D. WKINNEY J. ALLISON S. LITTLig itor DAVID Ms'KINN anfi ProprieEtorY & CO., Eds. TENNIS IN ADVANCE.• : BINDLE Sonseatruose $1.50 IN Cause • A 195 DELIVERED IN ICITLIIII. OP TUE CITIES.... ......... 2.00, For Two DoLiana, we will sued by mall seventinumbers, and for Oats p 1114411., thirty-throe numbers, P istors Seildliig us TIVENTy subscribers and upwards, Will be thereby entitled to a paper without charge. -D - • A 11. RD P hINCII, MARK on the paplr, slgniftes that tbe term is nearly out and that wu desire a ronowal. " • Ilettowale should ho prompt, a little before the jlar expires. Send payments by are hands, or ,by moil. . . . Direct all /otters to DAVID Wyjnial vo; :Pitiablirgli,la. For the Preebitertait Banner. Why a Prefess4l CI 1 .0 8 0. 111 ; ' Skaalti Take a Religions iiiwjp4per. The following letter..:was: originally de •signed for a member , of.my congregation. But .on reflection,- it is now sent to the Banner for insertiori;, from. the conviction that its applicationis too general to be re stricted te.any,pnrticular case: CIIEURV GROVE PARNONAGE, May 29th; 186 U. DEAR Sm. i—The object of this com munieetionlis to call your attention , to the value of Religious Periodicals, and to the Pritaby , te"rian Banner,. as 'one of the best published in our country. And as, you have never heretofore taken a paper of this description, permit me to mention a few reasons that may induce you to appreciate the importance of such a contribution to the instruction, comfort, and usefulness of yourself and family. Ist. Reflect on the position you occupy in the Church. You are a professor'of re ligion. You are considered- a religious man. And a religious man with no dis position to subscribe for a religiouS news papet is not, a consistent' character. Even ungodly sometimes notice this incon sistency, and laugh over it. They have. not always the highest confidence in the piety of the men who will patronize secular newspapers in preference to those having a - direct tendency to advance the cause of Christ on the earth. The politican, they say, takes his political paper, the infidel takes his infidel paper; but there is your , Christian, your religious man, who will - take no religious paper. 2d. You should take a religious paper in view, of its happy influence on yourself ac an individual. The benevolent Christian mind will " hunger and thirst" after infor mation in reference to the great objeCts of Christian sympathy and benevolence in our fallen world. ' The patriotiq, Christian mind, will not be altogether indifferent with regard to the prevalence of the Gospel throughout the land of our birth- or adop tion. The heart of the patriot will prompt him to inquire how does my country pros per in peace ? and what success, in war ? And tidings from the Church militant must always be welcome to the true soldier of the Cross. You may have' your lihrary , filled with good books, and you may read them, and ought to read them all, but they will not keep you posted on the current events of the day, involving the spiritual , interests of the Church and the world. 3d. I am anxious, in the third place,that you would take a religious paper, on ac- • count of its influence on your family. ,The domestic cares of your wife render it difri cult for her to read large volumes; either in theology or general literature. A passing glance at a religious periodical, will add a little fuel to the intellectual fire, and be come suggestive as necessary aliment for her- intellectual and moral nature. Mit the happy influence of such a periodical on your children is beyond all calculation. It cannot be_ estimatol in dollars and ,cents. Children, or young people, associated in domestic life, have an instinctive fondness for the freshness And novely of a letter, or - newspaper. Mark the elevating influence of such an epistolary correspondence in the home circle. But the facilities for this species of cprrespondence are not a common occurence. And even where they do exist they will not supersede the necessity of the printed weekly, or monthly epistle, replete with the general religious intelligence of the age in which we live., Nor Is the pe riodical in question to be regarded, in the light of it• mere, newspaper, pointing out great facts in the history of Zion in her de fensive position or her aggreseive .move- Ments among the nations of the earth. The most instructive and sublime themes of theo logy and literature; are discussed in the good religious journal. It is the great general educator, moral and religious as Well as in-. tellectual. It not only imparts useful in formation to the youno- a and rising genera tion in our families, but creates,a thirst in thousands for the fountains of knowledge - that 'send forth their life-giving streams, and making glad the " city of our Gbd." 4th. It is erny ardent desire that you should become a subscriber for our Banner in the cause of Christ, from considerationa involving the power of example. If ,the professed follower of Jesus will not take a religious paper, how can we expect the 'un godly to do so. Ilovie,ver desirable it might be to introduce reading of this char , actor into the families of the world, a diffi culty is encountered at once, when they can point to men in the Church who will patronize any , and every, kind of newspaper save those that are ,decidedly religious. Here is the great stumbling block in the way ; the great barrier in the way, of ag gressive movements on the kingdom of darkness. It is the want of an influential example on the part of some who are the recognized soldiers of the Crow A good example is moral power in any. community. Mark its happy results when God's people flock punctually to the prayer-meeting and the house of God. How soon impepitent •neighbors and friends imbibe the spirit and are drawn within the current to the gra cious presence of the Lord. And let all the people of Goiftake religious periodicals in their families ; the example will not be in vain. Even wicked men may be found to say, give us the same source of intelligence for our families; let us have the news from the. Church as well 'as from the world. Now let a whole congregation, a whole com munity, take the religious paper in ques tion—what an amazing influence for good in reference to the support of the Gospel both at home and abroad What a stimulus to contributions for all the objects of honey°. lence—to' attend meetings for social praye —and to' use all the means for the revival of the work of God I Look at the congre gation in which religious intelligence through this"medium is generally diffused, in contrast with the one where little or ,nothing of the kind is found, and mark the difference. The one you will find a working, growing church—qp to the, spirit of the age; the other you will find just the reverse, distingnished for no effective ad vancement with regard to cooperation in the cause of the Redeemer-' withieg,ard to ministerial support, or the grand object of guy f Arktro,h organization on the earth. sth. mention a fifth reason, among many others that might be advanced, urg ing you te.take a religious newspaper. It stands preeminent as an antidote to a liter ature of a,n opposite and most destructive character. The. power of the press is won derful. The art of printing, not known to the literature fit' antiquity, in modern times has created facilities tbr impressions on the human mind'. of most amazing im • portance and extent. It seems to have brought the facilities, of education to the door of every man. And if the unnum bered publications that are constantly is suing forth from the prees, , liad the desira ble bearing on the interests amorality and religion, and found unobstrneted access to all our families, our prospects would soon brighten for the Speedy regeneration of mankind. But the "children of this world are wiser in their generation'thin the chil dren of light." Satan and the children . of Satan are more busy thairmanYpplie pro ' fessed children of God. While ,the, press ... . . , . . .. _ . . . . ."- , .. f . in .. . . , 6 . , . ..,.,.. .., .. • .. . ...... . ..,. .. . - ... • .., 1 t- rt,............ ... ..... , . C ...: .. oi ... . . .. . . ..... , . ...• ts .. ,:,.... . i . . . . . . , . .4.t..„-. . . . . . • . .... , . . EMS VOL. VIII., NO. 39. is a powerful instrument of good, it is alFo a powerful instrument or evil. Look at the light,fictitious literature of the present day, corrupting in its nature and disastrous in its tendency, pouring forth from the press its floods of moral desolation upon our land. We must have counteracting agencies, or be ruined. When the enemy comes in like a flood, it should be our prayer . that " the- Spirit of the Lord would lift up a standard against him." And in subordination to the Divine Spirit,and the Divine Word, while it is a reading age, and young people and old people will read newspapers, we wish to furnish 'materials of the proper kind as food for the .soul, in religious periodicals—in newspapers for. God. . JJ=A. , For the Preshytatian Banner - Charity. Now the. end of the commandment ist charity out of a pure heart and a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned.-1. TIM i: 6. Notice . how carefully characterized this charity is. It, was no general preaching of love, charity, and liberality, such as we sometimes hear these days, that Paul would have in his Ephesian pulpit. .Love, in deed, charity, and liberality, but of a a specific kind; love that did not sacrifice purity of heart, but grew - out of it charity which did not ignore a good conscience, but was rooted in it, and liberality.which did not renounce the truth, but was founded on it. It is the "end 'of-the command ment " which is charity. But you cannot reach the end without passing over that which lies between it and the beginning. You cannot reach the top round of a ladder without stepping on every round from the bottom. You cannot have, the, fruit without, the root, the, stem, and the blossom. It is the end of the commandment which is Charity, and you will not, be allowed at once to bounce into the end, without having seen and laid fast hold, of what is at the be ginning. We cannot have true charity, therefore, without having an Unfeigned faith, first, a good conscience, second, and . a pure 'heart, ;third. This is the sort of soil in which true charity grows.. An un feigned faith is the rock at the bottom, about which it twines its roots, so' that it cannot be uprooted or shaken ; a good con science, or the strong consciousness of having done right before God and man, is the strong soil in which charity : gets its rankness and strength, while a pure heart is the rich top-dressing, if you please, which gives the blossom its delicate tint, and the fruif its delicious taste. There is a spurious philanthropy, and a spurious love of God, which are corrected by just these three things=a pure heart, a `good conscience, and an unfeigned faith. There is a philanthropy among' us whic with a pretended and ostentatious good will to man; denies these three things : the ex istence of'God, the obligation to anyligher than human law, and the obligation to per sonal purity of heart and life. We' have philanthropistswho build Hospitals, Schools of Reform, • and Retreats for the. Insane ;' who elevate the poor, reclaim the, criminal, and instruct the ignorant; yet who, apart from min, and the obligations from man to man, believe what they please, do what they will, and be what they like. Paul's teach ing of love, or philanthropy, corrects this at every point;, we must be what qod is, do what he ccimmarids, and Velieve iih!tit reveals. All" history proves, too, that this charity, love, or philanthropy, which grows out' of unfeigned faith in God's Word, 'un feigned obedience to God's commands, and unfeigned "conformity to GOd's holiness, is the.best philanthropy. Your charity, your love to man, , your philanthropy, 'has-done nothing for man until it has lifted him up into fellowship - with God and e,onformity to his will. When men boast of their charity and their love to the race, let us test it by the Word of God—test every thing by that Word which is itself the very truth. H. EUROPEAN C.ORREOPONDENCE. PUBLIC ANN/En—COLLISIONS An , TEE' COMMONS - wrrn FERTIS-HTEE PAFERDUTTAND THE INCOME TAX—A POPULAR DEMONSTRATION—MR. MRIGHT 2 E SPEECH IN ST. MARTIN% MALL 4 .ESTIMATII OF KW ORATORICAL GLALES—FROTEST RY: GREAT BRITAIN AGAINST RUSSIAN POLICY IN THE EAST— . FOEEBODINGS iOF WARS IN EUROPE—EPISCOPAL CONFIRMA TION AND CONSECZATION--THE LONDON, MISSIONARY SOCIETY ...MADAGASCAR AND TEE. FUTURE KING: --COL. EDWARDES' (TREAT SPEECH ON INDIA—THE GOVERNOR or .11Aintia BL CALLED; AND WIIY—IRISH RECRUITS FOR ROME---TRA SYNCD OF ULSTER AND LAT AGENCY—RETWALS' IN SWEDEN AND NORWAY—HOME LIFE—POSTSCRIPT. LONDON, MaylB, 1860. ANkliTir is the dorainatit - feeling ir(the public. mind at this moment, both at home and 'abroad. At haine we haVe fresh ' cot: lisions of party; the Tory section of - the House . ' of having taken heart; from the very narrow , esoape of the repeal of' the paper duty bill the House-of Commons, 'to resolve to upset it in .the House of Lords. Lord Derby made this avowal last week, and, afterwards Lord Monteagle, an old Whig; gave `notice "than .he would, on'a,certain day, and on the sec ond reading being proposed inthe Upper 'House, - move the ' rejection of the bill. .'Since then, the matter' has been agitated 'both in- town and country. The Bright party have been holding meetings in Lon don—Mr. Bright hiinielf; one of the speak ers—as well as in Manchester, Liverpool, and elsewhere. The Ministerial organs have been dwelling strongly on the Uncon stitutional character of an interference by the Upper House, with a moneyquestion. On the other hand, it is 'a simple fact, that the remission of the paper duty, while. desirable in itself, for the sake of a wider diffusion or literature, both seculanand re ligious, is 9w.e.a,burden..to _the people at large, and that if repealed it will cause a. loss to the revenue,' of one million and a half sterling per annum.. Next = year we, expect a great hiatus in the revenue, by, the expiration of the present Income Tax, arrangement, and as, the result of the, re peal of : duties on many things in connex ion with• the Commercial Treaty with France. War also looms in - the distance, •and we need to ,husband all our resource& Thus the matter stood, up till the appoint ed time for a stand up fight in 'the House of 'Lords. Before this, however, a great demonstra tion and mass-meeting took place in,Saint Martin's Hall. I went thither as a spec tator, and specially to hear the speech of Mr. Bright. The doors were opened at seven o'clock, and for, an hour a constant. stream, assed into the great hall till it was completely filled. On the appearance of Mr. Bright on the,,platform (accompanied' by ten other thembers of Parliament,) • he was vehementlY cheered. The avowed ob ject of the meeting was to protest, against the proposed action of the House of Lords. It was not so much whether the paper du ty should, or should not be abolished—al though abundant reasons were given why, for the sake of a cheap diffusion of knowl— edge, political, moral, literary, and reli gious, this was desirable. .But was to denounce the unconstitutional proposal of an attempt to deprive .the House „of Com mons of its , exclusive , right to grant sup plies to the Crown. Mr: Bright addressed himself to ,this task with uncommon vigor. His style of speaking is thoroughly lisp. His.figure is tali and commanding;, die forhhead aniple • his voice PITTSBURGH, SATURD Penetrating. He has great self-possession even when most impassioned and vehement. He is not moved by interruptions; he makes you laugh, while he does not smile himself; even when he is most .severe and satirical, his tones are quiety, and, his top ics, carefully studied and arranged before hand, march on, marshalled in formidable array, and with cumulative power. He spoke sternly of% Lord Derby and Mr. D'ls raefi, as men without- principle. Perhaps this is rather too severe• as to the first, al though unhappily be, does endorse, the wily tactics of his en-Chancellor, in the Com mons, whose shiftiness stands out in dark contrast with what Mr. Bright justly,desig nates " the notable conscientiousness " of Mr. Gladstone, a man, who, when he per ceives the soundness of a principle, or the justice of a policy, will go .through with it it any sacrifice. AT. Sr. P.ETERSBURO, our Ambassador, Sir J. Crampton, has received " under re serve," and by stating his intention tb re fer to the British 'Government, a communi cation of Russia, indicating a renewal of agitation on the Turkish question. Apre tence for this is sought by Russia, in the alleged ill treatment by. the Porte, of its Greek ChriStian subjects, of whom the Czars. are the hereditary proteetots.: 'France is.believed , to be a party to this move;and Austria to be favorably cognisant of it. ,Strong suspicions are: entertained of dan gerous designs , on the part of these three powers, ultimately tending to a war with England and Prussia. Pamphlets appear in Paris calculated to stir up :hatred against, England, and the Suez .Canal pro ject is pressed forward with great, ostenta tion. , France has also occupied an island on the Arabian coast, as a professed coun tercheck to 'England's establishment of an artillery force ou the island of Perim. I do not, heiever, expect any immediate disturbance of accord 'between France arid England. The Great Imperial Spider takes time for the weaving of his various diplo matic webs. THE LONDON MISSIONARY SOCIETY .AN NIVERSARY in, Exeter Hall, was, perhaps the most effective And interesting of any held during the ,month. The revenue was higher than that of any former year, amounting to, £93,000. Ten new mission cries had been sent away—one to Polynesia, one to British Guiana, six to China, and two to `lndia. Twenty-two students are preparing for missionary 'labor, and many more will follow. The Society employs one hundred and fifty-two' European,, and eight hundred native agents. Remarkable, news just received, was •announced froin. Madagascar. It appears that the Q,unen (notorious as a persecutor of the native ChriStians, and her banishment of 'the Soz , ciety's missionaries,) had recently , become anxious about the, peaceful transmissionof the crown to her;son. But before the eon's birth, she,had promised to leave the crown to the eldest son. of her .-eldest sister, and ;this -man, being, very. tmilitary in his hab its, was well disposed to accept it. Mr. Ellis' recent -book " A Visit to Madagas-. ear," also, indicated him as a bitter persecu tor. But the Queen, as if under supernatu ral influence r resolved to decide the matter . in what:would be ,regarded by herself and subjects, as, " the most sacred *ay." She' had two jars filleg—the one with earth gathered...lrani...bar label] &a graxe.s,...the , other with jewels. She decreed that the two candidates should come into a chain: ber where the jars were (covered,) and,that 'he who should lay his hand on the jar con-, taming the 'ashes of the - departed' king,, should •be the future Sovereign. The re sult was, that the Queen's own ion=the, devoted Christian confessor, anti: zealous .friend of the missionaries—having .chosen; that jar, all unconscious of itscontents,, was immediately recognised as the future -Sovereign of- Madagascar.. His life, ere now,. has ..been conspired against, and it' may be so • again, but let us hope and pray that the truly apostolic, Church of, Mada gascar, which has been cradled in adyersity, has, furnished -so, many martyrs and, in spite of an edict of extirpation as deter mined and diabolical in its fell purpOse, as that of Diocletian himself, may find in this Prince, as a future SoVereign of the Wand; a nursing father and protector. LordoShaftsbury presided'at the Meet ing of the London Missionary SocietY, and delivered 'a very'stirring address: Mr. Mullens, missionary from Calcutta, spoke with great- effect, gave a beautiful description of Hindoostanonade a power ,fid appeal on its behalf, ; and-;bade farewell to the vast assembly, before returning to his field of. toil. THE SPEECH OF 'LIEUT. COL. ED WARDES; C. B. (of the Punjaub,) to which I referred as having been delivered' at' the anniversary of the Church Missionary So: ciety,, has been published in a . separate form, and has An immense circulation. It produced a powerful impression, at, livery ;, and no wonder. He 'illustrated, by facts, the marvellous interpositions of Prov idence in connexion with the early history of the Indian' mutiny, and, the consequent salvation of our Empire in Itindoostan, 'He then drew . the lesson of responsibility for its future,' contrasting with this . the Wicked Governmental policy of diseourig,- lug offiCers from spreading Christian knowl edge, or answering native Soldiers' inqui ries, and 'also in. the continued exclUsion of the,Bible from' the schools, while the shas terewere therein' recognisedandlionbred. He represents a "Voice" speaking to Eng. land :—:•"lndia is your charge. I am the Lord'of the