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DAVID McKINNEY, Editor and Proprietor.
rERNS,--IN ADVANCE.
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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.
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Ot t ? :ol ii r '' :l in e 2 s: hale 'lrho
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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
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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 , <righteousness of an
• angel ? , says,another,: L (should fear no. evil.
,:But I,sin bold to, !Vl , that, the • PooTeft OP -
Aer, who believes in C i f rs t,. bas a righteopa
lieSd infinitely more excellent, than that t ot
either saints dr angels. If the law'asks for
silliess perfection, leis to be'found-in Ohrisk
my Divine surety. If the law Inguiree, .a*
obedience, that may stand before th i n *rap
ing *le of God, behold, it is in lens my
mediator. the strictest" justice
reign ineonur the purest hohness, make its
tdoininids iipnwnell.remit them both to my
dyj ogmn d obedient- linmannel. With him
the Father is always sell pleased; and)in
him, the believer stands eomplete.—Heivey