:,irts.bgttrian s'auncr. PITTSBURGI,W MESHY, MO 4,1863, • Evangelital Religion In krmany.—On our first page we give, from the Christian Warta, an ezcall-ent article on this subject. It is well wertliy of the time which a read ing of it will rtquire. tight is Esod.—We have au article on .our fourth page, addressed to the Young, telling oaf the goodness of light. It is from the pen (vf a pastor; and is part of his instrnetian to his Sabbath School. We /oak for some other familiar expositions of Divine tTuth from the same quarter. .Revival at, New Brightea, Pa.—The paato ral charge of Rev. A. CLARK, .of the Methodist Protestant church, is enjoying , a very precious revival. Many adults and children have manifested a deep anxiety for an ;interest in the Saviour's love Forty'-two .of the former, and several of the latter, have united with the church. Mr. Ciartit has nearly two hundred chit• dren in his Sabbath School, and is greatly encouraged in his labors. Washington College,• Pa.---The Semi-An imal 'Examination- of students of Wash ington College, Pa., will commence Monday, March, 23d,:1863, at 2 O'clock P. M. Examining Committee on behalf of Trustees—Rev LOYAL YOUNG, D D., Rev. JA.ALES I. BROWNSON, D. 0., Rev. C. V. M'Kusa, C M. RE:En, and Dr. M'KENNAN. The. Board of Trustees will meet Wednes day, March 25th, at 2 o'clock P. M. Contest between Literary Societies' on Wednesday uVobing, March 25th. TiiOMAS Secretary Board of Trustees. Western Theological Seminary.—The Tri ennial Catalogue of {this valued'institution is published; The Seminary, was founded in 1.825; and has had ten professors inau gurated, Of these, nine ; still live, and ~four are now in active service. ''The Alumni of the Seminary number 'six lundred and ninetyfour, and of -these 591 still live, nearly all engaged zealously in labor: , The Catalogue shows a present enroll naent of 133; namely, Resident Licen tiates, 8'; Resident Graduate, 1; Senior Class, 44; Middle Class, 49 ;Junior Class, 36. Of these, Pennsylvania furnishes 61, and. .ohio 36. There are, graduatei of Washington College, 41; and of Jefferson College, 28. Of the Senior 'and Middle Classes 11 are in the army, and ,7 are ab sent for• other reasons. • The actual attend ance.thus appears to be 115. It is grati fying to find so large a number of our youno men preparing , for the ministry in a Seminary which derives its pupils from a section of country so eminently patriotic, ...11 vir - ortr - trtm-amme tunc—rs—excurretrtry no other iii the multitudes of its, moral, edlicitted, and religious young men, sent to the camp and the battle field. - .;The examination of the Classes will commence on Monday, April 20th, and the Term will end with Wedneiday, April 22d. TEE MODERATORS OF THE OLD' AND NE\! SCHOOL 'GENERAL ASSEMBLIES' OF 1862. Rev. OILAHLE§ CLINTON BEATTY, DD,, b.L.D, (Old SChool.) Rev GEORGE PUFFIELp,i P.D., (New School.) A venerated ministerial brother writing overr the signature of " E ," gives us the following interesting facts : . 14 leis a Striki r ng 'Coincidence, that both these presiding officers:, in this year of our great national struggle, should be the gratid semi of Presbyterian clergymen, eminent as patriots, and felloW-pioneer Missionaries, through Central . and Western Pennsylva nia and Ohio, "The, Rev: CHARLES BEATTY:died in 1772; at the age of fifty-seven. Four of his sons served their country in the war of the Revolution. The Rev. CHARLES CLIN TON Bairry, the present Moderator, is the son of the,youngest, of the four—Col. Ea- KARIE,BI3,KATTY---Wile WEIS severely wound ed at the battle of Germantown. His grandfather, above mentionedovas the Mod erator of the Synod of New-York and Philadelphia, then the highest court of his Church, in 1764. " The, Itev. 124oac1z DITYPIELD, D.D., died in 1790 y at the age of fifty-seven. He was the first Stated Clerk of the Gen eral AssemblY, and officiated as . Chaplain to the Colonial Congress dining their - sessions in Philadelphia. His grandson ) the pres ent Moderator ' 'has two eons who are offi cers,in the volunteer forces of the - United States {Government; one of these, Wm. W. Diini4o; is ,a Brigadier General." CONCJLIATION, A writer in the Monmouth Deitocrut, in an article overhauling& religious paper for a suppoSed want of a " conciliatory Spirit," closes his lecture with the following para graph _ ‘,* But are they not in the wrong ? Yes, and fearful is the gnilt of DAVIE 3 Co!',. / Sliiii r tliere, is a dense delusion res t ing on "the 'Southern mind. Milli One bOieve that they are right; while we know they are wrong. In the , , , name•of street Relig -ion,4lton, shall we.ligriore,conciliation, if it may ' prove a true ally in the .much-hoped for conquest? Surely, not. The prayer of the writer is that the South may beconie gip straightened as to listen-to the concilia tory • heart of the great North. Fanati ciemrapd bitterness .cannot help , us in this coPiti6t..; ;:Let us not forget :that, we are byetbron' still.. As such, we should hope kud ahn,: ,, to be brought together. again. 'we feeling, with 4 heart within and Clod o.erheadi , the :sword in one hand and the olive-branch in- the other. let us push on, eoatcpaer and w , in an. honorable and a last ing peace. But should the day come that: eitueiliation shall prove, mightier than the swpgd, Alien ,let love have its perfect work!' .IWe wish that all Democrats= were such. .ifid"r4 el should have no objection to see "BAititifeac' a" also leavened with Ile 411 • ' • OplAit,ilpiffit. t, We&thiNiti then, have, an ef fective war, and a speedy and happy peace. CHRISTIAN PATRIOTISM It is expected of Christians that they will he patriots. They may differ greatly on many political questions, but all will love their country. Nothing stands out more prominently in the Old Testament Scriptures, than national institutions and attachments. It was so under the Com monwealth, as instituted by MOSES, and so under the Monarchy. And iu the New Testament we and inculcated, all those-du ties an I virtues which are comprised in the purest and must ardent patriotism. The anniversary of the birth of General WASIIING'7O7.I, Feb. 22d, occurred this year on the Sabbath; and, regardiug our cm ] : try's circumstances, some:of our ministerial brethren made the day , an-oocasion foriiv ing Instrtiction . from the Divine' Woid, cm the duties whieh'inen owe to their 'fellow- Men, as embraced in the, same civil Gov- ern went. One of those who thus occupied a portion Of the day, was Rev. Dr. ADams, of Madi son Square Presbyterian church, New- York. The -text was Ps. 122 d, in which the sacred writer gives , utterance, to the national feeling of Israel, toward Jerusa- lem. One reason was, that there was the Seat of. Worship—" the house of the Lord!' . _ The other reason was, that there was the seat of,the Civil Authority—" thrones of judgment, the thrones of the house of DA VID." • We take a brief report of the sermon, from one of the daily papers. The poacher said : "Just whet we needed now was a larger diffusion of true Christian patriotism--a sincere love of God ,and of our country, which should bear us away above all petty dissentiona in the one aim to save our na tionality. Here the speaker alluded in most eloquent terms to WASHINGTON ; 'to which anything short of an exact' re-pro duction of the language employed, would do injustice. , Pas Sing, then, to the colloid , eration of Christian patriotism, he held that its ultimate foundation was 'found in obedience to God and to the constituted au -thorities. In the Psalm selected for the text -the Jews were represented as rejoicing at lgoing up to Jerusalem where were " the thrones of the house of DAVID," and "the house of the Lord ?. ” at once the cen tre of the temporal and the representative of the spiritual power ofthe Jewish nation. So with their love of their country The Jews combined a doeire for the honor and glory of their God, - raliethis was religious patriotism. While striving for the " peace of Jerusalem" it should ever be `kept in 'mind that that was a means rather than an end—a means for the extension of the glory of God. We should not look upon thores- Oration of the authority of our government as the only object to 'be kept in view by patriots, but taking higher ground, should regard such : a restoration as advancing , the cause of Christ en earth, which was sure to ,triumph at last. Another' element of religious patriotism was. obedience to, con stituted authorities. This principle was enjoined throughout the' Seriptures„ and very frequently by Christ and his apostles. In these times much was said about the convictions of individuals; and often •they were held up' to be regarded , with more weight than the enactments of the govern _ m n what would be the result;?, If one man's conviction irapellect him in one direction, what was there, to prevent another man's from inapelling him„in another direction ? And as each, according to this idea, ,had equal claim on the regard of others, what would there be to hinder universal anarchy? Of course the speaker would not deny the right of revolution. It ,was ;a sacred right. But it, was incumbent. on those who inau gurated a revolution to show not only that the system that they were striving to overthrow was had, but that the one,that they proposed <to inaugurate was better, all things considered. Ilere the, reverend doctor incidentally alluded te the present rebellion, and showed Conclusively that, no One at the South, how 7 ever opposed to the Pederal government ; had ever attempted to show.thatit deprived them of any of the rights set forthin the preamble of the Constitution, norhindered them from enjoying what. the New Tata ment, declared, to be the object of govern ment : ‘‘ that we may leapt quiet and peace able. lives." In conclusion, he urged more hearty union in the support of theigovern r , ment, which was now struggling not to regain a certain amount of. territory., .but to reestablish its authority where. it rightfully, belonged; to preserve itself, and show,beth to itself and to the world that a,govern." ment founded on the consent , of the gov-,, erned had the power to maintain itself And Ive needed a more 4opeful spirit. Already it was hinted, both abroad .and here, that we were not to succeed ,in at taining the'object for which we were strug gling. . Thoughtful men thotight more than they dare say. liut `this was no time for discouragement. ' The ship=of state was in, the midst of a terrible storm, and every man should be at his ,post. This was .no time to amend the Constitution. We should plant ourselves firmly upon it as, our last hope.: It was -not a time to set to work to reconstruct the ship when she, was in a,gale, but the time to test the strength, of her timbers. Our principal duties then, in this present crisis, Were to cultivate a more prayerful obedience to God, a More careful subordination to constituted author ities, and a More" cheerful spirit in regard to the future:" PROFESSOR RIBBON ON THE AMERICAN .WAR. A fei years ago we were visited, by the , Rev. Dr, ItUCLV.R , B ; L9ainchrr.,v ; and , Professor GIBSON, of Belfast, who.had been deputed by the General 'Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of v:064 to visit the Presbyterian churches ,of Canada. During their brief sojourn in " The States;', they spent some days in New-York, Phila:' delphia, Baltimore, and Washington city; making warm friendi wherever theiwe,nt. Professor GEBSOT has since 'hOth - sp6keri and written in the best spirit respecting, this country, its- People, and its institu tions.- 'ln a late number of the Evangelical Witness, a monthly publication issued et Dublin, we find an admirable papei from his Ren, .entitled, The American, Civil War and Slavery," from which it is mani fest that he clearly comprehends and fully appreciates the nature of the "' Great StrOgr gle" in which the country is engaged. We , regret that we, can find room for .only a paragraph .or two,: • " In. tis! British nation has,,Yre ' cannot-but think' been large amount' of PRESBYTERIAN BANNER.---WEDNESDAY, MARCE 4, 1863. unaequaintance with the real issues that are at stake, and a proportionate impatience with the strife. Owing to the representa tions which have been industriously circu lated, the true ground of quarrel between the contending parties has been very inad equately .realized by the great bulk of Englishmen. " The leading journal " has set itself, apparently with remorseless pur pose, to blind the national mind upon the' subject; misstating or glossing over the real easus bell( ; evoking by the various arts at its command, the national antipa thies to Democracy; indulging in flippant comments upon the character, and Cassan dra utterances as to the probable results, of the combat; dealing now in vehement in vective, and now in cynic sneer and biting sarcasm; casting a veil over the delin quenees Of the South, and magnifying, during the whole progress of the contest, the mistakes and failures of the North— thus poisoning theifsdurcelhe fountains of public sentiment, and irritp.ting and ex asperating the Americans, 41 people at all times, and, now more than ever, sensitive to adverse criticism. Doubtless there were other influential and able journals „that penetrated farther into .",the depths of the great controversy,, and new with .truthful glance that it, went down to the very roots of the social system; but the majority, in eluding some even of our leading`religions organs, were,, contented to' fellow in- the wake of the great Leviathan. "The effect, of all this on the national mind at home, as well as on the other side of' the Anlantie, is only what might have hee:n anticipated. Before the present. ~ out break there had Sprung up, a kindly and sympathizing spirit between the communi ties in the , Old and, the New Worlds. When the heir-apparent to the throne of these realms visited the Western-eontinent, he, was greeted with as welcome a reception from the adherents of the Republiaaspould have been accorded to him by themost en thusiastic, subjects of the British:.erown. The greet -sections of evangelical Protes tantism in both countries had hegun- to eurtiVate a closer fellowshiP, and the inter changes',whieb occasionally took,piace be= tween, them tended to cement the bends,,of fraternal amity and Concord. ,Now, howev , er, unhappily, a, t dark cloud has shadowed all this sunshine. Hard thoughts are °en tertained of us, and hard speeches spoken by our Traneatlantic brethrea; and theugh we cannot concede that ours has `been the e.xehisive blame of the insulting, tone, that has been adopted, and,of the alienations to which it has given birth, °and though we 'know full well that an unreasoning ,anti British feeling has too ..Often swayed the Administration of AMeriean affairs, we cannot but 4Cplore that, owing„ - largely ie the causes Wehaveindicated, ; the, opportu nity has been,lost oCattracting,to, the pa rent country thatrielealand true in her 'deseendants and of thus emisolidating an alliance' between the two great Protestant Powers of Christendom. "And yet, We are. ;lOw to believe diet the estrangement we regret so deeply wili",lao 'forever.' The more reflective minds among `Us have never been'` carried 'o4y - bY the one-sided representation with :*hicli 'the public has been industriously plied, and the. issue of such works upon" Mihject "as' that of 'Professor CAIRlin of Gahriay; has' done Much to produce a 'reaction in the, general community."' We hail with delight eyery indication: that enliuhtened free andehristiak.Eng: land appreciates the true condition 'of OUT country; and sympathises :with the, right. There-`arc uO . GWO - :66liptriTel3,ipicated by ocean" and:.independent . of each other. in government, which are bound to each .other by so many and stieh , powerful ties, as are England 'and. the United' States.' 'There are no "nations whose 'amity is so prOdueiive of benefit or whose enmity wouldresnit RO much evil. It is hence .a national,, BO cid, and Christian duty, 'on - both' sides; to study the thinas that Make for' COBDITIOBS, OF PEACE. -The .N Y. Observer, in commenting ' on . Me:BARNES'S Thanksgiiink Sermon, says: ;" Mr. Barnes now, proposes conditions of peace that would have made the war impos sible if they had been proposed, by the North two years ago, And it is a most en- couragingindication of a return to Chri s- tian reason .and union, when ,such, leadeo in, the anti slavery movement in, the, Noith propose to settle our.,. national ,quat•rel, leavmo the ,whole subject, of slavery totally and exclustvely to ,the States,* which exists. This is .. "the, proposition of BAHLES:."t , This is a- very' strange assertion for-.a journal so well informed es'is the 'Obsertier; usually.' The condition Is not new and it it is unfair sotto represent it. It was "t pro, posed by the North; two years ago." It was incorporated, We believe, in the , platferm 'of Principles upon which Mr.'LINCOLN Was placed by MS nomination and election, was unanimously resolved. .in Congicis, after two or three States . .hao -passedf ordi.= minces , of Secession, but' before hostilities had comineneed. It has since been reitera'- ted by, the chief Council Of the rtaticiri; is in the ,Presidents Proclamation of ,Sep tember ; and even, the Preclamation of Jan-. nary will cease to have progressive efficiency the very moment the rebellion:shall *cease, and the United States Constitution and laws be , recognized xn, the, South. Neither' Congress, nor the President,:nor preme , Court, nor the' North' in any civil, capacity, has ever proposed. to interfere with the institution' -of Slavery in the States. ,It is wrong, if not Wieked, so to represent the North' or the', Orovernmerit. We regret that-on respooted ooritemportiry should have'made such t an ,affirmatiom No ccindition'of peane :except lite;• Mack once of the' re/Qt./on' anti 4the cieceited:si 2 P r O ma SY of the 0,...01.7411t0?971i4,f3Y9F`ieqn proposed by.the urovernmenti orintimated., This occurring, the Southern 'States will have, in full andundisputd",POsiession; alt their former rights, Under; thieharter 'of our nationality. They will, have ~" the .as• it was;',',.if they so -please to term it Whether .ithe non-eicecution• of the laws, aa•regards ,the - forfeiture of life andprofferty, by actual. rebels, slupild be a : condition Of peacej and whether : , ; an, ; as sumptiou ,of the, Confederate debt should be a condition ; and whether . a restoration of what has been lost by this rebels,,slionld be a condition, are things to COnsidered:, Law, justice„humanity,. interests public, social and private, all. hive their claims and -are to be `drily -eimpttlted--iii'the de tertaiiiing of thase'donditiOni: Arid wig= dom has great- room to act, in deciding whether these, or any of them, or any con ditions whatever, should be pre-proposed as inducements to those now in rebellion, to lay down their arms. Our own feeling, as our readers well know, (and it is. still unchanged,) is, that . the-majesty of the law, and the assurance of a permanent and happy peace, require that there should be no compromise with rebels, in arms. Sorry are we that the whole loyal nation cannot accord - with us in this sentiment, and unite, as one man, in maintaining the'integrity of the country, on the principles Of law and righteousness. We must be. driVen to very great straits before-. we can .consent to peace on any terms short.Of an abandonment of the riche 0 - secession; and:the restoration. of the au- Mori& of the 'Oen,er . al government in the whole ,of one undivided Union. INTERESTING SCENE AMONG THE 'INDIANS Rev. G. 11 POND, long a missionary among th e, Indians, gives, throughtha, l NeW York, Evangelist,_an account of a wonder ful- change in the Indians now prisoners at - ‘lllakatolllittl. "under sentence of 'death for the murders committed last Sumieer. eOf ; the convicts, , thirty r nine, had :been .hungr , some months agn. -The ethers are still - keptin - Chains. Dr. TROMAS S.' trASiSori,'cif 'St: Peter, has been teachinc , them m the;Gospel since their confine ; as has also. Rev., MARaIYS Rums, ,of Makato.. -On Abe 27th of February, visited them, and found them *deeply engaged in the 'Subject of religion. They renounced their , . idolatry, and em braced' Christianity, -and. promised, -to live ; a- Christian ; - - --After e - lataination. and instruction adapt =decision, the rite ofbaP ' tiam was administered to .. three hundred professed converts. The time occupied in the°ere- mon y, Was about fib rep 11011 re.:; The Tollowing is -the concluding=:-p'ara graph' of Mr. Pqrib'a letter: ' • " After - rve were throngh, had. sung a hymn ' 'and had kneeled down, and; prayed with tlieln all' I said to them Hitherto I been accustomed to. address yOll as Now I call , you' Brothers .' For yeara we havebeen i re g ion eMteiti on. Now our contentions` yBBSO. Wo not have one Father . We are one family. From this time Goa ) , who sits rn heaven and looks into your hearts, is your Father. Ean'raarklii nOW,ila'ca . iirt you, which'yea cannot cat off. Yon - will carry' it while Jtv'Ol 1- He regards not your. heads or youreye is On the heart. "`Be strong, .bretb l erii' remember yr - 4r Father and honcr - iim. linust leave you here in prison and in chains, under sentence death, and_shall.probably,see you no more. While you remain here, you have time to attend..to,Youcan, do nothing else. • Ytir' adheinhce 'to the Medicine Sack and to •the'-War Prophet has hrOtight you to ruin. Our ' Lord 'Jesus can save you. Seek hit with all theheart! Then, in allusion to an impressive ceremony of brotherly salutation; tot which they had been accustomed:in. their Medicine. dance, I added, Brothers, I spread niy . hands over you ana"bless The'll'earty re sponse orthren trindrell' voices "made my glad heirt-dar;ee'for" joy."' I ifell disposed to bless God that he - had ''perrnitted me to see that day. Atheimi and' Infidelity will criticise harshly,and sneer 'at 'lthese trans actions, but humble Faith will thank God and pray that he will administer abundant grace to these :poor prisoners, and give theta true'repert'ance andlaith in thelilood of atonement." EASTERN SUMMARY. = •- ' - NEW-kI4fGEAND. A BoSTow CoitIiESPoNDENT of the Port land Mirror communicates the' following : One of the: great poWers for .good in . Boston is the union Mission It recently celebrated- its .thira . b,riniiersary; t During these three years it , has. clothed-hundreds of poor and half-nalcedtchildreni hasgotlthein into Sabbath Schools, land:has thus' acted as a prevention. ,against. !These children have become e unconscious minis ters of good to their parents, and many of the parents hay e bee ri reform 4 ., ?Every night religious meetings.are.hel& The buisiness men of Boston lave liberal :lit theirdens tions to this Mission ; sso , ora $lOO bill is no unfrequent gift.. Atthe head of tate Mission is the Rev.- Mr. Morgan: - . "Every reader of the. Mirror has heard of Father MasonT,'Sna.of the great Wertz.' he has done for Christ in' Boiton. Efii field of service has --been among the destitute and the outcast: He thavearried :The` Gos pel to the .homes of;.Vice; has gentr'fear lessly to the very beadqUarte,rs'of!Satin in Boston, and has many times triumphed over the Nai`oaf' Sin.' Father' MiSon is now dangerouilysiekVand Mir fear 'is that his earthly - Wilk is n.bent 'cotripleted. One of heaven fairest 'mansiOns iS• awaiting him. No crown - in ()briefs 'kingdom will be more richly jewelled than:his.' Father Mason, the ceinfated city, mis -., • 7 sion at/ been , his re ward.' ;I -di • ;11z cEsiriti; SAWYFA has ofene4 . ~IBOstcin, whieti entitles,, " 4C41).9ii a den gregati on al re h arch of Botstoni?l7:and of which le :InodestlY , Llt, is designed 'to be "a 'Schools of Biblidar and ! Science.."`The '4l3lal"Seiei , 44' Biblical 'and Moral Soignee likely , to he• taught by My. -aar; t r ""; 7 be readily cot: e etitred fie*:'the unsoundness of.`" its views as fiiiii,CAed in his new., of, the, BerippAree,, an d his "New, Coe etrum:l, tion f ix A doORDAA OE r with the late COD oTes siogqgrant 9 f - public land in ,fayor Ag ricßltdraLeol,leges,• the ,State .authorities of Rhode , Islitp•ds have transferred tw the Cor peratiowif:BioWn Uniirersity; the benefits of the grants oi f ei Which they received eon trOl. • , ; The, following-additional item of intelli , . genes!, respecting 13rown University; We' take froth the'Watehnian and Reflector: g:,lly,,the charter., which is a' very liberal one, and 4awn,np with great- ability, the estates of the President and Professors, withtAose of their, families, are , exempted, frorn.'taxation. The provision was atw,ise one, when; the, college wag - small and. weak;, w4hont,erclownionts, end with a -lirnited income, Bat likc,4l good, enactments, it, has, toMetimpe,,been, peryerte4, endj..Profes, f sois, in times past, have retained a nominal `-: T ItIMENG connexion with the college, to secure large estates from taxation. This fact has given offence to many citizens of the State, who felt that every one ought to bear his fair proportion of the public burdens. * To such an extent bad this alienation reached, that many young men were sent out of the State to other colleges ; and a bill was introduced into the Legislature to repeal this provision of the charter. "By wise concessions the corporation have allayed , this animosity, and established the most friendly relations with the Legis lature and the State. * * A committee of the corporation,. by consulting with a committee of the Legislature, secured the passage of an act emanating from the Leg islature, by which the exemption of the charter was not to cover more than 610,- 000. * * 'lt secured' a unanimous vote in the Legislature, and also in a large meeting of the corporation, and is now a law." ROBEitT C. WINTAROI, at the close of a speech recently delivered'in Boston, gave utterance to the following noble sentiment: , We. must uphold the constitutional aovernment. of our country, whoever else assails it. We must stand by the flag of our fathers in whatever keeping we fiod it. Above all, we'must strengthen the hand.s, and encourage the hearts .of our armiesdn, the .field, assuring them that, however We may differ about measures or about men, we all . agree* in the' most earnest' wishes .for their . success, and - are eager to afford them every-aid and , comfort in our Power." Tttp Legislature fof Massachusetts' has just Made the following election of direr seers of Harvard College, viz., Ron. Win. Mitchell of Lynn, Quaker, the astronomer; Lorenzo "R: Thayer of Lowell, Meth odist; Ron. Wm. A. Richardson of Lo well, ; Dr, Nathaniel 13. Short leir of Boston, Baptist and Rev. Edward W: Clark of Auburndale Orthodox ChaP lain of the Senate NE W-YORK. THE ;COLVIHNE of the independent' hav inghay- hein recentlyopenedthe f • a ,r) üblio , tion ,of the faith and order of Evangelical Churches, we have, among 'other things, the following in regard •to' 'church- dis cipline in the Protestant Episoop l al, Church, from the pen of the editor 'of the Mui•ch Journal • " No layman. can be suspended , from the Communion by his pastor exceptihe be.,' an open ,and notorious evil ~l iver,' ,or :have scandalized the,.,congregation by doing wrong, to his neighbors in word .or dped, he in open malice, or hatred with any; and the;rights of the laity are+further guardcd giving the ,suspeaded person, .in eases whatever, ati appeal to the Bishop,,, Amuse-; ruents or indulgences .not specially eon , &mined in the Word,of God—such ,as : the moderate.ise Of tobacco and wine dancing, games Of chance, the _theatre, the • opera, the race-course, bunting fishing , etc .—are' not forbidden to the Laity, by any express .of the,„ Church,, nor are they subjects. of Chureh:;diacipline hut, hut and like matters .;are left. to the private , judgmeat and. Conscience of, eaoh,individ nal Chrisiian, to be decided according to the measure of grace which he may have - received., in the. exercise of his Christian liberty.",„ Surely no one Whirl has: any regard for even worldly respectability_'could askfor greater liberties than seem t be here Qua- tarily accorded lay_an acknowledged branch otthe Christian; Church: • Must not the ne ces,srty of stricter'iscipline in regard to both matters of faith "and practice suiroest itielCto the niany truly, excellent Ohne dans in the communion - of the , Episcopal Church ?. - Wou vo have the study of the Bible Urged upoti, the young by motives para mount to all considerations of a auerely earthly tiathre‘, though the latter are'bY no mea'n's unirCipOrtant. We quote the follovi pithY Suggestions to parents, from e,cnnmunieation to the New-York Tribune: tf,;, No fmatter whether or not you belong to the cliurch,,your children should-become familiar.with . the Bible, not. only because our.. society is founded upon. it; kit 'becauie it , is,a.part of our literature. It isimpos Sible for one to get common knowledge, ancLueglect.the Bilole. it is ,of i no. use, to explain ,this,- but it{is a stubborn fact which no, intelligent pareut . THE BisHoi , ROCHES - I'.!a, in alettek on the Subject of Aridly` prayer' lately ad dressnd to his clergy, says : ” The special purpose of my letter is, to, rcguest all the : clergy of , this diocease ,to preaeb,publicly, and nt.,least once, on tho. first ,Surkday of the mew year, , ,(January 4," 188,) And urge the people in raTname, and; by such,, arguments. as Ailey tkinkj are, likely ::to. preyail, Adopt the, regular daily practice of ; family Trayer., They will, afterwar , is • I trust, follow, up this , appeal Aolicitations and measures, as, their enerience may ,sbom , tbem•, are. likely to, take good effect.", • _ / Ekop ; the. practice of. family prayer ,be coming ~ , sadly • neglected in Presbyterian households:? -• • • - of : the ministers and *inhere of l,irork Street M. E..churchi . Brooklyn, ;one. of= the speakers.. thui noticed: the'rogresa df Methodism in that city' since - ' there., were two ;cherches, therearejtioenty-Yonr. . Theo All. the prop petty nw,ned : by, those .two ; churcheS did not; cineed; in ; yalue $20;000 ;: now, the ; church:, property : lipid, by the. Methodists,, - at Jhe. , ' loWest. , estimate,,ie, $500,000.' : Then,-t two _ilmharaia...mulre necessary,: , • Iministers stationed in. our-chniches , ;in . the city::: Then; ;there- Wair a meinhership 'of • less thaw five linedred ; now, there . 1 are five! thousand .eix; 7atincired old! thirtkeebeii: Members 'aid Prehationets.7 ' TAY„Cifirvri* Atslitr* Congregational, ch nich , BrOoklyn,:ha&Ye4i:lmr,del49,(l: a heavy ikbt, Whieli, 600 r was , ''(l.s 9 6 • Voes' ,held' n c in 4gagp. , _ . y the pew 7 holders, the interest , payable : In pe# renta. At a,publie meeting called - for: the pnrpose tliecnngTegOion,snbacribid sufficient suns . -.pay the„ - .MOrtga • wh.icAthe:seTiOolqeys,gcore . their claire; leaving:the : Church entirely free frein,'debt-, , , t&T - ; TEE S -LAST. "AEEtrAL, meeting ofithe Children's:Ai& Society, the :treasurer-Pre,. sente&a report which allowed that, duringi the: yeari . ending, January' 81, $22,926.19 were received, and $22,80&88 expended leaving a balance of $694.93. ~ :IVotwith standing the . wari, charity haa' hefty-mere liberally extended ~ t o the 4SocietYAwin the past, -than., during, any.:previous yeas ' One gentleman: give,six, ihurdredl,%dellari, t p:Arnish fifty children with in the' 'West. The Society, during the year, has sent 791 children to the West, and during the ten years of its existence, 7,553. The newsboys, in their bank, have saved $1,315, and 168 of the boys who emigrated to the West have joined the army. The success of the Lodging House for girls is shown in another and very interesting report. PIHLADELPHIA. WE REGRET to learn that Rev. J": B. Seouller has been obliged, in consequence of ill health, to relinquish his editorial connexion with the Christian Instructor. It is expected that Rev : George 0. Arnold, of Philadelphia, will assume the editorial charge of the paper. TUE rim Baptist church, Philadel phia, (formerly SIII3OIEI Street,) are not yet clear from debt, thongh the sale of the old house of worship greatly relieved them. The following resolutions adopted ,by the church, are worthy of notice : Resolved, That, as aehurch, we deenilt not, only, desirable, but also's, duty, to avoid church debts 'as far as possible._ Resolved, That'we consideritn, fair "and safe principle, not only for individuals, but especially for religious societies, to - live Within their means;, and very'to low in , be entering . upon the enjoyment bf . 'that,for Which' they have not paid: Resolved, That, in the light of these views; we hereby determine (God Willing,) not to Make use Of our main edifice until it is eonipleted; flitnished, and paid!=for. TUE NO9VDAY Prayer , Meeting in Phila ., delphia still continues its daily- sessions. Its name' has been changed s aaain ~to, the Jayne's-Hall .Prayer-meeting, Philadelphia. • TEE Prophetic Tittles, a new serial; e voted to the exposition- and' inculcation 'of the doctrine of the speedy - Coining and reign-vf the Lord• Jesus Christ, and related subjects, appears, says an exchange; under =the 'sanction of some of the most eminent clergymen of the city "of 'Philadelphia. Among, its editors it records such names as. DoctorsSeiffs, Newton;Dtrifteld, and - others: The believers in a "speedy second Advent will doubtless find in this monthly reading 'of a better quality than theyhave before enjOyed . in - their' favorite periodicals` . 7 We .cannot agree with the, diatilluished gentle= 'men who conduct-this work iu their' inter ,pretation of the prophecies relating ,to' the second 'coming of Christ: " I' • ECCLESIASTICAL Mr W S. BIiRCIIEEFALii oidaiped, iby the Presbytery of Hun tinOon, Tan. 20t1i, lostglied' ' pastor' of the church -- of Fruit Hill, ' Min-field County -Fa: - , -..g.--"For , the-Presbyterian Banner Iteribriant • p At a medal:lg.-of the students of the es tern,Theological SeminarY,Jheld in'ehayel „on- Mondayi March.-2d;‘lB63,4he , follewing .resolutions were reported.andr, adopt:el:lOn .refererice to the death of, our- btether; H. -Henderson , flays, lin member. o 1 .the• Middle - Class, who died - on ;February 21si t - 1863:- ' 5 .141 r. Hays gradnated at Washington Ord -lege, .Pa., in 1861:vand 'the-tame:year entered: the Junior Class.ef the Western Theological Seniinary.; .iflaving,completed 'one year, bereturned at the opening of the second, and earnestly.pursued the studies of • the same, till:about Christmas,' when, having been-permitted to preach but one Sermon in the . mime .of his ...Master; frony the theworld that he gave his only begotten`Son, , that , whoioever.l36- lieveth in himuhoixid not Perislybut have everl &sting •life be was cempelledythrough sickness; to desistp , andshortly.after, was called , to realize,, in another world;' pre cious.-truth 'of ,his text. 'lie-died at. his father's, house, in NV hitestown, Paz .74 , 1 • In view of the above, ..:• Resolved, That, while deeply sensible3Of the -loss of a sound mind, a noble-.hearty and a willing servant ofVesus, weiwouldirecog, - nize, in the removahof brother - Hayspthe good and: wise, harid of ..Almighty VW& That,..-while we, viewing ,ourselves in'Ain midst of turmoil and seemingsuceeis of the Powers of Darkness, would-Jhavecontinued him in =his, former course oftexemplary life, (for-in, earnestness,` and honesty, and- sin gleness,_of practical godliness, helwas a bright exam ple,) we.would ,buniblyhow,in submission to'the limier:l4W plan, of 'Jehrivah, which removed him; at such a time, from scenes of darkness, misery, and death, tethoie of light, joy; and eternal - . Res'Olied; That, seeing he' is removed from our ranke;,whebe prospect was bright and hope lively, tt b f ecOmee earnestly to give our 'hearts to wisdom==to stir Up P to take told ripen'. Crease 'our'faith; our "zeal, our - deletion; that - thebreach may be filled ttP—that,the ginner ofi Christ:May net go That to this end' ie elioureeast ourselvesand: our 'burdens entirelY upon the tord, and earnestly baseich him - to"Poier'ont Upon : tin: his Spirit, and fit its for the work, 'renignit bering that he alone is our refuge and - Oni strength:' ' ' • Resolved, That 'a copyertheSe resole-` sent to the lilitaid the .Presbyterian, it4zerzpan ' anti' to 'the '.gelioO'er and` of WaShington' C. FALCON li. IsToi4A;' - 4 - 5 W 4814.259 TON -9911.83114.0NDE1g.] 11 along!. ;'• -;' _ , • 40 I V - A'stiluoiON, To.; o.`,Feb. • .Thp,Foo , regigi, of: thepresentwar has been. r cbaracterisZdlwan increased; s . epse iof, out dependence upon God,.. Not only -among , ieligiousmen, but Aso 117 e obs, p libl ie , disappointmentli :tended to' 6convince men that thereAir - -a' lestiny that .B,pca. our_ ends,- rough -hew- theta "Vs vie' will. We are trtil . gladder'ied.'iti this hour of darkness,„tbSr revery = eXprefißlOTi of faith', in. God- from the' , dips x.of. obi' 'pudic Men. The meeting of the Christian. Cdinimssaon;` otuWashin gtores birth days in thelidall of the'llOuse of Representatives; will ever b - e • reale - inhered as a g re ivpublinAestirimuy to' religiewifrom, our leading stittesuien gtinerals: 'EThetirthat4Kintir saith Godl will hono r r,. fs.Fivery, department of otir adininistra'tioii,jutivili and`'' military,' was; represented , antil the, tfine.9rthe "meeting, was i - not less :!reveretit andi their patriotic and benevolent. In splite'Of unPrieedented snow storm;-the.'ffinthe"of Representatives wee ~well'filred;drefig befolit the arrival of the being nearly .an 'hour awl half' forcing his way • ki;ithffotit,iliorser;sefroin ;his ings. to ' the , Rouse ' Seereterrehase presided with dignity. and :Propriety.-: A.ceompanied Vr--;blr. Knight, of the tionie, and •Mr.''-Sttrart:nf' t,he CominisSion.' e i plained_the- - ohjebt of the Pieeti' 'UotriThissitin, and then read -the: followingknoblellettteiTroiii the President : a'tta'r " Executive Mansion, Washingto n E.., 22, 1863.—Rev. Alexander l.Prr 1, tr, D ear Sir ;—Your note, by which y ou General Superintendent of the unite ; States Christian Commission, invite rn ,„ preside at a meeting to be held this day,,. the Hall of the House of Representitir— in this city, is received. " While for reasons which I deem s m s,. cleat, I must decline to preside, Withhold my approval of the tneetiu- az h i its worthy objects. Whatever shall h e s i, cerely and in God's name devised f or t h e good of the soldiers and seamen in th e i r hard spheres of duty, can scarcely f a i l z , be blessed. - And whatever shall teed t .; turn our thoughts from the nureasoniu, and uncharitable passions, prejudice s , ate: jealousies - incident to a great National trouble such as ours ; and to ft.x them ap e the - Vas' t and long-enduring consequences, for' weal or for woe, which are to resul t from this' struggle; and especially to itrebgtben our reliance on the Supreme l3eitig for 'the final triumph of the right, cannot but - be well for us all. " The birth-day of Washington, and the 'Christian Sabbath coinciding this year, an d suggesting . together the highest interest 3 of' this life and . of that to come, is most propitiotis for the meeting proposed. "Your obedient servant, After-the readiiig of the President' s let ter, the assembly joined heartily in a hym n of praise id God, which was followed bar prayer, led by Rev. Dr. Stockton, Chaplai n of the louse. The Spirited 'and' spirit-stirring state -ment made by Mr. Stuart, of the Commis sion, which was next in order, nee ( h, not to be characterised to those who have fern so often stirred' in spirit, as the Philadel phians' haire, by. him. Mr. Maynard; of' the House, followed -art - eloquent presentation of the vast ini portlineS (if . checking and preventin g 0 i ,. 2 demoralization of our men in the service on account of theinfinence they will exert for good or for evil, when they return to citizenship. 'Governor Pollock, of Pennsylvania, next -on the programme, made a most carne=t, patriotic, Uhristiart - and effective address, which 11 19 assembly repeatedly applauded. Taylor; Of the American Society; in an excellent address, stated 'since the War beg,tin more than a millio n ebpies of the Word. of God, and parts of it, have beeirdistrilnited to the soldiers from the'Soeiety's riresse* And that the Chris Commission was : found to be the best agency - for its distribution. Major : General Howard, of the army, in a warm, earnest, Christian and soldierly Inn. ner, bore testimony 'to the power of ITh it:l to Make good soidiers, and of the value and need of the Chriitian Commission to induce the'soldie . iito become Christians, and suggested that-'the. Commission should hate quarters agency in each division of the army!!' `Rev. itfr:'Duryea,•nf New-York, last on the -progriniite,:Wiih:papiiiating eloquence and 'Wonderful povirer; _PreSen ted the unity of the'llife of the nation; the soldier and the'national shield for its preser ,i'ntion,, and. obligation to give them honie and Chtiatian Ministers, whilst thcj ittiperil and sacrifice' their' own lives to pre eerie-that of. NutiOn; and assured the goVernment in'its - representative, the Sec retary the. chair, that if it should fail of all other stipPori Under' Grid, might safe ly fall - baCkfOr support nptin the patriotiKn, faith and strength 'of the grand Christian eleinent in America, and the *country's cattle would triumph, ' and' the country itself •would : come' forth - regenerated and SaVed: • • • -". '-"Aitthe blose of Mr. `Duryea's eloquent iddreSsijoseph'Pat,terSon, Es 4, of Ph i a cieliatia, was called' out; at made a short. pertinehf , address. kdaiiial Foote, whose presence was voei fer- Gusty' &ailed Out;'irtd Wlcazi, he sought to be excui3ed; This "people''3eall d so much the Thclie'fOr are address. - • Brief 'mina:ilk the Admiral - sta ted;among other things, the wants auu worth- of •religious leaehers and religituF reading Matter in the Navy, and expresse , l his deep - sympathy4ith the Christian Com missinn initsgreat'wdrkii-and assured them that'they shiruld . fitive alVcooperation fain him andihis associa s. It was -near: eleven when the meetin_ was , finally - dismissed,; after singing th dexology,''hy*the'..qienedietio n from 11,- , 1 liiAittriey.' lateral. and enthusiasm iL,- creased `tiflTtlie :011.""Such a meetim: u`"- su+'pelvii,toii - sioh- a place on such a in Such- aitime; a rare occurrence in tit:- world of ours. It will do great - good, an: none Will - eierlforget it who were there. The interview of the members of th. Ontnmission i on' Monday; with the Prei dant; is not Memorable ; though f obvious reasons, less 'public. Suffice it f say i .Itlieste gentlemen came cheeredi-by--th e = profound conviction th y: : God'ihakcombitted our nation's destiny. this eventful crisis, to an humble, camp,. praying man, inspired with a profound eon• fiddnee 'in Almighty God, and going or. calmly from tiny to day iri'dependence upa his guidance. 'Oh_ Lord of Hosts, blog_i is the Mall that trusteth in'thee. We shal‘ henceforth; pray: with great fervency auj faith-for:the Pregident, in full confidene , that JehoVith will'--hear him in the day trouble; - that the name of the God of Ja cob Will defend him. , s s Por the PreebytPrigui Benno' Ordination and Installation. . The Presbyterymif• Huntingdon, on tle 20th -ordained', Mr. W. S. Burch field, and installed hina ;pastor o f the church of. Fruit Hill, Rev.' Coma - Y. Pa. 7 Tlie'Mrtei:aldr; R. ,Atr: presided made the Ord aining prayer; Rev. Mr. ' • • y spew,' reque-. li . 4olled; Reiilti...Clarke gave the c har,e tn - the pastor; anti ,fisv,. Mr. Lawson, ti;: charge to the, , - - This .Y9urtg . brother, - .has been laboril..: abOut a year in this his first field, and r"- - joices in the tolrlip,ofDiyi se favor; ne.`` . Potty are 'inquiring the way of life, shi'o the interest nstßgrows. A powerful ijo*.of grace is in •propre , ' ',th - e :01reches. of Lewistown, Pa. T ; '` Pi*l§irie.riatt,,,9hireh, Rev. Mr. M'Clea'• -hailia d — se'ventYtinquirers, a large pill' Lion .c.Pr It.hcti* ire entertaining a hope C. • 4rer the Presbyterian Bar,?: t • The following eontorib u t ions t o the ',AA r‘i Coiportage have been received during the II of -January and•re4ruary: New.CentrinVe enagl,, Allegheny Presbytery.-F Salem SeitOlgrase, " .Rfghlaiids * "Allegheny City P'b.Y.- `ldtwrenOtrrille °Ong Ohio Why 2 dOntortmL'.... ! " • AIL Washington " Redstone Fby ...... • , Ridersridge Saltsburg " ... •. " NeiVi kialent " Blairsville . .?.eliLifteknoed " Clarion ............. Ae* -2- WinVJeffery, D.D., for 501dier5....... MI ME F.:3.~f-~. .. F. G. BATIEs, TreF l ' urer John Pulbertaon, Librarian. " A. LiNcoLx."
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