150 AlleVican t'reolnttviAn ie ;enema vitusdiot. THURSDAY. MAgY 18. 1881. JOHN W. MEARS., EDITOR. £IIOCIATED WITH ALBERT BARNES CROWE DUFFIELD, JR THOMAS BRA/NERA I JOHN JENKINS, HENRY DARLING, THOMAS J. SHEPHERD RELIGION IN THE CAMP. Let us not be too fearful of the supposed demoralizing and irreligious tendencies of a struggle which has taken on the form of war. True religion, in its own nature, is something not very remote from true courage. Not a few, Scripture passages descriptive of the Christian character, so to speak, have the "tap of the drum" in them. Such are 2 Tim. ii. 8-4, Eph. vi. 10-17. So far as war rouses the dormant energies of men, revives decaying courage, makes us conscious of latent and unsuspected resources, breathes a spirit of boundless devotion and self denial for one's country over what had pre viously been, to all appearance, a mere waste of covetousness and selfishness,—so far na it re veals the majesty of law, and the solemn pur pose of the people to uphold it, as they have never before appeared, and substitutes for the commonplaces of daily life those prodigies of valor*and endurance which electrify the soul, so far war is kindred to religion, and a promoter of the common welfare. What would the an nals of the world lose, if all the great deeds of its true military heroes were struck out of them ? What would the Old Testament be without its Joshua, its Gideon, its David, its constantly re curring glimpses of that Prince who gleams through its pages dressed in resplendent armor, girding his sword on his thigh, and hurling his sharp arrows into the heart of the King's ene mies? Can the church or the world afford to lose the associations that cluster around Mara thon and Thermopylae, Derry and Drumolog, Leyden and Zutphen, Trenton and Princeton ? . At no time in the world's history, has the pursuit of the soldier proved utterly incompati ble with piety, or the atmosphere of the camp been utterly destructive of good influences; and as war itself has partaken largely of the pro gress of civilization, and has lost many of its most brutalizing features both on sea and land, in thrsarue proportion the pious soldier has be come a more frequent phenomenon, and revivals in ships of war, and Bible and Tract distribu tion and regular evangelical effort in the camp, are becoming matters of course. Officers high in command have become quite as renowned for genuine, active piety, as for brilliant services on the field. General Havelock sought the con version of his regiment, quite as zealously as the honor of his flag; and persisted in his pri vate devotions even.in the heat of the most ar duous and perilous campaign, rising, it is said, invariably two hours before the time of march ing, for prayer and the study of his Bible. And it was notorious, that his piety made him and all his soldiers, in every respect, more efficient; for the commander-in-chief at one time having heard some remonstrances in regard to what was considered the Colonel's proselyting course, inquired into the condition of his regiment, and was so much gratified, that he is said to have expressed a wish that Havelock should "baptize the whole army." Nor is there a more interesting character in the religious biography of the present century, than that of Captain Hedley Vicars, who was slain while cheering on his men of the 97th Re giment against a fierce attack of the Russians, upon the trenches before Sebastopol. His ac complished biographer, upon that night of the 22d of March, 1855, lost a bridegroom, bat she has proved him to be a saint and a hero. And the letters from the Crimea collected in this bio graphy, show what a field of evangelical labor that terrible Crimean battle-ground was, and how the Prince of Peace made conquests even there, by sending his messengers into hospitals, by gathering his people for prayer and Scripture readings, and by putting a spirit of Christian activity Into the hearts of pious officets and sol diers. There were others in that camp who could say with Capt. Vicars, "I am so longing that every soldier, before he dies, should be told of Jesus." As to the compatibility of a soldier's calling, especially in a just war, with piety, he writes: "There are some people who cannot imagine how any Christian could ever join the deadly strife of battle; but I can only say that with such I do not agree, so that I shall not flinch from doing my duty to my Queen and my country, the Lord being my helper." And as to the fitness of the battle-field to test the un speakable value of a personal interest in Christ, he well asks: "When, I should like to know, could we find a Saviour more precious than when bullets are falling around like hail ?" We will not for a moment believe, that the righteous conflict for which the nation is now gathering her energies and offering tier best blood and her treasure without stint, is about to plunge us into a state of unparalleled cold ness as a church or godlessness as a people. The spirit we have summoned up is no barba rian fury, bent on murder, rapine, revenge, or Inflamed by lust of conquest or piratical greed; it seeks the restoration of majesty to an affronted Constitution, and the re-establishment of the most wholesome and benevolent system of na tional laws, and the preservation and perpetuity of a political structure fraught with more good to man than any which has yet existed on the earth. Nay, it rather confirms and cultivates our piety, to be actively engaged in promoting these high objects, and to have an opportunity to make sacrifices, and even to lay down our lives, in their behalf. And we rejoice to learn that the best of in fluences are at work among the regiments in and around Washington. Our readers have 'doubt less seen the touching story of a detachment of Rhode Islanders quieting instantly the fears of a Maryland woman from whom they sought food, by standing around the table, and, hungry as they were, invoking a blessing before they took a mouthful. A gentleman who came from Washington last week said in our hearing, that the people of that city were actively engaged for the spiritual good of the, volunteer defenders of the Capitol, and met with a most encouraging response from the men. The Colonel of a regi ment conducts a prayer meeting of the soldiers. Prayer meetings have been commenced in the Capitol on Wednesday and Sunday afternoons. - Very many of the soldiers are elders and dea cons and church members and superintendents of Sunday Schools, who will be sore to feel that their opportunities for usefulness are indefinitely extended in the camp. Several of the regi ments have chaplains who are evangelical men alive to their peculiar responsibilities. A New York volunteer acknowledged to one of the Washington City pastors on a •recent Sabbath, that although his parents and whole fainily but himself •were Christians, and though he had been a regular attendant for years upon the services of the Presbyterian Church, he had never felt the power of the gospel until under the sermon of that day. Great hopes are cherished by the people of that city—and some of the most faithful and persevering pastors and private Christians of the land are to be found there—that God will bless the vast gathering of people in, and around, that place, to their highest spiritual good. Let us help them with our prayers. Let us take a cheerful view of our position. Let ns look for at least the ordi bary supplies of divine grace at home. Let us hope that the solemn exigencies of the time will diffuse both over our gallant defenders, and ourselves, a sense of that devout dependence on God with which the noble ANDERSON—G - 0d bless him—is so thoroughly imbued—a feeling most favourable to the deepest exercises of piety. THE CONSERVATIVE PRESS OF THE 141011,T11. It would be interesting, though unnecessary, to exhibit to our readers the spirit of that portion of the religious press which has always been under stood t'u sympathize with the North, in the new order of things now upon us. Their enthusiastic and unreserved expressions of approval of the go vernment, and the noble outbursts of patriotism with which their columns have lately teemed, arc most encouraging and inspiriting to the friends of the Constitution and of liberty. Like clarion tones they ring through the air, nerving the Chris tian people of the land to the stern, but righteous, conflict which is before them. Our columns are too limited for any adequate exhibition of those noble effusions, some of them really masterpieces of editorial writing, or indeed equal to any of the disquisitions scattered through Motley's recent Historytof the Netherlands. We prefer to ex hibit what is, perhaps, even more encouraging to the friends of liberty and law, as evincing the overwhelming unanimity of public sentiment at the North—namely, the fact that those religious papers among us, which have rather sought to fol low than lead public sentiment in its recent ten dencies, or have even set themselves persistently and bitterly against it, in the hope of turning the tide—the so-called conservative papers of the North, have either been completely swept along with the mighty current, finding resistance useless; or have sincerely espoused the cause to which pre viously they were regarded as more or less hostile. We do not pow care for the antecedents of these papers; we regard them as coadjutors; we will not believe that any ground exists for questioning their sincere and cordial conversion to the cause they are now cheerfully contributing their great influ ence to uphold. At any rate, liberty is preached, and therein we do rejoice and will rejoice. We will only .mention the Boston Recorder, which may be called the New York Observer of Congregationalists. All its Massachusetts and Puritan blood is aroused, and the tenderness with which it has always treated the South hitherto, is made to give way to the stern necessities of offend ed law. It was, we believe, quite as prompt as the noble regiments of its own State, to take the field. The New York Observer veered to the powerful current that raged around it, with dignified, yet not uncertain, slowness. Large bodies cannot be expected to move rapidly. A great cargo of un merchantable opinions had to be thrown overboard; but at length the huge ship of the line swung into position, and opened her batteries.- Here is a specimen from last week's issue: "Southern newspapers and letters express the greatest surprise and regret, that the conservative men of the North are unanimous in sustaining the Government, now that the war has begun. To us it is as simple a necessity as any other act of self preservation There is a deep, ear nest, and abiding feeling that to admit the right of a State or section to seize the public property, and go out of the Union by force, is subversive of the principles of Government. The Christian conser vative men of the North are animated solely by a desire to uphold the fabric of our liberties, which is gone if the right of secession is conceded." The Chris ;an Inielligencer, the organ in New York city of that staid and old-fashioned Church, the Reformed Dutch, whose conservative spirit it has faithfully reflected by avoiding politics, and reproving agitators, and even, to some extent, writing down freedom of speech, is among the se verest in its denunciations of, and short, sharp argu ments against, the rebels. Take the following on coercion: "All this twaddle about coercion is the sheerest nonsense. There is no such thing as coercing a , State. It is coercing the citizen, not the State,l that the Government attempts, to bring the citi zen to obedience to law. • "All true men to the Union in the States of i Maryland and Virginia are the only true men o?' the States, and they only make the State, no mat. ter how small the minority may be. All out of the 1 Union are out of the State. They cannot carry' the State with them. Hence we hold that South ; Carolina is not out of the Union. She cannot get 1 out by any act or number of acts of secession. The men who have set up for this, and only they,' are rebels, thieves and traitors, and should be dealt 1 with as such, be regarded as such, and be branded 4 with all the infamy, and punished with all the i condign punishment that belongs to those who are rebels, and thieves, and traitors, as set forth in the Constitution of the United States." • .Again, in last week's issue; " We should regard it as one of the best evi dences of returning reason on their part, could we but receive the intelligence that they had hung the arch-traitor Davis and his fellow-conspirators on a gallows higher than Human's!' The Methodist, a paper started by the conserva tive portion of the M. B. Church in the North, after the advanced action of the General Confe rence at I3uffalo on the subject of slavery, and conducted, from the first, with singular ability and dignity, has uttered no uncertain sound on the subject of the day. In its last issue it says: "This government of ours has injured no man, it has oppressed no man, it has blessed us early and late ' its übiquitous flag has protected the ci tizen all over the world. But it has been buf feted, and insulted, and outraged. For long months it has answered insult with expostulation; it has waited for the subsidence of passion and the return of- reason. And now that it has risen in its strength, and armed itself with its thunders to smite down treason, we are coolly asked, ' What is it that you tvantl" We answer: We want submission to lawful Athority; and, with the help of Providence, we intend to have it. We ask no thing more—we shall be content with nothing less.,,, The Episcopal papers of the North are, as a class, somewhat reserved on all public matters, and their silence just now would give rise to painful suspi. American freobgterian and 6tutote grangelio't, cions and reminiscences, did we not know that 'For the American Presbyterian. prominent clergymen and churches among them CHICAGO CORRESPONDENCE. are actively engaged in fitting ont and encouraging DEAR PRESBYTERIAN:.—There is little news the volunteers, offering themselves, like Dr. Duca- here now, excepting that which relates to the war, ohet of this city, as chaplains, and in other ways and of that you have all that we have, with per helping on the work. And if it is in order for the Imps some beside. We have ware seven days in stars and stripes to float beneath the cross on the the week. For six' lliirriMOrdinary 'drill - and spires of Grace and Trinity churches, in New excitement go on and rage in streets, and halls, York, there would seem to be no good reason for and parks; and' on the Sabbath, all the pulpits the singular silence of some of their best journals utter their voices. We have but one in the city, in this city and New York on the subject. We of which there , is any chime ito doubt; and that may here mention that the ultra•Puseyite-Church,- is the one just left vacant b 4 Dr. Rice. Mr. C. mail, organ of the Madison Street Chapel clique H. M'Cormick is a memberf that - church, and t of the Episcopalians of New York, and the un- some of the, people there are "dreadfully conser blushing advocate, not only of slavery, but of retire;" although all are, ori'are professedly, for the revival of the shave trade, is suspended. We the Government. Indeed, oilr whole city has but ' are happy to be able to quote the following whole- one voice in.the matter, although it is a little diffi some and manly sentiments from last week's Ban- cult to think that patriotism bas yet penetrated ner of the Cross, High Church paper of this city: very deeply towards The vitals, with- those who but a month ago were out and out secessionists. "It is certain that the powers that be, are or dained of. God, and that those powers carry not Still, we have an undivided #ont, and the enthu the sword in vain, but hold it for the punishment steam, you may depend, is trelnendous. ' This city h of evil-doers, as they hold other powers for the has sent forward, and offered to send, some 8,500 praise of them that do well. This power of the troops, and has, I know not how many more, or sword in rulers would be a Mockery if those in i n ganized, or p artly so. I think we have in the authority were not justified, in the last resort, using it even against the lives of the rebellious field, about seven thousand troops in the State, but and resistant. And as G o d hi ms elf, i n the last twice as many more could be collected in wweek. resort, destroys those who defy and resist his au- This war takes hold of the .enthusiasm of the still, of their consciee-0444,4P—T—..... thority, those in power, who are His miuisters... I only, hutof their patriotism and, deeper pimp e-not are ordained by Him, must have this power of the sword, and may justly use it on necessary occa- regiments `csottic sions. The resort to war against rebellion and re- of them) are full of-laeMbers of our churches, sistance is, therefore, clearly consistent with Chris- teachers in our Sabbath-schools, and of men who tian belief and principles, notwithstanding any sustain• , prayer-meetings. Tilly go by companies, force there may be in the reclamations of Young with the New Testament in alshirt pocket, made Men's Christian Associations and Peace Societies '-against it."on purpose for its reception., yhey are largely of Last of all, the prince of conservatives among the best men we have: 0 . sitch men we expect newspapers, the strictly orthodox, strictly religious to hear a good account whe the day of trial comes; Presbyterian of our city, organ of the;oldest school not but that we.send a eert in amount of material of Old School Presbyterians, has taken its position, of which the, city may .as :ii`oll be rid, also. in obedience to instincts truly orthodox, and lying deeper even than its deep attachment to the South, on the side of the Government. Besides other expressions which we might quote, it says, in a recent issue "Greac beyond expression, has been our de light at seeing the lives and treasures of our citi zens so freely offered in their country's cause. It is a noble exhibition of genuine patriotism." And now, amid all the array of conservatives enlisted in the great cause of national authority, where are the exceptions to be found ? Ransack the entire North, and you will light upon one or two Episcopal papers, and the Christian Observer of our city. As Philadelphians, as Presbyterians, SP loyal citizens, we are ashamed of it. In response to inquiries and denunciations from three of the secular journals of our city—the origin of which the editor endeavors to trace to ourselves, but which were not known at this office to be in ex istence until they actually appeared in print—and in response to our own appeals; instead of simply and manfully avowing the principles of a patriot, it charges us with the wickedest personal motives, and proceeds to exhibit the character of its loyal ty in the following dubious sentence: "We have been and are strongly in favor of the maintenance of the Union of the States, and of our noble institutions at any expense necessary (if the end in view be practicable,) and we unhe sitatingly bring this our general sentiment to bear upon the present crisis.' But we look in vain through the columns of the paper for an attempt to bring even this very ge neral and conditional sort of loyalty to bear upon ita readers. The 011AP-117P7 AA hopelessly. joined_ta. idols—the only remedy now available, is the one divinely prescribed in the case of Ephraim—a letting alone by all its loyal subscribers. This is the worst thing we have wished' it, and this only since it has been manifest that the case is past re- ov ry A WORTHY OBJECT. The managers of the Pennsylvania Institu tion for the Blind have recently issued an ap peal in behalf of the Home for the Industrious Blind, which is now in successful operation under their care. The object of this department is to provide a home for such of these 'unfortu nate persons as have been educated in the insti tution, and are willing to do all in their power for a support, by practising the trades and oc cupations for which they have been fitted by their previous training. They are charged a moderate sum for their board, they are credited by the proceeds of their labour, and the appeal now made by the committee is for aid from the benevolent to make up the deficiency. An income of $6OOO a year is necessary to carry out the benevolent objects of the Home to:their full extent. The Couimittee on the Home are Thomas C. James, Franklin Peale, A. G. Waterman, John C. Cresson, and -Edward Townsend. Samuel 13reek is President of the Institution, corner of 20th and Race Streets. Rims. Seven persons were added by profes sion, and two by letter, to TABOR Misslow last Sabbath. This enterprise is connected with Cal vary Church, and is under the pastoral care of Ma. VANDEURS, whose health, be are sorry to say, has so far broken down as to require, a tern porary, (but it is believed only a temporary) sus pension of his arduous and very successful labors among this people. The Buttonwood Street Church DAILY Monw- ING PRAYER MEETING ; from eight to half-past eight o'clock, is still kept up. This is a time for prayer, and we hope' this enterprise will be cor dially sustained. 'O'OR GENERAL ASSEMBLY meets today in Syracuse. We shall endeavor to lay before our readers full reports of the proceedings as usual. The Assembly of the other branch meets at the same time in the Seventh Church, on Broad and Penn Square, in this city. Let us remember both of these important judicatories in our prayers. WE ARE INFORMED by one of the ladies en gaged in the patriotic' work cf providing in various ways for the wants of our volunteer soldiery, that many Episcopal ladies of the city are cordially engaged in themork which we described in our last as going on in Dr. Boardman's Church. We are very glad to make this correction, on reli able authority, of our former article. THE PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS is now open. We advise our readers to pay it a visit. A sight of the various scenes taken from the History of the Reformation in the Netherlands, is alone worth the price of a tick-et. They are the best pictures, artistically and every way; in the collection. °LITER WENDELL HOLMES has added the following appropriate verse to the "Star-Spangled Banner:" "While our land is illumined by Liberty's smile, If a foe from within strike a blow at her glory, Down, down with ,the traitor, that dares to defile The flag of her stars and the page of her story By the . knillions unchained when our birth-right was gamed. We will keep her bright blazon forever unstained! And the Star-Spangled Banner in triumph shall wave, While the land of tha free ladle home of the brave!" The idea, too, is all previiling that this is a war for our freedom; that if we are' overborne in the contest, the whole scheme of our Government is to be overturned, and that of a barbarous despot ism set up ultimately in its pldce. Our people are alarmed, as marsh by the disregard of oaths, the treachery, and the stealind developed since last November, ai_by any ofte original causes of the trouble. They feel th4t to be conquered i by.men i holding such a code o 'ethics, is to Submit to barbarism of no very dou tful kind or degree. The effect of the troubles upon business has been to suspend such kindsiof it as are not called for by present want&—Troduce, of which the North-west has an immense surplus, is beginning to move, the Straits of Albeinac being now open, and trade in that direction is very lively: The material matter that distresses more than the war, is, our currency. That is founded largely upon the stocks of the Southern States; and as their stocks tumble, our money goes with thetn. So we have it proved over again, that we cannot have a diseased leg without someaffection of the general health; and that a pain in the foot will be also a pain in the head. Our merchants and bankers, however, have a sort 'of arrangement, by which the currency is to be used, that is the best of it, in moving one crop of grain, and until something further is developed. - We have a new banking law, but the present is not a time to enter upon its application in a way to remedy the difficulties. SOUTHERN EMIGRANTS. As the result of our troubles south of us, this North.west , r r • rion4 receiving very lar_g_e_ac cessions of populationfregt all the States,not only such as have seceded, but such as have not. The boats np the. Mississippi come crowded with emigrants, scur,s,,of them bringing five and six hundred. These are distributed all over the North-west, very many, coming to this city and making their permanent residence here. Many of these are the hest people of the South, and some of them have heretofore sympathized with the feeling of their section, but have been convinced, somewhat late, that whatever their "rights" were, their interests are to leave rebellion to work its way without them. Indeed, it has always been a singular fact, that &Worn agitators have been fond of Northern, investments. The logic of the matter I pass by. There is also a large :exodus of black people northward; the greater aiumber, I judge, so far, being free persons, but not unmixed with fugitives. These latter regard theruselves as entirely safe here now, and regretitli*,,,the stampede of some weeks since had not been4xistponed for a few days. It is a settled determination, at present pervading the community, thatond further fugitives shall be rendered. Our Southern neighbors have not kept faith with us=tiot a single State of them— if we except Pelaware, with which we have no communication; and by their own disloyalty, have released us from- this .covenant, so outraging all our feelings of humanity heretofore. It is our common hope and expectation, also, that this war will effectually dispose of this Slave question, so far as we are; concerned. We never had a war before on account of slavery, and we do not wish to have another. EFFECT OF WAR ON THE CHURCH As to the effect of this war upon our church interests, it is very plainithat it is .to be, for a time, disastrous. People refit' the newspapers more than the Bible- and even of them and the reli gious papers at that, the, war is , the. subject of their reading. It fills the thoughts and absorbs the interest of all. - Itodbkorbs also the fu'nd's of the country; and whatnil the missionary, Home or Foreign, to do, whose greed is dependent on the contributions of the church? And, looking at the.fccitt of the war and the freedom with which money is poured out for it, and even sacrificed if need be, does it not exhibit a singular phase of human mature? What is money to people, where they really feel that its bestowment is a necessity? The cost of taking Fort Sumter, and which will be a plague to South Carolina such as she has not yet begun to imagine, would put our :Church Extension scheme 'on a footing to do such: Ain amount of good as we imagine just as little. 'Where twenty pounds of powder were burned, at the touch of a match, to throw shell at those brick walls, there went a month's wages to many a missionary—and it was more than "water spilled upon the ground." When our Government burned and sunk those ships at Norfolk, there went, money enough to keep the American Board in funds for twenty years. Ido not find fault with the Government, but we see how easily some things are done, and how hardly others.i s -'Will it always be'so? PEACE SOCIETIES. SOIAETITING BETTER. THAN Speaking of these wastes of war, reminds me that we have all been served with missives from the Peace Society, informing us what a dreadfully wicked thing war is, and how guilty they must be who enter upon it I have great respect for, these peaceful brethren, and have no doubt that the time will come when the end they are after will be reached; but I am notzeady to think. it will come P AOE. in their way. 'Why do they not read their lectures to South Carolina? Why not serve the rebels, all along the coast, with their missives? Perhaps they did.; and when we see the effect of them in that quarter, we shall rejoice, and shall be for peace also.- But it strikes me as a singular way of getting peace, to lecture a'traveller on the sub jeet, when a robber catches him by the throat and will "have his moneyor his life." " War is, doubtless, bad enough; but it is not an unmixed evil. Our nation has been getting soggy, and sordid, and venal. Corruption in high places has been tormenting the good for years. Selfish ness has bad a dreadful run in this land for twenty years past. We have had two pestilences, and, in some sense, the famine, but these did not reach the exact disease. Covetousness has been eating in on our souls at a dreadful rate, and we wanted Something which would reach that. This war plunges its knife to the very heart of covetousness. See how the money is shelled, out! People would not giVe to Spread the. Gospel; they shall be made to give, for soniething. Now they have the chance. The sentiment .- of patiiotism, bad seemingly about died ,out;', of the national soul; and when Men have no patriotism, they are ready for any thing,--anarchy, despotism, • ; or - conquest. Our late Governments have 'been So' imbecile; our Southern neighbors so lordly and treasonable, that -it-soemar , w4houti a--remedy, we were doomed. . -ha remedy riarch-fiTa..-- Tho.fieutiment,of.pattio ism has got air again. :1 - ris'ne - tin to - Mire 'the sight of our national flag once more. The people are to have a chance to sacrifice, and suffer,. and fig7a, for their native land. The Jews could not have Canaatt till they would . ,fight for it; and as the slaves brought out . of Egypt were cowards, they were sent into the deserta to die, 'irbile their children might grow up at bind grips 'with destiny, to be educated so as , mots to be, afraid. Courage is a Bible attribute. We shall see if it be any plentier in these latitudes hereafter; or whether we shall be so sardid "as` to yield to the • . tenes of the plantation,. whatever it demands—our man ' hood with the rest. I cannot help but thank God for the war.. You, dear PRESBYTERIAN, may do as you like. But your voice has done good like a medicine. I cannot tell you how much good your • ringing words, from old Philadelphiaa city given over, in our apprehension, .years ago,' to conserva tive quietude—have done us all. Do not be afraid. Of course;:when you brush away . the cob webs, the spiders Will be mad. But let spiders be mad; do you speak for the right ! REV. EDWARD D. NEILL. We published recently the resignation of this gentleman as Chancellor of the University of Min nesota, and Superintendent of Public Instruction for that State. We are happy to learn that Mr. Neill has been re-eleet;d Superintendent of Public Instruction by a joint ballot of both houses of the Legislature of Minnesota, the Senate being unanimous, and there being but six dissenting voices in'the House. The Regents of the Uni versity alio refused his resignation as Chancellor, so that public sentiment has reinstated Mr. Neil in the offices he so ably filled. We are glad to find that the Minnesota people appreciate so - noble a specimen of Philadelphia. Mr. Neill is the right man in the right 'plaoe, and the cause of education in the North-West can have no more able support. CHIIBCH EXTENSION. The Church Extension - Committee at their recent, meeting made the folloWing new appoint - meats:— The Rev. Geo. M. Boardman, Petersburg and Deerfield, Mich. The Rev. J .11. Johnston, Brown's Valley and vicinity, Ind. The Rev. Thomas Griffith, Montezuma, Ind. The Rev. W. A. Steele, Covington, Ind. The Rev. S. B. King, Newtown and Rob Roy, Indiana. The Rev. E. C. Johnson, Bainbridge and Par kersburg, Ind, The Rev. Josiah Wood, Dnquoine, The Rev. W. R. Smith, Shipman and Plain- view, 111. The Rev. Thos. Sberrard, Centralia, 111. The Rev. G. W. Elliott, City Missionary, Mil wankie, Wis. The Rev. L. R. Janes, Manchester, N. Y. The Rev. P. G. Huf, German Presbyterian Chneh, Mount Clemens, Mich. The Rev. A. A. Jime,son, Greenville, 0. The Rev. Justin Marsh, Somerset, Mich. The Rev. S. R. Bissell, Unadilla and Stock bridge, Mich. The Rev. J. T. Whittemore, Cbenoa, 111. The Rev. Wm. Fuller, Sturgis, Mich. The Rev. W. V. Couch, Elliottville, N. Y. The Rev. 0. N. Benton, Apalachia, N. Y. The Rev. Wm. Drummond, Portland, Wis. The Rev. Hosea Kittredge, Bunker Hill and Mason, Mich. The Rev. John H. Dillingham, Manitouwoe, Wisconsin. The Rev. G. D. A. Hebard, Clinton, lowa. The Rev. 0. D. Young, Camanche, lowa. The Rev. J. N. Williams, Exploring Missionary in Synod of Minnesota. The Rev. Jas. Brownlee, Auburn and vicinity, Kansas. The receipts of the Committee for the year will be something like $22,000, fifty per cent. in ad vance of last year; the missionaries 88, more than a hundred per cent. advance; missionary boxes, 40, three hundred per cent. advance. Legacies notified but not received, about 4525,000. B. J. W. THE CENTRAL PRESBYTERIAN HERALD. This paper, the Richmond, Va., organ of the other branch of the church, has a leader on the "South, and.. the General Assembly," .in which it endeaVouis to be very severe on some person, whom it imagines to be connected with the .AMERIOAN PansarruaLaw,,and calls the "young man who is understood to be the author of the many unlovely articles in that paper." As the Herald declares itself, in the same issue, to be on the point of extinction, and as we desire to 'keep the rule nil de mor tuts, we shall pause before making a reply. Meanwhile we tender our thanks to this paper and the North Carolina Presbyterian for their frequent advertisments of our paper in a section where otherwise our existence would be unknown. We expect a considerable increase to our sub scription list when the authority of the Govern meals re-established in that'section. Henry Hoyt, of Boston, has published a little pamphlet on SANCiIkCATION, from the peu of Bev. J. Q. Maras, pastor of the Antioch Baptist Churoh, N. Y. SUMMER WORK AND SITIEOYEER PREACHINd. (Coneluded,) - It is a part of our summer work to get a play spell," a blessed period of relief, when away from the sound of our own church bells, though they may be the dearest sounds of the year; away visiting old friends, the home of earlier years,— taking tours of the lakes, trips on the ocean, or tramps among _the - brooks of our mountains, we re-invigorate jaded mind and body, and lay in a store of health and strength to face the winter work again. There is a fresh and happy sensa tion in waking, in the morning, far away from the place of toil—from library, sermon-paper, pen and ink, and feeling no responsibility for so many pages of thought before dinner, feeling that yea I have nothing to do, or nothing but what you choose. And it can hardly be a matter of ques tion, that congregations would not only be greatly benefited themselves, if they would not only give their jaded pastors a furlough from ser vice for at least a month, but would place enough in their generally attenuated purses to enable them to get fairly away from home. Botha pastors and people would nitnally prize each other more highly by reason of a brief separation. The bless edness of giving on one side, and of receiving on the other, would enhance the pleasure of a re union. The pastor would render more cheerful 1 .-aarvice..andalreacb better sermons after his return, and the people Wouldjaitn , listeners. The life of a pastor is in danger of be coming a slavish and wearying round, if he is kept closely at work from the beginning to the close of the year. The perpetual recurrence of the same duties; the necessity that is imposed upon him to bring twice or thrice each week some thing fresh, original, new, out of his exhausted treasury; the strain which often keeps the mind in full tension for months together, becomes a heavy and almost insupportable burden. With all the variety afforded a pastor by new studies, working in a mine of inexhaustible depth and richness, by the diversity of labors, and the ever varying experience of himself and his people, there is not enough to prevent him from becoming, at times, care-worn, jaded, and weary. He is tired in his work, not of it. It has been said of some intel lectual workers, that they made heavy reading and writing do for work, and light reading and writing do for. play. There is a partial refreshment, if one can find time for it, in turning aside for an evening from all studies pertaining directly to one's profession, and following the career of Silent William of Orange, and the heroes who with him j and after his death, acted, on the dykes of Hol land, that glorious epic of freedom and Protestant ism, or cutting, one by one, the leaves of Mil r man, trace the growth of Latin Christianity. But it is only a partial and temporary relief. In some of the professions and occupations of men, the . workers toil on, moil on through all the fresher, better years of thfiir earthly life, in the hope that at length, Surrounded by a competence of worldly good, they may retire from work, and make the evening of life all holiday, all play. Whether such anticipations are often realized by any, may be seriously doubted. Many, we well know, who have tried the experiment, in' the best of circum stances, have found all play, and no work, to be quite as wearisome as all work, and no play. But no such enchanting visions of rest lie among the anticipations of an American pastor. He ricar-fra-at -lea with. the harness on. Did not his vows and his zeal "to spend and_ be spent," keep him in the - field, and at work, the stern ne cessity of bread,er starvation might. It becomes thus an almost imperative part of the pastor's summer work, to get a brief release-from work, to refresh himself by travel, by visiting-,old,scenes or new, by hunting, fishing, botanizing,`gem gizing, if he like; by getting out into the open paradise of sun and skies, mountains, streams, and flowers—to breathe and walk among them, and repair the vigor he has lost. But a few words will be added on toy second topic—Summer Preaching. The circumstances in which we are placed through the summer months, the general want of a deep religious in terest, the effect of the season upon both the preacher and the people, rendering study and ap plieation a burden to him, and protracted atten tion difficult for them; the increase of business, the thinning out of many of our congregations, all these things are to be. taken into the pastor's ac count, when entering - upon the duty of preparing discourses for the summer. Generally, it will be true, as to the character of these discourses, they should not, unless there be some special demand, be so labored and thorough in their matter. They should be simple, rather than heavy with argu ment; practical, rather than learnedly doctrinal. We have some examples in modern times of mi nisters—like Spurgeon—who can happily blend the doctrinal and the practical, proclaiming freely, simply, yet in a manner to interest and ;captivate thousands of common hearers, those doctrines of our Calvinistic faith, which by their enemies have been considered above the common apprehension. By doctrinal preaching, we mean the formal and labored exposition and defence of a particular tenet. The Minister of the gospel, also, who, in the face of the difficulties which lie in the way, should attempt, by a series of animated and poierful ser mons, the fruit of great labor and anxiety, to awaken his people, in Mid-summer, to all the la bora and activity of a revival, would surely be running against the ordinary providence of .C l od. In . distinction from efforts of this kind, the sum mer affords him a good opportunity to preach on topics which he may not deem it best to present in the winter, lest the minds of some be turned from the great and immediate object of personal salvation. There are duties connected with the order and worship of the Church, matters of the practical Chrrstian life, of social and. Christian in tercourse, discourses on special sins or special du ties, which seem to fall more appropriately into the summer than the winter. It is a mistaken idea surely which some, even entire denominations, seem to have imbibed, that the only, the grand, work-of the ministry, is the cure, and not also the care of souls = their con.yer ' sion, and not also their growth in grace. The pastor does but haJf his work, and but half does that, who devotes all his energies to the first of these objects. The plants which are left in the earthly vineyard, are to be pruned and culti- vated. The heirs are to be prepared for their in- heritance. Here lies a great and pleasant part of the pastor's work. The immediate and pressing labors of the winter, when anxious concern is ma nifested by the impenitent, will interfere with the special cultivation of the Church itself. The summer affords the pastor a good opportunity to prosecute this part of his wcalling. There are to pics of Christian consolation for tempted and de pressed believers, encouragements for the weak, directions for the ignorant --there are promises;to be opened, exhortations to be enforced, lines of Christian duty to be poiitted ont—in brief, a va , t field of labor, mapped out for him in the greater part of the New Testamentotbjeb addresses itself almost wholly to believers. If the letters of spired apostles are to be a guide for us in the mat ter of preaching, then, God's children will not fail . or our extremest care. The'summer affords the pastor a good opp o , trinity for the use of expository, rather than t o . pical discourses—a form of sermonizing which co rn . bine% the advantages of simplicity, freedom, a n d extempore effort with often much more instru e . tion for the people. It brings them nearer to God's word, and. familiarizes them with it, and teaches them how to use it themselves. The preaching of summer should possess the prime cliaracteristic of" brevity. A forty-minute s ' discourse, on a warm summer day, when drowsi.. nese floats in every breath of air, may be as long as one of sixty in mid-winter. Plain, practical, eipository, brief discourses, which require neithe r severe and protiacted study of the pastor, nor fa tiguing attention from the people, will accomplish most for him and for them. EDITOR'S TABLE, Rev. J. ITELFFENST.EIN, D. D., the esteemed and faithful pastor of Market Square Church, Germantown, has issued a little volume of sermons under the title of "A Pastor's Appeal." They are in simple, perspicuous style, constructed with a. due ro-dfil_to method- ' their topics relate to the great sti&darsl.--Mrtenytn °la:44on doctrine and experience; they are the ripe frmts ante &vont and evangelical spirit of a pastor whose- Master's glory and whose people's salvation have been the supreme purpose of his ministry. We give an extract on our first page. The volume is got up by Mr. Ashmead in excellent style, a 12m0., of 355 pages, containing seventeen sermons. Sold by subscription, and to be had at this office. A volume of SACRAMENTAL DISCOURSES by REV. I. S. SPENCER, the well-known author of "Pastor's Sketches," has been issued by M. W. DODD. It will be welcome, not more from the class of subjects treated, than from the fervor of thought and language of the author, and his keen insight into spiritual truth and the facts of human nature. Among the list of topics are: Meaning and Design of the Sacrament; The Sacrament' a Feast oAlliance; Christ our Pass. over; Behold the Lamb of God; it behooved Him- ' The Mystery of Redemption fit for Faith; Christ made perfect by Suffering. 12m0., pp. 468. For sale at the Presbyterian Book-Store. -T. B. PETERSON & BRos. have issued a very cheap little book for the times, called the SOL DIER'S GuruE, being a complete manual and drill-book for the use of volunteers and militia; by an officer of the U. S. army. In paper cover it is sold for twenty-five cents. MINNIE CARLETON, BY MARY BELLE BART LETT, is the story of a Christian family, bereaved of a mother, and left to the care of a father and eldest sister. Laurie, the blind brother, is an object of the tender regard of all. The volume is well written ; the various shades of character are skilfully distinguished, and many scenes touch ing the springs of pure and tender emotion are introduced. Published by M. W. DODD. For sale at the PRESBYTERIAN ROUSE. 16m0., pp. 245. DEBT AND GRACE, a bulky 12mo. of nearly 500 pages, by C. A. Hunsow, has reached the fourth thousand, and may be regarded as a stand ard work, so far as a work in defence of error can claim such an honorable title. It is a perfect ar mory of weapons, gathered by a thorough and scholarly man from every age and department of literature. The spirit of the book is apologetic; it aims to vindicate the character of the Deity ani the Christian religion from the embarrassments which, in the vie* of:the writer and his class, are brought upon them by the doctrine of the eter nal suffering of the wicked. Annihilation accord ing to his view, relieves the case of its dikeulties. It is a rash putting forth of bands to stay the sacred ark. Published by RITDD &'CABLETON, New - Yorlc-2rad - &de by 142 - 2 - 10 vu r & Co., Philadelphia. PAMPHLETS AND MAGAZINES. , THE CLERGY ON THE WAR. We are receivinc , nl:CfYtvrous proofs of the patriotism of the clergy o f r our day. Tke - response to the call of our consti tuted authorities from the pulpit, will prove as earnest, decidekand unanimous, as from any part of the people. The deep sentiment of law, the essential principles lying at the foundation of all human government,'ltw the springs of most of these discourses. We Nye received.from Wash ington a pamphlet coitaining the SERMoNS PREACHED BEFORE THE s *.ll REGIMENT on its first Sabbath in the Capitol,' The first is by the chaplain of the regiment, Rev\Mß. WEsTeN; the second is by our esteemed fri&sl, _Bev. ByRON SUNDERLAND, D. D. Also, a 'serinen on the CHRISTIAN NECESSITY OF WAR, by Rev. WM. H. GOODRICH, Pastor of the First Church, Cleve land Ohio . • ‘, Messrs. Lindsay• & Blakiston lave issued, neat, form, a sermon on LOYALTY, by Rev. J. P. Lundy, of Emmanuel Church, Holmesburgh. THE Nuw TORR. WORLD. If any of our cor respondents desire a New York daily, semi.weekly, or weekly secular paper of reliable character, moral and healthful in tone, taking exceedingly able Views of events now occurring, and thoroughly devoted' to the country's cause, they cannot do better than - subscribe for the WORLD. At least that is our opinion. HARPER'S WEEKLY. having secured the ser- vices of additional artists - in- the South, one of which is in company with Mr.' Russell, the Times correspendentovill be able to funish very full and valuable illustrations of events now taking place. We are gratified with the unreserved patriotic tone of recent editorials. It is a decided improve ment. THE EDUCATOR. This ably conducted school journal of Pittsburgh, under the editorial super vision of Rev. Samuel Findley, is about to be en larged by the addition of four pages, and to change its title to that'of THE PENNSYLVANIA "TEACHER; to be issued simultaneously in this city 'and in Pittsburgh.' WOODMAN & 'CO., 25 South Sixth Street, will be the Philadelphia publishers. We wish it success in its enlarged sphere of action. THE WESTMINSTER REVIEW, BLACK WOOD'S BOSTON REVIEW, and other periodicals ) will , . re ceive attention in our next. Mr. Bidwell's Eclectic Magaiine for May, ex hibits the care, good taste, and research for which the editor has, long agis, established an enviable reputation. The two engravings are fine speci mens of art one representing the veteran ar tist himself—JortN SAurAnr; the other, QUEEN PHILIPPA INTERCEDING. FOR THE BURGESSES OF CALAIS, 1347. THE limoß.F.RßocKret contains another in stalment of Mr. Kimball's thrilling Revelations of Wall ,Street.: -The Chapter on Frogs is very amusing and delightful, as well as quite in season. TArrares LIVING AGE is the indispensable vale mecum of every American who'would be up with the best periodical literature of the times. ,Its selections from English journals of the highest character, on the present political cornplicaticns of our country, are of the greatest value and in terest:, Littell, Son & Co., Boston. Weekly, at $6, per annum , with a reduction •to clergymen. MARBLE WORKS.-Mr. Tarr's extensive works and yard on. Green Street, contain a large and handsome stock of monuments and work in Ins line, and be is.prepared.to,execute the most ex tensive orders. ;We noticed with peculiar interest a handsome ,monument„ some twenty feet high, among the rest. Air. Tarr's success in business is due to his own unaided energies, as he began a poor boy, and struggled up to his present position. yAmeriean enterprise , and reliable business habits, under Providence, have been his grand means of , prosperity, which we hope may be long continued, and greatly increased. 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