Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1853-10-12
From the Ohio Statesman
The Rebellion i'm China.

Few things have excited more attention of late
than the accounts which have been received con-
cerning the religious character of the insurrecton
in China. Little additional information to that
which we published few weeks ago has since
been received, but farther accounts looked for
with much anxiety. In the mean time, we per-
ceive, that very diff rent views entertained on
the subject not only by persons in this country,
and in Europe, but by those who live nearest the
seat of operations in China. Whilst the North
China Herald, from which We quoted extensively,
gives the intelligence that the Insurgents were
not merely professors of the Protestant form of
worship, but practical spiritual Christians, the
Hong Kong Register on the other hand ridicues
the idea of the rebels being practical Christians.
II SAYS that it has long been notorious that sew
eral Chinese who had received missionary edu-
cation were among the rebel leaders; and, that
with the knowledge that the English nd Ameri-
cans were Protestant Christians, some OF these
were probably put forward as samples, with
view to impose on the British Plenipotentiary and
to enlist the sympathes of English and American
Christians. The same paper speaks of wild fa-
naticism and extra2agant imposture found
AMONG them, and states that their leader s.Tac-
ping.wang,' - the "Prince OF Peace" claims sort
Of divine origin and mission. and has constant rev.
elations from angels, like M Ihumet, and that he
pursues course inconsistent with a proper rever-
ence for the Bible and its great Auth )r, and re-
gard to its precepts as the rule of life.
regarding this movement prevails among the mis-
sionaries in China. Some place great confidence
in the professions of regard tor Christianity which
have been put forth by the insurgentsw whilst 9TH
ers express great doubts on the subject. The
Rev. Mr.. BridSman, missionary of the Ameri-
can Board at Shanghai in recent letter dated
May 81, and published in the Puritan Recorder
has the following remarks:
faThis is an important fact, that they are EN-
blowing the press. They have, at least, already
printad o dozen bopks; and among them there i.
= Christian Almanac; it dates the third year (the
current year) of the new dynasty, under the reigr
Of the new king, styled the Prince of Peace.
It ID an important tact, that this native pres
has heen 1under God) set in motion by the pro
dletscf the missionary press,--by tracts and Por
tons of fhe Scriptures distributed since DR.. Nor
risaI cofnmenced> operations, now neary tort.
JsEsS- a6osss ThienewsoEdeF. OF linen has sprun.
mir 4he-very koil, ,s&hefe. some eighteen year
aao, the Evangelist LsGH9 At1h1 distributed thou
a@ns3s- -uf clnistian-t - y -, =.
hissah important fact. that they acknowledg
sS5:SSTsESS tie true God, and him alone. The
ofEe1 daS,terrae Iauguage of Jehovah, in the Dec
sbsaiig, Thuu- shatt have no other Gods beside
ssSs,s eiad. theysgve to the true God the titles
IL s4.oro. Sovereign Potemtate, August Hig
4 "a - the fact, that his proper name
Is6osaa and that besdeS nun esns a,s 1tiu1 are q
hoyatl all who are called Go. 's :
gods. Fs9 ~ ~ Aas