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CAIRO', 111., February, 1862.
Arv, Da. Seittrtdk., Cor. Say Board of
Pablication, Philadelphia
Pear
,Sir .:—Since I last wrote •I have
‹.3eavottid diligently to prosecute the
work • in, which. God has permitted me to
engage, and have distributed over two thou
sand of the " Soldier's Pocket-Book,"
and about four hundred packages, or
ninety-eight thousand pagei, of the " Sol
dier's Series of Tracts," besides several
hundred pages of miscellaneous tracts, and
have placed the publications of our Board
in the hands of at least ten thousand men.
God had a work ler me to do in Cairo, of
which I little ,drerned'when I left my home
in lowa. Of the thousands to whom I
have presented the • " Pocket-Book " and
tracts, with, a few kind words of counsel,
only eight bave refused them, and, of these
eight, five were Rotnanists. Men not only
receive, but they react what I offer them.
I have seen hundreds at a time attentively
reading the tracts anff "Peoket-Book.
The popularity, of the latter• does not de
cline; on the contrary, it increases daily.
I am now pretty , well known in the camps
about Cairo, and neatly every hour of the
day, as I am passing to some newly-discov
ered field of labor, men run across the en
campment to meet me, and ask me if
cannot spare them one of those " nice little
books." Of course I can, though I have
already givem that regiment its allotted
number. And these books are not de
stroyed, In my distributions on steamers
I frequently find men who take them from
their pockets, .having received them on the.
Potomac, in Ohio, and Indiana. The
" Soldier's Series f Tracts" is also won
derfully popular. Hundreds of men have
told me they ire the best - tracts they ever
read. They certainly do arrest the atten
tion of the men who receive them.
The. present extensive movement of
troops down the Ohio and Mississippi has
brought thousands &men within my reach,
and yet I have not been able to supply one
man in ten of those who have passed this
point. And fbr some time to come there
will be work' in this vicinity for half' a
dozen colperteurs. I believe I am the
only one upon the ground. Oh for means
and men to adequately meet' the wants of
the thousands daily passing this point I I
this day in receipt of the third and last
is you have sent me. More than half its
intents are already engand, and in four
Lys my stock will again be exhausted. If
means for the prosecution of this noble
it can be furnished, I am willing to re- .
in upon this most inviting field so long
it shall seem to be God's will' If they
-withheld, I must leave it, and these
isands must remain uncared for. Can
means not be furnished?
" Sheet Music " sent me goes • off
ly. " Now we can sing some good old
; and hymns," say the soldiers, as they
the sheets. , *my of the men have
cultivated voices, and - marry a rude Len;•
lent has been made vital with the
Lit strains of "Happy day," " Good
~" " I'm a pilgrim and a stranger,"
one, brothers, will you meet us ?"
it delight is expressed', that- an opportu
is afforded of organizing singing clubs.'
Oh, here is the old 'Visitor," said a
cg man the other day; ". ' l' used to see
in the Sabbath School at ..home."
d where was that?" I asked. "At
in lowa," was the reply. Here
.me reared in the church of a beloved
her, ()f whose hospitality I had often
alten. Let us hope that the little Via
reminding him of home, may not be'
'iout its influence in keeping him from
, too common vices of the camp.
I have spent one -day of the present week
laboring among the prisoners from Fort
ielson. Many of them were sick and dy
, and I'tried to , direct them to Him who
eivetli sinners. The sick had no changes
under-clething, and I was enabled to or
' a supply from the stores of' the Saul
, Commission. Many of 'them were evi
fiy about to die, and kneeling-'in their
tat, I endeavored to commend them to
Great Physician. A few knew whom
r had believed, and found him a very
tent help in their day of trouble. One,
ie bonds a higher than earthly power
soon to sever, said, that " the Saviour
. he had tried to serve for twenty
14, was now supporting MM.° . Indeed,
had no other support. He regretted the
" he had taken in this rebellion. He
id like again to see his dear wife and
Iren in Tennessee. It • did seem- hard
to as he was dying, unnamed, and'amid
filth and stench of a prison steamer;
the road to his Saviour's Eirms'was short,
he was content to die thus, if: such Was
's Will,
can never forget the heartfelt expres
of gratitude that fell from the lips of
men. I went among them tb do
good, and the labors of' that day will
Lnly never be forgotten by me.
my visit to the Mound City Hospital,
my labors among its fourteen hundred
and wounded, as also my visit to the
Hospital at this place, I will speak in
At. Yours, truly, C. 0.. W.
B. Oontributiong to aid the Board in
ting forward this good work, may be
•essed to James .Dunlap, Esq., Treasurer,
Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.
t the Duty of the Church to Educate, ai
w Own Cost, livery 'Young Man Whom
Holy Spirit Calls:it freach the Gospel T
Our first position, 'in• our attempt to
'e that it is the duty of tbe Church to
Ate, at her own cost, every young man
the Holy Spirit calls tOprch the
tel, is, that it is the duty of 146 OnunCH
each the Gospel to every crew ere. We
emphasized the term Church for the
use of bringing out, at once, the
; point
which this part of our arg ument '
To the Church, and not to Apos-
A) the. Church, and not to any,order
urch officers, whether temporary . or
- tent, was the great COMmisaton
" Go ye into all the world, and preaeb
Gospel to every creature." This ,in
iretation is warranted by the Orman=
ices under which the commission wee.
in--by the fact that no discrimitition,
made, in the giving of it, between ,
!rah officers and Church members and.
he fact, that this was the view Of the
iissiotr entertained by the ChUrch,
aitrated by the historic events recorded
the New. Testament. These several eon- .1
lerations we have not room to expand in
compass to-which we feel bound'to re
.itt'an article in the Record, Besides,
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we are'satisfied that Presbyterian's, and,in
deed, the `great body of Christians,.practi
early, if not in theory, recognize this as
the true vie* as to the repositories of the
great commission. 'tie upon the assump
tion that-it is the duty of the-entire Church
to carry the tidings' ofvsalvation. to, the ut
termost ends of the earth, that the entire
rnelOershiP, in every denomination, are
appealed to for fe e ds to carry on mission
operaiions. Take away this principle from
such apreals, and they will fall' pointless
add powerless upon the hearts and con
sciences of the people of God. If the en
tire Church is not responsible for the exe
cution of the ti great colninission, then,
except on the principle -tliat- works of
supererogation may be' perforined by the
people of God, there can no appeal be
urged upon them to send missionaries to
the heathen. If it be not the duty
every Chunk member to do his` utmost to
carry out this commissiOn, on what princi-
pie,„except the principle of supererogation,
can he be urged to contribute to the cause
of missions ? There cane be no duty
where there is no can:inland
can be no transgression where there
is no law. The Word - -of God is a
complete, as well as' an infallible rule of
faith and practice, and no man may urge
upon another a duty which `that" Word does
not enjoin, or counsel hTta teshitu what it,
does not forbid. Private members of the
Church, therefore, can be , called up.on to aid
in the suatentation of-misaiona„on'Yno other
principle than that they are cent manded to
make the:Gospel known to every creature.
2. Our second position in support of the
doctrine that it is the duty of the Church
to educate young -risen : who- are called to
preach the Gospel, is, that the 'Gospel is to
be preached by men, called by the Holy
Spirit and separated to this work. On
this position it is scarcely necessary to
dwelt ;The statement of the, proposition
seems to be all that is required to secure
forit the ready assent and approval of an
Evangelical denominations: Even the So
ciety of, Friends hold' the essential truth
embraced in it; for it is only on the as
sumption that a member of that body, is
moved - by the Spirit, that his right to
preacit,is recognized. With regard to this
question, all denominations agree on three
points : 1. That itc is the lireregative of
Christ to choose his own ambaiSadors. 2.'
That those, and those only, : whom he,
chooses, have the Tight to preach. 3.. That
he indicates the objects of his choice by
the gift of the Holy Spirit calling them to
the work. That theseAhree points are sus
tained by express statements of' Scripture,,
and illustrated by our Saviour, both in'
the days of , his humiliation, sod - after his
ascension to- -the mediatorial throne, is a
truth too manifest to justify any ; formal ar
gument in its support
3. Our third position, therefore is, that
it is the duty of Ike Church- to preach, the
Gospel to every creature through, this'Heav 2
en-ordained agency., W 9 say, therefore,
because this .position follows, as a necessary
consequence, from the two preceding posi
tions. If the duty of preaching the Gos
pel to every creattire,is'a duty binding up
on the entire Church—a dutY"whose obli
.
gation reaches to every church,member,
and if the preaching is to be performed by
men chosen and set apart to that work by,
Christ, then it is manifest; 'that the - Only
way in which the entire Church can dis
charge this duty, is by sending , forth ,and
Sustaining those whom Christ calls.' And:
it can be no less'manifest that the number
to be sent is to know of no-limitation, ex;
eept the sovereign grace of Him , who calls,
On no other principle cap.• the entire.
Churoh, or the particular denomination in
its entirety, be regarded as obeying the
comuland of 'Christ, issued to :his Church
in the great commission. If" our mission
aries in India and elsewhere do not go forth
as our representatives, and if their toils;
they are not sustained by usi'liew can we
claim that, we are fulfilling this great Com
mission ? Is it not clear that if the con
nexion of these_missionaries with us; as
, our representatives in the greatharvest-field
'of heathenism, he severeVA,We', as a' 'de
nomination, are not carryingkOt the coin
timid by' Which it is made the duty, of, the
Church to preach the Gospel to 'every area,
ture ? Admit the principle that these her
alds of salvation go forth on their own ac
count, in discharge of a dultyyreating only
on those'who are called'to preach, and that
they, and they only, are, responsible for-go
ing forth, or staying at home, and that ,
there is no obligation upon the Church to
send them, and when this - - Principle is'
adopted by our Church, let, us ;from that
hour cease to call them our missionaries, or
to flatter ourselves that we are , engaged in
fulfilling the commission in which Christ
has enjoined it upon the' entire Church,'
and therefore• upon all her members, to
preach the Gospel to every creature. This
principle, however, no Church on earth has
adopted, and we ave' no reason' to think
that our Church, after such , glorious
achievements, on the field of both foreign
and domestic missions, will ever cease to
send'forth and sustain, as her representa
dies in executing her commission, those
whom her Head calls to the work of the
_ministry. We believe that no Church of
Christ will continue to pray, for the 'evan
gelization of the world, and to ask , the
Lord `'of the harvest to send forth• laborers
into his-'harvest,'and yet refuse to furnish
the Means to send forth those reapers whom
he calls in answer to her prayers.
4. Our next position is, that'the duty, of
the Church, under this commission, em
braceathe sustentation of every young man
who is called by the Holy Spirit to preach
the gospel, during his -I.?reparation for the
work. This last point , is , perhaps the only
one; in connexion with the great commis
sion, on which any meMber,of the Presby
terian Church has any deubt. The discus
sion of the points already stated , , however,
may not have been in vain. We are per
suaded that but little relleetioit iti'ucessary
to enable one to see that 'the prineitile
volved in this - position is the very ; same
which has been already , recognized in, the
previously specified positions, and which
no Presbyterian would for a moment Call
in qiiestion l In the acknowledgment that
it is ' , the duty of the Church to send the
Goepel to every creature, and , that ,the
Churchj.muStberepresented in her entirety
in the discharge of this - duty, there is, as
already seen, 'a fgfl recognition of the duty
of the Church to, sustain : those who repre
sent her on the mission field. But why is
she bound to sustain her Missionaries; if she
is not' also bound Ur sustain her candidates?
It cannot be beettime the :time of the for
mer is'more exclusively occupied than the
'time of the latter, for in the one case as
`well as in the other, the-entire,titne.of the
individual is presumed to be occupied.
Nor can it be because the latter is not.en
gaged in the work embraced under the
great commission, for obligation to preach
the 'Gospel implies the right and the duty
of providing and employing all the means
necessary to accomplish that end. The
duty of preparation is: as manifest as the
duty of preaching; ,and the duty of prepa
ration is not one whit more obligatory on a
young man who is called •to the'work of the
ministry, than it is on the Churoh. .The
special call given: by the Spirit to the hull
vidual, imposes upon him the duty of pre
paring for the Work to which' he le called,
and the universal commission-g,iven to the
Church imposes Upon the entire , mystical
body the duty of preparing men for the ex
'ecution of it. If the commission doeS not
imply preparation, neither does the call.
;The duty of Preparatiou, 'therefore, is com
mon to the Church and'the candidate. It
is the duty'ef the candidate to prepare for
'the work to which he is 'called, and it is
the duty of the Church to prepare for the
very same work.
And farther; as the only wayin which
.the Church can prepare for preaching, is
by preparing , preachers,- and as she' is re
stricted in her choice to those whom God
has called, it follows, that the duty of prep
aration restizir, on the Church in virtue of
her commission, and the duty of prepare=
tion resting on candidates in virtue of their
call, meet and . coalesce in the preparation'
of the same , persons. The special onus 'of
this preparetion, resting reSpectiVely on the
Church' and her 'candidates, we shill con
sider in our riekt:—Home and Foreign
Record.
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- For !kebPresbyteriati Banner
Letter from the Army..
FRIEND , RIFLES, *FIRST. REGIMENT, BIOIELES P
BRIGADE, Camp.rarnum, March 8, 1862.
MR. EDITOR : last Wrote to'
you; we have had<fhe mournful and solemn
Autr , to perform of burying one' of our
number. He belonged
.to Co. A., Naas' a
new recruit and had, been only here one
month. It seemed hard for him, after he
had come in the youthful ardor of his pa
triotism, to fight for his country, in the,
short space of one month, to be stricken
by the fell hand 9f disease and sink into
the grave, a stranger in a strange land
without the consolation and kind attention
of a mother or friend. God's will be'done,
but if lam to die, during this war, I trust
may receive my death-wound in the bat
tle field in my country's service. He was
'buried on a Sunday. , A corporal's guard,
with reversed, arms, marching with slow
step to the muffled music of the drum, to
gether with most of the regiment, accom
pealed him to his last resting. - place. lt
was a cold, bleak day. The , chaplain made
a few appropriate remarks an&the whole
services were peculiarly - solemn, every one
appearing to be deeply impressed. I have
heard persons speak of the callousness of
soldiers, of their indifference to scenes like
this, but if they had been • 'here, theywould
have thought differently.
A. grand review of our ' - entire brigade
Came off kit Saturday. Gen. Sickles. and:
Staff were present, and as- each company,
and regiment marched past him, his coun
tenance was lit uitliiith a senile' of pride and
satisfaction. I stood a few feet from him
and must say, the cleanlyappearance of the
Melt, their arms and accoutrements; their
marching and evolutions were superb and
reflected credit on us. I May be pardoned
when I say our company and regiment ex,
celled all therest in their precision in march
ing and in their calinness in going through
the various' evoltitions—in fact I heard dis
interested'persons say the same. Our brass
band did' excellently well and, we are justly.
proud of them. Two of our company have
been detailed as musicians. In fact all the
principal detaila are made:from our com
pany. The hospital steward, regimental
'Secretary of War, Adjutant-General's See
retary, Commissary's-Sergeant, and Brigade
Carpenter, belong to us.. '
The weather' for several days, last week;
was clear and windy, and we were "in hopea
that the roads would be dried: up so as we•
could cross the river and make an advance,
,but Saturday, it commenced snowing and
has not ceased yet, cansingthe roads to be
.as bad as ever". A report reached camp af
ter the review, that Gen: Heifitileman had
advanced and: ;crossed. OCcaquan Creek,
which is only. nine miles above us; over in
Virginia. It created , great'excitment,' and
lour boys are > eager for an advance. The
''rebels are much quieter than they were,
hardly ever firing a shot from' their river,
batteries. It has been discovered that they
lave removed some;of their heaviest can
non. from'the river ;back toward Manassas:
I' expect their recent reverses have dis
couraged them: Our captain met with
quite a misfortune last week. The house
that we built for the accommodation of
'himself and wife, while she was here on a
visit, took fire and consumed all of his
;clothing and other property, to the value of
between two. and three hundred dollars.
We succeeded in putting the fire out before
the house burnt clown. It was fortunate
that she 'had 'retnrned home' the clay pre-,
vieus. Our sutler, owing to the bill which
recently passed. Congress, has;been obliged
to shut up his,shop, much to our gratifica ,
tibia; for he imposed the peorpst article at
the 'moat - eiorbitant rates - en us. We are
visited now bYinumerous'pedlers, and their
competition enables us to procure the lulu
ries they bring, at moderate,rates.
Our brigade ' together with the whole di-'
vision, under Gen. Hooker, contemplated
moving across theriviniliiieSitdiday night,
but owing , to the treason of some person or
persons, information was. sent; to theaebels
and they had fifteen thousand men ready to
receive us; so, of course,,we were - oblige&
to abandon the attempt., great pity
some of these traitors,, or spies are not ; 1
caught and immediately, hung. , : We have.
quite a number of "contrabands" in camp.
Some `belonging in the neighborhood whose
former masters are inthe rebel army, and
some Who have escaped from Virginia.
They are employed by the officers anser
yenta, and also in, he Commissary Depart-,
ment. At first, when freedom . was a new
thing to them, thej appeared overjoyed and
most willing to do anything r but now, after
they haie become used to i,t,:they are, with .
some few exceptions, lazy, very dirty and;
show a gryater degree of aptness in;
imitating the vices of the wicked soldiers,
than in practieing the virtues of the good.
They are , disliked very much, by the sol
diers, and although we consider Slavery, to
he the main cause of this unnatural war,
;we hope it may end in the banishment , of,
both from the country...,
I was. rejoiced \to !pin); a fcwidays ago, of
PITTSBURGH; SATURD"-: M ARCH 22, 186
the formation of a churchin the Thirteenth
Pennsylvania Regiment and firo many, of
thew becoming soldiers of the Crosh.
Would 'to God 1 had such glad tidings t'r'out
this regiment to inform you ofi Will you
not join the few here in their prayers for, a
similar work of grace? Hoping that my
next letter may be dated in #ichanond,
remain, Yours, respectfully;
*J. C. L.
EUROPEAN CORRESPONDENCE.
ifr. Bright's Qomplairit—Lord Palmii!stme et'Beply
bfr. Baxter's Sentiments— Tle& Impenitent
•"`Times"—The International Exhibitiori---Libe-
ria the Earliest in the Field—Other Contributora
—lnterior Progress—Culinary(reparatio ns- Spiritual Provision for Forezyneri,tand the Evan
gelical 'Alliance Proposals—Proftssor' . .Tou4tt,.
and ,the Professional Endotoinerd4---,Pusey and
Party Spirit- To:lWe Sympathizers---What
Jigana and , Indicates—An Approaching Royal
keirriage—The Terms of the Contradt—:'fih'i
Cronin Princess of .Prussia—The?QUeded Deep
Sorrow—Her Choice as to a-Mtinuinent---Zord
Derby's Anxiety not to Disturb .t) Mourner—
Will Palmerston Go Out g----The queenan4_, the
"Great Change—The Pope—A Mi - 44,11feettin:o,,
4"c•
'
LONDON, Fe 22,
Mn. BaiunT, on Monday last brought
up the affair of the Treht, in connexion
with a. vote in the 'House for the expenses
of dispatching troops, &c., to Canada. .He
praised Lord Rinsel s dispatches and let
ters ; he.approved of the request made of
the WaShington Government; but he;corn
plahied that the war preparations had been
made at all, and that the' press had been;
guilty of, great and provoking violence of
language toWardthe United States.. 'Lord
Palmerston replied, and said that the, Gov
ernment had not, been guilty'of any vio
knee ; that they had done hut 4what was
übsolutely demanded by, the necessities of
the'Caße that' - threats had been ,uttered as
to the invasion , of Canada, W:hich, being
weak as to its defences,reituired to be
'strengthened, and that as the' Wiehin...ton
Government having kept the' fear men in
prison, Mr. Bright was wrong: in 'thinking
.that they would have been liberated at ,all
a.
events. ,He also referred to oit he banquet
given to Captain Wilkes, Boston . , the
Governor and Judicial persthie being pres
ent; to his jubilant receptir at a New-
York theatre; 'and aboi.e o the appro
bation accorded . him for act by the
Secretary of the Navy. .Nap' of all this
had reached this country, amithe natural
conclusion was, that there Wi's imminent
danger'of a rupture. He then went on to
maintain that the course adopted by the
British - GoVernment was thatbest 'calcu
lated to prevent a rupture, and not only so,
but tolead te a permanentlylbAter under
standing. "'I think, then, that the censure
of my - honorable friend, the member' for
Birmingham'," (Mr.,Brighti) is not de-'
served, and that what we did, was not at , all
calculated , to provoke the,Government.of
the United States. It was.simply a limas-,
nre which it was our bounden,'duty to take,
seeing the,uncertainty , of the result of, the'
communications carried outsfroirithis,coun
try. So far from any feeling of, ineradica
ble irritation between_ Oar two- countries.
being engendered by the--.
believe that a contrary course would have ,
produced - such a result. If Her Majesty's
Government had subndtted to a declared'
insult, no doubt a vote of censure 'would
have been ,passed on them: Still the act
would have been ;done, and the sense or ,
humiliation and- degradation, would have. ,
been perpetually in the minds• of at , least
the present generation, on. account of the
gross, and unatoned-for insult committed,
against the country, * * ,There, start
up, from time to time,. between countries,
antagonistic pas.sionic i and questions .of con
flicting interests, which, if not ,properly
dealt with, wouldterminate in'the explosion
of war. Now, if one • country is led - to
think that another country, with which
such questions mighk,arise, is, from 'fear,
disposed on every occasion tamely, to submit
to any amount of indignity, that is .any en
eourdgernent to hostile' conduct; and to ex.- ,
trerne, proceedings, which lead to conflict..
It may be depended on, that there is no
better security for peacnbetween nations,
than the conviction that each must -respect.
the other, that each is capable of defending
itself, and that no insult or injuryi commit
ted by the one against the other. would pass
unresented. Between nations, .as between
94utual respect is the ;best. se
curity for mutual, good-will,- ; and mutual
courtesy,, and therefore,-in my opinion, -the
bourse pursued by the Government in-one
Much more likely than that suggested :by.
Mr. Bright, to secure the continuance 'of
peace."* • .
Mr.,Baxter, the- Liberal M. P., for: Dun-:
'dee, who has written a capital; ,of
'Travels in the United States, and-who has,,
'a warm sympathy, with the Americanpeo
ple, did not endorse the views , of. Mr.
Bright. And he added as to the press ar
ticks : "It is no part of our business: to ,
defend what, had appeared in newspapers,
andl believe that, the language ,made use
of by some organs of pulic , 'opinion in.
this country, was quite as discreditable. AS.
that, which was used by ; the .=press Of• New-•
York." He also said.: "Having::some
slight acquaintance with thei working, of the
political machinery in the UnitedStates4
must say that I have comet& a very; differ
Vent conclusion from, that arrived:at' by my
honorable friend, Mr. Bright fOr my firm
' impressiOn is—and it is confirnied by va-'
lions private communications - which.' have
recently received—thet, aftertheffirst feel
ing of annoyance and irritation dl . p.d passed
away, the manner in which this laMentable
affair had been Settled, tio Te' leaving
any feeling of .bitterneSs, , or 'ineradicable'
sting, it will, before long, lead to' a- better .
understanding ; between. the two ,countries.',
The Times , came out the next, morning
with a defence of 'the press, and this in its
own fashion:- It - rivers itsinneceride of the'
oharge of ,having- used 'insultinglangtiVei
and challenges :proof! Everybody knows
that it was .violent; and no large section,
even of the upper, much less of the middle
or lower class oithe-Britisirriation—this
I say confidently—apProved, of. its tone,
temper, or language. Never yet'Aid tin
limes 'own that it was wrong. It his done
infinite evil', and mud) fgobd; but
true, that too often the "'evildives," and
that the "good is oft interred ',':along with
the defunct " leaders." Secretary
Seward only does. justice to Lord
,Russel
when he says ' that; he' gives' credit' the
sincerity and friendliness 'of our 'Foreign'
Minister.
TILE INTERNATIONAL kkEtitnicem is
now 'taking. consignnientsz.ofi . 'goods:
Liberio has had the ,konor. bein:the
i - -
*We "addept -the'Upology;- although - it' yr- far
froxa!meetingithelargstin the•easehirEy.;
.first in:the field. Ageneral delivery began
i this week, from. Russia, Norway, Belginiti,
I Austria, rand from several : towns of the
'Unitedaingdoni. - : The most recent foreign
apPlicatiotiAr space is from. the new King
vf-Madagascar, who hats, it is said; gathered
together a fine collection of the raw pro
ducts and ~manufactures of the fertile
country :over vihich he rules. As to the
'great' 'doilies, glaziers 'are Sheathing their
sides' with panes of glass; each 'about four
feet long— In the interior the painting is
advancing rapidly,; six hundred men work
ing; from, eight in the morning till nearly
'ten' at `night. ' There` will be magnificent
stained gih4 Witidoirs, filed in large wooden
framings . under the - domes ; and each will
serve as, a highly .ornatriented .elockLface.
`The paintings will be placed very soon in
the great picture gallery. I confess this—
Irdrii my reminitteenees'of the art-display `
at
;Maneliester- 1 --to he what I mosylongto see.
'Palaces, old mansions, and private Million
aire connoisseurs in pictures, will = send
theirt trptakres t ;and, pme mice more—in
AcnlnextonY44.4he- wligieitYdixtg7 -- Amitt.
gi sithing e beaittritilidy foieVer. '' - " :
Greet preparatiOnti are being' made in the
respectively..
enh e osdi f api r dee e pre s ,
aat h rt 4 3 , . , . . i
:ite m :
ite e esi
y n tt. : .
6.
management,fa d i
;.,reu
fourth,
ia a teh r s t e m :
o:ar n :
ifftssd,
of fare,
e rre r a6. t
ea:t.iyi
lgali English lciai.nbi,daae
first Class ; (a regular' dinner &three coin's
es-,) 55., excluaive of aiines or spirits' The
English ; ; Contractors, have ordered 20,000
dinner'plates, 20,000 dessert plates, 2,000
large dishes, nearly 3,000 soup plates, 500
soup-tureens, 1,000 . 'coVe-dishes, 2,000 de
canters; 20;000 finfiblers, &c.-i , &c. -Cutlery
- and linen damasks for table cloths, , &c.,
have been -ordereditrimmense - quantities.
PanPAnArrOfts`forthe spititnal instrue
tion and benefit , of foreign - visitors' haVe
been" initiated by the Foreign Conference' '
and - Evangelization Committee in London.
Of this committee Lord Shaftsbury is pres
ident. Five noble men, two baronets, two
HanorableS, and' a large body of Evangeli
-cak ministers, and laymen, constitute its
Membership. The , object is to secure der-
ing the,,lnternational Exhibition in J86? 1 ,
the following ; Religious services and lee
tut*, conducted ,or delivered by faithful
'ministers '
in foreign languages; the diStri
bution - of the-Scriptures, and of 'Evangeli
, cal•beaks , and tracts; the employment of
missionaries among foreigners,;, the ; romo
tionof brotherly intercourse. with foreign
erg, with a view to the interchange of in
relative to the progress of the
Gospel; the hiringt of .suitable rooms to be
well supplied with ~English and -Foreign
periodicals, and where brethren- of all na:.
tions- mayheie opportinitied of meeting
one another, a'registry of addresses being
also kept. In order to Make:this provis
ion, 'considerable expensermustheiticurred.
Offices, Conference; Rooms, and preaching
places must be secured, and it will be ne
cedsary to defraY the expenses of such ter
eign pastors is may be invited ';'fi;bui the
`Continent. , Besides-Evangelists und Col
porteurs will. be employed' at' the- Zxhibit
tion itself, in the; crowded thoroughfares,
'leading to it,-at thc f ra,ilway - stations and
termini, through . which foreigners will he
continually passing' and' iePOsittg, and at
three or four- of our liirge seapbrt towns;
besides special ;efforts:; in relation to the
House of. Israel, the pnrchase of copies of
the Scripture's and of other publications.
A - .Meat promising ' field of usefulness is
thus openedup;-and *rho can estimate the
result,Sofsucha 'wide sowing of < the seed
of the Word, not i only in England,' among
foreign ,visitors,:but virtually in other
elands, :by the impresdions made, truths re
membered, and Bibles, &e., carried' away to
then-own: confitHes and . homes. A large
number, of working Mei are' likely to come
from Paris to the Exhibition, and Prince
Napoleon is asking the Prefect of the
Seine f0r20,000 francs to be added to a
similar sum froni' a committee of which he
is piesident,for the necessary expenses. ,
PIWEESSOa'JowiaT one of the authors
of ~ Essays and' Reviewd,',' ever since' his
,
,appointment . as Greek Professor at Oxford,
has had ; only 440 per annum as salary.
:Some ancient endowment had apportioned
this sum to the post. - Some-months ego,
, mheti the agitation about 'Essayism was at,
its height; a motion , waSinadein the senate
of the . University, to enlarge the endow-
MCIEO : The debate was a warm one, and
thoroughly,partizan in its , character. In
fact, it turned not upon the merits of the
ease (whiCh quoad scholarship and needed
increase , of'endownient; were beyond dis
pute) but: on sympithyiwith, or antagonism
to Semi-Rationalist, theelogy. Dr. Piney
—who for his per conga - and extreme
prieStiam, , shOlild have been " ungoined
twenty yearn' ago, as well 'as " ringowned "
as a clergyman - of a professedly Protestant
Church—wad fierce . against' Jewett. The
result, was; that the, increased endowment
to Jnivett was;,
refused. Whereupon, sev
.
eralleading men, some moved by the spirit
a 'fair. play, others indifferent as to'matters'
.of doetrine,, , but adliring the man, and
others—Arvid for the, new theology--com
menced a subseriptien which reached
42,060 Among the nettles Of subscribers,
are these '' or 'Lards Landsowne, Russel,
Carlisle and Granville . Alfreds , Tennyson,
`Dr.
~Milman,_' Sir ; , : Charles .Lyelle, , and Dr.
Jacobson. From the. sum obtained, it was
propoied to paythe arrears tittle six years
dieing` which 'Professor' Jewett bad held
office. 'But after warmly expressing his
gratitude;Nr. Jowett:says that though he
' had-feryently.hopedfor an endowment for
the Chairbe could not accept money,from
those on whom he had no claim- and he
conchides:l4 'stating that his satisiCtion at
the possession 1 of'sitch a - list'of friendly
thimesi greater, thin any pecuniary advati
'cage:,.Allthis indicates -aohivalrous spirit
in the„man,„even though lie may, by pri
vate tuitions as a Fellow of the University,
be able ;Maintain himself. But it also'
indicates -tifrealidst,-• the , under-eurren t,
and reaction going on .in -many educated
minds—the,revulsion and pendulum-swing
ing produced by Churchism and its hateful
and intolerant pretensions. And.- . 2'dly, it
siiggests that half measures are always"con- -
itemptible- and ineffeettialoiridi that to do
rightis, always best. If> Professor Jowett
(as he undoubtedly is,) a heretical teach
.
er, let him be dealt with,. as t such; but
eh 18rig' 'as we prespented ' either by
Bishopei . Collegiate '..Muthorities, why
should one of'. the best, , if not. the , first,
Greek scholars in 'England, be dishonestly
deprived of his proper reward. - To this it
may be added, that to make a man, A mar
tyk, makes w a y for the'bad cane as well as
the goods .- - - - - -- , ~ -, ' ,
This,'" however',: does inot,:,apiily , to the
prose,eu*AS itistitstedllialltheSSeelesiatiti-,
WHOLE NO. 495:
cal. Courts; by Bishops, against clergymen ,
in their own dioceses. All honor to them
for their fidelity, if this Rationalistic
school be sheltefed and condoned , the
house divided against itself" -must perish.
Probably-in this way the composite and
compromtee. Establishment will be yet bro
ken up, especially if the laity be more vig
ilant, and' if by voluntary offerings and
proportional giving, now making progress
among Churchthen at Manchester and else
where, .the discovery of an , inexhaustible
.inine of wealth,. shall be made.
TUN APPROACHING MARRIAGE of; the.
F'rincessAlice—probably in, June next—is
foreshadovied by the Publication of a mar
riage contract, drawn up and publisho.
The young lady will haveU mitrriage dowry
of £3o,ooo,•and an annuity of £6,000. The
dowry willbe so invested as to secure. a
life interest to husband ancLwife, or to the
survivor of ,them ; the annuity is to be set,
tied on the Princess for her separate use,
without nower of alienation, and- Will ex
-
Tire with her life:, - The; liole.4tOim - `'
secured ,;fripi..ti es, "(sky at 3/ per
cent. on the .R. 30 000 ) will not much ex
.
ceed 48,000 a year. It is much less',"
says a public writer, " than many tradesmen
in the city of 'London, or in the manufac-
turing districts, could give their daughters:
It was assented to by. Parliament without a
Igdeed, it could not have been oth
erwise. Unless the Royal children are to
be. married portionless;
it would have been
impossible to have objeCted to this alloW-
ance." The young, Princess is especially
dear to the nation, and as you know, has
,been the great consoler and tender-hearted
couipanion of her.widowed mother: There
is good reason to believe that she is a Chris
tian indeed.
On the side of the . bridegroem, his father,
the Grand. Duke of Hesse, agrees to allow
him, ft* his appanage annually,, 40,000
florins; which is equal to £4,000; and fur
ther, in 'case the Princess should survive
her —husband, to grant her an annuity of
£2,00 or £4,000, according-as the Prince
May, die .in „the possession of his present
rank, or by the death 'of his elder brother
previously, in' that' of" the heir 'apparent to
the Taal Duchy of Hesse. "Whenever,"
truly says amOrning 'paper, " the ;Princess
Alice will
her
our shores with:the hus
band of her choice, she, will, take with her
the kind Wishes of every one in this king
dom ; and' if 'there 'is 'any truth in the
adage, that 4 good mother:3 ‘proiltice good
'Aanghters,' fortunate indeed must be the
Prince of Hesse, in the wife whomhe has
Chosen."
The Princess Frederick, of Prussia; is
now on a-Visit to the Queen. ' The meeting
between mother and daughter must have
been truly trying. Never did.tWo . such
meet---after a special and , kindred bereaye
ment---te weep . over abetter hushand or
father. The memory of i the departed will
be semper vireSeens ; people's eyes fill with
tears when he is spoken of; memorials will
be .erected every •where and the central.
one in London • has already very large funds
provided tor its erection What it is to be,
has not been annOunced; probably' it is not
yetmletermined.. , , As-to the.Queens,sorrow,
it is so deep, , abiding and pungent, , that
there is some apprehension about her.: ,The
following paragraph appeared in theqpec
tator (a: London weekly) last Saorday, :
64 The Queen's grief is immeasurable, and
her. depression it said to :be regarded by
the, Court with , the deepest. sympathy, - not
- now, unminglecl with anxiety. All ; the ; offi
cial,
allusions confirm this: rumor., It Would.'
seem also that the Queen his a," definite,
idea as 'to the kind of monument which
should be raised. to the memory ()flier hus=
band, and Lord Granville has said publicly,
that 'if psked,. she will ,not shrink .from
giving her opinion.."' In • truth, ..I fear it
would not be very safe to agitate her, by
opposing her wishes in Bich a matter. It
is for the same reason, it is said—lest the
Queen should .be disturbed bya dissolution
of Parliament—(to which, if driven• to it by
a party divisiOn a,gainst him, .Palmerston
I would unquestionably 'be obliged to resort,)‘
that Lord Derby, who has more of the
Queen's friendship than has our Premier,
restrains the ; impatience of Mandl and
other followers.. They are certainly grow ::
ing in strength; still it is qfiestionable•
whether, in 'a stand-up fight; a dissolutien
could be got *this' session, as there are
no great questions to hediscussed, and a
Reform measure• will
,not be proposed. Be
sides, Lord Palmerston is a moderate con
,
.serfative himself, and several recently
.
elected Conservatives promise to give him
"an •independentaiipport."' If the Whigs
were thrown out, • must rally around
their old Liberal flag; now they reign,
partly from temporary causes,, partly be
cause theY have more sympathy with frei
dom on •the Continent,' and especially in
Italy, than the Opposition.; and partly, too,
because, whatever- be the faults of the press,
they have not sympathy with slavery or the.
South, (as some Tories have,) and
,partly
becausb of the immense, personal popularity
of LordPilinerston. -
Returning to our beloved Victoria, you
know how frequently I have referred to her.
" stone grief' after the death of, her mother,
the Dutchess of Kent. have lately heard
it affirmed by a lady, who seemed' to have
some - authority for the' statement, that 'the
Queen'-s sorrow 'was soniething MOM than
the agony of bereavement; that its_sting
and bitterness, were from the, direct agency,
of that:Divine Agent -who " convinces of
sin," and who fills'ihe soul with ears • aid
dark- ibrebodings; and that this' was the
dark precursor of a morning •of gladness,
to a thorough renovation a heart; to the
living faith which trusts in the Great Sac
rifice ; to the being filled with joy and
peace in "believing; and to abounding in
hope; by the' power of , the" Holy' Ghost.
There • are many -evidences that the Spirit
of God has been at work in the Queen's
family; at Balmoral,as, well as at. Windsor
Castle, we haVe had indications of it; and
If the great change' is a bleasedi 'reality to
the Qtieen, then what grounds , for thank
fulness, and what ;ultimate, exhaustless,
and sure, consolations for the widowed and
weeping One I ej..W.
P. S.—A breakfast in honor of the mein
ory of Washington : was-held .this Morning
in the London Tkvern-7=-the Bishtip df Ohio
in the . Chair: Moreabout this in my, next.
The Pope hid the offer from Prance of a
nominal sovereignty Over all the States of
the Chureh which nowhelong to the -King
dom of Italy,' and absolutesovereignty over
the city of Rome, and, the domain of St.
Peter. This territory, would have , formed
a separate State, administered'by a reezdar
governinent, - composed" of two ChaMbers,
inanely:a, Senate,-nomitiated by the? Pope,
,and an elective Houswnfißepresentativesr.
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The President would be nominated for two
, .
years, and have akpolitical power. Tribute
would have been paid to the Pope by the
King of Italy, • but his provinces would
have. formed an- i ntegral. part. of the Italian
Kingdom.. The, Oatholie powers would
have paid a subsidy to , the Pope. This is
yin unviorktible scheme. The Pope says,
" Let IA wait the course of events," among
which ' poisible " events" some are desi
rous of putting the assassination of Napo-
leon. His relat'i'ves at Roe are treated
with coutumeli. The Papal` government is
destroying " a very large quantity of secret
documents," - others 'have been sent to Vi
enna. The guilty fear of detection and ex
posure in a day of sudden retribution, dic
tates this.
By another colliery accident, (in Wales,)
fifty persons have perished..
Lord Arthitir Hervey announces that be
has discovered . Tyndall's discovery of " The
Prophet ,JonaS, and Mr. Watts f of the
British Muse:iiin—an eminet authority—
voches for thediscove,ry,
I: *l4.rdriigh - C - Mbetfrig--the twenty-fifth
since February, 1860—was held last week.
It was very solemn and interesting. As
this is a movement evidently owned of
God, and being more and more imitated in
country towns and elsewhere in the United
Kingdom, it should, I submit, be attempt
ed, in Divine strength, by American Chris
tians, also. The following is an authentic
account of the recent meeting, as it appears
in a North London paper:
MIDNIGHT MEETING MOVEMENT.—Another of
these meetings was held on Tuesday evening last,
at the Milestone Hall, near the Angel, Islington.
There were present, the Rev. Dr. Weir, Rev.
Mr. Manners, Mr. Ormiston, Mr. Fontescue,
and
Mr. F. Nicholls, of the Committee, with Mr.
Thomas, Secretary of the Female Preventive and
Reformatory Institution, Euston-road.
From eleven to twelve o'clock, a number of the
unfortunate class began •to assemble; soon after
the, latter hour had arrived, about ,one hundred
and twenty were 'present—and the hall became
so full that the doors had to be closed, and fur
ther applicants for admission refused. Tea, cof
fee, and bread and - butt - 6: were placed on the ta
bles, and,after all had partaken 9f thelood cheer
prOvided, the proceedings of the evening nom
menCed by singing a hymn. Mr. Thomas then
read . the fifteenth- chapter of St. Luke—which
was followed by a prayer by Dr. Weir—another
'hymn - followed; and then Dr. Weir delivered a
most earnest' add affectionate address, of which
the following is an outline: —He commenced by
referring to the three beautiful parables from
Luke WhiCh had been read, and showed that
the followers of Christ were, by these midnight
Meetings trying to act as the . Saviour did, who
" received sinners and ate with-them," not to en
courage them in their sins, but to reclaim, re
store,. and save in Christ forever. He then
pointedlY, yet kindly, dealt with the consciences
of; his audience, proceeding afterwards to show
them. that they in their present condition, had
'neither' "friends" net. "homes." Would they
icon that. man a-friend, who spoke as a friend and
a lover, but to betray, and who
• " Smiles, and smiles, and is a villain ? "
Or could . they for'a moment consider as "homes"
'those houses of evil fame., whose proprietors
sent them forth to ensnare, pollute, and destroy,
without a spark of compassion for them, but
sheltered them only so long as they served their
purposes, 'for base and sordid gain. " don't
want to speak harshly," said the speaker, "or
to hurt your feelings; but you know, my friends,
that these are not , friett4s," that you are mere
bond-slaves, and that the Clothes you wear are
„not.:your,„ptin.„?.
„What has vile passion in com
mon.with the pure and innocent love of tit°
young hearts drawn together? What home is
there in the haunta of wiekednessl' " Dr. Weir
then proceeded to npeakno the*. of his audience
who had enjoyed the blessings of a home in
childhood, and painted in words which produced
the strongest. emotion, the misery brought by
their misconduct on parents—especially mothers.
He them spoke enceiiraginly to the desponding ;
told them there; as hope for them even in this
.world--;that the Redeemer was able, willing, and
waiting, to. save them, even as he had saved the
woinan, that was a:sinnqr. . Let them now give
themselves to Christ to save them, trusting in
him as their Sairifice, and then, pardoned and
cleansed, they would soon find that "Jesus is on
the throne of Providence." Here the speaker
narrated the' happy results of the midnight
movement, iniliesting, in town and country,
within two years, no fewer than.sib hundred and
thirty-eight rescued, and gave particulars as to
what had been done for them—some hav
ing been "married," others "restored to
Mende," others "reconciled to their hus
bands;?" some had "emigrated," some "in ser
vice," and, others were now in "Homes." And
after detailing:the case of a poor girl, who had
been sent by himself to a "Home,' and was now
a new creature and provided for, he appealed to
all present to avail themselves at once of the
golden 'opportunity now'offered to escape from
ruin, temporal' and eternal.
It was very interesting to observe the effect of
the kind words and touching appeals made to
the hearts and consciences of these unhappy
Igirls—many quite young. Freely were tears
shed as allusion was made, to their former state of
happiness before sin had caused their sad fall
from the paths of virtue.
After •the conclusion of. the address, another
hymn was sung, and the benediction pronounced.
Previous, however to dismissing the meeting, it
was announced that if any chose they could re
main for further advice from the ladies and gen
tlemen present; of this offer many- availed them
, selves and before leaving ,each female was pre
sented with a suitable Tractand a card referring ;
them to. Mr. Smith, the Secretary to the move—
ment, No. 27, Red Lion Square. It is very. ,
cheering to know that several girls determined to•
abandoa at once their wretched course of life,.
and arrangements were made for their being re-*
ceived. A -number did repair thither on Satmo..
day, and, several were received. There was sr
most affecting case of ona poor creature, who ,
willingly consented' to go. into tbe Union for a
time,..and who manifested the deepest anxiety in
reference to her spiritual interests.
The 'correspondent of the Morning Star,
in a letter-front New:York; which appears.
this day, indicates that Congress is seri
ously. contemplating the abolition of also.
very. If this proves correct, England, as•
a nation, (with the miserable exceptions I
have often hinted at,) will be with you,
heart'aid. soul.
An Amusing Incident.
In a Western Conference one circuit sent
in a petition for a minister, but said noth
ing about any characteristics as a preacher
or a cliaciplinarian. 'One quality, however,
he must have : ." Be sure and send us a good
swimmer;" said the=petitioners. Of course,
every one was puzzled, and none 'more so•
than the Bishop. On inquiry; it turned out•
that the-circuit was situated in a region of
wide and bridgeless streams, where'the itin
erant, iii,keeping his appointments, would
have to rely upon his own power of aquatic
locomotion in fact; one minister had been•
drowned on the circuit, because of his defi
ciency in this respect !---North, American
Review. •
Wisti Sayings.
• To be rich is•to be content with' little,
Is it ill with thee in life ? • IlititiO l the
traveller who, amid the discomfatta of a
bad inn, reflects that he has ()Witt) pass
the night, there. c'.l=
Patience' is a tree' whose' rod,ioi.are bitter,
but the fruit :is -very' sweet: teq.l'' •
A .diattiOrk, 'With sortie is still
More freeionti therOa pebble *atlas none.
govern -liiituself, is fit to
the world.