The register. (Monroe, La.) 185?-1861, 1859-12-08

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THE ORPHAS g A father Of tie tasherless, AMI
d3aayg Of saaosos, Is GodS,s his holy habitotio,,.'
4 The Bibie conycys expressions Of Divine in
terest and segaM IN all classes and condition,
j unite In aending TO mankind the messages O
Divine Kindness and lore. Nor are thest
changed Or abated W the trials and disap
polntnfents and losses to whichswe are subject
Like as a father pitch bis children, so tn
Lord pitietlr them that fear him. :
His holy habitation y means his church or
rangemenB as they were under the Old Tes
lament dispehsation. Any interest," therefore
thatwe may have in the fatherless and the
widow makes Us, as far Us it3goes, like Cod
In some minds they are friendless as well az
fatherless, hut when we understand our rela
tiors properly we zee that they stand peculiar
~ related to the Church and the church il
| bound to cafe for their mental and moral edu.
cation, and their physical necessities. y
A state Of orphanage is not q state of .desti.
tuition, for God Is the I" father Of the father
less:N Search your Bibles, and you will read
of men distinguished in their day, and whose
nam.s are identified with Scripture history
who were early left orphans. Thus Jeroboam
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Others Thus. also. in modern times, Washing
ton was left tatherless al the early age of ten
years, Jefferson at twelve, Henry Clay at FIVE,
Calhoun at thirteen, jackson, much earlier,
and Bonaparte, one Of eight children, was very
early deprived of the support, care and. pro
lection of a father. 4 Gl5e5.f sgfts4
Pure religion and sundetllel before God and
the father is this: to visit the fatherless and
widows In their addiction; and, above and be-
oil vatxx kn, M N
Will not, leave us orphans. He islthe Head
over. All things for his body the church. How
beautifully his affection ind tenderness are dis
playedsl n the case of Lazarus, and when, by
HID word he restored to the widow of Main her
SON, and when !" the little childrenn were
brought TO him anl1he touched, them and bles-
sed them. Let The same mind he in us that
was in Christ Reu. John c. Smith, D. D.
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THR HoME. DgpARTMEST--Tle American
Board Of Commissioners for Foreign Missions
met on Tuesday last, October A, In the WASH
inigton Square Presbyterian Church, Philadcl-
pha. Judge Strong presided. This is the old
est Of the missionary organizations of the
country. II was Incorporated by the legisa-
ture Of Massachusetts, in 1872, and the first
missionaries were ordained at Salem on the 9Th
Of February Of the same year, and sailed early
Tor the East Indies. It appears from the an
,nual report that the expenses Of the year were
S4l0,2S9; receipts $350.9l5-leaying debt
of S66,374. The permanent funds 500, 7i5.-
The permanent fund for Oelcers $50, $40. The
foreign missions were represented to be in a
saourishng condition. The number Of missions
is 70 stations ~ ont stations isl ordain-
cd missionaries 1863; physicians not ordained
4; male assistants IL female do. l04 native
preachers 222; native helpers 254 number Of
pages printed lust year 4l.529,94D; churches
1853; church members 23,4l5; added during
the year l,279; number Of scminaries.7; free
schools 9l9; pupils in free schools 7,9ll; do.
IN semtnaries 40l; do. In boarding scheois $685.
whole number in schools and Summaries S,949.
The opening sermon was preached BY the Rev.
DR., Patterson, Of Chicago. IS !
BApTIsr.-In the United States the regular
Baptist churches have 992 ,S5l members 1880
ordained ministers, and ,035 licentiates; 49,
sos were baptlsed the last year, 64.new,
churches were erected, POS new churches were
constituted, and ,SO4 ministers ordained. There
arc under Baptist patronage SO colleges, IA
theological seninartes, SO weekly newspapers,
40 ihonthlies and TIVE aQuarterlies. In the
whole Of North Alneff0k; including Nova
Scotia, New Brunswick, Canada, and Tho est
Indies, there afe I,060,9l2 Baptists los, org
were baptized in 1855. In addition to regular
Baptists, there are 5Sl, 1888 belonging to various
other sects who practice immersion, making in
all over l,50D, 900 in the United States, or
about one third of the number of all the evan
gelical denominations united.
ssaAsFRIGHTFUL EARrHQuAxE.-4The ancient city,
of Etzroom, Asia MinQE swas destroyed by
earthquake June I'd, 5000 houses being laid
in ruins, 1900 more nearly destroyed, and =
200 others injured $50 dead bodies were
taken out Of the ruins, 200 were wounded, and
20 missing. The heaviest shock Continued
about eight seconds, and was followed by three
othssr ls@ revere, the same day, and by others
ct tntetsals TOT eight days. The destruction
was almost entirely confined to the Moslem
qusftsrs Of the city, only twelve Christians
having lost their lives. $50
II is the diseases Of the mind as Will those of
the body: we are half dead before We npder-
stand our disorder, and half cured when We do.
A FnrNa PuNIsHxENr.-The person who
|. stole march has been put In The came cell
With Procrastination, the thief of Tfmo.n