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The Church of Moravian Brethren
'is in important respects the. moot A-
postolie that e.xisis. its spirit of ho
ly eutcrpris.o is jiroverbial and unriv
alled. D.viiuiicii to. the minmer of
six hundred by ihe relentless fury of
papal power, in UidJ it quit the
phii is of Bohemia, its nalivo so l, and
•s.oiled in Uupper Lusalia. 11 ** • los-
tu.ed by tbc auspices ef Count Zm-
acndori‘, soon these intrepid refugees
caused the wilderness to blossom rs
the rose. There a settlement arose
appropriately called llurnhult, and
may as appropriately be called the
cradle of Moravian Missions • LxiJ \ l 1 ^
as from a radiant point, have lluwn
the vital beams of truth to kindle up
the darkest portions of the moral
world. Here, Wesley, that consum
mate master in Christian enterprise
* in hi had the most effective rudiments
of his skill, and caught the ardor of
his zeal. Within the space of 17
years this company of famished ex
iles dispatched missionaries to North
and South Ameri-a, Lapland. Tar
tary, A1 tiers, Upper Egypt, Abyssyn-
nia and to the vagrant Tartars in the
Russian Empire. The varied elinvs
in each hemisphere are visited by
the se messengers of' glad tidings.
They from an association of ministers
from the frozen hills of Norway to
the Carpathian Mountains; and their
converts, are becoming as drops of
Morning dew.
Effects have adequate causes
What renders the Moravian Mission
ary so effective? His success is only
equalled by his intrepidity. No dis
couragements allay his Zeal, no obsta
cles check his progress. Cold, naked
ness, peril, and the fury of the ele
ments, alike give fresh intensity to
Lis ardor 7
Onward Ik! move-, disUens and s.n ret.re,
And wondering demons hate h.m and ad
mire.”
The hearts of the Greenlanders, cold
as the eternal snows on their bleak
hills, inc.lt before him. 'The wan
dering habits, and the soliish degra
dation of the Hottentots of booth Alii
ca are lo him but trivial obstacles—
be announces salvation and liurba-
rians are charmed with the theme.
Christian love, faith, and (lie kiudet
graces soon «cidorn the forgotten and
brutal Hottentots. A temple forGod
rises among (hem. A chi is*.inn church
with its “all fair iiir.'am..ills'," is spee
dily formed, and notes of redemption
reverberate amidst 'be lulls ol South,
Africa. But what renders the Mora
vian invincible! By. what opule ,1 so
cieties dr mighty princes is lie pats 011-
ized/ By none at all. Until lately
the fraternity was poor to a proverb.
The Moravian issues from llurnhult,
terrible, indeed, but not in bis own
prowess—unattended — iihont piusa
or scrip—enters a famishi g popula
tion of heathen, toils and dies and lit
man is forgotten.
The mightv of the earth are alike
unmindful of him, and Ids o! jecls.
ami Iiis simple prayer to them, is like
that of the h :mblc artificer to Napo
leon “hut let me clone.”
But is not the Moits inn mighty in
the love of learning] 0 no! The Fra
ternity viwed collectively are veil
informed. Still they inherit no rich
ly endowed sominniio.;—Philosophy
does nothing for them—and the
charms of Literature do not dnz^’c or
adorn their simple minds. But is h*
not honored with the breath of nu-
plause? 0 no! By what en omiasl is
lie praised? By what poet is he
sung? On secular distinctions he
writes vanity of vanities end ro : s s
his hopes to a region purer and hap
pier than our own.
Singleness of purpose rcmieis the
Moravian mvim.ii.Ui—and ad b.s en
terprises ultimately successful col,a
il iss their earliest martyr, whose
memory is cherished vviih liie fondest
recollections nidvlioiy laijircssed his
o.vn apostolic c huracicr on the Frt,-
teriii.y. fiiough dead, ins \ i-uert u d
s’lniti living through iIk: hq se of lime
is the permau. ui. mndcl for the Mora
vian Prca<. her. Ihs luhh css is di •-
tated by lhe setisiodnies of a glow ing
heart. Intrepid and anient, though
seldom is he the son of thunder. Im-
:ni al lo controvo.sy—Ins energies
waste not in, schnlas in siril'e — iml
conspire in ..mighty union to <1 mul
ish the empire of sin. The Mora
vian goes forth a plain, unsoplnsto a-
t a d maii-—his ions i.onio} jy is
unlive for. e, and God sword. With
a heart heating with heavenly sympa
thies, lie points the heathen to a .dy
ing Saviour, as the o.dy centre of un
man hope.
’ f is whan tbs cross is preached anti only
then
That from the pulpit a myterious power
Goes foitb to r -novai th mera n an.
Th-a cross imparts v tality divne,
And energy omnipotent lo t.u.h.
This giddy world may reiterate its
encom mis on the martial valor of its
Scipios and Uacsars—Bui we . love
the piety, and wouid forever exult in
ihe destiny of a Moravian Misssonary.
In the view of angels no object in the
material universe is so attractive,
so sublime.
LEVI.
CONVERTED INDIAN WOMAN.
Mackinaw, September G, 1828.
Wc hope that two or three of
our s holars are convinced by the Ho
ly Spirit of their lost state, and are
anxious to know what they shall ch>
to be saved. One of these is E.—
She has been very tender for several
months; but for a few days past her
convictions have become deep and
distressing. She is full Indian wo
man, I should think forty-four or live
years old, and belongs to a numerous
tribe, who are all Catholics.* Her
family aro very respectable j her fath
er has great intiucnce among the I
uians, and is much of a gentleman.—
Although a Catholic, be is very friend
ly to tins mission,
Tilts morning early, E. came into
our loom, to leil us that she lu.d
iound llim of whom ivltses aul ihe
prophets uid write. She s .ook litmus
,villi us. 1 ter animated lOuuUmmie
and heavenly smile told the mighty
change that had been wrought. \,s-
teulny her distress was gtent; she
seemed enveloped in the lliicl-.est
darkness, said her life was all sin:
she had never dune good thing; and it
would he perlectly light- lu: Goa to
Bend iu.i* lo hell; and si.e believed he
would. Just at dusk, sister O. and
myself Went into her room; found her
.y nig on the bed; her lure covettd.—/
We hail a lew verses of Keriptur/
and a low hymns huorpicten; ilicn
sang ‘“Alas! and did my bavpui
bleed?’ chc. The converts wore
present, ami we had a few prayeis-—
it was a soiemn scene, the tiavuur
was present lo heal the broken hca:l.
s id that while we were smgug,'
her Heart was melted, in penitence,
and she felt a great change; but da;c
not tell any one. She came heit a-
bout a year ago. She says ihe Spring
ores ions to her coming, she and the
rt si ol her lamny went to a catholic
priest to he baptised; but the p,it.sl
(old her at the door, that unit-s sue
would he married to an Indian wioni
he should choose, he would not ba.Aise
her- she was so tilled w nil coiiiutVpl
al this proposal, that she did not ta
ler the house, but went borne very
•.■ugly, and kept thinking whul uoej it
mean? Cal Indies and Frotesuiits
worship one God. She then began to
think of this mission; (her brother wis
inwe before;) remembered what sue
had heard our people say—that the
Gut belie religion is good for nothing.
She began to think that perhaps no
were rigid, mid all summer, when she
the
she.
field,
her
would nut
heart
learn
was al work in
was heavy, and
their prayers,
she i ?me to
lint when her feelings changed, the
i viour seemed to point her to the
;i ne when she stood at the Catholic’s \ make any
d m sbavve ! her th t it was his kind the Jlge.
arm th'it preserved her from that a- 1
homi-u.lion, an i brought her to this
pi eft. vVith tliis view' her heart
was tilled w’iin love lo the Saviour,
and joy iiiexpressilde. She sees his ;
hand in every thing and is full of ado- j
rin.*-wonder. Her pnrenis have just !
arrived, and wc anticipate a treat for
hw, as they are both Catholics; and 1
lbey could not have coin:* hi a better I
time. She appears anxious for the
e'eror.l welfare of the souls of men,
a id is d ievnihied lo be faithful to
I Vein. We have in the whole school
more than one hundred children, many
of them very interesting; hut not one
of the boys pious.— West. Rcc.
CHINA.
With its two lumdred millions of
people, and a variety of tribes, is at
present, .perhaps, in the state winch
must precede the reception of Chris
tianity in an Asiatic empire. Its reli
gion is broken up by furious sects,
which alternately assume the charac
ter of spiritual disputants and rebels
i i arms. The “Pelinkin” or “ene
mies of-foreign religions,” agitate the
north. The “Kedull’s” or “heaven
.and earth one,” a race of levellers,
proel.vm equality of men and commu-
ni|y of property in the west and south;
and the ** society of three powers,
earth, and man,’’ mul es war against
all authority w hatever. The Jesuits
olanted their mission in China in the
middle of the' sixteenth century. Mul
titudes of nominal- Christians were
made: hut the suspk ions spirit of the
government appears nearly to have
extinguished their advance. So late
as 181.7, an imperial ordinance com
manded that tbc introducers of Chris
tianity should be put to death. The
IVtesfnnt missionaries are prohibited
from going beyond Canton.
But this prohibition may bitvc been
fortunate in its ccnipeilitij, li e ii.jssicu-
Vries to prej are tiiwls ami veisionxoi
the ScriptuKS in the language ol'the
..country. But die circulation of the
scriptures in China is at. pu seiil ren
dered exlrtiycly tiitncuH i>y ihe Go
vernment, ^bieh is disturbed l.y tear
and iusurrefliun, auti unable lo u.siin-
guish between poliiici 1 vud Tiligious
meetings/and all books of Christiani
ty.—-Ijpif h at.
A sr/kniEN OF CLERICAL ZEAL.
Lic/itious t iergyr.ien, w ho u ish not
iheiiv/mascmont to be broken in upon
by pfe sans and daugliicis of ; dveisity,
(yl« effectual metiuds to guard tbcii
fizbt. A man ol this chaiacter relat
ed the following circumstance lo a
friend of mine:—Being requested to
visit a poor sick woman, on entering
the cottage, he asked for what pur
pose she had sent for him. ■ Ob!
Sir,” the exclaimed, “I would see
Jesus; oh! that I could touch the hem
of his garment!” 1 replied “but that,
good woman, is impossible, for lie lias
not been seen inearth these oij.tiui
hundred years; and as to his gaiim.nl
there is not a tatter or thread left any
where. I will lead you a puyer ii
you wish it, but you ‘ had Letter stud
for the doc tor; lie will do you moie
-good tlion I can.” Alter relating the
story, with -ail air of triumph, kj£ ox-
claimed, “Now what is the use of
ti on! ling such sick-brained enthusiasts
with any discourse upon religion.”—
Yet this man, was the jovial ; ssci iatc
of the gay and dissolute, vigil;nt to a
proverb in securing the full \alue ot
his tithes rial fees. A fact occurred
in my neigh I orbood, only a A w davs
ago, whit li might thrill the blood wi'ih
hm ror. A poor man gunk in inch n-
cboly, called upon the parish priest;
and being asked wbat lie wanted, re
plied, that Ins uiind was von uuhap| y,
anil lie wished to get some ct iuIli I
The ‘
VOL, 4 7#
our attucimienl caniiiii oe \tiy strung*
Again; do you see mat man so an .Ka.s-
iy wailing the arrival of the man ..ml
so eagerly running: Ins eye ou t wit)
Mtlumns of the newsjiapt.r it b in;,s
bii>? lie lias a ship at sea. anu Go
hopes to hear some m:o matiou n n-
cerniug it; or he has engaged in s .ina
adventure, Had lie hopes iu nwi so die-
thing said respecting it: or a m..asui«
is before Congress which very h,Di
rectly may aifcct :he protiis tn his lm-
siness, and lie wishes tu see every step
ofi:s progress. Thus'men act w hen
the hrivt is concerned, in worldly in l-
teis; and it is difficult for ls to give a
reason why they should not rwi. in ihs
same nay, when the heart is in.-C!est
op in religious things.— Con. Obs.
, cleryymnn ai.swercd, “that he
j had no lime to attend to him.” The
In tins state of mind l wretched creature called tw ice offer,
this faindy. She says ! without gaining admission, and next
‘ day committed suicide. On such
facts as (lu se it is not rc'cssoiy to
comment.—Sp
RI 'I AG 10 U S N E W SPA P Ii R S.
A writer in tlu* Rochester Ol.serv
er says, that if you converse with a
Christian who takes no religious pub
lication’, “upon the progress of the
church of Cod, he knows no more of
it than Shallow in Shakespeare. Toil
him of the effects of Sabbath Schools,
of Temperate Societies, of the Gene
ral Union for the better observance of
the Sabbath, and be will perhaps
throw cold water on all these meas
ures, and join the worldling and the
impenitent in the argument. On oc
casions when he is called to give some
thing ton benevolent object, or some
religious enterprise, how it grates his
feelings, and comes, if it comes at all,
lixe drawing a tooth. Nay, he sees
no reason, and w hy should he? Ho
qever reads any thing upon the sub
ject. I he want of light and infornta-
lion, I say, will explain (he apathy,
the worldly mindedness, and the sel-
lishncss ol many nominal Christians
v. ho are busy enough to give counte
nance enough to objects cl’a woildly
naturo.”
It lias often struck e.s with surprise
that men w ho profess, publicly, to
loro the kingdom of Christ above their
chief joy, should manifest no wish to
learn the movements making to pro
mote its interests. This is a singular
phenomenon; and ryi tlie supposition
of the sincerity of their profession,
hard to be accounted for. In other
cases, a deep interest in any object,
leads to different measures. If 1 we
have a dear friend at a distance, wc
eagerly ask infurmatini respecting h s
health, and circumstances from every
one who has lately been in that part
ol t lie country And if we neglect to
make these inquiries when opportuni
ty presents, all would say ct once that
1 AS&JZeJlLs toi ■
REMOVAL OF THE INDIANS
JiLYGNL) THE Ml&SlSSil i i.
From .he Christian A< locate ami Journal
We vciy natch ugit t to fui tb.s
n.t ci&ure itu n.mtni.cti lo cuigitss i y
ike societal} »d war, Gci.i im Foiui.
Th.s i i.cmiiii.eiiualiu:i is, ike l.c.k u>
lie icgrtUtd Lfcc.fii sc ol As Li li.g i c-
toiiipui.icd by an insinuauui that the
n.issHinaiu s fciLpitYcii i imng tl.e n.-
(iiaii wiLcs, liuut liie coiibii.cialien that
they “bare ncquiicu ci n.iorlutdfc < u
tal.-iiskmeiits, me unwilling to l^e t,c-
prircii oi lliMh by the u movai o< ii e
Indian tribes b ym <J the iMisritsi; j i:-
How greatly do some men uustai-.c ar
their estimate cd iiiissionaiy lam rs
and enjoyments! Y» e sue. k, of
course, u Sj.eeliug eur own mission; iy
stations. If com lor-table esiabkhli
meats were the only ii.iiui cn.i n.s j;e-
scuti d to tlit-se stll’-dfi.v iug n.en io
u main in tlu-.ir present siatiui a, tie
venture to pnuict that t!uy t.ouid
soon abandon tin in “to the mou s . nd
t!ie bats.” Tin ugh some o. th- ill
may be improved by the cxerti ns of
those! men oi' God so as to be in s> me
• sense comi'ortabie, tiu.it is, to pievt.,.t
actual svjjering for leant if Lie no
ccssaries if life, wc well know that oth
ers of them ore yet but litlio r< moved
trom barbarism, and '.lie missrona i< s
themselves, in the prosecution ot heir
bene'.ole.it designs, aie reduced to all
the. privations and hardships peculiar
to half civilized suci. ty, and arc o-
bliged, trom iiu.ir scanty .allow an e,
to unite the most rigoious ecorn a y
with the most patitnt industiy. r i 1 .s
th.ey do, nut from a view to U nrpo:. 1
accommodation, nor from a hope of
pecuniary reward, but from a mu, h
higher motive, even the present and
eternal salvation of souls. bo far,
therefore, ns these are concerned, the
mere circumstance of being deprit. <1
of‘.‘comfortable establishments” p:v-
sents but a small barrier in the \.iv
of their removal witn tbc Indians, li
ven were tiny to go beyond the Jim. | y
Mountains. Nay, such is the stri ng
attachment of these devoted iimsinn-
arics to the eternal interests of these
Indians, that should the event come to
pass, non* so much
Hod by
some and wished for by others, that
they must be removed beyond t e
Mississippi, rather than abandon them
to their own deplorable fate, tlu y
would remove with them, identify
their interests with the interests oi' the*
Indians, share in (heir privations ml
sufferings, with a view to exalt (In m
uhiimatdy lo all tlui blessings of
Christianity and civilization.
The objections, thpicfore, to re
moval of these original propricfois of
(lie soil originate fiorn an entiicly dif-
ferent source. If they wish to sell off
their property, and remove into the
remote forests, no one would have any
right to object. But to compel, either
by direct coercion, or by the intrigues
which too cf;c:> disgrace stale policy,
or by that cupidity which so frequent
ly characterize mercantile specula
ting operations, is a measure against
which we would protest with all (' e
energies which a just regard to origin
al right can inspire—with all the force
’vhi' h may lie derived from a sense
of their indubitable lights as the IVefcr