Standard, Volume 4, Number 19, Madison, Jefferson County, 27 February 1835 — Page 2

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tnecr, mav n ject the idei of their being governed, I of limiting the ir pleasures by any thing the Bible contains; odiers may take refuge in ignorance, and drive on without a nioir.er.ts consideration or care fur anv tiling but their own gratification; others, viewing :Iie d- cLrntions of scripture, through the perveitii:- i:.ti?:;iin f prejudice and passion may pretend th-it their :;nt horny is not quite sufficiently ex;! cil to condemn t'leir f 1 von rile ;unusement. Lei such remember, however, th;:t it is not a rmtier of cnoue with them whether t;r not they shall finally he judged bv the v rd of truth, r.nd receive according to tire th'Ngs done in the body whether they he good or bad! Let such not complain if they are at last excluded from the kingdom of heaven, and doomed to spend eternity with the workers of ini

quity. But it is lime to conlude. If Madum, yon shou'd finally decide on subjecting your d niglneis to -he discipline of the dmcing master with a vie-v of qndifying them for the bail room, let me ."ntreat you to tell them cand'dly the whole truth Tell them, that although the practice is termed an elegant iimusement, a poliie accotnplislime1, yet it is the source of no o'.her thin animal p'easure the verv lowest kind of which our nature is capable and' that to relish this pleasure the.; must acquire feelings and des res which are deductive of relip:ous affections tint it is an .-.mement which Jesus Christ, if he were on caith would never sanction ; s innocent by his presence; that although his approbation ought to be the object of their supreme desires, yet while thus ergsjzed ihey cannot expect his f.v.nir, any more than they could his presence, if be were on earth G... my dear d.mghieis, should he your language to them, go. enter that course in which eveiy step v.-i take, fenders you more unlike the Sivionr. md your return to hm more improb die! O.'f'i your hearts to those passions without which you cannot relish the pleasures of the dance, bul which vvi'i render you alike insensible to the.n.real' nings of justice, the promises of grace, the invitations of mercy, the voice of God! Go, qualify yourselves for the gaiety, the tumultuous pleasures of ihe dance; but never expect the solace cf an approving and well-informed conscience, nor the pure and sweet delights of heavenly devotion. If it were possible, I could w is!) you to be religious too, but, as it is not, after consulting the tendercst affection, the warmest w ishes of a mother's heart for the welf ire of l.er daughters, I prefer for you ' the spirit of the ball room to the spirit of re!igi i, ! would rather you should ossess the accomplishment of dancing th-m tue t..vnir of vour God. And if a premiture death awaits you. if I am called to weep over your grave, your proficiency in this art will sooth the sorrows of my bleeding heart; or if you survive me, it will mi'ig ;te a liti. the anguish of mv last moments that I leaw vim elegant dancers! This, M idam. would he acting an honest part towards them. It would make them acquainted with the nature of that course in which they are to be initiated. It might teach them to calculate tiie expence of their pleasures. Whether these rem uk? imv be useful in bringing y-ir mind to a proper decision on this subject I cannot tell; the candor with which they are made will prove, I hope, that I am in reality, Mad tin, Your friend, Jcc. Interview o f the Condemned with his dying Father. On Thursday bst, M irviu M ii:v, (-tow awaiting his sentence as onv of the Convent rioters) was permitted in presence ef ihe High Slier dF of the countv, the gaoler, and two depone-?, (o visit hie f,ither, who was at the point ol" death. The scene was one of the most ahveting ever witnessed. The anxiety of the father for h ;s son during the imprisonment and trial, doubtless accelerated the progress of the disease, and he li ui now apparently but a tew hours to survive before him stood that son, whom be had nurtured and cherished into manhood; whose w.i m of ..if- cl on ,ihd disn-sjud ofpiroiit.il msliuctions hid brought h:ui to a miserable end. The .., . ...... ii iji me f iliier, and ihe agonizing feelings of a mother, can be better conceived by the sei sit x- heart, than dosct bed by the pen. He w; s aS.out to leave ail, ;:nd tins pledge of his early -flections, a criminal, awaiiiiig bis sentence! But the grief and extreme anguish of his d'Siressed mother, already deprived of the comfoil and consol.tion winch a dutiful son might yffuid a mothers heart in lbs hour of her affiiciiou, was truly he.utr tiding. Nor w s the s?.ti less affected during this s d interview forming as it does one of the most Crc.ble iess-ms ever exhibited to the youthful mind. At p rting, h"s emotions were indescribable lis disobedience and indiscretion hid added misery to sufler-ng despair to :iiiguis:i lie must have fell that h S own misconduct hid hastened the de.itil of his earthly pirent and plmtcd a destroying thorn ir. a mothers f md and feeling heart. The lesson cani ol be lost even on him !iis feelings as he lingered by the bed-side and moved slowly from the room of his dying f.rhercan never be obliterated from his memory their impression must be indelible, and the hope is, th t th y may produce th it reform which may gain Ibr his case the exercise of Executive clemency. The lather died a few liom :.t't. r ... .i-.i. if I. -- "mil tit ityiil Good yews from the .Society Islands. h wiM be recollected that something bke a year ago. we had letters staling th it ardent spirits had beenintroduccd inio these islands by Ainr, ,-f,,!S) a it ;.pe ared that ihe good fleets of the gospel missions wer neatly annihilated. A letter of complaint Wis sent from Great Britain to this country; but, on reflection, the Eagbsh were persuaded tli y h id not done, what they might and ought to have done, to promote temperance at these islands. This they then determined to set. about; nd the result h sb en m;st happy. A letter from Tahiti h .s lately been received by the American Board, in which it is stated tli it temperance societies have been formed at the islands; and the consequence has been, the government has prohibited the importation of ardent spirits. A. F. ISpiec. Health of Children. Rising early is a habit of high importance to fix in children; and in forming it there are far greater facilities than in other cases, i here is a n iinrd propensity in children generally toearly rising,wl,.ch . c ds to be ratified and ei.coura:ed They usually Te;,.c t f d some hours before their p. rents, and at d alight, or at ic.st suniise are generally awake and anx)liS U) n,(.. 4J.:V of them are actually bred up w.jj, (;;:i(. uby to "the habit of taking mommg naps; . w-,; v,ljt. ollcuformed, genetally piev dls i iio!ig! i,f0 j rt father deny himself so f. r . s io letire e...lv and become an early riser also. (lis L a!;h, i"j!.ymellis, and usefulness, he may deoiiJ npo.i it. wilfbt oercoptddy benefited. Long-hvtd p: isoi-s have been ounfi, ;,t r an cxtensve ni'iunv, to resemble each , ;!W! ,:,'l";,-V' I0 VT!,,",tt , tau,pr,ctce. And lies m ,y be ::IUr l f ' - other in th"s imp'rt. ' i nert.-,! wni, j1( vove employni!,

The morning is the season of activity ; the frame is invigorated by repose, is prepared for exertion, and motion gives pleasure. The pure .atmosphere so much more bracing than at other hours, is so much sweeter, and more exhilarating than the air of a confined chamber, has been prepared to be breathed; and. like all nature's medicines, it is superior to any which science can produce. Early rising and early exercise might more properly be cilled food than medicine, as they are designed for dail; use, and to protect us from disease rather than tf remove it. E-ery thing, except mere sloth, invites us, nny, requires us to train up our children to use them The morningis the most favorable season for exercising the frame, as well as for making useful impressions in the mind and heart, of important facts, moral principle, or religious feeling; and whoever tries to conduct the education of his child independently of this practice, will lose some of the most favorable opportunities. D wight's Father's Book.

Amiable Trait in the Negro Character. A correspondent, in mentioning the birds of the Island of Grenada, remarks, ''in the character of a negro there is one thing that ought to make us blush; the particular disgust which he entertains towards those who disturb or rob the birds while breeding. They are consequently never pursued with that wanton cruelly and unnatural pleasmv, which prompt the American boy to rob the mother birds of her eggs or her young; and it would be deemed a crime ol some ruagi.it ude to plunder their n;sts, and string ihe eggs to ornament chambers.'" "For he ne'er would be true, she averred, Who could rob a poor bird of i:s young; And I love her the more whei I heard Such tenderness fail fromner tongue." In return for this c.vemptbn from molestation, the birds exhibit so much confidence in man, that I hey often build their nests m the houses and rooms of the negroes. American Magazine. INTERESTING AECDOTES. The following anecdotes are taked from the annual Report of the StalFird County S. S. Union for 1S31. The Report was presented in May last; but has not been published. Says a father, my little girl about five years of age while attending Sibbath School, intreated me to love God and pray to him and with and for her. At one lime she said, Pa, you must not love your money more than every thing else. What must I love my child ? Pa, you must love God most. I don't love my money, but v ry little. These conversations and a appeals hae brought the father to embrace a Savior. A little girl of six or seven venrs of age, having a pious mother a teacher in the Sabbath School, but an influential Universdist for a fither a fewmonths s'nee, conrng from her mothers closet, said to the father, do you pray, P.. ?"' Pa, why do you noi pray? M i prays, and prays for you too "lid cries for you. Do Pa pray, and pray forme. This, siid the now converted and professed father, was the arrow that pieiced me and made me to halt, enquire and seek my Savior. In another school, a little girl, says the Pastor, Ins been ihe instrument in the hinds of God of bringing a father, mother, with several brothers and sisters to the house of God, and some of them near the Says the sime pastor, another fimily wis about ns far from righteousness and hope as the united influence of ignorance, depravity, and rum could place its victims; but their children were induced by fiithful ones in the church to attend the S'dibatli School; and now the father, two daughters and three sons have become hopeful christians, and vine of the sons is in a course of preparation ror the gospel Ministry. On the first day of a protracted meeting in B irrington, it was rainy and unpleismt. In the morning of tint day a bttle Sabbith School "hi, hvin-' more than three miles from the meeting house en quired of her mother whether she could not go to the meeting. The mother said the weather was too stormy. She then went to her father, who was un well and lvin-r on the bed in another room, and asKed lion to convey her to th:; meeling. He re fused. She became unoayand traveled from room to room: at last she said to her father, I must go on foot to the meeting if you cannot carry me. Seeing her so anxious and determined, he soon harnessed his horse ami took her to meeting where an arrow touched his heart, and the father and daughter are now anxious inquirers for the way of lite. A father of many children and an influential mm, commenced a Sibbath School and without prayer; he felt condemned; and the subject pressed heavy upon him. He could not find e.ice and not pny; after a few weeks he, for the first time, priyed publicly in his Sabbath School. The effect w as overwhelming, and deep seriousness fell on the whole little assembly; and it is believed that many a soul, through his instrumentality, will be numbered with the ransomed of the Lord. He is now sitting clothed in his right mind at the feet of Jesus. Popish Controversy. The champion of Popery has at length got the better of his scruples, and condescended "to exhibit" himself "as a Theological gladiator, f.r the amusement of an idle, promiscuous, curious multitude." What influence the absence of Mr. Breckinridge from the city, and a knowledge of the feeble health of Mr. McCalla, for some weeks past, may have had in producing this change of resolution, we do not pretend to Say. The facts however are these On Thursday evening the 13th inst. the question, "Is the Roman Catholic religion unfavourable to religious and civil liberty?" came up for discussion, before a Society of young men in this city, who meet weekly lor the discussion of literary and moral questions, with a view to their mutual ini rovement. On that occasion the Rev. John Hughes was elected an honorary member of the society, that he might iave an opportunity of engaging m the debate. ' He accordingly appean d on the arena, and spike with his usual ahdity in the negative of the question. Some of the members not thinking it exactly fair that one side of the question should have the "benefit of the clergy," while the other was left 1o hang, on the next Thursday evening, promised the Rev. Messers. Breckinridge and McCalla as honorary members, and they too were elected. Mr. B. was absent fiom the city on ofiicial business, and Mr. Mc(;,U ' h ,:l b, l;"l"l I his phys.cian to preach, for six ww k ,XBu, C;tL,eing Jen he xk his lifei,, hi, hand, and appeared ut field! 1 1 tiidcutijon was reeumeu by .Mr. Uughcr, jn as

eloquent and ingenious a speech, we presume, as any other man could h ive made in defence of such a cause. During its delivery, which occupied forty minutes, double the time usually granted to speakers by the rule of society, Mr. McCallu stood back among the crowd. Mr. Hughs was anxious thai the society should adopt three definitions, which were calculated to cramp the discussion and give him a decided advantage over any opponent. VMien he was done, there was a manifest disposition in the society to adopt his proposal. On this Mr. McCalla arose and s lid, "Air. President I wish to say a word on the subject.'" He was immediately handed forward, almost over the heads of the crowd, and took his place near the President. Then with veteran skill he assailed the pi sitions of his opponent, and leveled his strong holds to the ground. His manner was calm and collected, his language perfectly decorous, and his arguments such as his opponent could not even attempt to answer. Various attempts were made by the friends of Mr. Hughs to cover his defeat by prematurely closing the discussion, and giving him the last speech as well as the first. But the good sense of the mijority of the society prevailed, and defeated so ungenerous an effort. We do not attempt to give even an abstract of the arguments used on this occasion. Mr. McCalla appealed to documentary evidence, which it was imissihle to gainsay or resist. We speak the sentiment of every one with whom we have conversed on the subject, when we say, trim ph iras compUte. Though we would not triumph over a fallen foe, we consider it perfectly consistent with that charity which "rejoiceth in the truth' 1 to congratulate the friends of truth oil this si'mal vielory. Presbyterian.

Bitile Burning. At Knockain, on ISth ult., at the wake of Nicholas Fitzhenry, the police were in attendance, and a person, calling himself Dr. Murphy, brother-in-law to the deceased, was also there. It seems that this Murphy, finding a proteslant Bible in the bed-room of the deceased, given him by Mr Garson. of Roscommon, previous to his death, together with some rcbgious tracts, conveyed those books, concealed, fiom the bed-room to ihe kitchen part of the barracks, and indignantly committed them to the flames in the presence of two of the police at the same time taking a large pair of tongs in his hand, and swearing in a drei'dful manner that he would dash 1 lie brains out of any persor who would prevent him from committing the above act. The police in the wakeroom getting intimation that the above occurrence was taking place ii the kitchen, they all repaired thither and one f them coming in ran towards the fire, seized lie tongs which Murphy had with one hand, and resoled the B.ble and tracts from the fhmes with he other. Murphy then used most insulting expr.'ssions towards religion, and swore that he would real them in the same manner he did the Bible. Bmig asked by the police why he attempted burning the Bible, he said he was authoiizcd to do so by : Roman piiesi, named Madden, w ho resides in Roscommon. Dublin Mail. Til E STA. I All 1. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY t27. is:;. To accommodate as many of our correspondents as possible this week, we have deferred our usual amount of editorial matter. The Standard. We expect to announce in a few weeks some changes in the management of our paper, both in the editorial and publishing department. The printing and publishing will be conducted by Messrs. Joseph G. Monlort and Jcs. M'Millan; and we feel confident in announcing that the Standard will be every way improved, and regularly issued. At present, the Standard can only meet its expenses with punctuality on the part of its subscribers. We are now anxious to increase the number of its subscribers, for two leading reasons: 1. Because, we think a paper devoted to the support of sound Prcsbyterianism is much needed in the West, especially during the present crisis in our church. 2. The Standard is at present the property of Hanover College. The interest of the one is intimately connected with th" interest of the other. Every new subset iber we receive hereafter, adds to the support of our institution; and for this support we feel dependent upon the churches, in whose service we are engaged. We cannot but believe, that those who feel for the cause in which we are engaged, will cordially yield assistance, especially when an opportunity offers for so doing, by furnishing themselves or others, with a family religious newspaper, on terms as favorable as individual publishers can offer. We expect, however, to lay this subject before our readers and others, in detail. Mr. Monfort and others, of which due notice will be given, will visit some of the churches soon, in behalf of the Standard. For the Standard. "ODIOUS TEST ACT." The January number of the Biblical Repertory reiterates the objection to the Act and Testimony, that it has been perverted from its original design, and, in its operation, has been made a test act. The argument eems to be about this: All orthodox Ministers and Elders, are invited to sign the Act and Testimony, therefore those who do not sign it will be considered heterodox, and therefore the Act and Testimony is an unjustifiable and "odious test act." Now, by a parity of reasoning, almost every good act might be proven to be an 'odious test act.' Some time since, bible Societies were formed, and it was expected that all in favor of circulating the Scriptures would, if they felt able, assist these Societies in their benevolent objects. Therefore, those who were able and would not assist, were supposed not to care very much about the circulation of the bible. And therefore, according to the reasoning of the Repertory, the acts founding bible Societies were "odious test acts," which the founders of Bible Societies had no right to establish. A few ypars ago, some Christians invited their brethren and fellow citizens to petition Congress respecting Sabbath mails, These petitions operated to show who were favorable, to the mails being stopped on the. Sabbath. Thus tjioy became tests on this subject, and the argument of the Repertory would condemn all w ho circulated these petitions.

Anti-Slavery Societies have been formed. By ' mean whaiis desirable, and what might be usefome it was supposed, that all true friends of our fu'.Iy expeded, but what is absolutely indispencolored population would be friends of these So- sable to thdnstitution, if it is to effect the imporcieties. And many now consider the opponents tant end fc which it was originated. It was comof these societies as unfriendly to the blacks. meneed wthout funds and without resources, Thus they make Anti-Slavery Societies tests on this other thani firm reliance on that bountiful hand subject. But Who complains on this account? "that feedsthe young ravens when they cry, and Many have given satisfactory reasons for not be- bountiful! -caters for the sparrows." And to the

: ing friendly to them, so as the test does not injure their.. The reason is, the test is not generally I consdered a correct one. If it were, its operation woud be more odious and painful. But, were it

a co-rect test, who can doubt but that those who ing for day bread. use t as such would be perfectly justifiable in so The real estate of the corporation is now eMiaoin; 1 mated at diout $20,000, consisting of land, college Tie Repertory approves the publication of Dr. ' edifice, bearding house, printing establishment.

; MilUr's letters to Presbyterians. Perhaps its conductors will be surprised to learn that these letters ! became, in their operation, odious tests of orthoI doxy. Supposing from the first few numbers that j they would be calculated to injure the old school : party, a certain western journal commenced their publication with high encomium. But soon the I Editor's principles were tested he concluded that : they were too long to publish!! Others thought , that hey were too orthodox for his paper. Thus, ; even these good letters were perverted from their ongiial design, and made odious tests of ortho- ; do.'. ' i 'an'no tno -ct -and Testimony, shows who are ' ;riendly to its principles and measures, and willj in; to avow that friendship. In this sense, it may he catted a test act, and the more "odious" it may be to thoe whom it is designed to oppose, the stronger is tn evidence that it is adapted to promote its object. AUGUSTINE. j For the Standard. HANOVER COLLEGE. j As an appeal is about to be made to the friends

of science and the friends of piety, in behalf of extensive printing establishment has been obtain- : this institution, the public have a right to demand ed, and in consequence of a recent arrangement. information with reference to its character, its ' there is a prospect that a large number of students : wants, and the influence it is likely to exert on tlie may be employed in it and a book-bindery , after j destiny of the West. The following brief re-; the present session.

marKS are intended to give that information: Its Charactef.. In order to give its character,

; it will be necessary to advert to its origin. The! we have made as being too high: especially when ; few ministers, seven in number, who, ten years ! told that an additional college building, tozether ago, composed the only Presbytery in the States of: with philosophical and chemical apparatus is mdisIndiana and Illinois, fully convinced that, in order j pensable; that the theological department is ui , to supply with the means of grace the immense provi. led for, and that the Corporation is, morepopulation that was pouring into those states, mi-i over, about $7,000 in debt. j nisters must be raised up on the ground, resolved I The irjluence U is likely to exert, Sc. Our limits i to establish a school for the special purpose of edu-! forbid any thing more than a glance at this interj eating young men for the ministry. Jesting topic. The extent of territory, the fertility I In accordance with this resolution, a connnit'ee i of the soil, the salubrity of the climate, and the j was appointed to digest a plan and select a loca- j commercial advantages of the West, authorize t'ho ! tion for such a school. The spot selected was S. ' conclusion, that the period is not far distant, when Hanover, and the plan digested that of a manual jits population will so far preponderate as to control ! labor institution. A school was conseuuentlv ! the political destiny of the nation. Calculation

opened with the commencement of the year 11127, founded on iir.doubied data, lead to the confident in a small lo? house w ith six students, all children i expectation, that in twenty years more, the popuof prayer, though not one of" them a protestor otj lation of the Mississippi Valley will amount to religion. jfirrt' millions. And the moral character of this imThe number had increased the second year to i mense multitude is dependant, in no small degree, fourteen; when the Spirit was poured out on the on the efforts of the present generation.

scliool, and eight out of the fourteen were hopefully converted to God. This seemed to give it decidedly the character which its founders had most fervently prayed it might sustain. And it is believed that from that time to the present, a majority of the students have been professors of religion; although the Catalogue for the current year numbers upwards of two hundred. The first college class, consisting of seven, graduated last September, five of whom are preparing for the gospel ministry: and five out of the six who compose the present senior class, are looking forward to the same office. Believing that the present condition of the world requires a high degree of mental cultivation, in those who are to direct its interests, both in religion ana pontics; tne trustees ami faculty have deemed it their duty to give a thorough course of j mental training to the young gentlemen commit-

ted to their care, ihe college has consequently ' c,i interpretation. T.'.'e. " Western Theological Se been o.ganized into the four usual classes, and as; nlillarv- 1S indeeJ TCro.rnic as a. feilo w-laborer; many years are required to complete a collegiate j but Alleghany town is found, on the map of our course. And they believe they can say with truth j coulltrv, just in the neighborhood of Princeton that the course of study pursued, is as thorough ' and consequently out of reach of the "Far Vf, as is the course of any other college west of the! Around the Indiana Theoloirical Seminary theremountams. Scientific and preparatory depart-' fore mlIst c!uPter the Q th(? wostt.rn'c'hllrch. ments are also appended to the college, in which t0 it the Fatherfi in Isr;le, arft ,ookln(r as the j. young men may either prepare to enter the regu- ,tron., loll, in dcftnce of ,ho trutl. ;d ( jt lar classes, or acquire such a course of English lirt, .1 . .....id.,, i 1 "o" collected a multitude of pious vounsr. men, who are education as may be desirable. j wilinp ,0 dedicate tllf.Illst.lvcs.0 the servic(, tho The following gentlemen are at present officers; Master at home, or in foreign lands, as dutv mav of the collegiate department:- j dictate. And k jf, m behalf q( (his inplitutl01j iU Rev. James Blythe, D. D., President. . j behalf of these young men, in behalf of a bleeding " John I-inley Liiowe, A. M., V. President. : , , . , . . , . ltl-ul"t Mr. John II. Harney, A. M., Prof. Math. i c,,urc. ln half of a dying world, the appeal is " M. A. 11 Niles, A. M., l'rof. of Lansniatres.' made. J. r. C.

" vv .m. M. jjlnn, A. Li., run. Ac. Dep JtV. JL HOMFSON, .1. L.., ASSOC. leaCU. UO. " James Brown, Tutor. The government of the college is, by the provisions of its charter, committed to a board of Trustees, composed, with a single exception, of Ministers and Elders; four fifths of whom are decided "Old .School" Confession of Faith men; having the power of perpetuating their own body free from all legislative interference. Connected with the college and under the provisions of its charter, is the "Indiana Theological Seminary," which has at present ten students. This department is under the control of a board of Directors, one half of whom are elected ly the Trustees of the College from their own number, and the other half by such Synods and Fresbyte rioc ic rviitr ii - i 1 1 . ...LI. 1 "luu: """b ioLu-upe,aiu n.ui .uem ,n ...... .b ...v, vi...,,u. j . The following gentlemen are at present its e-fi-cers:

Rev. John Matthews, D. D. Frof. Did. and Fob . , '. ' ' Theology. ; calls tor such an amount of aulas ten thousand Rev. Geor..e F. Eisiiof, Trof. Bil. Crit. and Ori. ti,11CR lheir mber could not furnish. Thesalvation Literature. j therefore, of these native tribes depends under The Foard moreover expect to have the chair of God upon America. She has the keys of life and Ecc. Hist, and Ch. Gov. rilled by a gentleman em- death, and wields in a great measure their destininenilv qualified for it by the commencement of ies for time and eternity. If she eon vey them the the summer st.-sien. 'bread of heaven, they live; and the chorus of the ' want. Theso may be estimated at j; I j.iioo at skies will receive the accession of then uiu'wius least. And when wu mention this um, we do not ! for ever; if Mie wuHhold it, they perish inevitably,

honor of I s great name, the record is here made, u-e have no rusted in vain. As friends were needed they havejeen supplied; but in a way calculated to teach us to feel our dependance literally trust-

work shop?, dormitories, iVc. And this, together with incidental expenses, which have been heavy, is the resil:, principally, of unwearied eflbrtsui taking up small collections in the West, as t-h-e people wete able to bear them. All the aid thai has been received east of the mountains fails short of7,000. One of the most interesting features m the character of the institution is, that it is a manual lalor institution. And the unparalelled increase of it students is, doubtless, attributable, principally, tethe ad vantages thus held out; in point of economy.. health and morals. But for want of adequate funds these advantages have been but partially enjoyed.. The Board have found it impossible to make such provision for the employment of the students, as to enable them, without great pecuniary loss, ;o reqnirt all to labui - All that they have been able to do. is, to provide employment for those who wish it. This they have done; and a majority of the students, it is believed, have availed themselves of the privilege. Numbers have defrayed, in this way, the expense of tlieir board; and a few, the expense of both board and tuition. A pretty From this brief view of u.e wants of the Instim- ' tion, no one will be disposed to regard the estimate e have a heterogeneous mass of materials, capabk' of being fashioned into almost anv form by ! the magie power of education. For "As tin twig is bent, so is the live incline J."' And who will venture to predict the influence thais to be exerted by an institution, which holds out the advantages of education alike to the rich and the poor; and which in the short period of seven years from its origin, has reached a maturity, not attained by some other institutions, less favorably located, in half a century. But it is to the theological department especially we are to look for its most healthful influence. In this day of innovation, when improvements in theology, no less than in human science, are openly avowed and zealously advocated; the Indiana j Theological Seminary stands almost alone in the. Valley, as the advocate of the venerable standards 0f our church, in their obvious and unsophisticatFor the Siandanl. Obligations of the American Cni'Rciirs in relation to the North American Indians. Concluded.) The consideration that the aborigines of this country must receive the Gospel fiom the Americans, or die ignorant of' the way and the hopes of salvation, furnishes us with a strong inducement to undertake their conversion, besides the United States, there is but one other really Christian nation in the world, extensively engaged in the Missionary enterprise. Shall we, the , turn our eyes to Great i,riain, and wait for her to fend the Ambassadors of Heaven across the Atlantic, and through e.ir own territories, to the red men of our forest--- Alas! we will wait in vain. The few E..gIn-h Missionaries, who for the Hotel's Fake cxil rore exile themselves from their native land, have bcthem the millions of Europe, of Asia, of friJ F . - . ra. and the isl.in,!- nl' tbo cr.r -l..ir. .1 ..