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Presbyteekaa Elmanart Vol. VllllO. 24,
Prombyllarlam Advositet Vol. Xi" Nei /9. I
nAVID MCKINNEY, Editor and Proprietor.
:n16,-IN ADVANCE.
Original Voetrg,
Prosperity's and Adversity's Friends.
Alas for out. friends 1 in prosperity's hour
They hovered around us with bewitching power;
To gather our gifts, and to climb by our aid,
They lingered in sunshine, and were not afraid.
But now, as adversity's clouds gather fast,
They leave us, all stripped, to the cold, stinging
blast;
Prosperity's friends then alone do us know,
We only know them when thus sunken in woe
Prosperity's glare from our eye oft conceals
A friend that adversity only reveals ;
And though this may us from our 'false friends
divide,
It ever will bring our true friends to our side.
Adversity's friends aro for every hour,
Our need, is a chain which will bind them with
power.
That yearning of soul and that union of heart,
The storms of adversity never can part;
Their deeds of denial, devotion and love,
Bo pure and so silent, an angel might move.
Adversity's friends then indeed do us know,
We never knew them till thus sunken In woe.
E. W. H.
God's Purposes.
PROM INTERVIEWS WITH INSPIRED MEN,
BY REV. LOYAL YOUNG.
Theophilus.—We have come again, ven•
arable in en, to obtain further instruction;
Nicodemus.—l have difficulties on the
subject of election, predestination, reproba
tion, and the like, and wish to ask whether
the precious inheritance of the Christian
comes to him by accident, or by God's pre
vious appointment?
PAIIL.—We have obtained an inheritance,
being . predestinated according to the pur
pose of Him who worketh all things after
the counsel of his own will--Eph. i : 11.
Herbert.—l am of the opinion that if any
are chosen of God, it is after they are wor
thy of being chosen.
PAIIIA.—He bath chosen us in Him be
fore the foundation of the world.—Eph.
i: 4.
Theophilas —Was it because God foresaw
something good in us that he chose us ? or
did he choose us that we should be holy ?
PAUL.—That we should be holy.--Eph.
i: 4.
Theopliilus.—To what privilege has God
predestinated us?
PAUL.—Having predestinated us unto
the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to
i : 5.
Nicorlemus.—Was it on account of any
good in the creature that this predestination
took place; or was it entirely dependent on
the wilt of God?
Rum —According to the good pleasure
of his will.—Eph. i : 5.
.Nicodemus.—ls this decree of predesti
nation absolute, and unchangeable ?
PAyr4.---:God willing more abutichuktly.Ao
siboiv. 'like the' heirs of promise the immuta
bility of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath.
vi : 17.
theny if I am elected, I
shall be saved, let me do as I may.
Theophilus.—No, if I am elected, it is
through sanctification and faith. Is it not
ao ?
- PAUL —God bath from the beginning
chosen you to salvation, through sanctifica,
tion of the Spirit, and belief of the truth.
—2. l'bes. ii: 13, 8.
Theophilics.—You see that election does
not lead to sin and unbelief, bat to faith and
holiness. .
Herbert,—Well, I have another objection
to the doctrine. It makes God partial, and
therefore unrzAteous.
PAUL,—Is there unrighteousress with
God ? God forbid. For he saith to Moses,
I will have mercy on whom I will have
mercy, and I will have compassion on whom
I will have compassion. So, then, it is, not
of him that willeth, nor of him that ruoneth,
but of God that showeth mercy. For the
Scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this
same purpose have I raised thee up, that
might show my power in thee, and that my,
name might be declared thrOughout all 'the
earth. Therefore haat he mercy on whom
he will have mercy, and whom he will he
hardeneth.—Rom. ix : 14-18.
Herbert—W by then does God blame the
sinner, and find fault with him, since the
sinner does not resist his will?
PAUL—Thou wilt say then unto me, why
cloth He yet find fault ? for who hath resisted
His will.—Rom. is : 19.
Herbert -Yes, that , is my objection.
PAllL.—Nahbat, 0 man; who art thou
that repliest against God ? Shall the tbiog
formed say to him that formed it, why halt
thou made me thus? Hath not tbe potter
power over the clay, of the same. lump to
make one vessel unto honor and another unto
dishooor.—Rom. is : 20, 21. ,
Herbert.—flow . do you apply this figure
Pam..—What if. God, willing to ehowhis
wrath, and to make his power known, en ;
dured with much long suffering the vessels
of wrath fitted to destruction; and that he
might make known the riches of his glory
on the vessels of mercy, which he bad afore
prepared unto glory, even us whom he hath
called not of the Jews only, but also of the
Gentiles.—ltom. ix : 22-24.
Herbert—Whatever may be said of per
bons being ordained to salvation, I cannot
admit that any have been ordained to con
demnation. Are there any such ?
JUDE —There are certain men crept in
unawares, who were befell), of old, ordained
to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning
the grace of our God into laeiviousness, and
denying the only Lord God, and our Lord
Jesus Christ,—J ude iv.
Herbert.--Then God must be the, author
of sin, since he fore-ordains what comes to
pass.
Jeaiks.—Let man say when he is
tempted, I am tempted of' God; for God
cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempt
eth he any man.—Jas. i : 13, 17.
Herbert—God must be pleased then with
the sinner's destruction,
EZEKIEL.-A 8 I live, with the Lord God',
I have no pleasure in the death of ;,the
wicked, but that the wicked tura from his
way and live,---Ezek. : 11. ,
ivic0de,,,,,,5,...48 predestination consistent
With free agency ? or can an act be iiialte'd
which Clod foreknew and decreed to permib?
Theopioi/us,—l think ysiti will find. tllat
though onr blessed Saviour was to be taken
and crucified according to the counsel of God,
this decree did not justify his crucifiers,
who acted as though there was no decree.
What did you say, Peter, to.those that cru
cified Christ? -
PETER —Him being delivered by the de
teminate counsel and Foreknowledge of God,
ye have taken, and by wicked hands have
crucified and slain.—Acts ii : 23.
Theophilas.—The prayer of the disciples
shows that Herod, Pilate, Gentiles and Jews,
in crucifying Christ, fulfilled God's counsel.
Nicodemus.—What was said in that pray
er ?
Tin DISOIPLES.—Of a truth, against thy
holy child Jesus, whom thou hest anointed,
both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the
Gentiles and the people of Israel, were
gathered together, for to do whatsoever thy
hand and thy counsel determined before to
be done.—Acts iv : 27, 28.
Theophilus.—Though Jesesmas delivered
up "by the determinate counsel and fore
knowledge of God," yet in his reply to
Pilate he charges him wbo delivered him up,
with sin.
IVicoderwiss.—What did he say•to Pilate?
Jotrw.—He that delivered rue unto then
hath the greater sin.—Jno. xis: 11.
Nicodemus.-18 our election, and conse
quently our salvation, according to our own
works ?
PAUL.—Not according to our.' works, but
according to his own purpose and graze,
whioh was given us in Christ. Jesus, before
the world began.-2. Tim. i : 9.
Nicodemus.—Has Goa left any whom he
has predestinated to life, to fail of - heaven ?
PAUL. Whom he did predestinate, them
he also called; and whom he , Talled, them
he also justified; and whom he justified;
them he also glorified.—Rom. yin 30.
Nicoclemeus.—How are such persons kept
from final ruin ?
PETER.—Kept by the power of God
through faith unto salvation.-1. Pet i : 5.
Nicodetwus.—Have we anything to do
with the secret purpose of God? Is this to
be our rule of action ?
MosEs.—The secret things belong unto
the Lord our God; but those things which
are revealed' belong unto us, and to our chil
dren forever, that we m d
4 o all the words
of this law.—Dent, =ix : 29.
Theophilus.—Finite minds cannot com
prehend infinity.
PAUL.---O the depth of the riches both
of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How
unsearshable are his judgments, and his
ways past `finding out'!—Rom. xi : 33.
"Nicoderaus.—How may. I arrive at any
certainty that I am elected ?
PETER.—Give diligence to make your
calling and election sure.-2. Pet. i 10.
.Nicodenrus.—May I feel confidence in
myself in view of my being elected ?
PAUL:-13e not high-minded, but fear.--
ROM: Xi : 20.
Theoplaius.—lf we have evidence of our
election, how should we be affected,?
JESUS.—Rejoice, because your names
are written in heaven.—Luke a : 20.
Nice(lemus.—Will no charge be brought
against the elect of God ?
Pit.—Who shall lay anything to the
charge of God's elect ? 'lt is God that jus.
tifteth.—Rom. viii : 33.
Nicodemus.—The . doctrines of election
and predestination are not so objectionable
after all, and inspired men seem to hold them
very much as though they had taken lessons
of kAlvin.
Theophaus.—No, Calvin. took hio lemons
rom them.
PAUL.—Farewell, be perfect, be of gpod
comfort, be of one mind, live in peace; and
the God of love and peace shall be with you.
—2. Cor. xiii : 11.
Address
Of Dr. ; Rice, before the Cincinnati Conven
tion, on the topic, "The means to be used
,
in, and the proper method of, conducting a
Re vival ;" as reported by the Presbyterian
of the West.
He said, as to the agency br which alone,
revivals are begun and carried on, we are all
agreed. It is the Holy Spirit. And how
to secure and retain this blessed influence,
we know. God gives his Spirit in answer
to prayer. By believing, earnest pleading
with God, every true , revival is begun and
oarried on. But • how to preach• at such
times—how to present the truth in due pro
portion—this is a great inquiry. The min . -
ister needs to be familiar with his Bible,
and with human nature. He ought to'
preach much from his own "experience;'he
ought to preach all the great doctrines, as
well as the precepts and the promises of the
Gospel. Doctrinafreaching need not, and
should not, be dry.: It ought tote, and may
be, mighty. The doctrines of the eroBB mill
make men feel, if anything will. They never.
grow old. They never lose their p•ower. I
love to heal. a sinner say, " I can't feel."
It shows that he is heginning to realize the
doctrine of depravity, of the , hardness of the
natural heart. God sanctifies men " through
the„truth "—through his entire ,system, and
the doctrines are the foundation of the ,pre
cepts.
Ministers, in revivals, are tempted to run
into hOrtatory preaching, to neglect the
truths that feed Christians, and to begin'to
declaim to sinners. The result is, that
Christians go to hear sinners addressed and
to watch them'—their own, piety declines;
and the revival languishes. ' Appeals' to
Men's fears or sympathetic emotions, are well
enough in their place and proportion, but
depending mainly on them leads to false
and ephemeral results. Keep up 'doctrinal
preaching—feed the Churph and keep 'it
praying. When you exhort, let it be after
presenting some great truth.
Aa to the frequency with which meet;
rugs should be held during a revival, •the
Dr. contended that time must be given, for
home duties, and for secret me.ditation and
prayer. Great efaitement of the animal
feelings must be temporary, , and result in a
sad reaction. The Church should be left,
at the end of a revival, like a field in April—
all moist and growing.
. Dr, Rice spoke, finally, of the privati
Means to be employed—of personal labor by
Christiana with sinners;= shoWing that ” a
word in season, how good it is." . ,
FORCE may subdue, but love gains; and
he thatifoxgivas first r wins tiwliturpl. ,
"ONE THING IS, NEEDFUL:" "ONE THING HAVEI DESIRED OF THE LORD:" "THIS ONE THING I DO."
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FOR THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, MARCH 6, ISSS.
From our London Correspondent.
The French Moniteur and Threats against England
—The Oppressed French Protestants—The News
from India—Affecting Letter from the Catonpore
Slaughter-House— A Queens Drawing-Roam
Described—The Ceremony of Presentation—The
Pcrsonel of the Bridegroom and Bride—Their
' Departure for Berlin—The Queen's Grief at
Parting; and the Weeping , Brothers—The' Levia
than Afloat—lfcComb's Presbyterian Almanac
—Ministers, Presbyteries, and Congregations of
the Irish Assembly—Ds College—Tts March. and
"Name Scheme—Colonial, Home, Jewish, and For
' .eign-Missions—Annual Revenue for Missions—
A Contrast—Reformed Preskyiniatu---Paucity .
of students—Poatscript. •
• LONDON, February sth, 1858.
THE FRENCH .M . ol4mint, or official paper,
has been publishing addresses, from the
army, in which England is characterized as
.the den of assassins, and an invasion is pro
posed,in order to; drag the would-be mur
derers to light and justice. Itmay be said
that 'these addresses must appear, amongi
others, in the official paper. But the evil
effect on the French population, which is
now entirely deprived of a free press, is
likely . to be very great, and to excite'an, en
venomed feeling toward England. The
.E.Taininer; "our ablest Weekly paper tales
the Emperor to task for this, -and with
seething power of sarcasm, dwells <imeek.:
ingly 'on the liberty given to 'free speedh in'
France I The freedom it; taken with. Eng
land, and the license ,of: speeeli‘giVen'to the
French army. It, is but a poor 'excuse to
say---'as may be saidtliiit the. Eniperor
wishes, by the publication of such rhodo
montade, to display his own -moderation in
contrast.
Next, the case of' the =persecuted Prot
estanta of Fiance, which the lifoititeurlried
to ignore, because, forsooth, the said Prot
estants had sought the advocacy of "for
eign lOurnals," is, made still stronger in the
eyes of all good men, through the publica
tion (by that mischievous 'correspondent of
the Times, who writes every daY from Paris,)
of a Report addressed in 1856 to the French.
Minister of public worship, detailing wrong
in the Shapc of prohibitions and penmen
tic* by, Prefeets, 'AA have:, never yet
been 'redietased.
The Effiperor, either from alarm or prn.
Anion, has jrist issued a decree, appointing
the Empress, Regent, in. case of his own de ,
Oise before hisson ceases to be 'a minor.
Will „,that' son iyer, sit' on the thrnne of
France;? Judging from the past of that
turbulent country, and from the
ties of.'. the future, the Rimier niust he,
" No." To'maki,Paris knowits weakness,
and to hold its ,Vopulation,:in ease Of insur
rectien, in check, France is now ,divided
into five' militaiy sections, each under a
General of. Division; so in case of, any one
breaking'out in revolt against theimperial
dynasty,' the other four could send an Frier-
Whelmingforee to suppress the insurrection.
This a ' new thingy'Marked by great sal
gacity; 'm1' 44 1)101 proposes, Gad disposes:"
FROM INDIA, since I last wrote, we have
telegraphic news up till the 9th of January.
Sir Colin Campbell was acting with his
wonted vi4or. - Mitdiepateitca - 7 - =TBlatilm flag
finer retirement fioin - Lirehnow; his ifr
prise on heiring the firing as he approached
Cawnpore, of'Windham's disaster, and of his
own final, victory—have been Published.
Wis divan's dispateh haS also' been published.
Its appears that on the approach of the
Gwalier force, Windham had sent repeated
messages to Sir Colin, asking"instructions,
but that h`nnever heard from the = Cowman
derin-Chief. This the latter admits, and it
arose from. the 'fact' that from obstructions
on the way; no' letter or, message ever
reacted him. Thus Windham was left to
his own sresourees i ; the engaged what he
found too-late was not the advanced guard
of the great army of mutineers, and the re
sult sWall'a retreat to the trenches,, followed
by a bloody battle next day. Sir Colin
coming, to the, rescue, was one, of those
special providences which have marked the
Divine , hand in, ,the whole of frbis.,awful
struggle. : Other victories, clearing, the
Dosb; have been won by Col..Seaton.
The following an exact, copy of a letter
written by the wife Of `Captain of the
- Engineers; a few days- before the massacre
of Cawnpore. The writer was the sister of
a particular friend of mine, the wife of one
of thnelders of my own chirch, seine yeah
ago. The Christian Piety, and die maternal
fidelity end tenderness of this doomed lady,
comb oat in the letter, inn very affecting
With what a tumult of emotions innat
it have been penned ! It was 'sent out of
'then belwagured place, by: the hands of a
faithful native nurse or Ayah,• and reached
another 'married sister in this country, who
had in her charge the three children , so
solemnly addressed:
CAwziposm,4nne 9,4857.
I write this, dearest .Henrietta, •in the belief
that the time of our' 'departure is &nue. The
whole of , the troops' rose here, and we toCk'ref
ugo a Barrack. = We: are so , hemmed in by
overpowering ntanbers, that there seems no hope
of escape. Only about, forty European soldiers
are left, out "of. One hundred and twenty Men.
Sad; 'sad iuthtiein againiesuch'an awful enemy:
Matry joined the infantry, and they have`six guns
against•us. The walla' are going !
t; This is an awful, hour, my:darling Henrietta.
jessy, Etnily, and getirge (her children,) cling to
us. Dearest George (her husband,.) his been
Well rip 'tiithie time, but he is, grieve' to 04,
obliged• to abandon his post.' Many brave' men
have fallen to-day:
The siege his lasted four
. days; and, let this be a
warning to Our' Government 'never vain' to place
BritiakoPers 'such a pitiable position ; , ; only. one
hundred and twenty European soldiers were at
Cawnpure. It is sad 'and painful to reflect on,
that our Ilies - shOuld be siteri#ced in such a Oen
•
Give mylovetomy sweet girls (her little daugh
ters in England), Tell them that there, it 3 but one
thing needful. Tell them -Co seek, sorrowing,
that fatili'whiCh is true and steadfast, an anchor
of the soul. Donny darling (her oin.sonin Eng.-
land,) your =mamma , has longed to see you, and
know you. Beek your God in spirit. Alice, my
sweet , child/renienibei thy - . °rester it the days of
thy youth,. Seek•him can:say; I ,haire
found, him. , my little lamb, I must neyer
see you again in the flesh, but rememberj shall
look'for you, where sorrow and disappointment
earCnever enter: Henry,'ilker boy, my heati
yeains over you.
0,, dear leoy,..if you saw the situation your lit
tle brothers. are- in at this , moment, you would
weep over ever, having pleased your own desires.
Seek yorir °lid, and serve ; him, and please him,
and santysliteurbatever is sinfil. •
Dear Henrietta/ w43'leave them all in the hands
ofl God, and your: tender watching. My dear love
`your dear friends. Dearest,-we hope to
Meet and part uo t rane, 7)ierp we shall serve,God
without, Weariness.
Derest Ittra.lf., the 'same to yen: I would
say, dearest H., peace that passetlil ktibwledge,
b e w i t ,b 4 m, -my-gratitude is unchanged.- •
What a true woman'; mother, Christian,
arlaksjargUltill4 9014,0410,tgr0
A QUEEN'S DEiWING-ROOlll I shall now
sketch for your readers.
Some years age; ; l was one of the 44 pre
sented," at the Court of St. James, and the
ceremonial then its just the same as it is
now. You are set 'down at the aide door of
-the 'palace, and Whistever your rank 'or pro-
fession, you musipte dressed. accordingly.
A clergyman muistpappear in goWnitassock,
bands, short troiArs, . silk stockings, • and
shoes with silver tbuckles. Ascending the
i t
stairoase, which i fi ned with yeemen of•the
duards, and wit ' '' fair bevy of ladies sit
on galleries , 'the top, to see the Porn
'pany Is it cu te , you find — yoniielf on
'the landing at tlk door Of. a' hirge room.
-Hera you produir. one of two cards, on
1 r
whigh your name : written in full. (Pre
'slowly your nam ; must have been left at
the 'Lord ' Chani Irtin'S office,
.With . the
name•of the nib. eines 'or other qualified
person who is to .). senteycra.-) I In 'die Ga
zette,: or .Tinies, . . tviatiqßsi.44 l 4,. ifi ,
such, an one, is dal .. orillffelTbl44yei.*p7'
no formal presentation by the one,party_ Of
the other.' .He,,tite priunter, sanctions his
name to be put on your card as such,. and
that is all. The .ard..is taken from you;
and you pass as .-s the first room into a
second. Here, i' you have pot come early,
you :find yourself : arcely able 'to get' into
the apartment. . Itch a well-dressed:ob,
one has never see before. ...The .gentlemen .
in military unite' , .8,. or in the stereotyped.
court•dress, are in ..rmingled with theladies;
some Of them do; agers so old that,'eave for
the purpose. of '1 esenting their 'blow:faint
daughters', one; ys, ," theyrdiave no.busi=
nees here.l' Tt.. ,ladies' trains, although
gathered .up anti , hey. pass into the presence
of 'Royalty, are' A dly, in , the way, "being
caught by the' acii:bardi Of the gentlemen's
dress swords. it is a Summer day--is .
when .T. was the , :. ' the ; lieit'is , very great,
and if rouge.h :' , pen :used
,by,nny lady,,it
is pretty sure to ,' .cover itself. But j te..do
the blooming :, itish ladies justice, tre
pearly &pa of •rePiration; evoked by / the
heityde - not w • ' .ff the ries& :freni'lhei*:
cheeks. - . • -, • . i " !Tr, ),..,
:. The ' eompab detained in...this spare-
went 0)1, the. : p :
i ntation of , Foreign .4.15 . 1 7
bassadont,And ,91. ! ..er privileged persons;who
havatier , ight i.A.rivate entree, is over. At
lengthieided . e. , ] opens, and tillMeviifotind
the angleof a 'is rod, which separateS a
narrow,passage '' king out through the.win
dews to the r , from the, main part, of
the ohamher. ' 'lndian file, 'the 'company
pass on, and en'' .a second 'apartment,- pre
cisely similar, the other side.. the ; brass .
barrier of whi t are a number of State ak
tendants. An er door opens before' You,
and you feel t, ''this 'leads to , the ltOyal
presence. So,Otting on your i saost .polite ,
looks, you elate
a ; ,in . your turn, and . hand
your second' carlito . grand officer "of State,
Who hands itletV-a tieeend, land
„who thee !
reads aloud 44 'y'. ' '( giving - pour name '
and titles,) to -,
:'.presented." . . • ,
And-look, yi . ..ler sits the 01e0.% tiniiP.W.! -,
eled diadem ' ~1 in . entitroned._State k _all-T
kracions - and .. - 4.: . :,1i f -diurbiiirind herinetry i
nrisaithiltft timoi;rail ildiantamil'faii. '''At -.
her sidesstands the; Prince .Consori.:!• Yon
approach. If it is not a epeoial day, when,
from the Queen's indisposition,'(as When I
went,) Or as ' on the Prides:ma iyal's DriW=
ing-Room, it' islesirable to save timeyou
approach the Queen , kneel on thexight
knee,_pnt the back . of your hand under that
of the Soiereiri, e xtended to you, and raise
it to yorir lips:. In tliei.other'-dise,-Iyour
" presentation . is not abcompaniedlby the
kneeling or the 'kissing of the Royal, hand,
but by a low bow, while the Queen kindly
.
smiles and bows to you. In either case, you
must not turn - your - lieek'on the Queen, but
" back out" from .her - preience. To walk
backward -is easy enough, no , doubt,' for a
crab. It is not so easy for a
,man ; and it is
worse still for a lady to rise up; and with each
heel IS puSIE baekler train, and lo leat out
tothe tepof the staircase 'There is d'caseon
record of an aged.nobleman, Lord.Rolle, mho
knelt, before the young Qeeen, and fell in,his
attempts t', get on . his feet. The warm-hearted
Woman sprang ' f rom her . seat, 'an d helped'
him up. . Od the 'day I watiPthers4 'Able:
cognized several'of her -personal: acquaint.'
antes; and in one: instance steppedlfrow,tlite,
dais and shook hands with- a .Indy s 1 1 0t#:
words and looke of great ateetion. .
...
The 44 baakink Out' ) la 'a *elioil im idereiii;
and you are on the top of 'a, grand-iitaireeegi
where.you.must not remain,' arothein throng ,
after, you. .
. The great business is nowsver, and you.
are_ at liberty to leave. But when you get
dein 'the staircase, you finda crowd'of serv
ants in the long hall, and you hear.frorirthe
door-way, as one conveyance after another
rolls up, and Lords, La.diesOrs.,,pass.out,
(g Lady ., 'a carriage ,stopt,the way,",
&c.; &o. I spent a goedlihile.ln Watching
all this scene of splendid . ionfedion,' . nnd' sit'
length was obliged, after - waiting' sn'irdin
fora long time, to pick my ,, warrwpi'St:.
James' Street,till I found, in t . littlung.tinss
of carriages waiting, for the ,A
ekemparq s ,,,
extending back,nearly a mild, .the piniton
of the kind London Banker, who insisted
that'll should not got . ° Courtin "a itackneY
.coach, While' he had.a.carriage in whioh.to
send.me. • , .
Presentation at the.. Court of St., James,
gives 'a right of entree, for . lite; to every i
Court in Europe, except *it of Ruissia.( - To
an Englishman traveliagibu l the Continent;
tbis,privilege may be•sornetimestiseful,, as it ;
gains him access to . the lest society,,andit
may also facilitate greatly his acquainancit
•
with objects of bistori'ear, artistic, Or:
pbtlo
sophical interest. Nevertheless, once it 1
Court' was quite enough forme. It-was :a
study, and a sight, not without instruction
and interest. , There seems a great ,conve
nieoce, in these appointed days - fOr . publiO
bodies as Well'aa for private individuals', to
pay their respects to the Sovereign. Ynni own
Warn HOUSE has , its • President's Levees,
although marked, by non•exelusiveneasi.and
by Republican simplicity.
. The last Drawing• Room was-held ' n ;the
30th January. Only think of the profanity
Of our Queen appointing it for the anniver
sary-ofr Charles the First, that ",blessed
martyr," in memory of whom the Book 91'
Common Prayer had a, special service ! •Oh
what degeneracy I Articles and,lettersjAve
appeared in the Thnes,,,urging the 'abolitiA
of the Service from ,tbe Prayer.l3ook,; ; alsor,
gether. „lligh•Ch?rrohmen have; not
npiAlkp, !
any-protest; although tore does seeri,sough I
thing i ve,ry significant, that, the • i only xtkallop !
ate the , pra*ng-Rooro, was 41re -13ishop
4oudoniii 4 i bgut tw,elvo (~Jtevtretadac;cogitss
present. No reinarks, as far as I have yet
seen have appeared in the Chureh journals
on the subject:
As, the procession passed down the long
Walk, I bad an excellent view of the young
couple. Prince Frederick William, without
being handsothe, is a fine-looking, young
Man: Ile tall and portly. Elie cemplex
ion As fair; his eyes blue; his fabe . not
German,; in. the . sense - of squaienie or high
cheekbenes ;, his monstache,,
and heir, are light colored His smile. of
recognition to the people" was very cordial
end Italia' say, from his appearance; that
he will fulfill . his enthusikstie Insitirenee;
given .to , the Corporation at . -Dover, *to
welcomed; -him. ,landing, that "the
dear object of his life will be to watch over
the happiness tirthe As for hie
bride, her aspect 'it once `itribei
' , you.- She is not tall, but the Centiary:-
eomplexien, is :pale., slier profile, as pre
sented.jome :,T' Arne'
.T.,
or 0 ,, I , or4i,
aid fettle' iliipreiSio' tnefi 'on ills liPeettittir'i
• mind rby her heel; `nd 'that;
the true impression' of her real ilaracterl
There is it,„the. mind, and music breathing
from t4e 'faeel!, which constitute tbe , ,real
lasting dharni‘of ,
wife.
- , :Beiteethen till; there' is' reisOn'th believe
that ribeiSpirit' of Rrodliasi made' this.young
woman, his ,Icmpley and las .beatitifiedland
garnished , lei: sonl...by,,his gritoBB,
" Favor is deceitlnl,, and beauty is vain,. hat
the vionnin 'that felifeth the Lord, she shall
bet•p!aiscd.'P
The procestion.tbrou;ghithestriets of Lon
den, on e , the
. final,,,departure -of the ,young
conpie,, i eueited eoiimrdipary l e , 23thuviaam,
Tt; Might be'es u ileciißliied, from Us' iieartil
itos '.2lroht'oinltdernonetration. r -Bitt'er was
tbe:partilogi.botweent mother , and daughter,
on:gloomy.morningFebra
aihr 458. . From thethe O.*
e 7 gatpa there
came forth , ireid'aleet and allow; iii. ':Open
Carkake,Aii Whiciliqie ; PrinillAlb l eit and
the Prince. of. Wales*,' facing: thel 'Royal:
couple; , the:eyes .of , the young bride - -were
red with Weeping. , FromStato ,reasons
such as would .
acted on
4, l4Milni C. simili
circumstances; to prevent fa ctions andjeal- .
ousiea-=the young v/ifei leaves irll Ilk English
attendants. and . friends • behindlt Gernian
Countess, : and , otherdadiesptoolt ()barge, of
her, it is, said, from the himr,wium she was
dresacd tor the bridal. Thee she alone,
with her liuband.. Other yonng brides,
boliever, do the gime; ii'lli.ltruct; and' new ,
friendships:are 'eure - to be - made by the young;
and plastic heart.. So williitle , here;. andi
best of, all .a.good husband full of .tender
ness and truth, will . mike up tor. eyerido
roriviition; 8411; affections Were strong . ;
and as the bride passed
from. , a. fond -mother's arme=that: mother
and the .yoanger daughters watching her,
with tem.ful,eyes from a bilcony--she did
weep heartily iVrith difficulty she regained ;
level:napelmre, and 'braced herself up to re.
*sire mind Teturn 'tile 'greetingui)f the mdlti
la* AUTitirxra 40.44t EI L.:_Roit - Eitt lour
ipmession ...moved. on,' the. Prinite and'
Princess bowing "tethe peuple, and a sharp:
.1 • ~k. s.. .
prevadwg all the while, a nd,
bead
beating of the Prince,
as, uncovering; he• retained 'the popular
greeting. Her very youth, and the thought
tbat.Englandfs "mOud." and.‘!first: l bcorn,"
was leaving, her_ceuntry and. kindred, ; made
ill the women yearn over her, and event
Arm* mat lob* affedtionately on her as she
pissed; (according as they were old or yoUng,);
as on ,daughter or; ,sister who was to
be seen no more. ...;;; . •
Reaching Gra vesenil, a fresh demonstra
tion awaited the 'youngcouple. Tilbury
Fort—fanfousiethespot *here Qn7sen Eliz
abeth once harrangued the, troops—poured
forth its v'ollied thunders in salutation of the
Royal squadron, getting udder Weigh.' Then
the , father and'two brothers, (the PHlekof
Wales and Prince iAlfred,) took.faeewell
and on coming, on shore, the two boys, the
younger, especially, wept bitterly., ,
All these little touches of nature "throe',
light on the ddlly domestic-'character of the
Queen, and 7 make her.4ll the more deg' to
the na.tion t ,
• •
- THE LEVIATHAN 18
opposite -Deptford dock=yard. •-,What het •
future will bei none can tell.
~T.Aho:pld
very sorry- T -with present prospeoll, aildpn r
sidering the Vast capital stink ii her, as well ;
ae the expen'eea of 'her 'llunch=itehilia: :
shares in the , undertaking. • •
THE PRESBYTERIAN ALMANAC, for x 85 8 ,,
published by mi. 'lGObaili, 'of Beira% is,.
SlBl3Bllll, most valuable:. The firming:kraal
nineteenth issue. The number of Limns;
dates pi:l4r the, care of the Irish Assembly,
is sixty-six. 'Fifteen ministers, were ordainedl
last year. •,Six departed this ( life, one of
whom was William Crotty, originally a Rom
ish'priest, ' at"Pacsonatown , ~'sing'a " County.
The total. number :Of 'ordained liiitiihteris
,five hundred and fifty-seven; of Presbyteries,'
thirty-seven; and
,of congregations t five hn n -.
dred and fourteen . The Reforined;Fresby;
terian SynOd,"(Cilci . gahoof doieniaten4)
his twenty-8641i Cirigregationi 'and' iviiii)ty
six minisiera:•:::lVlhatinalso a , Theologioal.
'Hall. , The,Entern Refotmed,,Syno4, (of'
,which th,e„la j te s r 1:1;. Panlyas a member , and !
a leider,) has nine pongeeptions in thster,l
one (vacant) at Liyeepald; or.'
'darned ministers.' . '
The General , I has its present'
Moderator, Witty; 'one`, 'Of the authors
of 1" The Plearof:Troilibytery."- It' has' six
'Professors of -Tireekity;.,,six missionaries to
.India, Gnjearrit,),,,nqd five missionaries
to, the !elm., Mission helps to
r stuitsiii vireillCoo l 4regatunii in Ulster, but
leiPende its iitie4th' on Connaught
'Mid the Roinan Catholics; lonnding,'
?congregations in! the South 'and West, for
the many . Scottish. farmers .settling there.
There,4 l .in Dublia,, , local mission to the
Romania Th'ere is [l / Colonial Coininittee,
aindikritit ministers to'the
ColobiSi; and , also audatieg tha Ehglieh
Synod ,st-Itymouth •improviding ordinances
for Presbyterian,. civilians soldiers . .
There is a Contineital MisainN-which helps
,ilid"Wilderaies;tke Evangeli I 1 'Church in
Tranite itlie tin:10110Si Stiorik , of Gen
eva. From the' Chdrch- and Minice Fund,
the total grants from its. formation, have
een £11,869. The greatlaP,Ohlga.erls 4 38 -
Vrgi
lan't leaSeSin perpeiiillty;for'Aireh l ee
rin'dfinanstie. 'They 'find - thiit their biiii'fint •
tantrrare the Presbyterians.. The eistemlata
,taken, ,deept Boot: Ulster: It, is, a Inolde
-ItDC' ,- f.124,51359tatki4114414189941ntb91
whole land The, sum total raised, last
year for the various schemes, was X 15,640.
What a Sign Of life; as 'contrasted 'with the
period: .(less thin thirty years ago,) when
both Synods, (the; Ulster and Seceding,) by
their separate efforts, did-not raise £50,0 for
home 6k:de, and had "n 6 foreign missions
at all I The great diffiOnlty, fear, 'with
theltisk-Presbyterian Ohlir:ah", Orcileng,
be,a, scarcity of •candidates for the ministry.
Intermediate classical schoels- 7 swept away
hy,the ,National Board: System„, and the
minks be faniiie `rind"eniigraiiim• 7 4tre ur
gently adveatited and lictuired: it W.
P. S.—lt is 'new kikeved thattlie reports
of hatragcs on Indies by the Ifindeo Sepoys,
have been' much' els:delisted. -Lord' Oin
ning's Tolley, of lemporizing. with the 'native
Princes is defended by , the - Times as -abso-
Juiely necessary mnder the cirounistances- :
naliaguangunt.The'itore truth shall
• ,
Pr.4lftlitktiltc4oelitat. l *iblesiiliegf "
i speskingf otisakionallyi acceptably •and;use;
ftdrY;,
Parliament resumed itifaitthigs last night.
I shalt . have, - definite' to
-report therattneit fiat week. ' ^ t
• Bishop-Wilson, of °Montt:4 isdead.
% was one of the lions of the Evangelical party
in its early history, the frjp4d of
Wilber
force, Simeon, and Cecil . -He r4olatiOriiied
pariah' Of 'Tslingteir, now'thor
mighty' Evangelical: He iiite4haladiiiirer
and friend of 'Xor. Duff • died. neatly
=' , iklitY*Ye'l'ql (Of 4:• I: 1
"
, Tor ihe treeitytiritsi - Bannei and Advcicatil*
Revival sitrifirmon'ie,
, May be-interesting e
some n ottyour•-reademtolnow, that Godthai
revive 4is 1 70 0 E 4 1 our, mit!.
DiiM ‘ tg pct : services connexion with with, lac'
administration Of ilieloieuStippei,' on - ihe
first' Btibbith There eNi-.
?deAtiyi mord': than A ordinarr interest'. - •'We
were •thus, encouraged to. continue. our •meet
ftom dey s to clay._ And for, nearly. four
weeks, we had meetings in ihe ohntch every
"evening,r'tfid . ' 'frequently, during the day
01r-Wieetiriga* trite tritteided,:ana‘the
cSpirit of '.,God'lvaie evidently 'it 'out Midst,
!awakening, ithe careless auduneonverted, to'
after„an interest AUthe Saviour .Great
• ~•-• - ,
solemnity pervaded onr meetings; the Word
• • •• •• "(
'preached . Was brought ' home with' power'tird'
effect to many souls. " The Lord haeldOhe
I.great thingii fore us it wheteof •we are , glad..":
I.Sixty„ have - nnited 7 with thwehureh-ow-pro-' ,
leasion of Iheiri faith, and two,on certificate;
thirty
H of are heads' of
Isliatly'infenfi'aie young men;' in': the very
prime 'of lifeifinittWo ire Of& seterity yea Cs.
of.age. Twenty adulteiverwbaptized
lustrating fiew,, the•ordinancearnf thetGos
pel have; been,. negleeteAin„this
, r,colg ßof ,f,
the Lord's vineyard: We Were assisted in
the ierWes• at the'ehnich; thenhilefy
-aid , of Itefi."'ll.'- '.lltish-= and' Miteliell; Pere° ,
9J'.:l McNair, D. D..v• all of whom-. have our
ali.vtrovv. -,. -7••
During ;; other thteeiweekk meetings
iwOre
held at Roxbury, in the' upper paNt of. he'
congregation,
„where there was much - intr
t =ea t -manifested . Bra& Knightoh preached
on Alternate eveningepl with . nteplat ••this
pp.int, and one Jesuit- of: which is, the, peo
ple haveresolved. to ,bnild, ohnzeh,, for,
afternoon" Pieiehing. In lees'
t.
thin tiro 'days raised, upon subs .,
cpption,
nearly'twelve ilitindredi dollar 4 and that Tait
yet. -be—milled .leash fifteen hundred;
besides a lot of land on which to bnild,the
church.
• • The means • medUn se of d uring
this
sea
son , of interest, were the means or la-oa
own .••appointment•;•Treaching the,fiord,
prayer, visiting fromi house to touse:,' and
the inVitittiowl frequently exit to
ietnain'afterlhe eetilepa„, converse with
the pastor; also, set :tunes were appointed',
when any one might meet' the pastors& Ida
Theteitre'ctlieVa Who have . 60304#
ee'prakte - 'qedlet: pardoning And:, forgiv ing grace, htitwho have ,not'seen their way cleat,
as yeto to .comelent,wnd unite themselves
with thw Lord's people. " • '
Truly
• iid'AAt
die s torEniiktiertin'Beank. okete. •
• : : • ...p. 5.3 ').13 Ft 4.11 Jr• I • V ezl:
eat :and llugar • alms.
61- 4.7 01 M 1 M L.
I ai4301, - .fiii e.thiur
manages *olive. r He has a' great multitude
to r feed,' tuallmbile'reome , are 'zhungiyeand
Want send food;'Wthers 'are surfeited and
v oatethelianyttio*blitliiifire,h . Nlitellitrin n a
,greater•psa;t of
his meadeiacesemAike.epoiled•ohildreti;sand
ther doiett want,' 'any! thing bite sweet take
indlitikitiplUnia I .- Now, it may be - Well'i6
A. 104, some
tent but as the ,',.rnaple-snimigoverninentz
don't do for boys—ando tr 1•1 fear, not for
girls • either-=so- : , (his 'feeding ' , people •with
liiiiiirlaiSsit'Okf Mike 'Sethi* *eh 'of wail
it huh a their digetritioti i t iipoils ' th'eir'tein
pal itamakeiti them' fretful andtzsiokly ! I
presume " mit .editorl'«thinks so; butnwhat
•otn, h!). do ? • W41.14.111,"1 he do, • when PAM 're aders
1:P018 are like, so !PITY Fliiniy chil dren
cryii It;i 4 e44ettaititii B'estdes, -.4 •l3ur"'g
poisoned 'iconfeetionary. flour-a`days;-' ice , I
.am afraidisemeAf gethinto the ( hands of
our- people; and, into heask i top; and
"7,1081-+Acir heard kilows;'l4en It he 1 hai s elie
heiiliftlei &Wen*, •iiiltigi4e`tielsbille
good solid - meatier the eldifolksiiiritellias
sugar-plums, without poison;: forfthemlildnen
and younglanple.. 'Asa,* .4e-grtl,w,n,
ones •who want in'TLek-kniieki Ost diugar
gunai,.-tay 04, -*" be `unsaid ti AO I'
think. -Mid' aria ) rithinen' 'should tint .
childish thingilt allhat's the way . Paill did
when he igrew•Apii) "Our .editor'" did so
too; may bp / he s will ,teach his ,readers „the
'same lesson. , But with
. .No many, crying
after him, and heggitig,for nuts and - 'oaiid‘y,
WU% can be do ? `l' don't see ho rd " 6e`di~eii l
Can you tell me ? NoNoDit4it
LEI
TILE HUMBLE trom - E=Are, you noti
"te
~ moiiey l
iest'Ce' oodseierice
pines': cant be roondensed idtolthe i hinrbleit ,
km:Mt ri notobobt the bulky
furniture. rtenniip,i;te s u,ll,ecoemmodati,9,lp,l9f
a mansion, but' if God b s elhiie, ii,epttage
etbok
ircpalpetili?erolge liiymi/torofh- es-xt bird
Philadelphia, 111 •South-Tenth Street, below Chestnut
By Nail, orat the Office, Per *art -SEE PROSPECTUS.
Delivered i M 4/.50'
n the City, 1.75
A. TULLY.
lIMI=OMI
WHOLE NO- 284
Nor the Presbyterian Banner and Advocate.
TI ke
Come unto me ill ye that labor. And are heavy
laden,: and I wilt give you- rest.
This , graeious invitation ebbes froln Jesus
Witrho is Vett &bib Tied` to Fe
..stow what he promises. Sin is a fiurdexl—
pot to ,tlie vareless, bat to the awakened.
They feel its condemning and its corrupting
Tower.The,burdenAin:heavy.-end,great4, it
.is oppressive and . it is hateful and
polluting;ets crushing' and fatal. From
it the Sinner "cannot 'deliver' himself; and
where shall go • for relief ? Jesus in
•vites, Conie unto me; and he promises, I
, .yon zest. Here is relief; rest;
_peace;, salvation.
And - notice tiro things :
• 'l. 'The way of idief; it is'by coming to
Christ. This is the only way. Jesus Christ
has died for our sine' and believing in him,
we shall be ferziven.,. For ta.oometo him
2. 're iel'itsdl; it iereit; just what
I, , the *eery inAliemiy laden,'riee4—rest, !
fiirgivetiess; a sense 'of pardon ;
- aecePtance ab.. righteous; peace with God;
peace of conscience, and joy, in the Holy
Ghost • a. title to everlasting life prepara
tion for it, and final entrance into it;, it is
rest in God on earth, and ` rest ' in
heaven ! Surely is lest, and this may
4 Lbbhad by othiling to ffeiiiii'Ohrist. Well
may the - btirdehed!abiner tug:
0, - .tliat:my.load , of sin were gone !
0, that F nould, at last , submit I
At Jesus' Nei to lay me 'down,
Tolayfity sour at Aims feet !"
rc:•
Useful to Blinfitera.
PRzioHlia: .01148 T. •-• * Chriet must be
preached in all the .f , gle'iles" Of, his *persOn.
Net in the drys trieli.yhysieillangnage of the
llcheers, Ybnt m the glowing liiigriage of the
Scriptures- 1 04W, the Wisdbm mad the power
. of GodthP firstborn 9.f.Oreation—the
iur
age,, of the invisible manifest in the
flesh ! He rrho was with - God, and was
'God iniftlieught it *net ihtibeil , to be equal
With God,Utto thelvitilehip that was
due4o,the Deity., • a
THE BEST= Sitantusis.--.-We are too often
ready to judge that to be the best sermon,
which has many_strange thoughts in it, many
,ftne hinte r . and some. grand and polite senti
ments. - But "at - Christian in r liie best temper
Rai "That is a good sermon
Which brings MY heart nearer to God =
iineh makes Abe grace of. Christ sweet to
My Sul, and the cionniandi
• Christ easy
and delightf4r; that, is an excellent die
, course indeed"Whieli 'enablea me to mortify
wine' uninly sirt to vanquish'a strong temp
/ teflon, , and weans me from - all enticements
of this lower World ; that'Whieli bears me up
tiliovuell the
~"41li?Intetides of life, which fits
mialilt the hour of death, and makes me
ready and desirous to appear . befere Christ
Jesus my Lord - ."-L - - - Piefc - tee - to Dr. Watts'
-•- - zwo - z - UNDZ'Rsrootr.==.;A. fins years ago, a
' eloquent and learned 'Doctor of-Divinity,
now deceased, waapreaohing in a down-town
ehirch4a the city of,Nei York,,(where the
of Were' alleled to open' some of
.Po the , biekseats hit! aerition Was Well studied,
carefully! Written; and delivered in good
style. The doctor had occasion many times,
in the delivery of his excellent discourse, to
„ppeal of the protouLartyr. After the ser
mon, an ad - lady entered .the vestry-room,
and thua.tiddressed the preaCher. "Doctor
Alai was a goOd t seiniou; but one part I did
not, understand. You spoke many times of
thelke io - maitYr; now, who was the pro to
martyr r.„. The, doctor, who, was noted for
his condesegiiiiihriiL &awl* 'enlightened
the darkeim'annileintehdiriguf the poor old
. 1 1adypelling her that , the,piotemartyr was
,the first martyr in the Christian Church.
Then," said the, old ' lady, " why did you
84 so, doctor '?"
A' f.
WISE 'Ruar..--=-Bisliop .Soule says to
opreimbers : "Brethren, my rule is this, and
3, 1
I advise you to Adopt it : never owe'any man
more than you are able to pay, and allow no
man to, owe, you moruthan you are: able to
~ man
31';'
IMME IM IN Mg /I
ator
•
•*-YOuluid bCtter fitid out. one of your own
wealmessesihib ten of your neighbor's.
--Aohtifiriarivz.—There is no such thing
known among-the Burmese as a drunkard.
A Burman)knoiffi that tote tuilty of intox
ypation.is to lia,punished,with death; for the
go4ninaniolitit• inflicts this punishment for
dittglienifeki. as
. rigi4iiir as it does for mur
idit.° 7 . • •
pT Siiiipttired are a
, into,•
depth' that' fe , can wade far and none
Tan: 'pork throngh ; hat yet all may come to
the broolt,,,.and„,..rnfresh, r themselves with
'drinking 'of Che's of its , living waters,
and ko according to their
Matta Alt staiiirit: •
'6V 'gubstiiis AT THE BAB,.
eigke'd JO:4lles' Siiidar *hat was the.
esieeret: of [his ipii-emithnienicataii as an ad-
YoOte•oile.: replied thatite took oaro to
pre,ss home , •:_tx;? ~principal point of the
eass i wigiont,ppeg.,lpuok i ,regard to the
eat ;lie knew the
secret fif 'betrig" short: said he,
$ 4 that wheni txceeti — bitrau hour, I am
alwarrAloing inisehiefitadtry• client; If I
"drive~into the, heyin of the jury important
niaftisrp I drive oat matter , more important
f i bAl/1406W4Toageathere." — Bux .
y l oig•Wr.: WIC • '
IXasitteltriit gtvgalifThia is a curious
• questiitin p'sitd the answer by Mr. School-
ArlekehOulditut the white man to the bluth
~This gentleman, who has, for many years
* angl th'echiracteiistice, of the race, says :
thiiigeth'e fedbilYs' May be accused
viefpliat the irtectice of they cannot.
Whive*Aiedeoiaany inquiries' into the state
),of vaabulary, and -nothing is more
bitegprreprmihfal than match annemoosh.
'Whaelk bad ;dog. They have
liar; ihief; murderer,
-toolitittdrfobl, 3 lasytifien, drahltard, babblei ;
lave ,never
.heard of an imprecation,
dor,' 04 1 1 If The mins of tilb.. griege does
Aot . , atm. to favpr , the, formation s of
osetttntith's; - of ft* jiirtie2to Aiofenity.
ICS it bilo' &kilt 'tfirWBfiseWifidk,of others
rata army own; .'tiVellytharia n .
canitot-farie%l . : utb 11;:,