PRESBYTERIAN BAYER & ADVOCATE Presbyterlsm Baraert Vol. VIA RIP. 31. preabytarisa Advesatot Vol. 11, No e ilk n AVID McKINNEY, Editor and Proprietor. vENS.-IN ADVANCE. I 4 riginai Vottß, The Farmer's Cottage, Behold the whiten'd landscape—all abroad Is spread stern Winter's mantle ! Forest trees, Stripped of their foliage, stand exposed To storms relentless. The streamlets, bound In lay fetters, now forbear to flow. The songs of birds are hushed. The lowing herds 'Cluster together closely, feeding on the stores ' Prorlded by a bounteous providence For their sustenance. Now to the lowly cot Turn your admiring gaze, and see A picture of true happiness. There, by the house hold hearth, When evening shades appear, the pious farmer sits With grateful heart, and in his hand The Book of books. Around him, closer still, Gather the cheerful group—his wife and dB:. dren, all Waiting with reverent ear, the tidings glad . To hear. The husband and the father reads Of Him, who to our wretched world came down And died for sin, and rose again To justify. Who now in heaven sits At God's right hand, and intercession makes For all who shall at length to glory uome. Perhaps a tear may glisten in the eye of those Who now their long of gratitude and praise In harmony unite, to Him who thus displays His love to man in such resplendent beams. Now at his throne of mercy'humbly bent, They pour their fervent cries ; for friends and foes Their prayers ascend, and for his special grace To rest upon his Church, his suffering saints, His ministers, and those to foreign lands Who 'vs gone, the standard of the Cross to rear On heathen shores. All, all remembered are Before His mercy seat, who richest blessings grants. And thus the day is closed. While Wintry storms howl dismally without, All, all is peace within. And each retires With grateful hearts, awhile to seek "Tired nature's sweet restorer, balmy sleep." Viewing this scene, my heart within me cries, ,4 Sure God is in this place;" and as each season' rolls Its yearly round, he will his blessing grant To those who thus his meroy still implore, And daily at his footstool humbly bow. Yebouttoy, 1888 For the Presbyterian Banner sad Advocate. Thoughts of Comfort FOR CHRISTIAN PILGRIMS WHO ARE OFTEN WITHIN THE WALLS OF g DOUBTING CASTLE." Plumber 1. There are many Christians who enjoy but little of the happiness to which they_are en. titled; and dm remeoll Is, that they have not faith °Dough to lay hold upon the precious' promises recorded in the Bible for their encouragement; and, again, they look too much at themselves, and not enough at Jesus There is also a great lack of communion with God. Prayer islormal, cold and feeble. Why should a Christian 'be afraid ? Why should his soul so often be disquieted and east down ? What is it that troubles you, my friend Are you afraid of TRIBULATION? "Fear thou not; for I am with thee. ' Be not dis mayed; I will strengthen thee,yea, 1 will help thee."—lsa. x.li : 10. hat gracious, loving words are these from the great Jeho vah I " Fear thou not." Why is it that 'I should not fear? God says, "I am with thee." Is this not sufficient to calm every fear? But hearken further: "Be not dismayed." And why is there no reason for dismay ? Look at this world of sin in which I live ; the thousand temptations in my path; my own evil heart within me ; foes without, and wit Sin- fears. The Lord replies, "I. will strengthen thee, yea, I will help thee:"- Enough, oh, enough, the Lord will help me and I shall come off more Than a conqueror. Let not the Christian be afraid then of trib. ulation, since help is promised from the Omnipotent Jehovah. himself. Surely one may confide in him, and with the Psalmist say, " What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee." Are you afraid of DISTRESS ? "Cast thy burden on the Lord, and be shall sustain thee." " For our light 011ie. tion, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal. weight of glory." - Be the burden what it may, that which rests so heavy upon you, be it sorrow, suffer-, ing or distress, yea, even your sins, cast it on the Lord. Endeavor not to bear the load in your own strength, but casting all your burden upon him, bonito the`proxiaise, "He shall sustain thee" The premise is yours, and for you, provided. you obey. If you lean upon the Lord, he will.sustain you. If the weary and heavy laden soul goes to. Jesus, rest shall be obtained. Bitt remember that sorrow and distress, - these afflictions, last but a moment, and are working out a greater weight of glory. You labor, perhaps, under a heavy bn.rden, and you are afraid of distress. God may have taken away a fondly loved one, a hus band, wife, or child ; or has God bereft you of your parents, and are you oast down under the heavy load ? He says he will sustain you, he will assist you to bear the burden of 'grief; and is the load so heavy, so exceed ingly heavy g The Apostle calls it light, when compared with that far more exceed ing weight of glory which is being prepared for you; and this light affliction endureth but a moment, in comparison with the eter nal glory which awaits you. Why should you be afraid then, lest you be called upon to suffer distress ? ".Whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth;" and all the distress, troOle and yief you may have to pass through on earth, is only tending to your advantage hereafter. Courage, then, ye who are afraid of distress. No cross here, no crown hereafter, ; . no light afflidtion now, no weight of glory in Heaven'. Pis tress, affliction and sorrow, if but , rightly endured, by a soul sustained by grace, last but for a moment, and they bring eternal glory. One hour in the calm securiV, the peace and glory of heaven—oh! yes, one' hour in the immediate preoenea of Jesue, would make amends for a We time of affliction on earth; how much more an eternal abiding there "forever with the Lord ?" For the Freebyterlan Banner and Advocate Stewardship. There is a vast amount of practical unbe lief in regard to many assertions of Divine truth about the duty and rewards of benev olence. And this unbelief, 'or indifference, exists in the minds of the otherwise consis tent Christians. ' They appear to assume that the royal preacher spoke figuratively when he said, "There is that seattereth and yet inereaseth, and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to pover ty," They do not for a moment conjecture that the, meaning of such plain declarations is patent Upon the surface of them, and that it is absolutely; true that "the cheerful giver whom the Lord loveth," shall increase in riches; and that the avaricious man who hugs his beloved gold to his 'breast, is in especial'danger of having it perish from his grasp. , The . Book of banks tells us, that " the liberal soul shall be made fat, and that he that watereth shall be watered also him self." The money loving disciple dares not lend too sympathizing an ear to the cry of the orphan, lest his purse should suffer a collapse and his pecuniary resources become lean. The All-Wise, by the mouth of his servant, directs us, "Cut thy bread upon the waters, for thou shalt find it after many - days;." but the "prudent" Christian prefers not to risk the regaining of the possession of his treasure. He to whom our entire service and devotion is due, commands us; "Honor the Lord with thy substance, and with the first fruits of all thine increase;" and graciously adds the promise, "So shalt thy barn's be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine.' But the wealthy steward thinks that he- will be more sure to keep his barns . well filled, if he does not materially dirninish their con tents by his donations to the treasury of the Lord. • Is there not thus evidenced a lamentable indifference to those covenant obligations which every one who has professed his faith in Christ, has voluntarily assumed ? Was that a partial surrender ? Was the sin polluted soul given to Christ to be purified timid ,saved, and all 'beside withheld? May the servant dwell in themidst of luxury and extravagance when the Master had not where to lay his head? Should the Saviour vol i untarily assume a life of poverty and suffer an ignominous death, "that we, through his poverty should be made rich," rich in imtnortality; and shall the disciple, while on earth, seek only self indulgence and petsotial ease? Not' even the 'common prin ciple of gratitude for,the innumerable spir itual Mercies with which we are favored, should lead us as we have - " freely received, freely to give." But when the additional and far weightier motive of a Divine com mand is considered, we may, no longer hesi tate. As the stewards' of God we must use the property which 'he has given us; for to him must we render the final account. We may not refuse to relieve the necoSities._, of our suffering-ftlhrtr--nremarrei3ror - turn a deaf ear to the supplications'of , the heathen who are perishing for .the; bread of life, lest the Judge shall declare, "Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it tot' to rue." Emn Many devout heaits have rejoiced in the action of our Assembly of 1854, by which the duty of systematic beneficence was .pressed upon. the notice of our churches. And we are glad to believe that Christians are even gradually awaking to a sense of their responsibility in this matter. It is surely time, when the heathen world is be cOming every where accessible to the labors, of the Christian Missionary, and the interests of our own beloved land are endangered by the influx of irreligion.and infidelity. , For the Presbyterian Banner and Advocate. Romish Force itth'e United States.' Extracted from the American and Foreign Christian What the computed Romish force in the United States now is, and tyltat has beep the ratio of its growth, few, perhaps, of our Protestant population, know. We will there fore submit a few facts in relation to them, derived from the most reliable sources , at hand, and which go fully to midair; the views we have advanced. We will confine ourselves, in •regard to these facts, to the last fifty years—a period in, which the re-: • sources ,li a f , the country heve been wonder fully developed, and in which various ken s:flea have'bieri set in operation, whose bearing will unavoidably,' as theyare 'designed,) give' ,shape or character to the future of our his tory, and among which Romanism stands forth not the least prominent. Fifty years ago, which was in 1808, tbe population of the United Steles was , about seven millions of souls. There was :then a small -number of Roman Catholics in the land, but so scattered as to be scareely, per ceptible, except in the States of Maryland, Pennsylvania, and New York. The whole , land, at that time, contained but one Romish diocese, and the whole ,ecolesiastical force consisted of two bishops, sixty-eight priests, eighty churches, two ecclesiastical Institu tions, two Female Acadernies, and one Col lege. Now, inlBsB;the country comprises for ty-one dioceses;, having, thirty-nine bishops, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-two priests, two thousand and fifty-three churches, thirty-five ecclesiastical Institutions, twenty nine incorporated Colleges, one hundred and, thirty-four .-Female Academies, and twenty Colleges not incorporated.. The Romish, gain in the time is, therefore, forty dioceses, thirty-seven bishops, one thousand eight hundred aid four priests, one thousand nine hundred and seventy three churches, thirty.three ecclesiastical Institutions, twenty-eight Colleges, thirty three Theological Seminaries, thirty-one Female Academies, and twenty unincorpo rated Colleges. This is a very large gain- for the , time, and it shows the Papal denomination as rising" within it to a position of strength much beyond what has been realiied by a number of the Evangelical Protestant de nominations. The Papal denomination is thus shown to be , larger than the Reformed Presbyterian, the Associate Reformed Pres byterian, the German Reformed, the Luth eeran, the Reformed Dutch, the Episcopal, 'the Congregitional, or the New School Pres byterian Churches. It_ is larger than the Episcopal > and German Reformed bodies combined, or than the COgregational, the Reformed; and the Associate Presbyterians t united: It is about as large atthe Reformed 8 LAI "ONE THING IS NEEDFUL:" "ONE THING HAVE I DESIS OF THE LORD :" "THIS ONE THING I DO." ALETHIA Union PUBLICATION OFFICE ( . BUI )I t . :I 1, I iGI,PA. FOR THE WEEK ENDING SAT' DAY, APRIL 24, ISSS. Church, and New School Presbyterian bodies united. It is well organized, and amply supplied with all the means for effectively advancing its interest. It has, besides other means for that end, eighteen weekly news papers, conducted in French, Gerinan, and English ; besides other periodicals of less frequent issue. The ratio of the growth of the Papal body, has greatly outstripped the ratio of the growth of the population of the country. If the population be now set down at twenty eight millions, that is but four times its amount in 1808,, or fifty years ago. Bat the Romish priesits are now one thousand eight hundred and seventy-two, which is more than twenty-seven times their number at the commencement of the period contemplated., Their churches are now two thousand and fifty-three, which is more than twenty five times more than they were lit -1808;' while the population of the country has multiplied itself only four times. Romanism has there fore grown rapidly in our country. It is now a strong body among us, and it is annu- ally making considerable advances. For the Presbyterian Banner and Advocate. Letter from Kansas. LODIANA, Kansas, March 30, 1858:, Rxv. DEL Mclimmxv Dear Whatever comes from this Territory is read with avidity, and we can but wish that,noth ing.but the truth had been written. When ever a robbery is committed 'or a murder occurs here, which is not more frequent than in other States or- Territories, the, affray is caught up for political effect, or by, town rivalry is so magnified, that by the time it reaches New England or New York, and returns, we hear of a terrible political outrage, or even 'a battle having been fought at our very gates, and we knew tailing of it. We hate so-much human sympathy to be wasted, as is - continually being lavished upon us. And hate also to be thought 8114 - a rebellions people as we are characterized to be. But whatever others may think of us, we shall try-and take care of No. 1, and provide a home_ for No. 2, if you will-send him to us. Two years t have we been here, and have seen no fight, _heard little , quacrel ing, and have known less meddling with others' busineso, than in the same time any where else. ' There is muck that is wrong, no doubt, but where on earth is all right? Binee the Free State party have the Lees; lature and all the 'State officers, even should the Leoompton ' Constitution pass, all' is quiet, and, will continue so; and we will go on, after a little more foss, just as if no - Pres ident had been• made at our expense. . We have managed to keep up the most ; fttss at the least expense that has ever occurred in our country. But I only mention this by way of 'introduction to what .moist more in terest yonr numerous readers. We feel sure that 'many 'of them will be. deeply interestekirt..l - briel Qutli ~..-I , ,rogress— e tra metorree'vultrah this notorious country ; especially thoSe of the " Old' 'Keystone,'' where your paper most widely circulates. Whether -it is be cause you make more preachersthere, or be cause they rove more, seven out of . the ten now within the bounds of our Presbytery, are natives of Western Perinslivania. Nor do' the children. of that State beeotne asham- ed of her in their wanderings whether she; would be . ashamed of them;or not. Of her history. they are proud, and her conservatism, they remethber, and for her do they pray, that she may ever be the " Keyetone " bind. ing the. Union together. Not only have the ministers come here from that State, but many of her private Christians l are here also„ and more ,are.on their may. But what is remarkable in the 'history ,of our Church hitherto, here, is, 'that the-min inters arecalling , the people, and sot the people the ministers, as with you. This is. owing, in part, to our Foreign Missions,, established among the'lndian tribes. Three of these in Kansas, , and > one =in Nebraska, have each an ordained minister.* their bead. This furnishes .; regular preaching, and an early organization at each. of - these points ; They stand as light houses ripei''tile shore, directing the people into gi desiredliavens:". The Chum sends forth ler. children, and when they come,-weary and hungry, she has here provided them a resting place, and here` them gives — again the bread of life. Onr, •Chn - reli, inore than-any otberheibtps, , loves, heripublie assemblies ,and Means of grace. And when God's providenei seems to call her members to go into a new country, they take their Bibles ; their Confessions of Faith, their ,Hynin books, and their. Pastors, with them. They would-take their ehurches, tee, if they could. They would have the temple, as well is the'ark of the covenant, with there.. But God'h i tis l anticipated them in this 'nun.' try, by not only sending their ministers be fore;- butt'by , erecting _tabernacles in the wilderness for their".temporary worship. And as if that might not move them:with suffix cient certainty and baste to take early pos session of the goodly raid, he has pointed them out by their being the only great enn serVative Christian Church, anti hence the only one prepared to preach 'to all parties here. Other greate pioneer Churches are crippled 'by - dissentious or disunion,. but she can walk firmly and fearlessly before all men. The world is,her field, andlier song the reapers. ":Say ; ye not >there are four months, and then.conieth the harvest, but lift up your eyes ana behold the, fields already ripe to the harvest." And.if, after those two calls, you will not bear, but wish still to be persuaded to come, a most beautiful and rich soil and healthful climate, invite you here. ' God seldom asks his people to do what is against their tempo ral interests.. He sent Abraham away from his kindred and home, but gave him a nu merous p isterity, and a great country. He called him from a land of springs of water and barren hills, to a "land flowing with milk and honey." As if to make file call complete, all these voices here unite. The taberuasies are tip, the priests , have , gone before, 'others have become lame and you ail not, a goodly land' stretches out before you, and' should you not go? It,does seem to US here, that it is the duty of hundreds in the States, to come to our help. What can we, as ministers, do, without some to co-operate with us, without some_ to organize our churches with While we may be willing to make an effort to support ourselves, and preach in cabins when not at the mission- houses, yet why should we do it for more that 'two years be fore. any but a few members come We i will not complain, for already , something' is done, and god has • us faith and hope. Nine or, ten ' o h s are already organized, and several will soon be,. and most of the more intetn6 places are partially occupied, „dirty more have been visited, and are re 1 When we.shall riot ofil 1 that to preach or missionaries. and pray is worship, b give -also, is as truly so; not only of substance, but of ourselves and ,ou chit ,;thee shall we be blessed. How o n w • , ship in what costs us nothing and ith i the : costly part, and yet exp e ct God' i ul . Ssiag ? There are two•kinds of wo h. ship we tre' fe i ar : fully defieient--the B ThiP 9.t working f or God's glory, gncifti ,rship of suffering for his Church,. er r i are est °rare" is . old, is a Jesuit maxim t is tinn; if weir °r 4 with high pins, !and noble aims.' , WN., hold. (and shall s „T, * 0 0 -iii2 , l** l o ll PAPhati --- `, to build a ehttei wee .'and- nohnc"l"bih mechanically,- „wi proper ,motivea; is WS much an actor w ip as to pray and PTPa O I/- in them after th, ' a Wetted. "Show me thy faith WithOni' tall* aid I will show thee my faith . t y 'works," is true in it much more liter t nee than many suppose. "Whatsoever_ , , do all to ,the glory of God," is the to t ny of one who combined all kinds of w0i144 whO prayed,' who gave slms, who labor 'who suffered: ' , But :I must: b;e stop fOr the present, and' in my next willi . , m ve a brief account ; of For eign Missions, re in Kansas, and the °birches and e ntry immediateli around i i ii them . 'One, t lowa MiSsion, is' located near lowa Point Another,' the Kickapoilt, twenty miles So :of that, ~ o n the, Grass= hopper Over, , neir odians, ,a, Presbyterian village, which mcon be a good-sized re ligioim ;town. ' it third,' the Qttoe, is eighty Miles Weal the i litier, on the Big Blue river. Ye t i truly, , j 1 1 Wiih-M-Httiiiitztri. iddiess is, lowa' Point,' 'ully,giv'e,sity informe r, -to .those, desiring to - - P. 8.---My` Aria K. T. I 'will- ohs Lion about the.con come to Kansas. ...From 'our Loi .I:Cooi:respondent , • The,Spy Bystent'in 1 P,. 4, Denietls and Rejoinders - State of Trade in . . , ce and Great Britainz—Re .' li,giotie Revival --- • me Politice-- Conciliatory Spirit of the' &Ain. .:: Their Dealittge. with King Bomba and Franc • The Oaths Bill—Jews and Romanists—What : uriidiction"••does the :Pope . exercise in Engla ,'—lndian Telegrams—The ' King' of Delhi ano-Ais 'Future Prison—Native Address from• Boinht4ir Col* and his:Batter ice—The Cant ; of 11Qo operation - ,.Fichout , Com.: promise" Exposed-few from China—American . and Russian Co•cOtatfott-T-" Mies" ' Corms,- pondeni; and the Int` ,'`or of Canton:--jts 'Peaceful f i r Condition—The• Oh e Armories—Yeh and hie Supiptitions—Jerus lent, Napoleon, and r the Holy :Places—Marriage.' th a Deceased , Wife? i Sister , —postscript. . • - • ' - • ' LONDO March 26th' 1858. • ESPIONAGE' IN PARIS, n & st - ran,glyn . ssertad. p...1-e , ..ri A ;....1 -- is , otilk,,denied by thesioniteur. It is probable that:the pie 4turodrawn IynuOleadingio ---'* obarged: A - Fitneh piator,w o: isbeen recently in Londonoaid to a friend of minc, , last week, that things were not , So'bid in Paris as they were represented. Neverthe less, while the MoAiteitr boasts that the Er& perorlgoeS rout Wit , hOUC au , s - scort, what are the , fasts ofithe. , eases , When .hu last visited the f t/per& House, all the streets adjoining 'Were (very properly,) Oleared, and when he drives or rides, alihough no gene d'arme, or recognized police accompany him, yet there go before and. after—apparenlly, only a por tion of, the crowd, and, dressed as . private gentlemen—a large number,whose paid.duty it isld look after his - safety. , And SO' still— in France, at least, ''' ' - : "Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown." An-unio:4ally inereasectsum has .this year been voted for secret .service money. Freon spies 'swarm London, " and I fear smile 'English bands have handled , ,Frineh gold.. Jltis saidnthat audio—Tor whom a Teprieve was made out, in order that ;heomightibear witness on, the trial of Bernard, in Loodon had pointe,d out to th&French Government a`-number of refugees in Londoni: who re , qiiired to ibe lboked - after. .„ The resignation of. Count Persigoy, late Ambassador:here, ,has increased the. gloomy state of the public mind. The Count is: the warmfriend of the Alliancebetyreen the two, conntries; and, 'unlike Waleartiki, -and other " creatures" who - surround - hint;',tbe disin tweeted friend of the Emperor. ,Atienst five hundred persons Have been recently restedrin France, and 'the 'trade' Of Parisyis so very bad, that the flame ef politibaldiscon tent atnong the bourgeoise, is pretty Fare to be kindled to &dangerous degree. This helPs, `of courseito depress'matters %ere. Bat tun great evil is, .the reaction of folie confidence and, over-speculation, preduotOg, , over ; Great Britain, timidity and distrust., Would that we could hear ot ; a penitentiahand hum pled statepithe public mind all ovor thaland, such as seems to have been . manifested in the United'States.' Some allowance` mint be made for•the difference of national tem perament: We are not a demonstrative pee ple and there may be . great and powerful ' influences operating on men's souls at this - time even though we have nothipg kindred to your Wall' Street' pie yer-meeting` s, in our busiest marts. at • noon day.' God has -chest tened us; and Christians, at least, own that ,they have been ,lukewarm, and „that the "Church had, settled on her lees, by reason of werldliness. Besides this, there are symp tom's that Christians are craving fer that great gift -which-would more than• recom peuse for all ,Borrows nod calamities, and which would give moderation in.prosperity, ' as well as a spirit r& consecration of the gold and oilier to the Lord and his canoe: We want the Spirit, and some, at least, are wait. ing for it.- May the. Churches. of •Christ have the moral courage; to step out of the line of eccletiiasticai routine, and to use all diligence in rousing one another to he great Work to which Providence calls them ROME POLITICS „ Seem to indicate, that unless the .Derby Cabinet make some great blunder, they may be allowed to retain their places for a. time. The ,Liberals may. bide their time, and when that comes, them it is • to be tested whether Lord John Russell, or Palmerston, shall be Premier. Some say, if the latter come into-power again, the for mer wilt be elevated to the Peerage. But I should be ,sorry.to see Lord John cease to' be a Man.of the people. He is in his proper place in the House of Commons. 'The Derbyites have done all they could” hitherto, to conciliate and win the Commons. They have sent an agent to :Naples, who haa effected the liberation from prison, and from I trial, of a Scotch Engineer, taken on board a Sardinian vessel which had been seized by a number of conspirators, who landed on the Neapolitan coast, last year, with purposes of invasion; many, of them perishing miserably . by the sword, and others arrested and thrust intodnngeons. They have also refused to al low ayonng, Englishman, named Hodge, who was arrested in Sardinia under the Charge of eonspiringi against Napoleon, to be given up to, the French Government. The an nouncement .of, this by Disraeli, won the Cheers of the„Honse. I shall not apply the 'Proverb 'to modern parties, '"When rogues fall' out," 4ka.'; but certainly we are likely to get measures from the Derbyites' whieh, in oppesiOon f they would have, steadily, opposed, ; 31491,1, 913. WMgiw:Bo •onlAn - 2part. ".."" 74 ' The 4.lp3SlON.pr,,Trivs into Parliament, tai"heen debated . afresh in the Co' inions,' , and'a'resohition in favor 'of it agreed to by majority , of about three to one. • Thib ie but the repetition of 'what has been done , before, in the Lower House. It remains to be, seen what the Lords will do, and whether Lord Derby may`not " rat" on that Subject I 'believe that the Peers Will be firm to their old position, that the admission of Jews would unehristianize the Legislature`; ; .. that it would admit men who blaspheme dr diShonor Jesus, as the true Messiah. It Was argued: with 'some f forde, in the Com 'Mans, by Mi. Newdegatei a Conservative, that the modern Jews' folio* not the Old Testament, but the Talmud, with , its lying .perversions and immoral teachings. There is some truth in the charge.. But there is a party among the Jews theinselves who den ' recite any measure to adniit Hebrews' into the Legislatire, on the ground 'that they should have nothing to, do: with nstrange .country and its ipolities--.-that here, as in otherlands;they are but sojourners, and that they are'living in the 'constant hope and, ex'= , peetation oireturning, as a nation, to Tales , tine. ME ; Lord John Brinell is, the warm and ele ,quent advocate of the admission of the Jews,. on the broadprinciplei - of civil and religious liberty. Others support it because they are Latitudinarians,. and others 4Ricause they are T' u " voluntaries t,religion, and deny. (some what, doubtfully,; ,Lthink,) tbat, hits any,tbing to do, withpolitics. lt is so , dilEz, cult a question, that no man''should be se= 'ica' of bigotry who takes the side against the 4Jew. What Christian's long fp* is le seethe-day when the children of Abraham en whom they.,lave pierced, andanourni and, when, with one consent, .they shall hail the once despised Jeans, with the crY, "Blessed is be that cometh in the name of the Lord!' Thank .God, that day, is coming; and-whether they return to pal estine or not, ortething is certainly predicted, that," the restoring of them shall be as life from the dead,l'ba_the dent* ivorld.f." Amid now, 'an difif projecting "shadows of 'coming judgments,; who can say that the redemption of Israel may not be .one l of the results of a last co,nflict f in which crashing dynasties, and wide spread convul sion, shall be the dread pioneers and precur seri of a ' ' - THE ROMAHCATHOLTO OATH was brought before the tlonse CoruniOnOn Connexion with the Jew Billy , The Papists fret under ther-ciath imposed on them,' which, obliges them kildeclare, that ",no foreign prince ar potentate hath jurisdiction within this realm," and also prohibits them from inter tering. with the Establiehed Protestant Churches of England and =Most ofthem_have fonndunt a, way ,to. reconcile , their consciences to , the oath. , But }till they complain.' ,They assert, that while the Pope, has no pOlieichl jurisdiction; he undoubtedly has, and , exercises, apiritualjurisdiption in I Greata Britain. : The mate:- Attorney General tells,tbem, sonthingly, that it is only his (the , Pope's) political jurisdiction which is alluded' theoith. But Who cen t 'separate the 'political from the spiritual, here'?- Does not' the Canon,Law insist OR the Pope's univer eel supremacy as 'qicird of all Lords.?" And is pot Queen yictoria ex,commtinicated,: ipso facto, - by that laW, t hecaise sheis a heretie? Well 'it is for England' to keep up her old protest I against Rome's, t pretensions. r= 'The French,. ,Jesuit organ, the Univers, knows! our, antipathy to the Pope and llis plans; and so it threatens England with a:Napoleon - in,- vasion by and-by, if she does not take care. 'Buti we are not = ":afraid: of 'their -terror." The nation has no , reason, to repent,of having recently maintained its 'honor. It r gives heart to 'Sardinia)" where evert CaSour and hie' Cabinet Wierebeginning to yield. Still . Napolien is Surrounded' by bad men, and as ,long,u England isfree,,and France despotic, it is ,but an armed truce, at the : heat As the Agarday Review expresies !'the whole military power of France is absolutely 'wielded by the will'or the paileonsef a sin gle man, 'who makes "a great moritof not in 'trading us withotit a cause! , , A 9 to invasion,' hoWever, the Emperor Willithink twice:about it. Our Channel: -Wands E (as I 'believe, I formerly mentioned,) :'bristle with' cannon 'and fortifications,' and 'it is found that in forty-eight hours >a fleet of gin-boat&can launched atiPortemouth. FROM -INDIA., the last mails brought us particulars of the King,of Delhi. It seems' quite plain that he took advantage of the` Persian war to plot insurrection, and that hewn approvingly cognizant of thehorrid massacre of one hundred and ; fifty Eng,lib, men, women,, and - ohildren. His future prison -island is, one of the Andamans, one of a group of small islands in, the ,Bay of Ben gal. The inhabitants are a. barbarous peo ple. Thither r also, a large body of Bepoys will be sent. There has been a, discussion• in. Parlia ment, in which complaints, were made against our troops , and tribunals,: of indis criminate slaughter, whieh, however, are not borie out by' acts. One thing satisfic: tory irythivsirasi• of• a correption,ot an error, came,out in the - debate. The phairmarr'of the .ast India Company aeolared that there was reason to belieie that those horrifying inscriptions on the walls'of the slaughter house of Cawnpore—in which women were said to have suffered the most fearful out rages—were not here when the place was• first entered by our own troops. , They must have been - affixed by someone 'who-wished -to instigate the soldiers td desperate.revenge. A Native Address with three, thousand signatures, come licinie from Bombay. It 'recognizes if the' shameful atrocities? - committed by -!the •Belloye, , but points iota 7.1 11.1 ik• 411 ERZ that the criminals were natives of Oude, . and "belonged to a single class" (Brab mins.)*,They assure the Queen of their loyal desire ior lasting tranquility, and a prosper ous rule over " a peaceful, united, and pros perous empire." The rabble of ,Bombat would, I fear, dictate a different kind of ad dress, and heathen Orientals are not to be trusted, 'except when Self places their inter ests parallel with our own. We are still ex pecting- stirring ,news,.from Sir Colin's in vadingarmy. He had, batteries of not less than one hundred and sixty heavy cannon, liis objedt is to crumble the defences of the rebels into ruins, and to spare his soldiers. Bat: the odds in point'of numbers against us. ' "00-CiPERATiOti inTII4SIIT COMPROMISE," itA-oantloheasepjult ;ntfiorbf some 'English . who are . but Semi-Evangelioals, or Broad-bhurchmen. They seem willing to forget "that High-Churchprinciples are: necessarily antagonistic to the 'Gospel. The Record speaks out minftillY 'on this point, and asks, .",What constitutes brotherhood.? Ecelesiastiealur epiritnal conformity ? Iden tity of gown and cap, and hood, or identity_ of Gospel doctrines ? Can any 'min who . holds the opinions set forth in Dr, Hook'S' Church Dictionar y be a brother and act cordially,, and preach, add pray, and labor fru ternOly with a man whO holds the doctrines of ,Scott, and Bichersteth; and Simeon ? Or can' one of those who have been called ,4 fire and .brimstone preachers,' be:yoked together with one. >of the school of .Maurice," ; who have so ,denominated the Evangelicals ?" The NEW!. FROM CHINA S is interesting! Yeh, a ~prisoner on board of the Inflexible, was . at gong 'Kong on ,the .15th of Feb. rnary, on to way to Calcutta blookr ade Canton was raised on - the:4oth: The Russian and American. Plenipotentiaries have joined.. the English and. French in their, demand on the Chinese ,Government. Their joint letter had gone up to Shinoii, and by the middle of March it would, be known whatline 'China , would take. The Times! Correspondent r ; writing from Canton, descrihes, that city es, perfectly peaceful and safe to the foreigner. Hitherto it has 'been always represented as frill of 'turbulent, blood•thirsty savages.' " I tra versed the whole city, from -East to West, with tray trunk. and chow-chowibaskets, my self .the only escort tormy four coolies.. The only difficulty was to push our way through , the crowd. 'The people were cutting up their hogvand their fish; and'ileoking their comestibles. in 101 l -businesli•like, security. Idlers wcre,playing)at Chinese hazard: The ouriosity-shops, in incredible numbers, were victimising credulous' lieutenants. The shopkeepers invite you into 'their *nips with a politeness that proves , they have no mis- Tiving.. The- spirit of insolence has de parted, out of - them,.. .I .believe that no ten Chinamen within -sight of Canton would = -11, - ,strck - in - Tho - presetoil of , a British ``-or French soldier or sailor'."' this is Jvery .gratifyingi? an d -Wen, it is to`fmd,,that after careful inquiry,lthe nose loss at the time of the assault by the' British, and Frenob, was not more than two hundred. It was- always predicted by the Opposition in Pail en:Mut 14st year, that an attack on Canton would lead to an immense )sacrifice of life. The writer thuk.orally ac counts for the limited loss ;, "Pokes you, surround Chinamen, you, never kill many of them . You never catch' them on an island •or in an isolated' position. They act , an the kprinciple' that A. manse who trusts to.one poor hole, , , Can never he a, mouse,of any soul." _ Thorough order had been,established in the city by the three Commissieners. Sol-' English und French; were near 'to aid' theini in matters of .'police. The ',Tartar-. Depnty-Governor stiggestedd innocently, as the city was sequiet,lhe soldiers. ,might be withdrawn. Instead of this, Lord Elgin, reminded him that arms of', Tartar sol-, diers were to be given np, and So the 'armor ies- of double-handed swords; of fear-in spiring.shielde, of war jackets; arms, swords, pikes, and. npas . blooks, topther with five; brap,guns, wer despoiled , aciani•dingly. to the notorious Yeh , his - papers abound in fortune telling schemes, and it seemwelear that he' *as acting•under the in spiration of this kind,of,superstition. Cruelty. and superstition, have been his.„promptersi noi - jOdgment or common iense. These glinitaies of Chinese habits ' and s of the interior of Canton, will •not, I trust, be uninteresting &to yonrtreailers.: I have ibeen, this week,. at, the ; Great,.Gtobe,, in Leicester Square, where I saw an, admirable. illumine tad transparency, giving an &emirate 'view of ' Canlon. Itis - wonderful ho'w theee Patio- , ElthibitiOniqoflitidia thee is 'One in the building,) • helps you imunderstindi , ng -more ,clearly,, the aooo.unts '100; borne of battles &c . Fao :Y JoomsaLum, we learn that the: Latin monks had celehrated by a ,Te Deittn:' the deliverance Of the Emperor 'of the . French ; who " is the moat faithful and stead fast friend 'of religion:" (?)• The Latins - at Jerusalem.look to 'France as:theinprotecepr, the; Greek. priests 19 RISSitI, , alp& between them they,oontrived, as yon know,,to the political strife, .some years ago, which ended in the Crimean war t With ii ,its -misery. When shall their covetciusu trite and their . lying legends :about. ".the holy places," be swept away_ . ? ~, • The MARRIAGE OP A DECEASED WIFE'S SISTER, (now.rather ;extensively, practised against.the law,) we's denated this week in Parliament. A bill was introduced to le- galiseilt. It' is probable that the Peera will reject it, if it reach the'upper Houle. It is a much vexed question. Our West minster Standards (part of, the statute law of Scotlarid,) are against-Such/marriages. .. • • ; W. P. S.—lt is not improbable thatere long the hardships aliont. passports to France may : be mitigate& Lord Palmerston amused the Home` of ;Commons by deseribing•an•adven-' hire lof his. (min, a number. (if ''years ago;- :when traveling, in. , Francei: a k." harmless atrangen;" he. was threatened with,anest„ because his, passport had not had the, visi'ot the French Consul since landing , at; `Havre:`' emphatically condemns the whole system: The case-of Qrsiniphe Preyed ; that it' was useless.. It it,probable that 4werica and.the, United States, may, in consequence of this annoyance have more BritiSh tourists and 4 travelers than usual this year: f The -weather it beautiful, and alinost" - un. i -naturally warm :fot"the„leasom, Abe: Vat. Philadelphia, in South Tenth Street, below Chestnut By Mail, or at the Office, 51.60 per Year t SEE PROSPECTUS', Delivered in the City, 1.75• WHOLE NO. 291 astrenoiner, Lord Rome, the, preets a Summer ef unprecedented.,heat, and,advises farmers to erect sheds for the protection of their cattle. Lord Stratford is not to continue Ambas eider, at Constintinople. A letter from Mr. Porter, Missionary at Damascus, to the Times, shows that religious persecution is still carried on, and declares that the new law of religious liberty is gen erallY inoperative, , The , Duke de Malakoff (the Marshal Peliesier of the Crimea,) is just appointed Ambassador of 'France at this 'Court. This the Times hails as a most significant token of continued. alliance. How astute is the Emperor I .Gomez and Rudio. are to be transported to Cayenne. itleplseifiikthat the King of Delhi, during his short reign",, after the seizure of the city by the Sepoys, wrote Hindoostani verses, exulting in the.downfall of the English rule. - Here are' two couptete, wa translated by Col. Burn : 0 heart! see the strength of the right, The, Christian,is beaten, with his own shoe " Nothing could be done either by Russia or Rome" The English are ruined by the cartridge." *Meals and -Turkey (or Room,) indicate the Wing Christian and Mohammedan power& For the Preabyterlan limper and Advocate. How Churches are:Begun. Ma. EDITOR. :—There are some churches in the olden settlements, very much weak ened by emigration from them to the West, and some persons move to the West who ought to stay,at home. Some seem to be grudge us, in the West, all the strength we get by - emigration. But many families who are doing little good in the large and crowded churches, would fineinviting fields of use fulness in the_newer parts of the country, -where, little churches need strengthening. Too'often Presbyterian emigrants settle down at random, without looking to their useful ness; and 'to church privileges for their fam ilies. Eat, even 'then, God has a wise design, and if they have the spirit of true discipleq,they are. often the,means of gath ering up and founding churches. Unless the colonizing Tlan could be more generally adopted,than it is to be, some one "family .must be the first in each neighbor hoOd where a church is planted. And God , frequently-sends , twO or three or more fami lies to the same locality, without any concert on their , part. .Takis an example. Two or three years Igo a Youndman, N. H. Hall, addressed a letterto the PiesbyterY of Des Moines, from Sigourney, Keokuk County, lowa, asking for some-preaching,-and stating that he was the Only-Presbytentin in the county, so far as heknew. Some months afterwards the Presbytery met in a town twenty-five miles East of Sigourney, .and a stranger strayed freni the ptiblizihouse, where - be bad put up, end • entered'ihe church...l4oe 'Presbytery whOjustiadjottrning. • He'vris time enough, l however, to find that - he had Providentially Allen among brethren, of his own church. He informed the members that he was mov ing his 'family to Keokuk County; some eigt t iniles East. of Sigourney, where, with a few other Tret;byterians, 'he was about to settle. They had visited other parts; one point to .which they were drawn by a news paper notice,' were not pleased, and were about returning, but were induced to turn aside from their route into Keokuk County. There they found in excellent country, lands cheap, much of it at that time belonging to ; Government, and there they desired some Dare from Presbytery. In due time a church was ergenised in Sigourney of nine mem bers, of which these two brethren, Hall and Wilson, were elected Baling Elers; both then living eiglit miles from the county seat, and only' one rneinber in town, and she an aged' Pruisiaii'lady. Thatchurch-has not only lived, but now ~;numbers about forty members. Of these, ;about onehalf are in the. town, and were nearly all received last January. They have a comfortable little house of worship, and a 'prospect of regular 'preaching three fourths of the time. Mr. Wilson's neighborhood, some ten miles East, will soon become a separate organization it is thought, ' and re ceive one-fourth, of the minister's time. ' Let us not despise the day of small thingil." These:little beginnings call for thesympathies of the-Churoh at large. Of _those, lately received into this church, several had enjoyed inyears past the regular ordi nances of religion. The seed long buried, springs up in their Western home. DELTA. The Minister, not the Gospel. v There - was a time when men went to elm* to heisithe Gospel; now they go to hear the. preacher. The inquiry is not I,whottilmt - how does the minister preach ? if voice ,mid ,manner are good, and he preemie u r graceful appearance in the pulpit, all is well.: His sermons are never tested by 'the' i3tandard of Divine Truth, but by the test& of -the congregation ; and every one is ready:to criticize and pass judgment on the minister,. for it is him, and not his sermon, they go ,to church to hear. His sermon may be clear, logical 'and heart-searching, full'of the spirit and unetion 'of the Gospel, but if his voice is not on that key to which the: car. of the. congregation is attuned, or if his manner is not in accordance with the taste of the congregation he 'Will not do; for it is not the Gni- F v*""i but the minister 'they go - to "When persons go to the sanctuary tb heal. -the Gospel, we may ex pect tole° difigentresults. : PxoptratliaL for Death. When you lie down , . , at night, compose yourispirits awl( you -were• not to wake till ,pbe,heforeps, be no more. And when you Walie in the morning, consider the new day 'suit Mir last, And aet 'accordingly. Surely :that night aometh of which you shall never see the morning, , ori that , day of which you shall , never see the ; night; but which of your, inornings, l an4-pighta you know not. Let the mantle of worldly enjoyment hang look abciut you, that it may be safely diopped ithati death comes to carry you into another 'world. When the fruit is ripe, it fella off the t tree, emily. So when a Chris don's heart, is truly weaned from the world, he ie prepared for death. A he ar t disen gaged from the world is a heavenly one, and then we are ready for heaven When our ,heat isitheno,„before.us, ,„ MENEM
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