122 amtvican 'ttolltttiant U. tune eranpliot. THURSDAY, MARCH AS. DM. JOHN W. HARE, EDITOR. ' JIISOCiATED WtTli ALBEWF HARNES, GEORGE DUFFIELD JR. THOMAS BRAINERD, JOHN INNHINH, lIENRF DARLING. THOMAS J.. SHEPHERD o itIAN.L/NESS IN PREACHING. The "popular preacher" should not be - set down as, per se,' a suspicions character. If there ever was a popular preacher upon earth, both as to his spoken and his published sermons, it was the Son of God. He was "run after" by multitudes,' who "trod one upon another." Ills discourses were the theme of universal dis cussion and universal wonder. His bitterest enemies had to acknowledge their power. And popularity in preaching should be regarded as a great advantage, and a solemn responsibility. Prayerfully, and in every way consistent with the dignity of the ministerial office, it should be sought after by the preacher. It should neither be despised nor neglected. Its absence may well be made a ground of self-examination. WhittdiScuasing with a friend the_eltaracte.., ristics tfi a popular preacher of this city, a re mark was made which, we . think, gave a clue, in great part, to life 'popularity "He is a manly preacher," said our friend. There was great force in the remark.. Undoubtedly, to ,a healthy popularity as a speaker, .manliness is highly essential. And we deem it important to dwell on this thought, because, in seeking po pularity, preachers sometimes go fax in another direction. Popularity is sometimes sought by an unmanly compromise of truth; by withdraw ing its unpalatable aspects from. Sight; by "speaking smooth things;" by effeminately overlaying one's style with ornament; by touch ing the sentiments and kindling superficial sen sations, Instead of rousing the conscience and reaching the heart Such preaching never licks admirers. It will possess a certain popularity. But after all, the world is not satisfied with evasion, with shuffling, with outside show; and will weary of such attempts to humor it. Men and women love Manliness, and got disgusted with effeminacy. They love exhibitions of ho nest truthfulness, of adherence to principle, of courage, everywhere; but especially, as we think, in those who come to treat with them on the high est concerns of their being. 1. The manly preacher is one who plants himself upon the basis of great, acknowledged truth. He does not come timorously pleading for recognition, either of himself or of his mes sage. He does not come so much to Prove and to argue, as to announce and to proclaim.: He does not, in dispensing his weighty message, spend too much time and energy in silencing cavils and refuting arguments. He does not take a doubting, inquiring,' apologetic ground for the Gospel. The manly preacher speaks from conviction, and approache's his hearers as those who are, or ought to be, equally convinced with himself, and who know they ought to be. It is not inconsistent with a manly tone to ad mit that some things are obscure, and some things are not satisfactorily settled in -the scheme of our religious belief; it would be un manly to deny or to evade a matter so palpa ble, or to refuse pertinaciously to discuss such questions. There is a frank and manly way of discussing matters of deubt, showing the confi dence of the preacher in their ultimate solution. Bat the main business of the preacher is, the bold and vigorous presentation of the great principles of the gospel as unquestioned truths. It is seizing man, not by the intellect, which is superficial, but grasping the conscience and the heart, as already Committed to those truths; as having really surrendered the citadel, while the intellect essays to hold the outworks only of the man. The great terms of the preacher's com mission are not to be drawn into debate. Here we might add, that the manly preacher makes no mentelt, -reservations while presenting his message. He could not frankly and confidently offer salvation to all, while conscious in his heart that, in all probability, the majority of his hearers were, in no proper sense, included in the terms of the offer. Such a consciousness would tend to impart an air of reserve, a cast of mysterious ness to his address, inconsistent with the open ness and simplicity of the gospel. 2. Manliness in preaching implies directness of address. A great business is in band between the preacher and his hearers. The sinner is to be convinced of his sin and his danger. A broken law, a day of judgment, a way of escape, are to be presented as matters of the highest personal interest. The hearer is to be per suaded to accept Christ, or to follow him more faithfully and devotedly. If these objects are not put in a fair way of accomplishment by the exercise, nothing has been done, which, in com parison, is worth mentioning. Now, the manly preacher is not one who shows tbit he bas foolishly mistaken his calling, by spending the hours devoted to this sacred purpose in an ex hibition of his own powers. He does not lead off his havers' minds to topics of interest which are onl73motely connotted with the business in hand. -"Nor does he approach theinnounce ment.of the gospel message with timorous cir cumfoeution. Ner,ddisi he endeavofto disguise his disepproval, as the messenger of a holy God, of hih hearers' sins. Nor does he seek to com mend himself to their regard by compromising with them* by excusing them ; or by passing lightly over, or avoiding to touch at all upon ' favorite indulgences. Careless of himself; anxious only for his message and its Author; yielding nothing except when duty and principle allow, and then yielding freely; avoiding need less severity, and mingling wisdom with his un compromising opposition to sin, he boldly de clares the whole counsel of God; warns the sin ner In the most intelligible manner of his sins and their consequences; has no reserve in point ing out the dreadful end to which his path is tending, and aims, without needless offence, to make each sinner realize that the whole has a direct bearing on himself. The manly preacher is not afraid to call things by their right names, orto have the individual sinner feel that he is 'the pirson intended in the message. In this sense, Nathan before David, John the Baptist before Herod, and Paul before Felix, were manly preachers, and were respected all the more for their straight-forward honesty. 8. There is something to be said of manliness i n manner. Tenderness isnot unntanly. Sind tones, winning gestures,•Vitt3l3, even tears are far from being necessarily unmanl3t in the pulpit. Bat there is one ,Characteristic of manliness which we would like to see more common— that is, Making the hearer directly in the face. A nervous glancing around the room, a range of vision. Just above the hearers' heads, -or a fixedness of gaze upon the Manuscript, or the volume on,the pulpit, is, in either case, a habit which seems to betray an unmanly want of con fidenee in the hearer's reception of your message. We do not like such a habit in social or busi ness intercourse. There is an unpleasant air of incertitude about it. Much more will it strike us unpleasantly 'when aecompanying the de-, livery of Heaien's message to our soils. Let the. preacher lift up his brow. Let him address us, as one who knows he has a word for us worthy of our acceptation, and commanding the assent of the deepest principles of our nature: Let him address us as our cordial friend, as-., sinning that -he has our confidence. Let him speak as one fearless for the honor of his mes-, sage under the closest scrutiny. Let him, as man, invite and `meet calmly our outer' glance, as a token of the conscious purity of his inten tions, and the firm conviction of the authority, of his message. After the,- ; perhaps: unavoid able baihfulness of =his first introduction into the ministry, we see no reason' why Chriat's ambassador may not, in every case acquire this outward composure and frankness of• manner. liengenezeny prefer to flud,such characte , ristics in their preacher. They like to have the' preacher come to the point. We believe they would far rather be "pricked in' their hearts P, by a 'Peter, than cheated into a false belief of safety, by "one who hath a pleasant voice,- and can play well' on an instrument." At least we are sure they will entertains far higher estimate of the man who'impresses, them as honeStly and chiefly desirous of bringing them to the truth.. And as the frank and the manly Characters are sure to have friendsand influence in social life, the manly preacher will be 'honored and, heeded by ,the congregation. PEACE. The ambassadors of Christ are by' their very, profession men of peace. Only such necessity vs' clear dutysometinies imposes—" first pure, then peaceable "—could lead them, either in the pulpit or through the religious press, to take such a stand as by any construction would seem to have a war, like aspect. Never, never would they consistently invoke the bloody' arbittainent of war, unless con vinced that principles dearer than life were at stake. . Hence their first impression at the an nouncement of peace in times of apprehension like the present, by men in authority, in whose wisdom and purity they have 'confidence, is plea- , suable. The first feeling is one 'of thankfulness; that the calamity of war is, perhaps, avoidable. Having good reason to hope that those who are now at the bead of the geVernment will act the part, of true'patriots, with an eye 'to great prin ciples, and 'to the preservation, for all posterity z of the precious bequest of the tathers;, they are prepared joyfully to accept its avowed peace policy. When traitors cry peace! peace! good men know they mean something worse than war. When pa triots choose a peace policy, all 'our Christianity impels us to welcome and accept it. • There are possible, pay,probable, conditions of peace, which are-grievous enough. To gainit we may be compelled to acquiesce in the dismember ment of the nation, and to concede practically the right of secession';' thus weakening the ties - which hold together all the States which consent to re main. And the infinite disadvantages of a power ful-foreign government, lining the Southern bor ders of our continent, and commanding the mouth of our great Mississippi, may be imagined. But a warlike policy might not , cement the remaking States of our Union any more closely, and might result in impressing a military characterupon our national policy, almost, if not equally, harmful with the proximity of a foreign nation to our bor ders. We leave these matters, to be discussed by the secular press. We feel grieved at the pro bable necessity of yielding points so vital, in order to secure an end so deairable. - There is, however, one condition we would im pose before assenting , to, the peaceful recognition of the revolutionary government; and that is, that it be made to appear, beyond question, that it is the choice of the people to be divided -from us. Let the subject be taken 'from the hands of poli tical leaders, and partisans, and tacticians, and place-seekers, and ambitious, disappointed aspi rants for power. We know something of their arts, and something of their selfish disregard of the real' wishes and interests of the people. There is a pretty well founded suspicion that they have adroitly engineered this revolutionary movement through, in spite of the preferences of the ma-; jority. They have certainly been Very shy of the people, the acknowledged source of political power. Let the question of secession, the gravest poli tical question of the nineteenth century, or, per haps, of any age of the world, be put fairly before them, and let their real wishes . be ascertained in a manner admitting of no uncertainty or dispute; and if these people do indeed desire to pass from beneath the protecting wgis of our Constitution, to renounce their heritage with us of the choicest memories of history, to divide a country which it takes no "Prophet of Physical Geography" to see was designed as the magnificent Domain of one commanding nationality; then, painful though it be, wounding as it is to the .pride,'and disap pointing ,to the expectations of the .patriot, we would sadly acquiesce. Our voice and influence would be fora peaceable separation, and a full and frank resignation of the new, the wayward, the Slave-Extending nationality. We would trust in God, and in the good sense and homogeneous cha racter of the remaining States, .who would still be sufficient to form a great s nation, for a permanent, secure and orderly government. Upon such a test of public sentiment at the South, our govern ment should, in our judgment, kindly but firmly Surely this could not be regarded as an ex traordinary request by Americans. Our boast has been in universal suffrage 'hitherto. The revolutionists at. the South have themselves quoted the maxim*: All fovernments derive their just powers from the consent of the go verned, in justification of their conduct towards the National government. All we ask of them is, to give the maxim an unequivocal applica tion in the settlement of the questions , they have raised among themselves. • Can it be possible that Americans would consent to the utter re volutionizing of their government, and the sub stitution of a new Constitution, and a new order of things and of men, without an opportunity to exercise the dearly-bought privilege of freemen at the ballot-box? Even if they expect here- After to : limit oar to forego this privilege ciit t'. .Aintr.ir.,4t ~,,-..t?..,0.:',.gt;.pr,-,i4-:ic_.:.i.a.ii.4'i-...,,-.-0titt0tt,...,.._,,:.„0itt,41,tg,e1."..0,t. they consent to act by proxy in its renuncia tion We do not believe they intend to renounce it; but the radical and momentous change they do propose to make, is one demanding a solemn expression of the popular will, each shall leave no future historian of these events, though eenta ries hence, in 4:141if. •- What I shall Americans, accustomed; with well grOntlded pride, to draw contrasts- between themselves-and the-Pppressed people of the old-world, who have no voice in the affairs of the government—after setting them an example which has made tyrants tremble, and has led to the introduetion of the very prin dipla Ot universal suffrage as the basit of poli tical revolution—shall Americans, braught into, similar critical circumstances, disown the prin ciple and omit the appeal? Even Louis Na- PoleoW submitted his policy of assuming froPe rial power to the universal vote of the French, people, so much respect did he feel it, necessary to show to the popular will.';' And now his great and unanswerable argument to' such of his brother monarchi as would 'question his le gitimacy, or to rivers and'pretmalers to his, seat, is the overwhelming voice pf the people of France. That legitimates in a far higher sense than the' "Dei.Gratia" of . hated sovereigntiei and dynasties;'that is a power beneath and be hind the throne*against which it is idle to civil]. In a similar manner, the ; conqueror of Italy re frained-from iroposiauldrosell or- a,new govern-, meet upon the, magnificent domain which his ge neral bad Wreeted, firm the hands of its oppressors. Though the assent of the people might here if any where, have been taken for granted, Victor, Emmanuel summoned the enfranchised. Sicilians and Neapolitans to express their will in that primal act of sovereignty—the ballot; and he is, now the elect ruler of Italy. The world, the crowned` heads of Europe, the exiled dynasty----.the Eombas . And Bombalinos----will have to regard and respect him as such. ' - ' Does the government'of the Gulf Statexct . es 'pe . to command respect while it Avoids the ordeal =of a populai,yote? Does it expect the, national go vernment, 'or the civilized world, cheerfully and speedily to: recognise it, while there is a well grOunded suspicion that its own assumed 'subjects might reject it? ,Does it expect establish: the' legitimacy of that which has : been hastily and ias sionately reared upon : misconception and •excite ment which was purposely , and avowedly allowed no time' to cool, and-when Louisiana,- pechats thu most important member of the Confedriey, is; by popular vote, no more committed to;secession,than is North Carolina, which still staya'hithe,UAion? Let us have a show of hands in thi:dulf States. Let the people speak. We shall accept the voice of the people as the voice of Providence, and shall not contend against it. 'lather than array the people against each other, me_ shall acquiesce in a policy of peace. DOWN TOWN CHURCHES. The mobility of the American people exhibits, itself not only on the grand scale of a national movement, so eloquently described hype Tacque vine, as " a, deluge of men, rising, unabatedly, and•; daily driven' onward by the, hand Of God." the narrower sphere of it life—which is'in ;fact a microcosm—the same phenomenon is to be seen:" Our city people are without great. difficulty, in duced„tonbandon their old,homes, when theueigh. borhood is encroached - .upon- by trade, or when Iv better style of building and'an airier. locality and arrangement of streets, invite to a change. • In'Philadelphia are,'ind have been, expe riencing, to a large extent, this movement of po pulation to the West, and - North-West. This migration, is largely composed of. the elements re lied upon to 'constitute our congregations. And the drain,upen our down-town churehesifor a long time, has_been severe and exhausting. In some, instances they have been- compelled , to dismiss the very , elite of their membership; elders, men of means, active' men and women in the Sahbath School and the prayer meeting, and the chnrches of Germantown, West philadelphia; 'Green Hill, North Broad St„,Calvdry, have gathered them in, and strengthened themselves greatly, as might be supposed. ' • Hence : the brethren in these drained churehes, in the lower part of 04e' city, are in a trying • posi tion; and it is no wonder ,if some of them are dis couraged, and look forward to the abandonment of their present locations as unavoid4le, at no distant day. Yet others• courageously maintain their positions; their congregations cling to the scenes made venerable by long and hallowed asso ciations. They flock from every quarter and from great distances to the accustomed place of assem bling. The pastors of these churches still stand by their flocks, tranquillizing them in the general tumult by their own calmness faithfulness and perseverance; dismissing some to be germs of new and effective churches in the new •portions of the city; yet retaining enough to continue the exis tence, identity and vast usefulness of their Chnrches where they are, and even gathering in new materi-. al, to balance the losses continually experienced.; , All honor to these brethren in their successful struggles with the great difficulties of their'poii: thud' All honor to them for their firmness and success in keeping up, so near to the old level, t_he numerical strength, the effective, zeal •and the li-, berality of their churches, in spite of such deple tionl All honor to themfor keepingheait while dismissing !amity after family, from their ranks; and missing thein 'from seats' which have' knoWn them for, generations. They have show. q a thorough appreciation of the importance of main-, taining the old positions while planting, neurones; the Complete evangelization of our city, in'theii view, demands both. All who are; unwilling that any considerable portion of the city should be; ren dered destitute of the means of grace, must feel grateful to them. They are a breakwater which,' at least, must hinder precipitate action, and, fur nish holding ground for many families Who would otherwise, be hurried away by the current.. They, contribute their part to retarding the development of the restless proclivities of our citizens. That they are not sacrificing the practical ob jects of church, organization by this courageous. resistance to the tendency of :the, day, any one may' learn who drops in, for &le, on a Sab bath morning, upon the congregation of the First Church, which looks down in calm and simple, dignity upon Washington. Square. He will find there assembled almost invariably, a greafeongre gation composed of our own eitiiens, and of strangers froni - every part of the country, who;well know what they will hear there, and - who cannot leave the city without having once more enjoyed the privilege of worshipping within the hallowed walls of that structure; and of sitting under the sound of a voice which wakens so many thrilling asso ciations in all who are acquainted with the his tory, of Presbyterianism, during the last .thirty years. - - • - So with those who 'attend a communion season, 1 in i/ Old Tine . P treet,i' 'is was our privilege not long since,' or a yam % men's 'Prayer-meeting on a Sabbath evening, in the same place., No bet ter proof will be needed of the greatness of the werk . ..which is be ,accomplished even Dow-by these steady- and s ;elf -sacrificing churches, or. of • the valuable part-A ey perform in the system; of evangelicalaril Preebyterian 'n uenees, which are et spread-aver-our.. .4 ~ than , the sight- of , those thronged and attpriti e audiences, and those, nu merous b aseemlies of, a andpraying active young sincerely gust , men. We e they may.never De NMl pelled to yield their position. - .-• .. HOME MISSIONS AGAIN. We cordially respond to the feeling of the Chris tian -iler alit of Citieinneti; of congratulation, both that our papers are disenssin'g, in advance of the. Assembly, the ireat'principlei of the Home 111 i s questien'i'and . 4peciallY that they. are doing it I[l'l3o hind and , colirteous a spirit.' ' The diStance hetween biiraelves and the Berardi seems not Very great The. Herald. States, that it always conternPlatedt a Central- Committee, and only , differed with' US and . ihe' 'ESceitg elt:st: OW` funding. , On,this ,then there is a unani mous agreement. ' , I 7e avant:Central'Committeei of Home Missiorthwith:proper officers. There is then, as to the general Outline of the plan, really but One pjnt Of . difference bet Ween the Herald ` and bublelvt,Ql4 nee we agree oUthe maxi ?MOW and min4nlifit:',.: l l'he Herald thinks that `the Presbyteries ofthe Wffithnght to "have the reSPen sibility ofthe 'Home' MiesionatY Work, upon them." "It 'propeseiti to " let - e6h 'Presbytery do its awn work, just ai each 'chureli ddes hersr - arid' the surplus, if any, to be ;paid over to the As serobly's. Cemrnittee. Each .Presbytery itito , be a local home missionary , :organization. It thiiiirs that the raopey, raised iii the West for gori4 ought, to go East and then travel back West. The 'Herald, we trast, will not be grieved - if we say; that it 'only needs' a little experience,' as a meinber of a Central Committee on Home Misaions; to agree with us entirely. We are for leaving' each Presbytery just as free as the Herald desires- but we know, with absolute. certainty, that:the end-of{ it will he, that each; Presbytery will fall hack upon' tlie general gyaterill'cerai,sing What it can, and re.. ceiiieg - ,what* needs The actual remitting the cash is a mere question of eitehange -of _no eeesequenee at all, 4 ,A l Tireibytery xaisesii we will. say,. faitilinifdrilars during the Sredi.; anal needs eight hun,drePto *support its misSiouariea. The txten4OU 'dommittee always say " Do as'you please t :Either report to us Tour hun dred dollars as raised, and expend it yvitirselves; reporting to us the missionaries, slid the amount to each; or send Uitlie . inoneY:and _WC' will remit . by draft ".to the missionaries . matter, which." , - , The _Herald is probably not aware of the.perfect freedom with which the operation is actually now cOndicted. We the precise modus The Presbytery of A‘,.traiseo the current year one thousand dollatii which it paid to its mission= arses, its `o +n' appointments, 'except one which the CoMinittea 'happened to Make, moreby aocident than otherftikie, without - coniulting the Presbytery, but w ePresbytery, as was un derstood; approved.. The :Coitimittee appropriated nine hundred dollars th&Piesbyteryinitdditibb to-Whait it raised,- gone - thousand, dollars is 4 , 4 reported to ihe'`4sTspmpli as,eoptrAiutedAo Church Extension' • -t, • 2: The Presbyter); of B.Leupported its owe missionaries anctmade all its own appointments, asking for two liniared doifirs - frOm the Corn mittee, Which Wasir+ted, and;the *hole reported to the Assembly., - 3. The .Presbyterytof C. paid; one half the Salary of each' of its missionaries and the CoMmittee the other half, making their - own appointments. In all three Cases theCoutraiitee approve the ap= Ppintments• 4. The Synod of D. appointed a Church Exten sion Committee; which recommended' the appoint ments to , the. General Coramittee which the Com- mittee made. Individu r al chnichcs in this Synod contributed their- funds directly to the-Committee. Several Synods on -this plan. ; • 5. The PresbyterY-of:E: madelts own appoint: ments, and paid Swill:is to the Cominittee, report: ing the whole. 6 The : Presbytery of P. raised their funds and held.them subject to the Committee's draft'. The Committee on their tcomniendation appointed the missionaries. , 7 kninbe-i•of Oynods and Presbyteries raise money through their churches, and pay it to the Committee, and leave the disposal to them. But let the Heraid pleaie obserie.: We have a letter, just reeeiyed from one of the Presbyteries which has pressed, and earnestly, the' separate system. They say, after trying it, that the re sponsibility is.too great and They cannot bear it. They desire a general syaterit, a central treasury, and the responsibilitY lei paying the missionaries, to be upon them atid: not Upon 'the Presbytery. And the.reason is olyvioup, i Teators and laymen cannot leave their appropriate business to raise money for 'Home Ttry will do it under special pressure, tor - a year, or two, but the system` will break down: in nineteen Cases out of twenty. We skakfxom experience and consul tation with old Secretaries. , We know whereof we affirm,' 'The. Church EitenSion COrnMittee always, not', only hearken to, but insist upon local counsel. The:Herald,may be eurprised ;to learn, that the practical difficulty is not that the Central. Com mittee attempt to assume power, 'but that they find extreme difficultY in getting the local bedies to, do so In other words, the Committees on Missions or, ,Phurch Extension 'of the Synods and Presby teries, do not like to refuse `their endorsement to brethien in their neighborhood,' and when the Central Committee see a weakness in the endorse ment, they find itexceedingly hard to get the, bre thren on the ground to " take the responsibility." The tendency is to avoid'it. We are for freedom. Let the Assembly enlarge . , the powers of the Church Extension Committee, and ehinge the name to Home Mission_Committee, or if. they think it Wiser,, make a new Committee of Home Missions. ' I Let them make very few-rules for it, leaving them,,,to experience. Let them re commend the Comirtitteelo the confidence and co operation of all their; • churches. If, however, any Presbytery prefer the A. H. M. S., let them by all Teens . have freadtim; their standing nnitn peached to work with it. Then let each Presby tery, or Synod, or every Society, if that be pre ferred in any ease, act in its own way, on any of the plans before mentioned, or on a new plan if they prefer it. The logic 'of events, the exigencies of the case, will bring the whole in a few years to one . coherent and similar`systeni, provided only, no at tempt is made at an artificial, ardor - En system, rut' and dry, and enforced by authority. ' The minimum of machinery and the maximum of freedom, will make a strong, compact, consistent system. As we said before, the Committee should grow like a tree, and not be manufactured like a machine. 7 7 CITY CHURCHES. ; It 4.ras our privilege to worship with the SOUTH WESEERN CHURCH at their first communion season, in the basement. of the new-building, St - E. corner' :of Twentieth, and Fitzwater St., last, Sabbath;.' Eight persons were admitted, five on profession 'of 'of their faith. There was a large number. of cop muniments present, and the services were delight— ful andprofitable. We are to observe and; • pleased. record the, evidences of prosperity, in this ,perse vering church organization., , • • ; • The Sacrament of the Lord's ,Supper was re cently administered,by the Session of the Nourn BROAD CELUI!OEL, to an aged person, crippled and bed-ridden for life bye accident. The occasion was one of deep -interest and solemnity: the evi-, deices of the subject were, clear, and satisfaCtory, and there ,being no prospect of a restoration to health, his earnest request' for thej opportunity to profesi his faith'in Chiist, and fulfil his dyinc , cointnand, could not be refused Sabbath before last, an encouraging number' of additiens was made to 'several of. our Churches; to Calvary eleven on profession,and four on certi ficate` to Clinton, St., Seven on profession, and five on certificate, to the Third Church, fifteen on pro fession, and five on certificate, to the We4ern Churbli five on profesSion.'At Keniington Church a very large ingathering is, exPected; about fifty, lia:ving already been received by the session - . This is an encouraging exhibition. Our Church has "been' Making very 'decided progress during the winter, though there has been no general interest of a markeil character. The daily .balf-hour prayer-meeting is still sus tained in the - Buttonwood St. Church. CHURCH EXTENSION MISSIONARIES: PEAR, .BRETIMEN:=—PIeaie publish 'the: ibl lowing extracts from - our missionary reporta., ' . Omaha,Cltyy N T Marsh 9, 1861. Gar Church 'have sent a request to be placed under the Charge of: Tha Des Moines Preabytery. It is the nearest aid Moat •c,onvenient. I 'hope,' however, before the year is up, that we shall have a Presbytery of.our own in this place. We need a travelling missionary in Nebraska „and Western lowa very much„and are losing ground 13,Y not having Ohm, There 'Brownsville, Nebraska City, Phiftsmouth, Belleview, and above thisi.od catnr„Daltota, ande the other`side Si, ',City; Onawa City, Couumf Bluffs,-yes, and, in Harrison, Co. In none of these towns, (and there are some:others below Council blufs,) have we a New School Presbyterian Church. I was up at Onawa City, (county seat . of Manona.:,county,) the - mo,st important place 'between this, and Sioux City on the,other side, and they were anxious to have good preaching there, and I wish we might stefin and take possession. They said they would all tinitain supporting a roan. , There is no church building there ;yet. ;,The , Methodists have occa sional preaching. The residents are mostly East ern people.. lam expecting to hear from there every, day, to learn whei they will pledge them selves to do, in aase lie furnish a, Man. , . There is aycung man in'the State of New Yo* who would like. to come West as .soon as, his year is'up there. And then there arasome,yeung_men in Lane Seininary whow,ould be good men for the field; and would be willing to come I, think. , We ought speedily' to .have live more'men at least in this field: -;'(Western lowa and'Nebraski.) If you, say you will commission., two. good men, I think -I eau ,find them ; for you. I hope a,nd --- pray, the Lord will. help. us, so that,Nve may .able to "rise up and build" this coming season. - Do not forget'usualtliere. • • • • • Fours truly, and .most respectfully, : , F. M. DIMALICK P. 8. Onawa City:is the terminus (proposed) of the "Air line" road from Chicago, and i . 3:10W, ceinpleted, I believe, as far as : Cedar 'Rapids: ft is'about 65 miles above this place.' '• ' About, the I"st of 'January, the -Spirit' of the Lord' hegan to move on the hearts of the uncon verted part of my people in an unusual' manner, not generally, but on sometteads of families. In the course of, two or three weeks, three were happy in the Christian's fiape, By that time _some two or three otherOcid become awakened. --In a little time, they too, gave eviderieeof a saving change. And thus thuwork of'God has gone graduallrfor wardi a - few , only 'appearing under conviction at the same , time, and every week one or more new cases' of awakening, 'and about the same number, of , hop'efitl , conversions. ' The appearances at the present time`are very much as they havesbeen all alOng., To-day I discovered a new case of awakened attention to, spiritual things. The work, is, and has been, remarkably quiet—no, passionat,e ex citement, but much serious, deep-felt thought. Oar last weekly preyer meeting was One Of the' largest-i--I think the very largest 'this church has ever held, and decidedly the most interesting- in: its exercises. On, the Ist Sabbath of this month, we received to the' church four of the converts— the first four, and one by certificate: There `will doubtless 'he several- more received at the next communion season in May. t, ',have eontinued, our ordinary services through the last quarter; and for some weeks past, added an extra sermon during the week, and a meeting for' reliaious inquiry on Monday evenitios • in my study. • Our Sabbath school, which I always attend, conducting a Bible class. of adults, is, in a. very cheering state,.larger than• 'ever before, and gra dually gaining. Several of the children and youth of the 666°1 are now in an anxious state of reli giinisi inquiry. Very sincerely yours; TURKS AND GREEK CHRISTIAN Vorreboration of the views prenented in these columns'of the' real source of Ainaer to inissions in' the Orient, and thecompartitively friendly at: • titude of the Turks, to our brethien laboring in that field; we quote from a litter of Dr. Leyburn in the last, Presbyterian. As to the alarums sounded by settle of the Ame rican religions journals reference *to Constanti nople, American Christians <need i tnot give them selven much concern.. One of them, I understand, has said it would not be surprised any day to hear of another 'Syrian slaughter of the Christians here by the Turks. But our missionary hrethren have no such fears, nor any other, intelligent, English speaking person .1 have . Met with. It may be pos sible that-the-Turks would be glad to shed Chris tian_hlo6ll; but as to their Slaughtering the Chris tians of Constantinople, the thing is abstird. Of the one million population of this city, four hun dred thousand are Greeks and Armenians, and another hundred thousand are Franks from various Continental countries and England; so that one half'Of the million of people are.not Turks at all, and this half embraces the energy, vigour and ef fective power of the citY.' They are all thoroughly armed too. In addition to this, there are lying in the Golden Horn ships of ward all nations, in suf ficient, force to batter down all Constantinople in less than twenty-four hours. In ease, therefore, a massacre were; ttempted by the Turks, they would soon find that the slaughter would: be chiefly on their own side, and the contest would end in their extermination. from their own capital. But the attempt will not be made. Others of the statements 'of the same journals are the Most grievous mistakes. For instance, that in reference to one of the missionaries , in the interior being• in danger of his, life from, the Turks, and I.and -R* - f h ' to be e is awl y eying protectedby Lyons, lowa, Mara 12,1861. DANIEL CLARK the Christians, whereas it was precisely the! re verse. The missionary was assailed by the' Chris liens, and it was the Turks ' , she' protected hirh and his family. I could 'fill paragraphs with sam ples of similar mistakes f if it were necessary. The truth is, that the American missionaries have al most_uniformly met with good treatment. from Turks. The opposition has been from these wretched old oriental churches' which have a hair to live and are dead. BUTTONWOOD ST. PRAYER-MEMO. TIM daily inerningprayer-Meeting its the But tonwood St. Church, haS, now been held regularly for more than!three years; and continues: to-be source of interest; of profit, and of' spiritual re freshing. Its third anniversary was reached 'on . Monday of last week, the 18th ofthesmonth, and was suitably noticed by the meeting: JThe bre thren engaged in this Work have eertainly'exhi-'; bited a great measure of perseverance, and have quietly' and unostentatiously perforineir a gond work, in keeping alive the fire of :devotion on that altar of Morning sacrifice. The services - commence' &Clock, and• are continuedribr half an hob". We.commend the meeting to the attention of those living in that part of the city. " THE STANDARD. This is the title of anew religious weekly, which made its first appearance ow Thursdallast in trar city . The editor is. Rev. Alfred 'Nevin, D. D. and' the. paper Will represent the other ,branch of the Presbyterian body.: The thechanicalipPearance and literary _character of the:paper are good; its spirit is eoniprehensive and catliolio,.'and it gives deei ded: promise of usefulness in the importintisphere of the religious newspaper: It has - mit...cordial wishes 'for its' success. . . • . 'ANNALS OF THE POOR." THEMOTIIEIt The other day in visiting, we passed through, a clean dry alley to the yard, and thence by way of a cleanly scrubbed stair-tv4,to the .second story of a house in our district *The, room was well lighted, with two windows front, without curtains,, and .one opening into the yard while cleanliness was written upon the wells and every article of furniture—but poor—povertY was stamped eicry where.. ' The mother, a lone woman, is ,a frail .ereature, perhaps thirty or thirty-five years Old,, with' three girls of ten, seven, and five years. She tries to make their living at tailoring, - end durin; this Wintft - his had some weeks three; others two, and Often's/low as one pair of pantaloons to make each . veelij at'from thirty-seven to fifty cents per pair., The - heatof summer, she tells alie," has a very',depresSing effect upon, and often causes her to be'an invalid, and unable Jo support her fanisily, —but we know ourselveithaishe eau intelligent, sober and industrious woman.- ' She ivas compelled to send: her- eldestdanghter from hanie;, and finding w situation , in'the country, she-sent her there le'assist%in the:duties' of farna life: but last summer, when -, sick: herielf, she heard that her child was over-worked; being una ble to properly care for her rernaining could not bring'ler home' then; . bUt - in the fall, 'when circumstances: were better; She, brotight her ; to the city ; sent her to school --butsad to rela:te-LL. - she dame home-with a nervous disease-which Mai linger, for years. Let`us,..if , you please; count' up her . earnings, and , see how'shefisf able , - to , Pktovide for the wants of-hir persoits. ;L , .Ifer 7 asge - eicritinTga - he: - he winter-heave been, at two pairs 'of pants ;each;week, - counted:at the highest price, .fifty•cents per pair,.one dollar eachweek, or foci dollars , and..fiftycentsiper month; out of which.she is' to , pay a-rent, for one.rooin two dollars'and a half, leaving-her - a halance.iof fifty cents for ,each Week to pr.ovide'fciodi fuel ind clothing for. four 'persons. Thus are,hundreds of persons and_children in-our city - whoare for faults not their own, unable -to provide the necessaries.of life., . 'B. N. B. We are greatly in, need of teachers', 'and. would be • glad to have volunteers offer at. oar rooms, No. 1.210 Shippen St. : ' . B: LETTER SECOND CIRCULAR' - LETTER', TO TEE SABBATH SCHOOL CHILDREN' IN Alit RICA. Beirut 'Syria, Dee. 28,.7860.::': MY DEAR CHILDREN:—SeveraI months ago I wrote an, appeal to you for aid tO the • poor starving and , suffering'men, wOmen, and children in Syria._ I now write to thankyou 'for-what you have given, and to tell you what disposition-I have made Ofyoumoney - I have not spa.ce to mention you by name, nor ttrne,to, write.separate letters of thanks to yOu all,'but I am happy to state that about four hundred dollars; have been re6eievif by the poor; people Of Syria from:year - generosity As Vie 'money has arrived from time tolime, I have appropriated it to various objects just as I supposed you would have done had you, been in my place: It is now about five months since I commenced laboring in: the work-of feeding the' hungry thousands. During the war; abinit twelve thousand men were killed and all their l Aives were left widows, ,and their children orphans. Those who escaped carne down in, thoisands to -Beirut, and for months the city was crowded. There_were not houses' enough to bold: them, and:they had to sleep on the ground ; in the open, air.- During the day the hop sun beat down , upon„them, and many sickened and 'died. great Multitude of little children died from want and' exposure: Every day for many weeks I Worked•all dayfrom sunrise until sunset, giving out. money , to the - people to buy bread. Sometimes there were so many that we' had to remain until after dark and often I read, the list of names by 'the light of a lantern so that none of, the poor hungrypeople need go without their supper. At one, time we fed nearly twenty thon'sand people in Beirut alone. - It was a great mercy to them that the.good people in England and America; were so-kind as to send money, for if it had not been sent, thousands' of peoplewould have died of starvation. The money received from the Sabbath Scheels has been used in various ways.- , With a part we. bought wheat for seed, for the poor plundered Protestants east of Sidon and Tyre, and verynearthe sources of the river Jordan. 'Their property was all stolen, their ploughs, cattle; and wheat all plundered by savage men, -so that they,; could not sow any wheat for the harvest of next year. I expended seventy dollars of your money . for seed and wheat and' sent it up to Rev. Mr. FOrd in Sidon, and he gave it to these poor people. Some of the money has been used in buying bed quilts to cover the poor women and children and protect them from the cold, and with some of it we have bought mats for the people to spread under them; We have also bought some-articles of_clothing and some medicine, and paid the rent of rooms to shel ter the' people from the storms. The most of the money, however, has been given t 6 the4eople to' buy bread, and I nth now about to buy'fifty Arabic Testaments, for distribution timing those. Who wish "that bread oflife which came down-from:heaven.", We still have a great deal of work, to tio for the poor. Hundreds are asking every; day for clothing and bedding, and we have to labor constantly to see that their wants are stipplied. SoMetimes when the poor peOple receive charity they cannot express. their gratitude. Some of, them, wish, to kiss our hands and feet, and say, "May the Loid prolong your days," "May the 'Lord bless - your country and those - Who sent this Money to us l" On behalf of 'all tlinse suffering: ipeople I thank you for your kind ness,. A thank All, thp,little boys and girls who gaVe 'their:pennies' dimes as well as those who gave their gold dollars and silver napkin ring,., the Lord prolong your lives" many, years, and may we all meet at last around th e 'throne of Him who said,;" It is more blessed t, give than to receive." Yours in Christ, HENRY HARRIS J ESSur. EM=I EDITOR'S:. TABLE. HAAN, THE HERMIT; or, TEM Woo LANE'', is an allegory designed to exhibit the n u . tare of faith, in a style adapted to the tastes and by Rev. J. Hyatt Smith, l es th of ß t a h p e y ti : t ug c o litirch in this city. Faith c o a f p th ac e it l i is the Lamp which, in connexion with the Scrip ture page, works wonders. There is much r ea l beauty and instructiveness in,the story, but ther e are incongruities,' and fanciful passages, t oo, whibh must detract from its value. 18 1110 , , 116. Published by Sur.ED, BUTLER &CO , linF WO. For . sate by' Sinith, English & Co., phi. ladelphia. HARPER'S _REEK AND LATIN TEXTS, in 18r110., flexible binding, on clear type and flue paper, DOW domprike TFUCYDIDES, in 2 vols., and VT R , GILIIIS, TWA., 6esides dEscavLus, 110HATIES EURIPIDEB, and HERODOTUS previously issued: The Thncydides has been supervised by J. 0 . DowarosoN, the Virgil by J. CONINGTON, Pro fessor of Latin at Oxford. They are published at the very low price of 40 cents a volume. Fo r kale by Lindsay Pdakiston. SHELIiON & Co.'s edition of MIL)LAN'S LATIN CHRISTIANITY has now reached the sixth Vo lume. The beauty . of the typography and ge neral excellenbe of the exterior are faithfully maintained. 'The. contents of this volume in . elude the Inquisition in France, the awful tra , gedy of the Sicilian Vespers, in which two thou sand Frenchmen were massacred, and the island delivered from the rule of Charles of Anjou in • a month's -time, the career of Pope Boniface VIII. and others, the Knights Templars, It inclUdes a period of time reaching from 1 9 9.6 to 1313, a dark and bloody era. We repeat our cordial recommendation of the work, as a stan dard in church history, and as exhibiting a pic turesque power and a taste for incident that must insure an interested perusal from all who Undertake it. For sale by W. S. &A. Martin. THE' ORDIBILDHF FREE LABOR IN THE BRITISII WEST INDIES r by W: G. Sewell, was originally written in the form of letters for the New I'o/4J Times. Since their publication in that journal, they have been revised and enlarged.. The writer regards emancipation in these islands in a fa vourable light, and his work is full of valuable statements in support. of his view. At this time, especially, it will, command attention, and we promise - ourselves the pleasure of a fuller perusal,—it has just come to hand,—the results of which we shall lay before our readers. Whit need of invcikidg the critic on a work which the,religions public, by the hundred thou. sand, have stamped with their emphatic ap proval ? Here -is a - QuEstiorr Boot ON THE To. mos IN THE .ASSEMBLY'S S. CATECHISM, in two vcilumes,—volume for ihe children, and volume 2 for adults,---4sued by Randolph, of New York, which is in its two hundred a ttri tenth thqusand I "Not to know me," the au thor might, in such a case, claim, "argues your self unknown." Yet we are constrained to ad mit that we had not heard of the Rev. A. BAnva;- - --who, it appears, is a son-in-law of Prof. L. Wciods,D. 194., his book, before. We are 'glad to meet with: It, though late, and to commend it as a valuable aid in communicating doctrinal instruction to young - and old. Be sides the cheap forrn, it has.also been issued in cloth,elt, and, in: connection with five volumes of illustrations' or STORIES ON THE CATECHIS3I, makes up a cabinet of seven beautiful volumes, —a perfect treasure to• parents and children in families where the. Shorter Catechism holds its proper:place. The five volumes contain a story or illustration , upon every question in the cate chism. Much valuable scriptural information is communicated in these illustrations, and the great' - dde - trines of our - standards " ' are happily enforeed and commended to the yOuthful mind. Mrs. Baker's assistance Vas enjoyed by the au thor in this part of his wnrk; ,her wide experi ence and great , suceisis s>a a writer for the young have doubtless proved-highly -serviceable in this department.- The whOle seven volumes are neatly bound, and ; for sale at $3, at;which price they 'be sent . -Mr.Randolph by mail, postage free, to any addreis., T,bey are for sale by `3lF:Tbibii, it the Piesbyferinii House. We cordiallrrecornmend Ahem to every family in the, denomination:. -- • : Masins:'BitowN' &TawAnto's very fine library edition of LORD BACON'S Womis has reached the 15th, volume; which concludes the literary and profesiiotial,works of the author. It is made np chiefly of aigninents of law, and contains a very , MP index to that portion of the works which , is hare brought to a conclusion. The edition is one which at once takes rank as stan dard, and th,e very superior style in which it is got .np, by the publishers opens the way to its uiti'vefsal acceptance. For sale by S. McHenry, agent, 406• Walnut street. We'ilave been deeply interested in a little book, originating in England, and republished, in their 'usual neat style,by the CARTERS, under thejitle of WORKMEN AND • THEIR .DinnouvuEs, by Mrs': Bayly, author of "Ragged Homes, and HoW to mend theni:" The condition of the la bouring classes, free' and bond, has become the leading question of the:age.. From the efforts we ourselves have made:to meet it, we are pre pared to„welcome every: effort made in a right spirit to Solve the question in any of its aspects. This volume brings together a mass of valuable informatiOn on History of slavery and of labor, and on the condition'of the English work ingmen. It ,shows the. fOlIY;of strikes, and the outrageous' yranny of tradti-tinions. It proves that the great, foes of• the workingman are ivz providence and' drink, • and insists that he hos the remedy of his ills in his own hands. It is practical and direct in style, and well calculated to, do, good to the class for whom it was written. Foy sale at the Presbyterian Book Store. 16rua. pp.' 235. Price 60 cents. FATS Tom AND TIM POPE. This is a very coarse,' descriPtion of a supposed interview be tween an Irish priest - and the Pope, which owes anrenrreney it <may ha* to the commendation which jtis ,asserted it has received from a lead ing religiups journal of New York. Imagine two colleglans, in in- advanced stage of intoxi cation, personating the two characters named, and you have a fair idea of the'discussion. Pub* lished by T. B. Peterson A.8r0., 306 Chestnut street. . • - Ma. G. W.. Oran& story Of TRUMPS, written originally, for Harper'S Weekly; has been issued in a very nandspulnstyle by Harper & Brothers, in `a large 12mo, of 502 pages, with illustrations by Hoppin. The author of Potiphar Pa pers has here filled out the outlines of those ear lier, and very successful, attempts in depicting the fisliionable forms - of social life. The book before ns is something of an American "Va nity" Fair," and - We fear will leave impressions littlelfpxontable to high lire in. America., though, perhaps, quite as good as,,in ; many quarters, are deserved For sale by Lindsay & Blakistou. MA.GAZINES AND PAMPHLETS ARTHUR'S HOME MAGAZINE 10 r April. Full of, interesting and valuable reading for the fo mily:.designed*rather to cultivate the social and domeatic feelings and: tastes, than to communi• cate 'statistics, or `carry on the work of the schoolmaster out of - School hours. We notice an . extract from our friend 1:/aborne's admirable "Plants of the. Holy _Land." TER KNICRERPOCRIER FOR APRIL, opens W ith an article describing the attitude of our colleges in the Revolution, and does ample justice to the me mory such patriot scholars ,a.s Laugdon of Bar vard,,T4ightl and Daggett, of Yale, and 'Wither -Blxmni Princeton: • 'Mt. /Ci rubel! continues his ceinjnerciaLtragedy-4tevelations of Wall Street; the 2aitors' Table is unapproachably entertaining. larch 2
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