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8. THE STANDARD is l'fBLISIIKD V. LCKLV, liV THE TKCSTEES OF HANOVKR COI.LEUI At t $1 0) per anmiin, if pii I in advance; 50, if noli I within sis ami $3 00, if ,.ay,n,nt be ,!elaVe,! , il the expir.iti..ii of the year. No p ip r u iii Le .Usuoiiun- j pai lint I uea iviutmit i : ii 1 1 t i -1 , ami the payment of a! anr irao.-. All comm m'.c.uions to bo !irocte;l to J. (i. MONTOIiT. Piinte I !y S. W. Ni:-.v::li. & J. M. Waiui-liik. R CLIGIOUS. POPERY AND PAGANISM. Ihe following paragraphs are extracted from Aliiidleton's Lvtters fiom Rome, exhibiting the identity of Popery and Paganism. Middhtoii s .!), ( in r notioiis of the idolatry of Modem Rome wiF he much heightened and con tinued, as oft sometimes to take up with the old ! UP ltu:l "L- ' , c . . r . they found ,t ,.f e, b-iptizmg ,t only; or constat 1 ,..r. . . - - .v......... lns ,,IC'"' :i'iti.U,.ries do not scrtide to put strati-; gersm mmd o I ;n showing .he.r churces. In that of St. Agnes, they showed me an antiuue statue of : a voting I5;cchus, which, wit!) a new nan;", and some change of diapcry, stands worshipped now under the t itle of ,1 fern ie s iint." "1 the-w ie noli!, st he itiicu temple now :em iiniim ii'. rhi, tin: l'.iiitiieoii of Rotunda ; which, as III 1 inscription ou r t.he portico iuf us. h iVini' been impiii'.islvdeii'e itcii .... .1 1 1 . i i d oil by Agiippi t 'Jove.i j i.v.i ..11 iiieo.His,w s piousiy re-consecr Boniface IV. to the blessed V:r..in of; ii ihe s di.ts. :s :-vii;i; Si'ives as exact iv lor 1 ..1 the lurposi s of ihe P.. pish, as it did for the Pagan worst, old tesnp! p. lor w.iicli 1 a v;.s buiit. Fur, ;.s iu the '. e . eiy one m gh. find the (iod of us ciiuntiy, and ; .; ii, himsi if to that d uty ,v: ; religion Ua w .s (h.vuied la; so :t is the same thin now,evciy onecho .si s the p.t.ern he I kes b; s'.11 .... .i:o one may sic Ia n l.erenl services si"'.n on ;.t tne s me time, o .giega.i ns i.rou f the jti pie h d ii that particular sua: .1 b. ..;;:; .1 ihi m ; jus 1 . t.ii w:!n istn.ci 1 iis il.e inclinations worship f this or m to the .. 1 v . . I. . . .. . . 1 1 'no u 'i.ei line can tne new (.'Uii-e:s show ,t. to ine ;:du iiion nir.v p id he n, th in ihe obi ones whese sl.rmes they have usurp d? CV how comes it to in- h s-; ciiminal to worship imae-es set up by ihe Pope, than these vvh'c'i Aormn.or that wii'cii . 1 e 1 an nau,,i .z ferenee. most ft - . 1 se i.-pr Well 1 .- t o any real difthvor of .utiqui'y in;; hia,Id d-. tei in ine iu t!;e oh! v.a 1 f- 1 ii .-s( s up f. r !he heroes of 1 r. ( e ; d di". I, . g.ds. ::d ors lor some seee-, ihe authors, to 1:1 and scienei s. 1 r ol i -ess.i re lii 1 1 1 1 1 VV iev n a e. i". I . the in vc ilioii ol all; seful and no :hi ag highly i w nail V ra' die R, d :n tin ir own V mole, ii stead 1 : 1 1 n . . e -' . Wf re :. Vi-r i e 11 1 , .eg ill 1 .1, t..b::o.: hi v;c(s done ISIel K S. to in u ef as V serowe idl er their ; i':r hou iis now :,;s; whose merA.cis. was incii eiice of ;iii idol. pan! iiicm. to ti; it, hke thai i f sk'il in r dshig u ti ii s, iu the am! ;m omowi ig liui S .ke of some gainful uoms m ) convulsions for the imnos.ure. "'Piie ne of incr use of the Roniis'.i Cli nch is a custom derived i.-irm ihaU-ly fiom Paganism. The Jews line not used it since the dev.rnction of tiieir tem le. Wh ua- is tiie te:-..les of the ancients arc seldom ii eiii 11 i. ti wilhont ti e epithel p.eif'imed or incensi d. l'i.eh-r tiie Pagan Mmjierors, its use for any pi.rpese of le'igion was lh e.g'.l 90 contrary lo . ! II Hie ooiig in (,! ennstiamtv, lhat cntio' ? of the chrlsti ms, : veiy ur and coiiviciing a ehilsii in. wa,s bv en'y to thifuv the le st grain of it i m their pel se10 d ol 1 1 v um ,1 reijuiring him :io the censer. or 41 the : liar. Cnder the christian Ivnprr 11 ine oiner jiami, 11 was ! o!;ed on as a right culnrly leathenish, ih.t tie iciy pl.ee, or ' ' ous; s. i where il could be proved . ,.,v'e i,,.,.;. used, were, by a law i f Thoodesius, Ceniiscated to the gov ei niiien!.' "Holy water is so directly derive! from Paganism, lh it Roman vvrih-rs m ike no scruple 111 acknowledging it. The composition was the si me among the he '.then as it now is among ihe Papists; being nothing more thin a mixture of silt and water. The form of the sprinkling bru-l. was .he same with whit tiie Romish p.iests now use. lis use was strictly condemned by the primitive chris tians. 1 he Lmperor Julian employed it a 1 P-"1'- j seculion against i:j christians, directing the prov.smi.s 1:1 the m. rivets to be prinUled with d, mat .tliey might ihei-ebv ,0 rendered until for Iheir us "Lamps and wax candles were used by ihe an cient Romans before .heir images. M.ibdlon says in all the gieal churches of Italy, they hang up lamps at every allar; a sight which wiil not only surprise a stranger by ihe novelty of it, but will furnish him with another proof and example of the conformity of the Romish with the Pagan woislnp. The F.gypti ins also used lights or lamps in their temples, and had a f minus yeai ly festival, called I e lighting up of caniihs. 'The Roman Catholics have a day of this kind, CamUemtts uay. The l sey of prayer, or the key of heaven, states it is so called, because before 111 ,ss it is sdd the chinch Messes her candles for a whole year. The primitive writers fiequently expose the folly and ahsuidiiy of this heathenish eustom. Tiny lghl up rami I s. lo (iod, says LanctimtiiiS, as if he lived in the duk; and do ihey not deserve lo piss f.r madmen who offer I uiqis lo the Author ami (iir of light? Pi iv, to persons among the ancient.gave lb, se lamps lo the tempi, s. sT, do Roman Catholics lo their churches. And the diiferen. idolaters of the I. .st do .h .name als,,."' ' I he ancient Romans h :d voliva c-f met.. I, stone, or l iv, as well as gifts, images '' -gs, arms and oi,,ei pins 01 ine no.ly; winch were, buim , j .heir tempi-s, in ommemoral :on of somepceial di liverniCe f 1 uiii d se.se or aceu.'- u'. The Roma,, Catholics do the sum-. Th so are odhimgso! the poorer 1 1 is s of .he p.',.pr; the. ric!i;.ii V' 'Verlul, as ;f old, frequently in .i.e o.i'ei ,ug. ol large vessels, lamps, and veil statues of massy sil cr and gol-J, wi'h diamot.ds, nud all sorts of'pie- . . : . r . I I 1 . .

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SOUTH dons stones of incredible value; so tint the church ut Loietto is il iv become a proverb fur i:s riches, i just ;.s Apollo's Temple ;-t 1 ?! plios was with the , ' ., a!lC,"S' 0!1 S;;,'1C "CConnt. " !K- ancient temples !:;;d their wardrobes, conSlStlllg ot curioti. robes ot the c hoicest stuff mid f isl.i ;ns. While ihey were showing us, at Lorctto, tne great variety ot rich habits, with which the trea- j surv abounds, some covered with precious stones. 1 jolliers more curiously embroidered by such a Queen j lor P i men or tut; use of a miraculous image, I j could not help recollecting the picture which eld ' ir - i ii : 11 uii5 oi MLC'io i ci i rov, ihosi rai:ir nert i . . . f. Mil oeioie uie m i ciiiotis image oi r.iiias, witii a present of the riches! and best wrought gown thai i sue was mistress of. ' ' Vi,er. n ., U r,..,a.,.t I.. .. .i ..ri this kind, imagining himself,,, some heathen .cm- ' ith us about the mcuning of the we'd idol, Jeiome ii,,s 1 c fjnn: riii it 1m iim r:iv .mso .. ,ii-,.v,. 1. 1 . . ,l ,w 'i' ' (13 tha , d(jh ;!)e ,0 be ,m,lcrgt:,vl lh,. Vlvd. OI use dead: and Hie wors burners o sue 1 ima,,,,s .,. lls,,(i .,i.vnv : .,. .,., p...... ; tcmu synouimous am! e.juivjei.t to Heathens and ! P.,,r,,i ! i 'id Ko.ll mis n ui 1 heir rods who it. sided over tne rtiac's, streets and higiiwavs. c df d 1 laics, Seuiitaies, (. iiiit)it iti s, w hose lit teun les or t. rs, decked with ilow. is, or whose statues a. least, c.i rse'y c irvcd f wood or stone, were placed, ut i iv. emeul distanet ., iu the pu'ii.e w .ys, for the in in t,l ttavelleis. who used to s.i P r suie ,0 0:1 V . 1 . t! ci r devotions .0 .hoc rur.il shrines, ami hnr a , prosperous j'unsey and sifetvin tiieir tr.v. Is. Now Il ls custom prevails still so general in all pepish eountrii s. but especially in Italv. t!i :t one can see 1 ii ) difference he. ween the old and ihe new superstition, moie than tint of changing the name of the l-e ty, and christening, as it were, the old Hecate tri iii'hy the new name, Miriu 111 ti iv 10 ? I y which title 1 have' observed oae of their c'lurdies dedieii!e;l in this city. And ;.s the he;. I lien used to paint over the ordinary statues of iheir r.,ds with red, or some gay color, so i have ollen !ho coaise images of these saints so dan!. lisei ved e. Fever w ith a gaudy red, as to n semble exact the deseription of die god Pad, in Virg l ' Sanguinis ebuiei niccis minioi'.ie ru!."r.te:n. Ani ther ism ar.d P. instance of sinul irily betwen lleaihenp.erv is in those ri ligious forms and pro cessions of the heathens, which come so ue-.r to what is seen on every festival of the Virion, anether Komi 1? . il int, lhat a person can hardly help thinking i! .1 ii tne ia. I ce 1 opts!) ones to best,!! nguiiled by monies ol j) gan Jiome. At Ihese sol -ois'nte 11 sen' fieaueullv lo ICIII'I : SSISt ill su: rv mg god 'Pi e-S the n febes ef errr nieisv. atleiideil bv th.; pl u s's t dices, with wax candles i:i the r hands, eariipou a p go-in: er t'.t t:s 1, the i.n 'g s ..f iheir , dressi d 011, in ihi ir best cietlas. ii-se were usn.d'y followed l..y tin; principal 1 of the place, in white burn volm nts or yen sirphcis. shjgiiig hyuu s iu honor of the god vvhoie festival they were ct lebrating. accompanii d I v crowds of ail sorts lhat were initiated in :l s one .ur.eisiiiion; i ll vvitn uutiiie.iux or wax catuli-s in : their h inds. 'This is the account w hich Apnleius jand other aiphois give of ;i ig ,n precession,1 ami jit migi'.i pass quite as well fur ll.e d-esi j a popish on". j "in one of th" processions made lately .sen tion o lo let iter's in the tiom of L'm!, I saw that ridiculous panance 01 in; i- l igellanic-s or se!!-iVors!upp;.'rs. who march with whips in their hands, and lash them selves as they go along, on tne bare hick, nut I is all covered will, blood. In the s line manner th.' fanatical pi iess ,,f Rellona, or the Syrian goddes . as well a : the votaries of T.;ls, used to si is'i Ives of old Nothing is more com.r of iur'g s liiat, on ceilain ooc.a011, or shed te ns, or sweat, or bh d." and cut (hems m. n '.him to h. jjloi Ii ul cm.! And do we not find tiie s sme stu in ill the hea then w ri'i is ? Dur.-.niius mentii ns a Madonna vvh'ch spoke to the Sexton in commendation oflhe piety of her votaries. And did not ihe imago of Fortune do the same, or more, in old Rome? which, as authors say, spoke twice iu praise of those matrons who h ad dedicati d a temple lo her. "Thev have a church at Rome dedicated lo Si. Mary ihe weep er. ot to a M idonna, famous for shedding tears. Thev show an image too, of our Saviour, which, for some time before the; sicking of Rome, wen. so le ulilv, lhat ihe good fit. hers of the Monastery wero employed in wiping its face with cotton. Was not the case lust ihe same among their aiiee.-tors ' when, on the approach of some public calamity, the st i.ue of Apollo, as Livy lolls us, wop. for three days and nights? Thry have another church bud' in honor of an image which bled very plentifully from a blow given ii by a blasphemer. A, d were not ihe old idols as full of blood, when, as Livy re - kites, all the; images of the temple of J nno were seen to svve it w ith drops of it ? In the very priesthood ihey have contrived to keep up as near arc - semtil nice as they could, to that ot pigiu Rome. The Sovereign Pontiff, instead of deriving his succession from St. Peter, may, with more reason and a. much better plea, style himself the successor of the Pontifex Maximus, or Chief Priest of old Rome, whose authority and dignity was the greatest in the Republic, ami who was looked upon as the arbiter and judge of all things; . ivd as well as sacred, biiniiu as well as Divine. The great variety of their religions orders and soeielii s of priests, seems to h ive heen formed upon the pi in of the old colleges or fr ilemities of die Augurs, Poul tices, Sdie, Froliis, Arvalcs, &e. The vestal virgin might furnish a bin. for the foundation of nunneries. R it above all, in the old th scriplion oflhe I ;y mendicant pru-sls among ihe Ik itbcn, who 11-:, d lo travel bom house to house, with sacks on their li.oks, and fiom an opinion of iheir sanctity, raise large t : U 1 ibuiions of moiify, bread, wine, 'aid all kinds of victuals, for the support of tin ir ii ll'l i,i',v. a a; .i' the veiy pieuueof the begging fn.n -. who at; i.l.v.iys about the streets in the same babii, and on the same errand; and never fail to cany homo with them a good sack full of provisions for the us:e of their Convent."

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HANOVER, INDIANA, L CEMBEK The following account of an Ordination of For-, en;u .Missionaries at i'aris, copie-l irom the nuni'aer of the London Evangelical Magazine for August, ;

possesses interest. . . Ci. I t. T,ey assembled under the conduct of the Prince PARIS ORDINATION OF PROTESTANT .TIS- J of Peace, and nia-iii the diversities of adminisSIONARIES. I tra'.ions, and modes of church order, in the "re.atei, TV. j ? - T 1 . . t T I - r ! . i .......

a v air ju nior cr i.ie LA-iinf!,tii .'.lugazinc. Sm. It is with great delight and lie irtfelt g aii- ' tu.h'io tin: did of all ma r.- ihu I Iritn in inlim. ! the numerous read, rs of the Evangelical M igaime. tint France, infidel France. Ins at length Li'gin to listen, vvidi solemn regard, to the roicc of hjin ''- ("'i ce, winch promtc s and commruids the l ibfcation ol the evci i.-.si mg t icspi I to evcrv creiture under heaven. Amidst the desol ilir,"" s'nto of niortals, Jc hoval i lias ottcn "appeared in us y Urv . , j. .. .. .. . . ... .,v......i i.;.. i c i.:. .... ... :', . i recent political convulsions in. his country h.re led ! -i t . .... truth shall pierce through the clouds of darkness .,.. I i i .A l.,.i.t m i t1 k 1,11 U1 nifiiVUUMit til lO Willi Ilea IlifT OI1 1;is winoS on the nmst d.sti t 11?, ' Unit titions ol cruetv. am the renm ,f il... '.,' .1 , ':omv ('f ! "According to their time, it shall be id of T. , . , ? , , ' . ' ' . ' . 1 '' ..itico .11111 01 isr.ei, 11 nir h.tfi ( i.x irrcwfit ' 1 o the interposition of 4iii he interposition of"li.e tioilof the si irilsof 1 . ... .. 1 1 . . , ' . i 1 l.esll, to wlmm the sdvatioii of human 1,,.;,.,, is dear, must bs ascn'Led ihe t'eep iuK rest which . is felt in the metropolis of France, 'to make known ...,.1 . I. ..1 L. 1 em jjiui v 01 1 ue oavioui s person, ui; pei t ;,,i. .,1' l,i- ,.,-1. 1 1 . . r 1 .I'., yjt .'i Iv, ill!' Will fieiS 1,1 111 "i- lf... the transcendent blessings of his redemption where his adorable name ha.i never yet been heaid; but the Cod of .li s world still reigns, the uncontrolled tyrant, over ihe bodies and souls of men. The Directors of the Paris Missionary S-u i. ty having determined, lhat as many as dovJted theinsclvi s lo the service of the Ileaiheu and were desirous of unfurling ihe banner of ihe cross in d.stani iiKls.deep sun!; m diii KfiesF, and covi red with the .-!... ,1...,. ...!.. ..t. ..1. .1 . .-.i.vi.i-.v t.i ..1,111, Mioii 0 ' ' vi se emn i s .rici 1, lion to the work, and agreed lo app. in! Thursday. ! me 110 01 .piii, 10 conuneiid them to Ihe care and j teaching of the great Head f ihe Chuich, to pour oe.t upon lh- m the a! dance of his grace, to qualify j them f.,r the Work to which, they .rust, (iod the Holy (il.ost Ins been ph'as-' d to c ,11 them. A 110I lice to this ell'ec, inviting ( 'hrlstians of every name : and denomm.ilioii to witness a scene so slnoular l and blessed, and signed by the venerable President 1 i 1 -i . of the Society, the Admiral Count Ver-Huell. was circulated at the duels of ihe different Protestant places of vvois'rp the prce-ding Sabbath. I he ancient church oi St. Mary, iu the Rue St. Antoine, was sel. cted for thi ly crewdetl wiih a numeieus ; service, and was earatid de ply attentive congre a'l r. : One . f ascend an I Si Taliou, vv host; ;:sjei-l 1 l.fl ii'a tt -o sei ionsiies 1 Ill irmmiy, vvoit!;y su- I, - U Of C.i oil . ine senior ministeis ef ihe Reformed church -d the pulpit, ami in a shmt hut piihel'c lemn pr yer, address d to Jebevah .lesilS. on- j:';u iioau 01 ms cti'ircn am lelleh 1, ml imnot., ...,....-,...,. d d tlie .m.-sionaries and iht ir uor " lrl'" ' ."' 11c to ! I is A hnighly caie, wisdom and love, lo diiect.j-upper!, bless. am! uvi A S'iita! OIVi ' IU t-.'wi .. I,.. .1 I ... . 1 . v.. 1 1 , v. . 1 in. , 1 1 -1 r : e eel I in 1 1 1 1 1 : 1 Hi . hvmn was thou sung, w iih the most fervenlsp'ril of priyer, by the whole congregation; after which another mini.-:er, from the pulpit addressed the missionaries, seated in an open sp 100 before him, in a most able and judicious charge, from Rom. i. 11. which was heard with deep attention. The charge being ended, the missionaries were cilied upon to declare in the presence oflhe con gregaiioii their call to the office of ihe miivslrv, and ihe motives which induced them to off i r themse lves "forthe service oflhe heathen. With mm h modesty and (tiihdence each addressed the coie'reir ..lion r ten minutes giving a brief staleineii. of ihe steps winc h led them to devote themselves lo proclaim the 111, so aichable richi s of Chiist among those win were p lishiug for lick of knowledge. Tin; oulduing mulish r then descended from the u!pil. and, in conformity with the us.ge of ihe Reformed church, deniiiidtd ihe three nvssiouaries to declare, in the presence of ,1 heart-searching ( iod, and iheir fellowmen, iheir assent and consent to ihe great and souls.iving truths of the dispel of (iod our Siviour; that by this solemn dedication of themselves to ins service, ihey pledged themselves by the most awful vows lo be "faithful unto death;"' lint ihey bound themselves lo abstain from all political inleri' reuce in the countries where they might be called to labor; and that they were determined, through grace, lo preserve a coniicl blameless and irreproachable in the eves ol' (Iod and their fe Ilow j '; to which each of the missionaries replied, j hoin time lo lime, by solemnly placing their hands j 011 tin; sacred volume which lay open before them, j clevi tied on a pedestal for the purpose. The mission j i"ies 'hen knelt, and were sel aptrl lo the office of i minister of the Cos pel by imposition of hands. i Phese devott d young men remained kneeling while ! ''rcwr ministers in rotation placed Ihe ir hands !"" 'heir heads, and in a short ojaeida'.ory prayer commended them to the special benediclion o Cod ihe HolyChost. Afier ihey had received their designation, ihey were embraced by each of the seventeen minislers. The whole was a scene of such impressive solemnity, as has hardly ever been witnessed in this ungodly city ; the minislers and missionaries seemed alike so deeply affected wiih Ihe aw fulness ot ihe work before them, whilst the congregation expressed the sensations of their souls iu silence, I ears, and secret prayer. Another minister then prayed in a in inner so heartfelt and affecting, as every hearer witnessed. A hymn was next sung, and every heart seemed to feel .lie 11 line of vehement desire for the completion oflhe great and precious promises. The solemnity was losed with a most scriptural prayer, and full of a::imali il devotion, suited lo the occasion, finishing wiih the usual benediclion. .Mr. Henry Holmes, a native of Ameiica, is destined for Tuikoy, ami Mr. Francis D.iumas and Mr. l.auga for Afiica. It was truly interesliiig .0 witness so many miuVlers and duistiaus (,f different donoiniuntions, and different countries, assembled for the nollest purpose that could interest the best

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OGICAL SEMINARY OF SOUTH 3, 1835. feelings of the HI,,!. II j,e.il! worldly udvunt:' sellish" ends ut si-! chome of ti urns, coutamiu nci; yam ambition, iit holder, and characteristic name ot Christians, urnted in imp-luting the groat and giotiuus lie Mmi-eh of l!) LAIiORS OF PROTEST. NTS FOR THE Fv ANC.ELIZATION OF CHINA. The power of the pure and glorious (Jospd ot' our Lord Jesus C.irist will sarely prevail overall iiie si ii in ir In li I c .f s; ,i ii, f "i ; i ii i . - -.".. .f.iuo -M IJJl,HI . UIIU 111(1,1, I Ul "I II 'I i i r. .i. i i i . . . ,c ... . u'lMVU icuge oi me truiti, wt.l aU,;V Z ?tZlJJ! ?TT I ....- iv- " nun hi a t' r. i v f 1 1 1 it' ic, o " preparing, and perl iuns the woild itions into one; imre; and is adapted (lurm'i the alter part of ti e last cen- turv, nrousi ,1 from lint iiuiili; rence with which they h:td hitherto seen u.illioi.s of human beings dying in idul .trv, they also turned their attention toward China. The choice of the diiectorsof the London Mis isiomry Society fell ui 0:1 the Rev. (now l.)r.) Morrison, who h id studied in iio.Mon t. caoemy, wiin a view lo tiio mnistrv at home: but being: fully convinced ,.f ihe. ...... I 1 ......... . 1 1 jie stiue 01 iiie iieiilni n world, he was wiliui" to c . 1 1 , ... go to any quarter of the globe where the Gospel was not yet known. With ihj.; jvw he entered the missionary seminary at (.'..sport. After havi.e obt, tilled a 1 tm-t. limes-.; d.c tiona! v. and -The il riiony ct tin.' i' our r Oosp; in Chine. , from til;; British iiiiispum, he sail, d, in IH)1 '' Ihe ol Way of Aprayeis of the same tmrica, fir Canion. accom i-ti'ied by 'ci to nhei t.h usiuids. He landed in . .11.. 1 . 1 veai ;u ;ii,ii: ie, auu en aled a "no .1 Of S'lS; icillll ie lived duamong the Romish clergy. In Canton r.ng tint season in a g a io vii, where he siudiei', ate, and slcp". lie let his nails grow, th .t the v .nigh, be hke tiiose of the C!.i:iee, vv.re a tiei, and became till adebl ill the use of chop slicks. !u the ftctoiy he walked ; bent 111 a (.'hinese f lh) wore Chinese sho s. Bui se. ing lhat Ins wish .0 conform to 'he pn ji. dices o! ll.e natives had no! t! e desired edict of ci iiciiiating .hi ir alii ctioii. he abandoned I heir costume, and dressed like a liuri'pean cry lo Sir CJi-orgo soon afterward he w.is iniroduced Siaunton, a man, hi. r of the IMiUh

factory, and became. Iv his means, acquainted ihe- New Testament v,-,s pubhshr-.l in more portawith Mr. Roberi-. the c!:ief As it was Mr. Morri- form; and 1:1 1. !.", tiie li.-t ( iunese convert, son's principal object lo trmsl ite t!;e Sciiplures iu- 'V!i:'x' nls"' vv 1S ''M't zed. His writted confession to Chinese, Mr. Rob-rts, on bis death-bed, rem: rk- ''l" Ctinjj hiu.-eli. is as lo'dow--: ed, "J sec no. why yo ir .ransl King ihe sacred' "Jomis, making atonmiii-nt tW tis. is .lie bles?.-.-el Scriptures intolhe Chinese I ingii age 'might not he i oiind. Langu ;ge and thought ve b'-'tii made -n e avowed, if occasion c died fir it. C We (The mem- u t'haust tiie g.acioiis and aomir.L'e g'-'h . s ot hers of the (hctoivl could wiih reason answer Jesus; and i leiy ep. n his merus to uht.u.i ! e u.-

t'hinr a... .hos- T;i' e,.!i.i,i. .l..r.. il... !... ..P I hooks. It was III a some wie.t .sin.il n w-.,v ih J I Siiiu i i w a v I hal ! ihe Lril sh ambassador at .he court of Peisi i in- ! Irodueed a copy of ihe New Testament to Ine no tice oflhe Peisi.an monarch. The arriv.il of same troops from Bengal, in 1M)S, in order to garrison M icao. put him under ihe necessity of leaving Canton, lie bad, during all this lime, studied Cninesi , both the Canton and .Mandarin diale cts, and even offered up his pr'v.iie pr yrs to (he Alnfghtv in that 1 uigna: Short iv afierwaid he was mann 1ted Chinese tr ms itor to the British f n-toiy. w iiich S'tuiition groat; his views. IP religious met li y I .did it( d ;l ccou-ipli-huient ol ; now beg in to have, on Sunday, .1 mi! at his hens : widi some few ( 'hi nose, highly deli' ded at the fei Lie beginning iu !o great a vvoru. 1 laving ascertain! t tin. a copy 1. of the Ac's of the Aposih-s. w inch he bad brought out with him. was peif-eily intelligible, he punted it, and oomph te.l ais- a Chinese grammar. v ith Ihe Cospel oT St. Luke, in ISP; 11. Thus he went on gradually, and rinied th New ToM uncut in parts, till the British and Foreign Bible Society voted three hundred pounds tow :rd tin: trans! .''eg. printing, auu oireui t.ng ol lii 'scr d Scr phires iu Chiu 1. The Roman C inthohc m's- oaru.s hid spent more thin two centimes in China. ..'id among ihem there were inany who understood the Chinese Imgu age fhoroughly, and wrote e!eg.mdv 'Phey h id published the live? ofsiinfs, their sch..Iastic divinily, and oilier works, but never ventured upon translating the oracles of (iod, and making ihem intelligible to so many millions. "' thev were preachers of the (iospel and apostolical mis- . 11,1 ' 11 ,1 sionai aes, vv by diil tlie'y not make known (bo Cos1 , ', , n " 1 1 , 1 ,c .1 pel and the uposlobcal doctimes? If they were champions of the saints nud the p.'pe, why did they not declare themselves such in China, and prevent the groat error of miscall'ng popery ihe d se- I? When they were once asked by the prpe himself to translate one (ilospef, ns a imrr specimen v "Chinese literature, they pleaded ihe absolute imp irdii -ily of such an undertaking, and novel t lit-It ss could find words and phrases lo lraiis.te .he abstruse Thomas Aquinas! Wha!.-vor may he .he opinions of the enemies of ihe word of (iod upon this subject. Dr. Morrison considered it I is duly lo f- '- ....', t! 1 11.. 1.:. - 1. " ... .1... dispel without human alloy' the author bs f,u,! ....1. , . ,- , ... 1 1 1 no u.MK 01 any impoiiance vvnicn can no irinsi ii.ti wiih so great ease into foreign idioms as the Holy I . e Bible :i book given for all nations oflhe ouih, in t if. mod Sl.111,1,. nrin l.nc.l , n I r V , ,r...-., .... .1 . i. ... .. . form oosi.'i'e I r Hea-risoM laiilea- ..--..-.!. . . " ' I " voieii 10 imitate, in Ihe trans iliou, Ine most appro1 1 c .1 11 i . .I .-. , ved works of tbe Chinese , but couh net uitroi uee ,l. ..r,l I i. :.. : i " .....v., ,111 ti 1. ii-.. 1 11, 1.. I.- , .111.1, without commentaries, uuinle lligible to Ihe nadvi tbomselves. During the years Pi: and I 1 !, he I undertook the insti net ion of four orphan Ik vs. belli j in iheir n dive language and Ihe pnnciph s of litis- ; lianiiy. As Ihe Chinese prize education, and h ivo i made lller.uy acqiiircinonts the load to office, the i eslahhshuieiit of schools has since proved veiv ben- ! cfieial to the promotion of c!u is! ianily. In 1SR5 the London Missien uy Society soul Dr. j Morrisiiii ii woilhy and indef it igable fe! low-! da rer, I iu ihe Rev. William ( ificr.v.ird !;r) Mil.to. lie j I Hided ill Alaeao. but vvasoidered away by ihe go-! vomer. Disinterested persons highly r preb 'o l , such an inhospitable mei s.nc, w hich is so much at ' vaiianco wiih ihe la w of nations , and in dure! op-. posiiiou lo (he spirit of chriMi.iiiiiy. He lla n-feie wonl to Canton, when; be could remai 1 and studv tho r"hi:ise language, vviil'mt b' irn ,-' -1

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Whole No. '21H Ci iune.se govt n. Dr. Morrist iiii.-ainviiilj u 'Son had in H. .en .- ..-,-.. I it 'Cts upon the doctrioej P- rusal of one. "T!io Re-Wri-tch. w'li.. I. ,,1 me i ;v been a ICm'tYi vi l I. is !:ioi.s iHe. II h ul of . A ::. ; t!.e X; ,v T -;.t-,i cf n.e -o: !.!. m their o.v he hid i:eo;i '; o t'.iv a-s: -.1. il iu iuiils.) u.c gu'at satistacuoii i 'ut to t.ic truest nation 1 uigilarre. I.,' U,:s v.orlc d bv a manuscMot trar.s-i.-tio., i f tih Acts, and some oi' I'aulepisth-s. " 'be work wit n more success. Mr. 1 C.i M . 01 ii:.' i. d slKI th.-:r abi .'. iii j ven, to Ritiivi i, u hero princp iiiy tro'ti r ul.keeu. i. , On bond of ti vessel winch co.'.M-vt d Ii m. he (..und several bumlreiU of Chinese emigr n.ts, 10 whom he give the New Testament, lie also touch-d at R 'uica, wii'c'i .s almost entirely peopled by tm- Chinese miners, ansl di.- ributed amonu tin m several copu s of tracts and f the Scripter. s. Ox his airpval at Ra.avia he was rtcii .ed in a fiiendiy m inner by a Dutch mina s.er a d iioii.er miss'0.1 ary, who labored among the .daisy?. Cov. U..1I!( s viewed ewiv judit ioU3 atteu 1.1 lo read tin- knowledge of chiisiiaidtv -i3 ttn ii' '- to improve the state i f cml soci ty, and to rei-.n r government piospeious and stable. lietue i urn d .Mr. .Milne with the means of tiaveliing, at ihe e.i:( iise of government, tiirougu the -:.eri.,r ard eastern puts of the island: and uro0Sc"' ,u nl f-: 'diiies f. r visiting Political-iei.-nassin. on the island of n:ik, Samb.iS. and Borneo, while many n.yii :(is of Chinese are settled; but this plop. I could int be carried into execution, on account of .he wars .-.hie!; shortly afK riv.,::. ! I.- '..Mew r Mr ke out. Ji.wcvi.r, Mr. Milne made ar- ; to 1 ui r1i5.i1 those' set ie n-uits wiih tracts, ailed the ir-hnd id' .M.idur.i, and spread langeine;;: lie also v ihroii' iioiit ihe v. iii.h' if J iva iieo,v thousand tracts and New 'i stai a nts. li is possible he rem i rks t.nt some of them m.v haveb"c;i oestreytti, some of ihi.n negh -clod, tome of th m 1 i-U'r read, some of then: tjnl I ior gi'm, and some p. its of them only imperfectly undeistood; yet lie was not discouraged bv any of ihese considerations, for he ihought if one lenll.i, yea, one hundredth p rt. should, in the couise of a century to com-, answer 'he great end proposed, the heavy expense wh eh the christian )iibl,c I. d been at, 1.: pn pun print ieg, and circul ilin diem, won!.! he more tlim : tnply r'-paiel. On his rciiirn be visited Mai ax-i, ami -p'ta-ad there Ihe knowledge of divine tiuth; while In' provided Rhio, Liiiiaiig, 'Fung mo. and Si.iU, witii christian ,rac!s'lien iie,.riivad at .Macao, a second edition of mission of siil. I invi; s-ns and ,1, ut fa. til in Jesu lei ilieieui 0:1 01 siii. fhouNt t;j eleruaby miserable. Now tuat 'a e h ive he ,ni c f die forgiveness of -1,1s ti.nmgli Jius.we o.i.vdH, wi.li all our beaits, to lely on his niCnts. not do so is lie.! a good man. i hv 1 le w ho does o means rely 11; 011 II V own an) : ss. Wh.-n i reir-ct, and iiUeStmn invsol. I pe-iceive that !n :u ci I U1000 lai now I have had no sin ngtii. no ...i nt. no learning. Till this, inv tw en'y -seve. 1111 yi. :. i lane dene mnhiiig l aiisic' to tiie goodne: S of dd in giving li.e e-- icnce iu th's v. 01 Id. as a human being. I have not ri-om p- used the Ii unh.e ,.s mv p .rents, my ndatioiiS and f iends. Siidi I r.-plne siall I liooe in my "ood deeds? I entirely cd; tij.on (od . 1 . the F.illn 1, and rely upon Ooo lor lo-; rem s don of ui. a 1 , i a 1 vv 1 3 oi v 10 vi .j i i. ...... ! I ....'',.! .lor u oil me the Holy Spun." N..a at the su. 10 time, two other pei.-en-, (he one a te,.clier ef ti; Chine -e I eiu :ge. and l!i : oilier a v 'iht, who h id f e ? i 1 al'i nih il Dr. Mornson s inso . views of eh iilions, gave seen an a.e,.i...i oi o,eu ehi is i u;i;y as w.uld, iu the eyes o! most jusleied their b a'ug b-'pi..'.ed; but ' !o b- I. lekw.iiil. and :r c-n the 1 tlier tii in lhat of h ..-'e iu dispen Chiistians hive it was tin a' .ei! 1 side' oi c '.'li ion. sing bap .an. i.'uf:htj"s History j . ,.i,u. WINi: AT THF COMMUNION. The nxeculiveCommitiee oflhe New-oik State Temperance Society, Ixdng aware th.t a re pott has been indii triously eurcuhiled that 1! w as then design to endeavor to dispense wiih the u.-o ol w ine at Ihe Lord's So , deem it to be iheir duty to d sdaitn ulterly.111vsu. il mleutiois. I !iey neuev , ,. .J . ., . ... . ., 1 "ruit of tie vmt ' is one ol the t.-scn.i.ii '. , ' . 1.. -.,..!. i. o...!;..e. . ..''. .eiiev.' tiial iiK e lemeids ' ol'lhal sa.-re I oi-iliii ineo. 'J'he Con'oaiiee well knew lint the w 'me or.im i1 1 ! y used at die Lord's SuppM- in this c.nintiy, w is more the pn-diert of grain thoi the vim ami their corrospoiuk ,.,s being iiware of Cue same tact, have made use ot the columns 01 un; ii'g' 1 1 quire whelh.-r ihe u.iferinented j lice oflhe grape Siionld Id use or il fermented, whether it slum not be diluted with waier. The Committee nave never for a moment, enti itam.-d a wish 01 thought that the fruit of thr rii.e."1 as used by our Ford, ! should ho withdrawn uom bo withdrawn irom die s.ici.um 11 ,11 nii.n .- 1 f.mt oflhe vine w.s .ise.l ,he.em- ! mittee woiii, Met attei .Pt lo m e o '. In "H 'Lir ,1 ..-b .ve disclaimI c "Oi ia I ill lie It r on oie !"' 0 1 ' ' . cd having any llung lo do as a soon ty, w,l!i Ihe sa- . ' . ' ,' . I t I ' . I Oi.' .1 S.-llSSIOH r i.i. 1.. . ..I. .... 1,. 1. ,.!. i ll ' 1 1 i,-i " - ' .... 1' . . . I . ........... r .- ' i""i '' ... 1I 1.1' . I ....'. lo i cclcsiasnt iin .M1..W...111 in oi.i-s 11 11 00 e' ... " - . -., I e. bod e The inonni I be comuiitlee maintain i" -' ''" ... , , ,, , v,,. ie I and which at two lull meetings I Ine Stale Sei.ens (iuesiion in 101 ' 1 1,.,,,,, ;,, ,, ,r ,1, to vv me ,. . 1 IV, lliev weie Ooce.eu o. m rl- . :. . . II I, . . I. . I , . , . i- . 1 Hid allot iir mioNicaliiig oiiiik. 01... , . . I I J except f.,r s..ei.imei.tal and un d ( 1.1 ii p,opoi., wrong to I. a se who chink wrong to sec, cy, and especially vviong lohf O.'H'O diunk mis m out country, w ho "can nevt r be refouned imlil the total abandonment of all i itoxlcatiiig drinks, as a beveiage takes place. iy onlerot Ihe lax. v oummiec. F.DWARD C. Did. WAN. CV. All the public joilll'.als are losp ,) give this no, ice one- insertion. :hi It is f- .ied that theie will he at b lions of uo'lais rrmaining in the 1'nited Stales, at'li r paving the rx ; verr.iiieut f.-r tie- curn ni. a--1 lii'teen mii-tieiir-uiv of tho tui 1 s ot I he zeo ; .veen w .) in. iou wo:e?l ma .S ei e , I t i'.ce, t,i9

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