• T!: PRE. :S • • TERI.AN ...• Ar\, ER &' If . • . . . . • . . ,A T. ~j . ri osbytairlaz tanner, Veda VII i~.lild. i ros bytoriall Advesates Val UI, No. 47 I DAVID MoKINNEY and JAMES ALLISON, Editors. rEDIEB.-IN ADVANCE, cielect The Bible. Blessed Bible, book Divine, Sure thou art a treasure mine; A letter from our Father sent, A light to every wanderer's tent; A mirror polished bright and pure, A kind physician who can mire, A bright star in a cloudy sky, A sun of light at noonday high; A lover ever wooing me My duty and my crown to see : A friend to guide my weary feet O'er mountain crag and glassy steep; A page of history eo true, Its lessons none can ever rue ; A code' of morals undisputed, A solver of all questions mooted, A law for nations universal, And chart for business commercial, Peace maker on land and sea, Filling the widow's heart with glee, A father to the fatherless, - And sure the humble poor to bless; A lighthouse on the shores of time, • Pointing to heaven's healthful clime ; Inspirer of an ardent hope That lifts the fainting mourner up; A deed to brighter worlds on high, For which as prisoners here we sigh; A hook of promises to men, " To the believer—yea, amen 1" Hail, monument of,grace and truth, We ne'er can tell thy endless worth ; Thy wisdom's boundless as the ocean, Thy bliss in parallel proportion. Thou'it guide us by thy holy light, Till the city spires heave in eight; And then thy bright and glowing pegs, Unfurled to view from age to age, Shall brighter and yet Mater shine, As angels' hallelujahs chime; And traced on adamantine walls, In heaven's vast and splendid halls We'll read thy truths in living fire, Precise as told by prophets sire; Thy mysteries foretold of old In beautuous form shalt thou unfold, And God, the author of the plan, Will aid us, too, his works to scan. Roll on, thou pure. bright'oonstellation, To bless with light our land and nation ; By day our olond to guide aright, Of tire a pillar to lead by night, To the promised land, though far it be, In faith's pure light we ever see. Per the Presbyterian Banner and Advocate. Extracts from the Historical Reminis- once, Dnirvintup wr Rub, EAGLESON, AT THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY Or THE GRADUATION OP THE Duals WHICH /.121 . Jim/Amax CoLpsom,' IN A. D. 1829. .417:0; IL The past thirty years have been , mikked with progress in the history of our country. Thirty years ago, we had in our Union twenty five States. Now, we have, thirty three ; and "a sutheien ay fofi-Territopy, out , 'of Which to carve more thin•.a 'hundred States of the average size of the Old Thirteen. Thirty years ago, we had a population' of twelve millions six hundred and twenty thousand five hundred and forty•fivei r now, of about twenty.eight millions. Within this period, the population of our country has more than doubled itself. The thirty years just past have been the era of steam travel, on the land, on our vast rivers and lakes, and on the broad ocean. Now it is common to see splendid chariots drawn on the land by fire; and packet ships moving on the ocean, with winged like speed, without the assistance of masts and sails. The first railroad trip, by locomotive, on the Western continent, was made in A. D. 1828, on the banks of the .Lackawaxen, at the commencement of the railroad• con necting the canal of the' Delaware and Hud- son Canal Company with their coal mines This was just on the threshold of the period, of which we are taking a retrospect. Now there are twenty-six thousand two hun dred and ten miles of railroad, and five thousand one hundred and thirty-one miles of canals in operation in the United States alone. The North and South, the East and West, are bound together with bands of iron, and, we trust, with the stronger bands of patriotic and Christian affection. Formerly the average time of a sailing vessel froth England to the United States, was sixty days. Now, the same voyage is made in less than half that time, owing, not only to improvements in shipping, but to in creased knowledge of the prevailing currents of the ocean, and of the prevailing winds of different latitudes. By ocean steamers, which have but recently been introduced, the Atlantic is now crossed in about ten days. And they are constructing steamers in Philadelphia, which are calculated to make the trip to Europe in seven, or eight days. The past thirty years have also been signalized, by the invention of the Electric Telegraph by one of our own citizens, and by its extensive use. It .was but in A. D. 1843, that the first telegraphic line, of, forty miles in length, extending from Washington City to Baltimore, was constructed under the direction of Professor Morse. Now we have in operation, in the United States alone, no less than thirty.five thousand miles of telegraph. By this invention, intelli genee is communicated, with almost incred ible rapidity. In the time of Ahashuerus, the king of Persia, the utmost rapidity with which intelligence could be communicated was, "by riders on mules, camels and young dromedaries." It is but little more than bait' a century, since it took some weeks to convey intelligence from Washington City to New Orleania. Now, it can be done in as many seconds as it then took weeks The ',IOWA of the death of I'aul, the Emperor of Russia, which , took place in A. D. 1801, was t . wenty•one days in being transmitted to London. That of the death of the, late Emperor Nicholas, at the utmost, was only four hours and fifteen minutes. Nay more, ,clispatchee direct from St. Petersburgh, have been received in London, within.a second of their leaving the Russian Capital, the length. of the wire along which they were coin ruunieated being one thousand seven hun dred miles. It bas been truly said, that "Franklin seized the lightening and tamed it. And that Morse put clothes on it, and taught it how to read and write and do er• rands." In ancient times, Mercury was the messenger of the gods; but -now the light. nings of heaven are the rueseengers of men. During the past thirty years, speci/al at tention has been given to the cause of edu cation, by the various Stalea of the Union. The educational statistics of the United States show, that there are four millions of the youth of this country connected with the various educational Institutions, in the different States of the Union. Their teach ers number more than one hundred and fif teen thousand, and the annual current ex penditures are estimated to be about fifteen. millions of dollars. Within this time, alpm, special efforts have been made in the cause of female education, and with marked sue eras. We have in our country one hundred and twenty-two Colleges of very consider able prominence, besides a number of others of minor note; forty-nine Theological Sem inaries; seventeen Law Schools, and forty Medical Schools. Likewise, during this period, the various denorninationa of Evangelical Christians in the United States have made special efforts to diffuse the Word of God, and along with it, all the Institutions of religion, with a view to keep pace with our ever increasing and widely spreading population. Nor have their efforts been in vain. According to the National Recorder, there are forty thousand preachers of the Gospel, including all sorts, in our country. In the various denominations of Evangelical Christians in the United States in A. D. 1856, there were thirty thousand ministers of the Gospel, four millions of communicating members, sixteen millions and a half con nected with them by sympathy and educa tion. Thus it appears, that out of a pope• lation in our country, then estimated at twenty-six millions and a half, nearly two thirds of the whole were either members in full communion, or Sunder the direct influ• ence of Evangelical Churches. And the relative number of communicating members has doubtless since been increased, by the great revival which has prevailed throughout our country within the last two years. For the Presbyterian Banner and Advocate Meetings of Synod. To attend the meetings of Synod is ad mitted to be the duty of ministers and of a constitutional number of Ruling Elders. Tbat it often requires , pastors to be absent from their congregations, that it exposes them to the fatigues of travel, that it in volves considerable expenditure of money, and that the business transacted is not al ways interesting or pleasant, are all facts which cannot be disputed. Yet, they bring no doubt on the question whether it is the duty of every member to attend. But is it not also a privilege to attend meetings of Synod ? This is not so clear. It depends on the character of the business, the Inede of transacting it, the deportment of members, the state of one's own mind, and the general condition of the Church. Meetings of Synod and of other Church courts ought to be of suoh a character, that they would be anticipated with pleasure. In the appointments of God, duties and privileges are so " joined together," that, if they are divoroed, the blame of the separation rests on ourselves. Our Presbyterian constitu tion furnishes a most perfect provision for agreeable, social oo.operation in religions en terprises. The principle of Liberty, Equal ity, Fraternity, is not, in our system, a pleasing fancy, but a real verity; , not an impracticable aspiration , lint a matured and pervading attainment. ' If 'eoclesiastioal meetings 'be fairly underk stood, as to their character and design, at tendance on them will be esteemed both a duty and a privilege. They will be greeted int only as a mean's 'of doing-good, bat also . REI occasions of enjoyment. They are not intended merely to' keep the machinery of the Church in good working order, but they serve the further purpose of strengthening and stimulating her operatives. The work men are called together from the different and widely separated portions of the field, to enjoy a sort of family meeting. Some have been toiling, solitarily, and often sadly, in obscure corners of the field ; ; some have oc• oupied places more prominent and not less trying; some have enjoyed tranquility and a good degree of success, and some have had the varied sorrows of toil, trouble, and disappointed hopes. They come together, for the purpose of reviewing the joint la• bore of all, of devising plans for the future, of encouraging and counseling each other, and of participating in mutual sympathies and consolations. Occupying common ground by bearing the same . office, and by obedience to the orderings of the same Divine Providence, questions of rank do not legitimately arise among. them. One cannot say to another, "I have no need of you," but in the true spirit of fraternal equality, each is to help his 'neighbor, and every one to say to his brother, "Be of good cheer."—ls. xlvi : 6. Responsibilities and prerogatives are to be shared by all, and by all alike ; and a deviation from this practice will be like the fabled disputes between the stomach and the members of the body, or between the weights and dial of a clock, rendering' the parties both uncomfortable and ridiculous. The whole benefit of Synodical meetings will not be attained by restricting atten tion to the jejune details of business. Ecclesiastical business is a means in tended to subserve the religious interests of the Church. And an ecolesiaetioal meeting should be a religious meeting. Re ligion should be a pervading element of the whole meeting, not a mere episode or di gression, gotten up "on motion," and con structed under the formal direction cf a Committee. A higher tone of religious feeling would then be given to the discus sions; and discussions that do not admit of such elevation would be excluded altogether. An impressive dignity, consonant with the character of the body, would then supplant the levity that sometimes throws it into dis order, and brotherly love would banish sev erity of remarks, which always, when in dulged, fill some bosom with dietrees. Deliberative bodies, in the Church, are often embarrassed by certain classes of their members, whose motives and intentions I do not mean to impeach. Indeed, I have seen members, of unequivocally good inten• tions, retard and embarrass the proceedings of Church courts, without producing any advantage to their brethren, unless it might be, as " tribulation worketh patience " . Absent members, I mean absent bodily. They are waited for, and time is lost. They have reports to make, or records to produce, and business is delayed for the want of them. • 2. Inattentive members, absentees in mind. Not less culpable, though less cum bersome to business, would these be, if their inattention were constant. But it is occasionally interrupted by a formal call of the roll for remarks, or by taking the yeas and nays on a vqte ; and then, to save their consoieneps from a wound, they arouse them• elves and become highly inquistive ; and the business of the body is held in auspenee till a large share of the information, the reasons, the explanations, the propositions, which others have already attended to, are reiterated for their special benefit. • 3 Talking members, who are never ready for deciding any question, or adopting any measure, till they have expressed all their thoughts upon it. This is not a Large class. The majority are generally able to do all their thinking, reasoning, and decid ing, without saying much. 4. Leading members. There is no great , er mistake, than that of identifying these with . the preceding class. And the mistake "ONE THING lii NEEDFUL:" "ONE THING HAVE I DESIRED OF THE LORD:" "THIS ONE THING i DO." FOR THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 1711559, 1211301.100X1r044(6,'Vt is oftener made by that eh se t an by others. Leading members are not 'g tncrallv most liberal of apeeches;:eontemed, rather, as main springs, to Bet the ticking wheels in motion The principal inconvenience oc casioned by leading members, arises from their occasionally leading in different direc tions, toward their several favorite objects. And thus, sometimes, business is retarded, complications arise, wholesome ends are frustrated, strifes occur, and adroit manoeu• vering works the body into factions. The salutary purposes of ecclesiastical meetings are best promoted by a strict ad berenee to the essential Presbyterian prin ciple of liberty, equality, and fraternity. When a man is ordained to the office of minister or elder, be should be regarded as competent to.any and all the functions of it. Oar Church courts should be esteemed a part of the great erwinery for the sub• jugation of the world ° to Christ; and a solemnity and spirituality, suitable to the great design should characterize, as indeed it generally does, all their proceedings. Kindness of sentiment, elevation of princi ple, and courtesy of manner, shpuld mark the intercourse ‘of brethren ; and attendance on Synods and Presbyteries should be reck oned not merely a duty, but a privilege and a pleasure. ' J:F.M. God's Providence in Little Things Perhaps in nothing does the discrepancy between what we know and what we realize, make itself more manifest than in regard to the providence of God in little things. We know that it must be true that he, in whose band our breath is, and whose are all our ways, must shape all the minutest events of our life, and exercise guiding control over the whole current and flow of our daily no tivity. And yet, how little do we feel that this is so; how slow we are to recognize its tokens; how skeptical; when some event seems to push the thought of a present and interposing. God upon the mind ! It is one of the special‘points of interest about the Book of Esther, that it brings out so clearly the interposition of God's provi deuce in a little thing, as the hinge on which all the interest of its narrative turns. Those who are familiar with Melville—whose ser mons, so rich in thought, yet so disfigured by a seduclive and dangerous mannerism, have been almost more popular with Ameri can readers than with English hearers—will re-call a discourse which is built upon that culininating point of the Book of Esther— the first verse of the 6th chapter—where the Divine interposition makes itself mani fest. Mordecai is sitting in . saokoloth and ashes"; the bloody decree for the extirpation of the Jews—a decree of Medo Persian inflexibil ity—has gone forth ; and Haman, its mis creant instigator, is in such favor at court, that he has builded a gallows, in expectation of gaining permission to hang Mordecai the next day - upon it. Congenial night has closed in upon the scene, and there -is no visible channel through which relief can flow. The king has retired to his couch, and so far as any human eye can conjecture' the'. future, the dawning of the• next day will begin the work of slaughter, which will not' cease until Mordeoai m andtthis nation, ,arul r the Queen herself, shallthave been destroyed. In this perilous juncture, God's provi dence interposes by a little act. Some bus. sing insect; some slight indigestion; some unusual closeness of the air; some trifling, and to human eye, perfectly natural cause, disturbs the king's repose. He tosses uneasily upon his couch. He bethinks him-. self that the sound of reading may lull him to the rest he seeks. He calls his servants. They bring the roll of the chronicles of his realm. It is unrolled to just that spot where record is made of a conspiracy against the king's life, years before, averted and punished by the honesty of Mordecai. No history of reward follows. The king arrests the reading to inquire, " what honor and dignity bath been done to Mordecai for this ? It is replied that nothing has been 4 done for him. The circumstances had glided out of the royal recollection. Ahasuerus, now reminded of it, and regretful that such - fidelity should have remained unrewarded, charges his mind with the subject for con sideration on the morrow. And when Haman comes, at an early hour, to ask per mission to hang the Jew, the king, first obtaining from him an idea of what ought to be done to the man whom royalty de- lighted to honor, (a programme dictated by •Haraan's own hope that it was intended for himself,) commissioned him to take Morde cai, and honor him in that way before the multitude. Thus the tide was turned. That sleep- less hour; the opiate from tbe Chronicles, with the new phase into which * it brings Mordeoai ; changes and reverses the whole future. The murderous decree is counteract ed ; -Haman is hanged upon his own gallows tree ; and the Chosen nation is. preserved for the centuries of its fate yet unfulfilled. Here is stimulated the grace of faith in God, in the most hopeless position. It is easy for him to change the fate of a nation, by the mere buzzing of an: insect's wing ! So that those who love him and serve him may hope on and hope ever—however dark and doubtful may seem to be their lot.— Congregalionaltst. A Scrap. DANCING ! What do I think of it? I really think just this, that when professors of religion dance, that their religion is all in their feet, and not worth much. I'd rather there was a little in their knees; then they could kneel clown during prayer at church; and may be they would kneel in their closets sometimes. I'd rather it was in their hands ; then they could shake hands ' with a poor body, could give something to the needy,'and more for the spread and sup port of the Gospel. Ah, I'd rather it was all in their hearts; and then it would send a healthy pulsation throughout the system, and then really dancing would seem a very silly thing for sensible Christian people to spend their time and health at. Oppose drinking ! Yes, 1 do; for when whisky gets into the stomach, I really think Igrace gets out of the heart. Somehow or other, I've got the idea that grace do n't love e smell of Aislry, and gives it a wide E berth. This Ido know, that whisky don't help a man io religion. I haven't much use for the religion of the dram drinker; it 'a like corn blades at noon during a drought a in Summer. Yon' see, I've seen both sorts of profes sors; I know some such now, and really I don't know where to place 'em. Do you? —Biblical Recorder. MAN AND WOMAN.—Man is strong— woman is beautiful. Man is daring in con ' duct—woman is diffident and unassuming. Man shines abroad—woman at home. Man talks to convince—woman to persuade and please. Man has a rugged heart—woman a ! soft and tender one! Man prevents misery 1 —woman relieves it. Man has science— ' woman taste. Man has julyment—woman ; sensibility. Man is a being of justice— , SWUM of mercy. From our London Correopondent Triumphal Entry of Troops at Paris—Popular En thusiasm—The Emperor's Address to his Captains —Future Dangers to Europe—The Affairs of Italy—What is to be done with the .Duchies— Close of Parliamentary Session—ltaly and a Conference—England and her Defences—German Discord and its Perils—Admiral Roinstnoff and the Naval Review at Cronstadt—Chtiech Prefer ment and the Whig Cabinet—lrish £resbyterian Howie Missions—A Deputation to the United States—The Claims of Ireland—Piooress. and Personal Notes and Inquiries as to the Ulster Awakening. AUGUST 16th, 1859 .8. TRIUMPHAL ENTRY into Paris, of the Army of Italy, avus the great event of the first day of the present week. From time immemorial, France has, as a "matter of choice, made the Sabbath the day, for mili tary reviews and gala shows of every descrip tion. The Emperor knows too well, the popular love of. "spectacle" and of the. " glory " which is won by the sword, not to gratify it to the uttermost, and "thereby to strengthen his throne. We are informed that the reception' of the army on the 14th inst., was most enthusias• tic. Sunburnt soldiers in worn Uniforms— Austrian colors and cannons ; above all, the sight of the wounded men raised the popu lar excitement to the highest .pitch. The troops were covered with flowers and gar lands, by the people. The Emperor, as he rode at the head of the army, was received with acclamation by the troops and the peo ple. He spoke at an Evening Banquet, given to the principal chiefs of the army, with "regret at separating soon from a force so well organized and so formidable. A portion of the soldiers is about- to be die- banded. A " medal of Italy" is to be -dis tributed to the army which has served there. The danger to the permanent peace of Europe, comes out vividly in this great mil itary demonstration. True it is that our witty Punch represents the Emperor playing Fre pipe'of peace, seated on a bank, and in shepherd's garb. But not far away is a " scare-crow, ' set up in the meadow, repre senting a French soldier, and indicating the real condition of things. It suits. Napoleon to have peace for the present, and so he is issuing ordinances to re-esitablish public works which had been siispefided by the war. In every possible way he will seek to encourage commerce; and: but for the ap parent or re'l necessities lof his position, might be content with " piping- tunes, of peace" for life. But he is the elected Chief of a nation notoriously reetless and fond of excitement, and as such, it is : said that he warned the late Lord Lyons (AdMiral,) that the day might come when hp might be forced to make war upon England. The idea of such a war is now becoming famil iar both at Paris and Madrid. The Con stitutionel seems to speak threateningly, when it talks , of the completion , of vessels suited for the transport of large bodies of troops, which could be thrown' on an ene my's coast. It is in the same direction that it abuses Belgium for fortifying Ant werp, which it says will thus be a grand dekuclte for England's armies! to be thrown upon the Continent, accessible to her by the Scheldt, and shut out by its fortifications from other powers. In iike r irmencr,,,the An •fie Madrid, exclaims : " The time is a an. when the taking of London will revenge Waterloo." Must not all this, if not under - Imperial inspiration,, be at least far from displeasing to Louis Napoleon ? And if so, what wonder if there should be uneasiness in Europe still I THE AFFAIRS OF ITALY still occupy anx ious attention. Some are in despair as to Italy's future; others believe that Bona parte at heart wishes the Duchies to ie free, and that the ostentatious journey of a French agent, with the professed view of ascertain ing the, minds of the people, was intended to stir up their enmity to the old rulers more fiercely than ever, and so to render their re turn impossible. Whether that was intend ed or not, the result has been the same. .Count Reject tried to influence the new Sardinian Ministry, but they refused with a dignity worthy of the Cabinet of a Constitutional King, to endorse the claims of the minions of. Austria. He proceeded to Parma, and there overwhelming evidence met him, that even the amiable ex Duchene had but few partizans. And as to Florence, his carriage has been filled with written pro tests against any attempts at the restoration to the Pitti Palace, at Florence, of a family which is detested, and especially since the discovery of papers indicating both the plan and the resolve to bombard the city 'in case of an insurrection. • The Times correspondent at Paris, is now inclind to believe that Napoleon bee sent his agent abroad in Central Italy, in order to deepen the agitation, and so to render the return of the exiled rulers impossible. That is not unlikely, if it suit himself. Treachery to any party rather thin his own interests should suffer-such is the ruling motto of his political life. i The Italian Confederation plan and pro posal, seems to beoome more impracticable every hour. The Conference now going on at Zurich in Switzerland, will not attempt to settle such a queition. A General Con gress is almost sure to follow. The Opposi tion in our Parliament endeavored to pledge the Cabinet against going into any Congress, but wisely did Lords Palmerston .and Russel pledge themselves neither one way nor the other. They justly think that a better set. tlement for Italy and for the cause of free -dour, may be obtained by England being able and willing, as well as unfettered in her discretion, to take part in a settlement which concerns all Europe. • THE PARLIAMENTARY SESSION is Over. The speech from the Throne, read by the Lord Chancellor, has one passage indicating the Ministerial policy as to Italy, as follows: " Overtures have been nude with a view to 'ascertain vrhether, if Conferences shall be held by the great powers of Europe for the purpose of settling arrangements, con- nected with the present state and future condition of Italy, a Plenipotentiary would be sent by her Majesty to assist at such conferences. " Her Majesty has not received the in formation necessary to decide whether she may think fit to take part in such. negotia tions She would rejoice to find herself able to contribute to the establishment of ar rangements calculated to place the general peace on a satisfactory and lasting condi tion." This indicates both proper caution, and a sincere willingness to serve the cause of freedom. On the whole, the Tory policy ; as to Italy is bad to the core. It is, indeed, heartless; and although Lord Malmesbury's dispatches did not, on their publication, compromise him as to neutrality in the war, yet the suspicion, well founded, that the Cabinet of Lord Derby , had no real pity for oppressed Italy, was fatal to its existence. I regard this as honorable to the English na• tion. National defences are also referred to in the Royal Speech, the Queen expressing "great satisfaction" in giving her assent to the Bills which were presented to her, for the formation of a Naval and Military Re serve Force. "A complete and permanent system of national defence, must at all times be a sub ject of paramount importance." Lord Pal merston and his organ, the Morning Post, are by no means so cordial and confiding toward France and her Emperor, as they once were. The Post remarks, that whatever Napo leon has not accomplished, he has at leant succeeded in setting the powers of Germany at variance with one another. And this is quite true. There is great bitterness at present between Prussia and Austria, and in case of future war, we shall see some of the smaller States of Germany going with Aug. triainto a most suicidal Austro-French Al. Hance against Prussia. It would also seem one of the " inevitables" of the future, that Prussia and Belgium must yet side with England, against ' Russia, Austria, and France combined. A NAVAL REVIEW on a grand scale, has lately been held at Cranstadt. It is mar vellous, after - the sinking of the fleet at Se. bastopol, to mark the powerful force which Russia can now command. The Grand. Duke Constantine is the Admiral who inces santly urges on them an enlargement of the force. He is a restless, active, energetic, dangerous man. Not4ong since, he was ex acting homage from the Sultan, under the pretence of a. visit of respect to him ; ; after-, wards he made a :grand display at Jerusa lem, surrounded by Greek priests and their followers; next we hear of him at Cronstadt, at this naval review-; then he turns up at Osborne, in the Isle of Wight, on a visit to Queen Victoria; and, lastly, (traveling un der the title of Admiral Romanoff,) he is off to call on the French Emperor at Biaritz The. FIRST CROMOR PREFERMENT at the disposal of the' Palmerston Ministry, his been given to the Rev. Thomas Gamier, who, for a number of years, has been Chaplain of the House of Commons, and Rector of a Went End ; Parish. He is now appointed Dean of Ripon, and, as an ardent Evangelical, will be a suitable coadj utor to the excellent Bishop of the Diocese, Dr. Biekersteth. , The Evangelical party has also received fresh strength by a transfer once to the. Bishops of Ripen and Mulches, ter, respectively, of a laige amount' of ecclesiastical patronage. As long_ as Bish ops are to retain the power of presentation to parishes,' independent of the will of the Christian people, it is all important that the Evangelical prelates should have large pat roiage at their .disposal. The system, how ever, is miserably unequal in its operations, and - altngether unworthy of true Protestant and New .Testament Christianity. The Bishops of ,Oxford and Exeter are contin uing to oppress truth, and exalt and cherish error. Whole districts and counties are thus given over to darkness and delusion, and souls perish without remedy. PRESBYTERIAN MISSIONS IN _`.IRELAND are now occupying much ,attention. The Irish Assembly's Board of Directors find the field of the Home Mission becoming so extended and so expensive, that the means fail for its proper cultivation. Deputations Vll4opgV4Optie.eonglegations, to invoke more liberal aid ; and in , addition to . thivat a recent meeting of the Board of Directors, in Belfast, it was resolved to send, this Autumn, a Deputation to the United-States. This Deputation will be formed of four ministers of eminence, who, I believe, are, the Rev. Doctors Cooke,Edgar, and Dill, and the Rev. John MoNaughton, A.M., of Belfast, formerly of Paisley. I have no doubt that they will be well received in America, not only by the Scotehdrish, whose early , associations with Ulster will be powerfully awakened, but also by American Christians generally.. Let all such remem ber that Ireland is a source of moral PIM• ohief to the United States, as long :as Popery is rampant there, and that its Evan gelization will solve many a difficult ques tion even in the political economy of free nations. Here an, Irish and B.omanist sec tion of Members of Parliament hold the balance' of parties, and determine the fate of 'Cabinets. With you,' they- interfere in elections for evil, they seek' to exclude the Bible from.oommon schools, and they em broil and imperil great interests. Help, then, for Ireland and its Protestant aggres sive agencies, will react on America for good. THE RELIGIOUS AWAKENING Still pro gresses with unobstructed power. High Churchmen frown, worldlings sneer, Uni tarians are bitter, and Popish priests hate and fear. Bat the effect on society is un mistakable, and "fruits" such as indicate that the tree is . 14 made good," attest that the work is indeed Divine. I have seen and heard much already, and • (writing this from Ulster,) I hope yet to see and heir much more. But it would take three months to visit and carefully in spect the localities where the harvest sheaves are fast being gathered in, and still "the half" could not be told ; only "the day shall declare" the whole. For there is a secret, powerful coming of the kingdom of God in hard hearts and consciences, of which physical agitations are but the feeble indices, at the best. Since I last wrote you, I have visited and examined the condition of things in the neighborhoods of. Lurgan, Tullylish, Ban bridge, and. Newry, all in the County of Down Meeting on the streets of Belfast, last week, the minister of a congregation once presided overby the Rev. George Hay, -(once a student of Brown, of Haddington,) whose name is borne by one in Philadel phia,•dear to American Christians, and who baptized George Hay Stuart, as well as myself, and where be and othens—now far removed thence—first commemorated the Saviour's death, seated by parents whose spirits are now in glory—l was persuaded to visit that old and much-loved spot. It was a week evening, and I found a strange and new thing—that in harvest time, every night in the week, save Satur day, large congregations were .meeting, simply for prayer. With much emotion did I address such an assembly, looking from the pulpit on the pew where once I sat, a boy, and from whence parents, brothers and sisters had disappeared for ever. During the address, there occurred a case of suppressed, yet real and agonizing conviction of sin, accompanied by phySical weakness and agitation. It was a young woman, an orphan girl, and there is reason to hope that with returning health of body, her soul is, now at peace with. God, as . _a Father reconciled. The Rev. Mr. IVleMarray, of Paringstone, took part in this service, along with the pastor, the Rev. James Moorhead. The former gave the most thrilling information as to the mighty change, which had taken place at Lurgan, a large manufacturing town, and also in his own district, where, he said, linen weavers 4 t could scarcely go on with their work," from deep anll,.ever whelming convictions, of , sin. Some of these ,had rbeen-open infi,clels, a few weeks ago-others ' the most Aeeperste and' wiokett Philadelphia, Sonth.West Corner of Seventh and Chestnnt,Straits —now tbey Wer? wrested and trembling under the fear of Divine- wrath. Next evening I assisted at a similar meet ing at Tullylisb, where the venerable John Johnston, , has been pastor for nearly half a century. Here I found a large as sembly, also, and meetings held almost every evening. In this parish and district, female prayer meetings have been estab• fished, and great good is being done. Drinking, swearing, and other vices, are being abandoned, and public houses in creasingly find the trade in spirits a losing One. Visiting the town of Banbridge, I found that one of the deepest and most powerful manifestations of Divine influence had tip peered here. Not less than sixty-six per sons were, in one evening, either in the Presbyterian church during a service, or in returning home, "stricken down," in awful distress, both of body and mind. .More re markable still, some that went as mockers, (one especially notorious, who said, scoffing ly, "I shall cry out Calvary !" compelled, in fear and horror of soul, to look and cry to Calvary's Pierced One,) were brought to repentance. I was taken to see two persons, who had been arrested. One was "an unfortunate" who, not at the public meeting at all, was found, by a Christian gentleman, on the street, crying in agony, ,and saying, " Lot all transgressors like me beware," in her apprehensions of the.anger of the Almighty. The poor creature was sheltered and pro vided for in the house of a pions Covenanter —a weaver--when I saw her, and seemed thoroughly humbled, and truly "loving much," because " much had been forgiven." The other was a young girl of blameless life, but who had been undecided. Her radiant, meek, and happy face; was a fair type of the shining countenances all over Ulster, at this hour. •I heard, .here,- - a150,,. of s, Uni,-, tarian .young woman, .heartily and entirely embracing the Evangelical faith,_ after pass ing tfirough a horror of •great darkness and distress. 'Here, preaches a Unitarian min ister, (nephew of Dr. Montgomery,)- who, a few weeks since, poured ridicule and con-, tempt on the awakening. At Newry, whence I write this, where my first pastoral charge, extending over 'eleven years, now comes up on " busy, meddling memory,i' with peculiar forces and' tender ness, I have seen. ma t ch to delight and encourage, but on which I may not and shall not dwell. At Drunhanighei and Cremore, in the County of Armagh, (the latter in connexion with the 'pastoral sphere .of the Rev. Alex. Strain, D.D., well known to many in America,) as well as. at Gloemix, Lough break land, and Donaghmore, in Coun ty of Down, a glorious work, permeating the mass of society, is in progress. At the Free Church Commission, held last week at Edinburgh, the Rev. Dr. Den ham, of Londonderry, the Rev. J. H. Moore, of Ballymena, and the Rev. James Canning, of Coleraine, gave full details of the awakening, as it had presented itself to their own eyes. Dr. Begg also gave the results of a week's close inspection. The United Meeting for Prayer, at Bel, fast, last week, was .peeuliarly solemn and impressive. Mare than thirty ministerel observed as present, in the crowdeolasseinbly. Three minutes'aveigned fhr silentzprayer, at the close, seemed to me to be the beat pos sible completionof the service., Surely Gad was there I J.W. P. S`-The King of Prusaia has been in s prostrate and hopeless condition for several days. Life Preaching. A plain spoken old gentleman said the Other day, " I don't think so badly of your sooiety as I used to do; and tell you how that has happened. There are a good many people of your-way-of thinking in our neighborhood, and they are the right sort of folks, too. So I'm giving up my old preju dices." Now this old gentleman's way of judging, is the common mode.. People, in general, care very little for abstract principles; but- , when they see the good. fruits of a good faith, they are impressed with the idea that , there is something in religion, and in that form of it which produces a holy, useful, happy life. We do not say that this is a reasonable way of looking at the subjeet, but it is a very natural, and almost univer sal, popular method. If you doubt it, recil] to mind some person of ordinary talents, but saintly life, and note the influence . of that life for years after ait has ended. Or, remark some unostentatious but energetic and benevolent Christian woman, who, dis regarding the calls.of the fashionable worhi, or the more selfish pursuits that might occu py her time, spends'her life in the constant. discharge of duties to her family, to the poor, the sick, and the ignorant. She exerts an influence more powerful than is posseesed by many of twice her mental endowments. The most irresistible of all 'calls to 'holiness is the example of a holy life. All cannot preach ,from , the pulpit; but there is , a kind ofcpreaching that is permit. ! ted to all men, and oftentimes this kipd is the moat effectual. Offrees of kindneon in the bodies and souls of those around us; words of encouragement to the weak, of in. struction to the ignorant, of brotherly kind ness to all ; hearty devotion to the services of religion, in our families and our closets, as well as in the sanctuary; in a word, earnest, active, self denying love to our fel low-beings, springing from our love to God, this will form a most ingressive sermon, a most convincing proof to the world around us, that we have been with Jesus All Christians are called on in this way to preach the Gospel ; and woe to them if they neg lect the eall.--Christian Miscellany. "Look Well to your Faith." He that has the faith of Christ has all; he that wants it has nothing. Weil might our Lord say, "This is the work of God, that ye believe on Him whom He huh sent." It secures the heart for God through Jesus Christ; and that secures the whole man; all,his thoughts, all his words and actions; forming the whole of his conduct for life upon a perfect, a most Infallible pattern. This, then, is the direction every Christian must turn his rnind, if ever he would thrive. Look well-to yOuriaith. As that is weak 1 ,strong, languishing or, living, such whll the ,whole Christian frame be. .And, there foie; Beware of startling your faith by neg letting to lay in proper;protisionw Faith comes by bearing, and hearingly the *cord ot.God. .That is the only ,sustenance fora faith; and what the Word 49)45 ) forth and conveys through faith into the grace of 'God in Christ„ is the only,aup- , port of the soul. " Wherefore, an new bo"rn babes, desire the sincere milk ofr the Word,: that ye .may grow thereby."- e 4 :And Jet the word of Christ, dwell in ,you .richly, is n all knowledge and sPiritual utidertitandOg." It is the