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A True Hymn.
Since o'er thy footstool here below,
Such radiant gems are strewn,
0 ! what magnificence must glow,
My God ! about thy throne 1
So brilliant here those drops of light—
Where the full ocean rolls, how bright !
If night's blue curtain of the sky
With thousand stars inwrought,
Hung like a royal cnnopy
With glittering diamonds fraught—
Be, Lord, thy temple's outer veil,
What splendor at the shrine must dwell!
The dazzling sun at noontide hour,
Forth from his flaming vase,
Flinging o'er earth the golden shower,
Till vale and mountain blaze—
Bat shows, 0 Lord! one beam of Tam:
'What, then, the day where thou dolt shine!
Ah I how shall these dim eyes endure
That noon of'living rays,
Or how my spirit, so impure,
Upon thy glory gaze ?
Anoint, 0 Lord t anoint my sight,
And robe me for that world of light.
For the Presbyterian Banner and Advocate
Rev, Cephas Dodd.—Commemorative.
"None of us liveth unto himself, and no
man dieth unto himself," is the solemn and
affecting averment of a holy Apostle, speak
ing by the inspiration of the Spirit of God.
" For whether we live, we live unto the
Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the
Lord : whether we live therefore, or die, we
are the Lord's." This is emphatically true
of every Christian, yea,
of every human
being in God's universal kingdom. He is
not his own maker. He is not his own
owner. He is not his own master. He has
no right to live fur the promotien of his own
ease, honor, or advantage. It is his imperative
duty, and he is bound to make it his life-long
business, to "glorify God in his body, and
in hie spirit, which are God's." If this is
true of every individual, and of the humblest
Christian, is it not manifestly and pre-emi
nently true of the Minister of the Gospel of
Jesus Christ? He is, in a peculiar and sig
nificant sense, 41 a servant of Jesus Christ,"
and a "steward of the mysteries of God."
He has, in an especial manner, oonsecreted
himself, his soul and his body, his time and
his talents, his influence and his all, to the
service of his God; and is all that he does,
" he seeks not his own, but the things which
are Jesus Christ's." While he lives, he is
willing to " spend and be spent" in his
blessed Mesta's service; and when he dies,
he dies trusting for salvation in the merits
of his Redeemer; and saying, "Victory,
viotory, through Jesus Christ!"
It was truly thus with the venerable •and
beloved friend, and pious and devoted min
ister of Jesus Christ, to whose memory we
now present this small tribute. He lived
for his fellow-men, for .the Church, the
kingdom of the Redeemer, and for the glory
of God. Nor did he ever cease to labor,
until his Master bade him lay down the
cross, that ho might ascend to wear the
crown ; until he was called to exchange , the
arduous labors and incessant warfare of the
Church militant on earth, for the ineffable
enjoyments and eternal rewards of, the
Church triumphant in heaven. "For him
to live was Christ, and to die was gain."
The Rev. Cephas Dodd was born on Ten-
Mile,
Washington County, Pa., on Tuesday,
October 12th, 1779. He received his lit
erary education at the then Canonsburg Acad
emy, the germ of the present noble institu
tion of Jefferson College, which has been so
signally blessed of God in days that are
past, in training up ministers of the Gospel
of Christ to labor in our own country, and
in foreign lands. So far as is known, the
venerated father who is the subject of this
notice, was first truly awakened and brought
under deep serious impressions, while pur
suing his literary course at Canonsburg. As
no record of the matter has been left; and
as other sources cannot furnish information
on that point, it is impossible to state just
at what time he was first brought to enter
tain a hope of an interest in Jesus, nor when
he united with the Church by a public pro
fession of religion. But the genuineness of
his discipleship was evinced by a life-long
course of deep, steady, fervent, and glowing
piety: and by his whole-souled consecration
of all his time and energies, for more than
half a century, to the work of the Lord.
Mr. Dodd studied Theology with the Rev.
John McMillan, D. D. He was licensed to
preach the Gospel by the Presbytery of
Ohio, at Canonsburg , Pa., on the 29th day
of October, 1801. And on the first Sabbath
of November, he preached his first sermon
at the church of Lower Ten-Mile, on 1.
Tim. iv : 8. From the time of his licen
sure until his settlement as a pastor, he
labored as a Domestic Missionary in a very
extensive field, embracing 'Upper and Lower
Ten. Mile, Jefferson, New Providence, Mer
itstown, and other points. On the 14th of
December, 1803, he was ordained by the
Presbytery of Ohio to the full work of the
Gospel Ministry, and having received a call
from the united congregations of Upper and
Lower Ten-Mile, he was installed over them
as their pastor. "This relation appears to
have continued until the 16th of April,
1817, when it was dissolved by the Presby
tery." From that time until the close of
his life, he continued to labor, with very
little interruption ; as the stated supply of
Lower Ten• Mile. During the few last years
of his life, the work being too onerous for
himself alone, he shared the labors with an
assistant minister. His labors among the
people of his charge were greatly blessed of
God, not only in promoting the regular in
crease of the church, but several precious
seasons of the special out-pouring of the
Holy Spirit, were enjoyed under his long
and faithful minist r y,
Shortly after hie settlement as a pastor,
from the want of proper medical attendance
for his family—there being no physician
nearer than Washington---he was , induced
to engage in the study of Medi c i n e. It is
known from his own personal statement, and
from other sources, that at that time he had
no intention of practicing as a regular physi
cian, but merely to fit himself to practice. in
his own family. Bat at the earnest solicits,-
tions of his immediate neighbors, he don-.
sented to attend upon their families. Thus,
his services becoming known, be was sent
for by others; and his kind heart unable to
resist the calls of suffering humanity, he
was constrained to yield. In this way his
practice increased, until it became very ex
tensive and laborious; and besides his first
and highest vocation, the great and arduous
work of the Gospel Ministry, he had a med
ical practice equal to that of the most exten
sive practitioners.
He may also have found it necessary to
pursue the practice of medicine to supply
the deficiency in his salary, as his people,
especially at the first, were not able to give
him an adequate support. Bat he did' not
engage in it from a hope of gain; for it is
a well-known fact, that for much of his la
bore as a physician, he never received any
pecuniary reward. By the people among
whom he lived, he was esteemed an excel
lent and skillful physician ; and so great
was their confidence in him, that while, he
was able to pay a visit, they would not send
for any other.
Our beloved father, though a person of
modest and retiring character, and averse to
display, was yet a man of very superior in
tellectual attainments. Ho was an excellent
classical scholar, a profound theologian, an
earnest, tender, and instructive preacher of
the Gospel. It is said he rarely took an ac
tive part in Church judicatories. This was
owing, perhaps principally to deafness, with
which he was ;filleted for many years, and
which continued to grow upon him with
advancing age, rendering it impossible •for
him to hear, and so unfitting him to partici
pate in any business. But he was well ac
quainted with the Constitution and Form of
Government of the Presbyterian Church,
and was a wise and judicious counselor;
always ready with a sound.opinion upon any
point, of Presbyterian Church order. He
was a person of great amiability and gentle
ness of manners. He was a loyal and de
voted friend, a kind and indulgent father,
and a Christian gentleman, and he adorned
all the relations of life. At the time of his
decease, he was the oldest member of the
Presbytery of Washington; and, he was
most loved by those who knew him best.
He died as he lived, the same meek fol
lower of the Lamb of God. The same
earnest, self denying servant of his Master,
Christ. Owing to his extreme difficulty of
hearing, it was only at times that he could
converse upon the state of his religious feel
ings, and his future hopes. He had,no rap
tures. He would often say, "I have no
very lively feelings; things seem rather
dark; but I have a hope in Christ which
sustains me." Once when the writer was
sitting by his bed-side, conversing with him,
he drew from beneath his pillow his small
Bible, and holding it up and pointing to
passages which he had marked, he said,
" These precious promises are all my sup
port and my comfort now." "My only
hope of salvation is in the atoning bleed ef
Christ." For nine weary months he lay
upon a bed of languishing and pain. But
at last the springs of life were broken, and
at his residence near Amity, Pa., in the
midst of his friends, on the 16th of Jan
uary, and in the 79th year of his age, with
out a struggle he calmly fell asleep in Jesus,
as the tired child falls asleep in its gentle
mother's arms. And he has been eathered
home to hitiglorious rest and reward, as 'a
shock of corn fully ripe is gathered in its
season. Let those, then, who are still left
to labor in the world's great harvest, double
their diligence in advancing the interests, of
the Redeemer's kingdom, ever looking for
and basting unto the coming of their Sa
viour God. And as one and another of the
standard.bearers in the camp of Prince Im
manuel falls, and as God is heard speaking
to the pious young men of our Church and
of our land, by the voice of his providence
and of his Word; and saying I " Whom shall
,
I send, and who will go for us ?" may the
ready response of every willing heart be,
" Here am 1, Lord, send me." W.P.H.
Lower Ten-Mile, March 6th, 1858.
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For the Presbyterian Banner and Advocate.
- Revival at Curial'lle, Clarion County, Pa.
Dunn. Burman MOKINNBY :—The ac
counts that reach us, through the columns
of the Banner and Advocate, of revivals
in many of the churches of our beloved Zion,
are deeply interesting andcheering,
brief account, therefore, of What the. Lord
has done for us, in this portion of his 'heri
tage, will not ; we believe, be without inter
est to many of your readers.
In Leatherwood church the Lord's Supper
was dispensed on the first Sabbath of Feb
ruary, previous to which, meetings for prayer
and preaching the Gospel were held for
nearly two weeks. Toward the close of the
meetings a general interest was awakened,
and the " one thing needful" seemed to en
gross the attention of all. The Holy Spirit
was evidently at work in the hearts of both
saints and sinners. Professing Christians
were stirred up to lay hold upon the strength
of God, and sinners were made to feel their
lost condition, in many cases, most deeply
and affectingly. The consequence was, that
forty-five were added to the church, thirty
nine on examination and six on certificate.
Of those received, twenty-three were,males,
fourteen heads of families, and six received
the ordinance of baptism before sitting down
to the table of the Lord. A more solemn
and impressive occasion it has never been
our privilege to witness. Truly God was
this place, and hearts were melted down at
his presence.
Brother Montgomery rendered timely and
valuable aid during the last week of our
meeting, for which we desire to return our
hearty thanks.
Next day, after the close of the meeting
in Leatherwood, preaching commenced in
Licking—the other part of the charge.
Every family in connexion with this church
had been visited, previously to the com
mencement of our meetings, by the elders
who were every where kindly received, and
we doubt not but their visits were hleesid
by God, to the good of his people. A deep
interest was manifested from the beginning
to the close, of the meeting, which lasted
two weeks. The house of God was literally
filled, morning and evening, with people
eager to hear the glad tidings of salvation
which were proclaimed faithfully, forcibly
and affectionately by the brethren who as
sisted on ,the occasion. It soon became
apparent that there was a shaking among the
dry bones. ' The 'Spirit's perier Ives manifest
ly felt in the prophesying of the Word, by
"ONE THING IS NEEDFUL :" "ONE THING HAVE I DESIRED OF THE LORD: - " THIS ONE THING .1 DO."
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FOR THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, MARCH 20, ISSS.
which the sleep of spiritual death was broken
and the breath of spiritual life imparted to
many a precious soul. To this church sixty
nine have been added—sixty by a public
profession of their faith in Christ and nine
by certificate. Of those received on exam
ination eleven were baptized, thirty-two
were males, and twenty-two heads of fami
lies. Truly the Lord bath done great things
for us, in this pastoral charge, whereof we
are glad. Ninety-nine precious souls have
come out from the world, and enlisted under
the banner of Christ l Many of these precious
souls are, no doubt, the , fruits resulting
from the faithful, pious and persevering
labors of the late Rev. John Core, who was
for more than thirty years pastor in Licking
church. " Cast thy bread upon the waters,
for thou shalt find it after' many days."
The brethren who assisted on this, occasion
were the Rev. Messrs. MeCay and Cum
mins, whose faithful ministrations amongst
us were highly appreciated, and to whore
our best thanks are due.' •' ' •
Yours, fraternally,
For the. Preibyterian Banner and Ai' , Veneto.
Revival at. Ohandlereville, Ohio.
REV. DAVID MCKINNEY, D.D. is
good to he where God is manifesting ,his
power to save. When he draws oear, his
people rejoice, and dead souls are raised to
life. The Lord has passed this way and re
freshed us by his grace. God has heard'and
answered the prayers of his people. Ever
since the Synodical Convention, in Pitts
burgh, I have observed an increased:religious
interest among our people. This was es
pecially manifest in the increased attendance
at the weekly prayer-meeting.
The Methodist brethren held a protracted
meeting the last of January, during which
there was a great deal of interest manifested,
and quite •a number were received into their
church. lam not`informed as to the precise
number. Our 'own people (Presbyterians,)
then determined to hold a series.of religious
meetings, commencing on the 23d, of Feb
ruary. The time was delayed to afford the
pastor an opportunity to visit, the people,
and to avail ourselves of the moonlight
Some feared that by this delay the• interest
would abate; others had strong faith that
God would carry on -the work which he had
commenced. He did carry it on ; for the
interest increased rather than• diminished.
Our meetings commenced on Tuesday morn—
ing and< closed on the following Monday•
night.. These meetings were all character
ized by deep solemnity; and often was heard
the anxious inquiry, "What must I'do to be
saved." Many found peace in believing.
Forty were added to the church; six on cer
tificate and thirty-four on examination; fif
teen of these received the ordinance of bap
tisin. Some of these were heads of families.
The communion was administered =on the
Sabbath; and truly it was good to be there
to_see,those persons of all ages, from the.
old man of sixty-five down to the young vir
gin of fifteen Summers, coming forward to
the table of the Lord for the first time.
When our meetings oloaed on Monday even
ing, the people appeared unwilling to 'leave
the house; but stayed nearly an hour talk
ing about what the Lord had done for" their
souls. "Truly ' God is good to Israel."
" The Lord has done great, things for us,
whereof we are glad." There are still some
inquiring.
I am under lasting obligations to Rev.
W. M. Robinson for his assistance during
the week, and •to- Rev. S. Wilson for his
assistance on the Sabbath.
Yours, in the Gospel,
JOHN KELLY
Chandlers&le, 0., March Oth, 1858.
for tbe Presbyterian Banner and Adrodite
Revival at Bethesda and Perry Churches,
Clarion Presbyteiy.
BETEIESDA CEEIJRCIL
As this Presbytery is pitting forth special
efforts,. this season, for the building up of
Zion in our midst, I was appointed, to
preach a week or more, if necessary, in
Bethesda church. Brother D. Mokhty com
menced the exercises on Monday afternoon,
and stayed till Wednesday afternoon, when
I began to preach. The congregation in
tended to have the Lord's Supper adminis
tered to them on the Sabbath; but when
Saturday came, by a vote of the congrega
tion, this was postponed till the following
Sabbath. By,this movement of the congre
gation I was led to believe that God was about
to visit us; nor was I mistaken. The pee
ple were willing, yea, exceedingly desirous,
to - wait upon. God, in his.sanctuary, another
week, that they might still entreat him for a
blessing. Session asked me if I would stay?.
I said, within myself, should 'I leave, seeing
here are people who wish to have the'Word
of everlasting life preached among them
another week, and conscience whispered,,no.
The Spirit of G o d commenced to be poured,
out upon this church just then,'and con
tinued in still greater effusion throughout
the next week, when by its work twenty-six
members were added to that church. Zion
herself was much revived there. r feel very
thankful to brother McCay for the Useful
'services rendered occasionally during the
meeting, and for the excellent council he
gave us, which encouraged us much. He
is experienced, and his words were pleasant•
• to one who had never been so immediately
under weighty showers of heavenly blessings
before. For a young preacher a revival of
religion is the most excellent school to gain
the most useful information which his office
demands.
This church has been without a pastor for
a period of almost nine months. It is a,
pleasant and, in many respects, a desirable
field. The church has a most efficient bench
of pious and devoted elders—l know none•
more so. The people are full of kindness,
and very intelligent. Amongst such people
a pastor would find an agreeable home. I
was sorry to leave them, we had spent such
a good and precious time together. I hope;
the Lord of the harvest will send in a faith
ful, reaper amongst that people, to speak
words of encouragement to the young Chris•
tient; and to break to them the bread of life.
PERRY CHURCH
About half an hour after I came home
from Bethesda church, the time came, as
appointed, for my own church meetings.
Perry, from a cause, has been, for some years
past, rather passiv,e; but now she, seems
active. She has been much ralved. Our
meetings' continued - tvio weeks, excepting
one day. Occasional sere rittlered
'me here, but the great p bor had
to be performed by rnyse blessing .
other churches has not 0,, coked this one,
and I, as the pastor of the church, feel deeply.
thankful to him for this-# . .3014 visit that he,
has paid part of my . Irge. Spiritnally,
this
.a'
am greatly (39nraged now to
labor amongst' this 'pee
~". ' '1
believe' the
church is about to flour ''l ''On; last Bab
bath, the communion'. Bath, i the, -people
could not all get Seated;, ni had to stand in,
the aisles. Twonty 7 two 4 lere added to the
church, all but two, 04icamination. . I
hope the day is not far , '.l:tant,When all the
obstacles which are in'--' q . t '.ivar of the ad
vancement' of the eau: • ofc,Ohrist will he
removed, and. whenpea- :6141, prevail. over
the, earth. , ' t
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From our LondonlorresamMent.
Dinner to Dr. Livingstone—.Ths lnterview.foith the
• QueenL-Zial of the PortaKeie , authorities-The'
Objects: of the Rxpedition " ipingstonersiSpeech— ,
Tale of the Travels— D of Argyle and the
Gonertriwat—Dr. 'Wilt . ce; , 'eind 0 4 Christidn-F'
IV" in Africa 4- 7C. 0 4P4 0 4. 90, 77rhe Div. o r9.f Pal; -
and Proposed Alteratia,,nif the. prayer-1300k T7
Particulars of 'Assault onrCanton:—.ll`: Christian
Officer—humane • Orden4f 3he f Conimander-in- -
Chief—The Rev. Will' urns in China—Suc
cesses in India--Sir dolitaiut ~)Vintlham7 - Nena .
Scihib's TreasareTal-244 . ffiladiki frOinlatek-'-
now, Welcomed .
,at Calmi e ...41rey.lndia,hill
~_i t l / 4 1 itn z
--Its Nature—The .z. , coatey-the " PeCeav,i" of
the Chaiinum—LandoriVri*inciri-',Societi and'
India--Sabbath; Sereleesilifor , ths.,.gasses--.The
Leicester. Sguare,ProfanitytOtammon, and aun-,,
, 'day Railway Traffic.-4t Rations withFrance—An'
Arrest in . London.— Goiremnent . Prosecutions—
Weather, Trade, and I:tfixdf—Posteerfpt..
LONDON, ' Fe luau 19A, 1868.
THE DINNER TO TVINGSTORE, to
which 1 alluded in m st, was piite
'denionstration. 'Murdhison,'
President of the RoAlSociety, .attone Of
the greatest geologistso the age, was in the
Chair, and was surrorded by a brilliant
assembly of men man tit in all departments
of science and litetatiire. But a week's no
tice had been given' of , the intention to offer
this public tribute .ofirespeet. and admira
tion to the African traveler, and it was
thought the assembly i would,be small. In
stead of this, Freennisoys Hall was crowded
to excess, and numbei's . applied for tickets,
which (with .45 offered for , one,) could not
be ,obtained.
Just before the dinner, Dr. Livingstone,
had an interview with, the Queen, who ex
''pressed her ardent desire that God's bless:
ing might attend bith'ia hie new expedition.
The Minister of Sweden and Norway was
,present, and a- letter of great interest was
read from the Minister of Portugal, (who
was suffering from illness,) stating that his
Royal Master felt the deepestt interest in the
success of Livingstone, and had given orders
to all Portuguese authorities - in Eastern
Africa to forward his:Views;
With the expedition 'goes out another
African traveler,„o4tain. Beddingfield, of
whom Livingstone said that "he` knew
something not .only of ,African rivers, but
also of African fevers!' Dr., Kirk, of
Edinburgh, an eminent naturalist, .goes
with the expedition, which also includes
geologists, botanists, and geographerS.
Among the grounds for, admiration and
gratitude, toward Livingstone, Sir Bed
enck dwelt on the fact that he had accu
rately ascertained the latitude and loigitude
of every place which he had visited. Liv
ingstime s speech was characterized by his
wonted simplicity and ,singleness of heart
and purpose. To arrest and stop, if possi
ble, the slave trade, and to introduce to
Africa
. "the inestimable blessipgs of Chris
tianity,i' he avowed to be his maid Objects.
Since the'dinner, a son'of the' missionary
Moffat, himself a ministeri-has been - mar
ried to a young Christian lady at Brighton.
He•and his wife go out as missionaries, and
as such, received, after their marriage,
i s
public and solemn address from Livingstcine.
It was stated by the Chairman, that of
Dr. Livingstone's Travels, not less than
thirty thousand copies had" been sold in this
country 1.
The Duke of Argyle, on behalf of, the
Government, expresied. their deep interest
in the • expedition, and publicly denied the
truth of a statement which he said had been
made at Washington, that England had
changed her opinions on the subject Af the
sieve tirade. He stated truly, (what ,could
not be Said on othe:r matters,) that'Lord
Palmerston *had atiodys been decided in
his determination to put if down, if pos
sible. The Duke' also, as a Scotehnian,
gloried over Livingstone as :a countryman;
and as a native of one of the islands of. the
West of Caledonia, and concluded with: a
graceful allusion to. lona, one of these•
islands, formerly : the source of light ' to
Western Europe, and to Livingstone, born
near to it, as destined, he' hoped, to carry to
benighted Africa , ,the blessings' of , the Goa-'
pel of aria:
Dr: Wilberforce,aßishopr of Oxford, was
present. As the . ,son ''of Williain Wilber
force, he expressed his desire to see the
shive trade aboliihed. He also expressed
great admiration for the 'traveler, and his
hope for a great future for Christianity in
Africa. One cannot help suspecting that
(‘ Christianity" with lifm, means, not the
Moffat and'Livingitene type of, it, but Ox
ford Christianity,cwithApostolie succession
priests, trained in the semi-monastic (Bishop's
own Institution,) College at Cuddesden y
going forth to set up their cathedrals, and
altars, and (( mummeries," amongst the as
tonished Africans, thus giving them A:tot,
'bread, but a etone. ' The said - " Slippery
Sam" is.indeed,a , dexterous man. With a
Dissenter at his side, he •is very liberal ;
with the semi-skeptical members of the
"Stirling. Club," he has, ere now, dined in
that very hall, himself a member; while
with Henry. of Exeter and other. High
'Church bishops, he takes counsel to, defeat
any measure which would abridge their ab
solute power over their dioceses. He is
able, eloquent,- plotting,. dangerous.; a
hybred-Bvangelieal, and a thorough Jesuit.
The following furnishes some insight into
his doings.:
At the Annual Meeting of the Manchester Aux
iliary of the Church Pastoral-Aid Society, in the
Free-trade Hall, the Bar. Canon Stowell, referr
ing to the importance of the veto of the Society,
said a large proportion of the 'young clergy were
preparing to be the pioneers of the Church of
Rome in the Church ofEngland, and some of our
bishops were caught in the snare, and were either
dupes or depigns inthe matter. The last number
of the Qitarterly Review stated that a theol4oal
college had been established ' at Cuddeaden by thi!
Bishop of Oxford; and three or our other bish
ops had agreed to* accept 'a full' year's, residence
at Cu ddesden, in lieu of the Cumbridge moluntiry;
or the theological lecture of Oxford- The same
periodical stated that the college 'was " fitted up
with every fantastic decoration to' which It party
meaning has been assigned.;" that the so-called
altar "affects in every particular the, closest ap
proximation'to the Romish model ;" that the ser
vice of, the sacrament of • tbe Lerd's Supper is,
"conducted with genuflexions, rinsing of cups in
the Piscina, 'and oth'er 'liet . foreign to
the ritual:and usages of the Church of. England ;"
and, lastly, that a service-bock is in use in the
chapel, "concocted- 'fronOthe Canonical Hours
of the Romish One: of, the students,
himself On the:eve of going to Rome, stated that
ieWati t impossible for any student to pass throtigh
that"college withodt. becominKa 'Thimanist. It'
was high time, these, things, ere exposed, for,we
had been asleep too Ling. Mitnchestei^ Examiner.
,CONI.TOCAiION' his been sitting, and aping
the free SynOdical actiOn which the t Eras.
flan "supremacy of Ile Crown &ides to the
Church of England. ::' , l4r do , the Tractarian
party justice, they, struggle for liberty, and
eTyontoanter tieir bonn.,more.th an the,
Evan oelicals.7Trlzam - ptiVelltir
pared to risk all by a disruption,'dr by separa
tion from the Stater4 4 l:the-othernight I saw
fifteen bishops, All scated,together in the
House of — Lbide `What a - itiedley of
opinion 1 What' a.false position for minis
tere !of Christ I 'But • therure ~ t here, it is
Pleaded') to defendt the, interests -oL the,
Chnreh.
, I Theinatural .scquence. ,of a rich,
Church Establishgtent
' convOadtion, the High' Church
men'cried out• loudly against 'the , Ijivoree'
Bill' passed last session, and urged a vote'in
condemnation of it r ,which they, esnr/y,ear-,
ried. But..the timid Evangelieals,andsrthers
walked without voting, .beeitise 'they
fefir l ed to be thought "ZerosooCM to the
law'or the:land." That was not- the ,
of. Reedereen ;and the gloriorte:Seettish 4 As:
sembly r in the ; seventeenth ! century, which,,
in the very : face of ,e threatening Ceurt,and
Council, overthrel prelacy.:
, When the 'subject Of alteration
or revision' orthe Bonk cif 'Cothrikon Prayer
was referred:to, the trimming Bishopof Lin
coln took the lead in deprecating, any,
change ; the., High. Churchmen followed,
and the Bishops of. London and 'Winchester
were as hearty' in their proeest' as any of
their Right Reverend 'brethren. Lord
Ebury is to bring forward a metier' for; re-'
vision in the House of. Lords. Ido not ke. -
lieve he will have much support. And BO
the Act of Uniformity remains in its wick
edness, and 'the baptismal, 'arid' burial ser
vicei,'Whieh 'the EVangelical, Mr. Ryle, `so
ingeniously defends, (because intended, he
says, for believers only,) remain. untouched,.
with all their mischievous teachings and
tendencies. All this is bad and sad enough.
Mit who shall say, that if real Evangelism
go on progressing; it may not,' sooner than
most expect, lead at least to an 'unaasoulated
prelacy, to a "reduced Episcopecy,','. andto
a real and final separation of: the discordant
elenients now bound together by the " corn=' .
promise" system of Anglicanism,• RS it'. is?
Front CANTOI4, wehave particulars of the
assault; and'success, so fir-as it had
progressed before the leaving 'of the mail:
A oraceful precedence ..was .given by the
English Commauder-in-Chief to the small
,French fOree'ef' nine hUndreeriieir, in as
saulting one of these forts which command
Canton, and all of which were taken with very
little loss on our, side, before the !news, left.
Canton City was, in fact, ot the mercy:of the
Allies. Soine precions lives were 'oat ; amongst
Otheis, pecial mention is made of a Captain
Bate, an officer of extraordinary merit and
ability,. and who crowned all his Sake cinali
ties , with , an ,humble and mardy ; Chris,
Aian piety. 'refer to this, ,as one of
!those many cases -Which have recently
proved that in our army and navy there are,
far beyond'the average of past days,
goodly number of eminent and decided:fol
lowers of the Saviour.
Oar Commander-bl-Chief at Canton; had
issited.'sPe'cial 'orders `to the' troops,' to be hu
mane, to sparelife, and not to "loot"- orplun
der. if compelledto,enter" the 'city, it might
prove another Lineknow, in the sense of a.
gauntlet of deadly fire from loop-holed houses;
but this is not very likely, unless extreme
obstinacy should be shown by Rh, in'yield
ing to the &gallants, Who, from the heights;
could pour destruction on the whole :city,
and lay it in ashes by their shells.- May the
Great King overrule all these things for his
glory.
' Our missionary, Burns, still
continues his Apostolic labors in China. He
Was the founder of the Amoy• Mission,
which has yielded, in ib3 short history, such
abundant fruit.' His converts he introduced
to the Amerioalfmissionories, who received
them • fellowship. 'The Captain of a
merchant , -vessel, recently , returned from
Shanghai; told me that he saw Mr. Burns
on s, part , of the coast where Europeans, by,
the treaty, are forbidden to, go. He wore
the 'Chinese dress, and the pig-tail of hair,
as the natives 'do, and lived amongst 'them,
with anether missionary,;and 'stiller the sake
of • propagating the truth- that saves. ,
FROM INDIA have . . come fresh details,
and also telegrams of fresh
,successes.. Sev
eral fierce attacks made on Sir . James Out,
ram, at Alrimbagh, had peen repulsed with
great diecomfiture "'to the foe, and the vil
lagers, Who had 'hitherto refuded to supply
the camp, were pouring in, with ample pro
visions for the, &pops.. This is a significant
expression of a of the ,tide„ and of a
conviction on 'the jpert - of the natives that
the English i" Raj ' is not over, nor likely
to be put.down;; Sir Colin Campbell had
written, a separate dispatch,,in order, to sup.
ply an.omission in his former ,one, with .re.
gard to General Windham and the officers
under him. The Calatitia correspondent of
the Times, says that these nearest Windhani
speak admiringly of his courage and cool
ness. But his prestige as, a G r enexal is gone,
unless he has., an opportunity.to redeem Ms
rriputation. And who will bring back the
victims of the surprise ?
The trealure of Nem Sahib, hurled at
Bithoor, had -been -discovered; , and ;it also
appears that in-an engagement with' rebels,
headed by —.--------, a number of his im-
mediate attendants were taken, and were
immediately exe.euted. The monster him.
self was still at large.
The ladies who had been rescued at Luck
now, had reached, Calcutta. ..They , were
welcomedby a royal salute, and the Governor-
General"had gone out to meet them.
Therelas been a kind of interim debate,
huring the week, on the annexation of Glide.
Lord John, Russell defended the policy of
Lord Dalhousie, but lamented the neglect of
his warnings as z to occupying tha,countriby
English troops'.' Of the dreadful disorgari
-z, . :
ization and cruelty which, in spite of re
inonstrances and warnings, had been perpe
trated in Oude, by the robbers and farmers
of taxes under the government, the statistics
are appalling. From 1848 to. 1854, there
had been, dal:vales, 1,031 . ; persons killed,
4,300; persons wounded, .4,555 others
killed and wOunded, ti6eseparatelyspecifted;
2 060; total; 11,014: - burnt and
plundered, x 547; persons forcibly carried off,
1,498 ; and suttees; 44 I ,•, • ,-;
THE MINISTERIA.L, MEASURE FOR' INDIA.,
was introdnced on triday last, hy,tord Pal
merston,end has been. the tebjeet of coif
tinned dismission-'through 'the week, , 'lts
nature is:very Luna what ryas 'predicted, end ,
foreshadowed. There ;will hello change in
the local administration., There Swill still, be.
a 4evertior-General, and a separate,adminie
tration` of Presidencies, as now. The 'revs=`
nue, also, '.will'bee''Collected,'-iti:iihnitl, 'and'
Vaudessrtire•LeYe•-ofutlie,j,resPeatime
governments of the Prepidermies. _ But the
Court of Directors at home will be 111;o' ;
ished, and all power will bp exercised in the
Qcteen'st nettle, )•thiOnghl Pre - milient;
Council of State for India.. ; The -President'
shall be, a, member , of Parliament; and will
be liable to go out ioth a retiring govern
ment. The Council will have eight men
hers,' (not'in Parliament,)' exPerieneed in
Indian affairs, 'to 'give edfice: ThiY Presi
dent, (acting on behalr ; ,of. the Cabinet,)
will .have the final. decision in his hands.
Lord Palmerston spoke in a Strain of
moderation toward the' COinpany, and 'denied
the intention of reflectingupon them. But
the„ Ohanceller of the.Exebequer,,in very!
ablp, speech, brought up . .their,,past sins to
the: nation's remenibrance. Among these,
n'Ot enumerate thisir* patronage of
idolatry; !nor did Lord Palmerston, except
very,faintly'und indirectly, refer , _•to!the fu- ,
tare of India in connexion with Christianity.,,
The Chairman of the Company, Man
gles,"ntidmPted a ;reply `to the ChAcellor's
speech. He referred' specially !Were
sionaryluestion, 'and on behalf of. the.COm
pany Jie seemed, willing to stand .” in the
white. sheet": on, the: stool of ,Jepentiince:
He , stated, , truly,; that; the , tendency to ,dis
courage-heathenism had,been constantly in
oreasing,rbut affirthed, that „eveiy thing
that savored: of patronage, to idol-worship
should' be -utterly extirpated , . ,This ,wilt
stregthen the handsl of 'Evangelical-.Chris-,
tians in their pressure upon, the, Queen's
Government, by and -by.,
The London Society for t the CONVERSION
or TEE JyAvs, has - reached Its Jubilee, or
fiftieth year. It was Winded' bye pia like
Simeon en di Leigh Richmond ;1
ticallysupported by; the• Evangelical , clergy,
and laity of, the Church, of , Forglen d = and has
been very Useful„, especially among JeWden
the Contineet. A . series of Jubilee `meetings
has just begun.. -
The LONDON MISSIONARY SOCIETY, yes
terday, held , it great Meeting in Eleterllall,
with " - a` view <to theenlargeinent of ;its opera
tions in India. „Lord Shaftsbury presidell,,
and delivered one•of his earnest and stirring
addresses. The Society ;proposes Send.
out twenty additiOnit missionaries to — lndia
within two years. , The Society has elrady
fifty;there. ;The total number, of missions
ries,,employed all Societies, ; including the
American, but exclusive of native,preachers ) ,
does not supply more than, one missionary
to every five hundred thousand' of the i4u-'
cation. • The Chairmwdenounted the Arise
accusation made against,the religious Soci- , ,
eties, that they desire compulsion in India:.
All they want, he said, was "strict jus
tice and impartiality; that no l / 2 narVeliould
be. rejected: , merely,beearrse heviaitar,
tbm, and that„the.4Go,vernment , should ,re,
frain from countenancing ; lie
the priests, and taking tollOf the votaries of
superstition:!' : --• ' •
-.:To the SABBAtH SERVICES for the work-;
ing.classes,••were-added spdoiabsermonsylasti
week, eontinue4 after. plghti; in , St..
Bride's, 'Yleet . Street: Thls • movement,
as far is ittelidances of the clieseS
Wait initeeited, Was great — suCeem. Alt'
the preickers'were Evangelicalvand amongst ,
them Fere ;the„ Bishops'London and. Car,
lisle. The Dissenters began, last Sabba,th 2 l
night, a new course of twelve sermons at Ex
eter Hall; aueat' Wehtininster' AbbeY.'• The
services swill-be Continuedvprobably, till - the
I?PginllP&of
A Tr aveseie has been attempted on these
services, by a profane mammon-hinting
Lessee of Drury Lane Theatre; who also is
proprietor of the Siindayr Times, and who
commenced his career as the keeper of a
public, hen*. in,Leicester Square, a large
building was erected, some years ago, for the
purpose of 'popular instruction• and 'amuse=
ment, somewhat; on the same7system. as the
Polytechnic, but with greaterd variety_ _..FI-
nancially, it proveda filure. ~It has now,
the name given, the "'AlhambraPalace,"
indthither, on Sabbath week init, the pub
liewere invited to repair, by an advertise.'
ment quite in the: theatrical' style an
nouncement., • •;
Igrs Rutherford is a United ,Presbyterian
minister. His name is . well 'km:inn ... in the
North of England, as an able opponent of
the Sunday , Leagne= Molt im
patience was-shown by thee audiennes, bOth
morning a n d, evening, under thnnermons,
iihich were endured only in expectation of
the concert: that was, to follow. Send of
the most notorious `and godless iiharattein
were present; , • ;
The, profanity, was evident,- amilthe motive
transparent. Mr. Rutherford was, met by
severe remonstrance from the religious press,
and retired from his 'engiooment. He his
expressed' his regret, ant
peeted that the; =music tiOuldibe;sueli-as is
performed the--Choral , -Service of ,the
churoh,:of England- , it was an ;unhappy
and dam:aging step on x his i part . The,
scheme was of the same base description as
has led to Stinday'Efening Concerts' in pup.
lie houses; in ;which "sacred Made " - fortis
a part. ; And for what?" indignantly asks
the Christian ,".Because the,pro, l
prietor reveres religion?; ,Emphatically_ we
repeat, Not But the devil, , knowing the
great religious elinient PIiOiESSEDLY"' diisC
ing among „Englishmen ; and, we mourn' to
say,it„naught•but an,entry pro fouskin,7 c(€ 0 0
sweeping,)
," thereforedeceratep ,I ns • Arsp
- With a seeming godliness, 0/14, souls are
,eter.
Welly ruined by itiallo*ing "tide pill of
pleasure:" ' • ,
The attempt to :operwthe ' , Crystal Palace
to propt*Nria,,on:thq,SAbbathtaftereopo,ris
persieted in- by the Directors, The Brigh
ton Railway Vouliafiff will gladly ` snPP'
Philadelphia, 111 South Tenth Street, below Chestnut
By Kali, or at the Offioe, 51.50 per YelFri egg pßoappaus i
Delivered in the City, 1.75 s
WHOLE NO., 286
the movement. At a recent , meeting of
Directors; when`Captain Young remonstrated
against Sunday traffic, "he Was met," says
the Record, " by a principle worthy of Mam
mon. himself,. that. the Directors, have to
consider only the financial interests of the
Company, and that a religions obligation is
out 7of place in Matteis of business. In
other words, the Brighton , Railway , Com
pany has to deal only with dividends, and
has no concern at all with the law of God."
OUT RELATIONS WITII FRANCE are still
uncomfortablerby lesson:of-the public feel
ing . . against the Emperor's demands and
policy. His apology and "regrets," ex,:,
pressed -to Lord Clarendon, have not up
pettie'd in the .Moniteur, and it now comes
out thatnll the insulting addresses from the
French Regiments, were not inserted by
" inadvertence," but deliberately; not so
much to„ineult England, as to prove to
at large , the gevotion cake-army.
A' 'French' Refugee; M. Bernardom Ultra-
Repablfeanjaitis been arrested by our own
Police. It appears, as far as the evidence
' has gone, that he had forwarded to Paris a
case of -revolvers the same as were found
on the persons of ? Orsini and Pierri. Lord
Campbell, as Chief Justice, had declared
that the law, as it is, was sufficient to punish
a conspirator, if detected. That will now be
pucto the teat, and' Bernard, if the prelim
inary - examination (as I believe it will,) shall
warrant i,committal, will be , tried before an
English jury. Gladly, of course, would the
French Emperor have Bernard in his power,
in 'Paris: Bat that may not be, and impris
onment is± the_punishment, which, in case of
conviction, .will be inflicted.
The new law proposed against conspira
tors for murder, warrants imprisonment only,
not capital punishment. It but enlarges the
penalty enti the comprehensiveness (includ
ing " foreign" princes and persons,) of the
Act already on the statute book. It can
and will hays no effect on„any determined
conspratei, and„weretit not, a. concession to
Brewer whioh afterwards may form the
ground" for Ulterior demands, it would be
leSs objeCtiOriable. Nevertheless, it is hard
to see 'how 'any Cabinet could do less than
• this, under,all the circumstances. Meetings
are being held by the Radicals, against the
proposed,legislation. Mr. Bright, who, after
long absence, has resumed, his place in the
tense , of-Commons, but has not yet spoken,
denounces it, by letters to public meetings,
strongly, , Lbelieve, however, that the Gov
ernment, will - carry both this, measure, and
,
their India Bill, also.
The Trial of the BRITISIL BMUS Dm°.
TORS has been commenced, and may last for
several weeks: It waathe first of those gigan
tic frauds, which were brought' to light; and
the villanies of others since revealed, help,
as it were, to diffuse and dilute the national
indignation, so that . the guilty= Directors
mayt, perhaps, on conviction, be treated with
lesq severity.
• PRIMA' CONWAY i 11 notoribur agitator in
a Mayo 'eleetion, has: been this week on ids
trial, in , Dublin, before a jury composed of
six Romanists and six Protestants. That
the 'result: will either be a triumph to Ultra-
Moritadisin, 'or .omstitutional liberty, has
beeh foreseen'. ever since the House of Ccin
mons ordered the prosecution. There has,
contrary, to expectation,. been very little ex.-
(iitement among the Dublin, Romanists, on
the subject of the trials, and Dr. Oulle,es
iiiiests stay away. His cue, at present, is
noliopposition to the. Governmenti andmore
Popish, chaplains for' India.
Tsn WE'Aticsii 'in Italy,' IS . of inpreee
dented severity. The Winter has visited
the sunny . South. .The To is frozen over,
while, here seyereirost at all.
TRA.ISE - Alll/ COMICORCZ are slowly reviv
ing. The FundiEhave run up' to 97i, and
the terms for discount at the Blink of Eng
land are threeper cent., and will soon, in
ail 'piUbabliity;be two and a half per cent.,
- friim.the influx of gold, and the reaction of
,unlimited speculation and overtrading.
,
PT 8.--The honor paid to the memory of
Havelook,, at ‘Boiston and New York,. (by
,cowering, the:flags half-mat high,) as indica
tive of the feeling of the Ameriean people,
lies beet gratifying to the' Biitish nation.
' -- last'itight, the Ministry obtained a vic
tory over all their opponenti on the India
-..13111, , the ; =majority; being ,one hundred and
thirty-five. - Lord John Russell.supported
them,, antis likely to be the first President
'of Council.
'A new order from the Preach Govern
just appeared, that' no British
subject shall be allowed to land, as hitherto,
at Calais, Boulogne, or any other port,
without a passport: : He must, have it even
to step . on shore and return, as much as if
•he were'proceeding into the interior. The
Times is fierce on the subject--warns the
Emperor of the certain unpopularity of the
measure here, reminds him of the value
~of the Alliance, arid exhorts all Englishmen
whin an possibly stay at home, to avoid
Franee. The Parisian shopkeepers, if this
be the result, may yet'take their revenge on
Napoleon.
for tiiiTiesbyterliin
'Religions Interest at West Newton Pa.
Dn. McMammy :—I see in the Bcsnner
the accounts,coming to your notice , of the
awakening, conviction, and conversions, of
sinners from yarions Owen near and more
remote.. itgiy,,esane pleasnre to be able to
add an ite m to your; news from the
OhnrcheeP whichno doubt,. will -be pleasing
to you and .411; others who love the Lord
Jesus in s incerity .. Fifteen have been added
to this chirch examination, in little over
two Months, and quite a number are still
piring what they shall do to basaved., There
.are_ evidences of more4feelnlg ion subj eot
of religion than /las, been seen in this village
And "vicinity for manYypars,,and this interest
diair,inereasing. Our ; pastor, is actively
diligent •
engaged, And is emphatically.gent in
litusinewl, fervent in spitit7,,in the , cause and
work of hie: l / 14 0er- •
**
As Ind,bm who was once challenged to
`fight a' anal, said "r do not see That good
it would do me to put a bullet through any
'oVe . li the kid' dangercrus or your
bloody.; I:omda not make Owerof yotOwhen
dead, for any ordinary; Penceleareel I could
of * rabbit or itirkeVl
MEE