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IiNION MEN AT THE SOUTH.
We have maintained, and still firmly be
lieve, that a large majority of the people of
the South are itt favor of the Union.
Partly by falsehood and deception, partly
by force, and partly by fear, they)are num
bered with the rebels. But *ere are a.
few W4-resist all pressurt..-4*,) ,
1,1? The .following we quote from a letter of
friendship, just received
"I got, on yesterday, a letter from.
;dear 'friend, who moved, three years ago,
from Delaware into. Virginia, near to Fred
ericksburg. I send ;you an extract. Re
writes from Wilmington, Del.:
"'Dear friend, . thank God, I ,have once
mote got under the protection of our old
flag; but to do 'so, I had to fiee, and leave
my wife and little ones to the mercy of the
rebels and the niggers. But r trust that
God will take care of them. -The time had
arrived that I could get to stay with them
no longer. I had either to go into the
rebel army, or to flee to escape it, and
I chose the latter. I oftentimes would
think, or try to make myself think, that it
was my duty to submit to the powers, that
be; but my whole nature would rise, sad
so revolt at the idea of me entering,a. band
of outlaws, that it would have been about
as ()antler me to have sacrificed my own
family as to:have entered the service , on that:
side. The 'Union men in the South are
truly in the furnace of affliction. I. have
five brothers left there, who would enter the
army on that . side with the same disgust:
that I would. They are as true to the.
Union as
,any men can be, but they are
overpowered. What drove mes off, was, a
call for the militia. Three of my brothers
are over age, and the other two.had the
promise of being exempt by working for the
rebel government, but God only knows
what will become of them. If ever them
was a hell on earth, it u is the South at this
time: he tells me how he escaped
by going West, round the rebel lines, and
then he says that they are suffering for the
necessaries of life.*4 Salt, more, than any
one article else. It was selling at. 50 cents
a quart; coffee, there was none to be had 4
tea, is $4 per lb.; and dry,,goods at the:
same rate. Many, of the ladies are dressed
in muslin frocks. They color it as well as.
they can, so that it would not be white.
They are worse off, if possible, than the
men.
" It is just two weeks since this friend
made his escape from Fredericksburg. The
rebel leaders were in a.perfect panic at the
time, or he thinks that he could not have
escaped at all. They are themselves flying,'
and so permit others, to flyl. What a dread-.
fil.l state of things ! How vigorously should
our armies move to the relief of Union
loving people of the South'! Here are six
brothers—their name is , all Union
men, and there are multitudes of others.
Mr. was accompanied by two of his
neighbors, fleeing as ha was. He lays all
the blame of this rebellion on the leading
politicians of.the South. They are certainly
the immediate instigators of it; and this
is, I suppose,-what he refers to.
" There are great rejoicings here at -the
Union victories. Our ardent prayer is that
they may continue, till the: rebellion -'is
usterly crushed.. I saw 'the prisoners in
Chicago. They looked bad—badly clad,
dirty .and - sickly. A great -many of them
are very:sick. They die'on an average of
four a day,'it is supposed ;. seven died the
day before I 'went in. Their disease is
Pneumonia, , froth exposure at' Forts Henry
and Donelson. There are a great many
boys among them—from 16 to 19—sons of
rich and respectable parents. How sad I
felt in looking at them, and talking with
them.
"With grateful acknowledgments to the
conductors of the Banner for large amounts
of sterling matte, I. remain yours, affection
ately.".
For the Presbyterian Banner.
• . A Yield. of Labor,
OT'irtimwA,loWA, Mara 11,1862.
MT DVAIL FitrEpixii—You ask my coun
sel iii regard to a field of labor and aSI39?
elated - throws. I feel that I am poorfi
qualified to be a counsellor in so grave a
matter, yet I may thro* out some thoughts
that may pro*, useful to you:
It is iihvions,to suggest that the indica
tions of God?s providence should 'be closely
observed. An , invitation to a particular
field ) or circumstances directing you to a
particular locality should be allowed to
have their due.weight.' If, moreover ' while
you pray God by his provideneeandSpirit
to direct you, you find your thoughts and
desires going , out toward the mtssion'ary
work, whether Domestic or. Foreign, it
would seem to indicate that special atten
tion be bestowed in that direction.
Do not allow yourself to be so/talons as
to where you shall labor. Give , attention
as yet, and even to the very close of your
Seminary course, to your studies, assured
that you will need all the furniture which
your opportunities can afford. And if God
has,ealled you to the ministry a field of
labor will, in due time, be indicated.
But you are very likely, to, have your
mind occupied with thoughts as tothe par
ticular kind of field you are to occupy,
whether Domestic or Foreign, and if the
former whether in the East or in the West.
Strive to obtain just views of yourself,
particularly of your deficiencies. I would
not have you depreciate your own talents or
attainments, or allow yourself to be dis
couraged in regard; to the work to which
you have _been called, for we " can do all
thins through Christ Whic engthen-
Ai l
°A' us . Bat each one has n felici
tous endowments, and likewno?",U,, own pe
enliar deficiencies. The - feraWeltiost men
are quite ready enough to find out, and the
latter, experience will teacjk if 'nothing else.
Too, many ministers find out, after a morti
fying experience, their unfitness for partic
ular positions. This is more likely to be
the case where the minister seeks a partic
ular field, than whore he waits prayerfully
for Providence "'to point out a fielii for him.,
The counsel of some judicious and:candid
friend who knows you well, might be of
some service to' you. There is no position
'where sinners come within the sound of his
voice, where a minister is so talented and
influential as to be ' " out of his eletoont."
There mkay be positions, hoWever, fo'iktich
a partieti*minister, owing to deficiencies
and peotitirities, is poorly adapted while
he trugliS:fie highly useful in a differens pb
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:You speak:of pecuniary embarrassments,
and intimate that you,oivill be " sotne , iin
debtp tiliSii your, cbursels completed. The
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prospect of saving money from a minister's
salary" to pay debts, and especially in the
Western field, is not very flattering.
Such being the, ease, if you have no way of
meeting, these liabilities but from a prospect- -
five salary, it seems tome that an opening for
labor somewhere in your own region and
which would involve no great expense in
travelling, might , probably be best for you, at
least for the present.
In regard , to the Domestic Missionary
fields and especially as relates to the regions
in which my Tot has beep Oak, the importance
of sustaining our operations.here can hardly
be overestimated. Though. we have fallep
upon times which_ ere in some respects pe
culiarly unfavorable, I would yet rejoice to
see many of the young men from our Semi=
naries, yes `itid' . 'tnany Of the elder minim
ters who ire 'unemployed, pushing out
West, relying upon the providence of God
and eager to labor where. Christ has not
been prettehed. If the pecuniary support
of such shoUld be ineagre ' and if some self
denial`would be required, they would fare
no:worse than pioneers generally—no worse
than our ministers who first came to lowa,
or those who 4 6 broke ground" in Western
Pennsylvania.
To an enterprising poling minister, this
Western field affords at lout some things
of a pleasant nature. It is pleasant to
locate in a new region and grow up with it,
observing the rapid progress of the commu
nity and 'country intellectually, morally, and
materially. It is pleasant to labor iihere
yog build not upon another map's Amid=
ti.on. The social intercourse, too, of a
young minister with his people and with
his Ministerial brethren is, I apprehend,
peculiarly cordial and free, here in the
Great West 1-
The, shadows of the picture I will not
undertake to delineate. Meager support is
the chief.
I have one other thought which I have
often' wished could be whispered in the ear
of brethren thinking of vorning West. The
thought is this. Send = your best risen,
or at least those who are not below your av
erage,;keep your inferior ministers in the
East; I ' firmly believe that a minister
whose deficiencies in ability or attainment,
or ,Trudence, or common sense, are very
marked, can be far more useful. among ,our
Old churches in the East, than he ean,..be
here in the West. There are
‘ many cim
niunities in the Middle and Eastern S les
who have -been thoroughlytrained u in
churchgoing habits, and.who will not fail
to be present in ; the heuse t of God, yen
though the minister may be in "b, jly
presence weak and his speech conte
Here, however, our andience ust
necessarily be , of a very mixed character,
'but a moity of them members of the church,
add manyof them non-professors and almost
entirely ignorant of the distinctive features
of Presbyterianism. The result is, that• if
the preacher is prosy, or dryly metaphySi.:
cal, or tedious, or pointless; if he cannot
get along without his manuscript; or if in
any way he needlessly offends the taste and
runs counter to the prejudices of his hear
ers, he fails to gel an atdigicei." — Thiiie who
are members of the church, or decidedly
interested in its success will - attend—the
world will not.. Our Western people, too,
are an intelligent people.. They are emi
grant's. They had originally some enter
prise, or they never would have emigrated.
And the experiences of a long journey,
mingling in new scenes and
,forming new
aequaintanceships, are at least adapted to
open men's eyes. The foUrth-rate profes
sional man, who thinks of going West,
"where people don't know much," in order
to succeed, will find that her has " got into
the wrong pew." I repeat, it, a man who
would be successful as a Western mission
,
ary must be, if not among the foremost in
talent; and in the essentials of a successful
minister, at least not below average. He
should be able to command± the respect of
the intelligent worldling,,,as a man, as a
speaker, and. as a thinker: J. M. M.
For the Priebirterian Fanner
In Memoriam.
At a meeting of the students of the
Western Theological Seminary, Allegheny,
Pa., heldin the Chapel, 4311 Mondaymorn
ing, March 24, 1862, a Committee was,ap
pointed to prepare a paper expressive of
the sentiments of the meeting, in reference
to the death of our dear.'brother Richard
Johnson Moore, who departed this life oh
Sabbath evenino. March 23, 1862 in the
25th -rf
_ year on xis age.
The following minute was reported and
adopted; and ordered to be sent to the
family Of the deceased, and also the United
Presbyterian, Presbyterian, .Banner, PrEs
byterian,, New-York Observer, and the
Washington papers.
The Great Head of the dhuich has again
visited this' Inatitution with a 'severe chas
tisement. Especially heavyis this stroke
which hag fallen upon the Senior Class, so
lately called to mourn the doss of one, ea.t.
to their hearts. Not two months liaye
passed since brother Schriver left a bed of
fever to ' enter upon his ieivard; and now:
Bro. Moore, from one of rapid, hereditary ,
,consumption, has received the message,
Come up higher."
The deceased entered the Seminar
in
'the Fall of 1859, a few Months after hair
ingisought and found "the Friend Of sin
ners'
" and shortly after being , graduated
With honor from Jefferson College. He be
' gait' with ardor and burnini zeal the - duties
Or the Institution, and his progress in
[ study and 'piety was singularly rapid, and
thorough. .He.was taught by the Spirit;
,and his life, was one of eminent holiness.
He, walked with God, and was not, for God
took him. He has realized the wish of
the sainted Suinmerfield, in " beginning
his race early, running it with joy, and
ending it with glory." , His ,was a genial,
and cheerful piety, and pfult its happy infiu
nee upon all with whom le was associated.
His .
memory is sweet-and'ver ‘ T precious to
,"his fellow-students.
His dying bed was ; a wonderful exhibi
tion of the power of , Divine grace to enable
a poor mortal to triumph over death and
the grave l Not a shadow or cloud, rested
•ution his soul from first to last. uring
all his, long and painful illness, he';was re
markably cheerful; and said he would won
der, upon reaching heaven, that he was, not
eastacies here on earth,' in prospect of
- such a change. .He calmly resigned every
thing to the will of God in .ohrist.
Though he had , resolved to go " far,herree
unto the Gentiles • ", and had received his
commission ea, nussionary to japan', but . a
- few weeks before he*was taken sick; and
though he ionged to he On his field ; yet he
gaya up all without apurmur.
rt . was . indeed '" - quite .on the verge of
heaven" to be in his chamber. Though
none was fitter to, be taken than he, yet, (to
our short 7 sighted vision,) none but could
have been better spared ; for he was an ac
knowledged leader in talents and attain
ments. But the Master knows best. There
is a Church above as.well as well as below;
and le was needed ; ,there. Why then
should we question ,the wisdom and good
ness of Rim who is " too wise to err, too
..00d to be unkind."
Oh that his prayer for us who yet tarry.
at Jerusalem, waiting for the promise of
the, gather," THAT WE MIGHT :BE REVIVED,
were answered, and we might receive the
lioly Ghost, d the baptism of fire." While
his death is gain to him, it is the Semin
ary's loss; and:that so , few are like him is
the Sevaineiffs.sin, Grod greet us wisdom
to learn the lesson of this providence.:
Though it seems ''inscrutable, yet, "whose:
is wise and will 'observe these. things,
even they shall ,understand the loving kind- '
ness of the Lord" in dealing thus with his
children.
Weep . we may,, yet even in weepieg we
may say, " ' ' ' '
"How blest the righteous when he diei:"
"Blessed are the dead wliich die in the
Lord, from henceforth. Yea, saith the
Spirit; that they may rest from their la
bors; and their works do follow them."
May the God of all grace and comfort be
the support of the bereaved family.
The pride and joy of a widowed mother
is laid low;-,but underneath her are the
everlasting arms; and the same grace that
enabled them all to surrender _ , our brother
to the work of missions, will help them to
( r ive, him up to serve his God - "day and
night in his temple" on high. Sorrow is
our portion here, but " there'll be no sor
row. there." .
, t Earth's joys are , but a dream; its destiny
Is but decay and death. Its fairest form
Sunshine and shadOw mixed. Its brightest day
,A rainbow braided on the wreaths of storm.".
But it is not so in heaven for ".the former
things are passed away." These separa
tions will soon be over. One hour of heav
en will amply compensate for all the trials
of the earth; and. that will be a glorious
reunion,
6 , Where hand in hand, firm, linked at last;.' :
And heart to heart enfolded all,
:They smile upon the troubled past,
And wonder mhy they wept at all."
OSCAR A. IliTaz,
JOHN W. DINSMORE
HENRY WOODS, COmnrittee
SAIII ,
DT:HENDERSON,
W. M. WHITE.- J. J.
Por the Presbyterian Banner.
"Give God the Glory Dile [lnto his Name."
In looking over a secular paper a few
days ago, I observed the following notice :
" The 74th Alegiment, Col. Moody will lie
in •Columbus to-morrow, (D. V.)" A few*
minutes after, I took up the Banner, and
my eye caught , the notices for the meetings
of Presbyteries. I was surprised that none
of them contained any recognition of, a
Suprema Being,, not even a D. V. (God
Willing.)
I then looked l over the files ,of smile'•re
ligious papers of the past , year, and count
ed one hundred notices for the nieetinos l of
the General Assemblies Vali Old School
and' New School, Presbyterian Synods and
Presbyteries, and other religious meetings;
one of these notices, and but one lontained
aD. V. The, remaining ninety-lino,.eon
r
tained no recognition whatever f a gu
preme Being. Simply the state ent,r)os
itively, without any:contingeney, t at these
meetings would take : place. t
As, these notices appear so fr quently,
they may be considered as standin matter.
And is they are written by mini ters, and
many of them by learned' Poet° s of 'Di
vinity, it may appear presumpt us in. a
layman tol question their prop ety ; but
the Word of God is the standard y which
we are to try all things, and ince sured by
that standard they. fail in givi g to God
the glory And honor`dUe unto hi name.
Is not. the Apostle explicit'? "Go': to
now, ye that say; to-day or 'to- orrow we
will go ; into such a city, and cont . ue there
a year, and buy and sell and set gain.
Whereas ye know not What shall e lon the
morrow. For - what is your life ? It is
even a. vapor,.that appeareth for little
time, and then vanisheth away. F r that
ye ought to say, if the Lord will, w I shall
,00
live, and do this or. that. Rut now ye re
joice in your boastings ; all such re' king
is evil. Therefore to hm that kno eth to
do good, and doeth it not, to 'him it i§ , sire
Now if these'noaces are in accordance
with the Scriptures, I hope some, en, of
these ministers; will. be kind enough to, ex- -
plain the meaning of the Apostle'3 la.n
gnage in the above quotation. ' Wye US
light. 'is LAY .N. '
For the Presbyterian B • ner.
Unexyteted Aljack Upon liarriovilloPresity-
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Winn ,Parsonagt---BrilliantSuceppi.
MR. EDITOR,:—We had just cOndluded
that our humble domicile bad been render
ed almost itapregnalile by the eicceedingly
bad roads. But scarcely had I 'got seated
in my study when the' alarm was given,
‘.! What does. all ; this mean:?" We hurried
to receive them the best we. could • but
soon had to surrender the parlor,
i study,
Sitting-room, dining-room, kitchen, n short
'the whole premises. Completely overcome,
we submitted as pleasantly as we.cOuld.
Our victors were all - , of , the most pleasant
character. Soon we were invited to sit
idown to a very bofintiftil -repast cenice
things to(:0.• tedious to mention... 'After
whieh it was: hinteti in. an appropriate, ad
dress by an officer, that when those who
thought the niatte'r should be deferred be
;cause of the 'bad roads, and others who had
-not heard of it, wereto come some time in
lama month,.these would all return. From
which we might infer they, yet intended
their kindness to make us prisoners for
life.
We 'then engaged in brief religious ex=
_excises, thanking the great Giver of all
our inereies and .asking for the richer
blessings of hiagrace: It was adelightfal
'meeting, 'and strengthening of Christian
bonds.. May the final'`surrender of the
-South be speedy, and as , cheerful and pleas' ,
ant as was ours I And may a feeling of
Christian union and affection then. pavvade
our whole country as strong as thatosifie
rienced by ns on this occaidon. I aliandhall
rejoice to see noticed in your-winning, that
Any of the brethren" have been made
the subjects ,of like defe.at ; for in this
case the vanquished obtained the spoils,
amounting in wane to seventy dollars- or
I have beenTiching for some time to be
able to obtain ,that excellent quarterly.:
PITTSBURG-jL ''SAT' ; ..
l '.N . PRII - 4::5; 1862.
" The Danville Rene-iv " also to encourage
that noble and undaunted friend of the
Union, Dr. 8.. J. 73reekinridae Will - yon
now,please order a Opp to de, for which
the money "'closed, arid:greatly , oblige your friend and fellow-laborer in
the Gospel J. F. BOYA.
EEROPRaN CORRESPONDENCE.
The Future Supply of Cotton-'---The New ork
..Correspondent"and the War---The :Boston;
Gentleman's Letter—A' Fait Manchistei.--Ita
Growth and. Progresi—lts Subureaw Movement
—Parallel in , London- 7 -41ford- 7 -,peel Park.
Its Museum, and, Libraries ....MemoriesPrince
Albert and the QuCen4Brotharioti and Peel—
,
Wealeianism in lianc`heiter-=The •AtAk-Piesbil
teriartB and , a Sodinian Shain--!Evanielicsil
bytery—Mtirsell, the Ltogurer, at the Yree :Trade'
Hall--The 4 . Iconoclast ?' Secularist—Agita-,
don anstArrests Ens:18;-4
.Crisis . at etrfh- r -
The Irish 'Priests .Victory—lts'l'Vobdter Tissues,
—Postscript o „
LONDON , March 7, 1862.
THE. SUPPLY of COTTON ts,Sttli exciting,
anxiety in the manufeeturina , ,districts. No
doubt that ,anxiety will be abated the
news of the recent and telling, victories of
the Federal troops at Fort Ponelson And
elsewhere. The great.,, mass , 9f the middle
classes would, be gladdened bl : ,Northerti
successes, altogether independent of I
,cotton
supply,; but it is natural that thesatisfae- ,
tion i should he increased, when the hope'
seems well warranted that erelong the war
shall bp closed, and the; American ports be'
free. . L . . .
The special , correspondent of the Aforning ~
Star (Mr. Egg, an accoMplished man, and
well acquainted with the United States)
describes in, gloWinglangna.g,e the exnita- '
don of the people when the news - Of the:
captnre,•of Fort
,Donelson arrived.
,'Not-'
withi3tanding ,rumor to -the. contrary; he'
says :: " Mnuproposes t but :God disposes ;
and having, studied. Yorthern sentiment
cloaely for the last six months, I tel
fied that the triumph_ of the Free States
will bring freedom with ifinthe oppressed
colored man. ,
.. 4
A Boston gentleman, writing to art*.trl
cheater house, saysr, "The, enni:e4e9:44l
, have liv d onlYing. They have lied 'the,
South int . , ~rebellion, and .are riowtrying .to
lie her t rough, it." He argues Strongly
and con incingly against disnnießswaltd
separa io. , )ecause _there is no . ,g9u„i
ern
geograPh" al boundarY; the
,conntry ;
is a
geograph cal unit, and peace never crld
be main ined between the two sections
after ,di isien. " This belief," .he , says,
" has bee greatly strengthened / since the
war beg. t." He also proves _that the
North , is(i fully able to bear the taxation
necessary for;, the ,prosecution of. the war.
l a
We trus that the conflict—now, alas .l
causing, any a father and mother, to weep
—may
. te minate not in a.:fearful and, final
conflict, I) t in the penitent submission of
the Southern States.
A Vim'. TO 'MANCHESTER has , given
me opportunity to ascertain something
a.
more definite than before,. not only of the
state of trade and -connizercukn. that great.'
and growing- city, but also ef - Literifiire,
Art, and Religion.. - Manchester .is not a
sudden growth, I,,at its development . has
been very rapid, within„ the last thirty
years. Its chief streets—a,ve Market
street----are warehouses, and the wealthy
merchants, as ,well as an, humble.middle
class, nearly all reside in the suburbs.
Some of these suburbs, such as 'Pendleton,
Higher Broughton, are peculiarly desira
ble as to health, range of pfospect, and
quietude. Many•there are.who have their
families a considerable_distance.from , Man
chester, in towns, and who make daily ,vis
its to the city on business. The ministers
find that the suburban tendency injures at
tendance on the old city churches. It is
precisely +here as it is in London itself,
where not, only the city proper is full of
Episcopal churches, in which the clergy
men are each - as vox elomantis—even
thOugh he is not a John the 13aptist---but
distriets of London, such as the ",merrie
Islington," in 'which the, citizens Used to
recreate. themselvesin Oen fields; in re
freshment aardens and !flowery arbors
k
r
these, too, are now city, and outward—
outward—" further',. furth r still," 'is the
cry. As in London, so in anchester, this
tendency is cherished by rAlways on every
point of the vast circumference; In Lon
don the Underground Railways now in
full progress, by which passengers coming
from every part of the land, as•well'asfrom
the Continent, will be carried -through
beautifully lighted and well ventilated
underground railways into the very 'heart
of' the capital--4hese' Will tend still more
to the rus ex,tra, urbewt )tendency.
Salford is among the oldest of the-flis
tricts of Manchester.' ,ProperlY epeaking,
while near at hand, it is distinct 'from' it,
having its corporation and Mayor, as''welf
as local toxin°. b powers. :This district, I
,
have been living in' for several days. 'lt
was quite new to me, as it, is to most visitors`
to Manchester. But it has special clainis
on attention, and is rich in a variety ,of in
teresting aspects. One feature peculiar'to
it is the Peel Park, asPaciouepieee of ground
running along the Margin of the river Irwell.
Here are Walks for adults;'and playgrounds
(separate) for children: Here, are facili
ties for gymnastic exercises. Here,-abeve
all, is a first-class Museum. ft is large,
but in contrast, with the British 'Museum,
it is not so spacious as to bring to its
perambulating visitant a sense first of Mys
tification from the innumberate variety of
objects presented,' but of over*heltoing
physical weariness. know no oilier Mu
seum so well adapted to the real instruction
of the people in Geology, Mineralogy, ,
and Ornithology. The statuary is from the
claisie antique models, and each stature
and picture is carefully explained in largely,
printed cards affixed , . Ift'is most-pleasing,
also, to find two magnificent Libraries 'one
'for consultation and the other fin-let:ding
out books, together with a spacious Reading •
Room attached. Tn the - LibrarY it was'
that, some years ago, Prince Albert TO
ceiyed anaddress ' and inaugurated' the en
terprise in one of his weighty arid thetight
ful speeches. it is pleasing, het painfoi,
to mark among the'Pictures' a photographic'
sketch of the Library on the Memorable
dity of its 'opening, with, the Princeefigure
standing out distinctly, as hs appeared' in
the act of reading his Reply' to the Ad-
dress.
The. Queen and , the , Prince-were- great
favorites in Manchester; and in Reel Park,
in 1851,, eighty thousand Sabbath School
teachers and children welcomed her with.
the " National .Anthem "—the 'Sight, as
well as the song, moving her to tears. Her
statue' in white , marble-4he Engi .
laud—was reareddrt 1857, andanow a large.
i sum: has-been subscribed, in, order to place
by the side of the figure of Victoria that
of"her beinved husband. '
". Joseph BrOtherton, who was for many
years Member i.of Parliament for SaVoid,
was th4reat promoter both of the Park
and M. UM,and to him and Sir Robert
Peel, 'bronze statues, with suitable in
scriptione; 'have been erected, and this
'chiefly by sniall — don tributions from the
working classes:, Certainly Peel deserves
to be cherished in the people's heart of
hearts, for he:broke, , t,hrpugh the trammels
of party, riiked everything—including, his
own reputation for Consistency—in order
to give the sons of toil untaxed breed.
LITERAIITRi AND • Aim make greater
'progiest, - Thelieve, Minchehter, thanin
any other' town: in 'England. No where
are first class-books so-generally studied or
perused ; no wheredie,qur Quarterlies find
many readers,
,tlie ittkenmunt is an ex. 7
ponent Only - Of the lime of hook's which
pretails. Besides this, the IVlefe,hii*
Prineesiare.reatifoimrs fribt affected patrons
of art and artists, and. the : walls of their
libraries and dinincr-rooms attest their good
taste, as well in their Wealth. , Artists find
a mine of gold in Manchester, and' are
'sure, whoa the'y have sileiceMed in painting
first cragspletfires,:,either inventive and
ideal in their ' Character, o a r preSenting fair
Nature'in her faireflt scenes, or in sketches
of Welsh mofintainn , and fro4iiing: preeri
pices, with bits" of home life, of rivers,
torrents, glens, houlders—of finding inner
,
ous paymasters.
RELIGION fin ds real and practicalexpo-
sition Manchester. To an unusual ex
tent the Church of ; England is Evangelical.
Including, Salford, the names •of McGrath
and'Hugh,Stowell,are well known as types
of areal ,earnest :Puritan 'school. , Canon
Stowell is Incumbent of a church at,Salford,
to which,deyetedia,dherents , flock from ten
mile§ round. Be is the : pastor, as well as
the preacher., He -visitahis.flock, and , spe
cially . endears himself ;by mingling his
tears .wkthitlieirs in the 4 day ,of Arouble And
by 'the wine, and, oil of heavenly _console
tion. .Not lung ce; iwithout his know!.
'edge, a r etail of was collected and
presented to him as, a,token ,of veneration
andaffection. Wesleyans and -others join
ed in this tribute. He did net need the
money, he said, when he received 4, at least
not himself, or his ,wife and sons'(two sons
are clergyman) but. he. accepted, it.not. ly
as a tokea of love,,,but
,a provision
Which mighty the invegaten tof the gift be
a portion for his daughters, when. he was no
more, Mr. Stowell had a serious fall, late
ly, by which the knee-cap was t broken.
He is : recovering and s soon he in, his,
pulpit again., fie keeps -and pays, three
curates, all, men ,of : a spirit kindred to his
own. The blessings accruing to multitudes
from his .ministry- 7 -especially to, young
men (many., of ,whom go away H to every
part of the world.) are ,alike beyond price,
and beyond calcu....v4on.
The 'W'esleyaus -term a powerful. body of
Christians in, Manchester. preached ,in
one large charel,•and..addresseA ,a,
meeting in another. The, latter was that'
erected by John. Wesley and is a fine
specimen, of interior comfort, almost . ap
proaching elegance, and of. facilities for
speaking,.seeing and hearing. In ,acous
tics„indeed, the Wesleyete. from the first,'
in their chapel-building, seem to have
been before their time. The Conference
always take care to assign to Manchester,
as well Lancashire and Yorkshire
,(where., their main strength 7 --not forget
:Ong Cornwall in.-Devonshire,—lies) their
ablest ministers. The system works admi
rably as a whole. While not, able .to say
thatjt has been kept. free from schisms in
its past. history, yet it has, on the, whole
kept up.a Presbyterial control, with steady
and-successful , hand, and, in contrast to
pure Congregationalism, its congregations
have been knit tointher with. rare .excenr
tions, in bonds of mutual coiiperation—
" all, at it and always at l it " 7
--in giving and
in aggressive -assaults ,OR the, world lying
in wickedness. The have, with
in,a few yea,,rs, paid. off chapel debts ,to.the
extent of nearly half a ;million sterling.
They are far, 'learnt a Moderate Calvinism,
I think, than their fathers. At all events,
there is scarcely ever to be heard, assaults
from the pulpit on Calvinism, and the.
Evangelical Alliance spirit largely pervad
ing the body,"the common dangers, of gen
uine Protestantism from Popery and. Infi
delity, the constant holding forth of justi
fication, by faith .as :,a cardinal verity,. in
connexion with a real atonement, and a
real Holy Gboat, nmke the Methodists of
England mighty in , word and, deed, and a
blessing alike to the home masses and to
the heathen nations.
With Presbyterianism in Manchester a
bastard add, spurious child is sought "by the
Unitarians to.be assOciated. It is amazing,
to mark the, impudence (for - it is net:too
strong a word) with the Socinians
of England, calf themselves .Presbyterians,
and talk of being the descendants and rep
resentatives ,of MG?. There. is, a Rev. Dr.
Beard'in Manchester, who has aMarvellons
newer of face in this way. These people
have no Presbyteries
,or. Synods; .as to a
superirising congregational.Eldership,; rul
ing and teaching, it, is a myth and a nonen
tity, and touching ,matters of doctrine,
the
,Presbyterians 0f.1662 and 1449, as
well: as Scotland, Ireland, the United States
and Canada; utterly disown. them. These
are men whose heresy crept in last century
and who under. an unrighteous act of Par
liament, are sustained by the moneys and
endowments left by Evangelical Christian§
of the.true Puritan who would have
viewed such desecration of their gifts as
an impossible outrage.
Evangelical Presbytery has a considers
,ble_nnufber of churches
. both in M.anches
ter,„Siol, Lancashire, including Liverpool.
The congregation of pr. Munro, of Man
ohitatera rprm .of high standing, and for
thirty. yaars,pastor of one flock, and for
merly the' Tutor of the (present) Duke of
Argyle—is strong and numerous, and con
tributes very largely to,all the schemes of
the Presbyterian Synod of England. The
IT,P,s.also have several congregations, , that
Of the Rev. Dr .
. ,MeKersow, being the;Old: ;
eat andMiist infinential. lam not so sure
tliat,iliere is, the same mutual desire of au
ecelesiastiCal' union of the E. P's and the
U. P's in, the North of _England, as in the
- South. Dr: Munro has hitherto been Op-,
posed to, it k for i r,easons which he has.stated
more ,tlian once at great length' in the
Synod. The - coming annual .meet=
lug. of that body next mouth, in Londoi,
will show what is the progress , or otherwisl3
the uestion of Union bas made
,amongZrk • 9 ong its ministers and elders.
' Ourself is now, a name widely associated
*4.0 'Manchester , and With' the new Schoof
WHOLE NO. 497.
of Sabbath afternoon Lectures to the work
ing classes. The Rev. Arthur' Morsel' is
the son of the eminent Baptist minister,
- whois a successor of Robert Ilall at Lei
cester,' Mr. Murrell : has ;a ;; large. church
and congregation in whose instruction he
adepts the ordinary pulpit style. But he
has also -a dramatic and pictorial power
which he turns to good account for the
benefit, temporal and spiritual Of the non
churchgoing. masses. I repaired last Lord's
day, to the Freetrade Hall, a little before
the hour (3:30 P. M.) when Mr. Mursell's
lecture was to begin. I found myself on
the platform, and within a view of olie of
the finest buildings in the world fotpublic
speaking, and hearing. Whether ; by acci
dent or design, it is almost, perfect in these
reipeets., A gallery runs round the eiitire
building, except behind . the platform.
There is a vast area, and there are' wide
passages.
It was a great sight to look at the multi
tude, specially when the lecturer held fast
their attention, - 13tfere he, came in, I con
versed with ono of his - church members and
-helpers. I asked him;.hict ocial and spirit
ual good been done by these lectures,? The
answer was very decided, inthe affirmative
sense, and he immediately raised his hand
to indieate personsw.ho hadzbeen benefited.
He .speeially pointdd to otie man, who sit
on 'thee same front •bench with ourselves.
He. • was a sober sand respectable man, of
.middle age. His wife sat at his side,, se
.
'rene and harpy. This man had Veen a
degiaded drunkard, wasting large wages in
his besetting lust; but now he is not only
a temperate man, but at the feet of Jesus,
clothed and in his right mind. •
After the singing of- a hymn, in which
the:vast audience ;joined—accompanied by
the great oraan—Mr. Mursell stepped for
ward to a desk. lie is rather - over the mid
dle, height, with black hair, dark eyes, and
"cheeks thin and pale. He spread out his
lecture, (in type,,' ibelieve--for to meet
the Monday demand at the hook-store, it-is
printed betorehand,) and rushed at once
into his theme. It was, as announced - by
himself,'" Blondin, 'and other Heroes of the
Rope.' The subject was s.easonable, as the
night before M. Biondin had been on the
,ropei.daticing, ,Ste:, in that very hall, hal the
presence t anqbefore the upturned. gaze of'a
multitude. Hence the announcement, of
,
the subject excited, a 'smile of interest, and
a generaleettling, down of the crowd, in
order *to. listen. Ho referred, in the outset,
Ito the ; Free Trade Hall, and >" the. won
drous ;impartiality, shown ; in the.,uses to
which it is applied."
First come, first served. At this very moment
we have-au Atheist declaring upstairs thattreli
glom is the curse of •a rising country; -and}
Christian minister , protesting down-stairs-that
'religion is the only salvation of nations or of Men.
The image -breaker and the image -maker are both
at work, together. What an infinitely miinella
neous list of assemblies might be enumerated, as
.having been' gatbereci together in this room!
We have had classical concerts, and comical re
citations. Tragedy, melodrama and farce. Op
eras and pra3rer-meetings. A hal-Masque te
morrow; and a Bible Society- Meeting the 'next
'night; What, a yariety.of perfarmarc c,,omenntl
go upon this stage B
1 John right and John C.
Heenan..'Torn Sayers and the Bishop'of Oxford.
Howard Ps.ul and Canon Stowell. Sims Reeves
-ancißm. Livingstone. Charles Halle and Benja
min Disraeli. One day we are delighted by the
.liquid strains of the fair Tietjens, and .the ne.xt
day we come ` to see Corporal Cut-and-Slash chop
a sheep in two with "a sword. Then we "are'in
vited' to `- heir Charlie Dickens read one of his
own inimitable stories, and - again to hearken to
the Rev. J. C. M. Bellew read the productions,of
somebody.elee ; Now we are thrilled by hearing
'the Rev. W. M. Fanshon recite PdacaulaY's Lays
of Ancient Rome, and now we shake our sides
while Mr. Samuel Cowell delivers' to us a lay of
modern Englatik to wit, " The House that Jack
Built." : A. fortnight ago the , public- ere regaled
with a performance called, Once. Too,Olten,!'
and yesterday. they were 'favored with a pried
.nal exemplification:of that sentiment, when they
turned out in- force to see Mena: Blondln hazard
his neck andlimbs up there among the rafters.
' He then Went on to prove that " there
are a great Many men in Manehester more
foolishly adVenturous than either Blondin,
.or his friend who rides peck-a-back along
his rope-inen, who, are: daily running
greater risks than theY; and who, insteaa
of, like them,'gaining by 'it, lose every
thing. The'great ropeliero usually takes
the precaution to carry a balance-pole along
with him ; he takes care to preserve his
balance'on the rope, and also his balanee at
the .bankers. Now there are many here
who are forgetful: of both these important
balanoes ;
neglecting the one, they lose the
other." Referring to the horror and faint
ness.-with which some turn away from the
sight of Blondin running along the rope,
the lecturer, addressing the base and bad,
Said " There'is more toi turn away from
in the moral rope-dancing of which
speak." ' Ile further said
Yes, the path we steer amidst the purinits and
pleasures of this world, this is the low rope, on
which success, at best, is but ahort-liied, and
from Which•a fall is trivial. The track we take
toWard ithe awful solemnities' of future; the
path Which stretches over the gulf; of time, on
to the distance of eternity—this is the high rope
on which safety is indeed, glorious, and lion . '
which ft downfall is indeed tremendous. • 0 think
what &Niagara of destiny is boiling at the feet
of those who walk this path; not watery but
fiery, waves are foaming underneath us as we, go;
a thousand enemies, waiting for our fall, seek to
diStraot,ns from the means of safety. The world
would dare us ; to set forth without,our balance
toole; • the flesh would fain allure us to attempt
some trick of hazard on our Way ;'and the devil
would desire to inveigle us into some foolhardy
antics • which might procure our. overthrow. ; and
if we hearken to any one of them we are 'undone,
Do not give ear to them; but when they come
and rally you to thoughtless and foolish acts, re
member Him who was tempted once, upon , a
dizzy pinnacle of the Temple, to, cast himself
down, but who cried to the fiend who taunted
him, " Get thee behind me, Satan, for thou sa
vorest net of the things that be of God, but 'of'
those that be of Men. In his strength • with;
stand each adversary, whether it rise up within
or from without; .and then, although the high
rope, by which you cross the line into eternity,
be slung over a deep abyss, you shall pass safely
over, and feel the firm ground of the better land,
strong and'eternal, underfoot. Maybe you dread
a fall, as you look across that thin, thin line
which leads you to the other side, losing itself
amongst Mmbeams, bright and fair, and glorious.
Oh, it', your trust is fixed aright, it matters little
whether you fall or no; for deep though the ohasm
is beneath, and black and' agged as the rocks in
the abyss may seem, all that space' is teeming
with. mighty and winged powers, ready to catch
yen.ln :your fall, and bear you aloft . to safety and
reprise " Bu&' if your trust be not 'thus fixed,-
inme darker spirits will await' your fall, and
seize upon yOu as you sink, and drag you downi
ward further toward the blackness, further from
; upperthe light; you cannot pass across this nor
m* path unhindered . ; even thou:, you will have
to" fight yOur way; and those 'with whom you
fight 'are stronger than youiself. You need the
whole armor of God—you need the undinted
shield of. your Great, Captain. •
. "Ever on that Captain.calling,
.Atake thy worst condition known;
He shall hold thee up'when
•di shall litt'thee up, / when '
Immediately after Mr. Muriell'alettlire
I:went up stairs to a room ettpabln of hold=
=9
P. S.—The month of March opened with
cold almisi, Arctic; which' has suddenly
given away Ao w.arto, damp weather.
An insurrection in Gruien = secretly fa
yored,by g l •ance—i, spreading. Its object
is to drive away King Otho and Germanism.
The Xagistratei in tlie interior of Russia
have reftise'd to execute the linperial deems
with regard.to Ihe emancipation of serfs.
Nothing iii Sparc. .
" I have found nothing , to spare," is the
plea of so r did' Teluct,anee. But a far dif
ferent. sentiment, will be formed amid the
scenes of the' islet day. ' Men now persuade
themselves that they hav,e-nothing to spare
gll,t i ,hey can support a certain style of lux
lux, and have provided for the establish
nieht of children. But in the awful hour,
siibini you and and 'all pagan nations,
shallle called . from .onr.graves to stand be
fore ',the har of,hrist, what comparison
will.these objects bear to the salvation of a
Single soul , ?' Eternal Mercy ! let not the
blood' of heathen - !millions be found in our
skirts'! Standillgi-ei-I now do, in the
sight of a -dissolving _universe, beholding
the dead, arise,,the world in flames, the
heavens fleeing away, all nations convulsed
With terror,icir wrapt in the vision of the
Lamb, I pronounce the conversion of a
single 'pagan of more -value than all the
wealth Omnipotence ever produced. On
81141, an awful subject it,bewmes me to speak
with caution ; but I solemnly avow, that
were there but one heathen in the world;
and be 'the remotest corner of Asia, if
no greater duty confined its at home, it
would be North , thepainis , forrall the people
of America to . lark together to carry
the Gospel toliitu s
_Place your soul in his
soul's stead ;• 'rathe'i:'Consent for a mo
ment to change condition with the savages
on our borderL•f-Were you posting on• to
the judgm.entaL,tlp, grAat,day in the dark
ness
. and elution of isigan idolatry, and
were ;they-41 , ring in wealth in this •very dis
trict of the Ohnich, how hard would it
seem for, your neighbors to neglect your
Misery ! When. yon sboldd open your
eyes in the eternal World; and discover the
ruin, in Which . tkeylail . stiffered you to re
main, how would lon -:reproach them that
they did not •evenLaell theinposswelons, if
no otherineans wereHinfficient, to send the
Gospel to, 3r.on ! ..My flesh trembles. at the
iarospeati But tiie,y shall not reproach as.
It shall be litnicvn• in 'heaven that we could
pity our brethren. •'We will send. them all
the relief.,in our power, And ,wil 1 oqjoy the
luxury retleckpg what
,huppAess we
may entail .on geeergions 7et saborn.—
Edward Dorr Grifst.
• .
- Yotr would think a man . "could .be
proud' who had once anew liiniselfdost 3 yet,
;. alas, -Scripture and explsrimuoe
paz jj .:uu k y,b e proud of:44l,lnesware t pfTae;
m x t4.of,forgivener2l4, •
proud" c:f .. l hurn it l y;
proild Ofknowing mpfabfb-Odtlifitil
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ing. about five hundred persons. Here a
Mr. Bradlaugh, who calls himself " Immo
clast"—a young man of great readiness of
speech, popular talent, and enough of intel
lect united with cunning to "make the bad
appear the better reason " to those who
don't wish, to believe in a God, a Heaven,
or a Hell—was holding forth. His theme
was " Italy; Religion its Curse—Tree
Thought its cure." The sophism involved
in this is sufficiently apparent. For " Re
ligien " read' "Popery,"'and for " Free
Thought'" "an Open Bible, and Liberty
of Conscience," and then "the curse" and
" the cure:" of Italy will be apparent. The
secularist lecturer met with vigorous youth
ful assailants, and could only escape
.by a
cloud of dust, and by clap-trap oratory.
THE,FRENCH EACE'EnO . II has yariott&per
plekities and troubles to contend with A t
this Moment—all the more annoying , be
cause theyare - unexpected. " Eveiy *im
plication that - • can be imagined,",sayls .. a
Paris correspondent _ of, .the Manchester
Guardian, "is thronging in, and probably
there was never such a spectacle as is shown
at this identicid moment; and by the con
tradictory measures of thelastlfew days,"
Then,.referring to the suspension of the
lectures (at the University). of Di , Ronan,
because they, ffended the clergy, while yet
the Einperor wishes to please the Liberals
he adds : "This little' incident:alone
suf
fices to shoW how the double difficulty
works, and how, though you see the ene
mies of the linperial'sYltsin on all sides,
you look in vain now for its friends. :You
would. he, mistaken if you supposed the
army, was pleased with all this. The army,
above every thing, hates revolution, and
will not serve it; yet, with the Red Revolu
tion, Napoleon -, must strike in, or sink. I
have often said this; it is plain to the pub-,
lic sense here now. As to the, plans of M.
Fould, they are hourly proving more worth
; and rely upon it, he himself is most
discouraged! " •
'ltis said that five hundred arrests have
been made in Paris. All the arrested,
whether students or, workmen, have Barri
cade sympathizers outside. The students
affirM that 'one`of their number has been
murdered. The Moniteur denies it--and
this rather confirms the,...zumor, as well as
shows, the trepidation, that prevails in high
places. The Emperor has withdrawn his
proposed Bill for'they otation of Count
Palikao (General Montauban) and his heirs,
and proposes that a surn„shall be granted him
to, settle, annuities, not„only on the Count,
but on , several ether, lucky Generals and
their heirs, This proppsal was received by
cries of "Wive t'Empereur."
'Eataziereinns at Turin, in place of the
leSS' pliable ltieasoli. Fren eh intrigue has
had something. todo with this; and Victor
-Emnsanuek's ,mistress -and favorite still
more. Batassi will find himself confronted
by almost insurtneuntable obstacles, and his
offer of the Presidency of the Chambers to
Ricasolifis'a `proof of his weakness. 'Poi
sigy the resistance te, the cry "on to
Rome," wig beit submrve the idea which
,doubtless,the Frence Emperor cherishes—`
the eipulsitni of'the Pope from ROme,nev
er to return.
THE Ittrsix - PatEsTslitive succeeded, by
altar harangnespitmd, by:mobs armed with
bludgeons keeping,back , voters on the other
side, in returning Major O'Reilly, of the
ex-Papal army, as member for the County
of Longford. 'Lord PaltheritOn and Sir R.
Peel now find tiiat the Ultrainontane fae
.tion are Etheir f open- foeS. One great and
good, result of this will be, that attempts to
conciliate them will be, made no more.
Evangelical Protestantism' will no longer
be snubbed in Irelandiand Irish Conserve
tism,.likeriise; will cease to unite its forces
with -those .of the Pope, because it finds
that Derby and his party are by no means
so thorough, in their. Italian policy, as is
the Palmerston Cabinet.
dwo,ll.
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