lAartner and Absipatitte. PITTSBURGH. APRIL 4,1857. In advance; or In Clubs Vida; or, delivered at residences of Subserle bets, 8I M. See Prospectus, on Third Pass. REX R WALL should be pion pt; a Weis while before the year expires, that we way make full arrangements for a steady supply. TOE RED WRAPPER indicates that, we desire a renewal. If, hatevt94 in the hsciM of mailing, this signal should be omitted, we hope one friends will still not forget us. EMITTANOES.—Send payment by safs hands, when convenient. Or, send by mail, enclosing with ordinary care, and troubling nobody wit a knowledge of what you are dning. For a large amount, send a Draftier limb notes. For one or two papera,send Gold or'sasall notes. TO SIAStla CIIMIGIC, Send postage stamp!, or better still, send for more imperil say eft item Seventy numbers, or $1 for Thlrtystbree numbers. ' DIRECT sll Lotter' and. Communications to RIM DAVID MoKIENRY. Pittsburgh, Pa. co4p;lE, 7 —See " Notices." ApKtjovq.unesq,NT.—We have received s2,4fnnit 'Quis,"'' to send Banner to min isters unable to pay. CHANGE OP PLAOE.—Persons changing the direction of.their papers, will please in form us where they have been sent 'hereto fore, as well as where they wish them. ' STEUBENVILLE FEMALE SEMINARY.- The twenty. eighth annual Catalogue of this distinguished Institution, presents it as still flourishing. Scholars during the year, 190; Summer Session, 125 ; Winter Session, 150. LIBERAL.—Dr. Phillips' church, New York, recently, on the presentation of the cause of Church Extension by the Secretary, Rev. Mr. Coe, gave a contribution of $l7OO. We'trust that the day of liberal giving to this worthy object, has dawned. SYNOD OE WHEELING.—The attention of members of the Presbyteries of St. Claim ville, Steubenville, Washington, and Rich land, is 'requested to the call of Synod's Agent for Washington College, in our col umn of "Notices." Coming Home to Recruit. It must be exceedingly delightful to our Missionaries who have labored intensely in heathen lands, for half a score, or a score of years, to re-visit their native home. It is an indulgence which ought to be granted, even if 'exhausted nature did not require the relaxation;, but when impaired health makes the demand, all, must yield under this ne cessity. Dr. McCartee and lady, Rev. Mr. Wright and qdy, and 'Mrs. Nevins, Mis sionaries of our Board have been compelled to leave China for a season. They arrived at New York on. the 23d ult. Revivals. ALMA, TowA.—We learn that the Pres .byterian church in this place, enjoyed a refreshing season,during its late communion. The series of meetings continued during the week—preaching every, day. The Holy Spirit; had been, and we trust still is, gra ciously and manifestly in their midst. Twen ty-four in all, have united with the church; six, on certificate, and el . .. o lteeighteenon examine , Lion. RICHMOND, VA.—The Central Presbyte rian speaks of a powerful work of grace, in Duval Street Presbyterian church. Some thirty-five persons had professed a change, and the work seemed but eommencing.t MT. PLEASANT, lOWA.—The church in this place, under the pastoral care of .Rev. T. Stearns, is much blessed. At a 3 late communion, twenty-two persons were re , ceived—fourteen on certificate, and eight on' • 'examination. About one hundred members have been added within two years. PREDERICKTON, Caldw9ll in ,forms us that all the churches in this place have been enjoying a precious revival.; For thrie l inonths the attention has been geberal. to the Presbyterian church thirty pirsons have been added, mostly on examination. number of these are young men„.from oin the ranks of the ministry may be re ": crafted. WINTERSVILLE, 9. In the charge. of Rev. D. R. Campbell, a very interesting work of grace is in progress. Twenty-seven persons have been hopefully converted, and received recently into the communion of the„church. Others are still inquiring. The Lord is truly in our midst. Declension. In anothek: column we present, over the signature ,of the Secretary of the Board of Domestic Missions, the sad fact, that there has been a - decline to the extent of $4,000, in the contributions of the churches, during the year just ciceed. Why is it so ? Is it from the want of Traveling Agents ? Can it be that pastors, after all thattasbeen snit < have been so negligent? There should Piave been an ilyr 4 ,oao, instead of a decline. Every yo , r ,„ qiild bring in enlarged means. Our 01;.! , b .. increases, in numbers and wealth ; and, with a spreading population, her wants enlarge.- Why, - then, have these wants not been met? They were known. The :B , * stated them in 'season; and re -iterated the call for supplies; anctithe Church journaluserit 'the pleadings andiwariiings to every 'pagtor and Sessiett. And seep .the re sult f Must there be a return `to the Agent system ? Something must be done. ' , There must be ' l ' ' libor, strenuous and wisely directed. As well might we expect grain to grow without • 'tillage, and harvests to come in from our fields without laborers, as that funds will tow into our treasuries without agencies to gather _them. The parochial officers must work, or others must. There must be an in . strumentality. God has so ordained. What shall it be? Arouse, brethren. Let the faithful Missionary be neither turned away, nor starved. Let not the Macedonian cry, from your feeble congregations, and your neiv-settlements, the repelled• by the humili • ating , restouse from your Board, We are not I!MM=3 Missions ittPersia. In our number for Miich 24 we drew the attention of our readers to the war in Persia, and to the influences which ~we ..believed would speedily be brought to bear against the Gospel in central Asia; as certainly as Russian policy would succeed in acquiring a mastery in that region. We stated the fact that the Shah of Persia is but the satrap of the Czar, whose power he dreads, and in whese'iidOn' grsisp , he fears that the Persian Empire may seen be broken to pieces. The other power which the Shah dreadi is Eng land. lie would play false to Russia, so far as he dare, in order to propitiate England; and when he thinks himself safe, he is pre- pared to change his hand, and please the Autocrat ; by .policy which is. insulting to England. For'several months past, the last game has beenn - played by Persia to an extent that has attracted. a great 'degree of atten tion ; and as the facts of the ease prove and illustrate our position, we.give . them to our readers in detail, as we find them in'our latest European intelligence ; specially condensing and freely using the London Hetes and the Christian Times. For twenty years, or thereabouts, the mis sionaries of the American Board of Com- missionere for Foreign Mimi One have had their agents laboring with, much emcee among the. Nestorians, in the North-West provinces of. Persia, ichere that people are generally situated. Orootniali is the dis- triot in which these brethren have chiefly conducted their operations. They have ranalated the entire Bible into the lan. guage of the people, whom they have also provided with a religions And useful litera ture. Before the 'missionaries settled in Oroomiab, the language of the people bad never been reduced to writing, but now it is a tongue brought to order, and it bas been made the . vehicle of conveying instruction to the young of both sexes, in the Burner elm schools which have been established in the province. ' The preaching of the Gos pel among the Nestorians, the establishment of schools for the benefit of the rising gen eration, and the introduction of those agen cies which missionaries every where carry with them, have produced a marked im provement in the Nestorian people. Light, truth, honesty, peacefulness, and the bless ings of genuine religion, hare been widely extended among them. The missionaries have had access to all the schools in Oroo miah. With the exception of two men of notoriously immoral character, all, the 'na tive Bishops have favored the missionaries, and the people have generally welcomed their instructions, and manifested deep gratitude for these favors. The late King of Persia was so convinced of the healthful in fluence of these , men,, whom he _recognized as the benefactors of the - country, that, he ordered his officers to protect 'them; and to patronize them in their labors; and at one time even the present • King manifested a similar tendency. It is well known, however, that popularly, among the Persians these agents of the American Board were recognized as English men. They spoke English, that language was taught in their schools, and they were especial favorites with Sir *John Carapbell, Sir John M'Neill, Ciflonel Sheill, and Mr. Murray r who successively represented Great Britain at the Court of the Shah. Now, however, when Russian counsels prevail in Persia, an entire change come over the State of the American Mission. The pres sent Prime, Minister is their enemy, and he is known to, be equally: hostile to England. It is believed that the opposition of the Prime Minister has, been increased' by the exertions of the Persian„ commander--in- Chief on the frontiers He became ac quainted with the wide•spread . results of missionary labor in Oroomiah, and , he 'sari that the presence of such men would con stitute a very serious check 'to his oppres sion and misrule, as, they would be able to report in faithful terms all the acts of ra pacity and tyranny of; which he would be guilty. By his means a firman was gained, about two years ago, which' fetters the opera tions of the missionaries. It prohibits, them from teaching females; from teaching the English language to any one; from sending any native Nestorian to preach'; and the people are forbidden to attend on the preach ing of the missionaries.; A censor was set over the press, in order to prevent any thing being published which , was opposed to the former superstitions of _the Nestorians; and, as a climax to these enactmentsohe profli gate Bishops already referred to were raised to the office of directors over every thing pertaining to the American Mission. To a' certain extent this firman was not executed; .but since the 'troubles commenced with England, Azker Ali-Khan, the Cdbiniander 'in-Chief, has been sent into 'Ortiorniah for 04 express purpose of fully' carrying out the provisions of this. royal order. The conduct of this general has`been all that the emissaries - of Russia and the Jesuits (for they, too, it appears, have been in the field,) could desire. Parents are threatened if they send their children to school ; while native teachers are fined, imprisoned, *r beaten - Z - vtAzen those who are not actually engagetLin teaching, it, appears, are bead nadoed ; and netive preachers, also, are treated in a similar way, without any.crime being charged against them. Fifty eel cols are broken:Up in which a great amount of good had- been done ; and people are forbidden to read the bOoks which have been published by the MitSion,Pres& The pious Nestorian' preachers are prevented from entering their own 'churches, and they are even prohibited froni preaching in their own dwelling house& :Two of the most ex cellent of,the Bishops are to be 'removed from their dioceses, and their successors are to be the two abandoned men to whom we have already referred. These reckleAs char acters are invested with unlimited power, and they are to be obeyed in all things, un- Aerpaie of immediate punishment.;; It believed that the feehle,inler Of Paula the - author of this perk* natal: !=!!!!!mem:!= A . - rei r A f ig ; - TEL E TRE Sfr fr latt i q NF41 31 0 AND ; 0 , 1 4 2 MAC ; 4• 11.41! '` Just as Russian tyranny dreagfdtye Biblel in Russia„ and expelled the s 'agenta, of'tbe SCo‘ did it dretiethelrobess of Gospel truth,in the. Greek Church, both . in European and Asiatic Turkey. A was a common`occurrence, during thelate-war, hear the Greeks, who opposed the Amerioan and English Missionaries and Bible, dis tributors, and who were desirous of Russian aggrandizement, as a means of staying the progress of ,iGospel light,l3oestfully t saying, " The Czar will soon be' Constantino p le, and then farewell to all your -- Missions I" It is thoroughly comprehended at St. Pe tersburg, that if the Greeks in Turkey, and Elie Armenians and Nestorians Per sia, were evangelized and Prnteatinlized by the efforts of Great Bri . tairt.and America; the religious change wouldlerect a most fori reidabh3 barrier to RuSsiart aggression.' Protestant people will always assert their liberty, and rather, than submit to au' op pression which wahiPdeprive them alike. of the Bible and of liberty, such "a people would lean to the lands that bad: blessed them 'with the Gospel. The knowledge Of this fact is the key to the,, policy oflthe agents of Russia, in. preventing the spread of the Word of Go'd:'' • ' Now that Russian' counsels are in the ascendant at Teheran, the object is to have the American Mission 'deitreyed in O'reo miah before .the'war with England comes to an end, and to trust to the chapter of aced dents to guard 'against its re-establishinent. When a deed of iniquity and, blood . , was about to be , perpetrated, eighte,en. centuries and a half ago, we are told that "Pilate and Herod were made friends together'; for before, they were, at enmity between them selves." So it is now in .Persia, with' the emissaries of the two leading modern pp posers of the Gospel of Christ. The agents of Loyola are in Perkia and there theyineet with the tools of, the Czar : It appearsthat a Koordish chief, near .the frontier --., of Oroorniah, stimulated, no doubt, by the outrages of Asker Khan, has assassinated him. This is' a common Mode of dealing with' great or petty tyrants in Asia; . but even this event is capable 'of being used to the discredit of the (wage of God. A French paper, published at Constantinople, the Presse 9riept,has a Persian correspond ent, who, alluding to the death of the Per• sian officer, has the audacity to assert ",that it is suspected that the American' mission aries in Oroomiah, who are always itrerible makers, hid something to'do with the death of this man." Of course the writer knew that he was giving currency to a falsehood ; but the lie would go abroad, and many who would never see the refutation, would have their minds poisoned' and their prejudices ..cortfirmed, against-thu servants of the Lord Jesus> Christ. The'...zOther portions of the correspondence, it is stated, clearly show.the connexion of this writer` With the Jesuits, and fully warrant the suripicion thai this fraternity have had their share in' stirring up this persecution against the friends of Divine truth. Happily for that. Cauee,'..the Shah has been.rrested in his course and the conduct of the British Government has beep such as to show him,the folly of his designs:- 1 It remain for .-the representative id our Government fiom Washington to - delti . s duty on his arrival in Persia. That tarty, days can elapse. after his credentials are'doiered until efficient steps Shall be taken to'deliver his countrymen ,from all their oppreesors, and reinstate them in the position v;ilieh they formerly occupied, we, do' not believe. The lives, and . . .Safety of our fellowepuntry men, aiiivelirits,illeir liberties must44e nro-' tecterr, roadiniippi)te sed_iii*tbis is effectually and pronaptly done. Meantime, we close <by adVerting to the fact which our people should never forget, that there are: just two countries in the world' in which the Gospel enjoys liberty, and that the exten sion of their rule involVes the opening up of new fields for missionary enterprise, by which the best interests of liumaniiy are. promoted; and that these countries are Great ; Britain and the United - State& Russia and' the Papal powers would enslave the Minds of . men,'in order to enslave their bodies; and where they rule over an enslaved people, they will persistently shut out every portion of the truth, lest it should awaken rand in vigorate the mind. Bat While we say this, we insist, most strenlzously, that F:rotestant influence shall be extended only. by right eous means, and for, worthy ends. Unjust aggression is never to be sanctioned. . -4. Old and New' School Presbyter axis. We.have no idea that tlie:sliklitintbene fit, at the present time, would resnit •from a discussion of the Old ands New- Scheel differe.nees; and-hence' would not say a word desigriedie provoke such a &scullion. If we can live, side by side, in peace, and serve our Maker with devotedness r yte shall then see: each other's good worke, and con fidence will spring up, and love will grow apace. There will,' howeier, be occasional , remarks and Inquiries. Let these be noted with respect. ,We are not to ignore each other. , • A correspondent writes as follows : Onto, ifarCh 23,1857: DR. WKINNBY :—Dear Sir :--1 hope you will permit'any turning your • attention: briefly to :a, point of , Doctrine, ,which is remarked by some as being the only difference. between the Old and. New School Preabyterians,. viz : Limited Atone„ went. Now, 'Dr., is the difference of such vital' importance, as to prevenetwo such large and in fluential' bodies from being united. in one. Would it net he beautiful, ,could,-be done, to see: them.as one-stiokin the hand of the Great Head of the ChUrch. Will' you, or some one; ramie give your opinion` 4 Yours truly, The word ttlimited," ea applied to the . Atonement, is very indefinite in its signiL cation. All. evangelical Christians regard the worth of the Atonement as infinite. Its application, they, with the same unanim ity, regard aslimited. All mankind do not have the benefits applied, to their eternal sal vation. Some thiak they get , clear,of diffi cnities and, obscurities by representing Atonement'as general, and RedeMption as particular Bokwre enter not into the dia. - mission. We =drily ;Hi& teiliew it/UP! =MTE=!2 es I ,t;not be;: F iscriminate d by the word '' 44 limited , " , whether it be/effirnied or denied. needs deTtnin4-s and explanations. Our New School brethren express their sentiments in the same Confession of Faith and Forra of GOVerninent, - with 'OUrselveg. And some of them understand 'the words just as we do. Others construe them very differently. They ''are not at ' ana among theniselies--at — leitsc - so it seems " to its. „Some of , thammr , regard WI , being entirely with us, in doctrinal sentiment, and others we think-are very far away. And so speak they, or some of them, of our body. Such being the state of things, an amalgamation wouldhe an event greatly to be deprecated. Happily,. each .'denamjnatitlia, keeps o an open : door, through which members of the other, who would change their relations, can enter. As we before 'intimated, let 'each cause his light to shine so resplendent, so pure, so beneficent in its influences; as to make it manifest that he, at least, is a . dis ciple of Christ, guided by his truth, and possessed of his Spirit. When this .shall be universal, with `ministers and peoPle,lhe two will be manifestlyand beautifully one, and : men will behold;their .good works and glorify their Father who,is in,heaven.. Ginittieollege;: =I This'u4agnificent structure; but immense liexpensive charity, is`'likely pot to be an entire less. the. founder, Stephen Girard, had. sueh a horror of :..« Sectarian contro: versies;" that he utterly forbad all clergymen from . ever 'setting ra foot'itpon the grounds_ - That 'he meant, thereby to exclude all'in struetionin revealed religion, we would not like to affirm .; Szchwas his intention, he greatly missed his mark. , He prOiided effectually for the exclisiOn of the pirsons of the ministry from his hilitAing, and he well knei, t a to sustain religion, requires the labors and spirit of tonseerate4 servants of God; but the influence ' of the ministry can extend to precineti Where their persons - do not appear.;Their expositions of God's truth go where their voice may not be heard; and there are other laborers, consecrate, faithful and :true, besides the ordainext, ministry The Councils of Philadelphia, who have the care of the College,,have shown ranch wisdom selection of ,a,Facuity of in struction. They"have kept the President's chair filled With an intelligent bhriitian ; • • always. The Bible is read and studied, prayers are offered H regula.rly with , the pupils, and the Sabbath is religiously ob- The, Institution is designed solely . for or • plume. Of.these theruare a fete over three hundred there at present: - They, are fed, clothedi, and taught; not, however, in a Collegiate' ceurse,' but in'thoie `branches; of, knowledge which are needed for-:the ordi-. nary, businesS of mechanical and mercantile life. Vice is reprersed, And virtue:en couraged. One , hundred-and fifty-five 'of the; pupils= have finished ihe prescribed ; course, trades aid Been bound o t ' a o cording to the,wi l lisif Mr.GiTard, Tsventy, one of these have chosen the busineas of printers—a business influential ;upon : the community beyond,' most others. Some are learning to he, farmers, .gardners, &a, &c. Dueling. The Southern' Presbyterian is pablisting a series -of articles, expository of the inhu, manity,* folly And ,wiokednesir •of .this Re called gentlernalfs .. code of boner' (41 I) No and VPI., now 'be - fere. ue, show, most'lueidly, that.the practice 4isionora; b1° ,412 a*.9l; ll io...dlgree. th • • : :.;•• Da . e.iidkJtt,:**.o*d''l)Plar;*i*a . coN . devaned 4 :by moralists, and is repro. bated by ' But still it lives. Why is 'this ? Why, public sentiment; still, in reality, sustains it. , Nheman.who bears an insult meekly, still finds himself despised, , while he who resents ,it is fawned ou and applauded: We see 'this every'd,ajr, on a smaller scale`; ' and, among_ folks, it must have its desperate bearings... ,When= ever public sentiment,shall . forbid' the vile practice, it cease. As soon as it shall become realifdisreputable, the law will have terrors and aid in its suppression; bait - while the man who refnses under an insult, to give a challenge, is despised ;- and while the niun who accepts n,challenge,. and, indulges some bluster and bravado,is applauded in , the papers, and carressed by ladies and, gentlemen,and proinoted to office by eke tors,-we have but= little hope of : seeing much tmprgemerit.• Te';effect be held in honor arid the .bravidn gentle , . man be 'despised. And theAmeePtor of , a , ichallefige; equally with 'the giver, of it, Must; he Treprobated: They 4firist-be re men ;:if, bloOd; all approba tion withheld, their company be repelled, and they estimated as unworthy forever, of a vote - for any office which , thermight ask. ConsiStency on the , part of. the .religioua' community, male and female, and: on the part of the humane, and of the men of true courage, moral as well as phySical, would soon reduce dueling to a very low grade in the foals of respnOtability,trid 4 niake it a sin of but, arn occuiiencei:: * 7 ' 7.;!..4„j* Jefferson College, The , ! Winter term,,,in) this , Institution, closed week, to be - :followed.hy a vaca tion Of six Weeks. The new Prelident, Dr.: Alden had beenseredUring the Pre part of the terni, and was .du j y,,inatt,guratedt at the meeting of the Board, A. B. Brown, the former President, was`. elected Professor of Political Economy and Ellitary;a pesition which, we Are pleased to learn he has agreed tu oc cupy. Dr. Brown,feels a deep interest in the College which he served so long and so usefully, and the Trustees and Faculty are gratified, to, have his aid in a department which will, not tax his energies so severely as did ~ t he duties of his former station. The prospects of, the College,;espeoially as they may be 'connected with the- Faculty, *ere neierlhore brightlban tit'preEiett. Home. Sid Ptoreißfllecor4iifor The iieEsure upon our eolAmnso Eueh that we sball,ihis time, give lint little space to the Record. =IIII=IIII== DOMESTIC MISSIONS. In other 'places w . e,state tb f e iserions - wants of this Board. The Record gives us en couraging jetters from St. Paul,:Minnesat9.; Dubuque, Iowa; and Spring Hill, Obio. RECEIPTS in February. Otioliiiidelphia, $10,452; at Ylithburgi3, $1,09,7,; ,at, _Louisville, $3,918. Total for the' month, $15;4d8. • EDUCATION. The , last Thursday in. February seems to have been observed extensively, and 'with much interest. We have heard of revivals begun in several Colleges and Academies at that time, from which precious fruits are being gathered, and affording bright hopes of increase. . , . RXCEn'TS in February : at Philadelphia: $7,811, at Pittsburgh, $3Ol ; at Louisville, $lO5. FOREIGN MISSIONS. The work in the Foreign, field progresses, with some alternations. 1 The interruption at Canton is to be ..deplored. We hope that the evil will . be overruled Fore good. In Africa, the nativ. tiibes manifest increased desire for instruction. ~The,day of hope has, we trust, fairly dawned -upon that land ,of darkness. • - D'oi4Tioris " A "decided and most pleasing , advance" is noted in the e„atensivene,ss and usefulness of the work of this Tioard. :We had before noted a progress in' the Publishing Depart- 'went: W'e are .np'w told 'that the contribu- ti ons rto .Colyortage, and the number of 7a- borers employeo, is greater than , in any pre- +nous year. , bONATIONS Febutary'l4th to March 16th, $2,237; - amount of soles in . Februa7,l3 . ,Bll.- • drillitCH EXTENSION:' . , • 'The clams of this deiiartnierit of Evan gelical beneficence are not, yet ,fully recog nized. The cry needs to be oft reiterated. itscirnirs in February, at Bt., Louis $848; at Philadelphia, $391 ;- at Pittsburgh, $159; at Cincinnati, $53. • Rev. ?•yingtes c. Henry, D. D. This faithful minister of Christ, for many years pastor of the First Presbyterian church at Cranberry, N. J., died• on :the 22c1 :after a Very . brier illness. Dr. Henry was the Oldest pastor Preabytely of New Brunswick, though still eota very aged man. had-,uniformly 'enjoyed good, health. He was ardent ifit sustaining the benevolent en terprise& of the Church, and successful in 'his pastoral labois. • - • On the Sabbath before :his ,decease,, in at tending a funeral,.. he contracted a cold, which was developed in quinsy, and termi eite'd his earthly labors. I PASTOR'S AyD PEOPLE'S JOITENAL:=—This is the title of• a new monthly, .sustaining the principles of, Presbyterianism. The . first number indicates' much ability, and'gives promise of usefulness. It is edited by Revs. R. L. Greek and Wth..Flinn, and ImbliShed at Macon, Ga. -, • SAN FRANCISCO.-A writer in the Pacific Methodist speak§ of the - recent; anniversary of the Bible Society, in terms very eneour -1 'n . o. In noting the state Of diehurc hes -`6• he commends Prs. Seott and Anderson high ly. They are preaching to -very large con grOptions, and 'exerting a happy influence. Evangelical Christians seem' to la.bor 'there in great harmony. Eastern Smuniary. `!....'BOSTON RlV.'grpilirmi E. FINNEY his, been labor 7 ing in :Roston ',for ;the - lait,:three tmonth's is an .1 . Evant.A4;:.. , RisniNstru , tions havely4!*oliSfinell prin4llll 7 Congrigational &Q-6d Ike Beitlit * Church of which.the,Rei. Dr. 'Neale is pastor. He preaches every Lavening, 'and generally once or twice in the-morning. Neither of the Congrega tional papers published in that city hos done any th'itg more, with respect to him, than , simply to state the fact of his 'presence.. And 'but few of the Evangelical pastors hive given him any coun tenance.. The Congrigationalist, of -last:week, intimates that theie seems to be a preparation in progress, for a general and precious , -revival of religion it Boston and vicinity, 'but says nothing of the labors pr success of this once noted Evan gelist';; toward producing such a result:- Rtinvann.- 7 -Every -favorable appearance of a I return to the faith of the founders of Nnrvard t Collega; and'every 'indication of awakened inter ' est in, the great subject` of 'personal religion in that . ancient, seat of !earning, will be hailed with 'delight by the trulz.piims of every name. There fore, it is with hopeful antidipations we-read that , "Stye students haverecently turned to Christ, and othersars moreaor less deeply impressed." . And 10% litg:PkiP-#:.4oAsti.tlool6Wenviction; i s leiiiS'ne.'l , ratitiali bi," hat established a prayer-nieetingfor the special bene fit of those under his.eptritnal Imre. Tie appoint.. ment of this Professor was regarded as a favors , , 'hie omen , and it is earnestly, hoped, that the expectations then cherisite, not be disap . _ _ po'mte Christians should remember Harvard licktheir , •DiviNr Ssavica ikeow conducted, regularly, in the French language, in ihO chiPel of .the Old ; South church, by the lies. Loviaux. , The'friends of the,enterprise seem greatly ; encouraged. When will.the Presbyterians of Pittsburgh and Alleghe ny begin to accomplish . something for our large and increasing• German population? we con tinue to neglect, this great multitude, while the labors of our brethren'of Bt. Louis and Dubuque, in behalf of the same race, halc been - so abund antly sticeessfal?' • . THE EON. EDWARD: EVERETT will deliver the annual address before the Washington , 'Univer sity of St. Louis.. Ile will also repeat his cele brated Lecture on Washington, tb'the people of that city. , • 4 .iNEW YORK., New York is ever subject to , excitement of some kind or other. Stirring ineidents are taking place every day. Each one 'has. its .period, of brief notoriety, destined to , give place to slime riewtopio. The sebolar papers -aftef being crowded' in quick . succession With accounts of the Burden inurdsri Thattberg concerts, iinalle , inairbige of the. '6echi:nail,' John Beau, to the daughter of John' S. Boker, the rich Num' , merchant, are again filled with evidence_ in the celebrated TRINITY oRIIRCR CASE. This church was incorporated in 1697, and property , ceded which has bedome of great value at the present day.'. In 18f4, an Act Was passed; by which the right to the whole of this property was vested in the Trustees and peww holders of this church. While:the other Episoo fial churches in the city ,c of * NOW York: contend Quit the grants ‘ Wire not made to Trinity 7ehureli in martpular, 3ut to the thole denominationA ithat name in the city. Th o e contest is for the control cf tlict.vast property, mid between the High and Low Church parties. The matter has fre,quently„lacetkproughtbeforp,the,Lcgi sla t u re; and the Rev. Dr. Berrian, Rector of the church, has been lateli Subjected to a rigorous examina tion before a Committee .of that body. It is re ported that the Report of the Committee will be in favor of Trinity. In this connexion, it may be proper to notice an error made in the published statement of Bishop Potter, of New York. It is well known that much anxiety has been expressed with regard to the future moral and religious condition of the lower part of the city, on account of the removal of so many of the churches farther up. l3ishop Patter is reported to have said, that Trinity church bas prevented the lower part of the city from becoming a moral waste, and . that she has four large churches where no others would re main. But it hes, been discovered,, by actual examination, that within the limits designated are thirteen churches, of eight different denominations, where public worship is regularly sustained, arid most of them large congregations ; and that there are twenty-four Sabbath Schools in operation, containing four thousandlive hundred 'pupils.; of which scarcely more than four hundred are in ' schools sustained by Trinity church ; and that, in the same Ward Where Trinity sits So grace fully," one . of the MiSsione Schools has twice as Many pupils as are found in the'School of. Trinity itself • . Tan Nov CHURCH erected for the congregation of whichthe Rev. Dr. Hatfield, (New School Pres byterian,) is pastor, was opened for Divine ser vice on last • Sabbath. It is situated near the, Hudson RiVer Railroad Station; was erected at a cost of only $40,000, and will seat one thousand four hundred persons. This new congregation was organized but little more than a year ago, and has now a Sabbath School of sixty teachers and seven hundred pupils; whilst both the attendance and membership are continually increasing. A plan of "Systematic Visitatiorf" has been adopted by churches of different denominaticnis, to discover the spiritual wants of the people, and to endeavor to lead many to the sanctuary who now- never enter any plaeS of religions worship. The population of the city proper is over 600,000, while the church-sittings—if all were occupied, which is by no means the case—will accommodate only 200,000. It - has - been estimated' that six Hundred new churches, at a cost of $8,000,000, are demanded to meet the wants of, the people. Tam lemotsraztram of New York has made an appropriation of $25,000 to Rochester University, (Baptist,) for buildings, library; and the general requirements of the Institution, upon condition of a like sum being secured for the same puipiases, by subscription. Tan CITIZENS of Brooklyn have been'much ex cited by the discussion of the propriety of run ning the cars in that city on the Lord's day. A short time ago, the project was, advocated in a sermon by the Rev T. W. Parlay, Unitarian, and strongly opposed in a sermon by the Rev. Dr. Storrs, Congregationalist. . PHILADELPHIA. In Philadelphia, the friends of , the 8z7.. DUD . • „ Lax 4. Tyne, (Episcopalian,) lately ,dismissed from his congregation on account of the political tenor of a sermon, have organized a•new church, called " The Church of the Covenant." , One hundred families, including One hurnired and fifty communicants; have connected themselves withi the enterprise. They.now worship in a hall caps No of seating two thousand people, whichis gen erally crowded.' It'is in contemplation:to erect a 'church building with capacity . forsthree thousand hearers. The'. friends Of TEMPiILANCE in Philadelphia 'and vicinity, are . ery anxious that - the "Board of Licensers' appointed to license persons to - sell spirituous ligaois,ShouldMaki stiltable selections, and that.they should be held to rigid adetnintabil . ity ; while the penalty should be visited upon all who set the law at. defiance. We" may - add, that an equal solicitude is felt in our own community, on the same subjedt. For the:Presbyterian Banner and Advocate. Infant Neninership.--1. Car. vii: 14. Mn. Eamon t- 7 -This subject is.so important in itself, and:so fall of important Scriptural con nexions and practical issues, That you Properl3r invite further •disanssion. A test passage is that in 1. Cor. vii: .1 , i,.. The Reviewer's exposition of •it is - .a -nine ,to t e..whole theory which he, puts ; 4°.1. ,_# 1 -;4 414 4 .01 (15 /6 V4 O V oo P t P IS ? 44nue• - . ' He admits, ..!fn his Rxplaniition of last week, that from the application, in this' paisage of the term "holy," to the children of believers, he • 4, argued the.presumption of theiebeingi or be.' coming holy sooner or liter." • -The presumption, we admit, does net mean' a certainty. But the holiness, in the text, he'takes to he spiritual holi ness, and "not a mere federarsimetily, different froth that promised in the covenant of grace:" ." IS ' this," he asks, ~ mere federal holiness, in the sense of something less than a ransom prrys on. URAL nomass, &a.", And for this latter sense he cites Vitringa, and Witsius as specimens of the Re formed opinions of this passage, and ,as holding to "the presumptive regeneration of infants," and ...as "referring,it more exclusively than himself to . theperiod of, infancy." These.citations do not at .allindorse the Reviewer's positions (as pointed out in last Week's Banner,) as to the Bans of • Infant Baptism, &c.. . - We can more abundantly fortify our sense of the passage, from the highest authorities. .. We: begin with TIIRRETIN...—De Baptism°, p. 467 ; TottritL,MCM. ie cor.> ni 1 r OM The'ohllartiVelievers are , herreeilied eat : v ia the' sense: Of FEDERAL (waactitate federali,) that ie, Chiietian, and pertaining to the Church. Therefore '4 unclean" and 4 710/g,' here designate " Gentile and= Christ:tan, in which sense the correspoiHringjffebreto word it - often -taken ' with the Taliriudists-a proieny was said 'to be begotten in =tidily ' 'when the parents became 1 1 4 . proselytes;'aud.' out of sanctity' when they-were: yet Gentiles; The'ehildroa of heathen were, in their view, unclea, ( Acts n 28,y and the chit .. . dren Jews . were which sense,there 'fore, as familiar io the peoPi% 'the term holy is , hero used." • ' lacarroor also understands' 44 h01y" here as' meaning 4, torn in avidity," that is, 4 '*ithinthe pale of Christianity PARED'S CALVIN Baca, CArann,us, Setkia ß c s , are cited by Poor.r. in his ,SYNOPSIS,: art,inader standing "holy" here to mean ".Christian 7--per taining to the :covenant and:. the Church..by virtue of the promise—as among the Jews ",holy," and tinholy" were understood tomeani" consecrated" and , Iprofane." Accordingly, the antithetical term "Ainclean,".P.lsaepa takes to *an, " Die pleasinglto God, as alien ;from. the covenant," . (federally unhbly.) And , Peastrs construes it, Pagaps,i alien from Th e •15. AsSRMELY):I3 " (So called ?) understands the ;Apostle .licre -to linen. that Abe children of: believers are holy "as cesuprisedlizi the O T I TWAIBV"OOVRSrAtur of God, - and -having` ccz .cess and right to the signs and seals o.r.his :grace, as well as any of those- thatWefe bern`iii both be lieving Parents." . • The. "Dorset ANNOTATIONS (ordered and ap :pointed by the:Synod Of Dort * ,) 'following 'comment: " For otheriiiis — Were * your children toidean--thrit is, ittrangeas front God's covenant, as is testified of-the unberieviie 'GastZee* and their seed (Eph.tl 12.) Bu s t nciWaie they lio/,7-that ` ia, are coloprehenqedli ' it, rna otrrivano covssAW,r , of fled , iiii‘Citluar wa`lkt&-ef 'God's grace, as well as they that are born cf believing parents." .iPesEtts. say s, on the corret,pouding use of term, Rom. xi : 17, "All the Jews were alike ioiy, .in the sense , here intended by the Apostle, a , ; they were circumcised, and inherited the trats missihltt rights and privileges of the covenant. TITRICSTILDI says : " The holinessof the first fruh d and of the root, was no other than an external, federal and national consecration, such as could be transferred from parents to their children." SCOTT 8879 Thdattentive reader will readi - 7 perceive that relative holiness, or consecration t 3 God, is here exclusively meant—Abraham was, P,9 it were, the root of the Visible Church. Ishmael was broken off, and the tree grew up in Isaac," The Editor of Carers on the Romans says, is a note : "That the holiness here mentioned is ex ternal and relative, and not personal and inward, is evident from the whole context. The children of Israel were denominated holy, in all their wick edness and disobedience, because they bad beer, consecrated to God, adopted as his peepie, nrl set .apart for his service—and they erjoyed 211 the external privileges of the covenant which G u i had made with their fathers." And Calvin Eays, on 1.. Car. vii: 14, ~T he passage teaches that the children cf the rites are set apart , fron'others, by a sort of excluEive privilege, so as to be reckoned 'holy' in the Church." . And DR. HODGE on Rom. xi: 16 says: "The word 'holy' does not in this case mean morally pure, but consecrated—separated to the special rirrice (If God. The; ord is used in the same sense in multitude of cases in. the Old Testament, and is applied to any person, place, or thing, set arnrt for the service of Gad. It is used in the same sense in the Hew Testament, also. See Matt. iv: 5; vii: 6;' Luke ii: 23; 1. Cor. vii: 14. The Jews, therefore, in this passage are called loly,' because peculiarly consecrated to God—scrim tad from the rest of the world as his dwell people." He adds : "In 1. Cor. vii : 14, the children of professing Christians are called holy' NOT IN REFERENCE TO TEEM MORAL CON- D:TION, BUT THEIR. RELATION TO THE CHURCH." It is in this ecclesiastical sense—so familiar to the Jews under the old economy—that the chil dren having a believing parent are called holy. Jewish children were includcd within the covenant, as to its outward dispensation. They were visibly of the Church ; God's chosen, covenant people. And so is it with the children of believers. They belong to God's household, as other children do not; they are, born members of his ViAble Church. Bence, they have right to the visible seal. But not on the ground of the presumption rf the invisible grace, which it signifies. And the term " holy," as used by Paul in the above cited passages, cannot so be construed in any proper keeping with the argument. The question turns upon the idea of the Church. , Itits visibility be -virtually sunk in the Invisible Church, of ;which' Gad alone can know the membership, then -baptism and. the visible membership•maybe, nothing,excepLas,based on the presumption of the spiritual membership. But Paul, in Itom. al., and in I. Cor. vii., is plainly ar guing a question of relation to the visible Church. In case of the husband being B. heathen and the wife a Christian, "the unbelieving husband (he says,) is sanctified by the wife, and the- unbe lieving wife is- sanctified by the husband, else were your children unclean, but now are they HOLY." The Apostle," says Dr: Masox, " surely does not mean that one parent communicates to an'other or that either of them communicates to `their children that internal conformity to the Di 'vine purity which is-cemmooly called .‘ holiness' or ,‘ sanctification.' This is- contrary 'too reason, to _Scripture, `and to daily experience. . " What, then, does the Apostle say ? - Re sass that'if the unbelieving- were not sanctified .by.the believing parent, their children would be unclean— oothroon=wouldr have no peculiar relation to God —nor anyplacein his Church. Bat.suice the be lieving does sanctify thannbelleving parent, their . children ``- are` the reverie of unclean—they are pOLY thy;are born under' peculiar relations to God ; they are appropriated to. Lim ; they are membera of his - Church; and AS suer they un doubtedly lave la right to, the token of their melikbership—`to baptism. 'ln the Scriptural style, theternis holy and ...unclean' are the pre cise terms for such as were and as were not re spectively within the external covenant of God." --Mason's Essays on the Church, A v. 111. "Difficulties "he adds again "are created by roneous notions of the nature of od's Cuero. lo• confounding visible :members with his ELEC7, aud'his claimant to the 'Church with his covenant of ;gracility Christ Jesus." • •Atui the venerable Dr. Mir.r.zu comments en this passage thus: A o l" l li'etiritte k' holy' and 'inclean,' as is - well 'known to all attentive readers of the *Scritilture, have not only a spiritual , but alto an, ecclesiastical sense in,the Word of God. ,:Thus, under the Old Testament economy, the pecilliar people of God are Said. to be 'an holy people,' ; not became they were all; or even a majority of them, really consecrated in heart to God, but because they were all his professing people—his covenanted peoPle. They all belonged that external body which he had coiled' out of ihe world, and estab lished as the depository of his truth; &c. And in this .Sense it is that the children having but one bilieving parent are hey that is, in covenant with God;, members of that bhurch with which the believing parent is , in virtue of his profession, united."—y. 20. . Dr. M. then Cites the Ties , ' of Dr. Mason, whic we have just given, and to which we refer on readers, as containing a full and able discussion of this `important question. In FISHER'S CATECHISM we read: ues - 88, -p. 140. " What holiness is that meant 7• (viz., in 1. Cor. vii: 14.) Ans. FedereZ holiness—or being admitted to Church member together withtheir believing or profettic; parent.' Ques. 40. " How doth fede'ral holiness Entitle '(141111,41t443 Feclgral holineese nee#nktily.supposes , ,abeing within the cevennot in tnrltie of the credible profession of the parent. ai=d'consequently a right 'to the initiating E ' ' • • And' netii,' as the anthot refers" Me to our tinosi C,kractdem for the Settee in' which thi' , passage taken, 1 weiddhave him 'observe ti=ll= the citation which - he has pointed out, under allow that a spiritual holiness un4rsto4 in. Cor. vii : 14, refere the reader for the true sense to " Ques. 16 - 6,"' where it is first cited, toihow that,"Baptism is not to le administered to any. that are, out of the risf' Church, and so strangeri from the cotenant Pronn'te, till they profess thei.ifaith in Christ and obedience to him. But infants descending fro' parents either both or, but one of them profeE.;:ir.; ".faith, in Christ, and Aedience to him, are, Is 'ST * RESPECT, within the covenant, and are LI :be baptized.---1. Cor. - vii • 14." We ,havu.nnly- : to remark that if "real bo 'nese," and not federal holiness, (i. e., VISIBLE Cunnon,) be loot by". Paul; n inAlie. passage, it would go tbs ful!...length of asserting the real holiness of t 4" lieVers'ohildren ; for the language is, "Non' Is" MILEY _ROLL" This is their ;mares, whatever is. 1 understand it to 'assert their membersip zthe Vistann CHIIROII, and Janne their right to &di" But 1' cannot 'think - that - it declares tbt' r "wernberahip in tholarnszots Cannon," or 10 . T 1 rants the presumition that they are 4 , sanci 4 .*'' by the li r olY •SAirit,"' even so long as " till the A. B tram appears:" Eedesiastidal REV. G. P. BERGEN'S Post Office address changed from. Springdale, Ohio, to 0r 2 . 3- haw City; Nebraska. REV. THOMAS WitiODROW, D. D., has rc • moved from Worthi on, Ohio, to taLe charge ngt — of the Presbyterian church .t
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