granite. It is
lindpostan, and
tg the, greater
laturnedan Con
, is' more than
:e;. and about
*, seventeenth
.nted to 2,000,-
1 is ahout.l6o,-.
Ibliammedans.
Shah -invaded
, 'population' of
Pell* perished by the !word,
,and tho plun
der amounted ,to the, almost incredible sum
bf 006 OM sterling.
To connexion' with the preieet state of
affaira,it important to- observe that 'Delhi
has a fortress of about' one tale and a,half
in oirouit, with .• strong walls, o towers, and
ditches.'
The puppet, 'Segni King whom the rebels
have set up, was'a British' stipendiary, with
the large'arthual revenue of.X,150;000. He
hesitated; it:is.saidi.at first, to join theimu
tineers, and some say they have= since ,put
him to death. .It is also rumored, by last
accounts from Calcutta , that the mutineers
refuse to receive and no-operate with some
Punjabees; or revoltedSilths, who had come
over to them. -If soi-the-step is a false one
for theireinterests:.. . ,J;
The Morning
,Post giveti a brilliant ac
count.of the heroism of General Barnard and
his feW English,' in 'carrying; by sword and
bayonet; several entrenched: height's outside
fearthe force at his disposal will
be , found much:too small for .a general:,as
sault, and whether the place ,to fall, by
treachery and, discord within,'" by being
starved out,' oi'lake i n bfa-cotip de main, or
Whether ilaelsiege tolie'Taised, and , greater
Alisasters tham follow,:.are problems
AP d IW,l4.4lellgßgf.,th9; thoughts
of, tens of tlamasands.
1. I -
4.46.ll)oi3TOßlD.umbis sentlhome anielaborate
paper? - headed 4 4 ThaMutinyl ; st : Tellor/L-r,-.
its ParalleliSnis and,,itsLessons." He says
that Indian affairs are "in a' great crisis,"'
BUt - at sneha tilde; the 'sober citizens, not
less'tlan: thelldie • , -rilarmista;J need mot to be
reminded, thabit crisis is,nett a catastrophe."
He .goes, onito show. how Britieli "bas
had her crises," , during the, irjeeroyaity of
`Warren Meetings, and' the days of Ryder
'Ali Mid Tippob Seib.' 'He then gives- the
details of the•Tellore mutiny, and massacre
of Europeans in , 1806, of. ,which the alleged
pr , oste,nsible eause,,was, a.-slight change in
the dress of the troops; but ; . the real cause
Was found in the intrigue of the sons of Tin
poo Sultan, acting 'through bribes,. and
workingionMohammedan prejudices. The
same charge against the:British government,
to destroy their faith, was brought forward,
in connexion with a newly shaped turban
Men, as is trumped up, in Connexion , with a
new cartridge-now. -i Dr. Duff 'believes that
traitors at .oalcutta, and elsewherehave-been
.huay, aPd have mao,94lnPs,9f:Ae:PPgr,Se
,poy,s. The disaffected .classes, are , "the
Mohammedan Marilavis,
.and Ex : Princes,
With theiegreedyband of discontiritedsritel
lites, and-astute Brahmins, who pine under
theloskof their ,exelusiv,e monopoly of spir
itual and civil, despotism. There are "a
few , vaporing ingrates, belonging to the
party of Young Bengal,' whose delight is to
spout treason in private ; and' be eloquent for
loyalty in public.” But besides _these, the
alleged causes,` connected with law, peace,
decreased comforts, ignorance, apathy, • and
superciliousness..of native officers, " should,"
says ,Dr. D., " be!ifted.to the,bottom ", But
"nothing, : nothing shonlic be allowed to di
vert attention from tLe Original inatigators
and in bringing' then to speedy and con
dign punishment. -Tr.,e Government should
flinguawa.y, red-tapeism; -.and act boldly and
summarily' : ' ; —Roman y"-----Roman-like, in the, true dicta
tor style.
Dr. Duff gives the highest praise to Lord
Canning fortis great vigor anti'wisdom at
this crisis. He urges education of the na
tives, kindness, of officers toward the men,
(" manly frankness, courtesy, and civility the
habit and rule,"), and an ameliorated system'
of promotion, as to native' officers. Besides
this, he is not for concealment of religious
opinions, but "an honest,,hearty, and open
avowal of them? . while righteous deference
and patientlerbearance, should ever be ex
tended to theirown.",, Even-as to the ear
tridgee,for the Enfield rifle, there is tallow
in them, and therefore he blames, strongly,
Calcutta officials.
Dr:Driff concludes a powerful and heart
stirring paperity.calling on Britain to. dis
charge her mission, "is none other,
than to raise up its, teeming, myriada,out of
that 81Ongh Of Despond, in which, for thirty
centuries, t ay have been slink,"and thus
to secure', at last,`- an "India renovated by
the breath of a new and, holy life; ..India
basking irt,the• sunshine of, earth. anti heav
en's richest bleesings "
I have taken pains to give the substance
of this reinarkable paper from a retharkable
man . . Dr 'Duff strongly disapproves of the
policy of, leaving,arms,an the hands of the
people of : Oxide when it Was annexed,,con,
demned as it was by the British civil officers
there, but °Venn ledty red-taPeism at Car
outta. In the latter . oity, volunteer; bands;
for self-defence, were formed, and Ameri
'ans, to a man, had enrolled themselves.
The"Mmrrra. are about to be called 'out,.
tO :slimily the place at horne, of troops sent to
India, and to form a feedinpohool for the(
regular •army., : The• expense of the Militia
lis about 44.00,400 , 1 per annum. The waste
ttlreils 'begun'thresh. The East , Lid*,
04We 111 f14:3 041 to -t).'" • 'JI ' 111 I
Company will pay the cost, however, in the
end. Meanwhile, the collection of taxes in
Bengal and Onde is suspended
The FUNDS were lower this week than
since January, 1856, when preparations
were made for a final assault on Russia,
just ; before she gave in. The funds rallied,
soniewhat,' by an extract of a letter from
Ceylon, of July 2d, stating that Delhi had
fallen, and 7,000 Sepoys had been killed,
while our loss was considerable..
FROM VICTORIA, ATISITALTA, comes ^a
letter from the' Rev. Dr. Cairns, announcing
the union,• into one body, of the- ",Synod of
Victoria" and the tf Free Church Synod."
This is very gratifying, especially as there
was no letting.down -by the' Free-Chnrch
men, of - their own platformof principles;
Ihe:fact being, that the Scottish ,Bstablish
naent :party ,broke . of ;their connexion with
their friends at home, (in a friendly spirit,)
holder consummate the union, and 'that
on -arbasis 14110111 1 1 0 01kir
independence 'of , the Church,, , and the liber
ties of, the Chrittian people. , -, Three minis
ters of the ,Free Church party, , , however,
protested . against `the union, and have set
themselves' up as the-"`Free Church of Aus
tralia." Dr. Cairns is' riot the-Man to be
tray the ')cause . of the .Free Church; •the
quarrel seems to have arisen from obstinacy
and misunderstanding, and • he, earnestly
urges .that Dr. Candlish, Dr. Begg, oisome
ether minister, should be sent out •atq)nce
to heal this schisni, which, though small, -is
yet.unseemly and inj,urious. ,‘
The DIVORCE BILi is ''new` before the
House of Commons,. aud greatupposition. is
given to that „particular enactment, which
allows, guilty . parties. to marry ,after the ,
divorce is granted: . A lucre body of Clergy
men have petitioned against it, saying that
their nonseiene,es will be offended in being
asked to perform the marriage: ceremony be-.
tween- such _parties; and ,they. appeal:to
Christ's words, that " whosoever shall marry
her that is put away from her husband, com
mittal). adultery.' I was in the House of
Commons last =week; and heard - a 'very able
speech frotn Mr, Gladstone, on this question.
His person :is graceful; his elocution beauti
ful; his, diction classical and refined; .his
wit, not scorching like that of D'lsraeli,
(who, by-the-by, sat Uneasily while he spoke,
and loves him not.) ') •
The 'Times argues, .that the woman ,_".put
away whom iv : was forbidden to marry,
was not, an s . dujteress, :but one divor,sed,
by a wicked traditional custom - among
'the` ..Tes, called 'I , away;" (God
said, "thate putting away") - sO that, thrust
out from her:: husband's home, she was
,yet reapy,,,the man's wife„and therefornnone
other might have her. What ,do your, The
ologians say to this? If, linwe•ier, - long, fal
i'ering andiriteiminable debate can prevent
they being... Carried: .by; that undoubted
xasiority, which is at INmerstox4's i bae,k,
will be dope, Byttlie,Fcemig sixs i lte *ll
.1 ,, r •.• 4.t.
Sit as ,tp!34,..is nvessay, (no, matter now
rather iirrng
,; , ,
The E4PEno.a-9.I..FaA.NCE, AND ms
r
PRzsg are at this moment enjoying the hos
pitality 'the neen, at sborne, Isl of
Wight. It is :arvery quiet-affair- but yet
has its political significance to.Europe,,,and
,tells, Russia and, all other. powers that. Louis
Napoleon is as earnest for tile, English:al
liance as ever. - '
There is an incident stated of Rev.
Samuel Willard, one of the'_early ministers
o 1 the Old South in Boston, ad much r tO our
pupae, that the recital of it may not-be
out of "dace. -Mr- Willard. possessed an
aggreeable deliv,ery .and _harmonious ; voice,
and as a natural consequence. was generally.
admired His son-in-law, the minister of.
Eastham; oeca.sionally preiehedi for' hit%
whose.' `sermons were excellent, but much
injured by the badness of his .manner.
Having preached' on, one „,occasion„ons.,of
his best discourses to the congregation of:
his father-in-law, in his usual unhappy,
Manner, it excited" great disiailifaction.
'Several persons waited - on Mr...Willard,;and,
begged the gentleman might, notbe invited
into the ,pulpit again. To.this request_ Mr.
Willard made no reply . ' ; but he desired his:
son-in-law to lebd him the discourse, which
beingleft with him he delivered it:without.
alteration to his people a few weeks after.
,The,hearers were. delighted, and reqoasted
iceopy for the press. See, the and
said they, "between yourself and your son-
You have preached sermon ‘lop
tiv. - !-sditke text- which' lie did, but' 'his was
intolerable, azidiyours was excellent".
Ye are dead, and your life is hid with'
Christ in God; when Christ, who is our
We, shall appear, then shall ye also appear
with him in glare—there is our , -ultimate
redemption of body and spirit into the man
sion of eternity. Christ re-appears, in all;
for all the New Testament theology is but
different perspective views of the one Un
changeable object--the gilt of Jesus Christ;*
seen.in, one direction it is • pardon, mum
another it is holiness, seen in, another it is
glory. He, juitifies as Christ crucified and
risen without us; he sanctifies as Christ
crucified and risen within us; he glorifies in
virtue of both as Christ enthroned. in the
fullness of consummate power, and at
length,," subduing all things unto himself."
Feel this, and - know this, as it ought to be
felt and known, 'and Yon may leave the rest
to the Schools. These are days of harsh ,
disputings—days when Men are very bitter
to each,other for, the love of God., . : I know
not how others feel, but it seems , to me cas if
—could
. a titan once thoroughly realize to
himself the 'depth 'of this union with the
infinite purity of Christ; could-'he once
realize= the =heaven that is in
Christ,is there ;, , ,could he gaze,. not ; tu,que!i-
Aion, and.., criticize , but in humble ,adoring
joy upon the face of the risen. Jesus, and
there but. : once' behold his own "`acceptance
in the beloved;"' all diffmulties were` dis
solved in that blessed vision, everk,dbubt
would be forgotten in the : fullness f .,o i ts
glory Fix soul and spiritlsteaay i tTon the
oneness, of the Sou of Goitivith the, for
given and adopted sons of mei;and all the
littleness of proudilestless disputation will
disappear from the, view, consumed in the
blaie of that transcendent thoUghh
is made, unto ,us righieensneis, sanctiftee' ,
tione,redemptionn--Professor B u tler.
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jeeps, the Saviour,
lads attlT eihnings.
MARY who have wept upon the moutains
of Zion, have sung aloud in the valley of
,the shadow of death.—Jay.
LEAVE your character where you have
trusted your soul;.your Maker will take
care of both.—Boston.
31 - ancY.:-=Somis think 'they can not be
faithful, unless they are furious: whatever
mercy may be in _their message, there is
none in their delitrery.—.T. Thornton.
As , POOR, YET MAKING MANY RIM.—
Strange paradox, yet strictly true ! Look at
Christ, who for 'our sakes became poor, that
we,- through hie poverty, might be _rich.
Look at the fishermen of Galilee ; . how poor,
how wretched and obscure ; how wretched
and -obscure; herr, despicable among .men;
yet how rich in faiih and every Christian
grace, and how do they enrick,the world - pp
their heavenly dtictrines and holy liveil
THE ROD —The oldest son of President
EdwardS, while congratulating a friend on
having a family of 'sons, said to him, with
much earnestness: "Remember, there is
but one mode of family government. I have
brought up . and. educated fourteen boys; two I
suffered to grow up without the rod. One of
these was my , youngest brother, and the
other was Aaron Burr, my sister's only son
—both having lost their parents in their
,childhood; and from both, by observation
and experience, I tell you, sir, a maple
sugar treatment will never, answer. Beware
how you let the first act of disobedience go
unnoticed, and unless evidence of repen
tance be Manifest,' unpunished.3'
Air INCIDENT.-& singular and touching
incident oecurred.at a recent meeting of the
Bible Society, in Manchester, N. IL A
poor:woman; on her death-bed, had given a
cage, with two beautiful birds, the only
available thin(' she owned, to the Bible
Society. .The - birds had been kept by the
clergyman, and at the Anniversary Meeting
in Manchester they were brought forward,
and the interesting circumstances of the
gift, stated. They were then uncovered,
and the sudden gush of light roused them
up, so that the:little warblers burst into a
most rapturous song. The effect upon the
audience was magical, and under its influ
ence they were sold at auction. Over one
'hundred dollars, including some voluntary
'additions; were.thus secured'for the Society
.by this poor dying woman's simple bequest
,of two birds. "Two sparrows" were thus
sold for more than a "farthing."
KEEP • YoUR OWN DOOR CLEAN.--
,"John," said A. clergyman to one of his
" you , shouldbeeome ;a teetotaler—
' you have been drinking again to-day."
"Do you never .take a wee drap Ironrsel,
wired John:"Ah, but, John, you
'We ,:raniblitinetgi_atultiiiMe."
, -c*Noittin
you , tell, me how the streets of Jerusalem
; were,
,keepit sae dean " No, John, I
cannot tell you that."` Wed, sir, it was
just 'because every one keepit his own door
clean !", replied John, with an air of triumph.
sir . n
BEM
AllilyitlAGE.-If I were talking to my
own` daughter, I would entreat her never to
allow herself to dwell upon marriage as an
object of life. Dignity and delicacy sink,
',cannot say how rapidly, when once that
idea takes possession of the mind; and so
for happiness there is no more miserable
being in existence' than ,a woman, past the
excitement 'of youth, aiming to be married
for thesake of •being married. She becomes
more, and more dissatisfied and envious,
and neglectful of present duties. May you
never become what I have seen many others
solely froth the influesce of this one false,
degrading principle.
' MIL CECIL AND THE POMEGRANATE.•—
Mr. Cecil was. pacing to and fro in ,the Bo
tanic Garden, at Oxford, when he observed
aline specimen of the pomegranate almost
cutthrough: the , stem. On, asking the gar
dener the reason, he got an answer which
explained the workings of his own .bleeding
spirit. " Sir, ;this (tree ,used to shoot so
strong' that it :bore nothing but leaves. I
was, therefore, obliged to :cut it in this
mariner; and when it was almost cut through
then it began. to bear plenty of fruit." Ye
suffering members of Christ; be, thankful, for
every sorrow weakens a lust or strengthens
a grace. Though it should cut to the heart,
be thankfullor ,every sin and idol ,thrown
away. Be. thankful for whatever makes
3roprfconscience more ;tender, your thoughts
more spiritual, and , your character more con
sistent. Be thankful that it was the pruning
knife, and not- the weeding-hook, which
you felt; for if you, suffer in Christ, you
suffer with him ; and if with him you suffer,
with him you shall also reign.
NEARER :
One sweetly solemn thought
Comes to me o'er and o'er
'km nearer my home to-day
Than I've ever been before.
Nearer my father's house,
Where the many mansions be:
Nearer the great white throne;
Nearer, the jasper sea;
Nearer that bound of life
•
Where we lay our burthens down;
Nearer leaving my cross ;
Nearer wearing my crown.
„
A otrouT METHOD 'WM(' AN INFIDEL.—
Thii ChristiatandeX gives •an incident of
travel whiCh- illustrates the# value of Chris
.tian consistency in particular, on all coca
signs.
The_ writer of the anecdote was one
of several g,entlemen, among them a laleyer
arid- an 'editor of some note, who were quar
tered! for, a night in the same room, at a
gauntry tavern. Before retiring to rest, the
editor introduced a dispute on the subject
, of. religion, by evolving his disbelief in, and
aontempt for; its doctrines. He indulged
'in 'a lengthened display of his bitterness
and folly, with but an occasional reply from
the lawyer, until ; :the ; latter commaneed
,preparation for, rest, by withdrawing quietly
to his bedside and kneeling in prayer. An
instant biish fell on the scene. ' An audible
rebuke'- from heaven could scarcely, it
seemed, have interrupted the current of
-blespherny with more surprise and awe.
4ttle, was, said further but the retiring of
that company of travelers was a Season of
BReechlese eolerenity long to . !be remembered
py-ierr one Of then). ' -
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