- - - - 411WINIMINIMINSMINIENIM
. ,7 -........-- -
PRESBYTERIAN
.. ..
! ~ r
--
':' VI 4
R ~,,„
...
.' , ..:r. .
,
, _ .
i ~ . ,
.
. .
Prombytorlaii Ilamateri Vol. VII, Mr. 99.
p re sbyters.= Advomitee Vol. Z4lii Mao 24 I
DAVID McKINNEY and JAMES ALLISON, Editors
rERIL•-IN ADVANOR.
riginalJetr.
The Season.
Thottist stolen a March on the first month of
Spring,
Sweet, tear•smiling April, pray, what wilt thou
bring ?
To answer this query we fully were beut ;
Elo in bettlth in epirite a wooding we went,
And took , notes—'—not bank notes, for they're out of
date,,
Or Bird notes, tho' timi are quite plenty of late—
But notes of offairff,,,that'slready are rife,
In the beautifnelkorld of inanimate life.
Bidet.Metit quite great in the kingdom we found,
While Moet were' deteimined to stand 'well theii
poke?,
We saw that the . treee were preparing to ieuv'e
The vines too, to run, and their festoons to' wefrte.
'T was plain. the yonng,dog woods were trying to
bark; '
And seeds n'hiCh had long been confined hi the
dark,
In theii rioh softy bed, were able terire
While grape.nines were shooting their Sprouts
toward the skies.,
Why all this nommatiou? We know, we allow,
For aotton•woode all have their trunks ready
now,
Expeoting to leave, almost any day,
With their prettiest boughs, for lovely Queen May.
P. C, lowa, April, 1859.
For the Pcrebyterlan.Banner and Advocate
The' Theological Seminary for the North-
West
Two communications have , reeenly ap
peared in the Presbyter, of Cincinnati, and
been'traneferred to, other paperi,,tottahing the
question of our, Theological Seminary for
the North-West, which is eipluded to curie
before the next General Assembly. We re
joice with Dr. Stanton and The DEreetor,
that the whole subject is now to be sub
mitted to our highest Ecclesiastical Judica
tory, and there we, would willingly leave r it.
'nut, in urging, as these gentlemen do, the
immediate establishment of this school,
there are other contidentions to be enter
tained. We may freely say here, that Ave
were in favor of an immediate
but
for.
ward, on a former occasion ; but circum
stances are very different now, (as we shall
have oceasion_to shOw,) and in view of these,
we take the liberty to offer considerations
`against immediate action by the General As
sembly.
Ist. In order'to a just, judgment of this
matter, hie °biliously necessary to 'have a
clear understandineof . the ellen - rand char
acter of the; 'regirhx,lLcontatt.Prated, .which
.we *re constrained to: believitsomepof our'
more Southern brethren do not possess.
The field contemplated,isoalled The..llrorth , -
Tf t
West, and may justly be described as em
bracing all the territory West, of the Eastern
line of Indiana, North of the Ohio River
to Lake Superior, and Vit'istward
ly to the Rocky' MOuntains, inclUding at
'present, lowa, Minnesota, and whatever
other States or Territories.are to be_formed
in that direction. The Syhod of Missouri,
which holds, of right, its'relation to us by
reason of its foriner connexion with the
Seminary at New . ' Albany, does not essen
tially vary this geographioal representation.
This is the. Territory to be provided for.
This is the North- West.
2d. We remark, secondly, what ought to
be distinctly borne 'in- - mind, that this is a
Territory. as yet, thinly populated, or not
populated at all; and, for the most part, with
extremely young and feeble churches, ex
cept a few more favored churches on our
`Southern border, we are very much scattered
and all poor. Our faithful ministers have
beim, as yet, but pioneers; they are laboring
bard, and pttstiing . their enterprise far'.
ther every year, into' the wilderness; bat
they are almost all constrained, as yet, to
ask assistance from our Boards, and are living
on what are justly called starvation salaries.
The writer knows of one Synod of some
'forty-five '°burettes, where there are not
more than four which are yet eel f sustaining.
Ask our Board of Domestic Missions, ask
the Church Extension Committee, if this be
not a' just representation. Such is our field
at present, in the far greater part of its
area; and we infer hence, that it , is not in
a situation to be expected .to bear its part in
establishing a Theological Seminary:
3d. And here lies the-fallacy of an argu
ment, which one of these writers attempts
to establish from statistics. He finds a suf
ficient number of churches . and •comninut
cants in this region to justify, as be thinks,
the establishment of such a separate school.
So it would be, perhaps, if they were suf
ficiently compact or able. But we have, be
side, to look at the extent of the field, and
its acknowledged sparseness of. Topulation,
the youth of its ehutelretr, and their present
povertyvl It would .not„.we t'suppose; be a
goodledsob for , lestablisliing
SehrirntryAn the' Red River , of , then North,,
because we have churches in California and;
Oregon, and a population in all the North,
numerically sufficient to fill it up. We say
here, once for all, that we, have no objection
to an immediate action on this subject, pro
vided liberal individuals or churches can be
found to endow such a Seminary, and in a
proper locality. We do perhaps, to
hold out this offer, and see what will Dome
of it. But our remarks have reference to a
united enterprise by the whole field.; and, we
have attempted to show, what it seems to us
every one must see, that in , the present state
of our commercial concerns, and the poverty
of most of our oluirehee, no such general
co operation can be expected.
4th.. I may next mention, 'and in connex
ion, that such is the state of our other Bat
eational Institutions at present, as to dim
courage any new enterprise of the kind un
til they are both provided for. We have
our Waukesha College,
favorably situated,
and now ably officered, but which has been
languishing for years, and still languishes for
tee want of au endowment. The same is true,
I believe, of our Alexander College, at Du
buque, and the same we have recently been
told of Marengo, in Illinois. Shall not these
humble children of the- Church be first pro.
vided for ?
sth. A word must also be said, of certain
proposed localities of the new Seminary. We
have beard Fort Wayne, in. Indiana men
tioned, and even St. Louis. To all , which we
have to say, as before, that if the brethren
from these points have any offers to make we
hope the Assembly Will hear them. They
may build'eaoh a Seminary if they choose,
but one thing is certain; it would not be a
North Western Seminary. The only reason
why we ever consented to Chicago as a site,
was the liberal offers that seemed; for a time,
to be available in that locality. But we
could not comply with the conditions, and
these having now failed us, we hope that
the whole field, and several more •Northern
points, will now be considered. MU this,
perhaps, is premature.
6th. We offer , as onr last argument,
against an immediate action on this sub
ject,,what may be, we believe, established
from observation and the nature of things.
We believe, that in the progress of educe
tioeal Institutions, the higher merit in
order to success, always sueoeed the, lower,
and follow population, rather than anticipate
it. We must first have our Commoa Schools,
then our Academies and Colleges, and last
of. all, our Theological Seminaries, so soon
as they can be sustained. - lf Rome goes on
a different principle, and Oftim builds Colleges
and Cathedrals, in aUticipation of a popula.
tion, it is suf f icient to remark, that neither
our resources nor pond" , are like those of
Rome. Our Educational and Theological
Institutions must depend on the people, and
until the people can be found, had.better
not bet commenced. In confirmation of this
remark, we need only to refer to the great
mistake which has been made in the early
opening of too many . Colleges in Ohio, and
some other rim States.
The fact is, we do not wish a Theological
a
Seminary or College, until it can be begun
on a good and reliable.endowment. Of this,
we have no assurance at present, in regard
to -another Theologieat Seminary, and: fear
we cannot have until further growth.
Let us thim follow' the order of nature;
let us sUpport'our Common Schools; let us
endow and till up, our Colleges; and:for the
rest, put the whole concern, under the di
rection of the general Assembly, -believing
that they will act when theiproper moment
shall arise. '
`We wait another Theological Seminary.;
,hat we do not want it as mink as, we want
some other things. Princeton and Alle
gheny are both within our reach, and I will
`add here, (partial to - Princeton as I am,)
that the other;Seminary is daily rising in the
estimation of the North-West, as it comes
to be more known.
I must correct here, $ palpable. misiake,
made by one of the *titers, I have aid
xoadverte,d upon, and then I have done. He
Says, "it is quite clear that.the great body
of the Nort- Western churches are favorable
to providing at once to put the Seminary in
operation.' This is not so. I take the lib
erty to say, as a resident of the. North-
West, and with considerable opportunity to
, k4itovirthat-ruanyet the. Old School churches
Of the- North. West, are decidedly on the
other side of the question,*aid, will 'send
their Commissioners to the General Assem
bly, instructed on the subject.
In conclusion, I have not the presumption
to attempt to influence the. General* Assem
bly, in deciding this grave question. •I do
not think it becomes any one thug "to fore
stall
. it. But. it is right, in eircum ;
stances, to furnish such facts and considera
tions as we have, and to express - the hope
that our highest Church Court,
.will survey
the whole grotin ( diandleatochilihemtely. Our
brethren of the New School are prophecy
fing a division amongst‘us freak the, agitation
of this questidn. Let us-hope 'they will ,be
disalipoirited again, 'tit We believe they will
be, by a NW ) ftiM, and eonsititent, coarse of
our General Assembly.
ANOTHER LIREOTOR..
For the Presbyterian Banner and Advocate.
North-West:Sezninikry..
MESSRS. EDITORS :—lt is , and IDUSt be ,
evident to every observer of" the Course of
events in connexion. with the North. West
Seminary, that there is an effort, now on
foot, to divide the brethren.of the territory,
and embroil the Aeseinbly• in a debate in
reference to the organization at all, of a
Seminary, this Spring. It Teeny seems , :is
if, on the part of •some, there is a desire. to
ruin the whole enterprise; by -,simply dis T
treating the minds of the brethren when
ever they typeset° approach anything like
unanimity. The Expositor is out now
with a • new argument, an argiiihent'for de
lay. is, it too much to say that this argu
iment never wits , urged in : reference to the
need of a Seminary, before the-transfer. - to
the Assembly , Was not the' Church given
to understand that the question.of Assembly
control was the only one 'that' stood in the
way' of union and peaceful co-operation, and
that this, once settled, all were 'ready to go
on? But now, after the transfer, comes , ar
tick after article from the .Expositor, for'der
lay. Surely it is to be , deeply regretted
that again the fires of. contrqverey and dis
pute are , to be relit. 'Nowqhit we. are at
,peace, why must we be embroiled,again just
fififorallie meeting of the Assembly ? If
Inch' islo'be the case, ought notilhe Church
to ituirk'tliese who are truly responsible for
ri 'state of things? It does really
.seenr as if there were a design to keep up a
quarrel, until alligood men become nick' of
the.wholvnterprise, and itis left to be.oon
trolled'nol in accordance withlhe expressed
and peaceful voice of the , Chirch and •terri
tory where it is to be located, tut by, a.,fetr
who have succeeded in getting it into their
own hands. Never will it flourish,. never
will it be blessed of God, if established.ac
cording to such a policy. Let us be united
and as peace, honestgree frnm sinister DlO
liVe and true. Let us look to God for his
guidance. PEAcx.
Important to Every One.
Eternise for the body, occupation for, the
mind—these arc the grand constituents' of
health and happiness, the cardinal 'points
upon whist every thing turns. Motion
seems to be a great preserving principle of
nature, to which even inanimate things are
:subject; for the winds, waves, the . earth it
self, are restless, and the waving of trees,
shrubs, and flowers is, 'known to be an es
sential 'part of their economy. A fixed rule*
of taking several bows' exercise every - flay,
if possible, in the open, air, if not,, under
cover, wilbe almost certain to secure one
exemption `from disease, as well as from the
attacks of low spirits, or •enhui : , that mon
ster wholi , everwaylaying the rich and
dolent. "' •
"ONE THING /El NEEDFUL:" "ONE THING HAVE I DESIRED OF THE. LORD:" "THIS ONE THING I DO."
PUBLICATION OFFICE, GAZETTE BUILDING, FIFTH STREET, ABOVE SilintriALD, PITTSBURGH, PA.
FOR THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, APRIL 9, 1559.
For the Presbyterian Banner and Advocate.
Psalmody.
The title of this artiale would, in almost
all the Christian Church, suggest 'the idea
of praise to Him who loves and saves us.
In a few•looalities+it is associated with strifes
and•divisions among brethren The origi
nal and more imprtaat truth of our obliga
tion to praise God, is thus overlaid and' em•
barrassed., by •party questions , and debates
about the mode of doing it; and some peo
ple refuse, to praise Him at alln in Christian,
worshipping assemblies, where the made
does not conform to their party mode. This
is regretted, by many good people, on both
sides, in this controversy. Much of the in
jury done to Christian fellowship is the di
,rect result of the unforttinatc„ j manner ,in
which the subject of. Psalmody has, been
treated. Arguments on our side, whichso
ever side is ours, are always strong. And
if we have adopted an opinion or joined a
party before having, proof of its correctness,
that proof afterwards is easy to find. Bel
diets will risk their lives in defending a
standard, althmitgh they may not know what
the war is about---they fight for " oar flag,"
any how.
Par • the Short article which I here offer to
the intelligent and pious consideration of
the reader, if do not claim the Much abused
name of "'discussion," but the more modest
one of an inquiry. And I jet want the
•reader, to whatever party he is , attached, tb
sit down with me, at the 'other. side of this
big Bible, thatire may inquire in the right
quarter:. We will leave behind.us all thee
ries, creeds, traditions, " testimonies," cus
toms, discussions, and, as far= as possible,
prejudices too, that we may ascertain what
the Word of the 'Lord tkches on the subject
of Psalmody, or praise. We will begin
with the. New Testament, as the lastrevela
tion of his will •
We find, on turning to the New Testa
ment, quite: a number , of places where praise
is offered to God. In some of them the
words used are given ; in others, not. Of
the first class, is.Liike i : 64-79, the words
of Zacharias;. also, Mat . xxi : 9, 15, where
the people and children in the streets,
praised Christ, saying, Hosanna to the Son
of David. Here, then,, we have some light
on the subject; they uttered the pions
thoughts and emotions, that came into their
minds ; and the, inspired historian has re r
ported their words, together with Christ's
approbation of their utterance, as praise to
him.
Of the second class, is' Acts : 15—
Paul and Silas prayed and' sang praises to
God. And; Mat or.xvi: 30—:" When they
had sung an hymn, they went out into the
Mount 'of Olives." James says: "le any
merry (happy) let him sing psalms " What
the words of these praises, Hymns, or
Psalms were, we are not told. Yet these
passages give ris same ,:mone, light. on the
:subjeot onrwinquiry, viz „that ,the prais
es of God were sometimes uttered in sing
ing tones—sometimes, • but not always.
They uttered the pious- thoughts and emo
tions that came into their, minds, in a sing
ing tone:of voice-by song.
Again, we find quite a large number of
references to a Book in the Old Testament,
called .the„ Book of - Psalm's, "or. - Praises,.
Sometimes this Book is named, and some
times
quotations are made from it; and in
some instances it is both named and quoted.
'Thus, Acts i : 20, "`lt is written in the
Book of Psalms, Let his habitation," &o.
In Acts xiii: 33, 35, "the second psalm,"
,and "another psalm," are both quoted.
- We have in Luke .xx : 42, the words,
"David' himself saith, in the Book Of
Psalms, The Lord saith unto my Lord,"
&o. • Quotations are also given in Ebb.
ii : 12 ; Rom. xv : '9, and other places.
Bat all these throw no light on the subject
we are :inquiring about ;. they are not used
by the sacred :writers forthat purpose att all.
They are brought as proofs'altd illustrations
of .dootrine; or as; prophecies fulfilled„and
are •accompanied by like quotations from
other phi Testament books .for the same
purpose; the La.w ,of Moses, the Prophets,
_and the Pashas being grouped .together.
The two tezts, Bp. v: 19, and Col.
16, which are much alike, are of the nature
of directions. The general form of the
•
words,"psalms,""hymns,""spiritual
songs," 'authorizes the use of any composi
tions that come properly udder the signifi
cation of these 'terms. To restrict the ap
plication' to any particular class or collo
tion of such'coMpositions, would .convict of
fault, Zacharias, Simeon, (Lu. 28,)
the childsen-whom Christ approved,und, so
far as we know Paul and Silks, and. Jesuit
and , the dieoiplea at , the first sacramental
supper. - These'passages; then, give us.the
further light—that we ought to sing psalms,
hymns, and spiritual songs to the Lord.
There are also Inany.expressions of praise
in the New Testament, such as, " Blessed
,be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus
Christ,".&s.--I.:Pet. i: and "Now
unto the. King eteroal,,immortal,
&e —l. Tim. i :
• 17,; and scores of Others,
:which may with great , advantage to piety,
be used byChristianit, whether they be sung
or said. ,
The inquiry thus far, shows that in the
numerous references in the New Testament,
to 'the Took' of Psalms, net . one 'has any
referendetd singing or prairie. Nor is there
one instance'in which the tabus' of the Old
Testament are: used in singing. Bat-Belt..
oral Usti:noel we have found, *here the
`words'of'praise were Used with approbation;
though they were not' in whole nor in. part;
taken from the Book of Psalms. How.does
this fact 'strike you, dear brother inquirer?
Don't try to think: what :your " Testimony."
-says•on the suhject, nor what doctrine your
Church has voted true on it ; leave that: to
the argu,fiers-and, the mystifiers • how .does
it look in the' „light of God's*Ord? In
the Old Testament, .we find "many. Psalms,
Hymns, and Spiritual Songs, both in the
Book of Praises and elsewhere. The great
collection, called ,
the Book of Psalms, is de
scriptively entitled Praises—not the Praises.
In it are many which were not penned by
David, and some of David's are' not in that
collection: Songs Of praise are found, which
were' made by Moses, Daniel, Ilesekiah,
Hannah, • Stanton, Jeremiah, j Habakkuk,
Isaiah.' We have examined them all.—
Dent. 'xkii 19; sixth 1; 2, Sam. 1: 17;
xxii :. •1 ;. xxiii : 1 ;L'Dani ii :
xxxviii : 20; 1. Sam. ii : 1; nab. Hi: 19;
Is. v. 1; &c., &c.
The .oonclusion fat which, we arrive f loy
the guidance of the . Scripture is, that,,as in
Prayer "The whole Word of God is of
•
use, to direct us" in praiSing 'him. Gm.
was praised before long or short metre' was•
invented, and may be praised independent
of them. We praise Wallah our prayers:li
i t
well as our songs. We:{ not be. fettered:
by tune-makers,, nor ve ion-malints,',"'not
theory makers. Whenevl the , praiepn- 4:lf
our Divine Lord and Savi . ur are "said or
sung," we must join in,'ati l well as' our,poor,
sin blighted hearts will let'us. j.F.11.
. From our London doliesinandent,
The Peace or War Question } ippldretitly Solied-L-
The "Alonitsur's" Peace .Oe'oU , xatiois AnaiyAl
—The Reform Question, Xi id, ilihn Bussel, and
2 1
the Whigs—V. Bright ar iiniingham—Probit
ble Pall.of th e Cabinet— s Bishop of Oxford,
again—The Cardinal's,. Ptoral—Education in
India—lifr. Halliday's Reply to Bilenborough—
The Jews in Algeria—New .gosiki . —The Prince if,
Wales at Rome—" , IniakiN lizt - ammatigp.l',
with the Pope—The Ghetto at Aotne—A‘` . l)*ry;
Postscript. ' ~,,,, '-.-•"
'L '''
ti t* „
owoon Ma oh 10th'CV5V 1
"PEACE OR VAR," . the Areal:question
or the day, has suddonlY:assuineit a neWaall
peat. The Emperor .of the \FrenitliAtis,
issued no' lees than three ,_:articles tin ithei
Moniteur, the effect of , whiolt ,haa beep 0 7
cidedly quieting. It rpultins lo be,eeen
What his protests, appeaki ; and assurances '
are really 'worth. The first iirti.Blo Is itt,
tended to remove- onm:teen's views Whiehlt
is.saidare entertained abird• conahrwirig.the
public press. hi France., , A in, &Tied( els
the journals. are subject to,d. a, previous cen
sorship, and it is deolarO l tht the 'Govera
ment has no preventivetiition: 'swank the
press. ( ,Tnese statemerik however', become
comparatively valueless n ond amount, indeed;
,to prevarication. -
. It ia ti fictoriona thak,the
proprietors of the Pars( paperp live in
constant fear of the ! o A . ,rning.' 'Which - ii,a
preeige 'of entire suithiston. They are
often "invited" not tb*omment on certain
topics, and if they daratio.r,dmso,' woe be
them. It is, thereforoi 4 prettn certain that
all the violent articlesin, the Oesse,,in fa
vor of war with Auserri;'hive received in
spiration from high piled& ' ' '3
Article Nor two nilffie Monitei r, is that I
which: has made the r itual:lc at the Bourse
and London Stock Exttange i up rapidly,
and has also, it is stat.K, produee& a, 4 Very
Ca l ming influence on the' mind 'of the"E
peror of Anstria.„ Nalpoleon.deeliires ; that
" in presence of the dtiquietudes---rwe -take
pleasure in believinOthem ,
.which have agitated piablio Opinion,in Pied
mont, the Emperor hat promised - to defend
him against any'aggressive` let on the part
of Austria f ptoinitiel&rititlting.nlere,
and it is well known . that-he keeps s word."
To this, • the Paris noirlipendente of our
morning papers simply atty;lthat any lime
the Piedmontese may , Pissieike fight , -with
the Austrians on , theirlfrontieisc. and thus
give a emus belli to thesEmperor...
Again itis declared tKtitlis 4t aksomtiletely
gratuitons imputation that FranitatiS
ing considerable warlike preparations." .The
regular effective peace footing. adopte& two
yearaago by the Emperor, has not been,ex
ceeded. It is also,denied that " the Trench
arsenals are displaying extraordinary activity.
It is forgotten that.we havelall our! artillery
to ohange, < and all our fleet to, transform.''
" Lastly,.as to uneasiness felt at naval prep,
aratiuns; these only consist, of. the fitting
out of four frigates for the, conveyance of
troops.. to and from Algeria, and of four
screw frigates for the service of Civita
Veceitia,„and,of the revictualing of the ex
pedition to China."
After all these declarations comes the
question Of, an injured innocent, ".Is it not
time to ask, when will end these vague and
absurd rumors, representing everywhere to
public credulity, the Emperor of 'the French
as exciting to war, and throwing on; hire
alone the responsibility of the' disquietudes
and warlike preparations of Europe ?"
On all this the critics , simply remark;
that-the "peace footing" the Emperor%
army; means an effective , force.-of six hun
dred thousand men I His navyptoo, is only
making At-present some small.additions ..,.- t but
it commout 4n, the House of Commons, a
few evenings ago,in the debate on the Na
val Estimates, that•it., has so. steadily been
pushed forward, as rally to exoeed in fight-
ing ships ready to be manned on the shortest
not*, the , British,navy itself 1 This is the
man who , whines abont being misunderstood
and calumniated. The Times has a rollick
ing article, professing great contrition for
its past suspicions, oily asking that alFthese
fine sentiments may be speedily illustrated
in practice, and especially begging that by
a reduction of the French army, poor Eng
land and EuropeAt large maybe spared all
the vast expenditure which- the 'Emperor'S
standing " peace" establishment necessari
ly involves.
• The article No. three in- the lioniteur,
contradicts a statementin.the .Tintes,aseto
a conversation between , one, ,of tbnEmper
er% Ministers and.. Prince Napoleon, very
damaging to the latter. The, Times. Faris
correspondent virtually reaffirms his state
ment. Thus we see how ; much there is in
the Nephew of-the policy of the Uncle; who
lied even mere daringly through the ever
Servile Columns of his - .Mowiteur. King
James would only have ealled-this kind of
,
thing, "-stfitewraft."
THE REFORM QunsTroN has become
more interesting this week ,(in connexion
with the". history and relations of party,)
by the announced intention of Lord. John
Russel to move an amendment to the
reading of the Cabinet . measure. Lord
John's motion is designed` to retain those
freeholders in boroughs, vilio 'hitherto had
forty-shilling 'county votei, but whom the
Ministerial bill sweeps' away. Lord Derby
had a meeting of the Conservative-party of
the HollBe of Commons last week; amounting
to about Ftwo. , hundred -members. • , It.ivas
announced then -that the rejection by. the
Commonslof the foregoing. 'provision; would
be regarded by the ConservativeiMinistryt as
fatal .to the bill. 'And upon , this- hint
Lord John.speaks, thereby rallying, the; Lib
erals in . one phalanx, and if ; not ;destroy
ing- the -, ,'Derhy4- Cabinet*. once, rendering
inevitable a dissolution of Parliament,, should
the Queen consent and , they, ,have the
courage to face the country. A dissolution
would be. very exasperating, to Parliament,
and to.the whole mercantile : Aim, inasmuch,
as it would entail on die former: the perils
and expense.of a general election, And won't&
seriously interfere with the revival Of , busi
ness and commerce to which the latter class
are now looking so hopefully,.
Much niirrosity was felt IA to the eourse
Lord Palmerston—that cunning old fox—=
would tßife. Alter the announcement of the
.provisions off the bill by Insraeli, .he
re
fimed to join the censures• of Bright ,And
his party, and said that time must be -given
to, consider what the real character of the
measure was Tie Times, too, Which is
supposed to be:the exponenby the pen' of
Robert Loweof the Palmerston Whigs,
has been, as leu:krioi, writing up the
; measure.., It .9xidently Ile;ired
an Alliance between Lord Jelw , aed, the
Whig Radicals,' and foresaw ;that if Lord
' Jai? was the 'neW Pretniei''Pel7neristmi and
%hit immediate -follosVers could notkbe iin the
Cabinet. Sincelthen it has been rumored
•
that. Lord Palnierstork i and Lord itjahri 14 1 4
become fast friendly the latter haying ap.
p it eered, after a long ociolnese, at i one of ratly - -
- hier:ikon's evairngisiiiiiitlillek 'lt is More
th'hprobable yiel& on
the , fbrtyldrillinOffealigireftiatiorroatleer
than 4 1 1,:th'eir 0 031 . 3 5.' 4 wouldJ)B ,
snub and enrage their.followers ,but
" sweet, and a section in the Cabinet is really
Liberal' There' is t eiideittly a of
feeling ainong,thelLiberels themselves. 'it
Conservative M. P., tells me.that the
Wry would be. beaten on ;p., division, if 'grey
retain the
. .,,olause, and that heh9Pea
' they will `abandonPainfer4ton wilt be
ForeignMiniiter if the `Whigs 'return' to
;power. , The: Queen jet iiindersrocid 'strongly
, s to object to a.d (ambition /of Parliament.
Mr. Bright held a, great meeting,. against
the 'Cabinet measure, last. night, at Binning*
him: :Etc eiiderilly lenneCto Lord Jahn
:as Preinier. The' , bill arid the liffeletiy are,
I think, botiudoomed.
THt "BISHOP OF OXFORD iS before the
,
public again. I referred"in my . last to a
pamphlet, " Facts and Documents," showing
the number of .apostacies to Rome from the
Diocese of Oxford, from,among the students
of the Bislibfes own College at Cuddesdee,
andalsn fiord among his immediate relatives
and kindred. There is a number of High
Church' dignitaries- in -the Diocese, called
"Archdeacons " and lg ,Raral Deans,"' who
are virtually the Bishop'snOminees. These
gentlemen now come out with, an address
to the'Bishop, condoling with him on the
slanderous attaek,on his reputition 'that has
been made; and declaring their firm , belief
th e ttnere isvno ground for ..supposing that
he has given any Countenance to Ilemaeis
mg praatioes.
He inhis , turn , sends= a reply; (both in
tended for ;publication -and. in 'Who re-
asserts, as of old,* nglicanism, as
apposed to`Ronianisin a ritanjsm; tells
how he has prevented so (Sting men of
ardent - temPeriment going' t o far; "pooh
poohs" the outcry about the hooks' which
.one of his clergy has. revised. for the press,
in' which confesston is enjoined and acre
inclides praa6ribed; almost as Pagan as that
tet.the 041'0914.'0f Imperial, Rome, and
finally with a complain t ottheeruel
allusions Made to the secessions to Rome, - of
'his, kindred. In fact,- the Bishop does not
claw the, "facts," and cannot' destroy the
'documents; but in his usual way he. gets up
a plausible case for the ~,public eye, and
manages to get even the Times, to 8 4,
"INTe have great pleasure in publishing"
'the" address and reply. Nobody that has his
eyes open to this man's antecedents 'ned to
the ingiairtedAnplicity of his nature, will
be for an hour blinded, by;this •attempt at
palliation. Not long since, the Bishop took
part in a procession extremely similar to
what one sees in Roman Catholic countries.
Banners were borne aloft, and , altogether it
was'o Ilome-like that nothing like it, per
haps, has been seen or attempted since the
Reformation.,,
DooTort-WlsNtien hasiesned &pastoral,
in which he makes special reference to war,
and expresses.the (guilty) fears of the Pope
and, his
.Cardinals, NI to, its probable. tones:
• " It is evident that.the nations who wish
for war, are pleased to make the .dominions
of the Holy See its object or . pretext.
Laying aside political considArations, we
cannot see without sorrow or anxiety, how
undisguisedly the convulsion : ,and hoped-for
disturbance of-the Pontifical Staterisleoked
forward. to with joy-.by , the enemies ot. reli
gion, as a gain , almost .worthy of a - European
war. That.,God in„his might. will foiLitheir
lecklessilesire, we humbly:trust. May be
rather give 4 .peace in our days,' and turn
away* from all Christian kingdoms And
States, the horrors of a . threatened war."
The Pastoral: also contains a reference to
National Education, complaining of the un
fairness in the selection of a Commission
which met in - Nottember litat, not a single
Catholis being- placed on it," and of the
appointment of Inspectors to visit,. all
schools, not one . of whom was a Bomanist.
All the bishops, therefore, hive forwarded.°
circular to their priests to prohibit the pro,
posed inspection. This may, perhaps, bring
on a little collision with the Council for
Education and tend to check thatgreat flow
of public money into the hands of Papists
for, ; so called • " edncatien," .not only in
.Ireland, but in England , and Wales—an'
" education " :that. ; ignores the Scriptures,
liberty,_ olarruPts moro B l and te4ehes
intensest heresy. Last year more than
£66,000 were given to _Romanist sphools in
England And Wales, by.Givernment grants.
EDUCATION IN INDIA has •received a
fresh= Mpetue from a remarkable Minute by
tieutenant.Governor of-=Ben
gal, just-published; by order of the' House) of
Commons. 'Your reader Swill recollect Lord
Ellenborough's fierce assault---last; year-on-
grants. is aid to:missionary sohooll in India,
and a Minute appended =to his lordship's
dispatob, by Mr Vernon Smith," showing
great malignity =toward the 'teaching . of
Christianity-in oonnexion with English edu
cation-imparted to the natives MrPHalli
day'S MCl:tub:rift an `elaborate• and (wishing
reply to both. Under the' Government
system, grants in , aid are necessarily given
to all 'whole; but'Lord Ellenhorough would
refuse them. to Christian schools, as this
would be an: infringement of our promised
" neutrality." Mr. Halliday confronts , this
with an arenmentwm ad'houtinent.' “Pros
elytieun?' on the part of the missionaries is
objeoted to as the grand objection: to their
receivedaid., Very - good,- says Mr H., in
substance; adtnitting, for arguments •sake,
that. conversion is 'thsibief or 'ultimate,
though not the sole , end, (as Ellenborough
would insinuate). Do Mohammedans nevelr
practice conversion ? Dees the grave Mos
lem , teachcskneven meelF , , -men
the young 'ninths)? Are x converts never
made from one sect of In omen. to
=II
another ? Our promise of neutrality ought
tp apply ,alike to oil religions, otherwise, to
be consistent, grants in aid In* be with
drawn <frnm all schools
" Lit it,be remembered that She ; mission
ary and his-Christian pupils are not less sub
-jade of the British government i and, payers
of British taxes, than the most unquetstion
able lib:ideas In the, country. I refuge to
assent to the views of those who would
restrain ,the government from connexion
• with the,phristitin missionaries, while allow
ing it to mix, freely-, schemel of
Blade° or Mohammedan proselytizers or
who would rest the (petition on the ground
'of .danger to our own power." That is the
cowardly and unchristian plea of the. Ellen
borough school. "With,regard to danger
we must weigh it in every- ; ca - se, ageiPet the
-dury.proposed. 'We can ;never .psrmit our.
selves to shrink fiotrOt, is *tine ,and
equity; or of * PiredutiftedlY,.higireet ,914ger
tions, to the people „ever whom , rate.
* it would be in vain' to shape our
measures so as to avert every frivolous and
,unmPatting ehullitionb of superstitions and
, ignorapt,craainlity. , Had this been our own
practical constritetion, of our : duties, or;our
,promises, widows,youldstill he, burnt alive
on the'hanirs of the .ganges; human sac
rifices would still delight the bloody Dhtirga
the car. of ,Jaggernaut would still yearly roll
,ever crushed and,writhing victims ;.,and
Brahmin murders
,would . be exempt from
oapital punishment, ap,in the days Viktnina
ditza."
The question of giving State aid to min.
cation'avail is a "vexed" one and I refer
to the abpve Minute _ to show what strepgth
Aneenonuragement it gives tolhe Christian
party :3;Oth in sand out of Parliament, in
_theitviews,as to,the future. oyirmnent of
'D,Ooter.Buff, in one of hisletterato
the WitAe,ss, strongly eulogizes get-
Aay's Minute.
The Times' Correspoudent at -Bombay,
says that a key" .to the Qacen's procla
mation will:be absolutely necessary,-as. the
natives in many place& are interpreting it
in such a sense asto consider themselves at
liberty to do. as they please in thew.super
etitions and. abominations, and , are ,aotually
persecuting native Christians in several
places..
A -REMARKABLE MOVEMENT , among
youthful Jews in Algeria, ds•reportedsin the
News ofl the Churches.' The liabbi's had
absolutely refused. tO , let "the voiceerof the
,propheti; be heard ;•?! in -other wads,- they
confined .the• attention of the-youngeople
to • the Pentateuch and the Talmu d, and
• poureiVourlies.en theiteide of the inquirers
.who asked an eolariAttion•of ;the writings of
.the - Prophets. t"We come to you, elk,"
quid the ••spokeiman of the young men; to
rhea missionary, "to teach #=teethe prophets,
, nd to giie us a better knowledge of the
ilebrew language, in order that. we may be
the betterLahl,e;to readaand. uuderstaid• the
.:-
-Bible ourselves, an see 4 f ve till - y 11e161 lr
a
has already come."
Let me, refer to a few,Nzw BooKs
"The Gospel in - ; Barmah,” is.the 'title
of a new-we& by Airs. McLeod , Wylie; of
Calcutta in.which 'the remarkable success
of the :American „missionaries is detailed,
commencing with: the arrival of Dr. Judson
and continued in connezion,withthe
_history
of the movement among ,the: Sirens: The
Rev. W. Arthur (author t ot ".The Tongue
of Fire," ) has published pamphlet
" May we hope for Great Revival ?"
He shows that great,reyivais , have been .the
precursors of every movement ,whiett has
-been., the precursor of, Christian
,progresa.
Isis a penak brochure r anii l hy its wide cir
culation much good will doubt4ess be ,done.
Popery and' Jesuitism at Rome . ," is from
the pen of Dr. De.SSnotis, formerly Censor
,of the Inquisition.;, tHe indicates - very
, strikingly the pert which th& Jesuit&Played
suppressing thaltoman Republic in 1848.
THE PRINCE or WALES visited the
Pope . ' who tried, hard to get the youth alohe.
But; by instructions from the .Queen; Major
Bruce, his GoVirnor, , never leaves the
Prince. The Jesuits are annoyet and °Om
plain. The imaginary . crave*.
sation will amuse your read Os. 'lt appears
in a Glasgow paper. The - ,Prince and - the
Pope converse. The Pipe , kluitur :
I see you are much in need of pIOUR teaohi'ng.
requoitoe Superior of the Order of the
Jeimite to give your Royal Highnesti a little re
ligions instruction?
Prince: of Wales—Thank you. But I mostra.
speetfully decline. ,My mothertold me to heore
nothing to do With Popery and Jesuitism.
Pio Nono=Piti eo 'right royal a lady should be
so adverse .to the teaching of .Holy Church. . MaY *
Irlie\ Blessed Virgin: and all the stints enlighten
Printse,of WalesT—Yottr Holiness is ,not aware,
'whops, that the gneen of England, at her
.00r
['nation, and in the presence of her peers and
people, took a solemn oath of abjuration of year
faith, and supremaCy; ;and—paidon a young Prw
testaut—your supenstition.
Pio None (orossinglimself and inyokfog.connt
less saints and saintesees in mild trimiession)—
Oar heart•is deeply afflicted, and our spirit is
bowed down, with grief, at the very remembrance
or the Reformation, that acomed catastrophe
which•lost u® wealthy England at a blow.
Prins!) of. Vraleel r ett are not Aware tltut,my
fithar is descended bf the great ,Elector who: pa:
tionliecrMartiu Luther. lam w l Protentant by
stmoession, generatien, education, and, I tralit i re
generation also.
Pio Nono=Wotdd•youlike a nice mortamii-bound
Idissatto enable you to, exeis.t at limos
Prince of Wales—Thank you, the old wine is
best. I have a Bible and Prayer-book, the gifts
of:my, : sood mother. InItome:I mean-to do as an
Englishman should, not as Rome does. Where
abouts is the Protestant chapel?
Tio.Nono—lt is an old stable , outaide.the walls
tholloly City. It would be =dangerous and
nucatholic to suffer it inside.
Prince of=Wales—Thies- is toleration in your
meridian, I suppose.. ,You build eatbeftmle and
chapels in England, and nobody inteiferea. Bat
Protostant , chapels in Rome are indicted and
bidden. Your city is like ,the'lrisbman'sdastle,
all, the reciprocity is qn one side.
Pio Nono—Would'yoni BoyaLlngliness .
like to
see high , mass at SC r,eter'S? To ot li ge you, . I
will myself 44.Y9ur.:lwandaiM parson,
Archdeacon*finning, who „ is J4 B kllOrdp... will
take - piat. You'litvemi notion the egaiidor.
!There denothing likeit in Loudon.; By doing so
lea will be thoughtliberalandokoyevAlpx.pror
Indices.
Prince " of. Wales—Latitudircklian, . rev mean:
lint (opening, his , pooketTrayeetbook and turning
TA the Thirty-nine Articles,' While, the Pope
loots daggers) I- find one of the. Articles
of-my Prayer-book r and of that Church of which
on I hope a : very disMnt day, I shall be bead,
- saYas " The mass is a > blesphemotur fable and.*
Alingerous deceit." Howl can I get, over tida l
even ifXyge so dispOsed
Pro Niino (turning to'end addressinethe 'Major
Domo)—Sprinkle some holy water herholtind
brißg,grelling. salts, or t ajione!cf St. Agatlka:,.
1 Mlle stfinding'.by, kfluttorink and
=I
Philadelphia, South West Co er of Seventh and Chestnut Streets.
By Is% sr et the Moe, .50 per Yt T livt SEE PROSPECTUS.
Delivered in the City, 200 "
\ WHOLE N 0.841
Stroking . :i
R
mouldy re , , h.
" Anathem : I
Pio Nono t
look)—Dr. .1
and at least : . t
scribed that al .l
grace from the • 4
Let Me. recomm. . e
Veautiful string )
Repeat so many
and in a few day, --
kiiiice of Wales 'Thank you. rdo not uso
beads, or"wind mill. tir any other ecclesiastical
toys, and as for pray 'g to the Virgin* Marv, I
never think of it. I laver do things at second
hand. linvariably g' do heading:item
~
1 believe that the 'ring Prince will get
no 'harm fromTopery by seeing it at Rime.
A,Jewish_nowspeper s• ~. that the Trince i.l .
soon to visit the. Giiego, ilie, 'quarter Of Oa 1
Eternal pity, Where. the we are cooped7ni,
by day `and in . by lit, and th,iii , ii t
thoroughly disgrist him
. ari - Popery - Ku t
il k
co well it may.- -.-
P. S.` .Lord CoWley's M ion to Mien: a
is likely to have considerable suecess. Frio .e
Napoleon. has . resigned his place in Co:
French Cabi F
net in disgust, with his pc.? -0
colleagues. The nperor'accepts the res.-
nation,
the funds go Up, and peacb'seems 4
, . peace
'' s eems
1 Deo; gratias I
, The Weather is still beautiful. 1 1 .141
country is chnerful'andhopeful.
dr ecclesiastical corporations, unani
u the words of the Council of Tr-at.
Ifereticis I Anathema! Anathema!" ) •eassuming 'fife, blandest and oiliest
.wmau, and Archdeacon Manning,
‘undred clergymen who once sub
ikingly illiberal saying, received
lessed Virgin, and guc over it.
id to your Royal Highness thin.
.
beads that I have blessed.
'Yes and so many Paternosters,
'The Neapolitan exiles--dispatched by
Bomba , to Anieripa T —seized.the ship seq.,
and, navigated hoz. to Pork harVor. Ti ey
into the -Sardinian service. "I' rie
tines' prddicts and advocates for the& a
warm welcome in this country.
A Desponding Disciple.
Visiting lately an. aged parishioner who
was desporiding,akt.o. her *ritual state, 649
related, to me the following anecdote by
.which, a minister illustrated to
,one of hts
hearers the nature of faith in Christ.
eatehing up his little child, hi: Timed her
on a high chiatneppieoe, where she; could
not move without danger of falling, and
then, told her, to throw herself of, and he
would, - catchher in his arms.
The • child. heattated, and wished her iat)er
to stfetch orit his hands to take her; lint he
put his hands behind him, still telling her
to leap ! and trust in him for . safety. Know.
ing that her fatherhad-never deceived her,
she summoned - resolution, made the - leap,
and instantly found herself 'safe in his arms
and' faied 'on- his boicn. "So," said he to
the doubtingdnquirer, " must you cast your
self- even „Christ for salvation, even though
you heap not see his hands stretohed out to
receive you." ,
OttheaFingrthe aimed* I replied, " rs.
P—, do yott not perceive that you I aye
been describing Yotir Own ease? It is - pm
cisely that of the- little child while hesits,
ting to 'leap ,because she could not see her
father's ; bands, :You seem net willing ,to
trust Christ mi.his, imple word:"
"tones th9ught„,", said she, " that I could
Jai bad, dfthe pronibies, but I seem to have
lostlhat hold. I know `that Christ is able
and willing to save me, and I have no other
bops ; but somehow I cannot fiad evidrnee
that my prayers
,are answered- If I were
accepted, Would there pot be some sign
given me, some light, or gleam of joy, to en
courage' my: hope ?"
"Probably not, I replied, "so long as
yeti ,indulge
,this spirit, of unbelief. Tie
fig/Oil:at you look for is just like that the
little child waited for when her father's
halide trete behind his back. Yon must
trust the :naked word of Christ, without
any sign, and must learn to walk by faith,
not by sight.. You must trust him even
wherkyou wait:Ape bis , hands. He 'bads
,the blind - , in a way which they knew not!
Abut sinners are led to Christ in a different
`Way tronv what they expected. His people
are often led by hie providence in neer
peeted .paths. And benighted disciples
are not.. permitted to see the light, until teoy
hairelearne 4 to trust Christ in the dark."
P—* assented to my words, and
seemed for the present to be comforted. I
-have Tecorded , the substance of our waver
luttiontin. Ake I hope that come other de
spondieg, disciple may be. benefited by it
American liessenger.
Remember the Little Ones.
" Mother, I wish Mr. 0-- would preach
here all the time. I don't like to have Mr.
.1) come."
"Not , like-,Mr., P--, my son ? I
thought everybody liked him; he is an ex
cellent 'Why' do You dislike him?'
"Why, mother, -when-• he preached here
fast, he:stayed- here all the time from Satur
day to Monday,-and I was just as still as I
could be, and,hecdid: atot.speak to me, or
loak;at me once; but Mr. 0— always
puts his, hand on my. head when he comes,
and,_ he says, ' Hew does Charlie do, to-thy ?'
*Was though he loved me."
Thive'd choice rose hush in my garden,
presented- by. , a •dear friend. This year it
hadbut few. buds, and my little ones could
only, have, one rose each.
"I will save mine, said little Carrie, and
''carry it to my' teacher. "Do you think she
ever saw such a beautiful tea.rose ?"
Day after darsheiwatolied her little bad,
till it ;was hdf epened, and then it was
in the moyning early, all fresh and
tlewy, and planed in water ready for soh
time.
When she returneit-fioni sehool, a ellu
testedirupon her" usually sunny face.; and,
Upou inquiru:lg itslusase, she cried as tho ugh
her little leart.would 'break.
‘f You know my beautiful little rose.
Well,l suppose the teacher didn't want it.
She had a whole vase fall of flowers, but
none-,of-them half so , . sweet as that; and
.when j :carried_ it_ to,,her„ohe just laid it
njolnAker. Aet*,,,pl,,,Akan't look at, it oboe,
and Said, 'Take your seat - ,,Carrie!"
How via? to hilted said, "Thank you,
Carrie," and Smiled upo'n the child, and
filled: her little7heut,with grateful Aleve, in -
8.1.,114 ,of4gTiqt
Remember the little : Dual. • ri•
. 11 „
'A' Rzoo D.— j fhere in no way for
theirliniities written in the
Bookoof :Life; but bri reading the work of
sanctification in Asir Awn hearts. I daire
no miramilotts voice from heaven, no eat ra
driliniry.4l64, tniiiteriptural notices and
linforniatibnuini.this matter. Lord, let me
finoinlyaheart obeying thy sails, my will
I ,9Pediftntly w atthwitting , 4 0 . Ahy opmmanch-,
atn,.my Vara% anlA phrise, my deeire ;
fieveAv*Ve n it fairer or artier evidence of trip`
4110.414 Ibve to'intionli—Pidiei! 5
CM