The Daily spy., 1850-09-10

certainty thdt they cannot hold them SUCH when the
Territories become States
% The NORTH BRITISH REVIEW. for A,c,,s.
mas already been repubished by L. Scott & Co, and
we have 1t on our table, Its contents are. tn.
Scottish Universities; H. Pendenpis-Tbe J;to.a,.
Profession; III. The English Language. Jv-s,onh
enson and Fairbanks Tabular Bridges; V. The Iib.
ertles OF the Gallican Church VI. Wordsworth: VII.
The Method of Divine Government VIII II Man,
riam; TX. Trial Of Professor Webster; X. Christian
ty in India.
we nave not for many day taken up Quarterly
containing so hucn interesting matter this number
Inc articles on the English Language, Wordsworth.
An hemoriam, and Christianity in India, are all good
oi their nd Ahe latter is devoted chiefly to such
rapid historical sketch of the efforts that have been
maoe' SINCE the commencement Of the Christian era
shed the light OF the Gospel the provinces Of In
da as may prepare the reader for the consideration o
the Present and Future Of Christian Missions in the
East We make the following extract from The con
cusion, to which, it appears to us, all who investigate
this subject are most likely to comet
fsThe Romanist missionaries did not seek 70 on
llghten, they only sought to proseIytize The great
er the ignorance, the farer the field The 6rsf Pro-
tesfant missionaries began at once to enliobten =
Iney opened door fer the reception of truth by es
.apliShing school, From that time the school has
Deen regarded, more or less by Protestant mission.
aries, as an agent in the work of GENERALIZATION
ana the further that we advance in the great work
ana the more extended our circle of experience the
more profoundly impressed isthe conviction on thp
minds OF all thinking men, that the teacher not the
preacher, best ful6ls the obligations of missionary
lie. From the time when Zegenbalg opened hi.
little school at Tranquebar, up to the nresont ID
Va0Ced DeTlOd Uhn nd NJ
at their annual examinations read aloud. in the nres
ence OF all the magnates of the land English ESSAYS
on abstruse metaphysical Subjects and answer oues
lions In history and literary criticism which would
perPlex, beyond extrication, the understandings Of
nith form youths at Eton or Harrow, education. with
Dul very slght occasional Interruptions has been
steadily advancing, and we shall hardly he accused
OF national prejudice, if we add that in the insItn.
IONS established by our own countrymen If ha.
found home Of unsurpa. sed excellence and utiItv
One thing would say" observed DIR. Duff in q
recent eloquent speech on the Past and Present Of
christianity In India, ''as the result OF extensive OBJ
fervallon' that II such places as Calcutta, Madras
nonloay, !. ana other places similarly circumstanced
ue system we have been led to ADOPT has proved in
point OF fact, tU be by far the mighes engine no,
ON Tor bringing down the stronghods of heathenism
put even Tor building up living Christianity in its
s.ead ana no one acquainted with the workings OF
the institutions, over which he and his coleaSues
nave Pfesioed, VIII refuse to endorse this encourag-
ing truth. We must utterly break down the barriers
ignorance and superstition before we can hope to
let IN the full flood Of Gospel light. Caste-keepng
idol-worshipping Christians exist in Thousands and
are TO be made to any extent. But Professionalism
WIN have nothing to do with such converts The
old ialth must be clean swept away, before the new
uutn Is brought to the door; the idols must be utterly
abolished In the present temper of Hindoo mind,
the schoolmaster is the best of missionaries. This
Iruth, secuted and denounced at one time by many
excellent men, has now found almost oeneraI u,
ance The missionary tendencies OF The age are all
towards education. We deyoutly thank God for
what that mighty agent has done already, and we
iervently pray for future harvest, beside which all
present results may be dwarfed into mere barren
ness. liH 's4.se f
E@y- Mr. G. p. r. Janes ,he coloI,a, a ~. !. .,,