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NEW-Y(JRK, FIFTH DAY, MARCil 27, 1845.

EDITED BY GEORGE B. UTTER. , ,

YOLo I.

4. God sets limits, appoints boundaries, to the 1he la\v limited the permissidn to labor, and follow THE IRISH. day. "The evening and the morning were the secular employments, to the close of the sixth day's sea~ed in the" old arm·chair," w.aits its'reQ,eption ; first day." The evening and the morning, then, light; and this limitation was. observed in the 'I'he important political influence of the irish in whl.le, from over the Sh9)llder~, aIH:I,UP9.~n9~Wms do not mean the darkness and the light; nor do practice of God's ancient servants, this country, has become quite apparentto all ob~erv' of lis bearer ,from the office. fas he' Ilxtel}ds the . d . 11 d Th I . . . 1 strealIling pagesl preparator.v to 'ih'el,r; 'being""Ji~, they comprehend what in modern WIS om IS ca e e anguage of the filst IDstltutlOn, and of the aw, ers. For this reason, they are receiving perhaps their b J, -

a natural day, i. e. the period included in the di. is equally precise in limiting the duration of the 1 may e seen eager faces peeping' fqr' a l'gli1hpse ful share of attention from politicians and statos- of the welcome VI'SI'tant S b~ t d .,..ft·, 10'

For the Recorder.

THOUUHTS ON THE PERPETUITY OF THE SA.BBA.TH. NUMBER EI(>HTEEN.

The sabbatic law requires a specified and limited time for sabbatizing.

urnal revolution of the earth. God counts this as Sabbath. Gen. 2. 3," God blessed the seventh. ".' . u ~ec e 'no .. · 0.. ng two periods, day and night j and for all practical day, and sanctified it, because that in it he had ~en. But among Christians and philanthropists ~etlenlihon, by' the slow perusal.of an extendi4, ar-

d d Th ' d f 11 h' I h' h (' d d d llttle thought ha b . h' d I tiC e, t e raising of the spectacles is'"imp,atiently purposes, man is oblige to 0 so too. e m· reste rom a IS wor (S w IC ,.0 create an ' seen given to t elr ep orable ' \ < • spired writers never use the name day for a deti. made." Exod. 20: ll, "The Lord rested the ~eligious condition and the means of improving ~atched, and haile~ as th~ ,signaLfo,-: ~no,ln!r~an-nl'te period of twenty-four hours. When it is seventh.day, wherefore the Lord blessed the It Th fi t th h I dldate to monopolIze its column's. ThulI'j'it is

r I h S bb h d d h II d'" I h d d . e ac at t ey are most y RomanL~ts, seized by each member brthe family 'ti.l\fIan)i1ue From my earliest reading and meditation; on

the sabbatic institution, I had supposed it to be an indisputable fact, that the terms of the original in­stitution and the language of the law, required rest unto the Lord from the close of the sixth day unto the close of the seventh day. But supposing that a new epoch commenced with the resurrec­tion of Christ, and that the new reckoning of time began at midnight, I had conscientiously refrained from(j;;ecula'r employments and indulgences from midnight after the seventh day until midnight af· ter the first day. When, however, I became con­vinced that there had been no divinely·authorized change of the sabbatic law 01' time, I felt bound to close all secular employment with the close of the sixth day's light. It has been a matter of surprise and grief to me, to find any who love the Sabbath of the Lord, and who profess submission to the reqnirements of the fourth commandment, holding so different a view of the matter as to fol. low another practice, viz. to secularize the night after the sixth day, and sahbatize on the night followitYg the ~eventh day. As this is just now a practical question with some of my friends, I have

used in its proper sense, they uniJorm y mean tea at. ay, an a owe It. f t e wor ay and strongly attached to that Church, has been re~ fa.miliar w, ith, its contents. . Contrast. this [family period marked by the duration of light. It is means the same here as ID Gen, 1: 5, viz. that d h I sometimes used also symbolically for a period of time comprised in the evening and the morning, gar ed as a sufficient reason for le,aving them WII one Simi arly located, equal in eve~y re~p'ecIJ labor, and then may mean months or years, the hallowed pOltion of tim~ closes with the de. very much to themselves. We al'e glad to know, save the fact of being destitute ofa well'Willldl1ct-

thoul1ht be~t to diverlJe from the order I had in. ., 0

tended in this series of artICles, for the pu rpose of . presenting at this time my thoughts as to what

• the institution and the law require of us in refer­ence to these practices.

Passing by all the false philosophy of the wise of this world, I believe the holy Scriptures will furnish us ',~vith a plain and satisfactory solution of the question of duty in this matter. It would be an injurious retlection upon the great Lawgiv­er, to suppose that he has in the most solemn man, ner enjoined upon us the religious observance of a portion of time, and yet given no instructions by which an honest and devout inquirer can ascer, tain the definite boundaries of that portion of time! All laws, in order to have any strong hold upon men's feelihg of obligation, must lfefine me llmll~ of their requirements, or refer to such circumstan· ces as form well-known boundaries of those re­quiremen~. Thus it is with the sabbatic law. So far as t am acquainted with the hislory of pa,1 ages, no question or controversy ever arose reo specting the commencement or close of the parti­cular' time required by the sabbatic law, until sinoe the Christian world began to call in ques­tion the obligation to keep holy the Sabbath of the Lord. If this has been so, it must have been blir­calise the law, so long as it was exclusively fol­lowed, was so definite that it admitted of no dis. pute respecting its mea:ning upon this point. This is what it is just to expect respectir,g such a law, and what certainly obtains respecting the other nine precepts of the decalogue. If it be so re­specting the fourth commandment, thE'n the prac­tice of those who deviate from its plain import, and the failure of those wh!} Itave advocated the right practice to convince the erring, must have arisen from a departuI'e from the law, and falling into disputes about the philosophy and tradition8 of men. Whether I think rightly respecting the law on this matter, let the reader of the loll owing reo marks judge.

:First, 1 invite attention to tlte institution of day and night. ~

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The lirst chapter of Genesis is not designed to be a philosophical history of the six days' crea. tion, but such a history of it as is adapted to pre· pare us for a revelation of 9od's will respecting mall, whom he has created and made; and in particular, to instruct us in respect to the observ. ance of the Sabbath. The sceptical and disobe, dient will call this in question; uut thp. repeated references to it in the sabbatic injunctions are sufficient proof that the position is correct. V,r e learn from Gen. 1: 3-5, that "Darkness was upon the face 'of the ,deep .... And God said, Let there be light, and there lVas lirrht ... And God rlivided the light from the darkn~s. And God called the light day, and the darkness he called night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.J'

1. This inspirfd account says, that darkness ,cOveted the great chaotic deep, containing the ele· ments of whO h h' . ' I. 10 t IS earth IS composed, before IJlere was any day. It does not say how 10nO' it haddbeen there; but there it was before day ~as ma e.

b h h d·Jr " ed religious paper. Ignorant of all the i~rv:rtant There are about sixty places in the Scriptures parting light of the sevent ·dav, a"d we are then owever, t at a luerent feelllJg IS now springing' II t I' h k' d fCh'" ".r;, I

wllere " day and ni!Zht" or " night and day. ," are at liberty to return to our secular employments. up in ' I d h . ea ures re auve to t e mg, ,om 0 flst;'It'ls',not ~ . .ome p aces, an .1 at many are commg to I actuated 10 constant and systematio efforls for:' its used to denote distinct periods. Day is not reck, That this is the view which the Jews had of the h k h h h t m t ey ave somet mg to do for this people. advancement, but selfishness supreme ~etlles down oned exclu.ively from the appearance of the sun extent of the hallowed time, IS manife§t from their I above the horizon, or its declining below it; but practice in the days of Jesus Christ. ~The Phari. n the American Messenger for March we find an, upon hearts thus closed to the interests of. Zion.

'd I f I I I h S bb h interesting article upon the sub,;ect, [I'om whl'ch T. he most thrilling appeals -in her behalf w,ould from the appearance of the light that emanates sees sal It was not aw u to l!!il on tea at J I from his beams in the morning, to the departure of day. Luke 13, 14. When, the fore, Jesus had the following extract is taken. It ought to awak tah~l pOhwdertlhess °bn the ea~ordthoSlt; wdho~~ .sympa-

Th . . d h' 1 t h' h S bb h .1< • C ., .' les a us een perml te to Ie ormant.

tlle same in the evening, e IDSplre Istory Jeen eac lUg on tea at U'8J m apernaum, en m every plO.US heart a. spirit of prayer on be. [Zion's :Advocate. sometimes speaks of the commencing of day with and had entered into Simon's b'ouse, and healed h If f h b h d a 0 t e emg te reSIdents among us:- - . , '\ the rising of the sun, and of its close with the go' his wife's mother cf a fever, his fame spread abro~d, ILLUSTRATIONS OF REDEMPTION. ing down, because he is supposed to be the great ,. Now when the sun wns setting-[Doddridge, Ireland has been oppressed and debased by the cause of day. Exod. 22: 3, Josh. 10: 26, 27. 'lYas set'; Campbell, 'After tltnun was set ']_ mtluence of two hierarchies-each powerful BY CHRISTMAS EVANS. -

The darkness beiQg, called night, and the light be· they that ha~ any sick With ,hvers Jiseases brought enough to have crushed ~ l~ss ardent, generous Suppose a large grave·yard, surroundedl by a ina called ni<1ht, it t~ plain that the" evening and I them unto him." Luke 4 .40, Ma'k 1, 32. Matt, a~d t:ustful people, WhIle t.he established reli. high wall, with only one entrance by a large,iron th~ morninO"? are in God's account two distinct 8' 16, The reason for thiS CO]TSe is obvious. glOn IS that of the, church of England, and the gate, which is fast bolted, Within these walls parts of th: period of light, and named in the na. Although Jesus healed on the Sabbi'tth day, yet the peo~le are taxed to sustain it, four·fifths of the pop .. thousands on thousands of human b~i~gs/ 'of all tural order of discourse, not in the order of their Phansees and rulers of the Jews w~ld not permit ulatlOn are Rom~n Catholics, and ani roundly .ages and conditions, are bending over their yawn­creation; the moming being that portIOn of the them to carry even a sick man's beet, but now af· taxed a. second ~Ime by theu' priests to sustairl ing graves under the power of a fatal ·tlpidel\lic. light which reaches from lts appearance to Its me. tl'r the SUll \Vas set, It.was lawful to do all these that faith. ltesIstance of Protestant oppression They have no balm to heal them-no physician ridian, and the evell,ing that portIOn whIch ex.' thmgs, strengthens their attachment to their own religion, to administer to them. While in this deplorable tend~ to the departll~e of the Itght. When even It; then J the Sabbath time closes with the sev. and gives color to their views of the Protestant state, Jjferr.y came down from heaven' and' stood then was come, God said, this shall be one day; enl h day's light, and if the night followmg the sixth faith. Their priests avail themsel ves of this pre.' at the iron gate. She beheld, the scene of two thjj is the first day. NeherDiah 8: 3,2 KlIIgs 18. day is not sabbat;c time, the Lord's Sabbath, at this judice, and thus the difficulty of reaching tbem I'within the walls, and wept over it, exclaiming, 29. The tiam8 fact is equally apparent III the ltC, ~eason of the year, i~ but about twelve hours IS increased, while the motive for showing what "0 that I might enter. I would bind up: ,their count of the fourth day's creatlon j verses 14 to I':), 10llg! I do not beheve that there is a pious Sab, true Protestantism is, is strengthened. broken hearts, heal them of the deadly disease, "God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of bath.keeper in the land, who WIshes to rob God The influence of the oppressive policy of the and save:them from death." the heaven to divide the day from the night." See of one half of that sacred time on which Jehovah British government has been to drive out the poor, While Mercy stood weeping at the gate,' an I also Psalm 136' 8, 9. ThiS order IS to be reo rested and whIch he blessed, 'yet such would be half·starved peasll,ntry of Ireland, and empty them embassy of angels, commissioned from the court' garded in a'tcertaiDing the limitations of the law the result of the sentiments and practice of those by thousands upon our shores. The construction of heaven, and on their way to other worlds, pass. respecting sabbatiC: time, since the law says, "For who say that the D1gln lollowmg the sixth day of our extended public works; the increase of ed over, 'paused at the sight" and heaven forgave in six days the Lord made heaven and p,arth, the is no part of Ihe Sabbalh God devided the day our manufacturing inlelest, drawing girls from ser· the pause. Seeing Mercy~ at the gate, they, cri8d sea, ~11~ all. th~t in the~ is." This is not the re~- f~om tho .night, so that the nIgh: following the vice, and leaving their places to be supplied from out-" Mercy, can you loa.; upon, this scel)tl, Ilnd son for InstItl1tmg the i:labbath, but the order m Sixth day IS as truty the seventh nIght as the fol. Ireland and Germany; the comparatively high not pity 1 can.. you pity and n.t relieve 1" M;ercy which th~ prohibition is to be o?served. A~ the 100~ing day is the seventh day. ~The very reo price of wages for manual labor; the cheapness replied," I can pity, out I can".;t relieve." "But s~me penod of the week at which God fimshed "'tflctions and prohibitions of the law as much for. of provisions; freedom from taxation for the sup· why'do you not enter and relieve. them 1" '0,' hiS work of creatIon) we are to cease our secular bid work on that time, as on the following day, port of religion: these, and other causes, have,; said Mercy, ':Justice has ba~recl the! gate. against employments. . The rea,on why the hortatory parts of the law brought hither perhaps 750,000, it may be 1,000,. me, and I must not unbar it.' 1

We are now prepared to attend to t!i.e wst/tutWJI a,'e connected verbally with the d lY, and nothing 000 oflrishmen and their immediate descendants. I At this- moment Justice himself appeared to of the Sabbatl!. speciallv said of the m <rllt is because the Sabbath Perhaps the proportion of nominal Protestants watch and guard the gate. Why do you not let

Genesis 1: 31, and 2: 2, 3,-" And IS not {ntended 10 illl~r[~re With man's natural among this number will not differ much from that Mercy in 1 said the angel. Justice replied,' my God saw every thing that he had made, and be, dllll nal repose, I11ghl bemg III the order of natnre of ireland, a little less than one.fifih, leaving, it law is broken, and it must be honored. Die they hold (t was very good. And the evenll1~ and the thc_ti:ne ,f'.)I' sleep. _yet If __ IV.!! 'pC9UPY any-'part may. be, f~om 600,000 to 800,0,00 i~ nominal con. must. " mornIng wer~ the Sixth day. , .. Anu Oll the of It III any thlllg beSides repose, It must De in ,,~n "'-l\b th., Romlsh ohuron. These are but At this moment there appeared a form among seventh day God ended hiS work wlllch he had Sahbath employments. estImates; but they are formed on the best data the angelic band, a form like unto the Son of God, made; and he rested on the seventh day flom all I do not remember to have heal'd' or seen but we can command. who addressing Justice, said, ,what are ,the con­his works which he had made. And God bless~J one passage of Scripture brought forward against Here then we have ~ population live times as ditions on which these sufferers may be relieved 1 ~he seventh day ~nd sanctlhed It, because ,that In the opinIOn that the luw. requires the Sabbath to I~rge a~ ~ll the San.dwlch Islands-crowaing our what are thy demands 1 Justice replied, my It he had resteq,trom all hIS wod;: which God ere- (;Io,t' at the dl-parture of the seventh day's light, Cllles,. hmng ou~ I:allroads and .canals, occupying terms are stern and rigid. I must have sickness ated and made. and that IS Matthew 28: 1-" In the end .of the our kitchens, driVIng OUI' carnages, and electing for their health-ignominy for their hbnor-"-death

.Here observe, God had ~reated and made all Sabbath, as it began to dawn towards the first our rule:s. ~hey are proverbially a religious for their life. Without shedding of blood·ihere is thIngs, and surveyed them, and pl'?nou!lced them day of the week," This pa~sage evIdently refers people, I? their way, and trllst their spiritual no remission. Said the Son'ofGod, I accepF ,thy very good, before the sl~th day's I1ght was gon~. to the same fact melllloned Luke 23 : 56, The gUides With a fatal. confidence. No where but in terms. au me be this' wrong. Let. Mercy enter •• But he had ~ot ended hiS work untll he had IlIst!- women who-followed Jesus from Gallilee, ICturn. Ireland could ~he lable of purgatory ~lave origin- When, said Justice, will you take their place,' or toted, san~tlfied, and blessed the. seventh day. ed from the sepulchre, when Joseph had buried at~d a[~d received popular credence. They are meet the claims of my broken law 1 . Here then IS the apP?llIted ordel' of tllne, which ti,e body of Jesu~, and prepared spices and oint- priest-ridden and deluded, and what is worse, love Four thousand years hence, said the Angel of God ~as not yet a~ohsl~ed 0;, nlter~d, nor ~v,dl he menls to anoint it, and rester! on the seventh day to hav~ ,It so'. They.do no;. re~son anti.think, .but the Covena?t, on the hill of Calvary, I will. suffer alter It. See Jer. 33. ~O, 1 •. 89.34,37, 10 thIS accordIng 10 the comnlandment. That being feel. I he Irishman IS all .eeling. WIth or with· for them Without the gates of Jerusalem In my or~er of tuue the sabbatl~ law ~t lsl~.el repeatedly over, they now relul'lled to perform this office. out provoc~tion, the shIllelah performs. its ready ?wn person. The deed was prepared and sin~e~ refers. Exod. 20: II, 31, 1', "::SIX days., shalt The difficulty in thiS passage all vamshes by I e. ?ffice; a kmd .word may turn th~ blo\~ mto a ben. m the presence of the angels of God., JuStIC~ thou labol' and do all thy work •. , for m SIX ference 10 the original, for here it is, as rendered ~son. The prIests un.derstand tins tflut, and turn ~as ,satIsfied, apd Mercy entered, preachmg s~1va I days the Lord made heaven and earth the sea, and in several modern ver,ions "The Sabbath bein" It to good account, m Peter's pbnce, and mass. Uon m the name of Jesus. The deed was committe I all that in them is." ThiS specificatIOn of the time over "~ , 0 money for deceased friends. This 'characteris- to the Patriarchs; by Ihem to the kings oflsrae1 and, expressed in the law, plainly limits the labors of r know well enou"h that an inuenious mind tic may be turned to account for a better purpose. the prophets; by whom it was preserveu.lill Danl ma~ ~o the ti~e occupied by God 10 ,the work of can by sophistry ~vade' these plain Cteachings ?f II * * * iel's .seventy weeks. were_ ac~ompl!shed .. Af th~ ~reatIOl1, that ~s, to ~he ,close of the Slxt~. day., ~? the la.w when so Jlspose?; but ho~v can a candid We asked a recent eonyert from 'the Romish appolllted Ume Justice appeal ed . on the .hIi,~ 9al-accordance With thiS Older, every msplled I.efel' and pIOUS person, who smcerely Wishes to conform ,faith a few days since, to state what proporlion of vary, and Mercy presell~ed t? hIm the Importanf e~ce to the duratIOn of. a day, ~Jakes ~t termlllate to the requirements of the fourth commandment, the Irish catholic population of his acquaintance, deed. Where, saId JUStlC~, IS the Son of God 1 wHh the depart.ure of hght. ~ hat ~hls was the .eriously review these thmgs mid oontinue to se. and within the range of hiS observation, gave any ~ercy a~swe~ed, behold him at the bottom of the ?Jode .of reckonmg atn~ng Go~ s ancient serval~ts, cularize the night following the sixth day 1 Does evidence of piety of heart 1 "Not arM in a tltou- hill bearIng hiS cross, and th~n she departed .. ,and IS .p~am fro~ the tollow!l1~ Scriptures. Nehem.mh not the Jaw limit attentIOn to secular things to the sand," was his reply, as the tears started to' his stood, aloof ~t t~e ~our ~f tnal. Jesu~ ~s':le~~e~ 4. 2.1,.22, So we la?OIe~ m the work, ... fl o~ SIxth day's close 1 Is not the night following it as eyes. It is not uncharitable to believ~ that this is the hill, willie I? hIS, tralll .followed hiS, weepl~o ~~e :l"lSmg of,the mornmg ~Iil the,stars appeared,' much the seventh night as the following day is true of the whole. How can it be' otherwise 1 C~urch, Jusuce. Imm:dl~tely, presented'"hl'!l

LikeWise at the s.ame t.lme said I unto the .pe?- the seventh day 1 Does not all reqUirement in without the BIble, without evangelical books, with the deed, saylDg, thiS IS t~e day wh;'?o thiS pIe, Let every o~e wIth. hIS servant lodge wnhlll the sabbatic law cease with the close of the light without faith-but with a corrupt priesthood, a re- covenant must ~e fulfilled. J~su~ to~k, l~J~om Jerusalem, that III the lllgh~,they may, be a guard of the seventh day 1 How shall we answer these ligion offorms, the confessional, and palpable idola- t~e h~nd of Jus:ICe, not to tear It ~n PI~~8f"'lnd, ~~ us, a.lld labor on the day. NehemIah 13 j 19, things, brethren 1 I Wish that my brethren try. The great mass, beyond all dispute, know gl~e ~t to th~ wlDds, b~~ to meet Its c1~I,ms ,and

And It came to pass, that when the gates of Jeru· would consider these things; and that those who nothing of practical piety, and their "'hole system [nail It to hIS cross. He trod the wIne .~!ess salem began to be dark before the Sabbath, I com- now tiecularize the night following the sixth day is adapted, if not intended, to teach th,ll it is not a~on~, and of. the peopl? there was ~one to h~lp manded that the gates should be shut, aud charged Id b . th bb t' d I' th necessary to salvatl'on ' hun. He died "the JUst for the unjust to'lmng , wou egm en to sa , a Ize, an secu anze e " " D k' 1 d h ld k that ~?ey sh?uld not be opened tIll after the Sab· night lollowing the Sabbath day. Nothing would Must it always be so 1 We are as~amed to say us to God. ar ness,mant e. t e wo,! ',fOP 8

bath. ThiS shllttmg, the. gates of Jerusalem at be lost thel'eby, but an ~rror inherited from the fa, that the popular impression is ~at it must-that rent, and the dead arose. Juslice QaP8d,fo~. hply dark, to keep out the Tynan tradels, was not an th h'l h' ld b t h . h en being once Catholics must al be so and fire to come down from heaven-holy fire de-

'b' I t' h f k' ers, W let e gam wou e rut, fig teous- m , d d d "d th ·fi· Ih h " al Itrary measure, mere y or t e sake 0 "eepm/)' d I. h I I '" D that all efforts especiallv in the Irish scen e an seize on e saerl ce, e umantoy h '1" d h h h I b nees, peace, an urot er y ove. ..,. . 'J d 'fi i'. • b ' h~ 't out t e ynan tra .ers, t at t ey illig t not se I on Romanists, must prove abortive. e believe was consume ~s. a ~acrl ~e lor ~~1l, . ut ~ ~n :,

the next day; for If that had been the case, they .. th re is no warrant for such an imp and touched'the dlVlDlty It expired. It Is,;.JiW,h-ed, had only to come ~n .hour earl.ier, and they, could For the Recorjler. th:t it is a device of the devil to hold said Jesus, ,,'and g~ve up the Gho~t.",': Mercy enter'and lodge wIthm the city. It was il con· CO~IE TO THE PLaCE OF PRAYER. his own. and JustICe embrace~ each other, and ~':.!py F,n-formity to th,yequil'ement of the fourth command. • tered afresh upon tbe work of "p'reachu~~" !he ment, whicli prohibited all Israel and the stranoer Pilgrim, whose totterinrr step and blanched cheek RELIGIOUS PAPERS. gospel to the poor, proclaiming liberty t<> tlJ, cap. within their gates, from beanng burdens atter ~he Betoken life'. last Ba~ds are ebbing fast, tives, and the opening of the. prison doors to them close of the sixth day, as speCified in the fourth Do~~ t~\~:e~ ~~::9~~~~~Jna~h;;J;';:}~:es:~khaste? Among the mu.1 tiplied publications daily that are bound." , I i 1 ,'~ commandment. See also Jer. 17, 21,22. Leave, then, the transitory things at' earth, issue from the press, perhaps a rei paper is ., -

That this is the proper time to commence sab. And cease thy wandel'ings, ~e8~ from cankering care, one of the most important. It linds way to the THE BIBLE IN CHINA.::..-Rev. Dr. Bridgm~n" in batizing, is farther manifest from Levit. 2'i: 27, Come where the crystalfoulitam ISsues forth- counting room, the workshop, the tbe par. a recent letter to the America.n Blbl~,j~~,cit:ty, 32. "On the tenth day of the seventh month Come to the place uf prayer. lor j-is seen in the railroad car, steam· says: : --' , there shall be a day of atonement, it shall be a ho- Soldiers of .Jesus, who the perils know boat, the stage coach, and tavern. the" The demand for Christian books is inc"reuing, Iy convocation unto you, . , . it shall be a sab. Of battle.field, of contests iong and drear, almost countless political and secu and doubtless will,' increase until, the, wh'Qhl :em-ba.th of rest, and ye shall afflict your soulS'·,. in the Who're doom'd to face a soul.destroying foe, abounding in personal abuse and pire of China has received the Gospel. R~""'at-

Or meet rebuffs from those ye fain wuuld cheer; h ""6 mnth'day of the month at even, from even to even S d . h' strife, and vulgar trash, it is t rown edly, in, ,the course of th.is month, I ,hav,e, d!slri ut-ay, waul yon gain the VIctory, Will t e prIZe, . ' shall ye celebrate (margin, rest) your Sabbath." And in the conqueror's hopes and glories share? attention of immortal beings from ed more than two ~l:1ndred portions of, tht Bible, T)1e time of its duration is here particularly spe. Curne, then, and draw your weal'ollS from the skies- to remind them amid the throng among the Chinese, beforA breakfast, ,ana all, at

2. By the fiat of the Almigbty God light was brought fotth. Light did ~ot shIUe on earth be­fore, but when God spake It came forth

3. God divided the light from the darimess and called the light day, and the darkness ;'igJ.t When did the first night close 1 Plainly Wh~~ God had begun his work of the first of the six dara ,of creation, and had made light. Night then eXisted before day in the order of crel}tion, and llie seventh night comes before' the seltenth day ~Y ).jod's appointment, although day is named first 10 iIle ,order !:If discourse. This is the natural or. d~r j .day was present when the names were,giv. en, mght was passed. , God is thus represented as sayilig, .TIi~ light shall ,be called day; that dark­lles~ whIch IS pa~s.ed,s~alJ, be called night. Thus day suoceeds to mght l!l nature and in God's ap. polntments.' , ,

cified, to show how long they were to fast, even 0 Come to the place of prayer. suits oftheil' eternal interests. A tbe same spot, the door ofoUl:- deposit9rY. ','v,;'

as long as the rest lasted. That this reO'ulatio'lI of Child of the sparkling cup, hold! Thy career thus be presented to an indifferent ." Dr. Ball and myself have now 'arranged ~for the time did not belong to that Sabbath" only, but Is tending downward ~o th~~or!dorwoe! if confined to a volume equally might, a morniug and evehingdistribution,ofbooks..t-;t\nd was a requirement of the sabbatic law, and reo Stop while yon may, the premp,cels near, never meet the eye, the favorable of we try t.o im"prove these opportun.itlIl8,.np~ ~Pl~y to'

And waves of condemnatIon roll below! bl f. . '7 d spec ted all Sabbaths, is farther manifest from 0 cease to revel o'er the midnight bowl! which the waves of lile may never a, e to ~. put the bread oflife into their hand~" ~l!t :t~ ,~un John 19: 31, "The Jaws, thereforeJ because it Turn, and in Christ's salvation seek to share i face from.the mind. A'religious tbus Clf' the name of Jesus in their ears." was. the preparation, (of the Passover,) that the Drink at the crystalfountain-bow thy soul culated, every column of which sus- .:' "i ; bodIes should not remain upon the crosses on the In humble, ferventpraye,r, tains its character, rewarding but a glance REVIVAL OF RELIGION IN 'fuRKEV.-:-ReV; ,MI' S~bbath Gay, ... ' besought Pilate that their legs Ye yonng and old, who tread life's thorny way with something designed, to exert a infiu- I (joodell, in a very recent letter from Coll8\laliIiJlo,-might ,~e broken, and that they might be taken In search of bliss. who fondly hope to find, ence upon society, is instrumental culable 'pIe says:- . '". . " ' '. J 11",;;: away. Matt. ~7: 57, 60, "When the even was Amid.earth's pleasures, joys w.hich ne'er decay, good to the wo~ld. . " Some sixteen vlllages have been .r\lce~tb: r~-eome, ... a nch man of Arimathea, named Jo. Some lasting good to fill th'h',mmo~talh~nd; But, to estimate rightly, the value a religious b'ortbd to us, in each of"w. hi?~ th,e; ~~y~pit.it'l~

h 0 cease to longer bow at eart ~ vam 8 nne, b h " r d V d I " cf 1Jilking sep , ... went to.Pi~at~ and begged the body of Bllt seek for bliss in heaven, Its blest abode, paper, witness its receptIOn. y t e remov- . reathiiJg upon 11" Jew ID.I 1 ?8; ~j, ~n, ' " • 'fe Je~us, ••. and laId It 10 his own new tomb" Thy Maker hath done his part well, do thine, ad from thl! abl,!Dd~nt ~ources of possess- ,t\reto livillgmeo.' "rhey are wakljjgl~p.IO ;~<~ e This was according to the I~w, Deut. 21: 22, 23: - . Bow at the shrine .fGod. " ed ,by the ~~ayel~r. or th~ citiz~n. . i~!.,ql.lt;l,JiI~p-pinesS-tlw.hich bel9{lg~exd.uSlv'lYllLoc1he See also Joshua 8: 29. PlalIl!Y the institution and HOPKINTON, R. I., March 7, 1845. M. its airivaLrecognlzed,.,tb~!l the 'children of lighl.' " " ~ .• J: '.} ::>aerlJ

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Lastly, inadequate support has driven not a few For the Recorder,

ministers of the Gospel to abandon tbeir calling REPLY TO "AN IN~qIRER." and enler upon other employments, This is not , MR, EDlTOR,-In the Recorder of the 20th ulti-

me in doing so, that it is by tbe uu;):uo,

vinced orsin against our Creator and er i and it is througG.- the saine med that we

NEW YORK, MARCH 27, 18.5, ~n ll~laginary evil. In proof of it, we may men· tlOn the fact, that a letter now lies before us from mo, "An Inquirer" propounds to me a query,

obtain the remission of our p~st sins,' into the family of God, and a title to a rJTl11Jl!sea inherit· , ;

, 'J " ' 'which I cannot refuse to answer to the best of my ance of life and immortality.: . ,~,

MINISTERIAL SUPPORT, In the hope that this explanation satis-a mInistering brother, whose praise is' in the I h h d

abi ity, It is this: "What law is that which con, I c urc es, an of whose usefuln'ess the best evi· An impression prevails .xtensive y IImong vinces a man of sin, and m!fkes himfieel his need of

h '" f h G I' b d dence has been given but who has "after months 'J , Christians, t at a mmlster 0 t e ospe IS oun "a Redeemer 1" factory to your corresponderlt, "An ~IH~UI":;I,~ I

h d'ffi f h and years oheflection, determined to resign, the subscribe myself, • ' Very ~e.pectfully: by obligations altoget er 1 erent rOl~ t ?se ' I answer-In a general sense, the law Of God,

h b d h h h 11 d h ministerial office and retire to private life," What 'J whic ' in ot er c urc :mem ers, to evote 1m- simply i fQr it is written, " Sin is the transgression If dl h t' f I" b is the feason ~ Simply this, that debts have ac·

Be unreserve y to t e promo Ion 0 re IglOUS 0 • of the !aw." I John S: 4, ~lso, "Where no

: A, B, M.A,Gll~UI:IER, CUARLOTTE!VIL Llt, Va" March 7th~ 1844,

" d h b '11 cumulated upon him in the discharge of ministe-'jects, Hence it IS expecte t at e WI engage . I d law is, there is no transgression," Rom. 4: 15, h k d ' " 'd rIa uties, which occasion care and anxiety, de· • resolutely in is wor I an persevere III It amI Of course, then, a violation of law involves the

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lr d . I d d' Ith h t th stroy equanimity of temper, nnd expose him to the LEGISLATION IN FAVO' R OF Be ,. ema s an IScouragements, a oug a e transgressor in sin against the Lawgiver,

. h' d ' hb d l' II censure either of prodilrality or of indifference to h' . lame'tlme IS next, oor nelg or an ,e ow·pro· ~ In a more particular sense, however, tIM! law At t e annual meeting of the l:5e'Vel1ltn"a

fi h' l'. h' h d' h' creditors. These debts cannot be discharged by eMlor'may go to IS ,arm, IS merc an IS~, or IS which convinces one ofsin is of course the law tist Central Association, hold:en at

1 d h h' If h the small income to be derived from preaching, ,P easures, an per aps set Imse up as t e sever- which is obligatory on hi1n.. A citizen of the June, 1844, the following preamble , d" b h N Hence a sort of necessity is felt, to enter upon some est censor of his" consecrate rot er. ow 'Ye United States i~ under no conviction or contrition were adopted :-

f h ed other employment in order to secure relief from have looked in vain for a passage 0 t e !acr for the violation of a la w which is only binding on Whereas, efforts have beed and pro ~I 'h k h·' d'" ' present embarrassment. Such cases, which fre· 'v{nume whlc ma es t IS IstmctJOn, or Imposes British subjects, N either is a Gentile affected in made, to secure the action of: the

bl ' W d fi d' h I quently occur, call loudly for sympathy and assist. this ptcu'iar 0 Igation, e 0 ~ m t at vo· his conscience for an act, which, had it been per· to stop the transaction of business on 'h" k hance, And we must think, that he knows little u,me, that ., 'W7!osoever he be of you',t at ,orsa et formed by a Jew, would have been a violation of a the first day of the week-t~erefore,

, I' of the human heart, or has but little heart within . not all that he hath, he cannot be my discip e. ' law prescribed for his government, For instance, Resolved, That we regar~ it • d f 'I him, who, in view of such a case, can indulge in And in view of this passage, an others 0 simI ar a Gentile was not" convinced of sin" by not cir· guardians of the truth, to opp'ose

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, I' h I denunciations instead of expressing sympathy and import, we are compelled to be leve, t at not on y cumcising his son, whilst a Jew for a like.failure and farther, , ,rendering assistance. ' , the minister of the GOllpel, but every ChrIstian, IS might have trembled for the consequences, 'rhus Resolved, That we instruct our IDg

bOund by the mo~t sacred obligations to do, what "we see that the various laws given by Moses" con' Secretary, by correspondence and n'.,".'.";,,n to ob·

he h f h' S' Th THE AMERICAN TRACT tll-\m'"mlT ~ , can to promote t e cause 0 IS aVlOur. ere vinced" the Jews, who violated them, and to whom tain information as to the plan ofODE~ral,lorls to be are, of course, different spheres in which Christ- The Executive Committee American they were addressed, of sin, and, to escape the pen- pursued and the object to be , and also to ians are called to exert themselves, It may be the Tract Society was recently visited a large dele. alties, made them" feel the need of a Redee1ner," prepare and submit to. the churches best plan duty of one to serve his Saviour by attending to his gation from a Society of the same in Boston. or Mediator, (Gal. 3: 19, 20,) who was supplied for opposing all such sectarian farm, another to his merchandise, and a third to the The visit was occasioned by complaints in the person of Moses, the type of Christ, (Acts In conformity with the above work of the ministry. In each ~:>f thes'e spheres which have been circulated in V".'""":' to the New 3: 22 i) afterwards in Joshua (who is called Je· would state, that powerful efforts are they are to be actuated by a simple and cordial York Society'S publications, and its ob· sus in Stephell's address, Acts 7: 45 j) and after- obtain the passage of a h!1V1 prohl g thp. trans·

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tiona and 8865 communicants, being ,less than 76 to each congregation, New Jersey has 46 p'a~ishes 'and 1946 communicants, ~r 42 to a patish, The ~t., Rev, Bishop of Delaware has under his super, " I vIsIon 17 parishes and 538 communicants-:a smal!: ' er number in the whole diocese than many single churches of other denominations embrace,

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'VITHDRAWAL,-The Board of the Vir<rinl'a i '" 11 Foreign Mission Society has taken a 'su~mary

course ill relation to the ,late decision of the Board of Foreign Missions ~ Boston touching the ap' pointment of slave holding missionaries, It seem~ that the Virginians consider the decision of tb~ , Bosto'n Board as an, unconstitutional violation of.' ' the rights of souther~ members, They have thrre. fore withdrawn from, all farther connectioiiC wit~ the Board, and have directed their treasurer tol rJ: ' tain for their, disposal whatever money may come iuto his hands, They have also recowmen'ded the holding of a con vention, in May next, of! all those who feel aggrieved by the decision of' the Board at Boston, to deliberate upon the best means of promoting the cause of foreign missions, an'lf the' interests of the Baptist denomination iln the South, The Exec'!tive Committee of the Georgia Bapt~t Convention has also_ sent out an ;nvitation fo~' a m~eting to discuss the question" whether, th,e kp. pomtment of some southern organi'zation for'lhe encouragement and direction of all our benevol&nt desiljns, may Qf may notJ>e indispensable," Fr~m these movements it appears 'probable that Ihe line of distinction is soon to be drawn be~ween slaveliolders,and non·slaveholders, notwithstanding the great wa:tchf41ne~s of nort~ern Baptists against such a result.:· - , desire to honor God, and in each they have a right ject a review of the principles and wards permanently in the High Priest. See 9th action of business on the canals on first day of

t; $lxp~ct a suppprt. ,This rule is applicable as the Society, Seven subjects of chapter of H~brews, particularly the 7th verse, and the week. Should said efforts successful, • truly to the minister of the G?spel as to the farmer brought up and discussed, viz. w the 10th and lIth verses, where it is declared that great injury will be done Seventh·day METHODISTS AND SLA VERy.-The Baltimore or the merchant_ lications of the Society have been this was the divine arrangement for redemption Baptists, who have made ve"llll.~lJil~ in said busi· Methodist Conference, which has just closed its

A difficulty sometimes arises in' determining what ieneral principles books have from, or ator.ement for, sin, "until the time of ne~S to a considerable session in that city, has reaffirmed its d~cision in

what I'S a proper support "or a ml'nl'ster oflhe Gos- tne s~ial case of D' Auhig'ne's " t' "s h h I h C' I r d ' h th f R F A "1 d' H' r l' relorma lon, ee t e woe c apter, ertam y, n accor ance WIt also, I e case 0 ev, - ,<c al' mg, IS case', it

pel. Some contend that it shpuld be equal to what jections which have been raised ag;alns~\t,ne course then, by the Mosaic law was the knowledge of sin, would recommend that a ,"moon will be remembered, came before the' General he can obtain in any other lawful calling, yet they of the Society i the union of all evan~t"JIil'U denomi· (Rom, 7: 7,) to those who were under the law-to such legislation be got up Conference by apPltal last May and caused milch .. find it no easy matter to decide what that would be, nations j the benefits of the colportage the Jews; but surely not!'o the Gentiles, who, Paul Baptist chure-h, and that excitement; the Baltimore Conference haying sus· Others maintain that it should be all that is neces. the conduct of the Society'S financial expressly declares, (Rom. 2: 14,) "have not the to sign it, and that it be Injlm(~dHlte!IY pended Mr, H~rding for refusing to emancipate saryfor a comfortable living, yet their answer ,is regard to the evangelical character of law," and who, therefore, cannot be now, nor ever (post paid) to some member lature,re· his slaves, The General Conference approved equally indefinite, since dIfferent persons might 'tions as a whole, and also in regard to th could be, justly responsible for the violation of a questing him to present it to body, the decision, and now the Baltimore Conference

J'udge very dl'Irerently a"s to what was n"rces~ary I'n of modifying books so as to meet the 1 h' h h d b 'b d h Th Ii II ' h ffi d' Th ' , d' 'd" -fit "'" ~ I' t d " h aw w IC a never een prescfl e to tern, es· e 0 owing IS prp""nff.i! which as, rea rme 11, e propOSlIlon to lVI e' the

, ' h ,eren enommatlOns t e members of the ' , any particular case, It IS doubtful t erefore , " \Uele!!'il· peciaJly when we remember that ,< where no law if approved, may be copied Church on account of Slavery was lost, 148-to 40, ',,' ,', ' hon were satlsfied The alterati s' D' - I' whether any defimte rule can be laId down, which, , ' on m is, there is no transgression," It results then from • :1 \

will be universallyal'plicable. We believe it will HIstory are spoken of as unimportant, these premises, that until Cllrist came, the law (of SLAVERY AND THE ,SLAVE.TR~DE,-A ci'rc~m. ,be found expedient, in most cases,t~ fix upon some, agre,ed, that the better course would have Moses) was that law which convinced those under To the Hon, Legislature of the York: stance has just occurred, which shows the ti'tte

r ~ " d obtam the author's sanction of them h I f 11 ffi d h J' ' defimte sum which may be expectell, an sonie, , it" of sIn, and made them feel their need of a Re. WE the underiigned, the town of ope ess~e$s 0 a e ort~ to put own t e ~I~fe- '/

, , ' , h' 1Il'!! hIS work and it is announced tbat D' C f f N t d I I I I - b ~~ h systematIc mode of ralsmg that sum. T 18 ar,::' ' deemer j" i, e, their need of forgiveness, which it ounty 0 0 ew fa e w 11 e ~ avery, contmues, t seems t a~ t e 'II bl h " d h' is nO"f preparing a new edition for circu h York, would respectfully we have b, rioer Atalanta has be, en 10noCT and_favorabll1 kn 1\'· "

rangement WI ena e t e minister to a apt IS is t e office of a, Redeemer or Saviour to procure I d' h d h J ±" I h d h I h

the Society, A union of the different denomi earne WIt eep regret t , 'have been as a trader on the African coast. Relying un!' p,ans to is prospects, an t e peop e to- meet t e , h' I for us, presented to your Honora ' ' , h' h h h k d I' In t IS one Society is regarded ~s most ad her good I'eputatl' n rangelnen' w s ' expectatIons w IC t ey ave awa ene. t 18 a " r Adapting the answer to the'above query to the to pass a law prohibiting ,0 , an ar, ,a rna

, : , , ous smce It secures a strongerlhold upon the h I h th t h h Id "c M t t t' I ,'I mIstake to suppose that such a contract as thIS IS', present dispensation of religion, I 1V0uid reply, that ness upon t e cana son t e ~ s e S ou VISit ape oun a a se tIme, anu,l , ' 'h " h ' I ' , fidence of that portIOn of tile' commun,'ty whl'ell h We beer leave to' hel' offic' el'S an'd cre'" be dell'vered 't h I meonslstent WIt aetm!!, upon t e vo nntary prmcI. , , is tela .1' th S "t tl t' th G 1 >:>' ", In 0 ot er

l . r re IglOn oes no tea han~s, recel've a caroCTo 0 ml'serable hllman bel'nos' , .' I ~ d' ha most needs rellO'louS tracts and books and also en. w OJ e 'P!n - la IS, e oS"'e - I" d t h 'f

pIe, It 1/1 sImp y an expe lent to carry out t t , >:> , 'l\",'''''' in this day, "convinces a man of sin, and ments in order to sustain it II , t> ,

. 'lId t' th I" t fl' t' 'th 't ' abies the SocIety more successflllly to supply those h and makn the best of her w offth t Th' prmclp e, an't oes no m e eas con Ie WI I, h ' ",,,,,n.c~ im feel his need of a Redeemer," To has a constitutional right to <. ay e coas, IS

Where liberality characterizes th~ dealings of a w 0 are des~ltute of books in the western and south· this, I need only cite the words of our Sav, any dvgma ill religion by ts j- and was done in a few hours i and the Atalanta, with! church with its pastor, as should invariably be the western sectIons of the country, The Society ,now hi. di.oiplec, ,,~ conl<.inod in ,ho 16th "hnp that Christiallity never flou than when upwards of four, hundred slaves' on board, sailed

I, I I d'ffi I 'II' h" employs about one hundred colporteurs of dIffer· 7 h 12 h left to its own intrinsic nd obe· away I'n plal'n sl',g'ht of 'a Brl'tl'sh crul'ser, ,,,hose of·

case, Itt e rea I cu ty WI aIlse on t IS poml. , , t to t verses :-" It is expedient ~-' t d t d th I b dience to its claims, fi d d (' A church oUCTht to feel that it is a matter of inttre'8t en enomma lOns, n~ e co portage system as I go away, for if I go not a way the cers i not suspect her errand, and consequent y , Q' ~ Ifill d th t" '1'h 'Ve wou Id also represen are in this k as well as of duty' to make abundant provision for u e e mas sangume expectatlons, e (:1I-'II1fi)'I""'I',\ .. i I not come unto you j but if I depart, State thirty or more c of them very too no notice of her, until she was far away be· him who minister~ in holy things. 1f he is set financi~l operations ~f :heSoc~ety have, been con· .t:IJIU/,[fIlU unto you. And when he is come, large,) compos~d of those the Seventh yond their reach" :! !

. free from embarrassment, so as to devote his time ducled ,ID a ~a~er ,quae credllable t? ItS officers, Spirit] will reprove the world of sin, Day of the Week, common rday, be- :i -

h rk f h " t d' I I 'd d and qmte sausE tory to the delegatIon In c()n f ' h d sides mllny individuals members of A NUT FOR A~jmI.PUSEYITES' TO CRA'CK.

to t e \vo 0 t e miDIS ry, an IS a so proVl e , , ,. 0 ng teousness, an of judgment," &c" &c, lh with the means of becoming thoroughly furnished clUSI0::I ~~er~,t Illemb~rs ~f the delegation ex· OIV, is it not here plainly declared, that the Holy ~~a~~~~~~~~J~~~ of us are

the nea~~he:: Re:, RICHARD W~ATELY, D. D., Archbish~p of for the work, who can doubt that the outlay will be pre~s "t elf 19~ g~atlficatlOn at the res~lt~ Spirit-(through the preaching-not of Moses- gr~at thoro,ughfares, and are'in the of trans, Dublm, lIas on several oc~asions taken ground richly repaid ~ No one, surely, who believes that theIr VISit, and,thel,r mcreased con~dence IW the but of the apostl~s)-should repro\'e or convince ~ctmg busmess upon th~ canals. SO!TIe have made against the high,church influences at work among God works by me'ans and that it is through the manner of conductmg and the growmg usefulness the world (all men) "ol'sin," "God also bearing mvestments to It' cODSlderaple, ,amq, unt. If the the Episcopalians of, this country, For dOl'ng so,",

, 'h 'd of the Society, 'I :J . ~ f th b d b , • a de,ep injury will be inflicte"d upon ',such-in mao e a ee,n app au e, ot y OW.C, u,rc lmen use of appropnate means t at we are ,to secure e- ')\ ' them witness, both with ,sioO'ns and wonders, and prayer 0 e a ove·name petltloners e granted, h h 's bid d b h b I h I

sirable ends. ' / 'th d' 'I s d " f h HIGh d h h h h I I d "HOLY WEEK." \';;. WI Ivers mITac e an gilts 0 teo yost, ny ,m~tances, to the amount of one,sixth part of all an no·c ~rc men, as t e sc .0 a~, oglclan, an Many evils have undoubtedly resulted, as is oft. ,""' according to his own will1," Heb, 2d chapter_ theIr mcome, ' honest mall, whose .words ought,to be received

en alledged, from the payment of large salaries to Our readers are probably aware, that the last week If we would know Mw this was done, which was We ,w,ould f?r~her respectfully repre~en:, that, in with the greatest deference. Now' \ve happen 10

ministers of the Gospel. To men who have enter. was one of special interest among all good Catho. not until afttr Jesus had" gone away," after his our 0plmon,. Cl,vtl governments were IIlstltuted to have in our possession Dr" Whately's words upou

ed h k' h t h "f h' II' r II h II hI' (r protect men s nghts, not to destroy diem' and thiit h 'b' h" , ,

upon t e wor WIt ou t e spmt 0 t elr ca mg, lCS as we as some w 0 ca t emse ves I rotes resurrectlon-:- ,or "the Holy Spirit was not yet sh~uld ~'?ur honorable bod,Y: grant ~he 'prayer of anot ~r su Uect, w I,ch we tak~ the 1,lbert~ of com" such salaries have been in many cases a positive uints, It was what they denominate "Holv given, because Jesus was not yet glorified")-we saId pet,ltlOnel'S, by so dom~ you 'Would clellve men~mg to the partIcular ~on81derallon of these\\\! , injury; while to otherS they have held out tempta- 'Week," Tn the Catholic Cathedral of this city, must look to the book of the " Acts of the Apostles," down nghts secured to us bY, the COr\stitution of the mmrg, In a work entitled "Thoughts on .the tions exceedingly dangerous to their C~ristian service commellced on Wednesday, and was eon. to s~e how they interpreted their duty, In the 2d land in which we live, :, " Sabbath," the Doctor maintains, tluJr the tirst day

_character. But we believe that a neglect or l refusal tinued for several days, On Thursday the bless. chapter, we read Peter's discourse, to "convince" ,Th~ plea commonly urgei:\, "t~af we are the of the week, or Lord's Day is iii no sense the , f h hI' mmorlty, and tberefore must su bmlt \0 the S bb h f h" h' " "

to render to ,the ministry an adequate ,support, has mg 0 teo y 011 took place, at which the oler. the Jews" of sin," Docs he preach to them the fth "t" ' t I! 'II ' IT b a at 0 t e lOurt commandment, but IS SImply • 0 e maJon y, IS no on y 1 OgIC::1!' ut untrue., ' , , , likewise been attended with evils. Let us mention gy of the city generally were requested to assiist:1 law ! Read it, and see how directly and plainly If the Seventh,day Baptists may be hiCTislated down an ordmance of the Church, the claIms qf w~hlch

two or three of them, A special mes£enger was dispatched by the evening he proclaims and proves the death of Christ for the we can see no security for any otherldenomination ought to be enforced alone by the authority,of the In the first place, the probability of inadequate boat, as usual, to ~upply the holy oils to the cler. sins of the world, and his resurrection for our jus. ,who ~av be in the minority, nor ca~ we see any Church, He then gives his reasons for discussing'

support has for years kept back from the work gy in Albany, Utica, Rochester, Buffalo, and the tification, Thus he announced the good news of sto~pm!;i place sh.ort, of an a9solute ~eligious Des· the subject so fully, "in these days when the pre· h 1

, , f ~ potlsm m the MaJonty, ' , I 'I'" 1 "h I men whose characters and qualifica,tions eminent- woe mterlOr 0 the diocese, in season for the salvation throu"oh him-of remission of sins in his L tl Id f! II : h val mg ,au t IS rat er, a neg eet than an over· bl' as y, we wou respect ~ y state, t at we can· -' " " ' , ly fitted them for it. It is easy to say, in reply to essing of the BRptismal Fonts on Saturday, name-and forthwith enjoined those who believed not s~e any necessity for slldli ail act as is asked scrupulous observ.ance of religIOUS ordmances and this, that those who are really called to the minis. Three kinds of oil are used in their ceremonies' the facts he announced, that God had exalted him for, Can not any man who ibelieve~ in the sacred- festivals.", , The following is the last of his four_ try, and would be useful in it, will not be kept There is one with which to anoint the baptized o~ to his right hand, and "maa-~Jesus, whom they ness of SUNDAY refrain' from! desecr~ting it, as the reasons", Let the opponents of church claims pon-back by such considerations, But it should be re- the neck and forehead, the bishops at their conse. had crucified, both Lord and Christ," to "repent Seve,nth,day Baptists do the seventh iday, witho~t a der it. " specJal penal enactment ~ i '

, membered, that the most worthy candidates fQr that oration on their heads and hands, also the church. and be baptized everyone of them in the name of These are some of the mncny rea~ns why your I' Lastly, the prevailing dislike to acknow.ledge slIcred office, frequently'look forward to it with es, altars, cups" baptismal fonts, etc_ Another is Jesus Christ, for the remission of sins," &c, Ver- petitioners think the above ljIamed ~ct should' not any divinely,sanctioned power in a Church, has great reluctance and trembling. They hesitate in used to anoint the baptized between the shoulders ses 32-40, Here was indeed the annunciation be passed, i" gready weighed with ine, I am cO,nvinced that , d th b l' f h in m~ny Christians who are slrenuous advocates, vie,\\, of the rare qualifications and arduous labors an on e reast, a so prmees and kings on the 0 t e Gospel-" glad tidings of great joy, which . '

d h Id Ii': for the observance of the ,Lord 's day, their anxiety

which the office demands, and the bare possibility arms an s ou era, Another still is called the sha 1 be unto all people," It is the same which has ALFRED ACADEMY AND T~ACIlERsr SEMINARY,- to refe'r to the positive precepts of the Law, for the that they may not be able to honor their Saviour in oil of the sick, and is used in extreme unction, been ever since intended for the benefit of both Jew We have received a Catarogpe of (his Institution authority of the ordinance, is a consequence either it. If.to this is added the probability of inadequate These oils must be consecrated by the bishop an. and Gentile, and is, when properly applied, in its fo~ the year commencing ~arch 21, 18'44, from of their aversion to~admit any such power tf) be IUpPO' 'rt, it ill no easy thing to make up one's mind nually, since the blessing holds good for only a gracious nature and its precious promises, "the which we judge that it is in l\ prospe~ous condition, yested in a Christi, n com~unity, and binding ,Oil

E' ~ h b f dL ' ItS members, or from theIr never having known

to engage resolutely ill preparation for the work. year, very ~Tlest must have a suppl in order power of God unto salvation to every one tl~al be' The}v ole num er 0 stu ~nts during the -year or thought at.all w~ether, there is or is, not' any Doubtless the history of some men's severe and to perform baptIsm and extreme uncti ,and it lie'Veth," was 243, of whom 108 were ladies\ and 135 gen- such right ,,_existing,l Now to such per\;on~ it IS long.continued trials on this point, if 'it" could be would be deemed a mortal sin for him to use that That it is the Gosptl which now con~inces !.IS of tlemen. The Instructors ar~ W. q, Kenyon, J, very useful to ,show, that an institution, which they .written, would'reveal conflicts of which most per- which had been consecrated longer th~nc,a year sin and points us to a Redeemer, is farther evident R. Irish, Gurdon Evans, J,: R, Hartshorn, Orm would be very unwilling, to see deprived of all Di, sons knOlv but little, It is impossible to say how unless the case was very extraordinary, Hence from the wh~le tenor of the apostolic speeches and Stillman, Miss Caroline B",Maxsonf and Mrs. M. vine sanction, can:dtrive'such sanction from no :IIany have been vanquished in this strife, or how the importance of the consecrating service, and writings, and especially from the impressive defi· B, Kenyon, An important ~bject of xhe Institution ~~e~ source - than fi'om the power C01ifeT7.:~d by

h 'Ii 'I' fth G I h' h hAl II's the quall'ficatl'on ofSchool'ITnachlrs, "or \'~hose nst on every Christian' Church, For, 011

, many have come off victorious after a long strug- t e necesslty or a special messenger to~ supply DI IOn 0 ,e ospe w IC t e post e Pau an. , ,i c .r I' .', the one hand, 'the rightful autho,ilty of any gle., , all the clergy before the regular time for ~Iess. nounces to the Corinthians. 1st Epistle 15: 1-9, benefit dally lectures are glv~n dur~'ng the fall and government 'or code of laws, genera,lly, and, .

Again, inadequate support has greatly crippled ing the baptismal fonts, 'Here we learn that ,he had "delivered unto them, winter terms on the subject ~f teaching. During on !he other hand, -the ?bligation' of any " the",eff'orts of some ,of th,e best minds, Every body Now all, this mummery is looked upon and first of all, that which he had received, how that the last two years more thani three ~undred teach-, partwular precept that rlf,Sts entlf~ly on that authon'

Chr;st d'edfi ' d' t h S . ers have been sent out-a lar!CTer num' ber than from tyh, are twho, bPOlnts" fwhhlch mutuadlly , prohve eulch · knows, the d,'llpressmg mfluence of pecunl'ary em. spoken of with a sort of pious horror by most Pro. ,t or our stns, accor mg 0 t e' cTlptures, · d h h h hi' J"<; ot er j W IC ever 0 t em we a Imt, t e ot leI

barrassment" and the necessity to escape from it in test ants in this country, But it seems never to an t at e was buried, and that he rost any o~ ,e1' s;- 00 If\' the State. ,T~e plan of in· must be admitted also, Thus, as '1 have above order to successful mental exertion' or spiro occur to them, while expressing their honor, that the third day, according to the Scriptures," &c, structlon alms at th,e complete d~velopment of said, not only does it follow that if the Mosaic LaW itttal exercise. But with a large ~Iass of preachers, this is a necessary appendage to the observance of Ques-Now when he had proved to them that tbe moral, int~J1ectual, and physic~ powers, in a is binding, the Je\yish S~bbath i~ught to be .~ept i 'extreme poverty, if not ab~olute indebtedness, is an Holy-Thurliday, Good-Friday, Easter &c,-ob- Christ had died for their sins, (fulfilling what had manner to make thorough apd praj:tical scholars, bu~ ,al~o, conversely, ~ the Jewish Sabb,ath IS aD

j 'I' S tl' d' I Id . ' ,{ "" been predicted in the Old Scriptures,) would they The third term of the year commenced 5t d ' ordm~pce lYe ~~e ~ound to, 9n tqe .authofltypfthf,. ever-present eVI . tar mg ISC osures wou be servances which all Catholics, and some of the 1\'1 h 26 i' ye er ay, MosaIC Law, thep, w,e must admIt alEo Ih, al the

d ' h d f h not have been convinced Of lin by the Gos"'el- 1> arc ... . b ,;ma e,byan unvarms e statement 0 t e financial most impartial historians, pronounce to be of "equal 'J r • : ' \yhole of that ~alV is binding, And so also in t e' . hid . t~ law 01' the S.,irit-and not by the Mosaic code,· ' t I r 11 'f d" the

, , aft"air&' of some fait fu an persevenng men, age and equal authority with the observal!ce of 'J r pres~pt case j, It no on y ,0 OWS, I we a ml Such a statement would ,perhaps show upon the the Lord's da

v." Knowing this fact, however, which was the law of the letter? How could they EPISCOPAL CHURCHES,-A; statem~nt of the num· authority of the Chuf",h, that we mu'st observe the

" J believe that Christ had died for their sins, without ber of congregation! and members ,in the different Lord's day as sh,e has prdained; 'but also, if we 'ia, m, Ifpag,e,the most criminal neglect o,n, the part it is difficult to read these 'freque,nt express,ions of bell'evl'ng that tbey were a;nn'rs " And, I'f he ' h lJ "d' bi th b ,I'th Lord's , • ~ < dioceses of the Episcopal Church,,: has, somewhat 0 (4 a$ zn upCI!Sa, e f- Q seniance D./, e , • of men"a~d. the most gracious interpos, ItJon on the contempt or gri,ef,without thini>ing of our Saviour's, l' h day" and that, on. the C~urch's authority- (\\'h,lCh _ C 1'. h 1 th ' rose ,or t eir J'us(,:ficat;on," would they not, I'U surprioed us It see""s tl-at the' ~~ 'f N 'd 'f" d b' d g peltO,a,lall fll God. Whocanesllmate e abo words--"Firslcastoutlhebeamoutofthiueown './' • ,~ " ,,, 'I, wocese 0 ew we rirust , q,1 Itcanbee$tablishe "as a In 10, . 1 'I 'l'. C hi hi h' 1 ' the persuasion of tbis truth, learn their need of him York embraces 19<1 congreg:,ationll"i arid OP, ly 'J3,· ord.,in'ance, by nothin!!, else), then,' we mU,st a,dm,lt ,

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MARRIED, \, I (jenerallnttlligtnrc. --NEW YORK LEGISLlTURE. The following is a summary of the principa 1

Iransactions of general interest during the las , :week:-

MEtANCHOLY ACCIDENT.-A most melancholy and heart. rending accident occurred in this city on Monday, 24th inst., at the foundry and black· smith shop of Mr. Edward Duvall, No. 102 Charlton-street. The facts are these: Mr. Bas­terman, keeper of the Light House at B"andy Hook, has been in the habit for some time past of raking the bay around the Hook for old iron, &c., which he brought to the city and sold to Mr. Duvall. On Saturday last a load was hrought to Duvall's shop by Mr. Basterman, among which was a bomb. shell or petard, about 16 inches in lenrrth and 10 in diameter, which Mr. B. had raked" up a few days before. On Monday, while Mr. Duvall was removing the bomb from his shop to the side· walk for the purpose of weighing it, he discovered that it contained powder, and on taking a hammer and striking it for the purpose of getting the powder out, it exploded and instantly killed Mr. Duvall, the owner of the shop, Mr. Aaron O. Price, mas ter mason, Robert Broderick, and so injured a boy, that he died in a few hours. The hor~e of Mr. Price, from which that gentleman had just dismounted, was also instantly killed. The win­dows in the neighborhood were very much shat. tered by the explosion, and a piece of the shell weighing over tlVO ponnds was blown to the corner of Va rick and Carmine streets, a distance of nearly four blocks, and struck within a few feet of two children who were playing in the street. It is helieved that this shell, with its contents, must have been in the place whence it was raked since

commit~ed to await their tri~'1. The young man made IllS escape, and has no! yet been foulld. He is said to hav? ~ .Iegally m.al'J ied wife residing in one of the adJ61mnO' counlles. The girl finding herself imposed up~n, returned to her pa~ents.

[Rochester Dem. 20th.

BEAT ONcE.-A hill has passed both HOll<e~ preventing the President from builriinO' vesspl~ without the authority of Congress. Th~ bill he vetoed, and it was tallen up again and passed in both Houses, by more than a two. third vote. In the Senate on I y one dissPllting: in the House 31. This is the Ii rst time the Veto was ever overruled.

Hon . .J0si~h.Quincy, who for si~leen ye~rs has filled wIth dlstmgui"h:d ability the: office ofPresi. d.ent of Harvard UOIvelsity, offered his resigna­tion of that post on the 19th inst. ta take effect at the close of the academic year in August next.

1n Darien, Genesee Co" N. Y., on the 12th illllt., byEld. N. v. Hull, Mr. WILLIAM H. REDFIELD, of Clarenoe, and Miss LaVINIA W,LLIAM', ofthc former p1ac~.

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Thomas B. Brown, Daniel Coon, Benjamin F. Cheater, I M. D. Randolph, Benjamin F. Bond, Joseph GOodriab, • Wm. P. Stillman, S. Russell, Alfred B. Burdick, Bamuel Davison, W. B. Gillett, Geot-ge P. Maxson, Allan B . .M&­groder, Esq., Eli S. Bailey, Nathan V. Hull.

I I IN SENAT,E.-Remol'istrances were presented against aIiowing N. Y. and Erie Railroad to run their line into Pennsylvania. Petitions were pre­sented for a la\v making the common scpools of N. Y. free schools. A bill waS reported author­izing the city of N. Y. to loan $500,000 to com· plete the Croton water works. A bill was brought in authorizing the Governor to loan arms or despatch m iIitary to any part of the State in case of disturbance (leveled at Indian operations). A petition was presented from New Hartford tq sub­mit the question of belonging to a new confedraey to the people, (the petition having reference to the anne~xII.tion of Texas) Petitions were presented from 'N. Y. city for and against the passage of the excise law; one of the petitions against it purport­ing to be from 8'065 citizens. A bill was present­ed to teduce costs and fees in courts oflaw.

Hon. Edward Ev~rett is spoken:of as a proJlM ~erson to fill the chaIr of Presiden~ of this in~titu­tlOn, about to be vacated by Hon. ~osiah Quincy. The ,name of ~ev. ~har1es Walker, D. D., has also De en mentIOned ID the same connection.

Postmasters at New Geneva, pa.., PerRia, Weit· C\arb. ville, Republicall, New London, West Ed&.ton, M,..ti~ Bridge, Ct., New Lebanon Springs.

[True Wesleyan.

FIVE CENTs.-The Philadelphia North Ameri. can has seen a table of distances decided bv the Postmaster General some ten years since in ~hich the distance from Philadelphia to Bos:on is set down at 296 miles. This estimate will suit the people of the two cities. much better than that which makes the distance 302 miles. This sub· ject is now atlracting a good deal of attention among the Philadel phians.

Th~ raihv~ys of Massachusetts which have been III operatIOn for one or more years have cost $23,000,000, and yielded a nett' reve~up. of 6! per cen~, on that amount. The Qanals of New York Yielded last year 6 per cenl on their cost.

The British bark Wilson, from !Ichaboe, arriv­ed at ?harlston on Saturday eveding last~ The Captam stated that there was abodt 8000 tons Gf Guano .on the island, and that t~ere was about 150 saIl of vessels waiting, whicH had gone out for cargoes, most of which will hare to leave as

AI RECEIPTS.

Republican-Ichabod Williams, George Gardner, Alfred R. Bennett, $2 each.

New London, N. Y.-Samuel P. Marsh, Henry B. Lew-is, $2 each.

LoveleBs.-ille, Ky.-Mary James, Wm. Frank, Joh~ G. Belcher, $L eadh. '

Whitewater,IW. T.-Wm.'P. Stillman $2-Charlottesville, Va.-Allan B. Magruder, Esq. ,2. Alfred-Riley F. Burdick $2. West Clarksville-George Irisb Jr. $2.

CAPT. SANGSTER.-The trial of Capt Sangster, for assault and battery on John Quincy Adams during the last Session of Congress, was brought before the (Jriminal Court, on the 19th inst. Mr. Adams appeared in Court, and stated that he had receivlld a letter from Mr. Sangster, apologising for hIS conduct. Mr. Adams said that, as far as he w~s personally concerned, the explanation was suffiCIent. The Judge, however, sentenced him to 30 days imprisonment and a fine of $100. A petition was got up asking the Executive clemen­cy, which Mr. Adams concurred in bv his sign

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Bordentown, N. J.-Wm. M. FahnestoCK M. D. t2. Padncab, Ky.-Wm. Nolen $L. <

New York-Rufns Bnrton '$1, AleXIIDder BI'IDdon ,I. Persia-Delos C. Bnrdick, George Thomgate, t2 nc.h. New Lebanon ~prings~sllDa B. M!Won $2.

IN ASSE~!BLY.-Many petitions and remon­strances were presented similar to those before the Senate. The constitutional amendments were more or less under discussion. The bill to relieve the N. Y. Institution for the ·Blind was passed. The Dorr petition from Madison County was re­ferred to a select committee. A bill was introduc­ed limiting the fare on railroads between Albany and Buffalo to :3 cents a mile. A report was made against incorporating the Skaneateles Industrial Community. The bill for the suppression of licen· tiousness waS several times under discussion, dur­ing which heated and personal remarks were made by several of \he speakers.

t • tlMPORTANT FROM TEXAS.-By the arrival of a steamship atiNew Orleal!s, ad vices have been re­ce4lved from Halveston to, the 8th ins!. The news is, that the Government 0/ Texas will nol consent to

Annexation 'on tlu terms oj the House Resolutions, but will oppose it to the uttermost. President Jon~s is said to be violent against the measure. The government paper at the Texan Capitol has come out in the most decided languaga against it. Other papen speak in much the same tone. The require­ment that Texas shall pay her own debts from the sale of her Jlublic lands, and also that she shall deliver up her public property and leave the United States to sRttle witb Mexic~ about the boundaries of Texas, is spoken of as a sort of insult to thp. na­tion. The opposition to Annexation, upon the con· ditions of the House, issaid to be strong and grow­ing. It would be amusing, if our greediness shou ld lead us into trouble with Mexico, without giving us Texas.

• FOREIGN ITEllIS.

Convocation at Oxford has condemned the pas­!ages selected from Mr. Ward's publication, and degraded him from his ackdemical honors. The proposition for censuring I Mr. Ward's book was carded by a majority of 777 to 386, and tllat for depriving him of hIS degrees was also carried by a majority of 569 to 51l. .

It is rumored that the Queen amI Prince Albert will, dudng the summer, pay a visit with great state to Louis Phillippe at the Tuilleries.

We learn from Hestingfort, in Sweden, that the magnificent obsflrvarory, lately erected in that town, has been destroyed ~y fire. This disas­trous event is attributed to malevolence.

Lord Brougham is preparing a life of Voltaire. He is writing it both in English and Frltnch; and the work is to be brought out in the two lanGuages simultaneously in London and Paris. 0

Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, Bart., died on the 19th ult. at his seat, Nor~hrepps, Norfolk. . THE REV. DR. WOLFF.-Letters from Erze­roam, dated the 3d of December, announce the safe arrival there of this intrepid traveler; but in 80 debilitated a state of bodily health as to be nn· able to journey on horseback, and therefore he will probably be induced to avail himself for a while of the hospitality of the British consul, Mr. James Brant, in order to recruit his strength, be· fore proceeding onwards to Trebizond, en ?'oute for Europe. ,

YORK TOM.-The new bell intended for York Minster, manufactured at the foundry of Messra. Mears, Whitechapel, weighs twelve tons, being seven tons heavier·than "Great Tom of Lincoln," and five tons more than "Old Tom of Oxford." The metal took twelve days to cool, from the 18th to the 30th ultt The clapper is not yet put in but will weigh Irom three to four cwl. '

GAME LA,JS AND CRIME.-In the repnrt of the governor of thle Lewes house of correction, on the description «!fpersons now in confinement in that prison, out of 1 02 males, 20 are stated to be for offences under the gime laws. A change in these laws would have the effect of materially reo ducing the country rates.

the Last War. [Tribune.

1\.:;- ENRAGED ELEPHANT .-W e learn by a gen­tleman who came passenger last evening on the steamer Princess, from Baton Rouge, that the large male elephant of Messrs. Hopkins & Co.'s mena· gerie, on Saturday morning, killed the person II ho had been for some length of time employed to take charge of it. It appears that the two elephants and a camel had been sent in advance of the olher animals, en route for Clinton, the female elephant ant! the camel chained together. When about fOllr miles from Baton Rouge, the male elephant refused to cross a small bridge, the keeper, who was on foot, procured a horse, (one which the ele­ph.a~t w~s not accust.omed to) for the purpose of drlvlOg il over, and III attempting to mOll nt, the horse shyed, and threw the man in the road. The e~ephant i~mediately rushed upon him, caught Illm ~Ipon It~ tusks! and threw him forty or fifiy feet III :he all', willch was repeated a grl'at num­ber oftIme~, the tu~ks frequently pass 109 through his body. It then carril'd the body from the road towards the woods, to~slng it in the air at inter­vals, until it fell between two fallen trees, which saved it from further violence. The infUriated animal then returned to the road, where the female elephant and camel had been challled to a tree by another keeper, and rushed upon them, hi. tUSk~ passing through the camel, knocking down the fe­male, and breaking the chain in two. The en· raged animal then made off toward the woods, carrying the camel by its trunk, and throwincr it at mtervals in the air with its tusks. The other porlion of the caravan now coming to the hridge, the elephant retu roed and made demonstrations of an attack upon it, when fire.arms were brou<1ht into requisition A numbf I' of shots were fired upon it, but \~ithout any effeci. Word \V as then sent to the United States garrison, and some thirty or forty of the soldiers were sent to despatch it with muskets. -TIlE'. neighbors also turned out with their rifles and shot guns, and some Ii fty 01' sixty ehot~ were nl'ed Into or rather upon hIm, fbr thp balll) frequently flattened up upon strikmg, and fell to the ground. At length it was determined upon to send to the garrison for a field piece to despatch him, when one of the I\eepers procuring a spear, mounted a horse and succeeded in wound­ing the elephant until he caused it tu scream with paill, and finally to yield to subjection, when it was driven off with the balance of the animals. This is the same animal which killed one of its keepers some two or three years ago at Algiers, opposite this city, and was only stayed from fur­ther mischief after fourteen shots had been fired illto it. [NelV-Orlean~ Bee, March 10.

A COINCIDENCE - The late Mr. Batf's, when· quite a' yonllg man, delivered a fourth of July oration, at Northampton, which, we well remem­ber, was regarded as an uncommonly beautiful performance. He was, in the political nomencla­ture of that day, a federalist, and took occasion to express his veneration for the character of Fi~her Ame~, then recently deceased; and in the course of his eulogium upon that dislinguished orator, al­luded to his dying hour in words likes lhe~e: "The last prayer of the dying patriot was not for himself, not fOI' the companion of bis bo~olTl, not for the children of his love, but, 0 God, spare my c(fUntry t" The papers now say that Mr. Bates's last words in the Senate Chamber, were uttered on the announcement that the amended resol utions for the annexation of Texas had passed the House of Representatives, "Woe, woe to this nation." '1'he lapse of nearly forty years, leaving our Union and oul' government still unimpaired, has shown the groundles~ness of thp. fears, honest and patri­otic fears, which embittered the last days of Ames; let us hope that, through the blessing of our fath­ers' God, another forty years may shed a similar illustration upon the forebodings, 'equally sincere, of Mr. Bates. [Boston Chronicle.

A DHEADFUL FLOOD . .......:A letter from Macao . ' gIves an account of the overflowinll' of livers in

. RAILWAY MISSIONARIES.-Messrs. Grissel and Peto, the contractors of the Brandon Railway, 'E~gland, have prEsented every workman with a BI~I~ and other books. Five railway mission· ites are also employed between Norwich and l~n~on, .who specially devote themselves to the

re JgIOU~ mstruetio,n of the men, both on Sunday and ~U1;;ng the week. 1'wo bUildings have been provl.e by Mr. Peto, as temptlrary places of worshtp, and opened for that purpose.'

!he n~r~h of Chiqa, before which the European Inundallons that ave been recorded durinlT the last few Yl'ars -ink into relative insignllic~nce. On the shore of the Yellow Sea the phenomena look the character of a second deluge. Whole provinces, with populations respectively larger than some of the second class kingdoms of Eu· rope, werel almost entirely submerged. The reo treat of tHe waters left corpses in thousands. Touching episodes are given as picturps of this awful calamity. On the river Yange.Tse were found large floating casks, 'Ivhich, when examined were discovel'ed to contain the bodies of youn~ children, whose mothers, when all hope fOI' them­sel vcs was gone, had committed them to these floating arks, as a last slender chance of salva­tion. Upwards of seventeen millions of human beings, escaped from the inundation, have poured themselves over the adjacent provinces, bego-ared

A'NTICIl:AT~ BREVET.-There i~ a report cur. ~enl, emanatlllg. from a quarter generally well ~nformed, that hIS royal hIghness Prince Alb t ~ill shortly have a kingly title shared upon hi:.

SAD.-~y the del/.th of the Marquis of West. mi~8ter, tlVO horses are disqualified for the en. .Ulll~ Derby, Oaks, and Leger: namely, br. c. Pl' ialst~lf, II. b. f. ~y Touchstone, besides many yaluable two y,e~r old hqrses in other grea~ stakes.

The Spani~h ministry is seriously endeavoring to put an end to slavery. A circular hilS been se.nt to all the Spanish consuls in different coun­tnes, urging them to. give every possible encour· ~gement to the emi~ration of laborers to Cuba, In order that the whIte population may be increas­ed, and the n~essity of having slaves there be­~lI!e Ie .. lu<Fless urgent.

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ABIl;CTlON -A girl, under 14 years of age, named Sarah R. Harrison, was enticed from her parents, in this city, on Sunday last, by a young man ~amed ~saac ~utton. He took her to Law­r~nce s Tavern, on St. PRul-street, and sent for hIS father. and uncle. One of them pretended to be a magIstrate, and united the couple in matri­mony. He .then t?oit the girl to his father's and passed the Dlgh~ WIth her as his wife. The next day, nn complaint of the parents, the two SU\\On8, father and, uncle, were arrested, and after an ex· amin~tion before the Police Magistrate, both were

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AWAY ?UT ~E~T,-Wliston is the town highest up the I\fJSSOUri nver. It ..-as laid out in 1838, and now contai?s 1000 inhabitants. The Journa) -a paper puhllshed at that place-estimates the export trade of the last year at upwards of $450· 000 j principally hemp, lobacco, wheat, &d. Within the same period, goods to the amount of $300,000 have been imported by the merchants.

INDIAN CORN.-The benefits of skillful culti­vation are shown in the improvement of the corn crop, as much perhaps as is shown in any other way. A crop of ~eventy-five bushels per acre is now as common as fifty were twenty years since: and thpre can be little doubt that one hund,:ed bushpI~ per acre are now oftener reached than was seventy at that time.

A N"w METHOD OF GRAFTING GRAPEs.-Take short ple('€s of wild or other vines and insert

. h ' grape cuttlllgs lOtO t ern, and bn ry them in the ground. The vine WIll grow better and faster than in any other way. [Chicago News.

A fire occurred at P. E. Island on the 25th ult. in which three slsters, of the name of McLean (the youngeyt 19 years of age,) perished in th~ flame~.

• ITEllIS OF RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE,

RELIGION IN CALCUTTA.-We condense the fol· lowing mtere::lting statistics, says the N. Y. Tel­egraph, from the Baptist Mis~ionary Magazine for March: . Thel e are lauoring in Calcutta nine Baptist,

SIX Independent, five Scotch, and three Episco. pal miSSionaries. The erincipal illstllution for tile eCuca!lor, ornanVe youth, IS uncrer,TI!r one of the mls~ionaries of the Free Church of Scotland. I r pwurd, of 1000 pupils receive In the institution a good English education, religion being the ba­sis. The schools conducted hy the other mission_ aries number more than 2000. There are o~ly !tbout 300 native girls receIving education, owin" to the very great aversion of the Hindoos to femal~ education. The Hindoos readily embrace the means of education proffered by the government and mission schools, but the Mohammedans proud. Iy reject it.

EXAnlPLE TO MAGISTRATEs.-The governor-gen­pral of India has lately taken an important step, having published a government order, applying to the province of Bengal, requiring that those na­tives who distinguish themselves by their studies and attainments, shall have precedence in appoint­ments to civil offices. This applies to those edu·. cated in missionary schools, equally with all others.

MISSION IN GREENLAND -From the late En­glish papers it appears, that on the ice-bound coast of Greenland, four Moravian setllements are made, to which are attached 26 missionaries; in a cli­mate where the cold is often 50 deg. below the fl'eezing point. These settlements now contain 1,864 native converts to Christianity, who gain chiefly from an icy and stormy sea, the needful support of their faml!ies.

GENEROUS EXAMPLE AND PRECEPT.-The Free Chul'ch Record, after gratefully noticing the do­nation, by an officer in the East India Company's military service, of $11,800 to the Scotch mission in Central India, savs :-

" Too long ha ve ~ven the Lord's people content­ed themsel ves by giving mere jrantional parts of their income to the missionary cause. If the ltingdom of Christ is to be extended to all nations, his followers mu!,t contribute to send them the Gospel of that kingdom, with all the ability which God gives them."

CHINA.-The number of ProteEtant missisnaries now in China proper is as follows: Sent from Ameri. ca 16, London Missionary SOCiety 9, Church Missionary 2. Total 27. Miscellaneous 2, Native Assistants 6. Grand Total 35.

Many of these missional'les are married, and their wives al'e actively engaged in diffusing ill. struction.

Great excitement prevails in Canada, concern· ing the University Bill. Heretofore the principal college, in Canada West, has been entirely under Ihe control of thp. Church of England. The other religious denominations seem to have combined and effected the passage of a bill, gl'anting equal pl'ivileges to all evangelical sects. The Church of England will probably withdraw and establish a separate institution.

A llELiC -A traveler on the continent, visiting a celebrated Calhedral, was shown by the Sacri~­tan, among other relics, a dtrly opaque phial; af­ter eveinO' it for some time, the Iraveler said~ "Do you ~al1 ~his a relic 1" U Sil'," said the Sacris­tan indignantly, "It conlains some of the dl!,rlmess that Moses spread over the land of Egypt."

In 12!~, a m,an was paid about jour cents a day for labar. At that time, a Bible cosl $133, the wacres of 13 years' labor. Now, less thall half a day's wages of the common' laborel' will buy one. HQW s.tri~ing and ~lor~9L\~ th,e co~tr~s.t !

At a recent town meeting in Ede County a vote was taken in several of the ITowns rela~ive to ~ div~sion or dismemberment de Erie County, whICh, m almost every instance,! resulted in an almost unanimous vote a!rainst dilvision.

~ , The Skaneateles Community, located in Onon­

daga, has petitioned the Legislature for an act of Incorporation. 'fhis is rather; a retreat from the ground of utter negation of ~I\ Government assumed by this Community at the outset.

NEW SUBSCRIBERS •. Hnpkinton, R. L

Gardner S. Kenyon, Samnel Crandall. 1

Newport, R. I. , Georg" I. Lewis.

Whitewater, W. T. Stillman Palmeter, S. L. Herrington.

Paducah. Ky. Wm. Nolen.

Milton, W. T. John Clawson, Betsey Burdick, Doctor Rider, Horace G. Hamilton.

L01Jele.8ville, Ky. Mary James, Wm. Frank, John G. Belcher. The Canals of the State of NeJ York we learn

by an official noti.ce from the Board, wili be open-ed for t I' a n sport a t 10 non th e 15th 0 ~ April, . "!"""""",,"""""""""""""""''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''.-='''''''''''-

The General Asse~bly of t~e Presbyterian ANNIVERSARIES OF OUR SOCIETIES. Church (Old School) WIll meet i~ Cincinnati on THE SJi;VENTH-DAY BAPTIST M,SS,OIlARY ASSOCU,TIO~ , the 15th of May next. !' will hold its Tbird Anniyersary in Plainfield, N. J., on the

1 fourth day of the week before the thiro Sabbath in M.y A bill authorizing the City of ~oston to procure next beina the 14th day of the month, at 11 o'clock A. M.

~ supply of water from Long Potd, was passed It is deSirable that all missionary reports should be mad. m the Senate on Monday by a vot of 33 to 2. to the Secretary previous to that time.

t W. B. GILL&TT, Rec. Sec., New Market, N. J.

There is no news of the missi~ packet ships. There is nolV therefore little groupd for hope that they are not lost. I "

i The New Orleans Pi(jayun~ say&-" Some

thirteen free men of color, whq came here on board vessels from free States of .lhe Union, were yestprday placed in confinement ,~y the 2d Muni­~ipality polil'e, in pursuance of tl\B act forbidding free persons of color to come lVith~n the limits 0

the State." [I

THE AMERICAN S .. BBA'fH TRA.cT SOCUI:U will bold it. Second Anniversary ill P~ainfield, N. ~.~ on the ~h d.y of the week before the uurd Sabbath 10 IMay, belll~ the 15th day of the month, at lO p'clock A •• M. AlI-!'lliarr Socielies or Cburcbes that have taken action to atd the Society and Aaenta who have not already reported, .... reqnest~H to l~ake their reports with tbe least pOiflible delay that the Board of Dhectors may be able to prelODt 11 full 'statement of their labors since the last Annivel'l!U'1'

• F. W. STlLL)IAN, Ree. Se'c., New York.

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The trial of Boughton, Belden land others, is to I FOR SiLE-! BaRGAIN. take place in the Circut Court at! Hudson,' at its T' HE well-known premises of the late JONUJU .ll. present term. l DUNHAM, deceaoed, "Ituate..! ill lhe towWibip of

, PIScataway, Cuunly 01 ~lIJJle8"x, N. J., about o~e quar-Mr. Cushing made a complaint to the editor of ter ora Illite Irom the New Mark"t Del'oton the Ehzabellr

Le Courier des Etats U nis, that he paper is not town aud SomerVille Railrolld, withiu abo~t two h0U:N'o receiVl,d by him regularly at Wa"l,hinglon, adding ride ofthe city of N"w. York, th" ca~8 m~ug ~~ :!~ that while he was in China it caine with punctu- each way dlallYO-lhucldUdiuag 17ha.;'l~f:uit ~~~:. "n~na~h~ p~

I. B' . h U '. d S a good App e rc ar au a any. lItel' satire upon t e qIte lates post- . is a large and cOllveniellt DWELLING HOUliE. office department. : ~e:torie8 high, with seveurooms .ou the lint lIoo~; *l»o

, alar e TAN-YARD, with a sutliCient number of V~i On Saturday afternoon the Willi dressed car-' 8h g aker aud Currying 8110P, and Bark Houae a

casses of eleven JTIoose were bro~ht into Ban<1or, ~aruoe:,u other necessaty out-bmldlllgs. Adjoiuing the Me., togethe,' with a full grown lire moOse. These pre~es is a small Dwelling House and Garden. '100_ were all taken at one time, by fojJr hunters in the reasonable. d .. f th ty ~.y be had b f P . h h !,. • . ' A further escnptlon 0 e' proper ~ ., town 0 atten, In I e nort eastern porllon of tlus calling at the premises, or on eIther o[ the subacribera, county. i Execntors. RANDOLPH DUNHAM, Plainfield.

d f 1 DAVID DUNN, New MlII'kel.

• On Satur ay a ternoon . a yo~th named ~eter New Market, N. J., Jan. 20, 1845. "iulmg-, -ag.,u 17, "'ppronlloc tl> ~ames JarVIS, of No. 88 Walker street, went out pn the flat roof, a shed some fifty feet from the grqund, by order of his ~mployer, to set some article! out to dry, and pulling a dool' that went with a !pulley too hard by the breaking of the pulley roqe he was PI eClp~ itated to the earth and died shortlY after.

On Saturday afternoon, the cdok of the steam­boat Orpheus fell overboard, andl was drowned. ,

The following are the personf- in nomination for Mayor of New York at the, coming charter election .-By the Native Ameri4ans, James Har· per i by the Loco-Focos, W m. F; Havemeyer; by the Whigs, Dudley Selden i by t~e Liberty Party Arthur Tappan. ! '

A bill for the establishment of~Lunatic Asylum in New Jersey has passed both ouses of the Le-gislature. ! ,

James Eager, who has been ~,n trial in New York for the murder of Peter Williams, was on Friday last sentenced to be hungi on the 19th of May next. i , A correspondent of the London Times says," Few

visitors of the poor are, I apprehend, aware that two sheets of double imperial brown paper, pasted at the edge to one (and at a cost of less than six centsl, if laid over a bed with one blanket under will produce more warmth than three ordinary blankets, or ovel' a single coverlet, will be warmer than one blanket only, and will last, with a little care, a whole winter."

The Medical Journal gives an instance of a dy· ing man's breath being in a state of slow combus­tion for 20 minutes before he died-exhibiting a I< red-hot-coal-like streak" from his' mouth. He was given to the excessive use of the burning liquids.

The inhabitants of New Bedford, (Mass.) have declared themselves opposed to Capital Punish­ment. They have petitioned the Governor of that State to commute the sentence of Peter York, a convict murderer, and have memorialized their Legislature to abolish hanging.

We have seen it stated in several of our~ ex­change papers, that Dorr is unable to work in the prison, on account or his health. We state on the authorilY of one of the Inspectors of' the Prison, that the report is not true. Dorr was at work on Friday last, and in his usual state of health.

• [Providence 'l'ranscript.

Some wag of a fellow took a ludicr.ous way of testing the number of green-ones about Ne.w York on Monday last. He posted a handbill in the vi­cinity ~f the Park, slating that at 11 o'clock' the Giant Boy would mount the Mammoth Hor~e Columbus in front of the Ameripan Museum, ride four times round the Park, Rnd then draw him-self into a 3d story window by kiH on a wa· gel' qf $500. Long belore the time crowds of men and women assembled to see wonder-ment, and waited with the most ary pa-lil'nce until the time was far passed. length they began to smell the rat, and .1 wal ked off, one alter another, each man to his own gullibitity.

The Rhode Island Eleclion comes. day, April 2. The contest is ooe of ,'u n UI!U

TRACTS REUTING TO THE 'SABBATll. The SUBATH TRACT SOCIETY publish the fol\Qwinr

SABBATH 'l'RACTS, at 15 pages for one cent. -No. I-An Apology for'introdncing the Sabbat~ of tile

Fourth Commandment to thelconsideratio!l of the Christian Public. 28 page~; Price single 3 eta.

No.2-The Moral Nature and Scriptural Observance of the Sabbath Defended. 52 pages j price 6 cta.

No.3-Authority for the Change of the Day of the aab bath. 28 pages i price 3 eta. ' -

No.4-The Sabbath and Lord'. D~Y-A History of the4-observance'iu the Christian Church. 52 pag"l; price 6 eta. - I I

No. 5-A Christian Caveat to the Old and New Sabbata­rians.-[Contallllng some stirring extract. from an old anthor who wrote under that title.] "pa­ges; 1 ct.

No. 6.-Twenty ReaSons for keeping, holy, in each weo~ the Seventh Day instea~ of the FIrlit Day'. "pa~ ges; 1 ct.

AN ADDRESS TO THE BR¥TISTS 01<' 'I'm: UNITED STATES, from the Seventh day B.ptitt

General Conference i wherein i. '!hOWll the perpetU&l ob" ligation upon Jew and Gentile tQ observe God'. Holy Sabbath, as 1l<ST1TUTED IN P ARADISl< upon th9 SEVENTH or ,last day of each w~ek; and, the ~ubsequent Iu.bltita tion of the FIRST day IS shown to be lllconslStent With the iustitution, and snbversive of the Bible as a perfect rule o( . ' faIth.

Published at this office for the Gonference, and i~ •• 1. aIao by Leavitt, Trow & Co., 194 Broadway; M.lItk H. Newman, 199 .Broadway, and E. Walker & Co1JlH Fut tonBtreet, ($3 per 100,) and at the bookstUl'e~ i"nerallT price 6 cepts.

LOCAL AGENTS FOR THE RECORDE~

NEW YORK

Adams-Charles Potter " A G Green

Alfred-Jame. R Jrish

NEW JERSEY Plainfield-T IS Alberti . New Market-W B Gilleu Shlloh;-Iaaac D T1II"'OII~ Balem-Vavld C1awHD

.. Maxson Green " Samuel Russell, p.m. l'ENNISYLVANIA

Berlm-John Whdord r.leadvitle-Lewllllulibam Clear Creek-Abel Saunden Coudersporl-J A K Greea-DeRuyter-ii G Stillman man . DurhaonYlIle-Joseph Pott"" Row.e Babeoek Edmeston-Ephraim Maxson Clifl'ord-Zebediall .uur4iel East Rodman-Chesler Green Sharon Cent,,, - hue W Friendshlp-Zunel Campbell Jones I Genesee..:...s S Griswold Houn.ield-Wm Green VIRGINIA [ndependence-John P Liver- Lost Creek-Len ·R 81; ••

more Elk Creelr.-'.l'bol B Buiu' Lincklaen..,... Sobeu. M Bur- New Sa!em-JepLhah F P ...

dick . dolph' ., -Leonard.ville-W m B Max- LewI8po',I-J_:ph ;3 efl'fllY

Bon . • Lowthel I R~"n""'A .. · B" " DenniS Hardin '

Newport-Abet Stillman , OHIO New London - Cbarle. M. Ir,omfield-Chariej. CIukl

Lewis :~ortha1Upton--Sl,!!-eon Bab-Otselic-Joshua ClIllk cock, B 0 Church Petersburg-Geo Cre'ndaU PonJefferson-Lewil',A D.-freston-Clark ROgers ViS " Persla-Elbri~t;, E,ldy lackson-Davis Loolbo~ro" Pllcalln-Gt. P Burdick KlOgsvllle-JuhuIM Tod. Scott-Luke P. Babcock Soutn Brancn-R T Gre~n . MICHIGArJ tioddllla Fork.-Wm Utter i)porto.:..Job TJler '. Wahon-Ezra Whllford fallm.dge-Bethuel Church Welt ClarkSVIlle - Clark '

Saundeu WISKONSAN Milton, Rock" Co.-Jo •• p.

RHODE ISLAND Goodllch'j> Ai, Slillm •• Coon,

Weaterly-Alu Campbell , u 8 P SIlliman 10'"' A. ' ".'

opkillton-Jolel,b Spicer.jr Fredonil, Louiaa to 1Il

terest frofQ, \he fllct thOl.t the DOl'r inated for Gpvetnol' a prominent unite with them in efforts to nromll's <lilion"i liberatio~ of tbeir I)~q,

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