The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1849-04-14
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.

Il
: NDIA.-A correspondent of the Christian
Advocate and Journal. Gin the Old WOr,d.''
I gives in one of his last letters under the head
Of British affairs in India" a description of
the land oil the hive rivers. or the Punjaab---tAs
cause Of The present difficulties; and iuf.r. ,b,
Of course, inevitable rssult-annexatIon. n.
argues that the English should have the sptI,.
Punjaub in order to eOmpIets. her possession.
In the East, and that they viii then be .hut I'm
by natural boundaries; and the Irritation Of
frontier contests, which have hitherto forced
The company TO expensive wars and sumber-
some snnsxations, need not be feared IN The
same degree As formerly. -. .e..rr
The writer adds ..-r p
ain the Punjaub exists a religions peoulI.ritv
analogous to It's geographical pOsilios. lis DOM
ia ant tfibe are neither disciples or the Veda nor
The Koran. One NGnah Shan originated svs-
tenn, combining much Of Hinduism with mueb
\ OF MohammedaRsm, but REJECTING the suthori-
y OF both, and claiming supremacy for ms own
book Of revelations, emitted Abb Grunth, or tb,
BOOK OF the Beginning. His followers Ssrs
called Shlsha, (disciples,) a word which tha
kngiish have eOrpspted iRio Sikh In Drogr-,s
OF time they became numerous, and acting on
the Aohammedan principle 90 proDsgaIiog
doctrines ~ weapons, they 0bsinsd military
successes On this some Of them thought thai
the tide Of Shisha, disciples, might properly be-
changed for that Of Shinga dion and accord
lngiy, yon IND all thoiT chief men figuring with
the athx sing TO his name. Thus We have Run
Jeet Sing, Chutter Sing, &c: that is, RuBiset
the lion, and Clutter the lion.
The pathway Of the Gospel was shut M ia
the PunJsub under the native rule. All religious
liberty disaloWed till the English entered the
country in 1876 As soon as the Mussulnans
knew that they had crossed the frontier, they
made she whole country resOund with their
,muEzeiR or prayer-eall, which thew had not
been permitted TO utter for years They knew
that under the British flag every conscience
was Tree The Christian missionary will raise
his mnZzein also, and call those lands 10 bow
before one greatGod."
CHRIsrIASrrr N FURKET.-A writer in the
New York Evangelist, who dates his letter Con-
February l, gives Iamentabls 40
count Of the dOings Of the clergy in that re-
giOn:--
He states that the government IL at times
obliged TO Interfere, for the purpose Of restrain
ing the clergy in their unjust and oppressive
conduct Honesty" he says, sis the great
GceptiOn-frauduleney Is the rule. Oriental
has nothing to commend il 70 the
II ne lOOks 10 me lives OF tLs
professors, he sees no more benevolsnce, no
more justice, no more purity thar among tho
Mosems; and fear that impartial Judge
would rather prefer the MOslem TO the Christian
life, as seen in the East"
TEMPERANcE-Doetor Bangs says, through
the Advocate aud Journal Of March LIST, In his
article on the "Inaaence Of Methodism,"
'thers has been q mighty improvement since
$40, when the temperance reformation began
is movements, even in the Methodist Episcopal
Church. And herein l am glad TO scknoWI-
sdge our indebtedness 10 a Congregational min
ster, the Rev. Mr.. Hewitt. whose name ought
% be enrolled among the bsnefactors Of man
lind, for reviving the principles and practice Of
otal abstinence from all Intoxicating liquors as
beverage"
MIssIoNs.-lt has been decided BY the Pru-
Dental Committee, that the next ANNUAL mest-
Ing Of the American Board Of Foreign Missions
shall be held at the city Of 0swsgo, IN n. York
on the Tuesday preceding the second Wednes-
day OF September next. The annual average
receipts OF the Board for the past eight years
has been s249, SIC.