Bf S. W. BKNEDICT A CO. DEYOTED TO REVIVALS OF RELIGION, DOCTRINAL DISCUSSION, PRifcnCAL GODLINESS, AND RELIGIOUS INTELLIOENCK. Rsv. JOSHUA LEAVITT, Editob.'
‘ WHOLE NUMBER 264. VOLUME VI—NUMBER 16. NEW-YORK, SATURDAY, APRIL 18, 1835.
OFFICE OF THE EVANGELIST, York High Churchman’s “vinegar,” &c. W« shall then go It is an established principle, in regard to every proscribed naturs. Hit character is moral and official; yet his ed here at a delegate from the Englithto the American Bap- invite you to use the same liberty in return. We eoai'. mend you, and the people of your chat No. IM Nomoou otrett, oppotiti the Ci^ HaU. up higher, to the wars of the Barons, give a deinilcd account or depreciated race, that a drop of the despised blood vitiates nature aa God and as man is pure, unmixed, and in- tista, will think it hit duty to make inquiriea, and explain “■’ **-* 7 -7* ' -Ijm, to the care and bleatingbleeaingof of our heavenljr Father,Fatbert at...and remdin your TERMS.—The New-Yosk EtskseList will be funii. .uu of the Saxon Heptarchy and the laws of Alfred, investigate the claim to equality. We shall therefore lake no notice of dividual. ,'Hii- — character- and person once passed the facts on his return, so that it will be seen how surely aflWtionate brethren iii the gospu of Chriat. tb single rabscrihere for §8 60 per annom, is advsaco, or fS 00 a the interminj^ing of Yankees with other Dutch, Irish, throggli a . 'tmUiss of accountableness, trial, and dis- slavery, and the defense of slavery, are preparing the way ei¬ the vaiious historical questions which iiave been raised about (Signed in behalf of the board,) ib^snirauoa laoaibs. sustain the official employments of ther for its own extinction by the religion of our churches, ^|»iiiOlcutinsiM«rs»«esi tothsftufaliabsrs, iMisaaaMitfiMigiM doffsrs the first aett^nnent of the Angles in Britain, trace the migra- BiHllish,English, Virginian, andaiul so on. All shall becolonized. NsY j Mailator, Intoteessor, and Savior. Y he is God W. H. MURCH, Chairman. iStisire, orjlvt new eubteriien, mast he postpaid. tioas of the northern tribes as they sueoassisely poured down W8 shall innkute a rigid search for the offspring of Yankee ' et or for the extinction of the last vestiges of all that it in their over all, blessed forever. He well deserves the name Theological Tutor, Sepnev CoUere. upon the fertile plains of Saxony, and finally endeavor to traders and travelers among the kitchens and cotton fields of religion, with which Christians in other nations can hold fel¬ London, Dec. Slat, 1835. “ Wonderful.” His person was constituted for his the south, and the Indian tribes of the west. They all be¬ lowship. learn from the individual cliaracter or peculiar circumstances work anff office, and, but for the atonement, such a Since the above was prc{>ared, the Engliah letter has ap* long to the Yankee race, and will mingle delightfully on their of the several sons of Japhet, whether it was Gonier or Ma¬ personage would not have been presented to the no¬ LETTER peered in the American Baptist, ascompani^ by the ibllow- native soil of New England- IMPROVINU THE RACES OF MEN. gog, or Madoi, or Javan, or Tubal, or Meahech, or Tiros, tice, the admiration, and homage of the universe.— From the Board of Baptist Ministers in and near ing resolution, which sltows that our British brethren ate by Perliaps some may object against our whole system of pro¬ The editor of one of the principal religious papers in New that originated such a peculiar race of beings as the Yan¬ Divest this personage of his atoning office, and he is Londont to the Pastors and Ministers o/"the Bap¬ no means convinced of ths lawfulness of eontisuei skvery ceedings, on such considerations as these: It is anti-repub¬ tist Denomination throughout the United States England has projected and seriously pledged himself to pro¬ kees. • “ wonderful" no longer. by ths ingenious sophisms which the Board of Missions lican, to array those who are constitutionally equal, into clas¬ 2. The atonement has fixed an eternal stigma on of America. mote the formation of “ an organized system of effort for the Returning from these antiquarian inquiries, so iiertinent went out of tbqir sphere to frame as a reply. and necessary, we shall ascertain the present condition of the ses and castes according to the simple accident of descent. It sin. The destruction of fallen angels, fh» expulsion Dear Brethren—W«, the members of the Board of benefit of the Irish race,” with particular reference, we sup¬ At a meeting of the board of Baptist ministera, spe¬ various cognati of the Yankee race, such as the present will necessarily break up the harmony of society. As we of our first parents from Eden, the devastations of the Baptist Ministers in and near London, desire affection¬ pose, to the moral and social condition of those natives of Ire¬ cially convene at Fen Court, Nov. 25th, 18^ the laws and customs of the kingdom of Saxony, the system of have to dwell together, we ought to cultivate mutual respect flood, &c., were but hints of God’s aversion to sin.— ately, and with much earnestness, to commend our¬ land and their decendanta, who have become citizens of this The notice which God took of sin in the death of his selves to your candid and Christian attention. Par¬ Rev. F. A. Cox, LL. D. in the Chair, the following re* education in Prussia, a description of the Dikes in Holland, and confidence, instead of forwarding projects so manifestly country. A society has already been formed, uixler the some Son is tht'most marked and the most signal. For the solution was adopted: calculated to foster jealousy and hatred. It has the appear- takers of the same faith as yourselves, we have long auspices, for the improvement of another exteneive class of a discussion of the question of Church and State in Lng-. offended to call in the mediation of a third party— been solicitous to cultivate a more intimate and influ¬ Resolved unanimously,—“That we reemve with our citizens, regarded as a distinct and separate race. Inas¬ land, and a dissertation on the comparative merits of the that third party to be a person of high worth and dig¬ ential intercourse with you, in the hope that we might much pleasure the expressions of esteem and attach¬ Conservative and the Reform parties in the present British much as the editor of the Evangelist hapjiens to belong to the nity—and that exalted person to transact the affair of mutually benefit each other, and extend the kingdom ment, and fully participate in the affectionate senti¬ ments, contained in the letter of the American Board of “ Irish race,” being in descent only two removes from green Parliament. the reconciliation publicly before a whole community of our common Lord. We nave heard, with satisfac¬ Then we shajl come to a development of the state of the Foreign Missions, dated Boston, Sept. 1,1834; and Erin itself, this new project has awakened our special solici¬ —is a deiQODStration that the offence is regarded as of tion and delight, of the steadfastness of your faith, and case on our own shores. And here facts press upon us in elusive spirit, this notion of a peculiar excellence or a pecu¬ high criminality and demerit. This is, indeed, the of the ardor and activity of your zeal. The tokens of while we deeply regret that, in the judgment of the said tude, and should the society be found to work well, in im¬ such abundance, that we can only attend to a few, as speci¬ liar defect attaching to mankind from their belonging to a secret of men’s opposition to the atonement—it makes divine favor by which you have been distinguished Board, it would violate the Constitution of the Trienni¬ proving the race to which we belong, we hope to be our¬ al Convention to entertain our communication of the mens of the vast field of investigation which opens to our certain race. It is unevangelical, for the example of our Sa¬ too much of what they call human frailties and foibles have awakened our gratitude, and led to earnest and selves improved by its operations; and we hereby promise 81st Dec. 1833, we hope that such of our American committee, in ascertaining the condition and improving the vior, the nature of the human mind, and the experience of all —but what God calls crime and treason. Every thing united prayei, that similar blessings might be confer¬ that our readers shall reap their full share of advantage in in the atonement is a^inst sin ;—there is nothing in red on ourselves. We have rejoiced in the revivals brethren as concur in the opinions of that communica¬ state of the Yankee race. ages, concur in teaching that in otxler to do men good, you whatever improvement we may undergo. it to extenuate sin. They who see most evil in sin, you have experienced from time to time, and have not tion, will adopt eveiy means consistent with the Chris¬ The first thing that presents itself is, the prejudice they must win their confidence, and identify yourself os one In considering tlie matter, it has occurred to us further, see most worth and grandeur in the atonement: and forgotten to supplicateilieate for you a conlinuancecontinuance and in¬ tian principles, to diffuse their sentiments, and thus se* have to encounter, in its various ramifications, in the amopg them. Hence our Savior became a poor Jewish me¬ that if this plan is a good one, of dealing with tlie members they who most love and admire the atonement, most crease of these blessings. cure the immediate and entire extinction of their slave church, the state, and the various walks of life. chanic, making himself of no reputation, taking the most system.” of the same community as separate races, it ought to be ex¬ hate and abho' sin. Permit us then, dear brethren, to solicit a candid Many of our readers can remember the strong feeling despised condition of the most despised race on earth, and That the Secretary be requested to transmit the tended. Why should its benefits te confined to tvo of the * 3. The atonement is the most splendid and magni¬ construction of the present communication, in which, which was excited about five and twenty yearS ago, by tlie then eating with publicans and sinners, that he might win above resolution to the Vice President of the Baptist races found among American citizens. Let us also have a ficent vindication of the honor of divine government. with all the freedom Christian affection prompts, introduction of a Yankee minister into the Presbyterian the confidence and 'engage tlie spontaneous sympathies of Board for Foreign Missions in the U. States. society for the improvement of the Saxon race, of the Welsh All the judgments with which God has visited this we express our views respecting the character of ne¬ church in this city. We have before us a religious magazine, every race. That this air of graciousness and condescension world are vindications of his government; they have gro slavery, and as to the course enjoined by religious or ancient Britons, of the German race, of the Dutch race, understood to Have been conducted by several D. D.’s in will of itself close the doors of usefulness among our neigh¬ shewn on what side God is—they have proved that principle on the household dTIMUi. You have, doubt¬ and of every other portion of people found among us, who this city, in which is a labored review, endeavoring bors. That a decent self-respcet alone must constrain free sin cannot be traced to him—they have signified that less, heard of the circumstances which have recently have sufficient peculiarity of any kind to be denominated a to prove that before the settlement of Dr. Spring and citizens of a free republic to reject all such officious interfer¬ God will at all hazards defend his law; but the atone¬ transpired in connection w'ith our Jamaica mission. MISSIONS TO AFRICA. race. We were about to name the Hebrew race, and the In¬ ment of his Son is the most amazing of all his meas¬ Our beloved brethren, laboring in that island, had fre¬ the consequent influx of New England Divinity, the five ence as carries on the very face ot it a disparagement of their dian race, but perhaps the recollection of past experiments ures. The annals of his empire present nothing like quent occasion to complain ol the serious obstructions The history of American missions to Africt is full of religious denominations in the city, which have adopted tlie equal standing. That the design of God in the gospel is in regard to these, calling up the shades of the Jews’ Society, it. It is so magnificent that angels look to it with which the slave system placed in the w'ay of a faith¬ melancholy interest to Christians of all denominstions, and Presbyterian jiolity, “ had dwelt together in equal friendship not to improve the various races of men as such, but to im¬ and the Indian Board, might excite some distrust as to the admiration. When the Mediator finished this vindi¬ ful and efficient discharge of their ministry. Their tee do not doubt that God wishes the churches generally to and harmony for many years.” Same of the pastors in that prove THE HUMAN RACE, by leading mankind to re¬ rationality of the principle itself. Away with such prog¬ cation, the physical universe did it homage, and mant- character was aspersed, their labors were lenresented derive special instruction from the deaths of Mills, Sesaioua, day, in giving their yearly reports used to boast that all their gard each other with impartial benevolence, and all Christ¬ nostications, and such narrow conclusions. Who will dare led in sackcloth, bowed to the greater miracle of moral as incompatible with the welfare of the colony, and Skinner, Ashmun, Cox, Laird, Cloud, and Wright. And new church members had been gained “ without any of this ians to love as brethren, and by making them all ONE in to infer, because Jews or Indians would not be benefited by government, an atonement for sin. every means unprincipled men could devise, was em¬ yet we have -been distrassed to aoe so little inclination to northern blast,” alluding to the revivals which were then Christ Jesus, to convince the world that the gospel is divine A Tk.. ___ ...... societies formed for the special purpose of improving their ployed to frustrate their pious and benevolent purpose. learn. Yet our hearts are cheered by coining across ■ prevalent in New-England, and had begun to effect New- and religion real. That any scheme of operations which We were not at first aware that the objections urged race, that tberefore Dutchmen or Irishmen could not I Let speech delivered in Washington in January last, before tbs can expect his blessing must full in with his plans. And against our brethren were partially founded in truth. it be tried. York through the Brick Church. Methodist Missionary Society by Rev. G. G. Cookman.— What an excitement was created in Gleorgia, a few years that the necessary tendency of these projects to improve man¬ We did indeed suppose that Christianity would ulti¬ We might expatiate upon the various influences of such For vigor of thought, and bolduess of spirit, ws have as yst ago in attempting to prevent the election of a Yankee clergy¬ kind by races, is to counteract and defeat the divine plans, mately effect the extinction of slavery, but had no ex¬ societies, if they should become general j but will torely al¬ pectation of this being accomplished until a period seen nothing equal to it on this subject. We should bo glad man to the presidency of their college. How much labor and must therefore share the fate of “ every plant which our lude to one. For instance, let us suppose that our great an¬ comparatively remote. But the opponents of our mis¬ to give the whole, notwithsfandiiig a little spice of asetari- has been expended, and what agonies of indignation express¬ heavenly Father hath not planted.” niversary week in New-York should be farther enlivened by sionary brethren clearly saw the tendency of their anism, but mast content ourselves with an extract: ed in South Carolina, on account of both the professors in To all these objections, plausible as they appear, the pro¬ Christian labors, and the issue to which they must the anniversary of the “ American Society for the improve¬ But, sir, before we realize the bright visions of the fu¬ tlicir new Theological Seminary being Yankees. Time and jectors of the “ Hibernian Union,” will not be anxious to re- lead. They therefore availed themselves of the slave ment of the Dutch race.” With what lively feelings would ture, we shall do well to profit by the errors of the past. space fail us, to show by a detail of authorities, that the pre¬ insurrection of 1832, to commence a malignant and The history of modern missions on the western coast of sent disturbed state of the Presbyterian Church at large is furious persecution of our brethren and their converts. Africa for the laat thirt^r years is calculated to awaktn Many of the latter suffered death, whom we delibe¬ nothing but the boiling over of this prejudice against Yan¬ up in the church a spirit of humiliation and searching rately regard as martyrs for Christ; and this would kees. Dr. Wilson ofCinciniiati has written a pamphlet to of heart, l^r the immense sacrifices made, and the have been the case with some of the former also, but prove that the “ New School” which he defines to be “ kind¬ uncommon waste of human life, we have not on the for the signal interposition of the overruling providence red spirits who embrace New-England divinity,” are labor¬ most moderate scale of missionary success, an adequate of God. Power was given to Satan, and he was per¬ ing to “ change the theology of the Presbyterian Church.” return. The missions rest and remain in the seaports mitted for a season to prevail. Our beloved mission¬ along the coast: we hear of no spirited advances into And he agrees in sentiment w’ith the editor of the Presbyte¬ aries were thrown into prison as felons, and tried on rian, who says,— REVIEW OP JENKYN ON THE ATONEMENT. the interior, no distant outposts in the very heart and charges affecting their lives. The churches they had strength of heethenism, but there they linger along the “ The church is groaning under specified evils. Htiw CoDcluddd. gathered weie scattered abroad, and the houses in seaboard, maintaining a feeble and precarious existence. have these evils been originally introduced 1 Unquestiona¬ Chapter XV. which they had preached the gospel of peace were bly through the connexion of the Presbyterian Church with Now, sir, this statement is made not to reflect upon We close our notice of this interesting volume by copying razed to the ground. It was openly proclaimed through¬ the worthy men who have lived and died gloriously at the Conmgational Churches in New-England. This con¬ out the colony that slavery could not be ngiaintained, nexion has amounted to a virtual amalgamation, in which at full Irngtli the last chapter, in which our author gives the post of duty; a nobler band of heroic miaeionaries much which was essential tO the well being “ He sat on mountain top and bobb’d for whale.” preaching of the cross," that is, the report and pro- gated ; a high crime against the majesty of heaven, In the first place may we not, in all good conscience, for the suppression of which every believer in Christ ask, on the broad ground of this important question, We barely refer to the evils which have grown out of was bound strenuously and prayerfully to labor. such a state of things, and the barrier which this prejudice whether we have maintained the simplicity and integri¬ Influenced by these convictions, we took a decided ty of the i^saConary purpose in the one and undivid^ against Yankees has placed in the way of that union of part in the anti-slavery struggle lately carried on in object of its aim? Ratiier, sir, has it not been rnnflimW, Christian effort, which all admit to be necessary to counteract this country, and are very thankful that, by doing so, embarrassed, and weaken^ in its application to Africa and wickedness in the the influence of Infidelity, error we greatly contributed to its successful termination. by the introduction and intermixture of secular and se¬ Western Valley. Our Baptist brethren, in their Home c The principle we adopted was, the utter repugnance condary considerations! Sir, by the .original constitu¬ Mission and Tract efforts are equally embarrassed by the I of the colonial system to the spirit and precepts of the tion of the missionary charter, the Great Head of the prejudice they find every where against Yankees. 3 ties and powers in heavenly places the manifold wis¬ Christian laith: and we demanded of our legislature church established this work on the most elevated dom of God, and preserves the order and happiness of its immediate and entire destruction. Leaving to oth¬ We shall not now detain our readers by showing in detail ^ ground ; high and lifted up above all earthly considera¬ countless intelligences ? This as infinitely transcends ers the commercial and political hearings of the ques¬ tions. He who said, “ My kingdom is not of this how this same prejudice cleaves to the Yankee race in poli- ^ the other, as influence over mind, surpasses in dignity tion, we felt it a sacred duty loudly to denounce negro tics, and in all the walks of social life. So virulent is this, ^ world,” inspired his apostolic servants practically to af¬ slavery as a palpable violation ol the law of God.— firm this important truth, “ The weapons of our warfare that multitudes of them have been led to do things which , The Christian population of Great Britain responded are not carnal but spiritual.” And onward they went among them we shall name were a virtual renunciation o’" Yankeeism, in order to clear ( its designs a vast circuit of dispensations. Its goings to our appeal as the heart of one man, and their con¬ preaching the gospel to every creature, without respect The Right Rev. John H. Hopkins, D. D. Episcopalian themselves of the contamination. Many have endeavored to ] forth have been from eternity. The world was cre¬ duct has been sanctified by the blessing of heaven. of persons, in all climates, and under all governmenta, Bishop in Vermont, an Irishman born and educated. clear themselves of the imputation of being Yankees, by re- ( ated a theatre for its scenes. The machinery of prov- We have entered into these details, dear brethren, untrammelled by the policy or prudence of the world. Rev. Joseph Pe.vney, D. D. of Northampton, Mass, an tailing the most ludicrous stories about the Yankees, or the 1 idpnee was constructed to introduce its operations.— for the purpose of explaining the object of our present They preached Christ crucified, panting after the souls communication^ and ofjustil^ying ourselves in your es¬ Irishman born; He.nry Homes, Esq. of Boston, the great broadest caricatures as a true picture of Yankee society. No ■Tne Mosaic law was the schoolmaster of its first prin¬ of men, seeking nothing more, satisfied with nothii^ small number who have gone farther south, in endeavoring ciples, and the Jewish temple with all its furniture teem. We desire, with all Christian love and respect, less. Happy would it be for the church of Christ, if in grand-son of the Rev. William Homes, of Londonderry, to solicit your attention to the principles we have to escape the reproach of Yankeeism, have engaged them- J was but a scaffold for its building of mercy. Four these latter days she preserved the same single eye to Ireland, Rev. James Wilson, of Providence, R. I. adopted, and the line of conduct we have been pursu¬ selves as executive officers to the local magistrates, as they , thousand years w'ere employed to summon attention the simple and single originality of the misaionary coh- Rev. Thomas M’Alley, D. D. LL. D. of New York, an to its designs. After time has perished, the results of ing. We indulge the hope that you will seriously in¬ Btituliou. But, sir, we regret to say that in regard to have been aptly denominated by one of our contemporaries, , Irishman; Dr. Wm. J. McNeven, of New-York, the fellow the atonement, like the circles produced in a peaceful quire whether, as the disciples of Jesus Christ, it is the mission to Africa, it would seem that there has been who are appointed by some of the state governments to su- , patriot of Emmet and Curran ; Counsellor Sampson, the lake, will be widening,iiig, anduiiu pcrpciuaiiy1 wiueuiiig, not your imperative duty, without d«lay, to raise your a departure in some sort from these great first princi¬ confidential friend of Emmet, and lately Whig candidate for perintend the labors of one race of their citizens. But it is , through the length and_.....idltreadth of a shoreless eternity. voices against the cruel and degrading bondage in ples. There has been a blending or things between Congress in this city. said that this expedient is not successffil, for a Yankee slave- 1 8. The atonement supplies a stupendous system of which our African brethren and their descendants are which there can be no afllnity, a joining together of Matthew Carey, Esq. of Philadelphia, a native Irish driver is always known by his greater cruelty. Many, de- 1 motives to bear on the interests of the universe. The held in various pans of your land. We understand matters which God Almighty has eternally pnt asunder. that the number of slaves in the United States is con¬ Catholic, and a leading patron of the Colonization cause; spairingof any other escape,have actually been obliged to take epistles of the New Testament bring these motives to You may say that civilization and colonization, and Hm siderably above two millions, while the system under advancement of science and civil liberty are good Hon. Wm. J. Duane, late Secretary of the U. S. Treasury; up a cotton plantation and slaves, with the incumbrance of a bear upon our duties towards God, towards Christ, towards the world, and towards each other in our re¬ which they are held is said to be characterized by things; we shall hold no controversy with you, but we an Irishman, Rev. John Black, D. D. of Pittsburgh. planter’s widow or daughter, in onler that they might no some features peculiarly revolting and oppressive.— do say that the missionary work is longer be regarded as Yankees. We believe that this expe¬ lative capacities. There are no motives like these to infinitely svperior Hon. John M’Lean, of Cincinnati, Judge of the U. S. Su¬ But it is not our purpose to enter into details; we wish to the whole put together, and to be properre efficient, dient is effectual in wiping off the reproach, nor do we know tell on the heart, and to produce repentance towards preme Court, the son of an Irishman, Hon. Jeremiah Mor¬ God. The atonement ‘‘ speaks better things” than rather to fix your attention on the system as a whole— must be disconnected with all these good things, and an instance in which it has failed. He who does this is no row, late Governor and U. S. Senator, and Gkn. Duncan any other measure for the interests of holiness and its unchristian character, its degrading tendency, the go forth single-handed with the great power of God to M’Arthur, of Ohio. longer a Yankee. This method, however, of “ improving his knees unto the Father of the Lord Jesus Christ, truth. A ministry without the motives of the atone¬ misery it generates, the injustice, cruelty, and wretch¬ subjugate the hearts of men. Tnose may do good, but Hon. Cm ptenden Lyon, member of Congress from Ken¬ the race” we can by no means consent to recommend, because of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is ment is a ministry in which the “ blood of sprinkling” edness it involves. Is it not an awful breach of the di¬ this must do good ; those depend for success upon the tucky. it would so outrage “ public opinion,” which is so decided named, that he would grant them, according to the is hushed and mute. A world in which were hushed vine law, a manifest infraction of that social compact wisdom of men, but this upon the mighty power of God. Rev. John Nf.wland Maffitt, of the M. E. church, Nash¬ and inflexible against every species of “ amalgamation.” richc-t of his glory, to be strengthened with might, the music of the gioves, the cadences of murmuring which is always and every where binding? And if Let then the missionary go forth as the ambassador of by his Spirit, in the inner-man, that Christ might ville, Tenn. an Irishman born. j As regards the race at large, this prejudice appears to lie streams, and the dulcet sounds of love and friendship, it be so, are you not, as Christians, and especially as Christ, with no other commission or protection than Hon. William Gaston, of North Carolina; Hon. John C. truly inexorable. Nor do we cherish any very lively hope dwell in them by faith, that they might be rooted and were but a faint emblem of the sepulchral dulness of' Christian ministers, bound to protest against it, and that granted to the old apostles; let him effect a recon¬ grounded in love. And what is all this preparatory to seek, by all legitimate means, its speedy and entire ciliation between God and the people, and depend upon Calhoun, of the United States Senate, and Hon. George that even our display of facts will be able to overcome it. such a ministry. It is when the atonement “ speak- training and mustering of energies for ?—“ That they [ destruction? You have a high and holy part, dear it, sir, civilization and colonization, and science, and M’Duffie, now Governor of South Carolina. Supjjose we do tell the people that Whitney invented the cot¬ eth better things,” that the gospel is the power of God might be able to comprehend with all saints, what is unto salvation. brethren, to act; and future generations will bless your liberty, will follow in its train ; but trammel him not Hon. R. H. Wildf., ofGfeorgia, member of the late Con¬ ton gin; they will still associate the idea of a Yankee with the breadth and length, and depth and height, and to name, and the God whom you serve will approve your with civil office, make him not a party to secnlar enter¬ that of a wooden clock maker, and insist that Whitney wag 9. The atonement is the medium ot the most glori¬ gress, and a distinguished scholar. know the love of Christ which passeth knowledge.” ous change in the character and the prospects of sin¬ conduct, if you are prompt and diligent in its perform- prises ; no, like the youthful shepherd of Israel, let him only an exception. Notwithstanding the Yankees have Hon. Thomas Porter, U. S. Senator of Louisiana, a na¬ Oh! for an angel’s wing and an angel’s vision to sur¬ ners. “ Behold what manner of love is this that we, ance. An opportunity is now offered you 01 extend¬ magnanimously throw aside the weapons of human tive Irishman. bobbed for whale” in every ocean ever since the days of vey this vast and stupendous theme, whose breadth should be called the sons of God.” In this medium ing the happiness of your species; of raising a degrad- tnist, and armed with nought but the sling and the stone takes in every intelligence and every interest, whose ! ed class of your population to freedom, intelligence, of divine truth, he shall make the Goliath of Paganism This list will doubtless be much extended by the Conven¬ Burke, there are still multitudes who have no conception of the sinner can meet “ the consuming fire” without length reaches from everlasting to everlasting, whose and virtue ; of redeeming yourselves uom reproach. tion, when it shall meet to form our society. But these are a Yankee capable of higher employment than peddling tin being destroyed. It is a refuge accessible, designed, ware. It is in vain to point them to;Hull, and Perry, and depth fathoms the lowest state of depravity and mise¬ and sufficient for every sinner. To what honor will sufficient to show, tliat we will be capable of affording a very ry, and whose height throws floods of glory on the M’Donough, and Brown, and Ripley, and others who have efficient protection and patronage to the poor Yankees, when tnrone and the crown of Jehovah. won fame as the defenders of their country; they still be¬ we get into full operation. Our Executive Committee'it is Then, there must be something of infinite worth, ed the tone of our religious confidence; it haa made lieve that the Yankees are a net o( blue-lighters, thst never dignity and grandeur in the love and the death of Je¬ the work of Gqd apparently dependent upon the work had a spark of patriotism. We may call over the names of sus Christ above all others. If the Lord Jesus were of man, so that our misaionary faith woiud appear to Edwards, and Bellamy, and Dwight, and Woods, and only a saint, a divine messenger, or a holy martyr, stand rather in the wisdom of men than in the power of Spring, as Yankee divines, but it is insisted that every ] what is there in his love or his death above any other. God. preacher who goes forth from New-England to fill the 1 Imagine for a moment all this apparatus of means | Let me ask, what has the cause of miasiohs gained waste places of the land, is a Taylorite in disguise, if not a | and training instituted to contemplate the death olj by thus endorsing for secular enterprises ? Nothing,. downright Unitarian. To no end does New-Englan.i name Moses or Isaiah, or John the Baptist, and into what absolutely nothing but fearfulness and risk. Now, air, the popular doctrine is, if the secular enterprise tucce^ i her Adams, and Hancock, and Franklin, and Sherman, and susquipedalia verba, will these elevated w'ords of miasions will succeed ; but if it fail, missions will fetiV . Ellsworth, and Kent, and King, and Langdon, to say no- truth and soberness dwindle. Why should it be a stumbling block to the Jews, or an offence to the And has it come to this ! O, sir, had we kept in aim- I thing of those now on the busy stage, among the statesmen Greeks, that Christ died, any more than the fact that plicity of heart to the original eommiaaion, then mifiit and jurists whom she has contributed to the national stock, John the Baptist died, or that Socrates died ? Did we have claimed and secured that glorious pronuM r the idea of an educated Yankee is to many the simple notion the apostles preach that Christ died a martyr to his of our immutable God, “ My word shall not return un¬ . of a mercenary school-master, or a quibbling, pettifogging. message ? And did not John the Baptist and Socra¬ to me void, but shall accomplish that whereto I have tes die so? 'The entire structure of the New Testa- aent it” Besides, sir, does not this present aspsqt of afflura threaten to disturb that unity of the spirit and that bond of peace amongst tbs friends of missions so eneitial to our success; has not this internungling of seealsr crucifixion of Christ to be a lustration, a propitiation authorized to aet for the Baptist denomination on other and religious matters imported into the miaaioawy' for the sins of the world. They went forth deter- that for wliich they were appointed. This question party and political feelings f It is wall knew^ mining to know nothing among men but Jesus ^rist, , ass XUM will go and. pray, “ O Lord, save the^ world; O Lord, thy I cd in gfoapel principles, you would hare found in them, •iontoy quostioD closely interlocked with the other, havo ried out Into actual eko ice and action, they are not virtuous. kingdom come.” I tell you it is hyi>ocrisy. Shall such throughout the church, but one heart and one soul in regard united against botli a determined and inflexible opposi¬ And no degree of desire is itself virtuous. If this idea could bo tion 1 Go^sir, and recommend African missions to the made prominent, and fully riveted in the minds of men, it prayers be heard I Unless men arc willing to deny them¬ to every question of duty that occurs. L*t their early edu¬ most intelligent and well informed people of color would probably annihilate the hopes of half the church, who selves, I would not give a groat for as many of their prayers j cation be right, and you have got a body of Christians that amonffst us, and you shall find, in ninety-nine cases qut are living on their good desires, while doing nothing for as would cover the whole United States. you can depend on. If it had been general in the church, O, of" a ■hundred, ’ ’ you-7--“" are suspected of some selfish ’‘ and“Isinis- God. These things must be taught to young converU. It must how much rriore strength there would have been^in all her ter purpose, "* ' ■ said. But these arc prejudices (6) They should be made to understand that nothing come to this [mint in the church, that men shall not be called great movements for the salvation of the world. it may be replied. Are \ee white which is selfish, is religion. Whatever desires they may Christiana, unless they will cut off the right hand, and pluck 5. If young converts are not well instructed, they will ine¬ idices! He Uiat is without this have, and whatever choices and actions they may put forth, out the right eye, and deny themselves for Christ’s sake.— vitably backslide. If their instruction is defective, they will St stone. Surely, sir, whilst our if after all the reason of them is selfish there iy no religion in A little thing! See it poison the spirit of prayer ! See it probably live in such a way as to disgrace religion. The le voice of our own prejudices, we debase and sensualize the soul! Is that a trifle beneath the truth, kept steadily before the mind of a young convert, in pro¬ ought not to close our left car to tne voice of our weak them. A man may just as well commit sin in praying, or dignity of the pulpit 1 When these intemperate indulgen- per pruportiana, has a natural tendency to make him grow up brother. At any rate there stands the fact, and a most reading the Bible, or going to meeting, as in any thing else, cies, of one kind and another, cost the church five times if stubborn and alarming fact it is ; that the colored peo¬ if there is selfishness in the motives of it. ^iungpsr a man into the fmUnc$s of the stature of perfect men in Christ Jesus. ple generally, are strongly opposed to our present mis¬ prays W'ith a view to promote his own happiness. Is tl»at not fifty times more than all they do for the salvation of the dangers, privileges, state of religion in their hearts, spirit of If any one point is made too prominent in the inatructioB sionary operations on the western coast of Africa. And religion? What is it, but attempting to make God his-al- world. The time to teach these things with effect is when prayer. Look at that anxious mother, when she sees paleness given, there will piobably be just that disproponion in bis do we suppose that we can evangelize wA-stern Africa mighty servant ? It is nothing else but to attempt a great they are young converts. If they are not properly taught gather round the little brow of her child. “ What is the mat¬ character. If he is fully instructed on some points and not without the cooperation of the colored race in America? speculation, and put the universe, God and all, under contri¬ then, if they get a wrong habit, and begin with an easy, ter with you, my child? Have you eaten something itiipro- in others, you will find a corresponding defect in his life and Do we imagine that the Iriiors of white men are compe- bution to make liifi happy. It is tlie sublime degree of wick¬ self-indulgent mode of living, it is rare that they are ever per? Have you taken cold? What aiU you?" O, how dif¬ eharacter. tent to the accomplishment of this Herculean undertak¬ edness. It is so far from being piety, that it is in fact super¬ thoroughly reformed. I have conversed with old professors ferent it is with the children of the church, the lambs that the If the instruction of young converts is greatly defective, ing ? No, sir, never ! never! never let it be even dreamt lative wickedness. on these subjects, and have been astonished at their pertina¬ Savior has committed to the care of his churches. Alas !— they will press on in religion no further than they are strongly cious obstinacy in indulging their lusts. And I am satisfied Instead of restraining her children, and taking care of them, the missionary cause, the history of African missions (7) Nothing is acceptable to God, as religion, unless it be that the church never c.an rise out of this sloth until young the church lets them go any where, and look out for them¬ will be a dark page for fifty years to come. But, sir, performed heartily, to please God. No outward action has converts are faithfully taught in the outset of their religious selves. What should we say of a mother who should know¬ decline and backslide. And ever after you will find that they cun be conciliated, and the moment we detach the anything good, or any thing God approves, unless it is per¬ ingly let her little child totter along to the edge of a preci¬ missionary question from the secular question, that con¬ I course to be temperate in all things. they will go forward only when aroused by some powerftil formed not only from right motives but from a ready heart. pice? Should we not say she was horribly guilty fordoing ciliation takes place. 7. They should be taught to have just as muck religion in excitement. These are your periodical Christians, that are (6) Young converU should be taught fully and positive¬ so, and that if the child should fall and be killed, its blood I shall now, sir, pass on to consider another formida¬ all their Imsinest, as they have in prayer or in going to meet¬ so apt to wake up in a time of revival, and bluster about os ly, that all religion con.sists in obeying God. All religion would rest on the mother’s bead ? What then is the guilt ble obstacle to the success of African missions, and ing. They should be just as holy, just as watchful, aim if they had the zeal of an angel, a few days, and then die consists in voluntary action. All that is holy, all that is of the church, in knowingly neglecting her young con¬ which to some appears an insuparable objection. I refer just as singly at the glory of God, be just as sincere and so¬ away as dead and cold as a northern winter. O how desir¬ to the deadly effects of the climate upon the lives of our lovely in the sight of God, all that is properly called religion, verts? I have known churches, where young converts were NKW-YORK EVANGELIST lemn, in all their daily employments, as when they come to able, how infinitely important it is, that young converts missionaries. Sir, the expenditure of human life in the consists in voluntary action, in voluntarily obeying the will first totally neglected, and regarded with suspicion and jea¬ the throne of grace. If they are not, their Sabbath perfor¬ should be so taught, that their religion will not depend on im¬ prosecution of African missions on the western coast is NEW-YORK, SATURDAY. APRIL 18, 1836. of God. lousy ; nobody goes near them to strengthen or encourage or mances will be an abomination. pulses and excitements, but that they will go steadily on¬ truly appalling, it is unparalleled, and the sad convic¬ 2. Young converts should be taught that the duty of self- counsel them ; nothing is dene to lead them to useful nesa, to 8. They should be taught that it is necessary for them to teach them what to do, or how to do it, or open to them a ward in the Christian course, advancing from strength to tion now inevitably fastens itself upon every thinking denial is one of the leading features of the gospel. They bejuaf as holu as ministers. There has for a long time been field of labor. And then—what then 7 Why, when they find strength, giving forth a clear and safe and steady light all mind, that white missionaries will neverevanmlize that should understand that they are not pious at all, any farther continent. 'This sad conviction fills the timid with dis¬ an idea that ministers are bound to be holy and practice self- that young converts cannot stand every thtng, and find them around. than they are willing to take up the cross daily, and deny may, and the boldest with regret. But, sir, shall Afri- denial. And so they are. But it is strange they should growing cold and backward under their own treatment, they REMARKS. themselves, for Christ. There is but a precious little self- M be given up ? What, sir, would you raise from the suppose that ministers are bound to be any more holy than just turn round and abuse them, because they did not hold out. 1. The church is vtrily guilty for her past neglect, in re¬ denial in the church, and the reason is, that the duty is so grave the indignant spirit of a Mills, an A8hmun,aCox, other people. They would be shocked to see a minister show This is all wrong. gard to the instruction of young converts. a Cloud, a Wright? Africa given up? Never, sir, much lost sight of, in giving instruction to young converts. levity, or running after the fashions, or getting out of tem- 4. Be tender in reproring them. When Christians find it Instead of bringing up their young converts to be woricing whilst a single spark of missionary fire burns upon the How seldom are they told that self-denial is the leading fea¬ necessary to reprove young converts, they should be exceed¬ Christians, the churches have generally acted as if they did altars of the cliurch. What, sir. when whole bands of ture of Christianity. In pleading for benevolent objects. ingly careful of tiieir manner in doing it. Young converts not know how to employ young converts dr what use to make £un>pean adventurers can ascend her rivers to advance should be faithfully watched over by the elder members of the I of them. They have acted like a mother, who has a great geographical science or commercial advantage, shall the church, and when they begin to lose ground, or to turn aside, family of daughters, and knows nothing how to set them to chosen soldiers of the cross hesitate to march on to es¬ they should be promptly admonished, and if necessary, re¬ work, and so suffers them to grow up idle and untaught, use¬ tablish the kingdom of God ? What, sir, when the pi¬ proved. But to do it in a wrong manner is worse than not to ratical slave trader, that hell-hound in human form, can do it. It is sometimes done in a manner that is abrupt, harsh, less and despised, and to be the easy prey of some designing prowl along her shores to Itidnap away the bodies of coarse, and apparently censoriou^ more like scolding than villain. ^ men, shall we shrink from heroic efforts to save the like brotherly admonition. Such a manner, instead of inspir¬ If the church had only done her duty in training up young souls of men ! Let it not be so much as mentioned in ing confidence, or leading to reformation, is just calculated to converts to work, and labor for Christ, the world would have our solemn assemblies. been converted long ago. But instead of this, how many Nevertheless this portentous mortality amongst the harden the heart ot the young convert, and confirm him in white missionaries ought to induce upon the Christian his wrong courses, while at the same time it closes his mind churches even oppose young converts, when they attempt to church an emphitic pause, a solemn review, and an against the influence of such censorious guardians. The heart set themselves at work for Christ. Multitudes of old profes¬ honest inquiry, whether we have chosen the more ex¬ of a young convert is tender, and easily grieved, and some¬ sors look with suspicion upon every movement of young cellent way. If, sir, we believe Africa is to be Christ¬ style, when they themselves were actually receiving much times a single unkind look will set tnem into such a state of converts, and talk against them, and say, “ They are too ianized, and if we are convinced that the present instru¬ larger salaries, and spending a great deal more money for mind as will fasten their errors upon them and make them forward, they ought not to put themselves forward, but wait grow worse and worse. mentality is inadequate—then,sir, it is high time we were the support of their families, than any ministers. All this for those who are older.’’ There is waiting again. Instead looking around us elsewhere for those chosen vessels, arises out of fundamentally wrong notions and instructions You who are parents know how important it is when you of bidding young converts “ God speed,” and cheering them calied°and qualified by the God of missions to the reprove your children, that they should see that you do it from MR. FINNEY’S LECTURES ON REVIVALS. given to young converts. Young converts have been taught on when they take hold with warm hearts and strong hands, achievement of this glorious enterprise. the best of motives, for their benefit, because you wish thorn to expect that ministers will have all the religion, especially very often they hinder them and perhaps put them down.— And whither shall we look but to the colored people [From brief aotee taken by the Editor.] to be good, and not because you are angry. Otherwise they all the self-tlenial, and so long as this continues there can be How ofteh have young converts been stopped from going themselves. It is well known, sir, that amongst this Lectvrx XX. will soon come to regard you as a tyrant, rather than a friend. no hope that thA church will ever do much for the glory of forward, and turned in behind a formal, lazy, inefficieiit Sle, the Methodists have reaped a rich harvest of Tcxt.—“ Feed my lambs.”—John xxi. 15. Just so with young converts. Kindness and tenderness, even I. In the United States and the West Indies wc God, or for the conversion of the world. There is nothing church, till their spirit is crushed, and their zeal extinguished, I remarked on this text in my last lecture, and was oblig¬ in reproof, will win their confidence, and attach them to you, have upwards of one hundred thousand colored members of all this in the Bible. Where has God said. " You, min¬ and after a few ineffectual struggles to throw off the cords, ed, for want of time, to omit many of the points which I and give an influence to your brotherly instructions and coun¬ in church communion ; and amongst these there are isters, love God with all your heart and soul and mind and sels, so that yon can mold them into finished Christians. In¬ they conclude to sit down with the rest, and WAIT. In wished to present in regard to the colored preachers, who, for native talent, spiritual gifts, strength,” or “ You ministers do all that you do to the glory stead of this, if you are severe and critical in your manner, many places, young converts cannot even attempt to hold a scriptural knowledge, and sterling piety, woi^ not dis¬ INSTRUCTION OF YOUNG CONVERTS. of God?” This is said to all alike, and he who attempts to that is the way to make them think you wish to lord it over prayer meeting by themselves, but what the pastor, or some grace any missoinary society on the face of the earth. To night I propose to continue the subject by noting excuse himself from any duty or self-denial, from any watch¬ of the deacons, rebukes them for being so forward, and char¬ Why should we not employ these ? Truly, sir, they • I. Several instructions further, which ought to be given to fulness or sobriety, by putting it off upon ministers, or who ges them with spiritual pride. “Oh, ho! you are young eon- are in their feelings more naturally allied to Africa than young converts. ventures to adopt a lower scale of holy living for himself than any others, tiie difficulty of color will, in their case, be verts, are you ? and so you want to get together and call all II. To show the manner in w'hich young converts should he thinks is proper for a minister, is in great danger of prov¬ done away; their intercourse with the people will be neighbors together to look at you, because you are young be treated by the church. more free and unsuspected, and it is well known that ing himself a hj’pocrite, and paying the forfeit of his foolish¬ converts.” A celebrated Doctor of Divinity in New Eng¬ they can constitutionally endure the climate better than III. Mention some of the evils which naturally result from ness in hell. land boasted at a public table of his success iu keeping all his the white man. But it is said they are unwilling to go; defective instructions given in that stage of Christian expe¬ Much depends on the instructions given to young converts. converts still. He had great difficulty, he said, for they were we reply are you aure of that ? Have they been prop¬ rience. If they once get into the habit of supposing that they may in a terrible fever to do something, to talk, or pray, or get up erly and officially invited ? Has the Methodist Episbo- I. I shall pursue the subject, taking it up where I left off, indulge in things which they would condemn in a minister, it meetings, but by the greatest vigilance he had kept It all SJ church ever publicly given them such an invitation ? by mentioning some further instructions which it is import¬ is ten to one if they ever get out of it. down, and now his church was jnst as qu>t as it was before are we taken any preliminary steps? What effort ant should be given to young converts. 8. They should aim at being perfect. Every young con¬ the revival. Wonderful achievement for a minister of Jesus has ever been made to awaken a missionary spirit 1. It is of great importance that young converts should vert should be taught, that if it is not his purpose to live with¬ amongst our colored brethren ? Has one missionary Christ! Was that what the blessed Savior meant when he early be made to understand what religion consists in. Per¬ out sin, he has not yet began to be religious. What is re¬ meeting ever been held ? Has the subject ever been told Peter, “ Feed my lambs ?” properly laid before them ? if so, where? and when?— haps you will be surprised at my mentioning this. “What! ligion, but a supreme purpose of heart or disposition to obey Sir,*w*hen”thi8 has been done, it will be time enough to | Are they converts, and do they not know what religion God? If there is not this, there is no religion at all. It is listen to the objection, “ that they are not willing to go.’’ consists in ?’’ I an.swer. They woOild know', if they had no one thing to profess to be perfect, and another thing to profess Sir, though I disclaim all pretensions to the spirit of iostructiou but such as is drawn from ilie Bible, and feel that you ought to be jierfect. It is one thing to say, prophecy, yet I will solemnly predict, if we will only de- titudes of people have imbibed such notions abo that men ought to be perfect, and can be if they are so dis¬ tach the missionary, question from the secular question ; that not only young cx>nverts, but a great part oi posed, and another thing to sdy that they are perfect. If any only take active measures to diffuse missionary infor- do not know what religion consists in, so as to I are prepareil to say that they are perfect, all I have to say is. mation and missionary feeling amongst our colored mem- There are many minis Let them prove it. If they are so, I hope they will show it bers; only give our.co ored preachers a public and gen- . , . . . . .u u i by their actions, otherwise we can never believe they are erous invitation; give them to know that in going to u ^ i i Africa they shall have the same honorable standing, and "’“y charitably believed they have; but what 1, perfect. But it is the duty of all to aim at being perfect. It should equal privileges as our missionaries elsewhere; the pe- ^hey do not discriminate as to what it consists in, hurt than good. If you rebuke him merely for things that he be their constant purpose, to live wholly to God, and obey did not see, or did not know to be improper, it will grieve all his commandments. They should live so, thaf if they and disgust hint. Such instruction should be carefully .should sin it would be an inconsistency, an exception, an timed, often it is well to take the opportunity after you have what perseverance is. It is astonishing how peojile talk individual case, in which they act contrary to the fixed and been praying together, or after a kind conversation of religi¬ about {>erseverance. As if the doctrine of perseverance was I general purpose and tenor of their lives. They ougU not ous subjects, calculated to make him feel that you love him, “ Once in grace, always in grace,” or “ Once converted, sure to sin at all, they are bound to be as holy as God is, and and sc*k his good, and earnestly desire to promote his sanc¬ to go to heaven.’’ This is not the idea of perseverance. yopng converts should be taught to set out in the right course tification, his usefulness, and his happiness. Then a mere The true idea is, that if a man is truly converted, he wii.i. or they will never be right. hint will often do the work. Just suggest that “ Such a CONTINUE TO OBEY Gon. And ns a consequence, he Dr. Beecher: ‘‘Is it indispensable to the emancipation <>» subject, as 9. They should be taught to e.rhibit their light. thing in your prayer” or “your conduct so and so, did not will surely go to heaven. But going to heaven is not perse¬ ot the sons of Africa that their mother country should though having doctrinal knowledge indicated piety. I once If the young convert dues not exhibit his light, and hold it strike me pleasantly. Had you not better think of it, and sit in darkness, and drink blood amid the terrors of pa- heard a remark of this kind. In a certain instance, where verance. If a person gets the idea that because he is con¬ up to the world, it will go out. If he does not bestir himself, perhaps you will judge better to avoid the same thing again.’^ ganism and the slave trade, till all her exiled children some young converts had made rapid progress in doctrinal verted, therefore he will assuredly go to heaven, that man and go forth and try to enlighten those around him, his light Do it right, and you will help and do him good. Doit are emancipated ? Must her sons be taught to harden knowledge, a minister who saw it said, “ How these young will almost assuredly go to hell. will go out, and his own soul will soon be in darkness. wrong and you will do tea times more hurt than good. their hearts against her, till the entire reproach of slave- converts grow in grace.” Here he confounded improvement 5. Young converts should be taught to be religious ^ Sometimes young converts seem disposed to be still and not 6. Do not speak of the faults of young converts, behind ry be wiped away ? Is no compassion to be moved, jjj knowledge with improvement in piety. The truth was, [ every thing. They should aim to be religious in every de¬ do any thing in public till they get a great deal of light, or a their back. This is quite too common among old professors, prayer to be offered, no missionary spirit to burn, no tj,at he had no means of judging of their growth in grace, and partment of life and in all that they do. If they do not aim great deal of religion. But this is not the way. Let the sorrow of heart to be felt for kinsmen according to the evidence of it because thev were makin-^ nroeress and by and by they hear of it; and what an influence it must flesh in benighted Africa? Is there no obligation on !‘ eydence ot it because tney were maxin^ progress at this, they should understand that they ha' religion at convert use what he has, let him hold up his little twinkling have to destroy the confidence of young converts in their old¬ Christians of the colored race to volunteer for the intro- m doctrinal knowl^ge. , all. If they do not intend and aim to keep all the com¬ light, boldly and honestly, and then God will pour in the oil er brethren, to grieve their he«ts and discourage them, and Auction of Christianity to the land of their fathers ?” (2) They should be taught that religion is not a substance. and make him like a blazing torch. But God will not take mandments of God, what pretence can they make to piety. perhaps drive them away from the good influence of the In confirmation of this powerful appeal we would ft not any root, or sprout, or seed, or any thing else in the Whosoever shall keep the whole law and yet offend in one the trouble to keep a light burning that is hid. Why should church. address two awakening passages of God’s word; you mind as a p XUM H*LE IWMUB Ml. NEW-YORK EVANGELIST. non .iiiL tK. nnt Mem to decideup- Biblical Litiwature.—We are haj^y to announce the Bawa Core wa»purcha«ed, the elave trade did continue in full and what is atill more cheering, there is an unusual excite-) New-York City.—C*»*r6A —It is hi^ly suspect Uim rf being candidanwfw maiiyrdoroio the ca^ OB anvl^w locTtion their nastor suted to them progress of Professor Bush’s useful labors in Hebrew Lite- operation on that part of the coast from which the Coloniza- ment on the subject of religion, and sinners are inquiring Probably toown to many of our that a Protract^ promises to rostra* oo aay new location, and hence their pastor staieu w re ... l.j / j ^ j - i. . «rh.t t4,ev m„.tw. PuiMonin RnnisuoN Meeting of seTeral days continuance has been held with this ‘"prsn'd appeutos of mea. that in emw of all the drcumatance. be thought he could be rature^ «*! , • r s. r Tn fp .h P«>f^ «<» “av eater- . ^IThLor.rto our Th* pteachfng lias been principally performed by Massachusetts LaoisLATraE.-The bill mwiectiag Berace. mom useful in another field. The congregation paaaed a reeo- 1. Acw £«f4r«e GrawiMar.—Messrs. LeaYiU. Lord, & Co. mmated it. IF the trade is exterminated now, it was not, We consider the above acknowled^ent honorable o r Knapp, fi^m the western part of this state. His U- fisrtho saUoferdoat spiriu, that origiaatod in ihs^oareofBepre- Itttion, hare in press, and will shortly publish, a Hebrew Grammar when the managers published that it was, but was in full tide brother Robinson, and we hope it will be satisfactory to the thus far, appear to have been blessed of the Lord. Last eeateiiTei, the provittoiM of which w* have before noticed, hee been Thai »a ao^^ada tn tka Mnuaat of our belovcd oastor—and in on a simplified plan, embracing a Chiestemarby for the use at the very doora of one of their settlementa, and on territory church referred to. The affair took place three or four yeara Sabbath, brethren Knapp, Mitchell, and Middleton, baptiz- ^wted by a majoriiy of about five and twenty yoi« in that body. ed thirty-one converts, most ot wnom are consioereu me ■ mrown m lae way« lupenegoi mm and raapact. and our full and entire contwenre in mm ^ur University, fruits of the Protracted Meeting. The work still oontinues a «* ^ pastor—and weoonaent to fait removal only m dafereace to ^ „ /.. _thecon™tionsareincre.£^nn^ dofe«.c.to y No.IIoftheComment«ryonlheP»alm,,bythesame. a belief for their atatemeni. For the N.Y. Evangelist. lem^itrofftfriTde^Sr^ hia dopiriitH MOM of dntv *• a’io. 11 01 me L.ommeutary on me rsaiins, uy me soiiie. -»----- ...... -- lemnity 01ot leeiingueepens.feeling deepens. BrotherDroiner rvi.appKnapp preaches every twouoo so as to diminish th.Um number of memtwrsmembers which mavmay be sent _ This number is in a state of forwardness, and will be pub- hereafter, until they give satisfaction for this attempt to gull NEW-YORK FEMALE BENEVOLENT SOCIETY. evsning this week, and we trust the Spirit will yet more to the House of Representatives, which had previously passed in The B*rnsT DELEOATES.-We are happy to state that the ii,j,ed in a few weeks. the public into . Wief that they h.d extinguished the slave New-York, April 7th, 1836. abundantly crown his labors with success.—Aw. Baptist. that body, was concurred in by senate on Mo^v anermoch _ trade along the whole coast, from Cape Mount to Trade town. The Board of Managers of the New-York Female Benevo¬ ' ~ ' discussion without amendment.—Yeas II—NsyflO. The set pro- Rev. Francis Cox, LL. D. of London, and Rev. Mr. Hoar lent Society, respectfully represent, that their Asylum at York- SECULAR INTELLIGENCE, vides tlml every town having throe huiilred ratable poUa shall be of Birmingham, Ddegates from the Baptist churches in Reuoious Magazine.- We have just received the second '''« ixinfess ourselves to be still incredulous about the extinc- ville, ia now folly complete, and that their temporary one in cmtitled to one repreeentalive, and (or every adcblienat Representa- En^fond to their brethren in this country arrived here in the number of a new periodical, entitled, “ Tke Balttmorc Lit- tion of the slave trade by means of colonization, even now on tbs qitv is now removing to it: that the premises hsneeforth live an addition of 450 ratable polls are requireit 'fte fractioiw g no HJ jt . , „ . erory and Ae^tgiosu AUsga cine,” conducted by R. J. Breck- these shores. The cause dees not seem adequate to the efiect* to be the permanent abode of the institution, contain conye- FOREIGN also are so provided for as to allow an additioaal rcprcaenlativo for liibsrnia on Monday. 1 hey propose to atwnu me b pi inridge, and A. B. Cross. The work is published monthly. Brother Wynkoop’s testimony is merely negative. He did nient scoommodations for from eighty to one hundred in-in* . # j ^ more rears, as the case may be, in every tea years, ConventionConveniion at Richmond the present month, and return to each No. containing 32 pages octavo, at S2$2 5050per per annum, rtf:,tipl;. inm.ino. isinrHi.i anv knHv •«iitsii •f'®tes,*"®l**i together with a cAapelchapel that will seatsent two hundred and The Packet ship Charlemagne arrived on Saturday, in Si days Culture oj Silk.—An act was passed on this sulnec^ granting a New-York in season for the May anniversaries. in advance. Mr. Ireck&ge we know to be an able and cursory inquiries. Nordid any body tell hearer.s and that arrangements are now made which from Havre, bringing papers lo March 19. bounty of fifty cents a pound for every pound of sift reelsd or _L fearless advocate of truth and orthodoxy in the thurch. , .. must place under their care many of those whom ititiathcob- is the ob- Charlemagne has performed her voyage in 60 days, with fomwn in a manner apnr^od by ju^e. o_ Southern Churches.—Many of our That he will make truth hia guide in the conducting of his Or if it should prove to be the fact that the trade is not long-tong* jccijeej^of thisHim Spoetyouueiy tolo benefit.oeneni...... ,. fullfullcarffoet cargoes each< ^y. Sl.e*^ went out in eighteen days and has re- Geolo^ Survey er Mae^k^ Prof^e^ Htte^ Sentiment or Southern C-CHEs.-Many of o^ Maga'Jn:, wewTrubt er carried on from Mol pari of the coast it would not folfowfollow 'j. Board farther represent, that the cost ot their Asylum mmedin 21 This work has procur^ ftr its author a high lUstinction among Ga- talents ana aowiiies « carr.eu o» O. ..O U WOU.U ..o. ow (comprising twelve city lots,) has been ‘ The shio toland which «tile,l hence February Sfiih arrived at ologisis, and hii. reflected great credit u^ th. Commoow-eahh readers are acquainted with the monstrous dortri as a writer, we are sure, will enable himinto to follow herhwsuc- sue- that the trade itselfItself isIS diminished on the whole, either in extent ghou^labout nine thousand Le hundr^ dollars, of which four thou- hJv?* jwKfith R^v.Dr. whfch provided for its survey. The Commonwealth has abo done eed some years ago respecting slavery by the Rev. Dr. Fur- cessfully through many dark and frightfulfulavenues. avenues. When ororatrocity. atrocity. Nor will it be, so long as slavery continues to sand fiveI hundred are paid, leaving five thousand yet due; and Sur^„ Mr. Bairf it will bereeXet^, were onWrd. honor to itself by a resoling, which, besides furiushmg a c Tocate, who hM ^ ’h’^ *k **0^ P“P'®' lo pain, to want, to reproach, 10 madneaa, and lo death. ^'iLaumbCT ld“'ca'evrdenM of’hnvhtn^iatne piwa widTihe nde If Prudent; ihis'b a chwt.age thrnwa dowa to th. AeauiTTAL or Lawosoca—W. hara al.tiar ftwa Waahiaf. s^frieSaS^orchritri^^^^^ e““dr:^ta;rh::^::;,rorw.s .loe. .h.y cao..‘,o.,h^ A.pioo...tyo .f -hof « tL trfa.r.K,,^_laa ft.a rlrtaa„ laa .L. ... Qucation 7” paec 8. 27 ^ay bc his friend or his brother? re« ved to membership in one of the ®n“r®h®8 o the cit^ r „iil be not -M. de Broglie alone, but the whole Ministry that for an a*ault on the President, with intent lo kdl, and acquitted on The southern people do deny ui the abstract the injust- -n u-av, i» r 'rtuclv Kd> fl^emperance Societies have commenced a great reformation Other encouraging facts might be related, but they wou d n,ugtgoout!” the ground of insanity. The prisoner remains in the custody of the ice of slavery. ’ And hath nmdeof one blood aU nations of We liope these remarks will be thought of seriously, be- j ^ . , • -ountries DoubtlLs manv of the f'”* «"V®h. detail to this communication ;-and in askinK thI object of this declaration is manifest; ituavotethey de- Marshal, Ull further mstructioiis from the court relative to his dis. men. Are the negroes men 7 'I^ou skaU love thy neigUor fore the next General Assembly, and also by those over-sen- o'vn ana loreign counmes. iiouDtiess many oi tne for out and cause, the prayers and benevolentI , aid, ^iresire to put to the weakness of the Chambers. po..l.posal. • as thyself.thyself "“ Who is my neighbor?”neighbor 7” Isthenewo?Is ^e ne-o 7 . All gUive,uive ministers who refuse to let the church be addressed on 'n®'n‘>®” companies belong to them. Bull^ think of Christians in the cify and'in the c'ounfry, we vrouldVTOUId referreler “‘Thuste.rfireVThusThu|te.. tee first wwTrfte"irmin^^^^word of this ministryministrv in its official journal is .threata threat men have “ certain inalienable rights.”fhls.” Can thesethcM rights .u' . i.r .u »• *i .• they would aid the cause of temperance more efficiently, would them to the annexed certificate of a Commute of Gentlemen m the Chamber,—a threat which, three weeks ago, would only have lnBtJillasti*ii, ^nsistconsist with a state of slavery 71 Iff there is abstract justice this subject from their pulpits. they act as societies rather than as individuals; for the influ- •?1®®*®“ ^1®®? **’® t**^®''®*'.^‘^*f®p’'t'?tion8 of Christians in the been ridiculous, but which has a grave appearance as put now, since On Wednesday the 4ih March, 1835, Rev. Sol. Stevsns was in slavery, where does it begin 7 An African chief seizes ,, , ,, "ZTT’!— ,, ,, ence which one Societv exerts over kindred aneielipa i« ner. *''® ®®J®®‘®/'“ ®‘*"'® ®®®*®‘y- 1,“®" it has been seen what effect the powerless condition to which the installed by the Presbytery of Geneva, Pastor of the 1st Con gre> upon an individual of another tribe and makes hiai a slave Mothers Magazine.—This useful monthly pamphlet ^ • u rj natiOBS to J. P. Haven, 148 Nassau street, or lo the member* intrigues of the Doctrinaries have reduced the royal authority has gational church and society of China, Geneses co. iCri^Ljui^^ofslave";^^^^ coRtinues its delightful course, and we are gratified that the hapsone of the greatest modern improvemente m the arts of do- oftheBoard.J ha/upon the Chambers. / , ““in.rwluc,ore prayer by"^ Rev Mr! Marsh of Sheldon. Sermon victim to'^ a alaver I< thpiv iiisiiee in this 7 Thealnver ntiUiskp.. i. pnpKlp.1 i/, ..pit tbp pttpntirtr. nV tnntkprr nf pll '"ff New-Yoik, April 10, 1835. The probability of the indemnity being allowed derives strength bv the Rev. S^ H. Gridley of Perry Contra, (rom 2 Cor. ii. 16.— sells to the planter Is this the point where justice commen- rv. • .1 • ,1 . ik • I beg leave therefore to propose, that every hose and engine The undersigned, having visited the Asylum erwted by the from the very language of the opponents of tee measure ; for Uie « who is sufficient for these.” The constitutiwal question* pro- If!!!.?k i „ :.t^i Chnsuan denominations, and to secure their confidence in comnanvinniipri»»«nHT iLnip. New-Yor/fc/Vma/e Ben«To/en( tSoeiete, at Yorkvile—become passage plainly intimates teat tee views of tee Due de Broglie will poeed, and installing prayer, by tee Rev. Mr. Blanchard of Slry- fore hp lX^hP/^p ”kf.“rf the Magazine, and their conviction of the great importance Liberties, form^ t^^^^^^^ acquainted with the state of the Society’s accounts, and with te sustained b^ a majority. Private letters also speak, in confident Charge lo .The ^o/by Rev. W. J. Wilcox of FrankliL fore he loses his ngiht to liberty ? Or shall we say the jus- , i .u r n . * i. abstinence from spintous liquors (except as a arraneements of the Board of Managers for the prosccu- terms, of the success of the American question. rille. Charge to the people by Rev. E. I^ovill ik* Warsaw, and tice of slavery must be confined to those who are born in that of the cause which it advocates, by the following testimonial, medicine) a condition of membership. If only two compa- tion of the cause which they have undertaken—are happy to There is but one opinion expressed by the passengers or letters concluding prayer by Rev. J. B. Wilcox of CastiU. condition? But the very palladium of our republican insti- CIRCULAR.—Maternal influence is acknowledged, by Legis- nies would set the example it would ouicklv be followed bv express our confidence in *he economy, efficiency, and dis- by the Charlemagne. It is, teat the bill will pass. A leiierfrom The singing on tee occasion was such as to do great credit to the tiitions IS the doctrine that all men are bom with an equal lators, Philosophers and Divines to be one of tee principal causes . .l u ■ .u 1 ’ cretion, with which their aflairs are conducted. Paris says that the Due de Broglie refused to accept tee position performers, and all tee exercises were peculiarly appropriate and right to civil liberty. which give chiracter to nation., as well as to individuali. When ' and ‘h®/ would enjoy the privilege of giving a new accommodations of their Asylum, were in the Ministry which he holds, until it had been ascertained be- rnleresting,interesting, and well calculated lo make a salulmresalulare aiu a^ng im- The Southern Christian Herald a Presbvterian naner diis truth is so clearly seen, both in history and experience, it be- impulse to the cause of temperance which has already confer- peculiarly satisfactory. They have been obtained at a very y°nd all ilqubt that the American iiidemmiy bill w We hope the liberal m this country will spontaneously trans. tent, &c. I learned, from unquestionable authority, teat the A me- and members of Christian churches are holding their fellow pointing men the way to destruction, became convinced that the most exaggerated accounts have gone abroad. The policy of York. ’ mit to the American Seamen’s Friend Society, the means rican Colonization Society had made three porchases: 1st. Cape men ns slaves; and that this sin of the church mustberepent- ne was a lost sinner, and came forward und requested the the secret enemies of reform is always to magnify tee excitements Contents.—Article I, Barnes on tee Gospels ; art. 2, The Doc- N,wT™PE„„«E.T,™R0.«.-O»,,«p«trf friend, Thi. ri..r U d,.b»ed.,,of,l.,«ei.,,J JL, nd.e.ta.l, to r.rd., d.rm to .ed pnMie (i,.r Thomas Van Rensselaer, has just removed his Temperance These three districts include a coast-exlent of about forty miles— Resolved, That we will not admit to our pulpit, nor to mem- j* 5i„ie of Jesus and boldly invited sinnerAo come to Christ against tee efforts of the Abolitionists. The same feeling is now Romans. Subscriptions for tee above work received, and the back Eating Room to the comer of Ann and WiUiam streets, other districU have been purchased by tee American Coloniza- bership, npr invite to our communion table, any individual, The number of converts daily increased till thirty and forty pursued in regard to temperance, and every local excitement U SAMUEL BROWN, where he occupies the whole basement of Mr. Bussing’s long •.'®" Society. It was ascertained teat all the tnbes from the Gal- w“® i® « slaveholder, or who traffics in human beings. 1 were seen at a time on the anxious seats, inquiring what | magnified and trumpeted abroad as an inteitifte convulsion. In re- j —^-_ building, and is ready to servt the Dublic A nublic dinner '*'™‘*® '^®"" ’'®”’ ‘® '*'*P®®* ®‘' *‘'®‘‘ >a‘“l»-an cause than the light in which booksellers are beginning to on each side of tee iiver. The first was destroyed when the Arne- of him. . , . , ^ . has been baptized in all 85 since I came to this church in July ifouse. They did not sleep in tran»lated by Sarah Austin. Also, the Diairict School, by jToyi regard anti slavery literature on pure business DrinciDles "can ColonizaUon Society obtained tee northwestern secUon, and 2. 'The insinuation of the unwillingness of the son to be in last. We are at peace among ourselves, and unfitly pray however. ville Taylor. For sale by ROE LOCKWGOD. We have before Ja business circular of a prineXuS ^‘'‘® , We learn from tee Landmark that. . New-York. ^ril 16.1835,-^ ing house in this citv giving lists of their most imnortant ‘I*® »®"‘*>"®»‘®'™ *®®‘‘®“- any truth in the rumor, if such a report has gone abroad. Albany, N. Y.—By a brother from that city, we learn that ^wo large meetings of tee ciiirens of Worcester have been FAMILY TEMPER ANCE STORE.—8. B. Halliday ha- »«wn V • *1* >/ ° J If u 11- u J mi- thought by tome that Young Sesters wai a sUto mart, 3, The deacon had not, in the sense the public will attribute the work of grace there continues with unabated interest, . ^ne censuiing the vote ofthe town and thedecition of tha sa- ving been compalled on account of ill health to relinquish Ids Tract wonts in the press, and works just published. The but no evidence of it could be obtained. The slave trade has never !• ths expression, the superintendence of the new church. It Rev. Mr. Ide has baptized in oil 105, and several more are lemmen; tee other sp|>roving both the vote .ml the decisis. Agency, has in coonecnon with Mr. Vo«hw. opened s FsmUy sign we refered to, is the location of Judge Jay’s excellent tolerated between Young Sesters and Cape Palmas, and for '^as built by the job, by ceruin mechanic^ and I do not think ready lo go forward. The meetings arc attended with great We are aorry to know that on SaturJay, tte 4te inst. ih» **®®™*® °1,“®P®“S\ •*'*"*5 work/i7 itort/t rtF.A__ nr-.ko i:.. ueen loteraiea oeiween I oung oeiiers ana kyape 1-mmas, auu lur . . ' ij be held reanonaihle fnr th« eir/iimBtanpes al- men receded from the high ground they had token, and issued cerli- ClemenU church. H. It V. intend keepmg .large and general ss- f the catalogue. Ws copy the list. some distance beyond. If there is no slave mart at Young Sesters, j ^ Yours’Ac” Rev l^r Welel. to « nUn bnntired several and his house ficstes of approbation to six of tee former inn-holders, all of whom sort ment of all teat is needed for family use. (3oads sent to any . “JUST PUBLISHED, teenthen indeed colonization haiha. been theth. meansmean, of destroying thattest [‘®- _ Yours, &c. . Welch has also topt.zrf wveraland^tohou^ htve obtained their licence*. They ought not to have changed part of the city free of expenae._ It*tt* {$4284 ^ ^ ■' .7-Bi r teN“r:v- u ISis filled with a serious and attentive audience. Trulyi ruiy ‘heme . • • . a inwn h.. Bond * neht to decide bv a maioritv of -- Judge Jay on Colonization and Anti-Slavery. 12 mo. cursed traffic from Cape Mount to Trade Town, a distance of 170 Barnes’ “ Scriptural Argument for Episcopacy” examin- Forth.Forthe New-York EvangellsL Lord is good unto Israel.—Am.Israel.-Am. Baplut.BapliH. j,3 ,batthatl't it willwffi m»tm“i:^l5;^?.ned*a!td be toirdened and dlsplc Jby aS^ „ Term ,^1**. miles. Respectfully, ed. 18rao. Pranklinville, April 1st, 1834. PirrsBunoH Pa — A letter from Rev. Joshua Bradley in rum drinking in itsit. limits,limit., asa. thatteat it wiU not bc mjured and polluted ' ra!*.\^f wi^^teiuir^ ^IdT^ S. R. WYNKOOP. Daily Duties. By a married Lady. 12mo. The readers of the Evangelist, may, perhaps, recollect l n hyby other nuisances,nuisances. ,\e,irMa .ilua^ for thoM who wbh to acquire a finiahed«Iuea. Fire-Side Piety. vol. 1. AUwf’a Series. Princeton, April 6th, 1835. at in a former number of this paper, in a communication Illinois Pioneer, dated Feb. 14, says rw ' —, . ! lion. Mother’s Friend. vol. 2. “ T*The Answer.—The above candid note is from the irenile- ’written by the subscriber, the first congregational church ia “G^ has appeared in his gloiy in building up Zion in From tee L»D BreNRv’. Letter. WoTiiTTi. r . Society .aid they had purchased. It further shows that as the account of the protracted meeting which I deeply regret ^orfs day, both chur^es commui^‘ogeU^^^^^ kindred vice.. Indeed, one w. fi Vi ‘houaand copies of f„t as the Society have purdiased and occupied the coil, they -as bearing the aspect of unkind filing towards that church, now holding a prolracurf mating together. Ut^t e xy of attachment to the temperance cause which teu gen- LeaviU; Philadelphia, Rev. Mr. Breekenridgs, sad 7 *”!**“*'’®®'°“'“‘«« “ ^ newspaper form,TO k.vek AHstrivAn driven offnflTthA the slave-trader,nlavA-trader or at least that he does not though such was not its design. Being sincerely desirous of church ofofowr our denomination,denommation, in everyeveiy city, villagvtfla^ai^ tow^ ileman and hi. asHtciaie. ro frequemly m.de, test they were tee P-_ _*64 Also, tee first and second leuer* in pamphlet Ibrm, which mav be hsvednvenoffdieri^^der.mat* i 1^.4 r.vthjw that on far least as Mrth^ W ittAor cultivating the most friendly feelingsfeeling, totowards wa«i. thht church ship around the globe, would immerfiaielyimmediately take,take meas re very pioneer* in this mighty reformation, and test their hearts’de- ~ NEW VOLItMES, iastied hy tee American Tract SoeieDp* had on rea»onabl«term! by apBlicatiaoat th! EfanMUat come qpm/y.openly. And further thathat ro far as Mr.. W.. can judge ^ congreMionocongAgation, IdoI do cAeerckeerfnUy fully conserUcoTiunt to retractretrod whatever,ickaUver, settle all their difficulties,diniculties, and harmonicharmonize min advancingadv lh«r *ire wa* that the doctriae of total abttiaence, in thi* lanfuat® of a® Gaftaudet’s Child*! Book of Bftfe Storie*. tSelL* Sereral thouMnd* ofth*!! miMhi hm distnhutdMi * * j ’ survey, he thinks the slave trade is tune (viz. publication* may have given vain to tke kearts of my own and the happiness of mankind. This unmn must take iHuttrimu UguUUor^ “ might hav# free ci>urse and be ^orified.”*— Pike**Pika's Relig^Religioa sodand Eternal Life, ••^ tti» tage in place* which have reeenflw m December last) destroyed by mstns of colonization for Christian hrttkren. I add, with pleasure, that the state of pl^, before a world lying in wicMness wdl ^ mojed when we obterred the digki between the pr^essi^ Abbott**AUtoU’e Child stat Hosm, 57 <«i< AU who hare not read ITOmUes. Our posiUon. however, with which we sat out in the temperance cause in that church and congregation it such, rais^ up to seek the salvation of (3od, and bc fitted for end- <>f ^ ^ Practical Views; Pike’sGuidsPike’sGuida opportumty. wal Uti. co^iovemy.^tiM UHshskelt. Up to the time whenUtti*® present time, as to gladden the heat?, of iu frienda, ess happiness.” »smf..t«I to tee bUl under Jehste. w. must cenfos. teat w. dHrold lo You.,Young Dmopls.,Diaciptss; LAofMartyn.Life of Martyn. ApnlApril 16.16 XUM NEW.YORK evangelist. ACau 18, 1888 POETRY. confirm my asaorlion by a specitneu, far more whatever conceptions might have been formed in few moments she was silent. When she spoke, the state of political excitement among us here.— Thspresentation of the Tract secures access to many, than 1 have said. This young man, notwithstand. their imaginations, they fell far short of the reality. •»»« blessed God, and said, in the very words of Why, sir, 1 felt myself as if I could just seize my f From tb* Bapttot Mafaxine. ing his unfashionable quietness and modesty, will, But none were more thunderstruck than the mon- Mary,‘‘ My soul doth minify the Lord, and my gun, and go out to the road and shoot down wuL .in thiXSIw, sSSj VOICE OF departing DAT I feel sure, distinguish himself, if he lives. And ster; finding himself so suddenly and uiiex- spirit hath rejoiced in God my Savior, for he hath own brother, if he belonged to the other party^ panied by the^^onsfrainhig love of Christ tndTa^^^ whatever may be said of the late laws, of which pectedly in a difierent element, he rolled up regarded the low estate of his handmaiden. Now, I can take them a« in my arms and say, God jegpondinji spirit of self-denial, vast portions ot oij Oh, thoro are lovely lighta, that rest On Nalure’a varied acene bcluw anon, it is clearly creditable to the/omer condition his glaring eye ball and exclaimed:—“What Verily there is a God in the heavens When the broad aun liaa gaincU the west, of things here, that they have already allowed means this persecution, this proscription, this inter- prayer! Take another case : gioii ours is ! under this salutaty culture. Tbe Gtospel might be And shedv from iheiicv hia aolvat glow. him the scope of e.\ertion, and the indulgence of a ference with my private rt^A/s God made noth- 2. None prays for me." G. I recollect another case, somew hat different, made to bear, almost at once, upon millions of roiads. Oft have I marked the lingering gleam, On village bright, and woodland brown. laudable At if from neaven a glorioua atrram Of molten goUl were rolling down! And I have tecu the deny cloud. The followin; Hung looiely o'er the azure akv, an address by 1President Humphrey before theN. Y. State anU putting on a garo 01 temperance, wiin appa- special prayer. ADOUl iwo uays anerwarus, me was, it is Deiit,\eu, iruiy coiiveruu uiiw plunge into deeper abysses of despau tbe imperisba- Like regal robe of nionarot^roiiil, Temperanc.e society. The worthy president foraierly gain- rent concern for the cause, be addressed the mul- young lawyer came to the house where the pastor . ““ was a man of high spirit, strong and ble spirit of many will the magnitude of this theme be * Tinged willi the richeat Tynae dye. ed "Teat honor by his comparison of the liquor trade with the titude thus : “ You are going to extremes, aod i was. I myself was in the same house at this time a man of the world, and in sentiment a unfolded to finite capacities. The suffering Sob tfjj I’ve watched till oil these lints would fade.'*> slavetraile. Yet we regret to say that he has not stood up to sAa/Z rc'zcf which will be the ruin of the cause.” but being particularly engaged I requested the Gnitarian. W hen the revival commenced, Im was G(^ speaking from Geihsemane and Calvary utl The golden light—the mellow glow— And evening, in her tranquil shade. the application of his " parable” on the other line. Where But reaction was entirely out of the question, for pastor to speak to him. “ O,’ says he, “ he is not not at all pleased with w'hat was going on. Being endless songs of heaven and the desp^i^ grrans of j Had wrapt the varied scene below ;— among tlw writings of Abolitionists have there appeared the rope had been made fast to the pillar of public I replied, he meet be, or he would ;."viled .0 go to e mcehng for ip™* > W ‘1' .““ " And thought as Day’s departing beam opinion Sill, reeclion was his darling Iheme ; „„t eome here. “I know him heller Ihan ,ou f ^5'''“ „ ’' „^ The morel eeniKlien e/oiireetmlrvdnmimle I*, Shone lovelier far than all the rest, andtheirguilt, and the duty of rescuing their victioms, more and he doubtless flattered himself that he did react, do,” said the pastor, “ he is a scorner. There is le^s mj sms to man. 1 hat daj, it 1 mistake not, of the inhabitants are destitute of a lit voice was as a gentle dream;— thundering than are here dealt out by the preskleiu against as will presently he shown. no hope of him.” The young lawyer was permit- a‘'harming young lady, to whom be \^8 engaged preached Gospel. Multitudes are unable to read, aoA Man, thy taut $kould bt thy btst! rum dealers. For a considerable period he lay in the situation ted to depart—I believe without a single religious conversion. What a ca- made acquainted with the method of salvatioa From the Cincinnati Journal. You will recollect, Mr. President, what a thrill- where we left him, without exhibiting apy great remark having been made to him. My conjee- •a”’Ry • "he next day, her father, a gentleman of only by the living voice. Faithful ministers of the At the anniversary of the Youth’s Temperance Sociotvociotv, Cincin- ij,„ sensation went through the country, about exertions to extricate himself; but in the mean- tures were true. He was then under awakening the hrst respectability^ ranged himself under the ^spel, in sufficient numbeis, are not to ^ obtaincd- nati, the following piece, prepared for the occasion by Mi a month ago. when a large gang of land pirate.«i time, a most singular, and to many a very unex- influences, and a few days afterwards he profess- banners of the cross! Ihe Major, after many Even where Christian ordinances are enjoyed, Tices Beecher, was sung by the choir, directod by professor T. struggles, was Ai?«seZ/brought to bow at the foot and error; are sptinging up, and sinners are crowdiof son. was discovi;d and broken up. in a neighboring pected change took place in the body of the mon- od conver;iou ! Ams.//brought to bow at the foot J"*! *oXn5lVoSo K’ “unrss"Trivate Ch^- Shall the dread fiery scourge. state. It seems from the best accounts, that they ster; for the vital and substantial part, all except PerhapsPerhaortwo two weeks after that this vouneyoung law- of ‘^®tbe cross. ThereThere hebe found mercy ;, ^andand now, I'V thousands-j down j to rum. Unless private ChriM- Our young hopes sever 1 had carried on their robberies for a number of the skin of that portion of his body which was yerr wasj riding along“ the.h. road,‘ad on his way to a beyond description happy in a Savior’s love, he from!-!"»«? wLt qJiXoaKiJemnce ? How else’ Say, shall vice urreath her chain Round us for ever 1 years; that some of them had grown rich upon the drawn out and exposed, receded ; sunk back into protracted meeting al^ut to be held in an adjacent ''’isnedalinislr rends to come to Gnnst, particu- these dry bones live? The present generalkm Onr blood with fever boil. spoils of our commerce ; that they were in the hab that portion which lay next behind, and swelled it county. Before he reached the place he fell in Dr. P. One evening on invitation having jg constituted guardian ofthosewhoaretoaae- Our breath pollution spoil, itof lying in wait on the shore, and hoisting decoy to a frightful size and shape; he had literally with another young man, Mr. P. going to the been given, many of the anxious wetit forward to ceed. A state of things may be induced by our ajw- Our cheek the canker soil 1 Never, no never! From our home’s happiness, Say, snail we sever ? O’er us parents weep. Ruined forever ? Life prove but shame and care, t.uiu-uiuuucu wiciciico, »aj> nui .y .ov- -..-j .....v...... uer wou, to me prayers oi iiis irieiiu, xrir. sv. wiiu ='-— ’ j DOtSbudderatthtCOnsequencesintimeandineter- Hope find no comfort there. Probably tbcre might have been in all, principals been impoverished to tbe great advantage of the selected him as tbe subject of special prayer. .Y upon nis arm, he spoke ruitly and Doath butfill and abettors, from two to three hundred ; and they part which had now assumed such a vigorous and Ah,” said Mr. P. “ 1 had friends once who used 1 presence of that ^fidy which Through our country it>« act also for the world,— „ ’ were led on by a justice of the peace; whether under flourishing appearance. to pray for me; but I have been so careless, so you. “I give you my hand,” said the Where are idolaters to look for the light ot Christian- - Heraourvow^rten wa^brmg^,^^^ the license of his hand and seal does not certainly ap- A design was formed to drag forth this next wicked, they don’t think it worth while to pray for Major, with great kindness. “ I won’t take it sir,” ity ? Upon the fidelity of the church of Christ, God Hear us now, heavenly King, ' pear. How such a horde of robberscould ha ve kept degree of his length ; the alarm was sounded ; and, me now. They have all given me up. There is 1 will pray for you ! return- has suspended the destiny of six hundred millions who XT* K II themselves hid so long, I cannot conjecture—but as in the first attack there were misgivings and not one, I suppose, on earth, who remembers me Major, still calm and iinruffled. What a ‘“P?ga“ darkness and in the shadow of death.— OWuJiwp^nrol^^ the moment they were discovered, there was a differences j" oP'«'on ; so. in this, there were in prayer.” “ O,yes,” repli^ the young lawyer, mViffS“hrGo*s{^l\b^^^^ Dastroying life and soul, dreadful quaking in their camp, and the last we many who doubted the propriety of any father in- « there is one I know.” “Who is it?” quickly *0^® ot uoa is in tne heart, how sw^t and pleas of-qoJ The church under Never, no never. of ringleaders was, that they were in terference ; for, said they He is fairly exposed, and asked Mr. P. “'The very same who prayed for ant ^r® Ih® feelings of the soul The next day God.is themoralpowerbywhichlhelattei-dayglo- Mighty Go.*, friend of youth, iroiis, awaiting their trial at the next assizes. no one can doubt his being so nearly dead that to I me, has made you the subject of special prayer.” the Doctor was \ery soiry lor what he had done, ry is to be ushered upon the world. Strenethen each hTeh Now, Mr. President, I do not mean to draw a pursue the business any farther will be not only “ Is it possiblesaid Mr. P.—and throwing him- apofegised, and said, “ Major if they invite us to May not the Committee hope that every sincere _ Now and for ever; formal parallel between these bloody free-booters, useless but injurious, and even the monster Atjusc// self back, he had well nigh fallen from the horse go forward‘bus evening, I will go. Christian, of whatever name, will impart, by hishia per-per¬ ™ Kj; sreal body of rum sellers eilher in your groaned us from ihe bollora of his sejiilclire, “ Have „pon ivliich he »as riding. From llial momeiil s„ ^ p,„. sonal efforts and example, an impulse to tne under¬ „ taking kere proposed ? ‘‘ Herein,” says the SavitsT, Our songiofjoviia’e/Close, State Ot any where else. Multitudes of them, mercy on me, for I am surely dead.’* However, he waked up to the claims of his undying soul. Sabbath Schocf Librarios. Partll. Boston : Massachu- ,7^*^ ^ “i il;'* J."® “ is my Father glorified, that ye bring forth much Never, no never! “ kiiow not what they do.” “ They will repent,” the rope was spcedily'manned by the firm, intrepid a few davs after, with creat iov. he was telling to setts Sabbath School Society, 25 Cornhill. - . ,/ n fruit.” Shall not “ every man” teach “ his neighbor. -“ ^ *od abandon the traffic, as some thousands have and enthusiastic ; the signal was made, and the all around what* a dear Savior he had found!— This is a small volume of 10-2102 pages, filled with interesting ” ^ball not every man teach “ his neighbor, facts, all of which ere calculated to do good. Take ae a epeci- , ** ,®*^> saying, know thou the MISCjjgLLANEOUS. done already. I feel sure of it. But till they do, “ long pull,” the “ strong pull,” and the “ pull alto- Blessed be God, the effectual fervent prayer of a Sen^thimen the fSloi'iLfollowing : • •P®'*- Lord,” until “ all shall know him from tbe least to - ---« - they must not complain of my introducing the land gether” was given, which brought forth the mon- righteous man availeth much. Take yet another »M A WHY DON’T YOU DO SOT’ the greatest ?” Personally to engage in these labors “IMPROVEMENT OF THE COLORED RACE.” pirates of Monmouth here, nor of your statistics, ster with great reluctance, plainly to the view of case: " Mrs. S. in the days of her impenitence, took her niayrequireself-denialibulwasitnotagreatersac- CorreupondenctCorreapondence qf the Commercial AdvertUer.Adverliter. We cannot hinder facts and figures from giving the world ; fairly under the influence of the meri- 3. ^‘Come and see.” liule child with her one Sabbath to meeting It rific* in the Son of God to die for sinners, than for us Chablkston, April 4, 1835. On Monday and Tr,r,Z’.tr ami: aTsls. ‘V-eir honea, leatimony, hovv„e,am,.li„g i.may -ii-™ A meeting which led .0 .om. in„,n,l.n. end v,„a com,nnnion Sabbath. David'had he.er Wore ‘Tn^T.^cTnwi'nlSlforv.atd to .hi, work .i^ un raonaay ana luesday la8t,llieduth and disl be. . A striking contrast was now exhibited between happy results took place some two or three years been present at such a season. As the minister faith and prayer, under a wise and proper direction, of March, I vuited one of the schools in this city And what is their testimony to the case noYv in his former state of quiet and the present commo- ^ Georgia. Religion was at low began the administration of the ordinance, and Da- to do what be cin; and who does not iVe in it a da^ of wmch, you riiust know, there wece some que.stion? You have at this moment, not less than tion of his passions; for he was filled with wrath ebb in that place There were sad jarrings among vid saw him and the vessels, he turned towards star of hope rising upon the destitute millions of every tour or five—established and sustained by and for ten tliou.sand manufacturers and venders of in- and indignation. He exclaimed in tones loud and who were taught by their Master to love his mother, and inquired, very earnestly, “ Ma, kindred, and nation, and tongue under heaven? the free people “of coZor,’’as you would call them; toxicating liquors in your stale. According to angry, “Ye designing hypocrites, ye selfish wretch- one another. The first sermon was preached on what are they going to do T” “ Keep still, my son,” By order of the Executive Committee of the Amer- but that delicacy wouldwouiu beoo quitequilts maliiiui aproposupropoa; here; your own showing,buuwiiig, youryuui musteriiiusiri rolllui. ofui drunkardsuruiiaarus es.cs, ye conspiratorscoiispiraiors againstagamsi my private rights,rigms. andana g^turdaySaturday evening. On the Sabbath we had a saidSaid the mother, “and“and seeSee what is done, and when i Tract Society. JAMES MILNOR, “colored people here means AZacisAZacie : “brown peo- amounts to an army of seventy thousand, at hasl:^least • mvmyhonestcal honest calling, ling.yecrusadersagainst ye crusaders against the^the cornforts large congregation, and some considerable interest we get home I will tell you all about it.” He _ . Chairman. pie, IS a very different thmg,thing, and means every- and the camp followers to as many more. Of of life I!I I Why this black proscription ? thisde- wa! manifested;manifested but right melancholy ws it on made no more inquiries, but carefully observed oWm. Exi-i-MAJ A. Haluick, aneZCor. Sec. See ? ; O. Eastman, Cor. and Vf*Via. Sec. thing apparently between black and white. I am these,these six thousand or more, are annually cut off sign against sterling worth ? Deists, stand back j^onday to see how few came to the sanctuary, every movement of the minister and the people,people. New- York, April, 1835. ,surprised^surprised every day by the way, in being told that by the sword of the enemy ; while the waste of I command you, or destruction is your lot.”lot. Scarcely any but females. The men of the place. After meeting they returned home. Just as they ^ ^ - such and 8uc:i people who are shewrt me in the property directly and indirectlyindirectly, by the use of During this tornado of wrath;Yvrath; of imprecations „c„erallv.ally, seemed to take no interest in the meet- reached the door David said, “Now, Ma, tell me For tk.tka New-York Evangelut.Evangelist. State, are brown people, and are treated as such strong drink, in the single state of New York, must and threats, the Spartan band were unmoved; fng whafever, nay, some of them opposed—and all about it ” “ Well, my dear,” said his mother, TO THE CHRISTIAN PUBLIC. by the law, which, ofcourse IS a most important de- amount to Z«)rZ«r or^i/Zern miZZmas o/rfoZZarr nothing daunted they faced the monster; every evtn forbid[1 their families attending. The meet- “go in and get the Testament,lestament, and when I have For eleven yean, the American Sunday School Union ctsion for them^as you are well aware of the refer- I will not say that it is piracy, which iS'causmg man was on h.s duty. ; er went ^on, and of a^ truth ^^ethe Lord was put away mym/things things I will tell you.” As soon as they has been prosecuting with all its strength, the important eilC6 mane bv the l#*crislntiii*f» nf SttnfA. nnn AS- snrh n TAarflll wastA of llIA and nfonprtv* fnr ir if PrAMAnrKr fbn ctnrm diAn ntvnv in SI TTiAsifiiirA _ . * . ^ . I .1 ^ .1 . 1 1 m ence inaae by the legislature of the State, and es. such a fearful waste of life and property; for if it Presently the storm died away in a measure, ^fr|^ ng gBy Wednesday morning something like were seated, the mother took the Testament and department of Christian labor committed to ita hands, pecially at the recent session of if, to this disiinc- were, the posse comitalus would soon put a stop to and putting on his temperance garb, he addressed femalesss were hopefully converted, but not a read the account of the institution of the Lord’s What it has done to promote the religious education of 1 I I rrai •• j 1- r L t-T i ijt j<* .1 *11 a j urtfaiJiiiiiUa iiiusi; ur^zfciit wcio iciiiiiiucu iiiat me tsv stuokvssv# ua tv/ 1 iiiiii. .Tviiu vviienu iuiyulw v»riuiM lauvrv uave vivvu w vuv sunny and sultry latitudes Phis is no sickly hue ; magistrates and members of your churches. I can- the rope had been made fast to the mllar. And ^ere still uLterested. The case of Paul all the people, who love God, have done just as you cause of piety and sacred knowledge, no Albion aspect-no d.seaao-no singularity, not discern But I seem to behold each one at his the monster complains that he is called by hard ^ho went to the place where prayer was wont to saw the people do at the meeting house to-day. By the principles of iu organizatron it is entirely de¬ ll IS so common as to excite no observation. Peo- post, eagerly looking out upon the shoals for names, which are unbecoming; such as murderer. Christ lived on earth.” P«ndent on the good wUl of the public for all the ten^ pie pass me and are called brown, whom I c^an- wrecks; and every evening raising h.s decoy-hght, mi^.ght assassin, pirate. &c. there-nnd the glorious results were also brought As soon as she had made this explanation, her not, or should not, distingutsh to be otherwise than upon the most ad vantapous eminence he can com- Whey.rtue and innocence are charged with to there recollection, they were urged to offer up little child turned and looked his mother in the ISed or S SlTJL^ lo<,.o-[,glublae.yM.-hand,om.o..lC ,.i<-asi.o planks and ahi.nted spars. The winds are high ; with that which is m accordance with them, they q nnothSr as they went to their No wonder this qnestion, from a child only fonr loi::T^Jricl’iS”»^y w co?» thVaJeZJJ.'^^ coun enances-and frequently I feel bound to add the waves are inexorable; and every surge brings immediately assume a position d self defence, and ho Did you see Capt. H. at church this or five years old. filial that mother with emotions ness; and it has no property but the building it occu- —all the ostensible and obvious manners, conversa. mils bruised and mangled victims. O it is fear- attack the assailant as having afforded an insult to ^y^ninmorning?” ^ “Yes,..^es, what brought him there?” unutterable. The only wonder is,is. that she had pie«P>« and luiu moonstock oiof bookshooks anaand sieiwiypestereotype piau^ineplaUt, the tion and conduct of an intelligent and independent ful, it is agonizing to see the screnZy ZAowsan/Z poor virtuous innocence.— Temp Intel. “ I don’t know, but I certainly saw him.” In the not fallen, and cried out, with the astonished Saul whole value of w^hhttle more UiMbalant^UudebU. white man. “How do you discriminate in this wretches who have been thus decoyed, struggling - afternoon, Capt. H. was there again; and at of Tarsus, “ Lord, wW wilt thou have me to do ?” i„g on evI^Side. There* sUll JeinamriSSt de^5t!l case ?” I asked, “ it is a matter of deep interest to and shrieking and strangling amid the foaming PRACTICAL, the subjects of your decision.” “ Oh, by common breakers I Their cry goes up to heaven, but goes -- i , ,1 . night! The next morning also! “ ^Vhy, what is —— fron of schools and of the necessary hooka to keep the matter? Capt. H. came three times a day ! Tkmpebancb.—There is good sense in the remark of them in existence, while the increase of populstion. IllIH I EAUW IllliUll UiUaJIJ* IIiaL IS IlUL WltllC^ xajuiva via vat iiec aavt#, uiiaa eA««*a «« met y eaavg awua, jvx»satJVlt _ ii/*!! .1 l*ll_ x.-iov. « v.asK bv# avav (//(v. ssa vrtuws iBUA v/»uy sm vasaa is vest as* & tv vr ifuaiua xasisva awmaa must he nave in his vains ^ I have been askin’' own fault.” INTERESTING RECOLLECTIONS. '*^®®^* ^arrested a man, when the she- Wit, irony and amusing anecdote, it was remarked, missionaries, who have Uken up their abode with the these questions, and the answer is that accordinc In the mean time, other merchantmen are bilg- 1. **Ask, and ye shall receive.” »■*" had been called in to aid the temperance cause to such nations of heathens in every quarter of the earth, are to the maxims of the civil law. the mother deter- ing and dismasting every hour, and fresh victims In n certain town, in Georgia, lived Mrs. M. “‘VT J •" that there was soine dan^r that the impres- teaching the gospel to millions of our fellow crea- . , j, .’ , nininer j fl,., ,1 AoTl.^..l. j i j ou u .i . • i • • answer to the prayers of the people of God, is sions on the public mind would not be sufficiently sen- tures. They are gathering them and their children m- mines the man ; and secondly the least degree of in- are plunged mto the devouring flood. As I look a pious widow lady. She had two sons in Lotiisi- ^ sancluarv and there led to consider ous to be abiding. He should be more disposed to in- to schools; they isk for our books to be used where termixture of African blood on that side, at any dis- further, the oltmg is covered with canvass, and ana, whom she had not seen for six years. They u:.. in,.p-i In the afternoon of Thnrsdav he dulge high hope of the permanence of the reformation, the English language is understood, or to be translated tance of time or generation, suffices to trouble the new sails are continually heaving in sight, to be were thoughtless young men, and avowedly infidel iTnoi the close of the sermon j^eat ‘fhesawin its advocates more of that serious and im- where it is not; and they naturally plead that this help fountain of freedom. Indian blood is free, and so plundered and dashed to pieces in their turn.— in their sentiments. She received a letter from ° ^ , pressive style which ho could not but tliink characteriz- should not be denied them by their countrymen. These is Moorish. So is anything but Zhe thing, and the There is but one single object in sight, to mitigate her sons promising an early visit. About this period 8®r‘®'*sne8s Demg visible, tne anxious were invited gj Paul in all his preaching, and especially when books are needed every where for gratuitous circulation sU-.* _J J_-Ml _ LM- fkAB rtf tkxa • cin/)fKoi to at.'v.s _-__.1 _ ..•-1._!/•-_ f ii _ 10 KllCel Ql tn6ir SGatS it lliev OeSirCU lo DC praVCd nrAiir.hincr nn tAmnArfktir.A. ricrhlAAiiAnAAs ahH thA inHir* nmnnor thnsA who rAnnnt btiv. or to be mit At fio low a. wsaaj^i T w asiiuuvg w tiic UI lilC aUllUUl IllCll* •''••v#. w x,. . ^ mUllC F Ul OUClrlUi UtUUCf % IIIOL illC UlUVIUClItJU U4 IJC1 J** ‘ A a .a . i#^#« ____ JCaUU VI vur XaiA/lB. TT W Olia/UAU a/t^ BM ww tioneo above. The institution—now no more— is a groupe of wreckers not far off in earnest con- God would so order matters that the visit of her sons ®®®* Soon divine influence began to rest TR.4CT EFFORT FOR INDIVIDUALS. means of pouring out incessantly the stream of know- was a curiosity ; but of that at our leisure. The saltation; and unless I greatly mistake their and the contemplated meeting might take place at “P®”‘»® i^®”‘n » r®marka')le manner, and in a Gmtral Circular of the Executive CommUtu of the American I ledge.ledsre. Schools should be not only established, but teacher who submits to his situation in a manner movements, they intend to scuttle your boat. the same time. The young men came ; remained short time we had the happiness of seeing as ma- q,. • • . _. , , watched over and maintem^. For want ^ this, many that does him the greatest honor, is one of those Now, Mr. President, let me solemnly ask you. several days and said they must return. They fix- e'gh‘ or ten men at our meetings, who pro- The principles recognized in this appeal may be- have been commenced under the m^t promising cir- . , ® 1 ... uuiiui, ta uncut iiiuae , i j i j i several uays, niiu auiu iiicy iiiubi iciuiii. i uey uA fegsed to have found the Savior nrecious to their come, it is believed, in their practical development, cumstances, that have soon disappeared. Itiaveryne- browninen. 1 attended his exhibition with many ^rid tfie three hunured and fifty thousand members ed on Friday night when they mtwZ go without fad, souls* Cant H has since become an active gfeativ subservient to th-cause of evangelical religion- cessary to send out men on threxclusive businwa of other persons belonging to the city, and improved of your society, whether you can possibly endure the stage. Poormother! The meeting, to which The subject doubtless deserves, and the Committee promoting the practical usefulness of the schoolt-men lljG opportunity to make his acquiiintance* His ^ state of things for another hour. Can you looked forward with so much anxiety, had not * i • * i ^ . a ^ ^ hope it will receive, the devout and earnest attention, of experience and wisdomt who should ihow the me* couptenance caught my attention—7jt it is very quietly in your beds, while this work of commenced. The minister had not arrived! It ** pace. not only of ministers of the Gospel, but of every friend thods of right inatrucliont and help teachers in the be- intelligent an J prepossessing ; and the impression death is still going on. Will yon not go down in a seemed as if her prayers had availed nothing. On “It shan’t be said that praying breath of the Redeemer. grinuingoftheirresponsibledutieswhentheyaresoof- was strongly confirmed by the result of the exer- body, and beseech every man who is concerned in it, the morning of .the day fixed for their departure Was ever spent in vain.” A general knowledge of Christianity, as is well I ten at a loss, and fail for want of assistance, cises of the day, which absolutely astonished me. ^ put out this decoy light ? Will you not tell them ghe was told that the minister was come—and the 4. “ The Servant of the Lord must not strive ” Conviction of sin But with dl these opportunities for .Promoting ^ He has bocn teaching here now nearly five years that they are luring your sons, your brothers, your first sermon would be nreached that vnrv m'ahi i o . u by the Holy Ghost is personal. TAow art the man,” spreadofreligionandofsoundeducation.theAmen- ti ueariy nve years, . , j destruction - and ask them wLth- u sermon would be preached that very night! Some two or three years ago. party spirit ran is the language of God. “What shall 7 do to be can Sunday School Union is comparatively restrwned and IS, at this time, It appears only twenty-four How tantalising! But, mark the mgerfuity of a pi- high in Florida. Near a certain small town, not saved?” is the corresponding inquiry of the self-con- and trammeled by the want of funds. We are con- years ot age. He IS free and always has been, ous mother! Having ascertained that the stage a hundred miles from Tallahasse, lived a lawyer, a deraned sinner. stantly obliged to delay the publication of books, and and so were his parents before him. Both these, nand and a clear conscience. oor®‘y inej will would not go that evening, until 9 or 10 o’clock, warm political partizaii-o/IWiZiMe-cAaraeZer. Du- R is a fundamental law of the divine government, even the reprinting of new editions from our stereotype however, he lost in early life, one at five, and the o®*"^ yo®- A hey will be moved by your tears she entreated her sons to go to church and there rine-a protracted meetine in his neiehborhood he of *he Gospel take effect upon the plates, for the want of means to meet the expense; or other at nine. He was sent to school sometime they will be swayed by your entreaties and aban- remain until the sounding of the stage horn should was awakened and nurnhered-imonost the converts conscience only in their application to individuals, so to adopt the alternative of ipcrcMing tlie amount of in his boyhood, but was wild, and profited little by don their cruel vocation forever. summon them away. I believe that most mothers 2 few da after at table in the hous^e of a friend he Christians in laboring for the souls of borrowed wpitJ. We are oUiged to restrict the sup- o „ U I U- U r II • ii i -j i k . 'uoi moiucro A tew days alter, at tahic, in me nouse Ot a iriend, lie men must depend, in a great decree, under God, upon plvofourdepo«ioncB;tocurtailthegratuitou8appro- his opportunities. Some book which fell h>» would have said, 1 have not seen my sons for a was asked by a clergyman present, to give some ac- the personal character of the efforts. Hence, pnaiion of b^s to new and needy schools; to dimin- wa)' 1 tiUDK the bcotush Cniefs nnalty excited EXTREMES AND REACTION. longtime; I may never see theni more—I believe count of his conversion. He replied; “Last Sunday Taose preachers are usually most successful, who lah the work of missionaries at the west and the south, a love ot reading in him. He was put to a tailor’s, Intemperance is the Boa Constrictor of vice ; it is I will not go to church myself ^ this evening—4 will morning, I put my dagger into my bosom, and went are skilled in urging home the claims of religion, in where we have engaged to extend our labors; and to but iound time in the night for it, and devoured a monster huge in its dimensions, and insidious and enjoy their company as long as I can. But no! She to_, fully resolved that if any man insulted me, I love, upon individuals. postpone the prospect of meeting the applications of all he could get. Among the rest was a Life of deadly in its influence; it is horrible in aspect, hav- was concerned about ZAcirrouZs. Had she not offer- would stab him to the heart. On returning home. Herein consists the moral power possessed by pa- American missionaries for a regular supply of our books, Mr. Brown, of Waddington, and this good book ing many mouths but only one eye ; its element is ed special prayer that they might be present and re- I attended preaching. It pleased God, that night! over their children, and by Sabbath-school teach- and some help ui translatmg and pnnting ^ made a deep impression on him of what he might darkness, and its aliment is the vital blood of all ceive a blessing at that meeting? “ Come, my sons, to show me what a sinner I was ; at such a tiL, fcpTancf refmmariou^^iXuhstanding Uhe^tubtf^^ acwmphsh for the benefit of his brethren. Aeon- that is held most dear; its abode is a dark and go with me to church this evening, and hear what I found peace in believing, and now I indulge a the light elicited and the eloquence employed, the report the condition of your business, and ask^for your wrsation with a man who propo.sed emigrating to dreary cavern far beyond the region of light, from y?® a hey y ielded. Fhey went; and ZAaZ humble hope that I am a child of God.” “Mr. happy results are doubtless attributable very much lo direction. Thequestiontobedecidedisjshalltheso- Uayti, as a teacher, added to his zeal. He left his which issues an influence far more deadly than the night God answered the mother s prayers ! Both M.” said the clergyman, looking him in the face, the pZcfZge q/'ZoZaZ aAsZtnence, by which the individ- ciety, at the moment when the whole world maybe business, and commenced teaching others and him- Syrian wind. There it had dwelt for ages fatten- were brought under powerful conviction! Near “ Mr. M., what have you done with the dagger of ual is necessitated to decide personally either in fa- said to be opening to its efforts and actnally seeking its self—such was his impatience. About the same ing upon its prey ; and while its volaries,(for such the closing of the services of the sanctuary, the which you spoke ? Have you given it away yet ?” '’or or against the use of alcohol. aid, curtail its operations and go back in its course? time he found a geography, and mastered that, it fiad) were chanting its praises, it crushed them sounding of the stage horn was heard. Accord- No. returned he, “ I am waiting until I come Upo“ principle religious revivals often Those who are acquainted with the pr^ent state of the He looked up arithmetic, and puzzled his way to death within its enormous folds. ing to arrangement, they hurried away to the of- to deep water. I shall drop it there, and my pis- through that. Grammar was subdued. The use A few years ago a nlan was devi»ed to .survey fine—but behold!—the stage was full i They tol shall go along with it •” Blessed be God for **o^e, for prayer and personal conversation. wanU, can m ily estimate wb^ an inrtituuon like onro k. J • .k lew years ago, a plan was lu .-^uivey m j ” loi snail go along w iiii ii. niessru ue uou lor 7»rtraZc ZeZZers, also, from young converts and oth- ought to be doing as lU proportion. On the one band, of the globe, nnapmakmg, botany, and various other the abode of this monster, and commence an attack, were obl^ed to remain until Monday following, that religion which can thus soften down the er pious friends, produce a salutary impression, where they see the way prepar^ by a wonderful dispensation, tilings loiio wed ; and he IS now, 1 might almost say; and if possible to destroy him. But as is often Hn the Sabbath we nad a most solemn time, rough points of the human character! Which the public and ordinary means oi grace have totally which the people of God seem from its surprising cha- an accomplished man—capable certainly, of ren- the case when great enterprises are to be prosecu- When the anxious were invited to come forward can thus convert the lion into a lamb; the vulture failed. racter scarcelv to ertdit, for access to the most hope¬ dering the community, as well as more particular ted, few could be found willing to engage in it, for or kneel at their seat, if they desired the prayers into a dove ! la life of Mr. Harlan Page, whose memoirs less and forbidding portions of tbe world. The princes associates, great service, if the right place can be it was deemed chimerical by the great mass of of God’s people, two young men came forward .5. About the same time, there was also hif'h are about to be published by the Society, an example of India are opening their capitals for printing presses, found for him. He intends, by the way, going to community and directly kneeled near the desk. I saw an el- political excitement in South Carolina. Partfes «dfe®>Pfe of and achools; China is Denoted at will by a Bible Philadelphia, being earnestly desirous of coni.nu- But notwithstanding the smallness of the number derly lady at some distance rise, and leaning for- were arrayed again.st each other, and many per- mg lo be useful as a teacher, for whmh, m my that were pledged to stand by each other in their ward fasten her fearful eyes upon them. It was sons were armed. I recollect well the cases of indiliduals. ^ith no unusual facilities, bu?actmg these openings of’Provfdence, which acceding to ouf opinion, he is eminent y qualified. You areas enterprise, and the disadvantages under which the mother, and these young men were her sons! three gentlemen, who lived not very far from each simply under the influence of love to the Savior and humble trust the same divine wisdom hu prepared, well aware as 1 am ol uie good which remains to they had to labor, a hook was firmly fastened in It too endeared mother of whom I spake! other, and who were brought to bow at the feet of to souls, his exertions were overruled, there is reason We have not now to begin to collect materials to sup- be dune, III Aix dep-iriment, at the north. I hope the nose of this monster, with a wry long and Many eyes were fixed upon her, but nobody said, the Redeem-r about the same time. Two were to believe, to the conversion of more than one AwneZretZ ply the want. Eleven years’labor has been expended the be evole.ii, who read thiii, will cast about to sZron^ rope attached thereto; hut, there was not Madam, sit down—no! It was a sacred sight! lawyers, and the third a rich planter. In giving immortal beings. in advance of this emergency : four hundred scriptural pui him III the way ot it He ought to go nut to strength enou ciimcy. PioaMe hi-ar this in mind. I have some determined, sufficient to man the rope; th« rope ever—and telling that the Lord had heard her terwards, I went up to him and gave him both selves been watered, and quickened ia their heavenly forced to leave the responsibility of his comjio.iiiioo boiore me which would surprise was manned; and “the long pull,” the “strong prayers—and blessed them with his forgiving hands, in token of cordial reconciliation.” Anolh- •course—while a blessing has descended upon the im- which the cw erwtes. you. 1 h ivo U P I mi’s Allium—for that IS the pull.” and the “ pull altogether” was given, and a love! Verily the name of Jesus in that moment, er said, “ I was about sending to Charleston for a Pfn'tentwbich, if extended proportionally through the ° le ich. r s imoi - fi , , .V m, .!,e drawings, p.iint. feng degree of his enormous length was laid high uttered by them, came over her with all the sweet- brace of pistols, 1 thought I should have occasion aggregate of ALEXANDER HENRY, Pres’t. ..igsaodp.e..y . os.-u ami li.s fr.emis Some and dry! and exposed to the scorching rays of a ness and the power of a charm ! for them f but, now.” added he. “ I would be will- TL sS\ffml2 can w ^ It IS iro y .x.r.oF ho .ry-more like Phillis rising Ln. ^ ^ I saw the happy mother. She grasped my ing to kiss the dust upon the feet of the Union S a The -—ea. ey^st•' tail— iioy•- I.o- lung else and not interior. AsionisumeutAstonishment was depicteadepicted on methe countenances hand!nanoi Sheone wept! 1 he tears which rolled down men, if they would only come to Christ!” The laborer in this work, as the Tracts are committed to j 146 Chestnut street, Philadelnhia.’ I do not feel at liberty to. transcribe, or I could I of all, on beholding so hideous a monster ; for her cheeks were tears of delicious joy. For a third gentleman, remarked, “ Sir, you don’t know him, is reminded of bis duty to perishing sinners.— April,AprU, 1885.1^. ** ^