1857.] THE GOSPEL REJECED. 101 assembled in the church, when forty-two Europeans were confirmed, the ceremony being followed by an address from the Bishop. On the next day, at seven A.M., twelve native Christians were confirmed, and, amongst them, two individuals of superior intellect and acquirements, who, from the time of their embracing Christianity, some few years back, had been enabled to maintain a Christian profession with consistency before their countrymen-one, the native-assistant surgeon, the other, the professor of mathematics in the Delhi College. One of the Missionaries, Mr. Jackson, read part of the service in Hindústání, the other, Mr. Hubbard, presenting the candidates. Amidst the vast population, Mohammedan and heathen, of this great city, the little native congregation which had been raised up, the commencement, as was hoped, of greater things, and the Mission school, under the superintendence of Mr. D. C. Sandys, son of the Rev. T. Sandys, one of our Missionaries at Calcutta, were objects of great inte rest. True, it was the day of small things, especially when viewed in contrast with the hundreds on hundreds of Mussulmans, who, on their sacred days, filled the vast square of the Jumma Musjid, or great mosque, of Delhi. After the confirmation the Bishop left, proceeding to Meerut; and the large party, which had met together on sacred and social occasions, separated, never to meet again in this world. A few months passed over-not many-not five months, and the insurrection broke out in all its atrocity. Fugitive troopers arriving from Meerut on May 11th, were instantly joined by the native soldiery quartered in the city. The work of destruction commenced. It was fearful. Whole families were butchered. Nothing was spared that was European; no native that was a Christian. Amongst others, the Commissioner, Mr. Fraser; the commandant of the palace guards, Captain Douglas, whose escort remained passive, while the mutineers cut him down; the good chaplain and his daughter; one of the excellent Missionaries, Mr. Hubbard, and their promising flock of native Christians; the young schoolmaster-all these we hear have suffered death under its most cruel forms, and their blood cries to God for vengeance, speedy vengeance, on those false creeds of the Hindú and the Mohammedan, which so feed and strengthen man's bad propensities as to make him far more cruel than the dread tiger of the jungle. Who would not prefer being cast into the tiger's lair, rather than into the hands of Bengal sepoys? These false religions, Mohammedanism and Hindúism, fill the heart with hatred to the Christian name; and to make soldiers of such men, and put arms in their hands, is to sharpen a sword against ourselves. Let there be no more Mussulmans or high-caste Hindús admitted into the ranks of England's soldiery! THE GOSPEL REJECTED. A MISSIONARY in South Africa says "We once met a company of men, young and old, one of whom addressed us, as speaker for all, in the following language Teacher, white man! We black people do not like the news you bring us. We are black, and we like to live in dark 102 ness. You trouble us; you break up our kraals, and eat up our cattle; you will be the ruin of our tribe. And now we tell you to-day, if you do not cease, we will leave you, and all this region, and go where the gospel is not known or heard.' 'But,' said I, how is this? If I oppose your customs, it is because the word of God is opposed to them, and because they are wrong. Your children I teach, as I do you, to become wise, and good, and happy. But how do I eat up your cattle, and break up your kraals and your tribes? All that I obtain from you I pay for, do I not? And I sometimes try to do you a good turn besides.' Yes; but you teach repentance and faith; and a penitent, believing man, is, to us, as good as dead. He no longer takes pleasure in our pursuits, nor labours to build his father's kraal, but leaves it and joins the church, and tries to lead others after him. And as to our cattle, our girls and our women are our cattle; but you teach that they are not cattle, and ought not to be sold for cattle, but to be taught and clothed, and made the servants of God, and not the slaves of men. This is the way you eat up our cattle.' ["Journal of Missions" (Boston U. S.), June 1857. THE DAY LABOURER. "In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good." Eccles. xi. 6. Sow ye beside all waters, Where the dew of heaven may fall: Ye shall reap if ye be not weary, Sow, though the thorns may wound thee; And, though the cold world scorn thee, Sow ye beside all waters, With a blessing and a prayer: Name Him whose hand upholds us, And sow thou everywhere. Sow when the sunlight sheddeth For the rain of heaven descendeth Sow when the tempest lours, And the seed, in darkness nourished, Sow, though the rock repel thee, 78 1857.] CANTON-YEH AND HIS CRUELTIES. Ere the shades of night come on; The word that for Him thou bearest, Thy strength-in thy Master's might, Sow by the wayside gladly, In the damp, dark caverns low, Though blood and guilt have stained it, Watch not the clouds above thee; Let the whirlwind round thee sweep; CANTON-YEH AND HIS CRUELTIES. 103 SOON after the first act of hostility on the part of the English, the governor-general, Yeh, issued proclamations, offering rewards to all who would bring the heads of any foreigners to his office. This immediately aroused the cupidity of the worst portion of the community, and their victims were the unoffending seamen at Whampoa, or others in situations quite removed from actual hostilities. The bodies of seamen buried at Whampoa were even disinterred by these miscreants, aud their heads presented for the reward. A small postal steamer was boarded by a few unarmed persons, as passengers, who then smuggled arms on board in a basket, and rose on the captain and crew, killing them all, and taking 104 ONE OF THE "GREAT MULTITUDE, [SEPT. their heads to Yeh, who, by his atrocious proclamation, had encouraged such outrages. But the murder of unoffending natives reflect much more upon the authorities. With a disregard of life which we might think they would avoid for the sake of their own cause, and to induce the people to cooperate with them, they have rather stimulated the soldiers to seize and destroy. Four or five hundred Chinese were employed by foreigners in and around the foreign factories, at the commencement of hostilities, all with the knowledge and consent of their own rulers. These were now looked upon as so many traitors, and obnoxious to punishment. Most of them got safely away into the country, the further from Canton the safer; but scores preferred to remain with their employers, assured that they were safer than with their relatives. Men were stationed to guard the factories, by the English admiral, and though Chinese could pass out, beyond the lines, they must have a ticket, as evidence of their character, before they could return inside. It is within bounds to say, that a hundred natives were arrested merely because they were seen passing in and out by their countrymen, and I suppose all such have been decapitated. One evening I sent a lad to the house of a Missionary, about two miles distant. He had no ticket, nor any thing foreign on his person; nor had he lived in the factories, nor did he go from them; but when he told the street guard where he was going-so it is inferred—and where he was sent from, they arrested him, and next day his head was cut off. A cooly, who was seen landing a Chinese table on the opposite side of the river, and coming in the direction of the factories, was seized, and executed in a few hours. The boat-women, carrying passengers ashore from steamers, were seized and murdered by liers-in-wait, who said they were acting under the sanction of Government; which, in fact, had made itself responsible for such horrid deeds, by the rewards and proclamations it had issued. If these acts could have been of the least avail in the general contest with the English, they might be accounted for; but as it is, they can only be ascribed to the cruelty and cupidity of the emissaries of the Government. If there was a chance of getting a few dollars from a poor man, by arresting him on a charge of connexion with foreigners, no feeling of pity, no regard for himself or his family, no sense of justice towards an innocent man, had the least weight, but he was taken before the tribunals, and in most cases executed. It may be stated, however, that doubtless many of these unhappy persons were seized, and lost their lives, without the knowledge of the higher officers; for, in such times of disorder, many take advantage of the opportunity, and wreak their private vengeance. Macao, January 1857. S.W.W. ["Journal of Missions" (Boston, U.S.), June 1857. ONE OF THE "GREAT MULTITUDE, WHICH NO MAN CAN NUMBER." THE "great multitude" is being gathered in, from all ranks and all nations. Various agencies and instrumentalities are being employed for this purpose; and amongst others, the Jerusalem Diocesan Schools, as appears from the following encouraging fact, communicated by the Bishop "An Abyssinian youth, who had been four years in the Diocesan School, but who had been forced to leave it by bad health, has been quietly residing at the Abyssinian convent, and is now not expected to live till this evening. He was known to very few, but was always considered a quiet, serious lad. Now that his end is approaching, he is very full of joy, relying_simply on the merits of Christ, and desiring to be with his Saviour. Each day he repeats to his nurse, a pious woman, 'I am dying, and have nothing-nothing-nothing to bring with me; but Christ has done all for me, and is all to me. God will receive me for His merits' sake.' He often repeats favourite hymns-especially the following and 'Not all the blood of beasts 'Rock of Ages, cleft for me, Let me hide myself in Thee.' "The other day, Mrs. Palmer, the schoolmaster's wife, visited him. He at once asked her to sing this latter hymn to him, and, when she had finished, said emphatically, Nothing in my hand I bring. Simply to the cross I cling.' The cross of Christ is the ground of all my hope and joy."" Even while writing the above, the Bishop received intelligence of the boy's death from the Rev. Mr. Valentiner, who was with him to the last, and "declared," the letter continues, "his full confidence that the dear boy died in Jesus,' having scarcely ever seen such evidence of a living faith. A few moments before he expired, he was asked whether it was in Abyssinia he had learned to know Christ as his Saviour. O no,' he replied: it is Mr. Palmer who has led me to Christ, where I have found peace and salvation.'" This may well be called the "first-fruits of the Gentiles." The Jewish "first-fruits" have been already gathered. Witness that interesting anecdote related by Bishop Gobat, at the last Annual Meeting, of the aged Jew, brought to the knowledge of Christ by means of his daughter, a child of not more than ten years old, attending the Diocesan school, who, to the consternation of the Rabbis, and the delight of the Christians, died, openly professing that he "died in the faith of Jesus of Nazareth." "You may imagine," the Bishop continues, "what encouragement this is to us all who take such interest in these schools; but this is not all. We have other signs that God blesses us. A young Abyssinian Falasha (i.e. Jew), about fourteen to fifteen years of age-at first, wild and wilful, but now his behaviour is not only good, but he is so convinced of the truth of the gospel that he earnestly desires to be baptized. We trust the work is begun in him. Another boy, an Arab, was examined the other day by Mr. Koelle, of the Church Missionary Society, who at once decided to take him as his dragoman and teacher; and this, too, after he had in vain sought for such a person at Beyroot. We trust that this lad, too, is deeply impressed with the truth of Holy Scripture, with which, intellectually, he is thoroughly acquainted." [Fourth Annual Report of the Jerusalem Diocesan Missionary Fund. THE KAREN MISSION. WE have occasionally introduced into the pages of the "Gleaner notices of the interesting Karen Mission, and more particularly with |