ameviran WrOlttxian to n trangdist. TUVIIMMAIN SEPTEMUER 20, 1860. JOHN..W. NEARS, EDITOR. An ' OMIT= WITH t ALSIORT BARNES, GEORGE DUFFIELD, JR. TIfOMAS BRAINERD, 'SOHN. JENKINS, 'HENRY DARLING. THOMAS J. SHEPHERD. SEPTEMBER A, CRITICAL MONTH. Looking over the files of the American Presby- Orion a few days ago, our attention was arrested by an editorial of September, 1856, in which the sentiment is advanced, tbatthe present is a critical month with the churches. From the symptoms now exhibited it it argued, we may forecast, with tole nee 'certainty, their spiritual condition during the whole working season. Whatever may be thought of tide assertion, it is very cheering to behold in diestiona of spiritual animation or even of expec tant:l'in the churches at this period: For our selves, We'lielleve every wise laborer in the vine yard thus early will be on the alert—will :be lay ing his plane—will be feeling the pulse of his peo ple or of his associates in labor—will be surveying the ground in which he is to operate—in a word, will feel the pressure of the question, whether the season on which he is entering is' to be prosperous or adverse, is to abound in fruits or to be dry and unproductive. Our 'churches in this city and vicinity have many, enterprises in hand. They are likely to be applied to for pecuniary aid in various under takings, to a degree which will try their already oft, but never vainly-tried principles of beneficence. The similar relations of Christ's kingdom will de reand'of our brethren, lay and clerical, a large de greeof attention, interest and careful planning. All these things are marks of prosperity, and are l i cheering. Only a declining church ceases to make demands upon the liberality of her friends. Only a narrowing harvest demands fewer laborers. But they involve .peril; they tend more or less to draw off those engaged in them, from a supreme regard to the spiritual interests of the kingdom. We need to remember that these things are but the scaffolding, while the greatest work of all is to rear the lively stones upon the elect and precious Cor ner-stone into the living temple. Another embarrassment which we have to meet the approaching Presidential election. In dwelling upon it in this connection, our minds.run especially to the unusually prominent part taken in the campaign by our young men. We presume they were never so extensively or so thoroughly organised into political associations in any previous struggle. They have club-rooms, uniforms, a cer tain drill and parade. They are looked to as forming an important element in every political demonstration. Their numbers are really im posing. Christian young men are among them, we presume, to a very considerable extent. Sab bath before last we listened to a very earnest and eloquent warning, addressed to young men against the influences of these clubs, from the pulpit of a clergyman, distinguished in our city for the fear lessness and sincerity of his attacks upon such popu lar praetices and customs as he considers dangerous. 'it'e sympathize with him in his fears as to the dis sipating effects of these clubs upon our Christian yoifitOiet h Kitllk 1,114 WU gado - tire the ac tive and' efficient co-operatlen of young mania the work of Christ's kingdom. We are jealons of any influences tending to draw aside their energies to other pursuits. The demands upon their evenings made by these clubs, is certainly incompatible with an interested and faithful attention upon the duties of religion or upon the religious enterprises which they have especially undertaken to -cherish and (nary 'forward. As to the campaign in general, we , must admit that thus far it has not been of a char:toter so in tensely exciting and absorbing as many others have been; or as, in our judgment, to prove a serious liar to the culture of the Christian character, or to the development of spiritual life in the Church. The: truth is, the canvass is far quieter and far more peaceable than during the sessions of Con. gress, it wan expected to be. The threatening and bluster in view of certain contingencies which, at one time, were so vehement and portentous, have utterly died away, and every party and each party leader of importanoehave been so anxious to divest themselves of any and all suspicion of sen timents unfriendly to the public weal, and fana ties on either side have dwindled down to such a. Meager handful, that a great part of the expected sectional stimulus has died out of the contest, and men calmly await the decisions of the ballot-box upon the great principles involved, determined to abide by them; whatever they may be. And the remaining excitements of the day are about subjects which hear directly upon the coming of Christ's kingdom. We refer to the wonderful changes taking place in Europe, in which some great design of Providence is involved and some important leaf of prophecy fulfilled, is unfolding. The'final destiny of the chief representatives, both of the Roman and the Moslem powers, seem• bound up in these events, and the finger of God in them is' so clear that' it Is impossible to contemplate the moving panorama without awe. The humble Christian, the laborer in God's vineyard, is not di verted from his work, but rather encouraged and qttiokened in it by the contemplation. Indeed, the evident rJult of ail, not excluding the inter necine conflict in Syria, will be to enlarge the field of labor to a degree which it is almost bewildering *contemplate. And the intelligence from every Art of Protestant Christendom is calculated to act most healthfully on the church at home. We cannot but regard the state of things at the present *molt, - as on the whole, quite falorable to the culture of. Christian life and activity in the church. We perceive no sufficient reason why this month should not show us the dawning of a day of prosperous activity, soon to rise fully on our , part of , the field. To our 'inquiry, "Watch. man, • what of the night," we wait hopefully to , hear tithe response, "The morning cometh." Brethren, adapt your preaching to the times. Take large views of things. Imbue your people with a spirit of high expectation. Urge them to large petitions as becomes the sons of Gcd, and heirs of latter-day privileges. Avoid side issues; preach no mere refinements; conceal not the strong points of doctrine Draw upon the powers of the world ,etnne : eternal joy and everlasting wo. Treat the sinner •as a free agent, but humble him to •the dust with an unsparing exhibi tion of the Divine Sovereignty, and show' him his utter dependence on grace alone. REV. Da. eiNNSINS sailed from Liverpool in the Persia, on Satnrday last, and may be ex pected in the city in theconiseior a few days. A. 'FALLEN WOlll6. Three monthw age a daily,papei was started in New York city, which enlisted ,the deep interest of the moral and religious part of the community, and which excited great hopes of a revolution in newspaper morals. Wearied out and- disgusted with the open league which the daily press in that, and other ,leading cities, had made with the de praved and morbid tastes of their readers, the bet ter •portion of the community hailed the appear= ance of a sheet whiCh promised to be alike valuable in the counting-room, and acceptable in the family. , The large, sum of money invested, and': the great outlay-ventured upon, to secure the first - eliss of editorial talent and experience in the management, gave its friends not a little solicitude for 'its Suc cess, and great was the gratification to find its' cir- , eulation speedily up to thirty-five thousand, daily: We cheerfully and unreservedly commended the enterprise in our columns, and have had the 'daily on our exchanges, and have consulted its "reli gious" columns, frequently to the 'advantage of our own. We cannot conceal our profound regret," therefore, at the evidence of defectiorf *Om the cause of good morals; .which, thus early, it is - ex- Perhaps it would be over.critical to call it to account for the 'particular and interested manner in which; some days ago, it directed the at tention of its readers to the arrangements for the contemplated ball in honor of Lord Renfrew's visit to New York; particularly as it appears that the example' of prominent church members, of that city, who lie eonceined in `the preparations for the ball, might be pleaded in 'extenuation. But we are grieved and astonished,- beyond_ rime sure, 'to find its advertising columns thrown open to theatrical customers, four of whose bulletins, in the usual flaming 'style, appear• in its' issues of` Thursday and Friday of last. week. Vii,e could scarcely credit our own eyes, when we saw them, nor could we fully gain the credence of others to our assertion, until we showed the veritable adver tisements. Shall we copy them in part, for the conviction of such unbelieving Thomases who can not see the originals? Here they are: WALLACK'S THEATRE COMPLETE SUCCESS OF THE NEW COMEDY, The Royalist, oi Forty Years Ago." Then follows a synopsis of scenery and events, sufficiently betraying the sensation style of, the piece, to make a parent shudder at the thought of eon or daughter being found among,the spectators of the performance. Another is: i( BARNUM'S. MUSEUM: IMMENSE ATTRACTIONS! GREAT cnowDs! ~UN7 QUALIFIED SUCCESS OF THE GREAT MORAL, HISTORICAL DRAMA OF. JOSEPH AND HIS 'BRETHREN 1" We wonder that the showman does not an-. nounce the trial of Joseph's virtue, as the crown ing feature of this great moral drama. Next we have the Aeadeiny of Music, with the Opera of. Traeriata, announced: the plot of this opera is one of outrageous and criminal lust, and if reproduced, in English, would be utterly insuf ferable in any circle not quite lost to decency. Last comes Laura Keene's Theatre, with Miss Laura Keene herself in. "new and beautiful" five act drama, called the "Monkey Boy!" We believe the editor of The World who formerly hailed from this city, professes a theolo gical creed; doctniiirof lug from grace." Perstinally, doithtless; he -has lever illustrited this dmitrine; but how,--tlisbe lieving- the doctrine, as we do,—could' we hdp thinking of it when we beheld these melancholy, and almost incredible signs of defection in his pa per? The editors may .have maintained- their standing,—"The World" has fallen without doubt, and that when it had but reached its 78th number! We are deeply mortified with this result. Has, it indeed come to this in eleven short weeks;— after months of deliberation,. after gathering 'up one or two hundred thousand dollars capital, after combining the most suitable editorial talent that could be found in the two cities of New York and Philadelphia, and after exciting such hopes, and giving such satisfaction, and accumulating in a few days nearly two niyriads of subscribers, that a capitulation to the enemy has to be signed, and the doors thrown open to his triumphant entrtnce in the shape of a playbill? Has virtue been starved into this compromise with vice? has .The Wollel become too poor to keep a conscience, with over a hundred thousand dollars capital, and thirty-five thousand daily subscribers in eleven weeks? The religious public demands some re sponse to these inquiries. in despair, we were about to call upon the In dependent to make that expansion into a daily, which we Were, some months ago, led to expect would 'be done. It has almost all the eleihents, already, of a first rate political and mercantile pa per, widch are as a light under a bushel, so far as it is understood to be , a religious paper. But in a recent issue, this paper, too, has given surprising proof of its affinity to, the secular- press of New York city, by publishing a sensation story, of fensive to good taste• and good morals. What then shall be done? We should notsreatly won der if the solution of this newspaper question were yet to be accomplished in Philadelphia. Meanwhile we wait to see whether The World will add a department of "Amusements" and "Theatrical .Criticiam" to its editorial , :columns.. If it is right to advertise these things, it is might to criticise and commend them. REMARKABLE REVIVAL IN SOUTH INDIA. The Rev. Dr. Winslow, of Madras, writes'with regard to a remarkable work of grace' in Tin nevelly, the extreme southern district of India, and the seat of missionary operations of the. London and English Missionary Society. He says: "We are yet without any connected au thentic account. The 'bodily exercise' of many of the subjects, the falling down, as in Ireland, and some prophesying and speaking unknomT tongueS, have caused the missionaries to delay in giving their narratives. It is, no doubt, a work of God, although the enemy has been per mitted to sow tares. I have seen a carefully prepared account of one fortnight, in a small section of the field, in North Tinnevelly. There were more than thirty subjacts of the work in . that time, several of whom , were heathen, and others, nominal Christians. "It commenced in a prayer-meeting for wo men, held by the native (Hmdoo) minister's wife. Four were struck down, and were in much distyess for some hours, when all bat one obtained peace. She continued for more than nday in agony of mind, 'and often crying out; relief was then obtained. One woman whi: wit nessed this said, she did not want , any such fell Amtririn fttoirtterias :and 6,entott "grattgaiot Nt, r }Von she wanted good food, and must work on Sabbath to get it. Bat she also wat soon cry- ing for mercy. "A young man who had been very wicked' was for three days in very great agony, crying out that he was lost, and acknowledging, with much weeping,. his_ immoral life.. He thus ob 7. tained.peace. - A lad in the school, son of the richest man in the iteighborhobd, and Only'thir teen or fourteen years old;. was-.in, distress for_ two er three days, and then had a new song put into his mouth. His. parents, were heathens, and turned him out of. their house, but, the, mo. then, was soon softened, and, has begun to, attend church." How wonderful and how deeply interesting is, it to hear of these strange things asnong the heathen, of r Hindustan I May the work of . the Spirit mightily increase. :-- • , „ • ; PAM/E'S DEATH-BED REPENTANCE ; AND CONFESSION From the . life of a distinguished. and godly Quaker preacher, Stephen' Grellet, lately pub lished, we make the following extract. It, may be new to our readers, as it certainly,was to us,, that Paine .so distinctly,isavowed and repudi- Jed his infidel opinions and doings upon his. death-bed, as.would, appear from the testimony of reliable eye-witness. Tha extract is from, the pen of Stephen Grellet - "I niay not omit recording here the-death of Thomas Paine. A few days ,previons to, my leaving borne, on my last 'religious visit, on hear ing that he was ill, and in a very destitute con ditienJ went to 'see him's, and found" fifth in'a wretched state, for he had been so neglected and forsaken by his pretended friends that the Com mon attentions to a sick man had been denied to him. The skin of his body was, in some places; worn off, whiCh greatly increased, his sufferings. A nurse was provided for him, and some needful•comforts were supplied: He was mostly in a state of stupor n but some things that had passed between ,us had made such an im pression upon him that, some days after my de parture, he sent for me, and on being told that I was gone from home, he sent for another Friend. This induced a valuable young Friend, (Mary Roscoe) who had resided in my family, and continued at Greenwich during part of my absence, frequently to go arid take him some little refreshment suitable 'for an invalid, fur nished by a neighbor. Once when she was there, three of his deistical associates came to the door, and in a low, .unfeeling manner said:— Tom Paine, it is said you are turning 'Chris tian, but we hope you will, die as you have lived,' and then went away. On which, turning to Mary Roscoe, he said: 'You see what Mi serable comforters they are' '" Once he asked her if she had ,ever read any of his writings, and on being told that she had read but very little of them 1 he inquired what . she thought of them, adding: 'From such a one as you I expect a correct answer.' She 'Veld him that, when very young, his Age of Reason was put into her hands, but that the more she read in it, the more dark and distressed she felt, and she threw the book into the fire. wish all bad done as you;' he replied ; 'for if the devil has ever had any agency in any' work, he has had it in my writing that book.' When going; to carry him some refreshment she re peatedly heard him uttering the language, `Oh, Lord!' 'Lord God!' or `Lord Jesus, have mercy upon me l' "It is well known that - during some weeks of his illness, when a little free- from bodily pain, he wrote a great deal; this his nurse told me, and Mary. Roscoe repeatedly saw him writing If his companions in infidelity had found any tthingia_ support the idea that_he continued, on s:-death-bed, to espoutheir-e... . they not have eagerly pablished.itt. But.qpLa Ford is said; there is a total secrecy as' o what has become of these writings." THE PAPACY. We read in the last and latest news by steamer and telegraph from Naples, that Garibaldi and his forces were at Salerno, a town on the gulf of the same name, immediately below the indentation in the Italian coast, called the Gulf of Naples, and but about twenty-five or thirty miles south of the capital city itself. Their immediate arrival, at Naples was confidently expected, and the. Bing of Naples was to leave the same day for Gaeta. The fate of the odious, obstinate, and detestable tyrant, Bombina, is, doubtless, settled,and his own and his father's fearful crinaes, are, in, some measure, atoned for. The European circle of crowned heads, look on at thil inroad upon' their titled estate, without lifting' a finger. The Sentiment of humanity and justice is at last stronger than kingly prerogative, and young Francis Joseph may regard himself as fortunate beyond his de serts, if he can but sink into the same ignominious obscurity with the persecuting dukes, summarily thrown overbourd last year by the' Italians of the But there is another 'personage, a hundred Miles further north, 'painfully interested in this movement. Its almost immediate result must be to rob him of his ancient patrimony, and to leave to St. Peter's 'chair but a shadow of temporal thority, and that preserved from utter dissolution by foreign intervention alone. It does not apPear, l that any power can or will avert Chia doom. Ten . years age, if - the timorous' Pius Ninth had not shrunk back affrighted from the troublesome and uncongenial task of ameliorating the political con dition of his sUbjects- 7 4, with the wisdom of an enlightened potentate, he had used the remaining prestige of his spiritual elevation to curb;and ma nage that free spirit of the age, instead of disavow ing and crushing it, as his traditional policy could not but lead him 'to do, he might rtowhave been occupying a proud and secure position as temporal potentate. - His great foes, Victor and Garibaldi, would have' been checkmated, and the phantasm of the presidency of an Italian unity, to which, within a few Weeks past, we learn the tardy pre-" late is at last inclined, might have been realized. But the Pope and the King both have learned wisdom, or what is more likely, have consented to employ policy to get out of imminent peril, a little too late. Their reluctance proves their insince: rity, and the people heed not their exhausted arti fices. - The Pope will lose his tetriporal dominions. What theni Is the papacy fallen? Is the powtr of Renranism overthrown? As a spiritual delusion, will its 'power over the minds of men be broken,.and Will it no longer deceive those that dwell on the earth? Will the papists renounce the boast implied:in% the triple tiara, and in the symbol of the keys and the cross, incumbent upon the -globe? We answer ',that with all the shock given to the views of multitudes accustomed to associate angepiritual . power, as inseim ratily helonging to'the'See of-St. Petery-thejtow mish Church, as a cunning device of :the' Evil One, adapted, to the carnal, mind, seeking some way of salvation, easier and , more flattering to it self, than by grace alone, will' continue te`poSsess a vast influence. Driven kick upon' its, spiritual resources, it would not ,!a.tonishing,if it skald •gatheiall'As energieMittike arOng the true anctfalse ilentiminations of the earth, in the struggle...for supreniiicy, upon spiritaul grounds alone. The losti..Of its temporalipoStatsions may be felt by the See of Milne asra riddance from burdens which have diverte4 its energies, and blinded ,it it4,trne,,policy:., „At, any ,rate, we. shall have , to meet I,omanisin ,as it is entrenched in the' corrupt and ii6ff-fighteiMs proOneities of 'the heart, thfrilialdrs triumPhant,"advanee into tlie,Pope's net- mibdue-or regene-. rate. those propensities; It, will remove obstacles in, the way of our , labors among Romadists, per haps, but it will bring us face ,torface with a. "kind that goeth net out but by prayer and fasting." That form of -Romenisna which is sustained and strengthened by recruits from the ranks of High Churchiem, we believe would be in no •degeee imperilled by, the lob of the Popes temporal su premacy; and that is the most dangerims; as itis the Most: vital form ih which We have'to meet.the superstition - in ottr Alay, Let us'not, then, be too sanguine as to the immediate results of this eventful campaign in Italyclest tie be doomOddndisappoitit , meat. i 0,4.1 THE ; DIGEST• Portnit the say to our Mends' that there sponses to out call for sUbscriberif for the 'Dfgest, of the tieta of , th'e'- General. Aesembly; have been Most , 'gratify:W, bah iiiintiraber and tone. For them irip= settles many thanks. To the aistor r • it , ircent;fotir InameC, and the' oi;11;3. pastor in , Pefinkilmil h- s e nt ei ght r oam o fS, to other, donorivflen*reging -Weida, as names, we aregratefill,2:4Vhcre still lack seventy . names to 'complete "flus,' number .which the com mittee hive deeidedilnust'.,be obtained' before issuing the work. We should be glad to have them.. ir, 4 - 4 As before' stated; , 'the price of; the' , Digest will be $3. 13nt will `lie sent post=paid to subseri 7 bers, - aa, soon as ont, far $2, 1 1 - 5;-' - Names ean'be sent to'i.,' = JOiIN . W. DULLEST PEOXaLIiA -A %MOTHERS' =CONCERT OP' TRA.YER. The members of the Arezo York and Broo4n Maternal ASsocialioni, to Christian _Mothersvf every Itante throughout our'-.CeintrY Burdened titth. a sense of our Tesponsi tittles •• in reference to the epiritual'welfaie of our Child ren—painfully conscious of our want of faithful ness, and oppressed *A anxiety,- lest amid the . . prevailing vvorldlinesa-Od the temptation's with which they are surrounfid; our loved ones should beleft without the pricietta hopes' of the Gospel —we long for a closer bond of sympathy with those of like trials and cares ~‘ - Especially do we long to have 'their feriTrit prayers mingle with ours at the mercy seat, 'that the gracions Redeemer would claim our children as His own, and 'give us wisdom and grace to guide them in the way hi theywhichhe . " s o. Impelled by these feelings, and yielding to earnest and repeated requests from many others, we invite all mothers in our common Zion to meet together at such places:aS may be convenient to themselves, at three o'6lol on the first Wednes day of October next, and join with us in a Union Meeting' or Concert of iPrayer in behalf of our= seivis and our children. , The'presence and power. of the -Holy Spiritis ourl'irfly hope, and whilvve belieye God has' rom' to bless the children of. His se •an - erninded -that pare:4a prayer - and 'falthifuln:) is a grinaird- - nTe - ans through' the' •at is - to Ire: reedited.. We cannot suppressn'fttaii'leat byvoidnegleet or indifference, we onriebies; shoild' Close up the avenue by which" the blessings of the Gospel are appointed to flow to the hearts of those committed to us. Whether through our 'unfaithfulness or other wise, the thought thatieny of our dear children should be - left to perish, - is unutterably painful. Hence we desire to share your supplications. We believe God hivr entouraged united prayer; and the history of the past furnishes many in stances in which the earnest entreaties of, associ ated mothers- have been answered in mercy. Let us unitedly surround the . thrpne of Grace, and see if He will not pour us out a blessing. We cannot but feel that your hearts will respend to ours in. this desire, .find we shall look forward with solemn and sacred interest to the hour when,. through the intercesstet bf our risen Redeemer, the prayer of faith frdni believing mothers, in all parts of our land, shall-ascend to the Father'of mercies. , Furthermore, having 'ourselves eiperienced the great henefit of associating together for mutual counsel, encouragement; and quickening, we ear nestly recemniend that Mothers, as they are as sembled on the day referred to, — shall 'take into consideration the forinio of themselves into asso . . ciations 'Where none exists, or seek a reviving in terest where 'a maternal `association already ex ists; arid that by meetitig'oir the Fin' W.FairtEs DAY OF EACH succarom MONTH, we may - have a recurrence of this bcincert of Prayer, mingled with conversation for mutiiar aid 'end symPathy. , We invite you at leas&o join With us in-a meet ing of prayer, each month, in the afternoon of the day named. We:do not undervalue other means of grace, but we show be blinded to our Mont solemtv duties'en&out hi g hest privileges, 'did we not recognise thatiiiiipOsation of our Heaienly Father, by which thettitder mindeof our child- ten. are placedtin - ourAfinda to' be trained for'the service of the Itedeeilk - and by which their aalvatioxeli made to de . :' nd=miloh upon the man ner in which Vre',diich e our . high trust. Who of us has :noel arned 'foi mutual counsel 4. and Divine guidance,, that we might be able' to give 'to the cause of"miiSaviour, an& to the high- , est good. of our .bhildren ) a mother's influence wisely directed and saoctified ,by the Spirit of God? : - We do not think any uniformity of Organiza tion is essential. The ',form•may be . modified as c i rcums t ances may, suggest;; yet, in answer to re quests forinformatiokfrom-different parts of Our country; in, l'espect'to oar mode of procedure,•we Cheerfully give 'the ( donstitu.tion- or :Covenant which has - commonit been adopted by uS. It may be used or not, lit,igems Aesirable. ithls: M. C. ;ROBINSON, 1 ; „ FOr. the, Committee. EWE Cnba:—Newlytteauasitfor-the.suppr6ssion of` the - Stave Tradc—The Captain-General in tvreeent pro clamation says: .; , "The simple fact of a party of Africans being landed,'will be deemed •Eiufkcient , cause to suspend any public functionary Who spay not use every ever- tau, and - employ all theineins the law 'places at his command, in orderie avbid or prevent the said landing, whetheritiiihnin neglect or froth any other cause,rsubjecting- him beeides , to :the decision of the, •proper;taibunals, in ense that his. Imhaviour- of c,441., dunk should!gtyLcause to,A aspect his honesty, in such *ea. ; r t i i/,' I PNMOIE OF E 'ATION. The SofithVesiern Presbyterian &lurch 0. S., in this `city, South-West; corner of Twentieth and - . Fitzwater * Streets, base, by a unanimous vete, de termined to apply to the Third Presbytery, N. S., We ; regard the, Rev. Mr. Weaskie as an able „ . and sealaus:mmister. -211 - m church has been deeply 'imbued With the' spirit . of 'liberality and progress, under the preachingo dneu•wholoverevivals= We cannot but be gratified by their accession to our body;.. The history ; of the whole matter we give so far au we,-understand it. In the stunmer of 1852, Mr.: James: Weaskie; a licentiate of the Irish Presbyterian Churelq. came to, Phfiadelphia, and preached.for a few Sabbaths in several of our churches' A, number of his friends in the South r Western part .of -the city, having t heard ,him: on various occasiens, were de= sirens of retaining him in the city, and; possi- ble, of enjoying. his ministrations. order to effect, this, they rented : the second; , story of the Weitern Hose htmse, and, invite& him to preach tOthem,for a few,Sabbaths. - The. congregations increased, from. Sabbath : to Sabbath ; end so encou raging were theprospects, that the people to •whom he ministered thought proper. to -ask for organiza tion; , and having for this purpose: :applied through their commissioners to, the Presbytery of Philadel phia, were organized into a church on the Bth of February, 1853. , Mr. M'Caskie having o been pre-1 vionslY received under 'the pare of Presbytery, as a iiForeion "Licentiate on Probation,' .' waeppoint, ed to supply the pnlpit of the aewlY organize& church. At the following, relating of presbytery, a call , was prese.nted to. him telbecome their pas tor, which, whenbie,year of probation had he accepted; and after the, sunl. examination ha& I been pa.sse&throngh, and,piecesof trial were de- I livered he was ordained and installed • pastor of the South-Western Presbyterian Church, (the; ' name by which the new organization was,known,) on July the lath, 1854 The increase of the new church was very rapid, so that they felt : constrained to make an early effert to, build a house of worship. About that. time however, • the Presbytery. of Philadelphia had. appointed, a committee ,on. Church Extension with their bottnds; the ,agent of which alone wasTer mated to collect funds fof - that, purpose • all others! NVithin, their jurisdiction, being prohibited by a resolution LL of Presbytery. , Under these ,eireum-• stances they saw it was useless to attempt of them selves to build, and were, taken. under the, came •the Church Extension Committee, :from which, they expeeted, and were from time ,t,o time, pro mised aid in the erection of a church, edifice. In this state things 'continued for, years, , the church enterprise the while continuing to grow till the a commereil panic of 1857-58, when the want of , employment.compelled large nunibers of the mem bers, who are of the working : class, to go elsewhere, in search, of the means of stipporting themselves , and families. This, together with "hope deferred which makes the heart sick," was very discou raging to an infant enterprise, struggling for ex-. istence, and under very unfavorabln outward cir cumstances, for the upper room of a Hose House is not a very inviting place fOr worshippers in a city like Philadelphia, where, there are so many; fashionable churches to attraetthe attention. As : might be expected, therefore, of persons who could . he induced to identify themselves with a church; meeting in such Once, the members clung to „ , , the enterprise through all its difficulties, unless coutritAllidei..• . • - . • The enterprise having at length , reached a point, acivhich it of worship became an absolute itecessity; the hall .not only being undesirable : as. a place of worship, but, much. too small to meet the growing wants of the,neighborhood, the city, extending itself very rapidly in that direction, the r ' people set about the work themselves, and got a. church' edifice under way, at the S. E. corner of Twentieth and Fitzwater Streets, believing that Presbytery would not allow them 'to sink under the burden, but that they would lend them a help ing _hand in their time of need. In this, how ever, they were disappointed; for .altheugh they were threatened with a sheriff's sale, and although appeals were often 'node to Presbytery, they re fused to do anything more than grant the session of the South-Western Church liberty to collect funds whereirer they could, which was of very little use, without the co operation of the pastors and sessions, which could not be obtained. This led to a feeling of very great dissatisfac tion on the part of the South-Western Church 'and congregation. They began to.think that, such, a cold atmosphere was not very.congenial, or cal , culated to protnote their health and vigor; that such indifference did not-savor very much of the spirit of the gospel, or of a Church rof Christ, which should exhibit as one of its credentials, " to . the poorthe gospel is preached," andoonsequently. came to a resolution to change to, a different at- At a congregational meeting, called-for the pur r pose, a few weeks since,, they resolved unanimous ly to coitneet themselyes.with the 3d Presbytery of Philadelphia; and appointed commissioners. to. convey their wishes on this subject to that body at its next meeting. The people composing this church are not among the rich and the great:. They are eithe'r , frora the North of Ireland, or: the children of those who came from there. Tht , are mostly, therefore, fo reigners, but rid: of that class who own allegiance to a foreign potentate—who would ;net our lavirs' at defiance, and especially the law enjoining -the observance of the ,Chrintian Sabbath. They are the descendants of those, men who - mitered mar tyrdord in Scotland, and planted Presbyterianism in Ireland. They are the sons of those covenant ing fathers, who, like the Puritans of England who were driven to Holland for their Sabbath-observing principles, contended earnestly, even- to the death, for the right observance, of the : Sabbath, and for the principles of 'civil and religious liberty.", They, nome among us, therefore, not Ito, curse, but to' bless the land of their adoption, to propa-1 gate the pure fiith of the - gospel; and, exhibit a• living Christianity. , Let us, therefore, lend them a helping hand, remembering that he that giveth a.cup of cold water to a disciple, ;bathe name of a disciple, shall not lose his reward," and, that the Master shall aeknowledge in the day of judgment every act of kindness don,e, to his people as done to himself, saying, “Inasmuch as ,-ye, did it, unto one of the least of these, my brethren, ye did it "RATHER APOSTaIOAT,;" . Under the headof " Congregational,” the In dependent publlsbes an account of the meeting of the Hawaiian (Congregational) Evangelical Association. At a meeting of the Ameiican Board in.this -city last autumn,,a r missionary said the government of thn SauAwich,lsland churches was "rather apostolical." The Independent tells us what "rather .apostqlical "means "ANNALS OF THE OWL" 3 . Oes of despondency are not fewand far: 'between, as is so often supposed,bet even,here, in this wealthy city, where so many helps are thrown out, there are many persons who have struggled, using means after means,•=to , rise in society, from care and want, but, by reason of their own former, or other misdoings, haver been compelled to sink back into their old ways again, filled with despair. - - Many years ago two respectable young per sons were married, and for many years lived in what is called middle life.: The'husband, a man of industry, regnlarly brought home his earnings, and tenderly cared for his young wife. But one day death ,knocked loudly -upon his door, and compelled himto die : and leave this world. The widow, now oonstrained , to supply, her own wants, became -a nurse,. and in ,this way supported herself nntil sickness set : in. Her doctor prescribed the regular use of :brandy.; She used it and recovered,:-bat;;unfortunately she had remaining the evil habit of drinking. She gradually sank from, - a respectable:woman, down, until she had' lost her business,, and had given up all expectations of ever-, climbing again . respectability: Shel .married to tone even worse than ;I:Lerself,' -and; they two; :.were destitute of hope; . hardly. striving to -ob tain the necessities of this life. One day the writer called-to =sea them; they lived -in -a very small i roon3,nurrounded- by ,all the, ev dencss4 want; -the 'fleor. Was batie; and= an' old: hed;-,tin , supported;irested upon- the floor, while mar ket basket inverted, and two old chairs, served for seats. : These, together with, a pine table and an old stove and: stool, .comprised all their fur niture. Their -means 'o(living amounted to one . dollar And sixty cents per "week, made by the wife at sewing :the ;backs'of shoes for the Arsenal. ; , Despair was -marked - upon her face. But whenwe told .her there, yet , was a chance, not, only for=better living 'in this,world, but for a reconciliation with: God, ,she smiled ) and said, ”But have beentoo bad." A. change has-been -made. We have no rea son- to say she now drinks.- We think she don't. She : regularly attends our= adult-,Bible Class, and night meeting's,* when possible; and 'we hope that „her assertion , is true; when she, says, "1 want to, do' just as God wants me to." She suffers under many;temptations and trials. .She is now . struggling to rise, but like a bird held down by l a heavy -weight, . she Toads it= 'almost impossiblA. She has, the :.,kind care of -her Teacher, who has led her thus far on, and we know =that He who calmed the-raging 'sea will not desert her. , ; ..We. are ; requested by the Presbyterian- , Book Store to, announce. the ,receipt of tbe following sums:—C. T.,..52.50; N. 13. T., 82.5 a; , ?drs. B. T., $5.00;- $5.00, enclosed' in one envelope. We need hardly say , we are thankful; and we trust that, with the blessing of God, these 815.0 Q,, together with the numerous others we have received, will be heard from.more fully at the judgment day. - B. Poi the"Auieriam . Presbitekan: ACIENOWLEDMEENT. MR 'Blame :—Allaw me the privilege of ac-' knowledging through your columns, the recent kindness and liberality of the church and con gregation of Neshaminy. „Having learned . ehat heir-uastor.J'arznxif--4 , -.4,s_tt, of his itla lives in one of the Western States,t;lTts3 as - bled, yoing and Ohl, by incoruflitnisii; at his residence, on the 'eve ,1 of September 7th, accompanied by the members of "Tennent School," with their Principal, Rev. M. Long,, and after enjoying an entertainment, which some of them brought with them, handed him,' to his surprise, npurse of $176, as an expre sion of their esteem and confidence. I feel extremely grateful to my people for this generous and substantial token of their regard, and it is my earnest prayer that they may reap bountifully of the fruits of righteousness, and all meet in that holy habitation' which is not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. Hartsville, Pa., Sept. , 8, 1860. BEARING TESTIMONY. The following remarks frnm. the Chiistii;n: structor oi* this week, bear upon an itnportant prac tical point, and are commended-. to the considera: tion of our lay readers. = , , We hdie often been surprised at the conduct of profesaing Christians in relation to i'e mat ter of testimony-bearing before, a c < , oust-. We presume there are few, officers o , _ rch who have ,not found considerable din avy in inducing persons to give their testimony` When called upon to do' so. Many persons seem tii have the idea, that it is entirely optional with them &whether they obey the summon sent to? , them or not. Those who. think so, hoWever, have very erroneous views in regard to their duty and the relation which they sustain to the church. Such persons should bear' in mind; that "concealing the truth, undue silence: in. a just cause ; and-holding our,peace when iniquity callethior either reproof from onrselve& incop plaint to others,"' are mentioned the Larger CateChienidmong the sins forbidden in the commandment. An examination.`of the word of God,will -show that these Who framed, the-Ca techism are ,fttlly sustained in:this statement by its teachings., God says, _in .Levitiens v. "If a Soul sin, and hear the voice:of swearing, and is a witness; whether be hath seen or known of if he do not utter it, then he 'elan bear his iniquity." This scripture clearly involves those, in the guilt of that sin Which they conceal from the constituted anthorities, whether of the Church or State, when they are called upon to giv&their testimony in relation to it. - In' additionto this consideration, it should be borne in mind that, refusal to give'testimony when called upon to do so, is,inconsistent with that subjection that is due to the courts of Christ's house. It require&very little reflection' for.any one to see, that the purity of the church cannot be maintained without government and discipline and that government and discipline cannot • be maintained without testimony. In what other way is it possible to'secure and pre- Mot&the ends of justice ? Those, therefore, who deeliae r when called upon to appear in:the cha racter of witnesses, set themselves in epposition to the order which Christ has established in his house and consequently in opposition-to Christ himself, - the King and Head of his church. Viewed in this light, it is easy to see that a spe cial criminality attaches to such Conduct. We trust that oar readers will:duly consider this matter. We.are well aware that it is often exceedingly unpleasant to. have, to give testi- Mony before either a eivil k or ecclisiastical court; Yet unpleasant Militia Meat scim'etiirtes' be'pere formed, and if we have that cregarilfor the claims of justice, - and that zeal for the -honor of Christ and the purity of his church,which,we ought to. have, we, will not heeitatie to say what we !mow, whether it be Much 'or little, 'when we are, law fully 'called . inion to 'give testimony in the case. Het who: ill*.allowatood-nametplie tarnished; or4ti gonrse of injosticeoand, wrong- tolprevail, from,ncreplipgl of delicacy,. ,hie r parti- or, from an indisposition.:to incur the edium of irriends 4 -rod .~ ~^ - ~~ ~,~~: shows himself to,Aatrelitthapf that charity which ''seeketh oat and which "rejoiceth in the truth." ; It is humiliating toltfiect hoW much people sometimes know about the misdeeds of their neighbors or fellow-church..meiribers, until they are called to give their testimuurbefore a church court. To hear them talk yon would imagine that they :were perfectly familiar with the whole case;" but let them be told that' they will have to appear as a witness in the case and they will be likely to 'tell you that they 'know nothing about the matter,—that they have only heard these things, or - supposed them to be so. These, too, are not unfrequently the very persons who would be most ready to find fault with the oft core of the church if. they failed to notice those things about which,they can,talk so freely, but about which they cannotgive: a'word of testi mony. This is very wrong. If we do not know what we say abo.ut our. neighbors to be true, and.khow itin - such a way and to such a degree as that we ,could be a competent witness, it is our duty to'keep Ditt knowledge to ourselves. NOTES ON NURSING; ,What it is and What is not. By Florence Nightingale. New York: D. Appleton & Co. Philadelphia: Presbyterian Book Store, No. 1334 Chestmif St. 12mo. pp. 240. 25 cents. 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Published by the American Tract Society, and for Sale, at the Tract Reuse, N0.,929 Chestnut St.,•Phila. ifirno. pp. WS. • An interesting, original, stirring character, is here presented to ournetice. It is a portraiture of a whole-Soiled qhriatian, knowledge, intense love of souls with surprising tact and boldness in his labors; as a preacher, with no claims to oratory ) bid - weeping' Often, and making his hearers weep; the author of the tract celebrated in our boyhood, The Swearer's Prayer," and the means, threugh,traett3 which he wrote with peculiar, force and fitner, orwhich he aesiduously distribnted, of the conversion, of mul titudes. The "Iteiiew" derives additional lute rest from the fact:that it is the task production of the venerated author. , PULPIT THEMES AND PREA,OSEIRWASSISTANT. Outlines of Sermons by the . pf„ Helps for the Pulpit. Philadelpbba.: Singh; bitglirili 8r: CO. i2mo. pp. 441. --; These are not skellons, but ve41111.1 sketches, interspersed with illustrationn and illidents and accompanied by extenaed quotations ( from ann. gelical writers, making a versitigginiiilire work for the sermonizer: ' LBO.TURES DXLIVERED REFOrf,N t ,TEM YOUNG ON'B CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION,AeIneter Hall, London, from November, 1859, to' Febrintry, 1360. New York: R. Carier& Bran. l2ana.'ilplit.:4s4. 1 — — There are feviiii4447l , glia C Man . 2, &I. tirde may directlY agreeably than - frt — nn.thete Series of truly Stirring lectures. • The `opening cloSing,Ones are' by laymen, the litter by our countrymah, John B: Gough. Two arc by Rev. Hugh Stowell, and one by Rev. Wm. 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Translated from tlie 'German by. D. W fftmon: Philadelphia: — Smith, English*, Co. ; including three .valuable Indexes. • noticed, and deSigned - mere' periticularly for the • critical student and profeisionel expounder of God's word. It is thoiongVand scholarly, fall and earnest, w as w are of f tlie author's efforts. Hengstenberg: is usually regarded as the champion of tradition, and of stricter "orthodox views in the department of exegesis; hut in this case he avows himself as disbelieving in the supposed royal au thorihip of the hOok'in common with the great body of dermanletegetes, and with Prof. Swan in this conulxy,. He says, "We have endeavored to jay a fiiiner feriitdation for the more correct view, and hope thuslo render impossible rti nc . rkbfttlee.old pro'udiee,'" [viz., that Solomon gas the'autlior.] 1 There are other exceedingly valuable essays included in the volume, as on the Song d Solomon, Job, Isaiah, Sacrifices, the Jews and the Christian Church. 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