PRESBYTERIAN BANNER -:.& .. ADV: I CATE
VOL rubytorlon $llllllll V No. 18.
rrolbrierlsa Advoos 4
tot Vo l. IX, MO. 13. I
DAVID BIeKINNEY, Editor and Proprietor.
ERIE.-IN ADVANCE.
Original Vaetxt
The Days that are Past.
BY W. WHITTON RBDICIE, A. M
4, Man bath a weary pilgrimage,
As through the worl4,he wends;
With heavines9 he oasts his eye
Upon the road before, .
And still reme m bers with a sigh .
The days that are no more.'
ROI3 I T &MEM
Oh, oft when I think of tho days that are past;
Sad thoughts will intrusively swell in my; breast
And I wish, Oh I wish, how 'I wish for , the hours
When my path was greyed only with sunshine and,
flowers.
I love to recall the bright days of to youth,
The happiest, the best, and the dearest.in trtith . ,;,
So careless, so artless, so sprightly, Belay
With their scenes of enjoyment all, allpaseeclaway.,
Then life was before me full of delight,
E'en the fields and the groves bad new charms for
my eight
And the birds, the gay birds, ph, the birds sweetly
trilled,
As my heart with a rapturous melody filled.
Then friendetip and love, and all truthfulness
dwelt
In this bosom, now harrowed by trouble and guilt;
And my friends, youthful friends--ati i those
friends aro now gone;
Or they're °banged ari s en else—oh, how dreary
and lone I
Home father 1 and mother s—how quick to my
heart
These words, with home , joys and endearments,
now start I
Oh, brothers I oh, sisters I—such friends I once
bad,
They're far away scattered, I'm lonelyand sad.
As year rolls on year, life is passing away,
13till'the guide star of Hope points the Finnan
today;
But never, no never, no never again
Shall,return the bright hopes that .I sing in this
Pittsburgh, Jan. 1858.
for the Presbyterian Balmer bpd dvoa~e.
A Religious Revival-Its
Questions like the following have ,often
passed through my mind: .What wil ,be
the results of the late Convention?
,the
precious fruits of it begin'to appear in any
of the churches? How do , :the brethren
feel? and what are they doing Are their,
hearts warmed with love, and ',fired with
zeal 7 And are they encouraged ,to study
and pray, to labor and waft:lifer souls? Do
they find their hands strengthened and
borne up, by the prayers and faithful Co.op
oration of their , people—especially the elder
ship ? Have any of the Sapiens got to
work with their ministers, in the pastoral'
visitation that was recommended'?" Or,ls
all dark, and cold, and Aliscouraging? Per
haps, many of the ,pastors, since , theirure ,
turn, have had their hearts : filled w4h,aPf.d
ness and their eyes with tars,'in view of
their coldness, unbelief, hardness' of - heart;
and extreme backwardness in duty, among
their people; and are ready to sit down*.
discouragement, and say with the mourning
captives of Vied, " We see not our sins I"
With such brethren, I can most heartily
sympathize. Week after week, and month
after month, I have said,. withA heavy hearty
4 ‘ We see not our signs.: there is no,more,
any prophet : neither is there am ,ng us, any
that, knoweth how lori." - •
Perhaps it may encourage and strengthen'
each• other, to talk over and meditate ,upon,
what are some of the signs• of a true, relig.,
ious revival in a congregation ? What,are
its antecedents and hbw does it usually
begin ?
Sometimes such a .season is preceded by
a time of unusual coldness, dead formality
and spiritual darkness; in .connexion with
deep and long contionedAnxiety on the part,
of the pastor. In this state of thing's, and
under such circumstances, he frequently
feels that hie way is hedged up, (like that
of the Israelites at the Red Sea,,) and he,
knows not what to preach, or w hat r to do,
that he may wake up the oburch and save
sinners; and perhaps comes to the conehi.
sin, like the minister spoken of by brother
T—, in the Convention, that it is,his duty
to leave the place and ,seek .another field.
But more commo nly the Lord indicates his ,
coming,' and prepares the way for it, by first
humbling the pastor to see his own igno.
ranee, weakness, utter _unworthiness, and:.'
past unfaithfulness; then opens his eyes to
see the deplorable state of; the, church and
the perishing . condition of sinners, and gives
him such an impressive, heart mating, view
of the value of immortal gouts, the danger
of their being Lost, and the weight of his
own responsibility, that he is led I to .preach
the truth with a directness and adaptation,. ,
tenderness of feeling and prayerful wheat
ness, which he has seldom, if evetc'`iloike
before. In this state of mind, he r egards'
not what men will think or say of him, if he;
sees dearly the path of duty. He caress ;
little for his own ease, or worldly interest or
honor, so as that sou ls are saved and God'
honored. And, rising above the fear of man,
with death, judgment and eternity in full
view, he preaches the Word, instant in sea, ,
sou', out of eseason—reproves, rebnkes, ex
horts, with all long suffering and doctrine.
As he retires from the sanctuary' his
study, to meditate and pray, he feels' a
desire, en anxious concern for souls, •
amounting (as Dr, McFarland said,) to
distress," It is there that he weeps, as be.
tween the porch and the altar, crying,
"Spare thy people, 0 Lord f." Again, with
prayerful solicitude, he goes up to the house
of God, and, with fear and trembling, (his
heart being lifted up to the Lord for help,)
he rebukes, warns and entreats; and, with
affectionate earnestnesu,he 'besebehes his
dear people to be reconciled to 'God. At
the r oles°, as he casts a wishful eye aver the
congregation, he says, in his heart, (+But if
ye will not bear it, my soul shall weep in
secret places for your pride, and mine eYe, B
Asti run down with tears because the Lord's
flock is carried away captive." At this
crisis,
if not before, the members of the
church usually begin to see their need, con
fess their faults one to another, repent and
pray, " and do.their , first works." If not—
if they have fallen into such death-likialutit
ben that they will not he awakened"—` if
they are FO hard hearted, and.unbelieving,
and proud, that they will netldo their.duty,
there is danger that the Lord will remove,
their eandlestiolr out of its place—that, he
will take away their minister by' death; or
remove him` to another field.
In connexion with these signe, or imme
diately following them, there is pften seen
the conviction and hopeful' conversion of
here and there' an individual, as a kind of
first fruits of a general 'harVest. If the
Church amsatiafied With this and 'take it as
the answer . of their prayers, and if this"be
the "extent of their faith, then God will .say,'
Be it unto thee according to thy faith."'"
and there the work stops But if 'they feel
thankful, for .a '"few drope of mercy, and
miew them as only the first fruits,of a plen " = '
Oil harvest, and are encouraged' to . hope,
,',
end pray, and labor for a powerful and
,terisive revival i then too, the Lord *
bestow
. upon them abundant blessings ; ae
cording to the strength 'of, their faith,' and .
, thelargeness of their deaires.
And if the paitor and Session are stirred
np, to use some special' "means; and go from,
house to iiiigne to converse with saint and
sinner ; praying,, with and for them; and if
their visits of this kind are' generally well'
received, and a good deal of tenderness' and
deep, religious feeling'are ininifeSt.:--far,more
than' they expected—and they 'themselves
find a comfort and encouragemont, in such
work, this may be set down as another sign
of the Lord's coining. Some twenty. , or
thirty years sgo,.when protracted Meetings
were not so common as they are - now, the
pastor in a country villSge, Whose 'heart
burned with desire to save souls, took 'with
him a minister, (a warmhearted practical
'brother,) and went out, among the people of
the town, and, after the old :'Apostolic
fashion, went from house to house warning ,
every one, night and day, with'tears.,_
__
most, if not all of 'the familieS, their visits
were well received, and 'made a solenin;
abiding imPression 'upon their minds. Irt-'
deed, the Lord had gene before them and
prepared the' way. For even young , per
sons, who ,prefessed no religion, wept at
only. hearing of what was going , on,. and
manifested a strong desire to be at home
whenthe ministers would gall. Thialreved„
to be the' beginning 'of a blessed revival in
that`plans.
There are' some other aigps .of revival
which I had designed to mention, 1)14 lest
I should weary the :patieriee of 'the reader;
and encroach upon my time for t .other du
tie's, I will lay down rnypen:for 'the present.
Meanwhile let us bear, mind the parting
wordi of our :Venerable and truly belo4red
father, Dr. llog l e,exhoit t ing deep:hi
minty, , godly, sorrow
. :for sin, self,exaduna--
tion, an earnest prayer, rather ° than go
home from the Convention rejoieing for
what we had seen and-felt.
;41,7% 1 41,0ra.
The Presbytery of ohir? to
,the Churches under
'
DEAR'BRETHREN :—God: in his Word,
and specially:by his tiprovidence, .) been
calling us to fasting, humiliation att-prayer,
in view, of abounding iniquity in the hind,
the lowstate,of ;piety In. the Church, anA
the fehrfal st upidity ' and tinconeern of th e
impenitent in our midst!' Heri l ee heth , our
Synod at,itsflate,Fall meeting, and more TO-:
cently.,the Cpevention,- composed of imin t
istere, and elders, from different ,
after much prayer and dekiberation, reeent 7 ' .
mended to all the ohurolititinittertheir"caire,' .
'to hnmble themselves' before- tiltdd, ana , .4-;
fent. of their sins, which caused Grial:to
hide his face from itliem, and withdraw4be •
awakening and,..trinK intinsw i s
. 4 ; 4*,
Spirit from our As the neat, there.
fore, of these , earnest skill golenin '
'ilations, your ministers have felt then:lolcm)-
constrained most earnestly to bring before
your minds, in their' puipitAninistrations,
those sins which, have,. gricvittl,,thc r ,Aoly, 3
6 PitiA from • .W 3 r. a1:41 14 ; 4 , 0 4g y9u0 1 10),1
'themselves,. to AiliaaS yourselves ,be,forit Gq
'and cry .
.ciightity -.uuto..him, day. 034ij
that he would not suffer ..the-enemy.,te.An t „
umph, nor give his heritage to reproach ,
Presbytery, liAva;'ilierefore, Darned itli~'
pain and sorrsitwiliatlii'ioMe of our
es these warnings SeeiVio be neglected, end
that some, tlieldis of fauilliiiihitve opened
r ther houses dancing; and 'Oise of
youthful . ,membirs'liiiveloilotten their-14h'
vocation And Solemn turning aside
to the sinful pleasures of the'World; in re
sorting to frequent parties, , where? • carnal
mirth and jollity, in the form ofrsilly playe,
and promiscuous .dancing, is the order of
the evening's exeroise—thus !dishonoring
.. 604,:woundiog their Savionr r grieying the
Hoyt Spirit,, distressing the heartii :of
'fitefsnrid ail; serious and godly won 6
welriis causing the enemy to reprosieli ad.ff'
blaspheme.
We s therefore, who filand for the driferloc,:
of the Gospel, who rove your sotalc,, 1 4,
watch for your salvation as those who'miSt'
give au account of 'their mitibitly; do most
solemnli and tenderly warty and odmon:,
ish you against 'these • evil ' praotioeS,'
, enticing and inuring in" their nature,.
destroying all love for . God* Word, and
'all }.delight and pleasure , daily corn
inu4lon, with him in theeloset, as well as
•
placing you in a position Where, your good
must be evilly spoken of, , and,y,rrir gisposi
tion, and:ability' to:do good to thaiitrAklim •
around' you, completely'deitrnyed,
And that you may know what views our'
Church liolth4 - aid has always held, in'.iefetv
once to these - ensnaring pleasures. We di.'
rect your attention to the one hundred • and
thirty-ninth• question. of • the Largcre Cate
chistu' and to the.. action ;of the Synod
'Pittsburgh in 1817, and that ofithe-lieneral.
Assembly in 1818, condemning ..danoing
and ,other, sinful amusements l .nnd epjoining
our I ChUrch Sessions to' be , fisithfifl i in ad=
ministering discipline upon theishirbii with
persevere, after admonition and
' these prsotices, which all must kunii . litelong
to the ungodly world. The Syisodesys '
Attendance upon balls, dances, route, *marl
cal exhibitions, and other vain auiutiemehts, 'is'
censurable in the members of our Church; and
the Synod were more, especially induoed at , this.
solemn and interesting Tailed of conflict of 'the,
Church of God, against the depraied and'eiumfii
ing spirit of the world;to enjdin upon all ohnichise
and Sessions in their connexion to perform their'
duty in such cases with prudence and firmness;, F
and farther enjoin upon the members of their sev.:.
ere: nongregations, to bOvure that when GOd
appelain to be arising to promote extensively the .
interests ofthe Redeemer's Kingdom, they appear
decidedly notof the world, not actuated by - the
; spirit bf the world, nor devoted' to its pleasures.
Thaylrerii you' With earnestness and affeetic, to
• -71 CAI • •
MEE
"ONE THING, IS NEEDFUL:" "ONE THING HAVE 1 DESIRED OF THE LORD:" "THIS ONE THING I DO."
PUBLICATION OFFICE, GAZETTE BUILDING, FIFTH SABO, ABOVE SMITHFIELD, PITTSBURGH, PA,
FOR THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY; JANUARY 23, 1.858,
„conform to your holy-calling: come out from the
,fashions, which defile with sin . and and seduce from
"God, We pray that none of our dear nicks may
be found, when the , Lord cometh, amongst, the,
enemies of our Saviour • frustrating by their
opinions and Practleeithe labors of his ministers;
weakening their bands and promoting the cause
.of the god of ,this world, instead, of craning forth
,to the help oftheLoriragainst the mighty.
It was thereforelmanitnously itesolved;• , That•
this .Synod i viewithesq,preetioes censurable; and,
Church Sessions are enjoined to act accordingly:
• On the, subjects of the Theatre, anti'
panaing, the Assembly
t!
” 014 tike . 'fashionable," though,' £1;8' We believe,-
dangerous amusements , ot theatrioal - exhibitioias.
and dancing we deem, it , necessary , to makes few !
'observations.
" The Theatre we have `always'AtoonSidere,d:
as a „ school tor immorality. ; , Alf ,any,pertsen.,
wishes for,henest ionviktion on this subject, let
him attend to ttie'eharaeter oftliat iriastfeemelter".
WhicMis generally exhibited. oro the stage We
believe all will agree, I,lint comedies at least, „With
a=few'airceptions,‘ltre Of each S I `thsli
&virtuous, and Modest persom eannot=,attend "the:
representation of them, without the post painful
and dtubarrassing 'sensations. "-Ifindeed eastern
has familiarised' the seene,tandithetimpainful hea
-1 ations are nolonger felt, it, only proves that,,the
'person in'tinestion lias loetlonie of tie hest . eninii,! .
bilitieeof Our nature, 'that the strongeststifeguard ,
of virtuelas been, taken .dcwn i , and-that the, moray
character has Undergone a serioui Aepreciation.
" With , .rest Me t, 'to :Daubing,; : . wail think.; .it ,
necessary to observe, that however plausible,,it
, May appear to some, it is perhaps not:the less,
dangekuis andonat ofAltat 'Alt is ,
not ffc4xi, these things; whisk the:world 'Rolm mirk
edges to be most wrong, that,tlie gr,test,danger t
is to tie 4prehendedgto4eligton'especiallY its it
relates .to the young.. When. that:truth* is oarried
to its highest extremes,„nll admit the oonsNuen-,
eels ' terba fatal; and why* net then apprehend
clanger, F event+ front , its :incipient) stages 2,5 It it.
certainly in a
,all, its stages, a fascinating . an M I
:infatuating practine. • Let it onfee,lie introdneed,
r and itie difficult to give it limits..• It Steals:away
our precious time,..dissipates religipus.impress
dons," and. hardens tha heart. Tp guard
, you,
beloved brethren, against its wiliMand its
tions, we:earnestly recommend lhat yen. will oon- j
Suit that sobriety which
,the sacred pages, require.
'We aisMtrast that you` wilt ittenthittilliein'eek-`
•riess and dooilitybeedming thmahristian;eharao+,
ter, te the admonitions; on this !subject .of those,
whomyon hive Chosen to watch for your 'soils.—
Andnow beloved brethren; that., you be.
guarded from the . , ; d angers , . , we have peinte t d,ont,,
Ind from all other dangeriitiOlt beset the patfi'bf
life, and obstruct our conniterrasivation, and that
the greapiles4 ofohe p . A,,rcir t way r lyriccopplin j
his holi keeping,is,,onwemeare to
„affectionate
,prayer. Amen."'"''''
And tow, dear 'brethren, that you may
as paie,iitat and guardian's of "the be
faithful in exercising tibati authority.-mhieh.
,Ciod,bas givenlyou, in .restraining and , warn-..
ing the , young, and , that, :our dear'y beloved
younfepeople . ' our iviirningelivoioep
abandon these aiiiiiiPPleaiures,'ind i ,repent,
,of ,aberrations fromAhe On humble
and sincere piety, is the most earnesto and.
ansions prayer of , thoie who love yonin the'
Lord.
- Western Correspondence.-
MOICINNEY,:—.-PeilcaptAle,
opening of - this:letteri callthelaterition of.
Our Westerutohurehes te the' fact, ;-thitt 'the
last TliniXday;efyehruary . . next ie'the' day'
espeelelly set' apart by the liferille-isr
Its a , Aay of prayer for the,,outpouringof, the,
Spirit-of God, in conversion, uponithe youth
'attending our colleges: It is to (hp feared
, that:thii tteen as generally oh
servek.,,by our Ny* . ett A churches .aad :by ;
, Western. ,phristiens as, ,it ;should, .IVe
have been so absorbed , irt•the 'rush ofAusi
nese' that we' have liegleeted to' unite, As . we.
Should; with etlier..: . poiOns of our land`'iu
the discharge, of iixtP6llo4";44Y: WO.
have:even felt, ,ii . eiliape r somP. : 04-IPY•thg as,
colleges.wererfew, and , oollegelstudents ,few
with us;'in the West, that we-Yu:tight.; leave
the diity, of:prayer in , their behalf. totithoie`
who, this regard, live more favored .19. ;
. great mistake This .4. gpat mi4#e ,
, There,
; are special and peculiar reaSeris why t h e *st'
should
• obserfe this day which!'
present=—and - '?;.r..
Ist4) We• need in this perhaps
than any other Portion , rot our 11 9,4,11 8 P,
each. men 9,s„uolleges,:tioder the Divine blew
ing, are, instrumental in raising up arid send:
ing forth. Who so erineeientrof the 'spiritual
wants of the West as those -oAci reside here; •
and knowing,' as , we . the riee4 of; well
eStiested godly youth to enter ‘ uppn,the ? work
of sowing seed in ? and gathering fr,nit,nt of
these fields. Should 'we' be 'Silent 'tidied Mir
brethien; in'othei portions` of 'our land,'`cry
to, the Laid of the ;haittestifoi , thhblehing?
God , forbid ,that.w.e,filio.uld; be %duel . hAt ; sumb i
a time; or refuse to. joinour l etrong pries with,
, theirs. Silence Western chum* and,
'amongWestern Christians, at such a time,
wodld be improper `silence MVP'
sioneries in foreign. lands; and. .=mission'
*itches, mben the A:mericaniehurchesivere,
engaged kn prayer for the *pouring
,of. the
spiritpf missions upon the youthof theiand,
But;
2il: . l.Tlielli neetli io • be''Sivablied- among
us i 4. - more lively.:interest-in.liehalf.of the
weak, etraggling.oolleges of t . the , Meet, and
an B ,4FY I tRICI9c lAilt OM tbSlar l le,,Villi•li.t.)
:doubt, contribute to this end. we Ave
'Hanover College, ,in Indiana; Coral,' - iii,
Wrii;onsin;.AleiriedeiNii` l lowit ; lireeitniiii.-
sten in Missouri; and 'Peoria: - tUniversiti, ,, ini
Illinois, being built up under the - . patronage .
'of our Church, Jraidos”the coilegee 'minded
and , sustained by
,cotper i brf l ochee of Aka
Christian'' Church, in. whose behalf, our
praYers should itsoend':- " - And whitthWorthy
'objects of prayer are. these Institutions ?
How important that God'ahould take them,
even in theirs_Wigglibikoinfanoy, under
f . hie : pp,tepti p n, dedice, 7 tbri f to his ser 7 .
vice, and make
,theni. pure fountains,
whemie ' shall flow atibitok - to' make",glad
,the 'city of our 'God: A:Thless they{ are
thus, owned and accepted .ofl God,l.they will
prove, fountains of the most pot t eot evils.
The schools and s, universities . of Gergiany ,
first became eoirapt, aid frika them issued
ithe floods of poison whic h overflowed the
whole land ; the effects of which are' felt' in
B og i alt d,and Americia, and which it will re
quire years, if not centuries, to,rectify.., Let
us unite with other Christiane ,in behalf pf
our Western, tuistititions, that God 4 ineirriako .
them pure and : l44 them ed.' ' ' -". '
God has.beeelleased to give us west en.
icouragement,-in times past, in complying
with this duty , _ ,ge has Fqvf4,llitneeif qa
phatioally a p rayer . hearing Go'd,, t, in answer
ing petitions presented in behalf of colleges
and institutions of learning:" If aiiltiquiry
be instituted; itis believed ithai 'it will be
found that. God; has invariablyi , itind in ,a
marked and L peettlisr manner t smile 4 upon
1
the pryers of,, hirrpeople, in heyalf of insti
tntions of learning. Let ne, flarefore, take
efleoldsgemetifaud'tiot fail ofieur Atty., We
I / ` 4 1 ' . i" ', f.'-' I. . J ... t:1; -'. ,:;:.of , .-. ,-•-. 1
should rejoice, to hear that, io,o,ery, church
oar Connexion throughout the West, this, •
day was' ftithfally observed, 'and 'that' ' from"
thousands of altars prayer to Got"(was made•.
in.beholf ni agencies, so- powerful, for. goodli
or 'evil... , LO us.,do nur.duty, and, :icayle: the
?result with {hod;.,, . , „'
r. _
~
:..,J3e4re - vie leave' hii‘sttbjet4, ifi:ivobild - e4ll' '
the itteri tido 'Of '. Tour Western..Rade* k r o'all)
oddment& Dr. , Van Rensselaer at , ,titbe eortxtlct
inencenient of Carroll CollegelautOepturaber 1..
iv-.° wish a etoPY , ,qf t4l , t , Ad% could. Aci,
1
plioeCin the hands of every ; V IT torn man.
It ii's ' brshd i'' Wet fr, torn man.
a"'
~ pu, t e Q panp , o , an 18-
;,tributed'-to Benne itittent, .and. 'h : . iiiiiiie'rip-' , - ,
r
'peered, in liartc}toiarious pope throughout
?this region. , Bakit would be yelp desirabl,o,.,
if it 'coda; with its . nothe - Sertt*tketiti,'
,'dad"
4A way into eierf ChriStiari , fini/ly; ' and be •
kept tainong . the..6laeri she d attic:ll4 of. sfireiidei;
reaclipg., - A .I know, .of,, no, dean. , . tR helm; efilculated, to set, before the min - t,,,,zi ann,
of. colleges, or illustrate and i'Vnife ffe,,
tintiei T itiimirthene upon - all ' toward' tkent". 4 '''''
• . Weiqteiti Of preeionii , reviVelsoif • religion
in many portions of /the West; indin mon: ,
uelicollW,it4 stAiffeMltkOAChesPf,il,4Pßl l Alrar, r
BY some places union meettm are being,
held with
,highly gratifyingreeults. A broth-"
.ert writes '. Mei' . from , Ronk` liilaitd,": that OM •
Raptitt,FAesociateMeformed, ow 4W' New
Samar Presbyterians; are engaged {iu -, holdt:
inga Aerie of "meetinge each Friday evening.;
`OtirdsAire printed, with 'the :Iketilling,vii-Ser
mons for: the people," ) 'anlkfillld: out with
rnotiries ofithe time - and plaCer of - the ' lieit •
.uniono effort, -, cand an ' , annointiestkentl ef the c
spatter , altd(' the '''subject-lbr ' 'the; occasion: '..
Therfigfetinis find their waylibifa)niiiest)regli . --f
lent-Of duty,.. and thus many ere induad toil
:attend puiblie - witithip Wlib ',Weald otherwise' ;.
; remain' nninfluetteed.:L Y. The Yelftilit inilarve.
and attentive 'audiences: , %neither, i" brotlLy
Writes4o,, from. .31eildota. .thatqlie; 'indica...l
iiimi are such-that he. feel ' s authorized. , to:inal
crease somewhat his uSual - services.'l.f Vie, %.
, Loud still continues to smile aleaties of itreesitAl
, ring will,
,he required. ; , At. 4 1:014.en t1 e.., good y
; degree ,of interest is'lnonifeet it the ' 'Meth- ,
Odist;'l3aniiit and 'PieSbyteriali' tihutralies,v.
and the:lutheran , hrethren are engaged in a
protracted effort; .wittesonie gralgyjng f resnita,
:ffil ay, the
Lord, of ;
the
.h arye .. s :
t.bk —s,4)
I,alesp
,
efforts, and,cro!n,thein with the,noq scum
, dant3AcCesi '
,'
Ydnrs, &e: ' ' NnivritWEsi
-.. .. .:•"; '. ''. ":" ...1 ... 1 .'...'„} ...1.;1 ...... i,,'
' Prom oar London Correspondent.
tin , T air t -r; ..-;;? 7
Chrastmcts— tree rts es-- - vutas rus 2; ear
71Chreing; 7 -The .Baet. • India Xfotrrany,-;.D00ine . 444-4
.getiniate,of,ita Past,,_.Polim 7 filyiin the ,
Sonora and'EmolninenteLA
Tait Retultrd—z:Ch - ristian alernamdari ‘Education
in, .rn44:-- 7 0990 AretPB—Lucl4l49,lPi . 8 ; 1!
lievecl- 7 The No`tion "Clad tfignqui,2 =A' ,Seeni'
in PCouilifitidate'one , of Dietrillit—Thti Celts 'in
Ireland and America— Mormonism :and I fiteginee r e
—lnterview with a Mormon Booiellir—A DiOe
and Panctile--einiila andrPratt-T—Villdicatient /milt
' Partraita—The A:upper; Party
.
• • 'to v.l2oNnorrilkoembir:2sll.4 1857.
=
CHRISTMAS RA/3 1 COME: It bruiga-twith
-it 4 4igebd•cheerin-certainly,. , batclziore
fear,,in itsrextent, than „for-pmny,
, year c Three, years Ago„ war ° was, upOp
,Two yeare ego, /Ulna's gloripue victory,
Inkermann's great and bloody ` ' struggle;'
Balakhevses? -deathride,,?withudisease, , T.tek-:
pcsure L starvAtion,on; the,,,snow•olacl„hills, ,oft.
the :Crimea, had
c almest -deprived us of a
splendid' army; and wailing ;was heard at
• Ohrhitmai tithe. in" niaify ,
'anda in j niani al baronial hell': slut 'Christ.; t
masi, we qbad Ipeace, abroad' Antl, atr honie.o
Trade indeed was dull yet, still ;
Hope,; enigma tedonniV4'lnno -WavfilAer , gniAn
"'wt . ; P° Christmas ,810 30 ,P 2 ir , P°4l9'l,
:again as in daya,Of yore.
This year , 1857, - deka over us in }gloom`
and' settnesi;miti• Unmingled- -with hoPe a so:
Thai t meinbrable.3 Indithryinutiny, with_;
.massacres,.b444l. 6 4; siegOAXe - YrithlrAk.:7,9 3- ••
.drous vicissitntles,;. 4 with.i . te l tragic anditcr
rible seenes 'with its gleains of light
flashing athwart the thundergloom; this`'"
' has been raging nowirellatighleight-monthq
ina4be•ond in ,nRt YON"- , ;r, ,t
An4'then; ITO ,, LIFLY2 , EPIffere4)•CSa are. :
suffering poi,:froin a Commercial Pewee:n(l'
Collapse, before magnitude u
an& deVaitating -, fitry;Taimiltir feriodhiai
lainitiesdaok •tVerily it is: chiudy •
indadark day/4 for a Angland,..and,for 3i the
who f le, civilized world.. Doubtless g0„(1.,,is in
:the stortU, an he 'hie chastened but in Meik 7 -
,ure'ini . Cottifired
' yoked - the visitatiOne 'of thisrterrible-: year. ,
But still there is a black pall over us ti and,ii
Sot . 0n1y,w41. / Christpias bring,up ,c those,
who'llad reached or 'passed five
or six lustres, its usual reminiSeerisSiol of '
faces andiformkof- dearunes; owlet side l bp I
I side under the same roof-tree, atasuch
I time as this, passed away, but despondondy
'in - Infiny' parents' I.,heiVis; 'around':-their.
' , Ohristmas,,board; ; will he •-searoely dissipated-, r ,
:'by t'hei• merry qh("#°.'att4 iinging,laughtei of
Abildren ? to Whom sorrow 11,yet nietinngp
Perhaps I write in too sombre' a vim;
Bat, over the woolehdratriets of Yorkshire,
['Commercial disasteraidqapreading; tens of
lbotinan4o aro out! , AmPloYnAant•• dm'
manofactnx difitrictx and with money at,,
such: a,hiagb, rate of interest , , credit 'elf:nest
! , gone, tmdlirintimeiitble'sClieines for *tang
; on -ire the -werld:-'enddenli'blasted k 4ase'welli
as with, failuresF already; xedorded, emountingy
at least to; forey-,ftve, millions sterling,
though much this l Aill, not
bills coaling due, fox prevision hot'
made by 'very ManY—What- can there be but
public anxiety • . • • ,
•
We have beeutanght that a,nation really
rich, or supposing isself so, can euddenly
made poor, on both sides of the Athintie, in
our tasting the effeets ot Ispeoulictiop and Opp.,
trading; (the Auitialian,Colenies hive thu's
afresh been, glutted with goods, Ind: the
action is felt hete,) and, in connexion w th .
this oaa r.evel.fitiOnPare c4l%o:3llrivraial
inunorality to an ` extent which' is Very
d,,
alarming,;; God 'grant to the nations
eputt ef genuine penitence, and also '
'lnca [ for repentkncii Otherwise *ay ;Ca
'the hand which has, smitten' tAleinnew, be
reified, ere long, , afresh, with Urpd still mein'
terrible in its deebending"Venheanse'n
.„ ,
Tfie Aioirrioir or TWA L'4sT,lgnis
'PANT, on which doubts were
stated! by 'the Mirvistetial ; Globe aka mesa& •
ta tugly moiled on, ; is affirmed tbut ! the.;
Bap India , Goverquseut i has received formal
.notice, that it is thebiteetion Of.fler
y'if iloirerrinierit le bin; neiet
luitmentit sibbliarig thliAbiligeßk•
Ise.quitillfai i 14,4,.. at'? %toil late,
government" of f . India, and to,establish. t in
that country the direct.,government of the
Queen. I * believe that, the country will he
satisfied- with ,nothinuless than this, and
; that the.Prenstier is well s avpare.,of the s,tatel,
of publics .opioion. Ass tolthe Company" as
a correspondent of are Recorri, “•thirty-fire
Yeat - Yr resident rin; , 44 1 41-- - 6 0.01_;;`;` 4 1 ?
Paitl4iiibAgYerilvilli o 9.npeAeq 06 Xagt 133 ; - .
-dia pp,o7ißapy,,,the : v,th9ir49kire and endeavors.
ib-ETP;-P.9 1.9941P14 0 4e • t• 9; ;tfleiTtqiiiect;;At;
ti i e . l l. 9 l .o.fit's•Pf-J T 6 r ,5;e,r,%9 1 v; 1 ...4,4 , 9 1 .4„, P 4 ,fqr .
as'campalibl6,(itiittOr Jodgment,,) $90,46 1 ,
l siabilitgslAsir and the pro • sperity of.
• .
their 44 tn 6lB ,,dligher PrO 4 c,rttlaa• tkas
can ..p,,ca.treely, he cla t W„d i for . ,them!! ; )
But their policy ceitainli.has -been, un—
worthy of. a. ,0 1 1 T,4011 1 ;g9verff4ent in many
'respects, although. the t.4(l9Wrillptict
pressure, ;54, aPr liPliezl l3 4 B ;
al yr_ ig 1 2eR 11 .3 i1 31.R; 13 ,3981enti5;...., , i, .1 1 '1
rirr t • r ; ";;.` ;
411 4. I ' ! 46
10; 1,,0 the „myna, ; — l i , lipt •,; C • treqz
caeLOr th ‘ ais;be: :he 6 l : Pk::
tpk,.leadkog to. a ; te porisingi pohpyi ~open -
g the, nndoe concessions to the
iirlolair.y,/,inftsuperstitions,,of the peeple,, and ,
sanetioning ;a sordid selfish line, of
conduct " • f ; • •
" ;11 ~ .;;;,, i ;
The r.rrsorr IND . tr3 141•6
tart' ane/yri . k;lndia,; ,6 not
a! few: of , /the:
Oevernorspiinembers WI Council,* and high
as is seareilfewi of the Court
of Direetors whelave heen!rnervoftdoeided , '
'Christian .; principleir,---eird=t;brokeri- through
;the trammels lofd traditional! 'Trolley Las muoly
"as -they were 4bleflrislnotleo be; forgetter irrri
t our•estimate lof':lndiarleadeiinis* trationiipastr;
And; :presents'' It is ; probable' that °nos equal'
numbi/i of Britons] either at home or in the‘;
ithersliighervranka; could ;be:.;
ionid , remonk thilro isssuchan;arnoUnt
,to• - -
ofea'rneik ;living; piety, as ;inithe Ilim-* •
liedßißritish 'residents of India. '; Some of •
tinevfitiestrspetiniensl crrrnanly; piety; are ; tb ' •
he Mound! ini - the;eoPmyrtlierei ;and w`hat" is
0,1
yeryareinarkable ispihritr Many young our
cdrir:whol lei hcinesehristless and riatelessp
laYethere received thertiathim the loio of 4
it ;from' the lipeirof English or;'•Arneiican
~'mAssiririaries# ortfroinAle.wordslef Counsel
and' rleye , of their orl•other
officers. ; 1 ' -God rgtantrthat4his;biptisni of•the;T
iSpiritx'may ;increase I in; India, 'where now
Queon4iTandt Compairy's-- Officers are side 114 , ;
GEfirsal ll'avELobir: for thirtrer forty
years a: poor •and alrnopt unnoticed'offroor; is;
noW;" Of' he' 'ill imited,)l ,
.hoth BeSidert 016 1 '
,haroiretriy the ppiiiioti; (the litter `del
seen - di/4ot° hii"eideseibri) the•CioliinerdY'Of
a; Regim - ent,' 'yoca i lit by 'the," deceise ' of -al
Gelacril,Nifteer - , has jut been 'haritoivedi
;•The real fightingr" Colonel"':tffewlliari- - j •
,tenluit COldnal? Bire, — , - ArtanciaWrsfreekV --
ing 7 ; th 7 e . " Celene Vii some veteran
or in, a • yhaPa' royal prince, who' gets 'pay 'to
the eitent; several` thOtiliihd'lnfindd pee'
annliti *itr/rie yisitai&EirviegiMetitare
onlY•few4OH . failbkw#6 l .' .1 m a'ny cases
it; is' irriglit,t - abc‘ r gifial!Crnidubt,'•Pension',"
thirgelesing 1 1etire41' one ;.irlie hats' done`".
his 'fiaufit i ry greetseryiele. SC' it' is IsPecially
thelinsteniselhefore "I f
PP I M I P T r V7 F RN 49.FI44 /41 :9 ; r 9AT I Ol'ij i1 ,
tiara ; now, before the ~ hii rtgb4ori;with.YerY.;
favorable 9 ' 4 vigorous ; f#, id; ;
effort for its; wide,extension in India.„ A.
prelinunny, rneetingwics.held,last lyeeli;-.4rt ;
tena,(d rkt Lorar:ShkftsYllTYr-;HO Pr! -&• Xinr •
/laird 11 1 .1 1 . P. Sir .0 ~.,K.. EardleY theSecre-
Itatie,sjoraArtho,4yap,tgelical,Proystant,4lis-„
;sioPPllP°° 2 l#49b; an4;t4 ls P;if •# 1 9 , f.TT*4.4 - 1,1
bialy, at 4 .liwe; 4.rfas r!iY'Tan;Y:49*A.r 4 ginge4l,l
- 04.F:9P804P raise C4:;#l3l),°P.jOrtftl,P4i;
the-,Aducation Of the, natives
tier forif'f i Ariglrhyornacnyx,edlication,'. as a
minority, Pkr 0 4 4 ,,• 13 Y09g iffOrcdll TOIesP,
rwitilt:ak°/°Me otrtile4l B elFPNlPO: the road, to r
weal*and d i stinction :for the natiye i youth,
wealth,
is English education. is .0n1y,.,.
.by,yernaeular. .teaohjog„that
flat_ipo i :of Ali; land contd...ber reached., Of.
the r i opyrl24,lnditi .: beig - 44' 9;4; w 9,
dredApillions, ;ones, half .are females,_, apd
0 .P1 1 14‘ ;1f...4e 4 i i , D TIS 6 t ofhetowm.
The pia/1.)w; alre,4y„hean tried witli.grent,,,
su9PPlib A4l; ,99 1 ?;Penciklit ifsAy:fthlt i Xinnev: e lly„. l
v iiraining o institation of ,the,OhureltAissien-
ATY'r ; the $.099, 1 110)45. 1 0 0 4; cfr,,,t,ho
Committee of ; Boligions„Papt, Oopiety"
an4 , t•lct 3 _ e4 0 1 1 ;ti4,101;;49.1 11 •19 1 :"
Murdoch- ;, in viVigliq;TiViaat of _
theollwrittenetints lirooreNsParsi ,
'FROM ISDIA. arrived. It is tosithe:Aifreatil
I Aug ijetited:(theloreb , at %he
r -
fAlumbaghytin 'the With etaftWertibeiesuidei
that3aftdr (tQ fitinatintleriesilfor the inext;
daysil(!ofsevere(liad ^bloddy strugglestith a
Thai] enemy, ,of the. 19th: , their. principal('
strdniholdiiweret.oaptureditaid the below'
Aired garristito relieve'd. On Jthel2Oth',4l
`the sibk• lad 44:iiind'ad) (ladies and children,
were sent back, under, an , eloort, to Cawn
,l4n. ,
; It is .iiiiiiiiia4eitiriailidttie,Afitfliaph
,thatitlipl.o4l3 Gampbelra 4orium :amounted; to
litelat, l thonsand. R rnen, that, .zeinforoements
We.re,riffißS. and. OuPitibfPr,
scattered
.garrisoss.an4 outposts oastia : .;
beilikalie r iect by the ` MI lw
field force, whiohoilid"also dispersed- th'e'''
'lllehidpore rebels ; ; h a l ~g
q
Ih94l4Anbagh OCTW.444noyir
Pia
iLucimoitwHpelopkdat4 .Qukarfk_
Pt
: mon *, beNre fought itheitlfayymith ~ , g riOrt•
, 1010 ,4 2 1 1 attk4. 1 4 gauntlet, three mike. thlEtto
,ricated attuets,„loop.holedlonses,:swaarningi,
'withiSepays,. has be en m
treapin, One , rwtti.
count says ,tlut - trlineknoty/ was ,relleved with
ithe a liwa oely, fon: officers 494_ forty ;men, $ 1
;(Nit may read !oar 'Amos &glad and forty f,
orson i veande,d,) -bat jpstm i the slaughter ,/
ib the asstu2i was underratet„by the tele.:
`grates,. so probably,
• was it here. At
'relie:f 'of 'lmoknovi is - a
'bile ised ., certainty.k "Eliid; in his mercy,' has'
heard the .prayers;. while. hi has tried, theq
faith of his _-people, both there. and JO . * I
Doubtless, that Residency Fort „was as ora
tog, night 'mid day, Ittifr when
entered it,' that nun led r ike devo
tioue of Illielltoite heifte d"ge - rriedd 'ea the
enduring: .band of iwornen and fat; cprinoe.: ;
he, has,,had : powe gc: l 4, and, prevailed. .
Letus,else trust and believe, that the , Spirit,
Of G od: :wa‘ tru st
*dile_ that fort for
the heart of many" hith:e
ertOfr carelehs,utind tliae tier have • found' •
there for tlieritraktimei,tlie4esotioofe Gal;:
an,,endaring,taiaspro. . '.3
„00,0:18;ti opneepet,,•BllNpg4t , iop , will t o
follow:' a hOlars ; there committed
ihntiel4eis" tIZB the' fAbiailft
fitlft bar. • eat:cord of ,1 , .•
,-”e,7
=3
to them. ; But.,ip the ,reconstruction of In
dian admitiistrtition, under the direct author-,
ity of :England and'the Queetes, - goVeriirlicat;
we may fairly hope for justice to be done,
alike to theiZemindats 'and the'ryoie pepu-•
lation. We rbustilire-orir ariStia'nity before
the natiies, as well aepieachand tea4h it:
The-defence 'Of'dauckrietc%iti' surely one.
of the Most remarkable' iiiiintsftand`so
also; the' stern Courage 'and "devo
don, 'whieli has rescued "so =many ,
fGladness' *end- thinkfultieis
at this moment pervade the ` Chrietianf ci'roles.`
TtkeirrioVwe'
,jtistfintiMelte'dlieeiainfir/y 7
dioopint
is tiery:-''gritertiu,if
a b oun d s: 1,-f; •
A SOEVE ) IN , COW occurred 4wp ,days i
ago, illustratve , ef ,pnblin i ,flmg.,. l ~Lord
Ceriii# ll o i4;9l l' lef 3- 1 10 4,9?:7 1 ,3 1 tikee. 4414 49i''
`n t ,
.....
. e Zt i an ,4 NI Me V b ie;
AS r
i i. en t
case:=- 7 annonneen , tollnp craw, e '
assembly, that . a telegiam had dust aimed
from India. And when ) ; amid. breathless,
silenPe) he read olit A
,cit ;the.. woven an( •
Children Were safe , enthusiasm. was :in,.
tense : The , Old Cenri ' 4 'WeAtkiiiister,
rang. A with Ip.bilant ,J cheering . ,such Iti the
lecorOuS, gravity. of 0;14 rdane)had neN;, L er,been
'assa`nliad , ,sith"before, save, on :ths aednitiat,
hi the' igeien Pioteiiiint:Biiiiiois - Prdiefiaii:d
1 ~...11.'fi i , :,44- `1...J.J . , It, ").
by tilq.Anf4mctus ..I:aanee,.l.l. ,
1. i.. ~...,3 IL
i
i Tiii tx-inAbninfilit Mittextan %I° ifli
, `WEATHER; donidedNtritlV.the elfeatitiOn of
bread,' exercises lt-'initigaiarigh influence of
FthekieatCatlimOrtanee'Cii "the-infleihigs' of,
the. tO'Or. 'we hive had no frost, ' aild 'little'
=rain : ; lEfither6' WintaiTiiith‘all'itninele'nl- 1
*midi,
a'nd -and ' , trials; taili been 7 fifiCßijAa , They
rA rimy Militia; ualtiii'l Haim : 'absorbed a'
great many - perinah: ' who , " other Whin would
'have been itFaitatving condition : ' 'ltjs la=
smarkehte that -the work-hiiitsed in' J lieland
/have:that it' cornriaritiiely sinall li!ottOition'Of,
loccitWilits:`;'' f inisliectlhe' sufferzdgs `of tlin
teelt& r Wiir t bki t raaililY l' i,tiie lihur 'snide ' Of .. the
;water" , thiEftWintai: ' -"Otitdeitil . iiiiipfrit'nb*
)bei6gl'exteilad by Rid.; LaiiF l Griaidifiiiii in
Ithia:icitinitTbdjiiiittiti usual litaiti. ` :
1 eq V .4'' ' ' l't• ~ ,r , ' • ;Fie' 31 I ' , T) -J., i.:7,3 '.... ...
Maxims:di:lsm_ now ; occupies I a , considerable
,ehare : of 4public,attentiok , here, .intconnexion ,
with the Aspect t of caffairsott , Utahittandi the. ,
,annoUnCemente: in= the; message ofd 3 resident,
t Buchanan? I I The Zings As gin clineittio , thinks
41 that , BrigltamiYoung-will-altimAtely yield.
; to necessith , Itadrrcenduotehis cong*gation;
,as .;„he i t can, through ; one more
,MoTilions tmightr ~m omeiiinto,Ahe Russiani
,territerY, midi 'Settle/ ,themselves, then
verylrgxtten4ty .t.oft;tbettl , Oontinest , , ,, ,onm the,
briph -of t ,those' myoeriousi ,strafts; whiefi ;
div r itie;;America.fronm i t ori tbeyi night ,
. find, in: the Northern ,prnvincestotalexico,, , a
field, fori colonization, iik,iii`lcountry , unlikely; ;
to interfere :
migratitn,nn,the,whole,7ritis added,
,"is. the Poke tterminationtof ithe
confliet, e and we can- , only that ;it, -may
:be .desidid on: hefere the miserable :dives ,of.
b
superstition bave;been,,drag
gedlby,their leaders into the,palpable edam.
t.„ , 3
1.-hayphad i this weekatt 2 interview with a,
Morinon Bpoktieller: There:is only, , one depot
for ; ,publications; in ,the t metropolis.- The ,
chtef one,- t. yras l .told, ; is in ,Liverpool.t,
object in calling, was to Obtain: agme,liformon ,
Plitdleatteiii B Jzilav e,PaliP.fleat All!.
aeriOa
publicatio n s,
I D oonrees i on
"Fl
claikCaSfeduseiili the.
~17,10,716 slaM4 Vada ' ai
Koran • and Mormonism, A ,with its, e‘.Bosle"
comer:encoarixdly,under review., The i hook,
shop. liiq.:fi.;WekLa and ;,'31.4:44,4.44d-aMae,f9i.
in Dwin treat, in,the eity ; .7 ,A"
are to . i be • n ie,en,,bOO,
,hs iand, mp'h, 1 . 44. nad„
loOking tariOroni a 'higher,. part are Hale
basis iift,iTesEd l ' B .ooh himself- ,IF-LaPaxhigi
theTahoß,„ Os , "t , 4: 4 )0 ;1 0 ;14r: 1 .4)
bell:to:mg, and a mini,shont,fhktyiratikol,
The„, conversation mas,
one. ; ,, aspect .I.7as' of
an f imposfiitr:;„ He, is , ati„Eagliehmap ;
told,nie he,liid , beea a Wesleyan 81g
legins; deyeloptaept was, , PIY9.9.IPgNB4IYI
B PiRO I X ), i l i f4i3j e Ail le, 1 44 gNlA,44o,the,
siticortko,py.Rt4p, allO.lO ll . it and defended
it with ~,censistenoy,,of view, ,w,hreh; shoit , e4:
ihatit: .
thinongli,of him.
t " 10,1
Besides they Book ~ o f Normonivrwhicki,
had ; already, hel showed! maZ,f,` The, DAotrine
and i the,gotanaikta i r twhichfis imfhigh!
pute,,,,ationgi the t esift.,. ; Curiously 4+1 ; 1
amine ...their- Hymn , Book; •
maia r
,fOund wakehieflyomMie up of ,Evan
gelieal .11ynins, , , with a, small , spice- of L-Mor-.1
mnaismi, TWOS one stf. l tlinic orkftyldexices
for„the iteinltiated. r Some years tap:l'oloW a,
Hymn-Bookt ; which Abe inarfyited , Proplt et .
was *Tepreeented s as - linterceding, . for I -441(4
Saints o in heaven
The:!' Latter/14TElaintie•MilletuaialStae! ,
forms. a promipestopanlif thellitetature of
Morinquisiii , here. '. 1 Aillexamined. the ' mod
recent numbers, andoistent over :the r very
cunning series of panlphletspby , Orson Pratt,
I •imiked..:'questions, suggested difficulties,.
antbdrew out opinions 'and , answeis. It , ap
pears tliat,ithelzpreientmumber of baptized ,
memberdiri , London. is 'shout' two' thousand,'
while :some , tiine ago) , Ake.* einounted , :to.
twenty-three:: thousand. In, the Northern'
part'of:El . :4lBnd , iiherel is: scarcely So many.:
Wales, hair its r quota , tix kind' to 'Utah' every
year; but inlaland atili Scotlaud.the reondts '
are few;:. )As to .'emigration toi Utah,..it. Ili
stopped i for . the , : *gent 11 bye oider of tthe
authorities, .until it is new vihereinto the
piiiiient , difficulty i with ltheettlioited` Stator
GoVerninent mill•grow: 1 '..: . 7 '.l ~ is. .;:1 c
Corriersing: on 'Dootiinegiand'Ordinineeir;
I ifound. , the fltdorMon , bisiri4elleravow 'his
belief in: a 'itre-liciatent'tstatel :of Limany ' and.
virthally) :.Yielding: •either the doctrine: of
transtnigretloni or a development: : theory : of
44 endlessiviogieilsion,"-rsoniewliatiafter the
fashion of-the Veitios theory:.; Then air to
God - f" , becranse o. 6 "hisTekson is spoheiFef in: i
Scripture; 'labia material, and hat ii.bodr—:.
natlgrosaplike'man's -body now-;-but, of thy.
same ikind •as :-. glorified man ' shalt , have lifter'
,thelesurreotibm'l Nay,7,with great gravityi
he: profaned , his__belief ins the' dootiine inewi
held and taught, that the-1/3onoof 'Got , pas;;
as-such, (as i he was ,by, miraculous, power; - .Of
the. Spirit, born as matklot the. , Viegin) l born
of a lemale Deity, t Thio )41staytlingii4Jes;''
wbieh,, being4rauslittedpieetet ; thie.liorri
ble,• blasphemy, :was not..:lat - :sll , st6ling, to
this;poor:fainktio• , i -d - :an ' ...3.
LAktoi. l'olygemy,- the, dine] eizer3of aLI, ini
parity Audi/ ijoontiorienees, - ea : ,?eorineoted
witlititkodie Attpkwaßtilagagievivr i dtez,
a,i o w jenifiA irtit amen —l , -)ohi iugiulo di
Philadelphia, 111 South Tenth Street, below Chestnut
By Nail, or at the Moe, $1.50 per Yea r , BllB , P R OSPECTUS.
Delivered in the City, 1.75 4
r.~, s
WHOLE NO. 278
reeated and. denied. It was Pan ordinance,
just like repentance , and faitir,i' and Divine
revealed, ;not" for the , gratification of pas- „
sign; - libt'fbr• the preVention "of adultery, and '
especfally to raise up a holy 'aeed , ! , 94 that
,conversation, with ,thts man,
'twhiblr eught-to have _cornered:him,-,, but this
'conscience teemed completely faithlev,
'through the diabolical delusion that;'', vas'
Has Aver been in!Trtalf;plA
'
behind the curtain, Where the SatYr-likn,
Proptmiegukawon ,, their.erg,ies,..attd,whge
miserable, female dupes ; wake up too late,, to
find .theinselves, undone
3 , 1 rciA cipaini other the conversation
`' setitlorarardi had ltioked . ovei the
" stockeitudf.made Imy selection:: During the
‘interview,_ a young--German.came down
stair; .and asked ,about therhour of an eve
mingeerviep,,,l was, thus,rernirded how, the
§ 0 1413 0.44 ' victims on the Continent, as
theVnited . 'kingdom. And as
ntthe Apostles or IV phets make'"Oimirsi r Ons
./rte France Gernianycitalr - and Denmark,
it tso itlihy &Five ~c v- i yiks ire:pared lor;isiredlation
in ¢ theriritipeetive languages o these ieoun- •
tried: l Irt-the4 United, Igngdout, there ; ,are
about thirty
. book-shops for their publics.
tions. They seem,'lMwever, to have a'small
circulation, save among the initiated. "The
.-puhlicatiolts Of the 'Latter - Day 'Saints are
, 'sold'at • their Meetings? •So states the
-.postscript to ,their Catalogne,of Works.'
Portraits of the "First Presidency and
• Twelve Apostles," are exhibited in the shop
;visited. ,There, in one fraine upon,the wall,
are, „Brigham,,Toung and his confreres all
,
presented to ~the i
the eye, each n a separate, en
size. Hew 'denture most of
?thercilookl-
I observed also a notice in the shop, of a
" Christmas Tea and' Supper'Party," about
.;toAie held, I suppose, as at Utah. - Theie
will! bb the union of daVotion; with fun.
Referring to the, repprtmhich appeared in
the, J liforning Advertiser, of, the " high
-jinks" i : Annual Conference at the Tea
Adetings inlendon (as detailed in a former
letter,) the book-seller spoke of it as a car
,icature. Altogether,'hie thinks the Saints
;tare almistiiideistiloWand perseouted people;
and las for Polygamy. being -.confined to
I Thali a andi -. Remitted- in :England, the
Saikis,.sublnit to p this lant ; grierance, just as
r the
r prtinitive i Christians were compelled to
it give' wives than 'one; -under the
Roman Creee'rs Oh; naughty Briton ! Oh,
wicked President Buchanan! the day of
1 retribution is coming` when the " Saints "
shkh) 'suck the - milk' of fF'Gintiles,", 'such as
ydelate; and shall .possese the kingdom.
.-,=Thik sOliri.!ltmaiii • day is so warm
and inight that the population is all abroad.
',Fare anikWinter coats are thrown aside, or
else tOeraied ; and none lady—riot a young
Shelieriiig her fwie ficsit the
nnselison`ably'fe vent tinubeanis.
we have, the particulars of
the, relief of Imam, ow. There, was very
hard fighting. Four officers were killed, and
' about ,tl.,kirty.woundeii...., Colin Campbell
14,04 tint' Went - on' with his
dutiei ' Haielook; and OatraEU,
and`hei.'hadiat last met at 'dusk,: on the last
day- of the struggle.:. (Dude ; with its bill
forts4m4 swarms of mutineers ) must now be
redUeed.
Pukher` Good - .Mtn. After se'ven weeks
- 'lo'pektenVdieetoint, the Bardr'of England
redtees i'Vzto '8 per earlt.7 It willtbe lower
etas long.
Bomar and Advoaata
Revival at Centreville, Pa.
ZT, DE. am permitted
tb rebold mother cemthinion 'season of mi
litia:a* Wert:elt - ilia the church of Centreville,
IndiatusieotntypPai. On. the 'fast day of
tilAtTextaamotttWgervineffibcgaPi PrePar
sAßry,,tprithe
~adzidnistimtion , of ,the 'Lord's
am
Supper ?, snit id . 'lll6n i dity evening.
'On the Sabbath day was
nalkiallYJlgigiV &tau exceedingly - solemn.
The honseiirsa eidwdedi morning and. even
ing„dming „the,/ four , days preaching, and
tmlye m were aOded,ty, the communion of the
sunli sir bicone. An in
tesaet i~tbreat ` on h% " great ' of per
sonal tuiriiition; petvadedthe entire commu
nity; and manyrno-denbt f are- deeply con
eplegd,forithejE r eou . lia..., ;Within ,laet siz
months, thirty hatavbeip 'added to that
oliurgh, : nearly all, ori . ,examinagon, although
the ? membership PI, small, And . they have
preached but half the trine."'
L ind* Me here to elite, for the enconr
age'meltilJof,othere feeble churches, that six
monthii7ego, the .chnrches of Armagh and
geFitret.lll9, had, not,,both together, one bun
dTed, and i tweiity; members, and had been
without a.,paster or any supplies,' for more
twelve 'months. Daring the last six
months the Seasions 00 both churches have
been/strengthened by the addition of valuta
bleimembers ; a bosid of active Deacons in
each oe;he attend to all their
tetriporaliti44 ; 'the inim of 'four hundred
dollais in cash has been promptly paid to
myself for ministerial services ' the churches
have been provided with blinds, chandaliers,
and snehelilaqiiihd46 !brown . all,:the Lord
hae,added over- i sepeuet, acute to their num
ber.f.frayer-tneetings,,,through the week,
and `on the Sahliath (when there is no'
preaching;have been iistahliihed, With Sab
bath- t3chbels , suocesifti I operation.
4,Nowpwhat;wii hold..is, that the Lord has
the! same, blestihige in, store. for all our
ti!•,p 4 3opip, will'ozly be liberal
Pr.a.Y_er i r.ul, and zealOnA, the minis
ters Of Christ give theineelVes.continually to
prayer and to the' 'ministry of the Word.
.Let there.befaithiand faithfulness, brethren,
snot our.OPßO.efidlhitg,,he visited with times
of refivakpgpfrorp the , presenc e of the Lord
Yours, Sto., ' Boss STEVENSON
e . •
- ,TlLe t oldest son, ncyreondent Edwards,
while etingratulatitig a Arktid l on having a
fairtiliof sons,iod l O`hunPiiith'rnuch earn
oldness " ItemeMberptherd is but one Mode
fitroilylgOvernnienti .Lhaie brought up
and ednentod foirt i eNt boyp x . two, Isuffered
tOlifT ) , re4A One o f ti4eit
was mynui,lges nicither; and the Othtr - wis
' sail:sat:4W
in g stii;i4 Ii irth:di ftheirf &natio& ;
and froth both! observation, and expesienooi
Tall, Y 9 .9,34, Itrn4Pl , 4 1 %1 S PIP!! timpsl4
never answer. Beware
act of disobedience go nnnoticied, and finla
evidACe '- L 'AggickiVO
litinufedec k'.. 1 ,1 3 e '?tit e * :!aiglit'At •!•
ORM
MEI