PRESBYTERIA\ BAMER & ADVOCATE
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DAVID NeKINNEY, Editor and Proprietor.
TERMS.-IN ADVANCE.
The Duty of Dedicating our Sons to God,
for the Gospel Ministry.
THEME-" That Christian Parents be exhorted to
give their Sons to God with a view of their being
trained by the Spirit, and by the Church, to the
Work of the Gospel Ministry."
There are certain cardinal truths affecting
most deeply the life of the Christian Church,
which, by reason of long neglect, have died
out from the common recognition, and need
at intervals to be reargued and re-estab•
lished. Such a truth, we take it, is this
duty of Christian parents to dedicate their
sons to God, with a view to the Gospel min
istry. Like most other great practical
truths, it has had its counterfeit in systems
of formalism; and the false practice has
prevailed instead of the genuine, until the
very abuse has thrown discredit upon the
true doctrine. So that even now, at the
suggestion of so important a topic, we think
it needful to vindicate it against any sus
picion of fellowship with that absurd
system of designating a particular son of
the family to the ministry, just as another
is set apart to the army or navy.
It should not be forgotten, however, that
the counterfeit points to the true; and it is
our business to inquire what is the truth, in
doctrine and practice, which is disguised
under this empty formalism.
Under the Old Economy, the original or
dinance required the first born son to be set
apart for the priesthood, or rather this sac
erdotal office was one of the birthright priv
ileges. The principles underlying this ar
rangement, were, (1.) that God's service at
the altar was the highest and best;
(2.) that this sacred office required the
first and best of the offspring; (3.) that
they who had been preeminently spared
—as their first born had been in the
Egyptian scourge—should be'solemnly ded
icated to God as his of double right; while
thus also they should point to Him who is
the great First Born among many brethren.
Reasoning from all analogy, these principles
are of full force under the Christian dis
pensation; and are even expected to obtain
more specially, as the shadow merges into
the substance. Do Christian parents doubt
that God's service at the altar is still the
highest and the best ? Or is this indeed
the lurking fallacy, the worm at the root of
our ministerial supplies, that fathers and
mothers in the Church seek worldly avoca
tions for their sons, as more lucrative, or
more honorable? Have they, indeed, ceased
to regard the sacred office as the birthright
privilege of their Samuels, and Johns, awl
Timothys, which it were profane to part
with for a mess of pottage ?
And will it be for one moment disputed
by Christian parents that this service of God
in the sacred office, calls for the first and
best of their offspring? And if this be so,
then does it not in effect set up the first
claim to each one of those who, as sons, are
able to serve Him in the ministry ? Or,
for which of their sons shall they make out
an exemption on the ground of inferiority ?
Does not this principle, so essentially be-
longing to both Economies, of consecrating
to God's altar the best of its kind, cut off
the plea that any son is too talented, or too
promising, or too useful in a worldly point
of view, to be given up to this religious
work ?
And further; as the first' born " were
claimed, as a class, for the ancient ministry
because these, as a class, had been savingly
distinguished from Egypt's first born, wh..;
were swept off by the destroying angel,
does not God's effectual call to any of our
sons, so far set a mark upon them as being
claimed for his seivice in the New Testa
ment priesthood ? Let it not be answered
that under the New Testament the priest
hood is only the common Christian voca
tion, inasmuch as every believer under this
Economy is ordained to be a priest; for the
same argument, if pressed, would abolish
the sacred office altogether, and merge the
Christian ministry into the comma Chris
tian discipleship. If, then, we see our
sons hopefully converted to God, does not
this so far indicate that lie who separated
them from their birth, would put them into
the ministry ? Is there any provision made
under the New Testament, for their redemp•
Lion with money, from so blessed and privi
leged a service ? If so, where is the family
of Aaron, upon who e, in their stead, the
office can tall ? And if there be miscon
ceptiou here, may not the Church be failing
of her supplies, and the ministry of its re
inforcements, just because this family re
source is neglected, and there is none ap
pointed in its stead? Christian parents do
rather ignore their own priesthood when
they deny the duty of their sons and Ged's
claim upon them as the proper sons of Levi.
Should they not ask importunately for their
new birth, as Hanna asked for Samuel, with
the pledge, that if God would but convert
them, they should be dedicated to his ser
vice in the Gospel ministry ? 61 For this
child I prayed, and the Lord hath given
rue my petition which I asked of him.
Therefore, also, I have lent him to the
Lord As long as he liveth he shall be lent
to the Lord."—l.. Sand. i : 27, 28. But it
may be contended that we should rather
dedicate our suns to God's service in gen
eral, without any special reference to the
work of the ariuistry ; that we ought rather
to leave it to his providence to indicate
their function, lest we seem to dictate to
God. But it' it be conceded that the sacred
office is that in which ordinarily God may
be most eminently served ; and if our ded
ication of sons to such service supposes al
ways his effectual preparation of them for
the work, and the inward call of his Spirit
as a special personal requisite, and if, also,
it implies a submission to the order of his
rrovidenoe as to the outward call, then
surely there can be no danger here of trench
ing upon the Divine prerogative.
But, consider (1.) that the presstny wants
of the field are such as to call for much a
system of recruits, If the whole tribe of
Levi was needed for the old temple service,
and all the suns of Aaron for the priesthood,
it rs quite am necessary now that all the sons
of Christian parents be separated for this
work, it they eau have the requisite qualifi
cation. And w hence should the recruits
be looked for. more sppropriately than from
this very quarter? And is not this always
the fair presuniptiun in the case, that the
ministry will be taken from families of the
cute nant ? And if Christian parents have
any right to presume upon their children
being tr-sued as the Lad's, have they .not a
eoriespeuding obligation to devote them as
the Lord's, to hie most eminent service in
the ministry ? Is not the presumption then
always on this side, that while this immense
' want continues, if our sons are owned by
God as his children, through his converting
grace, they should be consecrated to his
highest service, to be his Gospel ministers
if he so please ? And how can Christian
parents respond to the Divine command,
and with an eye upon the whitened harvest,
pray abet the Lord would send forth labor
ers into his harvest, if, at the same time,
they are not using their proper influence
with God and with their sons, to put these
of their own household into the harvest
field ? Who shall tell how many loud
prayers in our Church assemblies, for the
reinforcement of the ministry, have been
powerless, just because of this lurking self
deception in many a parent's heart? Amidst
all the crying demands of the foreign and
domestic field, the sad deficiency of labor
ers, and the dismal prospect for any forth
coming supplies, worldly parents have rather
sought for their sons the position 9f mer
chant princes than of ministers of Christ.
And what wonder that God often as now,
rebukes such worlcliness, and shows them
that this, their birthright, has been pro
fanely parted with for a mess of pottage I
May we not *same then, that while such
immense destitutions in the harvest field
continue—while the Master is so urgently
calling for men—while the Church is
trembling before the gates ref hell, just for
lack of some such systematic reinforcement
of her troops, the sons of the ,Church are
demanded for the ministry, and Christian
parents ought so to calculate, and to train
them with this in view?
Consider (2.) the positive power in the
household of such parental dedication.
Can it be doubted that our sonn, thus set
apart, and instructed, and prayed for, with
a view to such a holy service, would be
placed at every advantage for their early
conversion to God ? What a train of pious
influences would of needs go forth from
such a parental aim in the daily education ?
What fervency in prayer would come from
such a prospect and hope of seeing these
sons ministering in holy things. What
lofty Christian conversation and example
would naturally ensue. And have we not
reason to believe that the prayers which
look toward such a dedication would be
heard, and that thus our sons would be con
verted • much more commonly than at
present? Would it not oftener occur, as
with Hannah, that the vow accompanying
the petition would draw down a gracious
answer from a covenant God ? But we
have staggered at this point ! We have
hesitated to say, "If thou wilt give unto
thy servant this son, then I will give him
unto the Lord all the days of his life;" and
therefore often our sons have grown up in
unconversion for lack of this very parental
dedication.
OBSERVE : We do not contend that all
our SOU should be put into the ministry,
whether converted or not. Nor even that
all of them who are hopefully the Lord's
should be, of course and at any rate, abso
lutely designated to that office. God must
.call them as he called Aaron. But we urge
that, on our part, we should hold them as
devoted to the Lord for this work, as that
to which we may fairly hope that God will
call them; and that, with this view, we.
should train them, and pray for them, and
lead their minds and direct their course,
looking to his providence and his Spirit to
second our efforts and open the way. This
would contemplate quite a different course
of conduct from that which most com
monly obtains in our , households, with
respect to our sons. It would point
to the highest aims for their useful
ness and their devotedness, and it would
call for an ex.lted Christian culture,
such as a mere passive dedication could
never reach. We would not, by any means,
maintain any such presampticm, as would
dispense with a particular, personal call, in
any case. But we believe that this call
wore often comes to our converted sons than
is commonly admitted. And we believe
that among them at least, the misapprehen
sion is much more often against the call
than for it, and keeps out of the ministry
more of these who are called than it brings
into the ministry of those who are not called.
But this view of the subject has not been
overlooked by the General Assembly of our
Church. In 1840 we find them using such
language as this: " We suggest to Chris
tian parents the important duty of dedica.
ting their children to God, and especially of
pleading continually with the Most High,
in subordination to his holy will, to sanctify
their stow, and prepare them for the sacred
ministry. Our feelings (they add,) have
been deeply enlisted in this subject by the
statements laid before us from the Board of
Education, which show that the number of
our candidates for the ministry is, decreas
ing. We call upon all the pious parents in
our communion to consider this affecting
circumstance. We have hundreds of vacant
churches in our connexion. Several mil-
lions of the population of the Union are
believed to be destitute of the stated means
of grace ; the heathen world spread out be
fore us in one vast scene of crime, and
cruelty, and woe, appeals to us with an un
yielding and soul-piercing importunity, to
send them relief. And yet our candidates
for the ministry are fewer now than they
have been for some years. Will you not
lay this to heart ? Will you not bring your
eons and consecrate them anew to your
covenant God ? Will you not give over
seeking for them the transitory honors and
riches of this world, and pray the Lord of
the harvest, if it seem good in his sight, to
anoint them with his Spirit, and send them
forth into his harvest, which is perishing
for lack of laborers ?"—Ninutes 1840, p. 310.
We would only urge, in conclusion, the
striking FACTS which so attest the importance
and value of sulli parental dedication. The
celebrated John Newton testifies: "I have
been told, that' from my birth my pious
mother had, in her wind, devoted me to ti e
ministry; and that, had she lived until I
was of a proper age, _I was to have been sent
to Si. Andrews, in Scotland, to be educated.
But t'.e Lord had appointed otherwise. She
died before I was seven years of age." Yet,
mark the training of which he testifies:
• " W hen I was four years old, I could repeat
the answers to the questions in the Shorter
Catechism, with the proofs, and all Dr.
Watts' smaller catechisms, with his chil
dren's hymns." This was the power ot that
parental dedication in such - daily training,
not only for the ministry, but for heaven.
"ONE THING IS NEEDFUL:" "ONE THING HAVE I DESIRED OF THE LORD:" "THIS ONE THING I DO."
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FOR THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1557.
How the baud of a covenant God wrought mpon our thoughts and judgments; for if we
with him through all his after impieties, ask ill because we ba l 'Vh judged ill, and hove
and with all the persistency of a Divine or- k Judged ill because vl took no pains to judge
dination, checked, disciplined, and reclaim - then the sin isisnot taken away from
ed him, till he became an able and faithful Your act, but remains it; and the act was
minister of the New Testament, according an act of what Scrip ore calls folly, the folly
to that pious mother's prayer, is a notable r which sees not and re rds not God. What
chapter in the annals of the Church. ever be our business life, if we make it a
Tim biographers of Rea. John Belfrage, re- '1 part of our daily p yers to God that he
marked, that his Christian mother labored will give us understanding in it; that he will
to prepare him for the sacred office—to form assist our judgments,o that, seeing what is
pious sentiments in his mind, and, to cherish right and true, we mal r igaintain and follow
devout feelings in his heart. She marked, ;it both in word and d'edd'; I do not doubt
with pleasure, her son's early inclination for that such prayers will he - answered, and that,
the ministry, which had been awaked by : where we now act blindly and carelessly, ac
means of her own early religious influences cording to any prevailing feeling. or fancy,
upon him. Accordingly, when at a suitable there we shall act upoit' the full persuasion
age, he was sent to the College of Edinburgh of our minds, and thaepersuasion will be, in
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it pleased God to work in him the graces of general, according to lie will of God.—Dr.
a Christian character, and he became a de. 'I Arnold.
voted and faithful minister of Christ, after
his pious mother had been laid in the dust.
Dr. Claudius Buchanan was, from his
childhood, devoted by his parents to the
ministry. He was, however, a reckless
youth, and pursued a course of wandering
through several years, until, at length, the
God of Newton brought him to attend on
the. ministry of that reclaimed wanderer,
and be was led to Christ. It was on hearing
a sermon from the passage in Isaiah : "How
beautiful upon the mountains are the feel of
him that bringeth good tidings," that all his
early parental dedication to the ministry
forced itself upon his heart. He became,
at length, a preacher of the Gospel in Eng
land, and afterwards filled an important post
in India, as a herald of the Cross.
It is recorded, also, of the celebrated
Philip Henry, that his godly mother devoted
him, in his tender years, to thh service of
God in the work of the ministry; and
though she died before he was fourteen years
of age, he always spoke of her as being to
him, what Timothy's mother and grand
mother were to him—acquainting him with
the Scriptures; from his childhood. She
prayed with him daily; catechized him, and
thus laid the foundation for his future use
fulness in the great and holy work to which
she had devoted him
Of the Rev. John Bailey, who was a
faithful minister of the Gospel in Ireland,
and in New England, it is recorded that his
godly mother dedicated him to the service
of God in the Gospel ministry, from his
earliest moments. He was accordingly
trained in a way befitting such , a sacred aim,
and from being reared like Timothy, he be
came, like him; an eminent minister of the
New Testament.
We add the name of the celebrated President
Davies. His mother, says his biographer,
took example from the mother of the Proph
et Samuel, and vowed a vow unto the Lord,
that if he would indeed give her a man
ohild, she would devote him to his service
all the days of his life. Hence he was called.
Samuel. At twelve years of age, it is re
marked that he was more ardent in his sup
pliCations for being' introduced into the
Gospel ministry, than for any other thing.
" The event proved," says President Finley,
in his sermon on his death, " that God accept
ecl the consecrated boy—took him under his.
special care—furnished him for, and em
ployed him in the service of his Church—•
prospered his labors with remarkable success,,
and not only blesied him, but made himself
a blessing." See, also, to the same effect,
the case of Rev. Dr. McMillan, as narrated
in " The History of Jefferson College," by
Rev. Joseph Smith D D Appendix p. 414.
God has not left himself without witness.
His faithfulness to bis household covenant,
and to his New Testament Church, has been
signally manifested in a .ong line of minis
tees, parentally dedicated to him in this holy
work From Samuel, and those that follow
alter, a great cloud of witness bearers have
testified of these things.. Many members of
this Synod could testify to the tame effect,
of such early parental dedication in their
case. It has always pleased God to propa
gate his Church by means of a pious poster
ity. He has transmitted his Gospel minis
try by this means. The sanctity of the do
mestic relation and the power of parental in
fluence and prayer, have been employed by,
him for so momentous a result as the re
cruiting of laborers for the harvest field of
the world. And by all the necessities of
his Church, and of perishing millions in all
lands, he calls upon Christian parents to lay
their sons at the foot of his altar, and to crave
fur -them, as their high Christian birthright,
the distinguished honor of serving him in the
ministry of reconciliation. FATHERS AND
BRETHREN OF THE SYNOD,where are our sons
who have attained to years of maturity, or who
are fitting for their stations in life? Have
we honesly devoted them to the sacred
ministry, and then, in good faith, pleaded
with God to train them up for so high
and holy a calling, if it were his Will ? Or
have we borne no testimony in the household,
and used no influence 'with God toward this
result ? Might it not be expected that the
Christian ministry would be recruited from
our families? Does not God's service need
them ? Are not the churches calling for men?
Axe we not now to labor and pray that the
promise may soon be fulfilled, as the glory
of the latter days, that our sons and our
daughters shall prophesy, and that our
young men shall see visions, as welt as our
old men dream dreams ; and that, "in the
beauties of holiness from the worth of the
morning, the Church shall have THE DEW
OF LIER YODNO MEN ?"
Asir for Wisdom.
Even among those who do pray regularly,
;he prayer fur wisdom does not, I suspect,
form a part of their petitions. Many of 'us
seem to have a confused notion that sense,
reason, good judgment, or by whatever name
we call our intellectual faculties, are quite
distinct from spiritual blessings, and are
things too wordly to be named in our prayers.
Yet what was Solomon's choice, but an
"understanding heart to judge the people?"
That is, a sound and powerful mind capable
of discerning the truth and the right in the
line of his daily duty. Solomon's choice
should be our prayer; in St James' words,
we should ask of God to give us wisdom.
Aud as in other points of our conduct, so it
is also in this—that by asking God to give
us a wise and understanding heart, we con
fee- to oulselves that our opinions and judg
meets are serious things, for we do not bring
mere trifles before God's notice in our pray.
ers; and that, being serious things, they
ocwand our own serious care; that duty and
sin belong to them; that as our salvation
depends on our lives, so our lives depend
THE FREENESS OF DIVINE GRACE
There is no need of price, or canvassing, or
manual labor, to obtain the highest dignity
and happiness of man. It is the free gift
of God, and may be easily possessed. As
the sun shines, as the fountain bubbles, as
the rain descends, so' does the heavenly
Spirit shed abroad his influence.— Cyprian.
From our London Correspondent.
India, and Suggestive Maps and Pictures—The
Long Fight at Delhi—Havelock's Second Manch
and Retreat—Lucknow's Respite, and Havelock's
Peril—Calling out Militia, and Fresh Troops for
India—Premature Explosion of Conspiracy—The
Fast Day—Gloom and Sunshine—Spurgeon's
Sermon at the Crystal Pdlace- 7 The Collection and
the Crowd—The Covetous , Directors—The Times,
and its Three Remarkable; Papers on the Fast
Day—The,Press, and its Celerity—Texts preached
on—General Solemnity—Probable Issues—Meet
ing of the Emperors—Sabbath-Breaking at Stutt
gardt and Berlin—A Reminiscence of Ems, and a
Duke's Birth Day—The.King of Prussia—Ger
man Revival—Tractarian &cession—The Two
Catechisrai—Cullen and the' Relief Fund—Eng
land's Maynooth Policy—The Cardinal's Stile—
The Adantic Cable—Belfast and Orangeism.
LONDON, October 9, 1857.
MAPS or INDIA—SOME' of tnem Panora
mic—enabling you to see, as at a bird's-eye
glance, the track of every river, the line of
every trunk-road or telegraph, the relative
position and distance of the great cities, and
strong-holds of the different Presidencies.—
are now common in our Printsellers' win
dows, as well as in private houses, and are
the subjects of anxious arid corekant, refer- ,
ence, to multitudes. Our pictorial newspa
pers give us likenesses of Nene Sahib, and
of the puppet Sing of Delhi. Besides this,
we have lithographed or Colored 'drawings,
from authentic sources, of Benares,_ Cawn- :
pore,
Lucknow, and e4pecially .of ;Delhi,:
with the lofty eircumvallations of wall's, and:
gates, and flaunting towers and . ` bastions,`'
which, with our 'own hands, we were left, in;
God's judicial displeasure, to make so terri
ble against ourselves. There is the Jumna,
in the foreground, and the bridge of boats,
over which fresh bands of mutineers have ,
arrived, week after week, without' any pow-'
er, on the part of the British, to intercept'.
them. Yonder, to the right, are the Brit
ish lines, opposite to that Cashmere Gate ;
through which each fresh band of conspira
tors, a day or two after arrival, are com
pelled, on pain of expulson across the
bridge, into the, open country again, to go
out to conflict and dread chastisement with
the troops of England. For example, the
Neemuch mutineers, lately arrived, assaulted
the British on the first of August. The
fight continued all the night, and till the
afternoon of the following day. The. British
troops were kept well under cover, and the.
slaughter of their adversaries was tremen
dous. Beaten, and dispirited ; their pow
der manufactory exploding, and five hun
dred artificers therein killed; the .Hin
doos accusing the Mohammedans, and all
trembling for the issue; if I cannot an•
nounce, ere this letter closes, that Delhi is
fallen„ yet it is a moral certainty that it is
so, and that the next mail will bring us the
welcome tidings.
Havelock's second march toward Luck
now, was not without fruits. The Oude
insurgents forsaking Lueknow, and rushing
to oppose the British, the garrison rushed.
forth, and were able to procure ample pro
visions; so that their safety from starvation
was, in the meanwhile, secured. Probably
before this letter appears in print, you will
know through other sources, and by later
news, whether Havelock himself is sets, as
great anxiety prevails on account of the
Oude mutineers crossing the river to attack
him.
The Government are providing FRESH
REINFORCEMENTS FOR INDIA. The militia,
also, are being now extensively called out,
and numbers of them will he eirtployed to
occupy our great naval depots .at home, to
secure them from possible insult, and also to.
garrison Gibraltar, Malta, and the lonian.
Islands,
so as to allow regular troops there
to be dispatched to the seat of war.
Havelock be found not to be himself in peril'
at Cawnpore, and if the next mail brings.
us word not only that Delhi has fallen, bat
that the insurrection has not spread in the
Bombay or Madras Presidency, we shall(
then be delivered from fearful anxiety..
For the dreaded interval before supplies from,
home could reach IMdia. will well-nigh be
ended; and once that British troops are
there in force, the mutineers haye no hope
of success.
The Governor of Ceylon, in a private
letter to a friend in England, the contests
of which have been made public, states that
but for the premature 'outbreak at Meerut,
the plot of the conspirators was so thoroughly
prepared and laid, that a simultaneous nuts•
sacre would have takett place over the whale
of Bengal, and that probably "not one Euro
pean would have survived." This is not to
be forgotten among the reasons for national
thanksgiving to Him who, we trust, is chas
tening, in order to bring sin to remem
brance, and to lead us to the conviction that
Christianity must now be openly avowed and
taught, (without State interference for or
against,) and Mohammedanism and Hin
dooism, be treated with tolerance indeed,
but no longer with favor, and protection,
and trust.
The DAY OF NATIONAL FASTING AND
HUAIILIATION, Was Wednesday last. Atter
a long season of fine weather, the Fast Day
was one of gloom and falling showers, inter
mingled with glimpses of blue sky; and
again, at nightfall, there were torrents of
rain, and by-and-by the moon burst through
the clouds. And, as was the day and nighti,
so, I thought, is the crisis of mingled sorrow
and hope th.it has come upon us.
Mr. Spurgeon preached in the Central
• Transept a' the Crystal Palace, to no leas
than tweet: -three thousand five hundred and
sixty-four persons. His text was: "Hear
ye the rod, and him that bath appointed it."
He gave : severe lashing to the nation, and
especially the Metropolis, for its home Bins;
and with regard to Hindoo idolatry, and our
protection and patronage of it, he spoke.
thus: "We never, for a moment, should
have Wierated the so-called religion of the.
Hindois, which was neither more nor less,
,tl,lnaslot:Ae o vilest. filth that
dot? r_6rtict conceive. Religious liberty was
a principle, but when religion taught immo
: ralitt, then he would, at once, 'down with
it.' He never could tolerate such a system,
as ghat. If religion countenanced Thugism,
anti the commission of bestial acts; he would
not tolerate that; and he contended that it
was the duty of a Christian Government to
tanbpress the Hindoo religion by the strong
hind."
Touching on the recent popularity of
Verdi's Operas, he referred to " Lords and
lOies who frequently sat in theatres, to listen
0) plays which were a long way frorn'clecent."
The collection in the building, for the
Belief Fund for the Indian sufferers,
aliounted to £475, to which the Crystal
131 ace Company added £2OO. Many serious
peetons blame Mr. Spurgeon for going at all
to the Crystal Palace, whose Directors used
hint for an apology to open the Palace on
the Fast Day at all, and to swell their own
diTe,derids. Their receipts, at a shilling each,
for twenty-three thousand five hundred and
sixtjr-four persons, were large. But t the
coniern, after all, does not pay.
Tne Times, on the morning of 'Wednes
day, had three remarkable papers. First, a
leadfr, boldly avowing that henceforth Eng
land's grand mission must be, to Christianize
and civilize India. Second, a noble and
conainehensive manife.to, put forth promi.
neelly in the columns of the Times, from.
the Committee' of the Church Missionary
Society,' in which:our past shameful_ neglect,
of India, and our future duty,, were impres
vively set forth. Third, a remarkable letter
from a lady, under the signature of " Elea
nor," to her British sisters, on the prevailing
extravagance in dress and equipage, and the
love of pleasure to the neglect of the cause of
Christ, and of the perishing poor. She referS
to the common custom of paying £lOO for
ball dress, and to ladies who think them
selves economical in personal expenditure, if
it is limited to £l,OOO per annum. This„
love of gayety and dress had been very ram,
pant ere this mutiny . broke out, and some
splendidly dressed trdser4ble sinners" were
doebtletiti .to be found In the Fast Day cony
•
gregahons, not only in London,, but all over
the Kingdom.
To show how the press mirrors public feel
ing, and its quickness of execution, too, on'
the afternoon of Fast, , „the Globe, and
other evetiiiiglapeiiiver conveying to the,
provinces ;faithful ,outlifies of a 'large num
ber of sermons preached in the Metropelis,l
while the Times and all the morning papers
of yesterday were almost: filled with sketches.
All this deepens the impression on` the na
tion's heart. God grant that it, may be per,
moment, and that it may he seen—both as
to the deliverance of those who "are drawn
into death, and ready to be slain,” in India,
and as to permanent reformation at home—
that theprornise has been ours, "whilst they
are yet speaking, I will hear."
The texts preached on, showed a wonderful
variety. Some were curious. One was
"Raze it, raze it," or, Prayer-Book version,'
"Down with it, down with it" This, by a
Lady Huntingdon minister, was applied to,
the conspirators' cry, in India, and to our
own nation's cry, - (with the exception of
some "Irish Sepoys, ) as to the putting 'down
the mutiny, and, at the same' time' the de
struction of Caste, and of a cowardly policy.
Dr. Hamilton's text was: "I do reinember
my faults, this day;" and in the course of,
his sermon, he quoted "a prophetic pas
sage " from Dr Duff, written twenty-two
years ago, predicting,such a calamity, if the.
nation repented not, Another Presbyterian
minister, (a friend of yours, whom I shall not
name,) discoursed on the bitter and unex
pected sorrows - which had come on the suf:
ferers in India, and on Britain too; and also
on the duty of the Chuck and nation toward
India, as well as on the refuge to be'found in
this day of trouble, from God alone, from these
words : "Thou bast-showed-thy-people bard
things, 'thou halt made us to drink of the'
wine of astonishment. Thou-hest given a
banner to them that fear thee, , that it may
be displayed because of thy truth. That
thy beloved may be delivered,` save with thy
right hand, and hear me."—Psalm lx
3-5. •
The sums raised by collection's over the
Kingdom, when added to'the Subscriptions
so generally made,' will be vast: God grant
that, a New Era may now. be initiated in
the history of England, of India, and the
world. The Fast Day was observed univer
sally, and with' 'very gre'at , solemnity. The
whole-nation 'seethed' to 'bow in abasement
before God, owning the justice ,of the
stroke. The press and the pulpit were; as a
rule, the faithful exponents of the opinions,
confessions, and•feelings of a people, whom
the Great Governor will surely' use, When
he has purified it, for the glory of hiername,,
and the establishment of Messiah's kingdom.
One thing seems. settled, in spite of Colonel
Sykes, and other advocates of "traditional
policy," that henceforth Christianity must
unfurl her 'banners, fearlessly; in. the eyes
of Hindoostan. And another settled-thing
is, that High-, Caste Brahminism will hence
forth be a thing disarmed and powerless.
In the Punjanb, Lawrence is enlisting
Sikhs, in great numbers, who are Moham
medans, but Dissenters, and , therefore, on
the principal of border hatred, are fierce
against the Delhi conspirators. Edwards,
also, the hero of Moultan, is 'reaping the
fruits of past'. justice and generosity, and
thousands are flocking to his standard.
The recent MEETING OE THE EMPERORS,
is an event of great political significance, as
I formerly indicated. The effect is to make
the French Emperor more poWerful'at
and more the object of wonder to Europe.
At Stuttgardt, he threw the Emperor of Rus
sia completely into the shade. The latter
made himself almost disagreeable, was
laughed at for wearing a Cossack,dress;,and
behaved very much like a spoiled bey;
whereas, Louis Napoleon-:was polite to every
one to a degree; and, mounted on his own
'splendid chirger, wbileyoung Aleiander tode
on a borrowed and Clumsy steed, he won the ,
.
admiration of the masses on great fete day;
Then, the coming of the young Empress of
Russia, unexpectedly to Stuttgardt—proba
bly distrustful of the husband's ability to +Es
; Cuss political matters with
. Napoleon--was
felt by all as a very awkward. affair. The
Empress .Eugenie. would !have been. there,
had ; the Czarina . announced her intention to
that effect. And the . gossips . , say that, the
letter was 'afraid or the supericir beatitY and
grace of. her French 'sister Empress,' to say
nothing:of the secret Muscovite pride, which
regards, both Aapeleen: and his wife as• up
,Starts and purpen.ues... , .
• 'There is no real,OP.to . believe that in 'the
`private interviews` of the Emperars,
lean showed any inclination to 'break with
England', .:,Thelact iti,ithe English Alliance,
is, and has been, his safety. , With that at
his back, he . ! stands . prepared .to resist all
Etiropt. , The young Emperor 'of Austria
had no 'Meeting. 'at Stlittgardt," With . the
French'inonaroh;- but; after a great deal of
diplomacy ; he„and Alexander have `met,-and
we, hear,.much, of . kissing.. and:. embracing,
'followed :15y,Iong, secret interviews, , Aux
triat policy` is 'atwaYS . despicable in its
ard'Whitle. Russia- may seem to
forget Austria's refisal to back her in - the
last war, asi well as her "great ingratitude"
for help against Hungary in 1848, she is
not, likely to forgive either.
'The • Kifig'iif PrusSia .. did not send his
'brother to the Conference at Stettgardt. He
is!afraid . of .too: close an intercourse 'between
,France and
„Russia. His policy is equally
adverse to the, predominance of Austria.
The result is, aacekni on the Part of. FMB
-6a' Wheneirer a great' crisis - eoneS; 'and a
large standing army which - never strikes a
blow,- - although it sometimes has threatened
to do so.
The SABBATH OBSERVANCE BB CONTI
;NENTAL MoNARCHS, (or rather its mock
observance ' and real profanation,) comes
out eurionsly enough, in, the accounts of. the
Stuttgardt; meeting. The series . of enter
tairinients 'ties fixed to conclude on Sunday.
But first in the' morning` the hest, the King
of Wurtemberg, goes to the Protestant
Church, and his, guests, Louis Napoleon and
the young Czar; repair respectively, to the
RotaiSh and to the Greek - Church.
This part of the programine hating been
duly carried , out, and dinners, 'B.tol, follow
ing, the great ones, repair to the Opera
House in the evening , where the King—a
great lover of muiic—has got up Bohemian
'Girl for their:special entertainment. 'Here
the'. Muscovite Shows his' Tartar riideness; by
walking out , before the performance ie half
I %?very olgty,l smiling,. and
apparently, enthushoitie, applauds and claps
*his' Wide; eV - en' after the curtain fella.'
Such was the Sabbath of the King' and the
Emperors.:.. Such, too often, is the,Sehhath
all over Protestant Germany. On the Duke
of Nessau's birth day , at Ems I have ere
now, listened, ' early :in • the, ;Sabbath morn-
Jag,. to a- sweet hymn 'sung' by Multitude
'of school 'children, 'drawn up on the hill
side opposite the town; then came the:wmal
Protestant services, ending at. noon • .after
that, all was holiday, and in the, evening
there was a grand ball, to which all the,
chief inhabitants,' including the physician
in whose •house -I lived, his serf And daugh
ter, besides military men," went in .full dress;
But . what are we to say about Berlin
'itself? The
,King 'of Pruesia is ,not an in
temperate Man: That faliehbod is now deed,,
if' not buried yet.' , The *King 'of Prussia' is,
we trust„a Christian men, and has-,warm
evangelical sympathies., But -the King of
Prussia, the patron of the Evangelical
Alliance ;' the friend of knimmacher;
,the"
Cppolient,of Lutheran ritualisth ftheibutider
of. the: Jerusalem bishopric the prOtector
of Continental Protestantism; one , of the
deliverers , of s the Madiai, • from - the cruel
hands of Papal:persecutora-,-he thinks it no
harm to go to the theatre at Berlin on the even,.
ing - of the Lord4day 'A friendefadne,ivho
,was recently atthe Berlin Conference, said; in
relating this,,",lt is -well for us that weniak
not judge other men !" It ia.tme;, imcwe
know what the Scriptural - 'standard ; we
knoni'that i Gintii law cannot alter and
Berlin, with ' its half a million ' , of' people,.
and Church accommodation—not-all , emu
pied—for only forty thousand, we see how
by Luther's . letting down , at the firstthe high
standard" Of God's, own arrangeMent, the
'Sabbath has - in Germany 'praethially' been.
trampled under foot, and both sound 'doe
trine. And pure morality; have, norm queuee, well nigh perished from the land.
Hoy slow must be the process of revival, if
axes the Sabbath remains • despised;!And
if a mighty shower of the Spirit come'down
on Germany, will not the recognition of the'
,Puritan, the Scriptural, Sabbathybe. one of
itsearlieEkfruits ?
I The. Morning, Advertiser' states !that
less . ; than •TEN CLERGymEN THE ENO- {
uSH CHURCH, distinguished for , their
literary standing, are about openly, to
go over to Mme, and that iremediately.
The `leading Tractarians have • been 'pet: 7 ,
suading them to Idefer, the 'step- :for a
little time: ; They Are! all traitors together.
It is only those who throw off, the , mask at'
once, and go over to the eneiny,' that ? can
claim the credit of honest avowal be con
,vietion, although even that is tardy at the
best. What a state would ..an- army:be, in,
with such traitors the camp; or anoth
Londonderry, with such Lundiei in` the Tor-1
tress I Hew 'Steely, on the
they be expelled or executed.' And yet the.
Church of England is so, powerless or so
faithless, and her "nomprornise" bosom is
so expansive and all-embracing, that she
either will net, or cannot, do { ,either one or
the other. The Union' news Paper is doing
its work well, as also is the Trietarian,
Critical Journal, and others, of their pub
lications. .
A ROMISH AND A PITSETITE CATECHISM
the one bearing .the imprimatur,
,of, Paul
Cullen, Ardaiepiscopits 'the'
other 6 ( The First' Catechisii of Christian'
Doctrine,' published at the - Union - offiee,i
in. the . grand, 'bear a Most,:atriking. resem
blance to each other. The ,Samam en t a , are
in each, seven, in number, and, are, Baptism",'
the Lard's Supper, Confirinationk ; Penance,
Holy • Orders, MatrimonY, and Extreme ,
Unction. So there are , also" seven ' -.deadly
sins in each, viz , Prid e , ; ., th wetaaaaes ,,
Lust, Anger, Gluttony, Envy,, and Slotk.
" TheCommandmente of the hurch " are
each case saidkto'he Popish'Cate;
ihism. telling . usithat: it- is al. sin 461 break:
them, and its twin sister declaring that we
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are . bound to obey - those :Tommandments.
Here -is a parallel painfully sug
gestive
THE PIISETITH
GATE
CHIBM.
The C,ommandmenta of I
the Church.
1. To keep certain ap
pointed days holy by rest
ing from servile works.
2. To be present at
Divine service an, all
ana holidayiV
obligatien. •
3. To keep the days
of fruiting and abstinence
appointed by the Chttrth.
4. To confess our, sins
to our pastors, or some
other priest, whenever
they trouble ns.
6. ,To receive the
Blessed sacrament three
times a year, of Which
Easter must be one.
6. Not. to to solemnize
marriage at certain
tiMeg, nor within certain)
degrees of kindredi nor
privately, without wit
nesses.
You will, observe that in No. 4 of the
Paseyite commandments, Confession is even
made more fiequent than in the Romish
Church, and that any " other priest," as well
as "pastors," (why not a 'Romish priest ?)
may hear the . . confession, and give absolu
tion. But the recognition of the primacy
of the Pope is the - crowning lesson taught
in the Ttactarian Catechism. After stating
dist' the Church "is governed by tishops
and other clergy,. deriving their orders in a
direct line from the Apostles," the following
Occurs : , . _
Q. Are all the Bishops equal
A_ All are equal in their. office, but some
ere; higher higher than others, as Archbishops,
Me.tropolilians, and Patriarchs, of whom
'the 'first is THE BISHOP OF ROME, the
Patriarch of the West.'(? ! !)'
ARCHRIEHOP CITLLEN has been writing
from Rome about the collections for the
sufferers in India," in the same vile and
selfish spirit as Cardinal • Wiseman. Callen
accuses'the Managers of the Patriotic Fund
raised during the lait .war, of having re
, fused to make, grants' for •the education of
the children of deceased :ROMiSil , soldiers,
and of using the fund for proselytizing pur
poses. The result will be, Of , course, in
Ireland as well as England, that Papists
will inithliold help from the Fund for the
Indian sufferers: Rome has no sympathy
Ifor heretic'. England; or' the widowed and
fatherless, fugitives from India. Her ten
der mercies are cruel, and she , is quite as
treacherous to the British Crown as are the
Moltaiiiniedans Ind Sepoya of India. Some
of her 'partizans in Ireland have been cir
culating 'placards, urging the people not
to enlist, reminding them that Eng
. land's ,difficulty is Ireland's opportunity,
and in terms of triumphant and fiend
ish hate, ' gloating over' the massacres
in India. The " Sepoy press " • in' Ireland
is limited in its influence, and the priests
do not openly countenance it. Bat save for
self-interest; and hopes by cunning
and by pressure, more than they
Can gain by , violence, _knowing, too, that
their own necki would he in - , peril,
every ' Roinish ' • bishop' and priest' in Ire•
land, if not. better I than his creed,
,is a : rebel ,to Queen Victoria at heart,
and would gladly see the throne of one
whO, as a heretic, is excommunicated ipso
raetb 7 l lif the banons, overturned to-morrow.
-•-England, however; not for her own 'Sake,
but for the - glory of God's great name, will,
1 confidently believe, rise triumphant over
all her traitorous, enemies whether - abroad
or at home., _ Her pampering of Maynooth,
as a heti:led of heresy and sedition, has
been her' weakness and 'her sin' at • home,
_just as iher: patronage of Paganism and Mo
hanimettanisuf-L-und ;all, from base selfish
ness of motive—has been India. Oh
that' we were indeed wise, and right in
Polley.' Hew, in the: day of „
"would
;one ehas& thousand, ilia two' put tea
thousand to flight I"
The Wines has been disporting itself
afresh with CAnorplAr, WisEmAst, and his
. recent pastoral. > The, Cardinal loves to be
rhetorical, and sparkling; of true l oratory,
the soil of which is heart, and earnestness,
he is entirely innocent. But vainer than
he of his literary performancea, none is to
be Mound. How cruel'ihen'lor the Times
to criticise his style, as Spanish translated
into Latin ' and Latin into, ,English,
Lord St. Leonards and the Times have se
' verely castigated Cullen for 'the lying
charges he biingl forward, in Chler to jug
/ tify the ignoring ) by Papists, of collections
for thelndian sufferers.
.iThe ATLANTIC' CABLE is -now.' being un
,,,,alqpped at Plymouth. It :is , deposited in
three water -proof tanks, with i a wooden roof
over These ianks will receive three
thetteandiniles'ircable. two Ships lie
in the ' passeathrough
bcilingoil, and its deliverOtill '6coripy six
, weeks. The 254 7 !* 4 agara will then, go.to New
X ,
,Fork for repairs. The American,. frigate
'Sit.sixtehanna„ which had accompanied the
algitminnon and Niagara, 'bilis sailed for
the ;United States 'Naval 'Depot in'the Medi
terranean. Her return next yeatlto assist
'in the effort more closely, to unite the two
nations, is looked ferwaTd to with, satisfac-
The American 'Offi`ceni hid been re
' ceiewilt Plymmith with aft 'peeisible honor
`2,and'hospitality: intended to add sev
eral hundred mileelingth to the cable before
another attempt ia made to. lay it down.
• 'lniconnexitin :with the:BELFAST RIOTS,
the Iriah, Government has resolved hence
fOrthto w#hhold comwissions of the peace
perilous' Who 'ail, members,"Of 'Orange
lodges: ' I'-think this •is jtiktifilible step.
Political Protestantism 'lME'dinie Much harm
to the progress and peace 'of Ireland, and
~too,often hasproved a barrier to the spread
Of truth. I
many,am hound, however, to say,
lhat kt
an e ev, an increasing num
' her Cf: Christiategiiiithimen,tire tb be found
in. the Orange! rearikeptifid icia to; their loy
ally and pluck, as a body, that in case of an,
Irish , outbreak, the„government• would be
comPollefte appeal.. Mo , ru was made of the.
Belfast iiCtl;by - lheireis, than was called
for. '.• The!: Freeeh•• efonsiiiiitionel took ad
vantage of them to read usico lei:titre on the
b,!,esaip g s, of , despotism ; to, which , the Times
poi* repliefil r that: it, was: better,.to have
In occaisidnal 'entente, than the•
; benitinlifOn -4 . Or 'ilesiii'etlain; 'broken up
-eirery; now I ,
ntl; then 'earthquake convul
shies and crushingthroneir. '3.. W.
THE, ..PEPISH CATE
* CHDSI4.
The CommandmentB of
the, Church.
1. To do.no,work and
hear • :mass on Sundays
and holidays.
2. To abstain from
flesh meat on days of
j
3. To fast on fasting
clays, when you are 21
yeareold. •
4. To confess your sins
every year.
6. To receive the
Blessed Sacrament about
Easter.
6. To help to support
your pastors when you
are able.
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