Home and Foreign Journal, October 1853

s? 0,11 ’«W 11,1 l'M|, I, e 4 .«"he on* r tk(, .^'n’lln ’ ra,*Mn| ”’r<malL *M lo ji. "■'•'«'I?; , d"1 i' ii ol>s ^«5. •«л,,, ( *nJ i],eil Ч d„. <* (Ins "d Chief, ’•«tin. * я I'm- •i*i it «ЗД ht ”nrdtf r I'D by «.'kin 1 mirf i • Nil. Jfi'b. И.Ч «I '■ hi ■a II ' t/m III ig. I' in I die,. ’ll t,'. ««и urdi, №NVH«U Д»МгиЕ Ш* RICHMOND, OCTOBER IS53, PUBLISHED ПУ THE HOARDS OF DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN • - - - - MISSIONS OF THE SOUTHERN .л, \|||) OF DOMESTIC MISSIONS. MARION. ALABAMA, OCTOBER, IBM. Correction. |,, !)„. August number of (hr Journal, credit was inad- тс- given to tlie H'eurrn Wmchmnn for л favorable i' the Corresponding Booretary. The credit should , , given to tho Walrra Retnnltr, published at , , ... ,11. , Knntuoky. Tim Watchman never notioed tbo „„ >• meat st «II— of which onilssion wo dn nut eoiuplnin ;■ is simply just to «ward credit to whom it is due. Third Baptist Church, St. Louis. ,i . '...ml of disciples was organized ill January, 1851. , . ‘o- origin to the energies if Ur. Jvhir. «i.d tho , . inn of tbo 2nd linplwt Church of St. Louis, of i i •< oils then the pastor. Having obtained an a [r , , : n nf |2f)0 per annum from the Home .Mission . , i iln' Southern Baptist Cunvcntinii, and one of . i iho Baptist (I'tieral Association of Mis-iouri, , I,, .if $0011 from members nf I ho 2nd Bap. t'lmr.'h, . I'M.inuied, which appropriation. u, re "by agree- . • l.i ci ill, lined Inr tihri’i 4i, ciio ye»,., tin) au account of neglects nn tho part of some who nhnnhl have fostered her ill infancy, need not now be rehearsed. The good Lord ho praised fur what По has done 1 1 ‘ «'fiuivl 'IT" и1»*'! .i cmmiil. f, i*njj* ul 11 V. !. .i, I'M Liril l‘t»b\jn, ami S. .1 '1 bnlllJiMlU, lo .b- is ■ iV'illsor, »t' Usilti.imn . lint ho bid Ь ‘V'l • 4 1 rjnmr-u* v»>tr , M I.tbi'1 и > mivuHwi; IU ' St. 1 "'H4 Til* iiifvi iintwii I-, t'.i ‘vtJumi ire <t'U«l > Il -’ml »*!’ ini* *i . I4'»1*, an 1 |»п • iho Ml iij^ -и. t;i s .iiis'umur. wet \ \ »M|J tl U'lli П HID V M I'MlIl' . *'l'Utl rlll'l "1 HI •*« < и fit f ' Ut'IT |ll It .U4tl, «’• 1 ll sl.ll'llt)' *» • *' J. ; н Jill 1 Ih'l'.iU f" Iv"l l сци!аг «и iii] ’ ’ umii.i iuti! Mth И .IJjtoJVfld 4n I’" t'lj.* .nlbfi • li m-nibu J.44u rulb, тм'п -ili»«l «vful tab III. VI *e ha, non . ro, aloii' пт' | ii 1*. ... 1 N'VlH do v d the i.rgauizit ., and joyful » 1- (4|tc* in... Mlliywill tl Cv licit the pi O' i »!.- m '!•• lit •"In .. 1 "11 'laid » r 41' i. But tl.; tl* . ,k.ij .»Uo 1 1 •* ! и .lit bull «• <:i'Iii'*<n Mid u'di'i M- •>.. IK- . Ii i* '•! • о of tin* К Г, Ч.11Ч* .4* U : r « ! I> pi '/(... md limit ,v-m ми.1»1ята ни» f'l t' « v:i и i( r*in.iiiied tilt tl •ti tl.f -linn n id чм1 ,m ii epll Ы" In—, hv wlii ii her |/Гллр»'| 2 Ы> iiuiloi ally returded. 1 1- mi*. or, tbo work bd . .i-i*. and several were baptised after ibis misfariuio', h Inae sicico prun'd themselves valuable acquisitions. . . , i vli'n-’oil nn iucreaso by baptise) of lig/wtea •'■it . Tl о year IMfrwanltwagteriwd byrequal suceiss, w'ne- ■ ‘using within that period boon baptised into tbo fol- I ' ip if tic church. Парру, glorious, anaemia were • d In the Lord's people in llio beginning of that с ' I ill ut such times id refreshment from tbo pre- .1 . 1 1 ibi, Lord would return again. Surely, every l i-'i-.n delis for such divine visitations. Tin • or 1853 opened upon tiie church nut so favorably. Is тис gathering, sicknoss and death followed, the i i v tiil rhal bis work wsa dono in llmt field, and ru¬ l'd In- ..-large tu enter « sphere of greater usefulness. I' •' r mli wore h’)'li/-d in the beginning of this year, ■ dif * p'.uuis о, I.. ' ilutbli’ nifluibi'rs. This, oniiriitig - ' • , l liindniu'.. oi'drircli prosperity, «'lih'h il i* not • in 'V prnlii.il, I - i" и.ши', is a synoptical history of , i' i i,h i li'irdi. (i il- commencement In (ho present i'1 о i и in h is non wi’lo о: a [his tor, and by еппатрмпсе, d ■ uni rogation ia aomeivh'it srulli'rod This is the il-iv ' I,, r irnl II is always n il.ingnruiis orilniil for any a '„lint much mere for lUilmreh young ami inexperi- • ■ ' I '[ay (he Lord nnawor the prayers of типу sincere i 'lut are petitioning o' a tlironn nf grace for nn * 1 r -itoplicrd. ’a i review of the whole ruse as it is, Iho question ■IO- i.lial good lias been (lonn ’ llnvo the results jnali- • l.o labor nnd tho expense nf tbo undertaking' Tbo i ■.'• i roplio-, without lie least heaitnlion, and with no ■■!' oiu'cessful loiilradiotinn. in tho affirmative, (dry 1 1.- makes this inference from tlm number of hap- • .ml tlie clarnclen of Iho baptitod. t'o'hj-one i, о in t'.’.il nf baptisms. This number to tho size nf ' 1 ui l' ни 1 congregation, is a imu’li greater ratio than iui>*ioi of larger and longer eaialdisl.ed churohes * 'io,.n in tho same period of time. And of the por- • l-'ip'i.’od, hut ono is delinqtinnt in duly. And it pro- i . I'l 'isnoo wore madn for youth, the want of a safe '• i md tlm mislortune of being pour and friendless, " ' o, jairhaps, would ho loss desernug nf I'emure tbau " iuih ,.| lor professors who have long nuru iho Olirist- ■i rath "'iili this siugh) exception) if indeed it bean •' i /'nr, all who wnro received by Untisin adorn tlwir or' li'S'i m. They are good oiiirons, reopeembfe, consist- O', md pious. Some who wore objected to, on the ground 'I " t1, and supposed llioughtlosaiioss. ore now Sabbath ■ v "I (..’.'ichors. From fivo to ten of the younger ones of i'o hept’erd, are iu tlm habit .,f holding a prayer mooting vc") Sabbath afternoon. This thoy have atcadily dons i '.(i.-c than twelve mondis. It is man-lost, too, ti,a* the l-id has one or two, nr perliap' more, among these lambs, ■>bo will proclaim, iu future, the riohes of tedeendiig lovo I ■ perishing world. And, if Iho writer ia not mistaken, they w.ll be brethren of no mean gifts. If, then, this chureb were now to become eitinet, of which the wriier Imps'* there is uo (lunger, the sin»»» of her clfor’u has fully compensated for the toil aud money which the enterprise has cost. She would, douhtlssl, have Koomp'.ubod yet того, had she been regarded with an eya iJ тога jecml fever) but “ bygone* arc Ьу acd В hat the South has done fur the Poor Africans. It did not bring tlie negroea here. That was dona un¬ der sanction nf Drilish law, against tho remonstrance» of the colonics, ami by the ancestors of (hoso who, dwelling in palaces built by the profits of slaves, denounce slavery as «owned. ’ It did not таки slaves of them. They were slaves in their own country, and гпшо horo slaves. Hut finding them hero, the South has so happily ejnr- eisod upon them n civilizing and Christianizing influence, that many of them have been prepared by grace for n home and a throne In glovy, through the mains employed for their conversion. Tbo late I'nilcd Status Ccuaus're- ports, in the elavehotding .States '21/1,11(111 voluntary omr.n- cipatni negroes, whose v alue, as slaves, would certainly be as much os |i№,rt(V),(W. Besides this it mint ho remembered that more tlmn .'(OH, Will negroes In the South nrq niemUiK of evangelical churches; "a greater nmu- liei/savxun KuglM, paper, “ Ilian among the laboring | population of auy otbur country in ebiistoutfem . a grualoi I’ l.nlor than in all iho chu rubes of Drutestanl mivuona- , ню ill all tho countries of the heathen world Voting A merit'd Пне Ifim-M Yearn Apt. A I'li'vespondont of tic I’l.ividoiuv iluuruul furnishes tin1 following invroiting arlk'!o — In turning ovir sonic old paper, a low days »iue", 1 i lii1 i.o I П, iii i' 1 " Ah Avtioiiomii at Diary, o| no Almanac , ouloiilaiod f-r llm iticridi.'in of )h. .),„., S, «• England." for 1 1*.)4, and pul.' -Inal by .Vailmiuit Лии ., U is of but j -ui, ill sue, but foil of mailer. Tbo lust two pages of lire work inr devoted (o “Ain. rii'a," a anbjivt wlipdi llio au- ' i her iisoiri * и, is ‘'dully becoming inuv" and more iulct- I ••i-tiusr-— wiij. a word upon iis pad, pivsenl, aud fnluve ■IV"." j (i shows (Ire vigor of Young .luwrie'i i lmiidrrd ynars iigo, Tho plan of Ibe esoiy i« simple, and tire ireatuicn' i oi '.l.o top» . iiiuomlably brief. Iu the past, flic reader , '( inadc dp 1 1, linn d inih lire nlaiiniiig prugfes. of tlm I'loireb, with I » ir “ line of forts Iron. I no (111 i" to .Vova •cootii' in 'll" present, ho is cshnrlod to ilcwlo of jialri- | olio and in 'dc d.uin;' aguin.l llio " exult '.t f.w." I'nion na“ 'Ire earnest rntri ity of truo palriot'siu llii-n as rnvir, with ' the olivinuv easurnnec. that if lire unoigio, ot the colonies worn dissipated by di-putcs among iheni., elves, 11 they would soon have no privileges to ili-pulo .itoiit. and nn ci.iintry to dispute in " Fium tlie future 1 aiiall quote a few paragraphs, to show with what cnnfldeueii of hope tlm colonial patriot looked forwuril to lire Mining glory of Miyoiiafry. . ,,, _. “The curious have uhaervod," says lire wfiier, “ ttrot- _ the progress of human literature (liku lire, sun) ia from tlyg I nave , oa>t In the west . ilins it has Iruvoled tlimcgh Asia uiuf goapcl in Kistcm Inmls ' avert! /lit 'll f 1.Л .V lot ACti 111,,. Was. I III Л llionl 1 • a t fiun>pp,uml is nownrriu'il at tin’ lusrerh н)н‘Т*ч of Л incri с а. Ля flir ccloNiial lijrht nf thn ла^ ilireotcil hen* by the finder nf Owl» it will doubtless finally <Jriv<' the long, long ni^ht of heal-lit4»iMh d irkiu'.»4* fn in Amoihu. So nrtR uud wioui'Cd will chun^t* thu Рич* nf ua(uret io their tour from over flio Л pul*i«*hiait m«»nnlau)N to ihe отчего mom — the гогкч will ilim-lm1 |1кмг hidd n цопт— tho inwtiinuMo ironhuri.w ,.f i-nld mid .silver hill he broken up hu^e шттЫнл of iroii oie ore already du*- . - -- Г НОЛ «ID OF ГОКЕЮТС MISSIONS. ■ ‘ •» 'S RICHMOND, ОСТОВЕ R, 1858. . ~ ‘ • - l Relltilous Moffment In China. ffo oopjrfrom the Christian Intelligencer tlie following condensed reference to tho present revolution iu China. Though some i f those stater .ants are to be recoil ed with some abutment, jet on tho whole, they may Ire regarded as reLahlo. Along with tho names luontiuood by the Lon¬ don puhlioilion, aa agent» in bringing about this result, might properly be included a«i oral of our own denomina¬ tion, who have for many years labored diligently in preach¬ ing &Ш» distributing the word nf (i„d. Tho Intelligencer »ys: ,, -ui" lV-7qu ali'! priigrcas of llio nresenl robi 'lion in China пая 11ГР*"Ям gtiii'i-ii] alfonlion. Tbo thrvar.nud uvoribniw of the i vrMr dyrmty by n' well-<irguuiicd nnd oxtowivo aruirei -opposition. In itself is an ovrnt no proplmtlo of iin- mousc oocaequenoo.-, as to draw tire e ,gcr gaze of distant aa well .IS contiguous 'lotions. AiMitioual ililcrosl gathers around this nnn omen! from the fnet that its leaders iirculd to hot! tic Llriatiu faith. This has been stated with soniu limUliry and muili «urprise by ninny of tho |'ihlic jiiurn ds. Various cwiji'Ctnri'sro4| .wing the probable mode und tijio of lire inlriiiluotiun of Oiristiunl'y into Пипа, have heua advanced. Most of those are fnueifnl, and verv low Lave, more than a dislant rvnmcttoa with Ihe actus! troth in the rose. Wo hnvo ihioight proper, for those reawms, to condense into a brief oompnss sene rclinMo statcJidWs derivid from a recent London publication— • sialocrents which throw ininh light on the aiihjevt, .«el are V'U tilled to tho full i luifidi'iu c uf the re ider, “ Aceur liug to (lie latest census, I'liimi.cintains about IW.'IJIM'OO, being 'Hj.)i,| p i w'i. thirds of tlm whole Hum. I can population, and ahoni ono-fifth uf the whole liniiian fn idy. “ Christmnity vvns first iutroil re d into China in the year 1122, by Neatnri in Christians. According to I)r, liable, who '(notes from ll'o .lo-uits, a «Inno niomimcut was found by t|i-rai in “ Shon.vy." in-i'rlhvd with iho cress, an ah. strict of the Christian I ,vv, я rid tho ns |,я.ч of secFP'y^tw'it l.'htiiliiui prnch-rs, in llio Svriue olinraotci , bearing date A.D.Il.lU. HWweon 1.081 and Hi8l.ru.' hundred and Iwent/eis EuiO|4Mii .le«uit« ncru employod in t hino, and to them we are ludob' dfnr iiineli inipnri.int information ro-peting Iho inlutnal condition of iho Empire. Their ,'ieccss In their way uf iimviiig eouvert.i win very emwidcr- nhlo. having baptized large numbers, und persuaded manv to nut up csrlain Koinaii Ca'liolic rile» wiiJi their ancestral wnrsliip. "Jut wlmlever limy huvo boon eficeted by curlier if iv Ovi * ''o lint ot Iho pure gospel the Clil'ie '• l'c- mahiod Ignorant until iho rot iMMuneiii nt nindorn I'rutu- t*nt nusinBS. Sin e (he “('cl' snil Kiinjl.iiii-' was npoued 1^ forsignois, 8»is-. English nnd Amorionn inissioiiarios have labored will: mi liulo goal ( i coniinunioot* a ku"ul- 'Igo^ nf sacred mull to the inhabitants. Tbo mimes of iroBfl^IflhwsliO^lzinlL llgidgoiiinii .Aboul and other» Luhorinus and useful as those .NUMBER J. BAPTIST CONVENTION. Пео. ItainlMan. At tbs deaib of this missionary, so distinguished for self- donial and devotion, his ('«-laborer, Judson, said: " Ono of tho brightest Imr.inarios of Bnrmsli ia extin¬ guished— dear brother Boarduun is pmo to In's eternal rest, lie toll gloriously it tho hesd of his troops— hi tho arms of victory— tbiny-oiglit wild Karens liivin* Uvcn brought uitO'tfw camp of king .loans mnio tho beginning uf Iho year, boshliM tbo thirlj.two that were brought in during the two preceding years Diaabtoil by wouuds, bo was obliged, through Iho wh-do of the last ezpadition, to bo oarried on a litlor ; bin his presence was и host, nnd tbo Holy Spirit ueeniu ponied Iii» dying wliiapcra with nloilghty influenoo." ii..'li have linen, 'i,i j were greatly assislod in their work by a native agency, of immeiisu pnvvor for gund. Un refer to llio “ Cl'inesc I'niuii,” oil us<«eiali„n uf native ocn verts, formed fur tho sole f"'rpio" of owing, 'tiring llnfi cnutitry- rodn. In tlio poor In If, when first Kovoral Cl-uifso, шипим to know the truth ns it is in , losus, roUrutcl 'houuelvos around Mr. Cultlull, tin oii'hamircd to rendur hV instruu. tiuns to them tho тоге elleetmil by making them declare covoroil. and vast Mores ore reserved fur future giueu-,bi, presence the (rntlisof tliesulvntiim in Christ, witlisuit- thnis sluill not those vast qu.irrn. Hint to. m with me- cliiinio store— thuse lur Hiriii'luro tic p.tud up into vast cities — tli'isp fur sculpture into studios tu pcipetuaio tiw lum-r uf reimwiiod hones, won those who shall now «avc tlnir country’ Oh' )i iidiabitniits nf America ’ should this uago esenpe it< de.tiuod mnlljgraliiiii at lire year's end, and these nlplmhelii'.il letters roiiuin legible when jour \V’CS heboid tlie sun, after bo Inis rolled (l.o sca-urie r- iuij or two nr three «•«iiiiiiu more, you will know llmt in nur \iilio lliuiliui 1758 we dreamed of your t'luos.” Hu wrote N:i'h mild Anns nearly a hundred years ag". i within half tlie si.nrte.t period aide praotical remarks to their own countrymen. And, however slender the degree of know [edge nt these first Con¬ verts and their Culistiau uxper'enro may !u' v been in tho cotJirnimeenull*, tiie Lord .'ivi'U'l tin'll' work, and blessed llio vrord spnkeii by them tu the awakeninp "f nrhers. and thus elearly sliuwc I " His strength is made perfect in weak¬ ness." And then lire work began In spread, by ni 'ans nf ibi» liulo b ind, «lining lire iii'llu.n,' of Chinese. Mr. liutz- laff, on.ibleii by lhe."ii"iiiiii(i!itsnf hisuffieu under tliu Eng¬ lish gnr. nii'ieiit In provide lice men wilh means, чет .r (bent into tl.e variun- plueos from whence they eaine, prm Ihe vision ha.- 1 .-n roali/i.i within half the sl.-irli .t period vidiug then, will bonks, in order to give ts. mb wire by ciiiiieinplatul by lb" dieumer, and liefuro the "jpected i|„.,r preuolung I, ,ght l« indnceil to «cok for furllrer infur- oi nilatrilKSi or ihe waste of ими has destroyed the iHtlv" „,»» „ i e Clnutiaii religion, niessi nger vvliii-’i lie sent fnrtli, to tell the guud juup'i Ы the vising Bud setting ef tire .nil, (lie liallges of llio uioiui, aud die time of soiling ami reaping. llcnelils ttf Giving. ' 1, llibiiiinl nitl liberal giving kitulin ap nur lave The objects upon which our mimifiucneo is expended are kept distinotlv Irefore us. When wo mntrihiito to rein" ■ . . Ihe poor, *e think of the peer . when we give to sonl tin- ' i’rosnlonl. Any native Chinese of goM chireaeter, ap- * . . • > a .a • a « .1 i air i ■•iui.il l.ir flirt >r.iiin'v leal tl Kmuiii.zi -I mnii.li>.* M li.i ,.[A„v At ihe ilu.4- "f 18-4 1 lire Cniiui numbered 87 .( t. 1 s I.u .. i. gg .. .. lSJii " “ 21(1 " “ 1 8 (7 “ «57 •• 1818 “ “ 1,700 knd at tho piosent time, several tlioiisanda. Tlie bead-i,ii»iter( f the society are at Hong Kong, Tbe senior prcaolrer, during tire time of his stay there, 7« gns]i''l to heathen In mb', we think of the heathen. Wi I'urm distinct impressions ef their wants, they evor stand before ns as mir familiar ussueiatm; they become, us it were, a portion of our hii'isehohl»— our brothers, our sis¬ ters, our mothers; anil our tender affec lions and rympj- th'es lieeesssrily strengthen and «bound, us thu holy ao- (puirnt«uce are kept up. Tie more, therefore, wo pi. о (within the Pi'Uipas» of our ability) from girepol m«tins, tho more xliall we bo likely l" love, tbo objects of oi . bounty; and the more shall wo love tho Bnviour where viimmnnd.i we honor, und whoso iiremy wo iniit-i' lived' of charity proved by the society, may Ьсеоию a member. Tho elder uicioWrs iif lire different ei'iiplogaCoe» iintruo' Ilia younger in poinls of ilisitrine. The (lid and Saw Testamoni» arc diligently studied. Thom) members who determine to Ire- iiiaiti I'rofldiers, nndcrgu a probation of two yuira, and aro rent out in the interim us coadjutors of preacher» of stand¬ ing. These evangelists mo dialrihulod through ovtr twenty ptnvluccs aud lh"ir labors have been attended with tlio most roiuarkablc s'loe -is. fn ronio provinces, tbo matiJa- iius issued edicts, Il 'ving favorable reference to tlie Chris- in our; i up religion , one of which, from I'rkin, dxhorted tbo pco- i pre to study il La^o-s. This is tho landing place of our luhudonarios to (loalral Africa. It is situated uu tlm Bight of lloiun, almut HI mile» uastvi :ird of I !ad igry. It is a populous tow n siueo it» occupation by tho ftriiitdi, end will donhilesswboecnio a depot of grout euiumur, lal importanoe, buying water com- muuicaiion fur into tbo interior, no well os hundreds it miles along the uoast. English steamers from Sou, Jen will laud here twice a month. It is now a iniasiomiry station, occupied by tlie L'llliroh Mission Society. Mr. Onllmcr, one of iho missionaries, thus refers to it 1 would acknowledge tin gooiliieas ami morcyofOod, Ml richly Iwstuwml u|»m сч during the year now olosing. Twelve . tlisago we were surrounded by war ami riiuiur» uf war, ami llm horizon ilirealoned a foarflil storm. It souii burst forth, drove the deadly oxloil.itious boyoml, and loft llio ".ml reft calling air behind for us. The dastnictiuil of Lagos dispelled ail the danger» and anxieties id w'nr, am! brought iis trampiiluy •ml peace. Wliat о ihnugo lur Lagos' Twelve iiiuulhs ago it wua in full poasossi tv of tho prinee of ihuknexa. Nuvv his stronghold is broken upon, liia bulwarks ure nvortlirowii, and his lianuer must give jiinco tu (ho standard of tin) gospel id' t'brist doeuj. Twelve immtlis ago, 'liomaoils of poor pouplo vrero under an iron sceptre, degr-eled liolow the brute creation. Now an air of cjiitiporxtivu liberty pervades lire plaoc, and cruel oppression is reprob ill'll, changing Ihe exprcasioil uf ilo- spiir into» liuppy suiile. Twelve uioulln ago, lire king, cliiotk, and |ieoph' invoked tlioir gods, and cnllod tlm neigh¬ boring gods even to their assistance, oiul bloody saeriEcca abouudod. Now пину iiooplo a<»euililo to Ireur (toil's word, Meritin'» are dia'oiitmtisH, idols thrown nway, aud tbo truo liod boliowd ami woraliippeil ut loan by sumo, li'lnt» cl.aitgo1 Wliat has Uud not wrought1 What on earnest fur Africa'» speedy salvation 1 Uud hustou thu time! Нише it ltd 1’tinign Mission.». W e find in tlio rejvisi t nf the Reformed l'roxbytrrion cbnriili the following remarks “ Tire work of (.'hriat ul home and abuiad is uno. Ifoaio arid foreign mis ions «re not rivals. Tho two arnu of the churohes сайт, I сото into cuilliet But и» lire prayer» pU’4iitfgtrathiftuLla!'U' hreihren may Ire того drawn out irn- 1’nul and s Ivjrnubas to tho heAthcn, while Ifio desire It* othors might in to aid Junius, O irdii'; arid John iu going to llio einrnraei»’ >n, and aa III"»' ilosirn» Bro''ili thenifelve» right, any of these profareni'ca, if not earned to ail unreason- ahlo length, mu mm risioienl with lire iloxign of llio gospel, tho fullest liberty ahould bo allowed to every member of tlioohnroh to designate (lie appliuatieri of hi» contribution, either wholly nr in purl, for the benefit of tlie oountleo» tlioimoniln of perishing idolaters, or fur the diffusion of llio truth among tbo delmlod ami unbelieving in our land." - - -стаде H'zi (Dnr lliteioii: ,i. 2. /' noariibeejaili. Tu give habitually and h('uiiti-| During tire year 1847, eleven vdiliumi nt the New Testa- fully to the cause of Christ, nmid«t our multiplied nod j niont were oarrred rbroightha pre»» iu diffmeut province», urgent .eoniar culls, anil the carnal and solfish solid'»- 1 and ilroc million of le.iv»» of difforcui |.arls of tbo Holy lions of our earthly natures is indeed a work of faith. ; Scriptures and tri'Cts were distributed. _ Tbe inercased di»- Faith is thus siibjee'ed to a sloiidy nnd wholesome dinci- 1 tribution “irree tin n, lias boon in proportion with tlie growth p|it!,. . and и »ell diwiplinrel faith i« ever an improving nf the Union. Th" iutlueneu of the ass ic"iliuu ro greatly fiiith. And further, the haldtna! oad bonnlifnl liver will , sirongtheued by the onion of all classes with it. Learn, d „„I miss (.«cmiooa for norieing how kindly the рттЫст'о man .ml graduate», mandarins, doctors, lourcl.anl», trader of fioil oo-oireralea wilh his pious munificence. Ofn-n has , people and |,ея>ипь,игс all f uud united in this holy work, be occasion to ,ay, that he i' nut the poorer for hi» gift», i Пенс are encouraging feels and while thoy eiplain the (lod often tried i him in his straits He realizes, in a man- mystery which »i pre'cnl seems to overhang tbe creed of ner to which tiie »ordid and avaricious are stronger», tho ti e revolutionary army, they also warrant tbo «(.relation precious fuifiiht ei.t of П.Л'.ч promises. His espenenoe ; that tbo g"od ieavon already inimred in the Chinese nation, testifies, that it is im re blessed to give than to, receive. ’ will go mi in it. fermenting procesa, until the wholiimass ■ • • • ' " ■ - 1 At tho same lime it is to I о fcarnl that, in CHINA. SbiiBglwi— J, oiler froji Л. I). Calunlss. I'ndcr dote of Apiil In, brother Л. It. L'obanhe writ»»; “ As Ilium waa a vessel going to llong Kong » lew day» since, 1 sent a letter by her to yon, to bo mailed at that place. In that oouminriication, I ioformoJ you of a nuaef that Thru Teh's army was approaching this place with boa- life intentions towards foreigners. Though ibis re/ut is not oonfiruied, Iho foreign community are fortifying their setll'imont by throwing up bresstworks in tho rear. As limy do not know liovv long these trouble» are to continue, thoy wi»b to have yinre (rermanenl dcfenco. Tbo revo-'u- tluunry |airty have taken Nankin— tlio old capital of tba country— where, it ia » rid, Turn Tel. will establish Ы» court. It is difficult tu learn whether be is really hostile In for. c ignore. Homo of the prcalaoiation* of liie general» as «ell Iii» own, wouM induce tho belief that thoy look upon us tu а пите favorable light than lias been tho custom with C'biuose- He still continnee his war of extermination against tlie lludhisi priest» and temples, also Iho Taaiats. According to lire laat account* from hirii, ho hm destroyed tire maguifiorui temples on the “ ColJon laland,” this side of Nankin. Tho Cbiticac say that Ы» hostility In the Bud- bist priests arose from somo uf tbeir number having be- trnyod. on и certain occasion, a number of ids men to the enemy, wben they bad to.kon refuge In a temple. Of this though, wc urd cot certain. Ц may bo, to uso tlcir owu tertn, only wind пола, \\'« aro all remaining quietly at borne | though tbo most of nut clothing, ic., его still at the tlnwiuliiie for safety, In tho event we «b old hare to move anddnnly into lie foreign community, 11 Last night, about half past eleven, wo were awakened by the shook of an earthquake, which was so severe and ■ continued so long, wc began to think tbe lieuse would fell ; consequently, we jumped np and ran down, with the iuton- ti'in of leaving tbo Ьмге, but by tbo time ro got 'o tbo d" »r, the cminsotion ceued , for yon must know it jarred every thing about the buildiug. A similar shock was felt lrero just before wo arrived, a few months since. Tlrere II Ik 1Э ItH'IC fir*1'' l *• I 1 5ЙГЛ лтк* ^■аетгг»: minister bread for bis food, and multiply Ins seed sown.” '■ buatkiiaiu may greatly compromise tire oharaoler and in • ihe попа wire awakened list night by tbo ibwk, they cem- lt "fearos practically ‘ cede the progreae of ib»'. gospel which End» more help in MCDCed beating ore their old wooden iastrument to slop It. Thus faith iaenooiragel in na work- - . , . - - • . • . that its virtue» were not presumption; и floda it eoaur bve ihun in powdor-fliora s'rzngtf, a tire poverty of U sad easier to lean upon Gml, and with a readier aUo and adherent» than ш the pomp slid circuoimnce of worldly a stronger nerve does it walk forth upon all ill bfecsd , pstrer. But God in on the tbtoue ! »»d He wil turo, »»d adnistn'-ioni. — ММиу. I Olnvb, иаШ truth il eitibhzfced in tbs esrto.” The Badtvi'J belkwo that tbe world reals on a fisb or some Hud of tu rtomter, which remain» quiet »i long «» tbera ia say on» luting on a wooden modtl of bii bead, which