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whatever external iuflueuoe impelled- It has loug bteu com
mon to speak of the perpetrator of an atrocious crime, us in-|
stigated by the devil. But this language, instead of convey
ing any mitigation of the guilt of the sinuer, is believed to
carry to every mind an intensity ot meaning, and to leave a.
deeper impression as to the enormity of the crime. It would j
thus seem that no influence from without, whether f>r good
or evil, can, by the common judgment of mankind, exempt a
human being from obligation to do right, or from account, o .hie-:
ness for his actions.
The truth is, that in all that concerns our salvation liioroi
is a system of means to be pursued, a course of duties to be
performed, in following which, we ‘work out our salvation!
with fear and trembling,’ while ‘God works in us to will uudj
to do of his good pleasure.' —Christian Mirror. -
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Ivcyinal intelligence.
Revivals. —The Western Watchman reports revivals at)
Shoal Creek church, Missouri, 17 additions; and at Peace:
church, do., 20 added.
The Baptist Banner reports revivals at Minerva, Kv.. 19!
added to the church bv baptism and experience; and at New)
Albany, Ind. since the first of August, there have been 29|
accessions to the First Baptist church.
The Christian Messenger reports revivals at Shelhvville,!
Ind., 12 baptized; and at Sttlesville church, 31 baptized.
The Baptist Banner mentions a revival in Henry County,
Kentucky, during which thirty-four were baptized.
Thirteen have recently been baptized at llecklesstown, X.’
The New York Recorder reports an interesting state of re. 1
ligion in the Malden, Mass., Baptist Church, Rev. C. B.
Smith, pastor, and that several conversions have occurred.
Also, timt tiie First Baptist church in Middletown, Conti.,*
now supplied by Ilev. B. N. Leach, are enjoying some spe- !
cial manifestations of the divine presence. Several persons
have found hope in Christ, and a larger number are seeking
the mercy of • lod. ■
The New York Evangelist says :
“It will cheer and encourage the hearts of many, we doubt,
not, to learn that a precious revival lias been in progn , for
some months past, in Fair Haven, Conn., in the Cun-r na
tional church under the pastoral eareofllov. Bordet Hart.—
This work of grace beg in early in March last, and i:; hal
lowed and benign influence still continues, and is foil am mg
Christians, though there have not been any recent conver
sions. The first fruits of this revival were gathered in)'o the
spiritual gamer the first Sabbath in November, when sixty.’
five united with the church on profession of their faith, nearly
all of whom are adults.”
A glorious and powerful work of grace is in progress in
Washington City, in the church of Rev. J. C. Smith. The
number of inquirers is over 50, most of whom, it is said, have
oJbtnhifM hope in OhriC
Rev. f)r. Han, writing from Tuscumhin, Ala., to the
Presbyterian Herald, says of a revival in that place*:—
“Many of the most influential citizens have been bought
by the Spirit of the Lord to repentance and faith, it is but
lieved. in the Lord Jesus Christ. Heads of families, gentle
men of the bar, strong men, medical and planting gentlemen,
merchants, and the industrious mechanic, persons from six
teen years of age to sixty-five, were brought into the church ;
the work is still progressing, and many are inquiring what
they must do to ho saved. Such is the deep Interest, and so
absorbing is the subject of religion, that though to-morrow
will be Presidential election, no one seems tq feel any concern
on the Riibjoet.”
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(K T The Church-mnubers at,the Sandwich Isluudsjaumbo r
23,846. About 2,550 have been added during the lust two
years. Their contributions for benevolent objects are largo-j
ly on the increase.
Murdered Missionaries. —llev. Dr. Bettlehnum nud his,
family have all been murdered at the capital ofLooChoo, ini
China, where they were residing under the auspices of the
Church of England. The same fate is said to have been!
visited upon the Romish missionaries.
(k5”Wc learn from the Alabama Baptist, that “the Boards
for Foreign and Domestic Missions of the Southern Baptist
Convention, have united in the appointment of tho Rev. Dr.
Hartwell, as their agent for the Slate of Alabama.”
One Thousand Romanists Converted. —The Rev. Mr. Ndr-I
ton, Secretary of the American Protestant Society states that
within the past five yesrs, this Society has good reason to be-’
lieve, that through their Missionaries and colporteurs, not
less than one thousand Roman Catholics in this country have
been truly converted to God, and a much larger number have 1
renounced Papacy, and ranked themselves as opposers of
Rome. These conversions have taken plueo among the
French, the German, the Irish, and the Portuguese, and
among them a number of their priests, who arc now preach-:
ing the faith they once destroyed.— Southern Baptist. 4
Conversiont in Texas. —A correspondent of one of the red
ligious papers states, that more than six hundred persons
have been hopefully converted within eight months in the’
Colerado vailev. They have united with various evangeli-’
cal denominations 1
Sad News for Ohio Baptists. —An exatninatiort oFtfie Min-’
uses of twenty Associations, records the fact, that there has* 1
been a decrease in these twenty Associations, during the last 1 ’
year, of 458 members. Seven Associations report an iff- 1
crease of 471, while thirteen report a decrease of 929! I
OO” A single pound of bone dust contains as iuch pbos-,
phoric acid as 100 pounds of wheat. I
fijotitlj’s Department.
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[FVom the Mothers’ Journal. ]
GLEANINGS FOR THE YOUNG,
j We ask, from our youthful readers, a careful perusal of
the following admirable remarks of the Rev. T. Rmhoy, ad
dressed to the pupils of a celebrated Grammar school (Mill
, Hill) in England.
j My Dear Boys, —You have heard what I have been say
ing about learning and religion ; you see how we attach ini
portance to both. Knowledge is geod—large information is
very desirable ; —but religious knowledge is absolutely ne
cessary. Science, literature, and elegant accomplishments—
all that gives to the intellect greatness or refinement—if pos
sessed apart from religious faith and holy character, are only
as flowers that adorn the dead. There is a knowledge which
purifies while it expands—which is life to the. smil ns well
as light to the intellect—which w ill go with you to anv
world—and pn re you for any, by guiding you safely
through the datij rs of this. fchek that knowledge where
you know it is to be found—irt those “holy boiipturcs”
which you are here taught, and “which nro able to make,
liyou wise unto salvation, through faith that is in Christ Je
sus.” Cultivate, dear youth, piaty towards God, deep rev
erence for his presence, his service, and his name. Fray to;
him for that pardon of sin which boys need as well as men, :
and for that grace which children us well as adults can re
ceive. The promise is to you as well as to us.
In relation to your general conduct, I should like you to
associate real nobility and greatness of character with what
is moral —with habitual obedience to the law of conscience;
and the dictates of duty. Vico is mean and degrading as,
well as wrong. In the Bible sinners are represented as ob
jects of contempt as well as condemnation. A bad boyj
knows well enough that he dessrvos to be despised, for lie i
1 can’t help sometimes despising*hjmsslf. J>o bravely and,
manfully everything that you feel you ought. Cultivate a
generous, open, unsuspicious tamper. Despise selfishness;
hate and loathe it in all its forms of vanity, sloth self-will,
oppression of the weak, harshness to the timid, refusal of 1
help which it would be proper to render, or of little sacrifices
to servo others. Detest everything like duplicity and deceit. 1
Don’t go within a mile of a lie. Value your honor, truthful,
ness, and integrity. When you have misunderstandings,
do not he ashamed of acknowledging error, or apologising
for wrong. As soon as possible get rid of grudges and re-1
sentments, and live together in cheerfulness and love. Be in
1 manners at once frank and courteous—in act and con versa- i
lion delicate and pure. In onct word, desire in ull things so,
to behave yourselves, that, as you “grow in stature, you
may grow in wisdom, and in favor with God and man.”
One word in relation to your.studies—Work. Work well,
hard, cheerfully. Don’t wish just to got through, or to geti
! off easily, or to be indebted to any one for anything what.|
soever that you ought to know aud to do yourselves. Every-|
thing depends on your diligence and industry. Let none of;
you fancy, that because you have genius you may dispense;
with labor. No hoy ever translated Homer by inspiration.
Nothing will come to you in this way. Nothing valuable
J is, in‘this world, either done or got without ciibrt. “Nuturo;
j gives us something at first”—something to start with—our;
original cupaeity, whatever it may bo. “Everything else,
after this she sells,” sells always, sells to all, and sells dear,
i You must pay the price. By intellectual labor you may!
(.purchase for yourselves attainments and distinction ; happi-i
mess and respect come by virtue. If you like, you muy be
I j idle, thoughtless, wicked; the price is ignorance, contempt,!
| hell. Recollect, also, that, in the long run, there can be no
’ mistake. No boy or man can ever really get what he has
not purchased, or carry away what belongs to another; or
| if he does so, or appears to do so, lie cannot keep it for any 1
long time without being detected. Every day is a day of
judgment—a day of reaping as you have sown—of revela
tion of what you are. “No man is concealed,” or can be.
Not one of you can go through life, all the way, with the
reputation and character ot a good scholar, if you are not re
ally such. Things will he constantly occurring to reveal
you, and society will not be long in ascertaining your pre
cise height and depth—your solid contents and superficial
:dimensions. In the same way, you cannot- pass for wlmt
lyou are not in respect to your actual moral character; some
how or other, you will come to find yourself weighed and ,
measured. You will pass among your fellows for what
you are worth, and lor nothing more; if you are worthless, !
the world will soon make the discovery, and it will let you
know that it has made it. Depend upon it, the best way to
ihe thought good is to be good ; the surest mode of being had
• in reputation is to have a character.
WHERE THEY LEARN IT.
“I don’t see where my children learn such things,” is one
of the most common phrases in a mother’s vocabulary. A
little incident, which we happened to he an eye-witness to,
;inay perhaps help to solve the enigma. YVe smiled a little
f at the time, but we have thought a good deal of it since, and
itvc Lust not without profit.
“Bub,” screamed out a little brighteyed girl, somewhat un
jder six years of age, to a youngster who was seated on the:
curbstone making hasty-pudding of the mud in the gutter,
l“liuh, you good-for-nothing little scamp, you, come right
,into the house this minute, or I’ll heat you till the skin comes
t °iTi7
j “Why, Angelina, Angelina, dear, what do you mean?
( where did you learn such talk?” exclaimed her mother, in a
. wondering tone, as she stood on the steps, courtesying to a
.friend.
J Angelina looked up very innocently, and answered, “Why,
I mother, you see we are playing, and he’s my little boy, and i
jam scolding him, just as you did me this morning, that’s all.”
Selection a.
[From the New Yorlc Advertiser]
CALIFORNIA GOLD-ARRIVAL OF DON JOSH
; ITALY EAR, THE FIRST DISCOVERER OF THE
| GOLD MINES—INTERESTING DEYKLOPMENN.
; Don Jose D’Alvcar, the celebrated Spanish Geologist
whose famous treatise on the “Age of Earth” must be known
to manv of our readers, has just arrived at New York, fro: .
the Gold Regians’of California, by way of Panama, Cfiagn -
, nml New Orleans, bringing with him a large amount of gold
.ore, estimated to be worth more than a million of* dollars,
tlie result of his labors, by the aid of a large body of Indian
‘long before the existence of the gold mines became known to
the residents of California generally. Signor D’Aivcar went
out to California nearly two years ago, in consequence, ot
certain information which he had received of the geological
(character of that country, with the firm belief that vu :
I mines of precious uictals would be revealed there, unm
’careful investigation. lie was encouraged to this enterpiis
‘also, by his confidence” in the powers'of a certain Magnetic
instrument which lie had invented, called the “Goldometer,
;by whose aid he expected to bo directed at once to the “Gold
!Placers,” it'any such existed. Nor were his oxpccte.tio:
disappointed. His scientific calculations prove to ho found
1 ed in truth and profound vvi dom, and ids new instrument,
the “Goldometer,” fulfilled his highest hopes. In less time
: two months after reaching California, he struck up none id
the richest gold mines in that’ country, upon an obscur
[branch of tho Sacramento river, in a gorge of hills extremal',
icicky and difficult of access, and seldom visited by the u
ijtiveCalifornians. Disguising his object under the proton:-.
![ofpurely scientific research, he obtained the aid of some T‘
, teen or twenty simple and faithful Indians, and steadily pur
sued his task, collecting often more than $1,00!) worth ■. I
. .gold in a single day, which ho concealed in u drop ravin
without exciting any suspicion whatever, until after tli. dl
I'covery of gold at Cupt. Sutter’s Mill, when the mountain;
were ransacked by gold seekers, and Signor D’Alveai ‘-
j]“gold placer,” tho richest in all California, was beset with
greedy adventurers. It is now found that tho real mines •
I the sources of the gold, lie in the gorges of the mountain
and not in tho beds or sands ol the rivers.
Don Jose D’Alvcar was, beyond all question, the first and
real discoverer of tho gold mines of California ; and lie de
serves the more credit lor this, as his discovery was
upon profound scientific calculation, and was not. the tv.'.dt
i, of accident. Tho evidence of there facts, which he p
I cs, in the shape of well attested documents, from per n.
high in authority in California, place the limttoi beyond all
doubt.
Signor D’Alvonr now visits the United States, where he
1 1 was for several years a resident., for the purpose of dispose:.;’
||of his gold, and investing it in safe and improving property
i and also forth© purpose us obtaining ilia necessary npparntm
l and material for constructing his now inst rument, tin: “Gold
| ometer,” which is now in great demand in Califb.nin, but
the means of constructing them was not to be obtained.—
Previous to leaving California ho sold his own instrument, a
very imperfect one, for 9:1,0(10, while they can, in reality ,
be made fir less than 920. The person who purchased it
confidently expected to make a handsome fortune, by simply
finding “gold placers,” and selling out the right of digging
to the gold workers. As to tho principle upon which the
(■new “Goldometer.” or gold finder is constructed, we Itar
no knowledge. .Signor D’Alvear, it is understood, will, fn
the present, keep it asecret; as it would be impossible t>
protect a patent if one wero taken out. It is very simple t
construction, and is worked somewhat like tlie old fashioned
witch-hazel rod, formerly used in seeking for water.
Signor D’Alvear is of opinion that vust deposits of goF
will yet be found in tho United States, of a quality vastly su
perior to that recently discovered in Virginia .and North
Carolina, and that the other mineral riches of this country
are inconceivably groat. The Signor is profoundly skillui
in the mysteries of Chemistry, Geology, Electro and Vital
[Magnetism, and other curious brunches of philosophical stu
dy, which, it must he granted, lie has turned to good account
in the present instance. We believe it is his intention to
publish some account of his invention of the “Goldoun tor.
before returning to California. Wo shall look for.this work
with much interest.
I The Premature Ministry. —Facts arc full of instruction
on this subject. Not a few young men of bright promise,
who might have become champions of the truth, have been
[so impatient to hasten into tho ministry, that they have fatally
blighted their own prospects; and iiistuad ufaUuining to dis
tinguished success, have scarcely reached the (joint of me
diocrity. ‘Flic minister now, whose maxim is to expect Jr
tie tilings, and attempt little things, mistakes the day in which
he lives. What was knowledge, in the thirteenth century, i.-
igvoranr.r. new. Wlmt was energy then, is imbefility and stu
pidity now. As was said in another cape, it becomes net out
, sacred profession, in this period of intellectual jffagr/'-ss,
reroaiq like the ship that is moored to Its station, only to man,
the rapidity of the current that is sweeping by. Lot the in
telligenco of the ago outstrip us, and leave us behind, and re
ligion would sink, with its teachers, into insignificance:. Ig
norance cannot wield this intelligence. Give to the church
a feeblo ministry, and the world breaks from your hold; your
main-spring of moral influence is gone.
Dr. Baltelhcim. —The China Mail contradicts the rumor,
which has been published in this country, that Dr. Battki
heim, tho Missionary in the Chinese district of Loo-Choo, had
been murdered. Up to the last of September, ho was afive
and free from persecution, though his movements wero
watched.
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