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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.” n _ l> ’ (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.