--- JIEV. JAMES ALLISON, EDTTORS . ROBERT PATTERSON, 1 JAMES ALLISON & CO., Proprietors. TERMS IN ADVANCE. Et MAU, (singly or in Clubs,) $2.00 DILIVVIND ry ZITII.II. or TIVI CITITS 2.50 Pantora sending us ore subscribers and upwards, will oa thereby untitled to a paper without charge, and wither extra paper fort he second ten; &c. Renewals should be prompt, a little before tbe.yesk expires. Direct all letters to JAMES ALLISON & C 0.., PITTiIBOBSII, PA. Attempted Church Perversion. [We invite the attention of our ministe rial brethren, and especially the Secretary of the Board of DO:gestic Missions to this letter.] MEMPHIS, March 12, 1864. Mr. sna. Enivons :—En answer to own munications from brethren who have ad dressed me in reference to a notice which appeared in the Banner of February Bd,-I beg through your paper.to say that those in whose behalf I wrote are not an organ- Iced ehureh The field for which We'de,,, sired a minister is what was,,arid yet is, the " Second Presbyterian church of Mem phis," the building , iielonging to whioh, has for many menthe been held by 'tlib • military authorities, and used and ocoupiwl, more particularly by, the chaplains , az, a hospital chapel for the benefit of the army. But as the necessity for such a place is not now so great as , it has been, a small , number of Presbyterians, including a Very' feW of the old congregation, who have ,been , wor shipping there for several months, desired to have this church again occupied by a Presbyterian minister; believii* the mili tary authoraleil would be willing .ld relwise it on condition that 'it would ,be.oCoupied by a loyal minister. The .condition of af fairs in said church has ' however, changed since, to such au extent, thit vie are not prepared now to make any proposition, the change having been brought about by the advent in our midst of a Rev. Mr. Bliss, who perports to be the Exploring Agent, of the American Home Mille. Soci ety, and who, by energy and perseverance : (as we thin k) ill directed, has gone- to work, and by tactics 'and arategy with which we were not prepared to cope, has own:ceded in getting possession. of the church edifice for the purpose of, organiz ing a church under the speoious name of " Union," to be composed of any or all de nominations, but whioh in reality is intend ed to be nothing more and nothing less than a Congregationalist church of the most liberal sort; and if the course he has here pursued, is a specimen of the manner in which he executes his trust of looking of ler the interests of, and organizing church es, it will be well for Christians everywhere to beware of him. Wo, however, are not yet quite willing to surrender our claims' to the church, but intend presenting IN statement of facts to the authorities the& may , lead to the rescinding of the order placing the church in other hands. The old congregation, we learn, has made appli cation -to the President for the- release of their church, and it is quite likely they will get possession; if so, and 64 pro vide a loyal minister, we will thro* no ob stacle In their way, but bid them God speed. ANGUS CAMPBELL. For the Presbyterian. Benner Voyage of Ditasionaries to Diu. SHANGHAI, Deo. 21, 1863. The ship St. Pout sailed from New- . York July, Bd, 1868, pending the fleet assault on Vicksburg and the concentrating of the armies at Gettysburg; but no news , had reached us from either place. Beside ; her (doers, she carried sixteen sailori and ten passengers, of whom four were mission aries—Brother Corbett and wife, and my self' and wife. During all the first part of the voyage, we were in daily and hourly fear of privateers. We saw ships almost every day, and, of course, every sail we sighted suggested a privateer. No one alarmed ns seriously, however, until, on the 7th of August, in La t. 5° North, a bark hove in sight whose appearande and mo tions were deemed. suspicious. As we had a Wong headswind and a heavy sea, we supposed she would lie by us until the wind abated and' then board us and secure her prize. Her motions through the day corresponded, with this supposition. As often as we- tacked ship, she did the same, passing us several times, and each time coming nearer. The officers skid she an swered the published descriptions of the rebel privateer Lapwing. Our apprehen sions were excited to the utmost. Some of the passengers were quite sure we would be taken. We packed our trunks and made such disposition of our valuables as , we sup posed would be most likely to secure them, and awaited the result. The suspicious craft kept the English colors flying, but this we supposed was just about the way a privateer would try to deceive us. As she was clearly, a much faster sailer than we, flight wimp out of the question) and we wore powerless to resist. As time wore away our anxiety increased, until at length, about 4 o'clock P. M., we were all called on decks to see the result, and in the hope that the number of ladies on board might induce them to let us go.- She was now coming up rapidly astern of us, and evi dently intending to pass close by us. When - the was fairly alongside of 'ns, the speaking-trumpet announced ; that she was the English bark (Inca, bound to Valpa raiso; that the captain was daogerously with brain fever, and asked if we bad a physician on board. Our relief may 'be imagined. Gloomy faces were brightened, and heavy hearts were lightened; and we thought within ourselves, that next ' time we would not get Bested so long before we were hurt. We replied that We hid no physician, and the unconscious cause of our fears soon sailed out of sight. Our sympa thies followed the poor man who was suffer ing with such - a disease; without medical aid, and with such a gale of wind to add. to his misery. We got the S. E. trades on the 12th of August, which soon carried in clear of Jeff. Davis' emissaries (as we supposed), and brought us in due time into the roar inrforties. Here we had strong winds, cold weather, and, as the term indicates, a roaring, sea. If one wants to seethe sea in its grandeur and glory, here is the place. When the - wind was almost directly after us, the waves would frequently - present a most singulikrly grand and beautiful sight. When a large ware would overtake us, -the ship would have Nome . peonliar action on it, causing the , crest to rise ,higher and roll faster, thus falling in a broad' sheet of white spray on the breast of the. rolling billow. This sheet of foam would often be as much as ftom six to ten feet wide, and froni fifty to a hundred feet long, all over sparkling and flashing in the light, and as white as the driven snow. Thus it would roll rap idly forward along the side of the ship, with a boiling, sputtering, roaring noise that added not a little to the effect. I have seen nothing among ocean sights to equal this pageant of foam. The uroaring forties " carried us around the Cape and across the Indian Ocean, until we neared the coot of Attitpilin- CIU AditArMIIS.I,. "kW" r4t..~trle I'4 ...40 4 ^41111 ( 110 , 3 15: 0 .44 VOL. XII. NO. 28 After some days of variable winds, we caught the S. B. trades once more, and steered for Sandalwood and Torrid Islands. It should be noted that from 'September to April, when the monsiien in the China .sea Rows Ansi the N. E,, ships ' cannot go through `the Strait of Siirmlis and up the China Bea, except dipper shipsthict tan . beat against the wind. As we were not i a clipper,- we had to go the round-about way called. " the Eastern Passage," which lies through the East India Islands, and out, into. the Pacific far- , enough East to I reach port by using the N. E. trades. On the 15th of °Sieber (104 days from New-York), occurred ;the most pleasant Surprise of the'TVOyage.' Early in the morn : ing the captain' ' sighted a''Vessel directly i' astern of its. ' This orris something, as we 4. had not seen;elivingthing buti birds- and fishes for fortytsix days. It was Soon evi dent that 4,4. stranger was gaining- on, us rapidly, awl -various surmises were made as to who she was. About 4 ;Africk , the can t , tain _put „the ship aback, and weitedier her, as ;she was but a few miles from us. We saw the stars andstripes Aying, and soon leained that she, was the clipper-ship Surprise, from.New-York to Hong Kong, having sailed ten days after us. As she came alongside, her captain ,announced the fall of Vicksburg and the victory, et Get tysburg. Oh, how therm few wurilexelieved our long unisertainty,...swept away_ de spondent - fears, and- -filled us'' With- new hopes - Three 'lusty Cheers, were instantly Oven for eaeli victory—ladies - and rill troili sm& God bless and keep our - dear native lands lei her our prayernshall still ascend. After 'noise -further conversetion, having kindly thrown stpaekage of late papers on board, the Surprise went on her way. The real pleasure telt on the meeting of two ships en the wide ocean, can hardly lie esti mated by one who . has never 'felt 'the - like. In our eerie peculiar 'circumstances con spired to heighten thc; 'pleasure. , It broke the long and tiresome-ino'notony of our ev"- ery-day life in the most delightful manner, and gave to us all new life and spirits.'' It was " as cold _waters to. a—tliirsty soul," for it,was "good-riewe from far country." The famousulasteril & kerisage " on which we next entered, is not Withoueite 'difficult ties rind - dangers: So at least it proved in # , ,st chic , . For more than a week we had been snaking our way up the little wedge , 'taped sea that seperates Timor: on the ,5. E. from Lorriblen, Printer, land Oriabey on ' the N. W. Our course -lay through . the narrow Strait of Ombey, at: head of thie sea. . It seemed, almost.. a hopelese task .to make this passage, as the winds were very tight — and mostly contrary, and a current WWI all the time setting us beck. At length on Sabbath night, October 25tli, we got a fair wind, that carried us, forward' considerably; and on Monday morniniwe were quite close to the Ombet shore, 'ands not very Tar from the desired passage.' Presently the wind'illed away, bnt,during the, forenoon a current was bearing _us along toward the head oftheisland - ; At the iametime, however, bringing .us-rapidly,: nearer the shore; so that by noon `it Via' net more than two or three miles distant. Ombey; like all the islands in thevicinity,, bears marks of a, volcanic origin. Itris mountainous, barren, and - rocky. The shore is composed almost entirely of bold, pieerti ikons rooks ' and dangerous, of con-rae,- to approach. While we sat at dinner, we were suddenly surprised to find the-ship going rapidly • around. We had drifted iritomn eddy of some kind, steerage was en tirely liMit, and, almopt before we knew it, , we had one complete revolution. All was excitement. The boat was loarered and' an effort mad& to low the ship's bow .away fromthe shore. The sails were shifted_ again . • and again, but there was not wind enough to fill them, or give.us any steerage. Meanwhile the water was raging and boil ing around us, and a' strong current was. bearing us rafidly toward the rocks.,,, The captain was in a perfect phreneY of:excite ment, running from one part of the ship to another, wringing, his hands, cursing the badlack;and deolaring over and over again, ",We shall surely go ashore," " We shall sorely be 'lost !" It was clear to all that without a wind we were at the mercy of the remorseless current that was bearing us toward the roek-boirnd shore. We could distinctly see the bottom, consisting- of naked'rocks, and growing neirer and.near er, until - it seemed as if we must certainly strike it I looked over the stern and saw the jagged rock almost touching the rud der. It cooldbave been but a few feet - off. At the same time we were net more thin fifty feet from the frowning reeks, against which the surf was breaking. It seemed as if the - next moment we must surely be stranded on -the, rocks, bineatir, or brOken against the precipitous shore. Just at this moment, when no-human power could avail, and when hOpe' had alorostlailed, a gentle breeze swept down the mountain-Side and filled, the milli. It, was an angel of mercy relieve our distress. For a moment we stood still, the opposing forces balanced, and then slowly , ; moved away from the dreaded rocks.' The Wind incieSiied,rind we soon 4aile'the contested passage Ad left Oodsey behind. There were some thankfill hearts, I trust, on board the St. Paul that, evening. The Captain milled it " a turn of good luck," lint ass . Chriitieris we could regard' it only es a signal interposition of Divine Providence. We felt - that in it many- preyers were answered—prayers. that were, Perhaps, just then ascending on our behalf. It'did us good, I trust It taught us to rely more implieitly. and cheerfully on the faithful love and watchful care of , our Father in heaven, and to value more than ever the prayers of the Treopleof God on our behalt. ' ' - - We encountered no other serious danger on the voyage. We-had no @ewe_ storms, but; on the contrary; our patience was siore ly tried by repeated calms. ln the Pacific we were: seventeen days making three hun dred and fifty miles. A dead calm, under a Tropical stn, when one hes been long at sea and is not far from port, is hard to heir with an uncomplaining mind. In the good providence of Clod, thopassengers and offi cers were blessed with general good health. The sailors, hoivever, did not fare so well. When we reached port, alt had the scurvy but three, and aeireral ,were in imminent danger of their lives. Scurvy, , though formerly the scourge of the sea, has scarce ly been known, of late years, among mer chant vessels of good character. It was evidently caused in our case by foul water and bad meat, and perhaps by want of cleanliness.- After we recovered from sea sickness, we had preaching and Bible class in the cabin each Sabbath,, the passengers, and occasionally, some o fficers , Wend , J•.A,--2;*e.At PITTSBURGE, VIARCR. u 1664 Arliur F 0 ing. The captain refused to allow the sail- I ors to attend, and denied us the ;privilege of going to the forecastle, to ,speak,to them either individually or tolleotivelY. If any. can truthfully say, " No - man - cares for 'my soul," it is the poor sailer,.. I had:often heard that his, lot was a hard . ene, butt never sus pected the amount o shameless . tyrauny . and rapacity that practieed• upon him. Friday, Dec. llth, we arrived abreast of Shanghai; and, took. a 'pilot' on boardi but owing to the 'crippled condition of the and' the contrary Winds, the ship chid-not: get into port 'fOrithmeliMe. Wednesday' ' Dec: 16th, we were taken off the ship ley, a Annie tng, 'and at . long last -fe1:1644401es in Shanghai,' 167 days:freim:Nevi.-Yerk. We were niost'oordielly welanikiel , "by envr_ sionary brethren, atid'yeve'since lienn . joying Itheif hospitality. <' We hope BOOrt to go on "North, and commence our work:' O.- W. Report on Cjtina as a Mission Read beforithe,Soeiety of inquiry arßlderaridie, by T 13..:Etder, and Pub4B4slArßeinfea • .:( I . 3 9ci t Y* . • - - • • i` The first Protestant missionary to= China was:Ahu Rev. Dr._ Merrisoni in 1807 - !-,-e time when foreigners were permitted to live only in-Gantcpo c. . ‘ anflithfir residence there restr , ieted"iiithiuthhlihalts of a few Warehouses - ah,itg. the Ater.- No'BuroPian couldhavelaccesa-to any otherplace .along the coast, - nor:, penetrate at all-into .- the in terier. „ Siam, however, had - something- ?f a commercial intimacy with , China, and vast numbers of the 'Chinese were'drasiti thither in the iffttircalgte of trade. The first .snecessful missionary . labors among the Chinese warunemmenced 'hem and at other points„ ,. ,is Macao and Singepoie, where they were livihg away from` the midst of their scornfaprejudiees, and be yood the jetisdi§tion of their haughty despotism' But a collision occurred be tWeeu Englati4 and 4 Chine, and a war, though Cruel and tOjeat in its every aspect, and begun to promote a - most iniqui tous traffic, terminated -favorably for com merce and Christianity._Pive ports were opened by treaty to foreigners, and, the stations were transferred fromithese distant otttposts to points 'along Thu. coast, ,until thoie'wholong had waited on its confines fowl& theuiselvis at lengthpitinted 'within its walls.' .-Missions are now' :sustained, at nearly all .points accessible to .foreigners, by different, nations ,and different denomina, tions, under thepatrthaage,of i eorne. twenty different Societies. .Those of our pwii ClArch are .01,Chefoo, Shanghai .-,Nirigpo, Canton, and Teking. The Mission at Peking— the• imperial. city of China = was commenced during the past year under very, favorable auspices, by the Rev. A. ,Martin. He is an eminent scholar, well vificie4 if-the'llingixagett;and,living,trans lited-a work on internationallitiv;:which is of'greei , value , to the Chinese'Crtivernment, at present,' ho`met with a cordial reception fronftheieMinisters. of State, and used it tqf ti'et f ertroing2gione`flatiit present'vaitiok Froin Shanghai the news is somoWhat meagre; bUt among other items we notice the printing-of 'thirteen and a'half million pages at the Mission press. The. Mission at Ningpo -is lamenting the death of the Rey. Rankin, and the centin ue.d, and , serious, illness of, Messrs. : Green and Morrison. - But missionary labors there during the past year have been very signally blessed— At Ningpo arid ,the three suh-ztations connected Withit,, in the months .of. October and November, thirty native adults were baptized on profession of their faith. From Canton wohave the annual report for '6B. It is written, by Dr. flapper, who, in -the renellection„of many of us, presented in this halL the olaim4 of Chinese. missions with an earnestness it would be hard to forget. He mentions that the mission has been strengthened by the - arrital - Itev. A. aud•Mis. Folsom to participate in their labors. Their facilities for labor have - been increased by thndpening of two additienal chapels—have now six in connection' with the Mission, in which more than twenty Services are held weekly few of 'their number have giyen some time to itinera ting in Ad neighboring, villages, where they preach,distribute tracts, an dispense 'medicines. • The labors of the missionary at till the different stations, consist in preaching and -teaching;the preparation and aiitribution of books, and the practice of medicine all of 'which they regard as' different agen cies in the one great work of spreading the Gospel. The medical dispensarielythougli not a peenliaxity to. these MisEtions, have here :a ;prominence they do not told-in other: ields.. " They. , haie proved _very ea. cient in removing prejudice and-furnishing an- occasion for the Alissemination of truth; Some physical relief afforded—tioino tangi ble evidence of a disinterested benevolence, is. an excellent -preliminary toe' religious conversation, and it good preface_ to a tract, When placed in: tb.eihtinds of-the singularly susPicions *Chinaman. - - The;-- missionary looks with intdest,._ too; the-Mission school; for there is beingArained- his. na tive' assiiitant; who `is to stand .before his countrymen as living evidence . -.of the effii., my of the Gespel• to chartge,the Chinese heartoind attest :its adaptation to the wants .of 'Chinese life.There ' too, are the -plastic, pliant youth; in whcise minds prejudice.: has not yet; grown. - invent: rate, who' are .to• lite: the .3trieleutt of ' , a future. community; moulded- under Gos pel influences._ .Vretioliipg ,is the most direct agency bj which ,the mission ary gathen9: 4 liiditild churelt. Yet at-.;all.,the Mission stalloilsalitthivtoi perhaps; the. greatest lever of .infinence 1143 heen the Prets.. , The Chinese are-einphat ioallywa -bookish people . ; they have ; every variety, of books—religious,;kistorical ; affd scientific—even dratnatic • and ; fictitious. In= no other,•language under heaven are there so many who .:can read Andwrite -as in that of 'the, Chinese. Thereils a admit : lus given the Chinaman to the mastery of their written language and the acquisition of knowledge, initemucli,:ii: 'the road to honor and position leads up' lirough learn ing. 'His Indian neighbor finds lot fixed iimutably the mere accident Of birth, as nabob or as serf, and many, a form lit up by the fires of genius, struggles with his hapless Ate, or submits in sullen si lence to `the fetters of ineierable But hereetlie Mandarins or rulers are se lected from the literati of the land;andlhe lists are open to any and every one..whose ambition may stir him to the strife._ In the native schools, the competition for" lit erarylionors isebsol*ply sur . prisitig. Their luud to be " 4ipirt, of , - i . - i• '.7). 4 1 hAXIIII 4 i .: ":".. - ' ', VIVI acquifition, being rude : a, I lliereglyihr t ,, re ( ttier-.st4t‘ o , Phabeti9°.l!a t -9.14P ,8 1',a 1 34,1,1 lug. Tor 3 , jdeas, yathe1F ) , 2W.,..,109131 1 0, squPd B ; - I=P* tirl 84,00:im1., , , >,' l olPartili il?g, ' accounts in I'IVAneVOI rt !.X. 4 4 04 g„iTV eral.mastery., ,No matters Oho ,skerdp7,-., -leets may differ or oral) ' ty3eßAt,,sofjr,„ 4 , founded, the Chinese lang u age is understood Wall. : - 4inetti l Ocititbreak if ; the:fresent'rebellion,-tifitgeeitlft6tritthe ifiii tenor prnviiiees have tlirddged-th4 'diffieni , of. Canton and Ninkirirtintilitliek . beiSattifi',. w perfect qinbel - cif. coiffiictitif;liareetis ;, iliiig- , , the'ineriShitiittithi&the'-'4lfireitinirf &WI - 41'44 1 1 wilily tiiidditdod‘by'all'NidieVaotlierleOnld s 'icßte-the' Chinese' latigdfigeto,. 4 thiniteiferato , A bility, indltriste for teadfill4itrin thitliiigts . t a pbtenoy and a prominence in the mis s sionary work in °blear .',4ololfilgeg - lis their present policy towir4o44fieignot o ft.,u r ists, t t h e printed . ; page , 4 vijliniffetieftlYd reader and a method ot traVit i l it AlWucliini, missionary,,is eyed wit,l4,aluipleien l er=hk ri personentirely proscribed., t h s, t r „.:. f- L .... te ~ ' As an intereatingv fi efirfo ii4oBlol l ' tertiiiie, Ohinai,s not eirlfillfidr . Torj:iis: iti' iiitareSt toust"be in ' a -inetifitife. enhanced' in ' that Lido who were4o4i'datified Witfillirs, Society, and, intitiff likittatiffp:tt'lvith 4 many Of ,uri„ ni have latelrir*ed Ori l ifa' disCil i tint ishore. But everylOherf;ithiofriend'oP MiSsions' turna iiith "le' pfddfilif.liCerief iiio this direction. We have I llyiiiiiklitaifiß43) matinee. which,_ in a state Of;*Vage:life,lo - litunan-, nature , by ; t 4 abondnatiow if. heathenism; but)tere.m, k find,:e.,'people , endowed, with= t good sharei r Of patuottil r .un T l derstanding, polished .by the hand, of civ ilization, and indeedindtilgitli seine of fhe elegancies of life. to eat' least of it, . the Chinaitan is"a most;reslittalde Pitgaie- If 'one falie religion is bettertildln anotlietr he has the - purest of.elf I agn riligi.onsr._ d't is free from the sanguinni, 041Ai &Ewe South Sea Islands, and ElieVictictiiii'di-clt the Etindii ritual. Their'ititentsis'aiiii-' plicatedvinlmost . beyond onYteektiiiiii; Weir tainly,'•ixiyond contprehensioxillticonktinti , l a trace. of- a lmost every,mytimlog4yi than lite - ever made .a fighre in histonji a Thiy,fhaize , ..l copied" from the Egyptien,sthe Canitinitcyr the 9-reeic and the Romatt,thhough l in 'thh-i transfkthey have; ehorWtko iharacters lofp all indecencies. Ancestral warship >; is-the prominent feature inWheir 'religion l''' . it is foundellowfiliallrelikitcke;:atid one:of , the beat affections of huntata*ature is'thus, pressed into,theeertiee oflStifin. .11 iar‘the,.. strongholdi!. if - their idolatry.,lTheT are-, bound to it by immeporiittlonAtota4 , and - public opinion brands its niagleet as t hase ingratitude. - In the. writi - i v 0ftC , 09.- ' f r w oius thoui , h he was ,more ., .g ar; statesman: than a ..th,eologiatt - they h rmany Rood. maxims, :and. throughout t Whole. sysi , tern of religion is 'io' • fi e:- ound O..4ity-„ , a i golden shred of Truth wresolti i nto_ the dark warp df Error.: ,,,. ' 1. 147 ,'''. - ,51 The Chinese stand nathpenpus enomalY among ;the nations 0f.413e earth With ; territory ; extensive arid :iert‘ e,eriougli'te . render them independent , s 0 reign merne ? they have livgd - sh 4 their against the world: - From ,t,zrze,intwrize China his thus stood apart, st.hei-hat among ; : the nations, having looked Perhaps on the, enterprising Pbmnician and , the trading, Tyrian, in their day - , with the luircirias and elecancies of their civilization , With very lunch' the Same distruir with Whichillhe eyes the Briton and the Frenchman. of to:. day sailing up and, down her coasts in-their modern,tron.and,,with cargo of opium in, their - wake. They bOastnf a hoar ty, widen age'that is nenieinitheteem : :` mon lot of empires. ,,, Their origin lies fiti back amid the mistnok .10 dim and nneer;-, tarn tradition'_ _Perhaps with ..the jealous ; eye of a cotemporary they looked, out upon the Egyptian toiling at 'his. Pyramid; and" saw in`-their'splendor the cities of the Pharaohs- and the Ptolemies,. whose rninio now strewi the valley of the With -the living interest of an .4e-witness, : those vast civilizations , that lit up the Tigris and the'Enphrate,s, only'faint &anis of 'which- reach from the dini dist' lance of centuries ;mad. at a, comparatively: recent period,. saw, ;Romulns huild his.l fink, uperi, the banks ; of the Tiber. Af , jaasith: the Chinamin beasteof national antiquity, which; - ifshed; would'make the' Egyptian and the Hebrew, isle'-Made and:' the Persiar4 in -the. pride. of their :power, the playmates ,of,, his younger days. What we do know is, that'when the , curtain rises, - there stands China, vast in extent', dense in population, with 'a literatrire and si ' tion peduliarlyher 'toWn. ,• Since then; dy. 'nestles have been ehanged in civil' disown dons-744e Tnrtar.has snecessfnlly invaded her dominions; but once erigulphed, in her immense .pop ulation , the Tartar %bit ha' identity and is- athineman to•daY. - 11.fiAall her revolutions ~ She- ime"guarded her.- cus toms andinstitutiOns with a scrupulous care, • 'and sueeeeded "a remarkable degree in , hmiuring , them front.elaarige, and innovation. Under a'Tartar dynasty-at Tresent, every thing is as thoroughli Chinese as , their pa. , euliar-:type countenance.'!'lt. fa in.their''. antiquity, and the4erminence: or their in- - . 13dt - talons :that their national , pride Partic ularly conSists. , ,a-Theirs antiquity- allOwS them to lookLon.Franiatuid7Englamists up starts in the Circle of nations They may - have proved laggards in the race with oth ers, but tir stability there • is for them a'sort of compensation forder %ShertAived ‘tiplender.- - After-three - or four thousand' years of scope" for progression, the blaze of modern , ':.A.lner. • jeancivilizsition.o: ' ,tee,!fdaizling for the denizen, of that twilight - hemisphere. Weitern Powers have long 'mall - prying` at, her barred - gates with the levers of , diplogi,, airy, but threat er persuasion has ee yet Se.' ciired_bni little. - * She is now in the , midst of a • revelation which may serve' tn,break up her system. 'Of 'exelusiveness„ strength-, cued thonghltlyii by thn,gic4tili_ of canto= rise" carisynipathitie - With the peciple;, if not with the 'Gevernrrient, frit, itis-initid fierce dissensions of ` a civil War. After the manner' of `Federal and Confederate, they are divided into `lmperia list, and In stitept. Our conflicts- arelinMenized, as far as war can be„ - a, a ilict futice passions Which it . incites, controlled and modified ', by Christian sentiment. - Theirs, is ',charm,- terized by all tile Of - istrfaie a nation whose " tender mercies'are - cruel?! Its effects, as bearing missipiiii;: it Oneeffect soon to calculate. been al' loss of half a million of property;`` to the Mission at Canton, in "the early_ atiges of the rebellion, and , temporary checks in other quart*. But it is only onthe tri.: umphal arch that celebrates the return of peace, Nit the permanent effects of a war are to be !need, and not on the blociilY field or the.enOking /ail" • The INerielist Is an' MAW thske,itrOat tu lle ,. t ctr 'ileotiotatait ; and itcls that" lietiight 'Of Ilielirprtietrate Wo r ts and.templeitpwhiebi znverywliere3tiarltihie..oeuroOffmapibo.iikors; iOI,4,AYX.Pi9FiPx.9..d-flY4thos",=ools can a,701, Ahem nohing; than. all the, eontroversiai ',tiacts Ettle - misaiotyii•Y;"',The ; Iforni aienieito , b'etniiire fit bit' pal* i towaid-fornigners; ii , ;tlre bpiniom.off llumpy of 4our ,inispionaries= that ~.botkonm.,.. nteree-, anjhphriptiimity,,hav, ;to 7 441pq, !for in bis eueeess., 'Yet: it is illatter of aomß~t of it' w'fiethWitliey *pi 14 %It to ad= —Pist=:therPowficlarrel.- h 4 Ph t-even ready tdbeeome , theritiriellentehoi= of . those= wjthi-whimip be t feark q#Bol,ll o 7 . 11 4 P a:P4- 4 7911 11 !..T . 908 t6; IRTP; pared to Rule with' ilipping" Tartar,as tlle daftly ifiAeffialittPettittali z liney jealous of a poweffibitjhaeisuaheddhisie mopqmpts , to=the fades eon; her N:Palqra , k9rll4l:kuani.i.4 s Ake: hattalTeadY4 the and! of 'I/ LI OM ') panrig an d, . -,eajkat of human -liefitthileifleolikleetif. air %46tfieJS1/9SlPBslPPATY‘ente9r.Y. 3 .Clc7==gr= *Apia, pie§eobk no w,fiiet.,=4;r-ireopris. of Jife`,atid &kith 'one.4ilarteit of the hninatildei. 4 13'af bBtteiViarethalf turysthe , imisaititraiy the ;benn - bettlingswitli Imrl.4l 3 4 s .tititiAt, 04.4040405 1 411 at e. faith. trusting to be able to un4pr w inorthat, bei, vast system.of, idolatry. When' "their dialand4ftY millions the oPthe in statimpitalliptottbrifforieest.=reatilt edema mere _, apithanefac often., miscalculates ; =,The ; element that is infinite, withon w e conversion of. .6ftelfjfeftl'oue itf,rieWtin fionsl;iftliee pft =three " cis not tthei )rale.oft grace. , In God's iecount, the . pro pnrtioel, often runs thus : one shall chase, a onsand, 'two put;. ten ihensancrto t. •• The imittinte 'titriennt , of printed papei ciaskipto: the:,,dnidat of ;a Ragan_ Top ulation fosifp. i pu,tporpos,, than„ their. I:nett h ?fla„ypm Akeptionf like t,4!, " tiVenty,iliconsand oarf-18ads the best niiit4ll"4hieh i glititylii fells us the'Ktng Of "ties 'ofitmtrr i circleted , ,ti he. Oast 'into . the Slough ©f Despond. t „, l l3nt,faith beholds as a...FTPsAlksYP i ttiPlau7.- , YAaT#.lfielr e ii, , AWe% i Pg: from ; depths df Pagan superstifion, ‘C.tfi lis4yfaVoli: v s' o . MSc Ppe and- proph4oieS-liiligalt. ;.* 'tor With &ad. surprise, Ifitaiabin visionvsaif;. !.‘ these, 00014 - fMlnAlleVorthi°attd West, and these from • —° ' vidieted.j - Thy Worlr FihYeh hy wok, the time la short • ;; a That sun elarWest; , -; • - Themight; 4011741141111e12,-, ; . ' - - 1 “ Yes, finish all thy work, then rest; i r • Till then, rest_neyer ;;; The rest prepare4,l7f4,llfr hi - Gee _ Te'reistlortiver. flt 3 ' • Fini=m3rlF, thepwipp,44;hro,wk -TakehreatlglAntgfronretehl - We • •;, _ •!, 844e.Pg -the 13(4 Pithith lhy `work; then%sitthee r - doirn• On Ronkte„plcs,Oal,hill, And or its stre ngth reviving air L.) Finish thy work, thengo in peace ; Life's. battle fought and iron, Heir ,from the, throne the "Master's. Telco, Well done! well done!" 4 - ; Finish thy molt; thin take thy harp, Give proles to God above; Sings new song of mighty joy • r! - Anil endless !love: Give thanks e o Him who holdthee up ' Tn. all thr • path.beloW, ' ' Who-,mada then faithful untcillaath, And crowns thee now! .7.1401 ihe-Ttreabterian Banner. Oar Churcito.ons-the dacifio Coast. STEILAGOON, WASHINGTON TEERITORT, gebru A ry 8, 1.864. MEssits. Minolta :—From this distant region; on the outskirts of 'civilisation, yotilnight desireith hear something'; cialLy in-,refeienoU to the interests of our beloved, Zion, which has so few tocatan4 to defen4 the cause, and assist, in : the ad-, vaniernent oftritb, - we feel assured that togenitsitetairit will lid_`reid with interest by many:4)llllr ° patrons. • `- • The toile and trials of the < missionary are severe in any frontier, settlement, but more.,pttrtieularly is this the case in . s land like this, Where, the pursuit of Wealth is the - leadhig trait `in the 'character of the inhabitants, Religion Is; , far in - the back= ground,. Few i -veryAwpaf those: vho pro fessed religion in.tbe States, resew their_ ohligations when they:arrive:pi this golden country: , The feW:ChrietiatiS who are here have'great need` to cry out with earnestness and:'. later the_ Macedonian - =entreaty,.. to which Paul gave, Itee4„:,-" Come over and , help us.;.! To, r you, took for* laborers. To the Atlantic side Cif the Oontinent we Send many a lOttiitig - and - Viiiliful look' for mere helb. saute prayers' to-the Areat Rad ofAhe' Church- 'are? ithat he • worild a send 'more laborers, into this .wide,And-interesk, ing ffel4,-,.. Th 01 . 2 4 30,4 Cf.P9Ple,aie eom ing to t his coast, who 'have nettle means, of grace afforded them. I ad the only missionatritittitrffeld - ffernitere - d - with our branch of , thelOhriiiiitur Ohircti;iiihee- the deallo,foE Rev. a. J. Evans,- :We. , have: an important morlcite. do in ~thereligions_traini so• and edwating of the youth and rising generstion,in this Territory Tf the Pres byterien Church expects: to 'partiopite - , this tioble - work=-the'-'eVangelizatioe of these - - , people- , --tibe seta forth more ,more_workaisn, into the - : . vineyard. ; Other denominations are ,oecupying the ground and putting_ foal( energy in tie proee c cutiTrA.7if.llrettplaFryoihii,prrr.pese; andstibi- t prrgiesti sled? our peopleftirth4fAitterests as they should be, we would not haNe 'reason thus to deplorigthillialii4fildifferenee. The number of - church. _organisatiop.s. in the. Territorp r iaflve. They Are sit uated far aparVlAn&l cAn.only-preach ,regularly one,point--nSteilsoo.mm- 7 .nsti ocbasienapy at, two oatbera k Air; IWhitworth i .yrho.ie Chief Cierko4 -., .ike Indian •PerterAteePt, preaches at ;OlympiA r sinee the removal,, by derith, of, Mr, We are now, engaged completing our church Steijacoom.- The . _ build- ..eost ~ a hout _ two thousand dollars. Our „membership is Araalloret atOti anee on the means of , graueAs euuouraging. Qur,Sabbath iuAlwi the nursery uf thodkAreh a is fleUrisiiiek We look forward to the:time ~e r,hertar.4l34te9R-_ oidt*Avrilig,9,,T i or error, and „when.,the as Gospel • shall- pitvatlet the .inireils acid. hearts•oft &swill this-laud, 4 $ where Av fery,;pruspook pleases,udsaly fx, tan :Reaketobor , prayers . . Yoir -„,••••= ibro„ther , ju. the Gospel, • .t. ~ 7 W. rsibAlf. " That they may be Saved.!! , -1611 re 'ef'the beeir evidences - of real Chris tien-phainatertisist:deeperixioukandi-living desireffer the salvationcofolinners. , ,dust., sc , 80 9!"114.,50ui. •48 been • N e lrw e lkll-# 6, Spirit, bekins moved ' Mighti! ,r3e Witlepity mg - for those w`lio have' I, tat experienced this=new And are --LAndlthreugh lq.jakall-419- P49ReS 3 O 14991.i#,P,t*r !this yearning for the Apirittial ,weifari of. dthers,grows deeper,' niorelerliading 'And` lientiage the. klief tipostle449iirer , iliontaneods , necessary iont t hreathing the - ,hgert r that -join love, FOrt sympathy ; lvilth t „4 . 9le,;9 l irist Dart's qesire And t prayar. to GI fcreV i . his the' FEU '6' -haft `and-mi ' n'd'with " - de)3}4 amr - e uusfiti :continually rises 'to the , lips ;in prayerlto God, And it prempts to unesinaing, efforts; 1ak9 18 3 10- men Chriat. this" That should 'eVidentl - frcini the nature ,; . f , the new - birth: { Being born "again .i's`` wehange from selfishnesb henev-*! oletice.,4 from - improtee Inftrti- for anpreinp,regard for..,God, and a consequent `lave for those:who were ii?ade in the,irciage Of caoa , had such lover `that , Christ , 'died ttii'lla,ve. them. -t All-:that are included in the apostasy arikmaturally controlled .loy_selfish,,feelings,.selfish_choioes ;and a selfish -,,iit„Ate, of Ohe.will,; r ,„while the -first requirement'` Gad ifq - "iGive me I:Thereforeolien the teartiis given ito God, ,All,thingspare r changedwith-' in the sel. The.feelingsAreehanged, the motives Are new,, self passest into baek ;ground; Ind Crdie in hid character' and claims,' and itie:iviets and woes- of men are seen iir•S newligbt and preininence. The whole process of sification :is of the • same nature. Its te ensy.is to the inter crucifixion of all that remains ofthe old; seitish - rhan Withhie deedii, and the coin: : pike enthroning•of - love to .God rand Man: Thereforettheintiger and thertiore Chris advance the Christian life the !more eartiest.find laborious they become for the, salvation of men. desire for the 'satiation of Men ;should highly -chainateriatieof Chris tiaris,is further evident from the deep ,and ithpressive conviction of Gospel truth which religion .gives. A change of heart, and a state of arace - Make spiritual `doctrines ` real` to the Mind -andheart. eeive the solemn' facts,-Of the , Gospel, not- - only throughthejrzintellect and,:remon,:biit also. through : the heart, bye qnickening, vivifying experience. , ,Whilis they , are,in the exercise of ihith - they are jiever`tronb led with doubts `and uncertain ty- conehriiing the -important :truths of --Scripture. They feel weli . ,as know that unconverted men are in the „greatest possible dagger. They knoi in their liei.rts, that thisre' is Sidiatien ri - Wittseritekliii - ttde .. *Aleittftay axi4 must be pardoned. Their bade= itrehibelvei passed-.through.:the -perils of, and -.rescue from the. unconverteik.sitate. They know by their bitter experience, the blindness, and the strength of the bonds of error and sin in that' eritical-State. They know by a sweet and lively- experience, what it is to be, delivered trom, that state, of unbelief and hardness of heart, and be brought out into the glOrious light and liharty of the children and heirs of God. A 'man who has 'been shipwrecked himself., and been wonderfully rescued, will have a mud. , - more vivid and moving;-impression of the scene, than one , who merely hears the reci tal of such an event. How much more -rendY than others will he be' to rouse him self nein his night slumbers and rush to the Shore te'reseue: those that are ready to perish ,13nt it, is not, only experience which quickens the Christian to exertion in sai ing men. He has else the Holy Spirit, dwelling in him to prompt, -to quicken, and to impress -him with the sad condition of sinners. Thus.he is brought into com munion and sympathy with the mind , of God on thiS subject'. He feels to some good - degree as God does; and the invita tions and threatenings of the Scriptures have a very deep meaning to . -him..'They sink into his 'sonl. They, often give him such `anxiety that he can not repress-his feelings in the riresence of, those *ham he longs to save. Often these desires for lost men 'take away-sleep and - tippetite; they lead to frequent attendance upon meetings, to great efforts and the sacrifice of tine, ease and - Wealth: - 'Those-of `riftS-who have little of this feel ing for perishing men, who are moved; but faintly to any such efforts and s,acrifices, have much reason to doubt that we are Oltriatiens. If We' can he taken up with the world in any of its forme ;" if we can be ,- ahaorbedin business or •labor, and care little whether:men. are saved or- not,--can-it be that the : change from selfishness to _be nevelence has been wrought ? Can it be that we knose'froieeiperience the in .sof'-selva:tion ?` AO In it lie that we heve thp 4oly, Spirit , as an indwelling presence, bringing us into sympathy - with God and his Word r - - If we dwell for'ilittletitneon the lives and writings of - apOstles 'and early Chris tians, we can not fail to see tha.t this is a necessary and. very important element in all true piety. How deeply and anxionaly they:felt' fOr the salVation of sinners, and how earnestly, and'perseveringlylthey labor ed to bring them' into a. sating: .knowledge' of. Christ and his owns !..s!gston RecPrder• Payer. Thirty - years .age„.l l / I r. ,W. lived in the "hill country" - of Ohio: Hewae an enter-. prising 'and conipirattvely wealthy' farmer, much reSpeoted awn iitlion and beloved as a friend_. . : He the! counterpart of his excellent father; „Dawn exempt..le one thing; he lacked piety. At the time luded to: that father had been a - few years in hiaf6d; hiVing oairried with him his ex- ample; but leaving-behind ,4 -the old fan, Bible that 'lay tow. the .staud." wife was . - fit companion;; an , excellent wolian,, yet, like her hu 'ahead, lacking the one thing needful. ' - Being out won° `af my missionary tours, twelve miles from home,. and needing re- , freshment both for myself and my horse, .I called' on Mr, W. Their hospitality was tendered with a welcome that went' to m heart. 'Why, thought I, wily :slOuld not, these generous. friends Christians ? And , theinextmoiaentimeArere. orb- f . -MEE Publication ()face : BETTE BUILDINGS Si Fara Sr., Pornsonaz, PA. EMIT RGLI ADVERTISEMENTS:. P A. 27 At 14 . Nr ir:4417 FA TRANSIENT ADVERTISEMENTS, 10 'Cities a laxzetor each insintioli; A liberstreduction to thosozwlto•adver- Ithe. 4 47teltP2i TOO ; SPECIAL NOTURiIb ' IS CEng • / JAZ. - BIATORIX.XratinOVIVZOCARDaI - lin — s o, ma page:. 25 OBBVIA.TAINB.:;=!f: 10 ::1 OBITUARY NOTICE/4 ill oslllll A LAM. 690 , In i... ...1-. jeet of personal play. I,u 'answer t 0... uky inquiries, theY iaidthey `liiirloug desired' to be Christiym . tr,Tql,r"„w&liipgio do or give anything Yik" l' Pilihrittufbr an inter mit in Christ; dictinuilk*W4ltabrOaserfief • their -PrßePt- Peq!Quos. , . c.94 1 44iti9% bl4t: •Rillloz , posed the fault was all- in ,themsoyike; end hoped 'soliielay teieleieelb thg,liliiie,elid" :prospects of the 'ObildieVe 'Or' God. - ''' "'e 'What eouldlrsar to therm? .'•Tuking-utO that -Bible I saidotbis is,the kook your goml , fathOrAnso4 •4, 1 4.043",-,warship,l — fOk.l4,"., itnye,you had way family ;worship since he lefelni? ' ""• No, eir?' ; ','"Why„nOtt" "! Be e:raw I - libfiiVt' a elfiiiiiik fffgt witi I ; tritp--* poawAvie , should; %but) Dcistu't pray,'und'4 4 don't know as it would be rightif J.: could." ; Right: -1 „ ; _--X r- Wfl ig4tiflighloP, ,il!- .1 T# ll ' out ?,,. ..maybe it . is your duty an e„lr4:- liot ors' kitimiq "'dig, it V-Isiii! L eia are yeielittie `ehildreff?' Howe' they kno* ,there is:a"gedl They , do ifintseivftheitsfa4 thee,,bOw thA-knee before. hips, morning and, evening.; ,und_hovi eau, thexbe, : payeattj*yi, ibeeculuerraqus of prayer ; unless they are, taught " and 'by youi l isla r inpqr Who imp Yea can't' i s*ay . ? Asix Who < s it wouldke•wroig for;, 4 you- if You could Not the-Bible.;- • , „. - ‘ ~ • , Then,, turning., to *re. W., I exhorted her the sere evening,, kO'bringUut thtit Ofd Bible . ; to read a ihiptei" herself, if 'het htiatiitkd e itildidt tlid. • Uotobelieve her hushinCirould Aare irefuseuto pray. The veat,Lheard Fas that she, did bring foriyara i .the Bible and read,; and 4fter much eahortatibi frOin'liei he fell upon his knee's and - Ofteia - up'"his "first family Trayek. Soli they both rejoiCed in Christiana con fessed him before.men.—CS. Herald. My fairest%child I have-no song to give you ; Na lark,apuld:pipelto ; ekiee ao.dull and gray ; Yet, ere we part, one lesson I can leave you , Be ezicilet wbo will be clever; Do:noblmthinge, not Areamithem all day long ; And so make :death, and tiqq valkforeirer,, One grimd, song. • ", " e r - —Charlu It is three'o'clOck in the , aftdrnoon, the hour when, the Israelites assembled..in the sacred courts for the evening ,rfeeri4ae. The, priests begin tiPstoTF7 ) d rnf i l When at the very moment in whioh Christ on - Calvary exelaima, Father; 'thy into oomend - my spirit I" t he' hdntls tin thickly vrhven, ,, fail, without , being touched by.any, i bump. liaud,lP.!T .. e.P.,t in ttv..fli% froal , 7 t9,t!oP 'to the bottom and, the , merox-seat, with the ark of the covenant and the. 'golden' ,elierublin, that - sacred -depository- whiibh , the high: priest:ileire4as permitted to ap-' 'preach, not without Mood, And, :only :once. a, 'Year.) stands Belitskle.PLlntiff. l 4. and .44 11 :vitilPi to the view 1:),f eyery,one. t The'ril l gil'iiiiicittiulattet'euipbeition, regards habit:slton of-the Moet Bier; had:indergoncregreatend thorough change, That which hinduredOur. access te,theßane tuary of Ood w 4. done a,v&ay , l o (Inger , an Acne ! threntenedhim w di ho wished I to no longer 'kg riW Waiting' orffirieffertiftliV the hands - r.of . Himlbeforel whim , everrthe angels are not : pure. Embrace; the cross, and then courageously say to. Moses, " Tear up . thy roll of curses against me." Bn lieve, and then meet "the infernal - accuser with the Cxelamatien, "The Lord rebuke thee, Satan, yea, the Lord that hatkehosen Jerusalem, rebuke ,thee?",,Put. , on ; . : th e Lord Jesus Christ,.aud then then mayest. boldly and with Childlike confidence enter the nther'S holy habitation, which hence forth stands opeu to thee day and night. 0, lay hold of the , blissful- idea which in God's, intention, and by his immediate ar rangement, the rent in the veil of the tem ple portrays to thee, Thy Saiimir, by his death, threw open every door and gate in heaveu—Krummacher. Rev. Zaleliel Adams at one time ex changed with a neighboring minister—a Mild, inoffensive man --who; knowing the peculiar bluntness of his character, said r o him, "you. will .fipd some. panes of glass broken -in the pulpit, window, and postAblY you may stiffer from the' cold. The cush ion, too, is in'ibad - oW:4U : ion, but I beg of you not to say anything- to my people cn the subject ; they ,are, poor," &o. "Ohno 1 oh no 1" says at... Adams. But em he, left home, be -filled a bag with rags, and took it with him. When he'had been in the pul pit a short time, feeling somewhat incom moded, - by the too tree circulation of the air, he deliberately took from the bag a handful of AhUrageond,, stuffed thenx,into the windows. :Toward ClOse of his 41•13. - contse, which Was rare Or leas upon the ditties of i'ineple-to*ard their clergyman, he--became ivery -animated, and purposely brought down both, hats upon the pulpit cushions, with a tremendous force. t he feithers flew in all directions, and the cush ion'iai- pretty much` used up. He instant ly checked the. current of his thoughts, and simply exclaiming —" Why, how these feathers flyr—proeeeded it. jle had kept his promise of . .not addressing the society on the subject, but had taught them a les son not to be misundersteed. On the next Sabbath; the window and cushion were fiend in excellent repair.—klartford Re litious Herald. The. Art , of Growing Poor. Some professors of religion spend more money for oysters each year than for the missionary cause; others give . more for tickets to lectured; concerts, new bonne* etc., than for - the ~ preacher. They are al= ways. of the kind who complain the, most about the, ebureh,..the _quality of the se-.. mo,ns, 244 00,004,W1s of the membership. Giving nothing or next to nothing for 'the LOrd, theY'find life' an aWkWaid'lhing . to theni—lseldompayingwithproniptness their debts, er accumulating:anything an tin) way of ! property., .As with indixkluals, f o ehurches. In refusing to:give, they bring tairenneas and deadness on themielved. 'Said one of 'the mos t eminent" of layikien once, making `•ii platform missionary ai l. dress " have heard of churches'starving outfrom a saving spirit, bukl have never heard of one dying. of:benevolence. Arta if I aittia hear of one. sting, I *ilea make a pilgrimatre to- it' by night, and in that quiet wilt ide, with the moon shining and. the.aged elm waving, I would put my hands the moss-clad, ruins, 9# • gazing, on 'the venerable scene, *Old, say, tillessreCtire the dead Whielr die in On Lord? vl—Sdripturs CAbiti4t 414 14:.-/. Farewell: For dviitty day. 'Pbr The Pulpit Whidow. 11
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