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Letter from the Northwest,
WISCONSIN;
IYIESSREL EDITORS :—Although a con
swat reader of your paper since its first
publication in Pittsburgh, I do not remem
ber ever to have seen in it an article of any
considerable length from this part of the
country. I have thought that.sows Mae
account of religions matters here in the
Northwest might not •be unacceptable to .
your readers.
The Presbytery of Winnebago, in which
the writer labors, covers a large territory,
extending from,. the Milwaukee and St,
Paul Railway on the South, to.Gtreen Bay
and Stevens' Point on the North.; and from
the Northwest Railway t on the East, to the
vieinity, of the Mississippi on the- West. ,
It is composed of about fifteen ,regularly
ordained ministera f nearly all of •whom are ,
actively engaged' in pastoral, or missionary
labor. The, membership ..of most of „our
churohes here is small ;4 very Sew have
above one hurvired i .most :bull:var.:WV :com
municants: It iw to be.cretaembered;how
ever, that most of these ohurehes have been
in existence but a few years, and they have
had to contend with great difficulties. They
are, however, steadily growing in numbers
and efficiency; Here, as elsewhere in the
West, almost every species of error finds
zealous defenders. The people must have
some religion, and. most of them are ready
to embrace that system which is th'e..most
easily obeyed. And that one jespeoially
which trammels them theleast.KAti pur-
suit of mammon. Of course this remark
is not intended to apply to all indliorimi
nately. There are may deviled, godly •
people here ' who are models ,of
and earnest.ehristian effort, yet it oannotin
be denied that the vast majority ate abmoatr
Wholly given to the things of the' world.
They therefore prOfer that religious creed )
no matter how absurd ) whioh imposes - ale.
fewest restraints upon the conscience, and
interferes least with intense worldlinA.
It is not *tall surprising, in this viesictlutt
the tngged; sinner-abasing, , .G6d-iiititieg
doctrines, of Presbyterianism ;:are, not; gen
erally received with much favor at first.
They•are Working their 'Way surely, heir
eVer, and the footing of our heloved . Zion
is becoming, firmer, and her infinenoe;.mOre
commanding every year. And here We'sie
the great advantage of an educated ministry.
It is petifeot folly, if nothiiigNitoriet, to
send men here to preach ILOOilritit - or at '
least relippotable taleati'anit attatrime . tits:4
It is unquestionahle_tliat what might be
celled the VoMmeoli , olasseit in the West, are
more shrewd and ititelligent, especiall y' irc
religious mattere, than the aorrespOring •
classes, as a general thing, in the Eastern
States. Vale= explanations of thiaimigtit .
be •giverri but.ther.facti I think, willharatA: ,
tested hy,almedt every one who hatallidAilii.'
perien'ea iii ti both classes. They
_pride
thenaselv,easu this very shrewdness. Every
man almost is ambitious to have a reliaione ,
system of his own, and is anxious (that , it;
shall Illitte soniethitig edeentrio shout. it.,
He regards it , as cnterprising to breaktfinst
from the generally received views,
and
block :Dui; opinion Ef . for . hiznigdf4 .1 itt Wan
evidetile •of. in - di:Tandem* ot-thaughtttoi
doubt iititeirp,if Lthe' tipiti,iiiiniait... iffiltiiiii ,
infidelity, or ,at least Ifigi•ifoliiii2;i4iftildfiq
ed respectable rattier`, ihiaiitherwise. Per
nicious books are.more generally.eiroulatoi,
and readiand;the people better inistencted
in the:Airovaili i tg errors ' than 'ltniViatei
a* tn
°lamtilesi kr' States. In some corn-
MtkuitieltY9P, o A l 4 biali - fi1udf 4 1,49 31 0 12 0171 1 °
has .seem.his4welve.Suortnersr but 'can tell,
you something about Colenso or the' Vete
minster keitiete.— A man brings upon him
self no reproach. by ,espousieg .and b94ly
defending.:the:. meta s ho c king ,c4Pint'ons.
The doctrines of skeptical writexs:are. sure.
to find •e'dvocateilitililmbeti - 4 eve!iy commu
nity, w t ho display: will d toat mai yi pithAely
avowing apillaitlteemt . thetici,A4 i ,,i,g,,4 , Ae
cases-known tcl , ,the write r, goaB o .- te;a4,V
organize night-schools for theinstauetion of
youth in' theta) ,poisonous opinkris.
The faitlifstl minister of Christ ! cannot
avoid ftle4iteptCollieled Vilth "these chain
pions ,of , %errori They cross hiS . path a i
almost' Tivery step, and he is compelled to
engage them or cowardly abandon the truth.
Ifin'tlieie encounters theiiiiiiiiiiter . ,ottikfth
ahead, prove: inferior'to ' hie. 4iprie-in."
leareirtgland ability, and be unable to dis
arm and vanquish him, the effect is very
iiijueibss: . Pre is not only 1 0Vei*ri.1),ed
With 'disgrace and • made coixtikkpAilitliaK
the,.. si eges .of ...the ,00mmunitir; • :Bit' &kit
damage is deme to the. holy cause of re
ligion.' ,'lrridt:this ., Stlif , ralialt ib !'by ' no
means unconstiofte ,Ilik VW Ulm , in Which
the writer labork'thilis are two,lititiirbhSof
a sister. Calvinistio,trepondria#4,fejh 'of
whiohhas :upon the relief its membership
thernitines :of a number Of paredair ithohold
00 Aiietti ees of 'pure' heitheaismj- an -:dit:
hfid: thki in -11 =writ tlie lii*,poifiiiniN .
fietad;ll9uB:• Tfie Past:o,* 0 Al* dthicluiliz
though faithful men, are without a liberal
education, and' , es 'a 'Atte°ruinee•iiallaterly
unable, under the ' Cen t h tidtiallfiiinViSf
oi l l
goNetikdr,iient, la I cityie • e' a'Clinrefi r : or 000
shrewd, depiyers, or even successfully to
defend the truth - against their attacks.
There are many dases)whereltherellitts and
tradilditien Will' go tattheneittidtael? .Culig' .6 !
;
studying-the origißal laaguageof tifelibtsi
with the clevilieh:Purpose of -Controverting
the truth. 311tatelfa , the minister of Christ
is frilly competentfolneet these men upon .
their Ott griniO'4ba
, ' ,with their own'
weiiPonii ' he will sit4lllo'..weysted, and the
truth will suffer.
.. i ~.
These lines are not under a cloud
of melancholy, nor amid Abe, the of ~ dys
pepsia, nor does the writer to 9ruat9 ,
the impression that he haslallon , upon a' .
very Sodom, where, pcm can fict'd l ione but
monsters of''itiiiltiitY.• 'On the' contrary, he ,
bliiieves the, lines Aavo fallen to it Aiim:-in
pleasant places, , coutpared with• =my , oth,
era. these remarks , apply •to ,alttioetall
parts of 'our newly settled regions. .Ought
not these facts ta l ajdist the lyn . apathiea i s i nd
prayers , of Onrist4au ~people.- lu belitAf„ef
that'little hand of misisters , Whose duty it
is to uphold the standard •ofithe: Crosson
theseh Whitern fields, wheres4he enemy is ,
numerous. 413:4. mighty, and where-there •is
no overp9 m 9 riug , moral sentiment in„the
community: to sustain the servant:4.ol3kid
in thafaittful discharge of his duty.? ' And
may wandt be 'allowed to hope that Chris
tian. peeple., at , the — Wast,, ancl especially
those who have charge •of the pang,min
istry, will, abandon the opinioaithat althe
students of Divinity who rank/Stilt in tal
ebtsstind mental quittit'e' slid4f 4141,;1 41 ,11.
or ;the,. larger ai4fi . well, toevb A ttA i ,ff.
home, , *ldle *a .IVest ,ouges,•-.Winkiti4 l l ,
with le 1 .. f'll s he
. qkeloetinefor
too common Oat i”v,uilfretertegy
..i
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to succeed at home, he ought to go West,
and that it is a needless waste of brilliant
talents to devote them to missionary work.
Just as if our Lord and his Apostles had
not dignified such work by engaging in it
personally: This mistake has wrought
great practical evil. A weak and illiterate
ministry has done as much, at least in this
region, to bring the snored office and the
holy cause oreligym intself into con
tempt, as any single influence that has ever
operited'in this direction'.
I .do. bring this charge against my
Presbyterian .brethren. The. few Presby
terian ministers thstr area here are educated
men, faithful. mbn, but what are they
among so many? -• We need no human
agency so ukrlll as, a triinistry of the high
est'mental and spiritual culture, who will
ociniinaiid respect' wherever they go; who
*ill be able to `: exp9iitid and defend the
truth, drive ohjectitstii:the wall, stop the
months. of..gainsayers, .retrieve the pulpit
from the reproach brought upon it by im
baellity'aird'utifaitliftilikess, and rcatore - it
fa' its propei'stitiitlitleby making it a poier
that will,,,Ni e fete- anit.opered. ,Send us
thef beat men—men who will be able not
only to instruct people •willing to learn, but
able akti-tootesail 'Red demolish the wither
iimtsyst,lemS'of error which lie in tke, pith
`
retard bter IBOge.CPBs:
Unrida nt work could , be foundelliere:•for
a lite • number of missionaries, if tho
BOird was ablelo support them. , In many
plapes 'there a litrge population wholly
destitute p
...... means of grace. This
State is destined atno very distant day ,to
contain a. large population, and it is a great
misfortune Or rather a great sin, that the
privilescKsif.'ite:Gpskal are not more, gen
erally enjOydd; - ..ikaitidularly , in the rural
districts. OBSZTVVATOR.
Tor the Presbyterian Benner.
'hip, up: the Moneitain—University
Thigikegivlng.
Unrvinunii Paean; Cumberland Mountains,
• • • 14101 - ,. ;August 15th, 1863. • f
. 7
EDS. BANNittii the :morning Of the
11 inst.,.onr IhOi44i',istartnd on tho march
from Big Springs - to - this place. . After
passing through. a , lovnly valley for •senie
sir milts, we' came to the base of the monn
tifin, add fotind the road indiscribably out
of fix, and
„diffietilt - •51,•, went. The llth,
36th, and: 6.3th:bitio,.and the 18th Ken
tuolky regiments, : litecanicd our battery, my
regiment- being In theirear. It. was very
watm, A n d. forsei,eral miles there was no
water- 7 indeed Xiont;,for - the poor.horse,s,and
mules until , we .arrived at this place, the
distance being between :twelve and fourteen
,'NO.one rdi
tnii have:` any just concep
tion.of.stch a Mar,. up such a mountain
road, until he partioltuitos in it. To see
the donble-teaming—the panting, jaded,
treinblin horses straining every muscle
the whipping, sptirting;‘.ana. to heal tho
shouting and cursing t of f ialti
ridtrs ' then_ ..the I;ove,
with astonishment,.sorrom and.iskameinpon
these seenes:••-After- toiling-taut
we finally landed on the toy of o**i* ,
fain after euristit. 'The seiner; hi "mtinY
Places lall'o4, .some •of -t;11,0
Zlisa snt.viarra . really . sublime . _. __ 4...
gracampok at University Floc°, on
the exuatnit• ,the, mountain i t , so called
from the fact that here, in the forest, on
OottihervlQtlii 3.860, the Southern Episeo
palian with ; : great pomp , and. , vain-glory,
after exteeeive and,costly,p,reparatiorie, laid
the cornerstone of , the ,Soudiern
Sityc - ;which • they )booekd Aould never
smell of , Yiktik'eyhniVl-, This corner-stone
was of granite,,brouglltAgan Eng/and at a
cost of tIO,QQO. Itrittnow shattered into
many thousands, , 9Apiecosii.and carried. off
by " the ,boys:" When mashed ,up it, was
found. to contain a )lible,othe,Prnyer Book
that Gan, Scott-9011.4d.thrsuigit tho M (taken
war / ,Varionkylerio6j,calsypapers, MARS) _&o.
"It was a, grand beginning. ,It was to con
tain: ,all.,
_clopartnann to of .:Saienee,---Law,
Kedieito -.. Agriculture, . ; end.', Theology.
,They, hadtplanty, ofAne ..storteaand tiolber
for building; thirteen s opripgstof pure, soft,
sparkling - Avater ;, and t the:itradingmko_nntaiu
at r. ;It is, seven nsiles frond tke
.Bailroad; and utfidel vetrY44l33 , of
' It , was ,a,igtorand , (beginning on a
megnifitOnt , scalet- At romantic,
„retired. Boarding.ll9oloo hadtbeen erected
for, the FlCre atood;theßittruner
.residenciwof Bishop P,01k, , the notod ,, rebel
likeperel; Bishop Gmen,. and some others.
Mbeee buildings are now in ashes • , bywhoin
Arad, 'not-known., Aid a de
ligh,tfaliplace might‘ have been.!
. ; ,50mir,dietance ont:in the ,forest, on the
-mountain's brow, stands the mansion of the
united -Fairbanks, overlooking 'tool's Covet;
presenting the grandest sight in nature
that thave :ever. beheld ) .eitcept.NiagtrA..
This house is still•statuiing, with remnant
.of fide: farniturctglikary and:pain tings. .
It
is inhabited' by,, eOlllO " white 'trash," who
have taken: full,tplissession. In ,confersin'g
wi th the,•*Arian . about , Mr.. Fairbanks, she
said, t(.-he had a right to be. a Secessionist,
as hOlowtied Jane: thousand tegrees." They
Georgia-now. • _
ales. In,
~Rev.J. Stevenson, , D.
Rork,
of ,NeW-
Xtork, xeeently paid Asia visit as —Agent
t tipti Snot flonef , y.. -31eLcainci Of;
energy,,fait t h:and love. ' rlfnwasabright:
$llO `iniOttr:itrukyl-life. We: visited severs' .
plaeestwith!the PootOr :..'among Aka:wan,
'l.Fairhankie house. • 'it :was.ilitughable: to
sect exerting himself,: asothers Ito
fling in stone . , over ,ther.,!top of a :tall,:
, lonely • Buckeye, (standing far below:
him ;- and ;more: laughable.: still, ,ito ;Om,
hitmtalking a group of,poor , ignorant;
women land- children, admitted within! .our:
, lines, to ,sell chickens, - beans, ,peaches, milk,
Ao,; ito: see the women'alitchewing tobacco,
and spitelug so", acientifiCally. All ;women'
in...this country: use'tobacco. saw . the
-Doctor with note...hot& .; and, pencil, for'
the Observer,, or •Pnesbitarian, , and he may
say ,fiome AuptiC atuisk.iiliont University
!-Flane. ;
l!` ••rwt:
My flatter is gropiligOo long; and I must
meation i Thonkagiviligsday in the, mondj
t; DsC I,;lhef day, ,-was.y,very iheatitiful. At
.the; invitation; ofkßoVli.almr,Dalec. (of the
,75tb.-Inaianat Beg't,ikatiteaded Benicia!' in
: his :regiment s at 4 !Pit Ate . 4 Here • I met, :Dr:
.M
.ontfort, ,Chaplain, ofi.4e 168th Indiana,
ajide, heard him ...Make: ;savory dna speech.
•Thedterifice Aria\ .ito3ll-inspiring,iand :Awed
.witli_Ogint,th ;
e hymn : ;:`, , i 4 w( • • , ; ;
Pityreiitiotry,.'t iB of , ithite; " '• ,
ffiteet - leed
The , day, was- generally ~9 b adrved.
services 1n hiy_regiment were bold-at 611'
M.; consisti.nguif (slaying`" Rail Columbiar,
by. the .brass - band; :prayer ; I,reacling , ttlie
• 1.1-f; • 3.ji 3
NCLN- , RITF' ocati.vig , l 3 FisT k i, ,,l39/4450§911W
4'14 1 4V i r tsitTe 43B 7 -*PtiV 3 I F. 114
net „ t e eece udef4tri.s
tr: Jr •
PITTSBURGH, WEDNESDAY, SE. PTEMBER 9, 1863. WHOLE NO. 672
Scriptures, and the President's inimitable
Proclamation ; addresi by . myself ; gg Star
Spangled Banner," by the band; singing
by the regiment ; speech by Col. Fearing,
and several 'short addresses by different
Captains and others; closed, by singing
" All hail the power of Jesus: name,"
to Coronation. It was a real, heartfelt
Thanksgiving. I could not but compare
our happy congregation, grand church of
Oaks and Chestnuts, the lofty heavens for
a ceiling,, with. your smoky, little gather
ings, and narrow, contracted brick 'pens,
shut in as darkly, oftentimes, as possible.
I trust great result from that day
of thanksgiving. We know- it , did us good
here. Although we have many trials in
the Chaplainpy„ and while my health is so
feeble from . . . : toil, excitement, and anxiety,
that havp been. almost,upder the necessity,
of going North, still I. am daily ,epeouraged
to labor "in faith, nothing doubting."
Our last, meetitprs, have been the most
interesting. ,',Ottt *Chaplains' AssOciation
meets eveiri:ll4:lll4l6' . twining. We, will
soon go..fuOhei South. ,We believe the
dawn of peace eonieth. , May the Lord
hialen it; ! M 9 is GRIMES,
• •
diptptilik92a . Ohio._
EUROPEAN CORRESPONDENOE;i
The Afeiican "Empte"--: , Muttia/ Congr'atulations
Napolermic ' Polley —ApPrWachintnt ' Between
France and Russia—The. Times and " a Europe , .
. • an Prince on • an, American Throne"—Jesuitisni
.. and " The: Church" in )4e;cieo—Religious Liber
ty " possible"---.PostponeWent 'of European
War—Russia and Secret Ship-Building for the
Biack Sea—The 'Reason .Why—Bodings .of Old
Politicians—Coming Troubles—America,Cana
da, and the New-York Herald—Oood Feling in
London 'The Religious History of POlarid,--Itit
Lessons for , the-Present—Diath and Cremation of
an Indicus:Prineette—infurder, and War.
• , LaNDO24-Atig. 15, 1868.
• •
THE NEw Emputif:Or . Bfaxico, as. de
creed! by. thatwablest aim:L:moth cunning- of
all modern diplomatists, Lords Napoleon
Bdonapartei , Wan , . a fact. The 'Emperor
and Empress hive congratulated the•Aroh
duke. .Maximilian , ;on,..hie elecition te 'the
Mexican throne, and it is said tluiChelaS
thanked their Majesties, for 'their iebogretu
latiOns. The : Vienna press, however, pro,
tests against an Austrian Prince receiv
mae a crown from a Napoleon. This event
is beginning to arrest the attention of Eng
lish-.politicians in, concert with those ru
mors which prevail as to a probable alli
ance between France and' the Southern
Oonfederacy. The Times says: " Amid
the convulsions of the, time, the occupation
of .Mexico; and - the establishment of a mpn
etch; have -hardly made as great sin
aion•". - (in ilurope) "as:might •have been:
expected. 'Both France and Austria are •
intent rathor on the crisis in ..Cenl,ral : Eu-,
rope and 'with the possibiit3i.ot, iraT at her
door's, have 'little time to think . 6fitiru and
revolutions afar off; and. even Ainerieit ie so
much engaged in its own fratricidal' con
fi r iot,thatTt,hcra4s - only some .muttcred dis
content " gf;for, : thiSnotablk#olation of
the Monriie
,Ths seating of
a European piinirelni - iitt7-. t Ameridan throne
under 'the protection.tof•French .bayonets,
is sri7even,t,Ake ,impgtance ,of,whieh will
become more and.rectre oonsi4ououa.--
er matter which fill at present a large
space in the world's sight, are but tempo=
rary; they . ,will be settled Tor settle them
solvo in , no Neil long time. Bathe Aus
trian throne and the French army of ocott
pation.will : be .permanent elements ,in the
polities_of both hemispheres. The effect
on international relations both on:,.the.Con-
tinent of Europe; and in Americapis
to be, remarkable: It may be smut:n:4.llp
in a few words—a ,tendency to union, be=
tween France and Austria,
and to division
between France and the Federal Governs ,
meat, of. America.". • The writer proceeds
to animadvert''theinliey of the Bmpe 7
- for; and among" otherthings says : "We
Would not have joined' in it ourselves;: we
do, : not•approve of forcing. happiness on any
me of men at the sword's point. Besides,
is C onstitution which , is to sipportsthe
"throne, there is a' greiddeal
Vials-40a English' feeling.' .The pro
iirsinnelof: fundamental Jaws seems to be
made up ; from tag; ,11tw.0 • of old Spain, and
modern Bnonapirtist FranCe: The Church
receives a power which it certainly never
received of-liite' - yearil iiillferziegiaild Which
is alithat a Pope or a Bourbon. King could
desire. The dark , sitls .efAte , ,Breneh in
vasion=narnely,•
~ .40 (.Innaorion of Napo
leon e s viplx tar owsition
to the bUireliberai party orTuites—is' now
rathei 4 pilinfully cougplenouili The- press is
tb restricted by the most se'vere -MOS
tions;-controversy on laws and Institutions
forbidden, and discussions on religious 'Kik
jeete unist.hot take place, lest they might
oompremise the , macre d right of . the Churelt
and dinithish the public respect, for the
-dere" • '
•
" The , nrtiole togcludes as fellows -
• " Eat whilifihe'l l ronolt Ern' .r -thus
increases hisip-itinfire
afraid that he,mtpt ootint diminu
lion of the Ilitibleif tke Federal
- section 4 et the hit.
Ey hi t f*litsYa T iriiik .: ',itelaseilifee - lears,
by his fitoepAii"Of Ili!.T'-'134141411, - and his
Ten opinions 3n ieeo: igiing
h i e tiohth' i he' and %lair kV)
fObjectibit
- eye • , 4( ' •! :bi'vely:6o' ,
thicaivairpfaiewaiiiiv bffeliaie
rialifiktii.:7)-This*li4irill;ghin depth and.
inebet 'tee eitithfishment of an
'mpire in'lleiiiethe veryseheme sgainst
*lila the Ditairoe deeleretimi was lelielled,
- When the EniOpean 'Sdvereigns 'were sus
`peotid ofit - desigri i 'lik sibiert the ''neWly-
IndekOdentrftegitblier ef,Oentral and South
'lo4l4lsisi.".'lll.le'oo,o6lli haidlifail to
the kittw'En4iii: bririgF
thirifat'Nfoilt; noh o
to loos Se`Thilitaks; SiiiieraVailit *Lower
ihe
of'ihe dig Pieta,
Ji4l(r ty; :4) : hn t e United - States Goi
#spiWill be
*lo3iieier the Oppr4tkiiify
Fran as the
protector of till!!weak Empire ef.:luiroWn
)dristAiii,,,iiittaf=l4.foi the - futire•oi f ir of . !in
to:thitaitatensiims of, Washington
`this respeet'ibit - the
ti)" . iMP°rtah ce ' il
lAI the on y; riblished 'hy
Fordy; 'the - .Piqicior was iepi.eeept
ett is desirous. of :044 established
Tactical 'action the ' of 'a entire
, hood c. of #eine7-their supp?rt hee';l4n
Natihely a base sacrifice, theNtaliter
cr:•.• ••
prevails, the French clergy sing Te Deunis,
the Pope and the Cardinals are jubilant.
Better far had Protestant America and an
Anglo-Saxon race set, up a Republic. in
Mexico, giving toleration to all religionists,
freedom to the press, and free acope for the
circulation of the written Word, and the
wide proclamation of the Gospel of the
grace of God.
Although war between France and Rus
sia is postponed; it does not therefore fol
low that it will 'not a l ai year become a
stern and awful reality. RusSia - seems very
determined . to allow of no interference
within her own 'territories----Poland in
cluded—while the Powers continue .to re-
mind her of the Treaties.of 1816, and that .
her conduct toward the oles comprowisea
the peace of gur;pe,iind'that
they hive tight-I—to say nothing of the
whiCth -bast been •sck
ehoekingly ontraged :by -Mottrayieff,
otherS 7 tft remonstrate,, and . to
demand s i ,
L
armistice to, a:,Cotgtes e"bed:ainypiapanig for wax, k
the nobles and people rally aroundi-tlielintw:
peror with great entli. • More
this, she has been editatipg misakr ;
toward Turkey, and th.......:ciciirery has 'Oat .
been .made that by the' C f Onirention - 'laip'-
arately made between RuSsiaand r the - POrte;•
the-former Pirwer,bound herselfzto keep in
thelllack. Sea; ncynora, t4an , if six ,steimp il
vessels "of smag. Axe, and fonr other light,
sailing vessel's, 'yet she has "
aonetirncte`d,
since' pea'celi War -yes:.
sell;' (eight ofthenrlaire;of the yoldl3ebas
topol squadron, raised at, great, ex - pense,)
and eight transpoxts. , Besides .these, thir
ty-two gunboats .are being complefed at
Theses-arreaments-ex#ldin the
counter-arming at • Constantinople. They
have,also led to remonstrances addressed to
Rtissia'bfthe Porte.. The reply given by
Piince GOrttehaeoffliadAinsatisfactory, and
the , Turkish .Ministei.of ; Foreign
was told tll4.yrkepexex,Rtspiams in diffi-
For,t,e i t alyptys,in league
with'her -
,
I.! refer to , then , matters io:shoit: what
storms . seem : to be brewing i in -3110:politinalo
atmosphere ) and the praNthillt7„alsq,„thati
thn r ,will bnrst over Europe in long and
tei'lible•SllSOseiSii,the; areo-eipil
siOn - inaking the ears -of the Tuition's. tn
tinglits•in the .. Spring of :1864: `:Old -an&
diplomatists haye:.bodingiApprshen
sions just now. .Suoh as. the,lp i ng.of
the Belgians. and . Loid Valnuirston could
speak on these matti3ro—if 'they gave
utterance-to'their thouglitsowith•loine-
thing of prophetic strain'.",; neat; object
is to keep the peace. I belieyatllar,neigker...
desires war, and .that they are very suspi
cious of
. anything lint evil ooming:friin an
alliance , with'-Traticsi:• : And yet 'amnia*
revived. &Signs ca.:Turkey, her .po_lioy
t9r4lP9. l ,au,di - Almi . -the dS.t.e.rSlinSAi,9 l l (13
Pla.m.SNaton PO:to allow matters to vemaik
airtmy are :Or drAii the'otlitifr way. Whit'
doilifoit eYes to* Ifitn 'who
site-inprentelmjUdging 'right; ,, and who, in•'.
the olmness of conscious omnipotence ail
infinite. wisdom, can and will make the
sirtitli,'amktoot,,Alsouii&l of stoes, and
ik001141.13;;Od use
w and contiroi"
them ' fOr life - 150bn ••A'•
• Feliificent ' . • • '
•. •
s; 89312.,1TZTL1 . sin hi s been awakened .
YgnOrs,• :vt , •4oatglikes .1 1 400
hIY I aktiv*.ol/jhg n .possession, ,
urn; areSinrorrof. the Aprtnarn,and tiOuth-,
sin 4441.- Villti# the'
rstat,to,ns. e lit,wnea f4n .B.rltisk Cabinet:, and:
the. American L.4,mhansadOir are
AA At 4 ,p30ppi:Pi92,0Y,04..
;true, as Is - asserted op a ocorreepnF9l4
writing froni„Nyank9gton to tint... ; #elrinrk i
I..recflW; that, ".ss - 9fftcia ' ISdPVI - 1 ! 1 -1 ) 4".
` e Rtiltfq ;his 4 13 41a110if4;4 6 ..
fPRiA I ,Ps, O 39M *4
re :
inpAnamig,maimgu_9B ft im 4 . sisms47::, Jo,
New-York.' -ARC,
B4itemipfli, 4443 fl.PlihrieAft*l74 -I WY%
on' P?4.4 0 4 1 .:PF40 =Net. 41 1 :W 5 ,Wcs•
and
aT.97T91:3 1 4 4 . 144.1kblisrEW of •1410,41A44,
le duly estimated. The
g o:ignxinnnt of:
Great Britain, autiported mass of the
;pbii le ` Lave
- proposal of is: joint reedgpitiond
of the Con
federateiStatekand:.-,thempliingVvgr.to this,
'country, of ewpience4 law officer frsim
10(Shingitd,, io Inudit..l47 in' 'all
niiittent,--zmailtinie and `- otherwise;' in. the
immediate solution of difficult questions,
I thukobviating,reggrwc i t ogyzto!nd conse
iilisif4,eistll4l#B,
. 0 0 1 0i 41 04 . 94 ‘ ruitilt a a whin; as,' el} - as'
friendly proleeding: The
I Globe refers to this with strong PP
I Hon; and' as a IniffiCient r!ifiztitiOri -bf any
I rumors of hostile died.
Britain.
~ 14491.1:013 lOgrjo Potiwi •
le :it. this :ulofitent. PeouharlY worthy -Of
korogr_4. lll 4iapO ti t4ectifario:
of 41i3411i tey, , ker4
which Victor So 'w,filely,
established, there t is, hilifenessy, thillltri
*pitiAlit ui the House of Commons,o o.4 l 9g l Y - 14714ng to rai.istiblish in 1 3 : - .)
land; no,t and ,yeligiiins liberty,"
. lzyt
the empire •tif i the if**. • vit:ile, at,
death of Ai . gi,Ennuia: , Aiwustio,',E,tilg
• Of
1 3 oland, in 1572, ,*e.".Pretslitia4o,Weie..4
peir . erful body, yet ion: 'after, Oftillelifils#
'fraarPai,4Baanen4a4l.an4 the t
a ck#M S AI44,POIToOnte. d ..O.Oq%
PKov l ,,Ono , ditini° l2B -7 **lol }m e'?. Ln
theians and Ciivinists:teo e`,ulit:PrOpired
the way for this catastrophe.. le'Roman
ists took care to fan . therflible. Disgusted
with the endless o sqlabbles Ff . the Calvin
ists and'aaoralientariana; 'lime of the
no
bles • thitivi tlieMselveS back on the Church
of , Rione.
Another..canse of evil was the:want .of
any Tegular organization of , Irctteetaut
Chuiell. The kretillytisriaLleing" left to
work alongiide the'. Epifisorkd govirnmeng
there-ilia virjuiiadlifL
tjore; no , headquarters fioin -which ~ .orders
could be isaned for; uniterlUtion ; no POT
we centre of cmieentrition,. concert,, or
cam the iiiilbreak of the
"lEfroci pp _nian hereby' *hi& tradually: '-leaVened
large ntunberiiiinVprodubed - # the'. fatal
WHY *A- e-honr of tornPiOr
iff'f.raa n4 • l ll9 l,lr4 T B P 443 F ,e, %14 f.?P, back
cintiniii9ioni.
r.
Bit the i?itioductian ***: qouits
ermined and conetimnuitell the ruin of the
cause of troth. Sigismund
mother was,a Illigot44-,ll.42l9„insp,,g l mying
in the title, Bing of .tlqie 2 ): l cpuite,'! ,tieut;
iugly, appliedlo him hylis eniimee l - vras
mere tool in their hands.
Elwin; who had -congratulatectilic.Cardt
nil ; of ,Loriaine•, on the ~ m aniarei- : 0f,14.
JA,r9IOI(WIT, ftlaithO nTlfiqr . :o"cOoliSOY ,
raL ,to bilpg,
ni
disciples of Lg.
sal the The knopO ri liZed:ilte
•••., ~ : r • rlll,•ff fl
1 • 1,1.,
education of youth. At one of their Col
leges, in a short time, no less than four
hundred young nobles were pupils; all
Protestants ; by their influence, were ex
cluded from civil and ecclesiastical digni
ties, and they were shut out from the
court; the cabinet, and the halls of • jUstice,
lidless they submitted to•theßeinish fites.
This, with men previously, corrupted by
Socinianism, and- morally 'emasculated' (as
alas l mant - of the Polish nobles are at the
present time,) by profligacy and licentious
nese, told 'powerfully, and apostray I Was
largely the;result. The students also of the,
Jesuit Colleges stirred up the peasantry
the Ohurches Of • the Pratestanta were burnt
dOwn, and some of
_their ministers and peo
ple insulted or iiiiiisaered:
In 1716. the Jesuits, with bishop. of:
Cracow their head entaredinto ar treaty
- with e lfussia, in which; it was agreed, that.
Nand , Aorta beiiitliailylisarm&l, by a
reduction' of its army from 80,009*th 18;000 -
men ancP' this shameful Piece of treachery
wds ,=perpetrated with tbe c Niew - of putting,
d07 12 , 1 1, 2 P Pissidents" R.Feteq4lnts). "‘F.ert
fifty yearn the, continued to perm,'
ente. - 'The' Piniestarri"Oleig Were - dragged'
before-Rein - IA Their noblea'
were excluded from the - Senate , and thili
znomberalrom4he magistracy ; : :their;sacra--,
manta. were prononiiced invalid, „ and
children illegitimate." It was in t:hese cir
cumstances ' thatthe Dissidents ' 4:pealed'
for foreign aid. ,is But` who' - drove them to:
this liarresouree
Mee fertY irki.Afk OhAra',4f •Rome--41 1 0,
same party which 'had aliee4 Placed Ye - -
I4nd in a state of disgraceful -dependence,
on the' Ciirt‘ of They gained'
their fobjeet all evangel
kal-dissent ;. but gained:it atthe expense
of the independence of their country; if
indeed it could be called ihefi country.-7—if
Me' Cliur4, of konle ,Can be said to have
any regard, to ilpe'pOliticalt and civil liber.:.
ties of any count's. yon efirthe"(America irt
eluded), ". where these came into competi
tion:N/Ith, the interests of . Catholieism _ ,
"That system," adds the Rev,. Dr: Mc-
Crie, whose narrative I have analyzed,
" had dlieud - y proved 4 - drag On Pola.nd's,
energies' ant a snare to her •Jibertkeif; and
if allowed to regain its fascendencyi may
yet swamp the.hect , hopes of, her ,friends.
Witereas evangelical truth" (not the
superstitions of the " Orthodox 'Greek
Clitireh,"*lnew; baeireir by Russian• * bayo-'
nets; nor yet, the establishment of' the Ul
tramontane aspirations' , atter. former su
pAenecy).'! if permitted to recover from the
partitips and
,convolaions by which the
&Mary' has been so long eriffebled and
,en
sand, may' yet place her as high as ever
among ,- the' nations of the West." It is
worthy of notice that, Pltra,montfine
:teems quite -at Ft di s count, in Poland, and
that; as indicated in a former Communica
tion, the Polish Jews and'Ronianist Pales;
fam'Clriy planed in an '''attitnde 'of bitter
hostility, arfifraternizing .in the *spirit of a
common patriotism:
- -INorALßENittiscx 'Naze come tip on our
minds at, this -moment, in
,leminexion. with '
two eventsL 7 klinfast;theiaptnre, at last of
the infaMornimurderer the Amer
-- ififirincnotlinfEngTilh - lirdiell
Cawnphre; and the second the death- of a
Wieked'f.Woman and ex -Queen 'whose, - .int
4 a rignes„led to the two Sikh wars, arid,whinie,
wordkonceshook kingdenis, and made war
and peabe. 'She' wee thiiiiiideal of the Ma- -
haribjah' t'Theinjeet Sing, indilthe mother of
the '• preient 'Maharabjah I , Dhuleep • Sing.
She diedcin London on; the. let of August.
I , o7, l y „ born she had advanced herself by
bcoonnng one - of the herein of 'lttinieet;
then' Widew,,inad'hyi succession - of
cretnnirders got the 'crown' plaOed on , the
head; of - her ,son. . .The remaining. part of
f 5 Flicrere-.roIoAPPO tc-AUS told
"Thus at : IW,,k.th-c..,orowil of the 'Patti*
gold , gated upon the infant
head Singh mother, the
Prineess dead;'eniploying the influence
thus= obtained , to revel in licence: Some
times; - however, she Was obliged to,- beLthe
aPeOtSreso. of „ Iporaery and not its acooto
plipe, as when the. troops .at' “Lahore nayo
bete& her, brather, the Pritine Jewshit, as
fie reviewed robe and
that - of:her son mitlf his blood.' _'=But she
replaced-?her-.:brother with a lover, Lall
Singh; and, gCmi4ltetiPA.l l *r:do!.
Glared war ;upon. the Aritish by, marching
Iter Sikhi aeress the Stitlej. Mondliee, Al:
iwer, and Teiezesliah eilded' the first Sikh
War, and reduced. her to the Mere inrdiatt=
ship of.a,protiictedTrinco. . Then she Qom:-
Riencod, Ole ,n e twerl F of intrigue with-Mool
raj of Nopitan,
.prolab Singh of Cashmore, .
and Post MatcsiOd. Aifghanistan, which
led tO the murder the'Englll3ll' officers at
the first-named place, and in the' second
Sikh war. Her emissaries, under pretence
of_ fetehing drugs from varions cities,..car
licid.on correspondence fOi• her with'all the
diaenntented 'in - India.' Confined' to' for
-treaSea, 'she - bribed thwAguards-„ivith, costly
necklaces' of , pearl and gold ; her money
and messages eirc,,ulated l in Tory Sig! ; bar-
rackand yillage. So w e ll was she served,
toe, that when one of her messengers was
'exeetited. ,3 at' 'Lahore; his wife begged •-
as.tr: relit of love : at• the, scaffold, and
instantly took onkofit one, of the !faker*.
neea,lskter . ,s,..tore intnitAtendre,d.
aro, awan'iswea them to save deeention. She
has ietn et triene u ßenares late' to avert
the great war which'"-she ~ had:, fomented.
Far away—from—the -Punjab i pacing her
prison; n;3
tigress, eli t e heard' the echoes of the cannon
iif - OOrtjeratrnlifeli depialiedltirijnet
:dynasty_ forayer; *and•lmadetho Ifiie Waters
province - -of the victorioOs. LEngliah-
Aelklefe-rFer4Alle ,, Pagged.froT the gqs of
men, a peniidirr theAritish power, her
hundred lovers dead or diagradedlier
luenen gime with her beaultand her youth
son for whom- shti•lntd 'sinned . Ta nd.
plotted, dethroned, an
. ekilekarid , a:renegsde
from the fi grand,and conquering Creed t of
the Rhalsa. tefore,her swimmin g eyet,3, as
she 1.44 death, in the cou n try,,
'had ''folleised her son,jthese
.obenei,`and' . re - ,:phoutiand,tits fall of Eastern
t aplendor. .and, crime; nnukti l have ,possed."
Alter the death cif,, now
Clar . istian son seemed',destrous of having
' iwe' 'of • flip - deteased
officeMand'-attendentsWrote alingtt
'ler letter tto the' .Times; dePrecating , phis,in
:49 ,Sikhs here and Ohr00)
Stain 'the interests of civil ,and. religions
liberty They s ay • ”
Aireeibiir to our ,rules, the body ought,te I)6lA' and the inillei'glyen tn. the
Ganges: The thing is 'enough' in
itself; and as itinfringesno moral or phys 4
law,; we Pgrt#44 l Yie#D.PoP the
1-.:54149FA1"4 -, OO 3 Jig9P e P / .0 4 Y rm i d
oppose ow noting ad oar re 'glen diregtsl
.1 7 1 . 11E1'Yt - UV.
Besides, the belief of all religionists is that
no funeral is hallowed unless a priest, or,
in his absence, a layman of the religion of,
the deceased, officiates at his obsecjuies..
Now, it is not competent to a Christian,
minister to afford the rites of burial to her
Highness'; and we, on our part, cannot
render any assistance if the remains are to
be buried. It is hard, then, her Highness
should be deprived of the offices the meanest
claim and receive throughout the civilized
globe, and that we should be refused 'the
consolation of discharging the last sad,duty
for our mistress that:is the right of all, and ,
that is.not in the power of his Highness„ ;
the Maharajah, or any other Christian, to
pay. Her Highness was particularly care
ful 'about everything relating to caste-in
deed, so much so;ithat up to her demise' she
refused:to - eat, whennhis -Highness the Ma
harajali happened to be on ,tho same carpet„
with herself; and, so that shO might not be
Compromised, had a separate establishinent
of Indians, who attended to' her. table and
everythin'g connected with it. - Inaskine•
to dispose of her Highness's remains accord-)
ing to our, religion, then, we feel we. are
filling her Highnessisrehes,•azil2#
;fled hid: f ete . krioweheiVsaolutfbn was, at
hind; -•slie . viould haire , left definite' initrne- -
tions for-;the dilst)osrlDof lier - ..bodY after: thez
forms- of the,Sililbreligion."• • •
• )It now-appears • that-lhisL. Highness, the:,
Maharajah, did not interfere in this matter,,
farther than deposit the body in a tempo-,
rai7 Vault, and without, 604 Christian rites,
Whicffi'indeed-; in such a Owe, would .have
been a' mockery. To the Sikhs at the scene'
he addressed some solemn;, words on:the
'shortness and uncertainty of life. He is
an, enlightened and accomplished Prince,
very wealthy' and_ a great favoriteat Court,
and One of thefrtiits,l believe, of Christian`
missions in India. ;His - mother's.: tenacity.
cif. "caste" And superstitions,
gether, with her refusal to. sit or, eat on.
, ethe same carpet" with her son, fOnishes
another illuitration of ibe fact ibat a
false religion may be tenaciously held to
the last, and,through a career of bloodahed
and cruelty, while yet the 001113601109, is
seared and the heart is, hard as adamant.,
Let India, new.beeeming great politically
great and, prosperous, receive eontinuousk
large piade iu our tender compassion, , and
prayerfuljniportnnities at the -Mercy•Seat ;
and let, the . German; the British, and. the
American Protestant missionariestherc,he.
the Ceaseless' objeCts of our zeal, solicitude,
sympathy; and love. ' These their 'labors;
their trials, and"their eminent
ly dethandand deserve. .
P:S-.—Lord Clyde is - rio more. He be
gan as Colin Campbell, (a Highland youth,)
as an ensign, a long pareer—rpassing
through the Peninsular; Crimean,, and In
dian wars: He, lamented - by our whole
nation. - •' •
The lost Sheep.
.Attiotig the interesting reflections sug- -
gestedtby parable:of-the -Lest Sheep,
thereis; one which,-,perhaps, is everlooked;
manyefoic Anctillekis,that God some,
times thinks just as man thinks;,anti feet's
as man feels.. ,4 The Son f
Man is
come to save that which was loot," and
tll:4 think:ye ?"-'.• DO you not think -jolt'
the same way, and act just the same way
that God thinks and sets, in this matter?
One of yon has a hundred - sheep ; all of
them are healthy,:safe ;and sound;; grazing
on the green pastures' within a strong en--
closure, beautifulto' see---their white, soft
fleeces lying on - the fresh - , green grae.
The_iiheplierd loves 'to rest, onthe end-%of
his.-erook and gaze.,on that peaceful_ scene
iu the evening twilight !lA7bealitiful as
the scene is, arid nachlis h r e loves:` e gaze
an it- how dem he do when one =of that
hundred has strayed from the enclose:re,:
arid wandered among the, mountains : where
beasts,ef prey are ready to ,devour
Which, then; is uppermost in his mind;
the nenutiful picturi of the hiindred with
their white Coats' dotting 'the'greeri grassy
or the -bloody - coat of the one:: itruggling
among rooks and tangled brushwood, Imp:
sued by ; howling, wolves panting: for ...its
Woe? Doth he not leave the ninety-end
nine, and into the' mountains and' Seal
that which is gone astray?' -And:, vilien-he
has Sound bloody;fleece of:the
lost is seen-among thnsnowy,fleecceof ,the
safe,- 7 how, then, does he feel ? Does he
net rejoice more of that: sheep than over
the nineepand-nine which went not astray?
Plainly, is not that the way any shepherd
would feel?
Or, take the case ,of a .family fold •at,
arehome. Two beautiful, children : e
in their little chairs byltlielfikht fire-side,
and 'two are sleeping In their .: 'little crib,
with their pure cheeks. renting on their
chubby' arms.. Thatis & beautiful sight;
and a strange mother that would not feel a
oettMn warping of4 . er and koertain
tesiful' thankfulness 'as shelotiked'onlhat
family . grotip—an still, so safe; inheautiful:
But, on closer examination, one little chair
is found. emptphthef ooeupant.t cannot be
found in tabOthottse. ,The‘motiter calls,
but.ncoa..,npymrs, .00) child .is
boat.! Cint - in the Jtold - night:air; Tr'oni
&Ong tfiat Ori•the• plow
taiite, there (Mina. theilitintfdistant 'err of
the lost one. • And f,howi,then,. does.- the
mother ; feel ? fotyLbeautifolAbil.:
dren, a,t,);cane, wFnt,, androny,:And
"Olean; and ' neatly Ala. And .18
cold; iiia* pale; iireiiang: ina . ;vittima; zits&
begrimmed with mud and dirt, 'the' effect
of its wanderings througli.tho• tangled 'for
tests., I, thAsoh,,n,l4let the Jost
one
.go_!, . t lsSiat" i ihe ;Tay Inothei reela
pßir the' fcrikit hOma are filiOtten - hir the
tune! . • 'TholiniWniiiiarfriehtlu -her Mind
isi , thepole; tired and tatterndiugitive, as,
with weary foot and ;swollen eyes, ittwan
dere.- hitbfirk IhitheE„fampg - fo! :its
mamma, and seeking for its, home. • 'And
torches' are, lit,' and` strong': men dis
patehia hake' to `the Mou'titaine ,'' iiid
abehViuire - find there,'in; the -foreattvikd
swaings, -all the lojit ielotind. --And /When
'retie 'briefeciiian bearethit
little fugitive iii, and lay it'eold Aid dret
liledill the Mother's tiOlioiri,iiindidie
the wet hinid - 6114,
how,'then, 'does she feel?'- flor
`the ihni logy slirribereri inet
-0; tea-thousand thanki for the Japt
"mar :re not thili the way 'MO' mother
all
-fielf "L4' Vol 4 •.the
eitihonirifst,abd the heitt
biittlfroiii :the at leme,
the
Toyed
?4eSiImPP ho m elost
9k k tca A il t d ,l"t , A-3
butig n g 1 ifitiewathatraizkildlto e
nresseMS•. - Thin iv thittmiviiMd , feeling..q.lt
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REV. DAVID ItIYKIBINEY,
Pnoesurros AND,Pumnaza
is the rose we think most of, reason as we
will about it.
" How think ye ?" says Christ. You
think of the lost sheep more their the safe;
nay, you think of the one lest Sheep more
than of the ninety-and-nine safe; and. God
thinks„ in this matter, just as man thinks.
The very same feeling which makes a man
leave ninety-and-nine sheep grazing safely
in the green pasture, and seek through tan-.
gled brushwood and among mountain rocks
for one sheep lost, makes God leave angels
in heaven, and the beautiful spirits which
kept their first estate, while he seeks his
children en earth.' who` have wandered aim ,
from God's tightionstiem. That feeling is-
pity for the suffering--compai3sion for. the.
erring and thelvandering; arDivine.feeling,.
and yet a feeling intensely human, which
makes man akin to God and like him, and
God akin to man, and, thus far, like man.
" The. Son of Man is come to save that
which was lost." But, is that strange ?
" How think ye.?"..,H.
rii
Ter the Preehyterien Bennein
Family Adages.
, Thg POOolifo'PhCm.tet,oriotioa of
their morals, and manners,..nw often be
traced faVoifte qua oft-repent*max
ims in the `household. "'Let me 'give a:
people their songs and I caremot who makes
their laws," is referable ,to the same princi
ple. Outcroppings, will often appear in
the children andsin remote branches, to the
praise or Shame of the fetidly watch-word.
On his dying bed an illiterate and gro*el
ling specimen of humanity once said,
son , get mun, (money) get it honestly if
you can, but get mun." What wonder if
among this man's descendants we should
find extortioners or even a candidate for
the penitentiary ! Probably there would ,
have been a very great contrast if he bad,.
left. these words .for an
_inheritance,, f'ge
that maketh haste to be rich shall notbe
innocent"
The condliet, of a certain family of my,
acquaintanee seemed a mystery to ine-nntil
a talkative and rather shallow. member
mentioned easualln that her-father's motto
had always been strictly_ obseried, by her
self at least. It was ." to associate with
none beneath them socially, and' to aim as
much above - their own level as 'possible',"
Fear of, losing` caste,: or rather' an intense
desire for promotion,• must have been the
infirmity, if not the besetting sin, of her
pious father. If his religion had'intbued'
more Strongly his niery day life, perhaps •
hiss favorite sentiment had been more like'
this : "Do good unto all men; especially
unto them who , are of -the household of
faith," or " Honor all men. Loire` the
brotherhood. `Fear God." How miteli
Moreliould haVe, promoted-the peace and
usefulness of his family.: .-Irhese home
:teachings-, are instilled: into the very life.
'Sermons and Sabbath-day efforts here, meet .
with their most serious "anddetermined op
position, or With cheerful and .:ready acqui
escence. Rem, as if reflected by-u•mirror,
parents may witness iheir • oirn:defectis in
the conduct of their children; or enjoy the
double reward of havingg subdued their,
evApaasions and herOilarent* - hay* mo
tive, as Jothers have not, for strengthening,
themselves in. every virtue. LAS.
For the Presbyterian Banner.
fi•Trast` in the Lord at all 'limes, ye People."
A' few years ago, Brother was la
boring as a missionary in the State.of lowa.
He and his family were subjeztO to - many
inconveniences and hardships. ...Ps pay,
short and uncertain at best, - waii. Any- ogm
siderably diminished. Still he struggled
on, relying upon the promises.. of a oove
.nant-keeping God,.. and -hoping. for better
days. A certain Saturday ,evening came.
HA had just five &Wars left, and it was ev
erreent; he 'had in the world. And even
:this he..did not consider his own ; for he
hadeonseerated it' to God,
.to- be .given on
themeyrow to the cause of Missions. Now
mark the difficulty in the way of this " man
oi u tiod," and hew his faith was to be put
to the severest test. The flour barrel was '
empty. And well he knew,-it be gave this
money on the Sabbath, that Monday morn
in ,w ould, in all prohability,fuikii.i.
Oot money.; without 'bread.'
Whai"Aald - liitYao?' 'He aetirmitied 'to
trust they liordf-and•with O .EN:in ester "
his watchword, he gave the money. . .On
Monday morning he, received a letter i fma
Dr. —, of -seminar, containing a
draft for fifty dOttiirs. T/tere ynts his
money returned to him with' tenfold inter
est.= He* minwhierfaitliTtr God' have bee&
lnOrfitaallk =
But this fifty (Wan' liat!_ta l ilmtat.interestT.
ing -hiatory, heginning s •
New York. A. merchant ilia liicii*ectati
sum, very unexpectedly,. in... eat e a
debt which - he had *maid - . 1 4 Y; lost. He.
determined to give' it -to God ";:t6•4sial, it' as
" biead Upon the waters." He tomtit-U.li
, clerical. friend, reqiestiag hini Band it to
some: peor missionary in. the West. ass
the , Morninciater its 'arrival, the • ieceiaat
met a" ministerial brother andzisked him
what• die position. hi; ad Utter. make:of ;the
money; 14 Sendit
was the '.reply. .The money :was serif ae..
cordingly ; arrived; as we)have Seen abeve,
just tit the-momeit of greatest‘need satis
fied' the priseing: wants of the poor-mission
arrtindk fainily, and 'neatly strength
(iika their Confidence in G b od, causing them
. ttiptiqn"The Lord 'is my Rock, in him
•
• - Will•not all who read this have increas
ing trust in God; remembering that he
ff.Whol.provideth for the:. raven his food,
when, his young , ones cry unto goli," 7EI
ngt forget lais peePle
ewn chosen. , fc which
cry ;tay andni ght Etat
Men would priase - thauisfitd 4or• hie gik,d.
nees, and for , his mosidirfall•workosioftlie
children of menl" rs : ;N:.411,a.
Dr. Todd, sgsfyiry ttilthfully, he who
studies the 'human heart and tabors to do it
good, , greWs'inore a'nd' ifeettlyiinpresii
ed 'with% the , iriedirro of Tind,
human %doe ias thet Oat' in stinmeht *No
ing,)l4.iwp*,fingejmiridd wake ape '
preaaer because his hm t rt.nd ours, "
net be brought into sym afiy. Ttie . sym2-
'ithyrefilielies.if htlinare Iniffilt
ment of doing gOOd. =""
=blundering' men 'vrillv,.often:artake C, nlogo
ifriends, and influence tweAuditr. !WWII=
correo wax;mitholtogblelataimats.
rt.;i -,lNVl•fitricl7:fit3tin", Pe- ten
years, the Christian .n mosismaTieLivtliala
)111;trtuAted the Bible Qr pfix of it,
t. • rniii ,; ( I [lffe irgi t i k e t i gn i
fibtri - AttYaerd: -)2
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