A WORD FOR THE TIME. "He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God." Obedience to this requirement must produce national as well as individual prosperity. "Blow ye then the trumpet in Zion; sanctify a fast, and call a solemn assembly; gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders; gather the children and them that suck the breasts; let the bridegroom go forth from his chamber and the bride out of her closet; let the Priests, the ministers of the Lord, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, spare thy people, O Lord, and give not thy heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them. Wherefore should they say among the people, "Where is their God?" Righteousness is union and peace. Let the people of all the States seek these, and they cannot permanently be disunited. Let all be as determined to do right as to defend what they imagine to be right, and our armies may disband, and the nations admire the grandest spectacle which the world has seen: a Nation saved by obedience to Divine Law. "With the heart man believeth unto righteousness." Errors of intellect in morals will vanish away in the desire to do the will of God. "He that saith he is in the light and hateth his brother, is in darkness, even until now. For he that loveth not his brother, whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?" The friends of Peace in England conclude their address, dated London, April 6, 1861, to their American brethren, in these words: "We appeal to American patriots to save the land they love from the dishonor of appearing before the world in an attitude which can only excite the sorrow and pity of all good men. We appeal to American philanthropists to interpose their influence to ward off a catastrophe which will not only become a source of unutterable suffering and demoralization to their own country, but which will exercise a malign influence over the destinies of the whole human race. Above all, we appeal to Christian churches of all denominations, and emphatically to the Ministers of the Prince of Peace, to stand between the living and the dead, that the plague be stayed; by their example, by their persuasions, by their prayers, to arrest an evil which will not only paralyze their own efforts, and desolate God's inheritance by a flood of passion and crime, but which will be a scandal and a reproach to our common Christianity." وو WHEN Garibaldi, the famous Italian liberator, placed his son at a Protestant school near Liverpool, he said, on taking leave of him, "The Bible is the cannon that will liberate Italy. Powder and shot sometimes seem necessary to clear the way, but the Bible furnishes the right ammunition to secure true freedom. "And I recommend all Italians," he says, "to read the Bible, for it is the book that will make Italy free." RECEIPTS OF AMERICAN COLONIZATION SOCIETY, From the 20th of April to the 20th of May, 1861. VERMONT. By Rev. F. Butler-$64.62Castleton-C. S. Sherman, Calvin Griswold, $10 each, Benjamin F. Adams, $5, J. Adams, C. M. Willard, $3 each, W. C. Guernsey, T. W. Rice, H. Griswold, Hon. E. A. Higley, Hon. Zimri Howe, $2 each, G. Buel, 50 cents. Thetford-Cong. Church and Society, by Rev. L. Tenney, $9.12, Dea. Well's River-Cong. Church and So- By Rev. John Orcutt-$240- Westville-Mr. Sperry. $5, Mrs. A. W. Adams, Luke West Avon-Dwight Humphrey ustus Meal, Mrs. Mary E. Mason, each $10, Rev. Mark Mead, Thos. A. Mead, each $5, Oliver Mead, $3, Zaccheus Mead, Isaac Lyon, each $2, P. Button, $1 Middletown-H. G. Hubbard, $10, Rev. Jer. Taylor, E. A. Russell, 41 50 11 12 1 00 11 00 5 00 69 62 66 00 1 00 15 00 PENNSYLVANIA. OHIO. By Rev. B. O. Plimpton-$19.58— Ashtabula-D. Caldwell, D. W. Gary, $5 each. Atwater-Eliz. Bennett, $5, D. Morse and others, $2.44. Bedford-$2.14 . MICHIGAN. Monroe-By Rev. B. O. Plimpton, 55 00 1 00 47 00 48 00 19 58 40 00 ADDRESSES OF THE REV. ALEXANDER CRUMMELL, OF LIBERIA. The Rev. JOHN ORCUTT, Travelling Secretary of the Society, has with the approbation of the Executive Committee of the Society, fortunately obtained the consent of the Rev. ALEXANDER CRUMMELL, of Liberia, to spend a portion of the time of his brief visit to the United States in making addresses on the condition and prospects of that Republic and of the African Race. These subjects occupied the thoughts of Mr. Crummell very much while in Liberia, and some discourses upon them received high commendations, while his recent addresses in New York, Boston, and other northern cities, have fully sustained his reputation. "The second meeting (says Mr. Orcutt) in Boston, on Friday, was the fullest and best Colonization Meeting I have ever attended in that city. Yesterday, June 2d, he addressed a large audience of colored people here, making, I am told, a very favorable impression." From Concord, N. H., Mr. Orcutt wrote on the 15th ult., "I am here to attend the annual meeting of the New Hampshire Colonization Society, with Mr. Crummell. We had a capital meeting. Mr. Crummell will do the cause good service. I have no doubt that a large number of emigrants will be ready to embark from New York in November. I have already had several additional applications from Connecticut." The following extracts from communications from our respected and earnest friend and Agent, the Rev. FRANKLIN BUTLER, who occupies Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine, show that Africa is remembered by many warm hearts even in these stormy times: REV. AND DEAR SIR: WINDSOR, VT., June 18, 1861. Your very kind favor of the 11th ult. came duly to hand. I have delayed reply for the purpose of looking more carefully to the indications of Providence respecting our cause. When I last wrote you, the heavens appeared to be filled with darkness for our cause, and the earth resounded with thunder-tones. Since that time the clouds have slightly lifted, and the clear blue sky is now and then distinctly visible. The great outburst of the terrible storm upon our country is passed, and the public mind is becoming comparatively quiet. We are preparing for the war. The benevolent are of course beginning to think also of the great causes of religion and humanity, and are casting about to see what they can do for good objects. Thus far, since the commencement of the civil struggle, our friends have held fast their integrity, and have done well towards sustaining our work. The past month even shows an increase. I have kept steadily at my post, preaching every Sabbath and collecting what I could not knowing what a day might bring forth of difficulty for our enterprise. Every body is eager to hear. The times are rapidly converting men to our work, though it is exceedingly difficult to obtain money. I have therefore as yet found no place for a temporary suspension; indeed I have been exceedingly reluctant to suspend. Such a course would be very injurious to future success. If the agent and officers falter, who may not falter? Confidence, and resolution, and perseverance, are essential to the greatest influence in our behalf. * * Our annual meeting, which took place last week in Concord, N. H., indicates no disposition in the New Hampshire Colonization Society to fall back. The zeal and liberality there manifested are truly en couraging. The annual meeting, also, of the Maine Society, is at hand; and I cannot persuade myself to retire from the field until at least after the annual meetings of 1861. That the contributions will come up to the amount of last year, it is perhaps hardly reasonable to expect; yet there are good friends who will not diminish their gifts; and even if less money is collected, we may, I believe, more easily sow good seed for a future harvest, than at any former period for many years. The Lord by his providence is compelling people to look calmly and earnestly at Liberia, and her promises to Africa and her children; and I should seriously doubt the wisdom of ceasing now to speak in behalf of our enterprise, whatever may be the present returns in money. The public eye is turned toward us, the public ear is open to us, and the benevolent hand is not wholly closed. Patriotism is beginning to make distinct utterance for us; and the time cannot be far distant when she will enforce our claims to charitable aid with a voice that cannot fail to open the hand. I go, on the last of this week or first of next, to Maine; and shall there consult with some of our friends, and will write you again ere long. Meanwhile, if you have any counsel to impart I shall be thankful to receive it. Portland will be my head-quarters while there, but letters directed to Windsor will always reach me in a short time. The meeting at Concord was decidedly the best which we have had in my field. Some account of it will appear in the Congregational Journal. May God bless you and our noble friends at Washington, and prosper the great work to which we are devoted. Most truly yours, Rev. R. R. GURLEY. FRANKLIN BUTLER. In a more recent letter to the Financial Secretary Mr. BUTLER says: "I never knew such a time as the present for readiness to hear on Colonization. Every body's eyes and ears open-but gets the money just now. The times are making converts to our cause. "Our late meeting at Concord was an eminent success. New Hampshire is waking up. What Maine will do I can hardly conjecture, yet I doubt not something will be done. * * "I hope to have Mr. Crummell down-east, at the annual meeting, or at least to do some service in Portland." It may be proper that we should invite all the friends of the American Colonization Society to forget not its interests, but consider them the more, when many from necessity and more through the urgency of other demands upon their means and the temptations of the day, are tempted to postpone their consideration. Let not the cause perish, for the blessing of ages and races, and countries, is in it! It rises high above the transitory, and is a seed for an unlimited and endless growth. It belongs to Him whose Kingdom is an everlasting Kingdom, and of whose dominion there shall be no end. From the Congregational Journal. MEETING OF NEW HAMPSHIRE COLONIZATION SOCIETY. The Annual Meeting of the New Hampshire Colonization Society was held in the South Congregational Church, Concord, on the evening of the 13th inst. Rev. Dr. Burroughs, of Portsmouth, the President of the Society, in the chair. The meeting was opened by singing the hymn, "Watchman, tell us of the night," &c., succeeded by prayer by Rev. H. E. Parker; |
