; reshgterian'ohanntr, eITTSBURCI I MEDNESDIY, JULY 20, 1864. TRH SANDWICH ISLANDS. These islands have been the scenes of some of the most zeinarkable triumphs ev er won by Christianity over heathenism. There the labors of the missionaries of the American Board have been crowned with. the greatest success. Christian schools, Christian churches, Christian, literature, Christian habits of life, and Christian gov ernment, have been introduced. Asa mat ter ofecurie, the stability of older Chris: tian countries is wanting. The people are in the infancy of their. new life, and are liable to be .deceived: Nor are their rulers free froM weakness. This is especially so with the new - kin& Who seems to have very exalted Dodos. of hie position, and to be desirous- of ,surrounding himself with something -of the pomp-and'magnificence which` distinguish' the courts' of Europe. Bence whenit was inggested to him that English Episcopacy; if made the form of worship in the palace, would add to his dignity -and-importance,le yielded to the Miggestien. The simple forms of 'Worship of the Congregational Church, to - which his people owe so_ much, were not enough for him. - - • 2 - 44 'this - state -of mind,- application was `Made for an-Engßah bishop.- This was op posed by the purest and wisest men in the: English Establishment, but u vain. The Anglican bishop was appointed. r And last year, he, along with_ three or four priests:. of his Church; setup what they - called the is Reformed Catholic Chtireh,":With the de sign. of making it.the State 'Church of the Sandwich Islands. - These tpersOns-were of the a MOSt ultra .-High Church party, and though eniering"direetly.upon the fruits of the labors of the American missionaries, stood aloof from. their, and 'refused to at,- knoiledge them as regular ministers of the - Gospel. 'They - immediately- took 4he, King in. charge, and persuaded him of the need _he liad fer a Nationttl Church accord ing to thiii views. And the weak King has suddenly issued a proclamation calling upon the people to elect delegates to revise the Constitution This bas occasioned great excitement, since it is _pretty generally Understood _that an attempt will be made to unite Church, and State, and set-up a- little Establishnient ipon the "model of the Englieb. State . Church.. Much_silaim is felt, and the moat :serious results are feared. . - - This interference of an English Prelate is not only uncourteous toward brethren _who have labored so long and_ so_suceass- Sully, but is els& a gross outrage- Upon the rights of the peeple. - The whole -object of the movement was not to extend ary nperatbms„ but to make perverts . to Epispopaey—to wrench from the Americsn missionariee the field they had _almost -won to Christ. . • - - -"-FRAYER FOR . TRE-SPIRIT." The rains - have been withheld. The --_ _ skies. are ;is, -molten lead. The-earth ". - ........„-- -- 11101371i - diEd. The . . grass , is withered. The springs of water fail. - The - cattle cry - for water.'• Men look up to the heavens for the gratefurshowers. But no _clousis are formed : the sound of rain is -not heard. It is not .God's will that the ground should be now refreihed, And that altnatire should again .be made glad. laThii :Wise providence he disap points the hopes-.of men, and - dashes all their high anticipations to the ground. But there is a -fountain to which our wearied and exhausted Soulermay go and all ways obtain a full supply. Our graces languish.A. fearful blight has come over out hearts..- Yet .this need not vontinve. pie Holy Spirit will revive and cheer us. We hirii grieved hirii; ve hive offended hiin greatly, • Dif we can go to the Merdy Seat and oonfese our alas, and pray for - the returrr of..the Comforter. God may not grant -us` -rain;• he may not allow us to lie free:froM fronbjelhe inay not remove his ~ . . sore. chastisements. Not so with his Holy. Spirit. -3. f we-seek him, he will.be found , of us, Mere ieurporal benefits may be de- niesl, but the blessings of the Holy Ghost will not be withheld from the heart- that longs after - them. By restraining prayer, can the Christian shut himself out from the revi-ving. influences :of God's grace, and that-kave - his soul L to droop and wither. And brile - iiiayer'of faith the *pious .soul may be made joyful in God._i_ .Tben,.though-th9.fields may seem burnt up, hit us not distrust God concerning our bon's: - With -him - is the - fountain of life: If 'ire - cry u4dhirri he will pity - us; he will _opt:do - rt . * ; he - :Will; - enable us. to break forth into,singing._ _Let each one in Bud a :time as. this, in, ..relianctr upon Divine' stretlgth;liay : " Although. the fig tree.shall, not bhissorn yrieithei:Aball fruit be in the ; the lablorOf the pliTe shall fail, and. _the fields shall- yield noaneat ; -the Bock shall - lie_cut-tffirom the fold; and there shall be herd itifte - stalls ::yet I will rejoice in, the 14 - oid I - wilf - joy in the tied of my sit-. ' -A- REGRET. We gather from Sabo of - our -exeluingeS ., the _melancholy_ tntelbgenco that another -oil district haa.been.Aisooyered, which,- it: 6-thought by --seine, will prove =as produc: the as the Venango region. This new: .41d is in 'Greene , County, the petrolewP . awing, found on Dunkard Creek, a tributary te.the-Monongahela river. Bat. four wells •baie ad' yet been sunk, and-all of them are . yielding oil, one of them pumping seventy Darreis a day : _A:gloat many; companies have. been organised, and lnoations pur chase," or lewd, to commence: boring for this mysteriods fluid. The natural outlet for this new ;Al region will be . the -131c;Son _gebela slaekwatet;and it has been sugges, ted that. the, completion ,and extension of -the Chartiere Valley railroad will open up - another airenue to this field. - - Andllaied oursorrow 'We confess to . nosans..ll affection for the *isms on whose banks we spent our boyhood, and-: whose then stainless waters so irreeistiblY . woon:d --us in, Sun/woes sultry hours. And silieri t3teentlp r after years _of absence, we returned the - sherd of -the Allegheny, that-once flowed so chastely from its pure mountain springs, it was with real pain we gszed"up on its altered features. For us there was no beauty in the iris hues that now over spread its unctuous surface, and we mourn ed to see so many refineries pouring their noxious - refuse into its once crystal tide. In some places its• banks appear so satur ated with petroleum as to be almost com bustible ; whilst the air we breathe is laden with the sickening odor, and t e water we drink bas, to our palate, a tang from this now important article .of commerce, once hidden (et irrep' ertum melius) so profound ly beneath our soil. Yet this was the stream whose clear, cool waves rippled so musically in our memory, is we languished with fever under .E 1 far off SoutheFn sky, insomuch that we pined for the eight•-` - -the'sound—the taste of its limpid waters. Aow sadly changed 1 We would hot have recognized• the river that had haunted our very dreams. ' And now this babbling oil mast claim another Sacrifice. Insatiate borer could not one suffice? Must the tawny flood of the 'Monongahela be Still further disiained bY.the-outgushing . of another subterranean river of oil ? Must the classic Chartiers become the highway of this uncleanly traffic .. ? - • • • Let us•not be understood as repining at the inevitable flow of events. or oil, but simply"recording our unfeigned regret that some of the sweetest ,:litreams and fair est valleys of the West are so rapidly los ing the-eharins they- wore in our youthful - • - •CONPLIKENTARY. (?) ;The. True rresbyterian says of. PARRON, BaowNLow, Dr. R. J. BREORINRIDGR, and HZNRY WARD BEECRER " They. are representative of the lowest and moat loathsome feature of -the present revolution; its thorough.prostitution of the religion-and -ordinances of JESUS CDRIST - to the hellish pyrposes of partizan politi 'dans, 'beyond - •alfinecedent in Church his tory!' „ , • _ 4 5.13n0wNL0w . ,.. the priest 'of the lew, coarse, - superstitious phase -of Methodism, *rides the ass that he has mOunted, banging it with. his shoutingrouol club and at it as , he bangs away, the. Coarse, ribald pro fanity of. a . muleteer. BERCRER, with more skill, flatters and coaxes along the fiery tiger of Tanatieism, ever fertile in expedi: ants to entice him forward with new word pictures of, blood, and earnagS just ahead. 1311IMICI:NXIDGE, now withthe rough blows of the one, and-now with the artful coaxing er• the Other, creeps along on the horrid grinning tfreature of his choiae, through bye-feiths and covered, ways,_ that all issue at -last---in the common broad road to de - struetion. cc BRECKIN4IDGE is by far file most criminal >of the three men. BiIowNLOW and. BEECH= are lattt, the natural iroduCt• of- the fatal _errors raixed with the good systems of religion they represent,,respect; ively, and thoroughly consistent with them- selVes throlighout . in their bleed thirsty _Jaeobinism. .13Xxcx,ixtunon, hypooriti oally-,_plays the blood-thirsty - Jacobin under Cover of devotion to fa religious system em guises every 4 act that can define a tyrant,' undOr the .fery forms of 'religion Whichfor ages_ have stood fOrth as symbols of civil and religious freedom.' With the phrases -of -heavenly piety on his lipS, he- homolo gatei- with - _the profane and the infidel.- , Oceupiin:g_ the lefty position of a teachei in :Israel, he is ambitious _of distinition as a -teacher in the:political 'doctrine of Deltas.' Supported': by the funds that _piety :has gathered for-the instruction of her ministry, he,-devotes .his energies to teaching the moh.to nub the throats of_the very men who gave - the - . funds. the three I ::political -pinions; ,Bu*okitininGE really 'deserves the deepest loathing and 'condemnation of all ' good men." _ Such-ravings need neither note nor cow: meat- to show' their turpitude to exhibit the terrible . _ and vindictiVespirit cherished by their author. To What depths of Mad! nesi . does treason sink- its adherents and sympathizers! ' _ - ADVANCE IN NEWSPAPERS. Owing to the increased prices of all arti cles-conneSted with newspapers, their. cost to the publishers has advanced beyond all former-precedents. This is compelling a - rise of suhscription -all over the , country. TheOhioago - Pailies have been advanced to sl2' per l ,,anStiM. Notice hal been giver) that thg New-York .Dailies - will hereafter be sold at five cents each. Our Pittsburgh Dailies are seriously discussing another rise, which will probably; be seen adopted. And the 'religious papers are -- moving in the same. direction. The New-York Ob, server has been raised.to $3.00 per Year in advance, and $3.50 when , not in advance. The-Presbyterian now charges - $2.50; and gives notice that it will probably-be-required to either lessen the size minor:ease the .The Watchman and. Reflector, of Boston, printed:on a single Sheet, has been raised to $3.00 , in 'advance. The United PresbYte rian 'papers, - herelofore publiihed at $1:75, _have, - heen,acivaneed to $2.00 in advance, inonths, and $2.50 if nd:paid within-the-year. - , - Th6 ..iivofieils still_ published - at $2.00, . .• but hoi long this Can Continue must :de pend op-the future conditien of the :prices involved publishing a newspaper:: A lt is oar furpose-however toisatie as geed a s -pa per as possible at the lowest - terms 0111Tfiiancial view . of . these things we respectfully ask pastors, elders; and readers, to exert themselves at 'onto and earnestly to send ns - new inbsefi beri at cur present rates, that po increase may be necessary. - HE - FILEEDUN. The - Genaral Assembly's :Wiiitern:_troni: .mittee_ has . not yet been _able to affect: an _organization,_oWing. to the absence -of two of its ' members from their -homes,- ' But until - stieh'an organization is — iffeeted, the Rev. J.lToWanu NIXON suggests the fol lowing methods ofeoliparatingin this work by those desirous of doing so:.- - Ist. By sending-to the tinderqgned airy iaTormatiim they may have'or may acquire, taliating - the localitp and Ciinditionof any °amps. or oeminneities of freedmen; n any of the Western-states; - • 2d. By giving as information as to per- PRESBYTERIAN BANNER.---WEDNESDAY, JULY - 20, 1864. sOns suitable to be employed as preachers or teachers among the freedmen. .3d. By giving us the means of sustain ing any such laborers in the fields to which they may be assigned. Until further notice, contributions from. individuals or churches may be sent to 011ARLEs N. Tom), a member of the Com mittee, residing in Indianapolis ; and all other communications on the subject may be addressed to Rev. J. H. Nixon, Indi anapolis, Ind. In another column will be found the ap peal of the Eastern Committee, at Phila dilphia. Let a' speedy and generous re sponse be_given. It his become a habit with many city congregations to close their houses of wor ship for six weeks or two months, evert Summer. That in some cases large Mita ben of the people go to the country o r places of Summer resort, and that the pas: 'tors need rest and recreation,.no one will de ny.. It is ;a positive benefit to any church to give' its pastor a season of relaxation from his pressing and soul-trying duties: But this - does not justify a congregation in depriving those who stay_at -home. and tht passing stranger of the privilege of worshiP ping God in the sanctuary on the holy Sabbath. Though the pastor may be ab scut for a few Sabbaths, his place for the time can be easily supplied. And those who remain need the instructions, admo-.1 nitions -and consolations of the Gospel as much as at any other season. We are per suaded that many of our clinches have been permanently injured by-this habit of closing up for a good part of the. Summer season. A letter froth Brooklyn states that in that city alone, no less than nine church.' es . haie been closed from Sabbath the 10th inst., until the let Sabbath of September. In this list• are found all:-the leading de nomination' s except the Episcopalians and the Catholics. In Philidelphia a less objectionable plan is adopted. .Generally two of our church _ es unite in their services for a few weeks of the hot term. Thid year the Seventh. and Tenth churches _worShip 'together du ring July and August. In some instances a single service is held every Sabbath. In Pittsburgh and Allegheny it has not been` usual to dime the . ehurahes except for a week or two'for, cleansing and repairing— the former being very - necessary, in such a sooty atmosphere as.this. This Summer„ we believe, arrangements have been inadef for public worship every .Sabbath, all - Our ehurches,"except- when closed for the purposes just mentioned. And surely the present is a time when such a course will meet with universal approbation. We have before us the ,Roport of the Rev, A. . LEVY, missionary 4o the Jews in Cincinnati, Columbus, and Pittsburgh, for the last - three' months: - He says, in that time : - "I have distributed about $2,000 men of traots in the English, German, and He:. brew :Language; five -Hebrew Bibles, two rifitteil: - Thad many conversations with them about CHRIST jz sus, their Messiah: in short, they have been called uion, most solemnly and seri ously, to-take refuge to-day, as long as it is cued to-day, unto that .' one Mediator be tween Gott and man, the man CanasT sus,' for the salvation of their souls?' Mr. Luvi is a laborious and self-denying minister of the Gospel, who has been treat ed by his kinsmen, - according to the flesh, as the - off securing of all things for CHRIBT's salo. The _ Rev. Drs. niomusoN and STORRS, and other Clergymen of Cincin nati, recommend him to the confidence and liberality of the churches. The Jews have strong. claims upon our sympathies, prayers and .benevolence....... _ Father • . ChiniqaY,L- - -This_ personage was lately in-Washington City, and while there it is reported- that he received large .sums of tininey, to 'aid in his alleged:work at-lian; kaked. Oar readers should rememher that he - is - no 'longer in connection with our .Church, or any other _Church in the Uni -bed States. More than-St year ago, while under': trial hefore the Presbytery of Chiea ge and - in danger' of deposition from the ministry, he' abritptly renounced the of that body, and. placed himself _ander the care of the Canadaa Yresbyterian Synod.. But at the very first subsequent meeting of thit Synod, charges of a most serious character were preferred against Mr. CHINIQUY, The matter was referred, by Synod to _the London Biesbytery; which he :is a member. We can see no good'..Treason why Christian people should any)onger contribUte hinds for CiIINIQ,UY, when there are so many other pressing,, de mands for all the money-. that _can be f)ossi bly scatted.: - - - Loudon Correspondence.-:—This week we give a letter from our old and Valued correspondent, ".J. W.."; so welt known to many of our readers, and whose contribu dons to these columns have been soltighly prieed. For the present will send is - a letter every two weeks: This, with our Dublin Doxrespondent and an, arraug,ement we hope to effect on - the-Continent, will give - - us a - Furopean- cotrespondenee une quailed by any of our'cotemporiries: This will subject ys,tp gie# - expinse, at the present rate of Exchange, but we hope our friends will - so exert - themselves to - extend the'eirculation• of the Bainer; that we will be fully lir - aided' for this lafgb 6ntlay. Foreign lissiOns.:,:ne Tresen 'enorinously high ray) of gold,_with its direct influence on the rates of Sterling Exchange,. snaking - . three "dollars 'only a . little better than oitc;is - fraught with immense, danger to - oar - Foieign Missions. The expendi , _tures of, the American Board of Foreign Missions are running up, from" this cause, to in extent which-occasions-great anxiety: About $lOO,OOO beyond the - income of last year will...be required ; to-meet this unex pected emergency. Our_ Board of Foreign- Missons will. need. a proportionate spotlit. - The churches Mug not allow our Bead.to be - unable to - fulfil - its obligation's. 9nothsr ron *Fa obituary column will be.foutd a notice, of - the death, while in,the acrvice-of his cowl CLOSING CHURCHES; JEWISH - MISSION; try, of a son of the Rev. JOSEPH mgt. The young man was unusually promising and had expected'to enter the Gospel min istry. Brother Kraut will be remembered by many of our older readers as one of the first missionaries of our Church to the Western Indians. Presbytery of Allegheny City.—There will kel special meeting of this PresbYtery next Monday, 25 Oa inst., at 3 P. M., in the Lecture Room of the let Presbyterian church of Allegheny. NEWS .OF ME CHURCHES AND MINISTER& ' PRESBYTERIAN. Old School.—The Rey. John W. Dins. more has accepted a unanimous call to the pastorate of the First Presbyterian church of Prairie Du - Lae, Wis. Correspondents are requested to address him at that place, and not at Cambria, Wis., as formerly. The Presbyter says : " We are pleased to learn that our two churches in Indian' apo lis,_immediately upon the reception of the Assembly's Circular Letter upon the sup port of the ministry, took action, by .which they added each $5OO per annum, from tru ly 1, to-the salaries of their pastors: The brethren in that flourishing city - have al wayi been diOosid to deal libeially with their pesters, ,and the prpmptndss with which.they respond at this.timeta,the sug gestion -of - VIO Asselnbly is all 'the more praise,worthy on that account. - The pastor of the First church has, remarked to us, thatif his people- were not as unostenta tious as they are generous, he 'could* pub lish "a "list of kindnesiea -- they have be itowed upon him and his family during a year or two past, which, would 'mike a rec ord equal to that of any church in the land." The murderer of the missionary, Rev. Levi Janvier, D.D., has been 'sentenced to death by hanoino% The priioner admits the murder, but says he killed his . :victim, notheeause .he was a missionary,. but be cause he was a Ettiopein. The lifethoirisl has a letter from India, 'wEich gives an :teenUr - it of the.death of Rev. Mr. Liiiienthal, the, last martyred missionary whom our. .Church has been called to mourn. We say " Mertyred,". because it is alto g,ether probable that-his servant - had been hired to commit the deed. - He also pays a high tribute to. the attainments and - charac ter of our departed brother.We ,give that part of the letter, which says: The Rev. Isidore Lowenthal, _missionary to the Afghans, "was killed at Peshawer re eently, It appears that Mr. Lowentlud suffered from headache, and, was in the . habit of go ing out very early to get the air. On the morning he was, shot, he got up about three o'clock and went to walk in his verandah, when his watchman, taking him for a thief as hi alleges, 'discharged his carbine, kill ing him instantly. There ia much doubt as to the character of the deed,' which we leave to the civil authorities to , sift, merely remarking that the state of society at Peshawer has long been very unsettled. = Rev. I Lowenthal was a very remarkable man. Physically he was almost a dwarf, .6eing the smallest European, it is said that ever came to Indiai, but he had a mental power which has given= him a name the world cannot willingly let die." He was a Polish. Jjezfhili9 found:his way Ito the tnited States, and in 1851 was ped dling jewelry in the streets of Princeton, New-Jersey, being then about twenty years of age. He attraeted the notice of - a, clergyman in Princeton, who appealed to some benev olent - gentlemen and secured means to give him - an education at - the college of that place. Daring his stay' there, he became convinced of the truths - -of Christianity, . and was converted - and offered - himself to the Presbyterian Missionary So - ciety for :Afghanistan, fancying, that among the Af ghans might be found traces of the lost tribes of Israel. He reached Peshawer in 1856, being t.hen twenty-five years of age, and was well up it is said income eight langnages. He soon:learned the Pushteo language,- and completed a translation of the New Testament into it. In controver- Vwith Mohammedans and in the Bazaar, Mr. Lowenthal was -said to be - a Master, while his contributions to Westminster' and . Blackwood, and the' high estimation in which he was held by such Men as Sir Herbert EdWards Mid Sir John Lawrence, do not him - to need our praise. - "He rests from his labOrsi aud. his Works do follOw hint." From , the Presbytericti we learn that the Etev.Alyin Parker . ' is Also - among the dead. - Re was one of the oldest mem bari of the Presbitery - - of - Philadelphia. Re was hot in the pastbral- office at the time of his - death, but was residiig in Delaware COunty. Be - was buried on Sat, urday, the 9th - - Of July, in the burying ground of the Middletown: - Presbyterian ehtifeh, 'of which he was-at one_time pastor. The , same paper_also says: " The Rev. John.-Faris Smith, ;pastor of ;the Hopewell church, presbytery of Indian: epolis, died in Lower Chanceford, York County,- Pennsylvania, - on the morningqif the 4th of July. - _ " Mr: Smith was born in Chanceford, York - County, Pa ,- January 29th, -1822 . ; was admitted to the communion in Chance ford-- church; - graduated at Jefferson Col l Age, 1842; - entered Princeton - Seminary don after, where: he remained less thin one year; after which he finished his - then= logical- studies under the care of - his pastor,' - the late Sarrinel f Martin,-D.D. He 'Was Ii.:: sensed by the Presbytery. of Donegal in the Spring of 1844, - went to Kentucky in 1845, was stated, supply for- some time to the church of 0 - wenshoro: and then pastor: - of the oburch of Bardstown. Removing after wardi Indiana, he beciiine successively_ pastor -of the ehurehes of Vincennes, Rich mond, -and -Hopewell..: At, the lime- of Ilia deathlie was stated clerk of the Synod- of India c na and of the Presbytery of Indianap olis. -It is hoped-that some of his io-pres - biters will. give to the Church a more ex, tended- sketch-of-his ministerial life. ' Smith left a widow and five children." 'The Rev, J. B. Manger, of •Sew:iikl _ hasreeeived the degree of D. D. horn the. Western Reserve College, Ohio; CONGREGATIONAL. Rev. Wolcott Calkins was dismisSed July 6thr from the associate pastorateof the First iihursh. in. Hartford; and he has-Already en tered upon his labors as Taster of the Cal vary Presbyterian church in Philadelphia. Dr. Hawes remains pater. of the Firste The first Sabbath.in July was a preeimis one to the chirch in Groton; Mass. Thirty -were admitted to the church on profession -of faith;- and -one: b y .. letter:- Ile ages. , -ranged from eleven to.fortittve: Nineteen of theltindidater received .the ...rite of bap:. z a) tie: ..2:Perhape - twenty ill: .be admitted, in, per. , , , _ .. _ . - • - Including young people from the Acade my, who will unite with churches in other places, over sixty may be reckoned as the fruit of the recent work of the Spirit. Judging :from the spirit manifested by Christians, the influence of the revival has thus far proved an abiding one. On the part of those who have but recently hoped, the work seems to be unusually deep. The remains of Rev. Ebenezer Fitch, D D., the first President of Williams Col lege, have been - brought to Williamstown, and deposited under a noble monument erected to his memory _ in the College ceme tery. The ceremony of re-interment took place Tuesday afternoon in the presence of the officers and many friends of the Col lege, and Judge Bishop of Lenox made ap propriate remarks on the occasion. He entered - College in 1814; during the Weal deni3y of Dr'. Fitch, and was the only per= "son present who remembered him. METHODIST. The Methodists are making active and earnest efforts to rastablish themselves in the reclaimed parts of the South. The Pittsburgh Christian. Advocate.; says: " Dr. Newman's efforts at New Orleans appear to be successful - Of the seventy, persons who 'offered' theinserves es members of the church, the first Sabbath be gaveille invitation, forty-six_ had been znembeteof the M. E. Church Sputh, and several of the gentlemen 'who have -been -appointed to fill the offices of cless4eadei and.steward were formerly connected with that body. Much depends on-the firmness and4uoision -with which the business'of reconitruction is con ducted._ The case should be taken hold of by upright ~and Uniielditig *- heids?' LUTHERAN.- - - , The English Litheran .Cougtegatiou_of Pittsburgh (Rsi., Hill's);' have secured a lot in the:central part, of this - city, 'at a cost of twenty thousand slollars, for a-site for a new elontlx..edifide.:" It is not,tbeir design to _build at `the present time_; but_to have ensured to them a favorable location. upon which to do so when the,exPense - of improvement will, be less, and they shall have sufficient means to' do it withent iienrring debt,. - • The Synod of Pennsylvania,which meets at Allentown, igonihyeirehin g ; July 25th, will have before'it the: following subjects 1. The eitablishment of a Theological 2. The action the - t Getman Pastoral Conference in regard to the eitiblishment of a mission; among . the:einigrants in New- York York, - the -np_ening_ of:a, imirespondence with the Lutheran 'chilli& & Germany.; the Theidogioal - Seminary _; the Normal Seminary 'in Allentown; periedical for preachers;-founding of _pastoral - and con gregational libraries, and the circulation of .popillar Christian- literature. 8. Purchase`of the - library of Dr. Dem . me. 4. The revised ministerial order. - 5. Provisianfor the orphans of preach era in the Orphan - Housn of 'Germantown 6. Union with the 'East Pennsylvania Synod. EPISCOPAL A petition;to lie fresented to the author ities in Waihington, is now in .circulation among -the : clergymen of New-Jersey and Nevi-York, containing-4 Series -- of resolu tions adepted at a meeting of - the clerical and lay members of the Diocesan Conven tion of New-Jersey, held immediately after the adjournment of said Convention on the -26th - of- may:: The resolutiong set -forth that " whereas, by recent enactments of the Government of the:United-States, contrary _to the usual-eustom and laws of nations, the clergy are liable to 'enrolment and draft for Military service,. thus imposing in the alternative of a substitute, a burden of ex pense that from their self-denying position they are in' the'majority `f eases unable to bear; in case of a repeal of the exemption clattie,loreincr b them into - a service and po. sition inconsistent with their vows, separa- ting them from their hallowed responsibil itie.s, a n d leaving the -people to perish in irreligion - and vice," therefore the clergy :respectfully and earnestly petition the Gov ernn2ent of the United States to enact such exceptions to the general laws respecting enrolment and drafting, as may leave the clergy in these States secure in the admin iitration of their respective offices." be bishops and clergy of the Protestant Episcopal Church of the United States are following the, example of the Anglican churches in British North America, and signing an address to the Church of Eng land, in which, with a, referenie, though not expressed, yet evidently implied, to the late judgment of: the judicial - Committee of the Privy ,Council on the Essays, and Reviews; they 'profess their faith in the in: spiration of the Scriptures, and the .ever-, lasting ptmishment of the - wicked. The address has already received the signatures of twenty-two' bishops of the loyal States, and is now .being extensively signed by the clergy both- of the High and Low Church . wheels. The addresi - is this: ° . DECI;ARATION.—We, the underOgned; bishops and clergymen of the. Protestant Episcopal Church in the United-States of America, hold it to, be our houndew duty to the. Church:of England and Ireland, and ,to the souls . of men i to declare our firm be lief that the. said Church, is 'common .with our own, and the whole Catholic Church, Maintains, without reserve or qualification, the inspiration and Divine authority of the whole canopicalScriptures es not only Containing, but being the *ord of God, and farther teaches ' in the words of our blessed Lord, that the punielintenti of the 'cursed'_equally with the. lac' of the rightcoui is everlasthig." _ - The Bishop se Marilpd(e)liill Church win) gives.roasons why he thinks compelhAl to withhold his signature. BAPTIST; Rev..Ds. Kennard, Of.the -Tenth Baptist ohureh-in _Boston, has-preached; , ten sand Sermons, baptized two -thOusand and thirty'-three married four thou sand eighty-nine cou - plei, and attended three thOusatid - nine hundred funerals in forty.six years. * • ; Zottheyreabyterlan pauuer 1 '7: The :Freplmer. BELOVED BRETHEEN:—In the preVidence of God a new and' touching call reaches our ears for Christian sYmpatliY, effort, and` contributions. Without any agency of their _own, coloreepdople; 'lately in servi tudi, to' the number, it is believed, of nearly half a Minim-, have - been thrown within the national lines, in a condition, in most cases, of almost litter physical and moral destitutiod:- -Their-`sufferings in long, wea ry journeys--often almost without clothing, often without' shelter ina'nolement weather,. - and long without bread,.,sinking exhausted by- the way, sickening and large" numbers— , have, been stich as na, tongue :can tell - TheLaywnow:oongreetted Viet num bers akvarious Woatifies, Aseand Virett—= 15,000 on the.se4 Oloods inE south cgron= na and Georgia; 20,000 at Newbern and in Eastern . North Carolina ; 20,000 at Nor folk, Portsmouth and vicinity; 10,000 at Fortress Monroe and vicinity; 10,000 at Alexandria and vicinity; and 50,000 in and around Washington. Beneficent associations have done much toward relieving their physical wants. But these people are more than mere animals; they have immortal souls. - They need the ministrations of the Gospel, in health, in sickness, and in the hour of death.: They need to be. taught to read the Word of God. Such as can read-, need the mirt istrations *of =--the -ootportenr, conveying to them the pages of religious truth'. Masters now of their -persons,-time, and families, they-need instruction in %the. new duties tkat thus devolve upon them._ In:, a word,. they... need everything that the ignorant, the destitute,ond tbe_ perish= ing can need. Other . Christian - - denominations are at work. - Shall our beloved Church sit with folded hands ? - thirVen - iirai . Aiseiably has: answered, NO l—and has 'appointed Com .. mittees for the work. Nit Wecannot take one Slap Without the pecuniaryn means in send out laborers; and for 'contributions' from individuals and churches we:'now - affectionately taa earn estly appeal - Please lie prompt; for while we hesitate, therdie I - Pleasc belibera/i; -for the work is very great -= - Beloved-brethreirin the ministry'-and el: dership--will-you not- take , measures for collections in the. churches at -the- earliest Let-us, in this work, assert out claim to sing the: seng--" The: blessing ,of him that -was ready to perish, come upon:Am.'? ° Contributions may .be -sent to _William, Main; Esq, 821. Chestnut: Street, Philadelphia, - _ SAMUEL F-. COLT, .3fresters. - • *NMI • . 17 General - Assembly's testeiti.Cotimittee for the•Religione,: leetrlietieri 'of :the Freea tnew - T"- Persong. - Dr..,,Dwight....The Rev. Theodore L. Coy ler,writes thus from Greenfield Hill, Conn., his summer retreat to the'ESangelist 'Greenfield Hill - ho been made classic _by. _ _ _, President Dwight. He spent the twelve years before his Presidena3r of Yale College, in preaching to this parish, and in teaching the country-boys in the aneient -Academy. The- old-people remember yet his portly figure as it moved up the hill yonder-to the school.house- door.'-- He- was the oracle of thiswhole region. No one bought a farni, or made his will, or married_ off his daugh ter, or,named his child, or got stuck in a theological problem without going at once to Dr. Dwight. _He had a knack for every thing,-.for _crailling, wheat, for_ growing flowers, for writing books, for ranking he roic poetry, and for practising medicine. As Bishop Berkely had great faith in "tar water," so Dr. ;Dwight believed that the universal panacea was "carrot-poultice." This he prescribed so' generally; that once when the church..belt got cricked;the wag gh3ll _old Dr. Hurlbut said to hini, "Parson, hadn't you better-try a carrot poultice on it ?" The celebrated Divine had a weak ness for making verses. He -wrote an, am bitious poem called'' ; Greenfield - Hill;" but the best proof of the perennial beauty of this. region is that it survived such a pro duction. He also-elaborated an Epic- in eleven books,- called the "Conquest of Canaan ; '-' which he dedicated to " George Washington, - Esq. the Saviour-of his Country, and the Benefactor of Mankind." The poem is a mass of sonorous bombast, in which there is - such a profusion of simi les drawn from thunder, liglitning„ and hail storms, that when the author asked Trumbull his opinion of the epic, Trum bull replied—" Doctor, r really did not dare to venture through Ate- whole poem without a lightning -,rod fastened to,: my hat." - • I Noose- Nibbling at- a Dead Idett.-Aboxit theSmallestof . the. email .things we haite recently seen, is-the tirade of- George . Gil fillan- against- . Calvin. .Thislinan is a-cler gyman of the United preidiyterian Chproh, a litteo - ateicr of little' note,, whose publica . thins .obtained.: considerable eironlaticiti•fif teen or tiVetity yearis ago, but since - that time 'have fallen' iittoOblivien.... - At the-ter centenary of .Calvin's death; when 'his friends are hallo Wing hitinseirnory; and-even Christians of Arminian -faith, • are bearing testimony - to• his services- to the general cause of truth,,, this - miserable mane makes a bid for notoriety; by attacking the great. Reformer's character and course, and winds up by declaring Shakeispeare a better repre-' sentative of the Christiatereligion - than he. Peter...Bayne, ~in the. Weekly_ Revie4, de shewed 7 tbe falsity. of - his - fiete,atia the,, perversity of his,in ferences:: it its,ntit.neeessary to -- quote good-teMpered and conclusive article, :but ithfnecessary to 'holt! " . .up thia_Gilfillati to public shaMet;',An_ a professed minister. who has no reterenee for,Aruth and .who . can see 'tie difference' between a reformer and a matitst, . between• the legislator ; for all the . 1 Reformed Churches, 'god the playwright,. of I Queen Elizabeth. TheiChristian world has. borne . a cheerful testimony to Shakespeare's excellences ; -hut to- speak -Ol.him "tis:a -Christian- of the rieblest gnat' 't -is ati`ab: . aurdity Which none but _a Gilfillau could perpetrate.-Christian. ktelligencer. _ The follawitt are the.-names ef - rebel ef-, ficere 'placed tinder Are- Ofiarlestein in re-- taliation'for treatment-of Union. officers; Major-Generals-Edward Johnston and Frank Gardiltarg;Brigidier-Generals J. Archer, 'George. Stewart, add M. Jeff: Thompson.; - Colonels Wesley R. - Car ter, X.-Cobb, Basil.Dtike. M.A...Ferguson, J. Mt Hanks,-Richard James Belli_ W... 11 - : Peebles S. Vanderventer, Win. M. Barber, J. N. Brawl's,. J. N. Jae - Anis, E' L .l.:,o4ldill; W. a. Forney.; .Lieutenant-ColonATJames Brewer, P. E. Durant, J. P. Fi4gerald, C. L . Haines, 41-. A - "M. Paialey, A. L. Bwingley,jobeph T. Titeker, D: H. L. Marti, - A. Drepee; .Y. - G.;'Jileksciti.,: ji Smith, W. L. Dart4on;'Majors Aitderson, -Calitiivell, J. T. Carson, Emmett, 5. C. Grace, Hornee - -A. .A. Nash, Perkins, Geo.--H. Smith,'E. 5. 'Senders' T. Steele,Tl4. B. Weber, J. M. Wilscin;W. Manning,'" - T1 ;- Er . thisort; 4 ' F.' F. . Colonel, liaberaktr,' ( - $r Philadelphia, read the, farewell, address on the opeasien ' of Washingte,ntti Birth Day in that city, . leek Re746iary - ..' Colonel Car was an aPpirenficti - of Benjamin . : Franklin, incl.. iiearlithiety 'years - of His memory aad eyeeightare - Wrgetod as they' were' - fifty age; and - he'still stipertichimselt by manniflatior.'-- He• was with Gen. Seottin the Wei - Of:1814 and - as might-be expect: ad, anticipates-, with. great confidence-and expectation the defeat of the. rebels lit:the - - pre,senteivil contest. Frditors leys, son of the author of the " Star Spangled Banner," was arreated Tit. Baltiiiiere: on Saturday last, charged with ailing treason; `-'Howas looked. up, in the Military prison ternwa,ii. trial:ffit' ilitytoti; the Veatill Minister ins Par-- 114 . reeefitly ga*eirgiirol: dilater: , to Ofaptain T of. the Kearsc,i,ibti;atid all: his of ficers .whiiititdd be .1110 Ilits 401' chosen ident,of Varieties. e an T e h x e a e N t d w o plyn c o o f ni t e he ir j a o x in — t The re 1 uf°tirlarasll4:. ing a special tax on incomes : Resolved by the Senate and R eie3 „ Representatives 'of the United & Gael t Congress assembled, That in addition t o income duty already imposed by law, tne;ll shall be levied, assessed, and collected ,; the lst day of October, 1864, a speci a l come duty upon the gains, profits, or i; comes for the year ending the alst d ay : 0 pecember next preceding the time her is 'named for levying, assessing, and the said duty of all persons residing wi t h i 6 n the United States, or of citizens oftb: United States residing abroad, at the rat e :of five per centnm on all sums exceedie, six hundred - dollars, and the same shall, b . ; levied, assessed, estimated, and collected except as to the rate, according to the visions 'of the existing laws for the co:lee. =lion of an income duty annually, wh mil applicable thereto; and the Secretary rj f the Treasury is hereby authorized to mate such rules, and regulations as to the tine and mode,.or other matters, to enforce .74 ,collection : of the special income duty h ere . .in provided, that in estimatinc , the animil gains, putts, or incomes as aforesaid for the foregoing special : income. no de. - diction shall be made - for dividends of is tercet received from any association, c ol .. - poration, or company, nor shall any d e . dilation be made for any salary or pay r e . "delved. 11.' Wise Plan.:—The Chicago Theological Seminary of the Congregational Church seems to Combine the excellences eti scientific and theoretic training of the m a i. ern theological school with those of the private tutor. Its members spend eight months of the year at the Seminary, under the drill of the Professors. The other four months are spent in reading and in work, under- the direction of some pastor. The Seminary has already sent oat so ne able and excellent men , and these all testify to the' value of the reading and working term. ThC City of London is now connected by telegraph with Tyre and Sidon, with Jets. salem and the land of Egypt. That rays. terious modern invention has planted its posts and stretched its wire over fields of historic fame, over hills and valleys once trodden by, the feet of patriarchs and prophets, and the click of the instrumeat is now. heard in those sacred places where disciples once listened to the voice of the Saviour. It thus seems to connect not only the East with the West, but ancient times with our own. A Califorfile correspondent thus speaks of the wants of his State : " What California needs most to-darisrain: What she wanti to-morrow-is seventy-five thousand females, which would equal the male population,ac• cording-to the last census." The new Nevada Constitutional Co_. vention has adopted the name of Nevada for the new State. The Bill of Rights adopted, declares the paramount allegiance of every citizen is due to the United Stata. Government. Excerpts. I never knew a man to escape failure, is either body or mind, who worked seven `days in the week.--Sir Robert Peel. Mankind are always happier for having been happy once ;the memory of happi ness is happiness. Against whom doth Satan multiply hi malicious assaults ? Against those in whom God hath multiplied his graces. Satan is too crafty a pirate to attack es empty vessel;'he seeks to rob those vess els only which arc richly laden.—Cowper. • Fine Natures are like poems—a glance at the first two lines suffices for a guess in to the beauty that waits you if you read ca. —Bicleter. There is no sin a man may be tempted to, but he will find greater comfort in re• slating than indulging. - Nothing renders us so like Mato God ai our love unto Jesus Christ, for he is the principal object of his ltive.—thoen. Tzme wears slippers of list, and its tread is noiseless.. The days come softly dawn• ing one after another; they creep in at the windows ; their fresh morning air is grate• fat to the lips as they pant for it; their music is sweet-to the ears that-listen to it; until, before we know_ it, a whole life of days has possession of the citadel, and time has taken ns for his own. An old debt cannot be discharged with ready money for new commodities; aor can past injuries be compensated by pro. ent duties which we are anew obliged an. to.—John - Owen. To be saved, and not unto the glory of God, implies a contradiction; for our sal vation is eternal blessedness 7 in a participa tion Of the glory of God.---Ibitl. -.No stone hurts like one taken from the ruins of one's own house ; and the grander the home, why, the heavier the stone.— Balmer. Good temper is like a sunny day—it sheds a:brightness over every thing; it is the sweetener of toil, and the soother of diequietnde. Unto whom Christ is the hope of future glory, unto them he is the life of present grace.—Owen._ Religion ,gives to virtue the sweetest hopes, to. impenitent _vibe just alarms, and to true repentance the most powerful con solations; _but it tries above All to inspire men with love, sweetness, and pity for mankind. tems. -The graduating class of Beloit. College in Wisconsin has gone to the war for one hundred days, so that there. will be no Commencement this year. This class will receive its degrees, however. The Ohio University, at Athens, hie just held its Fiftieth annual commence . ment. .The institution is out of debt, and has $3,000 . in the treasury over and above all expetnees. 155 students in attendance. The Quakers are establishing a college in Pennsylvania. It has been incorporated by the name of Swathmore College; and about $40,000 have been paid toward the enterprise. The gifts to Yale College recently have reached the munificent sum of 6500,00 0 . Mr. J. T. Bates, of Galesburg, 111., lati devised a process of making- granulated sugar . from sorghum,. which produces an article as good as the best grade of 1%1'35 - Orleans brown sugar. The rebel General Johnston lately hs 4 twenty.five of his men in. Georgia tied to stakes and shot for trying to desert. Boston is now connected with East Dos. ton by a submarine telegraph. It' is estimated that the number of oys ters annually required for the London mar ket alone is at least one hundred and thirty thousand buirbels, of which aborit a fourth aro natives obtained from artificial beds• The.weel orei of the State of Michigan for the present season, has been full y es"- niated,_ suck the clip' is calculated at 2,- 0,00,000 pounds. In 1850 it was 2,043,213 pounds, 'and - the 'nuMber of sheep 746,437. The. minsher of Union primers who itayrilieen can nod irt the Libby priSa
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