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Hymn.
n e ar the burden of the il'esent,•
Let the morrow bear its own,
It• t he morning sky be pleasant,
Why the coming night bemoan ?
It the blackened heavens lower,
Wrap thy cloak around thy form;
Though the tempest rise in power,
God is mightier than the storm.
Steadfast faith and hope unshaken
Animate the trusting breast;
Step by step, the journey's taken,
Nearer to the land of rost.
All unseen, the Master walketh
By the toiling servant's,side;
Comfortable words he talketh,
While his hands uphold and guide
Grief nor pain nor any sorrow
Rends thy heart to him unknown;
He to-day, and ho to-morrow
Grace sufficient gives his own.
Holy strivings nerve and 'strengthen;
Long endurance wins the crown;
When the evening shadows lengthen,
Thou shalt lay the burden down.
TIIE DISTRESS IN SYRIA.
The slaughter of. the Christians in
Syria has ceased, and the Turkish authori
ties under the influence of European pres
sure, arc arresting the murderers. But
the (listress has not ceased. Thousands of
the wounded, the homeless by violence, the
widows, and the fatherless children, still
suffer. They are objects of compassion,
and have claims upon the liberality of such
as enjoy peace, and plenty. Their Christi
anity is defective, but their humanity is
entire.
A correspondent of the London Times
thus writes:
BEYROUT, August B.—On Saturday af
ternoon, about 6 o'clock, the first caravan
of Christians who had escaped from the
. massacre in Damascus arrived in Beyrout;
and a more heartrending sight—one
which made men weep like women, filling
them at the same time with an almost irre
sistible craving for revenge—was probably
never beheld. They had left Damascus on
Thursday at noon—a column composed
chiefly of women and children, and vari
ously estimated at from two thousand to
three thousand four hundred souls; for the
Turkish authorities had, provided cattle for
the conveyance of one thousand five hun
dred persons,
but many. travelled on foot or
on beasts of' burden of their own or their
friends, Parched with thirst, not half fed,
unwashed, with clothes unchanged for
nearly a month, choked with dust, and cov
ered with flies, they fled hither, under
heavens glowing like brass, from the city,
which, if it be the most ancient will hence
forth be the . most infamous in the world.
They were widows and orphans, whose
husbands, fathers and brethren had been
'slain before their eyes with every indignity
and cruelty the most barbarous fanaticism
could devise, and whose most comely maid
ens had been sold to gratify the brutal lust
of filthy Arabs. Nearly all were afflicted
with ophthalmia; five women had died on
the journey, and one was taken in labor.
Babes might be seen striving to suck food
from breasts that were dried 'CAP - Young
children were so dirty, so disfigured
sores, on which flies settled continually, as
to be loathsome to look upon. Old men
and women tottered under doorways and
sank down exhausted, heedless of the
crowd that pressed upon them, looking like
so many bundles of dirty rags, and incapable
of reaching out their hands to take the water
for which they famishad, or of crawling to
the shelter provided for them by the au
thorities at Beyrout in three khans.
The streets leading from the Damascus
road were thronged with mules, shambling
horses, and asses, all huddled together, and
rendering the condition of fugitives all
the more painful. The muleteers rained
down blows right and left upon the cattle;
and from the statements made of their bru
tality ou the journey it required no great
effort to believe that they would have beat
en the "infidel dogs" committed to their
keeping even more lustily, while it was.
difficult to say how far the curses and exe
crations which filled the air was confined to
the animals—how flir they were intended
to apply to those of whom Moslem ven
geance bad been defrauded. In the lulls
between the musings arose the piteous
cries of babes, and here and there the wail
ings of women—Christian Michels weep
ing for their children, and " refusing to be
comforted, because they are not." , But
generally speaking the grief was too deep
seated, too hopeless for lamentation.
Those who had wept the loss of their near
est and dearest relatives, had no tears left
for their own sufferings, and although
they had fled from the city of death, they
exhibited an apathy and indifference
which appeared to indicate that all which
rendered life valuable had been snatched
from them, leaving them to pursue their
melancholy and dreary Pilgrimage ever ac
companied by the memory of the horrible
scenes they had witnessed., The living
may be pardoned in this case for envying .
the peace and oblivion of the tomb, bloody
as may have been the path to it.
Beneath the scorching sun of Syria,
after a twelve hours' journey during the
hottest part of the day, and amid the bust
ling confusion of the streets, the fugitives
remained--many with a child at the breast,
and two others strapped in front upon the
mule—until they could be got one by one
into the khan. Now and then might be ,
seen groups of young children suspended
in what looked very much like orange
chests slung across a horse. These were
all that remained of' a fatally. They have
nu protection—no refuge save in public
charity. At last the fugitives were got
into the khan, which may be described as
a square courtyard, surrounded on all sides
by a two-storied structure, a portion of the
upper floor being carried on arcades run
ning round the courtyard. By this means
a single line of chambers is obtained on
the ground floor and a double line on the
upper one. Between the two lines of
chambers in this last runs a passage, into
which the doors and windows open. The
chambers are about eight feet square and
ten feet high,. with a number of inmates
generally averaging ten. The few things
saved from pillage—a carpet, quilted cov
erlet, leather water-bottle, and narghile,
with, perhaps, a: few articles of clothing,
are spread out, and for the first time ar
weeks, the fugitives sleep in complete se
curity and with a sense of safety. But
their destitution is complete. Nothing but
bread have they tasted since they fled for
safety to the castle of Damascus, now a
month ago, and even bread they did not
always get sufficient to appease their hun
ger.
The fugitives are lodged in the three
khans situated in the most crowded part of
Beyrout, which I have visited, and in a
Greek convent. One of the khans, about
sixty feet square, is beside the-hOtel where.
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overlook it, and I have only to lift my
eyes from this letter to behold the misery,
destitution and physical sufferings of up
wards of four hundred human beings.
Through the open windows come the cries
of ehildven blinded by ophtlialia, teased by
flies, mosquitoes and vermin, and almost
maddened by sun-stroke. There come
also, occasionally, when food is served out,
the angry and menacing expostulations of
Turkish officials. I trust the noise has no
other cause or accompaniment.
For the Presbytenen Penner.
Letters
Of at ne V. dohs. Smith, a Presbyterian Minister,
to his brother, Vie Rey. Peter Smith, a Methodist
Preacher.
LETTER XXIL
REV. PETEZ SkIITH :—Dear Brother :
Never was the doctrine of election, coupled
with a genera/ offer of salvation stated more
clearly than in this charming sentence :
" AU that the Father giveth me shall come
to me, and hint that cometh to me I will in
no wise east out." The elegant simplicity
of this passage is surpassed only by the
depth and comprehensiveness of its mean
, ing. The Divine election and human free
dom are here brought out, not in opposition
to each other, not by way of contrast, but
side by side in consummate harmony. The
offer of salvation takes in the widest scope.
It is not to the Jew only, nor only to the
Gentile; it is not merely to the learned
and intelligent, nor merely to the unlettered
and ignorant; it is not simply to the great
and powerful, nor simply to the poor .and
lowly; it is to the Jew and the Gentile, to
the learned and the unlearned, to the rich
and the poor, to the powerful awl the
weak, that the gracious offer is made in like
terms of condescension and encouragement.
Nor was the promise restricted to sinners
of •His own time; it comes down, blessed
be his name, in all its fullness and freshness
to the sinners of this generation. He
turns not away from any broken-hearted
penitent. He never says, " You are too
insignificant, you are too degraded, your
sins are too numerous, your guilt is too
great." Were Death and. Hell to-day to
give up the dead that are in them, the an
nals of perdition could not furnish a soli
tary instance of a sinner Cast out who had
sincerely applied to him for salvation.
But while this is a glorious truth, it is
equally true that unless accompanied by a
special influence from above this most re
markable offer is never accepted, is never
deemed worth accepting. 'The preaching
of the Cross.is to them that perish, foolish
ness; it is only to those who are the called
according to the Divine purpose that it be
comes the power of' God unto salvation.
Only those receive the Saviour, only those
really believe in his name, who are born,
not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh,
nor of the will of man, but of God. All
others invariably reject him.
What proportion: of the human race, it
might be asked, will. eventually be saved
from sin and everlasting death? Those
who come to the Lord Jesus Qhriat, for par
don and.life. Who are they that come to
him for life and pardon ? Those whom the
Father gave to the Son. Will any of these
fail to come? Not one. "All that the
Father giveth to me," says the Saviour,
" shall come to me." Will any others
come? None. "No man," says the same
august personage, "can come unto me ex
cept it were given to him of my Father."
Why can he not come? Because .be will
not_ Suppose he should will to come,
would he be saved? Certainly. Would
not this involve a contradiction? Not in
the least. The promise runs thus : " Him
that cometh to me I will in no wise cast
out." But can the sinner come to Christ,
can he ever be made willing to come unless
the Father draw him ? No. "No man
can come unto me except my Father draw
him." - But if none can come to the Sa
viour but those who are drawn by the
Father, is any sinner to blame for not com
ing ? Undoubtedly. Why should he not
be to blame when the whole difficulty lies
in the awful wickedness of his rebellious
soul The carnal mind is enmity against
God, 'is not subject to the law of God,
neither can it be. You might as well ask,
is the carnal mind to blame because it can
not be subject to the raw of God? They
that are in the flesh, that is, they that are
not born of the Spirit, cannot please God.
You might as well ask, are they to blame,
for being in the flesh ? Are they to blame
if they cannot please God? There is a
class of persons who are described as having
eyes full of adultery, and:that cannot cease
from sin. You might as well ask are they
to blame if they cannot cease from sin ?
The devil hates his Maker with a perfect
hatred. You might as well ask is the_
devil to blame for not loving God, since
his hatred is so strong that he cannot love
him ? If sinners were anxious to make
their way to the Saviour r ancl it was God
that kept them back and-hindered them from
coming to him, it would indeed be a very
different case. But it is all the other way.
They will notbe saved. Does justice re
quire that sinners be forced to fly for' re
fuge to the Redeemer in opposition to their
own deliberate and determined choice?
But is it not the tendency of such a doc
trine-to fill the soul with discouragement?`
Why should it have such a tendency?
Does not Jesus say that he will receive all
that come to him ? Is not this plain
enough ? Is there anything discouraging
in this? No; but how can a person kow
whether he is one of the elect ? Might he
not, after coming to the Saviour, find that
after all, be belonged to the non-elect?
That would not be possible. Such an ob
jection refutes itself. The very fact that
he comes to Christ furnishes a proof of his
election, for none but those whom the
Father gave to the Son ever take such a
step. Let us suppose a certain number of
persons, say a thousand, say a million. To
each of these million sinners there is the
same promise, if he will come to the Lord
Jesus Christ, he shall be saved. Ts not this
sufficient? Can a reasonable creature ask
for more? An honest man, a man sincere
ly desirdias of securing his eternal well-be
ing, will act on such a promise. It is only
cavillers that urge such objections, and if
any one chooses to play the fool by refusing
to apply for pardon before he has ascertain
ed that he is one of God's elect, let him do
so. I say again, an honest man finds no
difficulty here.
If a thousand estates, each worth a million
of dollars, were•set up as free gifts to pau
pers, on the same condition.as the Saviour
offers eternal life, there would be no cavil
ling. A sober-minded man would reason
thus : There are, it is true, a hundred times
more beggars than estates; but no matter,
I will du my best, I, will be only the more
in earnest, I will labor only 'the harder to
secure the prize to myself. A fault-finder,
on the other hand, would say : It would be
folly for me to apply for an estate before I
have.found out to a certainty that I am to
have one. If I am to have one of these
estates, I shall have one, do what I may;
if I am not to have one, I shall fail, do
what r can; so I will give myself no trouble
about the matter. Suppose that this cavil
ler should further argue: It is true this
splendid prize is offered to any pauper on
condition that he will go and get it, but I
will not go, because I do- not want it. .But
let it be distinctly understood that if the
donor does not make me willing to go„ if he
does not force me to accept, the whole blame
of my poNierty and wretchedness must rest
with him, not with me. What a beautiful
illustration of Arminian reasoning !
Would any human being Iriot deltoid of
common sense.ever act on such principles
in the affairs of this life ?
There are at present.four candidates for
the Presidency, while' only one can, be
President. Does any one , of these distin
guished gentlemen refuse to run because,
forsooth, he cannot certainly know -before
hand that he will be elected ? The powers
that be are ordained of God. He sets up
one and puts down another.. Do you ever
hear a politiciann apply the principles of
Arminianism to politics, and argue in some
such way as this: " Gentlemen, if God has
elected Mr. Lincoln he will be our next.
President; if he .has elected Mr. Douglas
he will be President; or if he has chosen
Mr. Breckinridge or 'Mr. Bell, why then
one of these will be our Chief Magistrate.
So you see, gentlemen, it is of ,no use to
do anything. All- your efforts arc vain.
Yon trouble, yourselves for • nothing. 'You
'ought first to find out which of the candi
dates 'God has elected, for yon cannot change
the purpose of God." There arc, no dmibt,
in our country, some very wild, and a fevr
very foolish politicians, but I ani bold ;to
say that no party has . advocates wild
enough, or foolish enough to employ such
reasoning on any subject connected with
politics, or ou any other subject that in
volves.the plain common sense of mankind,
except religion. It is only in religion that
men can afford to be inconsistent enough
to be Arminians. JOHN SMITH.
EUROPEAN CORRESPONDENCE.
THE TRICENTENARY OF 'Tut SCOTTISH REFORMATION- A PER..
SWILL .TOUR 'IN IRELAND-THE MIDLAND AND SOUTHERN
COONTISS.-THE ROMISII CHURCH AT. ROSORBA-GREAT CA,
TIIEDRALS-WHINCE COMES THE MONEY ?....THE POPE'S TRIH.
UTE-THE SYNOD OF THUELES-THEREDEMPTORIST FATHERS
—TrEltonsit REVIVALISTS.--CONYENTS.,CONFESSIONAL, AND
CRUCIFIXES--" THE IDOL SHOP ".....THE IRISH BEOGARS-.-11.
lIISTRATIONS GAY AND GRATE...DEDILINANTAOOTHSM TO
ROMANISM-NATIONAL EDUCATION-THE PRESENT AND THE
FUTURE. • , ,
THE TRICENTENARY OF THE SCOTTISH
REFORMATION has been commemorated in
a manner most solemn and impressive, in
Scotland's capital. • The place of meeting
was the Free Assembly Hall; the inaua°ur
ation was a magnificent oration by Dr.'
Guthrie, the, first of living preachers. His
text was, "The truth shall make you free."
Some passages of this great discourse were
so stirring that the people could not re
frain from expressing, their emotions.
This was under a sermon, be it remembered,
and among a people eminently reverential
and sober-minded. Dr. McCrie, of Lon
don, with Professor Lorimer and other gen
tlemen, read suitable papers. Doctor Begg
delivered a stirring speech, adverting : spe
cially to the Prince of Wales in Canada,
and to the attitude taken by the Romish
Prelates in Nova Scotia, side-by-side, or on
an equality with the Episcopal Bishops.
The worst of the matter is, that the latter
are tainted with Traetarianism. Dr. Cooke,
of Belfast, was the second great preacher
of the Tricentenary.
TILEH
WEATER. continues •
most alarming.
A deficient harvest is inevitable, I fear ; at
all events a late one at the best.
IN POLITICS. there is "an awful pause
prophetic ^of 'the'storm. ' COUnt - Aquila;
uncle. of the King of Naples, has fled. to
France. ' It is said that he lately employed
a man to assassinate Garibaldi.
A JOURNEY THROUGH PART OF THE
MIDDLE AND SOUTHERN .COUNTIES OF IRE
LAND, has giy.en me many opportunities of
observing the social, moral, and relicrinus:
condition of the people. I spent JSab
bath day at Athlone, which is the border
town of Connaught. Here the majority of
the people are Romanists. There is a mid
dle class who are mainly Romanist; and a
Protestant yeomanry, as .such, can not be
said to exist. All around on either side.of
the Shannon, Popery numbers her.. thou
sands. It was when-. visiting this. -town,
that Charles Wesley, and other Methodist
preachers, nearly a century ago, were pelted
with stones, and that while one of their
number was prostrated senseless on the
earth, the rest, by spurring their horses,
escaped into the town.
At..Athlone, Methodism was planted by
John Wesley, and in.his-journal he makes
allusion specially:to a 'nervous agitation ap
parent in the congregation which he ad
dressed. As I was on Deputation for the
the London " British Society-for the Prop
agation of the Gospel among the Jews,"
the Wesleyan and . Baptist-chapels. were
thrown open to me. I'd each 'ease, the
strength is small, and declining,
.while
Presbyterianism is waxing strong. To
this town came a. young minister ten'years
ago. His first congregation consisted. of
ten poor persons gathered in a room.
.Now
'
he has just completed an elegant church,.
which was opened in June last by Drs.
Edgar and Murray, who were accompanied
in their tour, and had with them at Ath
lone, George H. Stuart, of Philadelphia,.a
valuable accessory where a liberal collet
Lion is required.. I preached at noon in
this church. Here was a numerous and re
spectable congregation, and one of its fea
tures was the presence of goodly number
of Scottish soldiers, Mr. Mawhinney being
Presluterian Chaplain in connexion with.
the garrison.
From Athlone -I proceeded—not by rail
as I might have done by a circuitous route .
—but by-Bianeone's car, which. is still
found on the Southern and Western-Roads,
and profitable to its enterprising proprietor.
I bad a most intelligent companion, a o•en
tleman of station and education, who knew
the country well, who had been familiar
with it before the famine season, and who
is well acquainted with the still powerful
organization of RibboniSiu in the land.
Arriving at Parsonstown ' or Borr, where
are large military barracks, and where the
higher classes muster in large numbers and
are mainly Protestant,. I proceed on my
Deputation mission to the dark, dismal,
dirty and Popish town of Roserem What
rags and wretchedness in many- of-the
streets, and what a splendid Romish cathe
dral in `process of erection. Thousands of
pounds have been already 'expended, and
the work is unfinished. The dimensions of
the nave are immense, and yet insufficient
to accommodate the multitude that come to
mass on Sundays and holydays. And see,
on the hill adjoining the chapel yard and
cemetery, is the " Convent of the Sacred
Heart," and here among the tombs is a
tablet to the memory of one of the nuns,
with two sacred hearts transfixed, sculp
tured on the marble.
"The Sacred Heart," it may be asked,
"what is this ?" Why, I reply, it is one
of the many illuitrations of the gross ma
terialism and sensuous idolatry of modern
ltornanism. The "Sacred Heart" is not
Christ himself, but the physical organ of
the heart of the man Christ Jesus, and to
it, not to Rim are prayers, invocations, and
adoration, addressed.
Whence comes all the money needed for
these ecclesiastical and conventual struc
tures? A large portion of it from the
Irish people themselves. They are put
under high. Pressure riow.. The farmers
too of 1
and eve
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lee ed
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priests
ly, ro
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give to
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reference to open-1
agation of their p
liberty. The ma6l
aroused, than it ati
them the stimulus;
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spoil and massac
stayed in the hnuse:•J
an official of the
At the time of a
ter his arrival in t
offended no one;
the mercy of a
break the windows
tant house in the' to
The priests pretend:l
they never interferel
done. My friend's
chapel gate. • The .
Vexation that he wo'
repair his windows
pose them by lettin.,
days in their .shatte
had been thrown in "yews in the house
where children slepti , 4 4he;fathFr him
self' attempting to re , Ilis VWxliftodrOlid
well nigh been killed , 'l -''..l, ''' ''
At Limerick, once ealeged-4 1 .1mi'd . sur-'
rendering to the aro 4f :Willianl4.l., I
fbund a, population o bent sixty thousinul,
with about one twel,hlproteltant. The , f
clergy of the Church f Xnglain.'llere, are'
for the most part Eva Oinalf!and"there is.
a
a young yet vigorous '' resbyterian churchn,
—last year gloriousl , visited and revived 1 ,
by the Divine Spirit under , . the . pastoral'
care of the Rev. D 'ill Wilson, , This
most worthy and ve ' Pie Minister, was
one of the Deputatio to last, year visited
the United States for 'l.;Home Mission of
the General Assembly
. 31.e.had brought a
congregation up from mall beoimiings to
a very considerable eleyapon as to numbers
and wealth ; and yet, Ake many others, un
til 'last year, he could lily see.a. very Jim
/
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ited extent of blessing
. Now his heart is.
cheered by a band of evoted ,and ~ zealons)
young people, truly co verted "and turned
to the Lord.
At Limerick is a Con'gt" egational Chitehi
very full of life and zeal. No< wherebavel
I met a warmer reception- for' myself and' ,
ray cause (that, of thellost sheep' of the
House of Israel,) than here.
The Protestant palmation are.well eared'
for. There is a Relieftosociat'on-here for'
poor members. It is i . ;porta)? that there i
should be aid thus ex • nd'e'd , o preserve, :
them from extreme wan , and a b 'to` keep
them out, of the Union irork-li use • which`
in all large Southern towns is lt:of';Pop-..1
ish influence. - A ProP.stant c:pauper is i I
sure to be cooxed, paltete.dr,with,,Alpten 7 , 1
ed or, made miserable an.Mng, a'be - 4, 1 4,, 14-', 1
znanists, and with priest,i;titid 'IM - or-visiting
all , day long., One To ~.4e , jiki, A ,
ish for - tbreldraird nie — lra - livreuivitfi his -
aged grandfather. And "would it not be
better for him to go into the work-house ?''
"No, sir ! he does not like to go there, be
cause he would find nobody of his, own, Te
lt' g ion." And then I fbund that, this meant
that the old man was a Protestant.
..4ulust 21,'1860
The Redemptorist Fathers constitute a
new Romish Order who have been imported
from the Continent. These are the Rom
ish Revivalist preachers of the day. When
"Mother Church" was quaking for fear, a
few years ago, there was a general rally of
her forces for resistance: and onset. Dr.
Cullen, the new Archbishop of Dublin,
first of all dealt with the priesthood, and as
Pope's Legate, was the real instrument in
convoking the celebrated Synod of Thurles,
by which bishops and. priests alone were
brought to a higher platform of obedience
to Canoh Law' and to a more intense and
entire consecration to 'the interests of R(l.-
manism, sacrificing every thing for this,
than had been known in Ireland for centu
ries before. The priests , even now com
plain of the severe discipline under which
they hare been plaCed by the decrees of
that Synod. But in addition to the en
forced and increased vigilance and labori
ousness-of the regular parochial clergy, the
Redemptorists, the Jesuits,and . other -Or
ders, were let loose over the land. The
first mentioned have carried, off the palm
as far as power over the masses is concern
ed. Foreigners though they are, they are
masters of the English tongue. In per
sonal bearing,,appearanceiand in the.power
of elocution and of stirring appeal to the
fears and passions, and affections of the
multitude, they have no • rivals. To them,
the servant and her respectable mistress,
alike repair for confession and absolution,
and by them discouises are delivered on
the Passion of Christ, on dOotion to Our
Lady, and on the relative duties of hus
bands, wives, &c., that have exerted 'a 1110±-
velens influence. Generally speaking, these
Redemptorists are a vagrant 'band, going
from place to place, holding a ".MiTsion "
—here and there, and wherever they have
held one with success, setting up on the
spot, in the open air, in a :chapel yard, or
in a field, a large, wooden- cross in memori
.
um yez.
But at Limerick the Redemptorists have.
establiShed themselves, to the no small an
noyance of the regular priesthood, who are
by them thrown.into the shade, :as .persons
by no means se_holy. They are erecting in
the suburbs. in immense church at an ex
pense of £30,000; `and all day long you see
parties repairingto the convent hardby;
some far alms an some to visit: the nuns;
while over the school-house just in front.of
the fast-rising church is a wooden cross,,
and opening the door, there enter women
of various' ranks going to confession. More.
than this, in a little house close by is what
may be well _denominated " An Idol Shop,"
as it was, called by a lady friend of mine
residing near. Here in the window are
displayed crucifixes, (the cross with the
dead Christ in the centre,) and every other
possible article of Romish trumpery, while
in the centre is u photograph of one of the
Redemptoris.t Fathers, a, _handsome Italian
fiice and figure, with his autograph . . under
neath. Outeide, near at hand, is an Ord
blind woman, with hands almost filled with
Rosary beads, but with room sufficient and.
groping sense " enough to appropriate
and appreciate the coppers dropt into those
palms by " the faithful," or even- the
heretic' passing.by.
MENDICANCY in Ireland is not dead,
although much abated since the introduc
tion of the Poor Law. Sturdy beggars
there are still in plenty—both male and
female. None of them seemed to: me to be
poor or starving. Indeed I beard, at Lim
erick of one fine, plump fellow, who re-,
proached a brother Irishman Tor working at
all. And then' he reckoned up to his as
tonished, and *it may be envious brother,
his own , gains. These were regularly- and
growing rich,
made to their
hatred also of
to their liber-
X2OO was col
at 'Roscrea, fit
Tribute. The
ople previous-
they were dis-
lust come with
ng. To obtain
creature was
le of clothing.
itoricus act, to
Holy Father ?"
—.on in such towns
icided minority, and in
,prea.ching or the prop
teiples, enjoy no true
1 . 13 not much better, if
gtkDamascus, and give
Ile first fruits of piun-
etof blood, they W . ouldj
•
',with equal zealf' 4 l
gf,,lp, ,godly Wesleyan,
Fsr;Law Local Union.
kJ% election, soon af.
',town where he had
d_ the town left at
011,,wh0 proceeded to
t:. :*"! . ..Bre
1, ; 1 . i . .. ; • 0.n..
0. to very sorry,•but
ktilf e
the mischief was
use* -.. . i . r . _ 1. .„ . .
lielts ! - ;,,- ‘.;,' ~.
~ t,
'fi . not i .aiiovr t i hen4 to,
lit continued to' es= ' 1
heni. remain ' for soiree
t eondition. .Stone's
[
arithmetically calculated, and ran in this
fashion : "Suppose, now, I visits sixty
streets in Limerick, and gits only a pinny
iu ach ; that's Ere shillings in one day,
avick!"
I heard of another worthy, who was
found on a cold Winter morning, almost
frozen, in the suburbs of Limerick, taken
up by n kind-hearted suburban, and con
veyed in his jaunting-car straight to the
house of a Poor Law Guardian. The latter
got the man into the work-housethat very
.day. He had a warm bath, and then plenty
of .nourishing food. What was his aston
ishment, a few hours after, to find the man
come to the Board Room, where his patron
was sitting, and saying that he was going
out at once ! " Leaving the house ! What
for ? Aren't you very comfortable ?"
"Oh,, yes! 'but, I think I'll do, better."
HOW ?" " Why," replied the thankless,
.•
Inguine, poetic pauper, " did' yer honor
,e'see a crab tree in the garden ?" " Oh,
yes!". " Well, yer honor, how would. ye's
like to be tied to the crab tree, and have
nothing to ate but some crabs, when ,there
were sweet apples all round you !" And so
he left the "crabs" of the wlrk-house
grounds for " the. sweet apples" of street
alms, and of "the bite and the sup" at
There are igigraftreaSons why pauperism:
still exists and, ,is ,cherished in, reland.
First, the:unwillingness of the pOorto go,
ab'hus
tand'ia'nd x r ivrfe=they .a Lust lire'. ~separcirc.
Secondly; that the old Jiabit'of..gisring.with.
open, hand has not jbeeir effaeed, bYthe new.
Poor. Law, ; and tat 'the people, ~naturally
kind-hearted, feel` a pleasure in giving 'alms.
And thirffly, as' n old man expressed it tn.
me,' , on seeing a stnall airm given •to a poor
:person: '',Ah, 'sine sir, charity ix good P.'
.13y;whieli ; he meant, As
.all, Romanists be-`
lieve and, feel, that, alms-giving ,is,merito
riotis zn th"e :Sight of God.
The eloquent importunity of the, poor
in aSkilig; haa z itt 'Counterpart in thetFrent;
of blessingd4riblied 'of the'&Ver. Walk
with me .nu a fine August. Morning over
Athlan, hridge--the Shannon „be-1
neath. llere we meet, first a middle-aged
woman, ragged;tall, thin, in-had health,
abildeprived ef the "sight of one "eye.
-stop her; and? give her a penny. At. once
she bursts forth in benediction :, "•The
,Lord give .you ,the light and glory o'
heaven I" Next Comes 2— ,-
led by a childa
`Poor' old tick/TV man, stone blind, rolling
his sightless in vain, With head
raised, niiSt'eusterhary with such persona.
,Apenny is pat Auto his hand, and, a•few
cheery words are • -added. '‘ The ,blood of
'Jeans save your Youi soul I" is the instant
and fervent response. A Protestant' gen
flenian' tald'ifie that these . People•knew that
the giver ..wasia Protestant, and hence the
Scriptural language rof their-blessing ; that
had it been . f , one, of their own sort," %they
would lia've comniended him to the "saints
ans" the bleised • Vrigin." Of this, how
sever, Thaie
TL!aFANISA IN DUBLIN, aswell as in
CAI, and ,Waterfofd, .is very stiong, :an d
Yet In the Capital it has - suffered more, and
is Irb,,a more 'agitate& condition that in any
other city t or t town in Ireland. A goodly
umber; am assulnd, are , dissatisfied with
Weir system., ,They are groping in a laby, 7
riuth, are conacious e the .darkness, and?
sonee of them have got the Clue which will
ligtaeltlijewocAo/tghtnf 4 thtzfull
4;ibed day. At Townsend Stre - ; on the
Lord's day, are still carried on the. Adult
Ragged and Sunday Schools , ; each class
being a Discussion Class, where error and
truth are contrasted, -by faithful and able
teachers, with the Word 'of God. Here
the daughters of .Dr. Whateley, Archbishop
of Dublin, are very zealous. Here you see
men, women, boys and girls, all Romanists,
some in a state of antagonism, others of
transition, others in Christ, and about
openly, ere long, to avow `their new-born
faith. ,
Another test of - Protestant
,progress
Dublin, is found in the "Adult Hospital!'
All parties are admitted as patients,
whether Protestant or Romaniit. But the'
latter axe. distinctly told that no: Priest or
nun will be admitted, no extreme unction
administered to the dying, and no books
,used but the Bible. And although there
are Romish Hospitals of a' similar kind,
Romanists enter the Protestant Hospital
without scruple.. There is ,a Presbyterian Mission to the
'Romanists in Dublin, conducted by the
Rev: Hamilton Magee, a minister admira
bly adapted for his special work. He holds
meetings for prayer, preaching, and also
foropewrliscussion; and also publishes an
excellent monthly paper, ;".Plain Words
spoken in behalf of the Ancient Apostolic
Faith." A better specimen of what a pa
per dealing with
. Romanists, as suck, and
as sinners needing Christ and his salvation,
does not exist. `'lt is marked by a .genial
tone and temper, and whenever it gives , a
quotation from the Scriptures, it is inva•
-
riably from the Doway VerSion. Mr. Ma
gee has had the great joy of seeing fruit to
his toils, through the noiseless yet resist
less energy of the Holy Spirit accompany
the truth.
.
As a' .specimen
. of Mr. M.'s " Plain
Words," take the following. After showing
that not Peter only was made a Alter of
men, Jesus having said to Andrew, as well
as Peter, " I will make you fishers of men,"
Papal supremacy 'is thus assaulted and
overturned:
Although therefore Peter was called to be a
fisher of men ' ; it does not follow that Peter only
was called to. be the fisher of ,men. . .
So;although to Peter were committed the keys
of the itingdota heaven, it does not follow
that to Peter only theSelteys were committed.
Our Lord says, in the passage, I will give
to thee the keys, and whatsoever thou.shalt
bind upon earth," &e. That is, the !.power, of
the keys,' was exercised in binding and • loos
ink.' •
But our Lord said to ALL the apostles—Matt.
xviii Amen, .1 say to you, whatsoever ye
shall .. bind on earth altall be bound in heaven,"
Will any of our, readers show us how they,can
avoid' this conclusion : The 'power of the keys'
was the power to bind and- loose But Write
apostles. had the . power. to bind and loose: There
fore all the apostles had the power of .the keys.
So also Says the Canons's - lid Deirees'of the'
Council of Trent "- (Father Waterworth's Trans-.
lation, p. 100,) "The holy, Synod dcglares, all
these'doctrines to be false and utterly alien front
the-truth of the'-Gospel, which perniciously. es-
tend the ministry of the keys to any other BE
_
slim bishops and priests. 7
if then, according to the Fathers 'of Trent,
bishops and priests as well ao,the Pope, have thei
mthistr'y of the keys, and have , it, as the Fat-hers
say, directly from Christ himsef, what beeomeS of
Cardinal Wiseman's statement (" Doctrines, of
the Clinreh," 'Vol. i. page 271) "When, there
fore, Peter receives the keys of the kingdom Of
heaven, or of the -Church, , we can only con
sider him as invested with its supreme com
,
Would it not be as good logic as.the Cardinal's
to say—" When, therefore, each bishop and pries(
receives the keys of the kingdom of heaven, or
of the Church, -we can only consider EACH as in
vested with its supreme command?" •
There would certainly be no lack of supreme
rulers in that case.
"I speak as to,wise men ; judge ye yours Aves
what I say."-1.
THE IRISH CHTTRCH MISSIONS are still
vigorously maintained. One peculiarity in
Dublin is, that both in large placards car
ried in the streets, and affixed to the walls,
as well as: in the. Protestant neWspapers,
announcements and argumentativd accom-
paniments appear.
specimen
CONTROTEMIAL SEHNONS ON SUNDAY, AUGIIST
19, 1860.--frilh Church JlissionB.—l. Mission
,Building, 27 Townsend Street. 11.30 A. M.
Rev. H. C. Bade, M.A., Missionary Secretary.
Subject - 2 -," The First Protestant."—Reb. xi: 4.
11. Mission Building, 7 P. M. The Rev. J.
O'Carroll, A. 8., Ex-Schol. T.C.D.
Subject—"ls hiariolatry Christian Worship?"
I. Did not Abel worship in God's way, and
Cain in man's yay? Did not Abel trust for sal
vation only in Christ, represented by the Lamb
offered in saerifieenot in his own works or de
servings? Was not Abel in this sense a Protes
tant?
Did not Cain idly on his own merits, and was
not Cain in this respect like a Roman Catholic?
Which offering did God accept, and why ?
11. Ca'n any
,Roman Catholic tell why the-pe
culiar doctrines - of the Church of Rome are' so
contradictory to the Bible of the Church of Rome?
Why is it that those attributes and offices which
only belong to the Lord Jesus Christ are also
given to the. Blessed Virgin Mary? As the, Lord
Jesus Christ is God-man, the Christian's perfect,
only, 'and all-safficient Savimir, must not what
ever trust is placed in, another for the work of
salvation be taken from him? "Little children,
keep yoursthes from idobs."—l. John i: 21.
Roman Catholics are affectionately invited to
attend.
And here is a second—the trumpetbeing
sounded, and the wager of battle thrown
s, •
6! .1% 4 1 1T e giiii000it t it e
to ,the debate: ,in ,Corrig Avenue Meeting, on
Menclay evening, A.ugnst 20, 1860,,at half-past,
Qhaimosin = Mr. M. Tracy.' ,
• ,Subject •
übjest Do Doman Catholics know what is
Does not An word "Gospel" mean good.newe
Did not the ingel-,,of,:the LOrd. say to Joseph,
" And she shall bring fei•th a son, and thou shalt
call .amejestis; fai. he - shall save his people
frOeir sins? "—Matt.,i: 21 Dr. LCullen's
If the: LAI 'Jesus 4Limself eaves' . his; people
frorn.their sinn,.wliy:de'oend now on theworks or
aid of mere craturee for satiation "
The 'Ufa liath lakl on' (Jesus)" the in
ignityr of ; us 6,__Dr.; Cullen's
Bible. -
Does God'reTtire any one of Christ's - people to
hear l his mit inlquit3r3 „r .
Does not bolyJohn.declainthat , The blood
of
Joins Christ'lli t s Son cleingelli Yrnin sin?"
I. John 1: 7, Dr. Cullen's.lible.
.Is not the doctrine ofmen's satisfaction or
atonement for tlieir sins made on earth or in Pur r
gatory, opposed to the Gospel.of
Roman Catholics, of Kingstovw ere. specially
invited to`attend.
.
[lTeserve a notice of ReviVaT Works' in
Mitlin for another occasion:]' ' • •
THE NATIONAL SYSTEM bE 'EDITCAIION
has .been the subject of fierce debate in the
_House of.lCommons f in connexion with.the
annual Papliamentary vote, of funds. The
Vltramontanists wish to break up the
" mixed " composition of the Board and
the geheols, and to haVe all'ltemish'schools
free from secular cant:roll—at the sometime
receiving .thepublic money, t The
of this would be fatal; to the 'cause: of a
really good secular,tlucation,, , while it would
intensify 'ana perpetWaie the division -of
class from class in thuland. 'Yet i this VieW
finds virulent supporterh in the Irish Etas's.
Band in Varliament,'. ;who, thrquirh
Majair,. Member fors,Cotk,:and a, ,
of the Holy Roman .Emplro," (said, empire
moribund, and by - and by to be gazetted as
defunct,)
.pour lijrtla their wrath , ,on :the
Cabinet, and' especially on, M,r..Deasiqhe
Irish AttorneyCengral--liinisel lonian
Catholic, but one of.. the bdifptiintior * tal and
inoddrate Ratty. Concessiens indeed are
made of'rather an ominous, CharaCter 4,
amongst others, that the . sc i llool4vAgLetp„
63...eYbisedt Ittechafg- `ire m ade mofeati". l
glans"—the latter
.a very suspicious phrase.
The salaries of teachers are being in
creased and, this is right and proper. The
genius of the system is Liberal and Anti-
Papal, but yet it secures a vast r uncon
trolled endowment to strictly Romish
schools. Out of X 330,000 a year, four
fifths are given to exclusively Romish
schools. There are no less than three
thousand six hnndred and eighty-three
schools Under exclusively Romish mane
.7ers. Some of these are " nun schools,"
and of course not "mixed." Indeed it is
too true that, save in Ulster, "miffed edu
cation " is rather the theory than the prac
tice. I believe however, that the system
,will be overruled for great good in the end.
As it is,
the power of reading is almost
universal—a striking contrast to what , is
witnessed in England. The number of
bboks, pamphlets and newspapers now sold
at Railway Stations in Ireland, is marvel
lots. The spirit of inquiry is abroad ;
driinkenness decreases, and so is it ,as to
crime. I have been in the heart of Tip
pe.rary. Agrarian murder, once so fre
quent, is well-nigh unknown. But for
Popery's blight, how glorious would Ireland
be and when
44 Rome shall perish 3E4 her guilt;"
as she,assurecilyshull, what ahright future
is in, store for,Erin.-
Fer the Preellytenan Banner.
'Nebraska. •
BROWNVILLE, N. T., Aug. 23;1860
MESSRS.' EDITORS ;-AlthOigh I have
nothing very new'te relate in our Territory,
yet knowing that your spicy paper is-read by
many of the good people whom I have left,
and with whom I have- enjoyed many
times of refreshing," and for whom I
have shed many a tear, and conscious that
they would' be`pleased to bear frOm Me and
this country, I hasten to drop you a "line.
And first I will notice our '
SABBATH SCHOOL PIG-NIC,
Which came off to-day. It was the first of
the kind .in Brownville, and, as usual out
West, was got up in very short notice, by
a few of our energetic ladies, aided by the
mothers of the children and the friends of
the cause. The weather was fine. Not a
lowering cloud darkened the cerulean sky
of that happy. day... The anxiety and ex
pectation of the children ran high: And
just after dinner,, about half-past one, the
church-going bell pealed forth its mellow
notes, as. the signal for, all to. assemble.
Soon after; the ,dear little boys and girls,
with faces dressed in smiles, and with
hearts palpitating with. joy, accompanied by
their kind teachers, were all very , comfort,
ably seated in the Presbyterian church.
After a lively . and stirring tune by ,the.
Brownville Band', the exercises were opened
•
with singing.,'' Happy. Day," and prayer.
After a few, appropriate hymns, and two short
addresses, ,a procession was formed,, headed
by the clergy and band of music, followed
by the, various classes, accompanied by
their respective teachers,.followed in> train
by a large number of fathers, mothers,
ladies and citizens. The procession, number
ing about : one hundred and twenty, was grand
and,imposing. The scholars all wore ap
propriate badges, and one of the larger boys
bore in, front, of the- train za neat banner,
bearing the following inserrption. On one
`side, "Brownyille Union Sabbath, School,"
encircling beneath it that. instructive, di
dactic, and comprehensive verse, "Fear
God and keep his commandments." On
the other side was the appropriate injunc
tion to children, "Remember 'thy Creator
in the days' of thy :youth," together with
" Search-the - Scriptures."
Thus armed and equipped, we marched
through town, attracting the attention of
everybody, to a most beautiful grove, hard
by .our flourishing city. The grove, situa
ted at the •head of a small ravine, com
"rte icing (near the main .Bluff girding our
NO. 417.
Here is one recent
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PRopamoicai AND. PUBLISHERS.
city on the South, is a most delightful and
attractive place. It forms a perfect amphi
theatre, surrounded and interspersed with
lofty oaks and elms. In its formation; it
seems as though the Divine Architect aP-:
peared to try 'his skill. 'T is rare to see
such a handsome situation for a meeting.
Arrivin ,, here, and all seated snug and
comfortable beneath the leafy grove—hard
by the 'table' groaning with good things
just ready to be devoured -L-after a few fine
strains of stirring music, and another ap
propriate address, follosired by a word of
prayer and- Sabbath School Hymns, the
children, teachers, parents, attendants, one
and all, fared sumptuously upon the hos
pitality of our kind and generous hearted
mothers and teachers. Dinner over, and
the lively and warm-hearted ladies and
gentlemen, (merchants, , clerks, bankers,
lawyers, farmers and mechanics,) in corn-
Men with the children, one and all, having
enjoyed a general social chit-chat, and the
cheerful little boys and girls, led off by their
Superintendent, Mr. 1,. Houdley, having
sung an appropriate farewell hymn, we all
again fell in file, and our gallant Band
made the woods and bluffs " ring'? with
their enchanting music, as we marched
back to town. All passed off very satisfac
smowi— apisorgasitsiviothb
MONDAY:BUSING, Sept. 3, 9} o'clock.—
Just returned froni a Methodist camp
meeting, all in full blast. Attendance
larcre attention mood, accompanied with a
good deal of interest. " The order and be
havior at Buell meetings out West is gen
much better-thaw it used - to be in Ohio or
PennsylVania... Oimp=meetings are very
common in 'this' great valley. At two just
closed, South .of us,. Ahey,report large ac
ce.ssiens. Being scarce - of houses of wor
ship, there is more demand for them. They
often last ten or twelve days.
TELEGRAPH IN tROWNVILLE
On last, Wedfiesdity4he first , telegraph
office in Nebra,ski was opened in this city,
with tretnetidoUsg cheering, firing of cannon,
short and spirited addresses, and an out
gushing enthusiasm scarcely ever equalled,
even in the. " far West," If you wish to
hear froin us by " the 'lightning's flash,"
the ; way is now open by " Stebbins' Line."
It will be extended to Fort Ke'arney this
Fall, and Ito Denver City next' Summer—
thence.to' California via Salt Lake City.
. : Thus, Messrs. Editors, you see the rapid,
ity. 01.11' progress, Here, where six. years
ago ,was seen nothing but the poor Indian,
: trudging along his trail, now spans this
wonderful wire. •
This Summer has beetnreniarkably warm;
but pprii_4ealthy. Minersrarei rapidly re-.
turning._ Yours, truly, ,
Chiall6 •,Gentleliess.
THE INFLUENCE OF'GENTLENESS ON SOCIAL
INTERCOTTRSE.
That our usefulness and *happiness
pend on the confidenCe; esteem' of
others, is tocw'obvipps, to . , need remark.
Whatever feid4O secure.these, is of much
nupectance. 13oct li are 'tomet'4es lost for
the W i atit jof, thia-GoktalWeUliness. To
thnPloyi'a manner' of addr9ait or .conduct
which ; .isq !harsh-, atasty,t, and ;passionate;
weak.ens confidencejn-Whit, we paS , or do,
aletts ,:others misfrinst, Aar ability a
4 !`, 3 11., c i
counsels make little m
pressiou,. however honest or judicious they
may be. The apology is sometimes made
for such that the " harshness, &c., is natu
ral, and not the effect of unsocial or unkind
fellings." To some extent this apology is
admissible, perhaps. But the same person
can be gentle and kind, and manifest it in
the same way others do, in acts, tones of
voice, mildness of manner, whenever there is
a disposition.
In families, sometimes, this peculiarity
here condemned, is engendered among the
children by the parents, who practice sever
ity and coarseness of language themselves
to each other, or their neighbors. The
"wills," and the" worts,' "shalls " and
" shants," are terms which ought to be
avoided in "families as much as possible,
and in all the intercourse of society. They
are palpaple violations of the law of gen
tleness, which Christianity inculcates: The
Spirit of God is opposed to asperity, and
produces love, peace, patience, goodness,
&c. The 'language of the lips will be ac
cordingly: These affections expressed will
awaken in others similar emotions by the
law of sympathy, and consequently promote
harmony of feeling and the bond of friend
ship among all, and of Chiistian fellowship
among Christians.
In differences of opinions and interests,
the, practice .ef this virtue, gentleness, is
,
very important. These differences are of
common occurrence, and separate very
friends, in many instances involving yeas-
tious .and expensive litigations. A few
soft words would generally prevent such re
sults, and lead to friendly efforts to adjust
them. It is the voice of love and peace
flowing out through all the outward, man,
in language, features, tones, and gestures.
Truly has the wise man said, " A soft an
swer turneth away wrath." How needless,
then, as well as hurtful, are those evils
which flow from rash and unkind expres-
sions among neighbors, and even among
professing Christians The Spirit of
Christ dictates a more excellent way. In
religious differences, especially, this Chris
tian grace should be very prominent. As
these take a stronger hold on the conscience,
and religious matters are more important
than all others, there is greater tenacity in
adhering to opinions, and more resistance
when . opposed. Christians do honestly
differ, but their sincerity is often evinced,
and sometimes the truthfulness of their
positions, by the manner as well as matter
of their discussions. It is a melancholy
feature, of religious controversies, in the
past and even in the present age of intel
lectual and moral improvement, that p.o
little of the Spiiit of the meek and gentle
Saviour prevades' their investigations. It
not only hinders the progress of the truth,
but widens the chasm, already too wide,
between those whose religious divergen
cies are small.
That Christian gentleness which shrinks
at giving unnecessary pain, alienating af
fection, or retarding the hopeful progress
of. Christian union, which throws a charm
over all the other attributes of scharacter,
and commends the religion of Christ to
the world, is so uncongenial with the ex
asperated spirit that it is often spurned rs
too tame, or equivalent to a concession of
error in faith or, practice. The spirit of
some periodicals ; is preferred,
,whose con
tents are largely, spiced with sharp denitn
ciatory epithets on those who differ from
them in theological speculations or philan.
throphic :measures.
The . xlawn of .a better day, however, -is
commencing. Those systems of false
Christianity, and that exclutheisnt among
the disciples of a true one, which refuses
to recognize an Rtazigelical Churches as
the Churches of Christ, standing aloof
froM all those efforts which, a united and
common Christianity should.make against
the common foe, are giving way, and we
begin to witness a. Christian courtesy
which respects their various' views of duty
and doctrine.—Evangelist.