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Persons sending in advertisements arc rcqni ?d to specify the number of times they are to 1 iiiso ted; otherwise they will be continued ti ordered out, and charged accordingly. 0*The Postage must be paid on all comini nications Letters on the Origin and Progress of r<. lagian Views in New-England, from i ? ? nr ri f * v distinguished iMeio-Jzngiana minister o the Gospel, to one in the South. Publish td in the Southern Christian Herald. EXTRACTS FROM LETTER VIII. March 7, 1837. My Dear Brother : In the Spirit of the Pilgrims for May 1933, Dr. Tyler published an article n which he exposed the misrepresentation! which Dr. Taylor had made of his senti racnts, particularly in the Review of whic! I gave you sonic account in my last letter Soon after this. Dr. Taylor published a letter addressed to the Editor of the Chris tian Spectator, the? object of which waste show that he and Dr. Tyler were, after all perfectly agreed. This was a very extra ordinary production ; and was, I believe so regarded bv not a lew of Dr. Taylor's particular friends, as well as by other portions of the community. That after having charged Dr. Tyler with adopting theories which involve the positions that " sin is a good thing"?that " God is the responsible author of sin**?that *A the divine lawgiver is a deceiver'*?thai " God is a criminal tempter"?thai 4,in no sense is Satan more truly criminal as ia tempter than God is"?that wc ought to praise God lor all the sin which we and others have |ever committed."? Andafier having affirmed that nothing but the inconsistency of Dr. Tyler saves him from being "tiie very worst of iieret. ics," and. that his theories "if carried out into their legitimate consequences, lead to universalis.^, to infidelity, and to atheism" ?that Dr. Taylor alter having said all this, and much more to the same effect, should come forward and affirm, that "we perfectly agree in every particular respecting these important points," was fiot a little surprising. Yet this ho did, and that too, without retracting a single position which he had taken, and without show, ing, or attempting to show, that Dr. Tyler had retracted any thing. Dr. Tyler published in a pamphlet some remarks on this letter, which closed the controversy between him and Dr. Taylor. In these remarks, after bringing into view a number of points which he had explicitly maintained, and comparing them with the Dr. Tsivlnr. 1 if; nroceeils to gt?ifcvuiv?iw v ? ? ^ r examine Dr. Taylors mode of reasoning by which he attempts to show that there is no difference of opinion between them, lie says, " He (Dr. Taylor) does no! pretend that 1 haveT formally retracted any of the positions which he lias controverted- But because we are agreed on certain points which have never been a matter of dispute between us, lie infers that we must be agreed on all tiic poin s in debate. As ifhe should say. Dr. Tvler and I are agreed thai there is a Clod, ami that the Bible is his word, therefore our views harmonize on every point ot christian doctrine. Now any one can see, that in this reasoning, the conclusion is broader than the premises. Dr. Taylor has said, "It is confessedly unauthorized to charge opinions upon any man on the ground of mere inference.'' Yet this is tiie very thing which he has done throughout the whole of his last letter. He infers that I admit certain posilions (in the face of my most explicit do. durations to the contrary,) because I ad. mit certain other positions. I will cndcavoi to illustrate Dr. Tyler's mode of reason, ing by one or two examples. Suppose that a Unitarian and u Calvanist are dispu tin?? in rcsnect to the doctrine ot the Trill ? ? "m 1 ity. Tlio Unitarian charges the Calvinis with maintaining that there are three Gods and goes on to show that thero is but on< God. The Calvinist replies, you misrc present me; I have never maintained tlia ihero are three Gods?I have shown thn the doctrine of the Trinity docs not in volvc any such sentiment. I believe a firmly as you do, that there is but one God I perceive, then, rejoins the Unitarian, tha we are perfectly agreed. I now understaiv you to deny the doctrine of the Trinity.? Again. Suppose that A. and 13. arc dis cussing the question whether all men wi "be saved. Says A. to 13. you maintain the Ghrist died for only a part of the huma race, whereas the Scriptures declare the he tasted death for every man. 13. replic; I do not believe as you represent me. admit that the atonement of Christ is sulli cient for a!! men, and that salvation is free! offered to all. Thero is, then, replies A no difference between us. I understan you now to admit that all men will be savct These are exact specimens of Dr. Taylor tnodo of reasoning. I)r. Tyler closes ids remarks with a" sun xnary view of the main points of different between him and Dr. Taylor, and of the practical importance. I Ie says, ? V * * d. Dr. Taylor r: 1 ai ntai n s, con I ra rv to n: * V" *" with the same nature, in kind, as that wil ) 1 which Adam was created. According to this view of the subjec 5 Adam was not created holy, nor is then ) as I can see, any real connexion betwee ) the sin of Adam, and that of his poster at ty. This position, therefore, entirely sub ~>? verts the doctrine of original sin. Besides c* If this position be true, infants are in 11 sense sinners, and do not need to be bori again, nor to be redeemed by the blood 0 re Christ. f>. Dr. Taylor maintains, contrary to nr belief, that the only reason that the poster ^ it}* of Adam do not exhibit the same mora ill character which Adam exhibited, is no that they have a different nature, but tha J- they arc placed in different circumstances This, if I mistake not, is the precist ? ground uniform'}* taken, in controverting the doctrine of original sin; and it seem: a. to me to be intimately connected with those ' systems of belief, which entirely discare the doctrines of grace. Indeed, if the de. /? l.l__ pravuyoi man is owing soieiy 10 mo oncumstances in which he is placed, it would seem that no other remedy would be needcd for it, but a change of circumstances. Consequently man does not need a radical change of heart by the power of the Holy Spirit. 6. Dr. Taylor and I differ in regard to the nature of selfishness. According to him, selfishness docs not consist in making our own happiness our ultimate end, but in love of the world, or in preferring the world to God, as our portion or chief good. Tin's I regard as one of the most dangerous parts of Dr. Taylor's system ; for ' it affects the very essence of religion?the very nature of holiness. According to ' him. s 'It-love, or the desire of happiness :s the grand principle by which every moral being, whether sinful or holy, is actuated. Ail have the same ultimate end. "Of all specific voluntary action, the happiness of the agent, in some lorn), is the ultimate end." According to this statement, the 1 distinction of moral character which ex, is:s among men, does not arise from the j fact, that they have different ultimate ends, but from the fact, that they adopt diflerent means to obtain the same ultimate end. The reason that one is holy, and another sinful, is, the one seeks his own happiness by choosing God as his portion or chief good ; the other seeks his own happiness by choosing the world as his portion or chief goo J. Both have a supreme regard to their own happiness. Consequently there is no radical distinction between holi ness and sin. Both may he traced to me same principle of action. I cannot but say, what 1 honestly believe, that the religion which is in accordance with this theory, is a selfish, and of course, a spurious religion. Besides?according to this thoorv, depravity consists in ignorance; and all that is necessary to elieclihe conversion of sinners, is, to enlighten them as to the best means of securing their highest happiness. Regeneration therefore, by the agency of the Holy Spirit cannot be necessary. 8. Dr. Taylor maintains, contrary to my belief, that sinners may so resist the grace of God as to render it impossible for God to convert them. 9. Dr. Taylor maintains, contrary to my belief, that antecedent to regeneration, the selfish principle is suspended in the sinner's heart, that he ceases to sin, and uses *' - ? ? ~ ^ iiMflt ?> */irne UlC nj'JJIIJS Ul IC^UllCliUIUU, ??lln iuumvj which arc neither right nor wrong. I have made the foregoing extracts for 1 the purpose of enabling you to see at a single glance the prominent points on which the New Haven divines differ from ; their brethren. That after all which they ' have said, they should now claim, that there ' is no dillorencc, or at least no important dif| fercnco between them and their brethren, is tru'v surprising. Dr. Tyler (3.) closes his remarks with the following observai i lions on this point. This pampiilet, as I observed, closed the , controversy between Dr. Tyler and Dr. Taylor. Although Dr. Taylor had given ' to the controversy so serious an aspect by charging upon his opponent the most blasphemous errors, and although Dr. Tyler called upon him in this pampiilet. to retract ' his charges or substantiate them; yet lie has not deigned to do either. Meanwhile the watch word of the party for the last ' three or four years, has been, "No dilFer"! cnce. ( 4.) '! Yours very affectionately /Vow the JVcie York Evangelist. t Boston, March 20th, 1837. Dear Brother Lcavitt?I listened last night with much satisfaction to the discourse of Mr. Bouchet, (pronounced Booshay) a clergyman from Brussels, who has come to j this country to obtain assistance in the j erection of a place of worship for a feeble evangelical church in that city. His text u was in the 116th Psalm, 8th verse: Fot U thou has delivered my soul from hell, mine tl eyes from tears, and my feet from falling.' n lie said, that after a critical and minute examination of a splendid edifice, we sometimes found satisfaction in goiug bad i and taking a general survey of the whole j_ ' As we were in the habit of listening t( y ! closo and minute examinations ofevangeli *. j cal truth, in all its various parts, he wonU il' undertake to present a general view o I. : the whole. s I After drawing from the text a genera exhibition of the great fundamental doc j. I trines of Christianity, he said such wen ;e the views entertained by the evangeltca ir j brethren of Ids country. Ho proceeded t j give a general view of the present roligi ! ous condition of that countrv. It was th ly [ remark of Luther, that the human rrdn M ' -i'-'O *\ dfnVr?r) ??>:?n !,^"~e-!v'rl' :h always tending to extremes. The time was, said he, when our land was lull ofsui, pcrsiition and fanaticism and persecution. -, But the French Revolution produced a n change to the other extreme. After that, i* there was no more superstition, and not > even a belief in God. In one instance, it became necessary to pass a la\\, allowing 0 men to believe in God, to protect the Deists n from persecution. It might be compared, 'I he said, to children playing in a swing: the more forward ihev are drawn, the more 1 backward they will go. So, the more for ward they had been impelled by stipersti' tion, the more backward they had gone in 1 impietv. This accounts for the state of 1 religion in France and Belgium in the beSmrcplv tlVO OT I Ul lllt^ vv asvui ji ^ vv., x,v. j . _ __ * three; evangelical ministers of the Gospel * could be iound in the whole country.? 5 j There were some Protestant churches; j j but there was no life in them?no Christ? no benevolent Institutions?nothing but a cold formality. It was universal death.? | After the downfull of Napoleon, there was some change for the better. Some British I brethren, traveling in the country, had i been the means of converting a few indi, viduals, among whom were some ministers of the Gospel. But, it was only since the revolution of 1830, that revivals of religion had been experienced. Now, they have two or three evangelical ministers; and out of the old church, independent of it, thcv have sixty or seventy churches formed on the voluntary principle: i. c. who refuse the aid of government, in supporting the Gospel. There is now scarcely a city in France that docs not enjoy preaching, though freequontly on a small scale, f Thcv have also their benevolent instituntios?Bible, Tract, Missionary, and Sabhath school Societies. The Bible and Tract Societies are blest for much good. Where \vc cannot send a minister we send a tract; and these little messengers arc often blessed to the enlightening and con| o O I I version of souls. At one of their anuiversasies in Paris, a clergyman rose, and I rnUiiJ ?I?r? mco nl' s? Snrinian minister. I VIUIV.U IIIV VUOV w* ?. WW........ .... who had read many books of controversy, respecting the Divinity ot Christ, and the kindred doctrines, but still remained a champion of Socinianism, while living himself in darkness and sin. While in ; this state of mind, ho was presented with j a little tract, entitled, "The Best Friend;" j which simply told of Jesus. There was not one word of controversy in it. But he felt that this was just the friend he needed. He laid the tract on the table, fell on his knees, and yielded up his heart to Jesus, "And now," said the clergyman, " I am that man." He is now one of the most devoted ministers in France. | Many others have been converted by such ! means. Mr. Boutchet then called our attention to 11 he signs of the times in that country. The Romish religion was declining, The vast majority of the people are not Catholics, j They have no religion. There is this ad- ( vantage, that they are without prejudice,; and can be brought under the sound of the j Gospel. The present evangelical churches are composed chiefly of converts from this class. One of the most distinguished Catholics in France has openly seceded from the church of Rome. This lias [ made a great impression. lie had boon at Rome, and returned and published a book against Popery. This book has a great influence. Infidelity, too, is on the decline. Sensible men are sick of it. Many of them say they are satisfied no human scheme will answer their purpose. This is probably the reason why suicides have so increased within a few years. A striking fact, illustrating the truth of this remark, had come to his knowledge. A gentleman traveling in a stage-coarh, gave a little tract on the j worth of the soul, to a fellow passenger.? After separating from the person who gave the tract, he rend it, and was very much agitated, and inquired of a fellow traveler if he knew the person who gave the tract; and on being answered in the affirmative, lie siad," Tellium lie has saved my life; for I had determined to go homo and set my affairs in order, and put an end to my life, but now 1 have learned that I have a j soul to live for, I shall not do it. One of the most profound philosophers 1 in the land who lias recently been to Prussia, declares Ids belief that it is impossible to establish a good system of education, which is not fornded upon the Bible. Another distinguisued person, a great poet, says lie believes nothing but the Bible remains to be tried ; and expresses his , hope that the Bible will be placed in every family in the kingdom. , In view of these facts, said he, we are ? grcatlv in need of two things: 1. We j want men. These can be sent only by the ; t Lord. Pray, therefore, that he would | send forth more laborers. 2. Our societies ? are very weak. Religion has been so long a time connected with the state, and sup? ported by it, that the people are not train; ed to giving ; and if they were, they are, in most cases, unable. We want help of . those who are blessed with temporal means. } It secnts to mo, there is no way in which . your means can do so much good, as by [ 1 strengthening the hands of these brethren, f He then presented the case of his own J church. About two years and a half since, j 1 he was traveling in Belgium, and formed - a small meeting in Brussels, the metropo- j e lis of that kingdom. This meeting soon il became a small church, and he was invited o to become their pastor ; which ho did, as - soon as he could be released from his fore mcr engagements. They hired a place of d worship, and a great many Catholics canie *. f,\ } >< *> ry^r-ntinorc. Tl*"^ '"h'lrcb MOW CV1 sist of about sixty members, one half con verted Catholics. Tliev hare formei their little Bible, Tract, Dorcas, and Sab bath school Societies. The Lord ha smiled upon their efforts. They liavi borne all the expense of sustaining tin Gospel; bft they are unable to build ; house of worship. Their meetings an now held in the basement of a warehouse If they had a more commodious bouse o worship, they would be able to reach ; much greater portion of the inhabitants : and thus greatly advance the cause o! evangelical piety, in the very heart of the kingdom. Rev. Mr. Baird bad advised him to visit this country, for the purpose securing the means of building a house o! worship; and that was now his errand.? And, if these means were secured, it would be all that w is needed for his church. He then snoke of the universal dark | ness that prevails in Belgium. The Sabbath was scarcely known. He had employed a young man to do some work ; and on Saturday evening he inquired if he should return again the next day was the Sabbath ; and that tiicy did not work on that day. He expressed his surprise to the servant girl, and inquired if they were Jews; for lie thought nobody but Jews kept the Sabbath. The girl, who had become pious while living in the family, replied, " Xo ; the Jews crucified the Saviour ; but worship him." The people people were almost wholly ignorant of the Bible. A woman, who bad received a present of the New Testament, returned to the donor, and said she was greatly delighted with it, and requested him to secure for her the next number; supposing it . 1 *1 1 I 1 ? io ue a pcnouicMi puuiicanon. Belgium, said lie. is a sacred land?the place where Protestanism once flourished, till expelled by persecution. It was the country where Tindal, the man who first publshed the Bible in the English language, was burnt to the stake. fn conclusion, he made a happy allusion to the aid we received from his country, in establishing our independence, and craved that it might be returned in spiritual blessings. After he had closed, collection was take" up, for the benefit of the object. Richard Carlile a Christian.?We copy the following from the police report of the London Morning Herald, February Oih : Mr. Kichartl Uarliie, who lor many years past sustained an unenviable notoriety as a vender of deistijal and blasphemous publications, presented himself before Alderman T. Wood, to attest his conviction of the truth of Christianity, fie produced a set of declarations, such as are taken bv dissenting ministers, as preliminary to other ncccssaiy steps to becoming a legal teacher of a concremation. He was desired to rend his deO O durations aloud, which he did, in a decorous and apparently sincere manner. The first was a declaration of fidelity to the King, and of abhorrence of certain Popish tenets. Then followed a profession of faith : 441, Richard Carlile, profess faith in God the Father ; and Jesus Christ, his eternal Son, the true God ; and in the Holy Spirit?one God, blessed evermore. And do acknowledge the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testament to bo given by Divine inspiration." The next was that he preferred the Protestant to the Roman Catholic version of the Bible. 441, Richard Carlile; do solemnly declare, in the presence of Almighty God, that I am a Christian and a Protestant, and as such that I believe that the Scriptures of the Old and New Testament, as commonly received among Protestant churches, do contain the revealed will of God, and that I do receive the same as the rule of my doctrine and practice." Having subscribed these declarations, the Alderman granted a certificate to the effect. The Alderman having congratulated him upon the oncasion of his appearance. .Mr. Carlile, in reply intimated that he had read the Scriptures frequently and care, fully, and the issue of that research had been the removal of his former errors. From the A. York Obsenev. Another Revival in Ceylon?A letter tho w?fL rl'nnn nf the American mis. Ji una mo ? i *? vj . sionarics in Ceylon to lier friends in this city dated geptcmbcr last, communicatss the following gratifying inteligence. "Tiie Lord has graciously begun to receive his work in the hearts of the dear girls in the school. There is nothing very strikingor remarkable in the work itself,only it is evidently I lis. * * * Every girl, even the youngest, seems very thoughtful about her soui. * * * 1 think perhaps most of the church-members in the school, with ourselves, had lamented the state of feeling prevalent, rather more for a few weeks than previously, and there had been a little more labour with individuals of those who have been thoughtful since the last revival; but exceptieg this, appeared uutil a week last Tuesday evening, when, after brother and sisterS. retired, they heard the voice of one in the girls rooms, weeping and praying as if in distress. That ceased; and then another followed in ear. nest prayer. Soon two or three of the church members came to the door and requessted brother S. to go out and converse with the girls, lor 'the Holy Spirit had come among them and several were in distress on account of their sins." He went and conversed, and prayed with them; and thus, I alter two or three of the girls had prayed, he ! left them, but they continued up tili midnight. ! Since then, though they have not practised I what would to some seem excess in spending mucli of the night in prayer, they have seemed disposed to improve every oppor. tunity in tiic day-time. Even the least, who l>/- -?|i?!! - J now leave all their play andatcnd meeting d | or read tracts almost al[ the time/' 8 I REV. MR.XEDIIURRST's APPEAL TOR CIIIN'A, "n ! The Rev. William II. Medhurst, who has " j long labored for China, and whose judg. ' j ment in respect to all that pertains to hei | interests, probably mav claim precedency ' j to that of any other individual since the ! death of the lamented Morrison, has just is1 I sued an appeal in behalf of the ul;ra Gangetic missions. Alter s'aling that Morri. I o cry son commenced his labors in 1607, and | Milne in 1813, the former having prepared 1 a translation of the Bible and a Dictionary r?f tli<> f!liinf?sr> lnnmuiirp: that nhnut twn el ?90 * . . 1 ! thousand pages of other religious matter " I have been composed, and above 500,000 ' Tracts and books put into circulation: thou| sands of Chinese vouth instruced in the | schools; myriads of Chinese converted4' and I reasoned with on the subject of religion; ! some dozen individuals baptized; that one | native convert is preaching to his country, j men; the Anglo-Chinese College establish! ed a' Malacca for the instruction of more advanced youths in the sciences of Kuropc, and the literature of China; a vocabulary of I the Canton and Fokien dialects prepared ; . nnrl ?li/\ ottil wIlAIYI^ r\C tli/? I'lrrTHnfTO ClIJ'l IIIU IUUL5 llliu IUIUIIIQ 1/4 lliw well understood, so that great difficulties have been removed, and a foundation laid, broad and deep, for the future usefulncrs of every laborer?he thus describes the Access to Chinese beyond the limits of China. The stations in the Malayan A rchipclago, I where the Chinese emigrate in great numj bers, afford a quiet and safe retreat for those i missionaries who are disposed to sit down in the midst of the people committed to their j charge, nnd instil into their minds the doc. j trines of the everlasting Gospel. About a million of the inhabitants of the Celestial j Empire may be found in these regions, j amongst whom a system of Chris: ian efTort , may be carried on without any interference I with the powers that he. Should our labor! nrs h;? successful amon? these, as tliev all - 0 m , contemplate, and many effectuate a ro:urn to their native land, mncli Christian influence may be exerted on China itself by re- | turned emigrants; and while the interior of, (Chinais impenetrable by Europeans, na! tivc converts may go through the length j and breadth of the land, carefully though ef-1 , feciually spreading the blessings of Christianity. In these out-stations we have now i four missionaries and one assistant study- * | ing the Chinese language; but what are they j among so many ? Even if we contempla; ted the evangelization of the Chinese cmi. i grants alone, what are four or five laborers J to a million of people ? Access to the Chinese Coast. 1 But our views arc not confined to the emi igrants; it has been discovered and proved | that voyages can be made and landings effected on any part of the coast of China, < ? I! .; 'P... t\xnf I ITOm Iiuinuil lU Vinucau lunmj , ui'it though the visits on each occasion must be ; short, ihe efforts made may be great, for thousands of Tracts may be freely distrib' sted, and tliousands of natives fervently ad. { dressed in one day; thus, instead of one ! million, one hundred m'llions may be brought j within the range of our influence, and efJ forts made which may reach to the capital, j or even to the throne; and is this little ? Is i this a day of small things, to be despised, j when the object still in view is the conver; sion of a third part of the human race, and i when these are the stepping-stones to its ; accomplishment ? True, the utmost that ' 1 - J to tlin Imo'v nnfl j can DC* UUUt* CM! IIIC C-wnoi, m mv, .... : indiscriminate distribution of Scriptures and I Tracts, with a few occasional words of exhortation; but who can tell but even this I may prove, in the hands of an omnipotent | Jehovah, the power of God to salvation ? 1 Mr. MedhurCs view of the Chinese Edicts. i True, the powers that be have issued i edicts upon edicts against this mode ofope| ration, and have scut orders to all government officers to drive the missionories away | with fire and sword, even threatening to stop j the trade. But we know by experience that , these edicts are never intended to be put j in execution, and that the threat of the s opi page of the trade has been fulminated after j every successive expedition, and fulmina| ted on each occasion in vain. The coast ! of China is therefore open for the occasion. ! al visits alluded to, and we only need to I proceed vigorously with the work, to the 1 extent of our opportunities, and then we ; mnv the more reasonably anticipate that ? - > j God would open anu twiuuu IIICIU. I Missionary Ship. i A missionary ship is likely soon to be pro* 4 vided, to be devoted to the especial object | of earn ing the Gospol along the coast of t China, Chochin-China, Japan, Cambodia, I and Siam, with the numerous aud interceti ing islands of the Malayan Archipelago. There is work enough to keep such a ship constantly going ; but how shall ice prepare ! Tracts / and how shall we spare men to go | on these important voyages, unless we have I a large accession of laborers ? Mr. M. then proceeds to allude, in terms of the highest commenda'iomto the esrab(iishment of the Ophthalmic Hospital in Can[ ton, by Dr. Parker, the American missionI nry, and what might probably bo done for I China by pious physicians, in advance of oil i other missionaries ; and states, that the clij mate of China is as salubrious as that of | England. ! He then contras's the difficulty of acquir. ins: the Chinese with that of the English ianguage, showing the very great number of irregularities and obstacles to be encounterod in the latter, that a child learns one Ianguage almost as easily as the other, &c. i from which he concludes, that "the formidable obstacles, that have hitherto frightened ' ; *Thc word converted here w? rapposo to bo an * error.?KP. IT:*?I.\LP. s so many of our English students, are con siderably reduced by a comparison with out own language, and would vanish entirely before the patient assiduity of the determined scholar." ; I Ie closes with the fact, that China must he ' evangelized; that the means are plain;(hat to wait for China, herself remaining pagan, to open the way of access to Christianity, is absurd; and appeals for men to enter the service and to enter it now. THE AMERICAN SUNDAY SCHOOL UNiON To Auxiliary Societies and Others. The anrxial meeting of the American Sunday School Union takes place, according to the constitution, on the 23d day of May next. We hope wc shall be more successful in this than in former years in our. i efforts to secure from auxiliary Unions, i Societies, and Schools, the reports which, | in the terms of their connexion, they have - * /? t c t? :? _.i_ | undertaken 10 lunnsn. ourcjy u wuum ! cost Iif.lc trouble, and be an advantage to tho j auxiliaries themselves, as well as a compli| ancc with their con ract, to answer these j six questions: J. What is the name of your society ? 2. What number of schools have you ? * i .1. What number of teachers ? 4. What number of scholars? 5. What number of teachers have made a public profession of religion in the bust 12 months? G. What number of pupils in the last 12 months have rnado a public profession of religion ? If the exact number cannot be ascertain, ed, an estimate will be of advantage. There are tnany other items on which wa shouki be very giad to have full reports ; sush as the state of the libraries, the benefits they have caused, the influence of the scliool's on individuals, families, and neighborhoods, interesting facts, whether favorable or other, wise, in relation to tbe schools, the state of education, and of religious opportunities in the vicinity, &c., &c. Such reports as these we would gladly receive not only from the officers of auxiliaries and other societies and schools, but from individuals, whether connectcd with the schools or no% and whether their reports be commendatory or the contrary. We especially ash the the attention of ministers, and prominent laymen, in all the churches, to make free communications on these topics and on all others connected with our operations ; and we hope superintendents and teachers will not only express their views and communicate facts, but try to induce their pastors, and intelligent members of their churches, or their neigh, hors, to net upon this suggestion. If it will be any encouragement to this service, we promise that such favors shall not be filed away without notice, but that they shall be used in the Annual Report, or the Journal, and a copy of the Roport, in paniphiet form, be sent to any correspondent who desires it. All communications on this subject may he addressed to. Frederick W.,Porter, Cor. Sec'y of the Am. S. S. Union, Philadelphia. IIOW FAR NATURTE IS COMPETENT TO REMEDY DISEASE. From Rush's Inquiries. By nature, in the present case, I uuder* stand nothing but physical necessity. This at once excludes every thing liko intelligence from its operations: these aro ell performed in obedience to the same laws, which govern vcgc:ation| in plants, and the intestine motions of fossils. They ure as truly mechanical as the laws of gravitation, electricity or magnetism. A ship, when laid on her broadside by a wave, or a sudden blast of wind, rises by the simple laws of her mechanism ; but suppose this ship to be attacked by fire, or u waterspout, we are not to call in question the skill of the ship-builder, if she be consumed by the one, or sutd; by the other. In (ike manner, the Author of nature hatb furnished the body with powers to preserve itself from its natural enemies ; but when it is attacked by those civil foes, which are bred by the peculiar cus'oms of civilization, it resembles a company of Indians, armed with bows and arrows, against the complicated and deadly machinery of firearms. To place this subject in a proper i ? - r i -ii J_i: ? .u ngur. x sn<tii ut'nvci <? msiuijr vi i iv venerations of nature in a few of the diseases j of civilized nations. I I. There are cases, in which nature is still successful iu curing diseases. In fevers, she still deprives us of our af*petite for animal food, and imparts to us a desire for cool air and lold water. I hemorrhages, she produces a faintness, which occasions a coagulum in the open vessels; so that the further passage of blood through them is obstructed. In wounds of the flesh and bones she discharges foreign matter, by exciting an inflamation, and supplies *' e waste of both with new flesh and bones. II. There are cases, where the efforts of nature are too feeble to do serf ice, as in malignant and chronic fevers. III. There are cases, where the efforts arp over proportioned to the VI , , strength of the disease, as in the cholera morbus and dysentery. IV. There arc eases, wher?? nature is idle, as in the atonic stages of the gout, the cancer, the epilepsy, the mania, the apoplexy, and the tetanus. V. There are ca?es, in which nature does mischief. She wastes herself with an unnecessary fever in a dropsy and consumption. " She throws a plethora upon the brain and lungs in the apoplexy and peripneumonia notha. [Typhous Pleurisy.] She ends a pleurisy and pcripneuraony in a vomica, [absoss] or empyema.? i She creates on unnatural appetite for food r. ' :.c hypochondriac diseasn. And, Infill