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I w <*. V indi.ilg hope icr liters who can ro.rdonly the language tl»c price « U he $2,00 r, or $2,80 to oe paid v\ ithin lli* yea-, ,.: -. !'>erv sufctr.ription will be considered as coirt'nijjpfi uitCss subscribers give notice to the contrary: before the cominemrement of a new year, ami a'l arrearager paid. Any person procuring six subscribers vnd becoming responsible for the payment, sbjd’. receive a seventh grot is. a lfi( T" letters addressed to the Editor, *ost paid, vvdl receive due attention. le 01 those previous to this meeting, a»d several more gave us reason to hope before its rinse. The day of judgment alooe will disclose the remits o! this mooting; but we d('p!)t not its influence will he long felt m this nation. Meeting ut the Forks of Illinois — From Dwight, Mr. Dodge and my self accompanied Mr. Newton to the Creeks. The meetings yvere held in ' tvsve* of a k g.rovc, where a rudo kind of pulpit j that upiilts the sp’ I, had been erected, and logs placed in j it is tall enough to over " ie form a square served tho cougie [otvs of our place c gatieti for Scats, Tho number ofilweaks, link aftej pCM-sons coftftClecl, 'on 1Y»® ITFiat bind us to nTateriatHy; Sabbath, was very considerable.--,' opens to imagination a world of spirit- Great sarinusue s and good attention j ual beauty and holiness.— Sir H. Da- were manifested. Tbo work of joy. God was steadily advanced daring (be I tast year. Nearly forty poisons came forward to tho anxifius seals The number of common cants ob He Sabbath was about 6ixty. The to- lijotis prospects of the Crocks are very cucorjig-ft'g. A revival ha*been steadily in progress For more lhan Forks of Illinois. We .spautooo day -yrnmr, aucr tisTo is tin appareii* 9 \vy JDIiStJE^Sd \tt»e itVMS.* V'AJkt* W*V* JhtfUAJ *inv. avu.i&y ktpi u$p ocejna : f(?z TKJ00-** Deji«rn»JI »V.T V*BP T*0-A TB DO.IAAKSfJ, KT «•< w'*.)•< J DUAAEZ TB y.V- O-.i.ftolfcfe*.! O-VU T»^P 0-0,1 IIJ VOcS.li- sivyz o»«,K Jinw/i J«y, wp#* us-n- ,*>j . . r*?jibs'*, Tcr-z tramps* »e’ KT.tz d^p Gtoeyw* (pxjh* V.ttS. D0.1*c*r»t*.I. in I ho neighborhood a-.d on Bayon Menard, near Cantonment Gibson. The day vvas devoted to family vis iting. At sunrise we went to the house of one of the female members abatement of the work of this time. They have, however, suffered for want of a resident missiouury. Tho brethren at Union mission have done what they could, but this lias, of tie- MfeicKOtra* been a long time serious. The lam ily, with the servants ami a few neigh bore, who were occasionally there, made up a little congregation. A hymn was sung and prayer vvas ol- lerotl. The prusance of the Holy jSpuil was very obvious. Not a soul ; vvas indifferent. Af*gr two prayers I and three exhortations, another hymn I vvas given out before the closing pi aver. The hymn was ‘‘the sdc- evmmmicatwn from Mr. Washburn,! f CsS !' u ' »' e . 80,vC ’” b «tj“ uin S* "Como, ‘ dated Matin. IfiSt i bumble sinner. » Before reading the j hymn,,, it vvas proposed that every UCUGPVUS St RATINGS AT.DWIGHT. 0 | ie|>(Csent ^ ( , jeu , Make , h J I'his ission bus presented many resolution expressed in the by urn, f.-vois of yncjuunjou interest, lor mdre should stand up while singiug. The BnffiHk]it*.a'u toar n»«t. os will be seen by hymn was then read. Wlien the* last vol reader came to the stanza hr ginning, “Porhapsjlto will admit my plea,’’* tho husband before alluded to, whose e- of our church, whose husband basjeessity been little, in comparison AftKANiAS CHEROKEE'S. than a yisaj: past, recurring tv v? of the vara, p. l$2 ef. he present yea, . , 1 ftaroad on ibe 5th inst. f.-om an 5i*ft.oj tour amongst the Cb-1* leers, Cr**«k«, and Ovagas. I shall in this & motions during all the exercises had been very deep, arose, and when the hymn was sung, every soul present arose, and at the close every otto dropped upon their knees, while one lead in prayer, expressive of our ap plication to Christ H8our only refuge, and of our determination to trust only in him. I trust every Christian did go to Jesus and surrender himself wholly to him. That anxious hus band, we hope was one of thorn.— Since then his.hope in Christ has been consiapt: clear and joyful. Im pressions were then made on sever al tliot vve trust will be permanent, rsycr meMlng was held oooh j.Three oilier meetings were held iu ing at' sunrise. The regular the course of the day, similar to the je 1 «xerVise» commenced at 10 preceding. Iu all of them, there cosumauicatton give you some account , of qur n»i!“vtif\g '.vB h tbeso Indians, •nod ? ! i« prospect of spiritual good a* v '*l*>aag <b*m. The first, meeting was In-Id here If bog;H) Friday ami con- tHnued till Sabbath evening. Mr. Pi'dsie from B':urtpu’t Messrs. Vaill fro hi Union, Mr. , -i- Montgomery f-o m Union, Mr. PVuaer. frnui Fatifii'ick and Mr. N!»u from Fdilrs nf Illinois, were pfctMni, aud all took in ibe public vx- tsus of the meeting. A" targe con- •gati'vu for this place were present. o'clock, A. M Two sermons were reached aud interpreted in the fore- suid two in the afternoon. About of the prayer* ^'•singing ‘were in In the e e Ci eiokee language, in me even- (» a meeting for prayer a*id exhort* ■*n vvas held. On the Sabbath the md s supper vvas udministm'od Be- re Ike meeting commenced it was itdent that many in our family and the ncighhruhood around us, were ifipdev the influences of the Holy Spirit. This indeed has been the case for more than a year. At the Very opening of the meeting there ‘-wns »feeling iu almost overy heart that God was in the midst of us.— Christians were more humble in their •Confessions of sin, more deeply pene trated with a sense of tboir unwor- ss, and of the presence of a holy wore more affected with the t and auger of sinners, and felt finger desirfts for their salvation, end rested with a simpler and a stron- —-’faith oh the divine promises.— trust they prayed in faith. Sev- wbo bolorc had indulged a Dem and doubting hope, were lit to a fuller submission to God, trust in Christ; clearer and mure awakened were sense of their duty of repentance, how many vield- ChViSt, 1 cannot th^y ?r su) sic Whet! «d the Ok , w.x AS W Wf' was deop aud solemn fueling, and from that time a revival has been manifestly in progress in (hat neigh borhood. Several of (he full Chero- k es have expressed a hope of salva tion, and ethers are anxiously enqui ring. Mr. Newton's prospects of usefulness are very encouraging.— Wa spent the night on Bayou Menard with a hospitable family, with whom we had religious exercises, singtn*, exhortations and prayer. Iu tho morning vve rode to the garrison. At 10 e’clock a meet tig vvas holden at that place. Most of the officers, with their ladies and all the privates who were off duty, atteudad. 1 have never witnessed a mt>re respectful attention to the vverdofGud. If the army were furnithed with chaplains of th# right character, there is reu- aou to hope that great good might he done. If a healthful, moral influence could proceed from the military posts in tbo IndiaD country, these posts would bocome important auxiliaries to missionary eff us for the improve ment of the aborigines. Such an in fluence, it is reasonable to expect, rnrght be secured, if the army were supplied with pious, faithful and la borious chaplains. * Meeting among the Creek Indians —Iu the evening after the meeting at the garrison/ all our party met at Dr. Weed’s in the Creek country. Du ring the three following days, the last of which was the Sabbath, vve litltl religious meetings among the with (ho wants of tho people. 0nc great error in Indian missions lias been to go ever loo much ground at oneo i. e. the number of rnissioua; nes has been so small, that in order to extend tiinr hlims to the whole tribe, nane hove been uisU-uctod vvirli that uiinotODoss and to that extent which is necessary to tho formation of tbo Christian cbarnt'Jcr in all its symnieliy aud perfectiih Meeting among the Osa^es — From the Creeks vve w«ut U tho Osages Wo visited and hold meetings in the' villages except two. >Vo also hem meetings at Union. Af Hope field w« had a promiscuous cong: e/ation of males and females, old and young. at the other villages jv<* had repainte meetings. One congregation vvas composed oxclustvcly of men, anoth er of women and girls, and a third of boys. In general there jvas much willingness to attend meeting, aud much better attention to preaching than last year. Thurd U a consider PLAIN PBEACHING. Baxter is a bright ex - tuple of faith fulness, as a preacher ot the gospel. He is a model worthy of particular regard a' the present time, when, With in ny who are repuled to p-eacli it»^ »rmh. -»e»»rHVst a dis position fo p.imphrase sumo of its plain, sententious epithets, round off its most culling points, and soften some of its uncivil ispcrities li >; : ter did not so preach the gospel^— No matter whom ho vvns addressing, king oi beggais, vve hear llte siui.» direc* aud fearless disclosure of ifio couusej'of God. Thdfsnnuon rleliv- ered be.'ore the. dissolute Charles li is said to lie a masterly specimen, not only ot graid impressive •do quei’cc, but also 'o! pain, pointed dealing with llin eonscieuces cd‘ Isis prmeely auditors; of which tlie fol lowing is an extract: ‘•Will you pe •nan is wise that ig or than ids ay have the ^ i. r tionip and sta can sin more syl! oricaIly than thv prudently and gravely run info rsuadt us that the may cl imb a liMb nciglib ot's, that hf I'CUtui ! rail? lit;.* is ay to b*i ill wi> il ' to than other:-? t ogiet’u a Ily ami -V t Volga i. ni t- •ration, and can leninediv ( madness, and prove that he the brink of boll? Would suade us that he is wise t!< diets the God nj rule that parts with ito-ive 1 hour, and hath not wi, 1 igteaf they may he. As ii is impossi ble to err in practice while our con- j duct is regulated by the commands of I God., so error iu doctrine is equally impossible while our belief corres ponds with the teachings of inspira tion. One of the must delightful fea tures >>t the sacred volume is, that I it contains nothing but truth, arid such truths only, <lte belief and love of which ill make us vvise unto salva- j lion. The sincere Christian in adopt ing tbo divine oracles as the unwring , i ciio ot fulfil as tv ell as o/ practice i often insists with trnjlis sutfl; ns the j>f Josopber does among (lie pktm$« ot nr.tvirn which are conficctcdl ! with mysteries which he cannot falh- ; om. I iio object hoc. over jg not to fathom myst'iies which-are not re- v ‘‘tiled, but to know the truths which are reveniaci and which belong to him i slid to his child roll. However dark and mysterious and unworthy of be- i i f . ny clearly revealed doctrine of ; inspiration may appear to others, this j simple consideration forever satisfies I bun, Cod has icvoah-d it. Therefore j *t most be true. God has revealed it ; and iheiicforn it must conduce the g«<id oi all u ho cordially recti ii He has another test, equally fallible,-ot every truth f--^t doing the divine vv ■fopuinH Unit it is oi won. :*J2x«:ept }'<• b : e cenvei led, and become as l.trle ctMidren ve shall iu no case enter imo, • He liincdeni d lieaveiMi.’ M. A. siiul'i”’ “Can you forget that tiu.il'- ably extensive conv/ciion ou the! ready to undress yen. and minds of (ho Osages, | that their old I that your spot t ;.*•« mirili is done, n, superstitions and religious cer monies | that now you haw all that Hie wo-d, are usolnss, foolish i\ikI wicked — can do for those that s.-i v<- it a» I This conviction, addep to the inter -! take it for tbuir portion? How qui k- ested attentions givey by many to i ly can a fevet, or the < t.e.cc ot a huu- preacliing, satisfied us that, if llieyjdrcd ruosseiigcih oi -.,'t-atti, lieruav could bo steadily assailed by divine j you of till that earth affu.i dec! y o . truth, there is as much encourage and turn your sweetest plea ere i iic ment to labor for them as for any gall, and (urn a lord into a lump 1 other people. Clay?” “Princes and nobles i The different reception given to' not always. You ant not the rulers us this year, the access granted us J of the immovable kingdom; but of a to different classes, and the greater iute.cst manifested in tbo truths of the gospel, are all the eflccts of di- viee truth It >s true wo found no one convicted fully of sin, no one anx iously inquiring after the wav of sal vation, but we did find several that expressed a conviction that their boat that is in hasty stream, or a ship under sail that 3hall speed both p-hofs aud passengers to inexorable leveller is at v i; hacks to convince you by ii,itns ! ih|« argu ment, that dust you ate, and unto dust von shall return. Heaven should Iwv as desirable and death ag tumble A VOICE FROM IRELAND. 1 •e’ ioHrm .ng extracts are from a letter, hv a gem Ionian of llte bar, in Cu k. to the Rev. J. W, Dou glas. The Imprisoned Missionaries •I ln:s> Cli'is'iutis in Anunca will vindicate with Christian spirit, the two missionaries who have been,'judg ing (rq.. \ our ukvvspiipe.iAC so inhu manly treated. Ameivean Christiana • ill cesso (o hold a high position iu my mitul, as a religions people, tl they ii-il to asse> t the rights ot these ser- vHuts of the Lord; if they do not hnvA them speedily restored to their f„m- ifies, with thit guarantee from their' oppifilters, that they must be suf- fe>ed to co about their Msslei’s busi- ness. If'slavery stains the national banner of our transatlantic frietlr.s, as a ire*:people, this, if left ta ex- piic in the four years of imprisiun- msni and labor, will fix a slain—a d-cp slain on their chiisnnnily.’ CihcinnvUi Journal. system of idolatry and snpwrstiliou to you as to others; no man will fear was sinful, that it provoked God, and vvas tho cause oi' Uuir poverty and misery, that they never would be happy and prosperous till they cm- bl'IlCCd tlii: U Uu tvitpilou. f ri*ie ivna clearly expiessed by some of the most intelligent and iufl-teutial men among thorn.—Miss. Her. There is in Religion in every thing around us; n calm and holy religion it. the unbreathings things of natuie, which man would do well to imitate. It is a tneck and blessed influence, stealing as it were unawares upon tho heart. It comes—it lias no ter ror; no gloom in its approaches. It has to rouse up the passians; is un trammelled by lh«* ©reeds, and un shadowed by the superstitions of man. It is fresh from the hands of the Au thor; and glowing from the immediate presence of the Great Spirit which pervades and quickens it. It is vvi'itlea on the arched sky. It looks out from every star. It is among the hills and rallies of earth—where the sbrubless mountain top pierces the thin atmosphere of eternal winter-- or where the mighty forest fluctuates before the strong wind with its dark W « ■ von after death—much less Christ be afraid to judge you?” From the Cincinnati! Journal’ A good man is accustomed to rest in the idea of his dmies us an ul,i mate object, without inquirin’; ot eve ry step why lie should perform them, or amusing himself with imagining cases and situations in which they would he liable to limitations and ex ceptions.’ Duty belongs to us: the reason why vve should obey, to the uni versal Lav* giver. While obeying his authority we can never err, be cause we are obeying the dictates of iufallible wisdom. In attempting to fathom the reasons of many of the cvmmards of God, we fiind ourselves liable to deception for who bath known the mind of the Lord, or being his aounsollor hath taught him? In obe dience also we always secure, with infallible certainly, our own best in terest, although we may not at all times be able to see why. Because we a.;e following the counsels of one who knows perfectly all eur neces sities, and is ever consulting our good. Implicit obedience then to the coun sels of heaveOf whatever appearances SINGULVR C0NVKT10N ON CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE. In the yvar 1123, & youth who was serving his apprenticeship in ISViiden* to a master sail-maker, got leave to visit his njo'her, to spend the Chi ist- nios holidays. She lived tv fuw miles bey end Deal in Kent; he walked he journey, and, on nis arrival at Deal* m the evening, being much fatigued, and also troubled Willi the bowel com plaint, he applied to the landlady of public house, whe was acquainted’ with bis mother, for a night’s lodging. Her heuse was full and every bed oc* pied, but she told him that if tie Would sleep with her unele. nlie h;.d hudj cemo ashore, and was a bealswaiy an India man, he should lie vvc’lcoL.^. He was glad to except the offer, and after spending the evening vvith tfjs new comrade, they retired to rest) In the middle of the night he was at*, tacked with his complaint,'and jwak- ening his bed-foilew, he ask*d him the way into thd yard. The boat swain told him to sro through the kitchen, but as he would find it difi- cult to open tho door into tbe vai the latch bur sired him to i«ko pocket, with which out raise