amnion rtotgierbut 01 tai 1C viatteliot. THURSDAY, VIIIIIRIIART 14, 1.1301., JOHN W. ItgAitS:EDITOR. ASSOCIATED WITH ALYMT BAANEs, GEORGE DUFFIELD, Ja. THOMAS tiRAINERD, JOHN JENKINS, HENRY DARLING. THOMAS J. SIIEPNERD., OHRISTI&N EMIGRATION. SECOND ARTICLE. Christian emigration is based upon the idea that laymen, es such, can and should share per sonally in the work of evangelizing the heathen world; that Christian society, and not a class only in that society, should acknowledge a di rect duty to the heathen. We cannot discover a valid reason for expecting the ministry and those who are to be immediately, ssociated with them, alone, •to feel it obligatory on them to break away from the comforts and privileges of a. Christian ;home, and place theteselves in immediate contact with the unenlightened Mass es of the world. May I not.do something to farther this great work in my own peculiar sphere, we should expect to hear the Chris tian farmer, mechanic, manufacturer, or mer chant ask. The exhibition of the refining, ele vating, civilizing and prosperous effects of Chris tianity upoq man in his variona•secular pursuits, Could not btfi create a deep impredsion upon the minds of tbe heathen. To see the diligenee and thrift of the Christian farmer and mechanic, the skilful and prosperous management of the Chris tian manufacturer, and' the enlarged views and honorable dealing of the Christian merchant, by the side of their own clumsy, skilless and contracted methods of action, would go far to prepare the minds, especially of the ruder classes of heathen-to appreciate the blessings of Christianity. Here we may learn something from the mis sionary enterprises of the,Church in the earlier periods of her history. The missionary:monks who issued from the British isles and spread all over the North of Europe, seeking the conver- Bien of the Teutonic tribes, owed much of their great success to their skilfM exhibition of the secular, in conjunction with the spiritual, ad vantages of the religion which they sought to substitute for the worship of Thor and Odin. They, penatrated the vastyforests of Prates and Germany, and settled in companies amid the tinbrolen wilds, subduing them to the purposes of agriculture, while they sought to break up the Tallow ground of their hearers' hearts. The people looked on in wonder, as they saw the waste places becoming glad for them, and the deserts blossoming as the rose. Thus Neander tells us of the famous Irish missionary, Colutnban, who, at the age of thirty, started with a company of twelve associates, to proclaim the gospel to pagan nations on the continent. He purposely sought after a spot on which to establish himself in the savage wil derness, which must first be reclaimed and ren dered cultivable by the severe labors of his monks, not only for their own benefit ; but that , an example which would excite imitation, might 'be given to the untutored people,' of tilling the soil, the condition of all social im provement, - At first they were so destitute of the means of living, as to be obliged to sustain themselves for sevdral days on herbs and the bark of trees. Bdt the result was that he was soon obliged to establish three such centres of activity, and families of every rank throughout the country, committed their sons to him for education. The famous monastery of St. Gall, was also foended by Gallus, one of the followers of Columbia in this missionary enterprise. When selected, the site was in the heart of, a vast German forest. The woods were cleared ' away and the soil put under culture; thus af fording to the untutored people, who had de pended on fishing and the chase, for their rude and uncertain supply of food, a visible proof of the great temporal benefits of the gospel. We do not want establishments of cenobites; we want the free evangelical methods of Pro testantism. Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called. But why might not a company of twelve laymen go forth with each of our missionaries now,—men of various pursuits, bat animated with the same spirit, to uphold his hands; to enforce and illus trate in daily life, his teachings; and to set be fore the heathen an example of the beauty and utility of Christianity, wrought out in the va rious aspects of social life? There 'is one aspect of the case which we have not, as yet alluded to; it is the econo mical. Such a colony would render the Most important assistance in sustaining the mis sion. Indeed we cannot see why it might not, under peculiarly favorable circumstances, render the mission entirely independent of fo reign aid. Our home missionary emigration, if we may so term it, generally carries with it all the means necessary for the immediate esta blishtnent and entire support of the ordinances of the gospel in the new community. The early efforts of the monks already described, were self-supporting, because allied with secular and profitable employments: and even now in the celebrated missionary - training school of Cris chona, Switzerland, thei l 'etudents are made ac quainted with useful mechanical and agricultu ral pursuits, in order that, like these monks, they may be qualified to exhibit the advantages of civilization, and contribute somewhat to their own support. This is -not what we want. The missionaries themselves should not, as a general thing, be thus doubly burdened. But if they can do something for their own support, it is supposable that laymen under like circum stances, could do as mach or more: and, per haps,. in .not' a few Instances, a colony of such, might rally around the mission and make it en tirely independent. This would be a great re lief to ,the missionaries, whose present absolhte dependence'upon a remote and not, always cer tain source of supply, and consequent subjec tion to the control of persons not always com petent to judge of the nature and necessities of their work; must be felt as a serious inconve- nience. Bach economizing of means, would enable the missionary societies at. home largely to- extend and multiply their fields of labor abroad. As the missions already established became inde pendent, not like those in the Sandwich Islands, after the lapse of forty years, but, as'we might hope, in three, five or ten years, if not almost at the very start, new missions could be orga nized; new colonies with their outfit could be sent forth; the world could, em long, be over- spread with Christian institutions; and the points thus settled be regarded as secure and permanent centres of gospel light and Christian civilization for all future time. Our laymen have already waked up to a con sciousness of their duty in evangelizing the neg lected masses at homer Here is a wide field, just as truly theirs •to cultivate, and offering just as great if not greater opportunities of doing good, on which they, us yet, have scarcely thought to enter. We commend it to their prayerful regard. GULF STATE MORALITY. We do not know but that, after all, it is a real relief that the Gulf States are out of our Union. The honor and profit of the connection were cer tainly theirs, not ours. In .the halls of Congress, the absence of their representatiie men has,-with few exceptions, been felt both there and through out the country, as a positive improvement. Their blustering, braggart manner in debate; their ex- orbitant 'demands; their readiness :to appeal to brute force onto skill in handling deadly Weapow, have done more to bring our national deliberative assembly, and free government itself, into disrepute with good men all over the world, than perhaPs any other fact in our histo-ry. The fact is, the social and commercial system of •the Gulf States is based upon slavery. The wealth of these States is derived almost wholly from cotton Cotton can be'cultivated so as to be largely profible, only (as they suppose) by negro slaves; h.ogee slavery must exist, be protected, be perpetuatetVand,extended. The system icing at the basis of the material interests of the commu nity, its essential wrong must be oierlooked. Bondage must be justifiett; theories of human rights and systems 'of morals must be modified, so as to make exceptions for that part of the African race which happens to be engaged in the culture of cotton. Interpretation of Scripture must be re vised under the influence of 'these principles, and the ordained teachers of practical theology must announce it, as the holy and providential duty of the South, to conserve and perpetuate the system 'Of American slavery, if need be, at the point of the bayonet, with all the sell of martyrs. With theology, morals, social science and the traditions of the fathers thus lamentably perverted on this 'subject, can it be thought wonderful' that whole communities should be carried stray into most flagrant violations of the plain 'principles of'morality, justice and honor? Their diligent theorizing in justification of the g rang of slavery, has resulted itr the infliction _ judicial blindness and hardness of heart. They are be wildered and made reckless. Their career, since the first act of secession, has been a series of out rages upon government and upon the rights of pro perty, sufficient to stir the honest blood of every man who has a spark of patriotism or of honor left. The secession itself, of some of these States, was a sweeping act of robbery. Florida owes its whole existence to the Union, which bought and pur chased it, and spent thirty-five millions of dollars, and we know not how many lives of its brave sol diers, in one of the most trying wars in its, behalf, the country, ever engaged in. "Butlor the Union," says the North American of this city, in a recent article, " the Indians and the Spaniards would still have remained masters of it; and other millions have been spent to stir vey accurately its coasts and harbors, ,to place lights and buoys as guides to commerce, to build forts for its protection, and to maintain a costly mail ' service, which has steadily been a losing operation. And yet this State is mean enough llfr go out of the - Unitm without paying a dollar for these debts, and to make insolent demands for the occupation of distant territories, while it has not people enough to fill a single county in its own area." The, territory now occupied by the State, of Louisiana, was purchased for the express purpose of taking the mouth of the Mississippi River, the great commercial artery of this continent, out of foreign hands, and removing all possibility of ob struction to the trade of the great valley, reaching from the foot of the Alleghenies to the foot of the Rocky -Mountains. The secession of Louisiana robs us of this important purchase at a blow, and sinks the fifteen millions of money we have ex pended for the object. Secession, disguise it as we may under extreme States-right doctrines, is a stupendous political im morality. If our national government is a govern ment, and if the United States is a nation * having a right to be treated with as such by other nations; then secession isar rank treason, open and *no tifiable rebellion, a murderous assault upon the national fife, a fearful and atrocious crime against the best and freest of all governments. Dark, too, were the treacheries by which it was stimu lated and abetted. Whatever may be the"degree of guilt incurred by the seceding States and their inhabitants, it is far transcended by that of high governmcnt officials, who, in spite of their solemn oaths and constitutional obligations, remained in office, drew their pay from the common treasury, and used their position to facilitate the movements of rebels, and to destroythe very government they were sworn to maintain. Can any apology be fa bricated for those arch-conspirators, who, before they fled from the seat of government, defrauded the treasury; broke the public credit; emptied the Northern arsenals, and concentrated the arms of the nation in the South; drew off our forces so as to leave important fortresses to fall into the bands of rebels, and actually travelled from place to place as avowed minions and agents of treason ous councils? Benedict Arnold would have been. hung if the plot for 4jos capture had not failed: Such men as Cobb, Floyd, Thompson and Toombs, should have been subjected to the severest penalties of the law, even if it took a hempen cord to do it. And we are very much inclined to believe, that. those who knew all this, and whose imbecility and inaction encouraged them in their infamous career deserve nearly the same extreme treatment. Are we severe for a religious paper? There are times when a man's religion is the very thing to make him severe. If Christian men do not cry.,out against such immoralities, some heathen Sallust will hereafter arise to paint the hopeless corrupt ness of our age, which did not even arouse the in dignation of its religions teachers. The shameful conduct of the Gulf States to wards the property of the Union, has been worthy of a half civilized nation of marauders. Without a moment's warning, and with Out even the poor formality of a declaration of war, every article within reach, belonging to the. Union, has been seized and appropriated with piratical sang froicl. Half a million stand of arms have been 'seized; arsenals, custom houses and fortifications, of which the ground had been regularly ceded to the gene ral government, and the structures reared by the outlay of millions upon millions from the national treasury, have been violently Wrested from our possession. Shall we invent a new name for such transactions, and not call them ROBBERY? We will not speak of the petty meanness of "the act; but it wee simply consistent in South Carolina to Aintritait Nrcobgte.ti#ll and 6,entott tgisangeliot drive summarily from her borders, the chaplain who offered prayer when the .rightful owners showed a disposition to retain that million or two dollars' worth of property called Fort Sumter. Some plausibility might be given to the seizure of military posts; it might be regarded as a stra tagem on the part of the rebels; as coercing the United States before the United States was in a position to coerce them. Even in that case the honorable course should have been to declare war. But it has come at last to naked acts of fraud and plunder, such as make the civilized world cry, shame! at Mexico; the mails are violated; the money of the government is pilfered in its vaults. State governments sanction acts, the perpetrators of which might justly be shot down in their tracks by night watchmen or the police. But time fails us. We should be amazed at these manifestations of moral obliquity, if we did not know that the conscience of the people of these States s had previously suffered a fearful wrench in the effort to justify and exalt the system of slavery' These are the legitimate fruits of that great over throw of conscience. The sermons of their Dr. Pal mere are working themselves out. Of one thing we are tolerably sure,• the nation will . not easily be brought to sacrifice a hair's breadth of principle for the sake of winning back communities so lost to honor and Justice, to a union which they may choose to leave any moment after "a re-construction has been agreed upon. AN INTERESTING MAP A very important mut pleasing offering to the '.cause of .Biblical Geography, is about to find its way 'to the public, under the form of araised map of Syria. The work was 'suggested 'more than a year past in the North American Review, and Rai. Dr. Coleman and Prof. Osborn = were ; named as the men to undertake it. We have lately been informed that the map is nearly complete, al though its progress has met with many interrup tions, some of which are worthy of remembrance. Our ,readers will „understand that a correctly raised map require.sa knowledge, not only of the geography of a country,` but the measurement of all the depressions and elevations df the plains, valleys, seae, and mountains - of the entire surface. The latter have been obtained and, sent through Dr. Coleman, and Capt. W. F. Lynch, to Prof. Osborn, who: has undertaken-the task of ye diming all • ;these elevations and depressions to a proper scale, for the whole of Syria and the Holy Lail.. Last summer an attempt of this kind was made at Cassel on the Rhine, and a copy 'of this sentriePitif: - Gibbes - of 'Charleston College, a gentle Man of excellent mitthetnatical and scienti fic ability. Prof, Gibber put this into Prof. Os . born's possession, and with these and many other levels taken during the last twenty yeirs, the latter gentleman set to work, and the result is, a nearly complete map of the most interesting of lands, with a sculPtured representation of all - the principal mountains and hills, the valleys and plains, and the seas, together with the colored soils, bringing out to view the gardens and fertile districts, the waste places, the volcanic red dis triets, and the fifers. - The seas, excepting the "gre,itt sea," are of glass, adding to the life, of the representation, which, as a whole, is the most satisfactory and suggestive method, as well as perhaps the most correct of illustrating the country that could be'adopted, and, one by which even the blind might be, instructed, as well as the best biblical student. The most important fact in connection with the effort is tu;be found in the material The model' received by Prof. Osborn from derma:By, was of "plaster of paris," which, beside being modelled after the surveys of a map ignoring entirely the admirable survey of Capt. Lynch, narrowed -the classic valleys and plains of Coelo Syria out of all proportion. After correcting these errors by a new oast, it was suggested to do away with the clumsy and brittle plaster, and substitute the light and durable paper model. The plaster cast was, thereforp, after careful retouching, placed in an oven and baked for many hours that it might be, free from moisture, and receive The molten iron upon its surface as a mould for paper models. But as soon as the iron touched the plaster, when poured upon it in the foundry, it exploded, send ing the melted metal high into the air, and com pletely destroying.the plaster east.. The labor of a renewed cast was patiently undertaken and com pleted with additional improvements, and after a third attempt, a most perfect iron negative model or mould, for paper impressions, was obtained.. A most beatai t ful and successful experiment at the paper mill lid week, brought out in admirable re-. lief .every_marlrfand point required, and after coloring and printing, it will afford all the plea tire of an i imaginary ramble over the hills and plains of Scripture, and..that, too, by use of a map more durable and lighter than the plaster models, at a cost'putting it within reach of all. PRESENT DUTY OF THE PULPIT. In times of deep and universal agitation like the present, a light, almost as of revelation, is some times flashed upon great traths < and important duties, before se - A..601y recognised. No duty, in . . our opinion, has been so gnevously overlooked as that of bringing the .principles of the Gospel to bear, from the pulpit, upon all the civil relations of men; and the times we live in are rousing the ministry from that timorous concession to an outcry for peace, (when there was no peace,) and to the demands of a short-sighted and superficial worldly wisdom which has been wont to warn the preacher from the sphere of polities as dangerous ground., - We are pleased to find such a conservative autho rity as the Princeton Ream vindicating, with its accustomed ability, the rights of the pulpit in this ree a ard s The doctrine, that Christian ministers as Such, and church courts, have nothing to do with poli tics, as all other theories either false or half-true, has given way like tow on the touch of fire, when the test occasion comes. If by polities be meant the policypf States in reference to secular affairs, then it is true that the gospel minister has nothing to do with them in the pulpit,. But if by politics we moan the principles of civil government, and the duties thence resulting, then politics belong, to the higher sphere of morals: and morals is the science of duty, and duty is determined by the law of God. If ministers are not set to expound that law, to declare to the.people what God would have them do, then they have in all ages sadlyinistakett their calling. The faithful messengers of 'God un der all dispensations of the church, have felt offi cially bound to teach kings and people their duty, — and tell them what God, who is King of nations as well as King of saints, requires at their hands. The misfortune is, that, the clergy , and the church have not hitherto faithfully discharged their duty in this matter. It may be one of ;the gracious ends which God designs to answer by our present afflictions, to rouse the church to a higher estimate of her voca tion; to make her feel that it is her prerogative and duty as God's witness on earth, to testify in behalf of all truth, and against all sin, whether in magistrates or people, whether in legislation or private conduct, and to teach publicly and eftee= wally, that States as well as inilividsmls, , are bound to make the law of God the rule- of, their conduct. . DEATH OF itF,V. DR. HURRAY We briefly noticed ; ; .this sudden and afflictive event la our issue of last week: The New York Observer Of the same date; (February 7th,) con tains a fuller notice, the most of which we copy below. Dr. Murray was cut off in the midst of a career ofVetit - activity and usefulnesi. But a few days;before•his death, he was iihigh health and ‘‘overfletrig wititlffe and buoyant spirits." His death is -a-public loss, and a public warning. ...„, ~ . . A r. correspondent, • Our frien ~ en (Kirwan,) the Rev. Nieholas •Murray,-D. D., of Eliap,betlitown, 'New Jerseyoliaid, at horde on Monday, Feb. 4th, Lithe 58th year of_ his age: Up to Friday last he was in his usual health. On that, day,,,after attepding a „funeral, he was attacked with neuralgia in the chest, but, with no symptonis that created alarm. Ile was going to Albany to spend the Sabbath with Dr. Sprague,`(an annual visit,) but he was persuaded to:abandon it. Ile continued unwell, but with no apprehensions of danger ,until Monday evening, when, just after valking from one room to another, at ten o'clock, a sudden change came over him, with faintness, and he knew at once that death was at hand. His 'family were .around his bed. He told theta that his hour had come. lie gave them his dying charge: prayed for each of them then for his church, for the elders and individual members : and' then, raising his hands, pro nounced the apostolic' benediction on them all, and yielded up his , spirit into the hands of his •Re deemer. , , ~ ' -- - . Dr. Murray- Wts a native of Ireland, of Roman Catholic parenta l ly,. Coming to this country in his boyhood, he was, in yotzth converted in , this 'city, and dove ',himself to the,Christian minis:, try, he was via' dat Williams ., College, Mass., tti e where he gradu , 4 in. 1826, and then he studied theology at,,Prineeton, New Jersey. After Rem= sure le , the .`,Presbyterian Church, he Spent some little time,in thekierviee , ef the American Tract Society. ,He wasArst settlid in the ministry in Willresharre, artaXingston, Pa.,- and was called to ElizabethtoWny where he was installed, July 23, 1833. Here he has labored with exemplary diligence and great ,succiss: having one of the largest . churches and congregations in the whole country; which has prospered in all its relations under his faithful and able, ministry. Abundant in labors ,with< his pen :and '"voice in the service of the Church-at large, and in .the advancement of every noble work in the community, a philanthropist, patriot, and friend; .obedient to every calb.he was nevertheless first ,and.'.before all other things, a preacher -and pastor— Nothing was allowe to interfere with his regular and thorough prepara tion for the puipit,lind he fed . his flock , with the :finest .of the - wheat, and never went into the'sanc tuary with , unbeaten. oil.' As a writer,• he bird earned a reputation as wide as the religious worid. _Many years ago he con fided to- ns.,, his pinoie to prepare .a series of papers, presentingitaWiwri personal experience in the Roman Catholie; Vhurch and faith: . .' the: steps by which he was 'led in. early life to forsake it, and reasons to induce others te.abandon that, com munion. We encouraged thework, and the re sult was the procludtion of the first series of letters signed Kirwan; addressed.to'Bishop Hughes, and published in the New York Observer. They ar rested public attention. , They were republished in scores of other newspapers. They were then gathered into book form, and more than a hundred thousand copies. sold. Reprinted in other lands and in other langnages, they., had a • yet wider cir culation'and, more important still, they were followed by great results. Circles, of Roman Catholics were forupd to hear them read, and many were led. to renounce 'their -church and become Protestants. Bishop Hughes attempted to reply to the series, but broke down in the midst of it, and has never resumed the effort. These Kirwan letters gave a sudden and im mense popularity to Di, Murray, as a writer, and he became- conspicuoutl as one of th champions of Protestantism in thategunsz t. e was called to preach and speak o e,snbjeerto overflowing t audiences in this city dcotheiptirth of the land; and perhaps no man i 's church has been more frequently called upon' io preach on special occa sions of interest than lae. Twice has he visited Europe, main. 6 * ,preaching tours through Ireland, addressing crowds who,ffeeked to hear hint. His last visit after the return of the Irish delegation, was one of unexampled:interest, and its incidents are familiar to our readers. His letters and series of articles in the Observer have been gathered into volumes and are widely:read. THE .RELIGIOUS , P SS AND COERCION: Some of our cotemporaries, whose faces, like sun flowers, are 'always turned south, greatly , deprecate the execatioa j of the law of the land by , the government of hese United States. These soft- hearted brethren hate, without moving a muscle or whispering y a rebuke, seen the flag pf their couritr trailed in the dast by . traitors; the property, of the government—its forts, arsenals and revenue cutters seized by an armed mob; its una ships murderously assailed by cannon lip q--aheir crews only refit eacaping death by want , f skill'in their assail ants. These tender - hewed brethen think it a small thing to have -Northern steamboats, en gaged in peaceful corm:tierce, brought to by a raking`shot at Vieksbnrgli; or Northern citizens tarred and feathered any ,where in the South, if they fail to say slavery is eight. These bre thren can hear the boorniof Southern cannon, and the tread of 'a Southern soldiery, and the disunion discord of Soufherii traitors, and it does not disturb their !Nape. • They seem to think that the violation of an oath of allegiance to our Constitution, is.a small affair, not savor ing of perjury, but a very iroper mode of gain ing the rights of the South; B4.When the go: vernment at Washington 'begins to show firm ness, and disposition to idea itself, its dig nity, and the union, andliberties of the country, and thus to savna contintit and posterity for a thousand years from an` hy,' mob rule, and final despotism; then th: good men . lift. their eyes to heaven and beg . :to pray that, there may be no "coercion;" thit God would breathe over the North`the spirit of peace I / True re liTiOn is "without partiality and without hypo crisy." Such men, and those who sympathize with them, ought to know that they are,-to the extent of their, influence, abetting perjury and treason; that they are striking at the foundation of all law and order in sWety ; that they are sanctioning misrule and turfinlence, and by en couraging traitors, making necessary and, speedy that conflict of blood which they 'profess so much to deplore. If they have rebnkes for vio lence, let them be bestowed not on God's magis trates, "who bear not the , sword in vain," but on the armed rebels`whose crimes arnprovokini` that, sword to fall upon, their, own heads. • Our Episcopal brethren i 4 the city of. New York, seem to cherish thesefol views, as the lowing extract from the Proltant Churchman ,bears evidence. One thing, however, is, 37 , 7Mi1k, apparent-- that the population of the entry is rapidly ei b resolving itself into 'two gni classes—the law and order party, and the, party of anarchy and revolution. Almost the entire north is be coming homogeneous in the first of these classes. , We believe we may truly sarp our friends and ! brethren at the South that thedeep and strong ~ current of feeling and opinion here—a current swelled by all the - highest and best elements of society, without.distinction of-Party—is in favor of maintaining this Government at all hazards. The mass of the people feelsthat the very exis tence of;,American liberty and civilization de: pends on it, and Christians feel that the cause of the Master is involved in it. All feel that the quiet allowance of disorganization and revo lution by a Government that has the power to protect itself, and continue to scatter its bless ings over the whole land, would be to proclaim the everlasting disgrace; not only of our nation, but-of our race, and be an invitation to lawless anarchy, since it would show to all who desired to inaugurate a reign of terror, that there was no authority to curb.them. For the American Presbyterian. SHALL THE PEOPLE or KANSAS PE KISH? This is the question which the providence of the hour asks of the American people. From forty to fifty thousand ,of our fellow citizens are to-day in a state of fearful destitution.. The entire harvest of the last year has failed. With no accu mulated capital or resources, resulting from the careful industry and savings of generations, this calamity brings absolute desolation and utter.wane upon the poor pioneers of,that youngest State in our American confederacy. For months their touching appeal has been urged upon the - twenty millions of the free States. They have asked, and they.still ask, from the ample stores of their breth ren, the bare necessities of living, till the harvest of 1861 shall again supply their wants They need 500,000 bushels of grain for food which wonld'be barely ten bushels to each person for as many months—a bushel a month to , each.; They need wheat, corn, potatoes and other seed to plant 500,000 acres of groped this spring. They need fifty thousand pairs of boots or shoe& and Warm garments for fifty, thousand people, insufficiently clad.and unable to get a supply. The western States, mostly Illinois and lowa, have given 100,000 bushels of grain 'dining the last four month& - And the West and the East, in response to an appeal which has been sent to twenty mil lions of people, through the press and the pulpit of the free States, have given just about money enough to pay 'the freight on the food - that'two States have given. They have given, perhaps, .also a tenth, part of the clothing-which is needed. But as yet no response to the cry of our =tiering fellow citizens of Kansas, at all commensurate to the demands of the exigency of the suffering to be relieved; has been made by the People. The New England Relief Committee and the . New York Committee, and all other agencies at work, have not secured a third part • as much for this object, by months of earnest effort, as this country con tributed, in the same length of time, when there was not half the, wealth in the country that there is now, for the poor famine-stricken Irish. I can not understand why it is so, And yet I believe it is owing to the fact that theextreme distress of that distant people is not realized by their breth ren, who are blessed with an overabundant har vest. Is it impossible to bring this case of utter need-on the one-hand, and of patriotic Mid Chris tian duty on the other, home to the hearts of the American people? If so, then indeed have we fallen on evil times, - and the golden age of our fa thers is succeeded by a sordid age of brass: But Ido not, I will not; believe it. With faith in the American heart, I appeal to the people to 'help their suffering brethren in Kansas. You have read the despatches from. Gen. Pome roy and . Hyatt, and perhaps have thought that these were sensation article& But as a Kansas than, and speaking, for the people of that State, from the stand-point of my own personal, know-'' ledge and experience, I du Most solemnly assure you that there are distress and agony in Kansas, caused by the famine, wide-spread and fearful, such as no pen can describe and no mind realize, except through the stern test of actual suffering. In a letter before rne, dated December 17, written by G. L. Squire, chairman of the Centralia Re lief Committee, I find - words like these: "In this community, (of 330 persons,) with the exception of four families, we are literally destitute of com fortable winter clothing. In a circle of three miles there are forty children without a shoe to their feet, with only one poor thin suit of clothing apiece. There are women in our community who are ,shoeless, who have been accustomed to all the comforts of eastern city life, and who, in consequence of the sickness of the husband and the father, are obliged to feed the cow and prepare the fuel. 'We have but ..a scant supply of poor weedy bay for our stock. We are obliged to-haul all our food from Atchison, sixty miles; and when' we think what we are to do fo' r seed in the spring, and for food.till _Providence blesses us with another harvest, the future looks gloomy and dark in the ex tretne.h Those forty children belong to my own Sabbath school. Those suffering families are my own neighbors and members of - my own parish.. The people of the whole of interior Kansas are in a similar condition. Will the millions in the States, whose labors the past year have been so abundant-' ly blessed, withhold from these destitute thou sands the relief they need? It seems to me that this is impossible. If one-fifth of the twenty mil lions in the free States would each contribute dime,. their contributions would furnish, a fund of 8400,000. If the people of Philadelphia would give in this proportion, a fund of $12,000 Would be raised het& Now I ask,the editors and minis ters of the Gospel of Christ in this city, if this thing - cannot be done? All that is needed is the right concert of action. Can this be secured? would suggest that every pastor, not Only in Phi ladelphia, but every Where else as well, ask his peo ple to hand in each his." two mites" at once• for this parimse. You can send directly to Gen. S. C. Pomeroy, of 'Atchison, the chairman of the_ State relief committee, or to Mr. Williams, of the Metropolitan bank, treasurer of the New York re lief committee, or toDr. Thomas H. Webb, No. 3 Winter street, Boston, the treasurer of the New England Kansas relief committee. lam the agent of the last named committee, and I would mention, as a special recommendation of their work, that they have instructed their agent, whom they have sent to Kansas to co-operate with the general and local committees there, in securing au impartial distribution, to look after and relieve the poor colored refugees from Arkansas, Texas and Mis souri, who are found in great destitution in south ern Kansas, and the Indians also, many of whom are in a condition of extreme need, as well as our own white American citizens. This charity, like the love of the Great Master, should enfold and bless all who are-" weary and heavy-laden," what ever their complexion or race may be. To those poor starving men, " without a home or nationali ty," the committee have already.appropAated- se veral hundred dollars, and to the same Object much more must be. given. Shall the p eople of Kansas have food, seed and clothing, or shall they be left to perish? To you, American brethren, Providence prepounds this question. - On your answer much that deeply concerns you' and your children is depending. - DANIEL FOSTER, General Agent of the New England Kansas Relief Committee. PRINCELY DONATION. The following instance of, noble generositY eurring " in the midst of the years," and exhibited towards interests of the greatest value to our Church, is 'thrice welcome. It is especially gra tifying to us because by it New York, in the per son of one of her oldest and most . benevolent citi zens, expresses her confidence and.cordial interest - in the Publication Committee of our Church.;, We :We copy from an Auburn paper:- 74 4. 'GENEROUS GIFT.--We have received informa tion from a reliable Source, that on Tuesday of this week, Peter Douglass, Esq., of Bennet, well known as one of the oldest, most respected and benevolent residents of Cayuga county, paid over to Rev. Prederick Starr, agent of the Theological S urinary of Auburn, Twenty Thousand Dollars of Bank Stocks. Ten thousand dollars of the said stocks are given to the Trustees of the Theological Seminary of Auburn, and are to be added to two of the per manent funds of the said institution. It is worthy of note that Mr. Douglass was one of the original contributors to the funds of the Seminary in 1820. The other ten thousand dollars of said stocks are given to "The Trustees of the Presbyterian House," in the city of Philadelphia, to.constitute a perpetual fund, the interest annually arising from it is to'be divided into five equal parts, Which are to be expended for the five following objects, one part to each object respectively: ,Foreign Missions. '"'"` Home Mission& Bibles for the destitute of earth. Tracts and religious books. Sabbath Schools/and Sabbath School libraries. The trustees of the Presbyterian House are to select from time to time the committees, societies or agencies through which to disburse the said interest for the objects named above. This arrangement for distributing money for benevolent purposes, we are informed, meets the warmest approval of our highest authorities in such matters. • We have often spoken of our Theological Sem inary; In reference to Mr. Douglass, we can as public journalists express the gratification of the whole community'at his gift, and commend his noble example. THE PRESENT NUMBER. We publish, on our first page, among other va luable matter, the. past Day Discourse of Rev... Dr. Breckenridge, which is interesting as presenting, from a Southern source, one of the most powerful arguments against the course of the Cotton States that has yet appeared. If Dr. Breckenridge had cherished as clear and elevated views of the na ture of. Constitutional obligations in regard to the Presbyterian Church, as helloes in-regard to our political Union, there.would never probably have been a division of either. Inconsistencies, haws ever, are often absolutely the only thing which saves men's characters. On the fourth page, will -be found large portion of Dr. W. M. Cornell's Sketch of the Life of Amos Lawrence. The re • mainder will appear next week. LEGACIES TO THE. CHURCH EXTENSION COMMITTER-DOUGLAS -FUND. We are happy to,atitiollttee that the institutions of our own Church are taking so strong hold. upon the affections of,our people, that they are mani festing it by noble gifts and legacies, whits li they desire - to place under the guardianship of our Church. It is probably not generally known thatnot less than cloven, persons have informed the Moth, lixtension, crommittee that they have inserted in their I c rills 'legacies to the Committee. These friends of our Church are, we believe, all now living 'except one. The amount of these legacies is about twenty thousand dollars. It will be received, we trust, as the most gratifying proof of love for the cause of Christ and of our Church, that our friends have thus remembered It will be understood, however, that not one of these legacies has yet come into the hands of the Treasurer of the Committee. They will be realized only gradually, and hence all the efforts that our churches can make to meet the wants of the Com mittee will be needed. The following nppoint ments were made at the last meeting:— Rev. Louis Mills, ,Pcploring Missionsay, in the Presbytery of Grand River Valley, Michi4 Rev. G-eo. W. Nicolls; Stillwater, MUM— Rey. Charles H. Force, Ottawa, `lll. Rev. P. S. Van Nest, lowa City, - lowa. Rev. Charles Gibbs, Lima, Ohio. Rev. Wm' Youncr, Rose, N. Y. It,will be seen that the Committee divided, their appointments among six Ptates. The appropria tions are still far behind the applications. The legacies, therefore, - for the present, are more va luable as an expression of cordial good-will, than for their immediate pecuniary value; though, in this respect, they will do their work in good time. ,A Plea for the MuIe.—KESSRS. Emmons—Will-you permit me to take this meankto suggest to the Managers of the PennsYlvania Central Rail Road Company, (other companies may also profit by the hint,) that they treat 411 their teamsters with free tickets to, Razors admirable lectures! They would then see and learn how much more effectual is the.power of kindness over severity on the horse or mule. I think it ovoid pay well to do so, on the score of economy aloge;to say nothing of ' This is an excellent'suggestion,'and hOpe all 'our railroad companies, who use mules and border', will take the, hint and do as sugge sted . , It mayibe said that mules and horses are not the , property' of the freight railroad companies, but are hired, with their owners, and there fore it makes no difference whether the animals are well treated,or not. But this is a short-sightod view of the matter pecuniarily, as well as a mistaken one on tire score of humanity. Railroad companies in our cities bave continual favors to ask of the public, and favors are willingly or unwillingly granted, just as those of whom they are asked happen to have a good or ill opinion of the parties asking, in the absence of any direct busineas advantage. The brutal treatment of mules upon our railroads arouses everybody's indignation, and that in— dignation is partially transferred from the driver who beats, to the person who employs him, whether j ustly or not. The rows in the streets between the teamsters and their mules attract crowds, crowds obstruct the ways, and between the stubbornness of ill-treated mules and the interference of the public, there is frequently a great deal of time wasted on the road. Now, if the teams ters can learn how a mule should be treated, so as to get the greatest amount of work oui, of bim without injury to the animal, it will be a direct pecuniary gain to them. It will enable the business of the railroad company to be transacted , with despatch, and relieve the public mind of their indignation, and their prejudice against freight railroads in our cities.—.Phila. Ledger. RAAEVIS long promised last Exhibition in this city, will take .place this (Thursday) evening at the Academy of Music. A Good "Prescriptiort.—The Nashville Advocate has this seasonable and yaluablp prevription: ,"Read the Bible before you look into' the morning; papers. . The soul can't live on sensation despatches; the bread of heaven is better for its health than telegrams. Of political talk, and of crises, you will have enough, anywhere, and to surfeit. Seek the company of those who fear the Lord and think upon His name. Make the most of every religious conversation. Lose rio opportunity of assembling with those whose conver sation is; in heaven. You need it just now. Uee the means of grace diligently, or you will be swept away by the current that is bearing all things upon its bo som. Keep yourselfin the love of God. Comniune with your owu heart, n these noisy times. A great saint hr►a said tit he found thesecond Psalm an ex cellent meditation fur a aisle." A TREATISE ON THE PHYSICAL CAUSE OF T} jr DR ATH OF CHRIST and its Relation to the and Practice of Christianity. By WILLIAM STI.M M. D, of London. With an Introduction 1), s amilo i Hanson Cox, D. D., LL. D., Chancellor of the ' University, Leroy, N. Y. First American, Iron: th e London edition-of 1847. Proposals for publishing the above rare very-valuable work alone by subscription, i n ,„,, t 12nzo: ,500 pages. At $1.25 a volume. /Or As it is to be seemotyped and published— solely for its use, - its excellence, its scarcity— ev in the spring of 1861; so, as we can afford t , incur no risk, it will not proceed till at least 511) subscribers are iecured. They are, therefore, I'AR, NESTLY INVITED; payable only on delivery. i t will be a shame and a loss, not well to be endure,} , if, in our age and country, it requires folly, fiet trash, to make a book popular. These qualitio; are not in the sound, learned, excellent work Dr. Stroud; and honesty bids us say that the ,o ber, the erudite, the wise, and mainly these on .y , will be pleased and profited- by his masterly all ,l well-considered "Treatise." S. H. Cox. New York, Nov. 26, 1860. ENGLAND'S YEOMEN: from Life in the Nineteenth Century, -By MARIA L. CRABLEswolent, author of "Ministering Children," B).e. New York: Carter s z Bros. 12mo. pp. 390. Barely, if ever, have we seen a more effective or captivating representation of the elevating, re fining, and consoling influences of domestic pict 3; the naturally sturdy and honest characters brottplit upon the stage, inwoven with admirable pictures of farm and home life, in a family of thriving English-yeomanry, takes peculiar hold upon the reader's mind. The fortunes of this secluded cirel:, who seem to Ittrow liVele - Of the world beyond, are replete with interest. The saintly grandmother, who 'disappears much too early from the scene, might well have served the ingenious dreamer for a prominent character in some new allegory of the Christian life; while Margery is almost classi cal in the clear, sharp outlines in which she is pre sented to our view. Complaint might justly be made of the diffuseness of the work. In times of good and abundant reading, needless expansion of style is a serious drawback. For sale at the Presbyterian Book Store, 1334 Chestnut St. THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO M&TTIIEW: Ex. plained by Joseph Addison Alexander. 12mo. pp. 446. NOTES ON NEW TESTAMENT LITERATURE and Ecclesiastical History. By.the same.. 12mo. pp. 319. These works, issued by Charles Scribner, of New York, and for sale by B. H. Butler & Co., Philadelphia, are both fragmentary, the Commen tary being complete only to the conclusion of the 15th chapter, and the Notes of New Testament Literature, &c., being all that was left of Prof. Alexander's remarkable Biblical and historical lectures in a` - fit condition for the press. They bear . the marks of >his acute, vigorous mind, and com mon-sense modes of thought, combined with a large and varied scholarship i tand will be eagerly sought after, espeoially by his former pupils. THOUGHTS ON PREACHING, being contributions to Homiletics. By TAMES W. ALEXANDER, D. D. 12tao, pp. '614. New-York: C. Scribner. The fragmentary character of ,these thoughts will not prevent their being regarded as among the most valuable contributions towards the for mation.of right•views, and the culture of a right practice in preaching, anywhere ettant. Besides brief reflections, the book contains Letters to Young Ministers, as first published in the Presbyterian, and Essays on Preachers and Preaching, contri buted to the Princeton Review. If every young clergyman could have a Copy placed in his hands, we feel quite sure he would read it,. catch its spi rit, and derive very great profit from the perusal. For sale by E. H. Butler & Co.. THE CHARACTER OF JESUS; forbidding Its possi ble classification with men. By HORACE HIISIiN ELL. 2.41n0. pp. 173. Tinted paper. New York. Scribner. This beautiful little volume is .a reprint of the tenth chapter of the author's Treatise—" Nature and the Supbreatural," made in compliance with numerous solicitations. It is an essay complete in itself; andwill attract many who would scarcely undertakeAnnkaster the axtensive and elaborate work from which it is tak t ri. _ To. prove Christ's divinity his character is closely analyzed and Viewed on every side, prasenting a picture to en. trance the beholder, to rouselhe Christian to more faithful imitation, and to stop the months of the gainsayers. For sale by E. H. Butler & Co. AMERICAN SLAVERY, distinguished frurn the Slavery of English theorists, and justified by the Law of Na ture. By Rev: SAMUEL SEABURY, D. D. New York; Mason Brothers. Unto. pp. 319. A book more Aistasteful to the moral sentiments of the ;North, or, indeed, to Christendom gene- Tally, can Scarcely be imagined. Coolly, and with a patient gathering together of authorities from every' quarter; and a persistent anatomizing and depletion, of the life-blood of, freedom which any of :them may contain; the reverend author at tempts to construct his inverted pyramid upon a basis, whicklut far the enhanced value of cotton, would , long ago have been consigned to the limbo of old world' rubbish. We do not nana,tt that Dr. Seabury has any interest in cotton personally—we know nothing about it; but he is in a region of speculation, ereited and dontinated by that inte rest. We - . have not examined the book sufficient ly to estimate the logical power with which it is written; but presume it is valuable as presenting pretty much.all that can be said istargued dispas sionately on that side of the subject. For sale by J. B. Lippincott & Co. THE YOUNG AMERICAN'S PICTURE GALLERY Philadelphia: Lindsay & Blakiston. Small Co. This is a collection of pictures illustrating scenes, characters, and incidents in the history of our country. Its exterior, is very attractive, and the contents calculated to instil patriotic sentiments in the minds of the young. THE OLD LOG SCHOOL HOUSE, funtitured with b . Cidents of Reboot Life, Notes of.Tr-avel, Poetry, flints -to Teachers, and Miscellaneous Sketches. By ALEX. • Maim, editor of Clark'S School Visitor. Philadelphia : Leary; .Getz & Co. 12m0. pp. 285. • Few persons among us have done more to ele vate the important office of common school teach era in the public estimation, than the author of this attractive 'volume. It is a high and honora ble service; for 'when the community are satisfied to .have. the teachers,.the r formers of the characters of their children, and _of the future-citizens of our country, held in slight repute, some radically wrong influence must be working at the Core. Mr. Clark's " School Visitor" is an admirable school journal, fresh, enterprising, and vigorous in management, and calculated to make a haphy impression in be half of common-school learningAaud its agents. The principal story in the volume before us, is in'the same interest. It is written with a grace and a pathos which one wonders to find possible in the treatment of so homely a topic: The Log School House seems to glow with a lustre beyond that even of' its own, huge fire-place. The old school-master and Peter Daily are felt to be real characters ' and they at once rivet the reader's at tention-. Vividly, too, are the ruinous effects of intemperance described and woven into the nar rative. The concluding halfof the volume is made up of miscellaneous essays, some of which have appeared in the "School Visitor;" and, we are persuaded, that the volume will find eager readers among the inmates of many a.log school house, :is well as of structures of a more - pretentious cha racter. :HUM - AN/TY LIRE INgunKtion.--In times of trial such as many are now , called to experience, when property, lnisiness standing t and uprightness, the acquisition of long years of industry, are lost, as in a moment, from the Operation of causes entirely beyond indi vidual control, the importance -of . the admirable system of Life Assurance is more than ever appa rent. We cannot, perhaps, serve theititerests of our readers better than by inviting their attention to this Arens, by Which almost every man has it in his power-to secure a home for his beloved fa mily not subject to the reverses of commerce and finance. - The Home Life Insurance Company, lo cated in the city of Brooklyn, whose advertisement we publish to-day, on the last page, is under the direction of. the first) men, in the city, and is fully entitled to public confidence; their system of bu siness affords peculiar facilities and advantages to the assured, making it certain that in any change of circumstances the holders of their policies witl be aided in keeping the contract in force, and will have the' full benefit of every dollar which they may at any time have paid to the Company. Feb. 14, =WOWS TABLE.
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