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Vreebyterisia Itaikaapi,V42. VIII W. 20.
Prelloytorfaa Aliteemes, ♦.L XII, Ilimn I
PinKINNEY and JAMtS ALLISON, Ednun.
ADVANO.
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." Now is the Ac ce pted, Tip 43."
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, ainuore, arise, why longer -wait ? '
W,hYlo,nlPir.,* tinasYl
Turn, turn , yon.to yon heavenly gate,
Along narrow' way.
,Now,is the aeoepted - time to hear
great Redeemer's voles;
Noir is the time to banish fsar
And make the lasting Ohnl'oe.
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TO:Marrow you may hear your doom ;
So , mon your life may end; _
Then why not to the Saviour come,
And Jesus 'lake your friend ?
The bleeding §aviour bide you oome,
0 I • why' his offers spurn ;
He 'll take you to his heavenly home,
It to him you 'll but turn.
But if you Jesus still deny, •
The day is near at hand,
When, at the bar of God on high,
Rejected you will stand.
Cry loudly, then, for mercy cry,
Accept the offer'd grace;
And surely, in the heavens high,
Your aoule will find a place.
The Progress of Popery.
Some time guile, we bad an interview
with one of the Meroharit Prince!, of Lon-
don ) who has often traveled on the Ameri
- can Continent, and who, is well acquainted
with the British Provinces and all the North
ern and Middle States of the Union. In
reply to our inquiry as to his estimate of
the_ progress of the Country since his last
visit, he observed, with much concern : "I
have not had time yet to judge accurately
of the state of affairs in religions matters
among yourselves; but on every hand, both
in the Upper and in the Lower Province, I
had melancholy evidences of the fearful
spread of Popery in Canada. On all hands
the tokens of its presence, and of its
controling power are lamentably evident,
and it seems that for partizan purposes the
politicians in place are sustaining and pat.
ronizing the Papacy irrespective of its bale
ful infinence on the country." Subsequent-
ly wo met a friend who had just returned
from Faris. .In reply to a question relative
- to - religion in France, he observed with
much concern,, that the .revival, of the pow
er ;Wtlie 'ltomish PrietithOod, was one of
the inoet, remarkable and conspicuous fads,
in Paris and in all the large towns of France
which he had visited. Since then, we have
Neer? one of . the 'most intelligent importing
merchants in one of, our Eastern cities, iehb
has just returned from ,a business tour
through Great Britain and Ireland, and he
volunteered the statement, that, during his
abeence from home, he saw nothing that
surprised him so much as the manifestations
of the enormous wealth and wondrous activity
of Papery in Dublin and in the large towns
in Ireland. He said that many Protestants
felt a species of awe in looking on the costly
churches, the educational institutions, and
the Homes for orphans and for proselytism,
which, regardless of expense, were rising
up in the Irish metropolis. Protestants
were amazed and confounded at witnessing
such evidences of munificent liberality as
the erection of these structures indioated ;
and instead of seeing Ireland converted by
a visit of a few zealous English ministers,
who, for a few weeks, conducted an open
air preaching mission, or by the efforts 'of
Industrial Schools, or the Colporteurs of the
several Protestant Societies that aim at the
enlightenment of the people, he found Pi
pery enthroned aloft in gold and purple,
and the enslaved population hugging their
chains, while their temporal substance
seemed to be at the disposal of the clergy
whom they delighted to serve.
All this is truly deplorable; and yet we
have reason to believe that the picture is
quite true to fact. That the Papal cause in
Canada is on the advanee, is notorious.
Two or three administrations have fostered
the Priesthood, in order` to secure their sup
port in political matters. Hence, with an
obedient and reckless majority, the parties
in ponr have freely used the public funds
for the endowment of purely Romish insti
tutions In reward for Roruish support.
Nominal and heartless Protestants have sus
tained this system, because, while they held,
the reins of power, they could serve their
own selfish ends ; and for this object they
have been willing to endow Priests' schools
and Academies in the Lower Province,
under the name of Colleges, while the pre
tense was the diffusion of education. The
public money was voted, and yet no steps
were taken to ascertain the numbers of stu
aents or pupils in these mock Colleges.
Other legislation equally iniquitous and un
just, has shown how reckless mere politi
cal partizans are when they have a selfish
end to serve, the evil not being corfined to
the Lower, or Popish part of the country
In the establishment of separate schools in
the Upper Province, the Church of Rome
has secured a hold which the Priesthood
will not speedily, let go, and thus, on all
sides, the Papacy, ever watchful to profit by
division, secures its object.
In Prance, the Emperor feels himself
obliged, in the face of England, to speak in
liberal tennis in reference to religious liberty,
but in practice, the authorities, in towns and
villages at a distance from Paris, are per
mitted to display the roost intolerant and
wilful malignity toward Protentaxdo. The
Rinnish-Cures abd Akira do not hesitate to
violater the letter as well as the spirit of the
law„ aid no redress can be had, except by
expensive:appeals beyond the means-of-the
aggrieved and persecuted parties. :In order
'to' maitre the favor of the dignitaries of the;
Church, and through -them to attract - the
Priesthood„.in whose hands the oonsoletums
of ; the people., - are held„the,,policy of the
Emperor has Veen to defend tbe poiier- of
the Pope in•ltome; by French ,bstyonete„,and-
Ao favorsthe tertiBB of .the Church it home-
Renefv,- , i stic great zeiivalozhasv:tiki3n; r ik to p ;:.
Men in power know what is agreeable to
the central, authority, and they shaTe their
policy accordingly.
In Great Britain there are three causes
for anxiety, if not for alarm. Our London
Correspondent has referred to one of them,
namely, the deference of the .Government
to the Hernial' Hierarchy, in the appoint
ment of Hanish Chaplains for the army.
Here, again, we have an illustration'of the
recklessness of mere politicians. The Cri
mean struggle made great demands on the -
British Government for the increase of the
army. Just at this time, emigration was
drafting off, out of Ireland, the peasantry,
in vast numbers ; and the United States,
the Canadian Provinces, and Australia, were
so attractive, that the military service was
despised. The Rennet Priesthood had
shown ranch coolness 'toward • the Horse
Guards, and in order to propitiate the
Church, a iaumber of priests were endowed
and raised to the rank of Military" Chap
lains. No sooner was this concession , made,
than wily Rome saw what 'could • be accom
plished by pushing home the wedge, now
that the sharp end was inserted. Before
the country was aware, great numbers of
such Chaplains were appointed, schools were
established under their authority, and the
whole paraphernalia of Rome was displayed
under the auspices of the British Govern
ment, in her military stations. . While Scot
land and the North of Ireland sent in great
numbers of their hardy eons to the defence
of their country, it was almost impossible to
induce die Heads of the army to consent to
any adequate provision being made for
the spiritual instruction of these troops, or
of their families and children ; yet Rome,
before the world knew that any effort -had
been, made, wasalready 'secure in possession
.of the prize.
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No sooner does Rome perceive how an
advantagecmay be gained, than the oppor
tunity is embraced, and the most prompt
and energetic, and if needs be, the most
reokless means are used to secure the desired
end. Thus, having gained a commanding
position by the appointment of a large num
ber of stated Chaplains, whose sole duties
are to attend to the military posts where
they may be placed, the next effort is to
have priests recognised and paid for their
services in any town whereitomanists may be
found in any regiment during its stay in that
place. This has been conceded under the
expectation that the favor shown to 'the
Priesthood, may result 'in securing the en
listment of the Romish peasantry in the .
British army. The consequence has been,
that encouragement to enlistment will now
be given by' the Hierarchy, and thus the
military service of Great Britain will speed
ily assume a Romish character; While• the
consciences of the men will be in the keep
ing of the Priesthood, and the more faithful
in inculcating the morality of Maynooth the
ecclesiastical officers are, the less confidence
can the ordinary officers place in the men
whenever it may be the policy of Rome to
press the Government for any great conces
sion that will advance the Popish cause.
A Romanied army would be one of the
greatest curses that the Governor of the
Nations could permit Britain to be afflicted
withal, because of the sinful pandering of
I her Tilers to the Man of Sin.
In Ireland, also, the concessions made to
the same dominant party, especially in the
National Education Board, have been
alarming. The original patrons of that
Board clung to it as long, as it was possible
to sustain themselves, and even concessions
of a questionable „character, were made by
them, rather than resign. Nevertheless,
Chief Baron Green, Judge Blackburn,
Archbishop Whateley and others, have been
compelled to withdraw'; and now in the
Priests' and Nuns' schools, which abound
in the countigY *Or the patronage of the
Board, the Inorei of the nation is freely
used, and by national consent, for the incul
cation of every Papal dogma, theological
and moral. '
And so, also, in England and in Scotland;
the educational efforts made by the clergy,
are formidable. Availing themselves of the
Government grant, the most determined' .
struggle is made to use this fund' for train
ing up the rising generation in the strictest
forms of Italian Popery. In London, it
appears that already sixty of such schools
are in effective operation, and arrangements
are in process for opening up twenty addl.
tional. In the County of Lancaster, there
were seventy Popish schools in full activity
in 1856, and the progress was so rapid, that
their leaders expected to have occasion for
the services of an Inspector, whose sole
duty would be to attend to this district.
In Glasgow and in Edinburgh, things are
quite as gloomy ; and while the accounts of
the Free Church Sustentation Fund are
truly discouraging, the prospects of Romish
progress among, the young, are truly won
derful. Turning, also, to the great mann- 3
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"ONE THING IS NEEDFUL:" "ONE THING HAVE I DESIRED or THE LORD:" "THIS ONE THING. I bar
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FOR THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1859.
lecturing County of Yorkshire,`we= find it '.
reported' that' in Leedk, Bradford i 'and Shef•
'field, the priests are • quite pleased -with the
advancement have:made, and , the3r are
'sanguineis to the suture. Looking North
ward, we find Neweastle,-Stamfortherni Sel
by,' Gateshead, 'Hartlepool, Doneasteri Fal
kirk, &a., enhaging their. institutions, and
additional new erections liave to be -under
taken forthwith.= The' danger is increased;
because of -the fidet that thelower chases of.
the , English population are entirely ,ignorant
'of theitrawhbrireeter4f tbe_BOMisli system-
They are prepared to •look on any priest as
being one of the'many clergy who are not
in the Establishment, and if - kindness be
displayed' to 'them,' they are as willing to
send their children to a Priest's school as to
any other.
Thus it is, that in Europe, as well as on
this Continent, Rome is the disturber of the
nations ; and, yet while oppressing the peo
ple, she draws her sustenance from the vi
tals of those whom she grinds under her
Get. When will English statesmen learn
wisdom, and cease to foster the vampire
that has always sought to extract her life
blood ? ; Will no force of demonstration
show them that concessions and bribes do
,not change the character or the objects of
• Rome ; .that the higher her Priesthood are
raised, and the mores power which is given
into their hands,. they are only ;enable&
thereby to exorcise a more irresistible influ
ence in making another demand and in com
pelling another sacrifice; and that nothing
-. short of -mastery, unlimited and uncon
trolled mastery, can even satisfy their desires?
Will no lessons from Switzerland, from the
North and South of Ireland, from Scotland
and Spain, or Italy, from Upper and Lower
Canada, or from Mexico and these United
States, show them the melancholy fate of
any land on which the incubus of Romish
tyranny is allowed to settle down ?
Let our own people remember that eternal
vigilance is an essential condition of liber
ty; and, mindful of the late effort, partially
successful, to expel the Bible from:. be
Public Schools in New York, by the Romish
influence which prevails in that city,
watch intelligently all such • movements.
Prevention is,better than cure. °bac& prin-'
cipiis. 1 • ,
These presentations of the influence of
Rome are gloomy;;.but the prospect is re
lieved' by one important thought, that is,
Rome in most of these efforts, is , obliged to
educate, and where the mind of the masses
is educated, she has lost , half her power—in
this land, by education, she loses pearly all
her power..- Only let the people be taught to
read and think, and her- domination is im
mensely curtailed. Still, her system is de
etructive, both to social freedom and the
soul's salvation. And she should be op
posed,. not by pains and 'penalties, nor by
political disabilities, but by the spread of the
knowledge of the truth, and by the splendor
of Evangelical excellence.
Fruits Gathered.
Onr foreign missionaries often labor long
for a small• nuMber of converts to-Christian
ity. Rut they do not labor'in vain. They
are clearing away' rubbish, digging deep,
and laying solid foundatiOns • for a noble
structure. And the building will rise. A
few are converted; and then others; and
then others still; and thus, in some places,
•the statistics are already becorde quite nota
ble.
The Presbyterian, condensing from a
statement made by the missionaries of the
Protestant Evangelical Societies, laboring in
Southern India and Ceylon, gives us the
following
I. More than one hundred thousand per
sons who have abandoned idolatry, and .are
gathered into congregations, receiving Chris
tian instruction.
2. More tban sixtyfive thousand who
have been baptized into the name of Christ,
and have thus publicly made a profession of
their Christian discipleship.
3. More than fifteen thousand who have
been received as communicants, in the belief
that they are the sincere and faithful disci
ples of Christ.
4. More - than five hundred natives, ex•
elusive of school masters, who are employed
as Christian teachers of their countrymen,
and who are generally devoted and snowed
in their work.
5. More than fortpone thousand boys in
the mission schools, learning to read and
understand the Holy Scriptures, which are
able to make them wise unto salvation.
6. More than eleven thousand girls res•
cued from that gross ignorance and deep
degradation to which so many millions of
their sex in India seem to be hopelessly
condemned.
These results of Christian effort are highly
encouraging to the churches. L i aborbetitowed
in Christ's cause is not in vain. And the
statistics show but the first ripening fruits of
the seed sown. Much more is to follow.
Let the work progress with greatly multiplied
forces, and the increase will be in a geome
trical ratio.
Qualifications for a College Presidency.
The Presbyterian Herald relates the fol
lowing anecdote of Rev. Di. Day, long an
able and efficient President of Yale College
When he resigned the Presidency as the
story goes, the Trustees appointed a Com
mittee to wait upon him and ask his advice
as to the choice of a successor. They en
tered his room, and the Chairman inquired
what the Dr. considered the first and most
important requisite to be sought for in the
President of a College. After reflecting a
few moments, be replied "financialability.,"
They were taken by surpiise at hit, answer,
and aftkPd whit he ' einihidered - the second
qualificatio9s. After ,studying, again for
some ,moments, be replied "" fi nancial abil
ity:" Th'ey then asked..for the•third quali
'fication: After reflection' he again replied,
" financieCe ability." '‘beit he mentioned
piety, then 'common sedserind tact in gov
ernment, and lastly, lea*ing.- The whole
stoiy. w may, be ,spgarypkal , for, aught that
i
we ; know. '33. NihethWit be so or not,
and ih , ai,
ethe'r 'ili - Presi int . Of a College
tertherpersOiloWhe.shertr Manage its foam-
Pea oenoti one thing is *lain, money„ia as
Aesesaary tobnilding up,&collego as it is.in
,:war, pr. any thing eltel-galt ii*men ought
to remember this feet not only "whilst they
live but also when they come to die and dis
pose of their estates.
'tor the Presbyterian Banner and Advocate
Meeting for Prayer and conference.
MnBsus EDITORS :—A meeting for prayer
and conference, was held in the • United
Presbyterian church, Clinton, Allegheny
County, Pa., on the 18th inst. The meeting
was organized by appointing Rev. F. A.
Hutchinson, Chairman, and Rev. James
flag,erty, Secretary. Psalm lxv : '4, 5, was
sung; Acts ii, was read, and prayer offered
by the Chairman.
Ministers present—Dr. Jennings, W. `Hun
ter, C. V. , McKaig, Old School Presbyter
ians ; J. C. Bryson, J. G. Rankin, F. A.
Eutchinson, J. Thompson, and Jas. Eager
ty, United Presbyterians.
A Committee appointed to prepare topics,
presented the following: r• • '
1. Is there need fora greater.inerease of
;vital piety. and activity in the,Churchl
. 2. Wherein. have Christians sinned, and
failed in the discharge of duty, so . ,,as to
grieve the Spirit of God ?
3. What are the encouragements tir'tieek
for a revival of religion ? •
4.• What are the means, to be employed
by those who would seek for a revival of re
ligion ?
The first topic being taken np, Mr.
Rankin said : When we compare `thee state
of the Church now, with that zeal which
characterized it in the days of the Apostles,
or with what we have it, shall
be, We, must conclude they!? is need for a
greater increase of vital piety and activity
in the Church. The speaker drew a picture
of what the Church would, be; if God's
Spirit were withdrawn but blessed be God
it'is not altogether ivithdrawn.,
Mr. MlKaig--There is 'too Much
wardneds.' It is good to be zettloiAli affected '
'in a good} cause, but we are not 'zealous,
and are .too formal, and we appear to be
.satiefied with this, formality. - ;, •
Mr. Hunter—There is. too muili.isolation
among us. I feel it even my aid Charge.
The' inconeiatencies of professing Christians,
the 'neglect of secret prayer, and want of
concern for the salvation 'of the ungodly—of
,near friends and neighbors:
Mr. Thompson—This need is, evident,
when we consider the greatness of the work
the Church bas to do; her mission is to
disciple all nations, and now we see the
.world opened up before the Church, for the
spread of the Gospel.
Dr. Jennings-r-A greater missionary ' zeal
is necessary. Judgment will begin at the
house •of 'God, so 'must a revival ; we need
the quickening influence of the Spirit in
our own hearts, that we may be more deeply
interested in the saliation of others. Love
to Christ drives away the fear of man. A
revival is needed, to let the world know
that there is a difference between Christians
and men of the world.
SEcOND TONG.
Mr. Hutchinson.—l am glad to have an
opportunity of meeting here. Although
these meetings are frequent, yet they-ap
pear to increase in. interest. The great sin
of the Church is unbelief. It is said of
Christ, in a certain place, that he did not
many mighty works there, because of their
unbelief. There are many other sins—Sab
bath breaking, neglect of family religion,
THIRD TOPIC
Dr. Jennings.—We have a promise of a
diffusion of the Spirit. This began to be
fulfilled on the day of Pentecost. The
speaker gave a synopsis of the progress of
the Gospel since that time. We must corn
,
menee .with our own hearts.
Mr. Bryson took up the closing remark
of the former speaker—we must commence
with our own hearts. When we inquire,
we must go to Christ. To him the gather
ing of the people shall be. When our own
hearts are right, we will feel like laboring
for,the good of others. Andrew found his
own brother Simon. See the effects of this
in the ministry of' Peter. The importance
of bringing the youth to Christ, who said,
" forbid them not."
FOURTH TOPIC
Mr. Rankin said: Prayer is one of the
most important means of promoting a re
vival. The speaker dwelt with much ten
derness on the duts,of pastors praying for •
their people, and people for their pastors.
Mr. Hutchinson spoke of female influence
—of a lady Making request to Presbyters to
meet in the congregation of which' she was
a member, and the happy result.
Mr. Wilinnie, elder, made some appro
priate.remarks on the duty of prayer, the_
duty of appreciating the Gospel, the danger,
of the , candlestick being removed, &S. He
also spoke of the duty of elders to hold up
the hands of the ministry..
Adjourned to meet at 6 o'clock in the
evening. . At whieirtime the meeting again
assembled, when , many animated remarks
were, made, a report of which, perhaps, your
space' would not allow. The meeting
throughout was full of interest. The speak
ing was interspersed with singing, reading,
and prayer.
The large and, very - attentive congrega
tion which were present, added much to
the solemnity and interest of the Occasion.
Surely, many could say, "it is good to
be here."
QtrAnn old Fuller says:."Let him who
expects one class of society to prosper in
the highest degree, while the other is in
distress, try whether one side of hie face can
smile while the other side is pinched!'
HAPPINESS.—There are two things which
will make us happy in this life, if we attend
to them. The first is, never to vex _our
selves about what we can't help ; and the
second, never to vex ourgefvea about what
we can help.
, From our London Correspondent. ' :
The..Onainour .Words of the .Ontperar--senintion in
. . . „ . •
Europeßelations of Austria. and the' Pope to
'France—Geitera`Distrusi as to the Futare—The
Stare of True, but Terrible Picture—
Prospects of Trade and Commerce injured by Ru
more of *ar—State of Pude and indi4, 'general
ly—The,i' Tigers." kill At. Large—Preaching to
the, D.fasseshe State / of •English Unitarianism—,
Defection and Decline-A-Thi True Remedy—Afr.
Spurgeon,' 7.Goina Alasnioel---Ris
; Lecture at Exeter Hall—Posteerfpl. - ,
LONDON, ainUtill. 6t1,1859.
SA PuorouND.Snriskriorf his been aWaV ,
ened!4bionghout•
,theL ishole... , oft4Etiropefitliy
an - ineirent at the Tuilleries Palace on New
Year's day. When—as is usual on that
anniversary—the members of the Diplomat
ic Corps were successively presented to the
Emperor, and when the . Austrian Ambassa
dor presented himself, he was addressed in
language betraying impatience and stern-
nees, to the 'effect that the Emperor regretted
that the relations between France and Aus
tria, were not amicable, while he added,
although I have still the same personal
regard for the Emperor."
Known to be a man of peculiar reserve,
Louis Napoleon's public statement, as above,
acoompanied by lively gesticulation '
must
have been a deliberate thing; and when
Marshall Valliant, Minister of War, imme
diately after his Mister's words, walked up
to the astonished Ambassador, and said,
"I suppose I must not shake hands with
yon," all'who stood around, gathered great
political significance from the incidint, as
itidicating bad-bloiod'-;between the two Em
pires, and .a possible rupture, ere long.
The Italian Question, it is, whist' leads to
this issue. Your readers are already aware,
from my former letters, how France and
Sardinia (the latter the mortal enemy ' of
Aistriaiy have drawn the bonds of amity
closely together ; how Russia has obtained
Villa Franca from Sardinia, as a Mediterra-
neap harbor; and how Russia, France, and
Italy, thus seem ominously lea; to drivel
non _ Iy .Iguirtg
_to u,
Austria, ere 'long, from her Italian prov
inces.
It nowfurther-appears, that the French
Emperor _ ; has been, recently urging, with=
,1
great earnestness, upon the Pope and the
King of Naples, the necessity of - political
reforms; that he has declared that if such
Were-granted, he would withdraw the French
troops from Rome, with, the additional pro.
Viso that Austria should do the same as to
her troops in the Roman Legations; that
Cardinal` Antonelli and the Pope have re.
eisted France `rind fallen back on Austria for
moral :support in preserving the status qua,
and, that Austria, hound hand and foot by
the Concordat and. Francis Joseph not a
fnilentiinii Papist like Louis Napoleon' but
a genninetiget, :supports, versus Franceithe
Pope, and all his priestly guard of obstruct
ives.
Whereupon, the French Emperor is angry
and menacing, imitating his "grand" uncle,
just before the breaking up of the peace of
Amiens, and the breaking out of a war a
second time, when he spoke words still more
abrupt and bitter to the English Ambassa
dor. On the arrival in London of the letter
of the Times' Correspondent, giving an ac
count of the sensation produced, and also of
the depression on the Paris Bourse, the
English funds and share'•market fell heavily:
Up to this time there, is general alarm and
distrust, which the French papers try in
vain to allay.
It seems as if, ere long, the " dogs of
war" were to ; be let loose, -with the Conti-
nent, or rather Italy itself, the battle-field.
Priesthood and Popery are at the bottom of
all the misery of the Italian States, and,the
grand barriers to freedom, both civil and
religious. Austria was once beaten on Ital
ian Oak's by the conqueror of Marengo,
and who can say but that his nephew, .who
seems, in every thing but the English Alli
ance, to follow in his uncle's policy, may not
yet, even in person, - head a great army in
tended to drive Austria out of Italy, with
enthusiastic millions of the Pope's revolted
subjects swelling the furious war-cry ?
The state of Italy is very critical .at this
moment. At Milan—a friend who weathers
a few months ago, informed me—every offi
cer has two soldiers immediately behind
him, with loaded muskets, when he walks
the streets. And now .collisions, alniost
daily, are taking place between the soldiers
and the people.
The PAPAL. GOVERNMENT is thus de-
scribed by the Tames; "It is essentially the
worst of Governments. It errs both by
what it does,. and by what it leaves undone.
Both the • primary and the secondary, the
direct and the incidental duties of a Gov-
ernment, it fails to accomplish. It doeit,
not keep order.. Bands cif robbers roam,
unpunished, throughout the country ; the
streets of every town are infested by ruffians,
who make .a walk after night-fall dangerous;
except when a French sentry is within hear.
ing.
"It cannot manage the finances of : the
State. A. heavy debt has been incurred,
and there is no advantages to show for it.
The country is • without trade or manufac
tures, the roads' are bad, railways are only
coming into' existence by means of •foreign
capital, and a general poverty and cliff:cull
of living, weighs on the people."
The 'Times then proceeds to point out the
National degradation inflicted on the Italians
by the presence of foreign troops, and adds
" The cause of >these occupations is the in
efficiency and injustice of the Papal Gov
ernment itself. Instead of obviating the
necessity of armed foreigners, by listening to
the remonstrances, and granting the just
degree of its subjects, it spendethe revenues
of the State in recruiting mercenaries; and,
at the same time, ,brings the armies of two
great Empires on a soil where they should
never stand. These are the evils which
every one, down to the pan who eats his
bread and garlic on the pavement, must feel;
but there are.others not less serious. They
are all summed up, when we say, that the
Italia" of the Papal States has no career,
either material or intellectual. The Priest
hood is all in all." Aid sc, While the
Times does not write alarmingly about a
speedy outbreak, it,thinks that the conduct of
Austria, in its opposition to France and in
support of the Pope, is likely to have " an
important bearing on the peace of Europe,
and the destinies of the world."
The Servian disturbances complicate the
matter. Austria, it is said, . is- about to
mareh l treops into the Principalities, which
France will not hear of, only consenting to
a
yoint occupation under the regulations of
Philadelphia, South West Corner of Seventh and Chestnut Streets
tbe Treaty at' Paris. She 'is: also to send
fresh. troops intol":ombardy, to!retireas what
she ealla• ' it , the 'Revolutionary party." The
Times proclaims, that, come, what, will, Eng
land will lake no part in Continental wars.
Easier said than done !
THE YEAR HAS OPENED with ,bright
prospects, as to trade and commerce. '"Ru
more of war" would mar these in a measure,
as will the probable continuance of- disturb
ances in, Central India. Thither .ATerta,
SaXib himself has succeeded in escaping, in
4Pite of all vigilance exercisedi and if"be
siiidireedeiii-joinirig - Tilitier,Spee in tlieXtih.
ratta country, or the Deccan, tiie war may
belong continued, and attended by fresh
pense, both in blood and treasure. .
As to Cade, itself, large bodies Were still
in the field, of artillery, cavalry, and infantry,
although Lord Clyde, by a rapid march of
sixty miles in sixty.one hours,- had inflicted
a severe defeat on a chief rebel leader, and
one of his Brigadiers had done the same.
Many land.holders -are coming in; but the
Sepoys, as such, seem to have little confi
dence (from guilty consciences,) in the
promises of amnesty. The pacification of
India, and a real adhesion to, the British
Crown, are only to be hoped for, fully and
finally, from the spread of Christianity. Not
that there will not be an enforced tranquil
ity, or that those hunted. "tigers," Nena
Sahib or Tantia Tepee, can have any hope
of final success against the Queen's " Raj"
in India. The next news will be looked for
with anxiety.
PREACHING TO THE MASSES, on an TM. ,
precedeuted scale; now prevails in our me
tropolis. On the evening of last Lord's-day,
in addition to St. Paul's Cathedral, West
minster Abbey.ana Exeter:Hall were filled
by inUltieudes, 'listening to sermons from
Episcopalian clergymen, all of the right
stamp. 7 That of the Dean. of Westminster,
Dr. Treneb, was really beautiful, impressive,
and Evangelical to the very core: It cheers
one's heart to readthe report of it. Even
Dr. Hooke, Vicar of Leeds, found it time.;
easy -to be any thing but High-Church, in
his sermons at St. Paul's. He clearly drew
a distinction between the baptized professors
of religion, and the truly "converted." "We
do not attempt, like the Pharisees of old, to
distinguish between the two, for we are not
to judge. Who among us are Christians
indeed, and in truth, and who are such only
by baptism and profession, must be left to
the Searcher of Hearts." !Du this, the Brit
ish. Banner remarks': "Baptism, in this
view of Dr. H., 'does not involve regenera
tion ; quite' the reverse. He assumes that
it may-exist wholly, apart from Christianity, ,
indeed and in trtith„. and ; constitute a.priu l - :
cilia' element-a' La—falao--forea--0-i—esttg*":
But listen again to Dr. H.: "Behold the
Lamb of God, who bath redeemed us from
the bondage of sin and death, and hash
given us power to become the sons of God.
In his own blood he washes ue from our
by his own - righteousness he juetifies our
souls; through his Spirit he renews our
nature; •through his: Grace,,we obtain the
love of the Father, and the communion of
the Holy Ghost."
It is worthy of note that the old Gospel
wait be preached now, at these great as
semblies, "=whether in truth or pretence!'
The public mind would not endure. High
t Churchisin, and that the Bishop of Oxford
and Dr. Hooke knew right well. I fear
the people of Leeds would have no confi
dence in Dr. H.'s Evangelism'. even after
• his sermon at St. Paul's. He may, :how
ever, be pressing, in his declining years, into
purer light. Oh, that it- were SO with many
•of these Tractarians who have been with
their victims and votaries, so long "in
wandering mazes lost."
The DIOCESAN CHURCH SOCIETY is now
fully at work in different parts of the me
tropolis, and its missionaries have been'
preaching to the poor; on New. Year's Day.
Also, the Nonconformists are preaching at
St. James' Hall, Piccadilly, every Sabbath
evening. Mr. Punahon, a celebrated Weß
leyan orator, delivered the first discourse, on
the evening of last Lord's day.
These, with many other movements,
indicate "a noise and a shaking" among
the dry bones, but, as yet, little more. But
the year has been inaugurated with abound
ing prayer for the descent of the Holy
Ghost. The • Evangelical Alliance thus.
gathered a goodly company together at
Freemasons' Hall, while the Secretaries of
the Foreign Missionary Societies convoked
a similar meeting at Exeter Hall, on behalf
of heathen lands. .
- -The DECAY , of - UNITARIANISM in. Eng-
land, is marked and rapid. The inquirer,
the organ of the Unitarians, is exerting
itself to ward
.off the dreaded decline. It
makes a curious distinction between Unite-
rian professors and 'Unitarian believers: But ''
it acknowledges that "year by year eta
's Congregations grow weaker—often in ram-.
,hers. Defeetions are so common, that each.
month., brings instances of it to our notice,'
It is a . strange,' 'sad fact. Liverpool his'
Idoubled and trebled its population , and thel
three Unitarian 'congregations which existed'
at the beginning of the century ; .barelv
maintain their gronnd either socially or
numerically I" "
The inquirer deprecates anger from' any,'
because otitis plain speaking, .and proceeds.
to .sar that the , first to 'leave, of. the old
families, are the ;ladies; and that it is not ;
from fashion or weakness of understanding,:
but an earnest. Matter,, and with - "a gain,
1 ratheithan a loss,' of spiritual life." -:
In trying' to account for failure and' 'de.
cline, the writer says : "We have exalted
free inquiry as the end of. theological re.
search, and. the basis of religious 'worship.
We have 'not so nittbk dwelt on the holiness,
and the offices of Christ, as lowered them
by-injudicious controversy, or threin doubt
on - them. by inveterate skepticism. We
have had 'no seal,. and' have: kindled none..
We have given a stone for the bread-of-life,
and mingled bitter water in the very sacra
mental cup l We. are witnessing the results
of the doetriMeteoltavairretibhed, and she
apathy we . have 'encouraged. Something
must at once be done;- otherwise, . before. the
. end of the . : century, riot ; one ,will; beleft us
of all the old Presbyterian families .of Eng
land?'
Not a doubt of it There is an absorp
tion into Evangelical Churches' going on,
years i.fter year. Not that there are not
tenacious Unitarians to be found,, especially
among the wealthy,and the literary. Ope
of the latter has been guilty of a great out•
By Mail, or at the Mee, M.. 50 per Tear, pßosp gcrus.
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rage, in publishing a collection of hymns,
and' some with evangelical and orthodox
names attached, but so basely altering them
as to be guilty of forgery, and nothing lees.
Thus, in the doxology, " Praise God from
whom all blessings flow," instead of "Praise
Father, Sony and Holy Ghost," there is a
couplet—one totally obliterating the glorious
acknowledgment of a Triune God 1 Is not
this "too bad," especially as the name
"Kenn" is appended to the forgery ?
The writer, as above, in the Inquirer, is
surely "not far from the kingdom of God,"
—sid-anotherwritertlrf - the' sawn magatine,'
laments the of directn'ess in preaching,
and contend/3 for prayer, praise Or exhorts.-
tion, in which the minister and people may
alike participate "according as the Spirit
gives them utterance !" " A great advance,
this," says Dr. Campbell, in the British,
Banner, "for a people whe deny the very
existence of the Holy. Spirit." And he
adds, in reference to another statement,
that what " our laity want, is the earnest
preaching of those broad, fundamental doe
trines of a broad, - comprehensive faith,
which constitutes the real foundation of our
true mare and religions life." Dr. Campbell,
I say, adds, and your readers will all agree
with him : " it is impossible to overestimate
the importance of the acknowldgment. The
human heart is the subject of a sense of
want which 'nothing can satisfy but the
Gospel of Christ, as act forth in the Apos
tolic .Epistles."
.Ma. Sourio-nott has stepped out of his
usual course—as a preacher only—by lec
turing for the Young Men's Christian Asso
ciation,. at Exeter Hall. The occasion was
an interesting one, and the assembly im
mense. It was the only lecture of the
Winter' course at :Which I was able to he
present. - At a few minutes after 8 o'clock,
the chair leas taken by Robert Bevan, Esq ,
Banker, and on his right hand sat Laid
Ebury, '(an Evangelical nobleman, brother
to the Marquis of Westminster,) the Hon.
'A. Kinnaird, M. P., and other .gentlemen
of note in the religious world. There were
present the representatives of all the Evan
gelical denominations. .
Mr. Spurgeon, on his entrance, was
hailed with great and unanimous enthusiasm.
He is ' now admitted to be a great fact, and
that whether people like him or not. He
is a true man, and if, as I have heard, your
g‘ London Correspondent" was the first to
give a fair report of him to the people of
the United States, I rejoice. When the
lecture was - over, - saw him' (pardon the
,anachronism for the •unnouncement I. am
about to make,) and after an affectionate
greeting, ; and, very, kind words about his
-IlleingloeTreebytoriens,be. told me that he
Was *to sail for the United States" on the
first of April next. So look ont--SPoit-
EVEGN IS COMING! Like Whitfield, he. fel
fills his destiny by going, aoross the Atlantic,
and preaching the unsearchable riches of
Christ, in connexion with an enterprise of
'true charity. Mr. Spurgeon's new Taber
naclewill be costly; he wants some Amer
lean stones in it, and I have no doubt that
he will have them, including (metaphori
cally,) some white marble blocks from Phil
adelphia in particular, and from Pennsylva
nia in general !
Mr. Spurgeon's "subject was "De Propa
ganda licle f! and in his introductory
remarks, he humorously referred to people's
probable ridicule of such words, as used by
him. "What, does he know of Latin ?"
Ste. He then told his audience that his
44 lecture" . would inevitably he a sermon ;
but if it was a sermon, it certainly was not
a dull -; one. He first showed what the
faith- to be proyageted really was, by a
catholic and Scriptural definition of it.
Itomaniiin and Formalism were here se
verely dealt with.. The encouraging tokens
and signs of the times were largely dwelt
upon, in connexion* with the hopes now
cherished of, the home propagation of the
Gospel. Here some fine sentiments were
uttered in admiration of the opening of
St. Paul's Cathedral, Sm., for the benefit of
the masses. The increasing unity and zeal
of the people of God, were also referred to.
Thediscouragement's and hinderances
arising from a national love of war, from a
conformity ,on the part of professors to the
fiashions of the world in dress, (the crinoline
here received notice, amid great cheering
and laughter,) and the lack of a spirit of
united prayer, were duly pointed out.
In America, pray,er, had preceded and ac
companied preaching ; in England, he
hoped preaching would be followed by
prayer. With regard to the means of
propagating the faith, besides the ordinary
fields of Obristian activities, special direc
tions, of the most.practical character, were
pressed Christian young men. One
means was " parlor conversation;" in other
words, leading thecenversation of the social
circle in the right' channels, by a holy
u guile ;" another was .the selection of an
individual with. whose conscience to deal ;
in other words that men are not to be con
verted en masse, but to be, brought to Christ
One'by One. These,' ' and kindred matters,
Were all treated of with great earnestness
and.animation, and were•illustrited by , facts
and anecdotes:. The impression produced
was, great. May it be .permanently quick
ening I A
,elosing
,appeal to the unoon
verted young'men. present, was weighty and
solemn. At brie lecture, there was a large
geheral audience, including many ladies.
. J.W.
P. S.—Home :polities, at this moment,
are gliercent. Attention is turned arm.
toFranae,' and the future of Conti
nental Europe: We are still 'kept int the
dark as to what the Ministerial Reform Bill
is to be. .
* Mr,: aladstene'kreapption by the lonians
has been accompanied by vehement popular
demonstrations in favor of annexation with
Greece: MF: U. fevers this, I believe, at
heart, from hie 'religious principles 'leaning
to the; (reek Church, to Ritualism gen.
. _
entity. -Russian agents : are; busy fostering
the popular feeling at Athens and elsewhere.
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REOTH3II 7 what ~ orn' sinent Man rt wear
to the President's levee tonight?” cc .c The
pearl of gitatprioe;-nly daughter ) and' ;you
need no other.'
TRVBT GOD.-- - 1 could write down twenty
Asses) 15 1 3r4A pious Mall,,,Whett wished God
had done otherwise then he did; but which
I now see, hadi my own will, would 'Ave
led to extensive 100h:bier
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