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REV. DAVID M'KINNEY, Editor and Proprietor, REV: I. N. M'KINNEY, ASSOCIATZ EDITOR. TERMS . IN ADVANCE. DT MM,. $1.50 1J LIVERED IN ZITHER OT Nil Ovrirs 2.00 For TWO DOLLARS, we will send by mail seventy numbers, nd for. OFx Dom,ali, thirty-throe numbers. P IStOTS sending us TWiNTY subscribers and upwards, will thereby entitled to a paper without charge. neuewalssliould be prompt, a little before the year expires Bend payment' by latchando, or by mall. Direct all latter' to REV. DAVID M'KINNEY, Pittsburgh, Pa. (selected.] 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, C ll 4 4,1 : 44 re51 /Atttnait t#r 1604 1 4 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 M M 'N.7 Publication Office :_ GAZETTE BUILDINGS, 84 Pure 81." Przysatraos, PA. PagLeasz.paLs, Souza - Weer Coa . or 710 LAD CIDIVISOf ADVERTISEMENTS. TEAMS IN ADVANCE A Square, (8 lines or leek) one ineerticeci teeep — 4 . ` Mob anbeequent insertion ; 40 mute ; each line beyond ilibt ; b eta A Square per quarter, $4.00 ; each line additional, 88 cents A ENDUCTINN made to advertieers by the year. BUSINESS NOTIONS of Tea' lines - or 1ei01.09 ad &Mimi line, 10 celiac, 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-. ' '