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DIAN W. MEARS, EDITOR.
Assoc lATED WITH
A t.ntRI I BAR Es IPEORGE DUFFIELD, Ja
THOMAS BRAINERD, JOHN JENKINS,
HENRY DARLING. THOMAS J. SHEPHERD,
FAULTS IN CHURCHES
We have not lost sight of the faults of ministers,
but just now, there are two faults in churches
which we think it timely to mention.
1. A minister is invited to preach for a Chris
tian congregation. An officer of the church waits
upon him, and is very polite. The minister assents,
and the brother inviting thanks him warmly.
The minister, perhaps, walks two miles in July or
August to reach the church, conducts the services
as appropriately and preaches as well as he can.
He comes dowafrom the pulpit, and riot one living
man of the whole congregation takes him by the
band, or says a solitary word to , him. So at 12
o'clock he starts to walk two miles home, with the
vertical sun destroying his shade, and of course,
be has for reflection as he walks along, the feeling
that he is esteemed - very highl7'in love for his
works' sake.
Now, in contrast to this, we know churches
where all the official gentlemen, at least, come up
to shake hands with the brother. They feel, that
as gentlemen, the duties of hospitality are upon
them in their own house of worship, as fellow
creatures, that they ought to be grateful for service
rendered, and as Christians, that they owe regard
and respect to a minister of the cross.
2. The second fault is, that churches that are
fully able to do it, do not pay ministers when they
invite them to preach for them. The laborer is
worthy of his hire. With our knowledge of the
foots touching this point, we should as soon ask a
man to dig our garden for us and not pay him as,
if an officer of a church, ask a minister to preach
for a congregation without compensation. We
wonder that churches will put themselves in such
a position. A ohureh that will give hundreds of
dollars to foreign or domestic missions will take
the services of a minister without offering him the
least compensation. It would be far better to be_
Just befOre they are generous.
Wo do not approve of greed in a minister. It
is not his business to "preach for money." It is
his duty to preach with or without compensation.
If he get only "forty stripes, save one," he must
preach, and the less be says about it the better.
But we editors feel at liberty to tell the truth to
saint and sinner, minister and people. It is our
settled opinion, that a church able to do so, ought
always to offer compensation to a minister invited
to preach, as much as a physician should be paid
fora visit,- or a lawyer for attending to a case. If
the minister is precluded from pressing his claim,
or if through a high-minded feeling he says noth
ing about it, this is only another argument with
right feeling men to pay him. "Thou shalt not
muzzle the ox that treaded" out the corn."
CHRISTIAN HONOR.
"A Christian is the highest style of man." A
Christian ruinistea ought to be the highest style of
a Christian. The word honor and its derivatives
oeour one hundred and eighty-six times in the Bi
ble. It is the kind of honesty that would lead
one to do right when the law would not seize him
if he did wrong, or when no one would know it if
he did wrong, or when it was no advantage to him,
or a disadvantage in a worldly point of view, to do
right.
,donor is the quality that leads us to say of a
man, that his word is as good as his bond, or that
we would trust him with uncounted gold. The
man who has it, is eminently trnst-worthy. He
that is faithful in that which is least, is faithful
also in that which is greatest.. Honor is a very
high form of honesty. The honestum in Latin,
means especially the honorable.
We regard a church as a very high trust which
is committed by the Presbytery to a minister, when
he is installed over it. What then shall we say of
a man who accepts this trust from a Christian de
nomination, and then proceeds deliberately to de
tach the people•committed to his charge from their
own church and persuade them to go to another?
Is he an honorable man? Is he a gentleman?
Has he the heart, and soul, and sensibilities of one
of Christ's shepherds? or ought he to be marked
as a traitor? Ought he to be "put in Coventry"
by all honorable men? Ought he to be branded
as contraband goods? Ought we not to point to
him and say—"habet fcenum in cornu?" Ought
conduct to be tolerated in the ministry that would
expel a man from a club of gentlemen, or that
would subject an officer to a court martial? We
pause for a reply.
BAPTISTS NOT SECTARIAN.
We copy the following from a Baptist paper:
"A true Baptist, one consistent in following
his principles, is not a sectarian, because he
neither allows himself to be cut off from, nor
does he cnt any one off from, the Church of
Christ."
As that paper advocates close communion,
we beg to inquire, how any church can, by any
possibility, more completely cut off Christians
from the Church, than by refusing to commune
with them ? It will be observed that our Bap
tist brethren grant that they refuse to admit to
the communion of the Lord's supper, true Chris
tians; believers in Christ; men with whom they
rejoice to hope that they will Commune in hea
ven; men whom Christ has received, and whom
the Spirit of God has regenerated. With these
they refuse to sit at the table of the Lord in
their own.church, or to sit at the Lord's table in
their church. This is certainly "cutting them
off" from the Church as far as human power can
do 1
Baptists often attempt to make the impression
that Presbyterians and others who do not agree
with them on the subject of baptism, are as sec
tarian as themselve& They assert that we re
quire, equally with themselves, that persons who
come to the Lord's table must be baptized, but
that we receive as baptism affusion as well as
immersion, which gives us only a wider circle to
commune with—but that the principle is the
To this we reply, that it is an entire misstate
ment.
We do not require baptism as a condi
tion of communion. We invite all Christians
to commune with us who are in regular stand
ing in their own churches. We do not inquire
at all into the manner in which they become
members. The responsibility of this is thrown
entirely upon the authorities of the church from
which they come. We receive them as, in the
judgment of charity, , Christians, of the evidence
of which, their own church is the judge. If
Christians, our opinion is, that they have a right
to come to the Lord's table, and, as such, we
admit them.
The Baptist, in excluding Christians because
they are not baptized, in his view, the Seceder,
in refusing to admit them because they differ in
certain opinions, and the Episcopalianrin re
fusing to commune with them because of certain
church forms—all, lu our view, are sectarian.
ICING OF JERUSALEM
We copy the following curious and sugges
tive paragraph from the Evening Bulletin of
this city:
"The French Imperial Court is still living in
the greatest retirement, broken only by short
excursions in the neighborhood of St Cloud.
The longest of these was when the Emperor
rode to Rambouillet, company With Baron
Rothschild, while the Empress went to Corn
piegne, meeting her august consort on the road,
in returning. Baron Rothschild is at present
exceedingly intimate with his Imperial Majesty,
he being almost the . only visitor now received at
the chateau. Nearly every day Napoleon 111.
is seen proMenading in the Park of St. Cloud
arm in arm with the great banker; and scarcely
a dinner occurs at which the latter has not the
honor of sitting at the right hand of his Impe
rial Majesty. Of course the political gossips
draw their own conclusion from this particular
intimacy. According to some of their on dik,
it is the intention of the Emperor' to niike
ron Rothschild Bing of Jerusalem, under the
protection of France, and—as may be expected
—for 'a consideration.'"
This paragraph, which people will laugh at,
may have more in it than meets the eye. The
Eastern Question is one of the most difficult
that ever statesman or diplomatist worked with.
The Turkish Empire is breaking up. The diffi
culty is to create a nationality for Syria. The
fragments of peoples there, Greeks, Maronites,
Druses, Arabs of all sorts, Armenians, Turks—
none of them make a nation, and any one that
caa be constructed of those materials is likely
to be a rope of sand.
Where can a nation be found for Syria ?
Many of us believe that God has preserved the
Holy Land for the children of. Abraham, his
friend, and that in his own good time they will
solve the Syrian question. We do not know
the disposition of Baron . Rothschild, but we
cannot conceive of any thing more grand than
- the of - theprincely wealth of that family
to gather in the - Jewish people from the four
corners of the earth and plant them in the Holy
Land. There needs nothing to accomplish it
but a disposition an their part to go, and money
to go with. But it is well known that as a nation
they are immensely wealthy, and hence an en
thusiasm for Palestine, like the Crusades—an
enthusiasm which might spring up in a day,—
would produce this memorable result. The
Eastern question seems to wait for it.. A King
of Jerusalem is not more unlikely than wass-a
King of Greece before , the battle of Navarino,
a Sardinian King in Florence, or a Garibaldi
in Sicily and perhaps soon in Naples.
THE DEATH OP THE RIGHTEOUS.
Three bright illustrations of the transcendent
worth of religion as an element of human cha
racter, and as a comfort both to the dying, and
to those who survive them, have recently been
given in the death of those venerable women,
Mrs. Bethune and Mrs. Gardiner Spring, and
the sudden and premature removal of young
Hawes, of Connecticut. We do not remember
that any special interest attached to the closing
scenes of the life of Mrs. Bethune—it was of
little consequence. The lustre of a well-spent,
active, devoted and singularly useful Christian
life of unusual length, was enough to light up
the passage into the dark valley in the view of
her friends, and to enable them and all others
to realize how supremely satisfactory is such a
life as was hers, and how far above the highest
and must brilliant career which mere worldli
ness or selfishness has ever run.
Mrs. Spring had been the companion of the
now venerable Gardiner Spring for more than
fifty years, during which time it was her aim to
relieve her husband of every burden within her
reach. Her illness was protracted, and it was
in the chamber , especially that her Christian
character was manifested. A New York ex
change says: "From the early settlement of
Dr. 'Hoge to the death of Mrs. Spring, he was
a constant visitant, and at all times was met
with cheerfulness. She was wont to sing the
hymn commencing—
'Father, 1 . long, I faint to see,
The place of thine abode,'
and freqnently_she requested the singing of the
hymn, commencing- 7 .
God, the. spring of ty joys.'
It was expected that her death would take
place before the fiftieth anniversary of the set
tlement of Dr. Spring, over the Brick Church.
She was, ho.wever, exceedingly anxious that her.
life should be spared until that- event had taken
place. For this she prayed; and , bit a few
days before bar death; she- asked her physician
whether life could be prolonged to enable her
to congratulate her beloved companion. 111 7 4 . T,
desire was granted, and a few hours after the
immense crowd bad hung.upon the lips of Dr.
Spring, his companion passed away."
But the most painful and touching and, in
some respects, most illustrious exit of the three,
was that of Rev. Joel 'Erskine Hawes. Like
Dudley A. Tyng, the son of an honored father
whom he but recently had followed into the
ministry, by a mortal injury accidentally re
ceived, he was suddenly called away from the
commencement of a career of usefulness, and
died with words on his lips as memorable, as
weighty and as deserving of universal dissemi
nation, as those which were caught up by the
Christian young men of our city, and made
their watch word.
We cannot do better here than quote the re
marks of the New York World, commencing
with one of young Hawes' dying expressions:
"PHILOSOPHY WON'T DO IT!-'I say it from
this bed, the gospel is God's appointed means
for the salvation of the soul; philosophy won't
do it.' These words were said by the excellent
Joel Erskine Hawes, the young pastor of the I
Congregational Church at Plymouth, Conn.,
whose lamented death was occasioned by -the
kick of a vicious horse. He was the son of the
Rev. Joel Hawes, D. D., of Hartford, long and
extensively known as one of the most useful
and able ministers of the gospel in our country.
The subject of this notice possessed the same
spirit; so, too, did his sister, Mrs. Mary Hawes
Van Lennep, whose remains lie in the Arme
nian cemetery in Fern, one of the suburbs of
Constantinople. The following account of the
state of mind and feeling in which this young
Amtrican grtobttriait and titteott grattgtliot,
servant of Christ met death is taken from the
Congregationalist:
'As • was perfectly natural and right, Mr.
Hawes desired to live, as did Hezekiah and
David, and other good men; and on being told
of his critical condition, before the door of hope
was absolutely shut, he said, "I should like to
Jive that I may do my work better;
but we rest
wholly on the merits of Christ." He then re
quested that prayer , be offered that be might
live more to the honor of Christ, prosecute his
work more faithfully, and be preparedd for the.
will of God, whatever it, might be. When his
physician, feeling his pulse, said, "Mr. Hawes,
your race is almost rau," an expression passed
over his countenance indicating a momentary
struggle, and then his face shone "as it were
the face of an angel." He repeated the hymn,
"Rock of ages," dwelling on the words, "Be of
sin the perfect eure"—"perfeit'perfect," and
spoke of the "righteousness of Christ imputed
to us," and of the "hope which is as an anchor,
sure and steadfast."
Taking a brother in the ministry of his own
age by the hand, he said, "We ministers have
not preached the gospel in its simplicity; this
has been my error. I say it from this bed, the
gospel is God's appointed means for the salva
tion .of the soul; philosophy won't doit." Hear
it, young ministers. The death-bed will test
the quality of our preaching. The•death-bed
demands a simple gospel. ' The death-bed re
veals the gospel , as 'the power of God unto
salvation."
As the time of our brother's departure drew
near, he made several efforts to repeat the pas...
sage, Heb. xii. 1844,,whichspeaks of`the- "in-'
n utnerable MED many_ of angels,",gut failing, asked,
"Whit is that passage ?" His mother opened
the Bible and began: "For, ye' are not come unto
the mount that might be touched"—"Hurry on
to the prospects," said the dying man ; and
when the words were read—" But ye are come
unto Mount Zion"—" There, that's it'!" said he,
and finished the passage: "and unto the city of
the living God, the heavenly. Jerusalem, and to
the innumerable company of angels, to the ge
neral assembly and church of the first born
which are written in heaven, and to God the
judge of all, and to Jesus the mediator of the
new covenant."'
How clearly this simple and most interesting
itatement sets forth the preciousness of the
blessed gospeL 'Nose but Christ,' exclaimed one
of the English.martyrs, as he went to the stake.
Yoting Hawes felt that Christ's blood alone
could wash away his sins. The hymn, in which
he so much delighted, ('Rock of Ages cleft for
me,') contains two lines which describe the very
faith which alone can give peace
Nothing in my . hands I bring,
Simply to Thy cross I cling.
How true it is that philosophy cannot stand
us in stead, in that trying boar, but a child's
faith Will—a simple faith, if it rests on Christ
alone. The latter part of this narrative is in
imitably touching, and can in no way be' im
proved by any remarks which l we can make. It
is a great trial to parents to be called to lose
such a son; but how great is the honor'to have
such a one to lose!
The experience of young Hawes in view of
death was like that of the late Dr. Hope, of
Princeton, who when dying was greatly sus
tained by the simple act of faith which is set
forth in the stanza:
'A guilty, weak, and helpless worm,
On Thy kind arms I fall;
Be Thou my strength and righteousness,
ly Jesus and my all.'
Such was :the experience of young Tyng, of
Philadelphia, whose death, though so painful,
could not keep him from , extolling Christ, and
exhorting his beloved friends to 'stand up for.
Jesus.' —And the late Dr. Archibald Alexan
der, one of the greatest and best of men of our
times, felt and beautifully expressed, when on
his dying bed, his deep sense of the precious
ness of Christ and a simple reliance by faith on
Him—''All my theology is reduced to. this—
Jesus Christ came into the - word to save sin-
ne .' "
BORROWING WITHOUT AOHNOWLEDG-
KENT
At least two articles cut from our exchanges
slipped into our last week's columns without proper
acknowledgment, though every pains was taken
by the Editor to secure it. We refer to "Agassiz
on Darwin," a valuable article from our neighbor
of the-Presbyterian. of this city, and the "Rail
road. Switch," in which some important- lessons
were drawn from the highways of modern travel,
taken, we think, from the Boston Congregation
alist. Our aim is to give credit for all articles
originating in the papers from which we extract
them.
While on this topic, we might as well call at
tention to the fact that some of our contempora
ries are ,content to rely, on us for intelligence, or
to borrow from our columns without due credit.
If the New York press, which boasts of being at
the centre of all intelligence from the old world
and the new, finds us of this "village" beforehand
with them on matters of general interest, they are
welcome to the fruits of our labors, but they
should handsomely own the debt. •• There is the
World, which a few days ago headed its admirable
religions column with an extract, in leaded type
and without acknowledgment„ from our Religious
Intelligence, which we had carefully culled out;
and translated from a Berlin journal, incorporating
our own comments. The New York Obsrver also
treated its readers some weeks ago to a bit of
in
formation oh the Moravian Church, in leaded.type,
which first appeared in our columns, but which
was not so credited in the Observer. The Chris
lmelligeneer, of the same city, copied with a
vemrat endorsement our editorial upon Hum
boldeeirCorrespondence, ascribing the article in
question rather negligently to "one of our ex
changes." The last number of the .Pittsburg
Missionary (Lutheran) comes to us with two of
oureditorials on its first page, one of which, how
ever, "Not by bi s ead alone," is- credited to the
German Reformed Messenger.
We say not these things ill-hurnoredly; we know
by experience how diffiault it is, betiveen editor,
type-setter and proof-readett, to do justice, even
with the best of intentions. 4 We only protest when
we think we suffer more than our share.
BARNES ON. THE AINEMENT.
OPINION OE TILE PROTEST EPISCOPAL
QUARTERLY. 4
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It
will be remembered by vfigy many our
readers that Mr. Barnes' last woNr on the Atone-.
ment was attacked with singular viiNce and bit
terness by the Princeton Review. It s declared
by that authority to be "brim-ful l yfof the worst
ingredients of a corrupt theology Its under
lying doctrine was declared to be "ii)versive of
theism altogether." The book w 4 " another
gospel," leading "to the adoption ce the entire
Socinian system." t 1,4
•
We merely wish, at this time, to set nfer against
this opinion of Princeton, the vievi i caken of the
same work by the Protestnt Episco7 1 Quarterly
for truly. This quarterly is the or of the-Low
Church (Calvinistic)' portion of ocly.
"The aspect of the: Atonement considered in
the essay of. Mr. Barites, is still more nearly re
lated to those we- have-advanced than are those
maintained in the sermons, collected by Professor
Park. [The Atonement: Discourses and Treatises
by Edwards, Smalley, Marcy, Emmons, Griffin,
Burge, mad Weeks .Y Mr, Barnes has, *6 think,
published nothingf.atinal to this essay either in
thought or expression, It is oneof the most ela
borate and . finished dissertations of the day, worthy
of ifs disteriiiied'iiithor; and an honor - to The
theological literature of the country. Through
his valuable "Notes, 4 'Baines' % Mr. Ba name has be
come a household wdra, as Well in Britain' as in
America; and there/are but few living writers to
whom. evangelical Christians are more indebted
In his commentaries he has communicated the
results- of extensive Bible studiesin a style at once
idiomatic, elevated, and reverential. In this
Essay on the Atonement he has given full proof
of a Comprehensive , intellect and of vigorous
thought.
The view presented is' certainlythat which best
accords with what man can here know of such a
subject,. and.ie sustained by most certain Warrant
of Scripture—unquestionably, therefore, it is a true
conception of the nature of the Atonement in part
—it is so only in part—for the subject is one of
infinite issues. ,High, as heaven, how little can
we know of it? NCO hail, who fathom it?
As manifold hearings, as the mission and
Ossitiritt94 , :edeetner, who on earth On
pretend to treat it exhaustively, or regard it other
wise than_ as the profoundest of those mysteries
which the angels desire to look into,' and which
man surely should approach with reverence and
awe,issured that the, death of the Lord was the
life of man." -
REV. DR. JMNRINS.
Recent letters have been received from our es
teemed. friend and colleague, Rev. John Jenkins,
D. D., containing information of his return to Eng
land after completing his tour upon the-continent,
with restored health,•aad the prospect of an early
return to America. - .We trust that he may' con
tinua to enjoy the divine favor and protection, and
that safe from - all perils by sea or by land, he may
be permitted,soon to resume his important labors
iu our midst.
THE-TABOR MISSION.
We are happy to 14n that this Mission, under
the care of ReV. George' , Van Denis, is still pros
pering, spiritually; an accession of sixteen persons
on profession having.leen received - on Sabbath
before last. This is cheering news, especially in
the midst of the prevailing deadnes& and barren
ness of the churches.
DEATH OP nOlt :OHIT,L.MASOE'.
Judge Mason, an honored Elder in the Mercer
street, church, who for some months has been in
feeble health, died on Thursday evening in the
65th year of his age. Mr. Mason was the son of
the late Rev. Dr. John Mason, of N. Y. city, and
was esteemed by all who knew hfin for the high
character he attained as a man and as a iudge of
the Superior court of New York.
EDITORIAL. CORRESPONDENCE:
LAKE KOPERIOR (RITCHT GAMI :) IT& TOPOGRA
FH,Y I. GEOLOpY r TEMpLOGY,ANI? POETRY.
Passing through the Sanit-St. Marie canal,
the massive masonry of which is superior to any
thing of its:-kind.on the continent, and whose
locks are the largest in the world; leaving the
wigwams of the red men on the right hand, and.
the houses of the white men on the left: they
rushing, roaring waters of the river, the restless
little fleet of fishing canoes, the sombre forests
of Canada—all richly bathed in the crimson glow
of sunset; such was-our delightful introdtctiori.
To the shores orKitohi-Garni,
To the , shirting Big-Sea-Water
"Here," says one, "such a Temperance man
as, you ought to feel yourself thoroughly at home.
You are now fairly launched , on the largest body
of fresh water on the face'of the globe !" "Yes," .
says our statistical friend Mr. Disturnell, in pro=
prig persona, : "According 'to the chart of - the
accurate Bayfield, 360 miles in length i 140 in
breadth, and 1500 in: circumference:" "You
see," - said - another And, - a Geologist---:-"as
Agassiz says, ‘Laka Suserio'r is=to be figured to
the mind as a vast basin with a high rocky brim,
scooped out of the plateau extending from the
Alleghenies to the Mississippi.'" "Very good;
but to carry out the figure, where is the pitcher
that supplies this basin?" "Rather a difficult
question that: more easily asked than answered.
Though situated on the highest upper terrace
of the continent, and 'thus draining an 'area of
100;000 square miles, receiving the 'contents-of
nearly 200 rivers and creeks that flow into it—yet
the entire volume of r water from these rivers is
not sufficient to supply even the loss occasioned
by evaporation. , The original source of the Lake
must be far down in the ";waters under the earth I"
",One •lineation more—what• do you supra:Be is the
use of so large a body of Water in such a position?"
"There are at least three useafor it. First, this
lake constitutes a great tank, or water works, for
the supply of innumerable other lakes, on the
lower terrace. Secondly, as it never freezes more
than a few' miles= frOm t ithe shore even in =the
coldest of, winters, it, has Altus -"a very salutary in
fluence in moderating-,what would otherwise be
the extreme severity of the climate. Thirdly, it
constitutes a means of commercial intercommuni
cation, the importance of which since the disco
very of the mountains of iron and copper on its
borders, it is impossible to over-estimate."
" There is some poetry, on the subject," said a
young ; lady, quoting some unknown poetry from
the inevitable Ritchie.
, 4 Father of Lakes! thy waters "bend
Beyond the eagle's utmost view,
When throned in Heairett he sees thee send,
Back to the sky its world of blue.
Boundless and deep, the forests weave
Their twilight shade thy bOrders o'er,
And thr,atening ell& like giants, heave
Their rugged forms ; along thy shore."
Still our ideas were too indefinite. We wanted
something that would give more unity to our
thoughts, and thus enable us to give a satisfactory
description to others. Through the kindness of
the.Captain we obtained-accopy of &Bey&ld,' - and.
spreading it- out upon tliH >table,.like a-general
entering-upon a canipaigritudied . the outline of
the' great inland ocean at our leisure. Com
paring it, with the Jesuit's inapt published at Paris,
A. 11, 1638, we were surprised to -find that the
various geographical portions' there - described,
were given with as much fidelity as by. Bayfield
himself. We next ventured on another com
parison.
COMPARED TO THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA
14,ke superior is sometimes called the Medite.r
ratteaaSstrof Anieriea; the comparison is a good
one in the general; is it equally true in the parti
cular? Let us see. Well, there is the St. Mary
canal that commands the entrance to the lake;
that is Gibraltar. There . are the high ranges of
hills stretching along the Northern shore; these
are the maritime Alps, on a diminutive scale in
deed, but still enough to preserve the comparison.
Sewenaw, the long Penitisttla of copper, extending
far out to the middle., of tie lake is Italy, and
"Portage Lake," the emporium of copper, is Rome.
Mathieu tsland, Tying just off Kewertaiv point,
with its narrow strait between, that is Sicily.
Isle Royal, is Cyprus--Michipicoter, Crete-t-The
"12 Apostle Islands," are the Archipelago—and
the St. Louis river, is the Nile. If any one has
ever carried out the resemblance 'between' Lake
Superior and the Mediterranean to the same ex
tent, we say nothing; otherwise we put in our
claim for originality. Like the famous compari
son- recently made between the Barbary states, and
certain other states of our confederacy—it is sin
gular how often Nature in the old world repeats
herself in the new.
A DISAPPOINTBIENTTICE MIRAGE:
The first sight with which I thought to have
been greeted on commencing the circuit of the
Lake was the mystic towers, columns, arches &e.,
Of the Pietuied Reeks of Sandstone
Looking over , Lake and Landscape,-
Where the oldluan of the mountain,
lie•the Manitou of mountains,
Opened wide his rooky door way-- ,
Opened wide his deep abysses
But alas I the "Dorie Arch," the " Caseadela
P °agile " and all the various wonders with which
Schoolera.ft had delighted our imagination, were
not for us. Going up, black night concealed them
from us—and a dense and most envious fog hid
them from our view coming - down. Whether we
would have seen all that was seen by the author
of the " Algie Researehes"—it is therefore impossi
ble for us to say. On the whole, however, after
listening to a great, variety of testimony on this
subject, we rather incline to the opinion that his
description of the aforesaid Architectiral wonders
is to be taken cum, gran—unless on the principle
of the poet—that "part the eye perceives—and
part creates!" _
But though disappointed in reference to, the
•
pictitred rocks,' we were more fortunate as to the
extraordinary exhibition of the mirage. Such
was the difference between the temperature of the
air and the lake, that all day long we were looking
at mountains, headlands and islands, which would
rise up before us from the bosom of the lake—and
then just as suddenly disappear. We can readily
believe that astronomical observations - taken in
the afternoon are' almost invariably worthless,
when 'the
, sun himself ; sinking into the lake,
under the influence of the rapidly varying re
fraction,—is sometimes shaped like a pear—at
others, elliptical; proteus-like, assuming a different
fortn every moment.
The author of the admirable little book, "The
Mirage," had he ever sailed on Lake Superior,
would have found no necessity for going to the
deserts of Africa for his illustrations.
ME CLIMATE, BOUNTIFUL SUPPLY OP OXYGEN
AND ITS EFFECTS
- But 4he one great and ever present peculiarity
of the Lake Superior region is its'elimate. ' While•
the thermometer was ranging among the nineties
in Philadelphia—and scores of people were falling
from sun stroke at St. Louis, it is almost impossi
ble to believe, that at the apex of the angle drawn
from the two places,, and at the same time, we
were walking, about the deck with a heavy over
coat on during the, day, and sitting beside a stove
in the evening, and Sleeping under double blankets
at night.
The amount of oxygen: in this• atmosphere is
far beyond anything we ever breathed elsewhere.
- The heavy languid body that could scarcely drag
one limb , after another in Philadelphia, here be
comes light and - buoyant as a cork.
,The invalid,
to whom even one meal a day had become distaste
ful there, here , performed trencher duty daily to
four full meals of meat, and a single day longer
would undoubtedly have made a vigorous attack
on a dish of pork and beans. It is nothing more
than simple truth when we say, that the climate
of Lake Superior at midsUmmer is deliohtful be
yond all comparison, and now that the canal has
been opened, and such vessels as the 'North Star
&c., are found upon the water; and such hotels
as, the "Bigelow House," Ontonagon, "Mason
House,." "Hancock," &0., upon the land; we do not
wonder that the region is beeoming a favorite re
sort for invalids, especially those afflicted with
nervous or pulmonary diseaSes. At Fort Wilkin's,
Copper. Harbor, where the old fort has been con
verted into a Sanitary Hotel, the medium summer
temperature is 61° 4'. As to the winter, in the
absenceof rain from the month of October until
that of April, it is equally surprising and amusing
to hear the old inhabitants declare that it is alto
gether:the most agreeable part of the year. "The
cold," said the captain of the tug who took us Up'
to Portage Lake, "is not like the cold anywhere
else. It' is so - dry that comparatively little
clothing will keep it out." On the boat with us
was a young girl about twelve years of age, whom
we singled out as the finest specimen of a child,
in clearness of skin, solidity of-flesh, and strength
of frame, that we bad ever seen. It was some
thing to the credit of the region when we learned
that she was the second white child born above
Sault. • '
A GLANCE AT THE TIMPEELERS: THE BISHOP OF
XICHIGAti A SUCCESSOR. OP THE APOSTLES,
How it may be at other times of course we cannot
pretend to say, but more agreeable or intelligent
comliagnons du ivage than we met with, it would
be difficult to find anywhere. Gentlemen from
Boston, Rhode Island and New York, interested
in "copper," having, for the most part, their wives
and children with them, editors, lawyers, mer
chants frpra Canada, a snug Philadelphia party
who understood the art of, travelling, to perfection,
family parties from Buffalo, Cleveland, Sandusky,
Detroit, and various points upon the lower lakes,
missionaries among the Chippewa Indians„, push
ing, enterprising men of business from all quarters
of the country;--it may be well supposed with
such a party board there was no stagnation in
_ on
the way of conversation , or amusement. Landing
at Marquette, away they were off to the great iron`
mountains at Portage Bay penetrating the 'mys
teries of the Quincy and Powabic copper mines—
at Ontonagon desperately in search of. Lake Supe
rior agates, native silver breast-pins, and especially
of the diamond of the region, the Chlorastralite .
or green star stone I So at Mackinaw, you might
have seen some of them under (and some over),
the arched Rock, and at other points of the route
others ag,ain oecupying their spare moments in
fishing. What think you, 0 worthy Piscator, of
brook trout of 44- pounds, such as was caught it
Marquette by our old friend the Bishop of Michi
gan? Whakthink you of nbrock trout 71- poneds .
in weight, such as (we have it on the same Epis
copal authority,) was caught by COL Shivas of
Pittsburgh? And then the Lake, or Naokinaw
trout; or Siskawits, or whatever else lOU may
choose to call them—how would you like to land
a member of the famous familiof the "Salmoni
dm," four feet long and fifty pounds in weight?
We Ourselves, with our own eyes, saw at Matki-'
naw, a lake trout three feet six inches by actual
measurement, and weighing over thirty potinda."
As for the white fish, &c., with all ourpreposses
alone for Delaware shad; as the - ne plus ultra of
the finny tribes, we must confess, that the gifts of
Providence to the Lakes in tbe tVa * y °USA, at
least afford an equal occasion of thankfulness. He
who made not the earth in vain, but formed it to
be inhabited, had doubtless a wise and gracious
design in placing the iron and copper on the
shore, and the.fish in the wateraof Lake Surieriot.
A SABBATH IN PITTSBM4
Pittsburg,. 1560 .
•
DEAB. EDITOR:-I have spent, a • Sabbath in
the Iron City, or as some call it, the. City .of
Smoke;—let me tell you about it. Without
difficulty I found Dr. tendoll's church, the one
in which our General Assembly held its ses
sionsiast spring. The Sabbath School •was well
attended for, the season, with a, good sized Infant
School, -and an adult Bible Class, led by a
gentleman whose silvery locks showed well. in
such an occupation. Strange to say, he held a
French Bible, and constantly gave -
n.s.thetrans
latiorr of his version, which frequently threw
light upon the passages. The church, I found
much changed in appearance since I was last
there, when Dr. Riddle was• its pastor. The
beautiful fresco work, thegorgeous stained win
dows, the well-played organ and ef6cierit choir,
all helped to set off a most interesting sermon'
by Rev. Mr. Hull, a gentleman from New Eng-
land, who officiated in Dr. Kendall's 'absence.
"It is a faithful saying, &c.," is a very old text,.
but under Mr. Hull's handling there was an ear
nestness, a life and beauty, seldom surpassed.
So with the evening discourse on "God's
choosing the weak things of this world to con
found the mighty."
In the afternoon I visited a powerful Mii3ston
School, sustained by the young men and women
of Dr. Kendall's church. It is held in the
Eighth Ward public school-honse, a stip'in
vance of our city, where the public school build : .
ings are closed against the Mission School en
terprise& It - was a rough suburb indeed, but
most of the children were tidy arid ivell-behaved,
—a great improvement in this respect having
been brought about since the first opening of
the school, I was informed. I was much pleaeed
to learn that the Sabbath school of the el:Larch-
is contributing regularly to Foreign Missions,
$lOO of their money going regularly every year
to the Syrian Mission. Rev. Mr. Jessup, of
Tripoli, corresponds with them regularly.
Pittsburg has ten Presbyterian churches—
one of our own branch, fair old sehoot, and five
of the United`Presbyterian—seven or eight Me
thodist churches, and-three Episcopalian. 'The
man of sin has a magnificent cathedral built
upon the highest hilt in the town, and just like
his magnificent projects in our own city, it can
be seen from all parts of the• town; and is, of
course, unfinished. The Passenger Railroad
Cars run briskly all day Sunday in every di
rection, the proprietors having evaded the law
by being appointed to carry the - U. S. mail letter
boxes in each car. The church-goers patronize
them largely in going to and from church in
the morning, and in the afternoon they are
crowded with the advocates of equal rights,
lager and whisky. The mayor of Allegheny
has stoutly refused to let them run on his side
of the river, even ...though they do carry Uncle
Sam's boxes, and declare their tracks "Post
Roads.° What a pity Pittsburg Ind not ano
ther Mayor Henry to come to its relief in so
important a crisis!
I am off for the West, and may get a chance
to drop you a line while "floating down the
Ohio." Yours, G. W.
WAVERLEY, N. y.
On the 15th inst., Mr. David S. Johnson, rate
of the Theological Seminary of Auburn,.wis or
dained to the work of the ministry, and initalled
pastor of the Presbyterian'Thurch and congrega
tion of Waverley, by the Presbytery of Chemung;
sermon by Rev. Dr J: B. Condit, of Auburn.
Rev. P. S. Howe presided and, proposed thucon
stitutional questions; ordaining and installing
prayer by Rev. C: C. Carr; eharge to the pastor
by Rev. Dr. A. W. Cowles, of Elmira; charge to
the people by Rev. Wm. A; Niles, of Corning.
The congregation have enlarged and beautified'
their house of worship, so that it is one of the
neatest and most commodious churches of the re
gion.
in connection' with the services of Ordination
and installation, it was dedicated to the Triune
God. •
Last Spring, with many tears, the people gave
up a beloved pastor to the missionary , work, and
God has
_graciously, answered, their prayer, and
sent them so soon another in whom they are all
cordially united. The day was gne, the audience
larger:than could be accommodated in - their beau
tiful sanctuary, and the occasion repl e t e w ith f n .
grant memories.
May God vouchsafe large measures of His Spirit
upon pastor and people, and the glory„of the latter
house far exceed that of the former! B. S.
TO PARENTS AND GUARDIANS, .
The Committee of the Young . Men's Christian
Association of Philadelphia, to bring young men
who are strangers under moral and religious influ
ences, earnestly invite parents, guardians, or others,
who have sent, or;who are about , sending their sons,
wards, or friends, to reside in Philadelphia, to
make the same known to the undersigned, when
prudent measures will be takes by Christian, young
men to make the acquaintance of the -young
strangers, introduce them to the Reading, Rooms,
and,other privileges of the Association, and bring
to bear ,upon them such influences as may result
in their everlasting good.
JOHN WAN/MAKER Cor..Se6
Rooms of the Association, Nos. 1009 and 1011
Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. ._
'Death of Rev Thomas H. BeverMge. - -The ta
lented pastor of the Sixth United Presbyterian Ghuich,
Rev. Thomas IL Beveridge, deceased on, Wednesday,
at the residence of 31r. Cummings, of kiehacoquillas,
Mifflin Co., Pa. Recottiplained in` the morning of
severe headache, and breakfasted sparingly. Grow
ing worse as the day advanced, a physician was sent
for, who pronounced himineurable. Re expired at`
'five o'clock, in the
,aftetnoon, while in- a. state of
consciousness.
moroive 'VAI3LE.
TUB QUEENS OF SOCIETY,,. by Grace & Philip
Wharton, ilinsfxated by Clifiles Altturlont Doyle, and
the Brothers Dalziel. New York: Harper & Bros.
12mo. pp. 488. For sale by - Lindsay & Blakiston.
This is a volume fall of interesting memorials of
thOse illustrious -women of all times who have ex
ercise& a aothinuilt intiuerice in the high circles in
which theylnttied: The eharaCters - and Jives of
sharply individualized women who have risen to
historical importance, cannot fail to be interesting
to every part of the reading, public. The illustra
tions are in excelleht-41Ciand form a great ad
dition to the volume.
A COMMENTARY ON Tay. EPISTLE TO THE HE.
BREWS , . By Moses Stuart, late Professor of Sacred
Literature-in the Theological ,Setrrinary at Andover.
Edited and . Reviled by it:b. C. Ropbtes, Professor in
Middlebury 'College., Fourth Edition. Andover:
Warren F. Draper. Philadelphia.: Smith, English, &
Co. 1860. 12m0., pp. 575: 41.76."
A new edition of one of the earliest monuments
of American scholarship fit" the sphere of New
Testament exegesis, -the well-known, and , lament
ed author having been the pioneer in thiticlass of
publications in our country. The Commentary
proper forms less than half of the bulky volume,
the remainder' being made up of valuable essays
upon the character, destination, authorship, ca
nonicity, &a., of the Epistles, and' ofercursus itpon
various important questions raised in the commen
tary. It is, a riph treasure for the student of the
original. As a commentatory Prof. Stuart was
especially arduous and faithful in following up the
thought and. displaying the connection of a; pas
sage, and liiswork as a scholar - will bear compari
son with any that have since appeared on either
side of the:Atlentic.
THE SUNNY SOUTH; or the Southerner at Home.
Embracing ..Five ream' Experience"' of a Northern
Governess. in the Land , of the Sugar and ihnCotton.
Edited by Prof. J. IL Ingraham, of hfississippt. Phi
ladelphia: G. G. Evans, Publisher. ,
This is a series of letters, some of which have
already appeared in the Satikrday. COW* of this
city, written in lively, agreeable style,_ and con
veying not :a little information as. to manners and
habits of the wealthier circles of the South The
'writer, who was freni . the North,geonfound her
self getting "reconciled to .slaVery," her "Puri
tan objections" to praying from a prayer-hook were
" wholly removed " by a "day's experience," Which
process of assimilation ktms to . have reached its
elimak by 'her
. - niarrying 14liter, and, settling
down into the character of a Southern matron.
Therois a singular charm in the narrative in which
a great number of pleasing and picturesque inci
dents are interwoven.
ROSI,.OR THE PARTBaN GIRL: Mon the French
of Madame de Pressen:3e. By Mrs. J. C. Fletcher.
New York: Harper & 'Brothers, Publiabera.
pp. 371.
.
A pure and enterbdning‘story of French home
life in the country; for the young,.ealielSted to
Correct some misapprehensions about the doniestie
habits' of -the French people; and to eonvefeseel
lent lessons te.the little fOlis frolic ten Years old
and upward,, in. very sweet anit.attractivb style.
While suited rather fOr•Vreek day read its tone
is devout and evangelical. Pox' Sale by Lindsay
& Blakiston. - - •
TIM UNION PULPIT: % =A-Collection of-Sermons by
Ministers of 'Different I?ericitnistations. Washington,
C. Published by-Millis' Suirlbson,.' for the
Young Men's Christian' Association - of Washington
-D. C. 1860.4 Bvo., pp svi 457
This is a noble volume got up: with a degree of
enterprise, and for an' object; worthy of all' com
meudationund. eneoningernent. The Young Mews
Christian Association of Washington City, desi
rous of raising funds ter erecting a suitable edi
fice for the purppsea t,iwir,prgairt solicit
ed from well-kiottm *divittesi of every evangelical
denomination, and in every quarter of the country,
the contribution of a.sennorteach, to be published
in a volume, and said tor the benefit of the asso
ciation. The VOlrtme - before ulia the result, con-
Mining thirty-four Bennetts• ore practreat subjects,
each with the authoestehgraved portrait preceding.
So far as ouraMivaintanne goes; we can pronounce
the portraits - satisfactory; ifell are equally good,
it is n colleition of-unusual interest and value.
We trust our friends at Washington will find their
enterprise as successfurias deierves to Be.
SCHOOLS 'FOR YOUNG LAMES.
Our city abounds with institutions for the „
in
struction of young ladies of a very high character,
some of the best of which are advertised in our
columns. The well-knowa Institute of Rev. Dr.
Smith, 1530 .inch street, is u delightful location,
where a pleasant home andevery facility for ac
quiring an accomplished education my be found.
Dr. Smith is an esteemed minister of .our body;
his term commences September 17th. Mrs. Ger
trede 5. Cary will reopen at 1323 Spruce street,
September 10, with a resident French teacher, a
great advantage in acquiring a new language.
Madame Vaillient's Boarding and. Day School, at
1628 Chestnut street,. will commence its fourth
year September 12th. M. Vaillient will superin
tend as heretofore, in the French department.
Miss Mary E. Thropp, at 1920 Spruce street, will
open on the first Monday in September, and her
long and highly, respectable array of references
is a guarantee of, her competence for the high duty
of instruction. There are others which we may
mention on another occasion.
The Boston Chimi.—Under thia bead the Tran
script has communication; giving the following
facts ,relating to the chime of Christ Church, Bos
ton, which were obtained, he says, from some old pa
pers. which were found in the church some time
since
The church is furnished:with a chime, of eight bells
the cost of which was fii , eliemliddaiid'sixty pounds.
The Other' charges for wheels, stimltig, and putting
up,.were ninety-three pounds, exelneive of the freight
fvom„England,, which was generously'given by John
Rowe, Esq.
-
WEIGHT Oi THE BELIA. -- 18k1,545 lbs.; 2d, 1,183
lbs.; 3d, 948 lbs.; 4th,'B - 33 - ibi.; sth, 81S lbs.; 6th,
703 lbs.; 7th, 622 lbs.; fhb; 620 lbs.
DEVIOE ' S AHD MOTTOU OH THE BELLS.—TeHOT, Ist,
This peal of eight is the kilt of a number of generous
persons to Clunhat.:Church, in Boston, New England,
Anno 1744, •
24 . 4 This ehurch was founded in the year 1723.
Timothy Cutter, Doctor in Divinity, the first rector.
1:744.
3d We are the first ring of bells east for the Bri
tish Einpire in North Ainerfea. 1744.
4th. , `God preserve the Church of England. 1744.
• sth. William Shirley, Esq:, governouir of the Mass.
Lay in N. E. Ammo 1744, -
6th. The subscriptions for these. bells were begun
by John Hammock and Robert Temple, Churchwar
dens, Anno 1743,..compleated by Robert Jenkins awl
lohn Gould, Churchwardens, Auno 1744.
7th. Since generOsity has opened our mouths, our
tongues shall - ring aloud its - praise. 1744.
Bth. Abel Rudhall, of Gloucester, usall. cast Anno
1743. -
The chime;:thmigh over
feet in every respect, and is regarded by competent
judges as the best in thisnountry. is sail per
centui7 old,
Aug. 23,