PRESBYTERIAN BAWER & ADVOCATE.
presbyterial& lialeaer. Vol. VI. 1141. 34.
probyteriaa Advise...tee Vol. 11 l No. 119.1
I IVID MeKINNEY, Editor and Proprietor.'
r48N8.-IN ADVANCE.
Original Vottrg,
To a Deaponding Christian.
Why still desponding, troubled BOA
Is not thy Father near?
Cannot his preoious Word console ;
Will,he refuse thy prayer ?
Is not thy Saviour still the same ?
Has he not bid thee trust ?
Can he not raise thy sinking frame,
Though prostrate in the dust?
What, though thy sins in order rise,
And like a mountain swell,
Hiding his face, while to thine eyes
Is ope'd the gates of hell ?
His grace is all-sufficient still,
That mountain to remove;
And has he not proolaim'cl his will,
That rebels taste hie love?
Add not to all thy heavy guilt
The sin of unbelief;
Remember that hie blood weotspilt
For sinners, e'en the chief
Then from the depths let prayer ascend,
0, trust his promis'd grace!'
And wait until thy heavenly Friend
And Father shows his face
Niektesville, Feb., 1858.
For the Presbyterian Banner and Adrocate.
The Late Rev. Wm. M'CuUoggh•
EDITOR BANNER :—Dear Sir :—Your
paper of February 27th contains this simple
notice :
" Rev. W. M'Cullough, of Erie Presby
tery, died on the Ist inst. We have not
been put in possession of particulars relative
to this brother."
It has been my privilege to.walk hand in
band with him throngh every - stage, from
the commencement of his Christian jour-
ney. In the same social circle, the same
preparatory studies, and the same ministe
rial labors, I have known him ; not at com
panion knows companion, but as heart min.
glee with familiar heart. • And everywhere I
have witnessed from him a precious and beau
tiful lesson which his life has furnished to all
his acquaintances —that of a character molded
by the truths which he professed. Dr.
Humphrey has portrayed " Oar Theology
in its Developments,'. by an intellectual
view, which renders our system dearer, to
every honest heart. But it was given to
brother M. to illustrate that theology in the
conformation of a personal, 01'H/stilt!' _char
acter, which. displayed the symmetry, com
pleteness, and Gospel lilieneldie it* maim
system, wrought out into actual life.
His Theological views seethed to be but
the acceptance and Aransfer of Scriptural
etatements, without any •trace •of doctrinal
formularies. He knew nothing of the in
tervention of human questionings between
God's utterances ;his
Though faniiliar with' the rioge of discus
sions, when he came 'to apply i ler wiadOin to
the Holy Scriptures, he appeared uncon
scious that there were opinions of others
recorded. He drew near to listen only . to
the voice of the Most High: Nothin'g for
a moment found respect With him unless it
was on the inspired pages of the Bible. •If
he saw it there, he transferred it at once to
its appropriate place in his system, or ap
plied it to its proper use upon the heart.
Many dare not break away from the lead
ings of great opinions, fearing ''that they
must shortly be involved in inextricable
labyrinths of painful confusion and doubts.
But, on the contrary, his train Of belief ex
hibited a striking model of elearnesd and
consistency, sudh as to mark this 'to be the
true cause to light and freedem. Perplexi
ties never disturbed his confidence. He
was far from invading inscrutable mysteri,es
with the bearing of speculative profanity.
He held God's Word as an intelligible com
munication of such things as it is requisite
for us to know. Hence his serenity. I
think it may be said of his Christian life,
that his mind neveilnew a hesitation or a
doubt. ,
It was thus truth prevailed so distin
guishingly to form a complete religious char
acter. No veil of distrust bung between
God's utterances and his heart. Conse
quently his habits of devotion were the
responsive feelings of his heart to truths so
close and real to him. None could ever
overhear his exercises in private, or join his
prayers in public, without being: impressed
and profited by the freedom and directness
of his intercourse with God. It was the
language of a fully confiding 'soul, speaking
to a present God and Father. Many who
have heard him, have, longed to attain, his
holy intimacy in prayer; but it:was only the
result of , his habit of accepting every word
at once from God's mouth, cherished by
practice and baptized by the Holy Ghost.
I have said he repaired simply to the
fountain of wisdom for his opinions. Yet
so far from lapsing thus into wayward lati
tudinarianism, his sentiments were singu
larly steadfast and.conservative. His Church
attachments were io an extraordinary man
ner gentle, while at the same time equally
ardent an undivided. His charity for oth
ers was so blended with pure and jealous
lore for his own denomination, that you
might be associated with him, and not sus
pect but that all Churches were one in his
sympathy and esteem; and yet so absorbed
would you constantly find him in zeal for
his own, that others' existence appeared un
known to him. He was thus zealous for our
doctrines anti order, because he saw in them
an embodiment of truth and simplicity, as
he discerned them in the Scriptures.
His entire character seemed to present a
beautiful miniature of the Gospel. Each
truth which he embraced, seemed to germi
nate and grow into its corresponding trait;
so formin g the harmonious oompletentss of
the Christian. In his work he knew but
one object, and one degree of oonseoration
to it, the measure of his life. He sustained
uninterrupted cheerfulness, beneath the
languor and disoouragements of a most dis
piriting form of disease. His work was
speedily closed; his welcome, his rest, his
reward soon reached. He was in the thirty
fourth year of his age, and in the sixth of
his ministry. After his licensure, he tem
porarily supplied the church of Conneautville,
Pa., fora few months. Then, having been or.
dained the next ,year as an Evangelist, he
accompanied , the first missionary of our
Church, to assist in laying the foundations
of Zion in the wild regions of Like Supe
rior, There, at Sault Ste. Marie, he la
bored, and organized the earliest Presbyte
rian church on the borders of. this great
lake. The churches of Fairview, Sturgeon.
ville, and Washington, in Pennsylvania,
afterwards enjoyed the largest share of his
labors. As strength failed, his last labor'
was to collect funds for the erection , of Park
Presbyterian church, „Erie. When finally
laid aside, he was gathrred to the bosom of
his native home and the arms of his family,
to sink to rest, depart, and be forever with
the Lord. J.I.S. •
For the Presbyterian Banner and Advocate
Narrative of the State of Religion in the
Presbytery of Allegheny.
The Presbytery of Allegheny, in submit
ting their Annual Report to the General
Assembly, desire . to adopt, as the sentiment
which God, in his good providence, ban
taught them, the language of the Baptist Ra
be ran before the coming One, "After me
there cometh One mightier than I." Id
the pathway of our preaching, prayinc , 6 and
visiting we have heard the footsteps of the
mightier One, and stepping aside have de
sired to say, "Not unto us, not alto us, but
to thy name , give glory."
Oar Presbytery has been made, in some
good measure, partaker of that grace upon
grace which the Spirit has been vouchsafing
to the churches. And as .watchmen on
MART.
Zion's walls, in responding to the demand,
"Watchmen, what of the night ?" What
of the night in Allegheny Presbytery? We
can answer, with some joy,. as those on
whom the day star has already risen, "The
morning cometh." The day star bas risen
upon us; but it rose on the brow of a long
and dark night. Taking the present as our
standard, there stretches back from this point
a night of at least a quarter of a century.
But we trust we were not wholly unconscious
of the night. The darkness was such as to
be felt. And so, like the Arctic explorers,
we were watching impatiently the ice-rimed
horizon for tokens of the morning.
Our Presbytery was one of those which
took the initiative, in the great movement of
Conventions to pray for a "revival of , the
work of Golf." It was well represented in
the first meeting of that sort, in Pittsburgh,
last December. That Convention itself was
a sign of reviving. The very assembling
together was a prayer. And our pastors had
not returned home, in some instances, before
the Drayer was answered.. Some of them
testily to having preached to congregations,
the first Sabbath after that Convention,
three-fourths of whom were melted to tears.
And all of them speak of the solemnity and
concern fof the soul which began from that
time of the Church's prayer. Most, if not
all, obeyed, more or leas in detail, the recom
mendations of that Cenvention, a day of
fasting and prayee, pastoral Visitation, plain
doctrinal and eipository preaching, &e. And
now we see the fruits in an awakening such
as our oldest Fathers say they had never
seen. Quite a number of our congregations
have enjoyed what may very properly be,
termed revival& Ainong these we may
mention, Harrisville and Amity, Freeport
and Slate Lick, Butler and Concord, Lees
bum, Clintonville and Muddy Creek. Six
pastors report,an aggregate, of two , hundred
and Seventy-six scads hopefully converted to
'Geit within the last few months. These
have held their Spring communions and
report the number of accessions. But al
'nest as deep a work, of grape seems to have
been in other congregations which_ have not
yet made `tiny report: . Theie things we re
cord in gratitude, and from a desire to glorify,
God's grace. Our heritage he has made
like an ice-bound clime when the Spring
breath comes. Streams which were frozen,
flow; and plants which were dry, bud and
blossom. *The great ingathering will show
the fruit.
Some notice of the means which, under
God, brought to this result, may be proper
as a matter of history—a kind of headland
to which, in darker days, we' may .return
and compute our bearings and departures.
These were--1. Plain doctrinal preaching,
showing . men • their sins, helplessness and
deaerts; the blood of Christ in justification;
the Holy Spirit in regeneration; the neces
sity of the new birth, and the'hope of mercy
through Christ. 2. Pastoral visitation more
thoroughly performed than, perhaps, ever
before, revealing a tenderness and anxiety
which has led us to think that the Holy
Spirit may bp among us when. we don't
*now it. 3. Speaking to sinners on the
highway or in the street, revealing again the
_presence of the Holy Spirit, where least we
expected it.. 4. Multiplied meetings for
prayer, more largely Attended than, perhaps,
ever before. 5. ' Private members of the
Church conversing with the impenitent,
obeying.the' injunction which so much needs
to be obeyed—" Let him .that heareth' say
come." Many of our pastors held series of
meetings for preaching and inquiry; while
the ordinary ministrations of the sanctuary
were wonderfully blest in other eases.
The characteristics of the work were—A
deep and pervading concern about eternal
things ; a stillness in the house of prayer
almost overwhelming; close and reverent
attention to the public reading of the Word;
prayer, fervent, spontaneous, simple, and .to
the point; communion seasons, "sweet and
melting;" a simple reliance among young
converts on and him alone; the entire
absence, so far as we know, of excitement,
inflammatory addresses, and appeals to the
imagination; The heart has been reached
through the understanding, so far as reached.
In short, when we hear our hoary fathers,
not given to excitement and morbid feelings,
say to us with trembling voice, "I have
been in revivals before, but I have seen no
revival like this. There was something here
which surpassed anything I have ever seen.
Go'd was here." And then hint'at inquiry
meetings, of which they cannot
apeak.
"Aged parents melted and weeping; young,
gay hearts tender and throbbing;" the like
of which they "had not seen for thirty-five
years." We begin to feel that, verily, the
work has been the work of God.
Results—lt is perhaps too soap to speak
much of this. Almost all our pastors speak
of the work still continuing. We have not
the harvest yet. We see not yet all the
blades. What shall be tares and what wh ea t,
we cannot tell. We may mention, Ist. Eter
nal things thrust peri'orce before the minds
of all men in our communities. 2d: Relig
ion talked of seriously where but late it was
only mocked at. 3d. The unbelief of Chris.
dans removed. They ,hegin to believe God
"ONE THING IS NEEDFUL:" "ONE THING HAVE I DESIRED OF THE LORD:" "THIS ONE THING I DO."
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willing and able to save, and come to him in
that belief. 4th. Christians of every name
brought closer together in sympathy and
effort. sth. Union prayer-meetings, young
men's prayer-meetings, Bible classes, and
Sabbath Schools, inStituted where they were.
not, and made more useful where they were•'
Our churches in other respects are, in
the main, prosperous. Financial embarrass
ments have laid a heavy band on some, but•
all enjoy peace and mutual ecinfidence. All
have the stated means of grace. Some have
become self-sustaining which weremot. , The
German population within, our, llourids- are
cared for by a faithful missionary, appointed
for the purpose. A fresh zest tiehitit of
temperance and general morality is apparent.
Our Presbyterial Ana,deiny lass •been, Irept
open, and has been receiving its, sharp : of
public patronage. And our congregations'
show commendable zeal in the iiiippoit' of
the various Boards of our Church. We
have many reasons for gratitude to the
Church's Head.
We are not ignorant of ,our
however. These we have reaion`
to; ap
prebend. Ist. From this awakening .hav
ing become so soon a, matter oft,iiistiiry.,
It is yet but a delicate child. of! God's
providence, and it has „passed early from
the sanctuary of the heart, where it was
brought 'to the birth, into the chill world.
The sacred name of Jesus on every lip,
and these hallowed associations in every
newspaper, are in danger of losing their
sacredness and hallowedness. 2d. Some of
us feel the danger of looking at this revival
too muoh in the mass, and ceasing to feel
our own individual sins and personal neces
sities. Bd. Historyooo, points to the dan
ger of a re-action --deeper death after this
earnest life. We would net be elated there-
fore. Solemn issues are before us. We
would still lay hold on Almighty strength.
Still seek guidance of the. Inanite wisdom,
and stir ourselves up to walk, close with
God, that we miss not that presence which
alone is life.
By order of Presbytery.
Butler, Pa., April 14th, 1858
Western Correspondence.
Da. MOKINNEY :—Since my last, some
weeks since, God has poured out his Spirit
in a wonderful manner, upon the field from
which I write. The " Nortli T West" has
been blessed, as never before, by a glorious
revival of religion. The wave which has
swept over the Eastern States has rolled
through Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Mis
souri, Wisconsin, lowa,,and Minnesota Ter
ritory, and we are ready, we 'trust,_ to join
with our brethren in other parts of the land,
in ascribing thanks to Him, to whom alone
belongs thepraise.
Old. School Presbyterian churches lave
been generally . ,blessed, throughout this re
gion, in this glorious work., It is' hardly
needful to specify instances. We call .hear
of no church where, to a greateror, less. ex
tent, the influence , of the great, awakening
has not been felt. Oar Presbytiries have
now held their Spring meetings, and reports
are made from nearly all the churches; and
cheering indeed to the lover of '
Zion are
those reports. 'The hearts of Christiana have
been greatly sheered, old back•sliders every
'where reclaimed, and 'in almost all the
churches sinners have'been added unto-the
Lord. Ten, fifteen, twenty, thirty, forty,
fifty—almost all the fruit of the m great
awakening"—are reported as having united
with the different churches. In the Pres-
bytery of, Rock River, in North-Western
Illinois, which held a recent meeting 'at
Galena, it appeared that some two hundred
had already experienced • :hope, .in:.,the
churches there represented, and, the work is
still progressing. In the Presbytery of Chi
cago, of Schuyler and Peoria, all, in Northern
and Central Illinois, the blessed work pro
gresses. Without noise, .or unusual excite
ment, in many instances without extra
meetings, often without stated meetings of
any kind, the Spirit has continued.to oper
ate—silently, yet deeply. Churches which
were without, pastors have been blessed as
those under pastoral oversight. Persons
who had not been to the house of ,God for
years have been found out in their seclusion
by the gracious Spirit, and the first known
of them by the Church, is their seeking ad
mission, to the, ordinances, through a profes
sion of their faith, in Christ. -
Union prayer-meetings, similar to those
of Eastern cities, have
~ been established
throughout this wkole 'region, and in , some
places they are: appointed as regular daily
meetings tor.the year, designed to be a per
manent institution. Let the hearts, of dif
ferent denominations of Christians be drawn
more
,and more closely together around the
throne of mercy,, and there CM be no ques
tion but the .blessing will continue to de
scend. -
The monetary pressure continues through
out the North-West. There is much:pro- I
duce yet on hand, but prices ate such that
but little is changing hands. That feature
of this stringency which is most to, be re
gretted is, its effects upon the School and the
'Church. Many a noble enterprise has been
crippled, and for the time being, suspended,
in consequence of the difficulty Alt in pro
curing the necessary funds to carry it for
ward. The Synod of Illinois, composed of
the Presbyteries of •Peoria, Sangamon, and
Kaskaskia, have in the process of upbuilding
the University of Peoria. The Presbytery
of Chicago have the Marenga Collegiate In
stitute ; the Presbytery of Rock River have
the Dixon Collegiate Institute; and the''
Presbytery of Schuyler have the Aledo Col
legiate Institute—all noble enterprises, , and
all greatly crippled by the present financial
troubles. The lowa brethren, we hear, are
about to erect new and more commodious
buildings for Alexander College, under their
care at Dubuque: Dixon Collegiate Insti
tute has tecently closed a very prosperous
session, of five months' duration, and enters
the 3d- of May upon another term, under
flattering prospects. This School flourishes,
though "the hard times" causes the com
pletion of the buildings to drag.
As reports of the progress of our cause in
the new and growing regions of our country
are always interesting to your readers, I send
you the following historical sketch of the
Presbytery of Des Moines, kindly furnished
me by a brother of that resbytery :
"The Presbytery of Des Moines occupies
the central 'portion of the Southern half of
the State of lowa, its Eastern boundary
being about sixty miles from the Mississippi
river, and its' estern boundary about the
same distance from. the Missouri. Its
Northern boundary is about forty miles
North of Des Moines pity, the capital of the
State. The Presbytery comprises about
twenty °aunties,. covering an area of eleven
thousand square miles,. through ,the midst of
which, from S. W. to N
. E., meanders the
beautiful stream fre — which it takes its
name. , The Des Moi'es valley'is noted for
Mo p '
its fertile soil and osh i , natural advantages,
rendering it capable sustaining a heavy
population. And wh the day shall come,'
as I doubt not it . will, ben lowa shall 13°, as
densely - peopledas so eof our New Eng.
land States- now are, the territory 'covered
, breur Presbytery willisontain a million and
a quarter immortal so+.
"Our Presbytery was erected by the Synod.
of Illinois, in 00ot:err, 1851. And its., pr-,
lisriiiitiorktdeliillitee ii Nbleiribiil73lldw
ing, , with ftve , mi *titers and fourteen'
~churches
i f
allplOhatiiiin°ll( igtate of lowa, so far
ai4o-Ited been,explorel; or =made , a .field' of
laberAy :Presbyteriang:Was'comprised In the
titir:Preshyteries of , l a and Cedar. Des
14:0108`was the third, itur..with the , others,
6E140116,v:f10g year;:wa nude to constitute
'ltii.gynod of , lowa. ;Tim ' Presbytery, as
first created, and - as ,
t remained , until re
cently, , comprised about, twice the area that
it does at present, extending from within
forty miles of the Miesissippi, clear acrosi
the State to the. Missouri. .
"The churches at the organizationof Pres
bytery, were all feeble,: andi most Of .them,
but recently organized; < Not more than,
two or three had houses of - worship .of'an
ki n d, and not one any thing like substan
tial' or permanent The total church mem
bership, as reported ti the AsSeriably in
1852, was four hundred and' seventy-two; in
1853, five hundred and-twenty-six.
"The ministerial forne now at -work in the
field which Presbytery; embiaced Mite or
ganization, numbers about twenty. The
churches number thirty two. The church
buildings are'about sixteen,
,or half as !miner
ous,as the churches ; • and of these one half
are substantial, permanent, comfortable
building!, while the •other half are • small,
and designed to be teMporary. The total
membership in these thirtytwo churches, is
near;fourteen hundred: - Eighteen churches
have been organized, the aggregate mem
bership of which is about;five hundred.
"The.whole number Of Ministers who have
been members of Presbytery from its organ
iiation, not including , two or three licen
tiates, is twenty-three. .Of these, six were
ordained!by the Presbytery, and two were
receivedlroto other ,Inail l ehes of the , Church.
Of the whole number of, Ministers; three
have-been ditaaissed to,neighboring,Presby
teries. One (Rev. R.4. - :Dinsmore,) has
been called to his rewin#;' three - were'set
off by Synod, to constiiitte.;:thir Presbytery
of Council Bluffs; and eh weratset off to
the—Presbytery of -loWles.ving tu;, °<>with
cosine recent accessions,:nuMbering - nine or
dained ministers. The whole , number of
churches included in our present boundary
is seventeen, several of which have been re
'bendy organized. Oar aggregate church
membership is probably about six hundred
and-fifty. Our ministerial laborers sustain,
for the,most part, the relation of pastor to
the, chinches they serve.- Such his been
the case from the organization,of Presbytery.
Our records show.but few instances of disso
lution of. the pastoral relation„ and of our
present number, six are pastors; and. the:
seventh is a pastor pled. Only three of our
churches are entirely self-sustaining, and
consequently most of the brethren are-sus
,tained part, by the Board -of Domestic
Missions. We are &beat equally, dependent
I on the Church at large, through the Church
Extension committie, for the means of creat
ing•houses of worship.
" The average nominal salary received by
ministers in our Presbytery, is about,-$5OO,
in one instance falling below, and in-two
initances rising above thatamount.
" This brief review of our past history
'and present condition, is not without in
sstruction:anddencouragement to,the lover. of
Zion. There :is much land yet to be occu
pied, yet it is gratifying to observe the pro
gress that is being- made. The seven short
years of our Presbyterial existence show re
sults which but cheer and encourage..
Churches organized, houses of worship erect
ed,,communities blessed with the sound of
the Gospel, and children gathered into Sab
bath Seboola—snd all this in the formative,
plastic state in which society is found in all
new countries—are results which give' prom
ise of great and lasting benefit to immortal
souls.'
It is my design to continue to furnish
your readers with similar' histaxicat accounts
of the formation and growth of Presbyteries )
as I. can attain the materials.,
Yours, &0.,
For the Presbyterian Benner and Advocate
Revival at Bitininhani,
Dc am, Docrow:—We wish, through your
paper, for the encouragement of our ,breth
ren in similar circumstances, to tell of the
-loving kindness of the. Lord unto us. We
are a little band of Presbyterians, organized
a few years ago into a church, and have had
bat little regular preaching—mostly supplies
once a month, sent us•by the Presbytery of
St. Clairsville. We, have, by great exertion
and self-denial ) built and , furnished taste
ful and commodious, church.. We were bat
few.in number, and, mostly in moderate air
cumstanees ; and last Fall, God, by a sudden
stroke, took from us one of our main pillars,
a beloved. Elder; others of our friends had
become alienated from us. Under these
discouragements, a few of us met, from Sab
bath,• to Sabbath, to pray, and mourn, and
talk over the .waste and desolation of our be
loved,Zion. The Lord heard our prayers,
and has graciously answered them. At our
request, the Presbytery of St. Clairsville sent
us two of the brethren, to- administer the
Lord's Supper. They came on the 21st of
April, and the Spirit of God was with them.
The services were continued for eight days,
morning and evening; the Word, through
them, was "in demonstration of the Spirit
and of power." And we now rejoice, and
thank the Lord for his goodness in more
than doubling our number, Twenty-three
have been received into the communion of
our little church, and our own souls refreshed.
Nnmbers more are - seriously impressed ; our
former friends haft returned to us--4 num•
ber of them oast in their lots with us, and a
number of new friends made to our eause:
"The' Lord has done great things- for us,
whereof we are ghtoi" - D.
Frani our London Correspondent.
The Political Situation—The " Time" and its
&tire on the Derby Cabinet—Curious Scene in
the House—et Weak Cabinet—What shall be the
Issue, and When R—The Naval Defences and our
"Lively Neighbor"—State of Feeling in France
toward England—The frisk Society—Annual
Meeting—Past History--Recent Usifrilnese—Re
mite in America—Mail and Telegram from India
—Fall of Lucknow—Work to be Dorie—Seczaar •
idm in England—Bs Apostle--Ifutual Quarrels
and Fain Witneae-Bearing—Trial of Bernard—
Patient .Tuatice on the Bench--Chinme Lanptsayee
and Interireters—The Bible and Minions there.
LONDON, April 16th, 1858
The. POLITICAL Sritrivriori during , the
last fortnight, to some, has' been amusing, to
others, annoying. Among the annoyed, you
can well believe is the ex•Ministerialist
press, and the Whig party generally. The
'Tates M,onday sneeringly - snimadverte& -
on the irostiecteof the Cabinet, 'arluirig,, in
its lOM caustic way, that if England' was
henceforth :to be rated by a minority,,and,
that the business of a majority is simply to
register their decrees, the sooner that is,set
tied the better, by the House - of Comnions.
The ex-Ministers may loVe to do'penance,
and may derive great be'neflt .from self
inflicted flagellation, but what
. have the
people done ? Why should the majority,
whom they sent to Parliament, continue to
wear the white sheet at the expense of that
Constitutional system which haa worn so
well since the Revolution of 1688'7
When the Commons met, the 41a,me
evening, a curious scene took place. Nothing`
could'' illustrate batter the disorganization of
political parties. Lord J. Russell depre
cated' discussion of a party Character on
India, as, also did Lord :Palmerston, after
wards. To read the Times, one would have
supposed, that the Liberals were closing up
their ranks in order to make a common
rush. upon the,Derby Ministry. Lord' John,
however, advocated the coarse of bringing
in a series of resolutions, on which a bill
should be founded. Mr. Disraeli clutched
at this proposal like a drowning man, and
actually proposed that Lord John should
bring- in the resolutions himself,. he (Dis
raeli) thus virtually abdicating the functions
of a Cabinet Minister I The Ellenborough
Bill is condemned on all sides, and the anx
iety is to hold office -at. any cost. Lord
Palmerston thought it would •be a waste of
time to go into, Committee- on resolutions,
and that it would be hest to - go into disitts
sion `of the bills as framed. It is pretty
clear, I think, that both bills are virtually
shelved by the move of Lord J.. Russell.
He does not mint to bring back Palmerston,
and he`has a select band of trusty , followers.
So he bides his time. B ichitaiden,'hiiiiest
and 'patriotic, and lie does'not want( hasty
legislation for India. The ;Times is: in a
great rage at the result. But , if Disraeli
bring in resolutions, instead' of• a bill, then
if: the majoriti , of "the Hash 'vote against
them,,thoCaldnet may he l foree& to resign.
There is no doubt,,in ,such a ease, of Pal
merston'L return, to power, penitent, we '
trust, 'aridprepired to' be' less'ilietatorial, -
and more true to the cause of prokress.
Besides, the Budget of Disraeli - is yet-to
come forward; and on that a party vote may I
be' taken. Everything possible,, however,
will demi to retain office, by those in -
power. The ease; as. a' country Winer said
the other day, is-just like that of , his pigs d
at • the -trough. One part of the yoang . 1
porkers have got their noses , into the &rough,
and wisk.to
n ge,on with their pleasant feed';
'I
While anothisdt of them, outside, make
a'great ontery; and-ire - doing their beet 'to
thittstnthenrdve.s , for Ward; aniltheiXtm'ates
aside I
. The ,NAVY ESTIMATEs - game rise to on
animated discussion. All agreed..that s oir
defences must be increased and strengthened,
and that our insular position. makes: the'
state of the navy a vital question. Mr.
Drummond, in his quaint way;' pointed-'Out
our dangers from Fronee,lind wattied , the
House that if. a ,crisis came ,we would get
no warning. "Our - nearest neighbor, was
not - a dull, red-tape fellow,like`ours c elies.
He wawa very lively gentletnari; arid'ilwaYs
acted by coup de man." Napoleon was
,and is true to us j but the -day might come
when he would be forced by the French
into war. The Univers and the priests long
for this. The Orkaird - party are just as bit
ter, throughotheir organs. Many, too, think
that Napoleon must get up awar somewhere,
in order to save himself. The French army
now numbers sik hundred thousand Men.
They are familiarwitlf the idea of invading
England. Immense ships of war are also
being built, some of them bomb and shot
proof, to, shelter great . personages;!:.Our
comfort is that " the Lord reigneth."
The IRISH ANNIVERSARIES of ,Religive
Soeieties are being held at present, io
Dublin. The veteran Lord Roden' is tire
Cheirman at most of them. Heexpitiiiee
his delight " in - being permitted ito'grdir old
in supporting such' institutions these."
One of the mostinterestink is thelrish So
ciety. It hati been. -in existence for 'forty
years. Its specifio 'design (has always been
to instruct that part of the population of
Ireland who speak the old Celtic tongue ,of
the country, in the knowledge of the Word
of God. There is an 'edition of the Irish
Bible, which has been in circhlition thiarigh
.the British and Foreignißible Society'since
1825. The Baptist Mission Sohrads-intlre
land thus effected much good, years ago,
and the " SciOiety' having larger
means and r nuineridutrigants, still more.
Its sohools are not like other schools. ' , They
differ in, that = the majority of pupils are
adults, "that` these scholars do not meet, in
the'same room; nor it'the'ssime-tiMe ; that
they are widely scattered,laid often meet-Jet
night, or in secret. No grammar or geom.
phy is taught, nor yet writingur arithmetic.
The only school books are a small one con
taining the forms of the Irish character; for
beginners ; with advaneed pupils, the Irish
-Bible. There are six thousand adult pupils,
some of them fathers and grandfathers.
Pleasing exa.mples of recent usefulness
were recorded. One was of fruit produced_ '
in America. A youth had left Ireland a
Romanist'; but from an-Irish teanher, who
was the instrument ,of' the conversion-of
eight others, >he 'had received some knowl
edge of the Scriptures. In New York he
studied them with more diligence; and
having full freedom from priestly control, he
openly became a Protestant. In that city
he met another convert of the Society.
This man traveled" urther West in the same
State, and met a family of respectable emi
grants from his own neighborhood, all. Ro
monists. The' bonvert lei& open them
NORTEL-NVEST.
the way of life,: and wise the Means of
bringing every member of the family out of
the Church of Rome.
It is not to be forgotten that at the present
time the work 'of conversion proceeds but
slowly in Ireland, and that the Popiab
bishops and priests are doing their utmost
to retain their powei. Still, good seed is
sown, which often in other lands bears glo
rious fruit.
The MAIL FROM INDIA , brings us another
of Russel's admirablecorresporidence. His
descriptions of .an Eastern army and' its
camp-followers, is pictorial, and - powerful to
a degree. The number , of. camels, bullocks,
and servants mentioned, is almost incredible,
and the line of march extends over, many ,
miles. He deseribes; !Mao, the, places en the
road+to> Lucknowi'wherer fla.velock foupbt
battles last year,lind trialy apeaks oUtbesse
18 ,"liistoric grottad,' _ 44
l'he great `news hrought by leleglato,
hoWever, is the' final 'fall of Inieltuon,
the flight of fifty tliOnsand 861:4'inifels; ,
the sending - out of flYing''colunins - in - pur
suit; the capture of one hundred , !and
seventeen_ guns at Luollnew; the sulmaission
to'British rule of the . native*land 7 oWners;
and the safety , of two English ladies
had been -: captivity.*- It is feared" that,
some .tale' - captives have' perished by - the
hands of the erne' foe:
The next telegram we, hope will inform
ne of the rebels overtaken and dispersed
„, ~5
but as they'are nunierons, rapid - m move-
Ments, ind have'fleff into' two' dikinet
proiritioes, the diffteulties of our army' are
great. The hot season is lam upon the
soldiers.
SECULARISM, IN ENGLAND is rather:at a
discount pl now.. This, as you are aware,
is the new . form and „phase - of . infidelity:
Holvoake; its' leaditikapostle; is the editor
of The Reasoner, or 'Gazette 'of Wecilaristn .
l ln a recent article of his, entitled "Party
Criticisms," revelations come, out of , a very
damaging character : The leadeM are quar
reling among the mselves. ..Thita•HOlyoake
chairged one of these with writing " Cbiis
tian recantations to the'Bib/s! Defender., and
LvAtheistioal protestations to Th . e, investigator,
by the same post; as iMposing . OA ,a minis
ter in a piper, repr'esenting that he was con
erted to ' Christianity' by the death-bed
cane of his grandfather; 'ilay,'that "pint.;
d a notice' of his , own- death, and Made the'
minister believe ,that he died a Chtistiatt.P:
minister
that this person " sent one of,
ibis 'funeral cards to tis,'bde as received it,
on the sth' of the month; and 'as his death
i was-put down as ocintriingi on'thellthi we"
tconclnded, that since an impetuous friend
t.had died six days before his.time, he, would
tfirabably Aim again; and in: aye time heap ; ..
ipeared — as elitor of the iiii4W:lictior! ,
lialyoakit his Written - a'tritne,4iiiii. Mcil.
'de brittaille' with hitriattyo '1911611 7 " ' The j
..Logiot of, Death." : : Bait} it will tgO liar& fOrt
any "logic" to;PaqfYii even, .on senlar'
imiiiids,
~.i tiol . ..s . nppo . sing , there is „tiething
ibeYonci. 'death; Wick' iinaiiiiiiilick iaillia.'
• , ThoStitfuliiititi pilifesTniith r ei bilieAtiiri;
)ats soiDeists, - ..althOnglrreVellidulxit them
is one to the other. ) .This is , a specimen of
their elialione!d7, and ff,etkqW, ilisy,Ossol_in
iiiiOli iidioilOus itit,Omai2taai,:tke * lßiloring . :`
r ii Tomate Ailielia 'the shlbtilibgilt of the'
qteOtilar' arty, '*fou a' b Id'm"akat Sedi . lla ,
"ant Athe . mtio - Seetitianiim; l- wparkiabd
.
1 0a1100e
: as .. any. ] -'ChTistia . nySeetarlanitOn.l
!the. OnnipleS i of, i Secttlarsnige pti A pt,, l
`both ` from Atiiiiinri and Theisit, riadlh,ore,
Is'oaii ba' 4 nii liofigt;Aifidat, itti, Vidqibiiiii'
!Tidy; withotik'keriping.ftliisiponik l weiriiii-':
tieistood??
' And , sq they ippealhobtheirTdetinitinifiat
Seputeriemj-which ie iLffollints ,
," Secularism teaches theigeodnofithis.life
to l in a rightful .object-of pnmary kutsuit -
licit - Oates the suf4ciency,ef i practioal motel
ft,f,'apArtlilM' TheisiitOthe We, selects
ail its method' of Inceisiliffe?the . pionietion c lt
humin improlement by matefild -'means;
and proposes .unity of action-on:the three-
!fold groun4-0f Po s itivism.-" . . - ...,:
Thus''Siailifiriiiii; , being an. "Object,,of
'primary pursuit,' and " Theism and the
Bible, with its " motality" ignoied, "is
quite. unneeeteary ; while all the ihile,"most
,unphilosophioally, the grand questionlitheth
atoi,,rbintu_art!p,ois.
L r it m . a u n ns h e as ttle a d l :e u n li d a th d a a t a tidi Et e ern i
mart'" whioh, 'after all; may be'very saber
-1 dinate as compared - 'with what matignimcital
I should "seekfiratiz'.;•Beautifembralitiriteo,
there is in. the ,Sectilarisg i liarty, - .,: ; Holyoitite
describes, ati Aliong ,theEti, 7i ".a number. of
,iniiotartines'ii'aini, *doh fireittle limed' Lip '
i distrust ,- and arsseggiet iiiiiiialiesBi. la
lercapiriaii'ithiisekhilliiteitliblryltilik bilk"
1,
t. 11440. ~'Theis. is .'evidenflrarstidißimind
.‘4isilt4oY anion .. ,the,; Pqrt7tV .!'t/P. La nds;
kJOY/4, a n IPSO 1) 9# 43 1/ 0 -(100 1 1.3* pP!
t i e
in"pais* . gonivieet 'fil 4 ",,t;)lioes 4 ne, ps) , ! 1
'the' W&itiititslieink! .t 45 S u oiiiiitiOng
s'eide - last Christmas Then ilesolnfid'ehi‘ tell
.
i lies about , Ohristians. : First, a :minister !
writes from the country, expos ing: tbofalee-
I hoPda of young - went p in,
in a letter aPPrtS
rin the &Cute*, ridiculing l aid ihisrApre
-4 /Walled 16tiiiidlifieligiliiiii tieiviee u Neil, ,
Holyoake';'who affects being libowiniiiiithe
sentation, writes a piece, called'!" Telt-Tile
Statistics." He commenhitop the Scottish
Registiar-Ootieral's SocialStatistics f ithoring
that in Gbeigew . ,iiiiltdinhurgli, an still
more in DundeO, - - iPertii; ' and'''. AterWailii,
the number •of illegitimate s 'children . ..briar
larger than ; in London. ' Onlwhat --does, le
lay the blame 7 Is .it on, t li
_o Practical, ko.
delity and home-heathen and IriSh Ro
manist% , which increasin gl y , every year,
she* themselves in Scottish towns, alit-by
reason of which drunkenness and licentious
ness Abound ? No : " Sabbath-breakitiglAen
don is two-fold more moral than Sabbath-
keeping Edinbirgk s or G lasgo w ," because pf
"the rigid righteousness' of Scotland;" and
its " Sabbath strittilisr and 50,5 . 41 P Ma
yoake, " We - go in for Sabbath-breaking As
the more moral thing:- The Sunday League
has better work on hand ,
than ; Sco ttish thei
a. ,
`Ohiiilli." The • virulence of this , neede no
exposure.. It is the ' BibleithialCoom.
mends purity, and .denounces, through the
lips 'of the ministers . -0f,.." The, -. ..lBoottish
Ohurch". —whiekis tbe real objeet,ef hatred.
The Devil',l Servilife,,psitiefiliiitppootates
like Biljioike, "are" alleys ' tine to their
l inse teee, exampla-TY a:= liar, I and the father
of it." It, is. our 00*:91 , :t4,410 S ooo leyiamli
" a house diVided , agaiesCitielf ; 1 that it . s is
shaky, and more and' iiiiiii inspected;
4 ind
• `our hope' ii, - Ilititit milt pass'. /lap Ilkei& 4
-cialienr and other-poptilar,ilehisionSPE - tut
what we want, (Oh that it were outs in its
4
Philadolibbi s 111 Smith' Tenth &OA, Cunt
By XsA, or at theinee, 111,50 perlfitir, ten vuable rinh
Delivered in the Olin- 11,71 . -- "' ,
WHOLE NO. 994
Ls!: a U.l
=
U nels )- hi en efiiiiar
Hold 8 4 1 .0c1 t =u4Sßg,et the
Hol
• S pun k , Up on the imam aid
Upon all
nuke in the land. .
TR4AT iii4lneftr ed
' , 9r .13 gAg g
with *ll4lilfacturiOg Abe.ltvenadiatinCed by
Orsini and his, friendirin,Parisitcprogress
ing, and excites great interest A/W , guilt.
- `no • , 14 15 =1 1 A9nice
to respectable and : He is ib ut forty
of"about "seventeen d Eng
lishtriimin, is one r 'orthe'witniiiii ) against
him. It as probable that he will' be con
victed, notivithstanding - the forensic ability
and acuteness which will.beApleyed - cm his
behalf. But there are POints of lei which
will be raised; ; And i lrgian must kp,solemnly
ergfied afterwardii,' before aBipreine Court
composed of fifteen. Aches. This absenoe
of hinter, in-deciding iinOrtint, ic
one of the itharacteristice-of s free Country.
Trne, there maths slowness, (m st Naples,
with BelPbea viol9lopC.Yet , a, foregone
conclusion in corrupt pages to, oundemn.
What'is thie'bitte, fetine;propeneit, to play
with the victim ere it'is devoured! The
British BenehlerldrOTilyi . e i markable for its
legal aliili fer:an inteety ea, 'pure as
the`ermine' Wllieh covers the Aka-Aden of
-the'lndges.. The days of &Jeffries, I trust,
are gone forever,
FROM HOMO KONG } the 'Tones Coinea
pondent writes an interesting. letter, He
expeobs every thing to be quiet for,,seSmilele
to come. Yeti, the Ex Governor iiriCab f icm,
is id Calcutta before this titne,'anditWas
left ito the option of the aeverniiriG4deral
either to detain him there,- or 'send -him on
to,England. "Yeh make butau in
tractable London lion. never get
hint te shake 'his made, end roar."
There is a great'Want of good iritiipre
tern in China. There are eighteen Aistioat
languages, besides `the Court dialect. Not
one. of our , Chinese . scholars mukupeak
three of themi withlitteney. Axed evil,
politically, has arisen from sitbniitfing
gnes
tions of .§t...4 45 1P 4 4 1 9, 2,404 - At "PAP literary
ataumißents, see..*PlPLPlY9uffh mi
croscope; and lead us into national wars for
matters not worth . a sheet of foolscap."
China is.pithily 'described, us . " a country
where the' ,roses' have no-'fragrance,.the
laborer no Sabbatb,:the magistrate no of
honor—where the roads boar no yehicles,und
the _ ships no knits; whereold.meti flykii,es;
wheis needle points' to Joe South a nd
the sign of being p u z zl ed to' setratelethe
antipodes of .the headi where the place of
honor
_is on the left' lein‘and4hUseal of
intellect : re, the stomas is *INA, to_ igike
off yOur 'hat is an limdent,jeistuni, and to
Weal`white ` gaiments, is to*** *raid in
mourning' thitifea " we
ouglitnotAo,be'astenisliediefnurtilliteriitare
,
lifio.urats tßOlPbabestr kbmffti-Meltithout
T Ammer, ,For °M OW 0312 1 7 t he
ccovinigeah'skiiieen titejusi o 8 to
dialects
havetipmi ibsuiehid tn:tho la&iring elan
-08.;!!,. arid,cla ;Maw must not be startled to
find that this Chizwejamajtel.fut the most
intricate, cumbrous, and-unwiel dy vehicle of
thoughtfitthsirevirr'obtame r among any
)
all til:i!9rolf4 :49w, Wkat
oricron t ne, eP ; totud.otlfertio htm*
hr t ;7, i
intr,;"; as
- done to master t hen mese tontae,,,, `and
164* thirivrittift Tivne'fied
:Gospel, silverly idigthriihiotilhall-yet end
, in the *genera:den ofrone.third-ofthehnnian
race. -
, ;Hint; to Taean't Churelkai
The fplidwiligP:eonummiqictiosw.ithhsrwe
taelretivtlie PretWan'alterkstd, should
1)0 loarefullyl)rild4y o+ery poiereck' neied
*nth, *cane" ofiruroh:. Soo Zft4iit the :toe*.
plo -of 'not. ei`. - oongregatioh Immo, :to ; forget
altogether :their: Audis; Aaut Itre ZlOl4
negligelitrmidaridiffereet, - dtlit'*hett their
oympithyreilei fitithilutiViayate are most
necred:! , .
Vaonnt otifrelieslieal ocitifica Aliiiiya
thereire some in **mint ihurehei 'reading
the religious
_papers. - I would say s - few
words to them, ` . . •
1. ' itiiiiiitib4 - Sibni,
- jej o iiniy;: - tie' is
something wiligiblikpiibt'lisiro
ottedilot the siioiifgeFlift anittlaiiffAiit,
1 and lherdsiigers of fa vaennuntin the`-pas
torate. No matter who s e Isits asked for
i ".30,iesetitn.g f I; 1 15 1 41 Sitt# yon
to 's, 1,... , r nor w mipo. t *atm
ugila I &gen e , thWili Ilk' NM - -ng
i s
faulty abodriliS9weidiviuttetitere d
li seasphit silk anitteppati otiii.3:l ft :1...
2.44FteAmow A 41001#0 -*die
i vseanv eng it ck 4 no, o lel,t m or, :tme
iseVitoteg tome bolde
claimer, sotdeVfisi w 4 some I iforid
orator, some a 1;l1 dress and eapti
eating memorial - I
f writ a soli and
v''faiillfaiiiitiohdi i an i t pi tot. If Yait hear
741911kt'; OftifilltettlAildieli ofinif arerlikidy
'lto batreitheiglavorittionot thus_hetionasild
L PIS 4 1.17.) 1 11f9P114 : ' Guard carefully
)% IP4 - - i t l f t r ° P (1 7:: - .t - . --- -
' - 3: 1 , 1 En covet , tiiiisviiii ?skis as *kn fit a
dpiottieliiid idlitimitife PtiiiehliltatiimWela
illi* iiir aoseir , thiliplittaae. • Th*tOt
n :WSW .04iid is faultless Mall!'rAlOrtegliebtre to
•gc.(9 l . l eviro Pon* -m,
i ,P MAll46.9lxixtui
;he'best man for you t wiloapine* esT God
linitii" to Bendfo#: The ;aqui , mild iMitit . ih
ling Of eindidateeis tintliiitgly to do much
tigoo& ' You•wilt Wear as mitt* iuid there
. fore not be profited: ~.!, ~.,. ~ ~....
- 4. As ~ YOtt, are l li
a .lt* to iteeonip , •w*Fer
while vio,nt, throw All i Jour influence, "Edo
'the" itliiiitii to ' !Oda it. - Watr
from your ' it. s laelt;"'Attand 4 all v tlie ' ' inWer
- meetings, iiapeohdlybo the:limant &blabs.
, Moot Aith, 4Le ehurei and friy.for o. ... -, .
P"P r k and for union pi visd (.3,m4., , ; g
it anion:" And Pray much in secret or
these blessings. . p ar .
__ „`.
,„.
5. wy o u.ahtslifit.dstirpt-ni: a rra.
t vide liberally for Ibis support) A- , of
1-proper tuPPPrt lik.ely ht 4. a. golkiadtoktti;do
pram l
with, ,the .of. allltitt g a i t
Ineittk'ni; roan to visit y,mi rt. _ wypa PS
7
rat
his iiietiiiiiPiiie li bilift,,,46 ni" lite.
- When /WAN atatiluiPlo.litif ' tiint
more than will be regularly alit grinoisidly
paik; but ,seottre him" ge9443lvtlignigalp
ands little tolay by for , u.rainy , !lay,- or o d
nail" itioea). VAIN,
the pOifferitrettbetilebbet , 461 0 411 :be
worl4 ( cooveitincorisnallngrouteougitikh,
continuous prayer, 4011m#14pliatienou