Summary-Accidents. chosen the Rev. Mr. Bedell for their Rector. 319 "Thy kingdom come,' will ere long, enjoy the holy satisfaction of hearing that these beneficiaries are become trophies of sovereign grace, and ultimately, messengers to bear the glad tidings of salvation to their benightcountrymen." The Sunday and Adult School Union of Philadelphia held their sixth anniversary on the 27th ult. when the annual report was read. This interesting document exhibited a brief summary of the operations of Sabbath Schools in various parts of the world. The number of schools in the Union is 419, teachers 4,891 and scholars 37,200. Several resolutions were offered accompanied by appropriate addresses by the Rev. Drs. Green and Stoughton, and Rev. Mr. J Hage, after which the meeting was closed with singing and the Benediction. Seventh Annual Report of the board of Directors of the Theological Seminary, Princeton. The managers of this Institution made a long report to the General Assembly of the Presby-ed terian church; from which the following particulars are collected: At the date of the last report there was 65 students in the Seminary. During the summer session eight more were received; during this session three we e regularly dismissed; during the winter session 44 were received. At the close of the summer session 7 students received certificates of having completed the whole course of study. During the winter 7 withdrew in good standing; and 10 were regularly dismissed. The whole number connected with the Seminary during the winter session was 96; and the number New York Sabbath School Union. now in connexion with it is 85. Dur- The seventh anniversary of this Soing the last year twenty-two students ciety was held at the Circus, N. Y. were licensed to preach. The aon the 8th ultimo, 3000 children from mount of benefactions reported, as 48 schools were present. Prayers having been received during the last were offered and interesting addresses year, is $1,910, 63. The managers made. Richmond Varick, Esq. who of the society also report a good num-has been President of the Society ever ber of articles of clothing the precise since its formation, declined a re-value of which is not known. In gen-election on account of ill health.eral the affairs of the society are prosperous. The Society expressed their gratitude for his long and important services, and chose the Rev. Dr. Milner as his successor. On Monday 26th ult. a society was formed of females for the purpose of receiving a fund for educating two Chinese youth who were present at New site for the Seat of Justice in Perry the meeting. These youth are from county.--We understand the commissioners Wampoa, who lately arrived at Phil-suitable place for the seat of Justice in said appointed by the last legislature, to fix on a adelphia, in a ship belonging to Ed. county, have selected a spot for that purpose Thompson. "The object cannot but situate on the road leading to Millerstown, interest the feelings of those who belonging to a Mr. Barnett, about two miles contemplate the influences of intel-pemises. lectual emancipation and evangelical Accidents A son of Mr. Andrew Blair, principles as auxiliary to the advance-on Saturday last, having went to the field in ment of the Redeemer's Kingdom in those regions where the prince of darkness has long held in captivity the souls of millions of our race. We cherish the hope that those who pray south, from the first location on Mr. Powers' company with another boy with the horses to 320 Marriages Deaths-Poetry. A person by the name of George Ely, engaged last week in blowing rocks, near this borough, was mangled by the premature discharge of a blast, we believe, while in the act of charging. It is said his wounds are extremely dangerous. Mr. Howaters, of Mechanicsburg, was killed some weeks since by the sudden falling. in of a Sand bank, under which he was working. How impressive the warning, "Be ye, always ready"", MARRIED-On Friday evening last, by the Rev. B. Keller, Mr. Daniel Fisher, to Miss Susan Armor, both of this borough. At Frederic, Md. on the 20th ult, by the Rev. Mr. Helfenstein, Mr. Geo. Leas, of Carlisle, to Miss Anna Mary Steiner, of the former place. O DIED--On Thursday last, Mrs. Elizabeth Reisinger, wife of Martin Reisinger of this borough. Near this place on the 29th ult. Mrs. Sarah Proctor, late from Adams county, in the 79th year of her age. On Thursday 29th, John Mason Duf field, infant son of the Rev. George Duffield. -On Friday 30th, John Calvin Ebaugh, infant son of the Rev. J. S. Ebaugh. On Tuesday morning last, Mr. James' Spotswood, boot and shoe-maker, of this borough. For the Miscellany. JOB XXXVII. Who rules the seasons as they roll, Directs their change from pole to pole; And animates the wond'rous whole Of Nature's grand machinery? Who scatters on the thirsty plain, The former and the latter rain,' When waving fields of ripening grain Reward the toil of industry? Who from the South in terror sends The whirlwind, when the cedar rends And the tall shittah's glory bends Beneath the blast all ruthfully? Who gives the hoary frost its birth, And from the chambers of the North Commissions clouds of coldness forth With all their chilling retinue? Who bids the blast of winter blow, Lays earth's luxuriant honors low, And mantles deep in robes of snow The bleakness of her scenery? Who by the mandate of his word Unbinds the streamlet's icy cord, And looks abroad the sov'reign Lord Of Nature's waking energy? When whispering soft the vernal gale Sweeps o'er the bosom of the vale And bursting tribes of being hail His works all sound his power abroad! Peace! Peace, presumptuous earth born worm! In yonder coming Tempest's form, Mark well the Lightning's mazy dance, And broad illume its canopy! And hark, loud bursting from on high Where clouds of blackness veil the sky, The Thunder rolls its terror by In tones of dread sublimity! Behold it comes! and God is here! He shrouds the sun in robes of fear, Borne on the tempest's wild career And marking wide its destiny! In gushing streams the floods descend! The winds their wildest fury lend, And fire, and air, and water blend In Nature's dreadful revelry! How grand the scenes of Nature show, PAUSE. He gives the willing winds command, Retires with graceful majesty! In smiles of beauty richly drest, Beneath th' horizon peacefully! And baseless as its fantasy! Of gorgeous colored symmetry! Near Shippensburg. Printed and Published by CARLISLE. No. 21. Religions Miscellany. "Say ye to the daughter of Zion, behold, thy salvation cometh." MR. WOLFF'S DISCOURSE. Vol. I. to receive the word of God and other publications which prove the doctrines of Christianity, with which I was able to furnish them, and for which I must here express publicly my Christian thanks and obligations to the Malta Bible Society, who kindly supplied me with them before my departure to the Levant. It is true the Catholics made at first some objections, supposing that we gave them translations according to the English translation. I had, however, at Alexandria the satisfaction of being visited by aged Jews, who came not with the intent of arguing, but as they expressed themselves, to hear from me words of peace." There came Jews to me who were already in possession of the New Testament, and were acquaint-This objection, however, ceased as ed and delighted with the contents of soon as I proved to the Levantine Cait. They received me most kindly tholics, that the Arabic translation when I entered their Synagogues, and was exactly the same which was pubeven gave me permission to read a-lished by the Propaganda at Rome: loud to them in their law. They and to the Italians, that the Italian complained to me of the decline of translation is that of the Archbishop learning among the Jews of Alexan- Martini, which received the approbadria, of which the plague, which pre-tion of Pope Pius the sixth, and both vents them from sending their chil-translations are from the Latin Vuldren to school, is one of the chief gate, sanctioned by the Council of reasons. (They mentioned to me the Trent. names of their distinguished Rabbis who flourished in the last century, as for instance their great orator Rabbi, Mose Israel, and Elian Israel.) And it is remarkable that Alexandria was visited 50 years ago by an Abyssinian Jew, who was only acquainted with the five books of Moses, and the books of Joshua and Samuel, and he told then that his forefathers had been sent to Abyssinia by king Solomon,ject entirely the Talmudistical tradiwhen he sent his expedition in search of gold of Ophir, and themselves settled in Abyssinia. The Alexandrian Jews have also been visited by one of the Beni Khaibir, who are supposed to be the Rechabites mentioned ined Rabbis in former ages, and acJeremiah. Favorable dispositions of Catholics and Greeks. I had likewise the satisfaction of observing a great eagerness among Gentiles, as well Catholics as Greeks, Visit to Cairo. At Cairo there are two sects of Jews. The first and most numerous are the Talmudists, who take for their guide not only the Old Testament, but likewise the Talmud, a compilation by the Rabbis about the time of Christ. The second sect of Jews at Cairo are the Caraites, who admit only the authority of the Old Testament, and re tions. I waited first on the Rabbies and Chiefs of the Talmudist Jews, and met with the kindest reception imaginable. I conversed with them first about the writings of their learn knowledged candidly the merits of some of them, (as for instance Rabbi Moses Bar Maimon, Moses Bar Nahman, Abarbanel, prime minister to King Ferdinand V. and Jonathan, Rabbi of the Jews at Hamburg.) They have 10 synagogues at Cairo. | about which I had conversed with These I visited, at their request, them, and I even had the satisfaction when they were all assembled to cel-to observe that a Jewish Father read ebrate their Kosh-Hashana, at the the Gospel to his son. And shall we beginning of the year, when they suppose that this inquiry into the sound the trumpet. After that, the truth of the Gospel will be in vain? whole congregation, shedding abun- Certainly not! "For thus saith the dance of tears, exclaimed, "Blessed Lord, as the rain cometh down and is the people that know the joyful the snow from heaven, and returneth sound. They shall walk, O Lord, in not thither, but watereth the earth, the light of thy countenance." I could and maketh it to bring forth and not help saying, "Oh that thou, Lord, bud, that it may give seed to the mayest shower down upon thy peo- sower, and bread to the eater, so shall ple the power of thy grace, that they my word be that goeth forth out of my may really hear the trumpet of salva-mouth; it shall not return unto me tion, that they may worship thee in void; but it shall accomplish that the Holy Mount at Jerusalem, that which I please, and it shall prosper in they may acknowledge that thou Je-the thing whereunto I send it." One sus of Nazareth art the same yester-look of the Lord made Peter weep; day, and to day, and forever, on and one look of the Lord may make whose thigh and vesture is the name Israel to mourn and enable them to written; "King of Kings, and Lord answer him thrice, "Lord thou knowof Lords!" I had frequent conversa-est that we love thee." tions with Jews on the subject of Christianity. More than fifty Jews at once called on me in the British Consulate and read for several hours in the Gospel. One whom I knew at Alexandria said to his brethren; "We must argue with this gentleman, and hear his reasons, and if he is right, we are obliged to acknowledge it." A young genteel Jew to whom I had given a New Testament, told me had spent the whole night in reading it, and he was able to tell me the contents of a great part of it. He told me that he intends to embrace christianity and travel about and converse with other Jews on Christian topics, and that his relations who reside in England have already acknowledged the truths of Christianity and are baptized. Whether he was sincere or not, this only the Lord knows who searches the hearts and reins. I distributed at Cairo above 100 Hebrew New Testaments and several hundred Tracts, and had daily conversations with the Jews, and even in several assemblies they discussed among themselves the subject In the Consul's house at Cairo, I expounded the word of God every Sunday to Catholics, Protestants, two Renegadoes and one Jew. They all kneeled and said Amen when I addressed myself to our Lord Jesus Christ, and besought him to bring back the lost sheep and to receive kindly the prodigal son. Some disciples of the modern philosophy advised me however to preach the Gospel only to learned men. I told them it was my duty to communicate the glad tidings of peace even to babes. Mount Sinai. From Cairo I went to the Red Sea and Mount Horeb and Sinai. The monks in the Convent on Mount Sinai, 25 in number, received the word of God with great readiness. Judea. But let us hasten to that land which Moses was not permitted to enter, the land of Israel, the goodly Mountain of Lebanon and Jerusalem.From Sinai I returned to Cairo and thus went through the desart to Judea. I came first to Gaza then to Askelon and then to Jaffa. Samaritans. Discourse of Mr. Wolff. I met at Jaffa with two of the descendants of the ancient Samaritans so often mentioned in the Bible. When I came to Jaffa a second time, I observed to my great joy, that one of them had read through the whole New Testament and was delighted with the conversation our Lord had with one of their country women, and he mentioned it with delight that his forefathers were not the cause of the death of Jesus of Nazareth. And The Armenians. 323 From Jaffa I went to Acre, and there met with 2 ews Jwhose heads had been convinced of the truth of Christianity. They were baptized in secret by a Protestant clergyman, who furnished them with New Testaments and Tracts. On Mount Lebanon I was visited by several Catholic Bishops, who desired Arabic Bibles and Testaments. The Armenians desired to enter into a strict union with Protestants. The convent Kanka there a Lancastrian school. The Arwas offered to me for establishing menians made me acquainted with the writings of their Archbishop N, who made the following prayer, "Spirit of God who didst descend at the river Jordan, and hast enlightened me with the baptism of thy holy fountain; I have sinned against heaven and before thee; purify me again with thy fire divine." I met with a settlement of Jews upon the highest top of Mount Lebanon. They were in pos session of the Hebrew New Testa a he made me a present of the history of the Samaritans, written 500 years ago by one of their Chiefs named Sheh Alsuri, who speaks of our Lord with high veneration. The Samaritans are found now only at Naplouse, the ancient Sichem, where are about 200 souls. The Samaritans have no Rabbis but Kohanim, or priests. Their High Priest died 50 years ago, and as he was the last of the lineal descendants of Phineas, they have no High Priest since, but priests of the family of Aaron, and Levites. They pretend still to know their tribes.ment, published by the London SociMost of them profess to be of the ety for promoting Christianity among tribes of Ephraim and Manassah, a the Jews, which was sent to them by few of Dan and Gad. They admit Jew from Saida. They professed only the five books of Moses. They know the Messiah under the name of the successor, because he is to be the Tahib, successor of Moses. They expect two Messiahs, the first to be called Joshua and the second and principal one, Moses. He is to be of the tribe of Joseph, and they believe he is already on the earth, and soon will make a most glorious appearance. They believe the resurrection from the dead, and future punishments. They like to have strangers come to inquire into their rights and ceremonies, for one of them said to me, we know that when nations from afar will come to inquire into our state, the time of redemption will not be far off." They sacrifice a lamb every year up-supposed to be 7,000,--and of Jews on Mount Gerizim. 10,000. After mentioning that in a 66 their belief in Christ. 1. Armenians, called and believed by the Jews of Jerusalem to be the descendants of Amalek. The Jews will not hold intercouse with them, because Antiochus dared to slay Israel. 2. The Romanists The Jews do not wish for intercourse with them, because Titus a Roman destroyed their temple. 3. The Ethiopians and Copts, upon whom the Jews look with indifference. The whole number of Christians is . |