PRES IYTERIAN BAWR & ADVOCATE. rresbytiorlaa llsaner. Vol. VI, Ns. 41. Presbytariaa Advesate, Vol. U, lion 38. I DAVID MoKINNEY, Editor and Proprietor. rqRMS.-IN ADVANCE. Vottrg. Havelock. BY W. WHITTON REIVICK, A B " Ed Mum, tuned aelebrernus honorem " ENCIP LIBBII. V. Now my harp, with solemn measure Would I strike thy chords again, And, with mingled grief and pleasure,' Tune a hymn of loftier strain; A hymn for one whose deeds are ringing Through the brazen trump of fame, Whilst his faith and wort'i are flinging Lustre round a Christian name. Havelock I—now a name in story, Hero in the world's esteem ; Sainted now above in glory, • thou shalt_be the poet's theme: Thou a Christian, yet a hero Wreathed with battle's gory crown, Not like Timour, nor like Nero, But more like our Washington. Had I pen of inspiration To extol thee as I would, Then I'd draw for contemplation All in mortal that is.good: A warrior-chieftain—Christian soldier, Ever in his country's cause Battling for the right, yet bolder As a Soldier of the Cross. Now beyond the banks of Indus, Now beneath the Ghinese wall; At the Butlej and the Ganges, Ever at thy country's call; Thou art seen, with noble spirit, In the midst of deadly strife, Bidding warriors stern, inherit Hopes of.evetlasting life. Now I see ten thousand dangers Press thee through thy Berman wars, Till, with Colin's. Highland rangers, Thou dost burst like blazing stars; Front to front in horrid battle, • In defence of Britain's fair, Ravish'd, hunted down like cattle, Lost in anguish and despair. Ohl thy life—how strange and thrilling! Here it culminates sublime; When we hear the pibroch trilling, Par away in India's clime, And behold thee stand undannted 'Mid the Sepoys' brutal rage; And, when thine arm no more is wanted,* Calmly vanish from,the,stage God, who rules is God of nations, Surely kept thee safe thus far, Mid such perils and mutations Free from death, or wound, or soar : Then, when thou had'st worked his pleasure For Ms kingdom here on earth, England's Knighthood could not measure Full reward all such worth. So, whilst pride and royal favor Olnstered honours round thy head, Whilst the world proolahnid thee saviour Thou Wert strioken cold and dead: Death on earth for life!in heaven, Golden crown for bloody sword, Joys above all earthly given, Now, confirm. God's, faithful Word. Uniontown, Pa„ .funs, 1858. * The imperllled,belng delivered, and another General in the field, Havelock could be spared, to enter into his rest. For the 'Presbyterian Banner and Advocate The Christian Ministry : ITS. ORIGIN ; ITS OBJECTS; ITS DECLARED RESPONSIBILITIES; ITS .ACTUAL BEAR INGS ON ALL THE GREAT INTERESTS OE MEN. No. 1. A distinguished Southern lawyer, well acquainted with the family and character of the late John Breokinridge, referring to the choice of a profession made by that °mi. nently talented young man, is reported to have said, " Breckinridge has sold his birthright for, a mess of pottage." This re mark affords a pretty fair specimen of the estimate which men of the world fix upon the office of the Christian ministry. It is true, that men who in their decisions and conduct are influenced chiefly by the things that are seen and temporal, are often found paying their general homage to religion and its institutions. Such men, if intelligent, know, and, if honest in principle, they will acknowledge the importance of that influence which , these institutions ex ert, in promoting and securing all the great interests of &neje] and relative life, the good of communities and nations, the happiness of men. And, if they are benevolent, they will give to these institutions their cordial and their efficient support. Such men are convinced that it is a truth, founded in the consideration of man's constitution and character, and demonstrated by his whole history, that without the sanctions of reli gion, human society cannot exist in any de sirable form ; that without their hold on men's conscience, there is no safety for property,, for liberty, nor for life. And on this score, even infidels themselves wily ad mit the supelior claims of the religion of the Bible. Bat then we do not base the chief claims of the Christian ministry on the• ground of its bearings on men's temporal interests, great and commanding as is its importance here. We take the Bible for our stand point,,in looking at the subject, and we re gard this as an institution of the Son of God himself; designed to bear especially on the interests of his own spiritual kingdom, and upon men's higher interests, the interests of the soul and eternity. And mangre the infidel's sco rn , we attach ideas of dignity, of importanc e atia usefulness to this office, which belong to 'windier distinction known among men. This 7 „, omoe hasa its ORIQIN in Christ's own express appointment. It is indeed true that Christian ministers are not clothed with those extraordinary powers with which the inspired Apostles were invested. As the speoiai and extraor dinary messengers of Qod, the, Apostles have no successors in the Church. With the termination of their lives, ther, Apos tolic Ace, Ito far as it was distinctive •and peculiar, ceased .to exist. We know. l well what are the high-sounding titles whicklis• Holiness at Rome , appropriates to himself), , as the legitimate successor of Peter, as the Vicar of Christ on earth. Bat we regard these as the impious assumptions of a pre tender, not founded in the authority of God's Word, but based on the lying tradi tions of men. We know, too, the pompous and the extravagant claims of the prelacy, which loves so dearly to have the pre eminence—its vain boastings about Apos tolic succession and Apostolic powers. We of course reject all such pretensions as in jurious and anti-Scriptural. Yet we main tain that the ordinary ministry is an express institution of Jesus Christ. And all who hold this office are, although not so imme diately, yet as really commissioned by Christ himself, as were the first preachers—as were the Apostles themselves. It is through the instrumentality of their fellow-men, but it is in the name and by the authority of Christ, and in the exercise of that power which he has expressly delegated to his Church, that ordinary ministers are set apart to their office. And accordingly we are told that when he ascended up on high, he gave some Apostles, and some prophets, and some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, for the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ. And God bath set or appointed teachers in the Church. The Apostle, to the elders, or Presbyters, or ministers at Ephesus, says, Take heed unto yourselves, and to all the flock over the which the Ibly 'Ghost bath made you overseers or bishops. To Archip pus, an ordinary minister, the direction is, Take heed unto the ministry which thou host received in the Lora, that thou fulfill it. And hence the command, Ordain elders, Presbyters or ministers in every city. Ministers are then among Christ's ascen sion gifts to his Church, and they come to us commissioned by the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords. As men, they may not make any claim to pre-eminence, or to any peculiar dignity above their felloi-meit. But as ministers of Christ, they hold 'an office higher then that of the Emperors, and Kings, and Presidents of earth. And we have enough to chide all low estimates of the dignity and importance of this office, in the mere recollection of the paramount au thority in whioh it originates. And then, too, there are THE OBJECTS at whioh it aims. The direct and prominent object of the Christian, ministry, as we have already inti mated, is the promotion of the interests , of Christ's spiritual kingdom in the world. This institution, the ministry, is made to oc cupy the first place of importance, in that system of means (we now speak of human instrumentality ) ) which God has instituted to carry out the great purposes of his love and mercy in relation to our apostate race. With the advanowiiint of God's glory in the conversion and salvation of men, ministers are especially charged. In the language of the Bible, they are especially appointed (instrumentally,) to open men's eyes, to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins . and an in heritance among them that are sanctified. For the perfecting of the saints, for the 'edi fying of the body of Christ; till we all come in the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a per fect man, unto the measure of the stature of tLe fullness of Christ. We may talk of the high political and civil interests of the states and the ,king doms of the world; we, may speak of the most valued temporal interests of men; but what are all these, when compared with the interests of Christ's spiritual kingdom, and with the immortal destiny of the soul I Nothing is, nor can be, so desirable, as the advancement of the glory of the Son of God. Nothing is, nor can be, so important to us, as our own salvation. What, in fact, gives to the affairs of empires aid nations, to any and all the events and the concerns of earth, their chief interest and importance,, is, that they are made to snbserve God's designs of mercy and grace. It is for the . elect's sake that the world stands. If God had so pleased, he could have carried out his gracious purposes without this instrumentality. He could have com mitted these high interests to angels. Or he might have formed creatures more ex alted than any that now exist, and have clothed them with this high honor; or without this intervention of means, by-his own immediate agency, he might* have brought these designs to their glorious issue. But more illustriously to display his conde scension, and tbe power and the riches of his grace, he has seen fit to put upon men, frail, sinful, dying men, this distinguished honor, to employ their instrumentality in promoting and securing these high interests of his spiritual kingdom. lie makes men the stewards of his mysteries. He commits to these earthen vessels the treasure of the Gospel, that the excellency of the power might be of himself, and not of men. The cause which it is the special business of ministece to promote, is a cause which has awakened, and which still continues •to awaken, a deeper interest in heaven than all things else that pertain to our world—that can pertain ,to any world. In this cause have been employed the peculiar efforts of the wisdom and the might of God. It was this that brought the Son of God down from heaven to earth on his mission, so full of love To promote this cause it is, that God the Holy Ghost takes up his abode in the hearts of men, arid puts forth there the ex ceeding greatness' of his power. In the furtherance of this cause, angels delight to minister. And in opposition to this cause it is, that the Prince of Darkness and all his legions feel such malignant interest, and employ such untiring effort. In forming an estimate of the dignity and •importance of the Christian ministry, therefore, we must not leave out of view the objects at which it aims. Nor must we forget its declared EePPonsi bilities, and its actual bearings on all the great interests of men. On these last topics, we propose hereafter to offer a few suggestions. NOMINIS UMBRA. THE SOUL —As the ship lets go her moor ings and sets sail, se the Christian—the seul, that is the man—strikes the tent and leaves the dilapidated tabernacle, and wings its flight to a more beautiful climate, the "rest that remaineth for the people of God." WE.are not disarmed , by being diseuoum bered,of our punsions.—Burke. "ONE THING IS NEEDFUL:" "ONE THING HAVE I DFSIRED OP THE LORD':" "THIS ONE THING I DO." PUBLICATION OFFICE, GAZETTE BUILDING, FIFTH STREET, ABOVE SMITHFIELD, PITTSBURGH, PA. FOR THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, JULY 3, 1855. For the Presbyterian Banner and Advocate. Ordination of a Foreign Missionary The Presbytery of Hudson met at Mil, ford, Pike County, Pa , on Wednesday, the 16th , just , in order, if the way was clear, to ordain Mr. Augustus Brodhead to the work of the Gospel ministry. Milford is this young brother's native place. He is a grad uate of Union College. A little more than three years ago, he entered the Tneolugical Seminary at Princeton, where he finished his theological course at the close of last term. Mr. Brodhead's trial sermon wae.preached on these words: "God be merciful- unto us, and bless us; and cause his face to shine upon us. Selah. • That thy way may be known upon earth, thy saving health among all nations."—Ps. lxvii : 1, 2. The Rev. William D. Snodgrass, of Goshen, preached the ordination sermon. His text was: "He that winneth souls is wise."—Prov. xi : 30. The &course was one which was well adapted to the occasion. The charge was given by the Rev. Ralph Bull, of West town. This was also spoken of in , high terms by those who heard it. The Modera tor, the Rev. David' McAleese, of Goodwill, made the ordaining prayer. - Mr. , Brodhead has for some time had a desire for the missionary work. It is a sub jest .on which he has. frequently conversed with his friends. It is one , over which, no -doubt, he has often prayed. He is soon to leave for Northern India, under the direction of. the . Presbyterian Board of Foreign. Mis sions, The, probability , is, that his field of labor is to be Frittehgurh, which is the very field that not long since was occupied by the martyr-missionaries. May this young broth er have a place, in the ' sympathies and the prayers of the people of God. The wife of the Rev. Mr. Scott, a mis sionary of our Board in Northern India, was 'Porn 'in Milford. Bat in consequence of losing her mother at a very early age; she was placed under the care of her friends in Warsaw, in the State Of New -York. For the Presbyterian Batiuei and Advonte. A Sabbath in Cleveland. CLEVELAND, June 22d, 1858 Dear Banner :—lt was my lot to, be set down at the door of the "American Hdtel" in this beautiful " Forest City," Satur day afternoon. The refreshing rest: of the evening and night, in this quiet and Weft ordered house; prepared me for the enjoy ments of the Sabbath. Not often has it been my privilege to hear four sermons in one day, but this priVilege I enjoyed in this city. And what is still stranger for me, these four sermons were-by ministers of four different denominations, and in four differ ent places of worship: I, by no means, Mr. Editor, recommend my example <in this in stance to your readers, as worthy of habitual imitation,- either as to the number or;variety of religious services on the Sabbath. On the contrary, I believe the multiplication of public services, and the tendency to wander from plies to place in quest of something new, are both highly unfavorable, to the development of the life of Crod'in the soul. But to a stranger in a strange_ city, Such indulgence may perhaps be allowable, and may result in no serious evil. I was the more anxious to make this ex periment in order to test the truth of a con viction which I have entertained, that there is a growing unity of faith and oneness of spirit in the Churches of Christ of all de nominations; the tendency of which is to draw them into closer fellowship, and more harmonious working for the extension of his kingdom. While the force of the evidence obtained was,not wholly on one side of this question, the result of the experiment, on the whole, was not unfavorable to the view I have heretofore entertained. At 11 o'clock A. M., I heard, in the celebrated "Round Church," the Rev. F. T. Brnwn, of our own branch of the Pres byterian Church. He preached to us faith fully and impressively, Christ Jesus the Lord; his object especially being to recom mend to Christians, for their imitation, the spirit and example of Jesus in his sympathy with.the poor, the diseased, and the wretched and in his labors'of benevolence, by which he removed their miseries and thus sought 'to win his way to their hearts. The congre gation was not large, but very respectable, both as to size and. appearance. ; appearance. Youtread ors are already informed that this growing and active congregation have erected, for. their use, a new church building. This will soon be ready for occupancy, when we may hope that this important 'church enterprise will go forward with increasing rapidity. Among other notices given by the pastor of meetings during the week, was one of a Union meeting to be held in the Round church, on Thursday evening. , This meet ing, for this week, is to be a thanksgiving.. In making this announcement Mr. B. re marked, that it was appropriate that Chris tians oft this city should have a thanksgiving meeting, not only in view of. what God ;has done for them recently, but also in view of the history of the work of grace here for the last thirty years. "Thirty years, ago,"• Mid he, "this was an infidel city, so much so that a Sabbath School could' not be started here." Truly in view of such a fact. as this, compared with the present state of things, Christians have great , cause for thanksgiving. It was, remarked farther, that it was peculiarly appropriate that this meet ing should be held in this house—a house which had its origin in a delusion, (the Millerites,) but which had, in the overruling providence of God, been made instrumental in nurturing and sending forth to more'com : medians places .of worship, two , Christian congregations. The building now owned and occupied by 'the Second Baptist church, was erected by the congregation which, for a time, followed the Rev. E. IL Nevin, whu, first under, the flag of Free Presbyterianism•and afterwards under that of Coneregationalisce, flourished in this city. his first preaching place was the Round Church, now occupied by Mr. Brown. The history of that man's opera tions, here and elsewhere, furnishes one melancholy illustration among many of the, tendency of fanaticism to burn up its own *irks as soon as they are completed. Of the congregation gathered by him here, not even a vestige- now remains. The elements brought together for combination have mu tually _ annihilated each other. The red duunt is,nothing. Nearly similar results, I understand, have ,followed his labdrs else where: To use the expressive figure of, an , intelligent eider of another branch of the Presbyterian family, in thile city, "As soon as his feet are out of theleand his tracks are filled, up, and no mark is Left behind." AO o'clock P. M., I*all a good sermon from the Rev. James Magill, pastor of ,the United Presbyterian church, Like the ser mon of the morning, it *is' full of Christ. This congregation is wetik.having suffered very, greatly, fur some yeirs,patt, by remov als to the ,West. Sig ,out of nine elders have left within three yitirs. Their house of worship, which is 'a 14,4 and substantial brick building, is unfinislted—the congrega tion worship in the basenglent----and a debt of $3,000 is hanging upon .4.,iert. ,May it,soon be removed, and great prosperity succeed to their days of trial. - At half past 4, I akended service in Grace church, Episcopal , . Two ministers in white robes, read prayers and lessons with their backs to the :people, There was no Madonna, behind or over the altar. I thought the place there looked wishful and expect ant. A Rev. Mr. T.;',from Wisconsin, preached the sermon; =or read the Eking. Both.the other sermons had heard, pre sented Christ as " the .way, , the truth, and the life ;" this one presented Baptism, Con firmation,, and the Eucharist.. At night I attended tia,First Presbyterian 'church, the Rev. Di. Ain's. He was in the pulpit, but did not preach; this service was performed by the, iltev. Mr. Hoyt, a Baptist, minister, who was until r recently a lawyer in this city. His' sermon' was well prepared, and breatheek - good spirit. Its design was to guard Christian's against the idolatrous attempt to form in their minds an image, or idea , of -the likeness of God. He closed by urging. Christ upon the acceptance of all. This congregation worships in a large and beautiful stone 'building; 'which has' taken the place of the one destroyed by fire < two or: three . years age. I see by reference to the City Directory,that it reports forty-three churches in the 'city; of which three are Baptist, one Congregatiiinal, five Episcopal, three Lutheran, ten Methodist', seven Pres byterian, two Jewish l four Roman Catholic, and eight miscellaneoq. .This list does not include the churches theli ' iibnrban ,vil lages. G.H. EilEl From onr°London Correspondent. 'Sumner in England—Summer in India—A Hot , Weather. Cantgaign--Suffering of rroops—The Arepaulese 'Gone frorne---Beathe , of Sir W. Peel and Brigadier Rope--Bareilly and Nana Sa- hib--Oude and the Landholders—Montgomery, . ,the.Commistioner---Mutilations in India—General Assemblies of the 'Scotch Churehes-77ie' 'Estab lishment, Discipline, Moderation, and india=The " Forty Thieves "—The ,Frpe Church Suatentation ,Fund--Supplenients and //Ansa; =Apical to the Revived Chur•ches -of- , 4lmiriea—Cu.riouit- Case, ' ~and Frinciples infiolved— Excitement in, ment—Disraell and Shaftsbury—Clorendon and Derby— Amish Question''' . and 'Compromise— Prange, and her Future. LONDON, June 4th, 1858. • - SUMMER, in all its glory,. is upon us. After a season of abundant rains in May, such as.delighted the farmer's heart,,,while " eits'" and uninitiated' ladies Sigh' over gloomy'skies and muddy streets and pave ments, the sun has come .Iforth in his strength. It is a rare , thing in England to find,the Thermometer at 80° in the shade, but so it was, even on- the 30th of May. The effect is marvelous on garden, field, for est, and meadow. ' The hawthorn flings 'out 'its fragrance on the peasant toiler ; <the glo rious chestnut-trees of the Royal. Park, ,at Busby, are in full bloom; while ,Hampton Court, and its gardens, grapi, and punds, reposes calmly' in the bright sunshine, while silver Thames (" labitur et labitur,") flows past, as it did in the days when Wolsey trod those shaded _walks, or , Henry VIII. made those, woodlands, ring with the blast of his hunting-horn. SUMMER IN INDIA, is quite a different thing from what Summer is in England. Here, not a mosquito 'bites, nor do hot winds half suffocate; nor is there a heat al most unendurable, even in the shade. But in India, what'must a Summer Campaign be? Let Mr.. Russell, the Times Corres pondent, tell us something about it in his own graphic style : " The Thermometer at 108°, in the shade and inside the tent, at noon, three - days ago, was a' warning, of Unmistakable cogency, that Summer was coming.' Since that time the heat has not been quite so great, but the hot winds, which set in about ten o'clock daily, and last till sunset, are all but intol erable, charged as they are with dust of a revolting nature, which fills l every pore, and fires the blood—which, seems to penetrate the internal mechanism of the body, as it does in reality force its way into the 'works of a'watch--which renders all out door ex ercise a sort ofsevere penitential infliction, and makes dwelling in tents, utterly misera ble and hopeless. He adds as to the effects of campaigning in such' leather, "` lt'can only be` conducted at 'enormous cost. The hottest day that comes, let, some one who is desirous .of un derstanding what. the, dry winds are, like,' repair to any iron-foundry in full , activity, arid let him stand in front of the fire furnane door is opened; but unlesi he can add to it the odors procurable 'by standing over the grating of a strand cook-shop in-the dog-days, he will have but a, poor idea of the nastiness of the blast, which, sweeping otter burning plains covered , with putrefYing re mains, whisks clouds f pulverized animal matter along - with it, and rushes in dens 4. yellow volumes all over the city, (Luck- ' now,) and,the plains,aronnd it." He then describes the,fearful dust, causing "a thick' fog," and " impelled . in thick successive waves," so that "the effect is, quite sufficient' to make one detest India forever: Every article in your tent--your hair, eyes, and nose—are filled, and covered with this dust, which deposits a coating half an inch thick all over:the tent.", Now it is such a climate, and at such a season, that we have, now going on a new campaign in India. Troops are in the field when.they ought to be in cantonments, and are fighting at hours when sun stroke is sure ,to smite down some of those whom the bul let spares. It is too evident that, a`hot• weather, campaign in Rohilound, as well as on the other side of the Ganges, will involve I great losses to the British army, which, numerically, is far too small at the best. Their Nepaul allies :are all gone home. They were good at plunder, but ,nothing else; theY 'cannot stand the heat, and very sorry-allies: were they and their Pritiee, (who made a sensation here, some years ago, by his princely person bestudded with jew elry,) at the best.. Among the victims of climate, the tele .gram brings the news of the death by small pox, at Cawnpore, of Sir W. Peel, of the Naval Brigade. He was the third and fa. vorite son of the late Sir Robert Peel. He was every inch a sailor, and had'the daring and dank of,a young-Nelson. It is said that the illustrious Imre of the Nile and Tr.sfal gar, ,was his model. With his Naval Brig ade he went up the Ganges, and landing his ftigate guns, they fought like lions in many battlea,,and especially at Luoknow. ' His loss is greatly to be deplored. So also hothat of , Brigadier ,Hopp, (brother to the Earl of Hopetown,) a right-hand man. of Sir Colin Campbell's, - who was shot by a 'Sepey' who fired on him _at - a distance of twenty yards, while reconnoitering `,the 'fort of Bowes. There our troops suffered a re ionise, but afterwards the fort was evacuated, and the road left clear for Walpole's june den with Sir Colin Campbell. It is said that Bareilly must be besieged; and it is probable many of the rebels, as ;at Lueknovr, will be ,able. to run away, and thus keep, up disturbance in other districts,_. Ne na Sahib, is said to be at Baieilly, but great ly dispirited by'the death Of two nephews, who were lately killed in battle. As to his reputed learning and accomplishments,' Mr. Layard has declared, that the descriptions of him to that effect areliot true. As to Oude, its pacification seems almost certain. Lord Shaftsbury and the 'Whigs were :right in interpreting Lord Canning's proclarnationin a ,moderate sense. It was only intended to give absolute power to the Government to arrange the restoration and settlement of lands which were not meant to be "confiscated," in the :English sense of the terms. On this very day, the 4th of June, Lord. Canning, it is expected, will re ceive Ellenborough's 'violent dispatch. , It is to be hoped that the telegram conveying the hearty support of the Derby Cabinet (minus Ellenborough,) will have reached him as soon. It is delightful to find that Mr. Montgomery is the new Commissioner of Gude.He is a thorough Christian man, and Nyas the first (under Sir J. Lawrence,) to enlist native Christians in the public service in the Punjaub. Of his "ability, modera tion, and judgment," as toiOude affairs, the Times Correspondent speaks warmly, and the telegram says : " A number of principal Talookdars have made their submission to the Chief Commissioner, either personally or by their representatives, and the settlement of the country around Luoknow is being rapidly made!' We are expecting, ere long, to hear, of a great conflict at Calpee, between Sir H. Rose:and host - of rebels, twelve thousand strong. Mtitilations in= India are still'a topic of discussion, and there seems no doubt at all but they were real and numerous, as also those, outrages reported on women, which certain writers attempted to decry. A sol dier's letter to his wife in'England, awfully confirms the latter, while, as to mutilations, I find• the following in the Cheltenham Ex aminer : " A lady had been married only two years to, an Indian officer. He lost his life, and his unfortunate widow now comes home deprived of both her ears, and the fingers of each hand. " The• Thee Assembly of the ESTABLISHED CHURCH of Scotland has been holding its meetings at the same time with the Free Churoh gathering in Edinburgh. It is al ways a cold place, that Assembly Hall of their's for although warm Evangelism pal sates in many hearts, yet somehow," dusty musty" Moderatism gives too many tokens of its presence. Dr. Leeehman, of Govan, near Glasgow, is the. Moderator. He was one of the men who "ratted" on the Non- Intrusion controversy. He 'was with the Evangelicals all along, but just before the crisis of 1843, he dimovered a middle course of his own by which not to go out, and so he, the leader,:and his thirty-nine followers, were, known, and are still remembered well, as "the forty thieves." The Established Assembly has confirmed the sentence of a lower Court, deposing a minister for intemperance and blasphemy. But even he found a minority to vote for his escape. On the India question, the Assembly took up an overture from a Presbytery, whin!' prayed 'the Court " to reprobate any con nexion, even the most remote, with a system of education which proceeds upon a total' religious neutrality, and places idolatry, and a the - Gospel upon a common footing—sys tem hostile to the . Conversion of the'nattves, perverse in its principles, and contrary to all the obligations of a Christian govern ment." Another overture was presented, praying the. Assembly to petition that the India GovernMent should disconnect' itself from the management of HindooMoham medan shrines, withhold its sanction from . . the system of caste, suppress . immoral rights, and ustmes and revive the use of the Bible in the public colleges and, schools. — The- Moderator did not like this plain and honest course; and so bye majority carried resolu-. tion:adhering to "'neutrality" in education, whiehi let us charitably hope, is something better than the " neutrality" of the East India, Company. At the same time they petitien Parliament that, under the future government of India, no encouragement be e' eine!' to idolatry, and every opportunity afforded for the extension of the Christian religion. Here I may, nention that Loup STANWY is made the new Secretary of the Board of Control, ,in other words, Indian Minister.. He is not rash, like Ellenborough, but he has no real sympathy with Evangelism and Christian, Missions.. The FREE - °RUCH' REVENUE for the year exceeds =-the entire funds of the Establish ment, from at:quarters, including parochial endowments! They amount.to upwards of £330,000. By the Sustentation Fund, each minister last year received £l3B. This is the lowest stipend, while many and many . a minister is lamely supplemented in his in come by free will offerings. Each, too, has a free manse. Now that the revival wave is sweeping over America, shall not one test of its reality and power be found in a uni versal movement to the better &ostentation, of the Ministry. I take . the liberty of affectionately entreating American Presby terian Churches to turn their noble organi zation to this end, and that speedily. Inde : •pendents and Baptist ministers„ here are suffering terribly from want of a Sustenta tion Fund, and some object to any such as sociation on the ground of its interference with Congregational,principles. They long, many of them, for Presbyterial power in this and other matters. They are " a rope of sand" without it, as a Dissenting minis ter confessed to me a,short time ago. NOW, if Presbyterian organization is suc cessful for every thing,, why should it' not be successful in the matter of a Sustentation Fund It has been the salvation in a tem poral sense, the very sheet anchor of the. Free Church. It was the noble conception of. Chalmers. Only let it be tried. I mis take your merchants, traders, farmers, ,the great, middle class,_, the backbone of Ameri can society, if Wieg;- . =-itow that Gdd re freshed almost all your borders, and" 4 3lade the Church, the Sabbath, the pulpit, more precious than ever—do not respond with one heart to a movement of this kind. Are there not noble-hearted laymen, statesman like in, counsel and plan, to organize such a confederacy ? • A CURIOUS CASE occurred in the Free Church Assembly. A minister had been deposed by a Synod for intemperance. The General ,Assembly confirms the sentence, and lo! the condemned ,man makes out a law case, and appeals to the Civil Courts for an interdict. One ground pleaded was, that the 'General Assembly being a cart of review, had exceeded its Towers, to the in jury of the civil rights and character of the complainer. But the Lord Ordinary refused the in terdict craved, as being " incompetent." A threat of a similar appeal in a case of this kind had been made once since the Disruption, but it was withdrawn. The re sult of this ill advised appeal is, gratifying. The Civil Courts seem 'to have made up their minds to let non.estahlished Courts alone. in 'matters of discipline. 'But Dr. C. took occasion of the ease to found on 'it a speech and motion in the spirit;of the olden time. .t`• It is indispensable," he said,. "that we mark and stamp with our highest reprobation, 'the very first attempt to coerce the Char& by the threat of pains and pen alties in a Civil Court." A motion .has been carried in the Free. Assembly, whereby one-third of the mem bers of Presbytery shall be eligible to 'sit in the Assembly each year. Mr. Gray, of Perth, opposed the plan, (advocating a one• fourth return,) and it was considered to be unwieldy and:unworkable by Dr. Buchanan . and others. What , says the experience of America? THE EXO,ITEMENT consequent on the In dian. Debate, in connexion with the slashing and severe assault of Disraeli upon the "Cabal," so called in his speech in Bock inghamshire, has. not subsided. He vio lently abused Lord Shaftsbury, as .a " Phar isee making broad his phylacteries," thus insulting a man of marked humility and piety, whose reputation is only used by him as a capital wherewith to enrich the cause of everything excellent. Disraeli, a heart less adventurer, brilliant, deiterous, will be forgotten, or only remembered as what he is, and " ever has been, when Shaftsbury's name will be embalmed in the hearts of Palmerston and Lord John Russell, both read rebukes to Disraeli. Lord Derby, when his Chancellor of the Exchequer's speech was first'mentioned in the Lords ; intimated that he could now have an opportunity of reading it, which he had not done ! Lord Clarendon, in an able and elaborate. address, attacked the misstatements of Dis raeli's speech, especially contradicting ab whitely the startling assertion that when the Whig Ministry resigned, the question =of peace or war with France, was " one of hours" only. Derby made as dexterous a defence for his Lieutenant as possible. The escapade of Disraeli imposes on nobody except Tories, but'the Whigs are not a whit nearer office just now, notwithstanding. A COMPROMPiE is likely to take place on the question of the admission of the Jews to Parliament. Over and over again the Commons have decided for, it, and, as often have the Piers rejected and condemned it. Now, Lord Lucan pronoses a Bill to, allow the Commons to admit a Jew, if it so please them, omitting the words in the oath; " on-the true faith of a Christian," while the Lords , . are to have.a, kindred_liberty of rejecting or receiving. Thus a. continued collision of the two 'branchea: would be ended. Probably some middle course *rill be adopted. Very few Jews will _seek .:ad= mission to the Commons, and our Queen is not likely to ereate Jewish peers.. IN. FRANCE,Lamartine is reduced to poverty, and a subscription in England as proposed. by the times, on, his behalf, is de nounced by .several of the Paris papers I The stern reOrne is still maintained. Triide is very badln Paris, and the farmers' 'are growing, poorer, every year. The, army is insolent, and eats ,-up the resources of the land. Such is . despotism always. The Paris corrOspondent of a London piper writes thus It: is obviotur that a Government which fears criticism is self-condemned; and every time a newspaper is seized or suppresied by the Bona partists, we may look upon the act as a.vercliCt of guilty against themselves. The attack on the Press'has never been more violent in France than this year. No conclusion,. therefore, can be More fair than that the, Emperor andthe immoral= clique that surround him, feel that their position is becomingless safe every day. This is the truth. But it would be wrong to, suppose that the • hos tility of the party, of liberty is becoming more active, or that there is any greater danger' of +evolutionnow than at this time last year. , A larger number of persons may be willing now than then to fight against the present regime, • but it is gen erally admitted that the opportunity has not yet arrived. Besides, every one sees that the Empire is its own worst enemy. Scarcely a week passes that some act is riot committed by which its pres tige is dimiikished; and its warmest partisans cannot point out a single clever manoeuvre or a single honest intention. Stupid and unsuccessful, attempts to: coerce elections are followed by wholesale spoliation of private properly, arid' thereby blind attacks on those who venture to' criticise such insane policy. It is useless to say much more on the barefaced robbery of the charitable institutions Of France. The whole case id resumed in the observations of a landed proprietor who said the other day:— " If it be lawful_ fir the State to seize on land be longing to hospitals, and offer eolipo l ur in its place. on the plea that a higher, percentage will be•given,,lt is equally,lawful for the State to aa .COrporate the whole soil of the 'country on 0 0. same plea.". Every one knows•that the value of land is constantly on the increase, whilst the value of money is decreasing. There is Apower ful agitation going on against this monstrous act, the consequences -.of which are incalctdable. • Philadelphia, 111 South Tenth Street, below Chestnut; By Hail, or at the Office, $1.50 pllr Year,, t BRE PROSPECTVB: Delivered in the City, 1.76 WHOLE NO. 801 This confiscation measure will, I believe, be aban doned. We fear that if the Emperor were gone, things would be worse than ever. What can be expeeted from the leaders . of a na tion corrupt to the core, and the prey of In fidelity or Romanism ? The next outburst in Europe may' he indeed " the deluge." But scatheless about its surging will rise the Ark which carries a greater than Cmsar, the predestined Conqueror of the world. J.W. Anecdote of Dr. Wheelock. The following incident is derived from the personal narrative of 'a Mr. Baldwin, one of the earliest residents of Hanover, N.H. He remarked: I was a constant attendant on the preaching of 'Rev. Eleazar Wheelock, D. D. Oa one Sabbath the congregation was convened in a barn, as there was then no house of worship in existence in the place.• After the introduction of his subject, the Rev. Doctor observed that he should ad dress several classes of hearers in succession, and apply his discourse to each. As the sev eral classes were described, I selected in my mind certain individuals whom I supposed the "coat would fit." As he proceeded in his specification of faults and sins, I followed, mentally exclaiming, " Now A. is hit ;" " now B. is wounded ;" " this will excite ill blood;" "this pointed preaching will be felt by them ;" " the preacher undoubtedly draws his pictures from life ;"'" I know who sat for each." After the Doctor seemed to have enumerated all classes of sinners found in his audience,. he paused and cast his eye over the congregation.. He then, with great solemnity, added : " There is still one class that I have not mentioned." Then there was a • slight pause and breathless silence. The preaoher, with unusual ' , emphasis, re 'mined : *II The persons . to- whom I now al lude, are those who are carefully hearing for others and, not for themselves, who are ap plying my discourse to their neighbors, and cloaking their own sins." Then, said Mr. 8., iny heed dropped, and I bore the chas tisement as best 'I could. "The wounded bird fluttered," I assure you. It was a les son that I did not soon forget. The gar ment prepared for me was a better fit than any that the good Doctor had prepared for my neighbors.---miner. A,New Test of Conversion. An excellent pastor of Masaihusetts writes to us, (says the EtrangelistO Talking the other day with a brother minister who is enjoying a rich outpouring of reviving grace, :he: ,observed. that an influential man in his congregation had recently asked, him to exchange pulpits with a neighboring pas tor, toward whom this bearer had been wont to' express, great dislike as a preacher. said my friendto,him, "this is a strange 'request' froth youl you used to stay away from church when brother P. came here to preach." "I know it," seplied the parishoner, ". but I hope I have lately become a Chris tian, and "I thought if I could see Mr. P. going up our pulpit stairs without getting angry,. I should have pretty good evidence that I am really converted." Wonder how the religion of some of our older disciples would stand that test ? ,fac4-.4011 . 41.t0in5. TIEN BIBLE is, like a wide and beautiful landscape seen afar off, dim and confused; but ,a good telescope will bring it near, and spread out all its trees, and rocks, and flow ers, and verdant fields, and winding rivers at one's -very 'feet. That telescope is the Holy Spirit. FROlT.—Every virtue gives a man a de ' gree of felicity in some kind. Honesty gives a man good report; justice, estima tion; prudence, respect; courtesy and liber ality, affection; temperance, gives health; fortitude,a.quiet mind, not to be moved by adversit3i. CONCEIT AND POLLS.-It IS not possible but that a conceited Man must be a fool. For that overweening opinion he hath of hiniself, excludes all opportunity of pur chasing knowledge. Let a vessel be once full of never so base a liquor, it will not give room to the costliest; but spills besides whatever is infused. The'prond man, though lie be empty of good substance, yet is full of conceit. Many men had proved wise, if they had not thought themselves so.— Hull. PRIDE AND INGRATITUDE.-YOU may rest upon this as an unfailing truth, that there, neither is, nor ever was, any person remarkably ungrateful, who was not also unsufferably proud; for as snakes breed in dunghills; not singly, but in knots, so in such bue hearts you may always find pride and ingratitude' twisted together. Ingratitude overlooks all kindness, but it is because pride makes it carry its head so high. In a word,' ingratitude is too base to 'return a kindness, too proud to regard it, much like the tops of mountains, barren indeed, but yet lofty; they'prodnce nothing ; they feed nobody; they 'elothe nobody; yet are high and state ly, and look down upon all the world.— Botta. OLD PSALM TITNES:=BrackwOOd says of old psalm times: There is to , us more of touching pathos, heart•thrilling expression, in some of the old psalm tunes,-than in a whole batch of modernisms: "The Strains go home, and the "founda tions of ,the great deep are broken ar tha'great deep of unfathomable feeling, that Ilse far, far below-the surface of the world hardened heart--and as the unwonted, yet unchecked tear starts in the eye, the soft ened spirit , yields„to their influence, and shakes off the load of earthly care, rising purified and spiritualized into a clearer at mosphere. ".Strange, inexplicable associations brood over , the,mind, "like far off dreams of par adise " mingling their chaste melancholy with a, - musing of a still, subdued, though more - ieerful character. How many glad 'hearts, in the -olden time, have rejoiced in these songs of praise; how many sorrowful ones,f sighod •out their, complaints in those plaintive notes that now, cold in death, are' laid to rest around that sacred church, with 'in those walls they had so often swelled, sLwith-letnetion."
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