_ • • ••• • o'. , - ) ""1 .- y S T.,,R A ADVOCATE . smiNew. lor..brierlatt Banner, Vol. VI9 Noe 10. preortorlau Advocate. Vol. XI, NO. 5, DAVID McKINNEY, Editor and Proprietor. rERNS,--IN ADVANCE. qDriginat ofetrg. Lines, DDIcATED TO AN AORD FRIEND 'Tie pleusant to think of the friends that we love, Though fir from our vision they often remove; Yet, though we be sever'd, we think of them yet, And their counsels and converse we cannot forget. One dear Christian friend, whom I've met in my way, My thoughts oft revert to, though now far away; Kis head is now ailver'd with age, yet he strives To labor in Zion, as long as he lives. Should these simple lines meet my honor'd friend's eyes, 'Mid the scenes of his labors, he'll soon reoog- CM One who has oft listen'd, with tear-moisten'd eye, To his kind admonitions when sorrow was nigh. Yes, my time helloed friend, have we not found it I=M To mingle together, at Jesus' feet, Our cares and our sorrows, and freelvmake known Oar wants, in petitions before Mercy's throne ? When sad disappointment my pathway has cross'd, And my poor fainting heart with temptation was toss'd ; When sorrow and encloese my spirits bore down, Thou bast taught me to look from the croes to the MEM Thy counsels were bless'd to enlighten my road, Awl lead me to rest more securely on God; Thy calm, soothing tones, have my sorrows sub dued, Assured that all things would still work for my good. We may yet meet again, and our friendship renew, Which, I never can doubt, is enduring and true; Bat what, if to meet be not here to us given, We shalt meet, and find sweeter reunion in BEA:VIM. Nitlclesrillc, October, 1857 For the Presbyterian Banner and Advocate. Taking a Man on Leather, The following anecdote is related in con nection with the Rev. B. T. Lacy, of Vir- gum: Mr. L. was one day riding in a stage n,ch with a man who seemed utterly averse to conversation. Every conceivable means was adopted to interest and draw out the taciturn stage traveler, but all in vain At last the man, evidently observing the aim of his companion, spoke out with some abrupt ness, " Take me on leather, and then I can talk with you" Mr. L., happening to 'be posted up to some extent on the subject Bug. gested, complied with the request, and the result was, an interesting conversation be tween the minister and the tanner. This anecdote suggests a few thoughts on the judicious adaptation, by ministers, of their ordinary 'Conversation to the tastes . and, capacities of their fellow men. That ministers should confine their atten tion exclusively to studies of a theological character, none will attempt to .maintain; arid few, if any, would limit even the pastor, in his common intercourse with his people, to subjects of a strictly religious nature. There are occasions when pastoral conversa tion should be religious, and religious alone ; but in the ordinary mingling of minister and people, religion need not, and should not, be the sole topic of conversation. Even the truly pious, wish to see their pastor in his character as a man and a sym pathizing friend, as well as in that of an official minister of the sanctuary. And be sides, it is important for their encourage ment that they see in their pastor an exem plification of the truth that religion is a practical matter, and that the common duties of life may be discharged and its rational pleasures enjoyed in entire compatibility with the obligation of religion and the abounding of Christian communion. With respect to the unconverted of any charge, the minister who addresses these on religious subjects alone, will soon find his opportunities for so doing to diminish in proportiou as the persons sought after can be successful in avoiding an interview. The impenitent cannot be expected to desire, nor even long to tolerate, conversations ex clusively devoted to subjects, which are not only uncongenial with their feelings but to which they entertain a deeprooted antipathy. Taking for granted the propriety of a minister, as a member of society,-consulting, within appropriate limits, the secular tastes or his fellow men, let us glance at some of the beneficial results of such a course. The minister, 'being a truly intelligent and well informed man, wins thus the respect. of the man of the world. How common are such expressions as these : " He preach es fine sermons, but he lacks common sense." ,‘ He is a roan of great learning, hut he knows nothing of the world." "'He is a were child in mutters of every day life:" All who miugle lunch with mankind are familiar with expressions of this character. And it is evident that in proportion as these gain currency as applicable to any particular minister, in that proportion does the minis• ter lose the respect of the people and espe cially of the unconverted portion. It is equally clear that when a minister,_ able in the Scripture, exemp.a.ry in conduct and kind in spirit, shows, by his daily intercourse, that he is also well informed nu matters of business and social interest; that he takes practical views of things; that he can feel 11:3 s roan es well as a preacher, and that with, any compromise of' true, ministerial dignity, he can mingle socially among m en , he will, to a greater or less extent, ne. ce.sarily be respected. This respect felt for the minister will soon grow into the warmer sentiment of settled friendship. Men will almeet unavoidably love those who man ifest an interest in them and in those things in which they are deeply interested. The respect and friendship thus , gained, will scarcely fail to beget sentiment& favorable to religion itself. The influence upon theljudgment, of kind and intelligent personal intercourse is won derlul. Its power in the direction of error is patent. Take a young man even from the /spa of Knox, one grown up under, the in flueece of the Wcatroineter Confession, and tae ht to look upon Rome with abhorrence as the llabyletr- of-the Apocalypse,s' drink with the blood of his own sainted ancestry; take even this Scotch•bred and Scotch-taught youth and place him for a time under the influence of a Jesuit, adorned by diversified attainments, ease of manners, smoothness and plausibility of speech, and withal a protean adaptedness to circumstances how ever varying; and, though a complete victory may not be gained, we may yet well wonder if Scotch prejudices do not, at least, yield to something akin to sympathy for a system which be comes to regard as tittle understo,od and grossly misrepresented by the Protestant world, The reason why so many Protestant girls return from Jesuit schools proselytes to the faith of the Papal Anti-Christ, is hence ob vious. Priests and female teachers first ingratiate themselves with their pupils and win their respect and friendship, and this accomplished, the - 'transition. step is but short and easy to the espousal of their re- ligious sentiments. The same disposition which. favors the inculcation of error may be turned to advan tage in the cause of truth. By gaining the esteem and affectionate regard of our fellow men, we may exert a material influence over them for good. Those who love us will be likely at least to respect our religious' senti merits. Loving us and respecting' the sen timents we espouse, they are likely to he our frequent hearers; and they will hear atten tively, and, perhaps, with deep interest. With an ear attentive to every word and a heart favorably disposed, the arrow of truth, directed by the Spirit of God, is..likely to find the desired mark; and conviction of sin, and crying for mercy, and •embracing Christ as a Saviour, need not be regarded`as strange results. Besides, by gaining their attachment, the minister obtains an influence, in private, over unconverted men which others could not possibly exert. The- sinner ••would be offended with rebilkPailwarnings and advice coming from a minister, , who had never•pre viously won his friendly regard, whilst he might be tenderly affected, arrested in his downward career, fixed in hisresolutions to seek salvation, and ultimately led to Chriat by the same admonitions given- y one whom he respects and loves. EZZI But the benefit of such:antadaptedness to men habits of thought as has been alluded to, is not limited to the person with whom the minister converses. The latter is him self a gainer. Leaving out of view the social pleasure he enjoys and the friendly interest he excites, the minister becomes better qualified for the Alischarge of his * duties in the pulpit. Hispreaching is likely to Sc more intelligible, and"forcible, and, consequently, more interesting and useful: As a general =lei the ministerial- recluse is poorly qualified for preaching to the masses. The reading is - all:nest exclusively theological and`metaPhysical. As he reads, so he thinks, in an atmosphere far higher than that in which the masses' think, and as his-preaching must accord- with his constant habits of thought, the learned book.worm usually preaches above the comprehension of his hearers The case is different with: the minister. who, without neglecting his duties as a stu dent, mingUe'freely with' he people, becom ing acquainted with their habits of thought, and adapting himself to their tastes and ac quirements. He descends from airy heights, to the plain where he has found his audience. If a man of judgment, he soon discovers that profound discussions, abounding in ab struse terms in theology and .philosophy, fanciful flights in the nebular regions of speculation, and dazzling displays of rhetorio, are by no means what the people need. He sees they want the truth brought down, and home to them, and his, familiar conversa tional habits enable him to adapt himself to this want. His address will be -direct and personal. His style will be simple, and to a great extent, colloquial. His dialect will be mainly the good, old 'Anglo-Saxon. He will oast about him, as did the greatest of all preachers, for familiar illustrations. He will gather these mostly from the every-day avo cations in life, and from the characteristic traits of humanity, and with, these he will enlist and rivet the attention; he, will make clear as the day, truths otherwise but dimly apprehended, if understood at all; he will Make an impression deep and lasting as is the remembrance of the objects from which his illustrations are drawn. Few will deny that great advantages are I connected with the course recommended. Most of us, however, find it no easy matter to succeed in- a varied adaptation of our con versation to the secular tastes and pursuits of men. Many ministers are naturally re served, and consequently more or less indis posed to conversation on any subject.. Many, by the circumstances of, their birth and early education, are measurably disqualified for mingling sociably among the masses, toward whom they are drawn, if drawn at all, rather by a sense of duty than by any congeniality of feeling. Many are more or less unfitted for general intercourse with society, by'their habits of study. Besides all this, the most of us are not prepared to converse intelligently with men of other callings—we have not the requisite amount of information; and, un happily, some assume the,manner of teachers where they ought to be really learners; thus making themselires ridiculous in the eyes of their people. But the difficulties suggested will not excuse in any, a persevering neglect of duty. We must strive to surmount these obstruc tions as well as those we meet with in other departments of our, york. The naturally reserved' should struggle against a disposition which proves so greatly in the way of their usefulness as ministers. The more they cultivate the sociable element in their nature, the greater will be their ease and fluency in conversation.; and a modest deference to others will always aid in win ning the way to their hearts. Those who have been reared in'the utidst of affluence, and under the poligh of fash ionable life, must remember that their Divine Master, from whom they have received their commission to preach the Gospel, himself associated as a friend •with the poor,, and surely those who claim to be his servants, will strive to necome imbued with his, lowly spirit, and will learn to accommodate them selves, if necessary, , to the most humble circumstances of life. Those whose habits of study render it irksome to mingle socially with men of other pursuits, must, to some .7 extent, break in upon those habits. Study' is necessary— indispensably so; and habits ` -'of study-nitist "ONE THING IS NEEDFUL:" "ONE THING HAVE I DE*RED OF THE LORD:" "THIS ONE THING I DO." PUBLICATION OFFICE, GAZETTE BUILDING, FIFTH STEET, ABOVE SMITHFIELD, PITTSBURGH, PA. FOR THE WEEK ENDING SATU#DAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1857. be acquired and rigidly persevered in; but Studying is by no means the whole of the work of the minister. Duty often calls us out into the world, ;is men, as social beings— benefitting and receiving benefit. Such calls, we should unhesitatingly obey. But we must never forget, that, while mingling with the world upon the common platform of secular conversation, there is to be no compromise of our ministerial relations, as Ambassadors of Christ to dying men. Whilst, as social beings, we enjoy ourselves, and contribute to the temporal happiness of others, 'all must be "subservient to the grand end to which'we, as ministers, by our ordination vows, are especially. consecrated. " Do all to the glory of God," should be our ruling, maxim, iu whattieever_we think, and say, and do. JOHN. Meetings , for ''Pryer. We are pleased with the spirit manifest in the following 'extract from the letter of a young Christian, in a retired congregatiOn. Churches not , having pastors should yet meet for prayer, praise, and the , reading , of the Word. And elders should be so wise, and, have such a weight of character, that they could by exhortation,' add- to the bene fits of the meeting. The letter says : ocln your paper of October 17th, is a pastoral letter from the , members of Lake Presbytery, on the subject of prayer-meet ings, which I have read with the most in tense interest. lam glad that those breth ren have had that letter published. Perhaps it may (and may God grant it,) assist in rousing churches and individuals in our beloved Zion to a proper feeling on this sub ject. The sentiments contained in that letter are surely in accordance with truth, and if so, how deficient are many of our churches If prayer-meetings are (as was once ex pressed.to me by a clerical friend,) the pulse of the church, what conclusion must we be forced to ? The little church with which the writer is cottneeted; is now vacant= supplies never - exceeding" once a month. The intervening Sabbaths are emphatically silent. No opportunity is offered to meet together and mourn over the ,wants of Zion, and implore God's gracious return. Must we be compelled to take hp the lamentation of the prophet, Isa. lxiv': 7 ; And thereis none that calleth upon thy liame, that -stir reth up himself, to take hold of thee.' Ah have we not reason to fear that He has not only hid his face from Us, kit consumed us because of our iniquities? But we Shall not despair. There are, I trust, even hiie, those who weep in seoret.over Zion's deso lations; and the letter above alluded to, and the proposed convention of 'the four Synods, are ; surely encouragement = to : every true Christian heart, and evidence, too, that God iS'yet in Or, churches and he may, yet, visit us. ' • For the Presbyterian , Banner and Advocate Pray for the Convention. Ma. EDITOR a cause of thankful ness that God has put it intn'the hearts of so many of his Servants to agree to ;meet, iu a prayer.ineeting, at Pittsburgh, on the First Tuesday of December. The object is cer tainly worthy; the proposed action = lawful; to go together into the presence of our great King with one request and one desire ! e.an or will refuse ? Yes, this "is ac (fording to the law." Our King has a stand ing invitation to all his subjects to come, and while they come he asks; "`What is thy petition and what thy request?" He has likewise,a standing promise for those who agree to ask fora given blessing. May we not expect a present God and a present blessing too at that meeting! Would it not;be desirable that thie meet ing bp made the, subject of special prayer in all our churches, on: the Sabbath preceding? How delightful too toy think that on the days of the meeting all ministers and elders, all,praying men and women within the bounds of the Church; who cannot go up to the meeting, are bearing it and all the great in terests of Zion on their hearts' before , God I Let those two days and three nights be a season of prayer, not only in Pittsburgh, but all over the bounds of these four Synods, and the blessing in answer will be without measure. , Esther needed the fasting and praying of, all the Jews about Shushan, when she was, about to plead for the lives of her peo ple ;. much .more will that ,prayer-meeting need , the fasting. and praying of all God's people within the bounds of the four Synods and of the whole Church. ' Surely no true child of God will refuse to .prayat " Such a time as this." , I have called it a "prayer-meeting;" that is all I understand it to be. Justnn invite tion to come and pray. The object is' not to make a revival, but to ask: God to make one in our hearts and our churches. Now, this We think to be a subject worthy of such a prayer•meeting. Prayer-meeting I Yes, prayer-meeting ! I know many professing christians set, but little value on prayer-meet ings. But God : does value them. He does more in, and for, the bumble prayer-meet iug than he does for the preaching meeting. Every great blessing to the Church has been preceded by a, prayer-meeting—a meeting in which the great work was to put up the prayer of faith. One subject of prayer now, and at that meeting) should be 'that God would ,give -us and our people each a type of religion as will make us love prayer-meetings more; such a type of religion as will, cause •them " that fear the Lord to' talk much with one an .l other," and much with, God. T.A.M. Autumn Leaves. Autumn leaves by millions rotting in heaps unheeded, and yet each ,one a micro- scope, wonder of contrivance. Arid this snow-wreath that half envelopes them, made up -of myriads of crystals, melting while I look at them. What an utter`waste it seems ! Wisdom and beauty flung Whole sale into the pit of corruption. Until the day of resurrection we shall never compre:- bend this -melancholy mystery. Then shall atoms all be portioned out, and every organ ized particle of earth's crust be found to be part of some soul's tabernacle. Then shall we understand how. Camar's dust has also i lived in the leaf,-and his moisture effloresced in the snowolu,ly to be restored and repro duced when:iimd,and its uses aro no , lon gqr; in but meanwhile. used everywhere, and noth ing lost, mislaid, wasted, or forgotten.—.- Dubb'n-UwiteYgityalagazine:' ,. •.• From our London Correspondent. Fall of Delhi—Protracted Struggle—Marauding Bands—The American Crisis, and its Influence on the Honey Market and Commerce—A Lady's Nar rative as to the First Outbreak at Delhi— Lord Canning—His task—Will .he be Recalled -Christianity and Courageßev. W. Graham and General Havelock—Nena's- Proclamations —Cullen's False Charges--rAteetria and Perse cution—Piedmont and .Reaction—Constantmople, the Sultan, and Stratford—Misoions in Turkey— . Persecution—Meeting of Congregational Union— Harmony and Orthodoxy—Ministerial Support— Newman Hall, Baines and jaiiees on Preaching— Doctor Brown and the Dying i9obleman. LONDON, Ootober3o, 1857. DELHI HAS FALLEN ! = Such was the news brought us by telegraph four days ago. By the play of the heav3t4rtillery—lately brought up---upon theils, a breach was effected near, the Cashmere Gate, and the assault was made on tbti*, 1401-of, Sep tember. The troops met little orno oppo- Bitten at first, but as they aimed into the town they were fiercely:resisted. One:ac count said that the loss, qui, that day was forty officers and six .hundred men killed and wounded. Another seemed to indicate that this was the entire lo'ss incurred 'from the first assault until , the , final Possession of the city, ott-:. the 20th2 of September: The latter was a view tea favorable; and that during those six days stern. ,resistance, houses occupied and defended, if not mines sprang, must have entriiled r further severe losses upon our army. "Great loss on both sides," .-seeme, = to' justify this view. The. particulars, ,-conveyed by the„,telegrarn were incomplete, but it was stated with apparent conviction of iti'entire, truth, that the King. of Delhi and`his- family had4escapetlin' -the disguise -of• femala drew's The mutineers were also seen. crossing ithe .bridge.in the rear of the town, and the pip on the walla were turned upon them. If they, have, escaped in large numbers, they will carry desolation alt over the{ vdistricts, and become, with other, mutineers,. as well: as with, predatory peasants joining thern,,armed guerilla bands, which it will take a long pe riod to subdue. Villages' Will be burnt, cul tivation, will be stopped; ievertnes will be nil, and altogether it seems certain, that although the back of tho, conspiracy is, broken, a malignant vitality, remains, and severe and harrassing Work'aviaits'our troops on their arrival in India. 'Generals Outran and Havelock had crossed-the Ganges -with little opposition, and were on their way to Lneknow. The garrison there,, en -the Zth of SepteMber, had, exploded a second ; mine, destructive to many of their enemies as was theirst, and bad followed' it up by a sue easeful sortie. Haveloclesforee had Crossed the river about the 20th)September ;, about forty, miles intervened, and if , ,able to beat, back'his oppenents, Lueknow would xe- Revell' in a few days. " the hope de ferred is Still siekening mirky in &Flit& heart - vaad --- trome 7 Even ith full -success , granted us, i and the .rebeilien - urrsaylint down, whit - a calamitous vel.ume Will have been added to the bistoryor English con nexion..with India! Strange is the cOndition of things with TES just now. The ANIERIOAM BANK, ' aitd consequent COMMERCIAL Claes, has told all over the kingdom, but: in some places far more than others. The news, however, that the New York Banks had at length , e Was suspendedsp ie payment , received in the: Money Market' here with satisfaetion i inasmuch as it would check the drain of gold , from this aide, specie ,being no longer abs lately, required. There was no panic here, indeed; at any time, but the rise, of the dis count has injuredirade and commerce very . considerably. Besides this, the East India' Company is sending out, vast , quantities, of, silver, every mail, and a /oun will probably, erelong, be introduced by them into the, nairket by . Government sanction. Alto gether, things look - gleomy, 'and considering the'sufferings and anxieties mow being-en dured in , India and at home, 'in 'connexion, with mutiny and war, and in England and America in connexion with commerce, it is impossible not to feel sad, even from sym pathy' fronrsuch wide-spread 'sorrow among families and individuals. The feeling' of horror, in connexion • with : war and massacre, is deepened when you, converse with one Who has come from the scene of' them. Snell has been the case' with me. I have this week had at my house' a . lady,- the wife of the commander of an Oriental - - and Pe ninsular• steamship, sailing between Calcutta and Suez. In May last, or, earlier, she went up to Delhi, at the invitation of General Frazer, the commandant of the city, andhia family, to spend seine time with 'them. She had an extraordinary and most provi dential escape from death. She left Delhi to return to Calcutta on the morning Of the same day whose sun set Upon' a scene of horror. That evening news was braught'to General Frazer that there was 'disturbance, and he:was .requested , to call a parade.. He did so; and, as soon as,the troops and cat-. eels assembled, the, latter were attacked and slaughtered. The commandant himself—a veteran Officer of the Company—Mß then tied to a tree, his three daughters, one only three months, arrived from nglandi, were murdered before his eyes, and then he him self was ruthlessly butchered. , LORD CANNING has had a heavy burden imposed on him . I by the unexpectedness of the outbreak, as ,well as by its extensive spread, and the want of English troops. The Edinburgh .I?vie , i6' makes a bold de fence 'for' him. This - might be expected from the great , Quarterly supporter of the Whigs, and the Ministry. Still, that he •is quite equal to the crisis,. seems, not to be be lieved, either here or in India. The tin pOpularity of himself and his officials at Calcutta, is very strongly endorsed by a cor: respondent -of our Tract • Society there. Universal pleasure would be given to the Europeans there,, ze were they all dismissed. But this, an India:House official tells e; is not probable. It is with a kind of painful and morbid fascination: one lingers over such scenes as these. The heart can only relievoitself by, casting the burden of anxiety 'and sorrow on the Great Sympathizer, and by humble trust in that Glorious 'Sovereign, wbo in -judg ment =and in mercy sways an undisputed sceptre, and will cause, all these things , to further his beneficent detgus. It is., very encouraging to knowithat ORRISTIANITY . AND CPU4AGE have been beautifully united in the, ease of several of the roost prominent men in this Indian atuii filet-This, aaA I feirmerlY was the case with the doceaied Lawrence, at Lucknow. The correspondent of the Tract Society at Calcutta, already alluded to, men tions that the Colonel now commanding there is also an excellent Christian man. There was a large depot of English and ver nacular tracts and books at tueknow. It may be that these have proved a blessing and a comfort to many of the beleaguered garrison. As to Havelock, fresh illustra tions of his worth come out. Last week the Rev. W. Graham, of Bonn on the Rhine—the missionary of the Irish Assem bly 'to the, Jews--stated, at a public meet ing; that Gen. Havelock had been a Mem ber of his. church at Bonn, and that his wife and daughter were members for the last seven years. With regard to. Havelock, he stated it as a fact, that he has been accustomed in India to use his tent for preaching, on ,the Lords day, to his Soldiers, This he did during "the" Ifidilifrt;")airtipaiVilin 4 Lord Gmigh. was.'eommander-in-chief;. and being a Baptist, he evee baptized several persons. A comp'aint was made; the corn mander.in.eliief asked for , an official account of i the Moral condition ofColonel Havelock's regirrient, and finding that it was far supe rior to every other ; as to, drunkenness and other orinie,s, he, sent him word to go, on with his preaching, and, if he liked, to bap tize thewhole army. Several of NENA SA . HIB'S PROCLAMA MONS have appeared' in the Times. The first is dated the:first of-July, in which the monster; using the language of affected, piety, tells, his followers, that "by the kind. ness of God' and the good fortune of the . EmPeror," '(the King of Delhi,) "all the Christians Who were at Delhi, Poonah, Fa tarra, and other places, and even 'those five -thousand European soldiersl who' went _in disguise former city, and were dis covered, are destroyed and sent to hell by the piens and sagaeiona troops who ire - firin to 'their. religion." He"calls on them to " rejoice at the - delightful intelligence,rand to carry ,on . their . work with comfort , and ease." In another proclamation of the same date, he says, "the ' yellow-faced and narrow-minded people have been sent to hell, and Cawnpore has been conquered:" In a third, .dated sth July, he endeavors to quiet the ;popular alarm at the rumor, that ,Euro peen soldiers had arrived at Allahabad,and declares that soldiers had been forwarded to Cheek' them. This miscreant was not; is was Iso 'confidently stated, a suicide. It is already".` known. to your readers om what in timate and confidential terms he lived, before the outbreah, with 'the British officers and familiar*th their families. He with . the Englishianguage and literature, but in his Engliskeducation in a - Government School, the , _Bible was kept from him. Neva, Sahib was at the.,head of the forces yrho opposed, the march of , Outran and Havelock. to Lucknow._ G . ... 4 - 4 ,4z,,, ,,, :----- 11/18--trtvu-;zu.....4 ic . ' - ailveriabr Galena sending up Mr. Grant4--a 'member of the Supreme ' Council—to the disturbed dis tricts,who not only forbade the execution of one hundred and fifty, of the Cawnpore mu tineers by, General Neil, but ,had actually set' them it libertY. ' 'A bad,'if not almost Mutinous feeling, has been, I fear, elicited among British troops..' We do not, however, know all the circumstances of Abe case. Colonel Thomas, writing in the. Times, introduces afresh the question, whether in' future the' Bible is to be a class.book in the. Government' schools in India. He (livens. on: the, 'facts that the missionary schools, where the Bible is used, are by far tiM most popular with . the natives through ott the'country., He maintains that without the Sdriptures we can never hope to see the people lifted up from moral:degradation, or be fitted to be trustworthy. ; In somvpoints of view the question is a difficult, one. Bat the formal exclusion of the Bible, in defer ence to heathen prejudices, seems to be carrying' toldration of error to a guilty ex cess. • ' ' rnvestigation having been made into DR. CULLEN'S CHARGES against the distribUtion of the Crimean War Fend, it has been found:that they; are not tenable. One cus tomary statement hi that Roman Catholics • furnish one-half of, the defence of, the corm try. The truth is, that as respects the army, hardly one-third are'Romaniets. - "As to the 'seventy thousand serving 'in the navy, not more, thantwo or ,three.per cent:• are Roman ists. Ireland, also, ; ;as a whole, receives from the Crimean Fund, for the relief of widows and orphans; an annual sum of £10,000; which represents 'a capitalized sum of £lBO,OOO. The whole Irish subscription was £60,000, and much of, it Protestant money. Scotland. gave 1148 000 and only receives £5,000 annually. It is, well ,aseer tallied that in the whole of Ireland' not 'a singlnWidow Of Criniean soldiering been refused relief on any 'ground. With respect to ",parscns"in,-Dublin ; as Dr. Cullen said, being distributors there is not a single Protestant clergyman that has ever thus 'been employed. The charges of religious :•partiality in - the 'matter of 'education have been proved equally groundless. The truth is,,Rome and her ,celibate,s are too selfish, and monied too,closely to one, absorbing am bition, 'to care for chFity in the true and, noble"sense of 'the term. • A - Protestant -Crimean Chaplain-General beseeches—l fear in ,vain--Cardinal Wiseman and Doctor Cullen,tp remember that "Charity. suffereth long, and is kind, and,thinketh no evil." The. C9NCORDAT ,between the Pope and Anstria displays, increasingly, its bitter fruitti. The Romish Bishops have now, al moats all things under their control.' Pro .testant and Greek Christians find it 'almost impossible 'to obtain Government employ ment, and cases: have lately come to light, .of two , tutors - in a Public. School being dismissed by reason of, priestly, influence, simply because they were Protestants. In Piedmont, the Reactiona.ry party are making strenuous efforts to obtain-a major ity in the. Parliament, and are most ,anxious to upset Cavan, and his Liberal Ministry. They hanker after a Concorclug, ,. similar to that now dominantthe'Austrian domin ions. They are trying to kill Constitutional Liberty by its own forms of election and government. It is believed, however, that their efforts will fail, for the present. FRENOWINFLIIBNCE hBO received a cheek at Constantinople, by the reinstatement of Pacha, l the friend, of ; .I,,ord)Strat. ford, as Grand Vizier. The Soltan, while the French Ambinador was ,entertaining the Turkish Ministry at "cl;hiner, went, =oaten= tatiously and in state, to the residence, of his former minister, to dine with him, using language which indicated what his views and feelings were. Lord Stratford is soundly abused by the French Government papers, in consequence, but they find that tough old diplomatist very hard to kill. The reign of a French Prince over the Principalities, will not be tolerated by Russia, Turkey, Austria, or England. Indeed, a fresh Con- gress will be necessary, to settle the ques tion whether there can be a separate Ruler placed, over the • Prineipalities, in, harmony with the sovereign rights of the - Sultan. Meantime, the American Missions make progress in Armenia, and in Constantinople it-elf: Interestingstaternentsrere furnished un these matters, by Dr: Dwight, at a the Evangelical Alliance Conference, at Berlin•. A ease of.PeaslounoN is 'narrated in a lettert , to4ho4o4tiamirPALLWßorter, mis sionary at- Damascus...,:A family, had;: re; nouneed - isisreism; and the missionary had Stabled' for them the piotention of the re- cent Tanzimat, or law securing religious lib"- erty. The local 'Pasha, however,'seized;bne of the males, ; beat himrseverely,,and threat ened him ,with , death, .unless ,recrukted,; and at last he was compelled to, enlist, ,as ,a Pinkish soldier:" Dragged ,to 'the Mosque, he still ex.elaitned; "lam a Christian." At last .the: man fled 'ito. the British .Coniunt house,: for ; refuge. The family, also' found ,shplter there. The Pasha, had treated with silent neglect, all. - remonstrances: heifill be rebuked frord'heed-quarters, brit the , inci - dent shows the intenaelyrperadeuting ;spirit of Mohammedanism, and that.Chris thins, here must.suffer fer ; their ; ,Lord,, for some time to come. 'Still religious liberty befog reoognized legally, the way is open to a fuller development' than ever `befine;of the faith of our true Prophet. The recent Autumnal " - Meeting of the Co - rmitioieriorrAL Irmo*, interesting in -many points. of view. 'ln the first place, in contrast with the unseemly-ebullitions+of temper exhibited at former meetings, in eoui flexion with our "Negative Theology" con troversy, fraternal love Prevailed. Next, it is significant te`obierVeithat, arthedoxy bay= ing obtained la decided ~ victory in the Om gregational body, Negative Theology now quietly, tabooed. ,Not ,that the spirit ot. it has entirely evaporated, or that there is, and will net be, an'Did t -School andcNew School party, respectively, among Independents, but, with allethelaults of those, who Assaulted error with such severity, it is felt that they had'the raise of honesty and truth on their Side, and that a debt of gratitUde is dire'to them by those who would' preServe, in-full efficiency, the Gospel of the - olden time. Another.point mooted at the' Congrega tional .Union. meeting, was that of,Ministquil Support. Certainly this is a pressing gnu,- tiOn,hici. I think, can 'only receive . its true s o lution op - - eormarrafunrepror - ... .tral Suatentation -Fund. a Here tis 'that , Congregational! principles seem:to:interfere with a thorough and efficient. working- of such a movement. Mr. James . admitted • this diffiChlty, ' and suggeited that , tlit; ' churches must be individually `stirred up.' * Simultaneous collections for Missions may be, and are- suggested, but they cannot-be • : directed : as =under . Synodical:.authority.: ' Hence, they are not universal. There are 1 County ,Associations generally established, I which provide small' supplements to ininiste- I rial r stipend, but afteall, a large proportion 1 of Congregational, ministers, trothin towni i and in rural districts,. are znifferng, severely, I Let ris hope that this great barrier of the • 1 progress of ,Chriseti kingdOni, not only r among our Independent brethren, but ainong all our unendowed ' Presbyterian ehirehes; on both sides of tie Atlantic; will:be< re= moved. Another feature of the recent meeting, was, the attention given to the subject of preaching, by the well-known Rei. Newman Hall, of; London, •on " The =Methods of preaching, the .Gospel best adapted to the Age." • This,- he considered, must be intel ligible,' forcible, natural, earnest, praCticiti, and Evangelical; all which he seArally illustrated. "Intelligibility:was , of primary •importanee. . They must use the English language oftheir own day, and not go,to their wardrobes for Antiquated forms of speech, but must use' the language of the community—the language of ,common life, not of theOlegicil ' cant. - Why should tkip language: maim, of , a theological school?" All this is very good, it we , are sure that, in discarding the, "language of a theological school," we do not make dangerous ponces eions to those who 'love `" the wiedem of words," , elegant =phraseology ; and act : milly look on Scripture. quotations as Tether com mon-place and vulgar. As to length of sermons, Mr Hall dire 4 'on the importance of brevity. Men °tread ing and reflection'forined but a small Miner ity of any cengregation.• = They (the preach 'ers,) spoketopaen of business, and artizans—r both , wearied with their, week's work-r,to i small tradesnien, servants andchildren,wlfo formed the staple of the audience., Lengthy' sermons might have done for the selected few in former ages; buts they were wholly . unfit- I•ted for, the. present time. For every„iten men.who liked an hour's sermon fifty liked 1 Half an hour. Those ministers who aimed at' /oily minutes, were more likely' to he i successful. i After the' reading. of Mr. Hall's paper, up 2 rose Mr. Edward Baines, An eminent Pis ' seating gentleman , of Leeds, a great adVO- 1 °ate of Sabbath observance, and of Sabbath ' Schools, arid the proprietor of the first pro vincial paper of the day, the Leeds. Mercury. What followed as to the. eading of sermons, (Mr. Hall does read, i but with great ease, grace, , and fluency,) was, so very suggestive, especially what fell from the lips' of the yen .. erable . Mr. James, of Birmingham, that I think year , clerical and student readers will thank me for giving it entire : ' , • . Mr. Edward Baines had listened, with great delight, to the paper. Generally, he apse:l4oA the principles laid down. Mr. Hall had men tioned reading sermons. He did not think an'initt bassador from one court to another, J uronld L rmi his messti:ge ; how much less an ambassadorfro,m Christ'? A. read sermolialways had auappiaraide of coldness, stiffness, frigidity, and calleitto , his ,mind the distant study, the little ; library, *dyes, and midnight oil.' In the Senate and Gib Bair, where earnestness was waited; there,waszo read ons., iliet, them take Whil ing. Then, again, let them looh 4th e i n f i d e l? hills of science, there was, no regains there. e t l ff t e e Ot t ? :ol ii r '' :l in e 2 s: hale 'lrho 1 .',. fir ! eo h ly e as 7 o . i .r w ew e a r t e men, the, Bwli t erut hcs a g: bad they!had., read diseourses,:to the miners of JCiugwooVe For r yeays ..he ,had.fekt it to : Pe L ow. lireebdilig wield drag on the Church, ' He would Philadelphia, 111 South Tenth Street, below Chestnut By Nail, or at the Office, 1111.50 per Year, t piosp E c r us . Delivered in the City, 1.78 " WHOLE NO. 270 not say that it should never be practiced, but he would say it was deteriorating in its influence. No man who assumed to produce an effect, read his sermons. Take the Friars at Milan and Na ples, they did not read He was glad to know that there was, at his right band, an earnest man who would agree with him. The Rev. J. A. James, who rose amid cheers and laughter, said how comfortable be felt during Mr. Baines' speech, remembering that he, (Mr. James,) was to-morrow evening to read the annual Liserlifon:" 'Tim - fift yeartfleinrier - Anita: smitten, and never, till the latter, part of his ministry, did lie ever use a note. Four times he had preached beforeithe London Missionary Society. On three of them he had ventured to preach without read ing. Time, however, bad produced an effect on his physigal constitution ; , :memory had lost some of its power and judgment, much of its vigor; and, though on 'ordinary occasions he never took a note, yet on extraordinary occasions be could not trust himself. He subscribed to every thing Mr. Baines had'ultered. If theywould avoid notes— ha meant his 'younger brethren—until they had reached the .:seventy-third year of their age and the'rifiy-pecold or theirMinistiy, they might then havethe'm=ivitl this tittfroblitidil.'ilßatqltr did ite .pl ore , them ttrguardagainst the habit, whleh he Was sorry to, nay was creeping over ourdenomina tion: Mimi* there were mai who read sermons with much greater effect than many who preached without notes. Many there were to whom the notes were like the rings - of Saturn, which added tolts .beauty but not .to its a use, for he did not know *hitt its use was. Dr. Brown, an' eminent Independent min lifter of Ohelteidtani and a well-edneated Seotchinan; gave^ interesting particulars of his ;long-continued` attendance ons the dying bed of Earl .Eitzharclinge. One of his noes ,tere, a- :; Berkley ,, was, the bosom-friend of tyndal: Vtt this' Earl was a man of the world -rig,' proud, and powerfil. B 7 a strange providence, Dr.s Brown got acquaint ed with him, and, he :was.. the only minister he would see„in. hi p s 41Mesf.„. Seventy-five visits were "'Ohl f and "ultimately, this con fessiontWas was , a lost life; I thought seligiou was s a melancholy thing; I fiitdthakit is the only thing worth having. Here, I ! aim: a poor penitent, clinging to the die t es irdfiridt.”. was the result of the faithful Minister forinerly sa e lig, "You ,have a souhto' be laved, or' lost? S.W. P. 8:-.As r close this letter, the public) feeling is more cheerful.'' The funds are rising, and the `ahockprodneed by the Amer ican crisis is subsiding. the prospects of trade and,conlnipice an c gloomy , and there is Much anxiety. - Matead Wylie writes from India, that Goveinor General, after much delay, ~had answer to-,a strong petition, appoint d, a , daY for huMiliation and , prayer. But, alai) he invited, , in, the pvoulamation, not bUistians, but °s all loyal British, sub fectioin thereby including, and in tending to;includeialohatithedins and Brah ;minists, to; join ,in prayer to God. This is the sa,me truokling which .has helped to bring'ainan - the jndgments of God in India, and is most insulting 'tnthe only true God, and ,Tesus; Christ; , ;whoni he path sent. unworthy of ihe_otnAtignen of enlightened Christians. factranY iJ - A DISCONTENTED FAKILY.--Poverty, pride, and laziness. - Tim grab° of God in the heart of man io a tender , plant in a strange, unkindly "soil; 'and therefore-eannot well prosper and grow without 'much: care and pains.-?-4crington • n can read the Aunieters of `God's image in their own souls, those - ;are the counterpart, of the .soldew character of his love in which their names are written in. the Book of Life.--/bid. PpiEGT.LyzAigiwtori.rift4 religion-that never, suffices to }g overn a man, will never raffia 8 4 to save him; that which does not sufficiently distinguish one from a wicked world, will never distinguish him , 'front .a perishing world.-Howe. THotrati.a graciotmsoul may not-always enjoy sensible communion with God in the ordinances; yet it, has always this good sign, that it cannot be easy and.satisfied without. it. PIOYITBLE.-A minister epee quaintly said: -" That be Would desire no better for tune than to bit!) Most persons At their real value, and sell. them again at; the estimate which they Paola on themselves." 0 DEAL gently withrhosewho stray. Draw back by lave And. persuasion. A kite is worth ,a thousand kicks.. A kind word is more`valuable to th : l oat, than a mine of Bw4YAN: He,loved the world that hated him; the tear Thetillropp'd upon lib; Bible was sincere; Assitiltd•by-searidal and the tongue of st rife His ionlyousswerwas a. liameless life ; And he that forged, ,and that threw the 4art, Had each a brother's interest in his heart Paul's love of Christ, and steadiness inibibed, Were copied elosein hiin and welltrauseribid, He follow'd Paul; his zeal a kindled flame, His apostolic , chaxity.tho same."—Cowper. KEEP THE SAISEATIL—Readeri stop tact think for the. moment.::- The Sabbath—this. How . shall .1 keep it. Some one Be r ?,e4pgs F point: Wheth er yon.live in town or country, resolve not to profane . your` Snbiitfi or ire the end you will give over'Oaring:for your soul. It was a remarkable saying of Judge Hale, that of ait pennons convicted.,oAapital crimes, while fic was upon, tlie bench, he found few who did not *ems that they began their career of wickedness by 'neglect of the Sabbath. .IM.lltl74lMsrms.-77-If I had the rightepus ness of a saint, says one, 0 how happy should *.l;tre 1 - If I had the ,