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which the Rev. J. Turner, lately a Wesleyan | tails of the revival. Dr. Steane presided, minister at Malvern, made a short address on John xv. 7. This address produced a very solemn effect, which was never lost. It was hardly an address, but remarks welling up from the deep experiences of a Christian who appeared to live very near to his Saviour. Mr. Turner prayed in the same tone; after which numerous requests for prayer were read from different people, who desired the conversion of unconverted relatives or friends. Silent prayer was requested, during the reading of these petitions, and thanksgiving was afterwards made for answers to prayer offered at the Conference last year. The two subsequent morning meetings were of a similar character, and were conducted by Captain Trotter, Rev. J. Turner, Rev. J. Cox, Baptist minister, Rev. A. Hunter, Presbyterian minister, from the county of Derry, Hon. and Rev. Baptist Noel, and Major Straith. The tone and spirit of these devotional meetings were extremely delightful. The addresses were of the most solemn and spiritual kind; the hymns were sung as if they were praise indeed, and the prayers were truly the outpouring of the heart, with the desire of Jacob "I will not let thee go except thou bless me." There seemed to be "an entering into the holiest by the blood of Jesus," in a way which many had never experienced before, and His presence in a peculiar manner was with His praying servants.

and gave a short exposition, after which Captain Young prayed. Some very interesting facts regarding the revival were elicited in reply to some questions by Dr. Steane, one of which appears to me especially worthy of notice, viz., that there are scarcely any exceptions to the rule that the physical demonstrations only occur among awakened persons who are totally ignorant of the way of salvation. In the evening the meeting was crowded to excess. After silent prayer, and an opening prayer by the Rev. W. Pennefather, the Rev. B. Noel addressed the unconverted. I understand that it was blessed to the awakening of two persons who were present. The Rev. S. Arnold read Rom. v., and the Rev. A. Kelly concluded with prayer.

On the afternoon of the 10th, the Rev. A. Hunter gave an account of the Irish Revival and of the remarkable physical phenomena connected with it. The evening meeting was begun by silent prayer, after which the Rev. C. Skrine gave an address on the subject which had been announced, "What special encouragements are now given to the Church to labour for her Lord?" He was succeeded by the Rev. A. Hunter, who gave a very interesting account of the awakening in his own neighbourhood in Derry, and the transformation of what had been one of the most wicked districts in the North of Ireland. The general view which he gave, as well as the details, were very encouraging; and the interest which attached to the report of one who had been on the spot from the beginning, was enhanced by the fiery energy and the air of truth and reality with which he spoke. The Rev. W. Pennefather concluded with prayer.

On the 11th, after the morning meeting, and a due interval, an extra meeting was held in the school-room to hear further de

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On the 12th, after the devotional meeting, during which many persons affected to tears, the Communion was administered in the adjacent church. Nearly 300 persons belonging to eight different denominations received it together, and after its celebration a hymn of praise was sung. It was a beautiful sight to see people of the various branches of Christ's scattered family meeting around His table as one brotherhood. In the afternoon, the Rev. A. Hunter addressed 500 children in the school-room on the work of the Holy Spirit, illustrating his address by incidents from the Irish Revival. In the evening, the Conference assembled for the last time, and feelings of very deep solemnity pervaded the crowded meeting. The Rev. W. Pennefather made an address, after which the Rev. Dickenson, a Moravian minister, offered up a very earnest prayer, invoking the presence and power of the Holy Spirit in eloquent and thrilling language. Various requests for prayer were then read, and Mr. Pennefather urged the establishment of small prayer meetings. The Rev. John Cox made an address on the subject of "The second coming and personal presence of the Lord Jesus Christ." Bearing in mind the differences of opinion on prophecy which exist, he avoided entering into controversy in support of his own pre-millennial views, and concluded by some very earnest words to the unconverted. Captain Trotter offered a very fervent prayer, and pronounced the parting benediction; thus closing a season which had been to very many who were present, one of the highest and purest enjoyment.

This meeting was a practical carrying out of the principles of the Evangelical

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Alliance, and much benefit would result to | Scriptures, which were held at different houses between the meetings, produced a genial Christian social intercourse, which had an additional tendency to promote Christian friendship.

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THE POPULATION OF THE WORLD.

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tralia. East India and China, although now densely peopled, incline, after a period of stability, toward a decrease rather than an increase, owing to the peculiarities of their civilisation.

In Europe
In Asia
In Africa........
In America......
In Australia

Total.....

The excess of the latter is attributable to the population of Africa, which, although Ocal Heads, must be classed entirely with the Receding Faces, the same as the dense population of China and Eastern Asia in general.

The preceding strictly scientific classification is followed by the popular classification of races according to the colour of the skin and the formation of the features, the hair, &c., established by Blumenbach. The five races thus established, are distributed as follows:

1. THE CAUCASIAN (28.85 per cent.)—
In Europe, the entire population,
with the exception of the Fins
and Laplands

The chapter on Distribution by Races is prefaced by an interesting sketch of Retzius's new system of Craniology, with its two divisions of Oval Heads and Broad or Cubic Heads-the former including, in Europe, all the Latin and German tribes, 157 millions; the latter, the Slavonic, Magyar, Turkish, and some of the Romanee tribes of the South, 115 millions; in Asia, the Chinese, Hindoos, Arian Persians, Arabs, Jews, and Tungusians are Oval Heads-610 millions; all the rest Broad Heads-145 millions. The estimate of America is, of course, based on aborigines only. In regard to them, the opinion is advanced, that from the islands around Behring's Straits, along the West Coast, including the Russian Colonies, Oregon, Mexico, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chili, Argentina, Patagonia, and Fire Island, the population consists principally of Broad Heads, while on the East Coast, from Canada downwards, including the United States, the Caribbean Islands, the West Indies, Venezuela, Guiana, and Brazil, the Oval Heads predominate. This would coincide with Humboldt's theory, that the West Coast of America was peopled from Asia. The aborigines would now, probably, not exceed one million. All the 2. rest are emigrants and their descendants, including, perhaps, half a million of Broad Heads; one half of the aborigines being 3. Oval Heads, one million is, therefore, the extent of the Broad Heads of America, and fifty-eight millions of Oval Heads. In Australasia, the Broad and Oval Heads are probably evenly divided, being one million each. The totals are, therefore, as follows:

4.

5.

In Asia.-Turks, 15; Arabs, 5;
Persians, &c., 11; Siberians, in
part, 3; foreigners in Eastern
Asia, 2.......

In Africa.-Foreigners in the co-
lonies, and Arabs

In America.-All except the In-
dians

In Australia.-Foreigners on all

islands......

Total.....

270,000,000

36,000,000

4,000,000 58,000,000

1,000,000

369,000,000

THE MONGOLIAN (40.61 per cent.)
Principally in Asia, including
China, the greater part of India,
Central Asia, and part of Siberia 522,000,000
THE ETHIOPIAN (15.08 per cent.)—

The entire population, with the
exception of the Caucasians, as
above

THE AMERICANS (0.08 per cent.)—-
The Indians of America

THE MALAY (15.38 per cent.)-In
the Indian Islands, 80; East In-
dia, 84; Japan, 35; and Aus-
tralia, 1

196,000,000

1,000,000

.... 200,000,000

Grand Total................1,288,000,000 The division according to creeds is full of interesting detail. The leading sums, taken on the round number of 1,300,000,000 as the total population of the earth, are:

Christians, 335,000,000, or 25.77 percent.
Jews, 5,000,000, or 0.38 per cent.

Asiatic Religions, 600,000,000, or 46.15
per cent.
Mohammedan, 160,000,000, or 12.31
per cent.

Pagans, 200,000,000, or 15.39 per cent.
Total, 1,300,000,000, or 100 per cent.

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The 335,000,000 of Christians are again divided into

170,000,000 Roman Catholics, 50.7 per cent.

89,000,000 Protestants, 26.6 per cent. 76,000,000 Greek Catholics, 22.7 per cent.

Total, 335,000,000, 100 per cent.

The conscientious author of the very

elaborate paper from which we have made these extracts is of opinion that although much uncertainty attaches to the positive numbers given under the various heads, yet so manifold have been his sources of comparisons, that the general results in proportions of population, race, or creed, may be adopted as correct.- The Century.

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DISCUSSIONS IN THE FRENCH PRESS ON THE TEMPORAL POWER OF THE POPES-A NEW SAINT IN OUR COUNTRY-SOME EXTRACTS FROM THE ROSIER DE MARIE"-DEATH OF A PROTESTANT CHAPLAIN IN ITALY-ORDINATION OF NEW MISSIONARIES AT PARIS-REPORT OF THE CENTRAL EVANGELIZATION SOCIETY.

France, August, 1859. DEBATES ON THE TEMPORAL POWER OF THE

PAPACY.

The affairs of Italy still occupy the first place in the public mind; and among the questions agitated by the organs of public opinion, that of the Government of the States of the Church is the most pro minent. All understand that there the greatest obstacle has arisen to the complete emancipation of the Peninsula, and that the success of this noble cause will be suspended so long as the Pope remains absolute ruler of three millions of Italians.

sophisms. Every reader of good sense will easily find all the refutation they need. But a journal which has 50,000 subscribers, Le Siècle, has thought well to reply by the pen of one of its most able editors, M. Louis Jourdan, to the double charge of impiety and ignorance. This reply is solid and energetic.

M. Jourdan does not disguise his convictions. "We are," says he, "among that multitude of persons who think that the Papacy makes a very ill use of its temporal power; and this is evident enough since the people governed by the Pope would dethrone him if he were not sustained by foreign bayonets. We think, and we say, that this temporal power is no less injurious to the Papacy than to religion. We can understand that the clerical corporation, which finds in this state of things honours, influence, riches, dignities, should value it highly; but this proves nothing. Religion is one thing, and the clergy are another. In certain circumstances the clergy are the greatest enemies of religion.

Naturally, the Ultramontane journals put forth all the efforts of their dialectics and their rhetoric to prove that it would be sacrilege to cut off the smallest portion of the Papal power. They accompany their arguments with very gross insults, as is their constant habit. Thus, among other amenities, they say that their adversaries are persons ignorant of the very first elements of theology and history, and so impious that they seek to overthrow the authority of God himself. They add that The Jesuits think they have said everythe subjects of Pius IX. are the happiest thing, when, after having accused us of in the world, and governed with paternal impiety, they add that we are ignorant... tenderness, and that the existing agitation We avow willingly our ignorance; the in the Roman States is the work of miser- wisest of men is ignorant of a thousand able demagogues. In fine, when the Ultra-things. But I can read, and perhaps I montanes are driven within their last en- have studied religion as well as Cartrenchments, they declare that the cause of dinal Antonelli, or the Pope himself." the temporal sovereignty of the Popes is that of civilisation itself, that the fate of all other Crowns is subordinated to this, and that if the subjects of the pontifical dominion are discontented, so much the worse for them; their particular interests ought to yield to the general welfare of Christendom.

It would be perfectly superfluous to refute, point by point, these poor and puerile

The editor of the Siècle applies himself to prove that the temporal power of the Papacy is not a Divine institution. He quotes the words of Christ to Pontius Pilate-"My kingdom is not of this world." He appeals to the testimony of the ancient doctors. "The most illustrious fathers of the Church," he says, "the most venerated saints, the councils of primitive times, are of one mind with the doctrine of

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their Master. St. Ambrose, St. Augustine, | great honour on our country. It is, say St. Chrysostom maintain that the Church the Jesuits, a distinguished mark of his ought not to have any temporal power. . . . august benignity. The Apostle St. Peter, who probably was competent to speak on these subjects, since he had received his instructions from Jesus Christ himself, has enjoined the shepherds to feed the flock of God which is committed to them, not by constraint, but willingly, not as being lords over God's heritage, but as ensamples to the flock.'' (1 Peter v. 2.)

There is in France a weekly journal, bearing the name of Rosier de Marie (the "Rose-tree of Mary.") This publication, patronised by the high and low clergy, circulates in a large number of hands. It takes the place of the Holy Scriptures with devout Catholics. It is a meritorious work to read the Rosier de Marie, which conand thinks he is in this way conferring a tains the quintessence of the doctrines