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Show TOIiBltATIOX 0PCHUISTIAN1TY IN OIUMA. & 'JEditt fur, tit Toltrhthn 6f: CAruittanfly, ginn h Ae Yutotg Vriwejhtetiial son of Ihitg SnOsttii'1, n totifilhluin cf Ik lite. 'Griffith Jhnt iie Iter. II. Z, JiMxri, and othttt, at Nanking, 2Vpt-cmVtr-, 18C(V. Tim Decree of the lvciily l?allier, the Heavenly Sire, and Onr Sire,Jiajt been received; and it is onr -pleasure to proulaim it to you, our brothers lie and fuli; to-yon, our uncles KauTah, Ynb, Sliv gnft( Ufcti, l'u, and Gliaiigjy to.you all,. our younger brfctUreu, the. bcavciily lenders, i'Clie'rals or divlalbns, lirincinaf yni coiiti-olier!?, eOmt directors, m'etro-'poJftatt m'etro-'poJftatt ' prolectori, li.vln icaikb," Jiicin-bcrs Jiicin-bcrs 6f the si'x boards, eliier.iif(eTid'a't)t: and to all onr uiinis.lers,.boih w'illifit aiiil without ou? c'njnini; ibat you may know the -"same, , ' Tho tr.uo doctrine of tlie faiJicr and the sirp is the. ileavimly llellgipn. aurt in it JiC religion of, Ohrisi nttd the .religion of lire Lord of Heaven, arc bob iu'cludcd. The whole Vorid, with naf sirb "atnl 6'nr self being ono family, nil who kindly and I lovingly conform.toand kecj) this, doctrine rare permitted to crane to our conrt. j From a memorial presented by. our Unties, Kan, IN'gnng nnd Chang, we tee and know that YauR TulhSin (Uev, 31r; John) and the others, missionaries from foreign httub-v deeply iutcrcsfed iu the Heavenly Kingdem, reverently obedient to the lather and the sire, and grateful for the bcstownient of power unil.nuthor-Ity unil.nuthor-Ity to effect wondrobs deeds attractimr ) the Vuear nnd tiio reuidte, have come on 1 imrpose to observe these "glories, to do homage to tho Higlrl5nlcr nnd to Christ,-i Christ,-i nnd to Bfk permission to propagate the ' truo doctrine. Considirin thai the present is n time of war and that troops are moving in various directions, we are truly nfrm'd that tho said persons, while devoted to. f the propagation of religion, may sustain serious injury by Jho revolutionary army, to onr deep rejrret; teeing, however, that they uro really faithful nieu, and reckon iKwnothing t'osqflcr with Christ, we do regard them with high esteem. ItCtour brothers nnd uiiclcs, therefore, give .command that they be treated kindly and lovingly, and that there be no occasion occa-sion for strife or quarrel ; uud let nil, reab: King- that the father, ther sire; our sire, $fid our self arc xne family and oue Iwdy, trentthe missionaries with extraordinary courtly. This isfrom tho priifco, notfs AXb exrLA.vATtoHs nv tub toass- T.AIOtt. For duplicate copies ol the Chinese of the foregoing cdiet, I am indebted to the Iter. Messrs. John nnd Kloekcrs the original pf which, written on satlu, with tho Vermillion icneil, by and in the name! Or theon of Iluitgiinrslncn, ami stanqi-: cd with, the seal of the Celestial king, his father, has been sent, by ilr John, tb one of the secretaries of the London Missionary Mis-sionary Society, Air. Hamburg, in his "Visions" of Huug, gives tho following particulars of this youth; "In the tenth month of this year 1184!)J,on tho ninth day Juue 2S, at ; tho rising of tho son, the jirst sou of Hung Stutsiueii was born. Just at (he same time, tbou$ands of birds, us large as ravens ra-vens uud us small as magpies, made their, appearance. They continued long hovering, hover-ing, about ia tlie nir, nnd liuully settled on the trees tyhlml his. house, Tlieo bird$ retqaiiied in the ncighborjiood.of the Village abgut oiie nionlb, to tho astonish mcit of Uie tqo, Wlio sajd the crowd of birds came to do homage fp' tho ncw ligrn Icing.''' I Tliongh I have tried ,io uiake.n fulLiind ! ac'eliiTilo'lrausliiliou' of IheedieL I mo by' nbiiieatis sure tlmt I uuileotaud the ori- giiiar. Indeed, I do not know pi what bensu soino of the terms are etuiiloycd by j the rOyul youth; it Is quite certain, Low-; ever-nnd It is a, notabKsfact tbat.'Wirr atto? tf ChtiifanUy is frptly gVahted. equally and alike to both, the Uonian ,Calb 61ic'aiid?l,wtstant missionories. ? - sTwu important iuferciicesjnay,. bo plainly; plain-ly; drawn from tin . document; one regarding regard-ing the. policy, land tlujfothcr touching 'ttie thcology;ortbd insurgents. |