~. . ATE. . . • . PR ..„.„. .. . . . . , ..,...,..- t ~.., , ~,„. • _ ._ . . „. _ , . • . ':, - ..:1"1 , .' i.... .., '.,.. -1 .:,- .. .. . .. 13 s . . ... ~ ~.,., , .••...• :..,,,,,, : • . ....,; , V . ~.. , .. , ''. . ' ' '': AN --"1" . .- .. , , ...i. . ~ ..., ~. „......-,...,::..,v,..,,. ~.,,,..,_..„.1,...:: ~, , •.,.. Preffilbytellait istaamorp Vol. V 11,110. 2 0. Prostsysortan *divests§ Vol. XXI, Xo. 91. DAVID McKINNEY and JAMES ALLISON, Editors. CERKIL-IN ADVANCE, Ministerial Changes.. [EDITORIAL] Our rural population are said, by stran gers, to be destitute of attachment to their native. homes. Farmers often, even those who are in comfortable circumstances, whose .lands are producing richly, and Whose flocks flourish, will become dissatisfied, and " go West." In the cows of a few years, they find that they have not yet got far enough " West ;" and accordingly , they , remove again. Thus they may be traced until, per haps; they shall reach the utmost bounds. of civilization. ' But, are these the only people among WI who are ueduly given to change 7 , We fear that an examination of the Minutes of our General Assembly, for the last ten yearn, would show a condition equally unsettled among our ministerial brethren. Will any of our readers be at the tronble to note the column in which we Jecord ecolesiaetical changes, and state the result, in three months, six months, or at theend of a year? We are able to record but a portion of the changee which are'eonstantly occurring all over the Church, nevertheless, the exami nation would convince any impartial inqui rer that under this head there is great room for reform. Formerly, the acceptance of a charge .by a minister, and the settlement of a minister by a people, was' held. to be the formation of• a onion so sacred, that reasons of the most grave character could alone justify its dissolution. A minister felt that he was settling for life, when he was 'solemnly, by the laying on of the hands of the Presby tery, appointed as an ambassador to the people of hie deliberate and prayerful choice. He had examined the field ? meditated on the difficulties which be had to encounter, and *Ward of the fact that in all spheres of labor there must be hinderances encountered, he had entered on his work in a spirit of devo tion that was not easily overcome. Instead of contemplating .a bed, of roses only, he saw before :him, some thorns, and he anticipated that the lapse of time would shout others, of Which,. at the outset, he was . ignorant. Hence, when trials occurred, he was not taken 'by surprise. He was only meeting diffteultiee rof.which he had prepared 'him self. ~And the people, on their part, had also eoUnted the. cost, taken the man for better or worse, and agreed upon a life eon tract ; end - few, they felt bound tb cherish their attachments. Hence it was, that -at an earlier period of our Church's hietery? the severtnei of the ministerial tie was compardtively rare. 'We 'are far 'from' affirming that it is nu- , lawful, always, for a pastor to ' &ate a change in his location. There are reasons, many and good, in special cases, why a man obtinge. It may Sot% be foutid that he is not at all adapted to his field of labor. He cannot cultivate it--cannot en dure the toil, or cannot edify the people. Or, on his acquiring a little experience, he may be fitted for a mifoh larger field. The Lord May have "need of him" in another place, and may stir up his nest and make him leave it, or may send to him the direct invitation to remove. Sometimes the people fail to fulfill their stipulations. They had • solemnly, before God, engaged, on the recep tion of their pastor, that they would sustain him by an ample support, eo as to free him from >worldly care, and enable him-to de vdte his time and talents to their spiritual edification and growth in grace. But their vow they have heartlessly broken. There are but few churches in which there are not some members who comprehend the mean ing of their engagement. They knew bow many hundreds of dollars are required, year by year, to buy. their own raiment, to keep their horse, pay traveling expenses, enter tain strangers, east into-the Lord's treasury on scores 0,,f calls; to pay for the innumer able odds and ends that a family and a household establishment are daily demand ing; in addition to the more obvious and well known articles of rent, food, fuel, &o. They know that if they were obliged to go into the market, as the minister is, and to pay for all the multitudinous articles which their necessities require, they could not, by the must penurious saving, make the email amount of their minister's incoreeover their year's expenditure; and yet they fail, small as this income is, to place even that punctually in his hands. If, then, a people, through a heartless niggardliness and cold blooded contempt of their solemn engage ments, subject their spiritual teacher to debt or to starvation, what can he do but remove? When a removal is, by such cir cumstances, rendered needful, the custom which too often preVails, of concealing the truth and covering up the misdeeds of the people, is to be regretted. But even there, the delinquent people are not the only party to be visited with disapprobation. In such cases there may be a grave fault lying at the minister's door, and at, the door of the PresbyteryVbecause of their neglect, in not using remedial measures in due season, or in not probing the case to the bottom, anp dealing with offenders as they deserve. Still, allowing for all cases of miserly coldness and neglect of duty on the part of the people; and allowing, also, for the goad• ing insults of an occasional Diotrephes in our churches, we are constrained to admit, that among our ministerial brethren there is too often an unsettled and restless feeling which operates in the direction of needless change. We fear that, sometimes, our min isters accept of charges without any definite idea of being permanently nettled among the people whose spiritual oversight they under take. They would try their powers. They would gain some experience. !they, have changed already, and they expect to, change again. They may meet with. unknown troubles in the new Fettlement, but if this be the ease, why, there is the.' great West, or there are innumerable calls in the relig ious papers from destitute localities; . or they have been engaged in teaching, and they can become teachers again; or they can accept an agency. , Thus the mind is famil iarized with the possibility of change. With such persons, almost any , thing,will,serve as an excuse for a removal. Now,' this unset tled and ever•shifting condition of a minis , try is much to be deplored. It is fraught with evil to the churches and to the minis ters alike. Congregations are made familiar with the idea of parting with their teachers. Hence it is easy . to lead such peeple to look on ministers as hirelings ) or as"mechardos or tradesmen, who may be engaged for a sea son or two, and then "'distniiii;dr when the bargain is fulfilled. How ruinous this to the Lord's cause I How subvereive of our elevated * Presbyterian ideas ! Such incessant changing tends to chill the affections of the people, and to:rekess thiir . liberality. We know' a church in an im portant place, where two or three removals of ministers, after short incumbencies, had -left the cause of religion at a lotrebb. But the people rallied, • and - another !pastor was called, and high prospects of great success were looked forward to, under, his care. The salary was nearly doubled. Hie dwell ing was inrnished at the expense of the congregation. One member paid the flour account of the pastor, and another paid his grocery bill. His will was a law. Had he remained a pleased and-satisfied ;laborer, he had the highest prospects of =usefulness. But an opening in another platie :soon pre._ sented/iteelf, and, to the amazement. of his people, he too, like a bird of passage, left them ! Variotis and prutriotd& efforts Wei% made by the chagrined peoide, and at-letigth a suecessor was found. But what'Sirlis: the result? Why, five hundred* dolllo, per annum' were deducted from the paetor's sup port. No congregational effort provided him with a ohair, a bed, or a table. Ipe= might find a house wherehe could; andlnotrocer, n 0... merchant, earmoted: witlaturch, has ever thought• of settlinghishills I All this is natural, much as it is for be 'deplored I We ask special attention to one of the ill influences of these; changing visitors of 13071- gregatione, on which we fear they do not often meditate. In the ear)) , historrof oar Church, when a pastor had vent. the best yearsoflislife among a people; when he hsd toiled for theiredification; and warn , himself out in their service, they felt that theywere under , a Scriptural bond to• sustain. him in his'dealining years. He,'Waa the fither of a ' great family. The 'people lbved 'and' rev erenced him, and would have felt,that they were disgraced, in the eyes of the Church and of the world,,had they left him - to pen , ury and want. This feeling was then strong among our people, and it prevails yet in the Church of the father.land. But what could be expected from the operation , of a system which has made a;people familiar with the faces of two or three pastors every dozen of years or so? When a- thus movable minis ter is verging on old age, on what church can he have a claim ? He has roamed about from place to place. He may have done very much good, too, in various places of labor. But in no particular charge has he established a claim for-that sympathy and aid which age and - decrepitude require. What church will insure a minister's life, or buy for him and his an annuity, when it isexpected; that be may be in a distant re gion in the course of three or four years ? Numerous as the evil consequences are, which ate entailed on the membership of the church by familiarity with change, the re sults are quite as disastrous to ministers as to people: Both are deeply interested in a return to stability in the pastoral relation. All who enter the ministry with intelli gent views, must be- aware that difficulties should be expected. - Ministers themselves are not perfect ; (they are note all wise, •and what but trials must imperfect man expect to meet with from imperfect people ? Let ministers, on the occasion of their settleuient, see to it, that a fair prospect of support is secured to them in a field to which their talents are adapted, and then, relying on the arm and' promise of the great Head of the Church, let them go on their way, being assured that he will sustain them. When difficulties of such * magnitude occur as require the counsel and interference of the Presbytery, let such be edught, without strife and passion, and in a calm, determined spirit, that recognizes the institution.' of order. Let the voice and powers of those who are invested with authority settle the difficulty, and obtain redress. The future course may•then be one of peace and joy. Let this be done, instead of deserting the post, and leaving the sore to fester and 'the poison to produce a continuation of disorders. AR we have alreedy said, the power of heal ing or, of mitigating this great evil, is in the' hands of our Presbyteries; and just as they are faithful or otherwise, so will be the result. Hasty admissions of young men to the posi tion of candidates; hasty licensures; hasty settlements; frequent disrukons of pastoral relations hastily sanctioned; and a 'general floating about of unsettled ministers, and a "ONE THING IS NEEDFUL:" "ONE THING HAVE I DESIRED OF THE LORD:" "THIS ONE THING I DO." PUBLICATION OFFICE, GAZETTE BUILDING,- FIFTH ,SPIZET,IO3,OVE SMITEFIELD, PITTSBURGH; PA. FOR THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, DIA.RCII 19, 1859. clamor from important vacancics—fOr all these evils, the remedy is in the hands of the Presbyteries, and they are bound wisely to apply to the disease a healing balm, or the chastening rod, if need be.. In putting down these thoughts, we have found it difficult to be faithful; but the evil is so extensive, so rapid in its growth, and so deleterious to pastors and people, that we felt a plain notice of it to incumbent. Its radical cure must be a work of time. It must result from . a cultivated Christian sen timent—a sentiment which will both prompt to, and sustain Presbyterial action. Let not our 'system descend to a blank Congrega tionalism, where the Presbytery shall not have the opportunity even of acting as an advisory counsel. Let not the sweet, confid ing, and edifying relation of pastor and people be degraded to the worldliness of a mere hireling system, to be ruptured by the irregularities of pride, prejudice, and pas si.on, or by mere money considerations. Tor the Presbyterian Banner and Advocate. Superior, Wisconsin. .... MESSES. EDITORS -I hive recently made a `trip from this place of my sojourn to St. Paul; and its neighboring towns, some notes of which nifty not be without interest to your readers. The distance between these two points is one hundred and sixty miles, and the journey is one .of interest, and is made 'with' comfort, notwithstanding the low temperature'af these highlatitudes. The mail contractor runs au line of sleighs through, between these points, three times a week. Three days are occupied in going through, and comfortable resting plaaes at night, and good entertainment, are found by the way. The character a the country over which we pass is variegated. For a hundred miles from this place it is heavily wooded; the timber alternating between the lamerac, which grows in the swamps, and birch, maple, pine, oak, &c., which 'densely cover the bluffs and - table lands. The . last, sixty miles has but little timber, being, chietly covered with dwarf jack oak, with occasional small' prairies. Several good streams ',of water 'are crossed,' the prinmpatof *Thiel are the Kettle, the Snake, and the 'Bunt ise Riversa branches of the St. Croix. I had for my traveling companion, the Rev. 'J. M. Barnett, of this place'. We reached St. Paul late in the evening 'of the third day of our journey. The next noon mas devoted to a general,stirveyaoa this new and precocious city of the Narth-Weet.- After dinner, the. Rev. j. G. 'Rilleldaffer, the pastor of thee Old School 'Paeihyteriati church, having heard of our arrival, (Ailed upon us at our hotel, and with genuine, large hearted. hospitality, compelled ns, thence-for ward, during our sojourn in the city, to be., come his guests. This brotherhas perforined a good service in St. Pahl, in 'the cause of Old Sehool Presbyterianism,'and of religion generally. Through his labors, begun when there was but, little in the then state of. things to encourage • success,, and, steadfaitly, yet unostentatiously persevered in amidst discouragementsi he has suc ceeded in gathering a fine congregation', of Whom, about.one huddred, are .members of the church. His hands are now made strong by the co.operation of six Ruling Elders, and many other efficient workers in the' church acid congregation. A substan tial •and commodious house of 'worship has been built. It occupies a site in the imme diate neighborhood' of the State Capitol, which, though not at present the beat adapted to gather "outsiders," will ulti mately be' one of the best in the city. 'A very flourishing Sabbath School occupies the basement of the church building. Brother. Riheldaffer has .also recently commenced another enterprise, most import ant to the interests of St. Paul and the region which it represents, the establishment of a first class Female Seminary; thus main taining and vindicating the character of, Presbyterianism as the patron and pioneer of a liberal as well' as- general education. He has secured a beautiful and commanding location, on which he has erected buildings specially designed, and admirably adapted to secure the ends which ought to be aimed at in every institution of learning—the phys ical health, and comfort, and the intellectual activity and development of the pupils. Il e is aided in ths work -of instruction by competent and accomplished assistants, graduates of the veteran and popular insti tution at Steubenville, Ohio. Boarders are treated as members 'of the family, and the sunshine of a most amiable and truly Chris tian household sheds its influence upon their expanding minds and hearts. I greatly re joice that the thoughful forecast, and the enterprising activity of one so competed, to the task s has thus' early provided - for .the thorough education of the daughters of this rapidly rising State; and I wont ear nestly pray that his life, and the life his amiable and excellent. companion, may long be spared to carry on what they •have so auspiciously 'begun. In addition to the Old School church, al ready mentioned, there are in St. Paul, two New School Presbyterian, two Episcopal, two Methodist, one Baptist, one Congregational, (recently organized) two Roman Catholic, and perhaps, some other small churches. The statistics of these churches I tun not able to give. The first - Presbyterian (Rev. John Mattocks, pastor,) has about one bun , dred and twenty-five or thirty members. The other New Sehool under the care of the Rev. E. D. Neal, is a new, bat promising enterprise. Across the river, in West St. Paul, Rev. Mr. Thayer, an fald School brother, has recently commenced the, work of gathering a Congregation, and erecting a church. There is, as yet, on that aide of the river no church of any denomination, nor is 'there any male, member .of the Presbyterian. Church ;, yet there have been found those,, who, under the wise and energetic leader - • ship Of brother Thayer, have &hewn their willingness, with ready hands, to take hold of the work of building .a house of worship. Already the stone is on the ground, and part of the foundation laid, although brother Thayer has been there but a few weeks. Of the past, rapid growth, present appear ance, and future prospects of. St. Paul, I cannot now write. It is certainly a vigorous }youth of its age, and by no means unsightly notwithstanding the fact that it seems to have been the design of the'proprieters of the place, to, concentrate and combine the irregularity and confusion ,of both Boston and New York, in the laying out of the streets. It; Claims twelve thousand inhabi tants, and possesses most -of the conveni epees and , comforts - of older. cities, A mag nificent bridge is rapidly approaching'eora .pletion, by which .the two sides of the river will soon be re-united. .; Before leaving the regiorrof St. Paul, we made a visit to Stillwater tisc-the , St. Croix, twenty miles 'to the Bast - of the.eity„; and also to Hudson, six miles farther downorn the Wisconsin Side of the same river, or 'lake, as the deep and wide 'Channel of its waters, in the neighborhood of thee° places, is called. These are. both fine towns of abitut two thousand inhabitants : each." The object of our visit was to pay our respects to the Old School ministers io ,these places. At the former is the Rev. ":' . o.'ealdwell, a good and earnest . brother, fites.dily growing in , the confidence and the affections- of his own people and of the coareaunity generally. While here, it' was our privilege to he ,the guests of bent. Gov. Holecanhe, Whom we had met at Bro. Rihefilaifer'S; incrivlio is a Ruling Elder, and one of - the 4illarri.of this church. The other elderis the:Hom S. J. R. • McMillan, the presiding judge, of that district. He is one of the most popular and ,influential men of his age, i i n- the. State, and a thoroaghly consistent Chriatian. Your smoky city.has the honor of-being this-birth place, and. the good Calvinistic training which he received, under old Dr. 13,laelr, has ,not been lost upon him, thong he does now sing not only 44 PealMfl, " Att ' also - 44 ityirkno and Spiritual Songs." His wife is redatig,li tar of Major Butler, oftlia.„ArSenal i Alt Lawrenceville. At Hudson, we had the every , great sans- faction of visiting; in his Westein Wine, 'that dear and devote& brother; the Mei% Wm. Speer; known to all your readers, asliv font:ids missionary of our Church Ito China, sma af terwards to the Chinese in California. 'I regret to say that his health is. still feeble; though he thinks be has been benefited "by' the bracing atmosphere of this- teliglitftil climate. Notwithstanding, his weakness, he "in labors sibundant,"?.. in the. midst of a small bat interesting congregation:to which he ministers. And the Lord is bleising his labors. An unusual degree of seriousness and attentitm to the °dawn's of the 'soul was apparent, on the part of many, at the time we were there. From Hudson we returned . to St.„Pauli nod, two, days afterwards, visited St.. Ark. thorty, , and Minneapolis. These are twin cities - in • embryo, on opposite sides orthe Mississippi, at the• fallesOf St. Anthony, seven miles -above , S,t. Here again - our c‘ blue.stecking ma fested by - our devoting - Minket •thewhiire time of Our short visit, to a call upon the Rev. Levi Hughes, who last Fall com menced, and still continues with trurrApos tones zeal, his labors ,irt the Old School churches of these two towns.: There is, a great work here to be done, and:this is the right titne, - and' hrother Hughes is the right man tosio it. These towns are, beautifully situated. Nature; seems; to have designed, it: as .the location of a. great city. They are already places`of considerable size, one having about font thblisand,' and 'the other about three thousand inhabitants. They are connected by •two bridges across the river,_ one • of - which is • a beautiful wire-su.spenston. St. Anthony is the seat of the Stage University. One wing of the contemplated buildings is already erected. It is a large and imposing structure , of stone. The University is •not now in operation. . our -return to. St.. Paul,.we came-down `the West side of: the river, visiting by the way the Falls of the Minim:las, and Fort Snelling. The Minnehaha is °comparatively a small etre a fft, flowing between low -banks until it comes within half a mile -of the Mississippi, when suddenly *leaps down a chasm seventy ,feet ; .deep, forming a. most beautiful and picturesque cascade. The walls of this chasm are about three times as far apart'as the banks cif the stream above, and they are now thickly covered- with frozen spray, wrought into eurious-and fan. tastio shapes. Far down near the water, these accretions of ice have gradually stretched'out from "thesides until they have met in the centre, so that the stream is com. pletely arched over, and upon this arch the ice has increased to near half the height of; the whole fall. Behind this icy wall, the " laughing water" pours *itself 'doiki into seething cauldron heneath. ' The road crosses' this stream a few rods above the falls, and. if it were not. for the; rising spray, a stranger might cross and not, be aware of their proximity. , Resuming the road, we soon found our selves at Fort Snelling, at the junction - of the Minnesota and the Mississippi: This is the , property, includingAeverallthousand acres of the best land in the State, out of I which, it is alleged by the papers, certain parties have swindled the Government. The' fort looks-deserted and gloomy. It is °caw pied, I believe, by a few ,of the employees of one of the many_ projeeted, but not soon• to-be-finished railroads of this new. State. From Fort - Snelling to St. Paul, otir road lay upon the frozen bosom of the great Father of Waters. Monday,morning, two weeks frem.the time of our leaving home, we started en route 'for Superier, which, pince we reached in due . time, in safety, highly gratified with our visit, and deeply ichpressed with the fact that God has > placed the formation of the moral and religious character of the people of Minnesota in the right bands, so far, at least; as this work falls to the lot of Old School Presbyterians. ' A Beautiful Thought. Here is one of the many beantifril thoughts to which Fanny Forrester las. giv en expression " Oh lei me die in the country, where I shall not fall like the sidgle leaf of the for est, unheeded ; where 'those that love me need not mask their hearts to meet the care less multitude, and strive - as a duty to, forget me 1 Bury me in the country, amid the prayers of the good, and the tears of the loving; not in the dark, damp vault, away from the sweet•seented-air, and. the cheerful sunshine; but in , the open fields,, among the flowers, that I loved and nherished while living." Front one London Correspondent. Indian Finance, and. Lard Stanley's Speech,—The Debt—Statiatice of Pubtic Works—The Indian Army—Exports and Imports—The Opi um Traffic --Opium Smoking,. and Christian Con veria—Missions to China—Appeal of Mr. James • —Albert Smith's Scoffs and Ignorance—Mr. Spur geon not, gads to America—The; War Question— The "Times," and its CounNt to Austria—Her Crimes Against Religion . -=-The Day of Retribu • tion—A Prophetic-New Map of Europe—ne Last of the Moguls—The War in India—The Lodiana Afiseionary and ;United Prayer—Post script. LormoN,'Nbrattry 18th, 1859. INDIAN FINANCE has this week been oc• eupying the Attention , of the House of Com mons. This has ariebb from the necessity of 'raising a loan in the English market. Lord Stanley discussed the whole questivn in a tenderly - manner. Indeed everything he does, is distinguished by`"the e careful at tention Which he giVes to facts and 'oAm:i -rate details. It , startled the House of. Com mons.to hear that the great:lndian Mutiny had, cost eighteen millions sterling, besides five'raillions for losses. There is a 'set off against 'this, in the forfeiture of pensions &militia by rebel chiefs and princes.. Bat, at the: least; the ,expenditure has been, for two years or, loss, X21,000,Q0P True,,tlie British Exchequer does not defray this ; it , 'from the revenues of India. Nev. erthelese it affeats 'this country in a mesa= There have alwaysbeen debts-running up from the series of wars either forced upon us, or waged aggiegisiVely in India,- It has expanded from eighteen millions in 1800, to seventy-four andit half Millions in- the pres ent year. , Thie,fliowever, 'bar sanely , eve!' exoeeded,more.then twolears of the entire revenue of, the country!. , It .appears, also, that Ofty.nine and a half millions of the stock had "been taken in 'lndia, and that fullY three fifths belonged to natiie holders. Immediately before the mutiny, the rev enue': and 4xpenditurei -*eve .naa'rly vegiaal. ized,,ametating to about thirty-three mil lions ,sterling... Lord Stanley,onlY asks_a lean of seven millions, such cofifidenee has he iwthe elas ticity of India. , Worlia of iznp . vbvemeni; siteh as > irrigation, canals, and , rail Ways have been;in progress r and will lae.muchin creased. There are more than three thou sand- miles of railway heing constructed, and more thwwfive hundred open to - traffto. The Govermiient are-aaterniindd' to +eve telegraphic , communimation with India whatever it ecats, and it appears- thatthere will be a cable laid, from-the "Bolnbay`Presi dency as far as Aden, in June next. • THE ARMY Or INDIA is now an immense force. In January, 1857, the ,Indian finny comprised forty-five 'thousand five'hundred and forty-Seven European,troops, a:nd two', hundred, an'd- thirty oAm:id nine 'via - fifCy one 'datives,.press eiatlclree is ninety one 'thousand five hun dred arid eighty Etiropeans, and two hurt., died and forty.three' thorisatid nine hundred and forty-one natives, showing that the British force has`been more than doubled, and the native regiments only maintained at their former strength. THE 'EXPC4PS 'AND IMPORTS OP have more than doubled sines 1840. Many of the public works have already , proved enormously t remunerative. As to land= ten ure, Lord Stanley deprecates any change, contrary*, Hinded oristoms in that matter; but there are large= unoccupied domains which might be used for colonination. He also suggests that every= holder of hied might be encouraged and enabled to convert his tenure into freehold, at small expense. THE. OPIUM TRAPFIO suggests itself in, connexion with Indian Finanoe. You are already aviare that from this-source a reve nue is raised which: this; year will probably reach £5,000,000 sterling. , " What shall do for, the three hundred talents," said a Hebrew king. And the Prophet said "The Lord is able to give thee Much more thari dais " 'This, ilas t is' not the modern-way of-States to settle the morale and .the true: policy of revenue: drawn from human mis ery., ,And -so the opium traffic is le galized tinder the new treaty, with China. Before, it was contraband. It.is now to be admitted it an ad valorem' duty of eight per cent.; but the importers will-notshe al ' lowed to, go' into the .interior -to sellit r or, to accompany those who sell it, who must be exclusively Chinese. The mischief, physically and morally, of opitim-smoking, is deseribed Id frightful by those who have witnessed it. Our own English Presbyterian missionarieshave come in painful contact with it. In onp ease, it was admitted that there was the evidence of "repentance andlaith" int'. professed eon - vdrt, but inasmuch as he had been ender' theAtirrible spell .of the habit, and had; not thoroughly abandoned,itrhe masuot.admit tedhy baptism into the visible.giturch, It is rigkt to add ihat our 'Foreign Committee 4uestioned the propriety of the refusal of baptism when there were evi deneesof 'repentance toward God,- amLfaith toward our Lord Jesus Christ. And yet a returned "missionary.-would'-tell you how de basing, ensnaring, and almost uneradicable - . the habit is. A painful,proof was furnished of this, by the two native-assistants of the Rev., Wm. Burns, at Swatow. They seem to , have relipsed into the habit, of opium ,' smoking, and the felt it his duty to, dispense with their services. Mrsgalms ,CRINA. tare receiving in. oreasediattention. Mr. James, of Birming ham, has,puldisted ai very • powerful appeal to the British and American .Churches on the subject. It is like the voice of trum pet, and it comes from a noble veteran in, (Arlin; servioe. He it was that proposed, some years ago; the printing of twenty Mil lions of Testaments for China. The in crease of- laborers will be very considerable,. and '.I expect;that new fields as distinct from Canton especially, will be found much more satisfactory as to results. Indeed,it is now believed that various Societies made a this.' take, after the opening of the:'five ports some years ago, in not Ong Northward. Al'far as,locality can account for it-, tlie loca tion of. the American and' Presbyterian Mis sions at Amoy has confirmed this. Indeed, I believe our own Committee will concentrate its efforts still on that plan; -and while Mr. Burns is emphatically an Evangelist, and ought to have, and will take entire liberty to preach where he pleases, the other mis sionaries will, I have reason to believe, be di. fected to confine themselves to the field-on which they have already entered-L--to break Philadelphia; South West Corner of - Seventh aud Chestnut Streets. up fresh ground, and to feed the little seat tiered flooks , elready glithered out We are likely, ere long, I trust, to have three addi.. Conti uiissioneries in the Chinese field. Roman Catholic Missiods to China are"' once more active and aggiesiiive. The wart against Cochin China, in prbfaled"oheiti4e.: went of the murder of a priest, *lit fasten on that country a regular colony of friars, bite*, white, and gray. And ,as for China, proper, the' vigilance ofthe'propaganda *UV take carelhat agents shall not be wanting wherever there is an open field. A book has just appeared, written by, a Mr. Mar shall, to ridicule Dr: MotrisOn and'Proteet ant missions, and to Write . up the great things done in China by the jesuits ) centa ries- before, any modern missions were heard of. The Horning Star,, which professes only to give fair play to all part*, praises, the hook in a thoroughly jesuitical review. It is ' , known that this paper (one "Of' the cheap press,) findtriti;way to Popish 'break fast itablei. t Mr. Albert. 'Smith,' also, onoet ttiedsto , caskridioule'on. the Church-Missions at , Cantdn, , end la. clergyman presentlisied him. Itiwas mean trick on Smith'epart, and his knowledge of China is so limited; that Married missionariesithinoe, .`treat his ridicule.with the greatest• contempt. 'They also consider his entertainnient' a - clip-trap, and •it'very: inferior affair. He Went'uolidr tiler' than Clinton. SPurtonatt, it would seem will not , after.all, go ,to Attie:lea this year. The Morning Advertiser 4.has .the following : " We,ar&enabledio state that: the Rev. C. 11. ! Spurgeon has labaudoned oontem. plated-trip ..to America, eertaiply, for the present year. As, immediate atlraligemenis arcto be;pciade for erecting. his;-new Tabor, nacle, it seems a jadleious,reaolation helms come to." The various plans for the tte,tir buildingwnre publfolY exhibited ini t tiebit. Th l e'eStimiste is. atkint - X16, 1 000 ;or" $ It is:probable thatfahe ultimate; (lost will be r4uoic . greater. 4 A Moue QirrPiony,einte - preivalle =this week, on the - European war question.'; Aus; trig; in theleofficial tergatr,at the nwsit pro-, leases view the f rEtnete,ror's,rteent,speeele as, eminently :pacific, ,and says ,she places " implicit"" tionfitiAnce in his r friendlieeeel-' hag: ' 106*fitd' tet heliettelthat die this unify such confidence, especially as 'repetition* for, war continue in. Franomand wor Italian campaign would be attempted before April; at all events.. The Time; solemnly_ werns Austriallikt slit — Pniseitbe litadYitf Pirtle concessions; otheriissetheielmayi bro as (little' safety; as- there beisympathyr-for hev She professes wilrievese to, take as -a beast forfor.dipi matte discuss i toneop her temporary. occupation of CentralWisitielvet may be agekideirlibYliineeinitelEftgitted...-1 11 ,Ratr tays-eth;)' T asks ,content with what she has elfeadfd3he, and, he-' lieves that by eondescandingto adewaraooth expressions, and compliments, she has discharged her duty in' his inattei, we are convinced the. day' is not -fate distant when she -Will be aroused from icier dreamof Uncle/ security. She, ought not to -ts ontent herself with °fent& articles;:she ought to lose no time in addressing. a Circular to her diplomatic agents, stating in firm, dignified,- and courteous language, the terms' on which she is disposed'; to treat. r Sherioughe to do more. • She should at . once ripply to 'Eng:- land and Prussia, requesting -their good, offices, and thus enlisting two Powere, which stand impartial in the present quarrel, and have every wish-anti interest to 'prevent 'the breaking out of a war.- " Let Austria accompany this overtnie with a statement of her willingness Ito ,evac uate-the Roman,lerritory afixed pe riod, on condition of, France also retiring from that portion in her occiiipation. * Let her remember that the French Emperor haertot, receded- from, apypositien , lata.hae taken ttp,..thathie pree#atiernt ate ithititer-' stating, and that'on - her part it would be suicidal folly to neglect , teniake adVanies which will either,-prevent war -altogether,; or else place:Austria in a position . to command the, present sympathy and. future assistance of Earope." It remains to be seen Whether this friendly warning—ratters& -aloud in - the presence of the wholenivilized be,taken to heart by Austria. Her - young Emperor is obstinate and Proud. He is the . Pope's Willing vassal. He hie, young Be le: is, the innocent blood'vf on hie hands. He and the Jesuits. together, op- - press 'Protestant liberty, and -they deported, seven .years , ago, the Scottish miesionarieatii Hungary, and, treated with dishoner and sent away from their waits not only the living witnesses of trade, bat alio the Holy Scriptures, themselves; sending: large-quan tities-of them across their borders, as if-they were infected with the plague, If there is one Poiver on the Continent that has 'pro voked righteous reiibittion more than another, it is Austria. Naplevis n wicked' and cruel, although not so powerful. Her exiles will soon reach your tree shores, and no doubt an "enthusiastic and soothing wel come awaits Peeritt and his fellow martyrs. .A NEW MAP or Euno.RE, as it will be in 1860, has been Published at Paris. It was said that it had been seized by the au thorities, but this hail since been.dehied'. It assumes the prophetic. aspect, indicating the peeper and desirable, result of a great war, that shall revolutionize the present re lations of kingdoms. Queen Victoria ace, quires the island of Cyprus and the source of the :'Euphrates—the Shortest 'road to India. France keeps- her present /itniti. The Czar..acquires Gallicia. The King.-of Prussia cedes to Belgipm, and Holland, the, left bank of the Rhine,, and swallows up a number of small Geriean States. Victor Emmanuel is to be "King of Italy," - ao quires the Lombardo Venetian Kingdom, (from Austria!) the -Duchies of Parma, Modena, and the Legations. IX..gets .the Abruzzi, but cedes the Legatiens. Many 'other changes are indicated in this map: The Prinoipalities go' to the Duke of Mechlenburg I " The •• Tomb of, Christ, Jerusalem, free town of Palestine," means that Greek and Latinanonks fight about the Holy Sepulchre no., more. And, then the Sultan" cedes all his possessions in Europe, and athose on the bout of the Mediter ranean. The Crescent retires into Asia Minor after three centuries of opposition and disgrace, to Christianity." , Sim% are the ~<llosing annotations of-the compiler. It is, not probable-his ideal will be realized, or that 1860 will the peridd By'Nail, orittlie Nies, $1.50 n r Tear, ln a. in g osp E c Tu Delivered insthe , City, 2,00 ,g WHOLE NO. 338 for that ; mighty change on the face of nations which is inevitable. THE LAST. OF THE GREAT MOGULS, the ex..kiog of i)elhi, is, after all, not to be sent to the Cape of Good lope, but to , turniah."lndeed,-.he arrived on' the 11th of January; at Rangoon, and from thence is to be sent to Tounghoo. THE. DISARMING OF Oun has been going on rapidly, and has disclosed how thoroughly warlike the people were and are. Of mus kets, swords, spears, daggers, and other weapons, not les.f. than 316,379 had been colleothd, from the let of November. The whereabouts of the Nena . had been so cor rectly, iseeriained; that lin ofilftsoliped with some•diffioulty from la party sent out to sur prise him. 'HeAndthe ; foraea.nf the Baguet were in the jangles of Nepali!. “There is," writes 'Mr. Russel, " £15,000 set on his per son—if it were on his dead body, his head might be soon in our• camp." It appears that the whole.Provinterof Conde is now in the hands of the. British. WHAT ENGLAND HAS ACHIEVED in India, is thus summed up by the Oileatta correspondent of the Times: . , Lord Clyde's Ricans in subjagating Cade, the ever-increasing force of Europeans, •and the energy evolved by a loug,protrauted struggle, render the.Britielt position for the,hour impreg nahle. rhino Mithing in our'history more eon elusive as . to the. Strength of England than these facts- Twenty mouths ago we were assailed, un- ' prepared, by an army of a hundred thoneand men, thoroughly acclimatized, possessed of ample magazines of an almost incredible amount of artillery, and of every great city ezoept two. We have-fought incessantly for twenty months, through smells of unprecedented severity. We have lost alt oar native army and forty thoneand Enropean, and in- the , twentieth month of the struggle we have regained every province, hays re-established every station, have beaten every army, are in fall pursuit of every-fragment, have re-creatid telegraphiodoommunication, have new steamers on every,,river, haie recruited a new era& of one iinadritd- and fortirittottsaLl natives, and haie'roundthe standards a. European force four Atues.asetroag as the army which originally faced'the revolt, twice as strong as the army which hois perished on the field and in the hospi tal. The Indian .popeantry may not understand these facts anymore than oar own laborers, per halis would;'' bUtToantiot-believe the. aristocracy are equally; mnacquainted with the truth. In_ presence of such a history, individual blunders seem' tpities, add eyes the most despondent can seareelysvoldra beliefithat the difficulties of re organization, and even of finance, will yield to , • the energy and the wealth or Great Britain, *,Theye ,hap been, t a . FANATIOATi. RIOT at Ts~ritev Ply, itifaitt; imememiou with the funeral. of' a native Christian. The soldiery were ,e'alled 011,,and aatielbe,r :of the rioters were killed ,aiAtl. wnunded., The affAir is sniub to be d4tined. • ' .p.A:Naw l iktov'StiKowswißzbas. been °stab.. lished,Nndia, cooatirising xn Ascjarisilie tionctLia,"2Trana-Siitlej.,Stat.eit„"the Sfitle,r,States," and . " The Delhi Territory." Sir John *Lawience is to be the first . Lieutenant-Governor of "The Paujaub and its Dependencies." Mr. Montgomery, late Commissioner of ,Qade, and now . of the Calditta Council, and Mr: Edinondstott, Secretary to the Bombay Government, are likely ;to occupy the other Lieutenant- Governorships. Two.of these, at least, we know to Im deeidedly,Christian men. THE,REv. Da: CARPI:mit., of the Amer.. lean Reformed Presbyterian Missions in North India, has transmitted to me "An invitation to,anited prayer, addressed to . the Church of Chriit thioughout the world." This foruis an extract from the Minutes of the Twenty-third Annual Meeting of the .Lodiana Mission. .The Mission is sending one thousand copies to Christians throughout the world. The proposal that the second week of January, 1860, should be set apart . " as a tinienfepoial.prityer that'God would pour out his Spirit, on all flesh," that the flret, Monday,,the Bth of January,,should be nday cif holy convocation for thanksgiving and, praise that the intervening time be spent in private and public religious mot.. cises, land , that all Christians. should be re. quested to, unite with us in a similar ob servanee, of , the time; besides habitual supplication, from the receipt of the invitz tiOn, that Gad- would prepare his people for the solemn - observance. I trust this invi tation*ill be responded to. Timely noties is; given..lMany are , praying now for the Spirit, here and, elsewhere. Dr. Campbell writes most cheeringly as tO 'the . Lidiana Conference. Besides two days devoted to business, " three days were set apart for prayer,..fasting, and thanksgiving, geld four meetings were held daily, each perion praying or exhorting Al he left disposed. -God` poured` out his Spirit upon us, and we can never forget that most interesting: season. Every eye was suffused with tears every heart over . flowing, with love. We have returned to • our, Stations filled with joy and the Holy - Ghost?' As - Dr. C. is a reader of the Banners he will. be aware that I have re ceived.oandi will .attend to his wishes in connexion with this matter. 3.. W. P. S.—The -latest •telegram from India indicates the entire conquest of Cade. The Begturi and the Nene both - have fled to Nepaul. Militia Tom had been beaten re peatedly, bat still att large. The B heels and lAtabs-Weere troublisote in the Western districts. . • The Vienese still fear that Napoleon is bent on war and will find an excuse for it fire long. A Bill for thei sanction of marriage with a deceased ivife's sister, has just passed its , second:reading, in the Commons, by a large majority, The Lord's have repeatedly thrown out similar measures. Two ' Jews, Alderman Salomonsiand Baron Meyer de Rothschild, have - been elected for Greenwich And ~Ity,the,- respectively, acid have taken theiraeats, omitting the words in the oath "on the true. faith of a Christian." The, Glasgow Presbytery of the Estab lisheirCiiiiiiih of Sootland have adopted an overture the next- Awsenibly, virtually nondintiltsive in; its , ebarenter. Lord Aber. deetils , A.oktis =found n: yoke ; too heavy, but statesmen " If you will be a State Chnich, - ,you must automat to control." ' W.; have hada Winter -. Of extraordinary Mildness, andithis dayfi• - are-lengthening fast. The new Bishop of Columbia. was taken to task, theiot)ier- day,.for hattig pictures in his (lata) ,parish church. .His explanations , were unsitisfitotoryi audit public meeting in . London became quite's, scene, and broke up in. confusion. The. , appointoient is a bad one, _I , fear.: He is one of the High Church . pets of the Propagation Society.
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