Newspaper Page Text
CHEROKEE
AflTD INDIANS’ ADVOCATE
CHEROKEE NATION, PROPUIl VoR, EDITED BY ELIJAH
HICKS.
tOL.
IYEW IXIIOTA, CHEROKEE NATION, SATURDAY, JCEY 37, i 833 .
PUNTED WEEKLY.
Ig250 if paid in adu. nee, $9 in six
or $3 jO il paid at t he end of Ihe
[subscribers who can ret d only the
Lee language the price wll be $2,00
Ljnce, or $2,50 to be paid « itliin the
Lfsubscription will be considered a>
Led unless subscribers give notice to
Lpary before the commencement of a
fear, and all arrearages paid,
person procuring six subscribers
coming responsible for the payment,
Ircceive a seventh gratis.
»All letters addressed to the Rditor,
Laid, will receive due attention.
From the Boston Recorder.
(MISSIONS TO CHINA,
i the Society of Inquiry, Jhidover.
le following circular has just been
Ived. It is addressed to the church-
w Christendom. O that every
th might hear the voice of encour-
nent that it speaks to them in rc-
|ce to their obedience to the last
1 command of our Saviour!—O that
Irgent call for laborers might not
our ears in vain! Meanwhile
anot well forbear the reflection,
Ithe first twenty-five years have
Iso fruitful in results, in a cause
at lately deemed visionary, against
npire hitherto considered inacces-
, and with so few means in opera-
|»'ha can tell what will be the re-
lfthe next twenty-five, if men suf-
|t are sent forth, and means e-
laTorded?
Jiston, China, Sept 4th, 1832
fe Churches of Christ in Europe,
rica and elsewhere, the following
'.Mnl if respectfully presented.
(renty-five .years have this day
K since the first Protestant mis-
[J arrived in China, alone, and in
jiidst of perfect strangers, with but
■binds and many enemies. Divine
nrnp 1 •> M ulul 'Bsiuciioc
and by the help of God, he
nue9 to the present time, and can
rejoice in what God has
gilt. The Chinese language was
1st thought an almost insurin'>unta-
Ifficulty. That dilficultv has been
tome. The language has been
fired, and various facilities provid
er its further acquisition. Diction-
grammars, vocabularies and
Illations, have been pecned and
ed. Chinese scholars have in-
[sed, both at home and abroad, both
scular and religious purposes. It
likely that the Chinese will ever
|q be abandoned. The Holy Scrip-
in Chinese, by Morrison and
he, with religious tracts, Prayer-
ks, ftc. have been published; and
. thanks be to God, missionaries
i other nations have come to aid in
'distribution. The London Mis-
ry Society’s Chinese press, at the
^lo-chinese College, Malacca, and
Medhurst’s on Java, have sent
> millions of pages containing the
hsof the everlasting gospel; and
l Institution has given a Christian
Ication to scores of native youths,
pro are also native Chinese, who
ch Christ’s Gospel, and teach from
to house. Such is the general
ne of the progress of the mission.
• boast not of great doing, yet we
idevoutly thankful to God that the
)rk has not ceased, but amidst many
iths and disasters, has still gathered
ength from year to year.
iTho establishment of English press-
]in China, both for the diffusion of
f&eral knowledge, and for religious
oses, arose out of the protestant
sion.—The Hon. East India Coun
ty's press, to print Dr. Morrison’s
Tctionary, was the first; and now,
ith English and Americans endoavor,
ftlie press, to dr** 1 *' attention to Chi-
\ and give information concerning it
1 the surrounding nations. The In-
chinese Gleaner, at Malacca, the
aton newspapers, and the ChiAese
depository, have all risen up since our
mission commenced. Missionary voy-
?eg have been performed, and the
pimese sought out, at various places,
ader European control, in the Archi-
dago, as well as in Siam, at the Loo-
hoo islands, at Corea, and along the
°ast of China itself, up to the very
Ha of Peking. Some tracts, written
by Protestant missionaries, have reach'
ed, and been read by the Emperor him
self. Still this is but the day of small
tilings. The harvest is indeed greut,
but the laborers are few. Preachers,
and teachers, and writers, and printers,
in much larger numbers, are wanted,
to spread the knowledge of God and
our Saviour Jesus Christ, among the
Chinesc-lnnguuge nations.—O i.ord,
send forth laborers whom Thou wilt
own and bless; and let Thy hand work
with them, till China shall he complete
ly turned lrom dumb idols, vain super
stitions, wicked words, and false hdpes,
from Satan to God!
The persons at present connected
with the Chinese mission are —
1. Robert Morrison, D. D. of the
London Missionary Society—In China.
2. William Henry Medhurst, of do.
on Java.
A Samuel Kidd, of do. sick, in Eng
land. “
4. Jacob Tomlin, of do. at the An-
glu-ohiniise College, Malacca.
5. Samuel Dior, of do. at Penang.
6. Charles Gutzlaff, of the Nether
lands Missionary Society,—on a voy
age.
7. Elijah C. Bridgman, of the Amer
ican Board,— at Cauton.
8. David Abcel, of do.—in Siam.
9. Lcang-Afa, native Teacher, of
the London Missionary Society,—in
China.
10. Kcuth-Agang, assistant to do.,
and lithographic printer,—in China.
11. Cc-Asin, assistant to Leang-
Afa,—China.
Only ten persons have been baptis
ed, of whom the three above named .arc
part. The first two owed their religi
ous impressions to the late Dr. Milne,
at tho Anglo-chincse College, where
they were printers. Another was a
student, and is still retained in the Col
lege.
About ten years after the Protestant
mission was established in China, a
sen! r oili n lroln f hie .Episcopal "Churclf’Tii
England; and about twenty years lrom
the commencement of the mission, a
seaman’s Chaplain was sent out from
the American Seainau’s Friend Socie
ty.—Dr. Morrison hoisted the first Be
thel llag on the Chinese waters, in
1822. Mr. Aboel officiated in 1830.
And the piesent occupant of this cure
is the Rev. Edwin Stevens, from Now i
Yoik. Mr. Abeel is a minister of the I
Dutch Reformed Church. Messrs, j
Bridgmau and Stevens are from Con
gregational Churches. Their patron
m China, a merchant of great devoted
ness to the blessed Saviour, is of the
Presbyterian Church in America.
In 1831, the Scripture Lessons of
the British and Foreign School Socie
•Christian Churches, hear your Sav
iour’s last command,—“Go into all the
world, and preach the gospel to every
creature.
Robert Morrison,
Elijah Coleman Bridcman.
from the Boston Recorder
Diffuse Missionary intelligence and you
promote the piety of Individual Chris
tians.
Fou impress upon the mind the value
of the gospel. Hear a Bushman, a na
tive of a tribe tho most despised of ull
in Africa, in all tho ardor of his first
love addressing a company of his coun
trymen. ‘Have not I, a Bushman,
found grace? We never inquired af
ter God, but he sought us and made us
hi* * children. [Here he wept.[ Yes,
he sought us out of the holes of the
mountain. Many do not like to be
called Bushmen; but I am not asham
ed of the name. God lias had mercy
on me, and ho may on you. Ariao,
to him. [Again he wept.] I wish i
could this day tell all the Cafirss, Hot
tentots and Bushmen, what God has
done for me, a Bushman.” A Hotten
tot, after speaking of God’s g lodness
to him and his people in a large assem
bly, cried "out, with many tears, “Is
not this altogether the grace of God!
love of God! mercy of God! Men,
brethren, Hottentots, praise tho Lord
God Almighty!” Read what God has
done in South Africa, what degradation
has been removed, what wretchedness
lias been relieved, and if you aro not
convinced of the value of the gospel,
there is no illustration that will convince
you. How also have the islaaders of
the ocean reproved us that we vtdue
the [dole ao more!
As th<i Christian hears from the hea
then, he is rrloi'g and more convinced of
the truth of God’s word—ho sees the
promises fulfilling. Tho missionary
intelligence of the present day makes
all tho prophesies realities.—God is
ma KwfvJ&eJiook «f- fife. p.iqyitUmqe.cmd
to trace the concurrence and praise
him.—The isles aro waiting for his law.
His sons are coming from far, and his
daughters from the ends of the earth.
As the Christian reads of the dark
places of the earth he feels the truth of
the doctrine that all are gone out of the
way, there is none that doetb good, no,
not one
As he peruses accounts of success,
he oiubraces more firmly tho doctrine
of Christ crucified.—How much bene
fit has Greenland receivod from tho
preaching of this truth! How much
the world!—50,000 now members of
mission churches, bear witness of the
cliicacy of this truth on their hearts Sc
lives to their dark minded countrymen
duced in 1720. The whole number of
priests in both states at that date t c 70*)
(1 d not exceed 26, all of whom had
been educated in Europe; and there
was at that date, no Popish College or
Seminary, no convent or female acade
my in the United States.
In la 14, the face of things had great
ly changed. The Popish 'hierarchy of
the United States was now establish
ed.’ llie dioces of Baltimore which
had been creuted in 1790, and placed
under the care of the late Archbishop
Caroll ^then a bishop) had now become
an archiepiscopal see under tho charge
of the same prelate. Four other dio
ceses had been formed; four new bish
ops had been consecrated over them;
and the diocese of New Orleans which
had been made such in 1796, under the
Spanish government, was now added to
those of the United States. At this
period there were two colleges, two se
minaries, and three or four convents,
and the whole number of priests and
bishops was but 43, including the arch
bishop.
From 1814 to 1U33, the increase has
been astonishing. Instead of 6, there
arc now 11 dioceses, to which the col
lege ‘de propoganda’ at Rome contem
plate soon adding a twelfth. There is
1 Archbishop,( the see it is believed is
now vacant by the death of the occu
pant) ll bishops—10 vicars general—
320 resident priests, exclusive of those
in Colleges, seminaries, convents, &.c.
—about 300 churches erected or fin
ishing—6 diocesan seminaries fer the
education of priests—10 colleges—28
male and femule convents—35 semina
ries for youth, of which 14 aie for boys
and 21 for girls—and 16 orphan
WO. 24.
Satan to keep mm from the knowledge of
the scriptures,” and so goes on in lan
guage which clearly shows that the aim
!‘°“ r ancestors, in establishing com.
n n schools was to have every individ-
uol instructed to read and understand
# b e l I 1 ley dee,ned a knowledges
of f t ^ , es8en 1 tiftl to the well-being
rfod /.i “ dlC - throu S h the " hole pe
riod of their existence; and they spared
no pains to have their characters form
ed by the spirit and principles of that
sacred book in all their public insti
tutions, m their schools, their college,
and their churches, they showed that
they viewed their children in all their
rola ions, not only to men, and this
world but to God also, and to eternity,
they took into account the whole of
heir being; and as they believed the
j to be the only pei feet rule of life
and salvation, and that the best inter-
est ot their souls could in no way be so
r oi ." 0leU as by a knowledge
f that book, they made every exertion
t U ° • u Y ta . ot ’ their ctUdren
\ ith its spirit and principles. To this
end they devised and set in operation
our system of public schools; and that
it might answer this end more effectu
ally, the bible was the book
which their children
out of
, . , . - "ere taught to
read in school, and from which they
"’ eie P nnc,,,al, y instructed; the teach.
estimated by their ability to
knowledge of God and the
way of salvation by Christ, and by
, ‘ cir ove and faithfulness to the souls
ol their children.
But it is asked what sort of religion
did they design to have taught in those
schools? VV as it the faith of infidels,
ers were
teach the
«■« or ,„c us ;
' uns ’ all the pupils of which are of ter most of the piferim fathers 1 ad fe I *
course f amed up u. the ‘ways of’ pa- j en asleep in Jesus? an act was nassed
pacy—while probably more than 500,- in 1771/ rcsDectimr sr-honl* ; & i^u
000 of the population of the country 1 are these words ’ In , "bich
aro connected with the Catholic church, j greatly concerns’ the - 1 *
ihu 8 giving that denominate a fount/,tetheyouth teoofl'* 'a' 13
are auacnea to a?» v !, . 3outl } taere °f be edi
tion in the country. r [ • , •> not only m good literature, but
This rapid progress of Romanism ' oration and sneeial earn ot fun ov’nr«n-
ty was printed in China, and are found 400,000 have renounced their idola-
3 1 ... i trv in consnotience ot the meachinir ot
a very acceptable epitome of Sacred
Writ. The Rev. E. C. Bridgman,
with the assistance of his nativo schol
ars, and Mr. John R. Morrison, made
the extracts from Morrison and Milne’s
Chinese version of the Bible. Leang-
Afa, with his first assistant, named a-
bove, carried them through the press.
And Christian merchants in China sub
scribed the necessary funds.
During the current year, Loang-Afa
has printed nine tracts, of about 50 pa
ges each,—composed by himself, and
interspersed with passages of sacred
scripture. They were revised by Dr.
Morrison, when in manuscript, and
printed at the expense of the London
Religious Tract. Society. Keuh-
Agang has printed Scripture sheet
tracts, &.c. with the lithographic press,
and Mr. Gutzlaff has taken them to the
north of China, for distribution. Mr.
Bridgman has instructed several native
lads in the English language, and the
first principles of Christian truth. He
has, also performed divine service in
English, once every Sabbath day, at
Canton.
The servants of our Lord, engaged
in this mission, although from different
nations, and connected with different
churches, have cherished reciprocal af
fection, and united in the most cordial
co-operation. By this brief exposition,
they wish to call the attention of the
churches, throughout the whole of
Christendom, to tho evangelizing of, at
least four hundred millions of their fel
low creatures, and fellow sinners in
’eastern Asia, comprehending China
and tha surrounding nations, Ye
try in consequence of the preaching of
the cross, in this the Christian re
joices; for it is a truth That he doarly
loves, that it is making progress in the
earth.—It is his king, even the prince
I of peace, who is marching on to the
conquest. He feels more attached to
his Saviour, and delights more in that
salvation himself, which Christ purchas
ed for the whole world: and dees not
this advance the piety of the Christian ?
It was the valuo that David put upon
God’s word, that made him the eminent
saint that he was. So, would Cnristi-
ans be influenced by all the motives
that they can possibly bring to bear,
they would love the word of God more,
and not only would it be a lamp to
their feet, but it would be a light to the
path of many a neighbor or friend a-
round them, who is living in impeni
tence and sin.
Progress op Popery in the U. S.—
The first Roman Catholics of this coun
try Were the settlers of Maryland, who
in 1632, emigrated from England and
Ireland. From this time, until 1773
when the society the Jesuits was sup
pressed, the American Catholics were
constantly supplied with Jesuit mission
aries from England. From 1773 to
the establishment of their Episcopacy
in 1790, the American Catholic church
was governed by a vicar of the Roman
Catholic bishop of London.
In 1788, the French religion of the
United States was almost entirely con
fined to the state of Maryland, and a
few scattered districts of Pennsylvania,
ijlto which later state it had been intro-
of Romanism
(and the view which we have given is
rather below than above the truth,) is
alarming Not that we arc to suppose
that the whole increase has been—
from our native population. It has not.
Much of it is owing to emigration—
has been the result of foreign influence
or the work of foreign gold. The root
of tho Upas tree, early planted in our
country, has not thus luxuriantly ve
getated merely from the richness of the
soil. Most of the branches have been
borne across the water and grafted in
to the stock already so flourishing. But
the tree is hero—deeply rooted in our
soil, and the evils with which it threat
ens «3, demand our attention.—Conn.
Observer.
What will be thought of this
Matter?—We understand that an ef
fort has been made in ■■ ■ ■ ■• county,
Virginia to have the paBtor of a church
presonted by tho Grand Jury lor mis
demeanor—for preaching the gospel to
the poor blacks! The minister who
was born and educated in the old Do
minion, St is well known in our churches
for his talents St usefulness, appears to
have known very well what ho was do
ing, and to stop the noise which the en-
my way making, he read the law of our
State on this subject to his congrega
tion from the Pulpit!—lot none re
gard this incident as expressive either
of the intelligence, or feelings of the
good citizens of Virginia. There are
very few we presumo, among whom it
would be necessary for a minister to
lay aside tho law of God and the gos
pel, to read and explain to them the
laws of our Commonwealth to keep
them in order.—Richmond Telegraph.
From tin* Boston Recorder.
RELIGION,
PART OF THE PUBLIC EDUCATION
MASSACHUSETTS.
The first legislative act, on the flub-
ject of public schools, and under which
our present system, in all its essential
parts, went into operation, was in 1647,
only a few years after the settlement of
the colony, and when most of those
who came over from the mother coun
try to find a home in the wilderness,
wore living. The preamble to that act
begins, “It being one <;hief object of'
crution and special care ot tnc 'ov'ersc-
ers of tho college, and the selectmen
in the several towns, not to admit op
suffer any such to be continued in tha-
oftice of teaching, educating, or in
structing youth or children in the col
lege or schools, that have manifested,
themselves unsound in the faith, or scan
dalous in their lives, and have not given
satisfaction according to the rules of
Christ.” Is not this explicit? Can any
doubt what influence the first founders
of public schools designed them to
havo? What they meant by the faith t
no man can doubt who ever saw th©
catechism which they used in these
schools, and from which the childrea
were instructed once a week. It is
the same which is now received by
evangelical Christians generally, as
containing a summary of true christiai*
doctrine. We see clearly in these acts
why our Christian ancestors established
the college at Cambridge and our pri
mary school system; they had in view,
not only the temporal and political wel«
fare of their children, but more especi
ally the salvation of souls; they wished
to set in operation a system of instruc
tion, that should be auxiliary to Christi
an parents and ministers, ia training
up children and youth for the kingdom
of heaven. They allowed no teachers,
and no books to be introduced intoi
schools, but such as subserved this
their first and great design. If was not.
enough that teachers were not openly
vicious and profane, and that they re
frained simply from teaching error and
from inculcating anti-christian senti
ments; they were required to teach tlm
doctrines, and to use every exertion to
inculcate the spirit and principles of
God’s word. Nor would they allow
books to be introduced which had no
other recommendation than that they
contained nothing positively wrong and
objectionable; that thoy contained
“nothing to injure;” but they admitted
only such books as contained something
that would positively benefit the soula
of their children. ' They wished to
have these schools imbue the souls of
their children with the spirit and princi
ples of the biblo, and with none other I
they designed them to teach their chih>
dren to feel, think, speak, and act as
becometh the gospel of Christ.
True, schools were not »o ei&tteafc