Es at other times so mournful and sad. med like one victim wrested from the of the destroyer for death in its ed form. then to run away with the ga ish cunning. Happily, he wa is now about to undergo the e of the law. At the place of the murde preaching for nearly six mo stone's throw of the kraal; an spot some have been awakene that the light and the darkne TIVE PASTOR.-Mr. Howland gives inence of great interest to all who watch ogress of the missionary work towards stablishment of Christian churches a stable basis. The church at Batti-ing, and that Satan fights so is the first of those organized by this on, to settle a native pastor undertato provide wholly for his support. It ery important and a very promising n advance. WESLEYAN MISSIONS.] SOUTH AFRICA. decisive battles under the s cross. Notwithstanding this we continue to preach every increasing and attentive cong PROSPERITY AND INCRE writes, I send you a short le you of the progress of the conversion in this Circuit. v. T. KIRKLY writes :-"A Chief that communication to you, we visited only a week or two ago, told to full church-fellowship, by I at he believed less than ever in the and by public recognition, on of witchcraft, and he knew that God sixty-five persons. The servi e Great Chief, and that disease and with these baptisms and rec were His messengers; and yet he is of the most solemn and profita and down by the very power of super- The chapel was filled by an , and has in former years so often well-behaved congregation t to bring charges against the men of among whom also were some be, that he has lost their confidence, pean friends, who had atte 3 now left by them a wretched old their sympathy with our nat to be scared by night, and haunted to rejoice in this glorious ac y, with fears of terrific retribution. heathen to the church of th omplained that his son was afflicted. The greater number of those ested that I might see him, and told young men and young wome ief, if he would send to the Mission- days of their strength and vi he could have some medicine. He given their hearts to Chris ne he would, without delay, do so; were also men of hoary heads is he failed to do, and I heard the of younger years, present be day that he had sent for a witch- ! to acknowledge Him as their MISCELLANEOUS. call the attention of our readers to tter of Miss Rankin. Her efforts in of Mexico are untiring; and shall ot be warmly seconded by all who believe the time has now com work for Christ in that p land? Mr. Gulick hopes so the city of Mexico. ized which soon increased to for work continues to make progress. Sweden much prejudice prevai the Baptists, but the labors of brethren are attended by precio METHODISM in France and S Ir. Richards, and Mr. J. W. Tuck-bered eight; but the attendance George D. Phelps of New York, souls were converted, in seven Dunham of Chicago. The pastor, church of twenty-one members Eldridge, has exerted himself very O build up the interest of the conIt is mainly by his personal exat a debt of 60,000 francs (or ousand dollars in gold) has been We rejoice in these tokens of life in this truly American church. whose friends are going abroad, is on the increase. The increas them a greater kindness than to five local preachers, 208 memb m the very first Sunday that they | Sunday-schools, fifty-three tead aris, to go to the American Chapel | scholars, and about 600 hearers, e de Berri, and to introduce them-average of persons attending th he pastor, who from his position, 10,000. This encouraging prog -esentative and friend of all Amer- to revivals which have broken o are strangers in the French cap- of the circuits. The sixteenth trust that Dr. Eldridge may long of the Methodist Church in the n a sphere in which he is so useful; tries was recently held in Lausan Beceipts CHALF OF THE AMERICAN AND FOREIGN CHRISTIAN UNION, FROM THE JULY, 1867, TO THE 1ST OF AUG., 1867. Glastenbury. Cong. Church, a bal Simsburg. Cong. Ch., to make A. Prince, L M..... Milford. Plymouth Church, in pa South Windsor. F. Elsworth $5; for One who sle Hartford. For a Protestant Ch Montery, Mexico, [Smith $100, Calvin Da John Beach, A. Day, Bissell, C. C. Lyman $25 each; Cash, S. E. Fessenden, Frien each; Miss H. Hart Porter, John G. Mix, Welch, $5 each; Mr gerford, $3; Mr. Ow Others $8.... Stratford. Col. G. Loomis U. S. A NEW YORK. ...10 oo New York. 3d Av. Mission Sabba minster. A Friend... for Library for S sch'l in Italy.. 46 John Rohner. 21 55 66 66 James Thompson, Colla. United Pres. Church... Middletown. A Lady Friend.. New York. 11th Pres. Ch., R. P. 3 00 dley. Young Ladies of Mt Holyoke Female Seminary for Bible Reader in Mexico. 6 00 Ithaca, 4 00 apton. S. Williston, for Miss Rankin's Building Fund........100 oo A Friend... Tewbury. Cong. Church and Soc......50 14 Members of Central Church---------- 12 qo Washington St. Ch. and Soc-12 85 A Friend.. ter. Pres. Church, which mak F. Blood and Uri Clark. M. F. 8.... AlbanyNew York. 200 Harlem. A Friend in the Union Ch.20 00 y. Cong. Church and Soc.------------23 86 Cong. Church and Soc...--------48 80 ster. 2nd Church Sabbath-school Class, to be used in this country 1 50 1 00 Nehemiah Manning for L M....30 00 Additional.. Mrs. Jas. G. Moffet, stitute herself a L. Ref. D. Ch. $69; Mrs. S. dreson $6; Mrs. J. Lo Mrs. M. 8. Smith.... J. H. Browning... Woman's Union Mis Soc'y for educa three Mexican g Miss Rankin's sc Monterey. Gold.. PENNSYLVANIA. 1st. M. E. Ch. to constitute Ralph Byran, L M... 1st Moravian Ch. to constitute Rev Jos. H Kum. mer a L M, A. B. Renshaw, Miss Caroline Baker, C. M. Baker, E. O. Smith, L. K. Ester $5 each; H. M. Dorschimer $2 50; W. H. Renshaw, Cash $2 each; Mrs. John Yerger, Ch's Cleaton, Alex. Smith, Mrs. Alex. Smith, C. M. 8. Lesley, Ella Lesley, Alex. Lesley, Eveline Lesley $1 each Pres. Church, for Mr. Mooreead, and add. for Mr. Wallace's -----30 00 Ch. of the U. B. in Christ....10 15 rg. Pres. Church. ----30 00 ....15 45 ..12 00 ---50 00 5 94 h. of the U. B. in Christ add...... 2 00 Walnut St. Pres. Church......50 00 aro. Pres. Church.. Lewis T. Brown, for the .....11 90 . DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. For Christ'n Literature in Spanish America.------------ .14 00 1st Cong. Ch., by J. W. Newell, Tr ----23 20 Abbey Tarebell, for the educa ng. Church..----- N. M. Brown.... 5 00 Moore, McArthur, Folge Walter, Woods, Clark, $ Marshall, Price, Bonsale, R gers, Austen, Whetstone Huntington, Mitchel, Mu ray, Welts, Brodetreet, Se bastian, Irwin, Foote, Mrs Riley, Looker, Ross, Bishop Fox, Yeatman, Cheeseman Fay, Scudder, Bernard Schilleto, Bice, Patterson Frazier $1.. For German Festival & Sew For English Festival and $3; Mr. Chamberlain, Ger. Bap't Pub. Soc'y, Tracts, Wooster. Messrs. L. Flatter & J. Mc- erson. U. Pres. Ch, in part......28 50 Benecia. res. Church, Myron Phelps & ER, 18 IS THE POPE ABOUT TO DECREE HIS OWN ERSONAL AND POLITICAL INFALLIBILI to be sure! and why should not he? The poor old bad time with some of his "faithful children," who as The progress of liberty and the growth of nationality his holiness much trouble; and he now desires and -REPOSE. d Catholics have been taking up with the heresy o h in a free State." is souls among the home-children of the Church, who mong strangers to have their faith corrupted, and ell how often, and how solemnly, the Pope has curse ot to curtail his temporal dominion, are, nevertheless, paration of Church and State, and the re-arrangement al revenues in Italy. hout adopting any Protestant notions on this subject, se they know something of American institutions, an opinion, they proceed as though the whole plan h their own Catholic piety, and as if they thought the cle s well without having so much property to take care o could fear God without being brought to the altar by his rate they may possibly turn a new leaf, after celeb entenary of the Pontificate, and conclude that "ser i," might be just as appropriately called "Holy Fat to wield the sword, and become "no more of a king or resident Johnson, or-Saint Peter! ft to itself, the world may not soon arrive at "the en y" in this thing. Prognostics seem to point the o and parliaments are likely to move on. Nations, eve hioned Europe, begin to prefer "go-a-head" to go to |