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From the Western Luminary.
IMPORTANT TESTIMONY.
M Editor:—Permit me t * all the
tmitioti of votir renders to Morrell’s
yi’ii mv in favour ofthe happy influ-,
11 e Foreign Missionaries have exert
upon the native islanders >fthe i’u . . ,
ijc Ocean. Ca;>t Morrell is one of a landing against tl. msands of ferocious
own Ship Masters. Few men
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United States have out d no him in
noting the c intnereial interests • ■!
r country Few Imve maUe sueti
.jable discoveries, or manifested
i,:h co-ii and dauntless courage. He
ivliat the woriu would caii a gener-
,, brave, n >nle hearted mm. So
from being r<*ligi us over much 'e
queutly find him, according to his
n account of himself, in a party of
asure or out on a hunting excursion
the Sabbath.
Such a man, cannot, for a moment,
supposed to have any motive 01 d.s-
ition to give false testimony in favor
Fireign Missionary e forts. It there
anv men in our country, who will
believe the facts related by mission-
es and ministers of the gospel, wliat
II they do with the following deciara-
:i of Cant. M rrrell? In speaking of
Ijroup of islands on the South VVcst
asts of South America, lie says:
The navigator among these islands
ud not be apprehensive of any hid-
mdangers, as every thing shows it-
ilfin th" daytime; ’ neither need lie
ve anv fears as rega (Is the natives
this const; as 1 have liar! communi-
3 with thousands of them, and
uoh for their being a ha inless
itrensive race ! hey are inquisitive
r>table, and would readilv receive in
u .tion Could they lie blessed w itli
3 fame advantages from the lao"ur
missionai ms which the natives <>t the
udwich islands have enp-yed, they
mlu soon become equally civilized
elligent, and moral. 1 hey arc hi
jectsfr u -lv instruction.
In this place 1 beg leave to detain
s reader bv another . n it digression - ,
show that the e-nhs of missionary
hours abroad have been misrepresent-
misunderstood, and murli under-
ited. Among the native Glanders <>f
p Paciric Ocean the good they have
one is incalculable. 1 consider most,
not all, of the persons who have vis-
ltd these island* in the character of
ligious missionaries, as the bonefac-
not ofthe natives merely, but of
e human race. I shall not allude to |
at spiritual benefits they rnuy have »
nferred on those_whom they have
en instrumental in turning from pa
pism to Christianity, but 1 rest their
fence upon the good they have done
the cause of civilization, science,
ltd commerce. They have opened
w channels for lucrative trade, which
ere formerly closed by the ferocity of
nnibals. They have extended a
nowledge of literature and the useful
ts to countries where they were nev-
before known, and may be said to
ve created new countries of civilized
in.
If commerce be a blessing to the
Md—and who, at this day, is bold
ough to deny it?—then the missinu-
ies to the Pacific islands have done
uch to promote its interests, Lndhave
icreby added much to the sum ot hu-
uu prosperity and happiness
Let us then do "
onaries, _
ey have merely caused two blades of
T ass to grow where but one grow be
savages with poisoned weapons,
have been instances where the
There
ship’s
c.ompanv, officers and all. hqve beer.
.. .. 1. weakened and emanated by
■ amine and scurvy to maintain a con
test with savages. Such have either
perished with hunger, or beeame tliein-
selvos the food of cannibals
Such instances certainly have been,
and these islands .are still inhabited by
the descendants ofthe same people —
What f wce of arms could not effect,
the gentle manners and mild porsuas-
ions of pious missionaries have accom-
complished No sooner does a ship
stop there now, than the inhabitants vie
with each other in acts of kindness and
and the burden so heavy, they must of
course he Christ’s.
1 shall examine this claim to the
precedence in point of difficulty And
something I am prepared to concede
to the Church of Borne on this score.
There is a part uf her faith which I ac
knowledge it is exceedingly hard to re
ceive. It requires a powerful effort
doubtlessto bclive the doctrine of T.•un-
substantiation. viz. that the bread and
wine ofthe sacrament are •‘hanged into
. . . what? The body and i»l met of
Christ? Not that alone, but nls into
his soul and divinity! Yes, it is hard
to belirve it is so, when one sc. s it is
not so, and knows it cannot ne so. It
is hard to disbelieve at will, those
long tried and faithful servants, the
senses; and especially that first ofthe
live, the sight. There is dijjlcrllt; in
Catholic religion truly. It puts a tre
mendous strain on the mind
T here is also her doctrine about the
necessity of baptism to salvation, vhioli
some of us find it very hard to believe.
One reason of our diffi-iilty is that
doctrine hears so h» -* “l’ 1 ’" mP 10a ’’
O. n.wi pwrUouUrly oil the immense
multitude d' in tints who everywhere
die with ut fiaplsm. According to the
doctrine ofii -me, that baptism is es
sential to salvation, they me all 1 >st
just fin- the » ant of a little water! i o r
tilings, they
thief on tfio eioss wli
ry thing, even the in ist secret thoughts, size of manges, but exceedingly oil-
to any body called the priest. And ter.—When the prophet Klishu was at
then to have to perform whatever pen- Gilgal, during a scarcity of provisions,
ance he might please to precribe, Yes, lie sent bis servant to gather herbs, to
it is hard—so hard, and so absurd too make pottage tor his company, who
that God has never required it at our brought wild" gourds, not knowing what
hands, fie says to the sinner, come they were; hut when he tasted ttie
rij>fit to iii< with your broken heart, and dish they exclaimed that it was j o 1 -. n;
make your confession to me, for he is upon which the prophet dried meal to
•in Christ reconciling the world unto I he mixed with it, and they ate with* ut
himself, not imputing theii trespasses injury, i Kings, iv, 3fi—41. Sue
unto them.” other wild fruit or berry, however, may
Again, fasting is reckoned among b p meant,
the hard things of the catholic religion When the Almighty had mercy upon
— and indeed it is hard not to cat when Nineveh, alter he had by Jonah threat-
one is hungry But that is not their e,le( * destruction, the prophet v. as
idea of tasting. Their idea of fasting displeased that the Lord should m t lul-
is in acc. dance with what .St I an I I' 13 judgments, supposing probablv
says to Timothy in his prediction con- than the people ofthe city should look
corning them, an "absiaingfrom Meats,” upon him as a false prophet, in his
or '‘whatsoever is sold in the sham- 'cxatiou he went out i t the city to n sol-
bles.” jNow there is nothing so very * ,ai > place, t see whether the ] mcl
bant in that restriction. He must he 1 " (> uld 11 t y et destroyYt. The t itemien
very difficult who cannot satisty his of Ninevah is cxiromely hot, J i.ah
appetite out ot all the variety ofthe mude a * boi th, ” or sh<*■ ■
vegetable ki.ncdoiu 1 .jv!inv,b'til,YrniaiKci ifi- fV rn, i? U P; v luchg'ea! y in*
^ thing about the j creased the c mio.t •» he eh,.Iter;
b 'but afterwards In caused a vvoiin to
a tack it, and the very 1 ext day the
g urd v* uheri d nwav, and the sun ' c-
ca...e s. in u p ta- It. that J nan fain
ted and wi. bed to die. G d tl.i n made
Itut there is one thing about the
catholic religion in view of which I
suppose 1 must admit it to be the hard
est religion. It belongs strictly nei
ther to faith or practice. \ on will
guess that 1 have in my v ind—Purga-
utrij Now as a doctrine there «i e 111a
/are no better tha i the 1 ny'things about it hard to be believed
died with nit ! u- e. g that inatcrtai lire should uf
baptism They get n
Paradise the first day.
ligioti. Tiffs d ;et i.ie
upon children-, as he:
. further than' aide to a t on immaterial spirit, aiui
It is a hard re- j thereoy purify it too. But as purgato-
s cmellv ha d lgy to be b>lieved, it is still liaider to
doctrine that i be suffered. Yes.it is hard after hav-
inoney by the purchase of pray ers and
masses, releases souls from i'urgatory,
is lia;d upon the poor.
So much for the dilliculty of her faith
But aitcf that is n >t so hard; as for
hospitality. The best their country
affords is offered, and freelv offered, to , , , .
fresh the wearied and weather-beaten example, hui < ictune o tn u giu ts.
It is nevei haul to lie indulged.
manners, whom they meet on the
beach; and, armed with nothing but
smiles of welcome, inquire their wants
Here the stranger can eat and dunk,
aid sleep in perfect security, under
perhaps the same roof beneath which
human tlesh was once an article of
•bod Who have effected this wonder
ful change in the short period of one
generation? i answer, thisis the work
of missionaries G d bless them!
There is still an extensive tield open
for such useful labours, where results
equally beneficial, in many respects,
could n t fail of being produced —
‘The harvest truly is plenty, but the
labourers are few.” The western
coast of South America, fr^in Magel-
I Ian’s St ,- ait to Port Vnlvida, deserves
I the attention of missionary societies.
Here the natives are living in the most j
There
very great conven-
is no hardship, nut
iencc for a delinquent sinner to ha’-e
such a bank to draw upon,ns the ac
cumulated merits of the saints in by
gone ages, who did 111 >re than they
needed for their own salvation, having
loved G"d with console'ably more than
all the heart, and s ul. and strength,
and mi.id! Tiis doctrine d >es not
make the Roman Catli die religion a
hard one—neither d' cs the doctrine of
venial sins. You know they hold that
there arc some sins whose wages is not
death. They arc cxcosaMe— mere
peccadillos. IVe recognize no such
sins. We think with St. i aid tha !
' “cursed is every one that continued)
not in all things which arc written i
1 the hook ofthe law to do them.”
But perhaps when the Catholics
ins p :,ne through the whole routine ot
the sacraments, and iived long a good
catli die, then to die, and go into intense
fire It is so hard that 1 for my part
prc.ter the leligion of poor Lazarus
whom the angels took straight to hea
ven; and of the penitent malefactor
who spent part ofthe day on which he
died, in Paradise. By the way, St.
1 mil, C' uld not have been thinking a-
bout Puigatory when he said, “to me
to die is gain.” But 1 forget that he
lived before the time of the Catholic
religion. M. S.
From the Sundny School Journal.
NOTES ON THE NATURAL HIS
TORY OF THE BIBLE.
Gnat —A small winged insect, capa
ble of stinging, and in eastern climates
more troublesome arid numerous ttian
with us. They aro apt to be found in
liquors that have linen left uncovered,
wretched condition that can well be speaks of their religion as a had one,
c uisido'ed, in one of the finest coun- they refer not so much to ils laith. as
tries in the world. The arts of civili- to its practice. It is what they hove to
/.ation, particularly that of agriculture. ‘ do that is so ba d. But why do they
with a true knowledge of practical ve- ' speak of it as haid 5 It I "iks as if it
linfinn, would make them a happy and ! was a tusk to them—as if they d 1 not
grateful people; and at the same time j find their sweetest and purest delight
ipon a lueiativc trade that would prove ! in it. it w.uld appear as if they did
'oneficial to all parties. The country j not esteem the service of G >d eqna'ly
is claimed by no civilized nation, the their privilege as their duty. One would
Spaniards never hav ing extended their | suppose,-to hear them talk, that the
application of tt.e use • 1 of this g u d
to Nineveh, teil.ng the priq.ln t th !:o
mourned for the destructi't: ot a ; h.nt
f r which ha bad noi lab :cd no. wu oe-
grow, and should not God be wiliuig to
.,;.aro Nineveh, wherein were m re
ihun 120.000 children who had u-t
committed the sins for which he was
angry with the inhabitants: (Jci.ah
* v -)
What plant this gourd was is uncer
tain. it is supposed to have been a
quick growing plant, which grows in
Egypt lrom which oil is extracted;
which rises to the height of 10 or li
feet, with very large leaves, and which
the eastern people often plant before
their shops to make a shade.
CO.VF.Y.
Is a name lor the rabbit, but the
word translated coney in the Bible is
rather believed to mean an animal, call
ed the ashkoho, about a foot and a half
1 ng, with no t iff, it lives uponginiu,
fruits, ninl roots, and chews the cud,
as is mentioned ofthe coney in Levitt,
xi. o, and l)ieut. xiv. 7, where it is
pronounced unclean. r i Ley are timid
and easily tamed, and live in the open
ing of caves, or in holes iri rocks, as
says Solomon, “The coney a:« hut a
and whi h were generally strained on i‘ 0 «’hit-: folk, v'et make they thei: liritscs
that account, and hence the propriety ; j n ,i i0 r()C ks.” ( 1 rov. \.\x. 2(b) and
ofthe comparison of our Saviour, who,
when speaking ofthe hypocrisy of the
Scribes and Pharisees, « ho were scru- |
pulous about the outward ceremonies
of religion, but neglected its duties,
said to them, “Y'e blind guides who
struin out a gnat and swallow a camel ”
pMatt. xxiii, 24.) For so tho text
should stand, i isteud of “strain ai.” It
is also said that there is a species of
tiy that is bred in the settlings of wine, ij ve s on fish, which it devours in great
David. “The rocks area tetuge to:
tlic conies.” ^i s. civ. 18.) 'J hey
cannot furrow or make Ik les like lab-
bits, on account ofthe softness of their
feet, which project beyond their i.aiL
or claw s.
coiuroitANT.
A large sea bird, aln lit tlnee ar.d a
half.eet long. It has a kind «f pouol.
under its throat, formed ot skin; ie
•.•inquests south of the archipalag of
Chonos, or Cliil >e.”
Two men under the care of 'he Amer
ican Board of Commissioners for Fo
reign Missions have sailed from this
country to explore the tield above al
luded to.
Capt. Morrell knew’, by bitter expe-
jience how important it is, for the in
terests of our Seamen, that all the
inhabitants ofthe Pacific islands should
be brought under the iuiluence of the
gospel.
On one island he was compelled to
see thirteen of his own ship’s crew
treacherously murdered, and tlieir bo
dies roasted and devoured by the sav
age cannibals.
The narrative of his Voyages and
Discoveries, a volume of nearly 500
pages, is worthy the pcrusul of every
intelligeat American. A. B.
i justice to the mis-
and bid them God-speed. If
From the Now York Observer.
THE HARDEST RELIGION.
Among the. compliments which our
bretluen ofthe Church of Rome pay to
a»a 10 .ow o -- , * 1P ’ r re *'?' on > tlii--* is one. They sav it
•re they deserve the approbation of • is the hardest religion—that no otlior
lie world. They cannot act from sel- j rd gion requires so much of its votary.
|ah motives when thev voluntmily sub- lienee they would have it inferred that
lit to so many privations, sufferings, th< ii> must lie the divine and only true
ingers, even death itself, to benefit, religion. Tho yoke bemg so hard,
commandments of G >d are g i«>v-.m*
1 am truly sorry for them tlnu Clr ist’s
yoke, which, lie says, is easy, they mid
to fie so galling to them We, Prot
estants, never think of speaking of uur
religion as hard Wisdom's ways we
find to be pleasantness, and all he
paths peace. Uur language is: “(>
how love 1 thy law! How sweet are
thy words into my taste! yen, sweeter
than honey to my mouth!” But it
seems not to be so with Catholics, i
have been struck with surprise to hcai
even the most devout of them speak of
the requirements of their religion, as
thiifgs which they mu t com, fy with
“1 must,” is the language which they
use in reference to almost every thing
of a religious kind that they do. I
have thought with myselfh >vv is it pos
sible that their hearts can be in tlieir
religion, if they esteem it such a hard
ship. How will heaven he able to make
them happy, if the exercises and acts
on earth most akin to those of heaven,
are so irksome that thev engage in them
only troin sheer necessity ?
But I must advert to some of the
hard practices w hich the Catholic re
ligion requires of her votaries. There
is that practice of confessing to the
( rie-t. Is not that ha d! Truly it is.
ihink 1 should find it hard to teil eve-
nnd thut this kind may bo particularly
alluded to.
CIGKR-EAGI.E.
Supposed to bo the Egyptian vul
ture, the appearanco of which is de
scribed to be as horrid as can w jll be
imagined; the face is naked and wrink
led, tlic eyes large and black and
crooked, the talons large, and extend
ed icady to seize its prey, and the
whqle body covered with filth. Yet
says a traveller, the i habitants of L-
g\ pt cannot lie thankful enough t<>
Providence for this bird. All the pla
ces around Cairo aro filled with tin-
dead bodies of asses and camels; and
thousands of these birds fly about and
devour the carcases, before they pu
trefy.
This animal is only mentioned in
T ev. xi, 13, and Dent, xiv, 17, among
the unclean birds; hut the same He
brew word in Prov xxx, 16. where it
is translated in another manner, but
the sense would be much improved b;,
substituting this insatiate bird, Ihr
passago would then read—“There art
three things that ure not satisfied, yea
four things say not it is enough—tin
giavo and the ravenous gier-engle.
the earth thnt is not filled with watei,
and the fire ”
cocud—wri.n gourd.
Tho wild-gourd is a plant rearm!:
ling tho cucumber, beating fruit ofthe
numbers, darting upon them and snatch
ing them from the water. It was pro
nounced unclean. Levit. xi. Iff.—
Deut. xiv. 17. It isusedbytho proph
et as an emblem of desolation and de
sertion; as of Idumea, “the cormorant
and tiie bittern shall possess it.” Isa
iah xxxiv. 11. and of Nineveh, “the
cormorant and the bittern shall ledge
in the upper lintels, [doors] of it.’ —
(yleph. ii. 14.) 111 these two last pas
sages the pelican is rather the bird in
tended.
The Standard.—Judge a man by
his actions—a poet by his eye—an
idler by his fingers—a lawyer by Ins
leer—a player by his strut—a boxer
by his sinews—an iiishman by his
swagger—an Englishman by his ro
tundity—a Scotchman by his shrug—
a justice by his frown—a great man by
his modesty—an editor by his coat—.
a tailor by, his agility—a fiddler by
bis elbow—and a woman by her neat
ness.
Gomous for Drawing.—What aro
you now engaged in drawing on your
slate, Toni? said a schoolmaster to a
little urchin.
“A house it a pig, sir,” was the reply.
“Why, I see nothing hut a house,
here is tiie pig.” asked the teacher.
Uli sir.” replied the hoy, “the j.ig
.3 behind the house.' 5