New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-01-08
Relixieus Infelllgence.


sionsries IL are physcisos S are licensed preach
ers not ordained. 20 printers. &c. 1872 females,
married and unmarried In ali 3s2 Americans The
rem ainder are native teachers and preAche1-
Gathered and watched over by these missionaries
s-s "a churches containing at this tine IS cal
members. Of whom l.076 were sdded the past year.
Connected with these missions are also IL theology.
cal senipsr,es for training tesches and preachers
having 423 pupils also % boarding schools having
200 rnsle ana $50 female pupus also Jo' Tree
schools containing shout 1850 Children IN AL
- 900 children and youth under the instruction OF
the missionaries. This IS exclusive OF the scnoos
a. the Sandwich Islands which have been put INTO
the charge Of the native government and are sup
ported by IL and which include s. pupils about one
fifth Of the entire population The missions have
also II printing establishments and type ana
stereotype so1Ddries Al these presses are type
and other requisites for printing in 30 languages De
side the English. OF books and trscts printed the
past year, pNrisl returns give 4s9 3St copies EN-
brscing a.. 45i 955 pages whole number Of pages
printed STAGE the commencement OF the missions IL
375 600 OC0 in 30 languages Quite number o
these Languages were first reduced 10 writing by
aries OF this or some other o, the American
or English Societies Mss. Herald
ISPOsGwg GRANxAe--A grammar of this Ian
susge. spoken by the negroes at Gaboon, Western
Africa aud lately reduced 10 q written system by
the missionaries Of the American Board AZ hat sta
|
! New YORK at the expense OF the Board.
This grammar EXHIBITS the wonderful fact ,ha.
these naked ssvsges are possessed OF language
rirailag tke Greck 10 copiousness sad hex'olity.
Ofcourse the language OF so rude people must be
expected n be deficient in words representing alb
stract deas--blt IS suscepubiltes may be seen
from the structure OF the verbs, which admit mod
icaiions 70 express almost every shade OF mean
| log. Thus, kdRsj1, to speak kdnbdga TO speak
| hsbitually kdmbt-1, TO cause tn SPEAK; Sdssoi'
| na to speak 10 or TOE some one; kGm0dgdm0d, 10
| speak at random. And these terminstioos msy be
so combined as TO make SIX other sisn'hcsnt ioFns'
| as kambsR0:G. 70 cause 10 speak Tor some one
| And yet again. each OF these has an active, and
| passive, positive and negative iorni
Miss Herald.
| "NoSE LIvErH TO HlNsELy"-God has writ
| ten upon the flower that sSeetens the ar upon
the breeze that rocks IL on its stem, upon the ram
dion that refreshes the smallest sprg OF moss that
rears its head in the desert upon the ocean that
rocks every swimmer in its chambers. upon every
pencied shell that sleeps in the caverns OF the
deem as tell as upon the mi ghty sun which warns
and cheers the millions of creatures that live IN his
| lght-upou ali be has written. None OF US hveth
| ~ himself" Am. Messenger.
| A KINGDOM DIVIDED AGAINST ITSELF. The
French correspondent of the ErdRgcfisf with re
| ference % the Reform in Italy. says: Already
religious or rather ecclesiastical party Is ormng.
The party of progress reprosches that OF rtstsIhce
with wishing TO iatten the hard eNnlngs OF the
people ia making gain OF religion. Take the FOL
| lowing words from an Italian journal, addressed To
| the retardstory class of the clergy;
! We are the Scribes and Pnarasees OF whom Je-
sus Christ spoke with whom tn swear by the altar
ia nothing but by that upon the affairs everything;
| We are the whtened sepulchres, which appear lair
| without bat within are fuii Of dead mems bones
| and all uncleanness. We are those denomina'ehoy
Jesus CHRIST serpents. and generation OF 'lpers
Ministers Of the gospel ye corrupt the gospel anu
reduce II TO dead letter and To barren forms fe
pretend 10 be disciples Of Simon Peter. while ye are
only disciples of Simon the magician; for you sell
the things OF God and farm the ignorance OF super
sttion Ye are not the successorsot those apostles
| who traversed the whole world. aud endured mar
! tyr,iom in defence of the truth. Ye are but the
| successors of those Phsrasees who prosecuted
| Christ because nc preached the truth.
| CHrSa.-One Of the Missionaries at Annoy says,
in a recent letter In different places In the city
four chspes are now opened for public worship by
the brethren of different Missionary Societies
But instead of four Oh apes We might have forty
! and the Chinese would gladly rent their buildings
! for the purpose were there men to occupy them
| and hold forth the word OF life
! The Island of Annoy contains 1876 villages and
( 100000 inhabitants Nearly half the Inhabitants
are in the City of Annoy, the situation OF which APP
pears 70 be healthy. The whole island is open to
the unrestricted residence and labor OF Missiona-
| res. and nowhere in China have Missionaries been
! treated with such marked respect by the higher
! Chinese officers
POWER OF LIBERAL SENTIMENT ~ lTALY.-The
| European correspondent OF the ". T. EraHgaist
gives the following in relation To the progress Of
| civil and religious liberty In Italy L" Tho Pope,
| ia order to avoid the responsibility OF somewhat
| ptby article in Journal deposed the Censor. who
had suffered it 70 pass Immediately the editors OF
| the seven principal papers at Rome declared mat
their editions would cease TO appear until the liberal
Censor was restored to his place. The Pope yielded
and restored the Censor. t is one step toward the
abolition OF a preventive Censorship The Pope is
ready 10 take back some prerogatives, but at bis
| first retrograde step. the popular disapProoation
was so strongly manifested, that Inc was obliged TO
yield, in order to lead"
RELIGION on THE Continent REV. Me-. Rous
sci the pastor of church In Paris, In letter &c
! the Evangelist. says: Some time since the Prot
| estant Rationaists separated from the Established
| Church in Germany, under the name OF Friends OF
| Light Well, these Friepds Of Light and the
dssentient Catholics have united into one church
under the name Of the Free and Uulted Christian
CONGREGATION. IL is in the City Of Halle, so famous
for Us University. that this union has been sccom
| pshed and this is but another Indication Of the
piidellty which 10 spread over Germany, ana oiin
progress which in Switzerland snd IN France 10
setting up socialism destructive Of ali religious
faith"
DlFFUsIoS OF RELIGIOUS TRurH-lt cannot
fail 10 be noticed says the Oh. InteDigeacer as one
of the cheering signs of advance in public septt
rnent that the secular journals so very generally
manifest an increasing interest ia toe religious
movements of the age. daily paper In review
ing the moral aud religious aspects OF lsi7, says
In no former year have such multitades OF BIZ
blessTestaments, religious Volumes and Tracts,
been distributed throughout our country or 90
many hundreds Of faithful Missionaries aud other
messengers of truth been employed among oor
scattered population. In year has there been
such an increased demand Tor the religious journals
OF all denominations, and especially, At no former
period has there ever been anything Ike the pres.
ent general diffusion OF religious Intelligence and
moral influence through the secular Press
TIE GIFT OF TOsGUEs-In an able discourse on
Sabbath evening on the yerpetuity OF iDdiyidu al
Influence, aud its multiplication BY the Press Rev.
Dr. Potts remarked, that the powers OF every good
man and good thought may be impressed and ex-
pressed TO an unlimited extent. by means OF print,
ING. Witness the writings OF DAVID and Paul OF
Watts and Baxter, Of DoddrIdge and Alleine. Into
how many million minds have the streams OF Their
influence been pouring Their voices still fi the
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