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Kingdom? Would he not reply, "It is not for you to know the times or the seasons which the Father hath put in his own power." How little do we learn of the apostles the political state of the world! They only tell their hearers to be "subject to the higher powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work." The President, the Congress and the supreme court of the U. States, are all accountable to God, as also the governors and officers of each state. They are appointed by his Providence, and vested with authority from God. If they abuse that authority, he will punish them. But we should always consider that the same verse which requires us to fear God, commands us also to honour the King. Suppose by suffering we could obtain the love, the tears, the prayers of the christian world for ourselves, would this be suffering for Christ? Suppose by suffering we could persuade the Cherokees to believe that we were their political friends, and determined to promote their temporal prosperity,- suppose we could purchase their favour and a temporary influence over them, would this be suffering after the example of Christ and his apostles? We may suffer to procure favours to ourselves, or our hearers without suffering for Christ. Suppose by suffering we could procure for the Cherokees the continued possession of this country, who knows but that very