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CHRISTIAN UNIOW.
Vol. XI.
MAY, 1 860.
No. 5.
ROME'S OPPOSITION TO THE BIBLE.
By the Rev. William Wilson, of St. Johns,. Netc-Drunswiclc.
Ouv Protestant friends in the Brit-
ish provinces on the north of us, es-
pecially in Nova Scotia and New-
Brunswick, have of late been greatly
annoyed by the movements of Rome.
Papal doctrines and usages, and
measures for advancement of Papal
interests have been crowded upon
them, much after the manner in which
such things have been urged on the
people of the mother country. Mr.
Connoly, the Archbishop of Halifax,
has been forward in promoting the
aggressions. His stafi" of priests and
other subordinates have sought to
carry out his will in the matter.
For the arrest of the evils sought
to be brought upon the provinces, as
well as in support of the truth of
history and of the cause of evangeli-
cal Christianity, the Protestants there
have found it necessary to resort to
the Press, public lectures, discussions,
and missionary operations. In the
use of those means they have done
good service. They have spoken
kindly but faithfully, and well ex-
posed in many respects the true na-
ture and spirit of Romanism. They
have shown its anti-Christian charac-
ter, and its consequent hostility to
human interests.
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In his lecture before the Protestant
Alliance of Nova Scotia, Mr. Wilson
has brought out many important facts
in relation to the opposition of the
Roman Catholic church to tlic read-
ing and distribution of the Holy
Scriptures, with which few . of the
youthful members of society who had
not given attention to the history of
Romanism were acquainted. He has
also exposed a number of things in
the church over which the supreme
Pontiif presides, which it is well
should be known by all who are asked
to patronize the Papacy. Some of
them may seem to Protestants almost
incredible. But they are facts well
sustained by authentic history, and
show with great clearness and force
the degrading tendency of Roman-
ism, and the vast importance of
guarding against it.
Left to itself, it uniformly crushes
and degrades those over whom it
triumphs. He who exposes it in a
right spirit, therefore, does his fellow-
men a favor.
We subjoin a few paragraphs,
which we take from the lecture.
Mr. Wilson said : —
"In this century, about the year 384,
Jerome made his famous 'Latin Vulgate,^
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Rome's opposition to toe bible.
(May,
wliicli tlic Council of Trent, in the six-
tcentli century, declared to l)c authentic,
and every otlier version was by tlie same
council forbidden to be read in the church ;
and no one was permitted to deliver from
the pulpit any exposition not found in ■
this version. • |
" In tliis age, also, was written that '
most invaluable treasure, called the
'Alexandrian Manuscript.' It was the
work of Thecla, a noble Egyptian lady,
who was afterwards martyred.
Tims, before the great moral dark-
ness came upon the world — a darkness of [
many centuries (Juration — God in his 1
mercy was pleased to give the church |
two distinct versions of his Holy Book, j
one in Latin and the other in Greek, |
which in an age then long futures slumld
be brought to light and be tlie moans of
giving the Gospel to the w orld ; while the
recorded usages and teaching of the
fathers of the Christian chui'ch should
bear constant testimony against a fallen
and corrupt priesthood, "vvho dared to
w ithhold the Bible from the people, cor-
rupt their morals, and lull them to sleep
in the arras of ignorance and death.
"With the wealth and influence which
the church received by the conversion of
Constantine, came in errors of various
kinds, which led to the universal estrange-
ment of men's minds from the simplicity
of the Gospel.
" Among tho eiTors introduced and
taught in this age. Purgatory stands in
the front ; the worship of departed saints,
reverence for relics, monks, and female
recluses, were all exceedmgly popular,
and in reference to the last named, it is
said, ' at the close of the fourth century
it was computed that in Egypt there were
twenty-sevon thousand monks and nuns.*'
" In the fifth century, riches and honor
flowed amazingly into the church, and the
result was that the ministers thereof were
no longer distinguished by the humble
virtues of the primitive Christians, but
by pride, ambition, and the constant aim
• Gregory Church Ulstory, 2nd Ccntnry.
of aggrandizement and power. Private
confession was introduced in this age,
which gave to the clergy an immense in-
fluence over the consciences of men.
"In the sixth century, tlie bishop of
Rome claimed the supremacy over all his
brethren, and declared himself to be the
Head of the Church, and the Vicar of
God.
" The ' dark ages,' so-called, now came
on, when, for hundreds of years, the Holy
Scriptures were unknown to the mass of
the people, being hid in monasteries or
otlier places of obscurity ; w hile igno-
rance, the most palpable, was spread
over every country of Europe : and Avhcn
the Church, so-called, was only charac-
terized by the laxity of morals, and the
barbarism of manners in both laity and
clergy.
" For several centuries, so great was
the ignorance which prevailed that the
Pope would issue instructions to the Bish-
ops to ascertain whether the ' officiating
clergyman could read the Gospels and
Epistles correctly, and give a literal in-
terpretation of them.' ' Gisleraar, arch-
bishop of Rheims, being called upon be-
fore his cimsecration, to read a portion of
the Gospels, was found so shamefully ig-
norant as not to understand the literal
sense of the passage.'f
" Du Cange informs us that the ' Deans
of many cathedrals in France entered on
their duties in a surplice, but girt with a
sword, and with boots and gilt spurs;'
that the parish priest has sometimes cele-
brated the service to the sound of drum ;
and that titles of nobility were conferred
on the Apostles, ' as the Apostle James
was created Baron of Paris.'
" The dissolute manners of the clergy
were fearful. In some countries canons
were made to restrain the'm from crime.
Thus in the time of Egbert, about the
year 740, canon 14 enacts 'That none
who are numbered among the priests
cherish the vice of drunkenness, nor
force others to drink by his importunity.'
t Townshcnd's History of the Bible, p. 100.
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Rome's opposition to thk mm.K.
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" Canon 19, ' That mo priest swear an
oath, but speak all things cimply, purely,
truly.'
" Canon 20, ' That Bishops, by a vigi-
lant ine'pectidn of their parislies, talic care
that monasteries be honest retreats for
the silent and quiet, and such as labor for
God's sake ; not receptacles for ludicrous
arts of versifiers, harpers, and buffoons,
but houses for them who pray, and read
and praise God. And that nunneries be
not places of secret rendezvous for filthy
talk, junketing, drunkenness, and luxury,
but for habitations for such as live in
continence and sobriety, and who read
and sing psalms.'
" Of the degraded state of religion in
the tenth century, ' The Feast of the
Ass ' is perhaps the most fearful example
on record.
" ' The Feast of the Ass,' was in com-
memoration of the Virgin Mary's flight
into Egypt. A young girl, richly dressed,
with a cliild in her arms, represented the
Virgin. This girl and child were placed
upon an ass superbly caparisoned. The
ass was led into church and direct up to
the altar: and the animal having been
taught to kneel occasionally, the follow-
ing ludicrous composition was sung by
the people.
ODE TO THE ASS.
From the country of the East
Came tliis strong and hanflsome beast.
This able aas buyi'ml compare,
Heavy loads and packs to bear.
Now, seignior Ass, a noble bray ;
That beauteous mouth at large display,
Abundant food our hay lofts yield,
And oats abundant load tue field.
True it is, his pace is slow.
Till he leels the quickening Wow,
Till he feels the urging goad
On his back so well bestowed.
Now, seignior Ass, ifec.
He was born on Shechem's bill.
In Reuben's vale he fed his fill;
He drank of Jordan's sacred stream,
And gamboled In Bethlehem.
Now, seignior Ass, &c.
See that proud majestic ear.
Born he is the yoke to wear:
All his fellows he surpasses 1
He's the very lord of asses.
Now, seignior Ass, &c.
In leaping he excels the fawn.
The deer, the colts upon the lawn;
Less swift the dromedaries ran.
Boasted of in Midian.
Now, seignior Ass, &c.
Gold from Arnhy the blessed,
Soba myrrh of myrrh Iho bent.
To the church tlils ass I bring.
We his Ktur<ly labors sln^.
Now, sclgntor Ass, &c.
While he draws the loaded wain,
Or many a pack, he don't complain :
With I is jaws, a noble pair,
He doth craunch hi.i homely fare
Now, Bolgnlor Ass, &o.
The bearded barley and its stem,
And thistles, yield his fill of them ;
He assists to separate.
When 'tis threshed, the chaff from wheat
Now, seignior Ass, Sec.
Amen ; bray most honored ass.
Sated now with prain and grass;
Amen repeat, amen reply,
And disregard antiquity.
Now, seignior Ass, &c
" When the ceremony was ended, the
priest, instead of the words with which
the congregation was dismissed, brayed
three times like an ass ; and the people
also brayed three times in response.
" From a clergy so demoralized, and a
church so universally corrupt, it might
be expected that any effort to give tlie
people the Bible, would be met by the
head of that church with the most de-
cided opposition : because the teachings
of God's Holy Book are everywhere in
direct opposition to the dogmas of Rome,
and therefore Rome was then, as she still
is, necessarily and essentially antagonistic
to the Bible, and her every act since she
assumed universal power, demonstrates
this position.
" One of the first recorded acts of
Rome in her opposition to the religious
instruction of the people by reading the
Scriptures, was done by Pope Gregory
VII., in the year 1079. The service was
then as now, in the Latin language. The
King of Bohemia expressed a wish to the
Pope that the offices or prayers of the
church might be translated into the Sla-
vonian language, at that time the com-
mon language of the north of Europe.
But Gregory refused the request, and
haughtily replied ; —
" ' I will never consent for service to
be performed in the Slavonian language.
It is the wilt of God that his word should
be hidden, lest it should be despised if
read by every one ; and if in condescen-
sion to the weakness of the people the
contrary has been permitted, it is a fault
13J Rome's orrosirii)
wliic'li ounlit to bo corrected. The de-
in.iiul of your siibjct'ts isi inipiuleiit. I
sliall oppose with the iiutliority of St.
I'etor; and yoii oui^ht, for the glory of
God, to resist it with all your power.'
" Ilildebraiid or Gregory, did not pro-
hibit translating the Scriptures because
they would be injuridtos to the people,
but because he knew if the people read
thcni, they would understand how opposed
AN as that book to liis ambitious designs
and his innnoral life;.
"Occasionally there were noble indi-
vidual or local efforts to dispense knowl-
edge, or give portions of the Scriptures
to the people, which passed umioticed,
probably because unknown, but the effort
made by this Bohemian king to give in-
struction to the people of his kingdom
generally, was calculated to affect the
power of the priesthood and therefore it
met the most determined opposition ; and
every similar effort made to circulate the
Bible from that time to this moment has j
in all instances met the antagonism of
the Church of Rome.
" The next formal opposition of Rome
to the Bible, was in the time of the Wal-
denses. From the commencement of the
Papal power, there have always been
some who have protested against her
errors and her usurpation.
" These ancient Protestants were but
few in number and were scattered through
various countries, and particularly in
France, where tliey were of the humbler
class of society, in consequence of which
they wei-e called ' The Poor men of
Lyons.^
"About the year 1160, Petek Waldo,
a rich merchant of Lyons, and a learned
man, convinced by reading the Scriptures
of the vanity of the world, forsook his
secular pursuits, and devoted himself to
the dissemination of Gospel truths, and
united himself to the ' Poor men of Ly-
ons ;' who from thence were called IVal-
denses.
" Waldo either himself translated, or
he caused to be translated, the Four Gos-
pels, with some other parts of the Scrip-
tures into the French language, which is
N TO THE mm.E. (May,
the very first translation of the sacred
writings into any nu)dern tongue. This
translation seems to be the one referred
to by Pope Innocent IIL, when he wrote
to Bertram, archbishop of Mentz, in the
year 1200 ; in which he informs the arch-
bishop that ' several of the laity had pro-
cured translations into French of the four
Gos2>els, the Episllcs of St. Paul, the
Psalms, and the Book of Job :' and or-
dered that those who read them should
be driven out and persecuted.
" In the meantiuje, the ' Poor men of
Lyons ' did their utmost to spread God's
Word abroad : they travelled up and
down, two and two together, dressed in
t coarse habits, and barefoot. They car-
ried with them the gospels and other por-
tions of the Scriptures, which they read,
explained, and sold to the people. They
appeared as pedlars, and first showed
rings, robes, and other articles of mer-
chandise, and when the question was put
to them —
" ' Have you anything more to sell V
" The answer was ; —
" ' I have far more precious jewels than
these, which I will give you if you will not
betray me. I have a gem shining from
God, so radiant that it kindles the love of
God in the hearts of those who possess it.'
" Some portions of the Gospel were
then read, and the book usually left with
the listener.
" But Rome hates the Bible ! She is
essentially antagonistic to it, and she
could not therefore consistently allow the
j poor men of Lyons to circulate God's
Holy Book, without making them feel
her fiercest wrath. It was to exterminate
these good men, that Pope Innocent IIL
established the Court of The Inquisi-
tion.
" This blood-stained tribunal inflicted
upon these poor people cruelties that
make one shudder even to think of.
" ' Some were flayed alive, and then
crushed with heavy stones ; others were
cast down from towers ; some had their
flesh cut with iron whips, then beaten to
death with fire-brands ; some were starved
in prison, or suffocated in caves ; mothers
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driven to jxTish in tbo snow of tiic iipixT
Alpn; yea, luirrors untold and unknown
undor hoatiicn persecution were indicted
upon these jx'ople, and tliat for no oilier
crime than readinj^- and circulating the
Bible: ami that hy order of a man who
called himself the representative of the
ininniculate Jesus, and executed by a
body of nuMi who calhul themselves the
Catholic and Apostolic church.'
"In tho year 1229, the Council of
TouLOUSK was held, when the lirst for-
mal mandate of Rome against any one
possessing the Bible was issued. It reads
thus : —
" ' We also forbid the connnon people
to possess any of the books of the Old or
New Testaments, except perliaps the
Psalter or Hreviarv, or the Hours of the
Blessed Virgin, which some out of devo-
tion wish to have ; but having any even
of these Looks transl.ated into the vulgar
tongue, we strictly forbid.'
" In the twelfth century, or more cor-
rectly in the year 1175, a celebrated
Biblical work was published in Paris, en-
tilled ' The Sciiolastica Historia ;'
by oiH! Peter Comestor. It is a kind
of Latin Breviary of the historical ])arl8
of the Old and New Testament, accom-
panied with expositions from Josephus,
from the Fathers, and sometimes from
Pagan writers. This work was very
popular, so that it was not only used in
schools, but was also j)ublicly read in the
churches. This ' Scholastica Historia'
formed the basis of what were called
translations of the Scriptures by Roman
Catholic writers previous to the time of
the Reformation."
CELIBACY OF
In dealing with the corruptions of
the church of Rome, there are some
over which we may throw the man-
tle of charity as being not so offen-
sive to morals, or liable to abuse as
others, — such are penance, invoca-
tion of saints, and withholding the
cup from the laity. Others stand
forth in a deformity so hideous, and
lead to practical results so disas-
trous to good morals, that no forbear-
ance can be shown to them.
Not the least of the many errors
which the church of Rome has spread
throughout the world, is the doctrine
of the Celibacy of the Clergy. This
doctrine whether viewed in the light
of reason, or of Holy Scripture, or
of Christian antiquity, or of practi-
cal experience, is equally condemned
by all, and shown to be what St. Paul
calls a " Doctrine of Devils."
Let us briefly subject this dogma
of Rome to each of these ordeals, and
see what their united testimony
will be.
THE CLERGY.
Reason says that a being formed
for and naturally inclined to mar-
riage, had better fulfill the design of
its creation, and follow the prompt-
ings of its nature, if they are vir-
tuous and holy, than to suppress them ;
that He that originally created man,
male and female, did so with a spe-
cific design. What that design was,
we are not left to conjecture. It is ex-
pressly declared : " Be fruitful and
multiply, and replenish the earth."
The union of the sexes was the sanc-
tified means which God appointed for
the preservation and the propagation
of our race, even in a state of holiness.
And if this was not incompatible
with that state in which our first
parents existed, can any subsequent
condition or occupation in this life
be too sacred for the isame relation ?
Reason says : a sacred law, for a
sacred object, given to man before he
wa^ a sinner, cannot be injurious to
his spiritual well being in a fallen
state, — that to increase and multiply
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CELIBACY OF
TUE CLERGY.
(May,
is as obligatory now, as when G od first
created the sexes for that specific
purpose ; that Providential agenc}'
whereby the equality of the sexes is
so wonderfully preserved, is a contin-
ual witness that the law of marriage
is still the law of God, to all duly
qualified to enter into that relation.
God in his providence, sometimes
disqualifies by physical defect or in-
nate infirmity, some of either sex for
the duties of marriage. In such cases
their discharge from the obligation
is sufficiently indicated. But reason
suggests no considerations why the
obligation does not rest in its full
binding force on all others — nor can
it conceive how the sacredness of any
calling can be incompatible with the
practical observance of a law given
to man in a state of holiness. It can-
not perceive how the priestly char-
acter of a sinful man can be defiled
now, by the duties of a relation into
which the Creator introduced the first
high priest of the human family, the
common father of us all, while in a
state of holiness.
But as Rome is always fertile in
excuses for all her perversions of the
ways of God to men, let us hear
what reasons she assigns for the
'dogma she so rigidly enforces.
Her chief argument in favor of her
dogma is, that a life of celibacy is
purer and holier than a l.fe of matri-
mony, and —
" As the office of the priesthood re-
quires the most angelical purity, and
the most subh'me sanctity in those
who are admitted to it, therefore the
church hath obliged all who enter
into tliat office to embrace the most
perfect state of chastity."
Here marriage and chastity are re-
presented as inconsistent with eech
other. Was Aaron, God's High
Priest under the Old Testament, and
his sons," his successors in office, and
the tribe of Levi, the priestly propa-
g'ating and propagated tribe, unholy ?
Witij them marriage was a law, a
sacred obligation. The priesthood
was to be supplied from the sons of
the priests, not tlieir natural children,
(as has often happened in the church
of Rome,) but those begotten in
sacred wedlock. Reason spurns the
thought, that the holiest of all nat-
ural ties is inconsistent with, the
most sacred spiritual relations.
But to the law and to the testi-
mony let us repair to ascertain what
is the mind of God on this subject.
Holy Scripture declares, (Heb.
13:4.) "Marriage is honorable in
all." How then can it defile any?
If the declaration was marriage is
honorable in some, or in many, or in
the laity, there might be room for the
inference that it was not so to some,
or to priests — but no exception is
allowed. It is lu.norahle in all. This
passage should be considered as set-
tling the question beyond appeal, and
nothing but an express and unam-
biguous exception in behalf of the
priesthood could justify their celi-
bacy. Can such an exception be
found ? Nay. On the contrary, their
obligation to the fundamental law of
society is expressly declared. " A
bishop must be blameless, the husband
of one wife." 1 Tim. 3: 2. He must
be — he may be — he should be. The
church of Rome says. No. He shall
not be — he 07ight not to be — and she
deposes him if he dare to be : and
she even pretends that priestly celi-
bacy is in accordance with the will
of God revealed in his word 1
There is indeed one passage of
Scripture with which this Roman
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doctrine docs agree. It may be found
in the chapter followinj^ that in
which SL. Paul tcaclics that a bisliop
mnst bo the husl)aiid of one wife. It
reads thus :
" Now tlie spirit spcaketh ex-
pressly tliat in tlic latter time some
shall depart iVom the Faith givinj:^
heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines
of derils, speaking lies in hypocrisy,
having their conscience seared witli
a hot iron, FOjiin.;i)iNQ to m.\rry, and
commanding to abstain frovi meals
whieh Gnl hath created to be re-
ceived with thanksgiving of them
which bellece and know the triUA."
With this prophetic declaration of
St. Paul, the church of Rome in
her dogma of priestly celibacy and
in her laws does most assuredly
agree. Wlio forbids to marry but- a
church which hag " departed from
the faith " wliich " gives heed to
seducing spirits," which " speaks lies
in hypocrisy ?" As she has done
Ihis deed, she must bear the charac-
ter which is drawn by the pen of
inspiration of the doers thereof.
Rome is especially fond of appeal-
ing to antiquity in support of her
teachings, and of planting herself
on the authority of the fathers and of
the primitive cliutch. It is precisely
on this ground that we delight to meet
her, and to show that her dogma is a
comparatively modern usurpation of
power, and against primitive usage.
In not one of the six general coun-
cils which were held during the first
six ccntui-ies of the Christian era,
can a canon be found forbidding
marriage to the clergy. Frequent
attempts were made during this
period to bring about this result, but
only with partial success. Tlie sin-
gle state was exalted above the
marriage state, as being more favor-
able to holiness. Virginity was ex-
tolled, and great rewards declared to
be in store for those who renounced
wedlock, and devoted themselves ex-
clusively to the service of God. By
degrees the sentiment grew and at
last prevailed, that entire consecra-
tion to Christ was inconsistent with
the duties and obligations of the
marriage covenant. Especially was
this supposed to be true with regard
to the priesthood — until at length
the famous llildebrand, in the elev-
enth century, under the title of
Gregory the Great, and Gregory the
VII., issued a bull, forbidding any
more priests to say mass who lived
with their wives, which was resisted
in Germany and finally led to an
open rupture between the Emperor
and the Pope, in consequence of
which his Holiness excommunicated
his Majesty, and at last compelled
him to submit.
If we inquii-e into the reasons of
such a px'ohibition, it will not be
difficult to discover the political con-
siderations which have led the Ro-
man pontiffs to its adoption. Tlie
marriage tie, with the numerous rela-
tionships growing out of it, would
necessarily attach the priesthood of
Rome to the countries in which they
severally reside. The welfare of
those communities in which iheir
wives, and children, and grand-ciiild-
ren, and other connections of affinity
or consanguinity resided, would nec-
essarily enlist their sympathies, and
efibrts, and prayers, enkindle their
patriotism, and establish a paramount
interest which would absorb every
other local attachment.
Now with regard to the Romish
clergy, we know that their allegiance
is due first to the Pcntijicul Throte,
established in the Eternal City.
Taeir sovereign and their sovereign's
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THE CLERGY.
(May,
laiiil is the conlrc to ^vhic•ll llu-ir
aUVrtiQiis continually turn. Is there
ut this time a French bishop who
wouhl not rather see France torn
with intestine strife, than the " States
of tiie Church distracted with civil
commotion — who would not rather
see the Emperor assassinated than
the Pope lose his temporal power?
The married clergy of France, Eng-
land, Eussia, Prussia, and other lands
are not patriots of this school. The
home-ties formed by their intermar-
riage witli the daughters of the lands
in which they dwell, create home-
feelings which no foreign attachments
can extinguish. Rome, by forbidding
to her clergy the formation of such
ties, keeps them aloof from the inter-
ests of the land in which they dwell,
and constantly reminds them that their
sovereign waves his sceptre over the
seven hills, and that the so-called
patrimony of St. Peter is the country
of which they should always sing :
" If I forget thee, 0 Jerusalem ! let
my right hand forget her cunning,
let my tongue cleave to the roof of
my mouth," if I prefer not this above
every other land.
The Romish priesthood, isolated
by celibacy in the lands in which
they dwell, form a body of Roman
citizens, all over the earth w^hose
" supreme allegiance to the Rock of
Peter," is, in the language of an
Irish bishop at one of the recent
papal demonstration-meetings in Ire-
land, " older than to the throne of the
Plantagenets or Stuarts 1 " So
has celibacy extinguished patriotism
among the Roman hierarchy and
priesthood ! The sacred institution
of marriage, with all its humanizing
and sanctifying influences has been
denied them upon the pretext that
"it imparts defilement to tlieir priest-
ly oflice," but really to extinguish the
virtue of patriotism toward every other
country (except Roman Italy) under
the temporal sway of the Pope.
Having listened to the voice of
reason. Scripture, and antiquity, let
us take the testimony of experience,
to discover whether priestly celib-
acy is necessary to priestly chastity.
If there be any philosophical con-
nection between these as means ap-
jjointed to an end, the rule of phil-
osophy has been singularly perverse
in its operation. History tells a sad
tale of the success of the experiment.
The numbei'less petitions of Emper-
ors and Kings, and rulers of different
grades, to the Pope, to revoke the
law of priestly celibacy and to allow
the clergy to marry, show the effect
of the prohibition to have been any-
thing but desirable or satisfactory.
In fact the historians of the middle
ages do not attempt to conceal the
abominations practised under the pre-
text that chastity in the priesthood
could only be obtained by compul-
sory celibacy. The law worked so
perversely in the opposite direction,
that in a remonstrance which certain
divines of Germany presented to the
Pope, accompanied by letters from
the Emperor Ferdinand, and Albert,
Duke of Bavaria, soliciting permis-
sion for the clergy to marry, these
divines assert that, "among fifty
Catholic priests hardly one will be
found who is not a notorious liber-
tine." Even one of the cardinals had
honesty enough to say that " it would
conduce to the salvation of souls to
permit the clergy to marry, and that
it was absurd not to admit married
clerks and yet to permit unmarried
libertines to officiate in holy things."
Could a work be written, giving in
detail the innumerable transgressions
] 860.) FOREIGN
of the Romish priesthood for a period
of ten centuries of that law, which
was pretended to be necessary to
make them virtuous and holy, so vo-
luminous would it be, and so full of
horrors, that its proper title would be
" Scandalum Magnatum Roraanse
Ecclesia3."
But we forbear. The amount of
FIELD. 1 •> •
vice and crime of the most revolting
nature that has followed in the train
of this Romish dogma and requisi-
tion affords the best comment ui)on
the iniquity of that system wliich
prohibits open wedlock to her priestr
hood, and denies that " marriage is
honorable in all."
FOREIGN FIELD.
THE REVIVAL IN IRELAND.
We have received " occasional re-
ports," through our friend Dr. Heather,
of Dublin, which contain highly
interesting accounts of the revival of
religion in Ireland. The progress of
the work is wonderful— in many places
seeming to affect all classes of citi-
zens and to overcome all forms of
opposition.
To select statements which are
more impressive than others from a
record which is filled with striking
things is very difficult. We cannot,
however, give much space in this
number to extracts from the " Papers"
sent us, and we therefore take the
following from the statement of Mr.
White, general missionary, whose
position and observation enable him
to speak intelligently about the "meet-
ings" and the " Revival " connected
with them. The scenes he describes at
Lurgan and Clones may represent
many other scenes connected with
the labors of other evangelical labor-
ers. Mr. White says :
" My Dear Brother. — At your request
I give you a few extracts from my jour-
nal, in reference to the great work of
Gotl which is at ju'esent spreading so
glorioufly over this land. And while we
rejoice tliat God has poured out his Holy
Spirit on all the churches of his people —
making no difference, we ought to thank
him that he has not overlooked our
Society, but has abundantly blessed the
labors of our agents in every place.
Boasting is excluded for ever from us or
any people; but 'praise is comely,' arid
perhaps we have been more deficient in
this tlian in any other duty
" July the 22nd. I visited Lurgan, and
although tliere was no announcement
made for anything special, the chapel was
densely crowded with a deeply anxious
congregation. The Revival had com-
menced here : for a long time two Chris-
tian brethren had been earnestly pleading
with God for tiie shower to come, and
through discouragement and difficulties
theyprayed and labored on. Like Elijah
they looked toward the sea, and while
others saw nothing but apparent drought,
they beheld the promise of the coming
shower, and it did come. While these
brethren were holdiug a meeting one
evening in our chapel, the Lord poured
out his Spirit, and several sinners were
cut to the heart and cried aloud for mercy.
The meeting continued till a late hour,
when some went home rejoicing, and
others in distress. These brethren retired
too, but it was not to rest ; for the work
spread with amazing power, and many in
several parts of the town were in deep
distress in their houses, and sent for these
brethren and others to pray with them.
All the churches were ready to fall in
with the movement. Meetings for prayer
were appointed in every place of worship .
138
FOUKIGN FIELD.
(May,
thov wcro iill cv()\\ (led every niglit with
mixioiis ;ui(l pniyerfiil congregivtioiis ; and
«ven w licre (lie same feelings were inani-
fested and the ^nme glorious transforma-
tions eH"(!etod.
" This, my first night in Lurgan, was
a very reniarUalilo one. A multitude of
newly e(uiverted souls were in the cliajjel,
hajipy in (Jod. Joy was depicted in their
couVitenances ; and their eyes, wet with
tears, sparkled with de!ighl( while tiiey
sunp: of Jesus, or heard of his love.
Others appeared sad and downcast, while
they audilily groaned out their distress
into the ears of our compassionate Re-
deemer. Several that night found peace
in believing.
" On the following Sabhath, the 24th,
I preached in a field adjoining tlie town,
and contiguous to our chapel — in Queen-
street, in the afternoon — at half-past
three o'clock, to about four thousand of
a congregatioir. While the Gos|)el was
but simply proclaimed to them, there was
deej) solemnity, but no extraordinary
exhibition of feeling. Some silently
wept ; others were deeply solemn and
thoughtful; all seemed to feel that God
was tiiere, and speaking to them in his
word. Immediately after the sermon, the
chapel was densely crowded at a prayer-
meeting. "Several men— some of them
stout-hearted sinners, fell before God to
plead for mercy ; and many of them
were enabled to rejoice in a consciousness
of pardon through Christ Jesus. This
meeting lasted till near the time of
preaching — at seven o'clock. At that
hour the house \\i\s again de nsely packed
in every part ; every foot of sitting and
standing room was occupied by some
one anxious to hear the Gospel ; and
many had to go a\\ ay \v)io could not get
into the house at all. During the ser-
mon ther(! was awful attention ; every
eye fixi d ; the tears falling lik(^ rain, and
anon tiie stillness of the multitude bridicn
by the sobbing of some burdened sinner.
After the sermon, we proposed to ofl'er
prayer iVn- all who wire in distress on
account of sin, wIksii about sixty men and
women, old and young;, fell prostrate
before God to seek for pardon. The
most of those in distress were young
men and young \\onien in tin; prime of
life, and among them some aged sinners.
The meeting was very orderly, cmisider-
ing the multitude in distress. There was
no screaming, but many loudly and bit-
terly wept before God. Singing and
prayer were alternately engaged in, till
nearly tw^o o'clock in the morning, when
I think not less than sixty souls had en-
tered into the libeity of the children of
God.
"The good work is still progressing in
Lxirgan. By a letter received from
brotli(>r Pattyson, it appears that since
the 3d of July last, when the Revival
commenced, more than a thousand, souls
have been converted in our chapel alone.
They have not all connected tlieniselveg
with us ; but our brother states that dur-
ing the past three months four hundred
have been added to the Society.
" I arrived in Clones on Friday, the
9th September, and remained there till
the following Tnesda)-, attending two
meetings each d.'iy. The Revival had
begun and was progressing with great
power for some weeks ]iievious to this
time. Brother Wilson, the Superinten-
dent of the Circuit, on his return from
the Conference, was deeply anxious about
the work of God, and believing that he
was as willing to bless souls in Clones
as in other places, he coniiuenced to pray
and labor for a re\ival of his work,
lie appointed as his first public e ffort, an
open-air union j)rayer meeting near the
town, and inviteil the co-operation of
Christian ministers of other denouiiua-
ticms, with that of >ome of his own breth-
ren in the ministry. About four thousand
assembled on the occasion ; the people
were nmch iinpres.^ed under the addresses
of the speakers ; a sedemn stillness per-
vaded the assembly, and many were
moved to tears; but nothingcf a marked
nature occurred.
• • • " The evening I arrived in
Clones, I found brother Wilson laid up
1800.)
FOKKIGN FIKLI).
139
tiDni exhaustion, occasioned hy liaid
laltor and constiuit anxiety. Tin? oliJtpcl
wiis densely crowded in every i)art, and
the large porcli at tlie entrance was
closely seated and crowded also. The
meeting was coninioiieed with singing
and prayer, and tlien I addressed the
people for a few minutes. Wiiile I was
speaking, the sohhing of those in distress
was audihle. A great many fell before
the Lord — crying for mercy. Several
were 'stricken,' and carried ii^to the
Society-room ; some shrieked out in a
most awfnl manner, and others in com-
parative silence sought mercy from the
Lord.
" It would be impossible to say how
many were saved at this meeting — everj'
part of the house seemed filled with the
glory of God. The Society-room was
full of ' stricken ' ones, all of whom went
Lome happy. In the chapel were scores
who were hot prostrated, but who were
in great distress : many of whom were
delivered from the burden of their sins,
and enabled to rejoice iu God their
Savior. The meeting separated about
one o^clock in the morning. The next
day I liad an opportunity of visiting a great
many in their houses, who were either in
great distress or happy in God. I was
greatly struck with the great change that
had passed over the people: whole fami-
lies of the very worst characters were
saved ; and instead of drunkenness and
swearing, now there are songs of praise
and thanksgiving ascending from their
dwellings.
" The following day — the Sabbath-
was a very memorable time. At our
morning service, at ten o'clock, we had a
down -pour of heavenly blessing. The
congregation was very large ; almost en-
tirely composed of those who were hap-
py in God. How easy was it to preach
to tliem! How good was it to be there !
At four o'clock in the afternoon, we held
aji open-air service in the field where the
former meeting was held. Between four
and five thousand were there. Brother
Wilson opened the meeting with praise
and prayer. Mr. Johnston, Wesleyan
minister, read the Script\ires and prayed.
Then Mr. Wiley, from Belfast, a I'rcsby-
terian, addressed the meeting with great
power. After which I preached a short
sermon on the sufferings of Christ for
sinners, and the niccting was concluded
witii a short prayer-meeting. It was a
very solemn time. Many wept silently,
others groaned in distress ; one was
' stricken,' and all seemed conscious that
God was there. It was a beautiful, calm
summer evening. It seemed a!? if God
had hushed the winds, and avresttMl the
rain, and curtained the sun with clouds,
so that we worshiped with the greatest
comfort. It was announced that our
chapel, the Presbyterian church, and
Wesleyan chapel, were to be opened for
prayer-meetings when the people retired
from the field. As they moved down the
slope of the beautiful hill leading to the
town, a few friends commenced sing-
ing—
' All linil the power of Jesus" name 1
Let angel's prostrate fall ;
Brine fonli the royal diadem.
And crown him Lord of all.'
" The multitude joined with great cani-
estness in singing this beautiful hymn.
And seldom did such music ever before
float on the evening air.
"I have read of the glorious march of
armies after a victory, as they entered the
capital of their country with martial
music, amidst the plaudits of the popu-
lace, and felt the blood course more
quickly through my veins as I read of the
glorious spectacle ; but what is such a
pageant when compared . with such a
spectacle as this — -four thousand men and '
women from different parts of the coun-
try, of different denominations, mamj of
whom had never seen each other before,
all singing, 'Crown Him Lord of all!'
It was, doubtless, music that angels bent
down from their seats of glorj' to li.sten
to.
"The 'multitude reached our chapel,
Whitehall-street, and the living stream
flowed into it till the body of the house,
the galleries, aisles, porch, lobby, tuea,
140
rOUKIGX FIKLD.
(May,
and ovi'iy available spot of Ptauding-
rooui was' crowded to suffocation. The
living tide surged back again on the
street: it moved toward the Wesleyan
chapel, which was soon crowded, then to
the Presbyterian church, which also was
crowded to inconvenience, and many
could not even obtain stamling-room any-
where."
It is computed that not less than
eighty thousand souls have been
converted to Christ during the time
thus far of the revival's continu-
ance.
REV. DR. HEATHER.
Tlie divine blessing attends the missionary
labors — Bibles and Tracts procured and dis-
tributed — Journals forwarded — Roman
priests hostility to the education system and
to evangelical religion, etc., etc.
"Dublin, Feb. 28th, 1860.
"Rev. Dr. Fairchilu.
" Dear Sir : — At a meeting of our
committee, which was held this morning,
the following resolution was passed unani-
mously : —
'^Resolved. That the great success of
our agents proves the presence and in-
fluence of the Holy Spirit on the work
in which they are engaged, and leads us
to hope for a further measure of his bless-
ing upon it
" I am happy to say that I have obtained
an ample supply of Bibles, Testaments,
and suitable Tracts to meet the urgent
demands made upon our agents for them,
and that I am in course of supplying all
our districts with the same, abundantly.
To you and to us it is a matter of much
joy and thanksgiving to God, that dis-
tricts which were formerly so Godless,
superstitious, and regardless of scriptural
religion, should under our instrumentality
be taught to appreciate and earnestly
solicit the ' Book of God.'
" I enclose to you journals of agents
which passed under the review of our
committee and afforded satisfaction.
"The good work of revival continues
to extend over several parts of this land.
An increased spirit of prayer for a more
copious outpouring of the Holy Sprit is
on the advance, and much expectation is
entertained that our revival will become
natio7ial."
Under date of March 1st., Dr.
Heather wrote as follows : —
" After I had posted to you journals of
agents, and resolutions which passed
through the last meeting of our conmiit-
tee, the enclosed came to hand. Think-
ing them to be suitable for your excellent
Magazine, I hasten to forward them
without waiting for the next meeting of
our committee.
" Mr. Keane's will inform you of Popery
as it is in his district, and which is a
sample of Romanism over all the similar-
ly circumstanced districts of this Island.
It noiv feels the presence and peril of itt
position, and brings all its aviiilable forcei
to its aid. The priesthood has now set
itself in direct and active hostility to the
' National system of education,' which it
so long patronized and promoted, feeling
that secular education shakes and ^;er27«
its despotism over the ^own^ Papal popu-
lation of Ireland. I never thought the
priesthood's patronage of the National
system of education to be sincere, but
designed to deceive and to cover ulterior
objects.. The considerable number of
Romanists who have been brought to
Christ in the current ' Revival,' coupled
with the spirit of religious enquiry spread-
ing amongst multitudes of that creed,
have greatly added to the excitement and
disquietude of the priests and the party
under their entire control. We have,
however, the strong conviction that scrip-
tural truth will gloriously triumph.
"Mr. Liddy's journal will gladden you
with facts regarding the continuauce of
of the ' Revival ' in his sphei'e of action.
By next week's mail I will send the last
issue of the 'occasional papers' of the
Home Missionary Society, which will
impart information regarding the ' Re-
vival ' on some of its stations, and which
you may use for your Magazine, should
you think it proper to do so."
I SCO.) FOKEia.v
CENTRAL PROTESTANT SOCIETY OF
FRANCE.
The Central rrotostaut Society of
Evangelization is gradually extend-
ing its operations and is daily receiv-
ing evidence of the divine approval
of its labors of faith and of love.
The following statements concerning
some of its stations are from the pen
of the Rev. C. L. Frossard, the gen-
eral agent of the society. They
allow encouraging progress and
much need of aid :
'^Fresnoy le Grand,(^ orthcrn Section.)
Thi8 Church baa boon for several months,
under the charge of Rev. Mr. Cbottin,
formerly a Roman CathoHc priest; now
its regular pastor has returned. Mr.
Legneux bad been called by the Minister
of War to the hospitals of Milan, in the
capacity of Almoner ; after having nobly
discharged his difficult task in Italy, with
our Protestant soldiers, as well as with
such among the Italians as were well dis-
posed, Mr. Legneux has resumed the
duties of his apostlesbip, in the midst of
the skepticism and depravity of Frcsnoy
and its environs.
" Fresnoy has three hundred Protestants,
one temple, two schools — divine worship
is performed there twice every Sunday,
and Wednesdays during the evening a
conference is held, which Catholics are
invited to attend — and one Sunday-school
for children.
" In the vicinity of Bohain, a small
town which formerly contained many
reformed Christians, and had a Synod,
are now fifty Protestants, one chapel, one
service on Lord's day. Foussomone,
Feculaire, Montigny and Essigny, num-
ber in their various districts seventy Pro-
testants, and divine worship is from time
to time held there.
" Fontaine, Notre Dame,where we have
this year called an evangelist, Mr. Remy
Vauri, had, two years ago, no Protestant
Christians. It now numbers eighty, and
religious service is held there every Sun-
FIKI.D. 141
(lay ill a cliapfd wliicli wc iiirc for tliat
[)urpose.
" Grougis. — Pastor M. Haas, lias one
temple, two hundred and fifty ProtcstaiitB,
two public religious services on Sundays,
one Sunday-school ; during the winter a
series of conferences for Catholics. The
schools of Grougis are still forbidden,
and the Instructor and Instructress are
obliged to give their lessons from house
to house.
" Aisenville, which is contiguous to
Grougis, has ffly Protestants. Menne-
vret has one chapel and forty Protestants.
Guise, fifty Protestants. Divine wor-
ship is held from time to time in those
two localities. The pastor of Grougis
preaches the Gospel also in Hanuasses,
which is a dependance of the church of
Esqucheries. Those three stations ])laced
in the midst of a poor population are
entirely under our charge. We may
say the same of the stations that are in
Normandy, Elbeuf and St. Opportune.
The church at Elbeuf has been confided
this year to the care of Rev. Mr. Mon-
chi'itre. The good work progresses there
in a satisfactory manner.
" At St. Opjmrtune there has been a
revival of zeal on the part of the curate,
who has succeeded in gathering together
in that community, where Catholics had
become extinct, about a dozen persons
who now attend mass. Unfortunately
for us, we have at this moment no agent
at our disposal to send in that place.
" Estissac, under the direction of Mr.
Gerber, gives us much satisfaction, and
we have abundant reason to rejoice and
to bless God for the progress which is
made in tbe cause of truth. The work
is taking deep root, and Mr. Gerber, al-
though the churcll is not 3'^et opened,
enjoys more liberty, and is allowed to
preach unmolested in the large room of
tbe school.
" Such are the last items of news from
the posts in which is especially inter-
ested The American and Foreign
Christian Union. For other details I
beg to refer you to the Quarterly Bulletin,
142
FOREIGN FIELD.
(May,
issued l)y tlio society, ;nul of which I Lave
the honor to seud you a copy."
TllK REVIVAL IX FRAXCE.
We have spoken repeatedly of
France as a missionary field of great
interest and importance. Her geo-
graphical position, political influence,
commercial resources, number and
character of inhabitants, and many
other tilings appertaining to the
country, sustain us in our views.
Wo have spoken too, of the self-
sacrificing spirit, and earnest labors
of the few evangelical Protestants
who are dispersed throughout the
empire. They have endured Ynuch
hardsliip, as good soldiers, and been
permitted to see a gradual. increase
of their numbers, and of evangelical
influences in their respective locali-
ties. But we have not been permit-
ted to speak of " revivals " in that
land. Tliere is noio, however, and
for some months past there has been,
a remarkable state of feeling among
the Roman Catholic population in
many places upon the subject of
religion — an earnest calling for evan-
gelical ministers, and an open with-
drawal from the Roman Catholic
denomination, which indicates the
presence of the revival spirit.
The brief note from the Rev. Dr.
Grandpierre, one of the secretaries
of the Central Protestant Society,
received about four weeks previous
to this writing (March 24,) and which
we subjoin, encourages the hope that
God is about to visit that land with
the special outpouring of his Spirit.
It aflfirms that "a great revival has
taken place recently," and speaks of
" a thousand souls in two or three vil-
lages who have left the Roman
Catholic church and turned to evan-
gelical Protestantism."
A similar state of things, though
not so distinctly marked, is. alluded
to in the letter of our correspondent
at Lyons, which follows this article.
It represents six rural parishes asking
for evangelical preaching, and will-
ing to receive Protestantism. As
opportunity is offered them, they
attend evangelical preaching.
For this turning to the Lord on
the part of the people of France,
many Christians have long and earn-
estly prayed. Now, thei-efore, that
it is given, is the time vigorously to
work, and now the brethren in that
field greatly need assistance. Shall
they have it ? Wo submit the com-
munication from Dr. Grandpierre,
and hope to be enabled by the friends
of revivals and of evangelical relig-
ion, to respond to its call in a favor-
able way. Here is the note :
"Rev. Dr. Fairchild.
" Di^AR Sir: — The Central Protestant
Society of Evangelization, hsis never
been so successful in its efforts for pro-
moting the Gospel in France, but never
so low in its funds.
" The pecuniary means are totally want-
ing to us. They have been so for months.
We have a debt of thirty thousand
francs.
"A great revival has taken place recent-
ly, among Roman Catholics near Vesoul.
In two or three villages situated in
the neighborhood of this place, nearly a
thousand souls have left the Roman
Catholic church and turned to evangelical
Protestantism.
" Other movements of this kind are
announced to us in other localities. But
how can we answer to so great demands
at a time when we have not the means to
cover our ordinary expenses ?
" We hope, dear sir, that the Board of
The American and Foreign Chris-
tian Union, knowing our necessities will
come to our help, as it has done it so fre-
1860.;
FOREIGN
riELP.
14:5
quetiMy nii.l in so friendly a inivnncr
bcfon-.
" I^ol)ill^■ tills, believe nic, dear air,
yours \i'\-y tiiil)-,
•' S. If. fjrllANDPIERUr,."
EVANORUCAI, CIH'RCH OP LYONS.
Wo gave an interesting letter
from tlie llov. C. A. Ooudes, of Lyons,
France, in our last issue, to which
the following bears a close relation,
and which sheds some light upon the
subject of which the former treated.
We rejoice in the progress of the
good worlv in which the Committee
of Evaiig(!li/,ation are engaged, but
regix't to see tiie spirit of persecution
manifested by Roman Catholics to-
i wards the converts to the Gospel. It
( hprS ever been the usage of Rome to
persecute, and it will probably con-
tinue so while she continues to exist.
It is gratifying, however,to learn that
the converts remain firm. Our cor-
respondent under date of Feb. 6, 1800,
says : —
j "Eev. Dr. Fairchild.
' " Dear Sir : — You will have received
my letter of last month, as well as our
half-yearly circular, to which I can now
add tiie followiug particulars:
" There were received in 1859, as
! members of the church at the Lord's
table, fifty-eight. There were inscribed
as candidates for Communion, fifty-two.
Candidates remaining; from 1859, are
sixty-four ; the great majority of whom
are composed of Roman Catholic con-
verts.
" Bat gladdening and encouraging as
are these results in a city like this — the
centre of Romanism in France, and the
Pope's favorite — the above figures must
not be supposed to represent the total
fruits with which it has pleased the Lord
to bless our humble labors and prayers
in and for his cause. There are num-
bers of persons, Roman Catholics, who,
although seriously affected by ' the force
of tnitli,' arc not sulficieutly developed
in strength to brave the frowns of the
family, the circle of frieinlH, and the
ncighhorhood, or to renounce intcri'sl or
favor, and they therefore recjuire time
and 'Grace for Grace' to grow and
ripen.
" The writer being lately called to
administer baptism in a liiniily about
sixltj-fiL-e miles from Lyons, w itne!i:*c(l an
edifying scene. The villitge i.s entirely
Roman Catholic, and the aforesaid fam-
ily the only one in it which is Protest-
ant; and its heads, nieiubL-rs of our
church, had been, and sti!l are subject
to much criticism and chicanery on
account of their religion ; ycL such is the
estimation in which tiiey are heUl tiirough
their character, that in spite of all pre-
judice the hour had scarcely struck for
the beginning of the service in the iiuni-
ble cottage, hut neighbor after neighbor
flocked in to attend and li.iten, and the
room was filled to excess, alnnjst all
standing, whilst many sought their places
without.
"The greatest respect was manifested
during the whole service, and at the close
pleasing manifestations of saiislactiou
appeared. One individual insisted upon
contributing five francs towards paying
the minister's traveling expenses, the
family before-named benig in very hum-
ble circumstances. Fresh visits aru
requested and will we trust follow by the
leave of Providence.
" The writer has also been called in
another direction, about one hundred
miles off, to advise and concert with a
Christian ministerin thefollowuigcircum-
stances : Several Communities {rural
parishes) had invited the said brother to
come and preach to them, they being will-
ing to embrace Protestantism. He went
to the principal parish and was received
by the maire, and other public function-
aries, and conducted in procession to a
barn opened for the purpose, and where
an assembly of three hundred and forty
hearers listened with the profoundest
attention to his discourse, and expressed
ut
FOUKIGN FIKI,n.
(May,
their desire of regular prcacliing- in
future.
" The liisliop and his clergy are of
course alarmed, and a change of j)riests
(as usual in cases where their conduct
leads parishes to abandon their church,)
is being effected, in order to regain pub-
lic confidence and hearers at mass ; yet the
desire for Gospel t(;aching continues, and
withdrew next morning hia son from our
school, has not, alas, had the same
courage, but has consented to send the
poor lad to the catholic class ! S. is a
candidate for Communion, not a mem-
ber.
" It would appear these dismissals and
similar attacks on the poor man's bread,
are increasingly resorted to in aid of all
the case is under the consideration of the | the other means so cruelly employed to
superior magistrates, called to determine
( according to existing requirements j
whether it can be recommended to gov-
eriiniciit as proper to be established by
authority.
"About a hundred Testaments have
been sold there by a colporteur, wlio one
day was called to preach, and in spite of
all his reiuoDstrances to the contrary,
founded upon his humble avowal of inca-
pacity, in a m^si&nxG compelled to address
two hundred and fifty hearers, some of
whom were moved to tears at his dis-
course ! The numher of 'parishes in that
neigh borhood desiring Protestant preach-
ing is about six. May the Lord grant
His Grace and blessing abundantly.
" Believe me to remain, dear sir, very
affectionately and gratefully yours in
Christ.
" C. A. CORDKS."
"P. S. I cannot refrain from re-
opening my letter to add the following
facts :
"G. has just been dismissed from his
service because he is a faitliful member of
the evangelical church and has refused
to listen to the remonstrances and men-
aces his employer and his bigoted wife
had for some time past been addressing
to him on that subject. He has faithfully
served them and their predecessors, (it
being a service where the masters are
sometimes changing,) for twenty-nine
years, and no other reproach has been
alleged but the above. On the contrary,
a good testimony is given ! G. bears his
cross with true Christian fortitude. He
was brought to the knowledgQ of Christ
only about two years since !
" S., another friend, being threatened
with immediate destitution unless he
tempt and pervert! We hear even of
other menaces more cruel still ; but we
remember where it is written : ' He that
is for us is stronger than they that are
POITOU. REV. E. VERRUE.
Having spoken of a commnnica-
tion for our office, which was lost on
the way, and of his readiness to re-
write it if deemed necessary, in a
letter from which we quote, Mr.
Verrue shows the work in which he
is engaged — the sacrifices he has
made to carry it on — and his great
need of help. The prospects of good
results from labor bestowed at his
station is very encouraging. He
says :
" I forward to you another article upon
our ^vol•k of evangelization during the
past year, which work I hope to resume
in the course of a few days
Already I had established four schools for
boys, two for girls, and three asylums.
" In the four schools for boys, we are
compelled to receive them indiscrimi-
nately with girls. Even the school for
girls at St. Sauvant had to be closed,
because I w.as obliged to take that locality
for my own residence. The construction,
the appropriations and the support of all
those buildings are under my care. I am
responsible for all.
" The society of Geneva makes ap-
propriations only for the individual sup-
port of the instructors, male and female.
It also pays a few rents. A school for
boys was wanting where a very large
attendance could be secured were there
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means for tlioir instruction. An oppor-
tunity M'iia offered, and trusting that the
Lord would eonie to ni}' aid, I resolved to
have that school established in a buildini;;
erected for that purpose. That school-
house (Bois le l?on,) will be furnished in
the course of a few weeks : at any rate, it
V
will bo enough so to commence our
classes
" The support of the other schools has
cost me this year between five and six
hundred francs. In addition to all that,
there ai"c the stationery and school furni-
ture. In view of all tliis, you will not be
surprised to hear that since I have come
here I have already spent from my own
pocket upwards of eleven thousand
francs ($2,200;) I have so little of this
world's goods that this amount taken
from my incom'e does not allow me to
live without making very gi-eat sacrifices.
I state all this to you because I desire to
transcribe to you a portion of the last
letter which I received from the Evan-
gelical Society of Geneva, dated October
20th, 1859. This is what they write :
" ' It is always in your own interest and
in that of the numerous w'orks for which
you labor with so much zeal, that we
insist so earnestly and so often upon the
importance and necessity of leaving as
seldom as possible the care of your par-
ish. These absences, moi'e than anything
else, furnish those of your colleagues
who do not love you, reasons to lind fault
with you, and thus they do all they can
to compel you to go altogether. Should
your departure be the result of their
effort, the event would be a very great
evil and would stop the progress, for a
time at least, of God's work in your dis-
tricts, and though it is said, as a general
proposition, that no man is really neces-
sary, it is nevertheless true that your
place would not beveiy easily filled.'
"This year I have again been obliged
to take three thousand francs (-$000)
from my own private property in order to
pay wh.at was due for the building, and
the support of the tivo schools designed
to prepare the teachers (male and female)
who have been here under my charge for
four years. How shall I recover those sums
of money and continue those personal
10
expenses if T cannot make collections ?
Again a great difficulty presents itself.
We have no house in which ourselves and
our children can comfortably be accommo-
dated. We desire to educate our child-
ren at home, and our present lodging is
too small, and it is so bad and in such
a want of repairs that we are exposed to
winds and rains. My wife and my child-
ren are unhappy, and their discomfort
disquiets nie, and still I cannot go a\\ ay,
as you will readily see. I desire very
much that you could come here and see
the actual state of things ; you could form
a more correct idea of our warits and
communicate them to your friends."
ITALY.
LETTER OF REV. J. R. m'dOUGALL.
The follov?ing letter to our Board
of Directors explains itself, while it
serves to deepen our convictions that
Italy is now a most interesting
missionary field. It came to hand
too late for insertion in the April
number of the Magazine. We shall
be happy to hear from Mr. McDougall
again, in relation to his labors and
prospects. In the meantime we
shall forward our Report and some
other documents to him, according to
his request.
" Floebnge, Ital}',
" January 26, 1860.
" Gentlemen: —
" The affairs of Italy must be iuterest-
ing to you all at this moment. As mission-
ary of the Free Church of Scotland here,
engaged in evangelization work, I have
for the last three years purposed to enlist
the sympathy and co-operation of Amer-
ican Christians in the work of God going
forward here.
" As all has gone on under a rule of
despotism and oppression, our mouths
were forced to be silent as far as the
general Christian public were concerned.
The advent of liberty to Italy at this
moment, the fair field which we already
have, and seem destined in God's provi-
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tlfiice to have guaraiitei'd to us for cvaii-
golical ojjeratious, together with the large
miiiibcr of Americans residing here at
present and interested in the nioveiucnt,
has made me take pen in hand to attempt
to realize another combined Christian
effort for Italy as for Turkey, by English
and Americans.
" While the Scotch minister lierc, like
bis brethren at various other continental
Btations, has regular Sabbath services
and congregational work, liis principal
aim is, by every means in his power, to
foster and help on the almost unknown
but very remarkable movement, whicli
dates from about the time of the JIadiai
persecution, and promises to exercise a
mighty influence on the future destinies
of this unhappy country.
" Our various occupations, therefore,
arc the translation of religious works into
Italian, the distribution by colporteurs
and private hands, of the Bible, the sup-
port of Vaudois ministers and evangelists
in Central Italy, the establishment of
male and female schools for Protestant
children, the assistance of brethren who
have suffered loss for the cause of Christ,
and so on.
" Our funds, hitherto, liave been drawn
from various private and special societies
in Great Britain. If God', however,
hears the aspirations of the Italians for
liberty ; if, as every day's events render
more and more probable, it be his pur-
pose now to throw Italy open to the
Gospel, then laborers in greater number,
and appliances on a larger scale must
be put in motion.
" In this letter I do not propose to go
into detail. Should your Society see its
way to assist in any or all of these Chris-
tian enterprises, I shall be happy to
supply you with a short resume of the
movement from the commencement till
now, and .also with the fullest explana-
tions of any or all of the branches of
effort in which you may take an interest
and may propose to assist.
" I now write you at the request of Mr.
Schieffelin, who passed through Florence
a few weeks ago, and was deeply inter-
ested iu our work. Mr. Lennox, of New-
York, has been a liberal contributor to
several of these schemes, through my
brother minister at Leghorn, Dr. Stewart,
and my predecessor here, Mr. Hanna.
" Through Mrs. Bcecher Stowe, who
is a member of our congregation here,
we are trying to obtain for Italy a youug
Italian who has finished his Theological
studies in America. I am not aware
what society she means to apply to for
his support. I hope soon to know exactly
the names of the various Foreign Aid
Societies in the States. Any published
report of your proceedings, if sent, would
be useful for this end. Meanwhile I ad-
dress myself not only to you, but also
write by the same post to Dr. Kirk, of
Boston, at the request of Mr. Alpheua
Hardy, of Boston.
" I shall be happy to hear from you a t
your earliest convenience, and to reply
to any questions you may put. I hope
that a number of friends here, who have
heard many of the details, have already
acquainted you with the outstanding
facts. The Lord guide you in all your
labors of love and works of faith for the
advancement of His own glory. I am,
gentlemen, *
" Yours very sincerely,
"John R. McDougall,
" Scotch Church, Florence."
HOME
A VOLTJNTEEE MISSION AMONG KOMAN-
ISTS.
BY A NEW-ENGLAND PASTOR.
The Rev. G-. W. A. is an orthodox
pastor in New England. Drawn to
FIELD.
the place of his settlement by the
hope of employment in the factories,
or shops, or other places of business,
many Irish and Canadian French
Romanists visit or temporarily re-
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side there. Deeply affected by tlioir
moral and spiritual condition, as it
came under his observation in the
discharge of liis ofHcial duties, he
op(3ued a correspondence with our
office with a view to their benefit,
wliich has been followed with good
I'esults. He has given much atten-
tion to the case of Romanists, and
studied both the' word and providence
of God in regard to them. He has
seen the dreadful effect of the Rom-
ish system upon the minds and con-
sciences of those who arc brought
under it, and especially among the
lower classes — the operatives. He
has also seen the effect of kindness
and Gospel measures in reclaiming
them. He knows that Romanists,
like other people destitute of evan-
gelical religion, can be reached, en-
lightened, and converted to Christ.
He has labored among them as a
volunteer, and helped the Board in
their work a great deal.
In the following communication the
reader can see some of the degrading
influences of the Romish system, and
find motives to engage earnestly in
efforts to enlighten and save them.
LETTER OF KEV. G. W. A.
BooliS and Tracts received and distributed —
kindlij received — invited to come again — a
■profane young woman — degrading character
of Romanists there — children sent to school —
710 Bibles — ignorant — debased — hope for
them — Christians and ministers too unbeliev-
ing.
" I ought, perhaps, to have informed
you in relation to the disposition made of
the books and tracts so kindly sent me,
but a long season of impaired health put
me hack in my operations. I am very
much obliged, and have been greatly
assisted in my visits to the Roman
Catholics by the Tracts. A set of the
books was placed in the Sunday-school
library, according to your request ; they
have been taken and read with much in-
terest and profit. I supplied by distri-
bution in person, the population wKhin
tlic limits of uiy own parish — uhout two
hundred families — witii your Tracts,
(witii the exception of three or four fam-
ilies,) and I also left ^Child's Papers'
and 'American Messengers,^ of tlic Aiiier-
ican Tract Society's publication, and in
almost every instance I was kindly re-
ceived and invited often to come again.
" When I have found persons unable
to read — and there are many of this de-
scription among the Roman Catholics
here, as elsewhere — I have sometimes
read from the ' Tract for all,' and the
reply to it was, ' that is good,' ' that is
true,' and the like. I have had some
opportunities of presenting much truth
while in conversation. Let me give you
a case.
" A young woman, a Roman Catholic,
uttered a profane oath in my hearing
and that of her father. I sharply reprov-
ed lier, referring to the connnandment
respecting profaneness, and asked her if
she supposed she could go to heaven with
oaths and imprecations on her lips ?
" 'I suppose not,' said she.
" ' Then,' said I, ' what are you going
to do with that wicked heart of yours ?
If you should go to heaven with it you
would there swear at the angels them-
selves, and how could you dwell in that
holy place despised of all ?' She sensibly
felt the rebuke, and her father, though a
Roman Catholic, and a drunkard and
a swearer, joined with me in reproving
her.
" This leads me to remark that the
Irish Roman Catholics, here at least, as
a body, are the most outrageous swearers
that I ever came across, almost from the
infant of days, to the man of grey hairs.
Their tempers know no control ; and the
way parents swear at their children is
shocking in the extreme. But there are
signs of improvement. The children are
sent to school and are there taught good
manners and good morals, and the pa-
rents of those who attend the schools
find them more easily governed at home.
Light is slowly but surely entering their
148 noiiE
boiiightod minds, and their prejudici's
ngiiinst Protestants are gradually soften-
ing.
" Some of them now, ilatly deny that
they worship the saints and pictures,
while others declare that they do, and
that it is right so to do, and also atlirm
that those who do not so do are apos-
tates.
" They are generally destitute of the
Bible, and I design to make an effort to
supply those who can read, with a copy
of the precious work of' God. We have
some families of French Canadian Roman
Catholics here, whose morals are far
superior to those of the Irish, but tJiey
also have no Bibles. When I have asked
them if they had one, some of them have
produced their prayer book !
" I asked an Irish Roman Catholic
woman if she had a Bible.
'• 'No,' said she, 'but I have a very
good book, that I read a great deal.'
" ' Will you be so kind,' I inquired,
' as to let me see it.'
" She produced it. I opened to the title
page, and to my surprise it was ' A
Tale,' in other words a novel ; openly
and professedly Tale,'' written by a
Eomish priest, setting forth the beauties
and excellencies of certain saints, real or
fictitious. ' Why, dear woman,' said I,
'this is a * tale,' a novel, a fictitious
story ; the writer does not pretend that
it is true.'
"' Well,' she replied, 'it is the best
book I ever read.' And so she went on
to tell its excellencies, while I tried to
induce her to get a Bible.
" The children have become quite in-
terested in my visits, and they sometimes
hail me in the streets and ask if I have
Dot got another 'little paper '" for them.
While some of the adults are extremely
ignorant and besotted, others have some
education, enough to know its advan-
tages, and they tell me they Avant their
children to get ' larnin' and be yankees ;
for it's the finest thing in the world.'
" One woman undertook to tell me
whicli of her children were yankees, and
FIELD. (May,
which were 'born in the old country.'
You may well suppose I encourage all
these asjjirations to rise in the world and
become real yankees, and place before
them not only the advantages of an edu-
cation, but the influence of an open Bible,
which some admit without gainsaying,
while others say, 'the Bible makes infi-
dels and apostates from the church,'
etc., etc.
"While conversing with one family,
well educated in their own religion, I
asked if they had read of the great revi-
val in Ireland.
" ' What ?' said the person addressed,
' 0 ! — you mean them that have left the
church, do you ? That is a pretty re-
ligion that makes people leave the only
true church, ain't it ?'
"I replied, 'By their fruits ye shall
know them.' A religion that induces
the profane to leave off their profanity, the
drunkard his drunkenness, the S.ibbatli-
breaker his Sabbath-breaking, the licen-
tious his licentiousness, and causes them
to break off their sins by righteousness,
and their iniquities by turning unto the
Lord, and live a life of prayer and devo-
tion to God, is a good religion, I care
not what you call it, whether Roman
Catholic or Protestant. And now if I
could see such a work among the drunken,
swearing, Sabbath-breaking Roman Cath-
olics here, and you acknowledge that
there are many such, I would hold up
both hands and thank and praise the
Lord, whether they continued to call
themselves Roman Catholics or some-
thing else. For you yourselves acknow-
ledge that such vile characters cannot en-
ter into heaven till made holy !'
" ' Yes, that's true,' was replied.
" ' Well, then, my object, and the ob-
ject of Protestants generally, is not to
make people Protestants nor Roman
Catholics, but Christians ; for no matter
what we are, or what we call ourselves,
if we do not love God and keep his com-
mandments, we cannot be saved. God
is no respecter of persons, but regards
those of all nations who feai; him and
work righteous.
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149
" ' That is 80 ' said my hearer, but ini-
mcdiatoly added, ' none can be naved
out of tile Catiiolic ciiiircli. All that are
saved will join that cliurch before they
die'
" This is a small sample of the con-
versations had with this peculiar people.
The children are required to attend their
own Sunday-school on the Sabbath, but
tliey learn little that improves either
their intellects or their hearts, and they
are generally profane and wicked in
other respects. Yet their parents are
^ good Catholics,^ go to mass, kneel, bow,
jabber prayers to the saints, go home,
visit, drink, swear, and breed moral pes-
tilence in Society. I am more and more
convinced that the work of the Ameri-
can AND FOREION CHRISTIAN UnION is
a work of the greatest importance, and
which all should seek to have accom-
plished. The Eoman Catholics need
evangelization as much as the Chinese
or Mohomedans, and they stand as the
great stumbling block in tlie highway of
the world's salvation; yet a vast propor-
tion of our churches, and ministers too,
stand still and see thousands of these
poor deluded creatures perishing at their
doors, and think their case hopeless.
" I was conversing with a brother
minister, of the Baptist order, a few days
ago, to whom I gave some of your
Tracts (Duties of Pi"otestants) and re-
quested him to distribute them among his
people, which he promised to do, but
said, ' I consider that there is but little
hope of them.'
"'Well,' said I, 'the world is to be
converted to Christ, and what is to be-
come of these poor creatures who are
going to judgment, not knowing their
right hand from their left V
" ' I don't know,' said he, and so it
is with many others.
" After supplying my own parish with
your Tracts, I liad some two or three
hundred left on the Duties of Protestants,
and I visited thi'ee of my brotlier minis-
ters of the Baptist and Methodist de-
I nominations, and gave them the Tracts
to (listril)ut(; among tluur own jieoijle, and
tried to enlist tiieir feelings in tiie work.
But there seems to be' almost a settled
conviction in their minds that Roman
Catholics are beyond the reach of hope.
But blessed be God, the clouds are begin-
ning to disperse. 'I'he year of jubilee is
at hand, liansomed siiuiers are returning
to Jesus. The spirit of grace and sup-
plication is poured out. The angel of
the Apocalypse, having much incense to
ofier, is standing before the altar of God,
and soon the loud hallelujah will be heard
from sea to sea, and from shore to shore,
saying, ' The Lord God Omnipotent
reigneth, and the kingdom and the domin-
ion, and the greatness of the Kingdom
under the whole heaven is given to the
people of the saints of the most High.'
" I hope ere long to take up another
contribution, which may be another drop
in the stream. Wishing your Society
God speed, I remain yours in the Gos-
pel."
IRISH MISSION IN FAIRFIELD COUNTY,
CONNECTICUT.
Mr. M. Young, from whose report
we take the following extracts, is sta-
tioned in Fairfield County, in the State
of Connecticut, where, from the early
part of the current missionary j'ear,
he prosecuted his labors in various
towns with usual success and en-
couragement till the early part of
the past winter. He was then inter-
rupted by an affection of one of his
eyes. He was not, however, wholly
disabled. In the Infirmary to which
it was necessary for him to resort, he
engaged as opportunity was offered
in conducting religious exercises. He
is so far restored, at present, that
hopes are entertained by his physi-
cian and friends that he will soon be
able to resume his work. Of his. la-
bors, his field and his prospects he
says :
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REPORT OF MR. M. YOUNG.
Summary of visits, tracts, and Testaments
giren — hopeful prospects of the JielH — A'o
miiiiists hear the niissionary — suinc of them
desire a school — the priest unpopular — scohls
his people, Sfc. — the missionury withilrawn
from hisfclilVjy illness — but usiful in the In-
Jirmary, Sfc.
" I have visiteil eighty-nine families
in Southport, Fairfiekl and Bridgeport.
I have given away to Romanists and
others 225 pages of the Society's tracts,
have supplied three Romanist families
with copies of the New Testament, and
have read the Scriptures on eight occa-
sions and prayed in five families.
" This field in which I labor is an in-
teresting one, especially that part which
comprises Bridgeport, as many of the Ro-
manists there are willing to list^ii to the
reading of the Scriptures and also hear
the missionaiy's exhortations. In the en-
tire field your niissionary has access to
about 500 Romanist families, and some
of them are of a very interesting charac-
ter. Some of these have expressed a de-
sire for me to open a school, and assured
ine that they would send their children.
Some of these parents have begun to lose
confidence in their priest, for they think
from his course that his whole design is
simply to get hold of their money. Cer-
tainly he acts unwisely. Even the ser-
vant-girls say that he scolds them from
the ' altar ' in such terms that they will
not attend the church. They say he
scolds because they do not paj' the fee he
demands. Rumor afhrms that he even
struck a man for not handing him two
dollars which he demanded. One of the
aggrieved persons expressed to me a
wish that I would take him to a Protes-
tant church.
" This conduct on the part of Rome's
priests will not do in America. It will
work her overthrow.
" Our friends in Fairfield and Bridge-
port seem to be very much interested in
our missionary work, as they now see that
it is doing good among a class of citizens
hitherto much neglected.
" As you are aware, your missionary
in the providence of God, through in-
fllamation in one of his eyes, has been un-
able to continue his labors in the field as-
signed to him. But while the Lord cut
me off from laboring in one field, he as-
signed to me another where I could be
still useful to some extent. That field is
the New-York Eye Infirmary, to which I
was obliged to resort for treatment under
the care of the physicians who attend
there ; and where I met with a number
of Romanists and others, who had res^ort-
ed there for medical treatment, as well as
myself, from different parts of the coun-
try. They were cut off from religious
services on the Sabbath. Being spared
the use of one of my eyes, the Lord used
me to open religious services twice on the
Sabb.ath. The Superintendent kindly fit-
ted up a convenient place in one of the
rooms, where I conducted religious ser-
vices twice each Sabbath.
" The exercises were opened by prayer,
singing, aiid reading a portion of the
Scriptures. Some of the Protestant hear-
ers expressed their delight with the ser-
vices and iir hearing those songs of Zion
to which they had been accustomed at
home in their childhood. All these per-
sons called upon me during the week
evenings to sing again those hymns which
administered comfort and consolation in
their sufferings. It was delightful to see
such a number of Romanists as gathered
around me in the week evenings to hear
the story of the cross and of salvation by
a Redeemer. Many expressed their great
delight in what they heard, and not only
so, but will carry home the glad tidings
of what they hoard to others, and circu-
late it all around among their neighbors.
" Who can tell what good, through the
blessing of God, may result from seed
sown by the wayside and in weakness !
I feel fully confident that one infidel has
been r(>claimed by these services from his
infidelity, and has embraced the truth as
it is in Christ.
" Through the blessing of God and the
good care of my physicians, I feel par-
tially recovered, and hope to be able soon
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151
to resume my labors in the field assigned
nic, and I hope to be more devoted and
useful tlian ever."
IRISH MISSION m NEW YORK
The Irisli Mission in the north-
western part of the city is in a pros-
perous condition. Mr. Ilillas, who
labors among the Irish Romanist
population, is gaining the confidence
of those who know him, and is doing
good to adults and children. He
does much to promote the welfare of
our mission school in 43d-strcet.
REPORT OF MR. R. HILLAS.
Mission udnances in interest — scarlet fever —
death of two pupils — evil rumor started to
prejudice the school — hut not successful —
Romanists favorable to the mission school —
temperance pledge, etc.
In his report Mr. Hillas says:
" I rejoice and bless the Loi'd that our
work of cvangelizalion is going on pros-
perously and encouragingly in tlie neigh-
borhood of our mission school on 43d
street, notwithstanding the counteracting
influences by which we are surrounded.
I am happy to say that the scarlet fever,
which has been prevalent for some time
past in this vicinit}', is considerably on
the decrease, and most of our pupils who
have had it are well and attending the
mission school again. Twbof our scholars
have become victims to the disease, and
one of tiiem, a Roman Catholic, died
singing the hymns which he learned at
the mission school, and is now, I have
good reason to believe, a bright angel,
and among that glorious company who
stand around the ' great white throne '
singing the praises of the Lamb who hath
redeemed him with His most precious
blood.
" Some evil-disposed people, and of
course enevnies to our cause here, circu-
lated a report — a false report indeed —
that the fever originated in our school ;
that the contagion was being rapidly
communicated to Romanists who attended
it, and that it was unlucky for people
to send their children to such a school.
Hut happily this malicious rinnor did not
have an injurious effect upon our school,
as it is as well attended at tin; present
time as it has been at any period since
its establishment, and Romanists prize it
highly. They have told me that they
believe it has done much good and is an
instrument of great utility in this Sabbath-
desecrating neighborhood. Altliough we
have many enemies heri', yet it is gratify-
ing to know we have friends too.
" Some Romanists having heard that wc
are .about to leave our present (ptarters,
came to me and asked if it was so. I
answered by saying, not innnediatcly, but
should do so when we found rooms that
would suit our purpose better. They
said they should be very sorry to see us
move away, as their children were learn-
ing so fast, and improving in their morals
so much. They felt happy when I told
them that we intended to move but a short
distance, and that it would not be too far
for them to send their children to school.
They said they would send them to any
part of the city to which we might go.
" I visited as many families during the
month as circumstances allowed, and lost
no opportunity of conversing with Catho-
lics when I found a door for the same. I
have had many interesting and profitable
interviews with Irish Romanists, distribu-
ted some seven hundred pages of tracts,
several of which I have read in the hear-
ing of victims of intemperance, which will,
I trust, have a salutary, and it may be, a
reformatory efi"ect.
"A shoemaker, an Irish Romanist and
an inebriate, to whom I gave a tract on
the evils of intemperance some lime ago,
told me yesterday when I called to see
him, that he read the 'book ' I gave him
carefully, that it was all right and true,
and that he had made up his mind to quit
drinking rum, for it had ruined him, — had
lost his all by it. He said he had taken
the pledge of total abstinence for one year,
and at the end of that period he would
renew it for life. May the Lord help him
to resist temptation. /-
" I gave a Testament to a promising
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yoini<T Komanist, mIio whs ycit ilc'sirous
of haviii!^ tlie precious book in lior pos-
session. I have loaned several volumes
from our library to IJonmnists who, I trust,
have read them with eagerness and profit.
" Tiie Sabbath -school is encouragins^,
and several Romish children have been
added to it lately."
In this connexion we submit a
report from Mrs. Thistle, the excel-
lent Instructress of the mission school
in 43d-street. Mrs. Thistle devotes
herself to the service with great con-
stancy, and under her judicious and
energetic management, the scholars
have increased in number, and im-
proved in all respects in a most en-
couraging manner. There is an
"Industrial School" connected with
this mission which is very useful.
MRS. THISTLE'S REPORT.
FESTIVAL IN THE IRISH MISSION SCHOOL.
"Knowing that you are at all times
glad to liear from the different fields of
labor under your care, I take this oppor-
tunity of stating that your mission day-
Bcliool in 43d-street is in a highly prosper-
ous and flourishing condition. Through
the kindness and li^)erality of a few of
those ladies who take a deep interest in
the welfare of our school, we were en-
abled to get up a festival for the cliildren,
which took place on the 28th of Decem-
ber. Notwithstanding the severity of the
Aveather, Mrs. Robb, Mrs. Halliday, and
Mrs. Doctor Fetter were actively engaged
in their self-denying labor, and long be-
fore the appointed hour, we were pleased
to see one hundred and thirty happy chil-
dren placed before us, each endeavoring
to please by good behavior. Had it not
been for the inclemency of the weather
there would have been more in attend-
ance than our school-room could have ac-
commodated.
" The exercises consisted of singing,
reciting portions of Scripture, and speak-
ing dialogues by the children, all of which
were done in a very creditable manner.
The Rev. Mr. Rankin, who was jjrc^scnt,
address(Hl the children in a brief, jjleasing,
and appropriate style. Mr. Lyons next
questioned them on Scripture lessons, and
all were nuich gratified to find the an-
swers so prompt and correct. iMr. Halli-
day then addressed the children and the
exercises were closed by their singing the
hyuni beginning —
" ' I'll iiway to the mission school.'
'■ I would take this opportunity of re-
turn ng thanks to Mrs. Hiilas forteaching
the cliildren to sing, and leading in the
singing on the day of our festival.
It is certainly cheering to see so numy
of the youth of our city thus brought
under the influence of moral discipline,
where tiwy have at least some of the
glorious truths of the gospel of Jesus
Christ impressed upon their young minds,
and which, through the blessing of God,
are calculated to lead them to accept of
and acknowledge Christ as their guide,
and to reject the teachings of the Romish
Priests. We are here in the very midst
of Romanism,. surrounded on every shle
by the soul-destroying s}-stem of the
Papacy. The priests and the ' sisters of
charity ' endeavor to prevent the children
from attending our school ; and often
when I see so many willing to remain in
attendance upon it, I cannot but hope that
that God who orders all things for His own
glory and His people's good, will cause
the light of divine truth to shine into the
hearts of some of these children. And I
would here most earnestly entreat any of
our Christian friends, into whose hand
this may fall, that they would not forget
to bear them on their hearts at a throne
of grace, that the holy spirit would lead
them into all truth, and that God would
shed .abroad his love in their souls.
" Owing to the inclemency of the weath-
er, we had comparatively few visitors
on the occasion ; but all expressed them-
selves much pleased with the singing and
the accuracy with which the pupils recited
their Scripture and other lessons. They
were also gratified with thoir appearance
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and doportment, which were really very
good, especially wiieu we consider the
class of children we have to deal with."
IKISH MISSION IN PITTSBURGH.
MR. DE FOREST, MISSIONARY.
Report (lelnijcd— fruits dieindy promised —
Scriptures read — u fiiinilij attends Protestant
places of trorslii/) — some others are ready to
tai.e that step — difficulty in breaking uicay
from Honian tyranny — a sad case — the dying
not suffered to see Protestants, token it can
he pretcnted — an inealid of seven years con-
finement, etc. — interesting interview, etc., etc.
— summary of the work.
Mr. De Forest says : —
" Owing to a temporary interruption
of my operations in January, in conse-
quence of a severe cold from which I suf-
fered, I omitted to report to you the pro-
gress and results of my labors during that
montli, deeming it expedient to wait the
conclusion of February, that I might
send you at once an account for both
mouths.
" Let me, therefore, now proceed to give
you a statement of what I have been
enabled to do in my field during that
period. I can say that though visible
results may not be as numerous as I
could wish, from much observation I am
confirmed in the belief that my efforts
are directed to the best advantage ;
though the visible fruits of the labors
do not now^how themselves, yet I con-
fidently believe that God, in his own good
time, will make them appear. He will
make them come forth as through the
instrumentality of the Scriptures which
I have distributed, which I have read,
and which I have quoted in religious con-
versation with Roman Catholics. 'His
word shall not return void.'
" That the sacred Scriptures are read
by those families who have been induced
to receive them from me, is unquestion-
able ; but whether there are conversions
of souls to God, is a question not so
easily answered. Yet, humanly speak-
ing, I regard it as a hopeful sign that I
Lave now the promise of several Romish
families to go with me to hear preach-
ing in some Protestant evangelical
church. One of these families has al-
ready fulfilled that promise. I have
introduced the family to the pastor and
odicers of the church, and they have since
pledged themselves regularly lo attend
said place of worship. Should God in
His sovereign mercy convert them, it
would be almost literally bringing them
out of a 'horrible pit and miry clay.'
The head of this Roman Catholic family
has read his Bible about three-fourths
through. Of course he has broken his
allegiance to Rome.
" There are other families that may be
brought to take the same decided step.
Still it requires much time, and too much
should not be demanded of those whose
faith, even if they have it, is but as a
grain of mustard seed.
"The spirit of revolt against Popish
tyranny, even in this highly favored
laud, meets with a terrifying opposition.
The great enemy of righteousness and
his supporters are extremely watchful of
my movements in endeavoring to bear
testimony among this people to the truth
of the Gospel against Papal errors and
superstitions.
"Through her reading of a Bible,
which a widowed mother received of me
about two months since, I trust great
comfort may be found. Her condition
as a widow is rendered still more sad
through the infirmities of her declining
age, and especially through the perverse-
ness of a son, who despises all her en-
treaties and persuasions to check his in-
ordinate appetite for inebriating drinks.
His mad career is overwhelming her with
sorrow. I shall endeavor to see her
often, and encoui-age her to lean upon the
Almighty arm for support, and kindly
show her the antidote to grief and de-
spair, which is revealed for us in the
Gospel.
" But whilst I have been thus engaged
in conveying the words of comfort and of
life to numerous families, the agents of
anti-Chri^it have not been inactive, ap-
pointed as they have been by their supe-
riors to go around and personally warn
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(May,
the peo2>le, at their lioutsos, not to permit
their children to attend our heretical
schools or pliici's of worship.
*' Even at tlic bedside of the sick and
dying, ain I hindei"cd from imparting much
of the Hglit and comforts of the Gospel.
The powerful influence of the 'confes-
sional,^ especially over the female minds,
as well as the jealous vigilance of neigh-
bors to discover the entrance of a Protest-
ant intO' the abode of an invalid Roman
Catholic, has been most effectually em-
ployed to debar the admission of a single
ray of the light of heaven to the afflicted.
It is, indeed, difficult to conceive that the
apostacy of man is so great and ruinous
that he can grudge Gospel comfort to
poor, infirm, or dying men ! Yet so we
find it.
" There lies, in the Fifth Ward of Pitts-
burgh, a man who has been an invalid
for seven years. His own infidelity, or
total indifference to all religion on the
one hand, and the fidelity of his wife
and childi'en to Roman Catholicism on
the other, seems to render his conversion,
humanly speaking, absolutely hopeless.
Still the word of the Lord, we are assured
is not bound. As it is ' sharper than any
two-edged sword, piercing to the di^^d-
ing asunder of the soul and spirit, and
of the joints ahd marrow, and is a dis-
cerner of the thoughts and intents of the
heart,' in my further intercourse with
that family, I dare not distrust the Lord's
power to convert and to save him through
' the word ' which I have found means to
read to him.
" I have had many interesting inter-
views with families in reading the Bible
and praying with them for Divine illu-
mination, or that they may bo made wise
unto salvation, and be adopted into the
family of God. And I begin to realize
the importance and even the necessity of
spending much time in instructing them
by reading and conversation, and prayer,
especially where my visits are welcomed.
And though I find this part of my work
to be most arduous, and one M hich the
natural enmity of the heart against the
truth renders extremely difficult, I feel
prompted to persevere by the scriptural
promises of reaping a future reward,
for all the toil I endure.
"During the past two months I have
made, for religious purposes, about three
hundred and fifty visits; repeatedly visit-
ing and addressing our several schools,
and visiting the families of tlie children
who attend them. I have induced sev-
eral families to attend church. I have
also visited and relieved the sick and the
poor, and gathered teachers together in
our ' sewing schools ' to take the places
of those who must withdraw therefrom.
" Indeed, I find that time seems really
too short to accom|)lish all I would desire
to perform. But the days now rapidly
increasing in length will afibrd me much
wider scope for missionary labor."
M I S C E L L
DEATH OF REV. DR. BROWNLEE.
The Rev. William C. Brownlee,
D. D., closed his highly useful and
eventful life on the eleventh day
of February last. For many years
he was one of the pastors of the
Collegiate Reformed Dutch Church
of this city, and held that relation
at the time of his death, though by
ANEOUS.
reason of a paralysis which he suf-
fered in September, 1843, he had been
laid aside from the active duties of the
ministry from that time.
It is not our object to write the
biography of Dr. Brownlee. We
leave that to other hands. But we
may say, for the benefit of those
who did not know, him, that he was
' a very agreeable companion, a popu-
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lar preaclicr, an excellent pastor, a
ripe and accomplished scholar, an
able and ready Avriter, and as a con-
troversialist had lew superiors. He
was one of the most distinguished
Divines of the day in which he lived.
At an early period he became
deeply interested in efforts design-
ed to arouse the American people
to a perception of the movements
of Papists in reference to the United
States, and to give them a just con-
ception of Roman Catholicism, and
their duty in regard to it and its de-
luded victims. To many, however,
of that day, his statements seemed
harsh and even exaggerated, and
his portraitures of Papal doctrines,
plans, purposes^ and policy, as the
creations of an over-heated imagin-
ation, or the utterances of religious
fanaticism and bigotry.
But Dr. Brownlee had studied the
subject of Romanism. He Iqiew its
doctrines and its history, and he was
more than a quarter of a century in
advance of most of his Protestant
brethren, and of those who thus judg-
ed him. His writings are now seen
to have painted the thing of which
h^ wrote to the life. He did not ex-
aggerate even in the matters which
when published were regarded by
Protestants with most disapproba-
tion. They are now found to be but
truthful delineations. His labors
will long be happily felt by the peo-
ple of this nation.
But he is gone. His work is done,
and we doubt not that he has entered
the rest which remains to the people
of God.
At a meeting of the Board of
Directors, subsequent to his decease,
the following' paper was introduced
and adopted unanimously — viz :
PREAMBLE AND RESOLUTIONS.
" Whereas, The Rev. William C. Brown-
lee, D. D., of New- York, one of the Life
Directors of the American and Foreign
Chiustian Union di;parted this life on the
nth of February, 1860, in great peace and
comfort of the Christian hope, after many
years of prostration and sulTering under
paralysis, which he was enabled to bear
with remarkable fortitude and resignation,
and —
" Whereas, Previous to his disability for
all labor, by the cause specified, he engaged
vigorously and ably in resisting the en-
croachments of the Papacy in the United
States, revealing to the public its anti-Chris-
tian nature and spirit, and its disastrous
etfects upon society, in opposition to the
false show in which it appeared when sur-
rounded by Protestants or in a Protestant
community, and under which its priesthood
then sought to have it conceived of by the
American people, and
" Whereas, The origin, growth, and use-
fulness of the American Protestant Society,
which is represented in, and is a component
part of the American and Foreign Chris-
tian Union, were to a large extent the result
of his counsels, agency, or influence, and
said Society did much to prepare the way
for the operations and usefulness of the
American and Foreign Christian Union,
this Board, not less than the Christian public,
have derived many benefits from his service,
and not the least valuable of which are the
various publications on the subject of Ro-
manism which they have from his prolific
pen : therefore,
1. "Resolved, That in the protracted
illness and death of the Rev. William C.
Brownlee, D. D., the Board are deeply af-
flicted ; and they feel that they are bereaved
of one of their ablest and most zealous fel-
low-laborers, and the Protestant commu-
nity of one of its warmest friends.
2. " Resolved, That while they bow
with submission to the trying providence
experienced in the case of their departed
brother, the Rev. Dr. Brownlee, the Board
gratefully recognize, and acknowledge those
measures of grace, which were divinely
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vouchsafed for his support, and which were
usually experienced by him, but were es-
pecially granted near and at the closing
period of liis eartlily life, by which he was
enabled ' to finish his course with joy,' to
triumph • m m in death, and to leave with
surviving relatives and friends, an additional
and consoling evidence of his personal ac-
ceptance w th God.
3. " Resolved, That the Board cherish
the memdry of the Rev. Dr. Brownlee, and
his various gifts and excellencies of charac-
ter with profound respect, and warm, fra-
ternal regard ; and they devoutly thank
Almighty God for that service, wu ch he
was enabled to perform in behalf of a pure
and evangelical Christianity, against the
system of t e I'apacy, ju i at that period
in our history when few of our countrymen
had comprehended the errors, corruptions,
and dangers of Romanism, and when im-
mense multitudes from Europe, reared in
the Romisii ciiurch, were beginning to come
to our shores, and a strong etTort was to be
made to establish the Papacy here in the
affections of the people.
4. " Resolved, That in the death of Dr.
Brownlee, and the sudden and unexpected
manner in which he was disqualified for
labor, this Board find an impressive admon-
ition to be diligent in duty, knowing that
at sucii an hour as tliey tiiink not the
Master may call them also from his earthly
service.
5. " Resolved, That the Board deeply
sympatiiize with the family of their depart-
ed brotlier, and they hereby extend to them
their assurance of the same, praying that
God may sustain them in tiieir afflictions,
and overrule this bereavement to their
present and everlasting good."
DEATH OF MR. DANIEL FANSHAW.
In the providence of God it has
become our painful duty to record the
death of Mr. Daniel Fanshaw, a long
tried friend, and generous patron of
our Society. He died at his resi-
dence in Yorkville, on the 20th of Feb-
ruary last. For many years consecu-
tively he was a member of the Board
of Directors, and shared in their
counsels, sacrifices and responsibili-
ties as connected with the further-
ance of the operations and ends of
the Society. With the progress of
time,the developments of Providence,
and study of the word of God, his
interest in the work of the Society,
and his convictions of its necessity,
utility, and great importance to the
cause of pure and evangelical Chris-
tianity, continually gained strength.
Mr. Fanshaw was a remarkable
man. His business qualities were of a
very superior brder, as is abundantly
demonstrated by the large estate
which he has succeeded in accumu-
lating, and which he has left to the
enjoyment of his * relatives and
friends, and for the benefit of vari-
ous benevolent societies, among
which our Institution, as we grate-
fully acknowledge, has a full share.
He came to this city a poor young
man, with feelings prejudiced against
the cause of Christianity, and with
strong leanings toward infidelity.
Soon afterward, however, he became
a convert to the gospel and made a
public profession of his faith in Christ.
He united himself with the Reformed
Dutch Church here, and remained in
connection with that denomination
during his life.
He cherished a lively interest in
religious things, and in one form or
another had much to do with the
leading charities of the day — Bible,
Tract and Missionary Societies. He
was social, courteous, kind, humane.
Ho was industrious, and prosecuted
his business till the last. He sought
and found happiness in active em-
ployment rather than in ease and in-
dulgence. As a man of business he
was extensively known, and highly
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respected; and iu his death the world
has lost ail upright and valuable
citizen, the cluircli an honored and
useful member, and the American
AND Foreign Christian Union, an in-
telligent, firm and liberal friend.
His death leaves a vacancy that may
not speedily be filled.
At a meeting of the Board, held
subsequent to his death, the following
minute was unanimously adopted :
MINUTE in case OF MR. FANSHAW.
Whereas, in the providence of God.
Mr. Danikl FANSHAW.oiie of the olilcst
monib(>rs of the American and Foreign
Christian Union, and of the Board of
Directors, has been suddenly called away
by death, and
Whereas, he cherished a lively interest
in tlie designs and operations of the
Society, and fully comprehended its spirit
and aims, and labored to promote them,
therefore
1. Resolved, That in the death of Mr.
Fanshaw, their brother and fellow Direc-
tor, tliis Board are bereaved of a highly
valued counsellor, and the cause for which
they labor of a judicious and able friend.
2. Resolved, That while they mourn
his loss from their circle, and the labors
in which he was accustomed to partici-
pate, they rejoice in that grace which
was divinely bestowed upon him during
his last illness and at the time of his de-
parture, and in the conviction that to
himself at least, death has been gain.
3. Resolved, That this Board tender
their sympathies to the family of their
departed brother, and earnestly pray
Almighty God that they may be sustained
under this severe affliction.
4. Resolved, That from the death of
Mr. Fanshaw the Board would derive
motives to diligence in the discharge of
their duties, and they would call upon
themselves and all the members of the
Society, to pray the Great Head of the
Church to raise up helpers to take the
places of his servants whom lie calls from
cartii (() tlic glories of liis upper ]iiiigili)iii.
M. EDMOND ABOUT, CONCERNING PRO-
TESTANTS AND ROMANISTS.
In our October number of the Mag-
azine we called attention to the
recent work of M. Edmond About,
entitled " The Roman Question.'" We
gave an extract from his writings
which clearly showed his intimate ac-
quaintance with the topics he had
chosen to discuss.
We now give another article from
his pen, respecting the Protestants
and Romanists of Alsace, France.
What he had been taught to believe
concerning Protestants, vast multi-
tudes in France are taught still to
believe. But the light is dawning,
and the errors propagated will pass
away. He says:
" I had every reason to suppose that the
Protestants of Alsace, being rebels,
trampled under foot the laws of the Em-
pire, refused to pay taxes, evaded military
service, set at naught morality, and pil-
laged other men's goods. For, in a point
of fact, a sect which is destined to certain
damnation would be very silly if it were
to deny itself any possible enjoyment in
this present world. But the things I have
heard here completely astonish me. I
have been assured by a Catliolic police-
man that the Emperor has no more de-
voted, more peaceable, or more irre-
proachable subjects than these cursed
heretics. A Catholic officer swears to me
that his best soldiers :ire Protestants. I
learn from a Catholic tax-gatherer that
the Protestants not only pay their taxes
regularly, but that many of them make it
a point of paying all their contributions
for the year on New-Year's day. A
Catholic Superintendent of Woods and
Forests declares to me that in a canton
of which three-fourths of the inhabitants
are Protestants, 93 per cent, of the of-
fences against the forest laws are com-
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mitted by Catholics. I could not believe
my ears. * lint, gcutlemen,' I exclaimed,
with all the autliority of the true faith,
' it is most certain that Catholics are more
enlightened than Protestants, since their
light comes from on High. Moreover,
they must necessarily be more rich, be-
cause, as we know —
' Dieu prodigue ses biens
A ceux qui font vceu d'etre siens.'
" They civilly answered me that I was
altogether in error. That the heretic
youth of this district was better educated
than our own, and for this reason, that the
Protestant ministers were able and zeal-
ous men, who threw their whole souls into
their work ; while, on the other hand, the
good Catholic priests of Alsace knew noth-
ing more than how to say mass and curse
Protestants. They further told me that
the Protestants are the best farmers, that
their dwellings are the neatest and clean-
est, that they are the best men of busi-
ness, and make fortunes more frequently
than Catholics. The showed me Protest-
ant villages in a state of the highest
prosperity, lands yielding rich harvests,
and flourishing manufacturers — such, for
example as those of M. Goldenburg and
M. Schatenman. They showed me Cath-
olic hamlets, and even towns, in which
idleness, drunkenness, and misery enjoyed
a fraternal reign, notwithstanding that all
the women attended mass every day, and
that the men kept more than a hundred
saints' days in a year. ' You see,' said a
heretic to me, ' that the influence of Home
is felt afar off. It may be compared to
the sirocco, which blows across the deserts
of Africa and throws us upon our back at
Strasburg. It is a happy thing for us that
we have found a shelter against the blast
from Home. And, remember this, that if
our kings of the 16th century had allowed
France to become altogether Protestant
it would at this time of day have become
infinitely more rich and more moral than
it is.' This hypothesis so shocked my
Catholic pride that I exclaimed to the
Protestant, ' Sir, what you have just said
appears to me a monument of hypocrisy,
and an ignoble tissue of contradictions.'
In this way I shut him up. For, between
ourselves, his arguments were not easy to
refute, and when you do not feel yourself
able to answer a man, the shortest way
out of the difficulty is to insult him."
(For the American <nid Foreign Christian Union.)
" The Love of Christ Constraineth us."
(Motto of Am. and For. Christian Union.)
" Love of Christ! " oh ! glorious boldness!
" Love of Christ constraineth us."
May He ne'er complain of colduess,
In a heart that j^leadeth tlius !
Love of Christ, aud all His meiubers.
And of all the world beside ;
Love unfeigned, we daily render,
If we take Him for our guide.
Tiiough the world our motives question,
Tliough our enemies deride,
Love of Christ, shall be our lesson
Every doubtful cause decide.
Scorn, abuse, or hate belying,
Gladly all for Hiui we'll brave,
While we see around us dying,
Souls whom Jesus died to save.
Persecution shrinks in terror,
At this talismanic word,
And all forms of Christlcss error.
Soon must die, unknown, unheard.
" Love of Christ ! " oh ! motto glorious !
Yours a mission glad must be,
Yours a triumijh most victorious,
Lasting as Eternity !
M. A. L.
Farmington, Ct.
Anniversary. — The Anniversary
of the Society will be held in this city,
commencing Sunday evening, May 6th,
when the annual sermon will be preached
by the Rev. William Hague, D. D., of
New-York, in the Broadway Tabernacle,
(the Rev. Dr. J. P. Thompson's church,)
on the 6th Avenue corner of 34th-8treet.
Tuesday, 8th of May. — The
usual anniversary exercises will be held
1S60.)
UKCKII'T.^.
159
in Saint Paul's Methodist Episcopal
Cliurch, on tlu^ corner of Foiirtli Avcniio
and East S^J-ntrect — when tlio Annual
Report of tlie Board of Directors will be
read, and the yearly business of the So-
ciety transacted.
Addresses will be delivered by the Rev.
Drs. Kirk, iMc'Clintock, I'arkcr, and
others. Further notice will be coniniu-
nicated to the public, through the reli-
gious and secular newspapers prior to the
meeting.
M 1 1 1 ip i &
ON BKUALF OF THE AMERICAN AND FOREIGN CHRISTIAN UNION, FROM THE 1st OF
MARCH TO THE let OF APRIL, 1860.
NEW-HiMPSMIRE.
Swansey. Conp;repRtioim! Cliurcli, Rev.
J. (i. Wilson 5 00
Troy. James Joseph, mkl. for Mrs. C. A.
JIurlbuts, L. M 5 00
Franklin. A. S. & J S. Morrison, . . 2 UU
Uenniker. Cong'l Church nod tioclety, per
Horace Childs, Jr., . . 25 00
VERMONT.
St. Johnsbury. Tarrant Stockwell, . . 1 00
Castleton. Conaregatiooul Society, Rev.
VVillard Childs, . . 74 39
Peru. Cong'l Church, Rev. R, D. Miller, . 6 00
Poinfret. In part of L. M. for Rev. Wm. N.
Bacon, 2 50
Winooskie. Rev. O. H Hood, ... 5 00
Waterbury. Rev. C. C. Parke, . . 15 00
Berlin. Congregational Church and Soc'y,
for Rev. R. C. Childs, ... 9 50
MASSACHUSETTS.
Springfield. Individuals for Dr. Osgood, . 12 CO
Charlton. Cal. Congregational Society for
Rev. John Haven, ... 9 00
Salem. J. H. Towne, add. to L. M., for Mrs.
R. C. Towne, . . . . 10 00
Richmond. Miss J. L. Terry, ... 1 00
Springfield. South Congregational Society, 40 00
Great Barrington. Cong'l Ch. and Society,
Rev. H. Winslow, . 65 00
Danvers. Maple-st. Church and Cong'n, . 10 00
Foxboro. Orthodox Cong'l, Ch. and Soc'y,
from Sab. School, $5 79, from
' Cong. Church, $54 36, to make
R. W. Kerr & Edson Carpen-
ter L. M.'s . . . . 60 15
Boston. 8alem-st. Church &. Congregation, 48 00
Shawmut " " 102 00
" Piirk-st " " 153 04
Old South " " 81 40
" Mt Vernon Ch. & Cong'n, in part, 285 01
Shrewsbury. Cong'l Ch. and Soc'y, to make
Rev. Wm. M'Ginley, L. M., 40 00
West Boyleston. Cong'l Church & Society, 20 31
Clinton, let Evan. Cong'l Ch. &. Society, . 55 60
Manchester. Contribution of a family in
the Ch. of F. V. Tenney, . 20 00
Boston. A friend, . . . • . 3 57
W. Newton. Cong'l Ch. for the Kankakee
Colony, by the Sab. School,
$50; by an individual $5, . 55 00
Roxbury. Eliot Church & Congregation, 80 80
Chester. Rev. W. S. Wright's Cong'n. . 10 00
Fairhaven. Centie Church, per F. T.
Jarman, . . . . 17 00
WestMeriden. lat Cong'l Ch. & Cong'n for
Rev. George Thatcher, . 67 00
Woodbury. H. S. Curtiss 3 00
Southport. Ladies, per Catharine M. Beers, 16 00
Norwich. Mrs. Thos. Lathrop, in full L. M., 10 00
Lisbon. IstCh. & Cong'n, per E. P. Potter, 5 00
Avon. Congregational Church, . . . 21 75
Simsbury. Congregational Church, in full, 9 00
Farmington. Congregational Church, to
make II. S. Hills L. M., . 30 00
NEW.J-ORK.
Albany. South Dutch Church, Dr. Wycoft", 30 00
N Y. City. Market-street Dutch Reformed
Church, Rev. Mr. Cuyler, . 97 57
" A Friend fjg
Poughkeepsie. let Reformed Dutch Ch.,
Rev. G. M. McEckron, . 20 34
Maine. Cong'l Ch., per Rev. G. N. Todd, . 4 00
East Bloomfield. Congregational Church,
Rev. L. Conklin, . 31 07
Riiinebeck. W. C. S 5 00
Johnstown. Presbyterian Church, Miss E.
Clark, L. M 30 00
" United Presbyterian Church, 4 47
Hammond. By H. D. Smith. . . . 2 00
Ogden. Presbyterian Church, ... 6 54
Malone. Presb. Ch., H. S . House, L. M., 42 35
" Methodist Episcopal Churi-h, . 6 36
Beekmantown. Presbyterian Church, Joel
" Smith, L. M., . . 15 00
Plattsburgh. Presbyterian Church, . . 20 33
Parishville. Congregational Church, . 6 86
F. Flagg, $1, H. Hosson, $1, . 2 00
Hopkinton. Coneregational Church, . 12 50
Pitrpont Mrs. Montague, .... 1 00
Ogdensburg. A. Sikes, .... 1 00
NEW-JBBSEY.
Flemington. Presbyterian Church, Rev.
J. L. Janeway, . . . 50 00
Basking Bridge. Alexander McEowen, . JO 00
PE.VNSYLVANIA.
Pittsburgh. Rev. J. J. Marks, . . . 10 00
Frankfort. Lecture 6 10
Philadelphia. A few friends in Baptist
Church, Market-street . 5 13
" E. A. Bennett. ... 5 00
" Mrs. M. Parker, ... 50
" A few friends in the Elm.st.
Meth. Epis. Church, . 4 00
Williamsport. A. D. Hepburn, . . . 5 00
ALABAMA.
Selma. N. Waller 5 00
ILLINOIS.
Lisbon. Cong'l Church, Rev. L. B. Lane, 8 00
Ladoga. Mr. Hosteller, . . • . 1 00
Eloomington. John Dinsmore, ... 2 00
Ogden. Shiloh, United Presbyterian Ch. . 7 50
Monrovia. West Union in full of L. M., . 10 16
Highland Society, ... 1 90
Greencastle. 10 00
" Rev. J. M. Ladd, for Mrs. C's
L. M. 5 00
Fort Wayne. N. S. Presbyterian, Ch. add.
on'L. M. for B. W. Oakley, 4 00
CONNECTICUT.
160
RECEIPTS.
(May, 1860.
MISSOURI.
St. Louis. Messrs. S.M.EdgclUtCo., $100 00;
J. .S. .McCuno, $-25 ; tf. Gaty, $25;
Messrs. Bnnuim & Fogg, $'25;
R. 11. Cole, in full of L. M., $20;
Homier, in lull of I,. M. for
Mrs. M. U. Honner, $20; Mrs. C.
C. Gibson, in full of L. M., $20;
Mrs. S. A. Collier, in full of L.M.
for Miss M. D. Collier, $20 ;
Messrs R. Beardsleo, Smyth «fe
Gore, Judge lirothertou, Bredell,
and Mrs. Sere, each $20,
" Messrs. II. Dean & H. VVhit-
iiiore, eacli 15, ....
•' G. P. Strong, Ksq., $10, in full of
L. JI. for Mrs. M. P. Strong;
Messrs. J. Beardslee, King, Whit-
takor, .S. Plant, Galo, Flournoy,
A Plant, G. P. PIant,Montgomery,
Markliam, E. Jackard, Brandt,
Holmes, Roberts, Wiggins, Ale.x-
ander, Davis, Clark, C. Small,
J. Small, Woods, and Miss Thorn-
BP, eacli $10
" Messrs. Field, Bayley, Shryock,
Michael, Chiles, Johnston, Down-
ing, Vandeford, Fisk, Gazzam,
Studley, Nesbit, Whittaker, Pit-
man, Cregin, Kellogg, Patter-
eon, Merick, Scudder, Ayles,
Veitch, Crow, Jiaker, Stone,
Richardson, MiUier, Pearce,
Stringer &. Co., Sherman, Leslie,
Mason, Baker, Garret, Comstock,
S. Hamill, J. Hamill, Kellogg,
Goodrich, Wells, Kingsland,
Ferguson, qach $5,
•* Messrs. Reed, Alexander, Blair,
Peters, O'Fallen, Roe, Lees,
Bean, Powell, Douglass, Murks,
Filley, Woods, lielpenstine,
each $5
" Messrs. Kingsland, Rumbold,
Kager. Whittlesey, Seaver, Got!',
Carr, Campbell, Brown, .Slaugh-
ter, Conant, Mermod, Barclay,
^Jackard, Glenville, Branham,
Adriance, Bears, Davis, Webb,
Abbott, Garnet, Tower, Gamble,
Barron, Lamb, McDannoid,
Astell, Waugh, Groshon, Stamps,
Colcord, Milliken, Bonhan, Ken-
nett, Aimes, Totten,Cole, Greely,
Steele, Risley, Douglass, Thayer,
Whiti-side, Archer, Peck, Coal-
ter. Dyer, Broadwell, Moody,
Sage, Ranney, Ramsey, Dunn,
Peck, Arnot. Rice, Carr, Knight,
Lake, each $5, . . , .
" Messrs Barnhurst, Noyes, Coch-
ran, Rogers, Whitney, Sproul,
Hillyer, Reeder, Plant, Whitehill,
Whitter, Sanborn, Bredell, Adri-
ance. Switzer, Shand, and Miss
Powel, each $3
Receipts for the Kan'
355 00
30 00
130 00
205 00
70 00
300 00
■51 00
St. Louis. Hon. Judge Breckenridge, Mrs.
McDannoid, Carr, Shapeleigh,
each $2 50, 10 00
" Messrs. Scott, Grady, Randall,
Lnrguc, Wyman, Mitchell, Dean,
Sanborn, Gray, Berry, Barnard,
Pierce, Davis, Henry, Baker,
Carr, each $2, . . . . 32 00
" Mrs. Burns, Lackland, Taskor,
Tutt, Van Bergen, Sludor, Mrs.
Murphy, each $2, . . . 14 00
" Capt. McCord, McCIanahan,
Baron, Rokohl, Black, each
$1 50 7 50
" Mrs. Patrick 1 57
" 40 Individuals, $1 each, . . 40 00
" 6 " 50c. " . . 3 00
" Martha Washington Society, per
Mrs. Judd, for St. Louis Miss'n 4 00
" Rev. Marvin and others, for the
St. Louis Mission, ... 9 35
" Miss Collier, for the St. Louis
Mission, 1 50
" Centennary Meth. Epis. Church,
which makes Sam'l Brown,
Esq., L. M., .... 39 33
" 4th Baptist Church, . . . 10 80
" North Presbyterian Church, . l(i 00
" Cumb. Presbyterian Church, . 18 55
" 3d Baptist Church, ... 20 00
OHIO.
Castalia. Cong'l Church, per U. Smith, . 10 Ofl
Johnstown. E. Garland, .... 2 00
Nelson. Bequest by the late Dan'l Everest, 69 67
Johnsonville. Rev. O. S Eells, for L. M., . 100
Norwalk. Baptist Church, .... 2 25
" Meth. Epis. Church, in part L.M.
for Rev. S. Mower,
" Mrs. P. N. Schuyler, Dr. Ford,
Mrs. Baker, J. Kennan,each $1,
Cash
Mansfield. Evan. Luth. Church, on L. M.
forRev. .S. Fenner,
" United Presbyterian Church on
L. M. for Rev. D. Paul,
" Meth. Epis. Church, on L. M. for
Rev. W. H. Nickerson,
" Congregational Church,
" A. L. Grimes, on L. M., $5; A.Ti
Bates, on L. M., $5; J. P. Dren-
nen, on L. M. $.'> ; Mrs. C. L.
Blymer, on L. M. $5,
Peru. Rev. J. McCutchan, on L. M. for
Mrs. M.,
Sandusky City. Congregational Church, .
Presb. Ch., on L. M. for
Rev. T. C. Campbell, .
" Grace Ch. (Kpis.), in part
L.M. forRev. S. A. Bron-
fion, ....
5 60
4 00
1 75
9 22
6 25
4 73
17 50
MICHIGAN.
Detroit. Capt. H. H. Day, .
CANADA.
Windsor, C. W. James Dougall, Esq.,
20 00
5 00
9 55
11 93
8 00
1 00
5 00
akee Mission will appear in next Number.
CONT
Rome's Opposition to the Bible, .... 129
Celibacy of the Clergy, 133
FoBBiGN Field: —
The Revival in Ireland, 137
Rev. Dr. Heather, 140
Central Protestant Society of France, . .141
The Revival in France 142
Evangelical Church of Lyons, .... 143
Poitou — Rev. E. Verrue 144
Italy— Letter of Rev. J. R. McDougall, . . 145
Home Field: —
A Volunteer Mission among Romanists. . .146
NTS.
Irish Mission in F'nirfield County, Conn., . . 149
Irish Mission in New York, .... 151
Mrs. Thistle's Report, 152
Irish Mission in Pittsburgh, 153
Miscellaneous : —
Death of Rev. W. C. Brownlee, . . .1.54
Death of Mr. Daniel Fanshaw, .... 156
M. Edmond About, concerning Protestants and
Romanists, 157
The Love of Christ Constraineth Us, . . 158
Notices, 158
Receipts 159
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