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For the Presbyterian Benner
" Only Believe."
When, at the late meeting of the "State Sun
day School Convention," the subject of discussion
wits the utility and importance of getting the mem-'
cities of children well stored with significant and'
instructive portions of Scripture, several anec
dotes were related, bearing on the subject,.
None struck us with more interest than one re
lated by the President, the Rev. Mr. Bomberger.
" A gentleman of this city," said he, " told me
that, through his past, life, amidst various scenes
of trial, of sorrow, au.sl of anxiety, no one pas
sage of Soripture committed to his memory in
childhood, more frequently' recurred to his com
fort and support, than those words of our Sa
viour addressed to the Jewish Ruler tße not
afraid; only. believe.' " .7'he following lines have
been suggested, ; and if you, deem them worthy of
a place in your Poet's Corner, they are at your
service. J. S.
" Be not afraid; only believe."—Mark v; 86.
Do Sinai's dread thunders with fears thee appall;
And with sin's heavy burden oppressed dot
thou grieve ?
Dost thou tremble with terror lest evil befall ?
01 " Be not afraid, but only believe."
In the eonfilota of lift that encempttes thee round,
As thou urged thy pathway thy crown to
receive,
Do thy foes ) , by their numbers, alarm and, con
found ?
01 "Be, not afraid, but.only believe."
Do the clouds of distrmis return after ; the rain?
Does thy soul to the dust in deep sadness still.
oleaveT
Dost then fear that thy struggles will , all be in
• vain . ?
0 t " Be not afraid, but only believe.".
In the labors and tailings of eaoh coming day,
The conquests and glory of Christ to achieve,
Art thou halting, and ready to faint by,thelvay 1
01 " Be not afraid, but only believe."
When the gloom of the valley of death rises near,
And full on thy vision, and none to relieve
Appears for thy safety ; yet banish thy fear;
0 ! "Be not afraid, but only believe."
Does thy country, now bleeding—does Zion, in
strains
Of deep sadness, now cause thee to grieve?
Forget not, "-the Lord God Omnipotent reigns;
0 1 "Be not afraid, but only believe."'
For the Presbyterian Banner.
United States Christian Commission.
MESSRS. EDITORS :—A few weeks ex
perience in the service of tho Chris
tian Commission at Murfreesboro', Tenn.,'
leads me to_ rejoice.with thousands at home
and in the army, that - .such an association
was ever formed for the physical And spir
itual welfare ,of our brave soldiers. •The
field of labor that was assigned to me by
Rev. E. P. Smith, Field Agent of the
Cornanission in the Army of the Curaber
land, was located one mile from Murfrees
boro', and- known by the name .of the
" General Field 'Hospital." It is large
enough to ,accommodate' three thousand
soldiers, but the average of inmates during
the months of June and. July was only
about fifteen hundred. Stone river runs on
the North and South side of the hospital,
while springs of cold water gosh , out here
and there from its rooky.hanWafferding
bgood and wholesome 'water. There is a
eautiful garden, containing aomethirty-five
or forty acres of potatoes, onions, beans, Ate.,
connected with the hoapital. I soon be
came convinced that thOugh much had been
done to supply the,physical neeessitiesi toe
little provision had been made for the 806-
itual interest ofdie sick. A suitable place
for holding religious wexabip_was greatly
needed. I hence set to work, aided by
t'haplain stiitr,:, and encouraged by the
Bbard of
,Mrdical
,Directerst .te ; build a
bower church,thisty-:five feet wide and
forty-eight long. "On the clayfolloWiagita
completion, the Chaplain began,a protracted
meeting; and at the close of the second
service an invitation was given to all ithe
wished to come out 'from, the world Anil;
identify themselves *ltb the "Army
Church," to come forward. More than
fitly responded to the itivitation,atid before
the close of the meetings, more thee - one
hundred names were recorded ias, raiiinbers
of the " Christian Association."
There was one feature connected - with
these exercises that I should tiotfaille no
flee ; it was the total ehaence of,oeettiritin:'
ism—the laying agile of all differences of
opinion, and- meeting in one common
brotherhood to advance the Saviour's king
dom in the Army. While out laboring,
among the soldiers I was deeply itupresild4''
with the Christian deportment: of tbose
upon whom I had no personal claim. Did
I present a Testament, a book, a paper, or
write a letter, or in any way administer to
the necessities of th'e body or the'soal; I
would almost invariably receive the heart
felt words,'" Think you, sir." As this is
the only pay which a delegate is entitleda
receive from a Soldier at'atiy titnelhe soon
learns to appreciate it. as hp -had never
done before.
The work of the Commission in the
Army of the-Cumberland ,we belieVe has
been greatly blessed. , ThOuttande of Testa
ments, papers, 'pages of tracts,
been distributed among, the different regi
ments and hosPitals, in and around Nash
ville, Fort Dotielson, Franklin, Triune, Mur
freesboro' &c,, whilst clothing arid' a great
variety oisanitary stores, have been handed
out here and there,,among the sick and
wounded, wherever most needed.
But notwithstanding' the united efforts
of the Commission and the Chaplains,
much that, is displeasing, iti the sight of
God still remains. We weuld love to see
the time come when, instead of a pack .of
cards engaging the attention , ' of whole
groups of soldiers, a plain ,copy of the
Ward of God would take the 'preference`
instead
instead of an oath' polluting the air around
them, an humble prayer would fill tbelheart
with love, and gratitude to the God 'who
made them. But let the Commission thank
God and take, courage, as it looks with atm : .
ions solicitude upon the faithful eoldier' r ek
he stands facing the _leaden hail of battle,
or lies in the hospital breathing his life
away for his country's cause; for it is doing
a work that Christians everywhere praise,
and angels.in heaven delight to see,.
One thing :more I wish to mention, before:
closing. it as the language used by :Wm.
Brown, in a prayer-meeting held in the
Field'Hospital`:
dAOsiesedr much, my fellow-tiolders,
.may differ upen.all other points t ihiCh agi
tate the publiol`mind, there is one thing ,
upon which I think: we will all agree: and
that is, that we ,*tiiit all die; that Afire
is time when this bedy of ours will
moulder ;into dust, aid, our ~sOkts wig
their r lv to. God who, gave thew, r How,
important 4 *lb", in view ~ o f -this fatttlyl
• 7 .gs , ..#;:ofo- ;
:11 - t:t-$ll/. - p/ttr:.k4itt, - 7'saititt'r,
VOL. XL NO. 49,
that we each one of us look well to our
selves, and study our own hearts, and see
that we Are prepared to meet our God in
PeaCi I t is - my desire to live in that way
And Manner before God, that when he shall
'see fit to call me hence, I may go rejoicing
in the. atoning blood of Christ.' .
S. T. M'CLURE.
,For the Presbyterian Banner
From the Northwest.
DEAR BANNER cannot refrain from
expressing my gratitude to God, and my
thanks also to Dr. • Weir, your European
correspondent, for the tidings that the in
fidel lecturer, Joseph Barker, has re
nounced his= unbelief, and resolved again
-to " stand up for Jesus." :Here in -lowa,
asin other parts of the New World
and the Old, he lifted up his voice in be
half of irreligion and godlessness, and
:with frightful success. > I have taken pains
-to •ihave published in our secular
. papers,
extracts from your London Letter, giving
icionnt of hiatreclamition.
The ehurehis) in this region, in corninon
[with those , threcughout the lindiare stiffer
lag inuch'from the absence 'of many of our
best members in the army. The war--tke
country—are the till.engrossing 'subjedt'ref
thought:. To' Caesar Iwe ;must conspien
tiously render "'the thing's' that be Caesar's,"
but it' becoines us •to be careftil that We
withhold not from God "the things that
be God's."
Three weeks since, I had the pleasure of
'tt , call from that Ecclesiastical patriareh, the
father 'of Presbyterianism in _ lowa, Rev.
L. G. ;Belt.' In 1837 he crossed, the Mis
sissippi, and commenced , his labors in the
then territory , of lowa. The whole of
Southern lowa, froin river to river, bas
been his field, 'with= almost every foot !Of
Whiith he-is familiar, and in`which' his la
bors have been greatly blessed. And now,
in his seventy-sixth year, his step is' • firin,
natural force unabated, and, under' corn-
mission from the 'Board of Missions; he
still labora faithfullyin the Master's cause.
His present - home is at Pilohmouth 111.,
from which place-he had gone on a " vaca
tion. tour," on. horseback, a -diStance of
three hundred and tWouty Miles to visit
the feeble Alamitos gathered-by him, some
years since, in Southwestern loiva. Be
tween Monday morning and Saturday even
ing he. had rode two hundred miles, and
then preached very acceptably for Me on
Sabbath afternoon; If some of our -East
ern brethren - would -take- their vacations, in
visiting the destitutions of the Wist, I ep
prebend they iould find' novel scenery,
healthful ,exercise, opportunities Of labor,
and abundant causes for contentment, un
rivalled by Cape May or the White Moun
tains: •
An incident connected with the state of
the country has just ooeurred here, such as
greatly gladdens a,few hearts. The pos
session of Natchez; Miss., by - our forces, -
has opened a way,for , the return , of a so&
and daughter of one of -my elders, to the'
home and friends and flag they have
along loved. The young man—a native Of
Clarion County; Pa., fkgra4uate qf Jeffer
son College, and-a candidate`itdder the etire:
OW Presbytery of MissiseiPpi—had been
for some time .Principal of the Natchez In
stitute. During two long years he and,
sister bad been 'ent off from coMmunication
with friends 'allowed, indeed to continue
theft almost , indispensable school, laborS,
and' he mercifully preserved 'front conserip
time, yet daring - 4o utter their deVeition to
thilliiiionand'their love for the dear old
flig - r onty rd the:dead 'of -night, with closed
doors and darkened windows, and' n-the
ear' of a' 'few I :knowii nnd tried friends.
They return friends! to' the South, yet' ene
mies to secession '`and'
The drouth has'been, -piotraoted and •se
vote-in . 61.1 T region. Very little rain has
fallen here within threeldonths, ind almost
none' within two :month's. The wheat orop
was unusually fine, hut: l ol.64in certainly
not be whiff Opp; possibly much" le'ss.
May showers from ' heaven, material and
spiritual; soon descend . N. L. Y.
Gen6ral' Meade to tlf6 ‘lll Cluistiatt 'Con
raissift.
I'7IOADQIIARTERS, ARMY OP TRH POTOMAC,
''" ' lr AiiiiMat ' 6; 1863:
Gefirge H. Stuart, Chairman .U. S. Ch,r4
Stfek,
adelphict.
DEAR Sit ,:—I received recap fly, through
the bands of'l4r. table, your kind letter of
the It will afford me very' , great
pleasure` to render you every enconnwe
went facility in my povier to prosecute
the good and holy work you have entered
upon.
I assure you, no one looks with more
vor upon the true Chifitian,''Whif Ministers,
to thespiritnal - iiints of, th'niiiing, or the.
physical'wants of the wounded; than those
who are most instrumental, in the line of
thei!''cluty in causing this suffering; hence,
you' miy.reit satisfied'' that . In this ArMy
peter ageiSte and assistants will receive;every
cooperation, and' be treated with all .the
consideration diie the important and noble
work they eieciegaged upon :
I shall 'glad to hear from yot(3vhen
evernnything occurs requiring mY action,
and shall always be ready as far as the, eti 7
gencies' of 'the - seriiie and my 4 . thbrity
will pei'mit, to comply with your wishes.
VeryresPectfullyrind truly yours,
(CEO. 4, MEADE,
Major-Gen eiiir :Commanding.,
Ebeicier:
1. SAM. vii : 12.--Ebenezer, ... Hither-
to bath the Lord: helped. um: • ".
Israel was invaded by the; Philistines
They sought helpAromi :God. •lie shelukd
their cry and appeared for. Weir help. The
Lord thundered with a great thunder,on
that.day . upon the Philistines, and discom-,
fitted them,, and they.were smitten before!
and the men of Israel, pursued the
Philistines ,and ,ampte thenb 'Then Serene),
took ilia set it bitneeen Wispeh•inid
StiiNlPlAT.Pliirelfthe, name. of it ,Ebeneter,
a wns,' Hitherto . bath ; the Lord helped-us.
X.; %hese words halre a national applion,
tion.)..irdthis cha&i is - a good 861111071 • for
tbe,, thpitkqgiving for .vietories ; appointed
by . .tbe, President. • God. appeared, ler;
Ifs has dit . ur Infitted the inyed-,,
dere • andmay say
• Hiiiiertio, bath. the
Lgidoll4-uPt .W".IRaY. for
the v ictor he inik glATn.Pas aikWe may,
trust him fOiih`e.futnre. , The!return his
goodness demands alit we,Atilr. l'in• more.
Ilipatgpointment •.:)f ihanirsgiv
ing—ta itsualr
Thee is a national • actin ebil
fwiclitoint ( Of G 94,
anal! our -dependqs . ifezloo 4ll . 161 d' if
I! 20 II: Vert cats
ikr- . • " -e; ‘•
For the Pr'itittyteTiall Bsnner
PITTSBURGH, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19, 1863.
vre.give thanks• as we ought, we may hope
for new occasions to set up our Ebenezers.
2. The Christian may adopt the words
of Samuel as his own. Grace first sought
him and brought him into the fold of• God.
On that same grace he is constantly de
pendent. -And in reviewing the past he
can see the good.hand of• his God upon him,
and say, Hitherto hath the Lord helped
me. Hence he may trust for the present
and hope for the future, for the Lord bath
said, I will never leave thee nor -forsake
thee. My grace is sufficient ; as thy days,
so shall thy strength be. As everyday has
ita,trials arid its duties, so every day brings
new supplies of grace, and at the close of
every day the child ,of God can,set up his
Ebenezer,! Having obtained help of God,
I continue; hitherto bath the. Lord helped
Inc.
3.. Even the sinner can say Ebenezer, for
God has spared him, and continues to him
the means of grace and the offers of salve-
Hon. . Goodneau,and Mercy, have followed
,him; and yet Goa forbears and the Saviour
invites. Lqt,him think on his ways ,and
.turn unto - the 'Lord, for the goodness of
.Goilabould iced him to repentance.
W. J. .M.
EUROPEAN , UORRESPONDENCE.
The Russian Replies—The Irritation and Alarm - in
. Franee l and Austria—Austria Refuses Separation
from . the Powers— What Heztfr—Converging
Lines of Prophecy—Coming TeMPests--Lituigi
eat Revision—High Church Journals and Nada
pascar--,6 Bishop" Bilis and the 4 , Patriot"—
The Spanish Protestants in ;England Debate in
Partiament--Father Lacordaire on ...Religious
Liberty—The Queen - of Spa in and - 'Bigotry--
Lord - Palmerston onSpazn—Dr.'Steatie Report
of a -Visit to illbdrid-Rdzteation - Granti-41.
Beecher in London- : -.Posticript.
ZOHDON, :jetty 25,1863.
IRRITATION AND prevail both' nt
Paris and Vienna. Prince Gortseliaeoffhas
replied separately io'the notes tiPeich-df the
three Powers on the Polish' queiticiu "'The
savagei are laughing at us,' is said to have
the remark , c "Nipeleink .whe'n he
read the reply sent to, the Tuilleries: Its
style is courteous and polished, but it con,
tains inuendoes against the Emperor, by
its reference to the constant secret inter
course between himself and the Poles.
A correspondent of one of the morning
papers refers to the feet" that the'EMPeror,
who is at the mineral' baths of Vichy is
constantly seen walking-with the grandson
of Marshal Nay., "`How naturalthat they
Should talk - Of 'apossible 'war with Ruisia.
If .they donot, I think they are the only
two persons in -France who are not now
doing so, for Russian- insolence ' and the
honor of - Fratibe' are in:everybody's mouth,
fiom the Minister at St. Cloud to the corn
riii*ionaireat'the`wine shop."
Ih'e -,. .piople of Paris are stirred by 'a
doubleyatiST in an important sense, by a
contradictory iestinct. In their hearts
they sympathize with the unfortunate
'Poles, and , yet as more-and more a,trading
'community, they fear and shrink from "the
destruitive influence of war. - 'to the
cruelties, they are such as no Other-Miro.
pean nation would or could commit, and
even the-GrandiDtike CoustantitialtiP - iOn'
virtually displaced:at - -Warsaw, to reestal;
lish there one 'the most atrocious perpe
trators of military murders in times past:
•
MoUravieff gbes on day by day with lig ex
terminating policy. 'Peaceful landed pro
prietors are seized, thrust into' dungeons,
and their'Property is confiscated. -
r.
Austria was invited'by - Russian re
ply virtually to dissociate herkeit'from the
otheriwo Powers: But this she haaffrinly
refused. Beeides; she too has 'had' her
self-esteem sorely wounded. " Feelingfrof
intense diasatisfaction " prevail, and" ":the
note," sayaone.- who ho studied the' reply
to Austria thoroughly, " is:the cempoiltion
of a man UrhO has madanp his mind'-. , that'
he has nothing or everything tufear.'" '
- As for the "British'Parlittnient, there'
have been' disonisions in both one'
before (in -the Peet%) the arrival of the'
Ruisian note, and the other in -the:Com
mons, utter its being Pent to London. Lord
Palmerston spoke- with 'great caution. It
iwevident thathe is most reluctant to take
any step committing the country =to -a war, ,
-whose-issues ,would be; in . all probability,
far beyond those -of - a mere, Polish ques
tien. The French Emperor would profit
by it if he could, in chastising Prussia, ;and:
diking, a slice from her Ithenish posses=
sloes. " too,. would, in- connexion
with military -morements, , rallt round his
dynasty, 'the artily.
• Denmark and Sweden are: taking. meas
ures to prepare for the contingency of war.
They, are prepared to act together against
knapia, if need be, and, as pure twit comes,
Finland and its fine - scandinavian popula
tiOn will be wrested from her. Prussia
will, as to the army, side with Russia;, brit
if so, there will, be a
. dynasty overturned.
Prussia is longing to overrun lielstein., but
this week. Lord Palmerston gives her a
solemn-warning ; not to StOmpt.i.t.
Freah:joint notes will be
.; dispatched to
St. Petereburg, Meanwhile' time passes,
and the ; , work Of blood now inaugurated
will find itself almost consummated ere
Winter is past.- This year, no fleets can
pass up the *100; nor will! the Powers
agree to . send either fleets armies until
next_ year. There is a general feeling that
1864 may inaugurate an' Offal warrtempest
in Europe,. which .may .be more terrible than
any since the first French, revelation.
Sage, and sober commentatorsi have con
sidered that the .lines- of prepheey7espe
ciallypte heariagim ,;Bivine judgments in
the last days—do find their convergence
1- within the present deeade of years. Cer
tainly he who sitaiting for ever, :does em
, pIOY war : as one of his sure. judgments ; to.
chastise guilty nations, and " to ,put them
in fear, that they may know that, they are
but men." Czar sieholaa was proud, and his
I heart was.,greatly lifted np ; ,but that heart
was broken, by the . Crimean war. &Teat
wrongs, come, up, in
,these, days the parti
, tion of, Poland was, one -of them. Austria
is_trembling (even while, she remonstrates
with Russia) as the ; result of a guilty mon
science. The-Poles-find, her secretly .pbet- ,
ting :their foes, and, seven
.of her ~91vn '
Provures; in. gruSsiall Poland, are tieff
de
clirefj,,te- he ."in.a state of siege." Short
intervals come between successive outbursts
of, judgment-7-parentheses, so-to spealryin
the thunder-tonesapealicf thalfretyLa
,and wrath of., the tha
Just.„o,ne.
makes a short work in the earth , " in these
successive , &velem:oats. of his rightectus
administration of chastisement; while yet .
it is true that , within.the brie? period the;
fire, of his anger ; sireeps fierce s and, fast as
;.theArairia conflagration; and leaves ; behind
wine traces
'firieittiliti oll ' b c E , r 1403 141110..MCd
iostore,t gill , r t tr 4,,, '1" ., 14.
rril•
rested to the Polish question, is directed
also to the great events of =the invasion of
Maryland and .Pennsylvania, to the vigor,
ability, and modesty of 4:ieneral . Meade,
and his devout ascription of success to Him
to whom all glory is due, At this moment
we wait in suspense as to the issue of an
other terrible Struggle - on the Northern
aide of the Potomac, diclared by the most
recent telegrams to - be • " imminent."
When the retirement of Le' e from Penn
sylvania was announced, the Morning Star
gave expression to the &Anis of a large
body of the 'people when it, expressed its
" deep and devout gratitude." The !Tory
Standard tried to show , that it - was. quite
possible that Vicksburg had not iallenybut
the unpalatable fact Waslioon made patent
beyond contradiction. .I . !enneiylvania will
l i p.,
now alas, mourn many o ker,gallant, sous,
and. will otherwise, by t, ' ft,einipogary pre
ence of a formidable foe woll v as hp, all
.iti
the " fear,the night" udiight•iofmany
helpless families;which r tere broken•up.by
the approach, of the invaAsv.,, Thuas taste,
a ,glitspse, has been „given - Liter. of ~the' hor
rors , of war, and of civil war. But dud
has ImeP -TherPifob fAlta swoupd ought to
be, and ; will be,er lhanksgivings.- The
Nero York Hera l d'sl theory pf, a Union se
stored. with. slavery galaranteed, 'would, ir'
carried into practice, disappoint; not,-to use
a stronger' term, the, very,..best and ,stanneh
ngt friends of American niiiOn, and liberty.
Speed on the day, whero . ,blink and white,
abating alike thnbleisings. in civil and re
ligiclus liberty, and after a baptisitief "the
fire' of war, visited, iiiiicitiiiid; reviVed by
the ShOwere of the Spirit, shall_ exult to
getheri in 'the smile' of Ifesven ! . . ,
QVEBTION (of ;Liturgical' Revision
hasbeenvet'asideby.the Episeepal Bench
for the:present, but 'it ;makes the ,need of
Church Reform but morel.proddirent,, , and
increases greatly- the; number of its', advo
cates. From solne‘allegedluidequacy; the
Bishops rejected : the proposal .that the
words which the English Lithrgyeit-;
press, "a, sure ,and .certain-hope" of the
safety and:,blessednees of the dead, : inight
be, generalized as 'theyare in' the American
Prayev Book. . A Writer viii one of the pi=
pers thus ;treats of the question'and of the
conduct of, the 'Bishops :
The conclusion Would seem inevitable
that, the service must_ be alteiedi, no
such thing. On that point some of
„the'
bishops:are . immovable. ;It would be too'
great a triumph for Lord F,bury crff.thel
litirgical revisionists to have succeeded hi
expunging a word from the Prayerlikrbk,`
although the change were deitianded
moral , sense of the whole` nation Se the
youthfuUprimatepf theNdithein prOvince
gives.it up in despair; and the ;aged pre :
late of „the South-Western- diocese' coniforts
the clergy by assuring them that np eedie
siastical 'court would exercise' untie sever', 7
ity in such eases, and that aArifling matter',
of three months' suspension for refusing to "
read the .burial''service 'whenever , a •Very
wicked man died-in- the parish *Mild- bee
small price to pay for ;the':precious'remein
brance that the "13ook i of Coininett Prayer
had •nott been ritviseit'foratrJWii" lidtdrell'-
• "Is itlbeinuch to iiiyithat, thisis a hitkl
arditus - game ?. Do the' bishops really be
lieve that no - poSsible, Arain eau be km
great; o put upou tile love Which: the p 6;
ple of this country}justly feel for their' na
time' Prayer Book.r_ CO'uld.'4anytltinglie '
more calculatedito produce •• an: entire
lion in .their feeintga, compel
sky &ehualitan " than •to see it' made the
object, of blind, superstition? To' dente
who dignify , such w'policyl with, the untrie
ofuonservatism i -or . ;good- Churchisin, let
meicommend; the lollowing remarks 'of the
great , an& good Dr. , Arnold': It does not
follow - because 'one -loves end admires the
surpassing beauty- ofthel (Oxford,) ,
or- beeause one , fornis in it the:most' valua
ble and delightful friendships, thatilterC-,
fore ;one touphold , itsioplishness , and
to,,perpetua4 its fonlao My, lowfor any:
place or person_ institution hi,exactly-the:
measure of ;; my, • desire, to ', l reform. Iheni; a
doctrine which seems to; meas:•natural now'
as it seemed.. , strange,"whett I was-echild,
when I could not make out-bows if my
mother loved me more than strange , cliii-,
dren,, sheshould ; find fault, with nie and not
With them. ,Bnt I, do : not : thitilc-this ought
to ben difficulty to any one who is' more
than - six y,eirs: old) .
".If it here - illy , necessary piovellie
poasibility:of constructibg turialdSeivice ,
which shall be essentially'ehristiterw=that ;
is, suggest thoughts) of comfort "te,thoSe
hristiammourneie,who ,can. entertain: any
hope with respect; to their departed friends;
and fyet avoid the: inconvenience of direetly'
expressing i,sudh proot'lis - at
hand •in the American serViee. Nothing' .
can be more thoroughly satiafaiitory and un-
objectionable thin ',that - feria ,Iwhichle,
faCti our_ own t 'slightly - altered. ; Why not'
adopt it bedily as-ai small::cort ("session' te
"..ConicioN:Skaisn
A High ' Church paper; the Clsriial
Journal, professes to -believe that rave ,
lutiou in -Madagascar is s a:Divine'=punish.:
ment for the-boasting' that has takenPittee
as to the religions future of that country: ,
They apply, to, the - concord, and : Abrahani
like„%peace rnade between, the Church nide
London Sopieties, eepupy,different , fields"
in Madagascar, thestext,, , ,,? 1 4 will accomplish.
my, wrath. ; :against the w,all, and --- agianst lL
them that have daubed, it-with untempered
mortar." (1), And, alido • thet...Tourna4," in ,
order -to justify jn some way , the neglect of
the pattern shown the mount,"(Episco ,
peel, to wit l);'c the,Church ig
nore(' in order that, •the Bible maybe un
naturally exalted
",What had King_ Ito:lame 11. presented
to him as the_ religion ,of - our Lord , and
Master ?A hoek . about the contents , -of
which, the Christians claineriug , for bietlup,
port and:Pos ol ! a g e l could' /Mt agree. , We
,might be sure that : A=ll,A. f,walr, so ire
properly daubed,' could, not
,stand Ao7.'
cordingly, the ' , ,Cha.teh,tof-Englsudi , to usi: •
tablish in Maclegesearl a, Church .
shall be , opposed. Cto the BibZiokary, of;
clenominatinnsj! =lamentations iireexr., ,-
pressed that there bag, been wit pseurio)ek
altation of, the Holy, Scriptures, ' aud it. low--
ering.of the '
Ah 1 that -‘,‘ Book,"„ and = that 't Living.
Way” which itlWeals; sand whick
the,mjrulecn archwe ;Bee" ; in the rainbow, :
iz raaje,atim , ~its ew.u.simpliutty," t han
ever ,heeh,e, suspected sad hatedlthingly ,
the,; : ",,clergylC , rf , Whfj.,,' , l4ehe themselves.l
41 pykstgt, n 4p4:wlip exalt ,t,he Lord's, , table';
into. an altar, aud, supper . rin into: a ,
sacrifice. ,(Insus, , orirrY,l l l4,lthe,truti u;_the
Clxuac ,; - the -Plia , Ott -E,Rogargo
P,APP.V. IO OI.h isrAbe".4pAtif 4::,Obristerpl
liaboageuka astaatitisfo •
Ein
. ii
,
of of
Church paper, the Guardian, treats the
proposal to maize Mr. Ellis, the well-known
Congregatienitlist missionary, Bishop of
Madagascar, seriously ; but it adds "wheth
er Mr. Ellis is exactly the style of person
dalculated to represent with dignity and
effect' the Anglican Church in East Afri
•
ca •
another question, and one on which
we do not desire to express an opinion."
To which the Nonconformist patriot aptly
replies : " What the Anglican Church
wants, we see, is
,dignity and, effect; but
that is not 'exactl3r' What is Wanted for the
spread , of the Gospel." The disappoint-
Anent, almost amounting to • rage, - of these
men- ; to, establishing a • Bishop at the
, capital of, -Madagascar, is very great. ,The
Udheine,: ittso,`of an 'African. 13ilshoprie, in
connexion With did nOyersities, and with
in the range of the territory, explored
4orie is once mere being marred.
Ifiril i netageii, ilte ip th tj one .of the
lergirnen has:dind.Of ke 7 o, o ,ndtheie will
be ne` occupation fey that Bishop lately ap
-poiated;'Who 'took' out 'with - him the pas
toral Itaff. , described:l)y Inc at She time,)
Presantedjy,solue ) High,',lgharch fanatic,
all'inanner.of precious stones.
thiqiewoitilless.as evangelists
'fol it; 'perishing - iiiirld.;, , APoitAie
city, 'fervor and eopagc,,diycited of all
priestism agselfeialtitien, and holding
' - : .
up itTDriio VicTim:before_
men, can
ildneerninciiate, ennoble ,and save
,:SPANISH PROTESTANTS,: recently
prisoners in Spain, are now in this country.
But there is no intention ! ofcrnaliing "lions"
tlieminS in some=former: which
=stilted in tiericlui= evils: 41r...' Grant ;Doff
has:valled , the: attention. of 'Parliament to
case,'their , eing anxioris; as' he= said, `'to
elicit :such an expression , : of> opialOtr'iS
would show the Spanish Goiernmetit, that
while we wished them .to go further we
P, s•
were;not insensible ,to the concessions
and4erik anxious!' (i.e,faior
Of religions -liberty) to wound the siiseepl
proud; add.high-spirited na
,lle,dieposed of, the:attempt-which
had been made to charge,. political designs
on these men, folivhich there was not a
tittle of fevidence. 'A .Fie *Ch pamphleteer
had indeed:argued that the eivilization of
Europe- ; was far too, uniform, and that as it
was the mission of England to be ethistitu 7
tional,' and that of ,Prance to be military,
So it 4is the mission of Spain to reconcile
itionarehr With Catholicity, and to drive
Protestantism from the holy soil of Castile I
!tThat , argument," said Mr. Grant, " will
rase - iv - 4)lth° scorn of every Roman Oath:
oliegentlemen."._ Ohe Romanist, kr.: r MOP:
8411, did eetideinti . .. it, but immediately„ up
rose .Sir ; George - . Bowyer, Cardinal Wise.,
mau!s cress•bearer, ,and who, in „ the most
alameless way, defended all the intolerance
of Spain. Mr. Monsen had quoted the
sintiments'offather Lacordaire, who - said :
"The public `conscience wiltaltekys repel the
man who oshe - for .- eolusive liberty, or for
gets, the ri g hts , of others, for exclusive-lib
erty is but ..privilege, and liberty forgetful
of the;rights of Others'is but tree:ion. - If
irca: Wm& libieryifo'r yoftrselties,'ask it for
(.414aS'iti eider' hecrien?t , ' Aid 'the 'sand
soaker' 'said; , that! if Bfaii)eideweuld only
coin's rover to -trelandV they iveuld.. See the,
working of the'veryepposite priniiple 'to
that 'of
. perseciitien. Words like - these
from a Romanist;' elicited. strong approba
tion:- -LOidr-PalinOraten coniplimented the
Spi3'ziltet. .He 111°4 Said; that we mist make
' grearallowancieKfc r i Spaniards.' , Their get
okfaibieal) position) cats itiniiii tift fiord , in
tercourse with othe'r-f:Obtintilieh' Efii alio
referred; to ; , the ; " Yield* : ef. - iree.tiee, • hY
Spain, in the, fact, that Protestants were
frequently forbidden to hold' private wor
ship lit their own: housei - in'Spain, and tie
ela'rid that the Brown of must adapt
itile*s to4tstieatieS:
Lord and Lady Calthorpa had.o ,
recent
Meeting iii theiildtise,.. at *filet; most in
teresting partienlars - were given 'as' to 'the
libeitytion 'of Viitinilifos and hie 'aqiiipah;
iSOS' The folln*iiiing` ii ailini
ihery of
the'fietil: '
'c At ilTprivate" meeting held at' Cal
thorPeet.::the. other evening, Dr: Steens;
etat9o"tht the Queen 9fi Peie weirtePert-,
ed to have declaredthat, she would rather,
her fightliand - Were severed from her body
tlientiiiiiiiienete the 'liberation 'of the - priel'
. ,
oriers,rand - iin every side, all d!from all - par
ties, the. deputation. met with :the. utmost
possible discouragement,, and were told that,
there. was no chance Of•succeee. However,
the saiiteti& 'we's edintillited liefore the ilep
utatiOizt wera•allewedt the epPOrtnnity - Of - an
interti_wt`with the , Spanish' ,
authorities—
' the ihOreeee , whichile‘drew „being: thatthe
commutation Wei - thus determined on to
avoid the necetisiejAW their' ieeePiion, and
of, returningian official reply:. The'deputa
tion were t pleased et the resultondOndeed,
their, delayed their, proceedings Tor forty
milt' hours' in order tcriiire - the GoVern-
Mei:it:this oppertiliiityl , Again, he, said this'
isatie•waS, very distinctly and - clearly, the
result of the presence of, the deputation, in
Mgisitl,And, of the :documents with, which
it nits armed: . After' their return to, Len-,
do t n,,the',deputatietir felt it . right - t°4alli:
upohltail._,Riissel,end i in
,the . course of the
interview,, occasion: Was , taken
,to refer to
the l impression Of ` some in.thie, eountry„,
tliiktlie commutation of: the ,sentence was
agreed u nVon"befdie the deputation;arrived..
- ''' . iiiili'a i Hisl 'at 'stated,that this,`,
iii an . or sip is„
wee quite contrary to the impression,which
thee-Marciiiiide - MifitflOrestlad giVen'lim
in hia :eominnnicetions "down. -to the-lest'
moment. Dr. Steen°, then . detailed, : ; in
glovingterms, the hapyy intercourse ,whi oh
had, pm:ailed' among the members of the
deputation ,during r their ? sojourn. Twice'
eaCkidaY they had;met tegether—onee for
for prayer' and Scripture reading, and the
second time for business cobenitation ;and„ .
singularly enotigh, thihotel iii which these
meetings werq held waiifhinierly the 'Palace
,of the" Chief Inqiiisitiii." - ' -
EDUCATION' Giiaiiiii - triad° by 'Pella
inent during the last - twenty* four years,
were as followsl -- 7 ---
' "Tian 'lBBo' to 'tlii'close of 1862, the
:Governiiiiiiti'itiatitaniiiVii? , tei liell'idisi .'con
fleeted, with tbe,Cliurch•ofEnglithiamoniii
. ed , to: 1039;8387 to' j schools ,:eon n ected:
with the British, and Foreign 'Snlitkol Sod
ty; to t£587,279 ;• to -Weileyan - Schools, to
£308,113 ;-:to • Roman , : :Catholic schools
(England -•:;:and Wales), to £228;110;;• to
parochial, nnion, schools, :to £75,677; to
scheols,cannected , witb:.the.Ctinrch of Scot
ilandvto £406a85;t to sehools con Tiede& with
the: Scottish. Free: Chureh,to-£822;778 ;: to
Schools connected with the ..Scottish: ,Ep
copal ,sChurch, lo ; X 34,864; . and, to , t
SliottiabAtottianiCatholic- :R: , oT:,SclioolN.9 -
;inittde,ltoz.intingit , Tsneludi e B:Pheigfif f qr
ipepeation, admirnstilifoix: itli'tbe /total
" ^—attt.ts:„of Connell
WHOLE NO. 569.
on Education, from 1839 to 1862, amount
ed to £6,710,863. The &c.' included
£20,036 for ' poundage on post•office or
ders,,,
THE REv. H. W. BEM:MiII has been in
London, but is now on the Continent.
There was a private gathering of Noncon
formist ministers, at which Mr. Beecher
addressed his brethren for a considerable
time ; seeking to obviate difficulties felt in
this country as to the sincerity, of • the
North versus slavery, sand making «other
statements' that made a deep impression on
all present. Mr. Brock, the eminent Bap
tist minister, without committing either
himself or his brthren to any expression
of opinion, said that enough had been
stated to shake the minds of many of them,
but that the considerations;iset before them
-were - worthy, of mature reflection. It
was understood that Mr. Beecher---con
.trary intentioni-=-has con
sented, op his return ,to London in -
the
,Aptumn, te take some ,- part in public ,sek
vices of a religious character. -
P. S.--Twotyoung ladies' have lateljr per
, ,
ishedtfronrAeir Muslin dressestakinglre;
one-Was the danghter of Admiral Blake. ,
Profeisor "Goodwin., whose Orthodeajr was
Impeached,-his resigned' his 'altar in the
St. John's Wood- (London)' :Independent
'College't t r,-- . •
-- The Regent's •.Paric 4 (BaptAtit . ). College
held a soiree at the close of -the-session.
Dr. Angus, the : Tell known , writer, is ,the
distinguished President. -
Immense irritation prevAili in Prussia at
this remnant, fen& the suspension of news
papers and other aets of tyranny'.
.Evety hour,. alici, the Prenohipeople -are
more a : flame Against. Russia, and the Bin-
Peior may'not, disregard their. will. If
Rnssia - is alloweji to crush' Poland,; the et! :
feets of the Crimean ' war are Swept-away.
=
' 1.1 •-, -,;, ; •
Our Ignorance of GoWs :Works.
We have learn eneugh to see' in-them
the bright Manifestations of his gloryi ,- Our
unaided sensesteanYns enough to fill us
with the liveliest: admiration: Otr . every
hand we behold,,and eannotAnt feel, the
proofs. of his skill and..power and goodness.
Man has also. invented instruments which
aid his senses; aid these have revealed to
him ,much of which 'he .was before pro.:
foundly ignorant. The. mieroscope
shown a world - of beings which; .the naked
eye never could have .diiicovered ; beings
that swim• in our fluids; and creep upon our
fruits. The.... telescope , has,--'as. it were
brought the heavens down to our close in.
section
But have our, glasses yet made known to
us all the great things of.creation ? gave
they enabled -r nii to send our vision over the
lituits of spaee, and to learn the'nuiriber
and' the times, of the: bodies which' move
above us, below us, and around us
-So. far from this, we may not have ,seen
all
,that belong to our O - Wit solar system.-
Hrivi'little we can tell ihatir the mysterious
comet which, after -ptotriiiited interiels,
coMes, back to.us,,as if fOna.ajodiney:te a
ter,distantimivcrse Andweare Rerfectly
ignorant - or other systemsbeyond the limits,
of our own.
True% iStliat the labors Of the astron
omer.. and Mathematician have cast `a food
of- light on ~many events and phenomena::
which, before were enveloped in Atli:llw.
But liok. few of the Wonderful facts con
c'ernitig `the' heavenly bodies have heen
Plained ;' and how many Wonders of the
heavens', no' :.human eye ever7WitnesSed I
**keen tell what tufautiful-,."sublitne, arid
awful exhibitioris maybe Made among these
bolies;a4 they move in their complicated
yet iiiYiteiikiits machinery, in' the sight of
the iiiliabitanti or other worldi; in view,
perhaps; of the angels andthe spirits orjust
men made perfect in, glory,..
The
, The microscope has also exposed to our
eyes `'a world of minute wcindere that had
been- unkuowlitefore. But have they all
been revealedt., Thousands liVe and die
Upon the leaves ,of,our forests, even upon
the flowers in Mir, zarderek which no obser
ver'his noticed; and thoniaiads More haye
curious and wonderful Peauliarilies in Their
frame and structure, which` have never been
discovered:. . . , „..
An . insect may hppear tnanan a Idespiett•
ble,,thing„,und,yet 2 ; to use, the . language of
an able.,Frenehwriter, o There' is nothing ,
despicable :; -in:, natitre. ,All 'the . works'. of
Gad ,are worthy 'of our admirationi _espe-
Melly, if we.. attend to bis wonderful ,ways of
creating and- yeserving them... The small
est, flips are as• complete as animals .of ex
cessive,; hulk. They ' haVe • coronets and
plumes, which outShinifall that the luxury
of pan can
,inveat ; and we:venture to say
that nothing has ever been seen in the pal
aces of the greatest
_Fringes .
~so, exact, an
iplindia,io magnifieentai Can 'be - seen by
;a microscope; on the'head of an ( - 4(lMay - fly.
It iirbut. the more surprising to finitsuch'a - ;
collection of beauties in so small, a - space.;
and,-though these minute , animals are , so
common, " and* so - mimeions Mils' does but.
exhibit, as the more wonderful, the pnwer
Mid wjsdorm afGred; who Producesthis sin-,
4tifir beauty, of ' colors, and and symmetry of
fortis, in puohyaatpi:olusion," , • , ,
.What multitudes of wonderful beings,
a491:nea11.F44, still greater beauties, and ;en
dowed also with, powers.. of sensation - and
will, arc still concealed froinhuman knowl,
edge by the. imperfection of the eye ! . ‘f A
single : leaf of ntree,". saja a livelY French
,writer,:, ‘f ig ; 11,, little. world, inhabited. by, in,
visible,anlmals, to whose senses it•, appears
of immense.,..extent-rwho , see in , it moun
tains and abysses that are almost immeas.
,ura.ble-- r and who, from one side of the leaf
to the other; holdi ailittle comiiiiiiiidatlon
with the' , oppOsite-uaninitileules; wtio . ha,Ve .
their dwelling there, LIB i we domith our, a n-
tipodes."
It is'now received as demonitrated matter
of fact,that among,,the mioUtest particles
Of f , gravel,aucteven,tbe Amt. dust ,er - flie
earth, are countless miWun of shells, once
the actual eevering of living. atiiMile. It
is .stated, that A. certen mature:4Si found full
occupation, for a ',Period of 'full' six Whole,
years, in' exat9dingard deoiFil4Pi thiiC l l!7'l
fereat,speei and Variet i tee of microscopic
'shella eon ed'fichir masses Of sand. ,
- Ilninr - miti'in furl* us' that, 'there are'
livin g Weil; no larger than a grail 'iif sand, w hi s isPin a thread so fine' that it taloa
f o thousand of 'these threads to equal ) *
8 y r) . gle hair; and' yet the body of' - ever?,
r
• pider ;contains:. four- distinct parts, , whielt .
each furnish a , thousandllainenti for every
thread the insect ipina; Leo that ;the: 4 threiuf
which iii so >Small ;that' 4t ;takes:four , thou
sand to mak a hair, is iteeleztoiciposed of
four„fulumilt s ostaller Aregoda-Aroveu., t 0 4 .,
_t. ~,,, 4. %oil le .e.l. • i
giruq. - r . ....., J .....
,
=ff3Effl
,IMIMM yy
riffM'4l
%MT= BVILDIMI, at Inonta.,:prrasetwit.
PAikensznag, Boom-rm.: Clos. or Pre aro Caunvi
Tiffin!! Ili ADVANCE.'
!Square, lines or leggy) one ineertioni:6oresaderssoill
subsequent insertion, 40 mete; esteh line beyolitl a tt NAB
A Square per Ogler, $4.00 ; eseh fine middle 'Mats
A RamonOn Mode to silvan - Isere by the year.
BUSINESS NOTICES of TIN MHO Of" itleaLOV7:llll4rls4l
ditlonal liae, 10 °ante.
itt*
. DAVID .
Rimming:oz sarofßisz*E.,.
,then, such wonders have,becu'discOv
ered,in nature by the telescope and the mi
croscope, why are we .to believe that we
have seen the end of wonderful thing*?
Must we not believe that, with keener vis
ion,. which the progresd'of seieneei and art
may -give uer, there kit, remain 'vaitifierdli:Of
the wonders of Jehovah's power—realms of
things, mighty and minute—as amply dem
onstrating the ..Divine glory sz,arty,of 41;is
works , that have ever yet challenged ,t,Va
admiratien of man ? " Who by searching,
oan find' Out God; who can find nutPilie
Almighty into perfection ?"—Bostckii:o-e
-corder.' ,
-A - , ".,-Pagtor " informs your readers,. in
your last number, that Tillotson was the
first in the phureh of England who used
notes; but 'the perfection - of his 'delivery
silenced all.ePpoilition." A more (lifer('
investigation mould have led to .80E10 , wadi
fieitjon,ef his, statement. . 1 : , . ~...,
Tillotson was born in 1630, and began
ie_preach,in 1660. ' Birch, his biographer,
says': 441- fre Was never capable Of,einninit
ting his sermons to :mei:tory, 'oi .. 'presieliiii
extempore,laceording to-the etistomi of the
earlier part 'of -his time though so :great a
.master., of language.''„ ,An incident .iertk
'eta of ,his attempting , - , on short notice' to
preach without notes,_and finding if him
self so much` at a loss,,that,',,after about - ten
Minutes spent with greet pain toliigAsfs),t;
and no, great satisfaction to, hisandience,
he, eame deem with ,a resolution never.te
make 'the like attempt, for the future." . , ,
A'similar. &Qt* related of Dr. Robert
Sandersonißishep of. Lincoln. Sanderson
was bore in 1'537,, arid, began to preaellAn
-1611. 3liiiai.Xlalton, his biographers ffs
that "he was oftensummoned to -preach
many. visitation sermons, and at Many,4S
sizes. ' Which' sermons, though they, were
much esteemed by them that procured Ap...4
Were fit to judge them, yet they : Were ; the
less.valued, because he ,recul them; which
he Was forced` to do • for, thringli - lieliad - ait
extr.sordinari,ineniory- 7 -even thityt.pcit
—Yet he was Punished With Snell aninnate,
invincible :fear and "bashfulness, that ;his
memory was wholly uieles,s,.as fp the repel- •
tition ofhis, sermons, so as he had writ
them, Which, 'gave occasion to
_say, when
some of them were first printed and - ,ea-
posed to censure—which was in tliniiYieF
1632- 7 ‘ that the best sermons t,baf f vr,e,rf
ever read were never toreaebed.'!'• `,Heiving
consented; at the solieitatien of biel 4454
Dr. Hatnniond, to : , preach _ raemoriier„o is
~a
artiedlir s eenasi9n,.4 succeeded SO ,poor ly that, on their W`ny; liOnieWard, he said i ...te .
the Doctor, " neither,. .you, .any ither
living 'Man shall ' ever , persnade j
,itie to
preach again wittiontnty;hooks."..-
~ ,-,...,, •
"Many of" the preachers ," ;of that„ period;
were,accustomed to ;'.write their ..serme,nkin
full, - aid commit th em , tO inemoiibefore
Pieanhing.. While - others, . both, .onliati
and the age
. preceding, were wont to read.
their "diseciir,ses after the ,modern , cuitinri.,
Bishop Barnet, 'in,,,, hie. "History. of th e
Reformationof.thp' Church Of England,',',
says, of the 'times" of Henry VIII., that
" those w . lfowere licensed te,preiteh,being
often acc u s ed for their serinone, and eem- 4 .
plaints being Made tothe King biliOt .men,
on. both sides, they came generally to w.ri.te.
and reac? their Sermons, ,From thence the;
reading Of 'sermons grew intekpryzeiiee, in,
this Chrireh, in Which, if, there 4l"ert: ,
that heat mid" fire which 'the. Fria vi:k r, ..!111.,
showed in their declamations, so that
t k
passions ef . the earers., were .no so nin
..-;
wriniglit l en ,by it, yet it has predneed i , the a
greatest treasure o ,f,4eiglitY, ,gre•lii , 4 31 1 1, ,
solid sermons that ov,Or„the : ',Cliiiriliof OA,
had, which does, in A.
,*rea,S,Meiniure; Ome r :
pensate that seemingfietneia to,inilgar carpi,
that is in ' the delivery of thein. ?- 7 .4. ,
Ed,' I, - Ail ' ' - -
.0 noel.
Remarking_ upon this passage, C elt
Thither, in- his iMagnalia;, I; '399, - 8;1g : b . .
"Theenithu i ef preaching with i ntitihnii_
introduced,_ haabeen - decried by manymid;
men, besides fanatics, 4,t,1e,, pierent i tige,.
and many poor and:Weak "prejtdiees against
it' have been pretended' : , But hear the
words of .the most aeceMplielieci ?Ix. Bea
teri'imeo some
,gainsayers 1., 4 It ill, not ti
want .of or at t iliticia that rktnliati us Ause.eni
notes, but . it is a regard tinto; ; bux,wpr.k.po,_
thWidoa '0 ".) ! ii hearers. 1' use -noteelas,
mulch' es any o miiii; when I take paiee ; oid
as Jittlelia any man; when .I' arn . :lazy or
busy; and' have not leiiure.te Prepare,
~,,-, It ~
ineasier unto us to preach three -sermons,
without notee,. than one with, them': 11e, - ...14,
a simple: Preacher, that is not able, to preaili;
a day, without preparationOf his strength
would SerVe." ' . : ~, ;„ ~
A. "Pastor" hai al's'o 'mititaken the nuni,e,,
of 'the goad` minister of Windier, Connec. • .,
tient.' Who was` the .firsi of th 4 ' Puritan .
preachers in Ameribethetnsed notes in the .
pulpit: '' Colton 'M4ther speaks' iir,, him (1.,
399) as follows : "i ii iiiPpose the first preach
er that ever thus, preached with notes in our
New-England Wan the Reverend Warhom;
who, thotigh - heVerrfoniefireeafaUlted for
it, by some judieiiina men who had never
beard him, yet, when they once came to hear
Mini:they could not but, admire the notable
energy of his"ministry. He was a more
vigorous= preacher - than the most of thenm
wholiaveibeiroapplancied for never looking
inn hOokin 'their lives.
The 'Rev. J an :I,Favknt
a - was an:eminent
non-Confprming minister of Ettosi:;:in Eng
land. At the organization or' in, Inde
pendent church, at Plymouth;•Vtiland,_ in
1630, he end -WT.' johni.Mtiverieki were .1 , .
ehesenpastors. , -....The; church, immediately
N
after, emigratedtoewrEngland, andnboti
the first of, June, 1630, formed a settlement..'
in Maksielitisetts, to which they gave- tlin
nanierof-D'oreliester. Ai'not more ; hanTenr
' ordaiiiett= ministers 'had`previously; lotind
their ;way. to New-England, and all these ifil
1629, only the year before, fMessrs. Wail:lain
and Maverick were among the . earliest
preachers in the,eepntry.„„Consequently,
when Mather enye,that Mr. Warham was
"the` first pritaeher 4,liii,t ever i thmkp,reacheir
with notes ik'Uie`Neit-Eiigiaiikn ie,. says,
in effect; tharsuCh preluling date bliCW,t6
the earliest , period 'of thinieterial - seivinii:':
In 1635 4 31e , clitirch - •atjDorehester etiiigiV'
, i ed to ' the ~banks' 'of 'the 'Clinnentifen4; - apt"
founded :the town `of :Windsor, whither Bir,,
WarhamfolldwiNtthetri in 1636. 'As %nice'
" legend• that hi3ifseneWaited upon by `a dePii
tation.•of Boston ministers, for the purpose
Hof; remonstrance against t his` prdepiee, it ft'
altogether wanting in probability; as he had . "
,already; preichedrsix yearn in: the ' imniedit
ate neighborhood aififroston, anddiii there *
' Wasi , ,_until 1650;;Inittl one: °Mira:Pin - the
'',tcevii, with its two pastors,John liViteMii•'
hndoJohn....Ceittorip both - of.them eit'ffie 4,0
thitroodutryfattailittepdate , thititilnio--": '
, CVO:4II4e iffshValist.' " .. -.' . • •-•
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