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C11I11STIAN1ZAT10N OP CHINA, ;
' "The population of China, in tholirst century of
the Unrisiian era, t.n.uiu'"6j w miv ijuut
' A.npwhat short of 60 millions: It was about ihe
amef three centuries ago. Thoughsmce that
lime it has4ncreased to almost 400 millions'; yet
as in some of the centuries preceding; it wjits redu
ced as jow as 40 millions, (e prefer to speak in
round numbers for the sake of easier recollection,)
the average population pf th6 whole peiod, has
heen about 70 millions. ,;. If we suppose, according
Ko the ordinary reckoning, I t lat three gerieraiions
have departed this life in eac i successivejeentury,
it will follow , tiat since the Sanout said to his
' .fnUrtwrrs". " Go ve; into all the woild, ani breach
the Gospel to every creature," not faf from 4000
ma,smuch as he was- a f ebel and traitor iq his lord
Anil In t.iink ti'rotuVinc it PT. -J '
Let none therefore presume tp charge with in jus
tice the God of the. Christians, who is the perfec
tion of goodness and justice P'y Oniftu,rning to
Peking after this signal victory the Enineror com
manded all the Christians to .attend ixim at the
festivilot Easter, and briog with them their sacred
book,' bontaining the four Gospels. He caused the
book to be perfumed, devoutly kissed it, and direct
cu uiijnis nootes presem 10 uo me same. The
Mongol prince Barkajb also, anothej, grand soa of
Genghis Kan, oa a journey ta Peking, jssaid to
have iet some Chrtstiaa merchants, and to have
ben converted by them. On hi return he enjoinV
before
,1275,
were ent by Pope Gregory Jv, as. missionaries to
his subjects to follow his example but died
he saw his. . wishes realized. About A. D.
Vicenza and Tripoli,, two learned friars,
Over this: vast field Protestants' have too ionrr
slutabered. The London Missionary Societv
formed in i795, was the first to awake to its claims.
if torn, tne first, the Directors ot mat oocieiy resol
ved to send a" missioniry to China, as soon as a
suitable man could be j found. The. subject vas
brought ud vear after vear. but it" was. not ontil
1803, 4hat they succeeded ia finding a missionary
.m, the late Dr. Robert 'Morrison. Auejr several
years preparation at the. Missionary SemUaryj
uuuer ur. uogue, at uospori, mis "isikiguished
manr embarked for China, ny way of America, in
tou. ; .un nis way he spent anoui mree. weeks in
jthe United States, formed acquaintance witV seve
ral valuable Christian friends, and receive! from
MrIadisoa, then Secretary of State, lexers of
introduction to Mr.vCarrington,-American Consul
wuLuu. nis arrival ai ftiacao, uvrouerri thp
influence of the Catholic priests,' he' was ordered
away by nhe rortuguese authorities : and being
thus lorced to go immediately to Canton, found
a welcome reception from Mr. Carrimrton. and
millionsof souls, from China alone, have entered
nnon the retributions of eternity ! - What, then,
has been done Dy me louowers 01 LhristJ tor the
filiation ot all i these millions 'What is now
(3oin(r for thel conversion tp God of the present
veneration of near 400 millions more, of immortal
souls ? And what are the prospects, lat tne! present
-. moment, of eflecting1 the christianizati'9i ot this
' great and grovving empire ? These are questions
of the highest inteiest. ; We intend to devote this
particle to Ta rapid survey of the first part of the wide
field which they open to our attention, , f V' l
What has been done in past ages for the chris-
tianization of China? ;; The history ot the past
divides itself into four parts. Efforts have been
- .1 k- K r A nnctlac r f no KofftArifi n fKriitinnc
by the Roman Catholics, and b; Protestants. , .
Y ,! I. Apostolic . Missions
' ft has sometimes been questiohed,. whether the
Gosnel was introduced into China in the Apostolic
are. Mosheim doubts it Mr.l Gutzlalll in the
Appendix to his Voyages, took the sameround ;
but in his more recent History; of China he admits
. itshkrh probabilitv.! Chinese historians, it is true
..have no where described the early introduction of
Christianity j but this-l proves nothing agttint :!
a thpv confound all lbreiin creeds, and treat them
vith indiscriminate j contempt.i The evidjence' in
m favor is this." St. Thomas is denominated, in
the F.nitorae of the Syrian canons, " ihe Apostle;of
the Hindoos and the Chinese.' lie is said to
Tiare traversed a great part ofwestern AsiaL visited
' India, and finally reached Kambalu,Avhichaccord
ing to the latest researches, is the Kharxbalik of the
Tartars, and the Peking of ,the Chinese After
establishing a church in Pekinghe returnedhto
Ilindostan, where he fell a victim to the hostility f
l the Brahmins. ' This is confirmed by the' Chaldean
ritual, which says, " By the blessed Thomas, the
kingdom of Heaven was extended and opened to
, the Chinese.'.' If this be a fact, it seems an inter
esting circumstance, - that the, very Apoitle who
had demanded the strongest, and pa Ipablk proofs
! of our Lord's resurrection, was afterwards honored
to oear ni3 name 10 me mosi uisium regions ui me
jknown world. i Perhaps he felt, in the recollection
i of his former unbeliet, that he had much Iprgiven
and therefore he loved much. J ;
v , f I tiestoriati 'Missions
TheNyear 636 forms a new era of the nropaga-
.the translated patriarcH- the survivor of Ihe
deluge-the friend of Odd, and his juniors, Isaac j
aim xai4iCA--ii-v uie i3.WglVtT, Qna JOSuUa lilt?
leader of the.. host-Ahe""riious 1-inrrk--the Pro
phets the cyangt lists ai)d apostles; Paul and7 phn
the Missionaries Swartz, Brainerd, Martyri
Carey and Morrison have just gone ittp ; ind he
young brbthets, "who 'ascended .frpnjSumatnr-rr
and another; connected" with Missions. .Wisnfr.
has been suddenly sent for to heaven. T. f ..
xo ma.ui . rucie is ue wno i visea ao Jisp
"father, imother-rthy child ? Passing out of
your hands, passed he not,;intcT those-of-Jeaius ?
Yesou suffered, him. , Jf any other thaif Jesus
uaa saia,- -ouuer them to tome to
established at .Penang, Singapore,"' JBatavia, and
uanKOK, ior me oeneht oi.t;hina. iJut a survey
at. ' . !! 'II ' ' . ' . . '
-Peking, in compaaV with the celebrated Venetian
travellers Nicolas,-" Matthew, and Marco JPolp.
The missionaries, however, terrified by the daa?
gers of a route through s.many deserts- inhabited
by rapacious hordes, and filled . with scenes of bar
barity and bloody did not reach their destination;
m i;ayi jtrviuo, unuiuer lnar.seuvoy rope ixicq-
as lV.renetrated to the canital iif . Cbrna ' Rnrm
aiier tne succession -oi 1 iutuf iv.aa tor the throne
of his grandfather Ivublau ' Accprdinii:tohis own
account, he .erected' a, church in Pekinsr, but the
NestdyanSybit,triyVopposed :htaJ- The Tartar
Khan George who. was : a, Nestorian, 4ie .Brought.
over lothe Catholicfaith, and translated .theJNe.w
i estament nd the "Psalter into the language of
inq, cpuhtry. poo jars reprpeniaiipns, new mis
sioaaries-; were seatj out ; with, what successTwe
knew not, as circumstances not Ipng after arose
which put an end torthe mission. : . .-
A century atterwaras,thei ortusrueseuiscovered
the way to India round the Gape" of GoodHope,
and in lojl'todk possession of;Malacca.7 In' 1552,
the celebrated Francis "-Xavier, thinking, all the
success which had attended his laboriin India and
Japan! nothing, if he did .not convert the greatest
of natioas.'the Chinese, set but from Malacca with
the fimi purpose either to die. or to promulgate his
doctrines irk China. NoblerresbluiioalTtlioqgh in
.a Catholic iaissionary. 'Alas V that such a zeaLof
Uod should aofhave been altogethei accprdmg to
knowledge.!; With, incredible difficulty he was
at length landed on: an island; : opposite 'Canton
bui died before he could execute has design;! Three
successive attempts, by the r Dominicans-, lAusrus-
tines, and Capuchins to effect a lodgment ia China
failedj The Italiaa Jesuit A.fValignand Vicar
of India, who spent three ; months "in Macao in
1583, While looking at this immense but apparently
inaccessible empire, was heard to exclaim,' " U
-rock ! Orockt wlien wilt thou open 1'.. Choosing
from among the missionaries committed to his care
.the mbst talented, he caused them tp be instructed
f in - the Chinese lahguagei l The most celebrated
of these,:. Roger and Iticci, succeeded at'Jength by
consummate perseverance, 10 getting looting m
the empire, and thus opened; the, door for others.
Haying established churches m several places
Riccipsited the.capita.1, gained access tp the Em
peror vvan-iein, ana among nis converts soon
numbered JLe, a great mandarin,. and .feeu, a mm
ister of the-cabinet, who, together with his illus-
trioust daughter Candida, became a champioiiito th6 Chosen spot of space. W4 see, even on earth
husband, : encouraged the ' missionaries, educated Pla(es o .7 and 'V? Fa CM?CJ?7 V
.nAcL ;nronta iturhmtiafl.-fiiSfi. .Wt uar far more delightful than any we see. But what
to protect her, that Wtvas soon to become to her
the source of a thousand woes. ! Wjth the pencil
a t. ' auc.uaa arawntne scenes ot ruture me,
and they were tinged with sunshine. But' soon .
she-learned that the. husband of her youth tvas a
..u.aiu- ana vjaat couhj she expect Des
pair settled upon her pale brow, and aagnish
fwnffer bleeding, heart: : Not one ray of hope
shed its glimmering-upon he solitary path. -As
if destined rto woes, with jher sorrows her
cares increased. Two inlhnt rhildrpn demanded
hex attention and her tears, the youngest of which
u.s ui u iuw weeKs 01a, wnerxru mptuer, xeu a
victim to'neglect and despair, i , . -'.i--; :
:. And here let simDle nan-ative tell licr. .tale -of
r. XT ' ' T' wo... w hen her infant wai but iea days old she
Death, doesot quench inder fZ ftnt
uuju uavecaiu, 10, i-eain uoes noiauenca i,A. .v: -J:...t' s
: . . . . . .. . &. land snow. una. rtieTCinrr winds Hr talker nt i
cue to rTAin j-v.v u. I ) i . " a ' . . " - - w
on adrunlceri frnlir. SVftftnV- turiraAli)
llAf inns Ikn.. U..t I. . .11 .1 r ' . L T
. w.uaw wvu a uiuuitit-, -or a sisier. inere. i .was soon coniined to her bed of straw, f far such
,-rperhaps Jit . literally, was:) JNTo longer able o wiDcf-ox
reception
;ri.irrrir5r.n"7" draw Yoa toward heaven
of aiding the first Protestant Missionary to China.
Dr. Morrison's subsequent' labors are well known.
9y him chiefly, withhe assistance of Dr.! Milne,
who foined him in 1813J the whole Bible has hpon
translated in to the language of China, a work which
the Catholics, alters 250 .years missionary labor
never attempted ! v.'Bv him also a Chinese Gram
mar and Dictionary nave been prepared, which
will immensely facilitate the labors of succeeding
missionaries. By" his means, moreover,
unmese college was estahiished at Malacca in K- V- ' ?vr-- ,u-;.a?.hiie nvcr OLruawrences: on tnei ace to Hingston
181S.andis now under the superintendence of the neaven no.anractions t jV. 3 .v v.. v;lfa distance iof four miles) aad obtained a nhiadof
Kev.JMr. Evans, in a flourishing condition.- Sev- iieaven.ie gaining in attractions " every ; day. medicine at the apothecary's store.; and (left in
erai Chinese converts have been and are now ac- A rue the principal attractionscontinued the same, haste for bis sick family. He. was returning
.- , 6u3i' auiuu men l --- wiy itssii. uucs iiiumpiy ouuik.. auiye aj wun opnarent concern. ana was oassi
. . - ' . r 1 . ' . j r ' j . - .
a mother she whose eye -wept while it watched even to sit 'ok early-one morning as her! brutal
over tnee, untn at length it grew dim and closed, husband was setting off to the tavern to spend the
1 00k shejiom her cold hand, vjthine, while -.jet day,. she expostulated with him, and endeavored
her heart was warm, and itud she not:-1, am I to im'nress nnon his mind hPr d iWsspd nrid erh.
going to Jesus,;r Follow me there 7- . Perhaps cal condition. . - She seemed to succeed. - But, CH
one nearer, 6V .dearer . than child.than brother; delusive, hope, ' She told hirrrshemtist hive as
than mother the nearest, dearest is there. Shall sutance soon, or Iher sta'v in the land of the Jiv-
savwhp j T' Christian; . female thy : husband, ing ws sh6rt, : ' He seemed to feeL i She preraff-
;sea
cpuntrymen. 1 Protestant missions have also been tractions there now. which they "had not but a corner ofthWKtrPPt when nf his nii
md few months agoj ; aEarth, isIosing. How Jast i profligacy, I looking through the window of a
these; will naturally come under, our second Ji'ead Vl-Vf. r.XTh. T A :AWK. comempuoie grog sop saw nis comrage passing
of .inquiry, and must be leserved to a future opnor. V?-? vUi gau , -r ? ul aua SHlca mto.tako.soroe Hmg to drink.
luuuy, vnnsuans L iTPtesianis I rcme
4.00 millions of China. A mer. Bap. Md
Fr.ovi the JScxo York Observe r
TrJ
return; hfs' helpless family bein g entirely '', alone.
, ' aricl none of his neighbors having knowledge of
?to yet absence : !yet .this miserable wretch, on. hear-
ire oppor? j .i r.i.u w---L.'.i " 7 nT" "'"rT -:r
raber lhe th . FShb Wh" .V " ' Althoughthis inebriate knew that ihe relief, if
shall not return to us ? We shall iro to'therh.; VWT?T.W1.'U' fea
That is better., ".- r ' . .' . -
'Rnt thfi nfinrinnl nrtrnrtinns , I have
Jti&A. YKIvSi ATTRACTION. - ,V: -TT-.k " i.i
--: - I 1111 III II IIIITI I .- lll-l I I I III k r ;il IPI ttttxttt 111! I . . - - - - . - .
t WoniW wVnrnnf mnro mtrst : va.ua, .n aa lnZ the.sound of rum, andan invitation to partake,
i;wonderweafe not drawn to it If out bodies in nraver. ,H:bat nonrhWd ad U ox.ln? i?.11?. I!01!' soon lorgot a sutlmng.
, t., . " i- ' I T I J . -- ' . mm I .1.. r k. n n mtonf. hnT I. . ... .I- .
must frravitatft shmi d out snnls 2 It n nnrl Wn.Vrt:0 .W PV? uwuiv. im-MKH , iiui uuic jaws
th fin lira a ha (ni(n r nn.nnJ tl,n -l. ....'.U .1. ' 1JJ ; ui u.. iiv ,v : iut jjil k Wl U OIIU VI
ui uum -uuu auut aiun. - jji uviiu.il v id Luis i iucu lui us wiui a. nil i in Luiii. never i urns . . ann i .- . . . . -. - . .
tmnftfnm-tki h. k.v XzZ.' r ,..t,A ur. L' i r j - r l" 1 ana no id midnight revel fy. Here he re-
V- v M- WUAi V1 1 HUiX ULLfl IJUI II .III IIIK I VV til t rt.II I11L V LIJU- C 11(1.V tr Ill'Vt'I Kffll I III T IirTI 1 -' "- A - fc . ' .
spirit SaVetyTtheyo are men W,th Christ. venlyPath.' !Buttherehe reveals himlt f!.?
Wo one callcdat his house
supposipg that he was ai homo
re was tout rno lnena to
even'the'call of a" stran
ger to give, relkf. V On her V?d oftrawwith t
an infant on! each armband a feV shreds of covering-;
lay the sufferer pierced With hunger and
cold -the bed, fireplace and fldpr we're ai cover
ed to some derth bv the driftinp" snow. On hn
Heaven has attractions many j and strong J.-A u..ir .. . rri "
obey the heavenly attrdction ! How much more 1
powerfully earth acts upen us I How unwilling'
rShOUld seek those miners Which nrfnhnvp ivhprp I hort he. smils ' and thp. nntinns nf th envml-l
rnu .x: - .1': ' v,7v-;7V'"" "" ::VT; -T a heavy ialiotsnow.
H I have , been thinkina1. of the attraction of I "And there islHe. to denart ;. and be. with whom .-.. P- m '
uMv; 'w.. -.I. :-u...Lv V ri u(i:i;..,.j)'.v.u : w nisiamny.;- inep
wvujyii nuai ni.ticj3 in iieayen.lO uraw: SOUISJ x uux ucsiivu, as uciug.-w umsi mu.ii iu live. I -i,wW ,;c
i. :i' Tt...i..:r. .. t.t' . ' 'l mi...'. " i! j' i - tr i I rfnuet uisisiauce nor
to it. I thousrht of tho 7ac.I leaven has nlace. I There is his clonned Jiu inanity. If not having
vunsi says 10 nis aiscipies l ro to prepare a .seen we love nirn. ana in mm inougn now wc see
place for you. It is a part of the consolation with him not, yet believing, .we rejoice - with joy ua
I'll -'- - .- ' . m . m 1 V1V 11 Ml 1 . ! a
wnicn he comiorts them tnat jheaven is a- place spcauabie, ana lull oi giorya.-what will e the
and not a mere state. What a place it must be ! I loveand the joy. wjiea.,we shall see him as he
Selected out of all the vocation! in the universe is T There is He. : w i -
vnncUa infant in tho ChrUtinn faJth nnt nt har T more uciiguuui loan any
1 r.. j: 1 pnmannson can these hnar -tn heaven where
uvi CAitcuic uum wiiui viicsj auu piuiru iui uis-t t , . , 7 :--'. '. I -- - if . . " . .
frirmnnn A ah vniiimps on vJnrisiiaii noo.iriTiP. trnnsi- I cvtrrv imnir Jtccura wuaievcr .eve uaui . tsuuii or .wcaniwiia-uiwi iui uwicu;;
lated into Chinese ; put among them, strange to
f God!'Here
M. S.
sav was no translation of the .word o
lis orit? i of the striking differences between Popish
and IfrotesCant missions. It is not dimcuit to see
which rests most r firmly oh Uhe; authority of the
wordjof God: the Church which withholdsj or that
which bestows the t Scriptures. 7 1 How; different
-m 1 . . . t-Af- ' '..'.1..-
might have oeen ihe stare pLonma at mis moment,
had tnese missionaries been faithful td their high
Frpm the Christian Advocate and "Jourhaf: - .
SHOCKING 0dcURRENc -V
Some years since I was traveilihg from the
tion of Chnstianity in China, though not m its
purest form'. The Syrian monument, alluded to
by Mosheim, as found in Se-gaa-foo in the Chi
nese Drovince of Shen-se, on the borders ofTartarv".
. . . . . a . ' '
contains according to Mr. tjruizlari the lollowmg
' record. Obpwan, the Neslpriin, entered China
from Judea A. D. 636, after having escaped great
perils by sea and land. . The learned Emperei
Tae-tsung, whose royal residence was . fixed at
Se-gan-fop, in Shen-se, welcomed his arrival, ex
amined his doctrine, acknowledged its truth, and
published an edict in its favor.; A ! church was
built, and one-and-twentv persons appointed for
its service. News of this success being conveyed
' to the Nestorians" in the west, a great number of
the brethren entered China! as missionaries. For
almost eight years their, churches flourished, but
v.their mixture of superstition yell nigh proved their
ruin. In the reign of Heuen-tsung, Aj D. 713,
they were ;confounded' with the Boodhists, and a
1 severe edict prphibiting the WOrship.of idols, pub
X lished against them. The severity of this perse
v cution howiever, did not extinguish their zeal ; for
"'jCjirisUacity, even r in "its most deformed shape,
'. contains withiri it an invigorating and 'eviving
energy. Though we know little of their subse-
iyegt history, , yet j we are told that the LJhinese
vnurcnes Were constantly supplied with missiona-
(fties from Syria, doWn'to the time of the ferocious
Mohammedan conqueror, Timour or Tamerlane,
. ia the 14th century, whbse blppdy . hahkL swept
i them utterly away..- The Nestorians have ever
been among the purest of the Eastern Patriarchal
churches; though for some time! past-they have
partially acknowledged tre authority of : the Pope
of Rome. W -:Siy-'i-
.-. t ' i: III. Papal Missions. .. .. j,
; The Roman Catholics (chiefly: it would seem
&om political motives) have laboured in this great
Missionary field. Haiten, the Armenian traveller,
jnforras us that the celebrated Kublai Kljan, after
wards founder ef the Mpngpl dynasty irr China,
was baptized, with his whole house, by Itubruquis,
ttnissionarv sent bvi St. Louis of Frdnce, and
Pope Innocent IV. in 1250. L But Kuhlal was then
put 21 years of age ; he had not y et established his
' jower. and his conversion to Catholic Christianity
appears to have been; nominal, for whe4 Emperor
: Jf China in 1263, he declined submission, to ' the
rope. Yet ma nv facts show that this great con-
' queror ever viewed Christianity itsell with a favo
J?ble eye. Nayan, his uncle, a professed Chris-
. cniei, haa rebelled against . him. ! A great
number of Christians! were ia the ranks pf Nayan;
a&d the sign ot the crpss was in his banners'; but
"a army of 400,000 men was cut' to pieces by the
Impetuous valor of Kublai. C Whea the Je ws aad
Saracens perceived the banner of the Cross over-
larOWn.thevtanntofltViof.Viii'lctianc ToKft i.rtrrU:.
' fV?1he Emperor. Kublai severely- rebuked-the
proved atlv'intorrA..4 -.u-' -.. "r.Tvt.
i : uet .consistent with reason and jusuce,
imagination conceived ? The earthly Paradise
must have been a charming spot, " j But what is
that to the heavenly?'-'What is the Paradise as?
signed to the first Adam, who was . of the earth
mirthlir nttmnrpn ivith fhfit mirhniv1 hir tho
second Adatn.Vha is the Lord from heaven? State of New-Yorlr into the province of Upper
-. , - . .11. Af ' i - 1 i " i r- n r - . t s
It is a "purchased possession.7', The price it cost anaoa, oy me way oi jnpe jnrnmna ivings-
- . - - ' i i a. il . a. r r a i a
the pnrchaser, every one knows,. Now: having ; neiwcea uiciwo cnanneis pi me river
. . . j . . . " 1 1 - i !. :j .'i . ii' ' -i ' - i.l -.1 I a a'rincp von nfts nmr WrtI t' rT I innrt I elorirl
r trustJm gitmg the BihJe ireely ta;the millions purcnasea.ir,. ne nas gone ro prepare it to- set . :rT" HT ,,T v"
nrnnnd thpm: nr Prpn tn thpiri ns riftns rnnppr r m nrrTer in av mit-nts Ski 1 HTinn n ?. lltl waat " mt -. - " "-F'
i " . .. , . --7 -i . - . . i v - ,i - T '
Riccii diedl in .16 fO He was the first Catholic lplac 01 winter, late in the evening; waen icaneaatan
missionary r no naa penetratea mto me empire,! heaven . The place should attract us,!" - v.- mu. .-Aa uui iuw wumuwu ai ipuwiu
Then I thoug
frora the evils of earth.
fht ofthe freedom of the. place seyeral gentlemen were, sitting round: the fire-f.MHh-v
: nnlv wVmt ns in 'side engaged in conversation, v i A little interrupt
heaven; should attract us'to " it, but; what ' is not ted by my coming in. they madea short pause;
there. iAndwhat rs.not there? There; is no Soon one, of the company resumed the conversa-
fo go where tion,ana with tne spirit oiiriaination saja, w eu
that-man pugnt to De nung ipr sucn cxmaucito.
and had spent only;57 years there in his work; yet
whenihe died, there were more than three hundred
churches in the dinerent piovinces 1 What can
not one zealous man do, if his whole- soul be di-
Tpctpfl inwards lone obtect I 1 :"VVbat?mitbt ttioi
have tione nau ae aeuicaiep. nis lapors.wfne nies- i Vp":"-' w "v?
corf rVUfloompr !- ' : -.L' ""' - '.Vr":--'-v.-.vl no aitrht' i I No niirhfho'.Af4.rj
' . Ricci was succeed
equal if not superior
ictor nt thA new Mnnprnr Y nnr-leih. hift twn nnn-l ftv
cinal Generals Keuand Chin, the empress dowager. 1 thm 'Vih mVht ' in bnArAn a tvfctr nn mVht the slander and harshness of a bar-room conver-
f it
radi-
ofGod
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establ shed-as the religion of China, -bat'for-,'thef S-"?!?1 "i:1"1 "
Rnece-6f thIahtchob-TaitararmswhieK nla; p need have they there -of other. . ligR This
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xonaiiioTtr Hvnnsiicnn thd thrnrtp. Mprhntxa in thai SIUUVB CVeXV WflCfB .anu .DTlail.. . - 111 Uiiuu ia
end we have reason to reioice in this event, rather sweetTbut .no light is likethis.-
than to resrret it. Providence seems to. have, nur-1 ; And not onlv no. more - nisht there but no
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me empress. aersen, auu uei ?uu vuubuixijiue tne there t .What Shines there so perpetually
heir of the crownwere courted ;
ana hapuzea py ivome rerTmvsuii,in loou j t'haf lights, urheavenVhe glory :
ana uie iiuoiic laun wuuiu uuuuucss jiavc uteu i
sationr ana . 1 asked tor no explanation; 1 he
company soondispcrsed.'- arly in "the rhorn
insr I cal lied on a man fa ihe neighborhppd ' with
whom.l had some businessjo transact." 'Soon a
, CIJllCliia.il luucitu iu kii uuui. iijuiug w iuun
li was a. minu5ier, ; siaung mar, a -woman naa
died the dav before, and wished me : to stav and
attend the.funeral;. to ;whichTI consented, and
cririi . tii-:-irjit-Am'HirAifnf a nnipr faJtK I W;,a 'riof ,a frnm tV.P learneathe following particulars . j. -jj.; tne. in
j tki nrniriinfo ifrnm fnlllt,,, - . r i - : - ; -., - r - .. 1 human ' hushano oi thft ceceased. was a son ot a
snow had so
drifted it was with some difficulty he entered his
npuse. .- ah wunm wac suem as the bouse ot
death.! It is said the .fingers of the eldest babe
were stiffened to marble, and Ihe tear drop had
frozen' upon the infant's cheek.' His wife beithcr
smiled nor wept -life still- flickered with them
alLliIn this situation .he' found his--neglected
and perishing family-. ( Hewasintoxicatepwheri
no returnea set msmeaiane ana bottle iof runi
on a shelC and immediately left for his father's.
(nearhalf a mile sxlistance,) told his mother the
fire had gone out, and his wife was at home siclr. '
and wished sne would go over jand see tb her
at the same time stepping into his father's bar.
took a glass of brandy; as he came out, stagger
ed and felland there he' spent the afternoon. -
His mother vas unfortunately given to habits
of intemperance, -"and was then under the influ
ence ot ardent spirits. . Howevpr; with fire .and
fueLshe .set pfTto visit the abode of distresi. She
found the woman and children speechless, badly
froven. and apparently in the agonies of death.
AVith Isbme. difficulty she made : a fire, threw a
brick and stone into the flames i -and while they
were rieatmg she discovered the oottie ot rum. -
Beinisf ext-eedindv chilled she orankfreelvofiL
and thought it would do her gbod;: but! it only
deprived her of reason. By thls timthe briclc'
and stone had become very warm, and the; drunk-
en mother, applied them to thelnaked feet ofthe ,
dying woraaov T will .only add that in about
ininy- miuuu.-f . me niuut-i. incsaungerpunuer
heaven came to tier relief 4hat messenger was
and for this reason, jn for -them
the yqKe oi me aianoi 'Sin-A: ,.,, - A nd 'nn mnrp Hpnth " U Th InstPnpmv. s over
; Schaal however, and Verbiest, became favorites cpme at last. Eac has he enters the place shouts
tavern keeper on the Island, and was early addic;
tedptp nanus ot intemperance ine naa oeen
with the new frovernment.-and theEmDeror Shun-lU:-.rA.'.l rM, ax. if r "TVToJtp married to ' a MiSS B. lour or hve years.-- ; iNot
- - x -v - o -TT . i vmwtiuusiv. jn utitiiii- uii i law i ,-i.iviuii.i i . . .. - r -. ..-
v - . . . -. s ' ' ... a I withstfinrimrr -his esr v hnhiM flt dissi nation, ne
' " 1 mem IK' - I 1 A V 1 Ffl llMIT i - j - , - . n .
sorrow.
he, whe, next to Kublai. was the greatest prince
Catholie;- mUsioiftuYng.Ching,'ihSs"succe see tf
Vr. 170-1 wr, thpif PPmv nnd hanlshpa all tKpr weieeilt. JJUXltlS not Uiere. u "lio . cry.ng
Ttiiirtnaries. exeent suck as he found suherHpnt no expression, ot gnet..' neither snail mere ae
to nisunieresis iw court, turevcr irum wie empire, aiiuiuia yutm-.j -v. wc juiuk; "fcv , ... t"w"
By this order 300,000 native coaverts were depri- away.4' U Andhwhatvbecom Are
ved at once of their spiritual guides j many were they left to dryup ? f .NayGod wipes them away,
cruelly punished ; many' apostatized; but some Andthisis asurel sieii that the$ will ' never "re-
sieauiaiyvureu.vriwp.ic uu iciuy f tarn What shall.: cause weeping, wnen tie
found the. Savmurpulduwillinglbe- . awav tears 2 ; v,
neve mat an ine iruit oi inese missions was cnaii. , --1 -.j.-iVi: !n Won
t-ui AL.T-ka-f----t.il -.-x-i- j - I have not said that thete is no in neaven
might-be so here.. Successive eflorts have been have.pot thought that necessary. It sin was
since made by the Catholics to regain tfie ground .there night wouldbe; there,; and, the curse, and
1'iv.: rKtno w!tU little AflTok ifTJ A,Jr r,th nnAtW nfnor ow'lo-ilid tTllin OfSm. 1 heSe
IU 1U UIIIUUj UUl Willi ItlllC VUbV.
Regarding death, andall other. evils-the train oism.; these
them as enemies tp'the state, as ihfriguing emissa- arenot there. "Therefore siaJs ; not. we shall
nesrof;a foreign powerj (not indeed without? sofne be Wee him, for we shall see him as he .is" f-l
reason) the succeedins Em'Derors.'fieen-lunsr. and l, WKa ; th not 1 Dav is
4 ae pre-r there arid there ta thft blessmsr.that maKetft ncn.
Kea-king, repeatedly persecuted them;
io iae, iiuuuc iu ip-nas oeen less nosme. ana or i- . . - - . - .r. r .;erv.VnVi
. - T . A, - . .. i sorrnW'cirt? fnlnpss of iov-iov- unspeaKaoie
laiemai
country
and is
calenders of the Romish church. The number of f and doupts, and fears. And; glory is there an
rneir conTeris is aau iu uc ouu.uuu. rjui mev are rjxeeeams' ana eternal weiirni." ' . v -
f'eiieiaUyvWPoor 'Then Hhoiight ofthe society. It is composed
igotedr a' stumbling-block mstead of anonor ta the'JEe jofthe. Universe. The various erders
the: aospeL-They Jiaye lately manifested, muct, : 0f angels who kepttKeir firstestate-ras lpmhle
opposition to Mr. ' GatzlaflPa labors ;nlifiusrag , the a:e hih-lnbt ashamed, of men.' .Why
Lisbon, Naples and Paris, and fiom;30,000 the artlv also--all. the-choice, srnrrts. ofeyery,
to; SOjOOOJallafs arejexpended annually rw f ageandnation-rthe first manthe nrst martyr
had been . somewhat guarded and irudeut till he
was married. . He athen gave himself up to his
cuds and ; his carousals, neglecting his business,
scattering and destTOYinff. spending mil c h of hi3
"time in. the tbwii pf Kingston--o j-Jace noted for
intemperance- and . gam.bl.ing. tUt j was not long
before the last of his. property", tottere'd upon a
single card " ; . He haof spld the cletihg out of his
own house for rum.'and his wife was , left to con
tend with povertv and" despair, He soon became
one ofthe most abandoned drunkards 1 ever saw.
H had not onlv seemed to have forgotten to pro
vide or his family, hut U had become lis delight
in tod jaisiuisawi v yuw
-she miVht earn, or 'receive' from , abenevolent
frirjd :He lived on the west side ot tire- island
In a lojf hut- It Stood upon arise, exposed to the
northern blast that swept along the entire length
of lake Ontario. . Almost perpetually the nowi
ing tempest beat upon the lonely andshattercd
dwelling.-The rolling waves of ;th'e 'Ontario
were seen at a distance dashing their foam upon:
huce banks of ice, and the. roar, of waters And
storm aaaea to tne Qismat; gioem tuat reigut-u
within a drunkardls home. - v j -. ; ;, s
Hprelived the unfortunate'female whose un
fate I am httemntinsto'describe; " She had
married and confined to this orison rhouse
"Ah 1 hapless wo
nianlTittle did she think .vhen she gave herseu
tojhe man she'tenderly loved, and who proraiseu
he funeral dis
death. . i r V : - .: .
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It fell Jto- my lot to deliver
course of this unfortunate femalt, The feelingjr
of my heart on that occasion 1 1 will npt attempt '
to describe, - i When the lid of the coffin iwas re
moved,-and jr. any - weeping eyes- were "'casting
painful looks on her who had fallen a rittim to
the casualties! of intemperance,? I saw her hus
band j(the author of her hapless ifate). stagger ujf
to the coffin, and to all appearahcei with .a heart
as uhmoVed, and anjeye as tearless as the cold
and lovely form on which , he fired his drunken
gaze.- We all proceeded to the jburyjng ground,
and I a'pleasure in- seeing the coffin eon-
signed to its peaceful abode, liut when I naa
dismissed the audience in a Christian forrn, with
my 'own eyes J saw that drunkch maniac fetagfir
over tho fresh gra ve of his hosom companion.1
My heart failed, and my spirits moved within me,
and I could not 'refrain exclaiming m my ncarr
AlraightyGod! if itis thy, will that man.should
suflfer in this life, impose on me iwhaf vrl stem
eth good in'thysight4-Iet.me lire in the cottage
of poverty aU my days and Jwrd nought but the
tread of sorrow to eat, and wheii I am thirsUng
on a dry and parched desert ,le me findino wa
ter but mine own bitter tears ; and when my ene
mies pursue.ine and seek my repntalipn and my ,
life ; and I fly for protection to my last friend, let .
thai friend forsake me let all. this tome upon
me if I oust suflTer but O J. gracious Heaven !
deliver me from the all devouring and orcrwhel-
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Pareltt. Vt.rMareh 10. v -
She has since killed herself.
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