D. wiiiNNFIT T ALLISON S. LITTLE DAVID M'ICINNEY & CO., Editors illid Proprietors. TERMS IN ADVANCE.. 8111180ILIPTIONS Si•so. - • iN... ....... ..• ....... .............. • ... •• 1.25- ,•• • 1/441VSILZD /If SkiltElt 10 THE ..... . 2.011 Foe Two Dot - taus, wo wilt send by mail sorentyi timbers; and For ON Datum, thirty-dime nunibers. inure sending us Twszurr enbseriWrs and npward‘will be thereby entitled to IL paper witbeut charge. A 1.141) PENCIL HARE: on the paper, almillitte.that the tel is nearly eat and that we &dire a renewal. ItAtowals ehould be prompt. a little before the Sitar elpiree. Soul payments by safe hands, or by mail, , Direct all letters to DAVID AVILINNEYA co. • Plttethligh,ka. Par the Preihyteritiii Banner Asking and Recelyinfr—k-1 Ask and it shall be givee yee..'" 7 - 7 4.1.Atr; vii : 7. We have here a c4rection., , a command, and a promise. Tlie , way ta teceire blessing f rom trod is, ask for it. We need direction h ero . We are very prone so seek gifts from heaven by propitiation. By a multi plicity of dutiessprather than by prayer, we would seek: the-blessings promised ; or by exereising . the'grace we have, we would get more grace, rather than by asking of God, who givetir , ntito all liberally. But God's own explitit direction is, " ask ;" and it is Sufficient to know that blessings have always fallow moat copiously along the pith. of prayer. It has been ,on heads, bowed in prayer that the Holy Ghost has descended. It has been in rooms where all were with one accord in prayer and supplication ' that the sound of the rushing, mighty' wind has been heard. It has been on Carmel tops, where prophets have lain on their faces in prayer while men went for the seventh time for a sign of prayer's answer that the little cloud has been seen, which,;before the tidings had well gone forth, had covered the heavens with clouds ' - and deluged the earth with rain. Whatever men may think, the simplest, quickest, and best way of getting blessings from heaven is to ask for them. " Ask and it shall be given." 2d. This is a command, also, as well as a direction. " Ask" is an injunction, and prayer a duty. This daily coming to God in prayer is a solemn.ohligation, well as a glorious privilege. - Always, we are under obligation to keep the fires of devotion burning brightly on the altar of our hearts, and the fuel can come only from God. We obtain that fuel by prayer. When we omit prayer, let those heavenly fires. burn dim, mid cense our witness-for God, in:our lives that omission was our grievous sin .and its performance OUT ' gravest duty. thin , we go through prayerless days and weeks, we forget that we are violating positive com mands, and 'committing heinous sins, as well as foregoing a precious privilege. " Ask " is a direction and a, command. .Bd. It is an , encouragement-and a p'rom ise, also. "It shall be given." This,„of course, is a general statement.: He-who sincerely asks blessings of God, -shall re /Tire a blessing; exactly what, when, and how, God reserves for himself to determine. - We must ask in a spirit of meek submis sion to his will. s Prayer which is-,-not offered in this spirit is not prayer, btit dic tation—the short-sighted - creature dictating laws and-rules-of conduct to the omniscient Ruler of the universe. Unless we leave to him the. time when, and the manner' in which, our prayers shall be answered, as well as the matter of them, it is not asking, but demanding. We should remember,. too, when we pray, thatGod.already has a specific purpose concerning every individ ual and every event under the sun, and offer our prayer with reference to that already fixed purpoSe. There may be diffi- - culty here in understanding how God can answer particular requests; in harmony with. his own predetermined plan. But argu ment against a...thing -founded in ignorance is not.valid , argument. It is suffteient know , two faets-that God has , a purpose, and that he does answer prayer. God's promise is, "It shall be given." --Let not the man who has- never honestly prayed, gainsay this. He speaks of that, of -which he knows nothing. I will weigh the expe rionca of ofie - Chilstian against the cavils of a thousand skeptics. experience of a man who has tasted an ap ple, and says it's sweet, against the 'cavils of a thousand who look at it, and think it's bitter. Christians know that God answers prayer, therefore let skeptics pray.. Of them it. -is true, "Ask and it shall be given." H. For the PresbYterian Danner Letters . , 0f the Rev, Jahn Smith, a Presbyterian Niniater, to hie brother, the Rev. Peter Smith, a Methodist. Preacher. ZETTER ILE REV. PETER SMITH :—Dear Brother :-- The sovereignty of -God has, in all ages, roused the opposition of the human heart. Wit, argument, eloquence, bombast, satire,, - burlesque, have all been employed in turn, and employed till their force was spent against this clearly revealed truth. for is this opposition mere show. It springs from no simulated enmity ; , but from enmity that comes from the bottom of the soul. Absolute sovereignty is, with these men; but • another name for -absolute tyranny, and that which calls forth the Alleluias of heaven only extorts their denunciations and curses. They place confidence in their Makerionly so far as it is clear to their understandings dud he is doing right, or, at least, that he is not doing wrong. They cannot, so to speak, trust him out of sight. They must see to it that he does not overstep the just bounds of his authority; and trample on the rights of his - creatures, particul'arly' on the rights of' sinners. It will not do to tell them that God, in be stowing mercy on whom he will have mercy, and in hardening whom, he will harden is actuated by reasons infinitely wise and infinitely good; They must see these reasons fOr themselves, It is not suf ficient fbr him to say, "Be still and know that I am God; know that, though I give n 6 reasons for my conduct, what Ido is always done in perfect righteousness and pel•feet justice." They will' not be still, but plainly inform him that they do not concede to him the prerogative to show mercy to one rebel and not to another. Why should he have mercy On some and not on others? Why should be withhold mercy froni any sinner? Would • not this involve him in criminal partiality and gross injustice? Are not all men his crea tures? 'Did they haVe a hand in making themselves what they are,' 'depraved and corrupt? Have not all sinners a claim, a just and equal 'claim to the Divine favor? Is not God bound to respect' this claim? Whence then has he, the right to leave a isnner to himself, •to suffer larii to follow the devices of his depraved imagination? Might not such a sinner turu on his Maker, and, clearing himself of all blame, lay' 'all his sins and crimes to his Maker's charge? Nay, might not such a sinner feel deeply sensible'of the injury inflicted 012 hini. his rights disregarded, his just - claims set at naught, ascend the throne of judgment himself, and summon the AlmirOity to the tribunal of jiistice? " Thou, O'Lord; didst have mercy on other sinners, but not on me. To others thou gayest grace to repent and believe; to iue thou gayest no grace.. Why didst thotfthis ? True, I was a sin ner; I did trample on thy authority; I did hate thy holy character; my carnal mind was at enmity with thee; T did reject the offers of salvation; I did' hold the Saviour in' utter contempt; but Could I be to blame for this? Was not my'' nature depraved? Was it in my power' to loVe, thee ? Why didst thou not bestow - on me a sufficient measure of grace? Why - didst thou not, by thy almighty power, overcome the re-' hellion and enmity of my hart? If thou hast mercy on whom thou wilVhitve mercy, and hardertest whom thou wi4;haiden, why then Bost thou find fault, fai.libe hath raj sistO thy Will'? I do, therbiliiejtord; pro- k 01111'., ;4 • ait , ! $ ';' 1111 " '••• t:• 41 - 4 •— • - 0 1 n • I. , V. 41. PITTSBURGH, SATUR JTJ NE 30, 1860. WHOLE se the ex „than ,the - : .ied-bJack: ; prting no ed Iby hinC betting , ' se there, as : ?''Y fast, y g men are TEI 4 e road ti:e' etimes 1,6'4 • - 1*; . , est, may Fart . new and, -, in pres kingdom, •,..enan and each &I, ‘0 7 4% (A im_ P e; , ids In : , 11 60 ” gr s, t!rrrtk: lEEE VOL. VII test against such criminal partiality; and I solemnly appeal froni thee to the conscience of the universe!'" Do you say;my brother, that I have been drawing a mere picture A. the fhncy; that no person 'in his sober senses would venture to adopt such a style of reasoning, or to ad dress the. Divine Majesty in .terms so fraught with insolence! 1 reply, this is no sketch of the fancy. Would that it were so. It is—l grieve to'say it—but too faithful a description of fact. .Are you disposed to ,call this in question ? Is proof required? Do you demand of me to point out the men who take it on themselves to claim for rebels a share, and for all rebels an equal share of grace; and who, publicly threaten; if grace were denied to a single sinner, to 'stigmatise Jehovah . in the face of his creation, as an Infinite' and Almighty Tyrant? Do you ask why I bring forward objections urged only by persons, who kilo* neither the meaning of sin on the one hand, nor of grace on the other hand; by persons. who make light of God's immaculate ty, and 'turn - the dreadful 'sanctions Of his holy law into jest; 'objections urged by Socinians, by :Universalists, by Rational ists? They are also the, objections, the very objections, tsed by Methodist. Arminians. Do you deny this? Do you pronounce such en accusation false? Do you pall on me' to, name any ,Methodist preachers or writers, who ,have the .assurance to bring forward objections so supremely wicked and absurd, or to employ language so bold and irrever r ent that it absolutely borders on. blasphe- . My? Stand forth, Doctor Foiter, author of "Objections to Calvinism," and thou,. BiShop Simpson, his endorser ye are the" men! Hear, -now, what the Rev. Dr. Foster has to say: "I object to it (the doctrine of Efection,) as involving the Divine Being in the grossest injustice, and criminal partial ity'.* It represents Gad as worse than the devil can be—as more false, more cruel and unjust. More false, because the devil, liar as he is, bath never- said, He willeth' all men to be saved;' more unjust, because the devil cannot, if he would,- be guilty of such injustice as you ascribe to God, when you say that God condemns millions of souls to everlasting fire for continuing in sin, which, for the grace that he will not give them, they cannot avoid.t Human nature is depraved, and unless changed by the grace of God, it must sin on, must sin ever. But if he must, and can '.not "avoid it, the man cannot be to blame for it, can he? Let it not be said he 'brought the disability on 'himself. If this were so, it would relieve the ease. But this, is not the fact. His disability came with him into the world; it was com municated as a part of his existence ; it was his very essential nature. His first parent may be to blame, but surely he cannot, be responsible. Let him sin—no being in the universe can censure:him ; he is not to blame. Not, only is he not to blame for his sins, (if God withhold grace,) but he can not be required to do right—he is under no obligations to do right,4 Nay :I go a step further, and say that the actual sins of reprobates' forms no juster ,ground _of their damnation than their natural. corrup tion, for they were brought into existence with a corrupt nature, from which it was never possible for them to free themselves; which they had no consent in bringing on, themselves, and with it their actual sins were abSolutely una.voidable, and so could no-more - oonitituto a--jus,t ground of con demnation than•would their inherited de pravity.li It renders the conclusion un avoidable that the sinner is absolutely damned, not only without the possibility of, salvation, but without any fault of his whatever.§ , They are called to return 'to God, to repent, to believe in. Christ, to -a holy life-no one of which calls could they possibly, obey; and Jet, for not obeying, every time they refuse, their damnation is increased. Is not this awful, frightful'! Dreadful,!, dreadful,!' dreadful ! Thou great Spirit of the heavens, art, thou such a mon ster as this !"1[ These . quotations, my brother, will, I trust, satisfy, perhaps they, will, more than satisfy, your demands. They are all taken-- and many more, couched in., similar lan guage, breathing a similar spirit, and per vaded by a logic equally conclusive, might be taken—out of F,oster's "Objections to Calvinism." " This work," says Bishop Simpson, of. your Church, " has been well executed. The objections are distinctly 'and explicitly stated, and the intelligent reader will, we think, be fully, convinced they are well sustained. We commend the volume, as one of great merit."* In my last letter I summed up the argu ments of the Apostle Paul in = favor of the doctrine of Election ; I will now, by way of contrast, sum up the Rev. Dr. Foster's arguments against this doctrine, and Dr.. Foster's'argumeuts are also the arguments, of Bishop Simpson : I All men are naturally depraved. No man is to blame for natural. depravity. No man, unless a measure of grace is bestowed,. is responsible for actual ,sins, any more than for hereditary depravity. God is obligated to bestow grace on all men. He is not at liberty to have mercy on one sinner, and to . pass by another. Justice requires an equal distribution of grace. If in any, instance God should refuse to bestow grace, he would be criminally partial, - and grossly unjust. If God should undertake to call such a sinner to account, the sinner might lay - the whole guilt of 'all his sins and crimes to the charge of his Maker, and before the uni verse proclaim his Maker a minister and tyrant. JOHN *Foster's Objections to Calvinism, , page S 3. tPage 131. Vage 124 and 125. 11Pagn 91. ,Page 90. IPage 99. •' *lntroduction to Foster's Objections to Calvin ism, by. Bishop Simpson- For the 'Preebyterlan Banner Destructive'Tarnt* DEWITT, CLINTON 00., lOWA 'une 11,,1860. j MESSRS. 'EDITORS :-I am going to try to communicate to you sonic idea of the terrific and destructive tornado which passed through this section of country, on. Sibbath, June 3d, at about 64- o'clock P. M., although I am persuaded I shall utterly fail" in conveying to your mind an adequate conception of the reality. The part of its track ' which I am going to describe, is three miles long, and half a mile wide. It passed about half ,a mile South - of Dewitt, moving directly Eastward. From a point opposite ' Dewitt, three miles. East, is the portion of its course which I propose to write about. I spent the chief part of two days on the ground, making examinations of its marvel ous doings. To give you as accurate ideas as possible of its tremendous operations, I will first give you a brief description of the country through which it passed, prior to June 3d. It was a very beautiful, fertile, and highly chltivated agricultural region, lying along, the North side of an extensive grove, ex tending East and West—where some of the ablest and earliest farmers in this yart of lowa had located about twenty 'years 4g0.. Having means, and being near ihe f tirAber, they had erected Aciiiiii good/eoatintial . l6 - 'es and. barns, an'd had rigicip.'•h`OWitifica e fu ,ii/kaiii of- tieriii? tin et.: -raiße , ' i ist modern houses were built for tenants,' and were of lighter Materials. These fails were' well . supplied with 'live 'stock, and that of-choice . quality; • and alSo with all kinds of agricultural impleMents. The main road through:this . district lay.parallel to the North sideof the grove and about half a mile from. it. Along this road. the principal:part of the buildings were located. And this:road was- the middle of the .tor- You have often seen little whirlwinds, which, raised dust, leaves and other light materials, high into the air, and scattered ihein around in every direction. But .to form an adequate conception of the tornado of which I am writing,, you.must imagine iiggies, large wagons, ploughs, harrows, reapers, threshing machines, fences, km es and barns, &c., raised up into the air and dashed together, so as to be shattered to pieces and scattered in fragments over the ground, On the three miles nientioned, there were eighteen houses irhich were entirely demol ished. The more substantial buildings were thrown froia their foundations and twisted to pieces, and large sticks of timber from them were carried half a mile; and some large pieces, being whirled vertically through the air, were left standing erect on the plane half a mile from where the house had stood... The lighter buildings, ; disap peared. Some, of them were so smashed and scattered that not a single fragment of their substance can be reeognled. The destruction of farming utensils was truly amazing. The, largest piece of a wagon I could find on the ground, was, one whole wheel (the fore-wheel of a strong, low, truck • wagon). A tongue lay in one place—an axiertree in another—a hub here, and the spokes there—tires were broken and crooked in various shapes, and carried to an incredible distance—a piece of a plough or harrovday in one place, and the rest somewhere else. The strong irons of reapers were broken to pieces - and scattered around, and even fragments 'of the cy linder of a threshing-machine were seen lying among the rubbish.. Fence rails were let 'down in the shape 'of •oven-wood, and household furniture—so fas, chairs, • tables, bed-steads, &c.—were ground to pieces ,in this tremendous mill; and clothes, bed clothes and beds, were left in tatters, utterly;useless, looking as if they had passed through a rag-mill. You are, no ,doubt, anxious to know what-became of the inhabitants of this des olaled district, in such a frightful storm. On these three miles, of its track, twenty eight were killed at the time, and many others were so injured that one or more of them have died every day since. Most of those that escaped, saw the storm coining, and ran into their cellars. The escape of some seemed almost miraculous. Their houses were' torn to pieces and carried, away, and yet they escaped with slight in jury. A great number were terribly bruis ed and mangled, so that almost every house in the vicinity of the tornado!s course, has become a - hospital. Many' have been 're quireci to submit to painfursurgical opera tions--to the amputation Of a `bruised and• fractured leg or arm,. or to the extraction of large splinters of wood from their flesh. • The destruction of live stock was very great. It is estimated that, on the ground spoken of, one hundred heacl , of cattle and thirty horses were killed; also, many hogs, dogs. cats, and - poultry and. even rats and -mice; were-killed by the scattered fragments-! of timber. - All who have visited the scene above de scribed, Admit that the exhibition of Divine power there, exceeds any thing they had ever witnessed before. In a, few gninutes a fruitful land was converted into a wilder ness; riches took: to themselves-wings:and flew away as eagles toward heaven, and im mortal souls left_ their clay tenements for other habitations. This marveloiis act-of Divine Providence is a solemn admonitien to all who may see or hear of„ it, toObey, the Saviour's injunc tion, "Be ye also ready, for in such an hour asye think not,= the Son of 'Man coineth:" • - 'IVI. B. P. • EUROPEAN CORRESPONDENCE, 'HOLIDAY TIMES.-7WRISSIINTIDIS AND Exccrainef , . TRAINS :FOR THB MASSES.....TADIIN AND SIIADOWOUNTSR-CITRRENTS AND THEIR CONTRAST—HEAL . UNTIVAL IN LONDON—SPECIAL iLLUSTRATIONYOUND HEN AND HAIDENS—k SCENE - IN A' RAGGED SCROOL--..TEDS NEW4ORNED:PRAYDNHENTING—TNN SOONFISII GENERAL, ASSSNRISES--ASIERIOAN PATRONAGE AND Poi.trun 0110'17E—TEE SUSTRRTATION, FUND CONTRIDNIIONS FOR THE YEAR—POSTSCRIPT; LONDON, Tune 1, 1860. HOLIDAY TIMES ltring out both the good and evil in the masses of the metropolis. Whitsuntide holidays are just over, and one of their pleasing features is, the family recreation that' thereby is secured and en joyed. You see very long trains crowded to excess by of all ela,sses and small trade.sinen. and in a large number of cases the men dice with them their Wive s. and some at least of their children also. The great railway companies Make , tempt ing arrangements as to Flew Thus, for half a crown they have been taking thee people to and frotu Brighton, ilarwich, Ips wich, and to other places more or less-list- ant, in the same proportion. myself had oceaaion, from ,private busines,s,,to go by one of these excursion trains. on Whit-Mon 'day, to llarwich,',on the Essex coast of, the German. Ocean., The distance,thither and. back again, -wns one hundred and thirty-six English miles, and the expense was half a crown. • When.. men. take their children and wives .or brides-elect with them there is very little' intemperance; for, although ed ibles and drinkables are not neglected, yet the great ,sources of enjoyment are escape from smoke 'and toil, and cribbed and nar row domiciles, the glorious verdure of field and forest, or" - the breezy shore of the mighty ocean. ' If does the heart good to see the jubilation of the young, especially on such occasions. . There are, , however, always dark shad ows thrown over holiday times---much in temperance and;excess, and in many cases women indulge in gin-drinking, and areAo be seen intoxicated. The " national vice is not cured yet, although mitigated; the appliances of legislation rather regulate than restrain it, and nought but a thorough revival of, true relioion leavening the masses, will secure to us that " righteous nesi," that obedience which Love always gives to Divine Law, and which aline " ex alteth a "natiori." Counter Currents to the rising tide of gedliness, are more than usually percepti ble at this time, and have been so for some time past. One great cause has been the gambling and betting maniawhich have been so powerfully , evoked into malignant vitali ty by the prize .fight between Heenan and. Sayerg, and arse in connexion with the great." Derby Day," at Epsom races. At ,the latter,. it was calculated that four hun dred and, eighty thousand persons were pres ent and vast sums were staked on the issue, the owner. of the successful horse pocketing £lOO,OOO, while ruinous losses were made,.of course, by others. As for racing, it is pleaded that it is necessary to keep up the breed 'of horses which other wise would Aeteriorate. This is a mere pretgnce. rur would 'not 'Weed horses,7 saik t famous` trainer' 4f,4'iiikittd ,r "if there were no began, penses would be mueb profit would.be.". On the race-course 'are legs, rubbing, clothes with bleman, and for the none as an equal,because they . men ; the vilest, of both , well as the outwardly. yin courses are thus stimulated' tempted' to their first gel ruin, and heavy losses di suicide Possibly prize fighting now partially give way b , peaceful exhibition of th euce of multitudes, all o by the two rece.nt antago Sayers. They are now f having received before a• champion's belt, and beg hamb - ra, Leicester Squai ago, they will continue tt selves for their joint benefit sense, in all the great towns Kingdom. ,The moral effect of all ti sarily be degrading to the to degrade and brutalize. such exhibitions is to mak' popular out of doors joie, and half in earnest, formed all over the Epsom .1? owns, on the Derby Day; a regular " mill 4 A ltook place, while the ring was care! I'7 - kept; no gloves were worn by these . :hordinates of " the fancy," and consequen black eyes and bloody noses were ni ;infrequent. This, next to the race, was, a feature of the, day; and none of the ; p, means .of amusing the crowds by mon , o ,yanks, sing ing " niggers," or " Aunt S ,p -11 equld vie with the attraction of the irqy:, , hi sparr m match. All this is si dant; and other proofs could be given same di rection. The English mob never ner men to "fight out" their quarrel; tr feign little boys are allowed to do so, A. I,e, a ring is formed for them. I have so T.Ti mei, broken up a circle like this, under 431 v feelings, dealing out a few stern reb F • e tiiihe on lookers, who, while thy slu I at, last, yet evidently thought, thayff'there was only " fair play," all was • proper, even while the little fello , ,nflicting mutual suffering. The ' pluck" certainly accounts in part things, and but for that, says M' , of Liv erpool, a popular lecture Id w uld not possess India, nor nor her Colonies. Yet, reserva tion of " the pluck" till of duty and of danger to one's .ornes is , ~ the true theory not "pl -rightly. used. It is a redeendit that the people here go sinarrnefl. mgerous weapons, knife or pistol, rely pro scribed by law, but by al popular law; and if the knife ,. ..teed, the magistrates and judges bukative effect to the universal feeling, in irdikting the _se verest punishment. God f - :;sl. ,that ever the clay should come, wit ',,,,Englislinien shall be found using the i)2 of the assassin, A or shooting clown npAnothei: in either cold blood,'or in the ry and fierce nessith of sudden anger ! '. 4 ~„ GENUINE SPIRITUAL ' ' still main tains its presence and po ifevefr in..the face of unusual opposition. *Satanis busy, and-. in great-Atrath-2 iS. salitkieormiapAlos tility, perhaps just because that the Great: Prince of Life is now revealing his arm, and to a degree unknown for many genera tions, is revealing himself as that, ",Last Adam," who is emphatically ";A:Quicken ing Spirit." I am constantly, hearing of the increase of individual conversions in and around the metropolis, the numbers indeed thus brought within -tliefc)ld of Christ during the last eight months, and especially since the-beginning of. the year, if all brought. together, could not. ;but fill' the hearts of 3 0hristians all the world -over; with thankful snit-Wondering gladness.- Mr. Brownlow - North; after a season of enforced retireirietit- on account •of his health,hae. been preaching once more in London':' 'The first . Sabbath morning . was in Regent'Square church; the second in my own ; and large and 'deeply, impressed audiences listened to his singularly strik ing and faithful appeals: He has.also been engaged in a new sphere of work. This-is the fashionable ,West: End .season of the year. AN manner of entertainments, con certs, operas, Sm.,•are provided for„the.,rich, and great, but Mr. North has been . , tryiug to entertain them in his own way. Re.it ; . himself one of the " upper ten th,onisaniff! . he is the descendant of the celehtated Keeper North, and nephew to the, present . Earl of Guildford. During the Winter, more than once he spoke. in drawing-rooms to his own class and for the lest throe Mondays at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, he has been addressing ii r rotided 'audienees, chiefly ladies (whose' eari•iitges'filled almoit • a whole street outside;) in Willis' ROtUney near 'St. James' Spiare. '" The - AA"; road and 'Lazarus "' was his 'opening thenie•rthe" nviiirto self and for' ltianry, and the lifide elite Was unsparingly dealt With ; : while this hold,. yet not -coarse•or -tommoniplace ti , angelist, 'this true gentleman' and• Chris tian,•did not hesitate to "speak of•hell to ears polite." • • •• • Mr. North leaves London, thie"week, fer- Scotland, stopping a day at NeWeistle4U- • Tyne, in order 'to fulfill an engageinent there, and is not likely to . retiirn•-to •the metropolis for many months.- Both he and: Mr. Reginald Radcliffe have been- inangur atina new eta ; lay evangelization- is now a recognized , institution, and necessity youths and lads who are recent converts, often address • those of their own' age , in: schools and in the open air, with r marked results, ,while the churches have been stir:red . ..4:o • self-searching, and' many Chris tiana have received fresh baptism of faith, zeal; and Young; men: h ave been largely the . ,sub-: jeets of religions 'awakening, esp:scially in the hOnses of business in the Wast: of lindon. At 'the Ticlibbiiine d Stroet Recline, • _, of 'the Wesiern Bran& of` thiVlTung, Men's Association, which last week•T malted at the' hmir of the 'daily prayer 2 theeting, and where this week'l Was called to deliver an address to young...men, rhad the most gratifying evidences of real and enlarged spiritual results. • • Toward Abe close of last year; visitswere'• paid to this district by Messrs. North .and Radcliffe, and anAmpetus was given.: to all the prayers and efforts of those who , had; previously been, active ; and who. had: earn-,c estly sought for special.blessings. , At this • period also, writes the Secretary, a great work began in a house. of business for which be , had prayed,long.andjutioh:, Ten . Young men in this house eame ;out ! on the Lord's side, and are still banded together for the spiritual good of their shopmates." At the beginning of the year the work extended rapidly, cases of conviction and conversion multiplying very fast. At the, olole of a meeting on January 6th, " thanks giyings,were ,requested for nineteen cases of ,conyerslon." . Many of these ,cases were yo . ung women in houses of business—in one house' sixteen Theie . thus sprung . up Young: Women ' s` Ohstian, Association, whichliaFennio* , of tiro him= artileAttiloil4;46l4l4thltyarirogiely..•"imai-.l' Meet without striking manifestations of 60d's power to save." : After. the prayer meeting last week, I Saw three young females, who were recent Ponvetts, `meek humble, yet joyful; the radiant gladness in their faces, just like that:which all,visitors to, Ulster remarked in the converts there. _ • . i At the ttenual meeting of , a Ragged School, at which I assisted, last week, I heard Marvellous details of reahlts in con nexion with Sabbath 'evening services in stituted last Winter; by two pious members of the Church of England. The youths who came there were of the, roughest, description, and for months every service was interrupted by the worst possible COD-. diet Worn out, at last, and almost despair ing, the two friends gave notice to their godless audience that one Sunday evening, service more, and only one, would be tried. It 'carne round, arid' to their amazement, when they entered they found the once riotous band sitting in deep solemnity, and ere, long the , place was full of weeping and supplication. Man's extremity, was _God's opportunity--numerous conversions 'fol lowed, and I had put, into my hand, at, the above meeting, a written petition addregied to the managers, signed by fifteen, of these iiettlAnsAkinge rex the use of the ,sehool r 911 l every, Lords 'day' elrtflPgpitA.Nl4% hour, in order to hold meetings for united prayer. J 1 e .; e. ", e THE GENERAL ASSEMBLIES in Scotland',' , have closed their sittings. Drs.' Murray and Leyburn,ls representatives' of the Old School Presbyterianism of , the United, States, addressed both Assemblies, and were most, cordially received. Mr. G. ll.:Stuart addressed the Free Church-,.Assembly. I haN4 no doubt, that, their visit - to the Scot tish metropolis, especially at' a season of holy convocation like this,,has been in the-. highest degree interesting and refreshing' to these gentlemen. . The Established Assembly, in the exer cise of that partial liberty which Lord Aberdeen's' Act gives, by a large majority refuied to ordain an - unacceptable presentee over a reclaiming congregation. One.salu tary reason doubtless was, that thegreat body of the people would otherwise have sought connexion with the Free Church. In both AsSeMblies the TriCentenary of the Scottish Reformation was celebrated, while alLagreed, that the 20th of December: next Should be the special day'for a general commemoration; 'by sermons and public' worship. In . - the memorable" year 1560, three things were done in Scotland, calm, lated to render it, ever memorable. 1. The sanction of the State was withdrawn from the Church of Rome. 2. The reformed, religion, as set forth in the Confession 'Of Faith drawn up by the Reformers, was ac-' knowledged and ratified , by the States of Parliament. 3. The Reformed Church, as its organized body, held its .first General 'Assembly. The . Speakers in connexion with the Tri centenary proceedings at the Free Church', Assembly; were Drs. Buchanan,. (Modera tor,) Cunningham, Hetheringtonond Begg, and also the associated Irish,,English,,,and American Deputies..,, `They were all very valuable and interesting. Dr. Buchanan, as usual, ,'was apeurate and elegant. Dr. Cunningham' weighty and Powerful. Dr: Hetherington pictorial, and historical also. Dr. I3egg gave very valuable statistics= sufficiently alarming also----as to the growth T. Poper - y in Great- Britain, -as evidenced . \3 )y , new •chapels, monasteries, nunneries, and confraternities. -In Leicestershire, there is a monastery with ,one thousand acres, attached, where boys are received for, a payment of seven shillings per week, but, whose board and lodging do not cost, half a orewn, if indeed they are not self-sustain ing. A peer boy who had been brought up in :a :'Free Church school, was recently dragged away (legally) ta, a Popish Re fOrmatory, to be kept there fir five, years. This was' in face of his convictions, and Sim ply beeauSe the Papists'had found out that his father had been a Romanist.- The, following is an extract from Dr Alurray's speech;on this occasion: Whilst the world is opening—whilst Popery is crumbling—whilst the waters of life are ri sing—we should go. in by these wide doors, and give the doctrines of the Reformation to all kindreds, and tongues, 'and nations,. and peoples. That is'the best way in which we can improve this tri-centenary. I feel the kindness of my brethren here. What we universally feel on the other side of the Atlantic, is that a mere Church without the Spirit is a very worthless thing. We may have doctrines, and hold them very rigidly —we may preach them very strenuously without preaching.them in God'. (Rear, hear.) Moder atism has long crippled the energies of,the Church of Scotland ; but we thank God that the Church which you represent has risen-nobly from its fetters. If there is a branch. of the true Church of God on the face of the earth, it is the Free Church of Scotland. We haie no stories to throw at anybody. We love all men who: hold .the truth, by whatever name they are : called; but. the men nearest us in profession, in' confession, and in testimony, are the members of the Church whose supreme court I am now addressing, and we hive sought to express our' syn2Patliy. But we need a living Church; and not until all branch es of the Presbyterian Church receive the , bap tism of the Spirit, can we expect a Pentecostal season ill - over the world. And in this tri-cente nary, if, there, is. anything_ we should pray for ,and desire, it is, the baptism received by the apostles and by the fathers 'of thelleformation. 'Let us go forth with the' doctrines of-the Refor mation in our bands, and the devotion which in spired- the leaders of the Reformation in our hearts,,arld the Gospel of peace will have ,free course and be . glorified. The ministers of the Church to which I belong are called theologiane Of:- the .old school of Presbyterians,..tind the -rea son We are so designated, is because. , we all love these old doctrines of the Confession of Faith and the Shorter and• Larger Catechisms, which we tette& ,to our people; and we cling ,to the old 13tandardi according to their birople meaning. •llenee- we tare celled the Old School, and we confess we aro of,the old •school. (Laughter.) 'We are just as old in that respect as you are. Our country was 'probably -made as soon 'as yours—..(laughter)—and yet'you callus sons and 'grandsons. Our . principles are just. as old as yours, and we 'shall cling to them as long as yait. Neither fire, faggot, bishop.' ,priest nor Pope, dare interfere with oar doctrines,. because vie s hall make any - sacrifice to maintain them. We are all of.ene family; merely separatedrfrom each.other, by. that.little firth. called- the n Atlantic Ocean; and when, in the course'of a few'years, we barrearose it 'in three or foter days, Or over in. aufhonr.by,telegraph, we will be more nearly. allied, ~arid understand , each 1 other better. ,(Laughter and , applause.). I hive' often. been asked whyliAs :we, aro called "true -blue?" I did not know how to answer. :But I asked a gootehinan: 6-4 Well," said he, "when we were perseouted,,the -ministers used to- go•ithe. moun tains, and,when they were going,to, have a com rant:don: titey'held out a blue flag; which was an invitation to the People of /the:country around to jattend; : anti, their Aeseendente are called true blue frouillie."` That is ode explaMition; but i have found out another far. "A few , years. ago I was in*o9l4- l and- Rom„ e, and went to Pompeii, where I spent - time among , its splendid 'frescoes of variegated Inuit.' All the other eolertrhad,faded. away, .but , khp blue was as,bright as ihe day it was put .on,. although it. had beeii Suited for 141411 three thousand years. TheArne‘bluelnevertives outftbakis, the mean ing of it. (Laughter.) True blue gresl v teri. ; snism is so'bine, that it never gives_ (lilt. If your Moderator, or any of your brethren;. pay a 'visit, to the United States, it will afford, .me great pleasure to int'roiluce you to - PreSbYtarlans as blue as you.- ,(Loud 'laughter and:aPplause.) Mr.' George 'EP:Stuart also tidateSsed' the , Assembly on this occasion, and. earnestly urged enlargect . :mjsksiunkv . RperOuns in India. , TH4 • Su.PTRIMISN FPrfo ghP7o, l . l .9nountc4, l ao,Year4 o 4 . eg 1 1,41-0,-1 o ott. 4 : Tile ep ViriaLirigits gout tizak it6trattiv aispresai,t4niididareligt-evkiketo manse, and in very many cases the congre gations supplement the stipend of their pastors. More than this :by a special and generous effort, this last year, of the elders of the Church, all those ministers who gave up their position in the Establishment in 1843, have received a dividend of ,E,200 each. The general abstract of the funds raised, for the various schemes during the year ending the 31st of March, is very striking : 1. Sustentation Fund, £109,172.18:07; 2.. Building Fund, £35,855.09.00.- ' 3. Congregationnl Fund, £97,363.02.10; 4. Missions and 'Education, £60,578.05:02; 5. Miscellaneous, £13,588.04.02. Total, £316,557-.19.09. The' number of ministers on the roll of Presbyteries is eight hundred and thirty-one. THE - UNITED PRESBYTERIAN SvNoDhas 537 congregations, and 162,885 comnauni 'cants. The total income for all purposes was .R.,190,052 ; 'being in average for each member of. £1.38.5d. Sabbath Schools, 890 ; advanced Sabbath classes, 706; with. 20,054 scholars; congregational librarie,s, 427, with 169,110 volumes; prayer-meet ings, 1,205, with an aggregate attendance of 40,549. This atte.ndance is double that' of 1859— , -one of the many tokens that the power.:: of prayer is being increasingly. Trov4 lll .oo , o ll PicAPs of4,2 l 4l B tyri+.,vr -P. S.—Albert Smith, whOSe entertain ments, : "'Ascent of IVlont Blanci". and' " China," many, Americans, visiting London have witnessed, died suddenly, last week, in his forty-fourth year., Sir C. Barry, the architect of ' , the -new Houses of Parliament, .died .on Ethe very day.when he expected to< see, the. Red Cross Flag float from,the.newly-fmished and mag nifident tower of Victoria We have had: " StIOW in the Summer," in the midland counties, and a fearfully ,des tructive storm on•the Eastern coast. Garibaldi;is in, Palermo; but the town is bombarded froni the eitadel.and fleet. Sicily seems loit. to the King of Naples. Bofh Lord Eglinton and Mr. Thaekeray deny that they were present at ;the great prize'fight:' ; Generous Giving. From the period.; of his renewed and en tire consecration to God,'.', Holiness to the. Lord" was written upon all that Mr. Phelps possessed. , at, once began that long series of' benefactions, almost 'one quailed in the recordi 'of' Christian benevo . lence in our country, comparinglim with those who had the same degree of worldly prosperity. Others,, with, less means, have, given in larger proportions., Hardly any with the same means have given as liber ally. The - full extent of his charities will never be known; maul of them,are record ed only on high. He was .always giving. Hen confined his beneficence to no one char ity, to no one class_ of charities. Ile gave to all that seemed to need his gifts. At home and abroad. in- the counting-house, and by the wayside, , in town and country, his hand was -prompt and his heart open. He never seemed to ask what others had., done, : or might do, but what he himself, could and ought to do. Doubtless theie . Were 'Some recipients of his benefactions unworthy: of what was so liberally dis pensed ; doubtless there were those tnwhom, he gave for their, importunity; but he al ways thenght it vasbetter to run therisk. of being occasionally imposed upon, than' that of sending a needy and. worthy persOn empty away. Hardly - a day passed, afters he became noted for benevolence, in which he was not applied, to far some object of public charity, to say nothing of, more pri vate denations. Spmetimes several in the' same day would. appeal to him; he found` the applicants awaiting him in his office; he found them waiting for him at home they accosted him as he was going or re turning; his chief interruption in the evening were of this class. And yet he always had a listening-ear ;he did not seem weary in well-doing. Pressed by these in- - numerable applications, which often wore upon his exhausted strength, and• appealed to sensibilities that were only too keen, he was, never known to turn away coldly from a tale of sorrow; every worthy pen3on or object received even more than they;had dared to expect. If he knew any one' to be poor and, needy; Anson G. Phelps was at once that pe'rson's warm friend. What is Wanted tu'llake Useful Christians. What many want' as'active, useful Chris tians is not so much faith; as lave. As Ministers of the gospel, without love for souls we will never be as. zealous for their, care. As Christian,laymen, the duties of our religion must be: the main spring of ef fOr-t; if it be wanting, we lack turesSentill to success. As teachers of -the, , Sabbath-- School, we must really love: our work; love the souls of, our young pupils, and feel as tenderly for them as did our Saviour when he suffered them to come 'to 'his embrace. In any businesi, - whether ibr this ,world.or: for eternity; if we have not a'-liking for it, if we do not love to be,engaged in it, an ,im portant element of success iswanting, and no one Ought•to beiStirPrised if we entirely fail of the end aimed at. ' Babylonish literature. A great antiquarian discovery—perhaps even more important in its results to hie torical science than the interpretation the Nitieveh. arrowhe,id Writing—:is grad ually being made knovin, and will soon 'be familiar,-though it"is of so late a date as to be unnoticed by the accomplished editors of "Rawlinson's : Herodotus." To M. Chevol son, a German savant established at St. Petersburg, and known by a fernier work of great' erudition and authority, on the •Sabcean People and Religion, we owe this, great unveilin t ..tr. of the "world's gray fathers," and, their earliest records. in, brief, after many years' study among Ara bic manuscripts to the libraries of Europe, he 'has proved to the satisfaction' of the - greatest scholars. of 'the present - day: - --rad Ewald, Renan,, Meyers, Bunsen; le.---that in the early part of the tenth century, ac tual.remains, of early 'Babylenish literature existed among 'seed uded,tri hes Chaldeans, near the delta. of the Tigris and Euphrates, thanks to the immobility of the. Semitic languages, and the remote • nature of the country; that an ,Arab of Babylonish descent, known to us historically_ from au thentic sources, devoted himielf to the preSeriation of this . literature by trans litii3g," it lute Arabic, , patriotic tives, and that theactranslations still exist, and are, in the main, a faithful representa tion of Babylonian, or ,(as-they,are called, in, the books themselves,) Nabatwan orig inals, 'transmitted from a=period`of unknown antiquity,. lon g previous to the era 'of 'Nebuchadnezzar, when Babylon was in its earliest glory, the , city of the earth, and the. resort of, 41,th° known nations of the world. The treatises exhumed by M. ChevolsOn are titre:Le-4n'Nahatmi:n 'Agri culture, written , •by liuthami, a • Chal dean residing at, Babylon, and (occupying about one thopsa,nd pages of folio. _MS.), ,4 The Book of Poisons," ,by physician, named jarluka, fragments from a work entitled "•The'ilook - of the Mysteries- 1 d thiit Sun and Mona <»ail lata.cOrkiihitiolf A Square, (8 lines or less,) ono insertion, 60 cents; 'lack subsequent ineertion, 40 cents; each line beyond eight,. 6,eta. A Square per quarter, $1.00; each line additional, 33'cante. A Ittompricat made to advertisers by the year. BUSINESS NOTICES of TEN' lines or less, $100; each ad ditional line, 10 cents. NO. 405. from Chaldean authorities. An entirely new fact in history is afforded by Kuthami, who writes,while Babylon was in subjection to a Canaanitish dynasty. This, M. Chivol son (who accepts the ancient Biblical chronalegy,) supposes to have been estab lished by the Hyksos or shepherd tribes, after their 'expultibitfroniEgypt. To non- Teutonic readers the accessible materials far investigating this reinarkable discovery are given in the April number of " The Christian Rementbrancer," of the deepest interest, and apparently written by a person familiar: with the East, and in a paper by the first Semitic scholar of the time,M. .a Renn, in .de last number of the _evue Cermanigne'.' 'He says it is impossible to deny the existence of a Babylonian litera ture, and that the effect is "as though another Nineveh had been disinterred, or Babylon itself had cast off, the accumulated deposits ,of ages, and rises fromilsashes to claim its place in the hisiory of the world." --Tribune. He only lives for eternifaj who lives a life ofbeneficence. Other , men may obtain, perhaps, the pardon of their sins, may theMselves be saved, as it were, by fire, while their . works are burned up. The lininitifteattretwOOdness;oluid4Leualotepda using his presentefaculties• and possestilohs, tnniake them posiqvely productive , to himself in the end The provision .which Men make for the flesh to fulfill the lusts thereof; their efforts to raise themselves in worldly soeiety, to become great and re nowned, and.to_layoip.,treasures.on earth; their very meditations and prayers, which are not the fruit of the beneficent principle, transmit no good influences, as, far as them selves are concerned, beyond the grave. The results of all other human doings, as to their 'authors at least, either terminate with' the brief day of this life, , or follow them into eternity as sources of pain. All, all is gone, as to their authors, when their authors themselves pass away hence. Whit, as 'Co their authors, are all the great acquisitions and' achievements of the Mighty. dead, who' did not spend life in 'doing good? The` great writers of. ancient and modern., times, the Homers the Maros, the Tuilyi, the Shakspeares, the Miltons, the Bacons, what as to them, except in so far`as'dOing good was 'their business, are the products of their genius and labors ? They are, gone where their splendid or pro found pe.rforniances can avail them nothing. .Their,works have not followed, and never will follow them. Soon, also their works themselVes will perish. ' Who then, in sober truth, is now living wisely for . himself? Who is the prudent man, that foreseeth the evil and hideth himself? Who is laying up, for himself a good foundation against the time to come ? Who is it that, with any self-consistency can cengure the spendthrift, the reckless profligate, as a waster of time and strength and substance? Is man truly an immor tal., being ? Is there another life, and a judgment after death? • Is there truth in the Bible ? ' Is the religion of Christ no fable ? -That is the question on which this argument turns.. Give that qtestioir an affirmatiye answer ; : .,and all, all are, wasters —waster of whatever they are, or 'have— who are not - using - whatever they have and are, so as to glorify God by doing good to man.—Rev. 'T. H. Skinner, D. D. ltiniage Between Unbelievers and Christians. The lieligiaas Herald states thus guard edly the view to be taken of union between parties who are uncongenial in at least one vital point. While it does not think such marriages absolutely forbidden, it points out many evils that flow from them, when rashly and inconsiderately formed : It is thdught by some Divines that mar riage between Christians and unbelievers is positively forbidden in the Sacred Scrip tures.- Whether this be so or not, we would neither affirm nor deny. There are texts which seem thus to teach, but which will admit of a different interpretation. ; We have no doubt however that numer ous evils grow out of such a connexion. By reason of it the converted one meets with formidable hindrances in the Chris tian course, and is subjected to sore trials. He has not only to advance in the religious life alone, without a helpmate, but against the untoward, constant influence of oppo site example. There is no ,spiritual sym pathy and communion between the " un equally yoked "parties. Onlhe most ten der and momentous of all subjects they e havnothing in common. The Christian wife would have a family .altar; the unbe lieving husband erects none. The Chris tian wife would have her unbelieving- hus band aeconipany her to the meekly chureh prayer-meeting; he declines. The . Chris tian wife' would have her unbelieving Ins , band•in the Sanctuary regularly upon the, Sabbath; he is there only w.hen.he feels so disposed, Which is but occasionally. The Christian wife would train:up her. children the nurture and admonition of the Lord," but is thwarted in her endeavors, and often discouraged by her unbelieving huaband?s influence. - • Thus Unfavorably, thus often disastrously does the alliance work. - Hard is-it for a i bird with a broken wing' to• fly, and hard is it for a Christian linked in marriage to an :unbeliever, to soar toward heaven himself, of help on others thither. The Christian is a man, and more; an earthly saint, an angel clothed in flesh, the only lawful linage of his. Maker and Re deemer,; the abstract of God's Church on earth;. a model of heaven, made in clay; the living temple of the Holy Ghost. For his disposition, it bath in it as much of heaven as, his earth, may make room for. He. were MA ,a,man, if he were quite f'ree frora,corrupt affections- but these he mas . ters, : and keeps in with a straight hand; and if, at.any time, they grow testy and head strong, he:hreak.s them with a severe disci pline, and will.iiather punish himself thin net He. checks his appetite with discreet, but strong denials, and for bears to pamper nature, lest, it grow wanton and impetuous. He walks on earth, but converses in heaven, having, eyes fixed on the invisible world, and enjoying a sweet communion with his God and Saviour. While all the rest of the world sits in dark ness he lives in a ,perpetual light • the heaven,of heavens ii.open,to none but him.; thither his ey, nierceth, arta.hpholds those beams..of inaccessible glory which shine in, no:face but his. 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