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II if other Edward Stevens likewise died l i o the Holy Ghost; arid, blessed! be )d, at ourillaf e ri rival in Har isburg is oldest son w converted ai i L now Alls tl b place )f his sainted her. Wfc bav s lost those i ilusble memben in » Church; ra liu nt, but the CI urchtr umphant ias ined then i. Tl i >usands hav i gone and we ire the way )u- watchword ia oiv ird and ap- ird. Pra r l>r is, Yours, Su knowk Weybr dgec r. 4/ Vergenti sa mis. JV< lie Lord rs favoring us uflon nber havje pro 'ttsed faith it Chris ~o; era are |bn< uiri » thitherward, eral wqk. I autiful | b had a I m of lafj cate in t spirit eriuit ui juit I or circti t, No lly nuin iade cnl re y alrcsd; cbt ore are 8 have !od be i I tli MISS1 Co i rear '. and Ch, rlesi We have I. In an obscujc appx intinent, at which i tents; BO or 10 were com sited). New-Market i also been av ired with a b eased work of gr cc. several other j i sees souls h ive been brough to Ige ol salvation. I ray fonus. 1 H. [Hi, Monro*1 Libertytt ten, had some good tlm s on o|r circuit his iiernt < r we held a small < imp meet mg had but se- I , Baowni. II , Abe. 11. ycon er a circuit. A of late, i nd with their for a in >re ing on ler it eLord. We e tire sanci ifi- or of many is, nd rencv a II LOVEJOY 101 , iVoe. 10 ra i with us >n :e, i mercy. A ebtv desiring to I w< think some i >f K5rfect love. >ti v< led to G( d, ui ci confereni e. nd e er. - Amt n. . H, Pakrish. its oa ry Society het» ICE. iol s of pril 'Zd, n of June,- — necessa! y latcd, aid ibed. F >r indebte 1, and cnth n llyto tl e the corS- and HI h and infli- an inter" n has an y arnasaan um has beeh su siCcess we ar great tn-pe, both to the li wral it, trar patrons, and espec itjid generous ex mpl i Isr niton, Frazie , Ta idly offered their crvice i their Hubacriptio s. I It i icil lier of these . entlei th our denominate n, btrt they may lie repret vn. foi r others; ai 11 tluilk our sut - i repr «e it it many as t :n denomination i, differ •tit, unions, re in I rei ty or .a suitabl i piece >e to roceet and build « itb all perm Saw an » do so shall isvebc b autl iritiet of the state; this lb sings at< i ol progress,si a fi •f the ;oi on i nent we anj cipate I hi d i n interview wit! thJ few d y> sit cc in which io ■ inn te bn ilH samtM •••w»«« ■*•«** HUM •»».•»>••»• ««MU| were dated June 7, all. \Ve shall be i unanswerc nun, iiiem, me latest ol which ind that I have answered them our,yet I/NDIAIS itifled to hear from a num er of communications. W. H DIAN MISSIONS JIN TH K MISSOURI CON Eg ENCK. Dear Brother,—S ncc I returned from Dalt^nore I have been much c owded with business, and! have been part of the tii le sick, consequently hai ? not found it convenient! o write to you until the pr ssent hour; and now I ci n only transcribe a sheet from my daily journals. Yours, most affectionately, T. Johnson. June 27th.—Reached home from Uenersl ('on- roy dear companion pr:sscd rows | two of our childreri us by the cold hand of eath boy, iffec- rreat my N. hav- >f grount, Itspalch ajs |n obtained Hiness is in [the lib* favernb torney genie that ferenee, and found down with many so ing been taken iron during my absence. One, an interesting little, nine and a half mot ths old, and the other, an lionate daughter, ne rly six years. The providence of God is indeed a g reat deep which we cannt t fathom. O for grace o be resigned. It was a relief to n.e when learned that the mind o wife had been aston shingly sustained by the grace of God in the mid it of the almost unparraHeted affliction through w ich she had been called to pass while I was from li i>me. She was surrounde 1 by the best of Christia i friends, who gladly affr rded her all the relief lha human or Christian sympathy could devise. It w ould have afforded me r mch pleasure to have see i my four little children i gain whom I had left wl: en I started from home but God had taken two o them to himself, where, I isve no doubt, they are b titer off than they would e in this world of trouble So 1 submit, and will no sorrow as those who ha re no hope ; for I believe hey sleep in Jesus, and tl at he will bring them with him when he shall come o collect his jewels togctl er. 28th.—Attended v, orship with my family al Hie I. M. I.. School; bi it my spirits were so bn ken down that I could nei iher preach nor meet the c U8s, but found much rei ief in attending the hous i of God, and meditating >n his promises. 20th.—Went to tli e river with some wagon i to haul out some goods purchased for our school nod mission. 30th, and July 1st ind 2d, I spent in examu ing into the state of thi igs at the school. We ai e in the midst of wheat hirvest here, and have a <r iwd of business on ham. Brother Browning hai as much as lie can pose bly do in procuring materials, ~~r..;.»4*«atng ik.u nuiiig «l**M*»seaHBBjtjinurcba xng. supplies for the ins ittition, Ac.-; while bro her Kline, the farmer, ha ninety acree of wheal to cut, and take care of one lundred acres of timothy and one hundred and tw »nty-five acres of oats. Jur wheat and oats are t rst rate; and if we can i ive them will very much lessen the current expei ses of the institution. 3d.—Went io tho I 'elaware mission toromimWe a four days' meeting, which I had promised the Delaware* previous t > my setting out for the c tst, upon the condition the / would build a meeting he ise. The missionary and tl e Christum Indians had g me to work some two or t irec weeks previous, and v iih their own bauds hew >d logs, .split the boards, i ou pled the rafters, and li id a bouse raised, and un ler roof, 22 by 27 feel ii size; and this was the irst effort they had ever u ade of the kind; and man r of those at it had only I een a few months couvw s*d from heathenism. I I htnk they have done well, ind have sec an example i 'orthy to l>e followed by ra ny of our frontier neigl bora among the whiles, > ho have no houses in wh ch to worship God, unlei * it is some smoky cabin, iol large enough to hold n ore than half the people who attend. On Kahtatfc «... nai part wnicn represents the) wild Indi: ing notches on trees to show how many tit their camps are. Uncivilized Indi Joining about miles. They generally in . ay's travels, &c. In the afternoon I vi: qiiatcr, one of the Potawaitomie chiefs, him shaking with the ague, cOnsequentl) little to him, though promised io return t< morning. j j 21st.—Went tp Guaquater'sJ camp, ace romise. Fount I him clear of the ague, a r conversation. I gave him i in cxplanati iews in preparing the I. M. L. School. lans for cducatii ig the Indians generally, t Our missionary operations, and especial); reasons that had influenced tho mission among his people, change of men, professed to be much gratified that we c tpese things to him, and he pre raised to cc ith us in our operations and efforts to imp ndilionof the I Indians, and t'jsbed to ki any of hi* Potjawaltomie children \vc w le to take lies t fall. I told blm we woi tfcn. He said, "We have some ready to g u can take the n." /. ,U. L. School, Sept. 7, ttwd inaiiHgemi CHRISTIAN ADVOCA WEDNESCIAY, NOVEMBER *$, IM Tlia proceed* of this paper will l>e equally divided this Annual «"<mf««ren< rm, to be applied in ipieadinc. tlie O Iniaidinc dialreaaed a*<i auperanniiated pfaachera, and Ui a*d orpRana of thoae who have died in Hie work. il>I< RADfCO AIIOLITIQNISM However our readers* may desire it, snd 1 wp might be relieved by it, we are not done v ogical Ijce." lihe article to which we all <>ur former notice |of this gentleman, contain other things too good to be pissed without i and which shall now claim the attention of our p but whether we shall be able to present them w gravity, we cannot say. !Our readers will'recollect, thai) in our first headed " radieo-abolitionism," we adduced, as a trition of the aad effects which this " monoi wis producing, the fact that it had already ellV lajge secession from the M. I". (,'hureh in I'tica Mr. lice is so full of " logic'' that he cannot gutsh ao illustration from an argument. He t the l!l**aes*wi itself into what he no doubt m foj a syllogism, and thus »■ mak«t> it ridicali making it his own." ** Indeed," says he, " to frdm such a case concerning the result of an sli very convention, is io add one more ' logical w to this wonderful age. The argument, if fair! let. would stand thus:—The brethren in l:ti. celed because their rights were invaded, hy aut si* the conference, therefore an aim slavcrv cc lion will produce secession." Now, gentle r> to I have a fair sample of Mr. Lea's '• logic,"— specimen of his syllogism*. It isjtrue, it is not as much like a syllogism as an jold-fashioned, cornered, cocked hat; for that presented three f corresponding with the major, the minor, and the elusion, while Mr. dee's syllogism i* abaolutely a p*iu do bras—a vile, modern invention—Mippani prigish Io be sure ; hut having not ling of the mi aspect, and bold bearing, of ihe old-fashioned, cornered, cocked hat of uur ancestors jlur resders will pardon tins warlike allusion, they please, charge it to the accoupt t>f our odmm
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II if other Edward Stevens likewise died
l i o the Holy Ghost; arid, blessed! be
)d, at ourillaf e ri rival in Har isburg is oldest son
w converted ai i L now Alls tl b place )f his sainted
her. Wfc bav s lost those i ilusble memben in
» Church; ra liu nt, but the CI urchtr umphant ias
ined then i. Tl i >usands hav i gone and we ire
the way )u- watchword ia oiv ird and ap-
ird. Pra r l>r is,
Yours,
Su
knowk
Weybr dgec r. 4/ Vergenti sa mis.
JV<
lie Lord rs favoring us uflon
nber havje pro 'ttsed faith it Chris
~o;
era are |bn< uiri
» thitherward,
eral wqk. I
autiful |
b had a I
m of lafj
cate in
t spirit
eriuit ui juit I
or circti t, No
lly nuin
iade cnl re y
alrcsd; cbt
ore are
8 have
!od be i I tli
MISS1
Co i rear
'. and
Ch, rlesi
We have
I. In
an obscujc appx intinent, at which
i tents; BO or 10 were com sited). New-Market
i also been av ired with a b eased work of gr cc.
several other j i sees souls h ive been brough to
Ige ol salvation. I ray fonus.
1 H. [Hi, Monro*1
Libertytt ten,
had some good tlm s on o|r circuit his
iiernt < r we held a small < imp meet mg
had but se-
I , Baowni.
II , Abe. 11.
ycon
er a
circuit. A
of late, i nd
with their
for a in >re
ing on ler
it eLord. We
e tire sanci ifi-
or of many is,
nd rencv a
II LOVEJOY
101 , iVoe. 10
ra i with us >n
:e, i mercy. A
ebtv desiring to
I w< think some
i >f K5rfect love.
>ti v< led to G( d,
ui ci confereni e.
nd e er. - Amt n.
. H, Pakrish.
its oa ry Society
het»
ICE.
iol
s of pril 'Zd, n
of June,- —
necessa! y
latcd, aid
ibed. F >r
indebte 1,
and cnth n
llyto tl e
the corS-
and HI h
and infli-
an inter"
n has an y
arnasaan
um has beeh su
siCcess we ar great
tn-pe, both to the li wral it,
trar patrons, and espec
itjid generous ex mpl i
Isr niton, Frazie , Ta
idly offered their crvice
i their Hubacriptio s. I
It i icil lier of these . entlei
th our denominate n, btrt they may lie
repret vn. foi r others; ai 11 tluilk our sut -
i repr «e it it many as t :n denomination i,
differ •tit, unions,
re in I rei ty or .a suitabl i piece
>e to roceet and build « itb all
perm Saw an » do so shall isvebc
b autl iritiet of the state; this lb
sings at< i ol progress,si a fi
•f the ;oi on i nent we anj cipate
I hi d i n interview wit! thJ
few d y> sit cc in which io ■
inn te bn ilH samtM •••w»«« ■*•«**
HUM •»».•»>••»• ««MU|
were dated June 7,
all. \Ve shall be i
unanswerc
nun, iiiem, me latest ol which
ind that I have answered
them
our,yet
I/NDIAIS
itifled to hear from a num er of
communications. W. H
DIAN MISSIONS JIN TH K MISSOURI CON Eg
ENCK.
Dear Brother,—S ncc I returned from Dalt^nore
I have been much c owded with business, and! have
been part of the tii le sick, consequently hai ? not
found it convenient! o write to you until the pr ssent
hour; and now I ci n only transcribe a sheet from
my daily journals.
Yours, most affectionately, T. Johnson.
June 27th.—Reached home from Uenersl ('on-
roy dear companion pr:sscd
rows | two of our childreri
us by the cold hand of eath
boy,
iffec-
rreat
my
N.
hav-
>f grount,
Itspalch ajs
|n obtained
Hiness is in
[the lib*
favernb
torney genie that
ferenee, and found
down with many so
ing been taken iron
during my absence. One, an interesting little,
nine and a half mot ths old, and the other, an
lionate daughter, ne rly six years. The providence
of God is indeed a g reat deep which we cannt t fathom. O for grace o be resigned. It was a
relief to n.e when learned that the mind o
wife had been aston shingly sustained by the grace
of God in the mid it of the almost unparraHeted
affliction through w ich she had been called to pass
while I was from li i>me. She was surrounde 1 by
the best of Christia i friends, who gladly affr rded
her all the relief lha human or Christian sympathy
could devise. It w ould have afforded me r mch
pleasure to have see i my four little children i gain
whom I had left wl: en I started from home but
God had taken two o them to himself, where, I isve
no doubt, they are b titer off than they would e in
this world of trouble So 1 submit, and will no sorrow as those who ha re no hope ; for I believe hey
sleep in Jesus, and tl at he will bring them with him
when he shall come o collect his jewels togctl er.
28th.—Attended v, orship with my family al Hie
I. M. I.. School; bi it my spirits were so bn ken
down that I could nei iher preach nor meet the c U8s,
but found much rei ief in attending the hous i of
God, and meditating >n his promises.
20th.—Went to tli e river with some wagon i to
haul out some goods purchased for our school nod
mission.
30th, and July 1st ind 2d, I spent in examu ing
into the state of thi igs at the school. We ai e in
the midst of wheat hirvest here, and have a |