PRES . fYTERIA'.\' '.''.,:-'"‘A),NER ' ..& .ADVOCATE
resbyterion Banner, Vol. V, Pith 51.
• resby t•rlan Advooßte, Vol. 11X, ilk 40.1
IAVID McKINNEY, Editor and Proprietor.
ERNS,-IN ADVANCE.
• • .Jiit
pottr.
I Knew Not the Way.
Through trials and dangers, in doubts- and dis-
tress,
still will press onward to full happiness.;
The Lord, he bath belp`d me, Ebenezer, I cry,
In him is my trust, onititri I rely.
its I look o'er the past. I stilt must exclaim,
itlierto heti' he helped me, oh bless ye his name I
Without him, I'd wandered and gone far astray,
T is God that bath led me, I knew not the way:
' hen 'mid darkness and sorrows I travel'd along,
ow oft' bath he cheer'd me, and made this my
song !
He's before me, he leads me, the pathway is
bright,
: sun bath arisen and vanish'd the night."
d now when I look buck, again I exclaim,
e Lord, be he,th helped me, oh bless ye his
name!
itbout him, I'd wandered and gene far astray,
is God that bath led me, I knew not the way.
hen my journey is ended, and death eemeth
nigh,
o'll bid all my doubts, all my terrors to fly;
Thy Saviour is wi It thee, to give thee his aid—
is f, thy Redetner, then be not afraid."
voioe thus shall oheer me, and I will 'exclaim,
Thou hest known me, oh Saviour, and eall'd me
by name ;
About thee, I'd wander and go far astray,
less'd Jesus, still lead me, I know not the way."
nd in heaven, at last, I shall fall at his feet;
Lint I'll be safe, in him be complete,;
11 the ways of my life, before me he place,
he way he hath led me, with joy I will trace.
oh then, as I look back, with shouts I'll exclaim,
o Thou always hath help'd me, I bless thy dear
name;
ithout thee, my Saviour, I 0 d gone far astray,
is thou that host led me, I knew not the way."
L.C.
,or the Presbyterian. Banner and Advocate
Infant Baptism,—No. 8.
We have not yet noticed a remarkable
iassage,of Scripture which the Baptist breth.
en have never yet been able to explain in
ny way conformable to their scheme. Ssysi
be Apostle Paul, "For the unbelieving
, usband is sanotified , by the wife, and the
nbelieving wife is sanctified by the hus
and : else were your children unclean ; but
ow are they h01y. , " -1 Cor, vii : 14.
In this passage the appellatives 'unclean
d holy are placed in contrast one with tho
,ther, so that the meaning of the one deter
ines the meaning of the other. The word
yanslated unclean (mum/saws) occurs
'rust 'thirty times in the New Testamiat m .
n connexion with - the history altrcon
version of Cernelius, it is three tidies used
to signify ceremonial uncleanness; but •in
o less than twenty-three other instances it
is applied to impure spirits, or devils. Ac
cording to Tertullian, the children of hea
then parents were, from their birth, devoted
to the idol gods; and were hence regarded
by the Christians as consecrated to impure
demons, and therefore unclean. And this
we apprehend is the sense in which the
word is used in the passage under consider
ation. If both parents were heathen,
the
children were reckoned among the adhe-,
rents of the heathen deities.
YELF, CHILDREN OF BELIEVERS, HOLY.
The word rendered holy (stAmos) occurs
two hundred and twenty-seven times in the
New Testament; and though often used to
express moral purity, it is very frequently .
employed to signify consecration to the Lord.
Thus, the temple and its, precincts are
styled the "holy place," (hogios topos) be
cause dedicated to the service of God.
And it is remarkable that >this is the word
which is used more frequently than any
other, to designate the members of the
Christian Church. It is employed for this
purpoie no leis than'thirty=eight times, in
be Epistles and Acts of the Apostles.
Thus how often do we meet with such
phrases as these : All the churches of the
saints (hogion); "The saints (hugiot) at
Lydda ;" "To all the saints (huiip'ois) that
are in Admits ;" "To the saints (hapois)
that are in Ephesus;" "All the saints
(11 . agioi) salute you;" "Ministering to the
saints" (hogiois); " Salute—all the saints"
(litigious). In these and a great multitude
of other places, the word is applied indis
criminate y to all members of the Christian
Church, of whatever description. Nor is
there a single instance in which the appel
lative is bestowed upon a person not belong
ing to the Church. The propriety of this
application of the term is apparent, because
all who are embraced in the visible Church, '
are externally consecrated unto the Lard.
In this sense we believe the word , is applied
to the children of believing parents. _ They
are born in the Church, belong to the Lord,
and are therefore " holy " (hogia). The
words of the Apostle in the passage tinder
discussion, may therefore be paraphrased
thus: " Otherwise your children would be
accounted adherents of the heathen idols , ;
but now they belong to the Lord as members
of his visible Church." Those who would
have the Apostle to mean, " Else were your
children illegitimate, now are they legiti.•
mate," make him to reason most absurdly;
for they represent him as proving the law
fulness of the marriage, by the legitimacy
of the children I Worse than this,' they
make him to.say that if neither parent is
believer, the children, are illegitimate I I
It is' worthy, of notice that Tertullian,
svhom our opponents, without reason, claim,
as a Baptist, in commenting on the above
passage, observei,, "that every soul is ac
counted in Adam until it is enrolled in
Christ, and till then is unclean," And this
he says is "according to the sentence of our
Lord, 6 - Unless any one is born of water,' "
&e.—De anima, c. 39.
RECAPITULATION.
Having now touched upon the principal
"arguments in Ruppert of infant baptism, it
will not be amiss to bring together the re•
sults of our examination.
1. Wo have seen the groundlessness of
the calumny that infant baptism is a relic of
Popery, and have recognized the fact' that it
was eunstantly practiced by all the' ancient
sects, even those who were most hostile to
Penne.' T Lett, turning to the early history of
the Church, we traced the baptism of infants
up to the epistol ,
ic age.
2, We examined the inspired history of
the Apostles' doings; and found that of the
eight individual baptisms they have record
ea, no fewer 'than five were attended with
the baptism of the whole family. This re
markable proportion could not have been
the result of accident.* Moreover, so far
as the record goes, the Apostles never, in a
single instance, baptized the head of a fam
ily, without admitting the whale fetidly to,
that ordinance. Facts like thee were found
irreconcileable with the supposition that the
Apostles were Baptists.
3. In designating the families they bap
tized, the Apostles uniformly made use of a
word which was commonly understood to
mean the children of a family, and was ac-
tually so understood by the Christians of
'early times.
4. The Lord Jesus, when preparing his
disciples to fulfill their great commission,
instructed them that little children or in
fants belonged to his visible Church, or
kingdom; and be so worded :his last com
mand to baptize, as to include persons of
all ages. Accordingly the Apostles, on the
day of Pentecost, when they 'fully Opened
the Gospel dispensation, in their .exhorta-
Mons to baptism, joined . 'parents and chil
dren together 'as' alike sharers in' the , pre
-
dons promise made to their fathers.
5. The Apostles regarded the Christian
Church as a simple continuation of the
Jewish, and therefore set up no new organ
ization; the, Christian Church being nothing
more
,nor less than the Jewish, purged of
its Apostate members. They also clearly
taught, that the Church is the same under
both dispensations, possessing the same re
ligion and sustaining the same relation to
God. Infant membership having been orig.
inally established by the authority Of God,
and never revoked, remained in full force
under the new dispensation. Consequently,
the right of infants must still be recognized
by admitting them to baptism. It was seen
moreover, that the principle ad - opted by our
opponents,. will' go to exclude females from
the oommunion, and'infants from salvation.
Itt conclusionove must notice• an objec
tion or two.' .
OBJECTIONS ANSWERED
.1: It is asserted by our• opponents, that
baptism, considered - in its Scriptural import,
cannot apply to infants. That ordinance,
say they, supposes that, the subject of it if a
heliever. in Christ Mas obtained remission
of sins, and been regenerated by the Holy
Spirit; none of which things-can be af
firmed with certainty of an infant. Put slo
they
,not see that this objection bears with
equal force against 'the propriety of infant
circumcision, and is, therefore; an indire4
impeachment of the .wisdain of God ? Cir
cumcision, the Apostle tells us, ;was " a seal
of the, righteousness, of,faith ;" (Rom. iv.,:
11) that it wads sign of inwafd. holiness;
‘ A iriirupaision, ;it,All 1 jkor the tlbartl';Utom
'`i e: 16) iiiif ' that ' it 'imposes - obligations of
,obediencep binding f thir:subjtiir..kito do `.'the
whole law."—TG,il.,v : 3. Let! us : ask our
good brethren, how could any- of these
things apply .to y an infant of eight days old ?
The proper answer to this question will Sat.
isfacturily explain the applicability of bap
tism to infants.
2. "Mhat good can it do to baptize an
infante" In turn I ask, what, good can it
do to baptize an adult If it be urged
that adults can comprehend the nature of
the ordinance, and the Olifigatieris they in
cur ; I reply, so can parent§ understand 'ihe
responsibilities they 'assume 'in giving up
their children to God in baptism. And so
can the children themselves in due ,season ,
be made sensible of the privilege and the
duty, arising out, of their early .dedication
to the Lord. An inspired apostle proposes
the question, "What'profit is there of Mr;
cumeision "—(Rom. iii t 1). His own an
swer is "Much every way." And this :is
our reply to those who hold up to ridicule
what they style infant sprinkling, and in
tones of defiance exclaim, " What good can
it do ?" Mucu EVERY WAY; quite as
much as infant circumcision did. To be
lieving parents who present their children
to God in baptism, that ordinance seals, con
firms, ratifies that gracious covenant in
which God promises to take a special inter
est in the welfare of the children of-his be
lieving people; to take them .to himself if
they die in infancy, or, if he spare them to
riper years, displays his readiness to bestow
on them all the blessings of salvation: -, lt
imposekcorresponding obligations upon the,
parents in regard to the religious instruc
tion of their children, who are thus, intro
duced into the schoolof Christ to be trained'
for his service. It stimulates them to the
performance of duty, by holding out the
pleasing
,expectation that through , the prom
ised blessing of God upon their labors, their
beloved offspring may be partakers of those
rich blessings of which baptism 'is a sign.
To the children themselves, so soon as they
are able to understand anything , their own
early baptism represents the mecessity of.re.;
mission of sins, of faith, repentance,:, and
sew obedience in order to eternal life, bles
sings which can be enjoyed only through
the blood of Christ, and the operation , of
his Spirit. Moreover, as they have had the
seal of the covenant placed upon them,
they are bound by pdculiarly, solemn obliga
tions, to seek for and possess the rich bles
sings held out in that covenant. Just as
circumcision formerly bound its infant -sub
jects to obey th'e law, so under the present
dispensation, baptism binds its infant sub
jects to obey the Gospel., Nor is the obli
gation weakened by, the circumstance that
they were too young to yield their assent at
the time Of baptism. It is a principle
adopted in all enlightened governments,
that children owe obedience , to laws to which
they have never given their consent; and sure
ly no one can be too young to 'be brought
under the most solemn obligationi to love,
I serve, and glorify the Lord his God.
P. S.—ln the first line of the last No.,
instead of "the ancient Corinthians," read,.
"the ancient Cerinthians."
In taking leave of the subject with which
be has so lona occupied the columns of the
Banner uneAtifocate, the writer desires
gratefully to acknowledge the almost per
feet accuracy with which his communica
tions have been printed.
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Evidences of Regeneration.
Letter Y.—The Unpardonable But.
Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for
the upright in heart.—Ps
MY DEAR FRIEND':—The promises of
God are sure.; and though his people May
' be in occasional, darkness, they shall hare
light and gladness. Their faith may be
I tried, but God is' true, 11,nd his Word can
!not fril. Now, faith is 'the substance of
things hoped for, the evidence of thin'es
not seen.--Heb. xi : 1., But if men`had;
their way, there would be no room for faith;
they would' walk all the way - to -heaven by
sight or by feeling, and give up their hope
whenever their nerves are deranged, or the
East wind blows; just as if God ehanggss
with our varying health, or•with the wind.
God changes not; and when= he begins a
work of grace; he will carry on to - its
'completion. He -will perfeet, that Which
concerneth, his ,people.—Ps. : 8.
The new creature, which is hiS own work
manahip, is immortal;:it will live for ever,.
because God will keep the renewed soul by
his own power; and the union between it
wad Christ, as it, was legally formed in the
Divine purpose from eternity, and spiritual:
ty consummated here in time, in -the execu
',ion !of that purpose, shall never be dis
solved; I say the union between Christ and
;lin people shalf never bedisloived,; the
inembers shall abide in the. Reid,. and rest
'with hitn for ever. Then let them trust in
him here, under all circumstances; in sick
ness and in health; in trial; in lite, and in
rieath. All things shall work together for
hheir good. Who shall, separate us from,
Jobe love. 'of Christ? Shall tribulation, or
iiistress, or persecution,- or famine, or naked
nesa, or peril, or sword ? Nay, in-all these
'6hings we are more than conquerors through
.aim that loved us. Far lam persuaded
that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor
principalities, nor powers; nor things present,
;nor things to come, nor height, nor depth,
!nor any
,other creature, shall' be able to
eeparate us from the love of God, - which is
in Christ Jesus our: I:ord.-1. Pet. i : 3-5;
Rom. viii : 28-39.
Yet some 'tender consciences are dis
tressed with the fear that they have com
mitted the unpardonable sin; 'and they
esk with 'deep anxiety, What isit to commit
the unpardonable sin ? or what is: that, : sin
which• shall never be forgiven ? A. few
'words on this point may not•be out of place
here. 'There is a;Bible Dictionary in your
13abbath ! School Library,, and this says;
" The sin unpardonable probably consists
In a•deep and malignant opposition to God;
In attributing the operations _ of, the Holy
l3pirit to Satan's influences; in a settled and
lixed hatred to the'teachings and_ restraints
If religion; and all this made manifest by
perseverance in, this reprobate condition.
, While there is.:reseon to - believe that many
.ow commit the. diitaltdonable sin; yet - -it is
o. tale utipa,
of likely to be chargeable on those whb are
lain - fully apprehensive that they have coin-,.
Bitted it." •See Bible Dictionary, published
ity the Presbyterian Board:
Where this sin is spoken of in Matthew,
twelfth chapter, you will see that the', ene
:hies of Christ attributed his works, to Sa
liirtie infienee. This' was a great sin, yet
It might be forgiven. In this connexion.the
Itaviourapeaks of the sin against the Holy
dlbost, which he declares shall not be for
; riven —Matt. xii 22-37. Hence it
11 , ould seem_ that this sin is ,"treating the
Illoly Ghost as the Jews treated Christ, so,
it as is possible, or as the differences of
t‘irunista.nces will allow. V As they attribu
:d the works ofChrist to Satan, so the'
e n against the Holy Ghost is attributing,
1 is works to Satanic influence ; and;thn ree
f' rn why this sin never forgiven is, because,
Holy Ghost is thus -resisted and grieved'
away, and leaves the' guilty ones to hardness `
pf heart' and blindness of mind forever
2. Cor. iv: 3,'4. It is unpardonable,
.use never repented of; no sin, truly re
p toted of is unpardonable;= and any sin nu
n pented of must for ever be unpardoned.
There the unpardonable sin is, there, is
n t repentance, for repentance is the fruit
or the Spirit, and he is grieved away by
tl e sin against the Holy Ghoet, which at
ti his works to Satanic influence, just as
tl e Jews attributed Christ's works to Satan.
If this view is correct, then this sin in
'vi Ives a .denial of the inapiration of the
Si riptures, and of all -experimental and
pt totteal religion ; and just attributes the
nole to the eevil. Besides, the Saviour
ea Is it blasphemy against the Holy Ghost,
and speaking against the Holy Ghost;
hence it is not only entertaining such send
ers nts in our hearts,but uttering them, re--
vi ing and blaspheming; Wand persevering in
th s course against light and admonitions,
and without remorse. Now, I have known
pr rfessors, of religion ,to live without the
Bible in their house; but very seldom, in
deare the , members of our churches ao
t to, propriety and to-shame- as to bias
plre.tne ' the' Holy Ghost, and attribute his
wt rks,to,"Satanie influence; and especially
no 1 those whose consciences are so tender
an I -whose lives are so exemplary as are
th ise of the ones who so eernestly , propose
th 3 question, and who are exercised with
th s fear. Far from it. Nor are anxious
inquirers after salvation likely to. be those
wl o are guilty of the unpardonable sin.
F , r they who , commit this sin never repent
of it; they are never sorry for it; their
co tsciences does not trouble them; they are
no , agitated about it ; they never feel con.
deaned ; they have. no, anxiety; they are
gi• en up of God and are lost. The Spirit,
rev isted, grieved, blasphemed, and all his
wi rks attributed to the Evil One, has taken
hi final departure; ,and there ie hence
fo ward no fear, no anxiety, and, of course,
no hope. The miserable, soul is lost for
er Ir. The fact, therefore, that one fears he
ht 4 committed this sin, and. is distressed'
at. nit it, is a very good evidence that,
he has not committed it
The mind sympathizes with the body, ,as,
wll as the body- with the mind. As men :
ta , trouble may affect the health, so a little
di rapgement 'of the physical system may
the mind with gloom; and often whatis
eiled is not religious instruction, 'so much
as a little rest, and perhaps a little raedi
ei le. Get the body right, and the mind in
h'althy action, and 'then religious' truth
mEty have Its appropriate influence, and
there,may be peace and joy ; or, if there be
! t rapture,, there may be nomposure, 'and
tli e maim. of- religious 'satisfaction ; and then
a life of piety will afford the best evidence
of a change of heart, as it will iihow that
old things are passed away, and all things
become new. Cor. v : 17.
I knew an aged minister, now gone to
his rest, who once went into the , pulpit
gloomy and dejected, oppressed with the
fear that he should be damned; ; when be,
began his sermon, his anxiety . an4 agitation
were so great as to briugbliiod from his '
i nose:-; and with, the first drop of Pitied his
' fears were' gone. His body was wrong, and
hence his mind was distressed. - ,frhe-foss of
'blodd tended to yectify his system, a.nd then
his mind was ratified. To keep bothmitsd
and body right, it becaine necessary fox: him
..
to abstain entirely froth"animal' t r eod 1 aiid' . ' l
there may be time§ wlitti partial.absti6etice;'! l
- would . be good for, others.. iii.s'-. 1 , ,0 t:
I remember, too...whona beloved Aster
,of„.,
mine broug l fit me , her open''"Bible, , -„ r e, nd.
waded to 4 knoW If 'she* had'bonafted - floie . -
unpardonable Sin'; but disease - wa ''tiblu' ll ite
~
work with' lier . brain,' a dera n g el43 " 44641--b*
systerm brought gloom upon hers irit,'oo.
lin a few short months, Ahe. was i ; heaven!. -,
I hope it may 110t.,soop be thus, itil l you l :
.„4 1'
nor with, those. pear yon, who ,pr pOtihs,,
question.:; but rest;and: medicine mayi poi,
sibly in these , eases be better ths
iv al-lim
o. •
dred letters,' or whale volumes' f fadiee.'
Try it ! '- , - • , .; ,1: .,
:But surely Ihave gone whereat (1,.(1 not
expect to.go when ;I began this letter, even
to. the grave of the early dead.' But it .is -.
good sometimes to wander.
d OnothaSAein•l't
tifullY said of those who 'ie e4Y,",fitt9i,t,'
i're likelhe lambi tbkt, the AlPiturshepherdsi ,
carry in their arms to higher taw greener
pastures, that the flocks may 101 l ' l'!-1 Itpis -
of these the spouse speaks wile' "-ishe' 2 Says,
Hy Beloied is gone'dowin : iia - garden;is'.'i v
the Church, to gather lilies —s . Song ,;Vi,: ~
•IL-3. He takes them from, the 'mbreee:of - h
earthly 'friends ; only that th may ibe
nearer"to himself; he transplan
,thein fro*L"
his garden here below to the gat t, eh "ialinici,
where they ihall flogrish for ever p and, ere e
no rude blasts shall• ever smite !rLhero. more.,!;
They= rest in his bosom—the btsourvof this .,
love. There may we rest I Ar ' ~a , ‘ - , --.
' TRUL Y {{ You4 I ,. r
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From 'our London florresimudento , 4t
The French Emperor and the Council tabli at'Oebonie
—The Danubian Principalities—Biiiiian`Dfsiglis
—French 'Policy—Crisis at CiAiiatitin"opil--- . '
France and England Fast A iliee- 2 R4c11. - Visits -
Indefinitely Postponed by the KijtylbiNaillet r and i
the _emperor of Austria,--The idelmeris' E Ffr4- 1 -- '
The Crisis Solved 'at Osborne—Tfia`WEdi'efeige
' SmitYagain, and keen PartizanSllo- , 22WINIffi - -
Revolt--The gt Cassandra" Pedtniit-ikkilin'. ) ,.,
mendadons—The S . Rdring Afercx 'o"
i C ri'act-2.gieet '.
m
ifs
of the Reboil on Comerce—Cori '
c 'ittioni-The" .
Policy of 'the Future, an to India-Petii of DR
Blomfield--His Career and CharOth944-A.'Bett'er'',;
Man—The Free Church, a Gaii 4 Factafi:."
Bright's Election, for BirminghanzLtLfte Atlantic,'
Telegiaph—Laast from Indict!l ' t ee m* , I't t
LONDON, AU 112 i. 3,.1857..
The V.rati o'a. ,l'in Fit.:a . k - 1 1 ' 6.Eltblj,"'
to whioli f;bfieflY illiii.'. D . , itV,/tirli f f -4 .
though strictly private, in its character, and. ,
Confined toi the Queen's residence and,Park, •
in the Isle of Wight, has yet had 'a decided
political significance.: ' While Louis Napo-.''
icon's would•be, aSsassins were being sera- ,
termed, after trial, in Paris--one to transpor
tation for life, and two others to fifteen years'
Imprisonment—Palmerston, the Trendier of
England, and area on, our °reignecre- ' ,
Mary, with _W alewski, the French Ambassador, ~
and another French. Minister, were gathered
around a Council Table' at Osborne Rouse.
What was , the cause of this grave cenclave's
deliberations at. which it is to be presumed
both the .Emperor andthe Queen were pips-,
end , ::Know, then,,tiat the question‘of the -
D'anubian 'Principalities was under diseuesion.
- They . are nominally render:Turkish rule; but'
the pepUlati.on; by aTargerinioritY,'lielOngs
to the dreek Church, and look to Aussie. :
with veneration. Russimstrongly advocates, . ;
the union of the -Principalities, and the
placing of a native Prince', Who would be her
creature and puppetion the throne. Some
say the French Emperor is for„. the union, .`
with 'the view of having a French.Prinmap
peinted. • England opposes .the union of the
Prineipalitiee—thns backing Auktria, 'whii
fears the re.establisliment of Russian intla-:
once on her borders; and TuikeY, which,
besides being reluctant to Modify her sover
eign rights, believes that the same encroach- •
ing policy whichied'Nialiolas to diaCtiewthe'
dismemberment of the, body of at he 'sick
man”
as soon; as he'should die, would at
tempt to - regain, by diplomacyi what was lost,.
by war.,
Louis' Napnleon; in hii policy on this mat
ter, has no notion of playing into the'hande
of Russia. This, visit to OAorne,was in
tended to prove this to our Queen and Cabi
net. His cousin, the Prince Napoleon,
whom the Emperor might wish to see on the
throne of the Principalities, is a.thorough
partizan of the English Alliance, and de
tests Russia so heartily, that he treated .the
Grand' Duke Censtantine, at the time of :his
visit to Paris,, With Considerable . disrespect,
andactnally went to Be lin''to he 'out - of his
way. Mean while,- the Ambassadors of Rus
ida, France, and§ardirda, have been trying
to coerce the' Sultan, and to overthrow the
Minietry, and Lcird Stratford's infinence and
policy. So that the , Cohference at Osborne
comes in time to prevent;great mischief,and,
we hope it will do so.. At all events, Rus
sia is told that the two' powers who carried
on the war against her, till' she was'
driven,
away from her intended prey, will not permit'
her to presume upon their division ; and that
they will still firmly oppose her aggressive
designs: ' i
Royal visits to England' are not likely to
takes wide sweep for some time to come, ,in ,
the present state-of Europe. The King:of .
Naples certainly neither desires nor dares to
Come. A very warm reception certainly
would be given the 'tyrant, and . the stern
shout of freemen in'his ears, and the 4 ‘ curses
not loud, but deep,", which would assail the
pope—blessed persecutor and oppressor, and
torturer of helpless prisoners—would make
him' prefer even a . shower-bath of . V esuvian
cinders, and a walk along the edge of the
bunting crater, to the streets of Britain's
metropolis.
,-: As to Francis Joseph, of Austria, the
.istory goes, (and I believe a true one,) that
when the Archduke was, here in it ship of
war, last year, he sounded our Ministers as
to whether a visit from his royal brother
would be acceptable and popular. After a
"due amount of diplomatie beiing, and ex
oressiens of the desirableness of the thing in ,
theabstract, the Archduke was 'politely in-.
formed that the proposal .seemed not very
-feasible. The peeple'cof:England had not
forgotten that while, during the war, Aus-
tria Stood by with folded arms, our soldiers, .
scanty in numbers, , were pourincr m out their
blood like water, a-d that she had all the
advantage ''and, "none of the suffering or the
peril. Other considerations were added, no '
But , besides these, Austria, as many
of us rewent . k)er, trod down,, by Russian aid,
both the civil and religious liberties' of flea n-'
gory; 'slid 'expelled the 'English missiona
ries and the Bible , froin the Hungarian Cap
ital;. and thrust them mit from her borders,
as if they were,thegs ipprous,and
Austrian statesmen, therefore, have not,
found a welcome r response to their soft • dal-'
lianeeslit'behalf Of'tbeir Royal Masier, end''
:the,old:Vightparty aniorii them are ,begin
;ding to turn their eyes' to-Russia, pcnitent,;
„clicc,rnov. Thuslit.is,,that despotism,, cow-,
ardly, cunning. ann selfish, Kolas
. - sway .in
- Enic4e w
and amid
tatting baydtretii,l'figni6line.orLi**4irde
rewirkozirlito t Ii?( , zihnfrrtrnif NJ tilt) Lrx. 04 fa
it;will be= a' pleat ,d isappnin trap* jAu.s- ;
tria l as well as Turkcy,to,,find that f latle t'
elections SioldaVia,agatb44l4ch`Yrince
~piettiStW VCricfift'0 7 '
Maid' 'our ) Oath &et , 155 T lEtn pCior, a
'Osborbe,theen virtually ighbred,by , Englandi . , ,
( It has been agreed tarecommendtcattr,key
that a fresh election, -perfectly free, shall If,
permitted totake.place.Probably she must.
this, bit'it 'doe's iiet t follow that
Xiiiistryld committed to'any fulteriof French
.1 t :t
Tile - SPIRIT PARTiziNsitri , 'Wilich m was
ihereelebrated dfirifida' Mad
eleine has not yet, disappearid.i ,
`RathPriet, mg,say, that there, Are,',tvro par
tiesFhp. haze ,their decided opinions, and
'who' are' takma. further measures bring
[ ' out, 'anti ' J d'il4tii bine'
:fact's; before theTworld.: “thus,iore side'
I;of Miss , Smith, , (who still reniainsinL.Seot..,.
Aand i ) l a:Solieitpr getup „,
-her case for Counsel,
,AgiottAk,
'Press, io.ye-f) rf paring 'ii. - elab t orat'e jF
col leetion
l'acti;: which go' ProVe,
..ford. oft' demonstration; that shet could .) tot
be,Li.and.) murderess. tlf;this is.
`donil, it,Fonld be i n great . - satisfaction„, cep.
t t ainly The alternative :remains, however,
thatil ifleti" lover,is * — " n •di
g ter, tier as,a, suicide'
the ilxd;
"evidence',' Sometimes
.speak of ‘disfroying; how -0
dvetifitisisaidf ;by some,-Ist klpropfith'et he
why .
way are too great cowards" to es.ecute their
threVfg!And u`
port this, out
comes an a t.
ilelef' fro& the -Pen Of' kif' Peter BiYife", the , '
isnecesahr. of Hugh ithejeditorship
Hof the Witness strongly arguing that. per
;genii who,lngcabent killin g # themselves ds r
ofttiwes,mitke - gOod their words, an'd grirs a
casein pewiiit i , from w anaPlig olireadiplaint-
AttidyibgAr bar;rstl
i n Londow: ..But -11Angdlier's,;
Memory'lciaq jtij(l,44ermiesd vindicatorsolsp,..,_
spectable "family paper,
, gives expression — to
their feelings 'and views. , TheY'ilnote' the
evidende of two ''or'three' lanilladiesinifavor
of the' young man's eleellentrmoratcharac
ter„tand.are taking means, by.examination
of his par,lier antecedents, to strengthen their,
position, that he ilia net die by his own'
The more the Puh:lih reflects on the causes,
of THE INDIAN REVOLT, the more 'fatuous.
seems 'te` ha4e'been - 'the
prerne 'Government,- as .well'aS'of the Vireo=
zors;at home. The, late ;Sir C. Napier pro
phesied the, very, calamities which have come
to pass; „ but he . was, as -he said himself,
"the 'CaStiandia EEC deiniinced
the Maintenance" . at Delhi; of k‘'a phanimn -
King, at vast expense," , ' as forming ,4 *rally
ing point round which gathered•the ,dreams
of discontented princes." With, eferelice
Europen troops, he werild havehad "twelve
thousand at Delhi, 'as - Magaiine4 there'
must be powerfully defeaded, and that great
Mohammedan' city - powerfully ' controlled."
Ile would have made it the -"grand magapine,
for supplies to all the j troopi, stationed. bp- .their'mannerisms, l of a catholic:- spirit, • - ana
tween the Upper Ganges and the UpPer, Sat- displaying a man .manly and - . healthy policy., as
ledge," end " ten` thousand rea l ist Meernt" Well piety..:. I,
(the first scene of theleberit ontbrea.k,Pftd:. ' '''' ' j ' ' •'' ' -
The Tim'es ins, one.of,thei fiercest:oppo
support.Delhi, arid to•formareserve, in case .
of 4the,Erangelical, and Non-Intrusion;
of a war, either with ,Nenaul, .or with,Gho- ./c ln t B
leb Sing. Meerut should also , be the head- ' party in Scotland, in 1813. But now it ex
quarters of the artilleri, if Delhi he 'not tracts into its columns a paragraph which
proclaims to 'the 'whole world that the PREE .
accepted." With'Delhi, filled with 'Sepoy
mutineers, murdering their'offibero, ' an d all, .eutruoiltOP SOOTLAIM IS A: GRF.A4 , ,FACT.•
Europeans they could Play their hands!:on, • ~-It i.q,P.P..YIP??.e : ~, , - , ~ 1 = -.. ~, , , .
including .women andehildren, and " T ow, . , Tur. Fass,purnion OF Scortasp,- T .Krein an, in-,
augural address, recently delivered hy:the `ltei , '.
erfally i ,defended," not for us, but against,, -",Dr '
and , " . 11leeriit, supporting Delhi" With' Dr. 4.1 .J. WOod t at' Dumfries,' it 'appears that,
i while atthe.Disruption.of the Established Church
vengeance--verily We'have played the fool, of Sbiltland in ik: there were only four hundred
and have been punished accordingly: And , and `seventy-eight ministers , wha abandoned 'Web
what is most deplorable, is, that :many of,, Seces
sion"
PrefermePt.B and emoluments, thP Free or
(1857) numbers no lees than
the, officers, perished, deceived by the protesr Church, now
to of Sepoy. loyalty. One. commanding 01°1hft h h u ri n xi d d i. r e e d d a a n n a d
e r h e t ordained ministers, and
officer, Who had ridiculed`the i suspiciens of eluding g both ''' saMetio g net Y ieh n a e r c e i s n r ' a e u g d at s ic t ff a i t s ia in- *
ethers; fonnd - Oit liemistalre ? *heti too late, ' andlhataboutone-third of the cthich-ining pope
and then blew out his-brains: ,
first year,of its, existence, the ,austentatien t fund
' That total destruction of the ; English in
lamcMited o' :6§, - 704 i' for the `Year buding May;
;India has not ,been the issue,•is only to be 3857, it hadjeached 'the imin Of ZloB i 7,§2' ' '
accounted for by the. Mere of God,. li
, ywo
lf Baiom,the rejected of Man
turned into ToOlishness the counsels of the
mutineers. gu.'U-OH
church lids. cheater, , at.. the =last =general . election, has
And '"so'
' ' so' writes ' a
sionary minister : "If the Lordhad not
been just eheeeutn, represent the borough
been on our side—we are fifty.thousand Eu- of Pirtntugham. Mr Bright ia t a vehement
ropeans to one hundred and eighty six mil- - orator, and has heed the pugnacioui apostle'
lions of heathen—why - the could swallow . d Peace.at-anyPrice dectrines, blith idand
us up quioklY." "Then, the a c _. 4 h dis' t
p our , out of the•house: Agai-and egad,' in'the
troops to' drin6,, al3 we thought, but to' In-: , last tParliam6nti: did he . protest against Abu
dia i as Providence intended; is another it=,,,.war, With,Auesia, and wash his, hands.o,the,
`bloodshed thereby incurred,. IsTow that his'
lustration, of the, ways of Him: who in wrath,
health is somewhat restored, and 'his two
remeinhers mercy.
~. -
The effect of the revolt on commerce 'Yeirs prescribed "I*e' be4ne aheeht`uP," he
For som e . gi ne sends'ivord to the , Birmingham'peoplithat,
has been age ' dieciissed.
while, he thinks India; has 'been misman
past'about'X,l2,ooo,ooo-of expert& have an- .
nually gone to India; 'of which more than .age4s he. isfcl•,...t4 insurrection being put
as asterdnecessity.
He sayanothing against the continued 'had.'
onelialf were delivered at.P,aleutia, for the . dowP'hY,, , milit4FY:fer,Fe , ,.
aupply
,of Bengal; and the Nortii-Westerri
of . the midland counties . and thTimes in=
provinces. The,rediatiOn. a this, even by ' r u fa.°6i °Pliearicthi ef 'wai' i lti l'
a half; would he eeniibly felt.' But 'even -
dicatinglhat.he,, wiltribe: wanted•,next , , year
such a result" would , not be wholly uncom
pensated. Heretofore, to an enormous ex- in Parliament, to, support ; the, now ..Reform
elected. He Will
tent, specie has been, demanded for Indian Bill„ , he, is unanimouslynot take his seat till iiiiieSpring. ' Ins Weil'
produce, instead of English vends, the re
sult is, that there ha
s been a.. alarming and earnest and honest ) -1
....• , in a free 'country to have all 'clasteslrepreli
most injurious drain of 'sonic seven.or eight seeted.;' ' Mr. Brightie
But; his school is a, t ooldhloodel,i,eiie, I,oilitli ci ,i
millions annually, of the 'precious` metal.
rian to the, core, : , and has no,syrnpathywith
This drain will cerise, at leas; in part. Add .
Evangelism Whatever.
t fo ° rf t e h it i r s ire w o h rth i c e n no t r i m ee e d us in and uaY ext la ra S tvag t a h n e t THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAM—At abed.-
salaries paid to native princes, who have quiet at `Valeritia, in Kerry, inaugurating` -
been plotting against us. This- sum would the undertaking, the Irish Lord . Lieuten
a
n
t
pay the interest of a loan of eight or nine • i (pane welPicnown in America hs:Lorkt Mefr
.millions sterling. , What, has been; done to ; f ;; peth, now the :Earl AA Carlislei)ispeke. with
send eUt troomis extraordinary., Takingiii L great,power and heal4tYo9 l fk,wAth l an intense„
,the past andiutFe of, this )ear :thirty then= . kindliness t of ,feeling toward the United
sand British troops will he in'. India liiNia:"' Stites: A, Ilmiai - lighO'p il ' i a l' o _,'' s ' u l pT io`i
',' veniber.- ' Thirty militia regiments ilia tci..lfew to 'iiis'filloWs iehlraiiiible'l 3 febiliglsb e e is
raised in England immediately. The Times -in genius—poured forth an oration full of
has a very striking article on this `subject,
as well as on the future of English policy in,
ludia. Life and ,treasure are :not to . : be
wasted for uothioT • reforms in India, must,
be prompt;. " nests of
,Mobarn medan in
trigue " must be put; down, and seCuxity
tained.
As to the .rule of the ,East.l.lndia Com
pany, its days seem to be: numbered. It, is
difficult, however, to perceive
,how a Min
ister for India :could ant" fron: Downing
,;S treet; any better than' the . 01;6104 'orlDi
reetordat Leaden-hill St reetitiend on'„ The
be a Governor General arid
prune council at Cirloutta., is also eer y
tain' that Engifili trooPs, alone cannot-A.l7i-,
sonlodia: Colonel
F S'ykes""hclieviii the Se
pot's Piney yet .be foundivorthy 'Of Cthificlence.
Thds:the. English troops Will becoine,a,naili
larydiP9Ageinei well as. a .permanent, and:
trusimtl9l,44,l,6,thdo2.l.4*.eni c avenartattit •
VaPlDg4TguAlr
Septorriber i last ;rem, the Bishopric.
)bf Voriden, naturallY indirees 'a notice of
( his career { and'eharanejr:' tie was the Son
of aisiihoblm'aster Bury St.lEdnionds, was'
e l en t :to" .Cambridgel in i isoq, and'there dis
' tinguished I himself ispeedilu as an -eminent
'classical scholar ) es, ,mathematician.
'I tn
le'beeae a Fellow of his College. He
,after'wards' i(a"O'rders,_ London
rector, land lnany"otber posts of in
fluence; and'emolunient.` , In 1824. he 'be
-6arqß 44(1P sf,c l / 9 P4rri qad ini 1 . 87 48 8ic,12.9P.
bf London. proved imself a good
IJI
con raversiun i st in answer to yharles.putler a
worlfin
lectnrei' ton'Tthe ' , Aeti3'. 3 'of.; the I Apostles,
charges and sermons. 't He, also took alprom-•
-inent,part in,,the agitation for, the better pb
:serhne,e of ; the Lord"s_ day, and '4hot, I
.would say, was the'ffiost`heriorable, part Of
pis` history:" -41 i Was especially aettire,
well , as liberal, i nne x ion ' with; and eV' tile
lead: 0f, , ,j, a movement for %building , new.
bhurches., But -in., the, distribution, of his.
Galanme, he was not friendly to .the B'van
geliCal paAY';a'xia thus Churchmen`
or Tiactirians offitinies F obtained' the' `new''
incumbencies,, and Were• reither. , 'lrs'eless-'or
ackely mischievous, iWhen; : the:3, Tracts
Yor I ,oe s r were,.published, , his ; policy
mos a trimming,,,onei, like that
i of almost
,every Bishop ' Never did ,
prove l 're
cokilley,) its incapability more''
l ankingly. thanlin-that 'great crisis: :`
9f 1 1 40,44.0 1 1) ;On denEgfed ) .bute lit was'
Iw4 f resnrve i ,, ,il AposttcOucccssion,,,be Aid,
( not ignore i nay, e went se .'far as to
the ' wearing'; white ,
r
'ofiThithes -1 in' the 'pulpit, in
stead of the usual.black)gowfilk and on thaf
point, the Islington clergy, nobly resisted mid i
',defeited 'Afterwards' he acted out his
case of' &nig' at
liniglitsbridge;andiesanetioning (ornotElee-t+
ing-44aosses,b,Ste.,, itC,the new ckurehy whletr,.
ePPs Pep Led. jt• ,1 4...4P 8 9P4.1 credit,.
1401 T 634,9 f 4 Piegrftlf4f 4 (tritr il h'
ter of 'SE: 112argaret'ii„ Westin]. ter', Who eld,
his White preaching Itoman" doctrine,
until , the BiehoN - by 'a stie. iii ith r e - Ebelesisi.
400 ("mirth, expelled htin
The., Oakley jrnit -mentioned,,
" Father C,s ,' akley, of ;: * St 7 , John's ,Popis,h
churah, Islington, the'acciedited missionary,
.of Cardinal' Viiemitn, 'whore, - ere'
have seen:at Mom:field's Cathedral, Bolding
a. holy, candle in his hand, during Rey:dein
Mass for the slain.Rorartnists in the Crimea I.
Thus "evil, men and Seducers wax worse, and
worse, :deeeivink and being deceived."
, The'Biehop Ofliondori'dissented'irOni the .
decision .of the Gorham , ease, as+ he. believed
thaty naptizmallegeneration was.. not an open
question, and thatthe Church's formularies,
taught ip, , as inquestion.ably,they do. He
was it strange compound; much of EI
despot; :bill 'yet having Evangelical
Fhic iv increased ran d deepened; I- trust and
believe, yup ,till; his dying day. .
We have now trot a true Protestant and, a'
consistent man in his room, not formally
With'the' Evanbelieals, free from
Philadelphia, 111- South ••• Tenth Street, below Chestat
r , t
Ey Keil, or at the Office, $1.50 p - rtea E PROSPECTUS,
Delivered 'in the City, 1.75 ". S. ,
WHOLE NO. 459
poetry and. enthusiasm r >oinsing withal' 211 -
- slow tolthe telegraph wire uprising not over
the troubled and ever restless bosom of the
,oce,ap3'htttlhrteigh" the ofilhi n
'add unruffled
der 44; all!' . :trariNtiility trettee,
thence indicatin g its grander use °ce
e Rtin in hallowed brotherhood two mighty
natjops,
; But shall it succeed ? The latest news
is, :thatyesterdar moroingT—st.thegimerthe
couguetio,g vessels er" . pphably fonr-tump
'`fired Miles from theinsb. shore,the 'eine=
(Muni:cation with the'stiore,'preViobely irides
,cant, had suddenly &Mal This is very
-that-the ikperirdent
,sedmsivery doubtfulda itsiesults. , May our
apprehensions, prove innfoueded
And now for THE LATEST NEWS. PROM ,
TEMA, just received by telegraph, It is
follows ti0i41,*,12013.(6f • • '
n been, f tqadn,, but had been repulsed with
~ great slaughter.. : The city was said to
full of wounded and choler/1.10 pre
vail. The insurgents had attempted to op
pose the march of t i rhafi' 'from the North-
We's% and bad 'been 'defeated tWo"en
gagements. There were ahout'six thousand.
British troops'and five thousand trnity-ma
tive troops before Delhi. The first of•the
intercepted, regiment's, ,their way to
China, ,had, landed at Calcutta. At
.that
'place the 'native balhdis were hopeful. The "
,;mutiny, however, had appeared in nine fresh
places in Bengal, it is feared with disaster
to Europeans, awelsewhirig.
The Bombay and .Madras. armies are °be
' dieut and loyal, Troops will probably be
sent, at once, across, the Isthmus of Suez,
:to meet steamers -troin Bombay,' and 'five
regiments will probably go from the Cape
of Good -Hanel to India:' The crisis is a
grave one. The .next mail will be intensely
longed for, The
,hand of God is upon us,
in chastisement, and he calls us to repent
and consider. • " L W.
'47 . 4 - 0 . .,•::: . ,4k: - 0: - ,it,,i - i*';. f . .
, :, , A.-c,up,911 Cupri Virxrzi."—lrk, one of
„the inter or, provinces of tlier i e is said
to be a Mail, whd, every morning goes to' a
"ilisUr'itiibuih'ilanding by the riciadsfile, and
filling it with "wateii , lawns to' his daily
= 'duties. The way. call
and slake their thiist- 7 he, ,n,everi knows
;whom he blesses, andttm . never know their
benefactor. HeAsoptieficitAit some wary
Pilgrims are refreshed by his ,kin'dness,.;brit
who matters They
i peVer'retnrii to reward him personally, but
his >reward is the coneloneness of having done J
a generous:Act. I = .1t ' '• ' ;=.
Iti
,1; A OF . HEAVEN.":)
ko whift , 4oheafttingsB, 4trengiti arid 4ileasare
didltheilprimitive,Christiaos reap, from the
unity, of i their.heeEts in, the way and . wor
'Alp of God! Next to the deligf, , t of inane
diate communion with God hiinself,"there is
none'like' that 'Which froni" the har
,monioneexereises of the irace otthe saints
in their mutual duties - and,communion with
' I one another. ' l ll6**iiii their spirits delight
,
',
'ed'and refreshed brit ! What a lively em
‘,blem,. is there of ,heaven i The courts of
princes afford no such delights.--Flavel3
qoCtEr ADVICE . •
-In =reading authors,, when you find -
Bright passages that strike your mind„ , ,
.And Which, perhaPir you map have reason
To think of at andther season,
`Be not contentea)viith the sight;
'ButAakellient down in black and white;
'BusitiarPsPPsh is.wisely
Tonythe aLipther's sense
,one's own.
~Tn Conversation, when poi meet
With persons cheerful and discreet,
xE. `lhat, t §peak
ThikO l fielitons'lr eublinie;
Observe , whai passes, and- anon, ' ,
When. you come home, think thereupon;
Write Filet occurs, forget it not--
A good thing save s a good thing got.
EXERCISES IN i THE CATECHISM.—The
'the
of these is, that they secure
the 49etrin0 instruction of the yonng. And
forltiis theg is—tliere can be—no aubsti
tuti."2 Religious histoti is good, and the
precepts Lot-religion are good, and general
religions ( knowledge , is good; but doctrine is
hot only ~gooft, but it is ,better—nay, best.
Doctrine is substance of history, of pre
hept,-iik teligiohe kno wledge. Children
brOuglitlup on sound doctrine are of more
nature and vigorous growth, better, able to
comprehend the preaching of the Word, and
thus =in a7poiltien :more ...-favorable to salva
tion. „And,mhen regenerated, they are far
-more l kely . to ,continue steadfast in the
faith; to adorh their calling.
A,Gr i gurricer , Silit4A- 7 --Would you know
itohut i I nap doing , I .see God; I see him
as 'he is, n ot through a glass darkly,'lmt
face* fade and the eight 'is transforming;
it like'' him Itm in the-tweet
employment of ,my blessed Redeemer, my
'Llleffilf and : Husband, whom my soul loved,
ana l for whose sake I was willing to part
with tll., - I am here bathing myself at the
springsthed"Of heavenly pleasures and joys
innumerable; in therefore weep not for me.
''l OILY here keeping a perpetual Sabbath;
what thst is, judge,by your short Sabbaths.
I am here singing hallelujahs incessantly to
him who sits upon . the_throrr, and rest not
.daY015 , 4 1 3 / ) t I . l° m ,P r #4ls,
_Henry,
_ Ortakiz ifOT have been into
,the studio of :a {painter. had an unfin
,isbedo)ptchi'ilr hvid., Did I judge of his
merits as an artist by that unfinished sketch
No. have done so would have bent
Nate' jazifaii; 'arid he might properly have
Wit I did him injustice.
-" Wait " :he would 'have said "till the piece
is ,emppleted, till I have exammted upon it
1111 7 ,my skill—till it. has received the last
'touches of my peaoil." / '
s Thiel God calls' na relatlve to his works
r ; .---•" to judge ' nothing. before the time."
And yet we act. very differently. We pass
s entence up,on his proceedings while yet they
`are in a state of progression. Wait, till
`his designs are accomplished. Wait till his'
plans are fully executed. Wait till 'the
~,, ,p eitod- s of the restitution of all
Wait' : till GO& Vas done;' till the Drab `'
. hlll
ne v
mr has finished; and' theri - thit`trodue-
Of Maid: iviadoni mid:benevolence will
speak for itself.,-Religiess Herald.
MEM