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THE SWISS BAPTISTS OF THE SIX
TEENTH CENTURY.
The question of Pcdobaptism began to be
agitated in Switzerland in 1533 or 1524
Among its earliest oppononts were Bal
thasar Hubmayer, Conrad Grebel, Felix
Maniz, and Louis Hetzer, all men of learn
ing and ability. It was, however, another
principle of equal importance which first
brought them into collision with Zuitigle.
They held that as in the primitive church the
apostles had separated the believers trom
the common mass, and assembled them to
gether as a distinct community, so now all
true Christians should separate from the
world, and gather together into a pure
church of genuine followers of the Lamb.
This Zuingle denied. lie would unite the
church to the slate, and seek its reformation
at the hand of the secular power. Their
teaching procured them the name of Dip
pers and Anabaptists, also of Enthusiasm,
the Spiritual, and Spirit Dreamers. Zuin
gle foresaw that their principles would lead
to a separation of the church from ail world
ly alliances; lie urged that such pur.ty of
communion was impracticable, its pos
sible attainment *a dream. Nevertheless,
the Baptisis began publicly to teach their
sentiments, and Zuitigle as publicly with
stood them.
The magistrates proposed a public con
ference. On the 17th of January, 1525, the
first disputat on took place in the Council
House, before the citizens and many learn
ed men; two days after which an edict
was published, commanding that all infants
should be baptized within eight days after
birth. Another was held on the iiOili of
March. Os cotirre the-Jiwjaims.. were con
futed, at least so say their adversaries, who
exhorted them to abandon their sentiments,
or, at all events, to hold them in secret.—
They, however, declared themselves ready
<o maintain the truths they believed with
4heir blood, alid proceeded, “in corners,”
says Ballinger, to baptize. Refused ad
mission to the churches, some, it is said, in
the streets of Zurich called upon its inhabit
ants to repent, and announced the speedy
destruction.of the,city. They treated each
•ofner as ~ . 1 ji,. vices
of the people. “They nad/’ aSiyJl’BftfllTfc
ger, “an .appearance of spiritual life, they
were excellent in character, they sighed
much, they uttered no falsehoods, they were
austere, they spake nobly and with excel
lence; so that they thereby acquired admi
ration and authority, or respect, with sim
ple, pious people. For the people said,
‘Let others say what they will of the Dip
pers, we see in them nothing but what is ex
cellent, and hear from them nothing else
but that we should not swear or do any
one wrong, that evety one ought to do
what is right, that every one must live god
ly and holy lives; we see no wickedness in
them.’ Tims have they deceived many
people in this land.” It is and incult to trace
in such characters as these that fanaticism
and rebellious disposition with which they
are charged, except it be the fanaticism of
goodness, and rebellion against man when
his ordinances countermanded or supersede
the laws ol God. These trais of character
are to our mind commendable. For their
rejection of human preachers, and of mag
isterial interference with conscience, were
many of the Baptists imprisoned and ban
ished. They justly complained that the
truth was oppressed, and (hat innocent and
godly men were not fairly heard. They bold
ly accused Zuingle with maintaining and
defending his sentiments,-'ndrw.th God’s
Word, but with outcries and with the pow
er of the magistrate.
Another public disputation was resolved
tipon. It took piaci?. on the 6th of Novem
ber, 1525, in the town of Zurich. ‘The
subjects were, lire right of children to bap
tism because they were the children of the
faithful; the substitution of baptism for cir
cumcision ; and t! at anabapt sm had no
proof or example in the W orc | 6 f God j t
was a large gathering, and continued for
three days. 1 lie Zninglians took the place
of honor, and what they failed in effecting
.by argument they endeavored to establish
by authority. The magistrates exhorted
the Baptists to give glory to God, and con
fess their hetrodox opinions; but as they re
mained steadfast they were thrown into
prison. Some yielded, and were released
■with many threatnings of severe punish
ment should they again he discovered act
ing seditiously, that is, holding Baptist sen
timents .and observing Baptist practices.
The noble magfetratesofthe town of Zurich
then issued the mandate, of which our
author has quoted the closing paragraph.
We give the rest of this curious document,
in which our readers will observe the
application of the term rebellious, visiona
ries, &c., as it is important to understand
their meaning geporaL histories..of
Ihose'tiliies 1—
(llk THjristian 3it but
“Ye doubtless know, and have heard
from many persons, how that for a long
time past certain men, who appear to be
learned, have vehemently arisen, and with
out any support from the Holy Scriptures,
have pretended and preached, among sim
ple and pious men, (who nre otherwise
well instructed in the love of God and them
neighbor, and live in peace with one an
other;) and without the permission and
~iijuw of On viri irna \ e p.vwiainietf, UTIh
infant baptism is not of God, blit has sprung
from the devil, ana therefore ought not to
be- practised. They have also invented
this re-baptism, esteeming themselves bet
ter than other people. Whence, have arisen
and grown up discord, disobedience, con
tention, devourings, strifes against love, in
places and among men who formerly lived
in unauimity. Therefore have we impris
oned and punished for their good some, of
the authors ot anabaptism and their disci
ples, and have twice, -at their desire, or
dained conference.^r disputations on infant
and re-baptism. And notwithstanding that
they were always overcome, and were by
us on the one hand let go unpunished, be
cause they promised to abstain from re
baptism; and also on the other hand have
been banished from our jurisdiction and
bounds; yet have they, disregarding their
promise, again come among you, and have
sown their false doctrine against infant bap
tism among the simple people, whence has
arisen anew sect of Anabaptists. There
fore we have imprisoned them, and pun
ished their followers for their good.
“Ands r.ee some Anabaptists among us
again desired i hat we should deal justly by
them and ordain-atibherdisputatioii; in or
der to perfect - the former one, we thereto
..agriMaL-uml summoned all to assemble on
the Monday alter Ail Saints’ day, (Nov.
6th, 1525.) But when the Anabaptists
with their leaders had disputed three wh le
days from morning to night, with Ulrich
Zuingle, Leo Jude, Caspar G root man, and
otiiers, who defended infant baptism, in our
Council House and in the great church,
where wore present, evpry Anabaptist al
most having expressed his sentiments with
out hindrance or rebuke, it became clear
and manifest by true and certain testimo
nies of Holy Scripture, both of the Old and
New Testaments, tliat Zuingle with jibr
coadjutors overcame the. Anabaptists, over
threw anabaptism, and proved infant bap
tism to be right.
“Besides, in the discussion itself, it clear
ly appeared that tiie authors of re-baptism,
by whom these gatherings and sects were
first raised, and tor which they strive, were
actuated in this affair by a bold and shame
less mind and not by a good spirit; that
they irjs'jlnted re-baplism in order to gath
er aronndthem an assembly andsect against
God’s cqnimand, in contempt ©f us also
“vrtH, 6U ofcivic magistral the
planting of every kind of disobedience, and
to the destruction of Christian love to neigh
bors. For they always regard themselves,
as we have already said, as much better
than oilier Christians, yea, as without sin;
the which their words, actions, appearance
mid life dearly testify. Therefore we or
dain, and it is our will, that henceforward all
men, women., young men,and maidens, ab
stain from rebaptism, and from this time
practice it no more; and that they bring the
young children to be baptized. For who
ever shall act contrary to this public order,
shall, as often as it occurs, he punished by a
fine of a mark of silver; and if they shall
be altogether disobedient and rebellious,
they shall be dealt with severely; for we
will protect the obedient and punish the
disobedient according to his deserts without
further forgiveness. . ■
“And all tliis we confirm by letters pa
tent. sealed with our city seal,and given on
St. Andrew’s day, [November 30th,] an
no 1525 ”
The Zuinglian church at Zurich, where
this proclamation was made, was at this
time only about five years old, and was it
self suffering front the greediness and op
pression of the Papists; truly a lamentable
thing that such a people, who a short time
before bad in many things purged them
selves lrom the leaven of Popery, and who
were opposed to the tyranny of the Pope,
should, nevertheless, in this particular con
tinue one with Papists, oppressing others
who were not of the same faith with them
selves.
But still what, would this afflction have
been if they had confined themselves, to
this proclamation, since tlie first offenee of
not baptizing a child might be atoned for
by a silver mark,&c.? But it was not con
fined to this; inasmuch as some years after
and in particular in 1530, when they be
came bolder, they made a statute that the
Anabaptists (so called) should be punished
\fdth death.
[The proceeding account is extracted
from the Dutch Martyrology, which is in
course of preparation for the English public,
and may be expected to appear shortly as
the sixth volume issued under the auspices
of the Mansard Kuollys Society.— London
15a;. tist JUaguzine.
WHAT HAS BEEN DONE FOR MISSIONS.
At the Concert held itt Park street church
on the first Sabbath of the present month,
Rev. Dr. Anderson gave a cheering view
ot the past achievements of the Missionary
enterprise. As reported in the Puritan Re
corder, J)r. A. said: ‘/
U A greater progress haibeen made in
Penficld, Georgia, ‘Thursday, February 14, 18-SoT
publishing the gospel than is generally sup
posed. The bible has been translated into
more than two hundred languages, printing
presses established, churches gathered and
schools instituted. There are from eight to
ten hundred missionary stations. These
qre so many light-houses to guide into the
right haven the voyagers on the ocean of
time. The American Board has expended
five miUmnsuf dollars. There is no iflkpro
jutefy m asking what the mr.u.,o ,TU._ v nave
used are worth. Abroad they have build
ings, presses,churches and missionaries who
have learned much by experience. At
home they have organizations officers and
agencies. Dr. A. thought that with all ex
perience that we have now had, it would’
cost S 1,500,000 and take twenty or thirty
years to accomplish as much as has been al
ready done. lie thinks that §40,000,000
have been invested in the missionary enter
prise in this country and England, i'he
whole stun collected at the Monthly Concert
in this city last year, was Si 168. The
amount contributed to the Board by the
churches of Boston, in addition to what was
received the Monthly Concerts, was about
§15,000.”
VICTORIES ACHIEVED IN FIFTY
YEARS.
The Journal of Missions thus sums upthe
results of missionary labor within the last
fifiy years. Surely such facts cannot fail
to inspire the Christian with new energy in
the service of evangelizing the world.
Let us now briefly glance at some of the
statistics of Protestant missions, during the
last fifty years; gathering our materials
from reports of all the Protestant missiona
ry societies in the world. The introduc
tory missionary labors of some of the En
glish societies during the six or seven years
preceding the year I*oo, may with great
propriety be considered as belonging to the
present century. Within this period, not
far from two thousand missionaries have
been sent forth to different heathen coun
tries, and upwards of seven thousand na
tive assistants have been employed in teach
ing and preaching the. gospel: about/bur
thousand churches have been organized,
whose aggregate members amount to very
nearly,or quite hvo hundred and fifty thou
sand; and lhreethousundmxssmvA. y schools
Htave been established, embracing two hun
dred and fifty thousand children ! And
this where, fifty years ago, there was
■, not a single school, nor a single scholar ; a
single church, nor a single convert; a sin
gle missionary, nor a single native assistant
to be found !
At the commencement of the present cen
tury, it is computed that there were in the
whole world about 4,000,000 copies of the
Bible; whereas, now there are more than
30,000,000! Then, the Scriptures had been
published in less than fifty languages; now,
they exist inf nearly tujoJtundred lan
guages and dialects! Then, they were
accessible in languages spoken by about
200,000,000 men; now in tongues and dia
lects spoken by 600,000,000!
Fifty years ago, not a dollar was given
through any of the channels referred to in
this review, expressly for the object of send
ing the living preacher to the heathen;
now, considerably more than two millions
of dollars is contributed annually to the
foreign missionary societies alone !
Within this same period whole islands,
and groups of islands, inhabited by the low
est savages, in the North and South Pacific,
have been enristianized; the woik of illu
mination lias begun in some of the darkest
j parts of Africa; China, with its teeming
j millions, has been thrown open to our la
j bors; India, throughout all its borders, has
become fully accessible; wli.le in Turkey,
where the government hut lately visited
with instant death all apostates from the
i national faith, the principle of religious lib
erty is now interwoven with the funda
mental laws of the empire !
The statistics above given, though af
fording the most substantial and cheering
proofof progressin the work ofevangelizing
the world, still, in their naked form, give
no adequate view of what has actually been
accomplished. Who can estimate the in
fluence of a single regenerated soul on the
corrupt masssof heathenism around ! And
what must be the influence of two hundred
and fifty thousand souls animated with the
love of Christ, scattered as they are, among
millions of idolaters! And then again, it
is not only true that the providence of God
has now secured to the Christian church the
way of access to most of the great heathen
nations of the world, but much Christian
knowledge as already been disseminated;
prejudices have been extensively removed;
and from almost all quarters, where mis
sions have long been established, we are
assured that the heathen are much more
earnest and intelligent listeners to the word
than they were ten, twenty, or thirty years
ago.
HOURS OF LIGHT.
In the religious experience, of President Edwards.
Once, (says Edwards,) as I rode out into
the woods for my health, in 1737, having
alighted from my horse in a retired place,
as my manner commonly has been, to
walk for divine contemplation and prayer,
I had a view that for me is extraordinary,
of the glory of the Son of God, as mediator
between God and man; and his wonderful;
great, full, pure and sweei grace and love,
*nd meek and gentle condescension. This
THE T8H331 IN LOVE.
appeal’d so calm aitd sweet, ap
peafltjp also great above the heavens. The
person of Christ appeared ineffably excel
lent,with an excellency great enough to
swallow up all thought and’ conception,
whtyi continued, as near as I can judge,
abotjt an hour; which kept me the greater
part; of tne time in a flood < 4 tears, a nil wcep
whaS&
nd annihilated; to lie in (he dust, I
and to lie full of Christ alone;*jto love him
with a ho'j and pure love; to trust in him,
to live upon pim, to serve and follow him,
and to be perfectly sanctified and be made
pure, with a divine and heavenly purity.—
I have several other times had views very
much of the same nature, and which have
had the same effects. “God inthecommu
nation of his Holy Spirit, has appeard as
an infinite fount of divine glory and sweet
ness; being full, sufficient to fill and satis
fy the soul; pouring forth itself in sweet
cotnmunicartjons, like the suit in its glory,
sweetly and pleasantly diffusing light and
li !e.
HAVE YOU READ YOUR FATHER’S LETTER
Judging by some sermons and tracts,
you might fancy that the Bible is a severe
and angry book, or, at the very best, it is a
book of good .advices. This is a mistake:
The Bible bas many a solemn passage, and
it abounds n good advices: but you miss
the best of tis you think that this is all. I
shall suppose that a young man has left his
home in Scotland or the north of England.
He comes bi this great London, and in a
little while Ifalls in with its worst ways In
the theatre,Wild the tea-garden, and the tav
ern parlor h* spends all his money, and gets
deep in debtj and then he turns ill, and is
taken to the hospital. And when there
he begins to (tethink him of his foolishness:
“I wish well again. I wish 1
once were Imjßj again, But ’tis no use
wishing. ffkiTow that my father’s door is
shut. They* would not take me In- And
if once I wele able to creep about,’ iltey
would have me up for debt. It would just
be out of the hospital into jail.” And,
whilst bemoaning his misery, a letter comes
from his father telling him that he hasheard
of his wretched plight, and reminding him
of the past, and all that he has done for his
wayward child; and glancing his eye over
it, tiie s:-:k youth crumples it up,and crams*
it away under his pillow. And by-and bv
a comrade come in, and among other things
the invalid tells him, “And here is a letter
of gone advice, just come front my father;”
and tint other runs his eye over it. “Good
advice,did you say? I think you should
rather have said good news. Don’t you
see he makes you welcome home again?
And iiiorder that you may settle your ac
counts, and return in peace and comfort,
he has appended this draft for twenty
p muds.” Most people read the Bible
carelessly, or with a conscience for and in
interbreter, and they notice in it nothing
but miioof and good advice. They miss
the ilain thing there. The Gospel is good
newi It tells us that God is love; an
nounces to every reader that the door of the
Fatljer’s house is open, and that this very
nigltt lie may find a blessed home in the
boson of his God. And as we have all
inclined a debt to divine justice, which
throughout eternity we never could pay,
and ns it needs a righteousness to recom
mend its to the favor of a holy God, in
eveiV Bible there is inclosed a draft on the
Savibur’s merits, to which the sinner has
onlytto sign his believing name, and the
great salvation is his own. By exhibiting
the dross of Christ, by directing to that pre
cious blood which clean.-es from all sin, and
by presenting a perfect righteousness to
every awakened conscience, the Bible be
comes a benefactor and a friend in need.—
Arid, when rightly understood, the angelic
anthem, “Glory to God in the highest; on
earth peace; good will towards men,” is
the cheerful but stately tune to which the
Gospel goes, and to which in heaven itself
they sing it.
And, reader, try to catch that tune. Pray
that God would this very night by his own
Spirit teach it to you. Fear not, to believe
too soon, nor to rejoice in Christ Jesus too
much. Let the love of God vonr Saviour
tide Into all your soul, and, as it makes your
feelings happy, so it will make your dispo
sitions new. Peace ond joy will keep you
front some sins, gratitude and loyalty will
keep you from the rest. No cheerful glass
will he needed to raise your spirits then;
for a sou! exulting in the great salvation for
gets its poverty; and remembers its misery
no more. No sinful lust or forbidden joy
will enthrall you then; for you will have
discovered deeper and pure pleasures. And
there will be no fear of your growling and
cursing through your daily task, or filling
with consternation your cowering family;
for the peace of God will make you pacific
and scattering on every side kind looks and
friendly feelings, you will come and go a
sunshine in the shop, a firelight in the
home.
No; do not sit so sullenly. lam a stran
ger, but it is the truth af God 1 tell. In all
your life you may never have got a costly
gift; but here at last is one: it is the gift of
God, and therefore it is unspeakable; but
accepted as cordially as it is graciously off
ered; it will make you blessed now, and rich
for all eternity. Oh, my dear friend, do
not eye it coldly; suffer it not so tamely to
pass away. This night has brought you
good news. It has told you of the Savior’s
costly purchase, and wonderous present.—
Let it also bring gaod news to heaven let it
tell that with tears of thankfulness you
have surveyed the “unsearchable riches of
Christ,”and have given yourselfto Him who
once gave himself for you: let it tell that
yourhistory has taken anew turn, and that
breaking off from your worthless compan
py Home.
GOD ANSWERS PRAYER,
BUT NOT ALWAYS IN O U R W A Y .
It is delightful to reflect how many pray
ers, like cloud': of incense, have gone up
from the heart’s of God’s people, during
the present Lenten season. Not one of
those prayers that have been offered from
the ground of the heart, in sincerity and
faith will fail to bringdown a divine bless-,;,
ing. Truly does the great hearer of Pray
er say, “/ never said unto the seed of Ja
cob, seek ye me in vain.” But God .does
not always, perhaps not often taken bur
method in answering prayer. We pray for
instance, for faith, and imagine that it is to
descend, with a kind of gentle illapse in the
soul. Uur prayer will be answered—but
how? We attempt to lean on every earthly
prop. God knocks the staff from under us.
Do we fall? No; for faith is now called into
exercise to support us. Again, we are
thinking of sailing to heaven in a calm.—
God raises a great tempest; and breaks the
ship, and tosses us into the waves. Do we
sink. No. Now our laitli is called into
exercise, and saves us.
We pray for charity—God makes us par
ties in distressing scenes. God suffers us
to be wronged, then bids us love.
We pray for humility. God does
overrule some leading infirmity of ourheart;
we stumble and fall—and in the midst of
sorrow and shame, humility is formed.
We pray for happiness, for comfort, for
joy. Wo have already formed our plan of
happiness. We have our little paradise
around us. We hope we shall not expe
rience those losses and horrors; which we
have seen overwhelm others.
our earthly
schemes a.dies—a
friend is takei^a\7ny—our own abode isun
fixed. Are v€g%uihappy? No: God coin
us,.aptl^BSke9 our comfort to flow
JJgm wish to dwell in our
own houPcj/THit wc must dwell in houses
that we have not budded. We wished to
drink orour'own wells; but wc must drink
of wells that we have not digged. We
wished to pluck fruit from our own vine
yard; but we must take it from one wc have
not planted. God very commonly, as tri
bulation abounds, makes ourconsolaiion to
abound. Is the Christian afflicted? His joy
his comfort is ended. He is near, that will
bind up that broken heart. Yes believer,
your prayers are heard. Out of this very
cloud that seems to darken the tfery heaven,
you shall hear the voice—“ Thou art my
beloved son.”
With regard to supplies in times of exi
gency—we pray to have our wants sup
plied. We think of a certain quarter whence
help will come. But we are wofully dis
appointed; no help appears. In this person
wc say, we find such a friend; but he is re
moved or dies, oris too much occupied.—
No help appears. But when we have wea
ried ourselves to find the way—all to no
purpose—God opens an unseen door, and
in sitch a manner to show that “the Lord
hath done it”—and thus sends the needed
help. Our wisdom is to go to God with all
our burdens, to lay them at his feet and to
leave the whole matter of our deliverai c;
iu his hands. He sees things from begin
ning to end—and will make all things, to
those who love Him and call on his name,
to work together for their everlasting good.
— Epis. Etc.
THE DAY’S THREE RULES.
THE DUTY, THE BURDEN, AND THE LESSON.
An old man called to him his son and pu
pil, one morning, and said to him, “ Theo
dore, have you prepared your mind for the
three things ?”
“ What three things, father ?” •
“The three claims of the day, my son,
concerning which I instructed you. We
should enter on no day of life, without care
fully inquiring what is before us, and what
is expected of us.”
“Now, I remember,” said Theodore,
“ they are the three rules which you desired
me to say once to myself every morning on
rising.”
“ What are these rules, my son ?”
“They are these,” replied Theodore:
“First, Do the duty of the day; secondly.
Rear the burden of the day; thirdly, Learn
the lesson of the day.”
“ Yes, my son, and there is no day to which
these do not apply. Each has its duty, its
burden, and its lesson. Something has to he
done, something to be borne, something to
be learned. And lie who neglects no one
of thesU three things, spends his day aright.
Endeavor, Theodore, to apply these rules
to someone day which is iresh in your re
membrance, as for example, yesterday.”
“I will do so,” said Theodore. The du
ty of yesterday was, that of making a cata
logue of y<Vur books and engrossing it ill a
volume. This 1 mean, was my grand bu
siness. There were many lesser duties,
arising from my circumstances. The bur
den of the day was a heavy one. but I am
afraid to .name it, lest you laugh at me.”
J. T. BLAIN, Printer.
“Out with it.”
“It was a mortification of my vanity at
the rejection of my versGS sent to the news
paper.
“Ah ! I can believe it; mortification of
pride and vanity heaviest burdens.”
“The lesson of tlfe day, continued Theo
dore, “was taught, me b v a lamb in the mea
pvreiieu ntrtrrti u v ‘nr, v.rwiitn.
sign of resentment, and,thereby. soon forgot’
the injury and healed the woutiff/* ‘
“I perceive,” said the old man, “that you
have observed my precept, in recalling to
your memory these three things, on closing
your eyes for sleep. But suppose you go
further, and endeavor to apply them to the
future. We have but just begun anew
day; how do the three rules apply to what
js likely to bring you?”
Theodore paused a little and then re
plied, “The duty of the day is to go on in
my.studies, especially to periect myself in
what remains of geometry ; and it is well
you have called it to my mind, for I have to
row myself across the river to get my hook.
The burden of the day is in great part un
known to me. I can however foresee
something ol it in these severe studies, add
ed to the knowledge that my companions
will be keeping It as a holiday. ‘1 lie lessoti
of the day so far as not included in the ge
ometry aforesaid cannot be foreseen. But
I shall be more on the watch lor it, in con
sequence ot your reminding.”
“My son,” said the old man, “it is impos- *
sibie for me to tell you the advantage I
have derived from the habit ot looking for
ward every morning, and backward every
evening upon the passing day, with these
three little words on my mind: tiie duty
—the^urden —the lesson.” — S. S. Jour.
SUGGESTIONS TO THE YOUSfc. k ‘ *
Rise early and offer up your praise to
the Giver of all good. Enter steadily and
fearlessly upon the duties of the day. Be
determined that no trial shall overcome
your patience, and no impediment conquer
your perseverance. If your object be a
good one, say “I will try to attain it.” —
Never be found without an object. Ask
yourself how you have decided, throw your
.soul.into the purpose. Never do good to
! ohtaiu p'faise. Take a red hot iron in your
’ hand
no bad action good frieflll.A Be
indulgent to other's faults, but implacably
to your own. Wage war with evil ar.iF
give no quarters. Die for Ruth rather than!
uphold a lie. Never court needless danger,
nor fly from a peril which duty imposes.
Read good books, seek out good compan
ions, attend to good counsels, and imitate
good examples.
Never give way to dispondency. Does
the sun shine?—rejoice. Is it covered
with a cloud?—wait till the cloud has pass
ed away.
A UNIVERSALIST SILENCED.
The following actually occurred a few
years since in this Stale. A universalist,
who did not pretend to be a moral, man
once met a minister of the Gospel and com
menced preaching to him, in the presence
of a large number of people, his favorite
doctrine, and saving a great deal about
what Christ had done for all mankind. The
minister heard him through, and then said,
“Friend, if you are a reasonable man. I
: will convince you from your own words
that Jesus Christ never did any thing for
you. Now, what do you say Christ came
! into the world for?”
I “To save us from our sins.”
! “Well, he certainly has not done that soi ’
| you, since you are committing sin every
| day.”
“He saves us frrom the punishment of
sin.”
“But you have just told me that you re
ceive the punishment of your sins every
day, as you go along, and he certainly has
not saved you from hell, for you said but a
moment ago, that there is no such thing as
hell!”
Amid the laughter of the bystanders, the
Universalist was glad to retreat in silence.
Watch, of the Praries.
AMERICA’S POWER OVER ENGLAND.
The following singular passage is from
the Inst British book on the United States
j Mae.kav’s Western World:
“As regards the supply of cotton,” says
j Mackay, “we are .as much at the merev of
America as if we were starving, and to her
alone we look for food. She need not
withhold her wheat; America could starve
us by withholding her cotton. True, it is
| ns much her interest as ours loact different
j ly ; and so long as it continues so, no diffi
j cully will be experienced. But n combinn
| tion of circumstances may he supposed, in
which America, at a little cost lo herself,
i might strike us an irrecoverable blow; a
crisis might arrive, when by momentarily
cripplingour industry, she might push in anil
deprive us of the markets of the world. ’
And who, should the opportunity arise will
guaranty her forbearance ? Fill England
with provisions—let her barns be choked
and her granaries bursting with their stores;
what a spectacle would she present on a
stoppage of one year’s supply of cotton !
It would do more to prostrate her in the
dust than all the armaments which Ameri
ca and Europe, combined, could hurl against
her. What a tremendous power is this in
5 the.hands bf a rival !”
KiiHiber 7.