Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 15, 1876, Page 11

RELIGIOUS. cetarian Insiruction fn the Frublic fichools. E{act Froduced in Pennsylva- nia by President Grant’s . Des Moines Speech, To-forrow’s Sunday-School Lesson --David and Goliaih. Is the Roman Uatholic Church In- torested in Politics ? The Moral Influence of tho Sunday Morning Papers. \/hat 1s the Effect of Christianity up. on Modern Civilization ? Tho Prince of Wales Among the DBuddhists. RELIGION IN POLITICS, TAE CATUOLIO QUEATION 1N MENNSYLVANIA. v tive Kawtor of Lhe Chicago Tribtna : I'irisnvre, Pa, Jan, 12.—Tho religlous insne made by the Catholica in the Ohlo Gubernatoriai caranaign I8 bearing fruit protitienlty. Tho ene ¢ wedge which waa thero drivon bida feir to ata o gulf in which tho Roman Church iu thin country will fiud {ta grave. The rantings of in- terested pohiticlans had no offoct upon the popu- Iar, or intelligont mind of this Commonwealth, g hut for tho Catholics thomuelvos thers would Lave bocn no arouss! of antagontstic sontfment, ‘a0 hanghty aud _dictatorial position taken by tho Catholic World upon tho expressed s:sumption that the communicants of the atholic Chiurch were largely in the majority, peiut of population in this country, aud that tl:ey weuld foreo tho direction of Governmontal nSars futo s chanvel agreeadlo to their wishes end demauds, awoko tho latent onorgios of I'rotcatanta, of all donominations, and beyond rciadvanturae tite Centennial year will inangurate areliyious cooflict that will not end until one or the othor of tha pazties Lave uo longer atrength enough to continuoe the battle. This may eoom like pretty sirong language to son fuIllinots whore, apparontiy, this feeliug ns yot has had no romarkablo expression. Dut here, in the Keystono State, all clussca of socle- ty foel that Tomo has tsken its position in tha strugglo for rollgtous supremacy ia this couotry, and that it {8 tine for all Protestant dovomina- tious 1o begin marshaling their forcos for the fiay. The war in Ohlo ogainst THE YNCROAGHMENTS OF PAPACT, wan,-after all, of & very negativo ohsractsr, so for e1 regnzded future conclrulons, and it scemn that Pouwsylvavia is fated to take the vau of ag- Gressive Protestantismt, The Desstalues spooch of Proeldont Grant thrilled tho Proteetant Leart of Peuneslyauie. ot becauso it gave no comfort to the Catholics, but for the rcason that it vigorously onunciated shet fnndementnl priuciple of our Qovernment walc, whilo ndwitting all czeods to the utmost froedom of worabip, unmistakably declares tlint o creed shall control or interfero with affairs of Btate. Beyond n doubt that npecch will be the key-note of the pobtieal campsign fn this Stata cunug this year. Already it han entored into, aud inllnonced, in an appreciable degreo, loeal rieelions, and it 18 not within the province of wat to prognostiento the oxtont to which it will n. Tho audacity of the Catholies in elaim. proprietary taterest jn the Democratio 1ty of Ohio, and, in pursuance of that undis- . buted claim, forcing that organization into sup- pliznt subwission to thelr bebesty, seardlod the Lrotesiants of this Btate into sction, and TUE END 18 NOT YLT. , Tho tima intorvening ainco the Ohio electlon tzw | ecn omployod in fecling the popular prlse, auil it tho election wore to-morrow the trotest- ant olemont would be ready to strice. Tho ole- went of Protestantiam in this State is no longer ilintory; it I8 aggressive, and tho nttack cneo begun thero will be 1o ceseation of hoetili- tew vutil the supremacy of elther the Catholic or Proteslant party is decided, Hore, tho !'rot- retanta beliove that tho Bible in the public echools was made tho subject of the first ntteck of Papacy more as a trial of strongth than an thing else, If the attack eyventuates miccees- tully in any of the States of tho Union, but seore particularly in this, tho Koyastono State, the Catholica will bo encouraged to go o, in tho Lope that they will bo succossful in breaking down the whola systen of public echools, Anti-Iapists in this State watchod tho fight in Ohio with approbensivo juterest, and it 1 not taeir policy to act solely upon tho defonsive. ‘Lo bmproasion that the contlict would ba suon direted mcrous tho borders of this Btato was widesprond, and tho buatle of pieparation for tha fiay bos been and {8 n:anifeat from contra Lo circumfloronce of this Cowmonweaith, Thinke ing men ol all classcs uuderstand that THE BATTLE 18 NOT FAR OLF, and this Biblical quostlon, which the Catholic CLaurch hins seized upon as the vohiclo of 1a first ix9anlt, I8 of sufiicient itoportance in this State to command a carotul ond exteusivo treatmont at the hauds of Deparimontal oflicors in their sunual ropoits to the Govornor and to the Leg- icleturo, ‘Iho Hiate Superintendent of Public Instruc- tion,—tho Hou. J. I Wickersham,~in the conrss of an oinborats report upon tha condition of tha publio schools of tho State, saya: Tho schiool systom an orgenized in Pennsylvanis can Tewh with it fuctruction eud tralning processes the gxeat bouy of the yaut of the State, Tue uutnber of «bililren now i attendance at the ‘mublia’ schools fv Over 100,00, The uuinber iu private schools way pos- willy rcach 60,000, Iublic echvals uro now opon in eveiy part of tho ‘Commonwealth. No Pennaylvantn cLild neud grow up in fguorance for want of un oppore tunity to attend school,” ‘The work uf elomentary sda. cation amiong 1k iw almost wholly, and that of higier watlon partially, dono by tho'chiools calabiivlivd uadvr Stato lawd, Theso schonle, therefore, Lnving 1n Lot handu 1 great part tho fustruction cud {rauing ©f 0uF youtls, Juust boar a large part of tho blanw fur whatever may o wrong in the suclal or 1noral condl- {en of tho poaple, na thiey aliold shars proportionate- Iy the crodit sorwhatever advances wo_sre inaking tiwards o higher ond hetter civilization, 1u short, the €3uon menoold will bo Sudged, sa thay ougbt Lo be, fiim the auality of (homen who secciva their educss tien through tuslr instrumentulity, Tha fricuds of {uamon fchooly canuot shirk, If tivy destrad to do o, Lur reapousiUility In tbls tatter, and they should hitaten 1o dsvolop tho full_cagabilitivs of (Lo trust ay 84 ogent of soclal nnd woral reform, 1t may bo well 10 inquire what capabilities of thls Klod our aystems of comimion schools poveces. THE PEUILOUS FOSI1ION OF TUE COMMON-BCHOOL HYHTEM is woll known to him, uud, taking lis cue from Troridont Cirant, ho ewys, under tho caption quoted ¢ 14 OUN COMMON-6CHOOL RYSTEM IN DANGER? Tha President of the United States on o 20th of Beptember Lty at w rounion of the Ay of the Teue Doveeey Wolch ook plica st Des Noinu, Tu., read & carwd. [ly prvpared specels, i whieh oceur thezs algnifls canut words ¢ "u A Nepubllo Mike ours, whero the citlzen fa the soverelyn the oficial the servant; vibero no Jopre lu excreised oxcept by tho will of o peopla s it Important that o wovereimm, the peoplo, should boeseas futolligence, Tho fren school $a tho prowoter Uf that intelligence’ which 3 to preseve us sun frea Dition. 1f woate to Lavo unother contust i tho noar future of our national exfetence, 1 prodict that tho dis Viing tino will not Muwon and Dison's 3 it between patotim and o i Jtho onu bl and e T Lelisve o gooul Umo 10 beuln the work of strengibeniug the outidutions of the structure comaonced. by ous furer fathiars 100 yoars 830 a4 Lexington. Lot us all labor to add all uoedful guaranious for (he wocurity of fres 1h0uglt, free spuucly a frey Press, pure moculs, unfote teved réligious wontfments, aud 'of equal it and Irivilegen to all tnea, Irreapectivo of natloustity, colory vr religiou, Encourage free schools and resoive thii 1oL ono doilar f 1mony ap prop Flated 6o Lher s0ppOrt sball b appropriated Lo the mupport of kny sectotfan school, Hewulvo that nelther the btate nor tation, nop Yot combined, slall supyort istiiutions of leviutug cther tian those sufliclunt Lo alord o avery ohitd #rowlug up tn the land the opportunily of & good come inon ecliool education, UIIxed with soctastan, paga, or sibeigtical dognuas, Luxva the imatier of rellpion v e feuly atar, s chiurch, sud Abo Drivels tchool, pported entirely by privae contributions, Keo Churcl sd ti lala iur‘c‘v«r sojarate” oh, Sy sing thase men| Tesldent could Lave bad Lub ome manisy mru waznlag the peopls sgainst a danger which ho Lotloved 18 threateniog the systema of froe education In ihiscountcy ¢ and, combing fiom an suthority 80 high snd with weiglit enough to tireak & long and ktudied minnce npor’ pubiie affai® of lean importatice, atioh {oreshadowing of spprosching evll may weil canea the frietuls of common schools to tank about them and prepara to mret. the expected en- ey, And theso frienda will not e Inclinrd o relax thelr vigilance In vicw of tho events which lavore. cently trannrired louching 1 eommon.tchool fuose tiun o New York, Olifo, New Jernoy, Missouzi, and clanwherd, lore tho Buparintendent ludulges n A BRICI BEVIEW of the fundamental principles of the common- achool syatem, and, in connidoring the fntluonce of the Bible, bia boldly etven It placo as (ho cor- nor-stone of our civilizal Rteturning to tho threatened invasion of the cotsmon-schiool Rvelam, he says : 1fere we stand, Bchools must be maintained, eup- ported by all, fres Lo all, and Lair to il a il Al parLies muat gend thielr children to theas schools, or with their own means cipply others Letter mnited to thede wanla or wishes, Thero siall bo no_division ot tho public school ful o cilizen alall b ex-:| emplod from taxation for achool purposes, No publia achiop! ahall Lo in nn nffensive seunn nectarian, aud no stetarian achicol shall Gvor rocefvoa dollar of 'tho peo- ple moncy ralsed for the support of the people’s schools, The {nteyrity of the sehool system must bo prenervod againnt all who aball dara to asaail it. In that concluding paragraph the Buperintend- ent gives vigorous exprossion to the popular ncm“vmoul. of the peoplo of Pannsylvania upen thin queation of tho division of the school fund, Quaker Stato though it be, THL PEOPLE ARE TTONTERS thoir coats aro oft now, and they sre fairly ach- ing for tho other, vido to give them pgage of Lattlo. In thin controversy tho Proteatant Chureh will not Lo quicecent Apectafor, Iu tha lroadest aoneo of the term it will bs a chuich-mihtant, ‘I'he minirtera of Allegheny Counts hava an As- sociation called “limsterial Evane velical Awsuciation, of Allegheny County, and meet —monthly to § tho; discuss ovents of lfio day which bnve a boar- iug npon rolizlous matters. Duting tho credal ntrugglo in Olno tnis Association ummll? noted regalty, and their well digertod concluglon was that it was time for thamn {o begin sction. Tho Asnaciation embraces minlaters of ali Protestant denominations, and their fraternal conveeationa heget & good fecling that militates ageiost, anl practieally ontops, tho denvminational bicker- ing 80 common 1n Romn oilier places. In tha Decembor moeting of this Jivangolical Arsocin- tion this quoxtion of tha Mible in the putlic echoola was dircussed, aud TRV KLY, F. LEROY RCNOCR, a Preabyterian minlstor of this cily, was nomi- nated by tho Soclety to Yreeont t0 1, at 14 next meeting, tho Irolostant staudpomt in the con- trovorsy. ‘Tho Association met on the aiternoon of tho #d inat., and, with one or Lwo exceptious, tho Prolestant churchos of Allogheny Connty were represcuted by their pastors. Tho Rev. I Leroy Sonour, orator of tho day, rend an ex- haustive paper upon the Protestant aido of tho question, rich in theological leatning and bistorienl rosearch, and faultleks i roelorio and logie, from his premince, 1lis conclusions were ¢ That {ho ftale must continuo Lo axereiss ite right of giving educition to the tuzanes, sud that st ofl Laz- nrda the Biblo zoust be retaivod in the schouls, ‘Lo coutribute to the support of Catiolic rehiools would o suicidal, becawso the instant Liat ono fect wan (hus favored every ofhier eect n the Isnd wonld demand ke consideration, nnd the result woull s the viter domolition of our public-schiovl ryatem, Mr. Honuur fa, abuve all things, an orator, and Lo delivored his pororation dramntically, — Ilin fnco was lghtod with a flory religious zeal aw ho thunilered forth tho description of the position which wns FORCED UPON THE PROTEATANT CHURCIE, Tioferring to the Bible in the schooly, ssid bo: And just Liero we 1nay aa well tako our staud, and Jut heroand now it may a8 well bo sald an hercafter, that tha people of thin great and free country will not ivo up their scboole, nelthor will they cousent to tha 1126 uf Achool Sunds for octariau purposes, Tho times ars_ominuus, Great _oventa nre comlug from tho womb of the futuic, Let every palriot, every lover of our fres nstitutions and glorlous Reputlle, etand by our cchonls aud our xword, * wilich i3 the word of don," {f wa would hand dawn {o onr children end u Lorn generations the noble bheritage bogueatbod to us by our fatlers, The congregation of misiaters wero in full ze- cord with the cutiments and conclusions of the Rov. I, L. Louour. I'hio wpeech of tho nokuton was mado by tho lov, D, D, Howard, D, D. Atr. Hownrd is patriarchat in appearance, though he has not yot attained threo score years, ko1 of toli and communding physiquo, and he speaks dramatically. Ilo was in full sympathy with the conclusious of ilr. Lenour, and, i donouncibg the attomptod encroachment of the Clurch of Romo upon the comnion echool-system of tho country, Lo rose to A TRAGIO HUBLIMITY, Baid he, and hia voico rang out clear and slrong: **To do thi thing would be an fusult to God. The Berlpturen are Titw rovealed will, and to removo that hook from _the mrchools, where there are thoso whosa s aro ripo to recalve {ta holy fmprosaions, would be to flaunt implety in tiie face of lcaven, Ho nuro 8s thin uation does autfer that fnwilt to God, Ho will smito us, To drive that Look from tho schioois would bo an insult to tbo luritavs, who, throuph Dlood, tears, and mirery, beld fast upoi that haly vol- wme, uud, whenin despair fhey Hed frum sectafan sypression to thly country, they brought that Look with them and set 1t up in thetr Nouser, churcher, sod selwola, Tiually, who are theo izt ask us to deprive our children of the kuowladse of falih that can unly Lo gotten from the Bible, look back for a bundred yoars when onr aucestors wero cngaged in thut terrible iruggle for independence, ond whero will you find the uncestora of thevo peoplo who are now (rying to diive the Lible from our schaols? Thoy will La found awelling the ranks of tunariny of King George, striv- iug to crusls us ot of exlitence, Hera you have a description of an elemont, new to the politics of Penusylvania, but which will bo & contiolling influonce in the impending aad in futuro olections, and in the horoscope of thio Prosidential clection this elomeut must have o marked place, nE 1, ——— SUNDAY-SCHOO!. LESSON, DAVID AND GOLIAZIE 1. Sam., zvif.—L'wenty-soven yeara boforo, the Philistioes were completely roated at Michmash by the nrmy of Iurael, DBut now—1086 B, C,.— thoy had recovered their spirits and thelr milis tary strougthy and were fully resolved to wipe away the disgroca of that disastrous defeat and regain thelr lost ascendancy over Inracl, So they collected their martial forees at Bhocoh of Judab, Baul and Lis army were oncamped noar the valley of Elah. Tho Philistines were on a mountain on the one elde, and the Israclites on o mouutnin on the otberside. Tho valloy of Elah was botwoen tnom, BSuddenly Galiath of Gath—a descendant of Anak, the father of the Anakim, a famous raco of giants, whom Josbus desiroved, appoared from tho rauks of tho DPlhilistines au their champlon, i o., a8 & person, who in bolalf of Dbis own pecpls proposed to sottloa national quatrel by engang i singlo cambat with o chiswmplon of the other party, Thia giant, 0 fect or moro In helght, wore aholmet, o cont and boots, all covored with emall pleces of brass, overfappiug each otber like the vcales of » fluby, leaving Do part expoded but tho eyes. Ho carried, a8 o picans of dofenso, u very lieavy eposr, whoso iron heed weiglied %0 pounds. A man, bouring o ghicld, went bofore bim. 'The glont ndvauced ju front of his army, and cned oty “Lumonoof the Philistines, "I um their chvmplon, Choose your chnmplon, Lot lim moest me in a duel, 1T ho kulis me, then wo will bo your servants; butif 1 LAl hu, then you shall bo our servants, I dofy the armicy of Larael thin day. Houd me o mun, nud we will fight.” Tho distance fiom army to ariny wan o mil v, or moro, The glaut camo 0 near the luuelites that thoy could ulstinetly bear Lis challenge, And s during thirty-uino days the giaut ropeated his words of deflauce, and tno lsimolites wero greally alunned 10 neo a man of 8o enor- mous & stature, And then his boldnces und byaey, his nnnoyance and ingolenco, to proposo the sorvitudo ot (od's pecahiar people, as tho zosult of nsingle combat batweon litsolf and o champlon whom ho commanded them to solect, wag too much for them 1o bear. No heart was Saul, 1 will bo the mun to daliver luuel. 1 will meet this uncircumcised Philistine, {hig brawgare in o duolk.” Baul's con- netenco again wa distarted, musie bad quioted it, but that liad lost its influence, It had pro- duced n temporary cali, but calms are often foliowed by eforms, Bo Bavl's avil spuits wore strengthoned by rest aud ovorwhelmed L, now and then, ‘Lheee ovil spirits took him and rolled him over and over in thu deep waters of gloom and devpair. | They wonld net 10at, nor let him sest, ‘Thoy disturbed and disgnivied lim imoro by miplt than by duy, ‘They uwearly destroy- ed Lis life. ‘They did what they could 10 mpair his wmnd, A gulty condclonce oiten makes cowurds of us, wnd sometimes makes ud fools. Uod'n woral laws are not arbitrary, but are bsded ou human roason, and confinmed by infnlio wisdom, ro that in oboying them grout rewurds result, oven iv this Lfo. Poor Baul st times wes besrly imbecilo, 0 when the sweot Lurpist of Letter dayy )uouuutcd bituself oy champion for tho deraclites bo did not kuow him, Jesso Lind pand 1o David, ** I wich you tocary to your brothers in the aimy eowo purched corn and there ten loaves of Lresd, aud present 10 their Caplaio of thouvands thoto ten cheescs, and inquite how your Lrothers sre, and bring home a pledgo.” The solalers of Israol, when iu sctive worvice, wore wout tosend home, ss proof, that they were atill living, lock of their hisir, or picce of tholr closuiog, - kLey ware supplied wiih focd stont vnongh to say by thoie friends at horme, No doubt David would have proferred to remain at homo., After his moomting, lug songs wera moro sweot and u In his corlior days. Ilo felt conncivin that God was with him, and his aves wore cleater and strouger, hin oma wers moro acute and puzcenbibie, Ha could seo moro dirtinetly the wisdom and power of (fod. Ho cauld nppreciato Letler tho wweet barmonien of the imiverse. ** My Croator, Proverver, leuncfactor nrt Thom, tecaive my soul's homage, when heforo Theo I bow, lowever, too next morning at an enrly hour, leaviog bns shoep in the care of a kecper, David ntartod for the eamp, which ha reached Just sa tho liott of Inrael was staiting for the fight and shouting for the hattie, David jumpod from his carriago and ran for the 1anks, 1o roon found bin brothors, and saluted them. Whilat ho won lalking with them and othiers, tho pone deroun ginnt advanced, and ngain, for the tor- tioth timo, defied the armies of Imnol. David Lieard his doflant words and saw tho atiny to- treating and shaking with fear, Eaul had pro- claimed thal whoovor wiil bo our champion and Inli that braggiug glant, tho King will enrich areatly, will give bim tis daughter fn marringe, und mako hix fathor's Louse tres in all Inacl, David inllnlrud what compensailon tho man who killed tha glant might expect, aa the laborer in worthy of hiy hire, even when a regard to God's will and pleauro fa tho primary and prin- cipnl causo of Lis activity. Pounibly Michal had made an impraeaion upon his-hoart whoen Lo was tiying to neotlio her father's disturbed wind, David's willingneen to wing and play in tho proa- nenco of her gloomy and wicked father surely demanded ber gratitude, ‘Those besutiful eycs und rosy cliceks which bis desr mothet had so of- ten kinved ; hinsweet heavenly songe, which must have avracted augels s they paseed over the Il of Bothlebom,—all were ot unobserved or forgotton by Michal, Tomsibly they raw euch othor in coch othor's oyes oven at this time, Liven God rolected David s 1is choiceat and best. When Haul was ferrified, he offered tho richiont roward the Kingdom poseegsed, This daughtor, Mictial, if a healthy and prous girl, well doveloped in body and miud, mikd in tewpor aud loving in disposition, was worthi a huodred fold moro to Dayid than all the 1est of the roward, David eonld eanily acquiro riches, and Lils prow- ces and pongs sould give him aud bin (he freo- dom of the world § but Mieual was o gift from Ileaven. David eaid to thoro about him, * Who i this unciromneired Philistine, this bragpart. o holdly defyng tho srmies of the Jiving God 2" Lliak, his'older brothor, heurd bis words, aud was an- gty with bitn, and sud ¢ ** David, you ought to ba at home, tevding your theap. “You want to €00 thoe light, don't_you. Go Lome; thia 18 no place for boxs! Wo want men” Bomo ouo, heariug the tall, ren nith great speed to Saul, and repeated it to him, vho replied ; * Send bin (o mo at ouco.” e soon appeared, Heul did not recognizo Lim. David kad no doubt grown during his five yeres' ahscuco. f*Let no man's heart fail, becauro of this uncirenmicised Philistioo,” David ex- climed 3 *Thy servant will fight hiw.' Houl replied, **You aore but a youth, and Lo liss boen a warrior uearly sl his ife. Younrenot ablo o fipht hiw.” Have yon seen him, covernd from head to foot with anim- puuctinbla military dressz” **Wihlst I was tending my father’s sticop,” David replied. **n tion carried away n lamb. 1 pursucd bito, Lim, and euntched tho lamb from b ) and, whon ho ettacked mo, I wnized him by tho Leard and killed him, At nnother time a’bear stole & lamb, I pursued biw, delivered tho lamb out of Lis mouth, and slow the bear. Now this uncircumciged Philistive shalf moot o siml- lur fate, beeause ho hath defied tho armios or tho livieg God. God delivered mae trom the jaws and paws of the lion nud the Lear, and lie will deliver ma out of the hands of this godlers Lhilistine. Letme goand xmite bim, 2ud take away tho repioach from lsrael," David saw tho ;gisnt rising slowly from his seat aud making o great dioplay with his ghitter- ing atmor, his helmet and cost of mail and ki leavy meunu of defeuse, wero looking on groatest interost. and confldent, with foar, Tho champi ons approactied within talking dis- tance, Tho giaut hardly deigned to look at thuse Inir cheoks and that nuburn hair that bad won the ndmiretion of many maidens. Ile sueered and gcofed nt biw, and tauntingly said: ** Am 1 A dog " Tho ginut doubtloss expected old Sunl would advance and aceept his ehisllenee, or if he aid not, thon he really hopod that the commsud-~ or, Abuor, would i1t with him. Saul was focble, —Wus prosirated by cares and toils, snd much more by bia bad life, and now by anxioties lest tho giant ehould be wictor and he should bo taken captivo aud placed i a prizon and pun- tahed for his many wins againet man and Gol. Goliath bad broas on hiz outer man to resist David's smooth stono, aud brass on tho fnney wun to resivt tho will of tho Qod of feracl, Dt both were uecless, 'The gold of reaerve and Lu- niility would liave saved his life. Simplieity of character aud wodesty of condict alwsys com- 10and respect und confidence. Bruss s now aud then needed, but gold Is ulwars in demand, ‘Iho Phitietines wore contidons,—trusting in their own strength, Tho giaucand bhis puuple emiled in utter contempt of David. Tho klaw of Gohatlh’s gotug torth to meot n boy was ridicu- Ious onougli, Goliath swore aud cursed, a4 if pro- fanity could lend bin sny sid. David rephed to this sboee, ** [ come in tho nume of the Lord ot oste, God {s with me, 1 have no neod of broes to protect me, 1 am weak, but God 1 strong."” Bo as Duvid wont forward, o felt entire trist in God, aud kaug fn s soul, Lord, my God, 1 Thee do I put my trast, Saveme from him, who would rend me in pioces, Deliver mo from my titroug enetoy. He 'Iiou my stay, my ehield, my buckier. Deliver me Jrom tho violent man, Thou art God of Israek” But David walked nirmly, saying in bl soul, * God is with 1oe. Ho wiil not leavo e nor forsake me." David hnd somo advantoge over his onemy, which he did not hesitato to use. Ife could vhng lus stone frow o distunco. It tho first failed to it the unpiotected epot, he could try again, ‘Lho giant swore and cuised by his God, **Ab, you siripling, I will give your carcas to tho vui= tures and the wolves,” Lavid cried out, ** I toll you, Goliath of Gath, your brass and shield, syour javelin aud sword, cuunot save you irom destruction, for the Lord God of Hosts will this very day dehiwver you iuto my bands, [ will emite thee nud take” thy tiead fiow thee. 1 will give thy corcass and the carcasses of tho Philis- tino host unto the fiesh-euters of the air und to thio tlesh-caters of the forents, that all the earth may know that thero s o Ged in lsracl, For the Laudtlo & Jehovah's, aud Ho will surely deliver you nto our hand,” ‘The gisnt thought that wuch words froma Atripling to bim, tho largest man in exintence, woro teu insuiting sud ontregeons for kiw to bear. Ho ho strodo forward, epear iu haod, big sword in My scsbbard at his ade, hully deter- unued to throw litcla David to tho vauwures and the wolves. David eaw bim pooderouly nd- vaneivg, aud eaid, *'I'ne Lord 4 ot 1y vight band, I fecr not what thie giaot can do," David biad rejected the protection Sanl wonld give lum, ood eaid: “In ‘Ahoe, Lord, will I trust, aud dLou are my shiold, my buekler, my dafeune.” David bod pelected” fivo muooth stones, and placed them in his little bag, In lus tighit haua Lo Lield bis sling, to the uke of swiuieh ho bud been traned fron enrkicat e~ toral lifo, go that, ko the 70 left-Londed Bou- Jemimites, ho conld sling stunce ut o hair snd not niss, 1f neod be, David evuld outrou hus opponcat, for bavid's tout wero Lo hnd's foes, (', 22, 88.) Dut todo thls would dufost tis puipueo, e proposed to kil the nueircnmcleed Pbilistive. Ruuuing with lis bagg 10 the foo l\:m» uot the way ho caughi tho hon and the ear. .o David burried on, until he was &t tho right distance from the pianl, when, wub Wi wwrombling hhu«j, ha placed m Lia sling 8 bmoutl 0LO, Uiving his trusty tling o fow twitls, faster aud fester, to lend tho slone mote furco, hu lot 1t fly, 1t hit the only unprotected soot on tha giant's surfnce, ‘tho gianc stumbled sud fell, The Philistings, seving their chawpion fall, ran at double-quick narch over the bhills aud down throngh the valtoys, David hastenod to bus prostrato foo, drow his sword from its scabliard, cut off his hoad—a capitol prize—and lugs it with its helnot i trnuph Lo camp, wayiog to bumgell as lio wends his way slowly slong, ** Blussod bo the God of fsiael” In Him did 1 trust, e Las given us the victory Abner ordered his forces to sturt in pursait of tho enemy, wiio woro ko alarmed st tho defeat of thoir causo that they tled at once, leaving camps, sud furnitize, and equipage, all bebiod. David hud reached the camp, and was brought 0 K huul' who smd, * Whosa son art thou, young waw David replied, I nia the youuy- uhl uan of thy servant, Jouso of Lotllehoin : 1 Michal, your youugost daughtor, at homo " w2ied David, “BLO i in ber rural retreut with Lor maideuy, aod sho 18 waiting to cougratulate you aud to thank you that our country is free— St you killed that unciremociaed Phifistino,” Michul bad not furgotten bim. Lhoso bright oyus, uud tLoso roey cheeky, and thone awoct hipa 1may havo loft thelr fmprees upon Liur heart ; or posribly aud probably, tho, .fium straing, aluiost iLHpirad by Loaveuly Inffnencer, may bave to oaoited Lor soul thui sbe thought sho way uear tho peaily gutes of the c-lcunul'fnuudom, Abuer, Communder-in-Chief of the Army of the, Jordan, eaid, ** g‘unn Lis cowe from har retreat, sud save that Michal and ker wmidena aro iu o Ligh gloe, tud are dsucing and sloing, *‘Lbe glaut bas fallen and our army is 1reo § Joliovak bus willed 1§ and our psopls are f18e~ Eoth armice ths rrr.fi;’cl:h with the Tho Philiatines wete joyful ‘Tho lsraciltcs were trenibling Jehovat, our helper, and wa are all free.’ They do not sing ahout yon, David, ron of Jomwe," ex- claimad Abner. *‘They giva all the &mlno tn Jeliosal *And very rightly,” safd David, * He 1a tho (ireat Commauder of the Armios of lsrael, To Him, all glory belongs,” “Jgehovah bn with you,” ' mald the Klug with mors than his ususl bonignity, David Lasted over the Lilla and through tho for- eaty, minglug a8 ho went: “I will praies Thea, O QGod, with all my heart, ‘Thon hast punished that unefrcumeised Phifistine. At Thy word he awnmbled and fell. ‘I'hou wast my shield and my helinet, my uirength, and tho Lorn of my salva- tion, Qur fatuers trueted io‘fliee, When onr people trombled, Thou didat defend them, Thou didst deliver them from their foen, Thon didat #avo mo from the lion'y fawe, Thou didst de- liver mo from tho encmy ihat wonld seatter my flesh to the wild beasts of tho forents, Dless tho Lord, O my woul, and forget not all hia benefita, dhou bant filled my cup with joys.” As theso Iaat words wero uttarcd, David pasrod a rustio bower by the rosdside, and thoy had hardly nhnuml Lis lips swhen Michal rushcd out to meet them, g S CATROLICISM, 19 IT INTERESTED IN POLITICE ? To the Titer of The Chicago Tribune Lincors, 111, Jan, 11.~In your {asuo of Jan, 8 appeared an articlo written from Alamtowoc, Wis., and aigned by Charlea Wedolrtedt, doing Injustice to the Catholic clorgy and to tho Cath- ‘olic people, I, an Amorican citizen and an American Cafbolin, deem it my duty to correct Mr, Wedoslstedt In his misrepreeentations. The Cathotic clergy do mot desira to becoma ongaged In politics, and, 1 their dis- coutges from the pulpit. they have sl wayn avoided ollowing politice to enter; and Mr. Walelstedt cannot prodice an inatance whoreln thoy have dovintea from this rule. Wedelstedt's argumont is caleulnted to create s prejudico apainat Cathnolics smoog Americsn peoplo. At least, an observant reader would so wnfer from his manner of speuking, Ho ex- ciaima : * When the Catliolica gain the ascen- dency in this conntry, then religious frosdom 18 and ho presumen thet at some fu- turo day they will Lo in the_ascendovey. Upon what reasons ho bases Liy belier that religious freedom will bo st an ond, I eannot surmise. Allowms (o reler him to countries where Catholiciems s in the secoudeney. 1 will reler him, for instance, to I'rasee, Austria, Italy, and Belgiuun, 18 religions freedom at sn end in thoto countries? Ceriaulynnt. Al depomina- tious aro tolernted in thown countriea, aud the |lmopla sro freo to worslup God ns thoy choose, hen, dons untbolicism i those countries wean ‘individus! despotism of both soul and body " Let us esaming juto the stato of AfNnlrs . DPrussip, whero Lrotestantism is in the ascendency. ‘Are Catho- lics nllowed the priviloge of exoiciaing their an- thority in matters pertainiug to thoir cburch af- fairs 7 Tho tcodms publio are awpro of tho fnct that tue Catholic Bishops sre imprisoncd and persccuted. And why 7 Bimply Lecause they have undertalien to exerciae tholr auihority in vogard Lo Meir chureh ofiairs,—& right that is allowabls in oll civilized countries. Then, does DProtestantism in Pruesin * menan individ: ual liberty wnd freco government # " Anl but the friends of Biemarck will say we have mo nght to excommunicato auy of our membors, L ossort that we have tho sawe right to excommenicsto or expel mem- bars that eny oiler charch Liaw, Catholicimin hos concedod ns much, if not more, for liberty in this conntry, ns Protestant- inm, Americans, nccompany me back to the days cf tha Liovolntion, any” period, whon thot stutely huod of patriots wero hatthing for frece dom (many of thew beisg Catholics), the Lirit- isb Goverument (o Protestaut one), secing that 1t could bot couquer our forefathers, declded to vend to our ehiores o number of Hessian hirc- Jonga to subdno toem, ‘hes were hired from tho Profestant Drivco of Heese-Cusaol, nnd their deeds of cruclty will ever he remembered by the Awnrican peoplo, When our resources bzd al- most Lecoms vxhausted, our forefathers applicd to Catbolie Franco for aud; and how nobly she responied. furntehing us with men and money to resist the Hntisli !~ Now, in view of all thesa facte, Liow can u conrciantions man -oarert that Cutliolickm menns despolisin and i§ranny tor Dboth soul snd body ? Mr. Weslaletedt says thare can hs no alliance between Protestuntirm and Catholivon. Iagree with lum, and thivk thera cannot bo so louj; an euch idens 88 ha pcesersen are approved or to- doraed by the peoplo; and the sovuer such idess aro ccudemned the soouer wo, tho peoplo of this freo and indopendent Governmart, will onter into no era of proeperity and pesec, Neapect- fully, J. haer Wpaoxpy, —— ¥ CHRISTIANITY. 1TS INFLUENCE ON MODERN CIVILIZATION, T'o the Liitor of The Chicago fyibune: Cincaao, Jan. 14.—Aftor reading the very able and eshruetivo eauay of Dr, Dutideld on thio Bi- ble 1n our public schools, I venture a fow sug- gestions, ‘That Christianit fsnot apotent elemont in civilization i evidenced by Abyesinia, Thero it flourirbed for faurteon couturics, and no one can claim a very bigh degree of civilization forit. Tho samo may be usid of Mesico, and South American countries, to which it mill Le replied that three or four conturies {8 too short to try & system, but in comparivon to what thoy were when the Christian Spnauiards iutrodaced civile ization, have tho pooplo impraved ? Aro they botter, more humane, botter members of tho humau faxily ? Compare svcicut Greeco, and India. Which country has the most Leraes, best laws, pocts, puintais, eculptors, ete. ? Nny io odern times, is it not Leman pagsn legigtation which kv produced the miost bona- ficial effecta ? 'L'iso connsry \which hus not adapt- od Roman law {8 Russia, ~ Now bas Christiunity placed bier at tho houd of civilizatol Lt great ntress 1 lntd on Lhree things,—which wo rre asyured ure not cectal —tno Golden Rulo, tho Lord's Praver, nud tho Ten Command- ments, As to the first i it procticable? I'nkio the Hevercnd gentlemen'’s onn tlock; is thero one porson i it who follows 5t ? Has bo no law- yoie, Constables, police ofticers, who make o liv- ing by doing the oppoxite? 11aa bio uo morchants wlio uro the luw to enforco collection of debis— fiom thoeo whio aro tardy ? Try the Golden Rule Ly every day exporleoce, aud ‘it will ot work. What does the roverond gontleman cull thio Lovd's Prayer? Burcly not the modern inven- tlon ow it reads in Matthew, which the Roman Church always ohjected to, or evenin Luke, ls it trun that Cluist ever locatod omnipresence, as in dotin in tho L clauge. Our Tather, which unthinkiug 1ind thia is y wlo it overywhaere, can- not ever be arid to be ot any time peculiarly in ona plaee, Dr, Stienkel holdw this en futerpola- tion, aud 1 presiinie Lo is an anthotity : sud evou the yecord stiows that Cirisl did not wish to give to Hus diseiples oven o form of prayer. * Uss 1o repatitions, as the heathen do:’ they think ‘they shall bo hesrd for thewr much apeaking.” Jattlo did Mo imagino that m oun service the tama form can ba used 3 dozen times—vido thy Episcopal servieo, Laatlv the Ton Conmutdments, I presumo evory ordinary reader ol Luglieh liierature i3 seynainted with tha et of the discovery of tho ongnul Fen Conn eniv, which Mowes cop- ijod, ond au unenls <l people put them down ad coming from Heaven. Wo kuow botter, Apnin, sro we to follow tho ILble and got #tonen ont on our prairics to stonos cdulterers ? 1 fear this wonld be espensive, Or aro we to abido by tho plaln diroction to bum witcLos ? Sulely,” i this ity no (eactier witl say, **‘I'sko no thougkt of tho morrow,"” WitLiax Fraxeis, — SUNDAY MORNING PAPERS. ARE THEY GOOD OB EVIL? To the Bilitor of The Chicago Tribunes Cmcaan, Jan, 14.—Thero o conslilerable dia- cussfon Just now, in the mcetiugs of our Meth. odirt ministers, &8 to tho propricty of fssuing tle Hubbath morning papers, Aud the question is, whether thts great outpouring of thio prees on God's day ia jredoctivo of good, or evil results, ospecinlly upou the minda of professing Christians, aud {o reading tuem do they ect the proper esample befuro tho youth and the uncon. vorted 7—so10o claiming that it diverta the miud frowm religlous contemplations aud obligations, Iamnchined to think thot for mmnisters and thoy muet have very little timo for reading of suy port, aud this they would preter to devote to the blessed Bible, or to roading the lato nows from some Yoielpn or Hoose Mission- sry work, Now tluw is the coudition ju which Ulricago and all tho vest of thia einful world should aim 0 be, and when such is tho fact wa will rojvice becsneo the ulliemnisl-day fs so uear at hand, How nuch vworc thersis to be done, and Low variod tho mediums to bo used upon the present yiato of society,—of Bsbbath. bresblug, inurdery, ein, and vico,—befozo reech- lug this high CLridtzwo cttuimment | \\'lnm we conmder the thouwsnds of bired mea and appronticos, 1aloriog mon wnd women, who do not attend chuieh,—nany from tho 1act thot they are ot juviined (o go, othoxs paskaps THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SATURDAY, JANUARY 15, 1876—TWELVE PAGES, P e e e e — who feel too wearied with the weok's hard toil, or sre too poor to sttend.—to such the Sunday P‘F"' comes with foy, almost squal to tho com- ng in of tho morning aunlight ; eapacially to thoso who are nablo to take them duting the weok it [ a Juxiiry,—s lioalthy inoral oue, stimu- lating greatly to good thoughts and gaod deeds. What reador does not admira (ho fesrioss poal- tlon our "Taiuuxr takes agalnst every roignin, evil? Whether it hotlieno frequant, unprovoked murders in our midst, illegal taxation, whisky or any othor fraud, 1t takes s docldod stand against them, snd Iabors unremitingly to enconrago virtuo and roligion overy day, Jia well aa for the Habbath, Take for example its editorial lsat Babbath, The Dinintegration of Society.” wed & powerful Rermon In iteolf, I repeat s lit- tlo of it. “We are sbout to clove the firat century of ourpatibnal oxisience. The Republia was founded by pure tonm, and tho strongest end most enduriog law that bound them was (ho pledge of their lives, their fortunes, ~an tneir sscred honor tn cach other fo mnawntain justies, to protect virtue, cultivate morale, and ardhere to the atandard of human integrity, This was {ha foundation of the American social system, and how far invo wa adhored to §t7" Itina pleas. ure to know that thousanda who do not attend chureh can 80 chieaply obtain and profit by these wholesomo teachings. We have leerd several sermons recoutly from our bunisters on Bunday, plalnly poiuting ont to eitizens their duties to their country as such, golig so far, some of them, 2 to indicale which way they hnd better vote. ilow doow tlis diifer from the moral end po'itical teachings of the Hab- bath morntng Trisuse—which, besides is larpely devotedilo religious intelligence? it hotices ali meatiugs snd rovivals, gives argu- ments and anawers, never ehows tiwell pariial, aud gives news from all the ehurches, with their directory, time of vervico, name of tho pastor, and ofton the aubject of hin sermon, It ia dif- ficult alwaya to know Juet what is tha best course o teke to md mou to Le cunsciontions in suchi a community as this, Any way lot them pot knowledgo., Holomon vias tho wisest man, lie vays, ** A wino man will hear, aod will ncreass fearnlng, * Then ebait thou understand right. eousnoas and judgment ond oquity. I, wirdom, dwell “with prudence, snd find out knowledee of witty inventions.' ‘When Luowlodgo is pleasant to” tho sout, ic will doliver theo from tins ovil man whoae ways are crooked.” (DProverhs.) Thera is no dooying tho fact that there is an irresiatiblo domand Ly the wnknes for tho Sun- day pancr, the reading of which Las porhups kopt many a husbavd aud brother from drinking- esloona and from the company of dissolute men and women. Who Lias nos uoticed o very markod improvement 1 our once Bo notubly wicked Sun~ day Twmes? 'I'bis 16 po doubt the result of tho fervent prayers in it behall of Chrisiian people. 1% 18 hoped they will continue to sustain and pray more for the purity aud meoral advancemant of the Suuday paper. M. 8. Gy iy BUDDHISM. TIE BULING RELIGION OF AMIA. ‘The Loudon Telegraph hizs thoe foilowing let- ter from ila correspondent who i accompanyirg tho Prince of Wales oo his Iudian tonr ; After a brizf but pleasant stay [n Ceylon, tho Prince of Wales hins returned to the Indian malnland, where Lo o openied & uscful rallway, and 16 on biv way to Calcutta by Tuticortn and Badres, In thot sbort dewarche he witnesccd Komeining which ix eureiy worth n 1nucl attention ae any {estivo ceremonies or hunting excuraions; ke bas tven Duddhirm cod the Duddhists, The yellow-robed priesta of Sakya-muni Wers nunicrons ainong those who welcomesd him in the beautiful fslond, At Randy they showed bim thelr sacred rclica ead boaks, their temples and riharns, snd tho Lioly tooth ftvelf of Dudabas and nowhero elee, excetd perbagalu stam, could Lis Royat lighness have caught n further glimpss of the most widely-spread religicn fn o}l the world, That phraee may, pernapy, atartle somo perrons, yeb fhero can be no douht tlct more hunian beinga profes tie fuith of tantawnn, cnd Uvo and dis by it, thau ore included unter Christisn _or the Alolammedan creeds, Not only the holy isle where, accord. fng_ to pious fuble, the footpriut of the Lord Liuddba 48 stlll fmpredeed on Adau’s Peak, but Siata, tue Indian }u‘k‘hxlthuu, Nepal, and tho vast uplande vorth of the Himalaya, with nearly oli Chins aud dapan, follow, miore ¢f less purely, the doctriues of (his great reforuicr und teacher, Waat four hundred millions of our fellow.creaturea believe demandn use ruredly mora respectful study than Lins yet Lo given to thin remerkablo fajth; and §t may be mafcly Lee serled that the incro the life snd doctriues of Gauisina nre really undersiood, the docpor admiration and in- ferewt must be felt for themn by 2ll thoughtful minds, 1u saying this, there isno need to exsit uddutem, un nomne nave dono, at e expauke of orthodoxy, XNothing I4 more clear ihan that, fa the cducation of the worid, diti religiou by dif And that thiet inal purily, a3 Brahmanism bad done when, ubout 12 centuriva befora the Cariutiau era, thy wouderful mun arose who stamped lis genlie and spirftual croed npon tha hieart of Asia, ~ Sakva-munl.n Prince Dborn in tho patace of Suddhiolata, King of Mazadha, now Lehar, wan comely 4 peraou, Tichly giftad by nae ture and oducation, sud able commund by a wish what the world could offer in e shupe of pleasure, Ab1nthe casea of other relizious teachers, mytbical ‘marvels lavo been heaped pou the stmple facta of his birth, Golden lights rhone from the widaight sky, and tho tmages of tho gods rose upand bowed them: selves when be serutned mortal form—s0 aaye the Lai- sta Vistara Dul, fu ploin_ ruth, he was a Brahman Trince, and ouo born with & Leart bo full of infinite chiarity and boly aspirations that the story of bin lifa aad teackings, purged from tho ucrruptions snd ev- travagauces which wuperetition las adacd, would da Christendotn #162f good, und will explain why Ludd- hisw hea exteuded far oud wide, Early in ls splendid sud lofty life tho young Frinco folt to his inmost toul the fathos of human exfetence, the * ], sad o of Lumamity,” aud the tales which jlnefrate L awalening sensa of the sorrow of mortalliy ATe BmODR th lieat Lyls of reiigious bietory, We pee i, wnd nioondsy beut, watching the tofiln oxen, lite wearied Lusbandmen, ani that perpctual sirife between living creatures, of which the bright iy aud fertilo carth were fuil,—the fureet eatea by thie bird, the Hrd de- voured by the ruake, the snake coanumed by tho fche neunmon, Uil tho Leart of the Princo lu heavy with thn ondless 'labors eud tho avagn animcsitics of life, Tding himcel?, with doubtful couscieuce, to tho chase, be pees a sick man, xu 64d man, aud 3 doxd man, aud returns fa meditate on tie threo tnirucuso oviin of guf. feriug, decrepttude, and _deatb, which overtsko all =ilke, ' Even tho faircet thinge on carth ore prrealved by him (o lose thelr charmi, and to be a hitds butter taan shows and_{fiueious,—deceitful forms o that phisntiimasgoris of the sppatent which makes up the warld, Nestber paloter corpoet coula find a noblsr subject than ‘whem tho Prince Sakya—full of thess sad inusings, and Lurning with a desire to find out real lappineas, and teach it fo hia suteriug kind—1iisca by uight'in the funer aparimont of his maguiticent paiace, sndd Lis sleping wi sud, Joying nalde bis rich robe cod putting ou the ra,’i) of udevotee, pasees wilently forth Sromi among Lis Leautiful companions aud tho splendors aod Iuxurics of bis Kingdon to wander over the world, teachiug meniand Low to escapy Lhe suguish inseparable frow mortal vxistence, 1t would Le fropassible, of course, even to skeich hera even {he motaphysical and doctrinal elides of that fajiths with whicls tho'Indian Psiuce then conquered tro-thirds of the conllucnt of Asia, aud, for a e, even expulled Jrahmenina from India, ' Hurein, also, a8 well s iu the carly personal Listory of this nobls reformer, there {& tuileh to_wirip awey swhich nupereti- tion has' heaped upon tho reascoubly teachimge of Bakya-munt, At tho oot of hie religions Tudliopliy fu fonnd the belicf thut the apparent Tealitics of this life are % shizdowy, ot cubsantind things,” sud that by sccepling them sud clingdng 1o their filusions the * ponl fa imprioaed o form eud matter, with thelr conscquent ovils, *Tho Lora Huddbs” bkl that thia suermg and vitangled sool waust paes through eadiows Hves, witl tioir wtitendunt caros and wocs, unlen, percaving that bely must coma by yutna, o helicf in energetic holiness, it steadfustly” diretted fte ucts and thoughts towarda emancipation tromw mortal births sud dosth, And this brings us whera we tonch bruer grouud—namety, the beautiful moratity of Buddhisie,~ Full of the butud- Tewn mm!ulluu which juepired ita founder, it (5, {n it Duity, the gentlost und mst charitable erved i the world, s religion of ovo vy, Adwbng to exuon Cudh sutfering, 1t enjoins thal notie, not tis afghtest, shall ever be cased o a sentlont Lok the Grat ami last duty of a good Budalnst §8 whina, ot *abati- vence {rom pamn-giving.” 1ut if wll gels and thingg are uuresl amd plinomenal, why, b wuy bo sk, should Buaddha have enfolucd u evdo of moraliy ¥ Tho reply f¢ simple. % The Lord Buahs " held that thiv apparent worid way controlled to Petler or to worso in all thivgs by an fufaliihl law, catled an or Kuariava, which surely produced goid results from oo thongbia and deeds, and tad results from thoes thut wers evil, In DBuddbism 3t 1s g deity who Judges, und reward, or punishies, The jod 0f Hakya dweils tuznonabin in the Lusiuite, 1t 1y wn clernal law of the nuiverso, which, omniscleat and ouiniprcnt, biakes the slighieat virtio wure of truit, the alightost 'vice ceitain of penslty; so that, Ly right ay allevfato thelr captivity and paey wountr to Llive; by wrong-living thoy must lengthen their sutferivg tnd dolsy thelr eucavy, The gilt f the *cup of vold water” Jeading 10 Divino apjiness is puro Buddhisu—cvery priest i Ceylon would gladly feach ft ab n uew wtory” of Gantama, The talent bide den f1u tho napkin fn uddbmtle fu apirts, too—all ope portunitics loet of dolug Kindnees ura losres for the soul, * A mugloact ol Jistice,” sayn tho Lord Budd- s, ““may tike tho splik upward through weven Dirths, ¥ud tho necdiens slaughter of Bn but fuky (i it downward for 18 ey Arcording W shis subtle etvod, o who remioves from 50 pavetacot what sy mako # pacacr-by wlp hue lsld up Kawm—(it will Im"fi koud 10 Lim; i Lo witer ouo word of unkiud “slander, ho' fucurs tho demeriloric ous Karmma—he will heve to pay fer ‘Tlien comed 1he question, * 1f o mau beliove in‘future sateténces governed by Kuwi, how sliall by muks wicrit 10 vave binwsif from Tuture wieery? " She ansver tothlafe: Uy followluy the teackiigs of Iuddba— the teacbing which prafes Lindueds, and cotapaes) and ploasury b the gubrral Lappluces of sl Leib, aud freedom fzom wrovy or divlike to individicls, whichs forbids batred und featunay, ouvy aud roveuite the zeligion which teachen Thau, or Lenofire i, o rules of mondity,” Than ia Lensvoluc sotfou. Sin v atstivruce from malovalent deds and wrong desdres OF puruits. Tha good Duddbist ube sorves, unider tha ftier five great’ commundaisits— tiot to'datroy lifu s ol to deireud or upp1ia nut to decciva by word, diad, er lcai; and tosyold all futaate catian, excess and et inaulgent By ovicrving thowe $uo pleis of wau nav ke exieteiice u great gain, depart 1010 & fresh uud Ligher Lo of 1ifo ‘with socurmuluted wurltoiivus Kiel, eoc ' by the four ways sud tho four frults ¥ tomsrda that Llresul Nirvana whero it will be 14 Buddia iy, teyond chsoge Bud Berruw, Gulaids (b Seach and POWAs uf Mets— 9, tippy beyond all deacriptions of oy, becauso of *the Dpears which passetls sl anderstanding,” What mty well arrest attontion tn connection with the glimrsé which the Dritish Prinos has just had of Buddhiim ia tho marvelously tender and refined eninia of an Anistic erond, which, of all others oxtant, ouglt Mirely (o lend flreif moat resiily to tue fofu- @uven of civilization andaclence. Tho grestast wonder which bis Royal Highn countered apon hin Oriental travels, when ali Iu #8id snd dooe, s this pro- found, comparslonate, aad apiritual * Cliriatianity of adly corrupted from Prince Hakya'e thn East,” which noble teaching, has from barbarism, and made it tipe for the changes to come, Duddhism has been accured of selfishness and egotiatio fsolstlon, but this innot ita logicat or practis cal {nfluenca : witness the decess of Klug Asoks, who taught Indis to émbrace for many centuries the Talil of Gantams, Ths Olrnar inscription, from the hand of that great monarch, ts Contantins of Buddhlem, Biya: ¥ Thoro Is no content to me in_my own pleas~ Ilru‘z the noblest thing to sccomplish {8 the 2001 the whols worl., But the grounde work of tbin the ~ “discharge’ and compirtion of bueiness: thern i no higher duty than the good of the whols world, Al my efforta 8r¢ 0 remuve ain from created beings, to maka them appy Liere below, and to auable them %o gain_ Heaven Lezeatier. Vor $his purposs T have joscribed the prra- #ut1aw: may it ba long preserved, aud may my aona in tlo a3me mauner atrive after the zood of tho whola world." Hich wa the fruft of this geutls falth in monsrcls heart, Ketting salde the auperstitious ex- ctescericas It fo mvident that our divinen and philoso- pliera might proftably examine with attention aud re. spect these ancient religionn of the Eant, which lave 15, manypalnte of nolls morality. The gentle polite. nean of Linddhialic races, and tiele prevafling kind- ness Lo 80iNAlR, 870 testimoniea to Gnutama’s influcnca wwhich thy most carelesa ieaveler would observe in Coye lon or Biam, Tho injunction of harmicesuesa—ahineg —nad the sublime doctrine that overy gusd or evil et and word and thought baa lts Ineviiahle conmequencn far the Leneit or Lurt upon esch wouls courss and deatiny, are teachinga i roark of which Is stamped deep upon thess Urtental people, 2 —— A TRIUNE CITY, Davenport, Rocik Taland, and Moline, Svecial Correeyondence of The Chicago I'ribune. Rock Ia1asp, IIl., Jan, 12.—Although my let- tor {4 dated at Itock Island, {t in a sorz of triunn coinmunication, my object being to wrile wotne- thing of the three citics centering aboat the Govarnment Arsenal at this point. Mucn hos beon aaid and written sbout the tarce cities of Davenport, Rock Island, and Moline, both from s picturesquo and & business point of view, Benerally in termu of glowing praise, and yot, I think, not exaggorated, 0 In thres yoars of Western mnomadic lifo I bhave nowhere elso cowo surese & place whero wete so plainly evideneed the morka of ¢olld prosperity and tho substential indications of a genoral buniness progread, At no poiutin tho West, outside of Chieago, docs mauufacturing industry roceive greater oncouragoment than lLers, whers these threo cities combina in making one gonoral population, as cogmopolitan in character a3 you tnd tu Now York. DAVENFORT, with its papulation of 30,000, is oae of tlia moat promising citivs in the West, and is fase out- stripping all competitora of noarly equal popitla- tion in tho race for commorcial supremacy. Large aud costly cdifices, occupied 83 whole- salo cstablishments, Jine sll of the lend- ing strects; and the face of tho Davenport drummer js8 becoming almost a8 familiar as that of his Cbicago Lrother, in the toans west of here. Looking at Davenport from tlns sido of tho river, it nectles #o clonely under tho bill-side that one can Lerdly appreci- ato the magnitude of lbadmpnuhnn. Bat, whou once you traverse ita leadiog busmess etroots, aud notice everywhero about you the ovidences of busy wetropalitan life, you caunot fail to be impressed with the conviction that it is & point of exccedingly great importance 88 o comincre cial centre. Extendiog back from the niver, tho streets gradnally ascend until Jost on the hiil, Undortue hill constitutos the busiveds portion ofathe city; back of it, or ruther vn top of iz, the strecte, Jined with beautiful residences, oxtond for miled. A tincr penoramn than that afforded from tho bigh blnflu of Daveaport, with thie citv, tecaing with busy life, - lying st your feet, and the brosd nver stretched before you, with s birdseyo view of Rock Inlaud, Jolive, and tho Govarnwent Arsonal buildiogs, caunot well be fmagined. ROCK TSLAND AND MOLINE, With regard to ok Islsud, I know of no place in the West that has 1tuproved morv wiih- 1o the past two years, Large and bLesutiful business blocks meet the vision everywhere, ead ull around yon sco tbe unmistabable judice- tions of business life, 3oliue and Rock Isiaud are @0 closely ideutified {n all commercial i terests, nud so closo together, that, iif speukivg of oue, I shall embrace the othor. It is pro- eminently 2 mauufactuting centro; nod wher- ever, in tho West, manufacturing prevatls, you are suro 10 cucounter a solid buuiness prexper- ity. The combined population is near 20,000 eouls; and thore is not auother city ia the West, of donble the population, that has a greater amount of capital {uveated in manufacturiug industry., I am not propared to furnish any statistics in ropmd to the actual anount of anIm Jovested in manufacturivg enterprides at this point ; but the colodval agri- cultural establwhmonts, tho nonster kaw-mulls, the gloasworks, the paper-mille, ete., all indicats » busivess tho extont of which is wearcely apjive- clated even at howe, In rezard to permanont and solid growth, it le comiuon talk in this vection that no farlures of any moment ever occur awmoug ber business men. They sro rock-rooted on the bunks of the Rock River, and thesr credit, like the ** Rock of Ages,™ vill last foraver. Ior heauty of location, pleturesqueness of scenery, aud kaleldcscopic varioty, there is not auother placo on the Awerican Cobtinent that will compare with this, With the wsjentic Mis- eissippl,—nexarly a mile wide ot thia point,—tho sylvau Rock River emptying ioto it ; the besuti- ful islnnd, occupiod by the Goveruinont ay au nrsonal ; the slopiug hills on this side, aud the Llufls on tho other,—n grander scenvsy van no- where bo tound. Rock Ieland is amply provided with lotels, and of the vary Loatclass. Tnere aro publimhod bLere, in all, five duily newsnapors,—three in Day- enport, and two in Rovi [slund, 1TEXS, The ferry-boat ran uutil Sunday last, when it waa withdrawn ou accaint of the ice, ‘I'he Iargo stove fouudry will comwmence opora- tious during the month. Tho pork-packing establishmens commenced work dwing the neak, Ewasyes, —_— AT THE GATE, The syringa’s snow-whits blossoma Are driting arsund my feot, And the wanting, fading roues i1l the atr wiib ducense ewaets The pinoe but low to thia brevrs Aud aiun:herit.g meni'ries wake. A3 1 lint (0 therr fwi-toned me And walt for thes at the gate, 3 Tha royal night-queon fs comig, WItl ber waves of golden itqat Ard she fastenn back her curiaing Witlh tho atart, ko alivery brigh And, with tho twiligat glowatn O'er 1oy sleaplug acnyes nreak Swert memoriea of th olden tme When Lwaitod ut tue gulng When wa bath were young ani) trus! Aud o world seeined ail vo fait— Wit hittie kaiew of tho scrrows ‘Cliat nake VP thts world of car Whwn 6lf our droainu were rose-hued, Aud tho hapasijoned woris you sjwke vere braathed fneath tho tall old Hodeos That studowed the girdsa-gele, A fow strukes down Timc's surgicg siresis, T'va romad ty oy boat, To gather frou e gleamiing tanks Au everyreen thire silval,— A moniory of our white-roied babes “Chat fu Leaven our coming wait, Aud » wish that, when we crusé Death's river, I'hoy might meot us at Hiv gata, Ntght bias drawn Ler nable mantle Wer the enrcl, o bustiod and still, Aud fair Luria 'a bid Lor splesdors Behind you cloudlet’s frill, T alu caner 0F your comiug, Aud T have not oo 10 walt, Pyr 1 ear youe well-buows foolateps 10T, at the g Avd ek eacofiie i L oxs Tusues, Cmicaao, Jas, 0, 1576, —————— Speoch Rostored After Twonty Years. The Providenca Journal hing an acoount of the pattisl rocovery of speceh by M, Fredenck E. famko, af Woousocket, after tweaty years' llence, It woys: ‘‘lle wns suddonly de- prived of speech, and for tho last twenty yoars 0 with bia mother uud his biother, M, Bslveuter Luko, have coustitntad 1nost of the timo the bouschold. e was for s time In faiiing hoalth, aid contined so tho house, taking rost only in witting postura in & chalr, aud ut_thoes vory e troubled In bis rewpiration. Ho couflued biwsalf to a cold room, ovon iu winter, and used ico freely about bis hoad and cheet. Duriug -theso twenty yenrs ho hud only beeu able tomake himsolt underetood by ~ sijus, lor & fow yeors sxm s gemoral health bus jwproved, sud ho bas buen able tu go outor doors, aud have the caro of a tlower yardeu, A weok aygo yesterdny moroing ho suddedly felt the removal of m restricon, aud realized that the impodinient to hiw spsech bad bovu partially overconie, 40-saunk tost be sould spssk. Ho, et lumanized Asls, elavated ft. oot out of his room and graaped his brother tha band, and greoted him in ::n andibla mloho,,' mitch to hia Aurpriso and oy, The ovont cansed uch rojoicing among his friends, mingled pOs~ eibly with the faar that tho changs might not bo pormanent, but we learn that his condition has rather improved for a week and that he is mow ahlo toconvarse without alohabet or ston, though bia onunciatlon is not ml‘lz reatored. Durlog the TOWA, Iteligion nud Edncntions Spectat Correapondence of The Chicaoo Tribune, Drs Morxes, In., Jan, 12.—The first ot of leginlation after tha organization of the Leglsla- turs was the introduction of the following joint reaolution 1o the Sonato: and it is s little slngue lac that the suthor was s radical Domoorat,— Bounator Murphy, of Beott ¢ 116 3t Nexoleed by the General Assrmdiy of the State' Foira, That 1o following meitmente’be the Concit, {ution of tho Hlate of Toxa be aud sto hereby pro- osed ¢ 3. That no pnblic funds, eithor State, cannty, city, or townkhip, of other public moneva or revenues of any character or deacription whstever, shall bo appro- priated used in the establishment, support, or maintenance of any semluary, school, college, o other inutitution of learning or of clarity, whatsosver, un- less the mame shell have been estabijslied by the lawa of the Btats aud e nnder ita full control : nor shall auy Biato Institution ever do under {he cantral of any religloun denomination, nor sbisld any sectarianiss tauglt there. il o b 2. The (iroeral Arsembly aliall enact such laws an shail or may Lo uecesnary 10 earey out and enforco the provisiona af the foregolag section. Jteavited, Surther, Taat thesa resolutions, proposing to smend tlin Conntitution of tbo Hiato of lowa, arm Lereby referred to the (itneral Awsambly to ba chosens AL the peneral olection fu 1¢77; und the Becretary of Btate shall caune tho satne tn ba published, for throa months previous to tho time of #aul wioctlun, i one newspaper {n each Congresslonal District, It wea o completo surprise to the Republican sida of the Iouse, and Senator Campbell moved Ite referenco to the proper Comnmittes when ap- pointed. Haonator Murphy thought the Senate waa ready to adopt to there aud then, withont a dissenting vote, and especially as 1t was paased 1 preeieely tho aams words by the Senato four: years eio, and defeated in the House. After romo dikcuesion, it waa reforred, when Senator Murpby presentat the following joink resolus tion, which waa also roforred : Witriese, A bitl g been tiroiduced fota Congrers by Lieprerentative Walne, proposing au amendment to the Constitution of thy Uniied Sttes, thal no Hiale eliall mako any Jaw respecting the eatibliszhment of ro- liglom, or probibiting thu {roa exercise tlioreof ; aud alho proviivg wat 0o tax rezeived or jublic lands re astde for pubile rchiools whall ever bo umler the con- trol of any ra lande shail ke v nect, <od that no such moneys or ivided omonyz any religlous pects or de- Lereforn, be it the Sematt, the [fouss of Representaticea That we lustruct our Senators and Itepre- rentalives i Cougreas to wko all Loniorable means in tliefr poscr to mecure sald sinendment (o 1o Coustitus tion of tho Unlted tatos, 8 Tho #ame resolutlons were Introduced in the Ilouke, aa the first buincsy after organization, and were referrod to the Comumittee oa Consti- tutional Atnandmenta, g TO BURNS' MARY, 0 Mary, long withdrawn to (iad, Lor Dloaoina that viok hapyy b vie'er thy peaccfal fontatos trind, Have Ol1ed 1ho quiet nooks oOf cartli. Thotr gentle brealh perfames tho ways Where toil the heavs-hearted poor ¢ Thatr lowly bosies are baunte of pralse— Ty touch haa heljud to moke them pure, tranqult bo thy dust ! Aud Vghtiy-ruaken s thornes sleld Tueir anry emblonis of the trust Upun tby virgin wpirit sesled. Loar-GERANTTM, —_—— The $ajo Verte G Iy 1L, N, ilind, Cisal Engiser, In order best to wuno: tho commercial advantages of 3 Baie Verte Gut, it will facilitate a coocizn viow of tho subject if we troce the courde of Lo cargors of jrait in Lthe first.clasa » Western propeliers throagli the ontiro routs f:om Cbicago or Duluil, nt the weslern extremity of Lake Bupotiar, to Loeton and New York ; ona cargo heing econvesed reithoui Iranshypmwerd, through the Baie Verte Gut to the New Lnglang ampoiuny, the other ofter transiapmpent, thhough tho Now Yoru cunals to Atbany, xnd theuce to New Yark. Helecting Duluth, s Iying sbout 4 longuitude west of Chicagw, the two propollers stouin in emmpany throngh Lake Suporior, the Hoult Bt. Marv Canal, Lako ifuroo, Laka St. Clair, and Lake Lric, to tho wouth of tho Wel- fend Casul. Ono discharges cazgo at BuZalo, the othor pushies on through the oufaryed lozke of tho Wellaud Canal to Lake Ontatio, down tho deepened Rumds of bt 5, Lawrence, ko the present vaszen, or sieamers, and on to Montreal, o total distanes of 14/ miea, 17 sho steamed ¢t a uniform rate of 10 mifce an bour she WL!F accomphien the distanco la six daye, but the delays incident to the passago of the canal, ete., consutne seven dayx, Taking a pilot at Montraal, sha continues down the St. Lawtence, past Quebes, e, (usne, to the Bale Verte Gur, through which ehe may steam without eny detention, thronzh the Buy of Fandy to St. Jobb, or Portland or Boston, which Liat-nonied pori skio reackes 1 from twelve ta fourteen daye after leaving Duluth, faiding verti= cally 600 feet in a total distanco of 2,642 miles, sud conng vut from tho vers heart of tito contie nent wilh & ¢argo of gesin, whieh four woeks be- fore might Liave been waviog i the bright sune hgbt of tha Led Biver of the Noith, in Minnesots, or even Nanttoba, Sue accomplishes this long Lut unabstrtcted fonrnoy tw abiont two-thieds of 1l tiwo it requires for tho eargo of hor compan- ion to reachh New York through tho Erie Canal, witly afl utzendant riele of deloy srislog from o routo hlockod up with exccsn of mercliandise ; and if tho raco 18 run lato in tho fall of the sear tho chances are that the canal borne cargo will De frozen up before it roaches Afbany, as has not unfrequentiy crcurred, Kbo Lnugs' ber cargo direct to u marset which aunualiv demuods 70,- 000,090 bunkiels, or =bous 1,500,000 Lok of vogu- table food, of which fully ovo-hall ean beat by supplied from tho Atlanticseaboard, Ioturning, the Western propeller muy {ake in o ho!f cargo of merchandine for the Fer Wost, 1] up with coal at Baio Vorte, and pass ou_her upward conrso through the enfarzed ¥t Law- Teuco cutaly, ‘Iuen suain, score of Westorn propollerg may leave tho grest ports of tho Noithwest iu company, and, olter possing Lthe Welland Caual, they may continuw to pursue their vorsgs with- out auy apprebennion of blockiug np the grand Lughway thoy trsverse, and with tbo exception 0 » small part of Lake Superior and the Suult Caual, tho enlire route to the mouth of tho Bay of ¥undy way o in Downnon waters and under Dotiniou cuntiol TL 14 probaulo, too, that when the locks of the | eangl aro cularged g0 ua o sunit vossels of 1,000 1008, aud tho chunuel In the rapids deeponed, ocean geamers may ba specistly coustructod for this trade, as was tho case with_tho Suez Caual, end proceed divuct to sud from Luropo, brlagiug tho merchnndiso, whivh s destined for tho reozion of the groat lakes of the St, Lawroucw turough its own. valley aud natural outlet, In- tend of discharging it et Atluntie porta for eos\ly translupment by rail or canal. sturivg, thoy mAy 18a0 11 CATHO0H Of gram at the Wenl- e sporiame, oud coal &t Svdney, whichi liew ialf-wey bewwosn Chicago and Livarponl, But thore is yot nnother and o atilt moro im. portant advantago to be ganed by this route. e Westorn propollor may dehivor her cargo ab St John, 8 dogrees of lougitude, or sbout 403 atatute miled, esst of Now York which muy thus Lozomo Lhe winter uecan port of the Dominion for grein importation, instead of, or in addition to, Portland, Boston, New York, Philadelplua, or Laltimore. Bt. Joun, vin Cape Haco, is 340 wtatuto wiles uearer Liverpool than Now York, aud gram from Chicago or Duluth can reach i Johu via Uae Verto, one week svoner than grain by the Erie Caual can bo dolivered at Now York; and when at Bt, Joho, it s comparative~ 1y 840 stutate wiles on it rosd to Europo. During the wontbs of September and Octo- bor, when tho Now York cunals are orowded te excees and tho movementin troight 18 iwpeded by accumtlation, the Bt. Lawreuce aud Bsie Vorta route is au uncbstracted uavigation, with amplo room for tenfold the povsibie traflie, ‘W'his navigation sumprehendd the proposed ene largemuut of the Bt. Lawreucs canals, the deeps oniwg of the By, Lawreuco raplly, and the opene ing ul 8 Bate Vorto Qut. N I'he Bt. Lawronco sud Dalo Verts routs would perwit the Woeutern propeller of 1,000 tons ta lond fted Itiver grain at Duluth, and disclargo it at 8t, Jubn, Portland, or Boston, It could be accomplishod in six daye' lesd time than grain can bo brought from tuo same Weatorn depat to Now York, wnd the work would bo done in the cheapess und surost mauner by large propellers. Itolurn cargoes of payiog froight, ohiatly fo the sorm of Nova, Beotla. coul, would always ad o market in Ontazie, 1t would cheapen food iu Now Eogland and thy Maritimo Provinces, and fuel in the menufss tuniug cities of Quebeo and Oatariv. It woula rendor the profitable_enltivation poasiblo of sz immouyo area in tha Northwestorn Statos and iz Mauitols, aud push succowsful gettlemonts f3y back towardu tho Weat; nod lastly, ic_would augment our marine and securd for ihe Domine lou, in rolatiou to unexpeoted fical lmpositions, and uulooksd for treaty interpretstions on tht pars of the United Biatesy & secure sutoaomise 4