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For the Christian Index.
Voluntary Colportugr.
CO OPERATION OF HOME AND DOMESTIC
MISSIONARIES AND OTHERS.
The following paragraphs from the forth j
rowing Annual Report of the ,'lmeri- i
can Tract Society, containing testimo- !
niesantl appeals from some of our Home i
or Domestic Missionaries will be rcad\
by many with drep interest.
A p.ipablc and important rcsuli of Col
porteur labors in destitute district* is visi
ble in the increased attention to the spirit
ual wants of neglected classes of our home
population. Perhaps no more direct means
could have been employed to excite Chris
tians to care for perishing souls at their
door*, than lo hold tip the results outlie ef
forts of self-denying men in seeking out.the
destitute and furnishing them-the means of
salvation. This has been the desir.: of the
Committee. It has never entered into their
plans to attempt to reach all the destitution
of the country by paid lahqrcis : hut while
sending some godly men to the absolutely
destitute every other channel of circula
tion lias been made available,his Providence
opened it.
It is the desire of the Committee to reach
the entire accessible population in the mosij
efficient and economical way; and they
cordially solicit the aid of pastors, mission
aries and Christians, especially in the grow
ing hut sparsely settled districts of the West,
in furnishing the people with printed truth,
lint the interest of the Institution require
that such co-operation, especially in the
sale of publications, in whole or in pat!,
should he piompl and business like. It
would he unwise lo scatter the funds en
trusted to the Society in indiscriminate
grants or salts on credit. There lifts tbe
responsibility on the part of the applicant,
and a seasonable report of all transactions
connected with the service rendered.—
Where the Committee are assured that a
discreet use will he made of publications
and reasonable effort put forth to effect sales,
they arc ready to aid the faithful missiona
ry to almost any extent that may he neces
sary for the supply of the truly destitute.
A large proportion of the grants during
the year have been made to missionaries at
the West, several bundled of whom have
received packages of 5000 pp. each, and
otliers a larger amount. The aggregate ol
these gianls is more than two millions fan
hundred thousand pages, including inOst
of the Society at Boston,
111 adilbton to the abotr, books to the
value o! about SIOOO have been forwarded
to about twenty responsible Home Mis
sionaries for sale, or gratuitous distribution
among destitute families in accordance with
the Society’s principles j the amount re
ceived from sales beyond expenses of
freight, &.c. to be returned to the treasury,
and the grants accurately reported. Bo
far as missionaries, with the pressure of
other cares and duties, can he prevailed up
on to give prompt attention to this branch
of b nuvolent effort, and within a reasona
ble period close the accounts with the So
ciety, it is highly desirable that the anange
ment should he extended. While, on the
other hand, drawing a quantity of books
from the depository , and neglecting to cir
culate them, or to report or remit the pro
ceeds, abstracts so much from the resources
of the Institution and embnriaascs its op
erations.
Wc append a few extracts from the cor
respondence of missionaries and otlieis on
the subject. The increasing readiness to
co-operate voluntarily in the diffusion of
the Society's publications is one ol the
most cheering indications of the year It
is honorable to the Gospel and to those who
profess to love it.j May many he like-mind
ed, anil Christians every where put thoii
hands efficiently to the work of seekingout
the perishing and bringing them to a knowl
edge of tit • truth as it is in Jesus.
BOOKS PREVENT ERROR.
Rev. Thompson Bird, of Boone county,
Indiana, expresses thanks for a grant of
Rooks and Tracts, which had been loaned
from family to family and given (o families,
all of whose members promised to read the
books ; and the Tracts had been stitched
together and used in the place of Sabbath- ’
school books at six or eight stations, and
read with avidity. Urging the importance j
of anew and liberal grant, he writes :
“The general diffusion of the Society’s i
publications is the very tiling to burn out I
the thousand isms that are rampant in this
great valley. I have yet to find a the man
who has faithfully read and mastered the
remit nts of one. of these standard volumes
who has been ltd away by these agents of
Satan, ‘Ah.’ he docs not preach as Dod
dridge or Baxter writes’ is always the re
ply made relative to them. We want an
extensive circulation of these standard vol
umes to give stability to Christian charac
>V —especially for those who have recent- j
Iv begun lo walk in the ways of the Lord.”
HOOKS NEEDED AND BLESSED.
Rev, joints Wilcox, of Henry county,’
Illinois, writes, “Brother G informs
me that the Bocicly granted a most valua
ble library lo aid him more successfully in
the work of preaching the Gospel among I
the destitute, which were a gtcat accession
to his usefulness. I need a similar grant.
Hardly a week has passed since I have
been in this destitute field, but I have felt
the need of someone of these precious 1
volumes to leave with a poor perishing sin
ner or weary pilgrim, beset with tempta
tions, to follow up and deepen the good :
impression that a faithful and prayerful in- !
terviexv has made, and which, for lack ol
this has, been nearly or quite effaced ere
they could be reached again. I have sighed
for the mean* !o purchase these volumes
for this object, but alas, in vain.
PASTORAL IIKLFS.
Rev. /.. M. S. Smith, lonia county,
Michigan: writes, “My field is this entire
country, embracing 576 square miles, anil
fffjout 2500 inhabitants. Several little
churches have been gathered, in forming
nnd preaching to which 1 have travelled
nearly 4000 miles during the year, and
preached about IPO times. Aou sec from
these facts how much 1 need helffc The
prospect is that 1 must labor alone another
year, and as I cqnnothaie the living pn#fch
cr 1 want exceedingly to gel Flavel, Bax
! ter and Doddridge to preach l'o(,us. If you
will furnish me with books I will endeavor,
; with the blesssing of God, lo have at least I
! one volume placed by sale or gift in every i
| family in the country, and faithfully report!
! and pay over the money* received.
“1 have not words to express my feelings j
lon the importance of this subject. You, I
! who have had so much experience iugfps
business, know how great is the assignee
rendered by these volumes to the labors of
tiic ordinary pastor, who can see and preach
to all his people weekly. llow much more
then lo the missionary situated as I am.—
God lias graciously revived his work du
ring the past winter; and when I must In
gone three or four weeks at a time, 0 how
I wanted your evangelical volumes to place
! til the bands of young converts.”
A box containing SIOO worth of volumes
| was forwarded to Uev. Mr. 8.
IMPORTANT AID TO MISSIONARY LABOR.
Rev. Oliver Emerson, of lowa, report
ing the circulation of SIOO worth of publi
cations and requesting another SIOO worth
lorwardcd, writes that be has “gone from
| bouse to house with the books, conversing
with the inmates, and distributing Tracts
where the volumes could not be sold, in
one or two small villages along the banks
ol the Missisippi and some sparsely popu
lated settlements, wheie to reach ten fami
lies one is compelled to travel as many
miles,
; “ I here arc two or tlncc points in which
■ the influence of your Bocieiy is immense
| ly iinpottant.
“1. The publications will be joyfully re
ceived and diligently read. Nearly all this
population have removed from the East
within the past seven years; and in the ab
sence of their former intellectual and re
ligious privileges these publications in a
great measure till up the void thus painfully
felt. (Your Society is furnishing the means
of religious instruction to thousands of fam
ilies who feel the need of it, in a way not
to be appreciated by those who live in a
land overrun with books.
•--2. Stated preaching camwt sccur-.a
in these settlements fur yftnrs & come.—
j 11 mice 1 lie h’.tjiorlancq of supplying the
; pi-oo.a with appropriate reading,
j “•e. VOhr books arc needed to counter
■ act the influence ol lift tious works, which
| find their way to the cabin of almost every
j emigrant.
I “4. They would prevent the deteriora
tion of Christian character so common on a
removal to the West.
‘ 5. We appeal lo your Society because
of the poverty of the people. The people
are nearly all on a level as to ready money,
whether worth much or little. After traver
sing this country in its length and breadth,
1 am satisfied that more than three fourths
of the families find serious difficulty in ob
taining money to pay their postage.
“This work ol Colportage rises every
day in my estimation ; and 1 come now to
solicit such a supply ol publications as
shall enable me to sell, give or loan at least
one book in each family. The hearts ol
thousands will be gladdened and incalcula
ble good done.”
For (he Christian Index-
Dro. Baker —l have just received a let
ter from a distant friend which closes thus:
“P. S. Bro. J. 11. M. told me that Bro.
G. told him, that part of the members of
Cave Spting had gone olf believing in the
doctrine of Cyrus White.”
The object of this communication is
merely to inform Bro. M. and others who
may have teceived the impression that our
present unhappy condition at this place is
the result of conflicting doctrinal views,
that such is not the fact.
And further, to advise those who may
feel disposed lo give information of the ex
isting state of things among us, especially
as a Christian community, to acquaint them
selves well of that which they would com
municate to others, lest peradventure they
might become the authors of misrepresen
tation. As to Cyrus White, we hope he
is in Heaven unencumbered with frailties
and crowned with glory. W'henever call
ed upon for our doctrinal views, so far as
we have any, we are willing to give them,
as well as the reasons for mtr present course
of conduct. Until then, however, we ate
unwilling to trouble our friends with our
views or the farts of out case, much less i
are we willing that misrepresentations
should be made of them.
For and in behalf of ten brethren and sis
ters who, together with myself, hold letters
of dismission, declaring us to have been
dismissed m full fellowship. 1 subscribe
myself \ottr unworthy servant in Christ,
THUS. W. BURTON.
Cave Spring, 1 Ith June, 1814.
For the Christian Index.
Singing.
This is a beautiful and delightful exer
cise, and every one should endeavor to cul
tivate a taste for, and to improve his pow
ers in, vocal music. Singing denotes cheer
fulness, and is one of the most useful ag
well as delightful exetcise when offered as
divine worship. When we sing, the fol
lowing things should be observed—l. The
Song, that is, both the words and the air,
should be suited to the occasion. A hymn
intended for a Baptism is not suitable for a
Prayer Meeting; nor do sad, moaning
words, accompanied by a slow monotonous
tune appear proper to be sung during revi
vals of Religion. 2. A Song should be
suited to the wants of those in whose be
half it is sung. A Hymn of praise and
thanksgiving serins as improper around the
bed of affliction, as one of mot rijng and
: sorrow does at a feast. 3. 1? fo, u |d be
suited to the place at which it Xng.—
Verses intended to be used in fai dy devo
; lion cannot often with propiiety e'offered
|at places of public worship, ju’
incral Hymn is improper at a Marriage
I Feast. 4. It should besuited to re capac
jilie* t,f l,lc itigers and heaters. Hymn
jot Watts or Rippon, doeignod Jkj- nrown
! worshipper** is not proper for ® Idren at
Sabbath Schools. 5. Ifpossiblekiic singer
should know the character of tE Author
of the Hymn, the time of.i.Mf-fiettsosition,
and the occasion of its bdfng confoosed, in j
order that he may the better apply ,t to his !
own wants and circumstances. AfPsalm ol j
David, composed in trouble or aM-fion, ic
ininds us of his deep piety and Itulible sub
mission to the will ofGod, and oflie bless
ings lie received Irom the bunds ol his
Heavenly Benefactor. 0. A Sfcg and a
Prayer are frequently combined iiffie same I
j words, and therefore we shoultUing with
/aith. A Prayer may be offeijil in the
swelling Hymn as well as in sEitt whis
pers, and there is no reason wh j|t should
be less fervent. We should sing the
spirit, and, 7. we should sing with frie ten
(lersladding. We should never go through
the mere form of pronouncing the words,
and preserving the unity of sound, without,
at the same time, seeing and fueling the
meaning of what we titter. s.
From the Baptist Advocate.
A String of Pearl* from the Ptijadelpliia
Anniversaries.
“Gather up the fragments that feiain, that
nothing be lost.” *
Mr. Editor: —l have often thought tlm!
it would be well for someone at &ur
gious anniversaries to r-” ect i| ; var i o us
striking inciilepta an d rfemarks, amllo string
them ud ~kc pearls for future inference,
appropriate headings, apart from the
lengthy and somewhat prosy addresses in
which they are embodied. I liavt) endea
vored lo recall a few specimens if what I
mean from the Philadelphia aninkersaries
for the entejtaiiimenl of the readevj of the
Advocate tin: present week, and wil proba
bly perform a similar duty in idefence lo
the New York anniversaries, in Jweek or
l " 0, iV.I.TA.
(1.) Karen liberality—Examplef\Amer
ican Christians.
In a recent missionary address ii Phila
delphia, Rev. Mr- Kincaid related the fol
lowing:
During a visit of brother Mason at the
cottage ol a Karen disciple in thesouth
part of the Tavoy province, two Riirinan
pedlars came to the house and (displayed
their merchandize, consisting of various ar
ticles ol convenience and comforl, which
were great luxuries in that region, and such
as could not be procured without travelling
a great distance. This Karen disciple had
saved by bis industry and economy a little
bag of rupees. There wero maijy articles
displayed by the pedlars which Sc would
have been glad to possess ; but he cause
of missions, and the cause of hi blessed
Saviour were dearer lo him lhaii Ims own
personal gratification, and all that te could
spare for the pedlars’ articles iva just two
rupees. Upon Mr. Mason’s takit j his de
parture a few days after, the grati ltd disci
ple put into his hand thirteen n aces for
missionary purposes, to aid in pretding
the gospel among his benighted country
mon. Christians ol enlightened tmerica !
—go and do likewise. |),
(2.) Coming clear oui
The two following anecdoteso Ko.San
lone, one of the native converts whom
brother Wade brought with him to this
country, were lelated at Philadelphia by
Ilev- Alfred Bennett, father of the mission- ,
ary, brother Cephas Bennett.
lie had, on one occasion, been tiking
notice ol the style in which many pofes
sing Christians in this country live, aid of
the apparently little difference that exists,
in too many instances, between Chri-tians
and people of the wo.ld* Making a large
sweep with his arm, he said, “\Vhr the
disciples in my country come out from the
world, they come clear out.” Whati call
upon American Christians to remember the
words of the apostle :—“Be not conformed
to this world.” |).
(3.) A good reply.
On one occasion, Ko-San-lone, inacotn
patiy of ministers, was requested to say
something to them, when he asked of Mr.
Wade, “What shall I tell them?” “Oh,
tell them to preach the gospel.” “Why*”
said he, “Jesus Christ has told them that.”
“O, never mind,” it was replied, -urge
them to preach the gospel—Christ and him
crucified.” “ Well.” said he, “if tiler will
not do it for the Lord Jesus Christ’s telling
them, I am sure they would not nrisdme.”
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(4.) Anecdote of John Dyir.
Said the Rev. Dr. Belcheß at the recent
missionary meeting in Philadelphia:—
“It happened some forty or fifty years
ago, that a minister in England had a litte
son, who wrote a very beautiful Aland for a
boy of his age. An aged minister had one
Sabbath preached for his father, and on the
next day was looking over the lad's copy
book, when he placed his hand on lit* little
boy’s head, and said to him, “Ah, John,
you write a bealilul hand ; who knows but
that you may one (lav be secretary of the
Baptist Foreign Missionary Society ?”—an
office at that time filled by the venerated
Andrew Fuller.
This remark rested upon the lad’s mind,
and led to the cherishing of an ardent wish,
though for years it could hardly be called
a hope, that the words ol the ol man might i
he realized. Years rolled aw £ The lad j
was converted—became a miiustef of the ‘
I gospel, and in course ol time, was appoin
i ted to the very office upon which his heart
,: had been set Irotn his boyish days, This
was no other than John Dyer, for 25 years
the able and devoted secretary of that So
ciety. “A inan,” said I)r. 8., “whose
name I cannot mention without deep emo
; tion, and whose melancholy death is all ex-1
I plained by the fact that he died martyr to ‘
the cause of missions. I).
(5.) The worst translation of the Bible.
Said the Rev. Richard Fuller, at the re
; cent Baptist missionary meeting in Phila
delphia—
I “We sometimes speak, and justly, too, j
i of covering up and concealing the meaning ;
.ol words in a professed translation ol the \
: Bible. But do you want to know what is
the worst translation ever given of the Bi
ble ? It is that tianslation of it given in the ;
inconsistent lives of professed Christians ! |
For that translation, if it be wrong, contra ! 1
tradicts not only baptism, but the whole!
ter or of that gospel which leacheih us to)
j Jeny all ungodliness and worldly lusts, and !
to live soberly, righteously and godly in j
this present evil world.
Christians are witnesses to testify by
their lives as to the truth of what is pro
claimed from ill: pulpit on the Sabbath.
And is it not to he ieared that these witness
es, in too many instances, contradict by
their lives, six rt.iys in the week, what we
preacher* testify on the seventh ?” I).
(6.) A Karen's Sermon. ! 1
Said the same speaker, “My friends, let 1 1
me introduce to you a Karen convert, and j I
tell you what his sermon would be if he { 2
were here to night. When your speaker! 1
first knew Christ, he met with llit devoted ! 1
Wade, who was at that time visiting hist
native country with two na.hve converts.
During the preaching & sermon to a large
congregati'V.i, tt IL . Karen convert, who was 1
s “”g in the pulpit, looked on apparently 1
’-Vnil the deepest interest, though he did not!
understand English. At the close of the j
sermon, he turned to Mr. Wade and said !
in his native tongue, ‘Do all these people ! 1
love Jesus Christ ?” Mr. Wade replied!
to him, that he feared there were multi- 1
tudes present who did not. The pimts Ka
ren clasped bis hands, and, as the tears
streamed down his lace, he exclaimed.!
“Oh! how call they help it!” Now, if!
this Karen was here to night, his sermon
would be, “Oh, my friends, how can you I
help loving the Lord Jesus Christ!”
D.
General Conference Methodist Episeopal
Church.
Saturday, June 8.
Dr. Paine, Chairman of the committee j
of nine appointed to consider the Declata- j
lion ot the Southern Delegates, submitted
the following
Report. —The Select Committee of nine !
appointed to consider and report on the j
Declaration of the Delegates from the Con- j
lercnce* of the Slaveholding States, beg
leave to submit the following Report.
Whereas, a Declaration has been pre-j
settled to this General C’onlerejice with the
signatures of fifty-one delegates of the bo
dy, from thirteen Annual Conferences in
the slave-holding Stales, representing that
for various teasons enumerated, the objects
and purposes of the Christian Ministry and
church organization cannot be successfully
accomplished by them under the jurisdic-!
lion of this general conference as now con-1
slituted : and whereas, in the event of a 1
separation, a contingency to which the j
declaration asks attention, as not tmproba
ble, we esteem it the duty of this General!
Conference to meet the emergency w ith
Christian kindness and the strictest equity ;;
therefore
Resolved, by the Delegates of the sever- 1
al Annual Conferences, in General Confer
ence assembled, That should the Annual ’
Conleienees in the Slaveltolding States j
find it necessary to unite in a distinct eccle
siastical connection, the following rule be
observed with regard to the Northern boun
dary ol such connection. All the Socie
ties, Stations and Conference adhering to
the Church in the South, by the vote of a
majority of the members of said Societies, ;
Stations and Conferences, shall remain tin- j
der the unmolested pastoral care of the j
Southern Church, and the ministers of the j
M. E, Church shall in no wise attempt to]
organize Churches or Societies within the
limits of the Church South, nor shall they
attempt to exercise any pastoral oversight
therein, it being understood that the minis
try of the South reciprocally observe the
same rule in relation to Stations, Societies
and Conferences adhering by vote of a ma
jority to the M. E. Church, provided also •
that this rule shall apply only to Societies,
Stations and |Conferences bordering on the ;
line of division, and not interior charges,!
which shall in all cases be left to the care >
of that Church within whose territory they I
are situated.
Resolved, That Ministers, local and trav
eling, of every grade and office in the M. j
E. Church, may, as they prefer, remain in
that Church, or without blame attach them-j
selves to the Church South.
Resolved, By the Delegates of all the I
Annual Conferences in General Confer- i
ence assembled that w-e recommend to all j
the Annual Confeiences at their first ap-]
proaching sessions to authorise a change of j
the sixth restrictive Article, so that the first j
clause shall read thus : They shall not ap
propriate the proceeds of the Book Con
cern, nor of the Chartered Fund, to any
purpose other than for the benefit of the j
traveling, supernumerary, superannuated j
and worn out Preachers, their wives, wid-j
ows and children and to such other pur
poses as may be determined on by the votes
of two-thirds of the members of the Gen- i
eral Conference.
Resolved, That whenever the Annual
Conferences, by a vote of three-fourths ol
all their members voting on the third reso- j
lotion, shall have concurred in the recora-1
i mendation to change or alter the sixth re
strictive ,article. the agents at New York
’ and Cincinnati shall and they are hereby
authorised and directed to deliver over lo
any author sed agent or appointee of the
Church South, should one be authorised
all notes and book accounts against the
| ministers, church members, or citizens j
within its bounds, with authority to collect!
j the same for ily> sole use ol the Southern \
j Church, and that said agents also convey 1
jto the aforesaid agent or appointee of the j
i South, all real estate, and assign to him alt !
the properly, including presses, stock and j
| all right and interests, connected with the !
! printing establishments at Charleston, i
Richmond, and Nashville, which now be-1
long to the M, E. Church.
| Resolved, That when the Annual Con-!
! ferences shall have approved the aforesaid
change in the sixth restrictive Article, there
shall be transferred to the above Agent of
the Southern Church so much ol the capi
tal and produce of the Methodist Book
Concern as will, wiili the notes, book ac
counts, presses, &c., mentioned in the last
resolution, bear the .-ame proportion to the
whole property of said Concern, that the
I raveling Freacheis in the Southern church
shall bear lo ail the Traveling Ministers of
the Methodist Episcopal Church : the di
vision to be made on the basis of the num
ber of Traveling Preachers in the forth
coming minutes.
Resolved, 1 hat the above transfer shall
be in the form of annual payments of twen
ty-live thousand dollars per annum, and
specifically instock of the Book Concern,
and in Southern notes and accounts due the
establishment, and accruing after the first
transfer mentioned above; and until all the
payments are roade, the Southern Church
shall share ill all nett profits of the Book 1
Concern, in the proportion that the amount
due them, or in arrears, bears to all the pro
perty of the Concern.
Resolved, That be, and they are
hereby appointed Commissioners to act in
concert with the same number of Commis
sioners appointed by the Southern organi
zation, (should one be formed) to estimate
the amount which will fall due to the Soutli
by the preceding rule, and to have full pow
ers to cany into effect the whole arrange
ment proposed with regard to the division
of property, should the separation take
place. And if by any means a vacancy oc
curs in this Board of Commissioners, the
Book Committee at New York shall fill
said vacancy.
Resolved, That whenever any Agents of
| lheßoutliern Church are clothed with legal j
j authority or corporate power to act in the ‘
premises, the Agents at New |York are)
! hereby authorized and directed to act in
I concert with said Southern Agents so as to ;
give the provisions of these resolutions a ;
| legally binding force.
Resolved, That all the Properly of the I
i Methodist Episcopal Church, to .Meeting- j
, Bouses, Parsonages, Colleges, Schools, j
j Conference Funds, Cemeteries, and of ev-;
i ery kind within the limits of the Southern ]
! organization, shall be forever free from any j
i claim set upon the part of the Methodist ]
; Episcopal ChuiCh so far as this resolution !
j can he ol force in the premises.
Resolved, i hat the Church so formed in
: the Bowth, stlatt have a common property
in all thu copy rights in possession of the
Book Concerns at New York aud Cincin
nati, at the time of the settlement by the
Commissioners.
Rrsolvcd, I hat the Bishops be respect
fully requested to lay that part of this Re
port requiring the action of the Annual
Conferences, befote them as soon as possi
ble, beginning with the New York Confet
ence.
ROBERT PAINE, Chairman, i
New York, June 7, 1844.
Identity of fapal and Heathenish Ceremonies.;
Harriet Winslow was 13years a mLsion- j
ary among the Hindoos. She died in Cey
lon, 1833. llt-t Mentoits have appeared
in an interesting volume, published by the
American Tract Society. Mrs. W. has
left the following testimony to the sameness
of Hindoo and Papal ceremonies. She
calls them “twin idolatries.”
Images —The use of Images by the
Papists is similar to that of the Heathen ;
and thu same reasons are urged lor it, that
they represent beings who ought to be lev
erencecl, and that it is necessary for the peo
ple generally to have some object to wor
ship which may address itself to their
senses.
Lights. —Placing lights b. fore those im
ages or idols, is a practice alike of the Pa
gans and Papists. To keep ii light burn
ing in a temple is a great act ol merit a- j
mong the Hindoos.
Incense. —The offering of incense and
the sprinkling {with lloly-Water, are the
same in Mass-houses and Heathen temples.
Festivals. —The Festivals, when the
Images and the Host aie carried about in
; procession, ate similar to the Idol Feasts,
’ when the Idols are drawn on ears around
! the yards ol Heathen temples.
Cain Repetitions of Frayer. —The use !
!of the Rosary by the Romanists is the j
same with that of the Suppah-Malah, or j
Praycr-garlancl of the Hindoos—and the ]
Ave-Marias and Paternosters of the Pa- j
j pists are recited and reiterated in the same i
’ manner as the Mantras of the Hindoos,]
an account being kept of the number of I
; repetitions by means of the beads.
Superstitions. —The doctrine of Pen- j
’ ance, so much insisted on among the Roi
inanists, is altogether a Heathen doctrine— !
j and also that of Purgatory, with the ne-1
: cessity of Ceremonies for the souls of the
! dead —all which are seen among the Hin-
I doos.
j Mummery. —The Fast-days and Feast
j days—the ringing of hells—their idolatrous
] reverence for the priests, who are the keep
ers of their disciples’ consciences—the rep
etition of prayers in a dead language, by
; the priests in Latin, and in Sanscrit by the i
Hindoos —and all the attention lo outward ;
! show and paiade, are the same among Ro- I
man and Heathen Idolaters !
A Sure way to keep out of Debt. — :
: Frist, pay what you owe ; then, pay as
i you go.
‘j Chunk and Slate is fFranttT
The dispute now pending between the
i Roman Catholic Church and the Unsversi
I\y Pans > 011 lhe subject of education
j has become very warm and even .liieatens’
’ “ d ' B , turb ? ulet wfricli the government
j doubtleiS - wishes to preserve between the’
| ecclesiastical and civil institutions ;_p er !
| haps we should rath.r say, associations -
or, strictly speaking, there is no legalized’
mstimuon which can be called the SS
jof France. However, thouh thp R„„,™
!c„1,.11c Oh„,ch has M-JS
I ous checks Since Louis Philippe was raided
to the throne by the revolution of] 830 vet
n has unceasmg'y struggled to recover its
former ascendancy. During the discussion
on the constitution which look place amidst
the stormy agitation consequent on the ev
er-memorable Three Days, an article was
added to the document, which may be call
ed the French Magna Charta, declaring
hat there is no superior religion or estab
lished church in France ; but, aft r lons
discussions, a clause was added setting
forth that the majority of the French peo
ple are Roman Catholics. This declara
tion seemed little calculated to produce any
mischievous effect, but the priesthood and
their party have made use of it very dexter
ously lo serve their purposes, Notwith
standing the violent conflictions of opinion
wluch liberty has
called forth,
generally admitted in
force a professsion of faith is an act of ty
ranny of the cruelest kind, On the other
hand it is contended, that where the doc
j trines of one sect are professed by a deci
ded majority of the people, some particular
pnvileges or pre-eminence ought to be con
ceded to that sect—that it will in the nature
of things acquire great power—and that
for the sake of public tranquility.it
to constitute what we call the established
religion, and be invested with the prepon
derance and the advantages usually .riven
lo such an institution. This prin -iple has
bßen in some measure adopted in our own
country by our ancestors, though it certain
ly has not been veiy perfectly followed out
in each of our three kingdoms. On the
question now at issue in France, much lib
erality is manifested. Many members of
tlie Catholic Church, distinguished for their
pi- ty and the respectability of their stations
in society, have become converts to that in
■ dependent system of religion which in ‘.hi*
| country is called “voluntaryism.” Lamar
l tine has declared for the complete separa
tion ol church and state, nnd that question
I is at present warmly agitated in France.—
Foreign Quart. Review,
Church and Slate in Prussia.
I lie conflict maintained in France be
tween the clergy and the unit ersilv has had
j its counterpart in Prussia, though under
I ot l>or names and other forms. A letter from
; Berlin contains the foliotving remarks on
this subject, together with some details re
lating to the late disturbance among the stu
dents of the university.
“ I Ite Prussian clergy, as a body, are far
l 1”"” -t Uiiil, /Ww,. w, tl.'.ii i! 11-1 r repre
sentative, M. Eichhorn, Ih ; minister of
public worship. Pietism, be it known, is
a term used hern to designate that exagger
ated religious feeling which is supposed to
be the surest letter of recommendation in
certain high quartets. Every one at the
court ot Ee lin is, or ftigns to be, a pie ist.
Thu celebrated ProfessorScbelling, and M.
Savigny, (who was lately depicted in a car
icature with eyes in his hack.) are the lea
ders of this coterie, which is, in reality,
political rather than religious. M. Eich
iiorn requires the rectors of universities to
keep a vigilant watch over the young pro
lessors, and to denounce jail whose princi
ples may savor of ami-pietism. The rec
tors have, heietofoie, fotmally refused to be
made tile agents of this species of inquisi
tion. Nevertheless, the students give them
sufficient occupation, and some time ago
nothing was talked ol in Berlin hut the dis
pute between fhe“s!iidents ;Tii(TtTie universi
ty. The circumstances out of which this
contention arose were these:—The students
wished to establish a reading-room for their
own exclusive use. At first, the police au
thorised the plan; but this sanction was
withdrawn when the list of journals and
reviews which were to be received in the
reading-room became known, and when it
was understood who were to be the ptesi
dents electeil by the committee of students.
Ihe funds which had been subscribed for
ihe establishment of the leading-room were
then paid into the treasury of a charitable
institution. But the matter did not end
here. The students assembled in a beer
house, where they sung political songs and
delivered political speeches. The police
repaired to the place of rendezvous, and
some collisions look place. The senate of
ihe(university determined on the dismissal
of some of the students ; but they all in a
body protested against this measure, de
claring that all were equally guilty, if any
among them were guilty. At leugth the
authoiities found it expedient to make some
concessions, and order is for the present re
stored.' I — Foreign Quarterly Review,
Front Zion's Advocate.
Did yon ever know!
Kind reader, did you ever know a pro
fessed Christian who was always in his
pew on the Sabbath, and always in his
place at the social meeting, to fail of being
a useful member of the church, however
-ntoti nra mients, or numeci ms attainments?
And conversely, did you ever know a
professor, however talented or learned, that
guaged his attendance upon meetings by
the weather, and other matters connected
with bodily comfort, who was not a trial to
| his minister, a burden ‘o the church, and
I an enigma to thinking men of the world ?
Did you ever know a member to be in
i cessantly groaning about the state of the
church, and finding fault with his brethren
: because they had no more religion, who
1 was himself spiritually minded ?
Querist.