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p re .byteriatt Banner. Vol. VI, No. A.
Presbyterian Advocate, Vol. XIX,
DAVID McKINNEY, Editor and Proprietor.
TERMS.-IN ADVANCE.
Original gettrg.
Parental Prayer.
Kind Shepherd of the people, take
Our children in thy arnie,
- Protect them from all evil snares,
And guard them from all harms.
We pray thee, bless our little flack,
Guide thou their infant feet;
And never let them wander where
Bold sinners love to meet.
These tender flay/rats ! let them be
As plants, whose fragrant breath
Shall rise like incense to thy throne,
And form a heavenly wreath.
Let grace from heaven, like dew, descend
Upon these blossoms fair,
And no sad blight befall these buds
Of promise, 'neath thy care.
Oh may their youthful days be given
To Jesus, their dear friend;
And early let their lisping prayers,
In accents soft, ascend ;
For infant hands, in rev'renoe claep'd—
Sweet voice of childhood's prayer,
Come gently to thy throne, oh God,
And find acceptance there.
'Midst all the pomp and pride of earth,
'Mid dangerous snares of life;
'Midst tempter's wiles, 'mid hard'ning scenes,
Through all the world's great strife—
Preserve them safe, their hearts still fresh,
Still pure from earthly dross;
Still marching on, and bearing high•
The standard of the Cross.
We now commit them, Lord, to thee;
Oh bless them with thy love;
That they may honor thee on earth,
And dwell with thee above.
Thus safely guide them in the road
That leads to Canaan fair ;
And when they reach thy blest abode,
Oh ! may they find us there.
For the Presbyterian Banner and Advocate. . •
Evidences of Regeneration.
Letter VIL—A Letter Answered.
Then they that feared the Lord apake often one
to another.—Mal. iii: 16,
THE LETTER.
"Rev. and Dear Sir :—I have received
our letters with pleasure, and I hope I may,
II yr the blessing of God, derive much good
vroni them. As you desired me to write in
egard to my views and feelings of Divine
things : I can not write with that certainty
in regard to my future state as I wish to
feel. I cannot say, as I heard some say,
that
1 — I can rend my title clear
To mansions in the skies.'
But my views on the subject are different
from what they ones were. At times I
think I can say Christ is precious to my
soul; again I am clouded in doubts and
fears and unbelief, and then I aniconstrain
ed to think that I have never felt the renew
ing and sanctifying power of the Spirit
within me. I often feel to exclaim,
"Tis a point I long to know,
Oft it causes anxious thought;
Do I love the Lord or no'?
Am I his, or am I not?'
" I know and feel that I am a sinner, the
chief of sinners; and I know and feel that
Christ alone can save the guilty, wretched
sinner; but the unbelief and doubts that
arise ! Truly the heart is deceitful above
all things and desperately wicked!
If I love why am I thus ?
Why this dull and lifeless frame?'
Pray for roe, that I may be created anew,
and he'kept by the power of God through
faith unto salvation. Please write as often
as convenient."
TAE ANSWER
.31.9 Dear Friend : —Yours is just re-
ceived. You complain of doubts and fears,
and unbelief. Did you ever see a living
child that did not cry ? It is well to be cau
tious; but not the most confident are the
most safe. Some who have spoken with
confidence and certainty in regard to 'their
hopes and prospects, have afterwards given
fearful evidence that they were deceived.
They read their "title clear," as they
thought, when they had no title at all. So
the stony ground hearers seem to have been
very certain and confident, receiving the
word with joy; and yet they endured but
for a time. A hope that endures is better
than a confidence that deserts and deceives.
—Mutt. xiii. : 1-23 ; Mal. iii: 16-18.
One has quaintly said, a "hope so" that
you eat' keep, is better than a "know so"
that you can lose. Weak faith unites the
soul to Christ as certainly and as surely as
strong faith. Full assurance is not the at
tainment of all. But for this we may seek,
'n the use of means and in the discharge of
-duty ; end we have the promise, Then shtdl
we ls now, if we follow on to know the Lord.
—Hoses. vi: 3. God promises to save all
who believe in his Son; if we believe, then
we may be assured of our salvation; but
the evidence of our faith is to be sought in
the purification of our hearts; in our pro
gressive sanctification; and hence our as
surance may be in proportion to the clear
ness of this evidence. That every convert
must have an immediate evidence of his
acceptance, and yet may fall away and per
ish, is grossly inconsistent; for, according
to this latter view, there can be no assurance
of salvation at all. Remember, Godinvites
sinners to come to him, and promises to re
ceive and save. Jesus will in no wise east
out them that come to him. Hence, if we
do believe, if we truly come to Christ and
trust in him, we may be assured of our sal
vation ; if we believe and are justified, we
are saved—we have eternal life. But the
evidence that we do believe, and hence are
justified—the evidence of our justification—
is to be sought iu our progressive sanctifica
tion. According to the clearness of this
evidence, will be our assurance. Hence
the need of watchfulness, and prayer, and
diligence to attain this assurance, as Paul to
the Ilvbrews—We desire that every one of
you do show the same diligence to the full
assurance of hope unto the end; that ye be
not slothful, but followers of those who
through faith and patience inherit the
promises.--lieb vi : 9-2. See also 2. Pet.
is
11.01 Petri to know something of your own
heart. You know you are a sinner. You
feel your need of Christ. But your sense of
unworthiness should not keep you from
Christ, but lead you to him. He is
able and willing to save you, and to
save you now; he is just the Sa
viour you need; confide in him, love and
serve him, and he will be your Saviour, and
enable you to say, I know that my Redeemer
: 25. Look away from
yourself to Jesus Christ, and cast yourself,
with all your guilt and burdens, upon him,
and you shall find him a present and a faith
ful Saviour.
It may be you will find some satisfaction
in reading of the evidences of regeneration ;
and I am glad, for your sake, that we are
soon to enter upon the consideration of them.
May you find them all in your own heart
and life. Read the whole of that precious
Hymn from which you quote, 287, and also
164; and read, again, the letter of Dr.
Scott, in my preceding letter, " on the
knowledge of pardon, and the witness of the
Spirit;" and be earnest in prayer and dili
gent in duty, and patient in trial
" Plain duty is seldom satisfactory to men ;
never so, in the highest sense, unless they
are taught by the Spirit. The Word of God
is, believe, and thou shalt be saved—come
unto me, and I will give you rest. But men
want an evidence of their acceptance before
they believe; instead of taking God at his
word, and confiding in what he has said,
they want an assurance of forgiveness and a
sense of pardon before they embrace Christ.
This they can not have. True, they may
persuade themselves they are forgiven, and
Satan may whisper peace to their souls; but
the only way of true peace is by faith in
jesus Christ. They who believe are justi
fied, and have peace with God.—Rom. v : 1.
Let the sinner trust in Christ and rely on
him, and he is safe. This is what he is to
do, and not be looking in his own heart for
an evidence of his acceptance. God's Word
declares that every believer shall be accept
ed—let that Word be trusted. Jesus Christ
has said, Him that coweth'to me, I will in
no wise cast out; let the sinner come. God
has promised to receive, and forgive, and
save those who embrace his Son by faith.
He is faithful; his Word can not fail.•
Here is the foundation of our hope—a foun
dation for the full assurance of hope, for
strong consolation. God can not lie; be
has confirmed his Word by his oath. Let
Christ be embraced, and then we may be
assured of our salvation; for God will not,
suffer them to perish who believe on his
Son. His Word is an evidence which can
not deceive—faithful and true. Your duty
is, not to be looking •in your own heart, or
in your feeling§ and exercises, for an evi
dence of your acceptance, but to receive
Jesus Christ and rest on him, and then you
have God's OWN, Word that you shall be ac
cepted and saved. That Word can not fail.
Then rest on his testimony—not on your
feelings, bat on God's own Word;.and let this
be seen, in your life; let your progressive
sanctification give evidence, to, yourself and
to the world, of your justification 'by faith
in Jesus Christ. Come to Christ now; be
lieve on him.; rely •upon him; and live to
his glory; and thus make your calling and
election sure—sure to yourself and sure to
others.—Heb. vi : 11,-20; 2. Pet. i : 10,
11." If you truly believe, you shall be
saved; and hence maybe assured of your
salvation; but the evidence of your faith, as
well as the evidence of your regeneration, is
te'be sought in your life. By their fruits
ye shall know them. And to these eviden
ces we shall now attend; but, for the pres
ent, adieu.—Matt. vii : 15-20.
YOURS, TRULY.
lIEM
The annual report of the London Mis
sionary Society contains a.letter from the
Rev. W. Howe, who says :—" I have lately
been occupied in comparing the number of
persons in church-fellowship before the es
tablishment of the French protectorate, at
the period when it has been fully established,
and at the present time—and the result has
been most gratifying to my own mind. At
the first period, 1842, there were about
1680 church members, on Tahiti and Eimeo.
In the second, 1851, when the, two islands
were supplied by three English missionaries,
and the native students in the Seminary,
the number of church• members reported
was upwards of 1600, which was probably
somewhat more than that of 1842: Soon
after that period, the districts were
entirely supplied by native pastors only, with
one exception; and there are at the present
time upwards of 1600 members in the two
islands and many are now seeking admis
sion. It must also be borne in mind, that
during the period from 185 . 1 to the present
time, the population of the two islands has
been 'reduced by epidemic disease and re
movals, at least 1000, a large proportion
of whom were church members from mid
dle to old age, so that the present number
is a proportion of communicants to the pop
ulation greater than it has ever been."
A Christian is one who has a relation to
Christ; not a professed, but a read relation;
not a nominal, but vital relation; yes, a
very peculiar and pre-eminent relation,
rising above every other that can be men
tioned; spiritual in its nature, and never
ending in its duration, and deriving the
possession and continuance of every enjoy
ment from Christ. Beware of a Chris
tianity without Christ. It is a stream with
out a fountain, a branch without a living
root, a body without a soul. In Christ
dwells all the fullness-of the. Godhead bod
ily. "And ye are complete in him who is
the head of all principality, and power."
It is from him alone that strength can by
derived to subdue the corruptions of our
nature. Faith in the great Head of the
Church engages the assistance of the Holy
Spirit en behalf of believers, without whose
special influence it is impossible for the
soul to do anything effectually in point of
duty, or to oppose any sin with success.
HUMILITY.—Mon from deep places can
see the stars at noonday; and in the utter
depths of her seltabasement, she (the Syro-
Phcenician woman) catches the whole blessed
mystery of heaven : like St. Paul's Chris
tian, in having nothing, she possesses all
things." No humility is perfect and pro
portioned, but that which makes us hate our
ourselves as corrupt, but respect ourselves as
immortal; the humility that kneels in the
dust, but gazes on, the skies.—Arcl!er But
ler.
"ONE THING IS NEEDFUL:" "ONE THING HAVE I DESIRED OF THE LORD:" "THIS ONE THING I DO."
Tahiti.
Relation to Christ.
PUBLICATION OFFICE, GAZETTE BUILDING, FIFTH STREET, ABOVE SMITHFIELD, PITTSBURGH, PA.
FOR THE WEEK. ENDING SAtURDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1857.
From our London Correspondent
Anxiety—toss of Lfte—Rebel Proc.
lamation—Suumary of Position of "affairs—The
Activity of the Cabinet—The Queen and the
Sogi:rers—City Subscription—Prayer for India
—American Mission Station Destroyed—Revolt
not Caused :hy Missioni—Traried Boidence—
Church Missionary Society—Supposed letter of
Dr. Duff; as an " Old Indiun"—The True
Claret of the Conspiracy—The Brahmin and the
Bengalee Editor—The "Times" on the right side—
Satan and his Instruments—England's Chastise
ment Oaf 's Advice—British Valor against
_fearful odds—French Admiration—Christianity
and Heroism in India—China and Lord Elgin—
The American Pirate and his Trial—Australia.
and Presbyterianism—Articles of Union of
Synods— The Secessio'n and Scotch Defiutdtion
—British. Wesleyan. COnPrince—Building and
College Funds and Schooli—American Deputa
tion—Doctor :Bunting—Ordination . and Tobacco
.ti.nother Union—Macaulay and the Peerage. —
LONDON; September 4, 1857.
INDIAN AFFAIRS continue unceasingly
to absorb public attention. Every mail
adds to the intense anxiety that prevails,
besides bringing agony to mothers called to
weep over sons slaughtered by the muti
neers; or, it may be, daughters, from whom
not long since they parted in , their purity
and beauty, who have first suffered the most
frightful indignities, and then been out in
pieces. Besides the loss of three general
officers, Barnard, by cholera, and Wheeler
and Lawrence in fight, every day that the
army continues before Delhi, precious lives
are lost. In the battle at', Agra, a goodly
number of officers and civilians fell. But
the number slaughtered by the IViahratta
Chief, Nena Sahib, after the surrender of
Cawnpore, (after the death of Wheeler, and
the most solemn assurances of safety,)
amounts to hundreds of men, women and
children. Allowed to embark in boats, ar
tillery Was directed on them. Some at
tempting to escape to the other side of the
river, found themselves in the hands of re
morseless enemies, who speedily destroyed
them. Harrowing tales are also told of the
total extinction of British life at the fort of
Jhansi, which was unable to hold out against
the mutineers. •
At Delhi, our troops beheld'a large force,
of mutineers coming from a distance, march
ing into the city, without the possibility of
doing aught to arrest their progress. The
following is a translation of a proclamation
issued by the rebels. Its mischievous ten
dency will be sufficiently apparent. Mus
sulmen and Hiodoos, leagued together in
their common hatred :of the "infidel" Eng,
lish, make a combined and deadly onset,
and seek to extirpate the very name of
Christianity from the• land.•
ISSITEGIENT PROCLAMATION.—The following is
a correct translation of the proclamation issued
at Delhi by the insurgents :
" To all' .71indoos and Mussulmans, Citizens a nd
Servants of Hincroostcin, the Of of the Army
now at Delhi and Meerut send Greeting.
" It is well known that in these days all the
English have entertained these evil%cleaigns—
first to destroy the religion of the whole Hindoos
tarsi army,, and then to make the people, by com•
pulsion, Christians. Therefore we, solely on ac
count of our religion, have combined with the
people, and have not spared alive one infidel, and
have re established the Delhi dynasty on these
terms, and thus act in obedience to order, and re=
ceive double pay. Hundreds of guns suite large
amount of treasure have fallen into our hands ;
therefore it is fitting that whoever of the soldiers
and people dislike turning Christians should unite
with one heart, and, acting, courageously, not
ledie the seed of these infidels remaining. For
ariy quantity of supplies delivered to the army,
the owners are to take the receipt of the officers ;
and they' will receive double payment front the
Imperial Government. Whoever shall, in these
times, exhibit cowardice, or credulously believe
the promises of those impostors, the English,
shall very shortly be put to shame for such a
deed ; and, rubbing the hands of sorrow, shall
receive for their fidelity the reward the ruler of
Lucknow got It is further necessary that all
Hindoos and
.Mussulmans unite in this struggle,
and, following the instructions of some respecta
ble people, keep themselves secure, so that good
order may be maintained, the poorer classes kept
contented; and they themselves be exalted to
rank and dignity ; also, that all, so far as it is
possible, copy this proolamation, and dispatch it
every where, that all true Hindoos and Mussul
mans may be alive and watchful, and fix it in
some conspicuous place, (but prudently to avoid
detection,) and strike a blow with a sword before
giving circulation to it. The first pay of the sol
diers at Delhi will be 30r. per month for a trooper,
and 10r. a foot man. Nearly one hundred thou
sand men are 'ready, and there are thirteen flags
of .the English regiments, and about fourteen
standards from different parts, now raised aloft
for our religion, for God, and the conqueror, and
it 'is the intention of Cawnpore to root out this
seed of the devil. This is what the army here
wish."
"This document," says a writer from India,
"has not appeared here in print, nor would it be
prudent at present to make it generally known in
India. The allusion to the impending outbreak
at Camnpore is a demonstration of organization
and concert on the part of the mutineers."
General Havelock, (a fine specimen of a .
Christian officer,) after three brilliant vic
tories,over the monster Nena Sahib, had re
captured Cawnpore. The armies of Madras
and Bombay still remained true to England.
The following is a clear and succinct ac
count of the position ••of affairs as respects.
Bengal, from the London Daily Telegraph:
In addition to the Madras and Bombay Presi
dencies, and the extensive country of Sinai,
which have been altogether undisturbed, we are
now free from danger throughout Bengal proper.
Every Sepoy battalion in that province has been
disbanded or disarmed—that is to say, the whole
delta of the Ganges, and the lower parts of the
Burhamputer basin, comprising a hundred thou
sand square miles of territory, and twenty-six
millions of population, have been rescued from
the mutineers, who hold not a single inch of
ground in all that valuable territory. In the
upper country we find the civil government su
preme in the Punjaub, although in certain dis
tricts the Sep'oys had broken out. So much for
the account on one side. But on the other hand,-
every province of Northern Hindoostan and Cen
tral India is a theatre of military rebellion ; and
these, as will be seen by a glance at tha .map,
fill up the immense area between the rivers
Soane and Gogra, the Himalaya Mountains, the
Sutlej, the Western Deserts, and the Nerbudda
—three hundred and fifty thousand square miles
of land, inhabited by sixty millions of people.
Within these limits we have only the ground we
stand upon- '
even that is threatened; and we
are pledged to reconquer the whole. The sea
son is unfavorable to military operations, and
the cholera rages in fortress and village, has
visited the camp, and is believed to have smitten
its thousands of victims in Delhi. To this esti
mate of lost territory and authority must be
added, independently of civilians, women and
children murdered, the hourly sacrifice of dis
tinguished officers, three deaths of Generals of
Divisions announced by the last mail, besides
those of colonels and captains, more numerous
than at one period headed the British armies in
the Peninsula.'
Troops are being dispatched from Eng.
land at the rate of a thousand a day. But
the voyage is long; and in the meantime
" the hope deferred" about Delhi may, it is
feared by some, .end in the raising of the
siege .of that fortress.; That would‘be a ca-
lamity indeed, which .1-11fust a gracious
Providence may avert. ID,
The Cabinet, although Parliament is
broken up, have still lingired in London ;
and Lord Palmerston with the Duke of
Cumberland and Lord" •nmure, are . lde
voting their whole time 'and energies to
military affairs. While fift, thousand troops
are already dispatched—ark
... all these since
early in June—seven add tional regiments
are under orders far India, Mir of infantry
and three of cavalry; besi "a• large fore•
of artillery. If there: .is ybe a Winter•
1 4
campaign, eighty thousanßritish troops
will he forwarded: ~ -
The Queen has repaired ': her Highland
I
home, as' is usmil with herit his season of
the year. But her heart i :Rad; she feels
intensely for the sufferersi ' ndiai , 4strabii,
? I t,
did for thearmy in the CFI, ea,•• . -:, , • -
The city, of London has, initiated sub
scriptions for the relief oir,those, hundreds
who, halfnaked, and destitite of all things
—men, women, and childreV—llive escaped
to Calcutta from the NorthaVest Provinces;
Alas! to how, many more might,that relief,
together with the noble : 143,pitality of Cal
cutta itself, been . administered,, who have
heen the victims of barbarous atrocities and
fiendish-cruelty 1 4
Prayer for India is now„the urgent duty
of the people of. God, on ' bhb sides of the,
Atlantic. Whatever there as ,been evil in
British policy and admittis4tion in India,
yet it is certain that, England's power.there
destroyed, the work "of - Christian Missions
and of Bible printing and ttrculation there
would be • either utterly e,xti guished, or in
definitely postponed. The American mis
sionaries in India knoW an , feel this; and
at Allahabad the mission ~ atlases -of the
American Presbyterian BOW have been
destroyed by the; mutiny. 4111 the houses,
have been burnt, the pressylgudered, school
.library, apparatus, &e , map away with.
The loss is calculated 'at f12',000. Mr.
BPOleod Wylie, of•Calcutti,Vre* Up a pa
per suggesting subjects of special prayer,
which, had been circulated -there: The Free
Church "Commission,, whiehimet recently,
earnestly calls upon the, Reople of the
Church to ' offer - Up 'mutinied prayers to
Alniighty•'Gitil, that- ' the Inittinous• out
breaks may be speedily quelled,. that, the
rulers of India may be fille4with strength
and wisdom, and that these events may be
overruled for the furtheradelof the Gospel.
They also enjoin alliministet !to make this
a subject of special prayer, from' Sabbath. to
Sabbath. A similar resolution , has been
adopted by the Commission iy, the Estab •
-
lished Church.
It is coming out more dlstinetly' every
day, that the revolt has'not hien 'caused by
missionary operations.' Ist. liThe fact re
mains uneontradicted, that ttin high caste
soldiers, who are the mitine'r4, :Agre 19,1 7 ,
ously , guarded
. from _ een t ee c.4oth_th e l ra y,..
sbinitryl` 2a. Missions in India were 'so
scanty, that they 'scarcely touched' the 'Mass
of the population; and , in the North-West
Provinces, in two of its revenue divisions,
there were only six missionaries, and in a
third, none. This is the main scene of an
surrection- In the remaining' districts,
with eighteen millions of a population,
there were only forty.five , misaionaries, and
in fifty-four cities,, whose population. ranged
from .ten thousand to one hundred and
eleven thousand, there was no , missionary.
The whole country of Oude was without a,
missionary. ' Missions might have prevented
the insurrection. -•
lc We have talked," says Mr. ,Wylie,
"about. Missions, but have really done com
paratively nothing. We need not, there
fore, marvel, if we find the same 'unmitiga
ted hatred to Christianity in the,Moha.mtne
dans, the same tenacious adherence to caste
in the Hindoo, and the same ; bloodthirstiness
which was exhibited five hundred years
ago."
3d. The Church Missionary Society has
just issued a most valuable document to the
same effect. It, states that the Society has
had three hundred stations all, over India,
with the avowed object of conversion, and
2,015 schools, containing 64,480 boys, and
-14,L98 girls; that missionaries have itinera
ted in all directions, without offence or mo
lestation ; that the chief success .has been
in Southern India, where are nearly eighty
thoisand converts, and these districts " are
the most quiet ind India."' - • Further,' it is
shown that by Government schools, mission
ary schools were virtually - opposed = while
the latter were the popular schools; and
that in the rebellion of the Santals the Gov
ernment sought other missionaries, to estab
lish schools and to reside there; as one mis
sionary had effected so much in the way of
quieting the people. Finally,," , there, has
been no popular out-cry against the mis
sionaries."
In addition to the foregoing evidence,
there conies out, in the Tim& Ofthis week,
a letter signed " , ludian," = dated
" Calcutta ' July 10." I am strongly dis
posed to believe, from internal, evidence,
that Doctor Duff <is the writer. Taking
tbat for granted; and looking at the' tone of
a " leader " from the Times, following the
publication of the letter, we have, I am
thankful to say, at length got an.authorita
tive verdict as to the'real causes of the mu
tiny, and to the absurdity of attributing it
to Government countenance to Christian
Missions.
As to the clause of the rebellion, Dr.
Duff writes : "It is not possible any longer
to deny the fact that it is the result of a
cunningly.contrived political conspiracy on
the part of the Mohammedans—a con
spiracy having for its immediate object the
extermination of the British power, in order
to pave the way for the ultimate establish
ment of their own dynasty."
Next, Lord Ellenborough had
.spoken
very spitefully of missionaries and of Lord
Canning abetting them, in one house of
Parliament, and Mr. D'lsraeli in the other
—the latter asking " whether Lord Panning,
the Governor-General was to be recalled ?"
Well, what does the " Old Indian" say?
He, tells how an old ,Kulin Brahmin, " one
of the astutest of his race," an acquaint
ance of twenty-five years standing, had
called. on him, and referring to Lord Ellen
borough's statements, abruptly said • " Did
you ever see such nonsense ?" He then
went on io say, that every sensible native in
India would laugh at it; that what the
people feared was not discussion, or instruc
tion in religious matters—for they were
rather fond , of both—they feared force;.
but if that were not ,used, they did not care
how many missionaries or instructors were
i working among them, nor how much money
was subscribed, nor who the subscribers
were—" whether you, or the Governor-
General, or Queen Victoria herself."
-Dr. Duff goes on to state how the Brah
min editor of the largest Bengalee paper had
furniehed his readers with an engraving of
"•a near* edifice for the largest missionary
education in Calcutta," (the Free Church
College,) accompanied with an elaborate
eulogy of the zeal of its founders and sub
scribers, and the perfect fairness of its con
ducters, who resorted to- no compulsory
means." The "'Old Indian" •adds : " He'
must indeed proclaim his own ignorance,
who - does not know that the Ilincloos, left
to themselves, are , speculatively at least, thd
most ,toferan t of reli ionists.".
vcigrovrentr e Mr sent' re `e on were,,
several , thonths a 'go, propagating the Wickedr
delusion that the -British, Government'' was
beet on interfering with caste, and forcible,
proselytiaing, the references were . ,not to
the proceedings' of Missionary Societies, nor
to the Governor-General's subscriptions to
charitable 'societies, (all theselast of a local
nature, the." City Mission," for lapsed and
nominal Christians, and one or two pop
- ular schools,), but to past legislation,
' in connexion with the abolition of suttee,
in 'the act of 'Dalhousie securing lib
: erty of conscience, allowing widows--to mar
ry; and •lastly, to the greased cartridges.
All these were pretences, put forth by Mo
hammedans to help, on their plot for a re
gained-Empire., Dr. Duff, ("The Old In
dian,") declares, that froth personal inquiry,
he can "state, positively r thatinearly for the
last one hundred, years, daily prayers have,
been offered in the mosques throughout In
dia, for the House of Timeer. The new
rifle cartridge affair - came opportunely to the
help of the conspirators; the great bulk of
the -Sepoys, with " all-devouring credulity,"
were , duped and driven on.b,yde.signing men.
But the plot prematUrely, exploded at Mee- ,
rut ; otherwise, the historian would have
had to record, not' merely outbreaks and
massacres, but "the downtall , ofthe British
power, and the absolute extermination of the
British per:Epic from Cape Comorin to -the
Himalayas."
Such is an . outline..of this masterly and
characteristic letter, 'and what is most grat
ifying; is, that next day'after its publication,
the Times virtually endorsed the whole of
it--stood up stoutly for Lord Canning's
right to subscribe to Bible and Missionary.
Societies, as a private individual;, freed the
, missionaries frorn reproaeh, while condemn
ing a military Colonel; who had preached to
the Sepoys; and declaredthat Christianity
must be allowed, without impediment, to
confront both Mohammedanism and Pagan
ism. That is all we ask• for : a fair field
and no faior"—" liberty of prophesying"
—the-rfree use-of;;t t h.e - trenehant-- blade -of
- GOd'inatit Truth. -
It would seem as if Satan, in great alarm
for. his kingdom, had stirred up the tivo
great sytems of darkness deminint in India,
" against the Lord and his anointed." At
the same time; we' are. justly .ohastened for
our base truckling to Idolatry. But I trust
and believe, that, purified and humbled % the
officers of our Indian army, the civilians
there, and this nation, will come forth out
of the struggle. ItA rimy be Et long one,
however, and the Divine purposes of mercy
be a while concealed, until,we have been
thoroughly humbled. Dr.,uff's, noble let
ter concludes thus:
Above all, let the British Government assume a
more consistent and dignified position than leie
tofore, on the all-important subject of religion.
Wholly withdrawing its direct countenance and,
support from all !Undo° and Mohammedan
shrines, let it, after the noble and fearless exam
. ple of General ,"Hearsey, so deservedly eulogized.
by Lord Ellenborough, openly and frankly avow
its own belief in Christianity; While it proclaims'
anew the unchangeabless_of its policy of tieutral
ity or non-interference' with every other faith.
Such a candid avowal, coupled with such a proc
lamation, would' help to dissipate the spell of
mystery and delusion which its past ignoring or
virtual repudiation of the Christian religion has
tended to throw' over the universal mind of India,
filling, it with the strangest snspiclons,, gloomiest
fears, and most sinister apprehensions ; a word,
let us see honesty and disinterested kindness,'
manly firmness and unimp.eached fidelity, strong
common sense and Anglo-Saxon energy, rise to
their proper iscendeney in this sorely , distraeted
land;and out of the soil that has been savagely
drenched with the blink of massacred British
mations, maidens, and` childien, will yet spring
forth the stateliest monuments of a glorious con,
solidated British dominion.
The French ,newspapers speak, with en
, thusiasm, of the extraordinary yalOrdisplayed
by a handful of Anglo-Saxons in India, and
predict the. final and entire subjugation of
India, from our national energy. Beautiful
instances of heroism combined with manly
piety, come to light. , More than one "Hed
ly Vicars," who had borne the cross for his
Lord amid 'contumely and ridicule, has
proved the bravest of-the %rave; and has
died gloriously for his country. Tears of
admiration, are extorted from many an .eye
at this time, I assure you. The private
letters, published daily in the Times, are
most affecting, and at the same time nerve
the country to do and.dare every thing for
the recovery of India. ,
FROM CHINA, we learn that Lord Elgin,
the British , Plenipotentiary, had arrived;,
that he ; had gone Northward, with the view
of communicating, if possible, with the Su
pretoe Government; ,that the disavowal of
Yeh's proceedings at Canton, and reparation
for , British losses, wotild'be demanded; and
that if these were refused, war would be de
olaredrand Canton occupied.
We are also told of the trial of an Amer
lean, named Eli Boggs, at
4 ong-Kong, for
piracy and Murder. "A handsome boy,
with a fade of feminine beauty; large, lus
trous eyes ; a mouth, ,the smile of which
might woo coy maidens ; affluent black hair,
not, carelessly parted; hands so delicately
small and white; that they would create a
sensation in Belgravia—such was the Hong-
Kong pirate, Eli Boggs."
His guilt, in spite of a two-hour's deferice
by himself, "without tremor or appeal for
mercy," was clearly proved. He had been
mixed up with the bloodiest acts, for three
years. The jury, however, "moved by his
youth and courage, and straining hard their
consciences," acquitted him of murder, but
found him guilty of piracy; and he, was
sentenced to.life-transportation. Alas, for,
his parents, if they are living, and alas for
himself, even with life, spared and blood on
his soul; and With the beauty ot Adonis',
but a , tiger's heart Verily, "The Way - of
the transgressoris hard,' and." The(begin-,
fling °Pun is like the,letting.out of. water."
Turning away from India and China, and
referring to AUSTRALIA,' and the state of
religion there in connexion with the Free
Church, it appears that there are noble open
ings for ministerial work, both in New
South Wales and Victoria. It is recom
mended, that probationers going out from
Scotland shall not be designated, before their
departure, to a particular territory; but under
local Presbyterial control, shall act as Evan
gelists fora time, and have a fixed stipend,
until they are settled pastoral, of ndt less than
.E2OO per annum. A number of young
preachers had' arrived at Melbourne,,, but
more are earnestly sought. Eleven,Nesley
air ministers had arrived in one vessel ! The
" Articles of union between the Free Pres
-4bre.riflliSYned4eif-Vestorii#4.4tirtlietsBo6li*
ef:Vietoriar (theilatter hithertdorepresented'
the Scottish Establishment,) are given at
length in the tree Church Record, for the
present month. They agree to the common
Standards of the Westininster Confession,
Catechisms,'Direetory,And the Second Book
of Discipline.- They recognize -the, Civil
Magistrate's ,right and duty to use his offi
cial influence and power for the maintenance
and 'protection of truth, and the repression
of error and ungodliness, but disclaim - all
persecuting principles. They claim exclu
sive •and uncontrolled spiritual -jurisdiction
for Church Courts, and that "there can be
no appeal from any of their decisions to any
civil court, or ruler, whatever." They
likewise assert, for the people, their full right
to have no minister intruded on them, and
to elect their own office,bearers. And final
ly,- they assert their own
,Synod's supreme,
jurisdiction, independent of " interference
or control of any ecciesiaisitioal bodY foreign
to-itself."
These principles, summed up in a formu
la, are to be signed , by every-licentiate, and
every, minister. , , It be perceived
.that
the Free Church platfoihn is virtually adopt
ed, and that 'the Establishment party have
come up to it. The title or the united body
is,to:be " The Presbyterian Church of Vic
toria."
,The painful fact, remains, that a
small minority of our ministers, and three
Elders, (who, after every attempt to concil
iate, were out off,) laid on the table a pro
test, claiming to be the tme Free Church*of
Victoria. A weighty deputation from Scot
land is implored; xl,OOO haye been depos
ited for their expenses. Several of those
named were willing and ready to go, but
with great - regret, the Record states that
they are personally nimble to do so. • Others,
itis trusted, may go. Dr. Cairns writes "To
obtain saelLa deputation, I go down on my,
knees to your Committee, and the Church
at large." If not sent, he predicts "the direst
adversity." On the other hand, the need of
a united action 'against the fearfully elemor
alizing influences of Australia is most press
ing,and both on__poliy and,principle, the
consummated union seems a groat and im
portant good, Pregnant with bleased results.
" . The Anglo• Saxon colonization of -Austra
lia," writes Dr. Lilley,. "seems evidently a
step in the development of the plans of Di
vine providence relative to the conversion
of the heathen masses of the. Chineie Em 7.
pire, as well as other 'nations of the South
ern Nemisphere."
The BRITISH WESLEYAN CONFERENCE,
held at Liveipool, reported - contributions for
chapel building and theextifietion debut&
debts, of upwards of X 87,000; of day-schol
ars, a total of 52,630; and of Sabbath
School children, , 437,814; an. increase
both, departnients, of more than , 27,000
Wesleitini hait 'two Colkes-;—onelat
RichMond; the other at Didsbury; the an
nual expenditure upwards , of X4,000,,and a
large balance, on ;hands.
One of the most interesting parts of the
proceedings was, the reception• of a depute
tion from the Anierican Methodist Episio
pal Church, 'consisting of Bishop Simpson,
Dr: McClintock, and the Reverend :;;Mr.-
Millburn, ; the.aged Chaplain to. Congress.
Speeches were, delivered similar to the ad
dresses before the Irish We4eyati Confer
ence, as noticed by me in -a former letter.
The venerable Dr. Bunting, Who is fast
declining, sent a message to Conference, that
"he died in the true faith of Evangelical
Arminianism—not Arminianism alone, that
might -lead to a legal experience ---but Eian
gelical Arminianism."" FroM whit I know
of the good man, his Evangel - him:is` stronger
than` his Arminianism, and none puhi more
honor, on Christ's substitution,and sacrifice,
and the work of the Holy. Spirit, as well as
justification by faith. The Wesleyans are
the very antipodes of Negative Theology.
Sixty-two candidates were accepted
Conference; as preachers. Thirty-eight min
isters had died during the year ; • only twelve,
this year, were ordained. In the examina
tion of candidates for ordination, " there
was a slight, pause in regard to one of the
questions`which racial. ? 4seinerocejeium-to-'
bacco, snuff, and drams, -which, by direc
tion of Mr. Wesley, is put-to all intrants.
Two of the young men had indulged in the,
use of tobacco; one pleaded - medical author
itY, on Recount of throat affection, but being
almost recovered, he said he had discontin
ued the practice. Another had used to
bacco in Western Africa for proteetion,from
the climate, but since his return he had giv
en it up. Whereupon,Jackson
s and West,
fathers in the Churl+, eipressed their view's
against the habit of smoking, the - latter
stating that "he had great difficultyin se
curing homes for smoking preachers , at Con
ference time, families _ :fearing that their sons
might be corrupted by their learning to
smoke from the ministers they entertained."
On the whole, Wirt clear; that in spite of the
disturbances in the Conference some years.
ago, and a secession from it,. and of many
faults in its management, especially the want
of Eldership to keep the ministers in cheek,
Methodism is displaying extraordinary vigor
in all its operations and is a mighty instru
ment for good in Great Britain.
Two other branches of the Wesleyan fam e
ily, the " Wesleyan Association," and the,
last
" Wesleyan Reformers," (the Mention
.
ed, the secession from the General Confer.'
ence already alluded to,) have lately, effected
an ecclesiastical union,
with the suggestive.
word "Free" prefixed to their new title.
MACAULAY, the Historianos about to-be
made a-Peer. It is intendedras aw honor to
Literature, but if he were not a:great pet of
the Whig party, perhaps it would no t h ave
been bestowed. He needed mit . this to ex
alt him. -Poor are the'titlesiConipared with
the Aobilitiof geniiwor worth: -"A King
can .make a -belted Knight, but aman's a
man for a'thatr LW-
Philadelphia, 111 South Tenth Street, below Chestnut
By Nail, or at the Moe,per Year. an paospEcTus
Delivered in the City, 1.75 " " '
"WHOLE NO. 562
Rev.,G. C. Gorham.
Rev.
.G. C. Gorham, the well-known de
fender of Evanielicism, in qe . diocese of
Exeter, died in June , - at 13ramford-Speke.
"-He sank At says the Record,•ofrom
complete; exhaustion, in 'consequence of an
affection of the lungs. His last mbments
were,perfectly collected, fid
very peace,"and
full of quiet confidence. It will be matter
of deep •-thankfulness to- many .whoNlave
prayed, for him; that the words, 'Peace,
perfect peace,' were constantly on his lips
during the twelve hours which preceded
his calm dismissal. * * * * His sue
ferings in the Refiner's fire,' were not only
blessed to his own spirit, and to the edifice
tio4,oA44l.44 faini. t hrit`
hripptlyThe means o 'drawing forth deepest
syinpathy and large expression's of Christian
charity from every quarter. He was en
t aged,.evezl to the last day of his life, upon
his forthcoming work, Reformation Glean
ings. 7 7
lads anb . 14anings.
Boors.—A learned writer, says of books:
" They are masters who instruct us without
rOds or ferules, without words or anger, with
out bread or money. If you approach
them, they are not asleep';'if you seek
them, they do knot hide; if you blunder,
they do not scold; if you are ignorant, they
do, not laugh atyon. "
A.I7.II. f rAL'SPIRIT.—The judicious Hook
er, used to say—"lf I had no other reason
and motive for being religious, I would ear
nestly strive-to' .be so, for rthe sake of my
mother,.thit I might requite her care for
mo, t and cause her widow's heart to sing
for joy,,,
LUTHER'S MONUMENT.- Contributions
to the propoied monument , to Luther, in the
Cathedral of Worms, begin to flow in freely
from the German States. Fowl hundred
florins have been contributed by the Grand
Duke ,of Baden, accompanied by an auto
graph letter, expressing his, warmest sympa
thy and interest in the success of the work.
ME LILIES Or THE FIELD.—Not far
freni the probable site where the Sernion
on the Mount was deliveied, our guide
plucked two flowers, supposed to be of that
species, to which our Lord, alluded, when he
" Consider the lilies of the field."
The calyx of this giant lily resembled crim
son velvet, and the gorgeous flower was of
white and Jilaci and truly , no earthly MOll
- could , have been " arrayed" more
gloriously, than, " onepf Oen." Such is the
testimony of nature to the words spoken by
our tora.—Travelsar Pakitine.
Li ss. TaotrariEs.—We may compare
the troubles which we have to undergo in
the"course of this life4o a great bundle of
faggots, far too large for us to lift. But
God' does not require us to carry the whole
at once ; he mercifully unties the bundle,
and gives us first one stick, which we are
to `catty to-day, and then another which we
ate to carry - to-mortow, and so on. This
we might easily manage, if we would only
take the burden appointed for us each day;
but s we choose to increase our troubles by.
carrying yesterday's stick over again to-day,
and adding to-morrow's burdens to our load
before we are required to bear it.
MOHAMMEDANS AND THE, BIBLE.- - --Dr.
Hainlin relates that a Mohammedan, at the
head of aboutsiaty had penueouted
a Bible colporteur. :,The colporteur gained
access to him tistifYingihat he was only
circulating' God'elfisPired Word. "Let me
hear them," said the proud Moslem, "from
the ptophot Moses!! lisle listened, he at
leiigthAsked for the Psalms, and then for
the ProPhets, and then for the Gospels, and
then` forthe'Epietles, till the colportenr had
reinFto him eighthours„ When he told the
colporteur to go on in his work, and assured
him,
_that if again molested, he would be his
protector.
A•GOOD Exit - atm.—We understand that
the .Rev. John Owen, who has just left
Shrewsbury parish, Kent Co., Md., for,
Texas, has been offered by a wealthy lady
in the latter State, a comfortable house,
several acres of ground, and a> cow, free of
all eharge, from the time of his settlement
—the full title to the whole to be made over
to him when he shall have remained settled
in the place for three years. This, too,
in. 'addition to a respettible support from
other sources. A step this in the right di
rection toward securing to ministers a set
tled home, and to parishes a permanent
pastorship.---.4)iseopal Recorder.
DISCOITZENT.--SOMe people are never
evatent.with - theirlotilet What 11,41 happen.
Clouds and 'darkness are over their heads,
alike whether it yain or
,shine. To them
every incident is an,accident, and every ac
cident a calamity.' , _Even when they have
their own, way, they like it no better than
your way, and, indeed, consider their most
voluntary aots as matters of compulsion. A
child about three years old was crying be
cause his mother had , shut the parlor door.
"Poor thing," said .a neighbor,. eompassion
ately, "you have shut the child,out.' "It's
all the same to him," said the mother;
"he would pry if I called ,him in and then
shut the door. It's a peculiarity of that
boy, ; that if he is left rather suddenly on
either aide Of , the door, he, onaiders himself
shut 'out, and 'rebels accordingly." There
are older children who take the same view
of things.
INFLUENCE.—The teacher, whether of
scienee, , morals, -or religion, is exerting an
untold.influence. The mind comes under
his . care in ; that plastic state that makes it
susceptible
,of being :moulded into almost
any form, and fumed in almost any direc
tion. 4 g As the twig is bent, the tree's in.
()lined! Snthe mind takes the direction
given by its teachers in ,youth; and in its
maturity, can, no more bp ehaufzed, than can
the gnarled trunk the fill:grown oak be
straightened. Says, one, ft You may build
temples of- Marble, and.,they will perish.
You may erect statues of brass, and they
will °male* •,dust. But he who worka
upon the, human mind, implanting noble.
thoughts and,g4iiierous impulses, is rearing
"strictures that Chill never perish. go is
writing -tabled whose material la inde
structible;:whidh age Will not -efface, but
will brighten and brighten , ,to all eternity."
—Massachusetts Teacher.