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(Driginnl.
For the ladex.
From California.
of a letter-written hy Seivisa F. Goss, daughter o f
R**. Hm. Davis, of litor'dxawnty, who left Georgia in
June loot, and landed in Sacramento City, Aug. 1, 1851.
Sacramento Crrr, California, )
January 13th, 1852. j
•Dear Father and Mother,— l praise the Lord,
that he has continued my g.x>d health, and spared
me to see the opening of anew year. Prettier
than we have now, never dawned upon poor
K|@otthy mortals as we are. What a contrast
■|rilf the weather here and at home! The
I IKb nearly over now, and it has been just
B £H[£mT to brace us up. It is true that we
HP some rainy, gloomy weather, but no
suppose than you have had at home, and
I here is really pleasant. I do not re
f ‘member that there has l>een a Sabbath day
on which it has rained so much as to keep us from
attending church. On every Sunday our bell
sounds the loudest of any in the city, inviting us
to the house of God. Me aro now, however, ns
sheep having no shepherd, as our I'astor was un
expectedly called away from us, on account of the
iil-health of his wife, and is now unable to return.
So we .can an ly meet together fir every man to 1
stand in his place and pray fur help, for wo groat- |
ly need ministers iu California, and Southern Bap
tiste seem to be perfectly asleep over the interest of
Zion in this country. Hut if our brethren will not
awake .to this subject, the ladies have determined
that-them feeble voices shall unite to sound across
both land and sea, and through the instrumental
ity of their pen and paper, the Macedonia Cry
shall bo heard, “C-omc over and help us.” Oh
that the people would feel on this important sub
-1 jaet. There is already a large population in Cali
fornia, and every Steamer that .arrives brings a
crowd. And now Christians .should make a
itre-ng effort upon society to throw the current of
their influence into the right channel, that we mav
have good society and be the means of saving
thousands of souls from placc-s of dissipation end
from eternal ruin. It is enough to discourage us
when we see what a 9mall band we are, and how
much is to bo accomplished. We should be discour
aged if see wero standing in our own strength;
but trusting whom we d0,.1 believe that wc shall
witness .a greater revival here than in any other
land. It is true that ministers would have to sttf
hoalß.'il' rivat ' onfl * n coming to California, but
noecl for jli£F 4r ® t k° s9 ‘ v * lo ‘ iave gone to
for here it it th-it*
dfttion before 1 Min nn - v oll,er lan,i ;
them, , . J reflation in degro
. > z MJpog >0 g , <nning toytifoj>jupcriority
— *
? T;t: *, and our aid and fail to
fJJch tlietu the way of salvation!
.1 do .think that California is the l*>st field for
Missionary labor in the world, for it w ill not only
teach those that arc here with us, but when they
leave to go to their native land, they will carry the
trmh with them, and Eternity alouc can tell what
good it may accomplish. If I were where I could
do any good in this work, I would do it, or if I
wero in my native land, I would do my own talk
ing. I think I would make the people feel upon
this subject if they refuse to act. I want you,
father, to talk for me, and I don’t care to whom
you expose my writing, if you think it w ill do any
good. There is a broth* r Morris that is gone to
the Suites on this very business. I was requested
by our deacon to mention it to you in my letter.—
He will travel all through the South, with a circu
lar which wc want strict attention paid to, for I
hope it will have its due weight, w hcrever it is
read. Pro. Morris is a Minister, and we want to
introduce him as our Agont on this business, and
we pray the blessing of God upon the effort.
♦-
For the Index.
Revivals An Incident.
Dear Bra. Dagg. —Bro. C. C. White gave somo
account of the extraordinary revival that com
menced at Macedonia Church iu October last.—
At the time of his w riling, between sixty and scvmty
had been baptized. That good work continued until
wo received and baptized over ninety members. The
last baptism was iu January. At our November
meeting with the church at the Indian Springs,
the Lord met with us, not in the same extraordi
nary way as at Macedonia; but the work has con
tinued slowly but steadily. I baptized three last
Sabbath, and three the meeting before, making in all
since November, twenty-ttoo or twenty-three and the
prospect is as good now as at any former time. The
brethren are much engaged. They hold tw-o prayer
meetings a weak, attend constantly with a good
congregation, much seriousness, and some crying
for mercy.
Ono of tho throe individuals baptized at the
February meeting, is one of the most remarkable
cases which has come w ithin my knowledge.—
A mao of fair tolants who hail enough of the
things of this world to live easy, had a devoted
oMufo, but ho himself was an ojwn Universal iat, a
and a sportsman, in every sense of the
vrordA WODt 40 Fair in Macon in October
last, ,otna ' a<y i there until the time of tho re
♦iw3t4he^Springs in Noverabor. The morning
he left home, his pious wife had unusual impres
sions and weight of mind about the condition of
her husband; her eyes followed him iu the distance
until the carriage removed him out of sight She
returned to her room, fell upon her knees, and ask
td the Lord if she never had prayed aright for her
husband before, that He would help her to do so
at that time. She felt an unusual engagednesa,
and promised the Lord that she would pray upon
her knees, three time* a day, and all tho time in
her boart; until she died, or until her husband was
converted. When tho revival commenced in No
vember, as above alluded to, she was regular at
church, day and night, and at last she presented
thscM? of her husband to her Pastor and several
brethren and sisters, requesting them to make his
case a special case of prayer. He was yet in Ma
con, and, strange as it may seem to some, prayer
was heard and answered. The man was made to
have feelings and impressions in Macon, he never
had before. He came home, went to church, be
came deeply concerned, asked the prayers .of God’s
people, prayed hirnsclf, until lie obtained mercy.—
0)! the matchless grace of God! what can it not
do! He concluded it would not do for such a
man as he had been, to join the church, until lie
had tried himself awhile. So lie tried himself
i from November to February, when he followed
j hi* Lord into the water, and he is now rejoicing in
| the hope of glory. I saw him on Sabbath even
ing stand up in the prayer meeting and tell sin
j ners how good.the Lord was, inviting them to the
Savior, and then praying for them. What shall
we render unto the Lord for all his benefits to us?
The Lord has done and is doing much for the
people about the Indian Springs.
JAMES CARTER
Butts county, March 29th, 1852.
J’or tho Jndex.
Progress of Missions.
The Young Men’s Missionary Society oi our Uni
versity, elect,, from their own numiier, a monthly
speaker to address them upon sonic subject con
nected w ith the cause of Missions. Responsive to ,
their call, I laid before them at our last meeting, i
the following facts—which, at the request of the
Editor, aro submitted to him for publication.
A. T. SPALDING.
Mercer University, April Bth.
‘‘The spirit of God moved upon the face of the
waters” and our earth was pure and perfect. Six
teen centuries passed away and the world “was
filled with violence.” Tho blue eye of Heaven
wept forty days and nights to wash away tho
stain. The fortieth century rolled away. The
eternal God had veiled his face in anger; tho
wrath of his displeasure settl'd broadly and black
ly upon a sinful world. Sinai had .ceased its
thunders. For four hundred yearn, no prophet J
had raised his warning voice,—no angelic embassy
had visits'll the race of Adam. From tho world of j
despair and death, a band of infernal spirits had !
been stait. Their name was Legion. Chains and
bands riveted with steel, were burst assundcr with
their strength. The bodice of their victims were
driven to the tombs, and from their [xxir deluded
souls, all hope—all joy, every pure and holy feel
ing had ,l>een rudely forced away. Tho spirit of
tho Great Infernal moved upon the face of the
earth, and passions boiling-hot raged tumultuous
in the breast of man. Suddenly “prepare ye the
way of tho Lord,” was tho “voice of one. crying in
the wilderness.” The song of the heavenly choir
tell upon the ears of the astonished shepherds.—
tions w hli<i'tftW The “desire of all. na
me nr-fTmig su~ <ig together again, and the
sons of Oral shouted for joy. Such was tho/ad
vent of tho first Missionary. * Laborious was his
life. Self-denying wero his efforts, and infinite
was the agony of his death. Tho simple story of
tho cross of Christ inflamed the energy of Paul.—
He stood upon the Areopagus of tho Greeks, where
Demosthenes had stood four hundred years Ixtforc
him. But a greater than Demosthenes was there.
The one poured forth his great philippics against
tho King of Macedon—the other hurled his burn
ing invective against the King of Hell. The ono
spoke for his country —the other for the w orld, —
tho one for himself—tho other for his God.
Sixteen centuries passed away, and again the
world was bathe,! iu crime. Rome that sat upon
her seven hills, with the sword for her sceptre, and
whoredom for her God—was mistress of the world.
An obscure mendicant monk approached tho cas
tle of Witteraburg, and nailed to the church door
nincty-fivo Theological propositions. Providence
gave them wings. Tho press spread them with
tho rapidity of lightning. In a fortnight, they had
gone through Germany, and in another fortnight
had run through all Christendom, as if the angels
had sped them on their way. Conscience woko
to her rights. The mother of harlots drunk w ith
tho blood of the Saints, roeled from her regal
chair, and tho pillars of the great Western aposta
cy wero trampled under the heel of Victorious Re
formation.
Bucli was the influence of Martin Luther. Then
noble Institutions came like the successive peaks of
the Alps touched w-ith the beams of the rising
sun, and each was gilded with the rays of tho Bon
of Righteousness. But pass to the nineteenth cen
tury. Come to your own bluo hills—your crowd
ed cities and your flowing streams. Mark the in
fluence o? the Anglo Saxon as he goes in the
strength of Israel’s God, and tells the story of tlie_
cross of Christ to the idolater and the dead. And*
first would I mention, as the father and pionoeß
of American Baptist Missions, for of thi>se I now
speak, the immortal Judson. Ho was once a Cq*
lege boy; and wliilo his great genius dived irito
tire ocean of thought, his mind became impure,
and his soul drank in the withering draught of In
fidelity. Yes! Judson was once an infidel. His
great schemes for future life were laid. But quick
as tho lightning stroke, the grace of God fell on
his soul, and, with the Almighty for his strength,
bo gave his hand to two of bis fellow-students,
and there they pledged themselves to shake the
world, —mutually to shake the world or die in tho
attempt.
In 1813 he stood upon tho Heathen shore,—
Before him lay the jungles and the dying souls of
Burmah. Gaudama was the God, Buddhisam was
tho religion—which had come down through oue
hundred generations and held its gloomy sway ovor
nearly half the human race. • Two, four, six vears
came and went, before tlic first native had been
baptized. Yet there he la Wed till lie had spout
the life-time ‘of an entire generation in that land of
bit adoption. He returned to America and stood
Iwforo the Convention assembled in New York.
Thousands were oager to welcome the great phi
lanthropist and do bomago to the man of God.—
There stood the old Hero after au absence of 33
years. Both hemispheres were filled with the re
THE CHRISTIAN INDEX.
cilal of his exploits—-the world was shak sq under
the influence of his devoted energy. No had Lis
laborsJ>een in vain. Five thousand K rens had
been lathed in the crystal waters of a 1 fly bap
tism, and already had he retired with tLp last leaf
of his translation of the Burmese Bible, iand ask
ing forgiveness for the sins which .hajjjyzuinglcd
with his labors commended it to the nlrry and
the grace of God. In the fresh hours if morning
I a, *d by the lonely lamp of midnight, belabored on
j ,iia t work; “cheered by no sympathy if society,
but urged on by the sad spectacle of IlSathcnism
around him.” Burmah has received iher Bible
and the day will come when she wil hail tho
name of the translator as the most honored bene
factor to her fallen race. There is otie circum
stance connected with this mission whiyif I cannot
| refrain from adding: When Mr. Wade, a fellow
laborer of Mr. Judson’s, returned to America, he
came to the Convention at Aiigusta, iLrmging a
i converted IJ.urmau and a Karen. There fee. met
.the Rev. Evan Jones with two converted Chero
kccs, who were presented to the lhirinan and the
Karen. It was the first time iu the Liston- of the
world, that representative* of these nnyimt
nal races from opposite sides of the globe, had met
together in the sympathies of a common faith—a
beautiful emblem of the Christian church, uniting
the people of every tribe and kindred and tongue
under the whole heaven.
But let us turn from Burmah with her'oO mis
sionaries, her 100 churches and her 10,000 con
verts. The mighty have fallen in her midst, but
other .mighty have girded on the armor of the
Lord. Siam claimed the attention of our Foreign
Board. For 15 long years the missionary labored
there. The press was planted in Iter midst and
the Bible given them in their native tongue. Yet
not a single Siamese had been converted to Christi
anity. With all her advantage*, Siam then pre
sented not a single Christian church, for lrrr own
people, rising up amid her countless temples, and
scarcely worshipper of the true God bow ing down
amidst her million of idolaters. But God has
promised that we shall reap if wo faint not. In
tho last four years the light of grace lias penetrated
these darkest [daces of the heathen world. Budd
hism struggles to retain a hold ujx>n its awaken
ing votaries. The herald of the cross is advancing.
And now her millions stretch forth their hands
and cry unto us for the bread of life, Bo also with
China. The Celestial Empire has opened wide
her gates and her heart to the Christian world.
The banner of Jesus is planted on her walls, and
waves amid her temples. The Mission has just
entered upon anew era in its history, It partakes
of the grandeur of the field which it now occupies,
and its prospects, dim and shadowy as they once
appeared, now open far into the vista of that event
ful future • J ‘ • , y .
the. -day shall come when holiness to flic Lord Mi all
“j..... .... . „ ~f the burses and her
gods shall he ground into dust.
The western shore of Afrjya.lat,
chosen as a mission field and naualNAbeVt; em
bracing 90 miles sea coast and extending ifi miles
into the interior. No mission has had such ob
stacles at this. Side by side of th o’ Christian station,
arose the frowning front of the slave factory: and j
so deep and dark is the superstition which hold*
its leaden sway over the minds of the people, that j
the impressions made ujioi) them are as “transitory !
as the figures drawn upon tho shifting sands of
their own desert.” ,14 missionaries havo fallen on
her pestilential shore, and now a single voice is
heard in the wilderness—as the noble Bowen
wends his way to the highlands of the interior.
But I pnss to one more field. The Isles of the
Pacific, aiai the groves of Ceylon must lie passed
Over now. Russia with a population of nearly
thrice.our own with only 6 Christian missionaries.
Half our own continent, including the poor Indian
of untutored mind, upon whose hunting grounds
wo are now {assembled —nil these and millions
more must give way to a grander and a greater
field. I refer to the Mohammedan world. Mo
hammedanism stretches itself like a broad and rag
belt over the northern part of Africa, and the
part of Asia, covering some of the, fairest
regions of our globe and holding captive in it)
delusions one-eighth of all mankind. The cradles
of ancient sojoneo, power anil wealth arc the seats
of.tha grea^m posture. It has poetry in its origin,
tho sword for its sceptre, the Koran for its watch
word, for its strength. With the
rapidity ©Flight it spread from the Indus to the
ffaudalquiver; almost annihilating the proudest
armies of the Christian world. The soldiers of the
son of Othman hurst through tho walls of Con
stantinople; the Turks encamped around Vienna
and threatened to consolidate his pow er on the
ruins of all tho thrones of Europe. A mandate
goes forth and the religion of the Trophct spreads
[from the Caspian to the Atlantic. “Rome toiled
seven centuries for her vast empire—the exile of
Medina acquired it all in loss than one; and while
in less than five centuries the sun of Roman glory
sunk forever, the dominiou of the IYophet, after
eleven centuries, still remains” And now at this
day when the Juics of providence arc converging
to one grand seeue, and the trains of .events, preg
nant with momentous issues, scorn rushing on to
tho elevation of our race, Mohammedanism stands
like a rock built fortress from w hieh wo have not
boosed a single stone.
My Christian friends, the Bible is an Eastern
book. Those who have transmitted it so faith
fully to us, have lost its savor. The land of the
Jew is in the hand of the Mohammedan Caliph.
It becomes us, the descendant* of Japhcth, who
drink of tho fountain of life, to roll back the flood of
living light upon tho tents of Shorn, to give them
that word which they have given us. While that
Bible stand*, the faith of heaven is pledged that
the Jew shall bo brought back triumphantly to his
nativo land. Jerusalem shall be rebuilt w hen “the
fulness of the Gentile* shall be brought in.” Then
shall tlio Eastern apostaey be shaken.
“Then shall the banner of grace be unfurled
Free as the winds and wide os the world.”
I 1 ken shall the Isles of the Pacific and the groves
i of Ceylon, the wandering Arab and the savage
j Turk, “Afrit’s sunny fountains” and “India’s coral
1 strand,” be filled with the glory of God. The
! stream will rise as high as its source. The cause
of missions cannot cease. It will rise as high na
•God himself.
“The winds shall waft (he storv, —
The waters onward roll, —
Till like a sea of glory,
It spread from polo to pole.”
II m
THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 22.
E3TAII nrrciirngr-s arc charged at *2 50 per annum,
or 5 cents per nnmher. lor all payments in advance
the j>uper is furnished at $2 00 per annum, or 4 cents
per number.
The Southern Preaby terian and Infant Baptism.
The Editor of the Southern Presbyterian objects
to our interpretation of the Savior’s commission,
viz: “that only those who believe are proper sub
jects of baptism:’’ on two grounds.
“Ist. Because tlm word rendered “teach” means
“to disciple,” or “bring into a state of discipleship,”
as well as to “teach.”
tV ell, let us read the commission accordin'* to
his explanation; “Go, disciple all nations, bap
tizing them teaching them to observe
all things whatsoever I have commanded vou.”
Ts there any authority here for baptizing infants?
Does he mean to call the infant of eight days a
disciple? Do the scriptures recognize such indi
viduals as disciples? Do baptized infants comply
w ith the terms of discipleship: “If any man come
to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and
w ife, and children, and brethren, aud sisters, yea,
and his own life nlso, lie cannot be my disciple
and .whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come
after me, cannot Is: my disciple?” The Southern
Presbyterian has not removed the difficulty by
explaining the meaning of teach. In Ids efforts to
avoid believers’ baptism, he has stumbled upon
disciple baptism. One is al>out as appropriate to
infants as the other.
The second objection is founded upon what he
regards as a parallel between the commission of
Christ, and God’s command to the Israelites to
tench his statutes to their children.
“The injunction to ‘teach’ in that ease was only a
wicior application of that which had U n enjoined
under the former dispensation. ‘Thou slinlt teach them
diligently unto thy children,’ was (he command respect
ing the print truths of the ‘law’iiml the history of Israel.
But teach when? Before initintlion into th’e eliim-h!
We know the contrary. At eight days old, that initia
tion took place, and the instruction followed.”
We have yet to learn what he means, by calling
circumcision the initiatory rite of the Jewish church.
W r e think Moses and Paul would bo bewildered
to hear our Pclobaptist brethren talking about
tho “identity of the Jew ish and Christian church,”
cumcmion the i:nfi'Ai^ll9?.!T. < X£irh’. l l n J9il' 0 . , ?j”^Jr’t r ’
and a host of similar phrases that threw a mystcrv
around the subject of baptism, calculated to friglitJk
many persons from the investigation of tho quesdiJh.
Search tire sacred records to n.i.t out the meaning Ls
the “ Jewish Church What docs it mean? I Tit
the Jewish nation? When the Southern PrcslV
terian says, “tho former law of church initiation is
declared to be the law of the Christian church,”
does he mean that the law of initiation into the
Jewish nation is to l>c the law of the Christian
church. Ary wc to take the statutes of the Jew ish
nation for the regulation of our ecclesiastical affairs?
Are we to have a priesthood established by law.
aud supported by taxation? Arc wc to have dif
ferent orders in this priesthood? Is the official
dress of these priests to l>c established by law? Is
the power of the magistrate to be used in com
pelling the people to submit to the rites and cere
monies of religion?
But if “Jew ish church” means something differ
ent from “Jewish nation,” what is it? If the com
mission of Christ, if all the ordinances of Christian
ity, are appendages to this “Jew ish church.” it is
highly important that all Christians should know
what it is, that they may understand their ihilv
clearly and thoroughly. There is one fact about
this “Jewish church” which the Southern Presby
terian states, viz: that circumcision was it* initia
tory ordinance. If this fact is established, several
inquiries arise in tho mind, which ought to be an
swered, because they are practical questions. Was
this initiatory ceremony performed upon children
without regard to the moral character of the
parents? Was it performed upon adult* without
regard to their own characters? Was it ever a
compulsory act in tho case of adults? The settle
ment of these questions may. if it is true that bap
tism has come in the room of circumcision, enable
us to decide who arc proper subjects of baptism,
without troubling ourselves with Christ's cotnmis
sion. If circumcision was an ordinance intended
for one sox, so is baptism. If circumcision was
applied to the children of the ungodly as well ns
the righteous, baptism is thus applicable. If adults
were circumcised without regard to moral charac
ter, they ought to be baptized without regard to
moral character. If the head of a family was
under obligation to have his servants, both young
and old, circumcised, it is now the duty of the head
of a family to compel his servants, both young and
old, to l>e baptized.
The ordinance of Infant baptism is based, in the
judgment of the Southern Presbyterian, upon the
identity of the church in the Jewish and the Chris
tian disjtcnsations. Having established this iden
tity, .as he supposes, he infers that a hereditary
membership in tho Jewish church authorizes a
hereditary membership in tho Christian church.
But why does ho stop tho analogy at this point?
The Jews had a hereditary ministry. Does not
analogy require that the Christian ministry should
be hereditary? Will our brother admit tho in
ference?
But after all, liovv aro we to understand the
Savior’s commission? Does this not say, first,
make disciples; then baptize them? Our brother
of the Southern Presbyterian says, we infer a cer
tain moaning from tho cormnisaion, and then pro
hibits him from using inferences. We object, not
to inference legitimately used, but to such inference
| as sets aside the positive command of Christ. If
: he urn show, either a precept or an example of
Christ or his apostles favoring Infant baptism, we
shall not oppose Lis drawing an inference that
Christians of the present day ought to baptize in
fants; provided, that he will not allow this infer
ence to conflict with the obvious injunction of
Christ, to baptize believers or disciples. But we
cannot approve that mode of argument which first
conjectures, that there were infants in Lydia’s
household, then infers, that these infants were bap
tized. and then, by another inference, decides that
those who are baptized in infancy are not under
obligation to submit to the ordinance of baptism
when they become believers in Christ. There is
not a plainer or more positive command than this:
‘Make disciples of all nations, baptizing them,’’
that i•, baptize the disciples. It matters not what
may have lieen their previous condition. Were they
circumcised in infancy? Baptize them now, for
tiny believe iii Christ. \\ <rc tliev baptize! in
infancy? No matter, baptize them, for Christ's
commission requires it. If you can find authority
in God’s word for baptizing infants, then baptize
thorn, but do not confound the ceremony with that
enjoined in the groat commission. The baptism
established by the Savior in his last command is
for believers, and only for believers.
It gives us pleasure to find in the Editor of the
Southern Presbyterian, one who, though an opjto
nent in this question, is disposed to cherish the
kindest feelings towards those who bear the name
of Christ. Most cordially would wc co-operate
with him, in endeavoring to excite among the peo
ple of God more love to one another. While we
honestly believe, that he and many others arc living
in the neglect of an important command of Christ,
and by their traditions, making void a part of the
law of God, viz: the baptism of disciples, we attack
r.ot tht-ir motives, and impeach not their Christian
character. We love them because we think we
see in them the image of Christ, and in the spirit
of love do we point out what we believe to be their ;
error. “The truth” is our object, “the truth” is j
our motto, but “the truth in love.”
Baptism.
The ordinance of baptism was administered on
last Sabbath, to three ladies of our village, all of
whom had professed to be the subjects of grace,
for some time previous to their public avowal of j
their faith in Christ.
Catholic Mob vs. Freedom of Speech.
The following account of a Charleston Catholic
Mob is taken from the Camden (S. C.) Journal.—
We arc glad to see a secular paper, taking an in- ‘
dependent stand against papal encroachments up
on the principles of our government. We do not
ask the political press to take sides in theological
questons; nor do wc expect tlu-m in their oflieial
an advantage over others by physical f tree, or bv
the influence of the civil government, it is the du
ty of all goes! citizens to protest against such vio-
WumsoTwir National Cxuistittttrqu. Many of our
editors and Statesmen arc afraid rwwt ihcatls:
ing current of political power tliiit is flowing from
Rome. We arc therefore the more gratified when
we find a politician who has the courage to speak
out, whatever mar l>o the consequence to his own
personal or political in fluoneo.
It appears that recently in the city of Charles
ton, a Rev. Mr. L“ahy, formerly a Catholic Priest,
proposed to give lectures in which he would exjiose
the abominations of the Roman Catholic Priest
hood. This, as might have been expected was not
relished so well by the Catholics, and they de
termined that the Rev. Gentleman should not be
heard. Accordingly a mob assembled around the
Mall doors of the lecturer, and threatened to do
violence in case of his attempting to proceed.—
The City police was called out—to do what?—
Nothing! Ihe mob triumphed, and in that case
the majority ruled. Application was then made
to the City Council to prote< t Mr. Leahy in lectur
ing, a right, which, as a citizen of the United
States, he unquestionably had; and protection not
being afforded only demonstrates the power which
mobocroov has gained in our land. \Vi have al
ways heard that the right of speech—freedom of
speech, was a certain and inalienable right, which
every man might claim in our land of lik-rtv. It
seems, however, that the order of tilings has
changed, and none are to be allowed this privilege
unless the mob is willing. A prettv pass to be
sure!
Now it seems to us that if there were no
abominations in the Priesthood of the Roman
Church, that surely they would not object to Mr.
Leahy’s lieing heard; but where there is so much
smoke, there is obliged to be some fire, else why
attempt concealment. If Mr. Leahy is a humbug,
let the learned Bishop Reynolds, or the accomplish
ed Dr. Lynch expose him as such—let them meet
him with argument, and not with olid's. This is
not the way to do things in a civilized community;
and tor the City Council of Charleston, w itli a Gen
eral at their head, to l>e intimidated by a reckless
mob, betokens a sad state of affairs—is directly
one of the evils resulting from the overwhelming
tide of emigration w hich is daily pouring in upon
us, and which will roll onward, until our gyveru
mcn in its principles, we fear, will bo changed.
TVc know nothing of Mr. Leahy or his preten
sions. We ad. icate the right of speech. As an
American citizen he has the right to be heard; and
it is the duty of the proper authorities to protect
him in that right.
We like the remarks of Alderman Giililar.d, be
fore the City Council—they are the words of one
who is not afraid of consequences:
“AM. Gilliland remarked, that lie hoped the gentle
man would bo allowed to proceed. That for himself,
lie apprehended no disturbance in consequence of his
lecturing. That it was very much in the power of the
Catholic clergy to restrain any outbreak on the part of
their people; and that even if riot did ensue, he was
clearly in favor of the right of anv citizen to preach or
lecture, lot the consequences be what thov might But
he repeated his belief that no valid objection could be
tak.nto this proceeding, and that t>o violence wonld
ensue. It rested with the Catholic clergy to prevent it”
Aid. Drummond followed up the discussion in these
words:
“The Rev. Gentlemen present. Dr. Leahy, I have
never seen before, and know nothing of him or his lec
tures. The Rev. Bishop John England arrived in this
eity about thirty-three years ago, and delivered a course
of lectures weekly for some time to prove the Scriptures
to be a divine Revelation from Goa, which I attended.
His discourse on the. resurrection of Jesus Christ, was
equal to any on that subject I have ever heard, and
could he arise out of his grave, I would go nod hear
him again. His remarks against the Protestant Churches
In this city, were very severe, but he was ably answer
ed by the Rev. John Bachman, D. D. At the same time,
the Rev Joseph Gelluchat, who was educated to be a
Roman Catholic Priest, and then a Clerk in the United
States Bank, also replied; and I think with success.—
, At that time there was no riot ar disturbance of the
; public peace, and why should it be so now!”
In reply to remarks of several Aldermen, Aid. D.,
subsequently added:
“1 have hear<l nothing said why the Rev. Gentleman
should not be heard at any place or hall h may get,
and that the Rev. Bishop J. A. Reynolds, or the Rev.
I P. N. Lynch, D. D., should not be heard in reply, if
j they think fit or proper so to do. I remark farther,
! I" 1 * 1 should the Roman Catholic Churches in tliia eitv
l>e attacked by a mob, 1 would be there to defend them
[ to worship GoJ according to the dictates of their con
science.”
Alderman Gilliland again expressed himself as favor
able to the unrestricted right ot speeeh. bo denomina
tion should shrink from having its doctrines tested. A*
a member of the Presbyterian Cbureli he was willing
for its tenets to be discussed, and saw no reason why
any other should object to a like proceeding. If any
one cannot bear the light, let it be exposed.
Far Sale.
One copy of tlie volume of the Christian Index
for 1851, may be obtained at this office. The
purchaser may have it bound, if .lie sends us an or
der to that effect, before the middle of May.
Brligiaua InMligrarp.
Revivals. •
The revival in Boston still continues. A few
Sabbaths ago, fifty were baptized by several oft ho
city pastors. A correspondent of the Christian
Chronicle thus speaks of the religious interest in
Boston:
“So changed is the attendance at our evening
meetings, that it seems as if the Sabbath congrega
tion was suddenly dropped into the vestry. 1 have
seen nothing resembling this work since’the scenes
of 1830 and 1881. At the close of the meeting
at Rowe Street church hist evening, (Feb. 22.) Dr.
Stow said, ‘I have passed through several levivals,
but I have never in one week seen such a manifes
tation of the j lower and grace of God in the con
version of sinners. From Monday morning until
Saturday night, I was engaged in ‘ the solemn but
pleasing duty of conversing with inquirers. They
came to me three and four at a time,eight and ten
in a day. \\ c bowed and prayed, and wept to
gether. Young men were seized in the midst of
their pleasures, with such convictions of sin, that
when they came to me, it seemed as if their vary
heart-strings were twinging with anguish. And
their convictions were from no earthly influence;
no human instrumentality was apparent. Many
who one week ago were as indifferent as at any
former period, are now bowed at the feet of Jesuit,
and hoping in the mercy of God.’ The first con
versions occurred in the Sabbath-school.
“ Those who prayed, and wept and fasted, are re
joicing over answered prayers, and cheered by the
beaming countenance of friends who are now’new
creatures in Christ Jesus.”
The Watchman & Reflector contains the follow
ing revival intelligence:
Baptisms in Boston and Vicinity. —We learn
that Rev. T. F. Caldicott, pastor of the First Bap
tist church in Charlestown, baptized nine converts
last Sabbath; Dr. Sharp baptized two at the
Jatircv. lb! baptized six converts on the third
Suhhntli in March.
Stoninyton, L't. —Four were baptized l>y Rcr.
A. G. Paimer, pastor of the Baptist church, Slo
piugton, Sunday, 28th ult. Three
were from one family, constituting with*
■ •li~ v ~*j by j
Others are expecting to go forvva
Pawtucket, 11. /.—A letter frdltk this place in
forms us of the beginning and progress of a work
of grace in the hirst Baptist church and,society.
Rev. B. Wheeler, late of l'laistow, N. lL.Tm* la
bored with the people for several months, and a
blessing has rested on his ministrations.
Beverly, .l/\,—\\ e learn that a revival marked!
by much interest has commenced in the First Bap
tist church and society, Beverly, of which Rev. Mr.
Eddy is pastor. The company of inquirers is large.
} ft** Townsend, Mass. —A. precious revival of
religion has lieen in progress for about three
months, at W est Townsend, in connection with the
Baptist church. Meetings, which the deep relig
ious feeling originated, have been held from throe
to five a week during all this time. A purer and
more genuine work of grace is not often witnessed.
God has himself carried it forward, hence it has
been calm, rational, and deeply solemn. There
has been nothing unnatural or overwrought grow
ing out of the use ot the means employed for the
furtherance of the revival, and hence again the un
abated interest manifested to the last. As the
fruit of this work Christians have been greatly
blest, their strength consolidated, and every stumb
ling block removed out of the way. The converts,
ot whom there arc about sixty, arc from the ages
of ten to thirty. Os these, twenty are members of
the \ oung Ladies’ Seminary. The pastor has al
ready baptized thirteen, one of whom wasliis own
daughter. The result of this work upon the semi
nary has been most delightful. In this, as in like
eases, it has been proved tliat religion is no bar
rier to the growth of the mental faculties or hin
drance to the faithful performance of man's secu
lar duties. On the other hand, religion has quick
ened these faculties and opened for its happy sub
jects anew and more interesting field for their ex
ercise. The late examination of the seminary fully
proved that the pupils had lost nothing by the in
terest and attention which they had given to the
subject of religion during their session. It was the
testimony of the teachers which was fully concur
red in by the committee of examination. tfcaHlw
pupils hail never lieen more faithful to their studies.
The last evening of the term was spent in accord
ance with the expressed wish of the pupils, in ren
dering thanksgiving to God for mercies received,
and in supplication to Him for additional grace
that they might obey the text of the preacher on
the preceding lord's day, and “Go home to their
friends and tell them how great things God hath
dene for them and hath had compassion on them.”
In compliance with a request from the same source,
the first evening of the next term is to be spent in
prayer for the abiding presence of the Spirit in the
seminary and the community.
Letter from Mr. Kincaid.
The following is from a letter in the Christian
Chronicle from the Rev. Eugenio Kincaid, dated
Rangoon, Dec. 23, addressed to the Rev. Mr. Ken
nard, of Philadelphia, which throws additional
light upon the rupture between the Burmese and
the British.
“Our families are safe and comfortable on board
ships, though all our books and other
arc still on shore, and Dr. Dawson and
with all other foreigners, are obliged
unceasing vigilance, especially by
our property from roblsrs. Thij^at*^* - '’
cannot last long. There wilteitbgM"lm
the first week in January. Eve(p
dientes war. and if war takes
tbrone of Alompra wili be
Commodore Lambert, with a frigafjj^K' nJ ‘
April