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Thou Art bear,—h. caix:
In the bursting, rolling thunder,
In the lightning's lurid flash,
When the rooks are rent asunder,
When the raging billows lash,
Thou art near.
in the zephyr's gentlest breath,
In the dew-drop's sparkling gem,
In the lowliest flowret's death,
In the gritss's fragile stem,
Thou art near.
In the rage of passion's storm,
When the deadliest weapons gleam,
In the battle's fiercest form,
In ambition's maddest dream,
Thou art near. "
In affection's softest voices,
In contrition!s faintest; sigh,.
When the humblest soul rejoioes,
When the poorest cornea to die .?
Thou art near
Near to punish, near to bless,
Near to strengthen, near to spare,
Near to hear when men confess,
Near to grant the latest prayer ;
. Byer near.
For the Prosbytorian Banner.
Spirit of Christ.
" If any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he
is none of his."—Rors. viii 9.
The - Spirit of Christ is the Holy,Spirit ;
and they who,have* the Holy Spirit, have a
mind like'Christ. Christ was of a prayer
ful spirit. We read of his retiring to pray,
of hie continuing all night in prayer to
God, and of his rising np a great while be
fore day for the purpose of engaging in this
delightful and important duty. He has
enjoined the duty upon his people, and
given them ilistructions,respecting it. The
Christian regards the duty as a privilege.
He ts a man of prayer. He prays for him
self. He feels his dependence - upon God
for grace to help in his ditties, for Wisdom
to direct, for faith to enconrage, for zeal*to
persevere, for all things necessary for him.
For these things he knows he is directed
to ask, and that he has the promise that he
shall receive. He,'&es ask; he dries re
ceive: He prays kir his , brethren. He
knows' they are Men of like paseions with
himself; subject ,to the same dqubta, and
fears, and discouragements; and 14.0ne also
to depart from -the living God. He prays
for rulers and all in authority. , He prays
for his anuntry, and looks' to God,for its
unitY, andpeke°, and prosperity: no
prays for the Chiireh; her welfare lies near
his heart, and he knows that for all things
respecting her, God will be inquired of to
do them. Hence for Zion's sake he will
not hold his pesos, and for Jerusalem's
sake he will not rest, until the righteous
ness thereof go forth as brightness, and the
salvation thereof as a lamp
,that burneth.
W. J. M.
• Forthe PresbyteTiern Balmer.
Thoughts on the Day of Judgment.
There is perhaps no event in.the (race of
man so feebly anticipated as.thexealitieuof
thatawful day. Then it is weishall , :k.now
who are for Christ, and. who against him.
However we may succeed in deceiving the
world,, or even in .blinding ourselves, now,
we will find the awful reality then. We
cannet picture to ourselves the grandeur.;
and sublimity of that Beene. When
criminal, is to be. tried for a capital offense,.
what, an .excitementl What a responsibil
ity ws,are apt,to think rests upon-the jury
who, are to decide upon his ease ! But
contrast this, if you can—where but . the
temporal, life of the person is concerned—
with the time when the Great Jehovah
shall sit'as jury over_ the myriads of human
beings, who have gone the way of all the..
earth, and the myriads who are yet to fol
low them. And ponder the. thought that
we will be there; that all, bond and free,
Jew and Gentile, the reputed disciples. of
the meek and lowly Jesus, and . those. who
bow down to stocks and stones—all, all
will meet there, around one common .judg
menA seat, to be, judged according ,to their
works..,.Then we will have to answer for
the works done in,thU body, whether they
be good or evil ; and which will they be ?
Bit' then the glorious thoughir.--Jesus
will be there, And will be-the AdVocate of
those who love him and trust in. him 1
Theo he will collect his followers ont,of
the vast multitude whiph will be gathered
there, and place them. on, his right hand.
It seems to me that if at any time, a
Christian's. joy is great beyond realization,
it must be then : when it is proclaimed be
fore men and angels that they have faith
fully run the race and reached the goal.
Then they know that they are saved,
through the mediation of, the once cruci
fied but now gloriously exalted, Saviour.
And 0 how must hive reign supreme in
their bosome toward the Being of infinite
compassion, who has,dbne and suffered, so
much for them, and, as provided for them
so very great salvation I Andlwhen the
crowd of ransomed are caught in the
clouds of heaven,, and meet the host, of
blessed an g els welcoming them to the realms,
of eternal bliss, how must their hearts
swell with gratitude to God,, the giver of
all this good
But then the thought, all will not be
with them 1 Many, alas l, so many, will re-,
eeive the sentence, "Depart from me, I
kno* you not, ye workers of iniquity."
Will Ns'l3 be among that number ? or May we
not hope t 6 be among ; the inhihitants of
the New Sernealem, WhSre there, shall be
no night, and, they need no candle, neLther,
light of that sun, for the Lord `God, g,iveth
them light, and they shall reign. / for ever
and ever:,, B.' D,
Nor the Preebyterlan paalver.
, •
46 Got -WO. AallifeS,ltit the Plesh."-1.
iii . 16
No wonder that " angels desire to look
into" the mysteries of the incarnation `cif
the Son of God.-1. Pet. i :12. And 1f
they are interested, much 'more should we;
who are so much more deeply conc . erned;
for "'He took not on him the nature of an
gels, but he took on him the seed of Abra
ham."-L-Heb. it :16, But, why did he take
upon` him our nature ? Whydid the Eter
nal Gndstoop so low as to take'upon him a
weak body, and a soul capable of suffering?
Surely, it was far no trifling object, that
he who made the world shoul4 veil himself
in humanity; and 'not , only this, but be
comeobedient unto'his' own law, "even
unto death." Nothing a Difine reve
lation ocluld, solve this mystery; and, bless
ed be Godime have , this rafelatiott4 Man,
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VOL. XI., NO. 37
being created holy and happy, in the image
of God—having power to stand, yet falli
ble—God was pleased to enter into a cove
nant with his own creature ! The penalty
on the breach of this covenant was death.
—Gen. ii :17. Death temporal, spiritual,
and eternal. Man, representing all his
posterity, broke this covenant, and so
brought death into the world Rom. v
Here, then, was our whole race, plunged
into a state, of the most abject , misery!
Where could help be found? Man had
transgressed the • Divine law; and' justice
cried aloud for vengeance. Had angels in
terposed, all would 'have been in, vain;!
Man had sinned, he must bear -the penalty!,
To do this, he must ,eternally suffer_ the ,
wrath of offended` Deity. MeicY might
plead, but mercy could never be exercised
at the expense of, justice., Thus, all hope
seemed cut off; when lo ! in the counsels Of
eternity, Godthimself•his provided a; Rait
sow, ! The Second Person of the'"Godhead
comes;to earth in the, fullness of titite—,-takes
our nature, and thus, by imiting,the Divine
with.the human nature, was fully capable of
rendering the satisfaction that . justice re
quired.' - By being human, he could suffer
the penalty of the,violated law; and being
Divine, his suffeiings were infinite in veinal
In him " mercy and .truth meet together,
righteousness. and peace. kiss `-each other!"
—Ps. : 9 0, matchless and un , - •
bounded 'goodness ! aitreliy, this.. is free,
unmerited grace I . What , - elaim had ave,.on
the. Redeemer's love? We were. -filthy;:
loathsome, and vile; yet he passed us not
by, as he did the-fallen angels ! Why did,
he look upon us? " Lord.what isman,
that thou art mindful of him, or the Son- of
man, that thou. visitest him ?" " Even so,
Father, for thus , 'seemed good in thy
sight."
But did the Saviour, do all that he
,en
gaged to do in. this :work-? Yes::--see:him
in the babe of _Bethlehem I.- See , him
brought. up - in hurriblerpoverty; a "-man Of
sorrows, and acquainted with grieq not
having where to,lay his.. head, yet, " going,
about doing good," healing the,sick, raja ing,the dead, &c. See him before his last
conflict o counselling; comforting, and fer
vently praying for his disciples, and lin be
lievers. Follow him to. Gethsemane; view
his agony; his deep, intense, and moon
beivable bindY sweat; his
earnest and repeated prayer that " this Cup
might pass from him," (still bearing in
mind s that• he had • no:sin; but 'by iniPute:
tion.) Follow hini,to the hall of judgment ;
see him there arraigned and conderOted , lis a
malefactor r blindfolded, buffeted, spitoupon,
'cruelly mocked. and scourged, crowned
thorns, &c. Follow him to Calvary:the
last scene' of his 'eufferinE,; see him yield
his sacred body to the most painful and
shameful death ! "Iluwas led like a lamb
to the slaughter !" 'But who :can= conceive
the awful of sour, that extorted
. anguish
the cry, " My-' G od, my God; why hait ikou
forsaken me 7" But his sufferings, though,
great beyond conception, .hadi .an end,: be
could,-say, 114 .1 P 18 FINISHED J '; andithough.
death appeared triumphant, yet, at the - ay,
pointed time & it must give up its prisoner:
He, rises,,the _mighty ; conqueror !. He re
mains wOlithis, disciples, a suffiCient, time to
give all &emissary counsel. aad4ericourage
meat to them, and through 'them to all be
lievers,a.ed then ascends to heaven, and is
now seated on the.right hand-of the Majes
ty on high ! And does he there forget his
people ? No 1 " Efe,,ever lived' to make
intercession for is '''He is a faithful
High ,Priest r performing every , part .of his
office; and he will never leave the Media
torial,seat, has senthis his::
Spirit into the ;hearts , of every-one. of his
children, and brought them. safely to ,
those mansions which he has -prepared ;in
his Father,-'.s house Surely,: here= is , en
couragement, for;the weakestiheliever. - The
mighty, workq of redemptionfshall •not be
left. ,inemrtpietee,, Wherever he, begins a
work, he m 111,6.114444 "'Our help ialaid
on one, that ," Thanks -he to
God ,for unspaaka4le gift 1"
EURDITIVI CORRESPONDENCE.
Charleston andifaval Architecture—Fortsfve. iron
Plates—The Controversy UndeoidedL-A State o f
Transition—Aspect of • International Relations
Brighter,—Why is it so 7—Diculties,.Dangers,
and Mak—Po/and and Russia—Two Anonialies,
—" DiSsenters' Burial Bill" —The " Prison Kin
,
Were Bill"—Debates Parhament—Plausible
" Pam"--The Priests and Crime—The Queen of
Spain ' as Directed by , her Confessor—Modern
Tract Enterprises—The London Tract:Society and
the Federal Army and Navy— T Dr. Boyes Appli
' cation for Tracts—A,: Grant, with an Anti-
Slavery Wrapper—The Stirling Tr act: Enterprise
—Reviarkable Statistics—Tract Publikhers—The
three a law "—Tract Allusion—Christian Re
-BPOnalbally7--Postscript.
LONDON;',Mv 2, 1883
Dlr. RESULTS of the naval attack on
Charleston, have set all our naval authori
ties 'and our chief public writers, to review
their past views and dicta in reference to
iron-plated ships, versus iron-plated fortifi
cations. It is clearly acknowledged that
this contest has not settled the question, in
asmuch as the American Monitors were, of
necessity,'hastily constructed, of compara
tively-limited tonnage, and not therefore
qualified to effect what vessels like the La,
'Moire of France, or the Warrior of the
British Navy, could, both as to resistance
and power of assault, secure. The Govern
ment was obliged, some time ago, by the
attitude of the Sense of Commons, to
suspend the proposed iron-plated fortifica
tions at Portsmouth. The Adriiiralty,
hbwever, is pushing its.work as to one iron
plated vessel, if not more, with great en
ergy. But even here, although the speed;
force of ram-assault, weight of metal
thrown, and thickness . of iron plates, are
unequalled elsewhere, every one feels that
we are but in a state of transition. The
damage to the' turret of one of
,the Moni
tors at Charleston is highly suggestive and
troubling to our naval architects. Progress
is being made undoubtedly toward the pro
duction. of metal plating which shall be
practibilly impenetrable. On Monday last,
a series of experimeutLwai'made at Shoe
iburynies, on the banks of 'the 'Essex, shore
of the Thames, Oen a Mr.' Chalmers
-brought, forth a newly invented :plate,
whitibL4trengthenedin the sense of having.
been secured to the.wood, by girders and
otheitMeana, that greatly dirused, and con
sequently lessened the - shook of the cop.-
oussioif from the shot—proved itself supe
, rior to 'anything . hitherto produced. No
doubt this new inventor, will attain great
distinction. •
The aspect of international relationships,
this week has, been more_ encouraging
,t,9
the friends of peace, than last. This .. .is,
somewhat modified, however, by the repeit 7
ed anti-British. feeling of the New-York
;.t • '•• -
and Washington press, and by the denun
ciations of the. American Postmaster Gen
eral, Mr. Blair, at an open-air meeting.
Nevertheless, as the Alexandra is seized
and kept from sailing ; as the Times en
dorses Mr. Cobden's demand for a strict
adherence to the letter of the law as to
blockade, and declares that we may need
an appeal to this law ourselves.; as, neither
Roebuck nor another " free lance " orator
has any personal responsibility, or can
pretend to speak either the sentiments of
the Government or the nation ; as We hear
, that Mr. Seward' advises the' Peterhof to
be given back; as Mr. Adams has de-
dared that•he had been-deceived as to the
character and'objecti of the vessel to which
he had given , a- virtual- pass, thereby
seeming to 'say that -other ' ships sailing ,
toward Matamoros were to be - seizedfrotn
these flxrd other' causes, neither the' money
market nor the political horizon lea been
agitated, and busitiess , lloirs on in is deep;
broad' 'tide of prosperity. • "Pity 't is
that on either side' the press shettld in
.dulge in violence, or that:the publie should
be unduly , .sensitive. There limit, no
doubt, beyond which forbearance on the,
one_ hand or the other would involVe na
tional humiliation, but ,I aril suinthat it is
not the wish of this nation to complicate
and increase American: ; troubles; by fozeing
on a second war, in addition to that- which
now brings such sorrow and sacrifices to
kindred 'nation.. Let !us, dear' Minds,' be'
patient; an 'invasion : of Canada, a. descent*
on. Ireland; when.spoken of at public-meett
ingsr and veheMently applauded, do not
cause much feeling
,here„and, onthe whole,
good humor prevails.
The ifbrnieng Star- tells its 'American
friends =that Mr. Horsemarr is not to be re
garded,as the .exponent -of English o views
or feelings. What would pause more feel
ing than anything else, would be,l an at
tempt to force en - a war with England for
the' sake of esbape from' politioal difficulties
at home—which some allege is a-design cher ,
isbed by, some persons in; high places:
Surely this cannot he true. Enough of
misery and bloOdshed belongs - to the past
of the world, ivithout the Mutually destruc
tive collision , of = a people whose Bible,-
Gospel, language, mission, and_iinterests,.=
are so clearly_ one. .
TEE PorAsEE-STRITGGLE, widens and ex
tenda its preportions,:with alternations - of
defeat and victory. Mr. Ilanesey, M. P.,
who, in the House of Cominons, led thS way
as an orator' on behalf of Pnlish - liberty,
hasivisited. Cracow, and been received with
great enthusiasm . The reply of , the Rus
sian Government to, the collective notes-0f...
England,Traiace, and Austria, has not yet
,arrived ; or if it has; it is not yet published.
It will be courteous and vague;'the- object
is Ws gain time to put down• the insurgents.
The 'Daily. Telegraph in discussing. the
Polish question,, evidently anticipates diffi
culty from, the extreme demands likely
to be made by the Poles. " It' writes as
follows
-
" What , hiitthatthey desire theoWestern
nationkshould aid them in accomplishing?
Will they be contented with a union with
Russia like that which exists between Zig
land' and 'Scotland ?' Or do they tequire - a
union , ' similar to that which' connected
Hanover , with Great Britain ? Or, if they
want independence from Russia and the re
constitution of - the Polish kingdom, are its
frontiers to be those of Poland proper, or'
of the old`kingdom of 'the Jao-ellons ? In
these , remarks we must not be understoodi
to depreciate the justice -of' the 'cause foi.'
which, the Poles are fighting and dying.
They, have cruel wrongs, to redress, bitter
oppressiOn to avenge and glorious memories
to reeall With - pride. In their efforts to
shake off the yoke of Russia we can--only
wish them God speed, and all that:they can
recover by, their , own, gallantry they will
retain, not only by might but by right.
'When, however, Europe is urged to inter
fere,, it is necessary we should 'know' what
it is we are asked , to do. There are certain
concessions which the Czar would probably
make under the ialluertee, of the moral
pressure of Ettropnanupiiion. It isii:tev
'ertheless;ta. mere waste UV - words" to require
MARY
the reconstitution of Poland .as an
pendent.kingdom, unless we -are prepared
to enforce the demand- by. arms. Nothing
short-of absolute -necessity will ever induce
the 'Government of' Ruisia to consent to a
measure fatal to her influence and power
in Europe. It is this uncertainty which to
some extentitas impeded' the free expres
sion-. of English 'sympathy with Poland.
Had -it not beetrfOr this, her' cause would
hive lain ere now ii. the hat& of another
chainpion.aan,Mr: flennessy or the Popes
Brigade."
The Poles have.l , beetr= demoralized and
degraded by two things-: a Popish faith
which .has no moral , :power. to , purify—the
Polish men, especially the upper class;: be-.
ing notoriously lieentious in their habits—
and secondly,. by the crushing Muscovite,
rule, whieh, as history shows.,in many par-,
allels, defiles while it destroys.
The correspondent of the. Telegraph,
writing , from—Poland, 'gives the following
representation 'of the condition and tactics
of the insurgents, and. also of the. extent
of therßussian ,military., resources in this
contest :
"The insurgents, without Jeaving their
former system of hoverinc , along the prin
cipaLroads, have returned ,exclusive
ly, to the -principles, , of the..guerilla wan
Whilst Cutting off the"communications
the enemy,they have, however, learned:to
rook" ont for safer, ,Positions r and,* . rule,
no longer,occupy,the roads,hut a wood, a
swamp, or a hill in, their-immediate vicin
ity. These improved tactics'have`also - this
advantage, that- the raw -recruits may be
kept' in the backgroUnd, and theAghting
be so limited as : to .bring,none but veterans.
—of at least a month's military experience
—under: fire:.
4 4 The rioni.inal- number of the-Russian•
troops now stationed in the kingdqm
amounts ,to .116,000. , Subtracting, how-.
ever,-from-this totaLthe , minus, occasioned,
by the general reduction of the army, as
well as 'the t.losses sustained- in Poland; - 1
thinicl Shall 'be liiidlY .- Mistaken in fixing
the effeetive,force at little, more, than 100,,
000.. ,To,concentrate Allis force, a portion
of tlingtiards , was required to be -marched
to Poland With About one-half of the grena,
ThelattAr, who even in the nun.
garian campaign never penetrated. further
than .Wilna, have now been stationed in.
the vicinity of ~ Cracow, And Lublin.. The
very riflemen; the. cream and ,aite of the
household troops; who generally
_garrison
Zarsko Selo, and-never stirred..duringJhe
drimean campaign, have been compelled. to
the mirk , of war .which they dad
so long- disuied to in .Lithuinia: `FIn the
PITTSBURGH, WEDNESDAY, MAY 27, 1863.
latter province the number of troops cannot
be estimated at more than 15,000 or 20,-
000. Adding to this an equal force in
Podolia, disposed along the Austrian from-
tier, you obtain the grand total of the
troops employed in the ,suppression of the
mutiny. Russia, we •fmd, having lost, some
190,000 men in the Crimean campaign, and
suspended recruitment for six years .after,
is not in a position to bring more, thin
150,000 men, at ,the very utmost, to, bear
upon Poland... If, her army is usually
given as consisting of untold thousands, it
ought to be remembered that the Caucasus
requires a considerable force:; that the ins
terior demands another; and that all over
Kasen, Astrachan, Orenburg , and Siberia
generally, the, whelp Governmentmachine,
from , : the- delivery-of a judicial sentence
down to the postal , se ; mice; is exclusively
vonaucted by soldiers'" •
Great miseryand loss IX life-have already
resultedlfrom this eon,testi, , anii theiciiiger it
is prcitraeitek the mereitiustthe: sum'of this
misery and this loss ofilirelitnarsai&. It is ,
almost eertaitu that in theloni ruivPoland
must sueouinb ; but thAlri . even in hexfall;
the seandat.to the °tart is ail greater;
and,Europe -would , feel: that a 'chronic.ut:
cer remained..
'Two•AitoMALIES havnbeen revealed
connexion' .with recenV legislation. TheY
are , : expressed ;;and described •by a
public; writer, when ;he' says; "'that the dis
senting clergy sheAl4 4 be,, exolnded, except
as spectators, from the—churchyards, autt
that the Catholic clergy/ Slibuld/ be tidnift2
ted,,ana,indeed .diredted comeinto. the ,
prisons, are propos.iticias , which ,the
laiiire has been pleaseo to affirm." The
explanation is this first of all, Bir Mor
ton - Pet°, M. P., brought in a`" Diigeiltere‘
Burial Bill," the objgct , orWhich lwaa.tb'Y
allow the bodies ,of :the NonconformisteCof,
any parish, to be, interred the n wish
,churchyard, without the Burial :Service, of
.the- Church of England, and'— With' SOli .
rites-as their frientle iireferred. • Mr:
stone, the ChancellOr - of the' Exchequer,
spoke and voted for 'the secona'readiiiiet
'the Bill. 'Poi-Unit he' his draiiii dtiwii the
wrath of the' _High Charch party, and he
is threatened - by them'with the' loss of his
seat': for the UniVersity of ' Oxford.` But
the English Churchli fan, a 'High:Clirtreh
organ; is moaning lainentmg over the
decline:of. right 'principles 'Oxford, and
predicts, that as ' the tide is 'Tinning= the'
other wayat, the T.Tni4etaikti aiid the'invi.;
ett and Liberal" theelegicar '-leaderd 'OM=
mend the situation, " 43-lidetene, '
;Contested eleetioa, Woad 'Collin off
Ou.s. The: Chureh party threw' out' Sir
1!Iorton Peto's'bill by a , large inajeriik, il aitd`
this' week have developed more Or that
party heat which 'Wits , infused 'by the cun
ning 'D'lsraeli, two ',years ago, ' When he
raised the cry, " Church in danger," 'and'
Called them" tci the'resetie, • • The'
abolition of" Chilieh'iatee'liali''agitib .Veit
debated, and' Sir' 4.'TielivViiyra haif
been throWn out 'by a majority of
vehement clieerifitSin i the Toried:
deal but precipitates the 'cilia As the
Tinies'paifily indicated, 'the `'liiisebters be
fore a very long peril* ma be the
ity of the nation—the Church is national
property, and its disenthrimement'
` must
'come. In.point of facti-Chilichsrated oan-'
not, be collected `in half 'of-'th ' e parishes' in
England; and the most efficient C,hurchei
and Districts' are those' where' thereis 'vsl2
untar,y erection and"endownient'of
- 6;s by private' individual/I: The -Mikhail
Church is po*erful- in one sense; but' not
in another: Its internal weakieds is' patent,
and the 'existence of heresy within its pale
grows more 'evident every year.:
The Prison Minister's 'Bill is thelitle' of
another of those'measures will& I Wm' re.-
ferred to as "anomalies.."''``Thealleged'ob
ject of OAS was to admitl ., NiiiicOnformise
chaplains intojails, but ita'refti'design , ivis"
to intredticeßtimidli cheytlainS.
law hasstood hitherto; by the "'special
"quest " of a prisoner "Who' declared' he' is
not a member of the 'Churoh of Engliind;
lie maybe visited . by'a minister erl;kis Own"'
church.. The debate we's sointivhat,remarkl'
able, and'aMong other thingA-vbriiiight 'out
how much of•the crime e emu:jilted in' Eng
landis to' be laid at the door of Pirpiehl
migrants from Irelaud. There' are siiteeif
prisons in'England and - Wiled; whielrhaVe'
more than fifty Roman Catholic prisoners!
The lowest,' number is fifty-'folnytheThigh-:
est four'hundred 'and' eighty-five ; and the'',
average; is upwarde -of one-, hundred- and"
thirty in each. Consideringthat the ReMP
ish population 'of Englaneanor Watecis '
not more than IC'iiiillion=oneltwentrfiftli -
part of the population-4his'is 'a 'signifi
cant proPortibb. Fair rplayvviii the - grair
argunient-foibliaid. Clikplain'S, 'and'
Lord Palmerston-said, " it, was ) a question'.
not between,. Protestants and-Catholics, but ,
between sound sense and 'Moat respectable
and honorable prejudice:" In point of fait,'
" the thin midi of 'wedge" wasoalrelidY' •
inserted .In , everyr county and thorough,
prison.in.lreland,,a Romish ;priest is paid
to minister to Romish. prisoners. General:
Peel, 'Eord- Derby's' War Minister, concili:
ated many votei to - the 'Tory side of the
, house; liy'providing for ltoinanist chaplains
in the army. , . Ia vain Mr:Newdgate-wain
ed the House against.tb.e ambition of the
Romish priesthood, and their ceaseless of
forts to recover their lost ascendancy;vand
spoke • of the' ‘forgotten 'secrets of 'ltalian
dungeons;' and-the persecution -of MataniiP
'ras in .Spain. When -Mr. , Whallew.thei.
anti-Maynooth. successor of Mr . Spooner -
rose, he was saluted with "yells and cries„
chiefly' from' 'the` . Irish' 'lasting
overiten Aflingth
to say.: "The riotsr at , Berkenhead-had
tually closed , every-public building..in that ,
_Own to, free discussion; and the onlyrem
ady for the outraged in Hyde Park; had
,begun to - put a bar on all Public' diabusaiiiti
whatever, The Eorganike&'.2. action - 'of ' , the •
Romishipriests was the main .causexe the.
crime , of Ireland and the troubles (from
Irishmen, and the time. would come when ,
[civil war, avoid which the Duke'" of
=Wellington had'- consented to - push" the"
Emancipation aetpwould have to. be fought"
.There was a majority . _ for the second ,read-..
ing of twenty-two.. CardlualWisealaa and ;
!his priest's would doubtless have njubilariV
dinner over ;the; vote, ana,a pull , at the best
wine which that .corporate dignitary keeper
in his famous Cellar. While the British.
Parliament is. thus t.complaisant and *poli
ticians are trying to make capital on either
side out of Popish adherent's, who despise,
them while they ,use them, the: Queen of
Spain—in ; spite .of innumerable ninon.,
stranees, and a petition presented„ by-her
own son:in r law, the Puke, pi, Mont,pepsierl
Merrily cefutes,to,„libernt l e the kFotesiao,
prisoners. •
MODERN •TRACT ENTERPRISES present,
an array of facts and figures very rein arkable.
The London Religious Tract and Book So
ciety has, from small beginnings, grown
into a gigantic institrition. its Antal
al meeting will be held neat week, I shall
reserve particulars as.to its'ltorer-increasing
success and usefulneo. -entail its depart-
Ments. But I havetedlHlwinerition that
the ~omiriittee liar con4*a to the Amer--
eau TribtSociety, Mang with fraternal sal
utations, tlieirfreadinesi to supply and for
ward £3OO worth of tracts,liboks, and pe
riodicals for the use of the Americau, army
and 'navy. The Bev. Dr. Hoge, made an
application to the Traet Society, in his,
iotTanudiin; and £3OO . were 'set
apart in reifionie: 'But the grant' was'ael.
companied •with, - ptatreal dendetination
of a, , proposed republic whose , ; "corner
stone"
is silvery, "the picpressipn
thVeafneSe hick that the
. piekeiit may,
,beeverridedi hy: the Iderei Elriiiiithot Only ,
to. thdtipiritnal andmorallyteliare of fhti white'
(populttion,i but tombs, Rational- freedom:oft
, theSlav99, and the "'social ele . ation ,of . the
;whOle itegrtt race throughout the United
Status. I give hie ipfoiiiiition:on' the'
very. best=authority = It' exactly" expresses '
the. -wishes and feelings, of the overwhel
ming, majority, of our, .Christian people.
TICE -BOOK SOOTETY' has this--week held
its anniversary. Its path ,has, beenrquiet,,
but,yery useful. It is, mainly Supported,
Soneinf'orinists, but, there
are'-liberal'Ohurehinen 'Who'sustain` It also:
This thrstituti l en Was formed onel hundred
'and , thirteenryearar agn tit was found
ed in 'faith and prayer, on a catholic and ,
etangelicaf basis ; All its publications,
from the l itist o 'hive ben Paiiiine in' their.
" Bothilkstibieriiitilinit and `sales;
it isirapidfyincreaging; andlthe latest' reser
linden adopted by its Conimittee authorizes
for every 'guinea .subscription five pound's'
'worthof booki and tracts for, distribution,
b) the was
" the' Pi:o[ll.nd'
'to many of .tliese 'geneiiatidtis
it Im. i .been made. a blessing. ..Two -Javan
ings _ago : its anniversary was a room
in Lndgate Hall, which was a famous meet
'big :Pith for - Bible; Traet, and 'other' Me-et
:in& befoie 'Meter "Hall' or' othiii" larger '
places were. 'erected; and" within it th'e'
voices: , of William, Wilberforce end 'very,
many of the : philanthEopists of the past,
have heeis,lieard Pleading, the cause ofthe
pool,anirof.the'opiiressfid; as well as'of the
heathenl /MAC' recent‘'nieetitie all' was
itjaciness.r, 'clergYinan - of the 'Church of'
England 1 - .;ore. witness to the greak value , of
.its publications amour , the children of the
dearadedpofUlatton of BelliiialCireen, in
the b lWatiof'lLOndOn minister one
of those earnest men' *birin the London
Masses want, and whom, when they . get
them they prize. His teaching is that of'
the'inrita i n seventeenth cert.:
turn he ik free - alike frOm bight 4 and
formalism ,- The . 'BistioP of'LlOndbn
had a conference with' the proprietor's TIE
houses Ste. in the metropolis stirring them'
tp to !peel, the fearful,Knritual destitution;
whq,, frordthe 404 increase, popula :
tion, aid the re.sults,Cf:a dead past,,is fear:
- ful in: - Its Ottent,.- He,is discerning as to
the right kind of'clerieal iaborers ; and for
distrietAirches a:naillion sterling is, to be
raised' in ten-Years:
•
THE r STERLINV TRAM' Ei.iTERPRISB was'
lregu;begun
nby Mr: Peter Drummond It "eota
teemed . :with - the publitation' of a'tract
against Sabbath Desecration in the month
of August; 1846;intended Mainly:ler lo=
cal .distribution.i t was followed by oth
ers 'circulated through 'a 'gradually -s j videttl
lug sphere, until at:length' the Enterprise,
including as tit now' - does; "British
Messenger,"-- 'started in 1853,, and` other
publications of a ',kindred nature, em-
braces within its range of operationsT
the United,Kingdora., well , aathegreat::
er payt of, the. Colonies, and other countries
where the English language is - spoken.
The Rev. Andrew Cameron, well known
as' the able Editor OrtheTreas
uryidor:Many.yeafs, iilbovi Edith of iarpl
'the publications isslica g. Mr.
Drummond , has 'throughout devoted' his'
gratuitous , serviceilo !the 'man tigenient- of •
this important and extensive concern. In
the-period from' Auguit, 1848, to March; ,
'lB6l 4 —according:to a Report prepared and
signed, by the Accountant l Geri era 1 'of the,
Supreme -Court of Sessions., and another'
Chartered Accountant .. ati - Ediriburgh
ffnd autentry of the total' annualt receipts .
and' payments illy. Mr:DDruminond, on
count of the enterprise; including lands
for , the . erection of a 'noble 'buildinv the.
Stiriiug;TraetlD`epot asltonits
arehitedtard and. its object,- is , a standing:
honor and , ornament ',to . that romantic town':
The-amount, of payments waslupwards "of
;•£62,0.00---of receipts, £60,318. - The bal
ance- is since. diminish edy
, mrrecent , visit to Scotland, , I spent'
two, days- at .was present - on tw.o
successive moraings! at 'the Quarteribour
Daily prayer-meeting of those-employed' iu
the Depot, male and female, and also of Chris
tians from the town ; and. saw an dad sadroiredi
the order and.:'diapiteh avid) Which thei l
British! Gdipelk.,Traftifiet, and'
''Good .Neuis, together , *ithlargequintitieal
of Tracts - ,1 were; first folded,- and then. put
up intufrareelsi and; wastput in posireasaion
of the following remarkable statistics
;{ $TIItIiIN ( 3~PIIBI.ICATIOPTB:
1. Tracts of different sizes published
during th keirMendink
1862,
2. Pages . of - Tracts Published 'from be
igintring'Uf enter'rise' to "nbOireh date;
119 ; 015;90.0: .. .
8. .Amogot - of , postage paid ,during'ydar
endipg Dee : , 1859, £1,306..3. 11.-1860,
£1,298. 16 4.
4.Casiral '`orderti ::during 1869, 15,515;
Andi , 4860, { 11,464 lexclifsive" of regular'
subscriptions..
5. Number of Messengers pub-
I iished to same. date, (118 Nos.) 10i883 486
6. G?&ppf Trumpet:, pub- ,
• fished 'o'Bam - edge - (72' Nos.) 4,980,334
- . 15;368i819
There are many other Tract:lnstitutions
in England andareland ; one , is the Dablin'
Tr'act Association' Which • has a flourishing
depot at 9 Paternoster.,Row ; others , are;
", The Gospel- Ttaat,Speiety," ;" The Month
ly ". and. " The Wesleyan Tract Societies."
Many - of the book-sellers are publishers of.
Tracts—such- as Messrs. Westbeim & Mc-
Intosh, a,nd,*r.,J. F. Shaw. At the ',‘-Re
vival " office, ;aloo f many tracts are issued,
, Shaw hasAt series of ",flousehold,Pro
verbs; or, Tracts for the People," which
-have an excellent: spaialrand , f domeatiop as
WHOLE NO. 557.
Scotland has its " Religious Tract and
Book Society," which, however, can scarce
ly be described as a publishing association.
It is
,rather a well-directed agency—with
shops in large towns—for securing a pure
literature to the people ; and aiding and co
operating-with recognized Colporteur.s, who
sell books and tracts over , the length and
breadth of the land.
In France, tract circulation bas immense
ly increased The `Paris Tract Sobiety
circulaterl4oo,ooo duringthe year; aided by
the Tract'Somety of London.; 'Toulouse is
the centre of a . tract , agency, which sends.
Evangelical publications,: not only over
France, but to every part, ,of the world
where Frenitt language 'is spoken
• 'The Bower Saxony Trant-Sonietf is Most .
successful* ins-its. work- in Northern 'Ger
many. i, Gottheil, of ,Cauristatkin Wirt
emberg, •an r agent -4 the .-.British Society
; ni •
for the Propagation' of the Gospel .among
the'cretAl;diffuees 'tracts widely arming his
'brethren of the' A 4 trans
.lation *of Atie:Texcellent-little work- , --in the
form, of question and. answer—is,;abqnt
pubiished, under„ . tbe,mrspices of_the So
ciety:for Circulation among English-speakOng "Jews
- -
Romanian'', Secalarism, *arid Momonisin,
,have - their tract . literature also--more, how
ever,,in the . form . of catechisms as to Pope
•
ry, and. Lectures, ,or attempted argument,
treatises, as to - the other two systems.
Duffy, of Dublin, has an agency in London
forthe - gale Of "Statidard Catholic Works,
* Religious:'Prints, Crucifixes, Medals,
Rosary.peads 7 ".4c. . 4 ‘.A. Standard
Library of
,Catholic_ invinity,' l . at 2d each
treittise;in Which the Virgin arid' Saints
figurelargely; tit& "Holy SeapularY,"."The
Place of St. Ignatius,"--`" The Rules of the
of-,St.lFranois," '",,The Stations. of
the ; Wiest Isioly way of the Cross," " The.
Office for the Dead" &s. Then there are
" l3ooks for Children," at LI 'eaCh ; ' as well
'as" The Young 'Christian Litirifry of ',Wes
of the Saints:
'My ; impres,sien :is, ,that never was there
so much pure and healthy-literature for the
masses, as now; and: never was there so
inuehloving activity bias diffusibn. It is
all-important,-however, that both English
'and Arnericae Christians :=remember, :that
there are MUMS ,Of the 7 population : who. do
-not yet possess these means of enlighten
ment." and that it is only Christians who
can' be expected to become `distributors.
The living,.-loving - voice; an visit in the
viral cottage, or
: in-the:back streete an&
Alleys, of, the cities and-towns „with.an evi
dent interest in . the social elevatien of the
fatnilies — eksfied ; sym . palhy`,in the sorrows,
and Watits'of the poor; a tinder intereit in
the children, an& ,
kiMily looks 'and words
for them and their • mothers---all&one out
of love to Christ, : and
,wilt persevergnce—
tJaee are seen to
,be crowned with a 'rich
reivartl. It is larn4ntable to alibi that
such visitors; men and ivoraen;'are 'the
minority--that a large body of hearers of
the, Word, belong evidently to the self-in
dulgent,,, do-nothing "- and
thatinonths a : ndY ears pass when souls
left' in' darkness - Might; liaVe teen made'
ligift . ; while the reperi are nei 'Cleansed;
not because there is "no balm in Gilead,'
and no - physician tbere,". but,hecause-those
who are, communicants, at the .Lord's., table
have no practical pity for dying sinners.
P. S.—There is a general feeling that
the danger of - collision ,between the ,British
and American Governfife f rit is obviated for
the present.
Trade htitianchester has resumed-its ao,
tivity. The feeling is jruprgv_e4 bps state
meat that the United States ,Goyernrnen
is sending , an agent to this country versed
in the'rearitime and'international laws, to
cooperate with'`Mt.' - Adaniti, " all
possible cases may be promptly Attie&
there, instead.,of 'their being-made the sub : ,
jeet of .'tedious Correspondence!! This is,
very important, as a preventive,of bad feel
ing. I believe that had thia'been done
sooner, both countries would' have been
saved froin-agitation - nnd angry feeling... •
The Lancashire unemployed are,abont to
be Set , to' work in the iMpro,vement and
drainage `,..0f towns as extensively as pos
,sible. Emigration etielinra.'ge:d.
The Times of to=day argubs•for , recogni
tion of the South: and the Nbrth, and says':
We have been quite as proixd of the Uni
ted State's, and have found' them, quite as
useful since they 'ceased to be our own.
We have all come to the conclusion that
they have a right to ha independent, and it
was best they should Iv. Nor can we es
cape the inference that the, Federals. will
one day cbtae . to the'same conclusioa.
I merely quote these 'wOrds Which no
doubtrwill not be indorsed by the American
people. ,
The Sea-Captain's Stery.
BY REV. JOHN TODD, D.D.
- The sea-captain was a largo, frank, nob e
looking, Mari..' , -There was no one - in "the
stage,-who could talk faker, laugh . louder,.
or = swear, more ,fearfully. e ,, The stage was
full, and all 'day they travelled -togethes
Among other topics of conversation, the,
captain related an account of a terrible
storm be had met within the Gulf of St,.
Lawrence.. When the storm met them un
expectedly,they made all haste to take. in
sail, to get, the : spars down from their
heights', every boat and every mova
ble thing 'lashed.' 'HoW* the storm swept
over the waters, making the waves curl and
quiver. as if in a continued shudder ! Every
thing was made taut and trim, the .storm
sail set; the lielm lashed, and then, the men
had done'' alf!theY could. Surely and fast
she drifted before the storm, 'toward the
rocky shores of Labrador; but' no human
power could, manage the vessel. All' day
and all night she drifted and jhen about
sunrise struck upon a little island. There
flir a few Moments she WasliftedeVir rOeks,
till at `'litat a hugse' wave ""placed` her On a
:great , wrocki where she livivag, and writhed.'
All knew that she must soon go to pieces;
- so they went to work to make a raft, hoping
that possibly they might thus reach land.
hardly `had, they got it done, when the poor,
'iroditing'vessel wetit"ill to piece's, ' The'
men shouted, "To the raft! to the raftl"
iAlas ! the oaptainwas the only one.who got
on to it and had .tied himself to it. With
many oaths he told — how awful, the scene
was--41oir'' the 'Poor fellOws struggled and
'tried to &rasp the raft, but the ivairesdashed
them off to rise no more. -
" And-there," said the-captain, "I was
alone. - Not a thing, saved, not a mouthful
.of food, not a drop:prwateVr-: `For. three,
dayi(74ne dime tad,
till
,I . . l _wsill;,,neafli i gonst,xlien 4 .-s, ship: ean2, l ,
near i had just strength enough to
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REV. DAVID PVlllNlirkint
DROP/Lama AND, gitt.Bl.4llllM,
up my red flannel shirt, which they saw;
and came to my relief. I was too much
exhausted to „stand or even to speak., My
life hung by a hair. Bathere . ,l am, e.p..
my way home, having lost all had in the
world."
The passengers were much interestedtin
the captain!e, narrative, and qiefsilentage,n
tlepan got them to contribute. i a handsome.
sum, he giving the lion's share which was
delicately given: the captain." ' He 'Seethed
verrgrateful, and:shoWed a great`''senlietif
relief.
In going up a long hill, just .before
the passengers alLgot out and walked.,
up the hill. It was then that the silent
gentleman' found hinuielf walking tame
with the captain. -
`! , Captain, may I ask you a questioni.and
not,give.offence ?" , • •
",Certainly sir and I'll be happy to
an's'wer it.
" Well, sir, when you was on that raft'
alone, during theselej4;dslys and nights,
did n't you solernnli'iroMQ the Lord that
if lite lirm4d %ire . „yon um& attire go* ytilt
would ;Jive `a afferent -life and serve him,?"
.N4me of,„ year . business, sir !" said
the captain, reddening and drawing in
breath. •
They got into the stage, and sotincame to
their lodging village. , The :captain was si
lent and. so was, the silent roan.. ,The cap
tain
.. was to
,stop there and turn of in
different direction. We'
stage and 'the rest were in go on."
Just before the`break.Of day, =there Wks'
a knock at the chamber ; "door of :they silent
man. He opened the: door, .having...fust,
kindled a light, and there stood the
His eyes were red and his noble: face was
flushed, and his great bosom was heaving.
He took •the band of the 'gentleman and
sobbed, and heaved and sobbed .and spoke. .
" Sir, I treated you rudely yesterday. I
came to ask your pardon. I did promir
and promise and vow to God on that raft
that if he would- spare --rne I would live` a
different life, and IF wonld serve him! 0,
what ; ;. sinner -I mu! Utley° not slept : a;
wink all, night; Will you pray for me and
forgive me?" The gentleman .wept too,
and promised all that he asked, and then,
•,the stage drove up. They graiped each'
other's hands, and partici. - never to meet
again in this world! Will they meet in
the.next ?:•-rrS. S. Times.
Prayerless Parents.
Prayerless parents Your irreligion may
prove your. children's ruin. They Aight:
have been within_the fold of. the Saviour.
. ,
by thiS tithe, had not you hindered them
when entering in. That time when God
visited your faintly with a heavy stroke,
they, were ,thoughtful fora season, but there
was no church in-your house,to give aheav
enly dire:oOn to, that though fulness, and
it soon died 'away. That' evening,' when
they came home front the Sabbath' Scheer'
so serious, if you liall7been7a -- , - ,pions lather
or mother, you woiildhave taken your boy
aside and spoken tenderly, to him, and''
asked„what teacher had, been telling - •
him,, and you would , have prayed with
him, and tried to deepen the impression.
But yoUr children Game in from the Aura "
or school, arid found no church inAheir
father's house. Their, hearts were softened,
but your worldliness soon hardened them.
The seed, of the kingdom- was- just spring!.
ing in'their souls; and by this time might
have beet ca rich harvest of salvation; but
in the atmosphere of your ungodly hour'
the tender blade withered instantly. Your'
idle talk, your frivolity, yew- Sunday visit-. ,
ors, your prayerless evenings ruined all
Your children were coming to Christ,.
and yea suffered "themnot. And you will
not need to hinderthem long. The carnal
mind is • erirnity against God; but no en-
Amity so deep as• theirs who were almost
reconciled and then drew back.. ,y.c.)lorov ! ).
your children back. You hardened them.
,•
They may never more he moved. • They
may grow - up as prayerless and ungodly , lOU
yourself. If God should.change
they .may Soon be too -hard for yourf own.
tears and entreaties. If you die as you are,
their evil works Twill follow you to the
world of woe, and pour new ingredients into.
your own cup of wrath. Ohl think of •
'these ;things. -A. pra3rerless hcitise
only :.a cheerless' one, but it is a guilty , one;
for where. God is not, there Satan is.
Literary Pillars of the Papoty;.'
A Paris letter says : "It is curious to see
the heterogeneous elements of which the
Papal army of W-reqeurs is made up. M.
Proudfion ,does not 'profess Christigniii.,
Dronyn de Lhuys belieieS in the trans
migration of souls, andother theories held .
by French dreamers, which are in direct op,
position to all the Catholic dogmas. The,.
majority .who rejected Jules Fa.vre's motion,,
for the evacuation of Rome, are Voltare-,.
ans. N. Giiizot, who reptesents the tem
poral power at the Institute, is, a Pretestant.
of the pvangelieal school. M. 664 en,
princiPal redaeteur of Lq. Pr'anee, is
Jew, and although he says in the colnMnit le
of that journal, that the Papacy is the gp , 4 l ,
conservative principle of modern.society, in r ,
short, the 'salt of the earth,.goOS every i Sat lio ,
urday to the Synagogue; and . is
lous an observer as he can "well:bg.„4
law of" Moses and the ordinances ef the'
Rabbis."
True.and .False Friyar.
Children shoot arrows on purpose' to =lose
them, and never so ranch as look where`l
they light. But men; when. they shoot;A
aim at the mark, and go.after the arra* to ,
see how near it falls. .80, wicked; carnal
men,:when they have said, not made their
prayers-.to-Almighty God, look not after;
them, and have no more regard' of them. •
But. God's children, when they upon' the , '
bended knees of their souls dart out their 3
prayers, when. they. pour out their requOtitiso
unto hite, they look after them;`eyetthim
up into • heaven, obseriTe how God . wtter-" •
tains them, and wait for a happy return at'
his good will and pleasure.
Grandeurt , f
the yon,haVe evei,"o
tried it - you' must haye peen `
struck with ail?
few solid thought ' s:;„ the few — suggelittire
ideaa whieli SurviVeithe Vernsil of ° tlae most"
brilliant` of huthan books. Fe* - 43 f 'There. -
can stand three reading's; and n,t, the inein
orabilia which You hadlnerked in your Erse
reading; 'on reverting to theiri yonfina'thie
many 'of them were not •"sc' 'striking, or
weighty, or original as you thought. But.'
the Word' of God is solid'; 'it will < Stand le
thoissand readings; and The man whii'has'"
gone civer:it theriiiTst'frpg;:rtlY ,
fuPy; trii3 tidiiig leV figigtff'd
there.—Rev. J. Hamilton-. ' '