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DAVID McKINNEY and JAMES ALLISON, Editors.
fERMOd-..1N ADVikNON.
i. riginal rattrp.
The Gospel Heralds.
Bow beautiful on Ziou'o bill
Are they who speak of peace;
Who publish joyful news to men.—
News of reileemin& grace.
God, , out of pure, unbounded love,
Sent his own Son to die ;
That whoso' trusteth in' his name,
Might not in ruin lie.
This glorious theme the watobmen sound,
And while they spend their breath
Unfolding all the wondrous pm
Of saving souls from death,
The.promised - Spirit, hov'ring near,
Whispers in softest voice
To many a wand'ring sinner's heart,
44 Nor make thy noblest choice..
4, Flee from the threat'ning storm of wrath,
Stay not in all the plain ;
Leave all this treach'rons world behind,
If you a heaven would' gain."
The tearful eye, the heaviug breast
Bespeak a broken heart ;
44 leans, assisted by thy grace,
I will from sin depart."
'T is thus that Zion's walls are built—
"r is God's appointed way;
The watchman warns, the Spirit strives,
And sinners will obey.
Q I .then, bow lovely in their eyes
The messenger appears;
'T is‘then that Zion's holy hill
A glorious aspect wears.
,T.lllchi.
Mar Poitastrove, Pa., Tan., 1859.
%Or 'the Presbyterian Banner and Urinate.
Calvinism and the Love of Souls.
A religion without strong and ardent love
for last sinners, is not the religion of the
Bible. It is not the religion-of the Son of
God. , It is not the religion developed by
the truth, as it is in Jesus. There may be
a' 'religion, beautiful in form—imposing,
through the trappings that may be thrown
around it—and yet it may be without a
heart to feel for the , perishing, or an eye to.
weep over the miseries that sre coming upon
them. Such was not the spirit of Jesus
Christ,' Compassion for the miserable and
needy, brought him from heaven to earth;
and this made him, while here, a man of
sorrows. His dross and all the wonders and
sufferings that cluster around it, proclaim
this to a dying world, in 'language so touch
ing, that the hoiden heart should - be moved
and melted, ' • "
True religion' will lieqike 3esus 'in this
respect. It will-have the'same mind that
was in him. One of the • precious.: fruits
that will hang from the tree of 'True,Relig
fon, will be love of souls—loi , e not rudely
for the pure mot holy, but for those in the
mine of sin, &lido& thee verge of .everhisibing
misery. l oly men of old -had , this love.
Looking back to those who lived before the
coming of the Son of Man, we may see *rivers
of waters running ' down the eyes 'of iitie;
because men kept.ncit •thelaw of God; and
we may hear another. exilaiming,.." 0, that,
my head were waters, that I might weep
day and night for she slain of the daughters
of my people 1" Turning the eye again to
those oalled by the &vicar to propagate his
religion, its may see thu same spirit ezenv
plified in the most striking and affecting
manner. One, not a whit behind the chief
Of the Apostles, is heard saying, " I have
great heaviness and continual sorrow in my
heart, for my brethren, my kinsmen accord
ing to the flesh!'
If Calvinism be of God, it will fill' the
hearts of those who embrace it, with com
passion for the lost. They will have ears
that will be - quick to heir the cry for help
which comes from the perishing. They',
will . be found sighing and crying, because of
the miserable condition of the multitudes,
who ire living without that mark which
will shield them from the destroying sword,
of the ministers of God's avenging justice.
And is not the truth contained in the
Calvinistic system adapted, in its very
nature, to inspire this feeling 7 It, in a
sense peculiar to itself, opens up the human ,
heart, and shows its deep depravity. It
reveals to 'the mind, in the clearest light,
its carnal nature, its ebmity to God, its re
bellion against his holy law, and the utter
imposeibility that it earl love him, till it is
renewed in all its powers. This system
speaks not of man's innocency by nature,
but shows that all are dead in trespasses and
sins.
If there is any view of the moral condi
tion' of mankind which is adapted to
awaken true and deep compassion for lost
sinners, it is that given by Calvinism. It
is ;ever crying, Lost I lost I all lost l It
says, "There is none that doeth good,
no, not one." And can this sad view of
the whole race be continually before the
mind, and the heart be wholly unmoved ?
Will it awaken • no love for souls in the
inesietSof those that have theemielves passed
from death unto life ?
Arminisns charge Calvinists with a want
of compassion for souls. In the " Doctrinal
Tracts of the Methodist Bpiscopal Church,
we have this charge repeatedly made. On
the 161st page, these lines may be found, in
relation to one of the doctrines of the Cal
vinistic system, viz., Predestination : " . And
it as naturally inspires contempt or coldness
toward those wham we suppose outcasts
from God. 1 0, (but you say,) I suppose
no particular man reprobated.' You mean,
you would not, if you could, help it. You
cannot help sometimes applying your gen
eral doctrine to particular persons. The
enemy of souls will apply it for you. You
know how often he has done so. 4 But you
rejected the thought with abhorrence.'
True; as soon as you could. But how did
it sour and sharpen your spirit, in the mean
time I You well know it was not the spirit
of love which 'y on then felt toward that poor
sinner, whom you supposed or suspected,
whether you would or no, to have been
hated of God from eternity." Again, on
page 165th, we have this language : "There
fore you cannot, consistently with your
principles, take any pains about their salva
tion. Consequently, those principles directly
tend to destroy your zeal for good works;
for all , good works ; but particularly for the
greatest of all, the saving of souls from
death." Arminius himself deblared to the
States of Holland, that Calvinism " hin
dered sorrow for sin, took away all pious
solicitude, and lessened the earneat desire
of doing good.' things."---Srod of Dort,
p. 134.
• These passages show the light .id which
Anti Calvinists view that system of which
we are now speaking. In their estimation,
it chills the hearts of God's children; and
renders them callous and unfeeling, in view
of the t perishing condition of the. ungodly.
They have no longing• desires to enter, upon
the work:of saving souls from death.
In the present article, we wish to investi
gate the truth of this ,opittion. We 'believe
that it 'is most unfounded, and that the
cause of: truth demande that this should be
made to appear. Our appeal will be made
to facts. Does the history of the world,,but
patticularly the history of the Church, show
that Calvinists have no lore for souls—that
they have no compassion for those whose
feet are• ready to slide into eternal •burnings?
Are we to infer from this history that they
are not troubled, as other
,Phristiatis ? Do
they never weep in sedret plebes, oVer
penitent friends and neighbors? Do they
never' sigh; and cry because so manYl•know
not God, and obey not' his will?, Do, they
never clothe themselves in 'sackcloth, arid
afflict their souls, because a decree has gone
forth.from the court of heaven,.that "He
that believeth not be damned?": Let
facts answer these inquiries:
As we are illustrating the effects, of Cal
vinism, it cannot be deemed out of_ place if
we should refer to Calvin-liiraself, for evi
dence of the 'tendency of that, system of
doctrines which bears his name. Had
be no love for souls? Dr. Henry, his
Hiographer, says : co As the breath of
eternal life seems to breathe through the
whole of this great man's undertakings, so
is it most conspicuously discoverable in his
profound compassion for souls r and , int is
love for fallen humanity."—Vol. 1., p. 422. .
In a letter to Margaret of Navarre, in allu
sion to his office as a minister of the Gospel ' s
Calvin says : " I should indeed bd too un
grateful if I did not.prefer this condition to
all the riches and honors of the world.—
Dyer's Life of Calvin, p.-155.
Rutherford; -in his , earliest years, hid his
mind imbued with the prineiples of Calvin
ism, and in after ,life preached them .with
great power to his fellow-men. •And who
has•manifested 'More lov4 for souls than this
devoted servant of 'God? D'Aubigne, in
his "Historical Recollections," says ':"Such
"Such
was his love for his flock, that often when
walking ,about his, prison chamber, and
standing - before 'the bare - of his window,
Rutherford envied the lot of the swallows,
free to fly to the church of Anworth."
And why did he so ardently-.long
lonee to flee like
Et - bird to that church ? • Was itnot" that he
niight'once moreleed the flock he so dearly
loved'? In • one of his addreasesr to his
people, he makes this animating and .affect
ing appeal : "God is my witness that,your
heaven would be as two heavens to me.'
It is said of Alleine, that " he was infin
itely and insatiably greedy of the conversion
of lords."
John Welch prayed seventor :eight hours
each
,day. It was his custom to keep a
cloak at hand, that•he might wrap himeielf in
it when he rose in the night His wife,
finding him on the floor weeping, would; at
times, remonstrate with.him: • His reply:to
her, on one occasion, was, "0, woman ! I
have the souls of three thousand to answer
fir, and I know , not how it is with many of
them."
If -any man ever felt the influence'of the :
Calvinistic system; that man was President,
Ed wards. The whole of his , spiritual life
originated in its truths, and on it' be sus
tained that life. On this he meditated in
his study, and in defence of this he wrote
some of the most masterly productions that,
the human mind has ever originated; and,
when in the pulpit, his sermons, were
weighty expositions of the same system.
And had he no compassion'for souls ? In his
farewell sermon to the people of Northamp6
ton, addressing himself to those, in a Christ
less state, he says, "Your consciences bear
me witness, that while I had opportunity I
have not ceased to' warn you, and set before
you your danger. I have studied to repre
pent the misery and necessity• of your ale
cumstances in the clearest manner possible.
I have tried all ways that I could think of,
tending to awaken your consciences, and
make you sensible of the necessity of your
improving your time, and being speedy in
flying, from the wrath to come, and thor
ough in the use of means for your escape
.and safety. I have diligently endeavored to
find out and use the most powerful motives
to persuade you to take care for your own
welfare and salvation. I have ,not only en
deavored to awaken you, that you might be
moved with fear, but I have used my utmost
endeavors to win you; I have sought out
acceptable words, that, if possible, I might
prevail upon you to forsake sin and turn to
God, and accept of Christ as your Saviour
and. Lord. I have spent my , strength very
much in these things."
It is well known that Whitfield adopted
thw Calvinietio creed, and that he preached
under' its influence. And what was the
effect in his case ? Did it turn his heart to
steel, and make him indifferent about the
perishing condition of sinful men ? "The
Priest, Puritan, and Preacher, says : "'He
had an intense feeling for souls, and this
feeling had a vent in tears. Of all the in
gredients of his preaching, nothing, I- ens
pent, was so powerful as this."
In thinking of those slumbering in their
graves, whose memories are dear because of
their eminent compassion for souls, the mind
most naturally fastens upon Samuel Davies.
How ardent his love for the needy and per
ishing I How it glows in his sermons, and
in his life of toil and sacrifice ! In his very
able letter to the Bishop of London, after
describing the sad condition of the Colonies,
in a moral and religious point of view,. , he
uses the following language: "This thought,
my lord, is 'so far from being agreeable to
me, that it at times reeks me with agonies
of companion and zeal intermingled; and
oould I entertain that unlimited charity
whioh Julie so many of- my neighbors into a
serene stupidity, it would secure me from
many a melancholy hour, and make my life
below a kind of anticipation of heaven. I
can boast of no high attainments, my lord;
I am se mein and insignificant . a• creature as
yourlordship can well conceive me to be;
but I dare profess I cannot be an uncoil
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cerned spectator of the ruin .of my dear
fellow4nortals : dare ambit) my heart at
tittles is set upcm nothing more than to
anatoh the brands:out.ritthe burning, before
they catch fire and burn unquenchably.
And hence, my lord,, it is, I consume My
strength and, life in such great fatigues in
this jangling, ungrateful Colony."
Tbe life of Dr. Nettleton affords another
illustration of our' :subject, and refutes,'in a
moat - triuMphant Manner, the ebarue . which
is sometimes -'brought against da . .l"inism,
that it makes , those - who, embrace it, " euiti,
carnal, and', stupid "—that it takes aWarall
pious •solicitude about the spiritual condition
trid
of our fellow men. He loved the dop e.
of grace with an ardent love. He embrarod
them most cordially. He rested on thPem all
his own hopes of salvation. And seelhe ,
effect in his, life ! What love •of soulsl tl
What longing for the salvation of, sinners,
did he manifest I In him was witnessed no
wild enthusiasm,, no trickery, no extrava
gauce in Manner or matter; an' ism'
pressible yearning of soul over impenitent
sinners, which made him solemn, earnest,
and powerful in his appeals to sinners from
the,pulpit, and from house to house. -And.
Whit - Was the result?:Did not Ged
' give
him hundreds- of seals to his, ministry?
;And then a new source of solicitude opened
up• hiin in these multitudes that were
converted throne)! his; instrumentality. It
is reeorded'that hmearriedtheir names with
him—thought about them often, and prayed
for, them much.
Calvinism has had few abler expounders
than Dr. Chalmers. Many an audience has
been• entranced , by his eloquence, and , Many
a child of God fed and modiforted, by. his
pious counsels. He was distinguished in,
many waye, and for many, things, but .in
nothing more than'for his strong attachment
to Calvinism, and his ardent hive for his
great work, as :a minister of the Gospelr:-the'
work of seeking .the salvation of •lost-souls: ,
Never was he more in his element, than
when going with the message of salvation,
to the poor and the outcast. Mr. Bruce, in
his funeral sermon, 'says of him tc From
therday that he knew the grace Of God in
- truth, his life became 'a consecrated thing,
himself a living sacrifice.' It was 6 Cor
bett '—a gift—the life of one,who knew
that he 4vais not his 'own, that' he had been
puichased by, another for his serviee. The
whole edergy of his Mfghty spirit, the'whole,
capacities of his gifted mind, the whole
warmth 'of his loving heart, were gladly 'ded
icated newsnd better Mister- ,, --thrown
unreservedly into his cause.",
Sacrifiewin' the eause , of Christ, are gen
erally considered one of the best tests of
love and , compassion for sinners. It was
this that Christ himself showed the strength,
of his compassion. He was rich, yet for`our
saes he-.became poor, that we' through• his
poverty might become rich. It was' thus
that Paul showed his love to his - unbelieving
brethren, and for the Gentile 'world. The
sacrifices he made, and the trials he enduxed I
for them, were better evidence of his strong
desire that they might be' saved, - thin
professions on his part. And have Cal'vinists'
made no sacrifices for the good of others?
Can none rise up and call them blessed,. - be-.
cause they have been instrumental in , bring , -
in'g, them to a saving knowledge ofj,ijesus
Christ ? Let us turn our faces to 'the great
American West. How many. there niay, be ,
found who hold to this system-"-of.doctrine,
toiling for the eternal good of the soulirthat
are 'there congregating ! Compared* want,
a sickly climate, and all the hardships inci
dent to a new country ; do not deter them
from carrying to those who .ate , famishing,
the ' , breathe; life. Is not Calvinism going
through all the W'est,, preaching Christ and
him crucified ? Is not its love for souls
manifested in its hundre,ds of ministers and
churches r its thousands of communicants, its
Corporteurs and its books, its Sabbath
Schools,. RS printing:presses, its thousands
of open fountains of spiritual and, moral heal
ing, and its standards lifted up against the
flood of iniquity that is coming upon the
land ? Thoile trains of soul-savinginfluenees
have not: been put in operation, without
many and.great sacrifices.
Let himi who imagines thatealvinists have
no compassion for perishing sinners, go :and ,
mingle in , their -religious assemblies. , Let
him -hear the ambassadors lor 'Christ, " as
they beseech sinners to' be recoiaeiled"to
God. Id what awful terms they unfold`the
threatenings of God ! How they entreat,
persuade, and expostulate I How, at times,
their hearts seem to break, and their eyes to
fill with tears, as the fearful condition of im
penitent sinners flashes before them, kali its
terrible reality ! Let him 'go and enter the
place of social prayer. Will he never infer
from the petitions that are offered, that the
condemnation of the wicked lies heavily
upon the hearts of those assembled there ?
Do their voices never falter with deep erne
tion ? Do no tears flow ? Are no sighs
uttered ? Boisterous - singing, boisterous
praying, unseemly and 'unseasonable noise
. and shouting,.. may not be there ; but is
there not a silencer at times, • more expres
sive of deep emotion, and heartfelt interest
in the condition of the ungodly, `than' mere
noise *or wild excitement ever indicated'?
Let him, then, 'pass from closet to 'closet,
when Calvinistic Christians are -alone with
God. Will he there see no wrestling with
the. Angel of the Covenant, for the outpour
ing of the Spirit ?—no earnest pleading of his
promises in reference to the salvation of the
lost ? Are there none lying low in the dust
of humility because of the languishing con
dition of Zion ?—because her gates are des
olate, and BO few come up to her solemn
feasts ?
An unusually large Convention has• lately
been in session, to consult about the` inter
ests of Zion. All its members were thor;
ougbly Calvinistic., And was not one of the
prominent characteristics of that Convention,
love for souls? Its call originated in this,
and all its meetings were warmed and ani
mated by this feeling This beamed in the
countenances of its members; was mani
fested in their prayers, their sermons, their
addresses, and the means employed`for the
reviving of God's people, and the conversion
I of sinners.
In view of all these things, can the con
clusion be drawn that Calvinists have no
bowels of compassion for impenitent men and
women ? M..N.
" CANT DO IT," never did any thing,
"I will try," has worked wonders ;.and, "I
will do it,' hasperformed miracles.
yor the Preebyterlawileut4 a*, plveciate4
Minor Reforms„Neadet„
No: :I. : 1 ", i.. , _:' , ' - i.' , "' -I.:l '' '''''' ' 7 1 ''''
• MESSRS. 'EDITORS :—Thef J1°014'1(1306 1 Qf
littler • has, always been:recognized., I -All girrat
things are made tap of ,litt)ea.,, , !"A i little
leaven," and tg a little folly," t ; arei me,n4ignet
in the Bible as productive Of mischievous`.
u
consequences.
" Large streams from,little fountains flew;
Tall vake from little•aooriaktibi.." I ' l
:. 1, V
Little thin gslire* utiVfelislAhpbrtant in re.
ligion Alin in seaularmiatterril , ,n . oii lessi'llor.
thy of attention in individuals thalr,..in t furt r i a
munities and churches. 0 aprl:reo:f-your
correspondents have bean ,p sting Out some
ig small improprieties" in - inisteri I . laid
many more might be;raeutio d. IvripOki
to, notice briefly a fewsinall-Worma, :Which
I . think might be inad,e .wint r y advantage, in
some of our social , and congregational t cusi
tools. A, word 'to the:Wise may` iti`siffunerit.
First, I notice tiiosOpertaiiiink td ',.. • 1 ' 1 '
: THE SICK. ANi:OktoK BOOMS : ' 1 -
An' vil which . has'been'felt lieliiisq fain
flies in times of sicknessl is t the• disi.beitiont
of those whos. call, to thrust theroselvealinto
the-sick-room, or;to feel the*elves-klighted'
if ..they .are not' invited , -to : ''ater it. All
physicians will testify..that. "mat injury , is
thus often done to the, sick, t
specially a when
in a -low. and feeble 'state: , The ,excitement
of being . spoken to by smirtil peons in i
succession, and ;of making s even) brief' an
wets, together , with the ,noiraland:Ahe ,in"-;°'
purity air occasioned by the: presence of
too many in the room ‘at Incepre sources-of
injury to the sick, far.more.s/dousthanlmost
persons imagine. :i, - 0° ' .
In oases of severe_ illneimil'uol visitors
'should' be permitted to ,enterfithel chamber;
except , the , physician, the, miiiiste4 andbthe l
nearest-friends - ; an&these oplyinne by one t
for .-a short %time, and: at ,pretten l intervals.
Let it be understood= that all otherstenffi-,
ciently testify . their . Oympathyc:iby isiaiply
calling td:the honse;Koriby sendingtmeesages.
of inquiry, andfloffers3ofilservieettriffrseded.;
and-let none .. feel themselves offtniediby not
being invited, into ;.the .Siele-reAlAril ILet
each one.remember, thatoiltlioughon inter-
°
view- of a few minuteerv4thllinunheroight.
not do injury,iet if there ibetperhapeshalf a
dozercsuch interviews !in theNtoursei of. a
single morning or afternoono,,theiresult. may
be to aggravate the disease, and , to!retarti, if
not, entirely prevent,„reeoverys2 : ~‘; ,'t
Some ministers, also,, F may :need i to , be. re
minded, that' their interviewetWilb. the -sick
should not.be unduly protraotxpli ,A' short
andr.pointedt conversation, irk atidied and
tender tone; a abort portioincofinScripture,
read; if °expedient ; land* al 'oll4orndlappro
prime prayerthe. whole, clOapyingbatrio
few .minutes , are. all , that torill;,_usually :be,
,
'safe or profttable... , - ~''''... '..40.‹..4....,,,,m-.;..„..,„-1.4
Let those families,' als6; which .may , b 9.
visited' With affliction, be , carefultcp send.their.
minister timely, notice, if, they: desire a visit
from°hiM. Otherwise, be may not'lear, of
the sickness for ,days or weeks,, and maybe,
blamed for 'neglect with 'which »the -family
themselves are . , ohargeable., ,
The good , old custom., , of requesting :the
prayers of the, congregation, on the Sabbath,
for . the . sick, ;is probably falling too much,
into diSnse. When- obServed, .howeveri , it
oughk:not to be the occasion of bringing an
nitlanche °of 'visitors to that sick-room, .on
their-way .home from church. . -
Some evilsr"connected with , our funeral
customs, will be noticed,in my next.
‘‘ w. 0„,,
From our London Correspondent.
Auskian Reinforcement. for Italy—The .Riddle of
French Policy 'and of the .Eraperor's `esi,gns—
Three Solutions—Court-Gamblers on. the Bourse
—Sudden Depreciation in Buropean Stocks .and
Railways—Mr. Roebuck, at Sheffield, on Reform
and on Bonaparte—The " Perjured-Zips" And
the Queen's. Cheek- 7 . Ring of Sardinia's Speech—
The Regent of Pruesia- and Liberty in Prussia
1‘ Benevolent. Panic" in Lontron.,..The Lon` lon
University and , the Popish Obstructives = The
Queen's Colleges and later-Mediate RchOols=The
Magee College and the late Mr. Dill The Cloudy
Bursaries—Tractarian Liferature—Prmerp for
the Dead-2" he"WoMen of ladia and theirUlaima.
LaNnoN January 14th, 1859.
Arrernia, heel tlimpitched thirty thousand
troops Ao reinforee her army in Lornblidy,
and. in the Roman Legations. This is one
of the many distnrbingrresults, produced by
Lottis Napoleon's few words on New Year's
day: The Moniteur has tried to explain
them away, but'the effect on the funds,
hoth in Paris and- London,
unfavorable. It; would -almost seem as-. if
Napoleon's desigesa,re now in ; concert with-
Russia, and that not in reference to „Italy,
hut rather with a view to the;disnieinber. ,
went of Turkey. The Foreign Miniiiter of
Austria, Count Baal,' would' 'firthly Teeiet
this, and if he could be got out Way
by the joint influence of France and
Russia . ; then Austria might bepersuaded to
take part in the- dismemberment, - in whieh
ease g , the consent of England would, not
be demanded." Count Bud! is, opposed to
these sinister, designs, and ' hAlee--it, is
surthised—the Emperor's words directed
against the relations between the two. Gov
ernments, but flattering personally to the
Emperdr. It will he very ourioue• if this
should prove to be the, true solution of the
riddle. "At' the outbreak of the'' war,
(the Russian War,) Moldavia 84%11461as
were .offered to Austria; and there. is reason
to believe that other . provinces'. of ,Turkey,
in Europe, have. recently been = proffered in
exchange for Lombardy.'
Supposing Austria base enough to_consent
to such an iniquitous proposal, Where wduld
the poor Pope be, &Lombardy was given
up, and the `Austrian - troops. Withdrawn.?
or what would become of Lombardy, now
panting for freedom? Would not the
French be as truly their tyrant.rnasters, as
their present rulers ? The prevailing feel
ing is, that, for the present, matters will
quiet down. But the: indignation of com
mercial and Peaceable men is intense against
the selfish author of these arrests put on
progress and prosperity. Two , . eattBoo seem
to exist; if .wte are' to believe the most .cur
rent opinions, for that panic) on the , Paris
Bourse Which'is now beginning to 'subside.
One is. that the Emperor is not the 'man
he was, and that • Prince Napoleon, his
cousin, ban obtained an ascendency over his
mind and councils. The Prince is the
determined foe of Austria, and identifies
himself with Satdinin not only in policy,
but also; by a marital alliance with the
daughter of King Victor Emmanuel. The
"betrothal "''takes plane - at Tririni thievery
OE
3
Nfeek: , The= gee'et; d' , eateleLaectighed , ' fol. 'the
pamio f the.basetteor(•qh=the Buiperdr'sito-.
.that
uttered the words•that have, °Awed all, the
trusc le ,in order o, enable these a men•
4'6 in‘ the fin& fer riee;" ati''-te
retrieve - 4heir fallen fortunesy'aperidthfifte I
andi,ptodigals •theyi are, amid theitiState
pay,k ,than. sixty...ipilliono„.st i erling
iaSupplased to have been the extent o'fdepre-'
(nation in the money market of haiope, since
the panic began. tsndaa z tt 65` -
ntute tol-r t
way shares, -the—fall-olise—been, tremendous),
W' on the „Lombardo y.ene amounts;
4afhb Pity per con' Vff - 1
e anxious,.
=seftiefitbrilliii 4diii S I.liblit-l• 'rail.'
way! nfestruentWaslgiriocge :propeity,t 'the
evegr Of.A.Toptipeutgl wary,4o4d4tlLeikte:i
going t elioys louq„?0nous. apprehensions
are entertained by Englqb capitalists,; *
Not lon g A vo, ehg-thoighiitibliefotk
!iiar . ding as tojtrial3iatimid r'eftia'4
tc take, .the 43t . , thirty•five xdilliOnd, ,
brought into thenaarket. 13uttlike, , caution,
i&needed still with, regard tethe.Qoptinentil'
§tatei. The public, says the Times, in its
ineneyartiele Of this cl t aY,' 44 beer
+iliiiiapvitien , they :recerarellitnie linfitatinne,
, that ifytbey Consentsto:7'venture, .it-moste be,
-with the,,liability, at Any moment, to. find
their property reduced -to half its, nominal•
amount, on the utterance, of a,few signif
cart words, by a Potentate with'finfehnh!
th'onsand men at -bis corninan4 and
-surrounded Courtiers whose ,fortunes
4:quire to be re/34**d by imports on the
Bourse."
Mn,.. ROZBUCIE, has beau ; addressing his
,constituents Pheffield,, in his usual .ve t
Bement style. He does not seem to approve
'Of - taqvereat suffrage, but wisliee a - great
extension' of •eledtoral privilege - 1 lai , git
tonns, las to , the , number .of members}„ the
suppression ,of small ;boroughs, and, the, re
distribution of seats`. - But he admits, that
the” country is uot very earnest about
liefoi of,` es - Ww's the Dees in 1$31; - `when tie
threat of revolution and Oivll War Poetised
the ;Hottie34Borda; under advice - of-the
Puke, -Wellington, ; to, give way. ;
Mr; Roebuck Ihinks the, great business
of next Seaton of Parliament will not be
Reform, but on Foreign Relations.
..12f6
Clinks-411 Continental enVy,rilear,
andlhateßngland..? denottneetrihe
French Fat:Term-as a,perjured despoti ! and
used.very severe language, such, as the, fol
lowing which was vehemently ipPlaided
with loud' 4Phrikias
44 The pretence , now made'ofiaidingiNly;
is a mire pretenoe.r. If have: no; faith ,
pan who,has perjury on ;his lips. , secel
lent, when- at
"Cherbourg, seeing the Ma
p:ere-L..' of` the Fiefich visiting the 1 0,hOph
Beglaid:-. I sa* that'mantrobunt tlie stepi
*Coif led toCtliatinoble Queen's .tlesSebiland
.when , saw. perjuged upon her
hallowed cheekynty,;, blood, rushed to my
hear;
, to think of that holy and
"good erea.
'ture defiled l'y the lips of ",a peridivii
despot."
The Ktiv) OE SARDINIA'S SPRECII at the,
Opeitiiik.Of his - Parliament,'hia'exoitedriome
commotion in Eitrope, inasmuch: as it =use§
some warlike phases; and is believed:-to
have been .submitted to the Prenoh
befere itsdeli y ery. Never
thelbsi; the Constitutional
could
soai sly i5117431303:41 less thin hey lute dofie, in
the 'ipreseatt stateof ••• feeling 'ainong his own
subje.ots, as well as.in,Ttaly at large.
114 own Impressions are of, little value,
but I believe that war is 'not inimineet and
indeed, at this mement, the panics 'in' the
London and =Paris Stock Erehilige-is
siding tapidly.
TrmltEutriii , OF' PicussrA hark' opened
the Chambers by a'speeoh,' whioh says very
little that might not have. been said by : the
King, his brother. Liberty is still in fetters
in Prussia, but, ont'he whole, it has guined
tattah by the new regime, lied 'will dd bo
aloWly, but surely.
The CHAnfranti CONAUBIITIONS evoked
ow behalf jof Night Refugee for tiii"-goine
leseranditindred:lnetitntions; hpappealein
the -Times, now exceed •, XB,OOO, and. are
daily increasing. A kind of, i f , benevolent
panic" has, peryNied the community—
especially that portion of it who are net the
&dimity benefactors of Rigged Schools,
Reformatories, and Refuges. 'l"heinoney is
all. wanted. The misery of the -lowest class
in this metropolis, is often terrible: More
than three thensand, including infante,
(deprived of nature's nourishment by 'the
privation of mothersi'y haw 'died ef want iit
ten Tears.
THE LONDON TENiv cite rri ha* thnpower
of granting degreenin,the arti; anducienees.
It has not- such a, local habitation as : Cam
:bridge and. Oxford,, .with resident Fellows,
and .various heads of houses. - There is
indeed' a 'University College in Quiver Street,
London,:and lectures undelivered, and ex
eiminations conducted . therei in:connexion
oeith classes regularly assembling. But the
peculiarity of the . University, is, that- a num
ber of gentlemen of high 'literary and scien
tific %tending are associated together, by
RoYal Charter to examine and give degrees
to the students of. all educational- establish
ments which: have obtained the recognition
of of with the University. Most of
the Dissenting Colleges, and some seven or
eight Roman Cabello educational establish
ments,- are affiliated to this popular Inatitu
tion.. I* examine ticins. are more strict_ and
difficultAhanthose , of the two great Epis
cord Univereities rand a : man that passes
even the is. A. test, must have made very
decided progress in r'eal kriowledge and' at
tainment.
But mark how Popery comes in as au ob
structive here. , The, Senates of the• Uni
veraity recently. agreed to add . Mental Philos
ophy to the course of studies. Whereupon
the Romish authorities, in jeabini alarm,
raised their protest,' pretending to discover
danger to the faith of. " the Church," from
the Introduction of MfAaPhYsies into the
examinations. Rome still clings to the hard,
dry, lifeless formulas of the sehool men.
She cannot "bear to see ignored • the " Seri
teacea of Loiribard," and the' "'Summa"' of
Thomas Aquinas. Rome ~ cannot tolerate
that vigorous, exercise. , of the mental facul
ties, which would and must test her,"
lible " claims. We know how old Sylies.
ter declares'it to" be the opinion of all the
Schoolnaen, seestudem, ovines, . 71 ) that.eyen
if a: man doubt -concerning any thing,com
manded by, the Church; ; ,whether., it ; be,,not
contrary tnthe law of (,hod, he is bound to
obey, tenetuFobatrz. 1 ) We'tiow, too,
; " - •
thiladelitiai % South Vest, •Corner,of Seventh and Chestnut Streets.
!al
By .at thet. 1;50 per en torsvitorpEon i.
Dalitetik hake' Ofty:-.1. , 2:00
tl3at Thomas' Aciainae•leld thafit vise not
„ necessary] for first ord" that a, priest should
4atin Mass
-
Book; it yas l l3nugh if he knew thewords,
and 'Even.
T the
'COUtioir of l'rgritl
. ,11/) 1 -
, 411 gdsvikatycd=ioc i jightfitatopro : 4 the
Un.ivers; by,Drs. Mcllale and q*ewman
, by
- .
the establishinput of the
katiqinfe4iaddxr4e - indikr.Propis - ti4ititilinitki-'fo
cEcgland tdztkiezheade/Leff , ,the . boddoil
.iversity, shows-thakthe,old Idedimval , spirit
ire w4 in gAlP , ) O t t? 1 1?t li gT.t'041 ife ll
,61.arieor', diesqllitmo ae.l desiime
r ti o tilfeille' 'Ph ireleilliyilyf iefieSehdeli;
glorioussitel'ormgtiiii....4,Ableri" , 'says
fLorod".2llfiesulay, almost," , ther,outeet Hof
oslooslpsysps so t's.rts *P , 41)1nre,344 no'
man could be Tai prpApient the;
,School of Aijattileandih4 J silieol
'Wrangle; gdocil,l 3 'eler''MaikYP,c' and Cllvin;
home ., 'Of the
-ScotchT,Unitemitibsotlie system. of, Aristotle,
.was,dieetarded.for.Athat of It l anius. Bacon
as leader, at length arose, and completed its,
dCeiriietiott' e •
• ;i .
TEE cluBEN:e Campine, , in . lieland,i
pierlent ) , iii their Origin an d i progress, a inlet;
ieliesrtng chiptikia- the' shi%tery of Vat'
conntry! > , Ocuisiatent)Papists;lind truejUl-'
tramontanjett4, .batte..!,them z ,wit4, 3 bittoyi
1114 red. 8p.t,4191e a - close, ~even among
ItOinan`CethOlios„ send their done to
these , rein&
siriarice.` , AVOork;;liiid , sit fitaliSiay," the raw-
bet - of students, has lalwayti been ceMpsnW.
,tiVOY, limited., 4 1 4 ak ,, B,Ffifast) ow4r#:ithe:
genius of protesishtism,presidee t and dAtruses ,
its iiithierice eif.citer - Ulster; theeileoesa, of
the'Qdeei's 'bolleges
atrwhich *ere; preset:al the Ex...-Intd,;+Chan-
Pell9r,9,firelf9 34 4l,(Pra4yin iLikeral4o)inn
-Ist,) Baran Orr'esni - ,he,Bliti,op of P,ovin and
Coneor t , and the )11.Vrieiittof'
'Aesenatly, - fteniAlie* el teni'ent"s
Made tby the. , Bev. HgniyeithelPiesi= l
dent, Wet whereas, in 's3,4s4l, 7 ,theounilier,
APlikentlel..X has La4 l .?fp, hunfilre.4 1 )4,111347 , :
.four,rissu to two hundred and
The '.6enise '
sifirltlie"eaffidf iPr01494
compritel men yeit'eadnentfliiil4lieir Mapco
tive AeriertAents: Tilere'4s.4a, e's Olten i a
University" in Ireland, similal l ta
don University which examines, aiiiitaiteirs
begredie
. 'ffiadi f 4fifiegiikfiditielbaCiWdled
itii6ee'ssfitt VontfpetitorVfof the pkikiis of dc4-
oridnenVaffbointuituits - ip hiiraandiniflidh
in the geKvioan )
. . .
Many -,Scholfirshipl,,altio, efist„fox the rt-
Ward talent and diligence. "o,f,the XrUitpr
SchOliresliiie; of '124
each, ereittlipreptilited
'the , course elemßalitieleti of; Arts; isixr..
appointed- for ;the Doetor;of, Medidineconrie,
of the value of , £2O .of ; the
value of ' "X2O each; are appropriited to sue.
eessfurtittidents - Of Blemetitifij'Eetv;' and the
Degree Of L 'L. D. ; ttropofzilikervaluelean'd
two of .f. , ls',each; ..arerespectively appropri
ated for. the, diplomas of Civil'Engineering
and Agriculture. Three Schnlarsinps are
aiviided'itunially," and are
tenable fer'ineil "year =only 'bathe 'saheb&
of eacitlear:inerliourfoeteli
Thezeurn of £1,600 it -yearrhas-beeti-vOted
by Parliament,ifor " Library,',f,tineetive t and
kindred objects. The originil sip, voted
for the dillide,yada6,ootf.
The eetibliellinent 'Of these'Collegetiriraii"ii
mistei-strake Vrise One.- the
part of. Sir Robert-Peel; = and -Dr. ,Edgar ; rof
Belfast,.,wesrhis Voyi'erful;peadjUtor, and I
may add,
,adviser in ilia matter. The re
inks alre ady are hig
with promise. ✓
The Presbyterian <<Church 'in .Ireland is
thus powerfully strengthened ; ,and for, min
isters, sone:--many whom are the foremost
etidente—the scholarships, . and other en- ,
iioivrherite important, and in their
bailie • ae .- *ell' :tee:Eat 5011 W Of • sniall
fainters? delightfully contrantwith the strug.
gles.of the olden time. It --wants but tithe
establishment of Intermediate Schools for
ilarisiell 'edit - elation ovet biter, and for this
niovenietit is being 'nielie,) t& . 'mak'e if full ;
of lighttiii&knoiviedge. - •
The Magee College, littWoritonderfyi is pro
greasing toward the completionolitslufure
Vollitectlgal-Ome and centre. ThelatP Rev.
Richard' Dill, of Dublin, it,,,,was, in tviiese
ccigregation lived the efitifitiO
lady; 'Cthe 'dingh fer of an - Ulster
-who left teagnificent nregivior estab
lishment.: Mr. Dill-hes diedan,the vigor Of
hie days, but in. his, last, testament and , will,
he devised , a snip .0f.f.8,50Q (part of the be,
quest of Mrs. ` Magee` to himself,} to the
fiirtherancii the-interests'; Of 'the 'College
which she founded. Thtiscfroin London
derry; as = well, as Belfast; there will ,go, out
streams of light and life, over Ireland and
the world., '
The Magee College is - Th . "ol6oWe"; ratter'
than .Liteitry, elthough:Literittble and Phil
osophy -will by means he - ignored. within
its wails.
Two Scholarship; or liiireariel are ,about
to be founded hy endowinerit in mai - nr'/ o
of
thelaniented 'Dr." - Goudy; of Stribene: ' His
.
two esonirireto ha re the presentation of
TBAOTARIA.N Li'mufti= is. net -so fre :
quently- referred , to, -as- Traetarian: - doings.
A , recent- specimen sof :the-daring.character
..of its literature, is .a series,' of .Tracts pub ,
lished at the office of the, notorious Union
newspaper, in the . Striiid,l - LOndon. Trem
treat,, in a'`pOiniler 'Cud' enieiblif °Vail
-disputed points in-the controiersy,nowrbeing
wagod,- , and the Confestionil, amongiothers;
in. prominent. There are °aids trinted in
red letiers„ with blanks to be filled,,,nt by
the young people, or others who espouse the,
systent. It , is ir kind of Eitnizfiiii Regittfir.
Thus ; ; near the lop. of the , eara4 , 411. the - text
of. the ;84th' ' Psalm : " They , will go from
strength to ,tdrength ; and, unto,; the , ; God of
gods appeareth every oir i 6t th em i n Z ee ! ,
'NeXt,' in red,
.printed in German capitals,, is
the wOrd; "11,7goxivzie." 1 `'Yorir'' eye then ,
on three lines,. eachtwith- a blank apace,
-for filling up the date. And-so-the disciple
successively records that he or „she gg re
ceived," Ist. (holy)' ; 2d.
CONFIRMATION 3d. F. (first) R. Gosisw
'Dixon." Thus, thefirst three laibps ow the
Oxford ladder are trs<eed ands inbjoinedk is
the ; tent, (Prayer43.ook version,) Psalm
.evil : .4.nd 4 0, he bringeth them unto
: the haven where they would be "
Tile of such tAllitink, and
ME
its oontridimion to the -Scriptural doctri
teltbilfediitorial" " Baer' wilier Jacob ,
saw ` in via on , will eV:it 'a:glance.
Rat, : .there, is. something bolder still.
Here I • have-before me another of this
Tract Series, the- LETTERS of the' title pa
'/Actelrest in k, and -e loge block cross (t)
immediately underneath. The title
thus : is LITANY AND. PRA,YEES for the
%FAITHFUL-,DEPARTED." The, Litany is a
copy or that Rome. It'. begins, " Lord
have mercy, Christ have mercy," &a., teed
Wei; lip of the. Trinity,the pe.
y •
talons isuccessively, "Have mercy on. the
sourlar_of the -latthful , departed ; :deliver the
souls of the faithful departed ; ‘ give rest to
the souls-of
•••-- 134 next dotifee'to "Blesseditary, - meaer
of God, virgin- of ~ virgins;" t 0:.." Bleared
,blessed ; patriarchs, saints, apostles,
disciples of our Lord, martyr's, .`eonfessers,
virgins, and all ye holy Indere," the invoca
tion and appal; "Pray for the souls of the
'ilefarte'dl" • •
Next,listthe appeal to Christ, by his won
..derftd 'conception, &o bwhis 4 ' five most
blessed ,teostuits". to
,",eileliper them " from
"the iegion Thy,)netice, tie= the pourer
of the devil, fro*thegnaitifig worm °Pon
soient'*lfrom.linty-enduring sorrow." Then
the Saviiiimis besought to "hasten the day of
visiting thy faithfal,-detained in the recep
tacks ofis'orrotoz; -to "shorten 'their time of
expiation for their sink; " and thronge
the ,prayers of Thy Church, and • especially
the,lnestsnui,4l6 s t ac r ifice of Thy. Holy Altar
;t6rideive l 'thins into the' tabernacle's of rest,
•' asid ervidn-theif. king'hopes with everlasting
'Jfruition?' , 1..
Next, there are two, ; .Collects, the first
praying for_ ii_the souls of Thy servants ne
--perteilirthe:rOPlitriott of !all:their sins, and
that ,by { pious supplication they may obtain
the pardon which they have always desired."
; In 'the' second, special prayer is offered for
"deriarteUriirents,v,.'kindiet, and benefac
t4,tors:" • Alben :we have, two , of Rome's so
::.calledill.,Beyen Penitential Psalms," li.,
,iffisecere t andlthe exxx., Dc .Profundis, just
as Papists use them, .or pervert them, in the
" Office for the 'Deed." Lastly,• there are
rparate prayers, "torthe faithful departed"
on day of person's aeliesse or 'funeral--
t'efFirPoriellitkltdeceasedr " , Forfather and
"Ter 'friends and-benefactors;"
- "-For 'sill that :lie in a church or church
yiird ;.". {some, ,hope for !in.*, you,pereeive,
t . as 0)11)0 in.""conseorated ground -!") " For
a mug deaaied'i" " for a woniaildei3eased
POritianY•doefised;" the ivliote &including
thus ' t • - • '
" V. Eternakeebgiveunto.them, 0 Lord.
. %a :And deibperpettiallight-shrine upon
them. -
.
V. May they rest in peace.
I well rEineinber , thy , firsitr perusal of Tract
rNint9o; HnoirldoW tiewmarekid -down, that
~themoudempation; of " Purgatory," in the
Thirty-Nine Articles, ".was not that_of every
kind of piiga toiy, after death." But, horror
'atincle I was, ant full of the 'dark fore
•dbediii-git- ',which then Ilia many , Tiearts, I
never...dreathet that fir so short a time, the
RomistiXeresy, all - but in name, should be
thus daringly avowed by men who minister
in, or are members of, the Chureh - of Eng
land.
Er
Two, MiSerotrAurns (of the
,American
Beard'of'l4lietiona,) from Madras,the Rev.
Clierlisliriftle, and the Rev: E. ebb, were
Presentilt 'our weekly meeting of the Tract
• Sooiety. , They state that some of the rich
34indoos,wre brginning to oirculatm Tracts in
defenee of their own religion. These gen-
Al:onion are 'on their 'way to the United
SfiteCfcir infrealiment and qest.
'‘Wkintaxr'ivirmia, is an inert:wing object
rif sympathy. fisountry: The. ies of
thetFree Church have a very efficient Society
• foF Fernalk . ,,Edueation. The following is a
„Nature diewnfrem the life; by Major Davi
son, in his speech at the Annual Meeting of
this excellent Sikiety:
• Tim isimust - Wroort.'-z-Among the frequenters
of:the TO, or ; ghaut, youlrill sometimes
see a lonelY figure wrapped' in single piece of
.brieViedridoth; tile end of whichls brought over
her
„shaven head, and- almost lidos, her face.
Though young, in fact, in features and in feeling,
ihels-Premiturely old.' Her history is ;Written
in , the lines that markiter joyleOs face.
is ,one of India's daughters, and a widow.
PerhiPti her . husband died when she was yet a
child^; and if the humanity of British law has
snatched,her from the death to which a cruel su
perstition has 'consigned her, site only exchanges
thefuneral pile for a kktd of living death. Cut
off from all the , sympathies of life, the world to
her is one , dreary, joyless blank, and she feels as
itlireirealthoseti crime for her to live. What a
contrast is her condition to that of the Christian
widow, who is so rich in the precious promises of
her covenant God and Father, her httsband and
,her friend; and inlho tender sympathy and care
of his_ people.
'At Madras, a spiritual movement has been
(- perceptible 'ending the highest classes of fe
male pupils in the Free Church' day-school.
Three have openly' avowed their faith in
- Christ., Others meat back through thepewer
of! hometsiffdctions, and others were said to
le"" Ohhiuoil."
Among the. Parsers _at Bombay, in social
ent,er,twinments,.ladis now-appear. A lady
in liengelgained - entrance to several Zena
nor: Her, brother: is missionary. They
;said' to if'wine' not poor pris
not., go and hear wore of
tfixi incarnation of 'Disine mercy from the
missionary, himself!! This missionary-was
actually invited,•to Tisk some of these ladies
when ill, by•thein own husbands. •
"Really;Aaidra young wife' to a female
' teacher visiting a Zeaana, '" your Bible
must live been written by a woman, it
. ,
Contains , so many kind things.aboutlis. • Our
' Resters say nothing but 'what is hard - arid
Otter of as.' Wilniotihe Christian ladies
'of America pray
,er, the women of 'lndia?
And might not„.leeninVSocieties be formed
for the education dinars's daughters , " un
welcomed •at thein birth, untaught in, eh ild
hood, enslaved when' married, accursed as
widosts,litud•• unlatriented • when. they die !"
Theirlwribtif is 'eiOity-irtillioris. J. W.
.If#ll4'PeeetlYte Muter mad Advocate.
ra Presbytery 9 Susquehanas .
Thiimeeting of the I-X.reebytery of Basquelmo
-ns, at , limit/Meld, ka.,,has just closed. •
• - The Ile', Androwellarewas received from the
P.resbyter7,4Coltunbtui.
Mr. David,Crafbwae , received under our care
4 :as a candidate,' from •the r Presbytery of Bedford.
The questien.on the Demission of the ministe
.,•rial office, was answered in the negative.
Rev. Charles 0. Corset was appointed Commis
-Sionerrito-kthe,next General Assembly, with John
Rnlipg•Rader 'in Wren. Thelim..Darein
Cook wasAßEpintcckaltarrutte, with R. Coburn,
Ruttingd SrATSD
HoT O. 833