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For the Christian Index. Ministers and Deacons’ Meet inf. Minutes nf the Ministers ami Deacons’ meeting of the 3d district of the E'wwzet .Association, commenced with the Church at Kooky ('ecek. Lawrence county, on the 2d. 3d, and 4111 of February, 1644. The Introductory Sermon was delivered by brother William K. Ste Ic, (the brother appointed, not at riving in time.) from Mat* thew 28th, 19, 20 vs. The meeting was opened by singing, and prayer by luo. Joseph Ross. Ist. Fleeted J. Ross Moderator; A. W. Pies ton. Clerk. 21. Called for the report of the arrang ing committee. The said report was read, accepted and adopted. The report is as follows : Your committee on the arrungiuenl of business to come before the M nisters anil Deacon’s meeting beg leave to report: After a pray erful consideration outlie necessity of cul tivating a spirit of Unity in doctrine and dis cipline amongst us as It iptists, we bi g |ea> e to recommend the following lesolutions, viz: I,st. That we as Ministers and Dea tons feeling the tl let riotts effects of diver sity in doctrine and discipline, resolve to meet more frequently in order to interchange our several views, on the pure doctrine of the Itihlc, and that we shall he more earn esilv engaged in prayer lor and with each other, that we all may be one in our views, and that we will he guided alone in disci plinary acts, by the Unerring word of God that abounds with directions for the adjust ment of all eases whether public or private, whether against an individual member or against the whole church. 2d. And as we believe that religious knowledge has a tendency to perpetuate a unity of doctrine, of discipline and feel ing. we most earnestly recoin end to the church the necessity of reading the snip hires more frequmlly. and supplicating the throne of grace more fai'hliilly, that God would nuke us in deed and in truth, breth ren who dwell together in Unity. 3d. Fach member shall do what he can, to make the churches that have hitherto neglci ted to attend by their Ministers and Deacons, feel it to"be their ihterest'to unite with us. 4th. We would likewise recommend for our mu tual benefit, that brother 1,. Ilohhs at our next meeting, preach from Mat. 11 eh. 12th v *r. Hrother l<. B. Los from lir t I’etcr sth cli. Bth ver., and W. R. Steele from M it. 20tli eh. 1C h ver., also brother Steele to preach the next In roduc nry Sermon. The following q leries we now beg leave to present: Ist. What ought to be done to make our brethren more punctual in unending their conference meetings l 2d. What is or should lie the qttal fications of a brother, before he is set apatl to the office ol a deacon ? 3d. Ought a broihei having no wife, or an unbelieving wife, or a wife of another dem initiation to be considered in order for the office of a deacon ? 4th. is it Gospel order for members of the Baptist church to commune with other denomina lions, if believed lobe cluistians? sth. Are spirituous liquors any advantage to the cause ol Glirist ? fi.h. \\ hat constitutes a Gospel Baptism ? 7ih. What is the best plan to In* adopted in raising up young gifts i t the church ? All of which it submitted. The Ist query was taken up and after dis cussion, the following answer given: Thu Deacons to hv6 pravci meetings weekly, and solicit the brethren to attend and to have preaching regularly every Lmd't day. The answer to 2nd qnei v : I t. lie must he re generated. and born again. 21. Sound lit the faith. 3d. And nil active man of busi ness. Answer to q lerv 3d. : tie ought to be blessed w ith a wile, sound in faith, I Tun. 3. 11. 12. 2nd. If he has the quali fications of a deacon, and lias an unbeliev ing wife, or a wife of another dennuiiua lion, according to nnr •■pinion, lie w ill do. 1 Cor 7. 12-14. Or if he has no wile, and possesses the gilts required to set him ap irt ; 1 Cor. 7. 7. 8. Answer to query 4th: It is not accord ng to gospel order. Ileb. 13.9. 10. Answer to query oth : A man sound in the faith, who has come reg ularly un ter the imposition of hands, when j lie baptizes an applicant upon a profession j of Ids faith in Christ, we consider it a gos- j pel baptism. The last query will be an-; swe red at the next meeting. Resolved, That our next Ministers and Deacons’ meeting be held with the Duck Eyu O lurch, to Cos unt nice Thursday be fore the 4th Sabbath in October next. We hope our Ministers and Deacons will meet us on the first day of the meeting. Resolved also. That the Church request the publication of the Minutes in the Index. W. R. STEELE. P. 11. Uniox Grovk, Feb. 13. 184 4. Dear Rrothrr, —I send von five dollars, which you will please to place to my cred it—l have delayed longer than I intended with the view of obtaining some subscribers to the Index, hut as yet have failed to do so. The brethren of the Union Grove Church, are making arrangements to Guild a meeting house, and ns they are generally in moderate ciicmnstances. they seem to think it will require all the means they pns sees to accomplish that desirable object. 1 have been much confined at home this win ter from had health and nth r causes. I Have given up the care of all the churches except the Union Grove Chinch, where I have my membership and which is on my premises. I have been compelled to do so, in consequence of my not being able to at tend the .. in the winter season; but they are supplied by promising young ministers, which is giatifvmg to me. lam pleased witli the change of the form of the index, and do not see why any should object toft. I have done much in former days to sus tain the Index w ithout ever claiming any r ward, and feel as desirous as evei that it should be well susta nod. if not more so, hut circumstances beyond my control have prevented me. I commenced my minis.e riat labors in the early settlement of Gwin nett county. under very unfavorable circum stann s, and have labored in that county, and the counties of Newton and ()i kalb as a Pioneer—have been instiumeutal in plant ing a number of churches, and have Ire qnentlv had the pastoral care of lour church e at the same time—have assisted in build ing three good framed meeting houses, be sides several temporary ones in the liist net tling of this section of country. My con stitution had been greatly impaired previ ous to my enteting on the duties of the ministry, cons-qitently have labored under much affliction with a large lamily—limit ed means and without being churgnhle to the churches—l have given you a brief sketch of my former labors in this recently wilderness country which has indeed ••blos somed as the rose.” My principle design I repeat is to correct some erroneous views as to ministerial support, which I imbibed even before entering upon the ministry— this I design to do in the Index il it should meet your application, which 1 have no doubt of, if I should he able to treat the sub ject according to its meiils—l have thought, under circumstances as they now exist on inv, part, that I might be able to bring the minds of some to reflect on the subject.— Since I last wiote you, I have had the pleas ure of baptizing seven innibcis at Union Grove, ami those among the best citizens in this community. We however are do mg but little at the present. I have noth iug of interest to cheer you. Please accept, limn one who never had the pleasure of a personal acquaintance with you. his siuceie li iendship and ce istian re gard. LUKE KOII IN SON. N. It.—l send the money privately, as it is very doubtful, if the money was pub licly mailed at Kockdale at the present, whether it would reach you. L. R. For the Christian Index. Baptism Esseutiul to Salvation. The llapiist, as a denomination of Chris tians, are licqiieiuly charged w ith making a Savior of the ordinance of baptism. To which we have always objected. In the 2d chapter of the general Epistle of James, we are admonished to shew < tir faith by our works. Our Siviour. in the 7th chap ter of Matthew, has told us that, bv their finite ye shall know them, and consequent- j ly. we think, in justice, that we should not only be known, but that we should have the liberty of knowing others, by this rule. We have el way given it as our opinion, that God. the Father, could, through the covenant of Grace entered into by himstll and >on, save our little infants, when liv ing in infamy, without the assistance ol man. Yes, it does appear Jo me a haz id- j ous attempt, with the lute ol Uzzab, named j in the 6 h chapter of 2 I Samuel, placed be-1 fore a man's eyes, to step forward and think of assisting God in saving the little cove nanted spirit, by laying his hand on \iw tot tering ark. Sufficient for us, my brethren, to remember and comply with the com mands of our Saviour, recollecting that the man.of God (to-w it) Paul, has told us ••that when Christ shall be revealed from heaven, it will be to take vengeance, not only on them that know not God. hut on them also that obey not the gospel. The above remarks have been elicited bv an occurrence which took place in mv im mediate vicinity, which l will give you, leaving evciy one to look on the fruits and judge lor yourselves. Sonic lime dining the month of October, in the enlightened j age of 1843. in the Town of , Dr. ■ ‘s infant Child, aged 1(1 days, de parted this life, hearing, no doubt, the joy ful invitation. •• Suffer little children to come unto me and forbid them not, lor of smb is the kingdom of Heaven.” The evening before it expired, about 19 o’clock, the Physician pronounced it dying, which was evident to all attending on it. With much anxiety did the weeping liieuds stand around, watching for evident changes, when between the hours of one and two of the next morning, seeing of a truth that the lit tle spirit yvas about to leave the earthly ark. the parson must be amused from his slum bers. Accordingly in a few minutes he was present and administered the ordinance of Baptism, as he would call it. After the death of the infant, the Phvsirian enquired of the parson, •• who he supposed was ben efited by the application of the ordinance ? was it the child or the parents ?” To which he replied. •• The child as n matter of course.” Nilotic I suppose wilt say. much less think, that the child was benefited in time, as it was then leaping into eternity — consequently the supposed benefit must be in eternity. a Baptist. For the Christ tun Judex. Tlie fallinf Star. I gated upon the cloudless aky glittering brightly with the light flaming from thou sand Suns, and my mind was raised.from the transitory things of time, and fixed upon that Power that ‘upholds a countless num ber ol worlds and guides them on widv har mony j,) their never-ceasing rounds. Oh! it was a scene of beauty, of love, and of grandeur, and my heart leapt with joy at the thought that it was supported bv the same hand that created and governed such a universe. As I gazed and mused upon the Heavens of majesty a bright star, seeming to detach itself from a cluster of flaming orbs, shot forward across the broad canopy, making its way in silent grandeur .tmiil the glorious bust till it died away in darkness, leaving it* image for a moment stamped upon its pathway in a long, streaming line of light. How beautiful! how sublime! Anil what a true picture of luminu life is the Failing Slur! llow short its passage from light to darkness, anil how soon its image is lost from the home of its existence! Though the scenes of life appear bright’ in tlu-ir opening hlooin. vet is our brief ca- | reer oft blighted by fate, and the Soul j shrouded quickly in darkness. Lonely Pilgrims! through this vale of tears we i travel onward to the grave, while each cher ished tie that makes us wish our life pro longed, must also sink beneath the dark wa>cs of Death. But though we are doomed to weep for a season mi the shores of Time, there is a hrighier, bettor land beyond its raging Ocean: aland where smiling Hope’ shall ever wave her spotless plnuie, when all things of Eurth are mouldering in the duet. Bid our eyes look up, Sun of Righteous ness and Pence and guide our footsteps on in Hulety to that Happy Land. S. ll'hi.'esville Geo., For the Christian Index. Effect* of “ lltr I Disll.” Mr. Eii'nr. —Sir. What a pity. Mrs. 11. ever sent abroad her invitations jo the Alphabetical dinner. She lias ruiiliji one of our ministers of quite populai tnlclls.— How rum h he ate is unknown, luiti ever since, he ha* been swelling, to siieiila de gree, that he cannot enter any ori/tnary dour. Those of hi* own house have been enlarged for Ins convenience, and he per forins his pasimal duties on- hmse hack, just caking, as lie is sensible his enormous hulk cannot crowd into the houses of his parislinners. lie was and sit in a piazz i on a stout bench : but rats, chicken* or dog* made a noise beneath and he sprung up as if die fl nir was giving way. and he did not temain long enough lor fam ily prayer, lmlieil a* used to h* express ed concerning a lull youth over f> feet 0. that .he need mu ask hr a blessing for lie was lull e ough to reach up and take it : bo with our hero in his own estimation.— Praying was never a besetting sin with him. and now, if possible, lie prove less. He has a morbid appetite for skins, not exactly tanned hides, such as onr common curriers prepare with bark, lime. Sir. but such as ate used for engraving or writing upon in an elegant manner. Os all persons he meets he makes enquiries about the : price. Some wags. I suppose, sent him one c rlifyiug tli.it he was the most learned man in the country ; but it was discovcid that they bail made their marks ot signs merely, not being ahle to write their names; hence he was not satisfied witli it, and seeks lor anoflier. The community believe he is crazv ni a monomaniac, hut I account for Id* oddities liv the influence of the •• I dish” which he lasted at Mrs. IPs dinner. It is answered that the effects of a dish would not last so long, and lie was actually threatened with a strait jacket. He actually went to a tanner’s shop and offered any price lor a skin ; hut was in formed, when Ins object wasdist'h sed, that hides tanned with hark, was not the thing —it required a peculiar class of men to pre pare it; such as could make certain maiks and characters mi it in an unknown lan guage, as would convic.ce all of the great learning of its possessor. It was supposed, last week, that lie would soon get hold of one to suit his dcsiies, and wi ll ml which 1 fear he will burst, unless hooped ; but it has not yet reai bed him.— It was an non need in the papers that one ! had been executed for him in due form and would he fort coining, and he nearly foun dered his horse in morning calls to he con gratulated ; but no one, to his regret had seen the announcement. Even ibis was the wink of a ivag. while the piioterwas busy in another part of the shop. Os what materials the •• I dish,” which I learn by your paper nearly ruined several of von. was composed, I cannot say, nor why he slum dhe so greedy of skins. It seems strange that he should have as tve Georgians say, alter the ingredients of that fatal dish, but surely there were no skins in it, yet skins is the subject of all In* conver sation and lie brings it into the pulpit: lor lately lie discoursed. •• Escaped with the skin of his teeth,” and he actually under took to estimate the square feet on the 24 teeth of a hearty maw. anti wondered if it would not make parchment.” Tim is suf ficient proof to dm people that he is crack ed. fie lias been repeatedly told there is no intrinsic value in that which he desire* so intently ; but. he says it may be of use at some.future day to myself or family. “Mr. Editor, iliil you ever, when a young man ] and lonil of the girls, feel as restless as a fish out of water, till you obtained your ob ject ? Well our pieacher is one hundred fold mure resiles* than you were. Did you ever get the mitten or ••get kicked,” as we say in Georgia? Well, if you had seen him alter that morning’s ride, when iincon gratulated. ami when ihe hoax was discov ered, die loss us flesh was a Caution to all fat men. Now, Mr. Editor, I think you might to bear the blame of this calamity and send us another preacher, as lie has gone down die river on a raft or canoe. He passed M—— last Saturday, tie never would have tasted that fatal dish had lie not seen you first put in your spoon; hut having stronger nerves, you weie not wrecked as lie has been : at . anv tale, il is no more than fair that vim should immediately publish a remedy in the Index ; for perhaps poor G. in some ! lucid moment, may gel hold of your paper, | read ami be relieved. .Mrs. 11. deserves no furgivene.-s. Why did she mingle ingre dients in a popular dish which she oughtto hate known would prove disiriictivc ! Pakisiionkr. Oconee, Ga. In accordance with the suggestion of our correspondent, we give the following pre scription lor till: ease lie lias reported : Take ol Jl'jlcc/i m, 2 grs—j]as this is a very active ingredient, a small quantity of it produces a very powerful eff cl.] Conserve of Conscience —3 Scruples— [a very bitter ingredient but very salutary.] Self Kn iwledgc —B Drachm* ; Forethought —l Ounce. Add to the above as much of die Love of Jesus, as will c.iu-e the s -vcr.d ingredients to incorporate thoroughly and give to the ; compound a proper consistency. M. T ike the whole at one draught, and re peat the dose as often as David did his songs of praise—seven times per day. Sec Ps. III). 181. It is necessary that the patient pay par ticular attention to R'gimcn. Lx.rrci ■>e.—See that he exercises him sell always to have a conscience void of ol- i telice, both towaid God and man. Acts 24, | 10, that he visits ••the fatherless and wid ntvs in their allliciion,” and keeps ••him self unspotted limn die timid.” J*. 1.27. Diet.—— 11 is diet should be confined piiu eipallv to the U and G dish, lie may be allowed to pnitake, in moderation, of die F I dish, provided lie will repeat, mental.y. while partaking of il. the stanza. •• Why was lin ule to hear his voice ! And enter while there’s loom.” <fcc. Or such passages of scripture as tire found j hi Tit. 3.5; I Gor. 4. 5 —ls. 10, JLc. Drinks. —He should drink freely of the! water of life, fresh from the fountain of di-1 vine love. There is no danger of anv in convenience from the quantity taken, how ever freely lie may drink of it. Rest. — tic should never he allowed to repose oil the downy bed of Worldly Pieas u c. but tt hen lie seeks rest il should be on a solid matrass, stuffed full of divine prom ises. It is of importance to attend, even then, to bis position— il should be such that his face shall he turned heaven-ward. Those who recline on this matrass with their lace earth- ward are apt to die sudd ‘ll- Iv ol self-riglitcoiisn ss. A distressing and alarming disease, that engenders a great deal of putrid and infectious matter; and the dead that dir thereof, do ever leave conta gion behind them. Let the above directions he lullnived itn p icitly, and we will insure to the patient a sane mind, health of spirit, the good will of men, and honor in heaven—he shall graduate in the skies and he clowned with a garland of immortality, by the Master ol the grand assembly of the universe, amid songs of rejoicing ami loud anthems of praise, sung by angelic hosts that cluster around the throne of the Eternal. For the Christiun Index. A Call to thr Devoted Friendi of Colonization. To found a colony on a distant and un frequented shore, m the midst ot a barbar ous people, was a hold experiment; but its ; success has been triumphant. rhe bless ings which it ha* already conferred, and the far more ex'emled i lessings tt Inch it prom ise*, fully prove the wisdom of those who planned, and the perseverance of those j who have conducted the enterprise. But it is nut notv in the situation to he j abandoned. The work is merely begun- That which has been done in the past, mi lt shnwsNivlial may he accomplished in the flt'ure, and mgs its prosecution with in creased energy and enlarged resources. It is true there is eslab ished in that dark quarter of the globe a free Republic, an Asylum to which the scattered and de spoilcd children of Africa may return.— But A r rica is not yet enlightened! Her barbarous and enslaved population is nut vet changed into an educated and Christian community. The colored people of thi country are not yet separated from a eng the white race, where they are deprived n’t the social and civil privileges necessary to their elevation! They are not fvi estab lished in that land of their fathers, “where all citcuiustaiicM lavor their elevation, mid all motives siir them up to duty.” Why then have our Annual Subscriber* failed in send in iheir contributions? They surelv do not imagine that this work ran he cariiedon without their aid? ill years that are past, when they paid iher*uhscriplioiv<, promptly, we were unable to do all that the Cause demanded. Now the work has in creased oil our hands. We .have laid our plans calculating iipon die payment of their subscriptions. Do they know, can they know, how much tve are embarrassed by j their delay? Nearly Itto months of die present year are now gone. We are o-1 hliged to fit out an expedition from New O. leans immediately with about 80 emi grants. who are under the necessity ol leav ing the country speedily. W lien our friends understand tins, they sorely will not lon ger forget their obligations lu the matter. We will therefore consider il a special favor if those who have pledged us live, ten. fifty, or a hundred dolla s annually, will remit us hy mail the amount notv due, and not wait to he called upon bv ail agent. | We have many ot cr patrons, who have not given any formal pledge to contribute a certain amount auoiiaily, hut tvho are al-1 ways ready to give liberally when applied ! to hy an agent— To all such tve wish to say, no stronger pica can be in ale to you j titan that tve itotv bring—no louder c-ul can you ever bear, Tne necessity winch com pels us to make this public appeal is ur gent ami pinching in the extreme. We are earnestly called upon to enlarge ou operations bath in this country'and in the minin'. Bui if tve experience any falling ..If limn the receipts of die last year, (as tve in com non with ttie odicrheiietole.itsocie ties leal) our scales of action must tie re duced, ami die cause suffer irreparable loss. Sueli of our friends ttirrcfore as ar •• deeply interest ‘d in tin: ean-e will allo.v u to approacri them witli earnestness, with ti tidily, and with facts, and lav on their c mi sciences aid on tli ir heart* 111.’ present pi'CsSl g elaniH of Inis society. Ton have helped us on lormct nee isious. W ill ! they fall us uott! Race they lone a l they Ica i for this can e? W Idle others arc com and sel.ish, they tvli >sc conscience me ! ipnck. tvliose leelmgs are aliv •, aid tvho I tenderly sympathize with the perishing. ! must conn: f r.tartl and double tin ir con j iribulions in order to supply the and, iicieiict caused hy the backwardness of others.— To them tve say. emphatically.send us, lit mail, your five dollars, or t onr hundred dollars, nr whatevci the amount mav he. but send it sp e.lily! We present vnu in tins cause a i lni.n upon your high st amt liberal regards. You may nmv redeem some poor Aim-ail limn Ids degradation, and restore him to Ins father-laud! You in ay thus kindle a light of civilization, ol liberty and of religion ou the hil s or amid 1 the tallies of Africa ivliicn shall uevci g ! out. You mat lay up tlnis lor voursell a treasure tt Inch shall never rust, which shall enlarge and accumulate ore ver and gather its interest in a nation redeemed from oppression, and beam In and with tlm gar ments of salvation! —What tliotl dost.” 1 then, “do quickly and with all tliv might.’’ ; In behalf of the Executive Gununiuee ol the American Unionization Society; W . Mci.AlN, Washington City. 13 1 44. Thinking one’s self Perfect. | Dr. Sainu 1 Hopkins, front whom the ; system ol Hi pkiniSiii is derived, having al ! ways maintained an irreproachable moral j eharaetei, was received as a meud>< r nf l .e I church io Wuteibury, Conn., his nalivc town, without having experienced a change jol heart. lie was then a member of Yale College, and maintained the habit of dailv reading the scriptures and of prayer. So holy and blameless was bis life, that he writes ol linsell lespectmg bis evening de votion*. “When I thought ol confessing the sms that l bad been guilty of that dn . and a-kiiig for pardon, I could not recollect that I had cuiiiiiiilied one.” It was not un ill lus last collegiate tear thath di-eoverc. the entire depravity of his heait. during, a revival under the preaching of the Rev. Gilbert Tcnneul. From that lime he was anew ‘cceature in Christ Jesus, and as would appear from his diary and writing*, never experienced again that peculiar diffi culty in his devotions either morning or evening, although his life was illustrious for its uncommon purity of practice and its heavenly temper. This instance should stand as a warning against the proicsstous of those persons: who can find in themselves no sin to con less. How great was the s.-ls delusion of Hopkins! Ilotv different his impressions tv lien the command.cent caine*hoine to his conscience, with a convincing, power and .iglit. The same danger ol self delusion tvas illustrated in the ease of the good young man tvho went away sorrowful be cause he had great possessions. The same principle tvas exhibited in the A pns lie Paul, who “tvas alive without the lav.’ • Oil, would some pctier the gil'tie gi'e’us. ••To see ourselves as others see us.” Il is much heller io prav to Him tvho searches the heart, that he will enable us to know ourselves as tve appear in his sight, than to imagine ourselves neilert. If men the most renowned for piety alivavs mani j fest some iui|ierfeetions even to the eve of ! their neighbors, liotv far foil perfect sin lessness must they seem to the all penetra- i ting eve of Heaven! Nnr will it do to say J t e,e I tile sins are not tvertli collating, lar j every sin is an evil and hiurr thing for | men, and ail abominable thing to a liolv Go I.—.V. E. Evan. Spirit of Lorr. Lst all bitterness and tvrath, and anger, j •mil clamor, and evil speaking he put mvav I rout you, with all malice: and be ye kind one to another, tender-hearted, forgiving >n > anothet, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.—Eph. 4. 31. 32. We Wave here a rule for the reciprocal intercourse of believers. It bears upon it the pure stamp of heaven. It is meian j vholv indeed, that Christians should need j such Camions and coui.ssis as tne above.— But alas, who that knows his own heart, is not sensible how necessary as well as pciii neni they ate ! The remaining corruption —still lingering in the heart of the most sanctified believer—exposes him to tempta tion. When tve are injured, or when tve imagine ourselves to he so. hotv prone are tve to tesent it ! The first impulses gener ally are sinful. We tfau even use harsh and hitter terms in application to the con duct or motive* of our proses ing brethren, iTo be liable to such sallies of passion is a great evil. They rob our own bosoms of | peace—injure the cause of Christ*—and give occasion to the wicked to triumph. O. (or inure of that sweet forgiving spit it, which dwelt in the bosom of our Lord! Consid er the argument of the Apostle: “even as Go.I for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.’’ Exercise towards thy real or supposed ene my the spirit of forgiveness which God hall: manifested towards thee. Surelv, to tvar Is thy brethren—those tvho are co-heirs tviihthee of die heavenly inheritance— thou shmildst entertain no feelings Imt those of the mo3t generous attachment. If thou ; ha-t aught against a hrntner. go to him alone j and let the breach lie heal-d hv mutual ex | planation an I forgiveness. E iibmz m not I'm faults of any member of Christ's hndv. Carry ah nit with thee the mantle ol chari ly. Open not, thy month to calumniate, nor tliine ear to receive the calumny of oth ers. Away with the spirit of deirai limi.— When tempted to think evil or to speak evil of others, reinemh r how ilinn thyself wind.lst npp ar. were God to ‘real the -as severely as tliotl art disposed to treat oth ers- Uu'tivale a meek, forbearing spirit under injuries ; remembering that, “ love worketh no ill t.i his neighbor.” The R's'np tn l the Rastinuln. —The N. Y. Oberver states that lasi Sunday e piinig. :it the Monthly Culvert in Rev. Mr. M iclaue’s church in llm eitv.Rev. Dr. Armstrong stated that die mission of die V u rein Board at i.rzrooni is cxperiei’c i -i! great opposition from the Armenian i> shop. Priest |] had manifested a dispo ~iii mi to hen: lavor 1 1>1 v Irom the in s-io ia ries. and ha I-begun to teach die mult* of r e gospel to soin • oflns own charge, t lie B s nip coped the priest h fire him. ami ‘email ‘ed that he s'mn and give up all iutcr eosir c tviih the missio-iarcs. This tlic uriesl relusi-d The Bishop he-anie eurag ol. ordered his feet to he .placed in the ‘took*, and dmii gave orders that the basti nado should he applied. As the priest had never been tried nor urensed of anv crime, the servants declined m ailminister the pun ishment. and the Bishop, seizing the hasti n idn. inflicted ninety blows with his own hands. The priest fainted after twenty-five were inflicted, hut life monster Bishop eon tinne.l the flagellation until lie tvas himself exhausted. The poor priest, still insensi ble. was hound with a chain and i-at into orison, but the next dav was released hv ‘lie iiltetfeience'of bis friends. T e J-n io Uotso — The London rnr respnndent of the N'etv York Post writes under dale u( the 12tli ol Jauuaiy, us 1..1-lotvs: lotvs: •• The Emperor of Russia has issued his imperial ukase’ re j c -tin the p tor Jews. I I housands of families ate ali'erlcd by if— Tiiev receve pass-ports t iling th -in where they have to reside in h turn, an I are ex !'fried to dt-p -se ol'lht ir propt rty in a fetv days. Think ol thousands mu* being ‘timed out of house and home, and in the ino'dl o a Russian winter, merely be cause it is the-will of the Emperor.’ A desse I country is that same'Russia! The Emperor has lately been presiding ct the •inaiigurniiun’ of a monument erected In bis order at Koti ns, to commemorate tlie result of the French invasion of 1812. The inscription is brief and epigrammatic: God is against the aggressor! In 1812. -even hundred thousand hostile troops en tered Russia; of this iiitimber onlv seventy thousand marched back.* Character of an Honest Lawyer.— ln the ** character of an honest law vet” print ed, I think, in 1.90. it is said among other things, that he is one that practises the law so as not to forget the gospel, hot alivavs wears a conscience as well as a gown, lie weighs the cause more than gold ; and if that will not hear the touch. Ins generous seoro puts h.irk the fee. Though lie knows all llic criticisms ol his Jaculiv and the nice | *nnpperadoes of pradii e. yet he never uses i them, unless in a defensive way to counter mine the plots of knavery, lot lie affects not Ihe devilish skill of out baffling right, nor aims at the shameful glorv of making a had cause good ; hot with equal contempt hates the wo f's study and the dog’s elo quence. and disdains to grow great hv chi canery. or bud 1 himself a fortune on the spoil of the oppressed, or the min of the widow and orphan. He has more rever ence for his profession than to debauch i; for unrighteous pm poses; and had tatlier he dumb, than to suffer his tongue to pimp for injustice, or.cltib his parts to bolster up a cheat with the legerdemain of law-craft. To follow the above, is the advice that I would offer in every otic nfthe profession, and 1. t no man reject it, for it is a great, a mighty lesson. Means to be Con’cnt. —Consider you i D r, vi* what God allots von; what his prnvi i donee allows you. Y’onr crosses and enm ! lons are mixed hv his hands, it is tlie will j"I Goil that you -liould he thus and ihus. Labor then, to have that that will he dear er to thee than anything in the world.— j Mason. PERFECTIONISM. As to the doeiri ip, “that a man can he P rfect in this life,” Mr. Wesley never taught, or held it He held, and taught, that a man might he a perfect Christian, that is, might love God with all his heart, and soul, and mind, and strength, and his neighbor as himself; hut he never helieved that he could he freed from human infirmi ty. and without this he cannot be pet feet as ; a man.— V. V. Christian Advo,