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" An Outside Observer," i n ith e .. presb3 , :. , tr ri, fa Reran', invites attention to a matter n-liich is, we fear, much:neglected: His -remarks are somewhat homely, • but they are p; ii lit cd and adapted tftr utility,, He says: lt is a lamentable ,fact;-.'that even here, in this blue grass region, there are many deliniluents. Do ,ye - 14,, who omit to pay ; 1 , . ) - 11nr subseripthini :Tor two, four, or six months after they'd° due, ever think how seriously you may be effecting the credit and character of your minister ? - You can think of your own interests; why not be : charitable eneugh to give a thought to one of God's agents with whom yoU have cove minted ? When you execute jth.l r note` at four months, payable at the ; Northern Bank, you meet that promptly—that don't go to protest. Oh, no; you may want a favor some time from the bank, and it ''would not do to have the record against `l.you. But you pay your minister when you get money that you can't find any tiler use for. . 4iippose some one, hard up for ready ioncy, conies along with a lot of calves, a :bunch of sheep, or a mule colt, and offers thein very low for cash., leaving a margin .for twenty or foray dollars, don't you think you could raise the needful somewhere? I rather think you would. Another thing you should remember, and that is,' that it is much easier for eachl `subscriber to raise his ,übseription than it would be for a poor prea; her to raise the ,sum total. You knoiv full well that your minister can't buy his goods payable when your subscrip tions are paid, but must get them on six months, as the rest of you do, which he cloys, and agrees to pay, calculating, from ,your obligations to pay him semi-annually, !whirl' not being done, he is subject to the 'nicrchant's harrassing dun. And if (when 11 the it ccoun t is finally settled, and it is a g reed bc,iveon the merchant and minister that he v open another,) you could be behind the rtain in the counting-room, you might ar the merchant say, "Clerk, we can't urd to sell this reverend gentleman goods the same prices that we do to men who i• promptly, so you must add about ,ten regular prices to him, and if we can't :c our own in this way we will, after term, close the account." See now condition of your minister. And en you have been the cause of his credit .ng ruined, you, in all probability, will n in with the world and say, preachers :Olt to be honest, and not obligate them . - Ives to do what they cannot. Hoping that you will not fbrget that ,inters arc mortal, and have to live as do , er people, I leave you, with the prom to call again if you don't do better. For the Presbyterian Banner. Bible Wisdoin; Be a man, and God will take care of your -umstances. " Trust in the Lord, and ;ood; so shalt thou dwell in the land, verily thou shalt be fed." That is Bi wisdom, and it is high -wisdom. A man will preserve his honor, though live in a hovel; his truthfulness, though beg his bread from door to door; his ;gray, though he wear out his life in a igeon cell. How such a man .prizes testy, truthfulness, integrity; more to I than diamonds—more than life—nay, to are life. To be honest, true, and up 1, is to live 1 have, - - somewhere, ..read:of a, diamond Who, with a sick wife ; an "insane and seven or eight starving °lin , was compelled to work twenty hours ,f the twenty-four, living in a garret, ted with hunger, and shivering with. A single false diamond, substituted a real one—a change which no one Id detect—would relieve him in a mo lt. Cases of diamonds, worth thousands, .e sparkling on . his table. A single Ace of his chisel would clothe his wife, wish his room, and put bread in his ldren's mouths ,!But did he do that ?: ! There was a jewel in his heart worth re than all earthly comforts—he was a' a, and could n't cheat, even though to his children from= starving, and his from shame. He would n't barter -his for anything iiithe world.. He .would ;rue to God, and then trust him, come would. It was ,a grand thing to be anyhow. Even that' was better than a king and wear a crown. He would the " kingdom of God" in some me, though not one other thing be ulecl." That one thing; possessed, he richer than Crcesus. So it was with Polyoarp. He had a faith to hold, and holding of that fa,ith had brought him le stake. Here was the stake, there was "then altar, and here a hindful of in . All he had. to do was cast the in on the altar, and "swear by the name "sar," for his life to be spared. But he old man hesitate? Not one mo- He had two lives—one of his body,. t would last but for a little; another. Is soul, which would last forever; shall he sacrifice? He did not hesi- , To renounce the faith of Jesus ,d be to renounce his own integrity he- God. He could n't do that. He re . life at the price of infamy. So did 'hen, the first Christian martyr. So all the Apostles but John. So did, iions of Christians, under : the persecu of Pagan and 'Papal Rome. So did man, Johnson, and Mc4ullen, in In tt is a grand thing to see a human thus, in its uprightness, battling with' Irsity. Here it stands like a rock of mite; nothing. can move it. It holds its, mgr4y over its head, and tramples every tg else in the dust—wealth, honor, lifis, 1. 0 that we had more of this moral 'WhiCh trusts God and shrinks from iinghut,eontamination ! More of this t prtucip e, which braves poverty, prison, and faggot, for ;the sake of integrity, 'fulness, uprightness I More of this wisdom,. which makes it a great thing a man, but a very small thing, in .risen, to be a rich .man, or a flattered in places of trust, or on the high of prosperity. , • oung man, be a man, first of all, .and let circumstances take care of them ?s., Seek first—not riches and lionor " the kingdom of God and his.right 7 mess, and all these things shall be added pin." H. For the Presbyterian Banner. First Mill!, School in the United States. ' . CiNciNNAC, August,ll, 1860. Eniroas BANNER:—The question, to ich State of the. Union belongs the honor having organi zed , the first Sabbath School the nited States,.after being low* b and 'sistently claimed:-by . .tPhiladelphia, on ,calf of your State, was disputed by your Eastern. Summary" of the 21st ult. It therein_ stated that• Patterson, N. 'T., es klished one in 1794, and .that the Nor ich Packet, of April 29th, , 1791, states tat " a .SundaT School has: just been es 'Aished in Boston, by the pioprietow of Dutch - (7) , naanufa.ctory, for the benefit the young daughters of industry , em toyed in that factory." ' • lt is, however, a recorded fact that the .st Sabbath School in the United States, ibably, was established in Ohio. ,, ': , This , s gathered by a Mrs.. Archibald Like, itv VOL. VIII., NO. 49. the stockade at Marietta; in "March,` 1791. She was grieved to see 'the children of the garrison spending .the Sabbath after noons in frivilous amusements; and she collected them together in her own dwell- ing, where she taught' them the Westmin ster Catechism, and lessons from the Bible. Her scholars, about twenty in number, and consisting only, of the younger children, were much 'interested in listening to her simple and affectionate instruction. Mrs. Lake continued her school fel' four or five years,, while the war lasted, after which she removed to Rainbow, on .the Muskin gum, and her school was broken up. It is not a little singular, that one among the very first, perhaps the first Sabbath School, that was ever established in America, should have been found in these Western wilds, far beyond the bounds of civilization, in a garrison, surrounded 'by hostile Indiana, and continued through all the Sufferings and privations of that war. Several of the present church member's at Marietta were taught in this.school. The Tendency of Theological Opinion. God rules : and over-rules; yet there are two things obvious to the view of candid minds, especially to be regretted: One is the naturally downward tendency in' the course of theological opinion and specula tion. The other, the extreme sensitiveness of those who perhaps unconsciously to themselves, have partaken of this tendency ; in having the fact pointed out. We propose, in a brief article, to refer to these two matters or phenomena, the one almost inevitably inseparable from the oth er. For 'where this recoil or' exceeding sensitiveness is manifest in the public mind, it is a sure and unmistakable inclei 'of the disease or tendency in question; as when the flesh recoils from 'the touch of the probe or finger, it shows that disease and inflammation are there. So, when the re ligions mind has begun to wander from the Scriptural and doctrinal standards, it is prone to love that wandering; it loves the relaxation from the high Scriptural re straints and standards. It is proud of its speculation' an d Supposed attainments, 'or is pleased with the lull of feeling and of fear. We will glance very briefly at both of these tendencies. It is not strange that these tendencies should exist; that there should naturally be the same proneness in the depraved mind to swerve from the true standard of doctrine that there is to depart from the true standard of morals. The same propensities of the depraved• nature at best but partially sanctified, that would tend to a departure from high and pure principles of morality, whether national or individual, would tend also to an insensible departure from sound, doctrine and a pure faith. And the Scriptures as frequently warn us against a departure from sound frith as from good works. The inspired writers in both Testaments appear to have this ten dency fully in view. Their most terrible denunciations are against false prophets and false prophesyings; and those who bring in damnable heresies. Why these terrible warnings, 'if the Christian world is not subject to the tehdency here had in view? The Scriptures do not deal with imaginary evils, or fictitious tendencies. Where we find the inspired writers, on al most every page, exhorting and counseling against certain errors and evils, we are forced_tc.iiifer that:those , errors and evils are real, and that the Church, - in all ages, is liable to fall into them. And, then, the fact that all corruption in the Church and world folloWs from perverse opinions, from a defective or erroneous faith, accounts for the warning above re ferred to. We do not deny, no one denies, that the wicked heart is the fountain of all iniquity. But false notions and theories of doctrines and raorals—give 'a mighty' force and •momentum to the current of wickedness within ; nay, to change the fig ure, these become the powerful chemistry or fermentation in -the soul—that generates 'this fountain and overwhelming stream of transgression in the life. And in farther illustration of this point we refer to historical facts. The history of the Church is a history of the tendencies to defection from a pure faith. We pass over the Old Testamant times ; - for it will occur to every careful reader of the Scrip tures how perpetually the Jewish people verged toward the idolatry- and corruption of the heathen. Half of the Old Testa ment is devoted to a history of these devi ations and departures and consequent con ruptions, and to admonitions and warnings against them. But how. soon ,the Christian Church fell away from the simplicity 'of the Gospel! Who can read the Apostles and then the Christian Fathersi and fail, to be Convinced of this fact ! Or who can read the Chris tian Fathers and then turn forward to the writers two' or; three centuries later, when the sceptre of empire had fallen into the hands of the Church, and not feel the full force of this fact ! Take then the area of the. Reformation, and we find another illustration of this tendency. There was a reg,eneration of doctrinal views as well of Christian morals and simplicity at this age. But leaving the great Reformers of France, and Switz erland, and Germany, as we pass, into the next century, we find the streams flowing from these fountains corrupt and turbid. Thia downward tendency was arrested; however, by the Reformation under the Pu ritans in. England and }Tolland; and more subsequently, the same under Wesley, Whitefield, and Edwards, in Great Britain and this country; and the same still more recently by the era 'of revivals' and thor- ough theological investigation, leading to a separation of the Orthodox from the Unitarian in New-England. We have not space 'to expand these specifications, nor have we need to do it. The' tendency above referred to as marked by the several eras of Church history, will he freely ad mitted by all. But we encounter public sentiment and perhaps opprobrium, when we affirm that the same fearful tendencies exist 'nom. No age , is fully conscious at the time, of its own tendencies. Theological writers, daring speculators and theorists in religion, do not seem to be aware of this thing; that tbey are drifting against the current of Scrip tures and, the old standards and canons of. faith. That they are ascending down ward, and swelling into littleness, nothing _ ness. This tendency is seen in the disparacre ment of the standard;institutions, and (La trines of Christianity; in the feeble hold that the vital principle of, the Covenant with believers, on the part ~of their house holds as comprehending the children, has on . the 'heart and practice of the Church. This good old doctrine is fallinginto decay. Its hold on the ministry and Church is slight. It is feebly and infrequently en forced. Children are,thrown far,too much on their own responsibility, both morally and religiously and doctrinally:' • This tendency is seen also in _the promi nence that mere, humanitarian sentiments are assuming in the Church. and ministry, and also in the theological and Christian literature of the day. The bOdy first, the soul next, seem' to be the Order. Teara for . • 7 _ • , . rr . Prr.r.SRVRGII, SATURDAY;7ATTG'-'VST ~ s ‘ ; ;, 1860: , - ., ', present pain, carelessness for endless suffer ings! Mourning over physical evils, neg ligence of spiritual woes. Deep inter est as touching temporal bondage, and cor responding apathy relating to the bondage of the soul and its interminable doom ! Now while the sentiments of humanity are healthful when held subordinate and secondary to, the higher wants and the eternal interests of men, they are.pernicious when allewed to. overshadow these. Aud as a consequence of these errors, religious writings: and the preaching of the pulpit are too ready _to compromise the.matter of sound doctrine, and let down the spiritual standards, in order to throw,the arm or man tle of chtirity around those'who rush in the direction of mere humanity`and latitudinit rian :views., And then, the, jet of Germanism let r in upon our theological literature and inter pretations has ruled them, so, that they well nigh ceased—in some respects--to fleet the pure heavens. And we haVe here as a consequence tendencies toward Uni versalism, an intermediate probation, hilation, traoseendentalism, naturalism, and the like; which ought to cause deep anx iety in the Christian mind, and does cause' deep anxiety. We are not croakers. Though honored for an honest conservatism often, we have, rarely been accused of heresy-hunting. We say'' these things not from a habit of saying them, not because we love to say them, nor because we believe there is gen eral defection in the Christian ministry or in the Christian Church, but bemuse we see or think we see, a tendency in a doWn ward direction ; as faithful journalists we will lift our word of warning. We fear, we respect no threats. As to the second point, the bitter sensitiveness so often mani fested toward those that see these thin,gs, and say these thing* demonstrating most clearly their 'existence, we have but a word to say in conclusion. A man writes a book or au article, or preaches,a sermon, or his personal friend and sympathiser does—he i makes sad havoc in his speculation of the Christian scheme, or dailies in pieces sonic favorite doctrine of Christ. A Christian editor or author or minister, takes this thing in ;hand, and .defends, the good old faith ; rights up the wavering, standards, and exposes the speculation. He Cries at once, hands off ! heresy-hunter I dogma tism ! despotism ! and a *thc;usand other opprobrious and terrifying epithets. The •cry is, 44 Freedom of thought; liberty. of conscience; independence of opinion, eman cipation from . the thraldom of superannua ted errors and 'traditions:" it were innocent to attack the fonndatiens; but deepest and blackest guilt, to defend them. But they that do these things sin against the ganeration , of God's people. For if the foundations are destroyed, what shall the righteous' - do 7 Christian Minter. EUROPEAN CORRESPONDENCE. COAST DEFENCES—LORD PALMERSTON'S ,EPEECH, AND. ITS IN PORTANCE—QPINIONS OF THE PRESS—OUR RELATIONS WITH FRANCE—FRENCH INTERVENTION IN STRIAe--RDINTES OP DIPPERENCES, 'AND pa A ,PROTEST •THE SULTAN--THE QUARREL BETWEEN THE *WISES AND THE MARONITESTEE ,CORRUPT CHRISTIANITY OF THE EAST—MUSSITLNAN CRUELTY AND FANATICISM—OAILIBALDLAND ,NAPLEB7-111E RETURNED •. Dina RECRUITS AND THEIR EV/1, REPORT—A PRIESTLY IRIC. ADE PROPOSED—LETTER OP THANE'S IRON DR. MT:MEAT AND MR. STUART—SAT/BATH SCHOOL STATLSTIOS,-REVIVAL IN UL STER, AND ITS FRUITS ITS INFLUENCE ON THE ESTABLISHED CHURCH. -• COAST .DEPENCES have come, sup before , the country -in the . , formidable 'shape of - fi money vote of nine millions sterling. Lord Palmerston in a most able and statesman , like manner, expounded the'real condition ofour relations to France. Few men could so dexterously unite prudence, candor, and courage, in touching on a theme so delicate. H 6 is the personal friend of Louis Napo leon.; he: endorsed the coup d'etat of 1850, and has held fa.st to the French, Alliance to this hour. But he is a patriotand a -Brit on, and therefore he is not the man to trust, to the mercy of any neighboring Sovereign, or' to ignore the known fickleness, rest lessness, and love of war and conquest of the people of France. He showed that; an army of six hundred thousand men, and, a navy little inferior to our own, were,mat ters not to be Aespisnd, and be demanded money' to make safe at once and forever our exposed dockyards and arsenals. He said nothing of the defence of the capital as such. , It is pretty, plain that the_ millions voted for the coast defencesll be swollen ere long,'by an increase of the regular ar my. Poiverful and important as is the volunteer force—growing stronger daily, and enthusiastically lauded last week ,by Palmerston, at a Lord Mayor's banquet-- yet in the ease of an. attempted •invasion we must depend largelY on veteran troops. There is a " chronindistrust" in. Eng land as to the Emperor and his designs. The Scottish, Guardian is publishing a se ries of able articles, endeavoring' to prove that he means no harm to England. But there is an instinctive apprehension'of the man and of the army which is at his back. And thus it.is, that as the Morning Chron icle has it, " uneasiness," both in the Honse and out of it, not panic, has :been excited by Lord. Palmerston's speech. The other papers speak out also on the subject The. Post says the speech ought to explain to Europe the exact attitude of England to ward foreign States in regard to the possi bilities Of the future, and it ought to re strain within the limits of reason and prob• - ability, the invasion panic among our coun trymen. . ' The Times paints out that fortifications are the regular and appointed means for enabling alfew- to .do the work of many; skill to do duty, for strength; and men Unac customed to war or unequal to its hardshilis, to count for thorough soldiers and seasoned veterans. Of course, ramparts will not dispense with armies, nor batteries work without artillerymen. The material will not supersede the men, it" will Only eorio rnize them. FRENCH INTERVENTION IN SYRIA, as proposed by the Emperor, and, after delib eration, sanctioned by the British Cabineti has a very serious aspect. The Morning' Post, Lord Pahnerston's organ, strongly opposes foreign intervention in pyrip. It, says that a Turkish force of sixty thousand under the order of the Minister of Foreign Affairs in person, is already between Bey rout and . Damascus. If we, are to have a French military occupation in Syria, why, not also in case of 'religious quarre4s, which are prophetically predicted, may we not have a Russian military oceupntion on the Danube ' and an Austrian occupation Ser-. via or Montenegro ? When we come to this, it may be fairly 'asked, Why 'should not Turkey be partitioned at once. , Rumors of a treaty between the Druies and the Maronites, first circulated. by the Post, have been flying about, and • the Con stitutionei depiecates,any thing of the kind, hoping that '" Enrope will not allow a sponge to be passed over the blood.of Chris tians, and suffer all that; is passed, thus' to be hushed up.", Undoubtedly France has something more than the claims , of human: 7 , ity in view, in her proposed landing 'of troops and marching them' into the interi or, Is the secret understanding with Rus sia for the breaking up of the Turkish Em= pire now about to be dev - eloped in action:?, `Are these thinwa the 'precursors of a fear- AT ful and general storm, inirolilng both the. East and the West?, t . : - . 'i A protest by the Sultani against the. French expedition, has beeniastrongly of firmed, and.,rumorkas to a misunderstand ing betwe4 the French and ;English, Cab inets on • the same subject, hav,e infineueed. the Bowie of Paris. - Certa A ip it,',ls that great wisdom is needed by our. Statesmen at this moment, and fori" allin;adthority," Christians-need to offer prayetand suppli cations continually. THE QUARREL between the aronites and the Druses, is hereditary in its character. Its recent and Moody issues are to be, traced in their origitu to the natiiie Christians themselves. I formerly fnti4ated from the reports of a recent visitor to 4 non; what a.degraded and ur 'they were. In truth, their, and their superstitions ary order, and illustrate the Lion of the Eastern Chin racy to destroy the. Dr by the latter. Renee onset, their pitiless fury. Rome were privy to it. have and much of the . Church has been r The Daily News has an 6131 the subject , which I fel • study of your rea truthful, and *eighty It is now li. : nown that the the present quarrel; and that the Maronites' are from teen to One hundred and fort) tousand,in num ber, -while the Druses are not ;eve ihirty, thou sand, we cannot wonder at 'e outcry: on" , the spot against the ,Christians ;"d wo.must Admit the necessity 'of warning uropean society against sympathising with ' t 'Christians' as if they were disciples of a re ;on, ofieace,and good Will. But, of the fiv: Christians slain at. Damascus, and the e iitiatifi6idents at Beyrout, Aleppo, Jerusale pd ',ot4,i'ex 'places now in peril, there must be - y • ixhem we may . heartily sympathise with; ,eePeager to ac- ' knowledge as brethren in t Wt. mkt *nal cal questions then are fir - - Itew, they, can be most quickly rescued from what must be, done about these.' li'Lands which are for ever steeped in blood in e,aa,molf religion. It is so entirely agreed upii ! , tit ''the Sovereign of those countries must )2.pe11ed403 , his al- • lies and supporters to kee anbjactain order, at any necessary cost of ' gtfill'end inde pendence, that there needle bitima lost in dis puting that point. If the' .1 tin,,popnot keep the peace in a case wheres man yinterests are involved, his supporters tiat4dalitatilieettle the matter with him afterwar4.. Everyolay costs many lives, and the slaughter nituit be stopped, in the first place, by anypo*Wigli•can do •it-- of any faith and any nagmli: . typatny demon strations that the Mussulman is,not , to extripate the Christians just at preiieWriviliVial'ille force of the immediate superstitignokifti Druses, and check the treachery r ofllte Tints. But it is another thing for a singl*BliiiniaatpSieer to say ,that, without asking witethA-the,' l Snltan is able to fulfil his promise to reitoie order and justice in the Lebanon, it own' 'troops into Turkish territories. We4:4 not to , be blinded by the allegation of a sq4ssumed ‘‘,mission of humanity" to the dangers. of precipitate inter meddling. It was not , 4erf humane of the Czar to bring on the Crimean t ; , and yet his inter vention had deliverance 4..moppression as its avowed object. The C 'an`batioris of Europe cannot remain indiffero the massacres lately,:' perpetrated in the East;ib t they are bound so to act as not to bring e cataclYsm which 'it: • has been the study of t al; *se statesmen to avert. Even in England there been too ,little look-. ing to consequences e discuisione which have taken plobeithe French Govern ment, which announces :¢; intention to, intervene in Syria, irrespectivblor `e action of the other Powers, pursues a cowl a. 'hich naturally excites suspicion. The dechtr th.itthe Emperor is. , resolved on sendingnik _ ed exPedition to Syria.. is not recommende*) , leineltirineeteil with alarming reports‘fiVA ; - liteitch' 3 -erlirsali in .that country, for the consular agents of France have for years been inflaming Christian pop- ulation, and preparing them for.the advent, of a 'French army. The policy now proclaimed will impose duties on us, for Syria can never be en trusted to any power which, has agitated its pop : . ulation. By whateVer machinery those lands. may be henceforth ruled, it must be Ordained for the welfare of the inhabitants, and not for the furtherance of any European ambition. The conduct of the Turkish soldiers all. over Syria, has' been fanatically brutal and abominable. They killed more places in.eold blood, than did the infuriated • Druses in the heat of their .ivrath.. The outrages ,perpetrated on, innocent women, were seandalousand detestable. If these wretches are not decimated by ViladPasha the nevi* Turkish 'General '''Eurape' will know that from Turkey as a' power,..there is no real redress to be found:aoninst Ma— liammedan savagery and, cruelty.. The 80. . ran rules the masses • at Constantinople only, are liberal ideas to be fonncl. The Daily News sUguesta . that 'a fine of three millions sterling in the' form: of com- • pensation to sufferers, should be imposed upon the parties' who have provoked the war, or failed in the engacreinent to keep the, peace. " When persecution' is regarded as a duty, and felt , as a pleas ure, the,only way.is to make at . expensive ; and the. cost in this case is only a small, part of a really natural retribution." July 26, 1860 GARIBALDI is master of t,h, - whole Sicily, Messina being 'evacuated by the Royal troops. The King, of Sirdinia begs that he will not attack,Naples,: but it is be lieved that he will That he ought to' do so is clear, and tl*" Times urges that lie, quarter be given to the son of thelreaeh-' erous Bomba. • TEE ham, RECRUITS are beginning' to return from .Italy,.• disgusted and diur pointed. Sixty„ of them. appeared An ! , Dublin last .Lord's, day, , in_ a wretched They gatheed together in the office the .Atforani# 'Xmas, that organ.of Dr. Cullen,vhich tea stimiudeil the emigrant's movement to the. Uterine:4.i 1. The wretched men wanted to. see .." the; l agent:" .who had • hired .them, bit,. he. was ~ non iniaitzti, of . course. . 'They gave, after • a period of shanieffieecl or staibboln a • melancholy account of the hardships ' they endured, and the dishonor put upon them in Italy. .If it were possible to have un enforced conscription of priestly' tel omits, including .Maynontlz atudetas t and transport them to Civita Vecchia, thence be taken into the Pope's armyoffing the,. cowl for the "Pope's own.' ' , uniform s the sacerdotal mwhip;" . nseiliti ' faire and faction fights, and . ai 3 Onies applied to the shoulders of a poor . Convert to Protestantismit'llrould be at once a glo, rions deliverance for old Ireland, and a . . beautiful and Practical illustration of the' law of righteous retribution. These Priests have tempted these poor .dupes to 'go forth into a service, which , , exposes,..them to the hatred of, . the. Italians, to the tyranny, of • officers, and to semi -starvation. All .recent; moves of the advisers of the Pilpiio both at home - and abroad, have ntidid disgrace, and the Ultramontane policy. Of Ireland is • at this moment, .the laughing-, stook of all. that is acightle.od and free throughout the world. • TIME PATILTOpsk!, as brought out in the visit to Ireland, and in ihtijecent extanded 'tour of 'Christian and i heVevolent 'Of ...Dr.- Murray and' George H. Stuart, :contrasts with that which is. spurious,; ;becalm it is Romish. These aboutin t :tlemir d are ha ti t3 r r e a i t s n e r d 4 ttohetilitiyonwi following. . warm-h . ettrted and ehM:actoristic letter to DeEdgar, of Belfast: IhCAN. BDGATt.—As our mission to Britain is ended, and.the objects of our coming are attain ed, we 'cannot, take our departure for our Amer-. loan home without some tiepression . gratitude' for the kind reception mach attentionwe,:have rTywh!roenjoyci:. Th' we do throe h, ou Aunt Lehi rgthy people ral condition the lowest CO r p and ft - our kind host in Belfast, the . companion of most of edit travels and labora in - Ireland, and whose unceasing attentions to: us have:been more than ;brotherly, and have made impressions on our hearts never to be effaced. From the day we: landed in Britain until now we have received nothing but kindness and Chris . tion courtesy from all: In London, , Edinburgh, Glasgow; "Liverpool, and Manchester, ways of usefulness and, of information were freely opened to us, and we Were made the Subjedis of the most generous hoSpillity by Christian ministers 'of every name and:by Christian men of every, rank. But in Ireland we spent the most time, perform ed the most labor, end received' the mast unbound ed kindness„: ,Prom thp morning of May, 26th, when we were taken hom.e by you from, the steatite; until the' evening of the 9th of ,July, wh'en,we left, your honk and Ireland for England, we met with nothing, but the most noble and gen erous treatment. In Belfait, Dublin, Limerick, Galway, in Ballymena ; Ballymoney, Portrush, Derry--in city ; and country-from : , ministers, gentry, and, indeed; eionf all—we received only the most distinguished tokens of esteem* and af fection. Especially have we been impre.ssed with the warm and generous reception we met in we have done, and we did it cheerfully, looking for no reward. If, hereafter, the General Assem bly should' need more assistance to aid' in she prosecutidn of its work of missions amongßo man cathplics, we shall strive to do )xkore than ever for any deputation they may, send us, espe cially if composed of Such men as Edgar, S. M. Dill, and DavidilVilson. . • May God bless Ireland ; may it be, prevaded by' the blessed`work 'of revival until' all its peo-, ple are brought out from the darkness of Popery , into the light of the Gospel,: is the prayer of Yours, most affectionate:ly, N. Mtanay. - Guo. 11. STUART. , T,ondon, Italy 24,1850 In my present visit to Belfast, I find very 'deep and powerful imPressions were made by Mr. Stuart's meliorable address to the assembled •crowd of • Sabbath School' teachers in Linen Hall Street Presbyterian church. One practical result likely, to fol- Jaw is the increased fervor and devotedness of a class already tealous and active, and 'another the: collection. 'of annual' statistics by the General Assembly, of the strength and numbers of teachers'and , pupils in the Sunday Schools throughout', its boundaries: REVIVAT,, in the, sense of increased prayerfulness,, spirituality, seal, liberality, and brotherly love,,still indicatei its pres ence and power in Ulster. "I 'was ,present on Wednesday last, at the weeklyprayer xneeting, in the Music. Hall, Belfast, and while the. Assembly was not so numerous as at the corresponding period, of last year, there was a spirit of deep devotion manifest A. short account of the' present state and prospects of religion in the metropolis:Was made f ,at ,the request of the Bev. Charles Seaver, and a more enlarged, statement will be giyen, D. V., at Fisherwick Place church,. on next Lord's day. The fruits of the Awakening in Ulster, are apparent in many different'regions and aspects. One special indication. is. the .in `creased sobriety of the population. Re turninglast week from an open air com memorative meeting at Boardmills, I met ver3r, many,, farmers and, their servants or from Belfast market. Manfof. them were hurrying, homeward to be present at the evening (a second) cors memorative Revival meeting, and die gen eral aspect was strikingly different from that of market days in the olden times...: In like manner, on Wednesday. evening, I preached- to a large number of persons' gathered in a new improvised and tempo rary Presbyterian church, at Dunmurry, remarkable for their seriousness and earn estness. The Maze Races were being held on that day. Cars containing the dregs of the, population of Belfatt were driving homewards; ...aid - it number, of spectators were gathered at the wayside. But in spite of the excitement, here was a numerz. • ous band of serious worshippers, all . brought together within' t . Welve inonths, and OAS: . to choose a , pastor , tor, ;themselves. Montgomery does not, like this Assembly of 'orthodox Presbyterians - at his doors. Nevertheless the: Spirit of 'God has put dishonor on the . ivretehed .systern of which he has been the champion, and the truth grows mightily, and prevails. Episcopacy in Ireland has experienced the blessing in - Ulster just so far, and no farther, as it has heartily endorsed and cooperated with the Awakening. The Bishop, • of the ,Diocese has acted a nobly catholic part throughout. Had, a man of iiiether Spirit been in the See Of bowia and. Connor 'the issues would have' been very different. On the 20th of 'the last month, the " Results And 'present position of the . Revival, movement,'. were brought out very strikinglyas to its effects on the E_ stab lished 'Church of thit Diocese; at an Anni versary Union Prayer-Meeting, held at the Music Halt ..These results have been:pitti-' lished by my friend, ,the . Rev. 0. 'Seaver, Incumhent .Bt,•John's,Belfast. In his introditetion, he dwells on theleading fea-.' tures cif the work-:--the mo'st characteristie being , :ptajfei, nothing but praYer, "as ,briiiguig, the blessing down ," while: Tokmer„oviyals of religion,, at home and 'tibrOad, l l.here had been. much preaching, le.arning,Andworldly influence. brought to he* ferwqrd the work." ' , ,One hopeful assuranft of the cif the work, is the religioutibbOks„ arid: esp,ecially for the : Word of God, elic ited. ,More than thirty,. thousand, Bibles were sold i or s given away in Ulste, djuing the &miner of last year; and this, be it remembered, in a district which already ,had, been well supplied And " not only ;Wire the. Bibles received, hut they were read and studied; many tiold Tepee learning to read for the sole purpose of "being able •tatead the Bible." Mr. Seaver gives at length the reports of a considerable number of clergymen• of -the diocese, as to, the marked social and spiritual results in their respective charges. It is. really delightfUl to r e ad these and' trustworthy teitimonies: "I have now," writes.one, "been thirty-eight years in , the ministry, but never . knew of any: moyement,soyemarkable. * * Our con gregations are more than doubled, and our re,gtilar eiiinnitinicants increased more thin four-fold." AnSther' says : " Family wor ship is .now almtist universal. Dances and drinkingparties seem to be.quite given up."' ,The Rev. Mr. Trench, an experienced der gynian,',aftervisiting a number of districts in 'the counties of Cavan 'and pnitii, re ports a marvellous "arid= uriiisual "'stead fastness in the neirlY-born ohurches, and in. many instances, a , tropical growth : in those .who gave . evidence of being rooted;, in . Christ." One very _affecting case . of conversion was that of a , deaf and dumb yonth: He was alarmed, and the. Rector wrote doin a prayer on, a slate,. and,.both; kneeled.. down; and prayed togethef t ,., ,The wan Opened at the,sa,mefrime, aid t he te34.l/14eP, 4 before hiin, Hini that' cinneth; ' a The book and the alai - 10'114h' before him, and it 14 , :ask traly .affecting to• see4hat dumb young man..with uplifted; buds &IA WHOLE. , .Nai 413, .eyes filled with tears, engaged earnest prayer' for pardon through a SaViOttr's blood. The simple pra,yer written 'down was, 0, Lord Jesus, I come to thee for the pardon of all my sins through - thy, precious blood, now, Lord, thou halt said,, Him that cometli unto me, I will in no Wise cast out." Lord I come, and I know thou wilt not 'cast meimt.' He then continued in prayer for some time:, I asked, Have you prayed it all pointing to the slate. Yes, sir.' / Now, are you happy ?' now.' Then thank Jesus, and love him.' And again he covered his face with his hands, his eyes still filled with tears.; and lifted up his heart, to ,the Lord. I left him rejoicing. I have visited him since ; and, found him enjoying the fullest assurance of acceptance 'with God ; and Ins parents bear decided °testimony to the Marked change in his deportment since." As to the Presbyterian Church, space is iary. o f results, known in Amer mere than in the received for its It of .a movement 5 since, the stand- tort is increased J.W. ions soul;' Accept-with: joy; though thunders roll, . 4nd temPestslower" on eveiy. side, Thou )f.nowest naught can thee betide; But pleases God. The best will, is our Father's will, And we may restthere calm;and still; Oh, make it hour by hour , thine own, And wish for naught but that alone • Which pleases God. His thought is aye the wisest thought; , How oft man's wisdom comes to.nought ; • Mistake or weakness in it lurks, It brings forth ill;"and seldom works What pleaies God: His mind is, aye the gentlest pind, will and deeds are ever kind He'blesses, when'against us speaks , The evil World, that rarely speaks ' • What pleases God. •. , . , 'His heartis 'aye 'the truestheart; . He bids all woe 'and harm depart: 'Defending; shieldingiday and night , The man who know& and loves aright What pleases God. He governs all things here' below, In him lie all our weal:and Woe: He bears the world wain his hand, Andao to us bear sea and land What pleases God. And o'er his little flock he yearns., And when to evil ways it turns, The Father's rod eft;srolteth sore, ;Until it learns to do once more What pleases God. What most i would profit us he knows, And ne'er denies ought good to those Who with their utmost strength pursue The right, and only, care, to do What pleases dvd. If this be so, then, World,,frum . Seep„ if thou wilt, .what pleases thee; But, thou, iny' , soul, be well content With' God and all flings he hath sent, As pleases God: . And must thou suffer here and there, Clink but the firmer to his mire; For all thingi are beneath his sway, -." And muStin every truth obey ; . :What pleases God. True faith will'grasp hig ineicy 'fast, And ,hope bring patience to the last; Then;both - efithin thy heart enshrine, So„shall the, heiitage be,thine That pleases Go& To theelorever shall be given A kingdom and a throne, in,lieaven; And there align be fulfilled in thee, And thOu shalt taste and hea,r - and see Whit pleases dud. The Rage for Gymnastics. " Muscular Christianity is becoming a fashionable phrase, and the development of muscle, , gymnastic, exercises, rowing, boxing,, handling the, dumb-bells, leapinc , wrestling and bowling, is almost - constantly urged' as a duty is imperative 'as prayer, or as salutary as the offering of -mere& We doubt not, that there has been , among our American professional and, husiness men, a lack of attention to the best means of physical exercise and deitelepin'ent, the prevalence of the spare thin habit, the len! , tern jaws, the excess of the, white tissues, giving to adults generaq a pale, sallow ,look; the excessive weariness, after only, moderate exertion, and, the' prevalence of throat, diseases `and pulmonary 'affections, are all in part attributable to`this. But er rors in diet have quite, as much to do with this degeneracy of the , physical system, ,as want of exercise. When the brain is working at its, highest intensity, whit can be worse than the practice' of Four business men to' step Out of their stores, and at a speed little ,:short of running, enter the nearest, restaurant, bolt down a slice ,or two of ham, the most, indigestible of all meats, or something nearly as solid, follow it with a slice of Plum' pudding, and 'Washing the whole down with one or two mugs of ale or lager beer, get back to their stores in fifteen minutes, from.the time of starting. The stomach of an elephant could not digest such a meals, and the effort to digest, it throws the blood upon the stomach, brain, and' lungs; and the imperfectly assimilated food, passing into the system, furnishes no suitable supply to repair the daily waste. Too many of our profOsional men, too, follow a similar plan, and at five or six o'clock overload 'the stomach with a rich, hearty, indigestible dinner, which drives away sleep from the already overheated brain, and soon breaks down the constitu-, tion. Now, all the gymnasia in the world will not make a man healthy and vigorous if this syatem is persisted in. It is not, necessary, nor desirable, that, every clergyman, lawyer, physician, or lit-, erary man, should be a giant„ in bodily stature, a Samson in muscular strength, or Blondin in acrobatic skill. Such attain ments may well ennugh be left, twinen who make their living by them; the black smith,, the machinist, .the sailor, • require great :muscular power,: ,and their, callings, tend to give it; but the :professional man is none the better fin' highly Uliscular de velopthent. He requires a`sound bedy, not dyspeptic, but lithe; agile, free from aches and pains, and ready_ to, act as-the servant, of a healthy and vigorous , intellect. Will he attain such a condition 'of body, by acrobatic feats ; by muscular exertions far beyond his strength; and which only weary andexhaust the system'?` Will a couple of hours',use of the.hundredpound dumb-bells, which make,every,musele 4the body ache, hi' d I and endanger the rupture ofa blood vessel, fit'him to 16* het6r sermon, to * Vetter plea; to inveitiiite maresuceessfutlV 4a,difficulttand oceulttAisease Will'he not ~,,.. .."4 - .6€4'.: 71 . 6 !. , :7, ~...,v', 4'41 ;104 Publication. Office GAZETTE BUILDINGS, St METH Si., PITTSBURGH, PA. PHILADELVELey SOUTH-WEST Con. OF 7TH AND CHESTIOT ADVERTISEMENTS. TERMS IN ADVANCE. A Square, (8 linen or 161E4 one insertion, el; . each enbeequentmeertion, 40 canto ;jelloh` f POY m uM u fft. Fn. 3 A Square per quertei, $4.00; line additional, cents. A REDUCTION made to advertisers, by the ; year BUSINESS NOTICES of TE*iinea or lees, $100; each ad ditional line, 10, cents. DAVID 11 9 KINNEY & C • rItOPILLETORS AND • rather,-by this violent exertion, be rendered ' langui4l and.unfft for mental exertion? :But you would not interdict exercise' to the student ? By'no means; but let it be such as will be, adapted to his condition. Let his diet be light, nutritious, and easily digestible. His severest mental efforts be' made in the morning, his exercise regular, not violent, and of suera. character as to. involve 'amusement and intereit=boWling, but not With heavy balls,iiic good; 1* * * * and exercise in the . .aaddle with, an easy-going horse, hest of all, especially if it can :be made , to serve thedouble pur pose of siinplek exercise'and of amusement. The rides should be varied, now investi- - 'gating some objects.of natural history; now: exploring beautiful scenery, now visiting some place of interest, or ministering •to some sufferer. The object to be effected in all these forms of exercise, is to call off the mind from the trains 'of thdtzght, in which it has been engaged, to call into action a new set of mental muscles—and so this is attained, any mode of exercise, not too. violent, is well. One thing more is neces sary to the health,of the professional an. He should not study at night, and he should not keep late hours. TEe brain, heated by night labor, will not permit re freshing ,repose, and without good sleep there can be no sound, health.—Examiner. Small Pram:,,,ttleVs. IM BY nEv.apß. ip:JAIPKftEy • It is .unhappily the case in times of re ligious deelension, and as one of the evi dences . consequent of it, that the weekly prayer 'Meetings. become small, and are sometimes, almost deserted, to the great: discouragement of the few who are always punctual And it is hard for them, to-re frain from speaking of it ,in and complaining that so few attend. It is veryl trying to witness this, among other 'Proofs, that," the love of many who did run well is waxing cold." Under these circum stances, it is unquestiOnably the duty of thenwre zealous members of the church, privately to exhort their brethren to come iii and fill up the seats: Rut when this is unavailing or neglected (as I am afraid it i often is,) s it best to consume much of the precious time of the prayer meeting in talking about it, as if a blessing could not be expeoted—as if the prayers of the few could avail little in the absence rof the many ? Is there not a more excellent:way ? The more 'I think of it, the more I am convin ced there is. While the Scriptures enjoin social prayer, and it is the duty of all the members of the church, as well as the few, to attend the, stated meetings, I do not find that ,the _Bible, anywhere speaks of large cratherings as essential in order to bring down spiritual refreshings from the infinite fountain above. A On the contrary, I find that blessed as surance of our Lord, in Matthew xviii: 20: "Where two or three.. are met together in my name, there am I in the•midst of them." Two or• three ;*yes, if there are but two, or three. ' , Such is the promise. And for What pUrpose does Christ Meet with them? Is it not ,to encourage them , ? Is it not to increase their faith? ,Is itnot to hear and answer 'their petitions ? Is it not to en courage them to pray always and not to faint? " Where are =brethren ? Why are they not here , ? We can't have a revival till they wake lip and fill the places," is often the desponding lamentation of the few; and it is well, if they do not; by thiS unbelieving indulgence, drive away the spirit of prayer from their own boson's,. and spoil the meet ing. I believe this is not unseldom the case. How much better to. be thankful that evert a few are disposed to come; to lOok upon the bright side, and to wrestle together with the angel of the Cov enant, nothing doubting that He who hath said, " Ask and ye shall receive, seek and ye shall find, knock and it shall be opened unto you," will keep his word. lam per suaded that the effectual, fervent prayers of the few, Would much more avail than look ing at the empty seats, and in their exhor tatioes turning aside to lament the absence of backsliders. Suppose now a church should become so stupid as nearly to run out the stated week ly prayer meeting; suppose that only two or three should come, would not that be a sufficient encouragement for keeping it up? Why not, just a,smuch as if a hundred were statedly present? Is there any great -et- • assurance that Christ will be present with the' ' hundred than with the two or three ? -Would not the.faith which induces the two or, three to hold out, be more likely "to { avail much, than the reluctant attend ance of the largest number ? Let us be more faithful in exhorting one another, and the more earnest in our prayers, if the meetings, are small, and see if the Lord will not " pour us out a blessing, so that there `shall not be room enough to receive Scope or Miracles The Gospel miracles differ from all oth ers in their nature, and frequency, and in the disinterestedness which characterized them. Neither the Saviour nor his dis ciples ever wrought a miracle for their 'own personal' benefit. Dr. Carson well says " Trophimus have • I left at Miletum, sick." Did you, Paul,? And why did you leave him sick, • when you possessed the power of working . miracles ? Why were you so 'profuse of your miracles in Melita, while yon are so sparing of them among your best friends ? = For the very reason of showing that miracles are rather for the proof of the *Gospel, than for the private benefit even of the heirs of glory. God is sovereign in this, as well as in everything else.. Jesus healed 7 the "ear of the high priest's servant, while, Panl did not heal his friend Trophimus. The apostles exercised their power, not by their discretion or caprice; but by the suggestion of the Holy Spirit. This, then, is a providential fact,•.the record of which, though to human wisdom trifling, is yet of great importance to the children of God. They are not expected that they will always be free from° Sickness, or that their sick ness will be soon dismissed. They have .reason to trust that God will always be with,them, and will turn everything to 'good for, them. But they must submit to him as ‘S.' Sovereign who gives no account of his 'natters. The Contrast The exeelleut Samuel J. Mills, when dying,. checked the lamentations of those around him, by,. saying, 4 , Life to me has been long enough, in that I -have ,been ena-, bled, I trust, ,to accomplish the work' for which I was created. If so, death conies 'not prematurely, though it come in lift& .young morning, while the dew of 4couthils yet freshApon,the brow. I have4Rught,a good fight,l.have finished my course,, have kept the faith; henceforth' there is laid uP'fOr m e ' a crown, WhiCh the' 'LA; the r'igh'teous JUdgei " How different: the. Ilast, , worda... of the;wlearned Grains, whc?, ; atter, 4 pazy l year§ sp.o4gs-. folly spent t a t cqulttg vorlcl wisdom. expired with the agonizing plain upon ? his lips : kik': have 'wasiel:My lifd in 11r-.
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