The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-08-19

claims u . direct divine origin, son-ship Of God
and cadet ship TO Jesus Christ put forth on BE-
hall Of the Heavenly Prince. Are We " consider
Tins an indication that the ruling spirit has already
departed rom the camps Oh the insurgents, and w
now undergoing process Of dedication la se hearts
Of admiriDg and aiiectonate folio Sefsi
PROCLAMATION or THE "HEAvESLY PRINCE TO
THE ARMY.
The following edict was dated from Yungan, in
Kwang-re, about eighteen months ago, and " attr
buted by the insurgents 10 the Heavenly Prince -
LET the forces OF all ranks composing our army
acknowledge the true religion and act accordingly.
God, the Heavenly Father and Supreme Lord Ia
the only true God; there are other gods but God
the Heavenly Father and Supreme Lord. God the
Heavenly Father and Supreme Lord IL all-wise, all
powerful and everywhere present. He il in all
things Supreme. Every man il created and sun.
ported by him. lie only il supreme To God, tho the
Heavenly Father and Supreme Lord alone IL due the
title 81 Supreme the title Of Ruler From this time
forth let the troops address Us AZ Lord Cor Sover
eign) simply; they must not enttle Us "Sapreme,p
thereby offending agans, the Heavenly Father.
The Heavenly Father ~ the Holy Father in lIca
ven the Heavenly Brother IL the Holy Lord, the
Saviour Of the world; the Heavenly Father and the
Heavenly Brother alone are Holy. FROM this time
forth let the troops address us as Lord simply they
they must not enttlc M Holy, thereby offending
against the Heavenly Father and the Heavenly
Brother.
God, the Heavenly Father and Supreme Lord il
the Father (yay) Of spirits, the Father OF souls
Some time back ordered that the first and second
ministers, with the commanders OF the front and
rear armies should be addressed as "Prncey IA
ther This was temporary compliance with the
depraved rules Of the world and judged by the true
rengion amounts to an offence against the Heavenly
Father. He alone il Father gun. We now, az a
reward, specially invest the irat minister and
mander Of the first army with the government of the
East and the title OF the Eastern Prince; the second
minister and commander OF the second army, with
the government OF the countries In the West and the
title u the Western Prince; the commander Of the
front and third army, with the government OF the
Prince; the commander the rear and fourth army
with the government OF the countries In the North
and the title OF Northern Prince and brother Ta
with the title Of Assistant Prince, assistant TO the
Heavenly Court. We further order that our royal
spouse be entitled Queen (Neang neang) and our
noble concubines, Princess Respect this"
Latest VIEW or THE RELIGIOUS AND MORAL ELE-
MENTs.
From the North China Herald, May Is
The nature Of this nsurrectiOn, Of which the en-
Rencc ~ its re pi0us element, has compelled VI TO
trench on subjects not usually discussed In q news
paper. We wish il To be distinctly understood that
the reality and precise nature of the Teen. wang's
mission. We feel certain, however, that he has not
lived and acted In spite Of the Almighty. In like
manner We commit ourselves ~ no settled opinion on
tie Book OF Divine Communications, in which we
do not wish to ignore the existence Of much that,
viewed by our lights, would seem TO be mere human
invention or delusion. But we certainly cannot con-
vince ourselves that cold and deliberate imposture
could have originated and maintained an intense
and extensive movement like that we are
sidering. And we protest earnestly against
oil hasty, uncharitable, or it may be, pre-
sumptnous, decisions in matters which 1t is
beyond the powers OF human language to grasp, be-
eause branching all sides into the inscrutabe and
incomprehcnsible. What mainly concerns us IL, that
these Chinese Christians do worship the same God
az ourselves; that they have, like ourselves taken
the Ten Commandments their moral code; and
that they wage war against immortality with an ear
nestness at present altogether strange to 1t
indeed said at Marking passages in their books
c0rr0bOrate the statement-that the sovereign him
self has thirty six cOncubnes, the parsonage next in
rank twelve, and some eight or ten Of the other high
officers each smaller number But this p0lygamy is to
be confined to about ten twelve persons In popu-
aton Of 300 600 600; and il IL by no means es-
scntal part Of the system that il should continue to
exist even In this limited extent The teachings OF
one devoted missionary, or even the distribution Of
New Tcstaments, might originate change; for II IL
u be remarked that both in this matter and their
utterly destroying the men, women, and children"
OF their enemies, they appear TO follow the dictates
of the Book of Moses more than the precep.s Of
the New DispensatiOn. Until better taught they
among whom polygamy has existed from the oldest
times may very naturally believe that in the eyes of
Him to when five thousand years are "but IA a
day the pluralitX9l wives which in the patriarch
Abraham was IN The morning no fault, cannot in the
evening be crime.
The great wonder is in truth that they have so
completely separated themselves from most of the
ancient vices and supersitions In a few sentences
In the introduction 10 their calendar they dispose OF
the whole system Of divination fortune telling and
lucky days, which many Of us have had cause to
know is a practical t1ma el on the unchristanized
Chinese The idols have been all destroyed in the
cities they hold, and with them, many Of the tenn
pies All the females have been quartercd in separate
bindings, where they work and receive ratIons un.
der the supcrintendcncc of the seniors and while all
hn tnIl hat IN Tppu ia INIT tnInnn
rary to prevent abuses, otherwise sure 10
sue in the existing confusion, is ~ Tor the pre-
sent certain death for any male TO enter these csti'
lishments, even M husband or father. 80 rigorous
are the leaders in carrying out their principles that
several prevalent vices OF the Chinese have already
been cured even in the large numbers Of new follow
crs ut Marking. One term OF abuse was evidently
allowcd-"wangp a literally, egg Of tortoise,
a mctaphorCal expression for "son OF II cuckhold.o
But of all the gross obsccnties that used to garnsl
the ordinary language of both sexes not one was
heard either by our counrymcn or by their Chinese
attendants. Nor was any gambling seen; aud there
was, IN short, enough asct rtained during the few
days stay of the Iermes, to prove that the Ten
Commandments, as moral code, will assuredly be
enforced in all strictness and integrity.
books FOUND AT NANKING.
We suboin description Of the titles OF half
dozen books procured at Marking. Rcmarking gene.
rally on the character of these books, Christian
minister, who looked over them, sad-"Thc explana-
ton Of the Ten Commandments as given in one of
the books, is in the main correct" ain another OF
them il kind Of summary Of old Testament history.
The religion Of the whole is of the Old Testament
spirit. The whole is wonderful do not know what
u think OF it,"
The books are named thus:
BOOK OF HEAVENLY LAWS.
A tract, written in very rude style, on the doc
trines OF the sect, in which introduced the Ten
Commandments, (abridgcd,) with explanation
Of them.
BOOK OF THE COMMANDS or THE HEAVENLY
FATHER.
This is part Of the new revelation recording what
passed between "thc Heavenly Father" and certain
Of the brethren Mt various places on earth.
BOOK or THE DECLARATION or THE WILL OF
HEAVEN.
This work contains another part Of the new reve.
lation.
REGULATIONS or THE EMPIRE or PEACE,
Conr'ss of ten rules for the regulation OF the camp
when stationary; and ten rules for the same object
when the army is on the march. This small book
has mixed up in il, less than any Of the others, the
spurious religious arpon. Military subordination is