americau Vrtzbgivrian -A N D-- GENESEE EVANGELIST. THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 1862 301 IN W. MEARS, THE OASH SYSTEM. WE are very desirous of carrying out this sen sible and satisfactory method of doing business in the management of our paper, and we look for the hearty, eo-operation of our subscribers; oth erwise it will prove a difficult and one-sided affair altogether. Cash to the printers, cash for mate rials, cash for office egienses, and editor's salary, requires cash promptly from our subscribers. At this season, while money is flowing freely for a thousand minor objects, the claims of our paper 1:4 ADVANCE, will uot be forgotten. THE CHIIROWB DUTY TO HER CHILDREN. THE visible church will never do her duty to the children in her families, until she realizes that they, in some true sense, belong to her. The church must wake to the fact that she consists, in part, of children. Her officers are ordained, not oily over adults, but over children; her pastors are children's pastors, shepherds of lambs at least as truly as of sheep; her elders are set to watch over; and, in some sense, discipline children. Their.official relation to children is involved in, —is part and parcel of, their official relation to the church. When called and installed, this is part of their charge. So Christ committed to Peter first, his lambs, and afterward his sheep. So, the apostles, in their epistolary communica tions to the churches, which form the basis of doctrine and discipline now, took care to recog nize children as forming part of the flock, and as entitled to a distinct share of apostolical regard. Not as incidental, merely, but as essential; not as prompted by affection, but as the fulfilling of solemn vows; not as a matter of the highest ex pediency only, but as legitimate church busi ness, should the duty of care, oversight, guar dianship and training of her baptized children be accepted and performed by the church. Surely the Presbyterian Church forgets the spirit of its standards, and turns its back on a great practical truth, when her ministers address themselves mainly to the world, and blend the baptized children of the church with the world, in their labors for Zion's increase. In our Di rectory, the chapter (IX) which treats of admis sion to the sealing ordinances, devotes three pa ragraphs to the children of believers as candidates for admission, and one paragraph to unbaptized persons" in the same relation, and it puts the baptized children " under the inspection and government of the church," to be.taught" by it, to be watched by the eldership, so that it may be known when they arrive at years of discretion, and whether their conduct up to that time war rants their admission to the Lord's Supper, when they are to be informed of their duty and their privilege to come. Here is, the duty (1) of close oversight on the part of the officers of the church to the children. It is the feeding of the lambs, enjoyed by our Ilord upon Peter. It is throwing around them the invisible walki of the sheepfold. It is hold- legitimate portion of the flock. Not by con:TUT sory or peremptory-methods is this to be done; fOr the church, by her highest judicatory, has never marked out a strict line of discipline for Sessions in dealing with baptized children, (see new Digest, pp. 100-102) and it is , needless to say' that no such course is indicated in the New Testament; but by the gentlest possible manifes tations of authority, and above all, by the exer cise of that influence which is gained by con vincing the 'children of the real interest and affection felt for them by the officers of the cititith. It is accomplished by keeping a watch fif(te over them unconsciously to themselves, by taking note of the developments of their cha racter, by noting the educational influences under which they come, and the occupations they are called to follow, by kindly and judiciously inter posingwhen their spiritual interests are seriously iniplarilled in any of these arrangements. The Session of a church is in duty bound to remon stiate, if a baptized child is put under unevange -11(61 influences in his intellectual training, or is bound out to some unchristian calling. And their responsibility for the child must not be re garded as at an end, until, having arrived at years of ;discretion, he plainly puts himself out side of all means of restraint they may morally exert upon him. - Vo a certain extent, the child should be made s eof the attitude of the Church towards him sff.: He should know, not in a way to stir up , - Alto opposition of his corrupt nature, but in a way to enlist his affections, that the Church has *most solemn claim upon him, and looks for his union with her as a matter of course. Care should be taken that this impression be among the earliest made upon his tender nature ; he should grow up rather in, than to this idea. ilis childhood should open out in this consciousness of a happy condition; and the idea that long wandering, great peril, and painful and trouble softie reoal are necessary or even probable events in the baptized child's progress to the Church, should be • discarded. Though they do occur, they would be less frequent, if they were not too generally expected and acquiesced in. Here, clearly, the work of the Christian parent pre cedes, and is indispensable to. the work of the Church. 2.- Instruction is explicitly set' down by our standards as the leading duty of the Church to baptiied children. She is even held responsi-, ble in part for their intellectual training; in'the words of the Directory : " they are to be taught to read." But it is especially the communica tion of Scriptural and doctrinal truth, and the disclosure of their relations and obligations at: baptized children to the Church, which are in tended in these injunctions. Doubtless, there is a vast amount of instruction in Scri t pture and in religious topics commancicated se days by Church members to the young. Atk it would seem that admonition on this point were unne ceJsary, in view of the vastness and efficiency of the Sabbath School system, one of the. wonders of the religious world of our time. Yet we feel . that thers is room for at least two observations' ju3t at this point, (1,) The mingling of thee children of the world and the children of the Church in the Sabbath School, and the frequent loose connection of the school with the Church, put the baptized children in a false position to the Church, and tend to lessen the sense of a peculiar and solemn obligation which should be cherished by the latter to the former. The arrangement, we admit, operates favorably to children gathered in from the world, and we do not in this place design to argue against it. But we warn Church officers not to regard the Sabbath School arrangement as the fulfilling of the Church's duty to her baptized children. (2) Doctrinal instruction in the standards of the Church, under the oversight of the Session, must be regarded as of the last importance. The pastor and elders dare not leave this work in the hands of a body of teachers, however zealous, without gross dereliction of duty. It is a work which cannot be delegated, iteis a part of Church disci pline, and must be exercised by Church officers. So our standards, and so the acts of our Assem blies from the beginning regard it. The Assem bly of 1849, resolved " That the institution of Sabbath Schools does not exonerate ministers and parents from the duty of teaching the shorter ca techism to the children of the Church," and they earnestly and affectionately recommended "to all the ministers and ruling elders in its connec tion to teach diligently the young of their re spective congregations, the Assembly's shorter catechism." (Digest, page 100.) Editor. EDITORIAL JOTTINGS. PROF. ELLICOTT, in his recently published " Lectures on the Life of Christ," speaks in the following encouraging manner in regard to those opinions, adverse to the historical accuracy and consistency of the Evangelists, which have long been rendered formidable by the learning and critical acumen of their adherents, particularly in Germany. "We may, indeed, be thankful to feel and know that such opinions, which in fact carry with them their own condemnation, are now beginning to belong to the past. We may with good reason rejoice that of late years a far more reverent, as well as critical spirit, has been at work among the chronologers and expo sitors of the Sacred histories. We may gladly observe that order and connection have been found, where there was once deemed to be only confusion and incoherence—that the inspired narratives are regarded no longer as discrepant but as self-explanatory—and that honest investi gation is showing more and more clearly, that what one inspired writer has left unrecorded, an other has often supplied with an incidental pre ciseness of adjustment which is all the more con vincing, from being seen and felt to be nude signed." This is the opinion of one, who, by the extent of his acquaintance with the theological litera ture of the age, no less than his diligent investi gation of the sacred text, and the problems it presents to .the scientific inquirer, has become thoroughly qualified to judge in so momentous a matter; and it may be accepted as the last result of modern hermeneutics in this field of research. American Presbyterians, and Congregationalists may be justly gratified with the fact that Robin son's Greek Harmony of the Gospels, - Robinson's Researches in Palestine, and Thomson's Land and Book, are quoted incessantly by Prof. Ellicott, as of the highest authority. In fact, the first named work may be said to indicate the leading points of these Lectures, and to answer effectively most of the cavils met by Ellicott. The work of the latter has the advantage of being recent CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLE IN DIPLOMACY.-It is due to Mr. Seward, that the Christian commu nity and the Religious press should cordially, re cognize the truly Christian spirit which breathes through his very able letter to Lord Lyons on the Trent affair. Referring to the Secretary's ex pression of the readiness of our Government to meet this questions as a civilized and Humane na tion—a Christian people," the New York Ob server says : " It is the first time, so far as our recollection now serves us, that the proposal was ever made to introduce the element of Christianity into di plomatic negotiations. It is a new era in the history of diplomatic intercourse. Mr. Seward expressly says that we are doing only what we have always insisted all nations ought to do to us : d. e., we are applying the golden rule of Je sus Christ to international disputes." Thus far, all will agree with the Observer, and feel obliged to it for calling attention so empha tically to this characteristic of the transaction. But when it goes so far as to say that in this case our Government has turned the other cheek' when smitten, and that for so doing it is " en titled to, the thanks of Christian people allover the globe," we must enter our decided and in dignant protest against a grievous misstatement of fact and perversion of Scripture. We honorably gave these men up, because we had no right to them, which indeed'is a Christian principle not always observed in international transactions; ,but if we had given them up sim ply as turning the other cheek in response to the menace of an insulting and overbearing nation, "Christian people all over the globe" would have had cause for fasting rather than thanksgiving. For our Saviour's command, " resist not evil," es pecially when viewed in connection with his own illustrations, cannot be . applied to cases where real and great interests of the individual, the fa mily, or society are at stake. Neither Christ himself, (John xviii : 23, 23) nor Paul, .(Acts xxiii : 2,3) nor any perfectly sound man regar ded this command, as applicable in such cases. And to attempt to apply the principle when the existence and indepencenee of a great nation with . the lives and happiness of scores of millions, present and future, are in issue, is a monstrous and dangerous perversion of Scripture. Addison Alexander, in his Commentary on Mathew, v : 39, speaks of " The man who is fanatical enough to let himself be robbed and beaten in supposed obe dience to our Lord's command." What would he have thought of the American nation assum ing such an attitude, towards foes abroad or re bels at home ? And would he not have pronoun ced those editors "fanatical" who hasten to find matter for thanksgiving in such a national humiliation ? MR. BARNES' CHRISTMAS SERMON.—The Standard of this city, speaks thus approvingly of Mr. Barnes' intention, as announced in this paper, to observe Christmas Day by a public ser vice in the First Church. " The example of this :honored minister might be followed by others, lifthly without injury, but with spiritual profit, bitho themselveiand to their people. We have sto jealous of doing anything which the Episcopal or Catholic churches have done before, that we have been driven to the other extreme. 2 4 uttrir,att Vrtobtterian and Orucort (itlangt.tiot We do not, indeed, attach any sacred character to aristmas, any more than we do to Thanks giving, but we think it as proper, for those who are so disposed, to observe the one as the other. The exact day of our Lord's birth is not known. It has always been a matter of dispute. But any day that should be set apart for that purpose, might be profitably spent by Christians in recall ing, humbly and gratefully, - the advent of our Saviour Jesus Christ." -;" We take occasion to say that we still have on hand a number of copies of the paper containing this discourse. Our friends who are laboring to increase our circulation, will find them good specimen copies. NEW YORK CORRESPONDENCE. Tam New Year opened upon us very auspi ciously. So fine a day for the social festivities of the occasion, has seldom been enjoyed in this region, and right heartily did the people enter into the spirit of their time-honored custom. We may add in this connection that there seems to be an increasing disposition in these cities to observe what are called Christian festivals. It is seen in the greater feeling, which clusters around Christmas. We would not be at all sur prised if some Presbyterian and Congregational churches in New York and Brooklyn, should have a regular service on that day. Things are cer tainly tending in that direction, in certain quar ters. The only serious objection felt is in the idea, that such a practice tends to perpetuate a wrong impression—to lead people to belifive that the Saviour's advent occurred at a time in the year which is inconsistent with the circumstan ces of the case as narrated in the Scriptures. There is nothing specially interesting in the state of religion in the churches. The attend ance of the people in the sanctuary on the Sab bath has seldom, if ever, been better. The vast numbers that have gone from these crowded localities, seem hardly to. be missed. The great thoroughfares of the city appear as full as at any former time. Indeed, an army might be raised in these two cities and leave, and yet not appear to diminish the masses that throng the streets. There has been a great change in these cities within the last six or eight months, in the feelings of men. The conviction deepens every day that God is with us in this great strug- gle for the integrity of the Union, and, through this, for the freedom and elevation of man allover the earth. The pulpit here gives forth no uncer lain sound. Ministers, who, a few months ago, seemed afraid or unwilling to speak out on the sub ject of this war, have been emancipated from their yoke ofbondage,and now bear their testimony with others against this most terrific iniquity. There are, indeed, a few exceptions ; and one in parti cular, that has . attracted some notiee. Feeling that he must say something on the subject, which excites so much indignation, and ascribe this re bellion to some cause, this person has thrown a drag-net over the last quarter of a century, and has gathered together all the seaweed and shell, and rubbish he could find, and given those things as the cause of the present trouhle, but not a word or hint, even, that slavery has anything whatever to do in _thus flooding the land with ruin ! Well may it be asked, " Who is blind but my servant ? or deaf, as my messenger ? Who is as he that is perfect?" and who, seeing. many things, does not see the •thing or know whence all this uprising against law and order, -A,ooout-aronvia cnutirrhia saifirelMre. Many hearts. We _Allude to the death of Rev. Samuel H. Turner, D. D., one of the oldest Professors in the General Theological Seminary of the Epis copal Church. Dr. Turner was a man, in the highest and best sense of that term. We have known him long and intimately, and have greatly admired the noble bearing and Christian spirit of the man. Ile was one who could not live in an enclosure, over whose walls he could not look and see, and recognize other Christian minis ters—disciples of the same Saviour whom he loved, and in whose work he rejoiced. He rose far above the littleness of a mere sectarian spirit, and never allowed any difference of opinion between him'and others to :interfere with the sweet amenities of ChristiaiThrotherhood. We have seen him in times that tried the faith and patience of the saints, and. mint say that we have never seen, in any one, at such times, conduct more consistent, or a spirit more becoming in a Christian minister. Long will he be remembered, and long will his: influence be felt in this land, which he has so effectually helped to fill with an educated and faithful ministry. In the Union Theological Seminary in this city, there are, the present season; one hnndred and nine students—seme thirty, less than were there the last year. There is, we believe, a similar fallinc , off at Andover, and in most of the theological seminaries in the land. The state of things in the country is seen nowhere so clearly in its influence, as in our schools, colleges, and seminaries. "'Union" has its advantages, and it has its diffiulties to contend with. In its' posi tion, and in the great principle upon which it was established, of avoiding extremes in theology, it has in it that which will ever give,it great prominence with young men in deciding upon their place of studying for the ministry. And yet a large city, while it affords many,facilities for usefulness,- and for an acquaintanee with the practical work Of a pastor, is not the best place in the world for study. There is too much oxy gen in the atmosphere of such a place for the quiet and thorough work of investigation. It is certainly no easy thing to maintain a high tone of preparation, where the are so many things to attract and distract attention, and draw off the electricity of the mind and scatter- it abroad- The feeling in these cities is almost universal in favor of the course pursued by the Govern ment, in relation to the Mason and Slidell affair. And instead of a mob, as predicted by the Lon don 7imcs correspondent; there has not been the slightest ripple on the surfaCe of the genaral feel ing. But there can be no mistake in reference to the sentiment and feeling in almost every bo som with us about the conduct of England to wards this country in our present struggle. It excites the perfect indignation of every right minded man as selfish and mean in the extreme. For nearly half a century that country has been calling us by all the hard names she could find, in reference to slavery, and now that we are grap pling with the monster, and are giving it its death blow, what does England do ? Where are her sympathies ? On which side of this contest does she throw the whole weight of her influence? Why on the side of oppression and injustice. We remember well, when the Monroe doctrine was first put forth, and when this Republic breasted the whole tide of despotic influence, and this in fant giant stretched its unnerved arm across the broad Atlantic to repress the ambition of foreign despots, and to save this continent from their grasp,—we remember when this was done, how the England, that then was, spoke out in COM, mendation of the young Rome, that was rising in the West, and what bursts, of applause this effort called forth foim British hearts. But 0, how changed "Hmk!inilike was that feeling to the selfish, unchristian spirit, which England now manifests I Events nearer home, we think, would lead her to reflect upon what she is doing. The fire she is helping to kindle in this land, may, by her very action, be kindled in her own bosom, and the cup of bitterness which she is trying to put to our lips, she may yet have to drink to its very dreg,s ! The bondage that she is aiding to perpetaLtte, when broken up in this land, may be the b , rinning of the end of her tyranny in the emerald isle. KNOX. DIFFICULTIES AT CONSTANTINOPLE. To THE EDITOR or THE AM. PRESBYTERIAN. —ln introducing Dr. Dwight's letter in your issue of the 19th init., you express surprise that " no attempt at explanation had been made in the organs of the Ainerican Board," in regard to what you speak of "a dissension and schism in the mission at Constantinople." meaning, however, a disagrpeinent between the mission - and the pastor andrionbers of one of the churches of Armenian converts, which has been partici pated 'in by some (if the members of another church in that city. t. ; That your readers may not rest under a znis 7 apprehension on the:point thus made in your re marks, I will ask you to publish the following : In the Annual Report of 1859, this statement is made on p. 54 : "At Constantinople there has been some difficulty in adjusting satisfactorily the relations of the native ministry to the mis sionaries. This will requireJime and more ex . perience ; but it can be done only by those actu ally on the ground." The Report of 1860 says, (p. 153) : "In Constantinople the difficulty spoken of a year ea% in adjusting the relations of the native ministry to the mission organiza tion, involving questions of pecuniary disburse ment, has been removed." . This was thought to have been done when .the station report was for warded and for some time afterward. The Missionary Herald for September, of this year, contains a Stlitement on this subject made to the Board at Cid+eland; and the Report of 1861, speaks as follows on pp. 42 and 43:. "In Constantinople there has been much in the state of the two churches, and in the acts of indivi dual members, which was very trying to the missionaries. Considerable effort has been made to enlarge the basis of admission to the sacra ments of the Church, which has led to misappre hensions and alienations. This effort, however, is not likely to meet with extensive sympathy. The chief apparent cause of difficulty is a desire on the part of the native brethren to share in the control of the missionary funds." It will 'be seen from the above extracts, that tho existence and true character of these trou bles have been set forth with explicitness in the Annual Reports of the Board. The general sub ject of the relations of Missionaries and native ministers and churches has been amply discussed in the publications of„the Board-for many years. The view given of it in the Memorial Volume, in cularly on . Pp. 281486, - deserves careful consi deration. As I am writing, permit me as one who took part in the action of the Armenian Mission in 1846, recommending a plan of ,Church organiza tion to the native converts, and advocated the principle of making the native organization com plete without admixture of the foreign-. American element, to say that the.. end contemplated by this form of action was;the "full recognition of all the ecclesiastical rigbts of the native Chris tians and helpers" in tilefield of our mission. We gave them a " full ecclesiastical standing," and laid upon them in:the highest degree possi ble, "the re,sponsibilities . of Church government," declaring that after the first bishops or pastors had been ordained by the missionaries, it be longed to the Evangelical Armenian . Church to provide for the ordination of its own officers ac cording to the ApoStolic example," and abjuring all right of"missionary control in ecclesiastical matters. As ministerf.the Gospel,-the native ministers and foreiiin"missionaries stand on a footing of perfect equality; the former, however, having rights and responsibilities ; as pastors, and in their own contemplated ecclesiastical unions, not possessed by the latter, and the missionaries having responsibilities and'rights as aispensers of funds committed to then & in which the native min isters cannot share. That the " quasi-episecpal Control" of which you speak, is kss on this plan than any other, seems very obvious. - I'he pastor of the. Pera Church would regard the proposition; for, the missionaries to be constituent -members of the ecelesiasticalorganization, embracing the native ministry and churches, as a new outrage on their ecclesiastical freedom, 'Unless the actotinti'stration: of missionary funds were committed to it. The'relation of missionaries to native society sis different in the Sandwich Islands, and our Indian tribes from that Which must ever exist in Turkey. Itt 4, - in: the Sandwich Islands the native pastors are not agents of the American Board to Ilispense its funds. The question at issue at. Condtantinople; and in regard •to which you seem not 'prepared to agree fully with Dr. Dwight and the Mission, is simply this: Is a participation with the missionaries, who are the appointed agents of the'Board for this work,, in the diSbursement of the contributions of the American Churches ar ecclesiastical right of the native ministry and churches ? We have a few observations and inquiries to make upon this letter.' I. The Annual Report for 1861 has not yet coma into our hands, and the extract froM that report is the only thing furnished by W. which can be called an attempt at explanation. It is " explicit," - however, only as an assertion, not as an explanation. Interwoven A it is among other and distinct matter, it cannot be considered as an attempt to satisfy the Christian public of this country and Europe on an event so remarkable as the schism of a whole organized church of con verts from one of the leading American missions. Our interest on the subject has arisen from the fact that the, ecclesiastical relations of the. Board and the Mission to native 'pastors and church or ganizations were involved, and from the complaint of the church and pastor of Pera, that their stand= ing as ecclesiastical peers of the missionaries had been disregarded. Have they any ground what ever for considering themselves so treated ? May not the prevailing policy of the Board to keep " the mission," which is really the controlling power, aloof from the native church organization which it directs,, naturally enough have given rise to such complaints`? Does not the very method of the Board make it incumbent on them in such a case as this of Pera, to show clearly that the fault of the schism is with the people—is not attributable to their policy ? 2. To make this whole matter more definite, we propose to "W" two questions. First—Suppose a native pastor in any of the Armenian churches were accused of the crime of theft, for example, by whom would he be tried ? Second,—lf he were tried by a court of natives exclusively, would the Board or the Mission accept the find ing of that court as final ? We would be much obliged to W. for an an swer to these questions. One more we will add: What is there in the native society of the Sand wich Islands different from that of Turkey, which makes it proper for the American mission aries to accept the native ministry of the former as peers, and to refuse such recognition to the ministry of the latter ? - Are the Islanders of the South Pacific the superiors of the Armenians, the shrewdest of Orientals and descendants of early Christian converts ? We confess W's reasons are too deep for our divining. And we are wil ling to be enlightened on the general question, why any such distinction should be drawn at all; why native pastors in one country should be de nied an equal status with the foreign missionary, when it is granted to them in' any other country. To our minds, these native pastors in every case, are ministers or they are not. There is no such thing as being neither the one nor the other, after hands have solemnly and prayerfully been laid upon them. If ministers, they are, pro tango, the equals of all others, whether in the Sandwich Islands or in Turkey, in India, in Africa, or America. The thoughtful reader will perceive that this discussion involves important questions. The whole may be reduced to this: Is, there real, le gitimate Church government in the Missionary fields of the American Board anywhere but at the Sandwich Islinds, (which are, in a very es sential respect, no longer its field) or is there in its place a mere form, corresponding to no recog nized Scriptural precedent, and with the power really residing in the extraneous body of laymen and, clergymen constituting the Mission?: HAMILTON COLLEGE, WE have read with great satisfaction, the ac count published in the Buffalo Commercial Ad vertiser, occupying three columns and half, of a meeting in behalf of Hamilton College, held in the First Church in that city on the 16th of De cember. Silas Kingsley, Esq., was called to the chair, and Rev. Dr. Lord opened the meeting with prayer. The opening address was made by Prof. Goertner, who is the commissioner ap pointed by the Trustees to secure the desired endowment. , Dr. Goertner made gratifying statements of the progress of his labors. His aim is to raise $250,000; of this amount, over $lOO,OOO has been secured. He was followed by Dr. Fisher, the president; by Prof. Evans; by Rev. Dr. Lord, who expressed his high grati fication at the Presbyterian character of the in- whose address was peculiarly ingenious, original and happy, and by Rev. Dr. Chester, who brought out some surpriaing facts in the history of the colleges of, the. State, as, connected with the lot tery schemes of the earlier part of the. century. All spoke in the highest terms of the standard of scholarship at Hamilton, comparing it favor ably with that of , the first institutions of our country. We earnestly hope the undertaking of Dr. Goertner may prove successful, and we commend the. College as peculiarly the college of and for our Church in the East. We cannot close without giving some extracts. Dr. Goertner made the following encouraging statement " A process of education has been and is going on rapidly in the church and the community in re ference to the College. Men have 'had their minds directed to its importance, and good men making a final disposition of the trust committed to them, are not unwilling to give liberally to the cause. It is in this enlightened spirit that the Walcotts gave twenty thousand dollars, Mr. Benjamin ten thkusand dollars, Mrs: Bates and Mr.. Dodge five thousand each." Dr. Fisher said • " Hamilton College has no need to be ashamed of:its history. It has sent Men into all the professions of life; who have commanded' respect in this country and all over the wosld. Such men were Barnes, Robinson . and others of that stamp : Men who stand out before the com munity, men whose iePutatien is more or less' na tional—have come from its halls. , No other -In stitution in this, country has sent : forth men. whose influence has been greater than the men of Hamilton College. The :training in that In= stitutian has.always been thorough." Dr. Lord said: "I would give to, no college, 'that was not of a denominational character. This is "one 'reason, why I thank God, Hamilton dol.- lege is Presbyterian, becauSe it is something., It has a local habitation as a cmaranty of success." Dr. Heacock said : Our brother Tinker, of happy ,memery, used to .say that it was often carelessly said a dollar is a dollar any way,' but that it was not so; there was a great difference in dollars; a 'dollar earned in a -mean ' way and spent in a mean way had no more ring in it than if made of lead ) but a dollar nobly earned and spent—we speak of baser metals—this is, precious among the precious. Ring this one! It •is almoit as if a harp were struck in heaven P' - "One of the beautiful passages of Holy Writ the simple record made of a certain locality,, "and Jacob's well was. there.' The clear waters "for which the Patriarch centuries ago had bored the solid rock are yet pouring their streams for the parched and thirsty lip, pure, perfect, constant in their Raw! Such is the college to those who thirst with `the thirst of knowledge.' - Speaking of thee. State lottery grant, Dr. Chester said : "At the time of the grant by the State; Dr. John Mason, of excellent memory, Was Provost of Columbia College, and in his Scotch obstinacy and Presbyterian opposition to the lot —to all'appeals to chance—he resolutely refused to accept for his college any of its benefits. A small piece of land was given by the State as an offset. This was accepted, and by the rise of real estate, that grant has made Columbia the richest college in the State; while the lottery gift, 'though finally most productive, -has made - Dr.LLNott all the trouble--ofliia IBMIM CONSUL TO MARTINIQUE. We are pleased to learn that our friend Rev. 0. G. Carothers, recently consul to Turks Islands, has been appointed to a similar position at Mar tinique. The state of Mr. Carothers' health for bids hi 4 return to pastoral labors, and necessitates his residence in a warm region, where he has rendered valuable service to the government, and will do so again. The National Republican of Washington says : " A better appointment could not have been made, nor one more richly deserved. The presence of the privateer Sumter in that vicinity, renders it a post of large respon sibility, and we are glad to know that this respon sibility is given to Mr. Carothers, whose experi ence in consular matters, untiring energy, pru dence and courage, eminently qualify him for the post. LOVE OF LIBERTY.—It is a little puzzling to me, having heard it said by so many good men, that this patriarchal institution begets such a love between master and slave that they would not take liberty as a gift, to observe the infatua tion which seems to have seized, in the disorderly affairs of our nation, these blessed creatures, so that they prefer the bondage of liberty, to the liberty of bondage. I suspect that the African does after all love liberty; though I do not doubt that curled hair, black skin, and curved spines make greafpolitical differences, yet, I suspect in one thing the Africanis still like the Anglo- Saxon. They are both of God, and the touch which God left on them and in them is there; not on their face, but invisible; and every crea ture formed after God'i image ; how base soever he may be, longs to be free.—/I. W. Beecher. (Om Cina% Witt,,t4. LETTER FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT OF JANESVILLE, lOWA, SABBATH SCHOOL.-It may be interesting to some of your readers to know that the Lord has a people in Janesville, Bremer county, lowa. Led by the wise coun sels of its excellent pastor, the Rev. I. Glass, the church is in a prosperous condition ; has services every Sabbath, and a strong effort is making to build up a stirring Sabbath School. Our num bers are increasing steadily, we have an excel lent Bible Class attached, conducted by our minister, who is beloved by us all. But last and not the least, we have received a handsome donation of books, etc., from the First Presbyterian Church, Orange, N. Jersey, J. L. Merrill, Superintendent. Oh, may heaven re ward them openly. How much good can those strong churches East do with such donations to those feeble churches in lowa I We have the children, but lack the means. The Orange Sab bath School has made us all glad. W. H. JAY, Superintendent. RESIGNATION OF PROFESSOR SMITH.—The friends of Lane Seminary will regret to learn that the Rev. Henry Smith, D. D., Professor of Sa cred Rhetoric and Church History, has tendered his resignation to the Trustees with the view cf accepting the unanimous call of the North Church in Buffalo, N. Y., to become their pastor. This step proceeds from no want, of interest in the Seminary or in the work of theological edu cation at the West, but from the conviction which has been growing for some time in his mind that he is, called in Providence to the pastoral office. ....e..s...,gv,d+k--,a4-aia4bav-k-this-euqrstrur'rgsttu. to the Senior Class, and temporary arrangements will' be made to supply the vacancy until it can be permanently filled: • The Trustees and Faculty regret to lose the valuable services of Professor Smith, and their. best wishes Will, follow him to his new field of labor.—Herald and Recorder. WABASH COLLEGE, Dec. 24.—The fall term closed. on Friday, with an exnmination of the Col lege classes, and an exhibition of the Sophomore and junior classes on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday evenings. There was a full meeting of the Board of Trustees,'whose action in reference to the appointment of a President is not yet made public. The number of students during the term--me hundred—has happily exceeded the expectation of the Trustees, and is as large as usual, although - there are twenty-eve members of the classes in the army. The winter term will commence on Thursday, January 2d, with a pros pect of undiminished numbers. , . • MR. PETTY DOUGLASS, of Sennett, N. Y:, gave as a donation, $lO,OOO each to the Auburn Seminary and the Presbyterian House, the in come of the latter donation to be distributed among` certain benevolent objects. At his death he left the same institutions equal residuary legatees. This will has been contested, but the 820,000, of course, is not affected thereby. The Surrogate has decided adversely to the claims of the residuary legatees, and appeal has been taken to a higher Court. Another legacy has been left to the Presbyterian House of $lO,OOO, the income of which is to go to Home Missions , within our Church. THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY, AUBURN, N. The catalogue for 1861-2, states the 'numbers in attetidanca as follows :—Senior Class, 13 ; Mid dle Class, 24; Junior Class, 34; giving a total of 71. By a vote of the Board of Commissioners in 1860, the Seminary buildings are hereafter to be distinguished as Douglass Hall, Case Hall, Willard Hall, and Dodge Hall, in honor of the late Peter Douglass, of Sennett; Theodore P. Case, Esg., and Dr. S. Willard, of Auburn ; and William E,4 Dodge, Esq., of New York, liberal benefactors of the Seminary. fin AXLE TB MST vEfirROH IN jACKSONVILLE- Rev. L. M. Glover, pastor, was completely des troyed by fire, on Monday morning, the 9th ult., at about 3 o'clock, supposed to have originated from anew furnace. The loss is about $lO,OOO. A fine organ, costing $l6OO, had just been put in. Insurance covers three-fourths of the loss. Although such calamities are especially trying at a time like the present, yet we trust those who are thus called to suffer loss and trial will not be disheartened. They may be assured of the sym pathy of their brethren elsewhere.—Evangelist. Rmr. H. S. HowELL, of Delaware Water Gap, has been appointed chaplain to the. Ninetieth Re giment Pennsylvania Volunteers, known as the National Guards, P. Lyle, colonel commanding. The regiment is now in camp in the vicinity of thin city, at Camp McClellan, and is nearly, full. This is a most excellent appointment, and one upon which the adthirable body of volunteera composing the regiment may: be congratulated. Tin ItousE or wonsurr erected: by the church and .qougrioaticn, under the paatoial care of Dr. Jacob Little, Granville, Ohio, was dedicated on the 25th of December. The house was erected at a cost of $lO,BOO, which was all paid before the dedication. REV. A. W. HENDERSON, of Chicago, has been appointed chaplain of the Thirteenth Illi nois Cavalry regiment. CALLS, OR,DINATIONS, AND CHANGES Mn. 0. A. LYMAN, a member of the Senior Class in Lane Seminary, having accepted an in vitation to become chaplain of the 41st Regiment of Ohio Volunteers, was ordained to the work of the ministry by the Presbytery of Cincinnati, ou Wednesday, Dec. 11. Mr. Lyman graduated at Western Reserve College, in 1844, and as a practising lawyer in Greenville and Dayton, and finally in New York city, was rising to eminence; but becoming personally interested in religion two or three years since, he was led, like many other Christian lawyers, to devote himself to the work of _preaching the Gospel.—Herald and .Recorder. Rev. J. H. TowNE, D. D., of Rochester City Presbytery, was installed pastor of the First Church, Milwaukie, on the 4th instant. The church has long been without a pastor. The correspondent of the Evangelist says: "We can but regard it as the kind interposition of God, that they have at length been led to select and obtain one as their pastor, whose ministrations are so full of deep, discriminating, evangelical truth, and that he commences his labors with them with. such bright prospects of success." MlNlsrEus WANTED.—Presbyterian Churches in California, without a regular supply at present, are—Calvary Church, San Francisco, churches in Gilroy, Visalia, and Healdsburg. Congrega tional Churches in the same condition are the churches in Petaluma, Oroville, Mokelumne Hill, Diamond Springs, El Dorado, and Grass Valley, besides other churches which we do not now re member.—. Bo. Rev. J. S. 111eLaughlin.—The Presbyterian church at Red Bluff, Cal., have given a call to Mr. McLaughlin to supply them for a time. We are glad to learn that the church assumes the entire support of their minister, and that the re quest of the people has been accepted.. Mr. McLaughlin has been warmly welcomed by the people of Red Bluff, and the prospect of his doing "much good in that city" is exceedingly promisimg.—Pacific. Rev. W. Freer, of Placerville, left New York for California on the 11th of this month, and will probably arrive the first of December. We draw a deeper and better breath every time we learn, that a California minister of the right kind, turns his face again to this far land of the setting A. S. DuLnEv.—The Presbytery of Dayton, on the 11th inst., ordained A. S. Dudley to the work of the Gospel ministry, as an evangelist, and dismissed him to the Presbytery of Cincin nati. His field of labor for the present is Mor row, on the Little Miami Railroad. REV. N.L. LORD, M. D., of the Ceylon Mis sion, who has been appointed to perform the du ties of District Secretary of the American Board in Ohio, Indiana, Southern Illinois, and Missouri, has taken the office recently occupied by his pre decessor in Cincinnati.—Evangelist. REV. CHARLES LITTLE has resigned the arse ~r Tr;git j , -Presbyterian Church, Manlius, N. Y., to accept a unanimous call to the pastor ship of the Congregational church, Cheshire, Connecticut. Stated Clerks, Secretaries, and Others, Take Notice. Hereafter a charge will be made of Five cents per line for the Hereafter, and Three cents per line for each sub sequent insertion, of Notices and Acknowledgements. A reduction of thirty-three per cent. when a quarter of a column or more is occupied, will be made. DIRECTORY. OF PRESBYTERIAN MINIS TERS AND CHURCHES OF PHILADELPHIA. PRESBYTERIAN HOUSE, 1834 CHESTNUT STREET NAMES OF MINISTERS AND RESIDENCES AND CHURCHES. LOCATIONS. Adams, E. E. . . N. Broad street Church. Adair, Robert . . . . See. Phila. H. Mis, Soc. Barnes, Albert . . . . Ist Church . . . . Brainerd, 7'., D.D. . 3d. Church . . . . Brown, Charles . . Sec.. Phila. Ed. Soc . Bruen Edward B: . . Burdett, AL ...; 2cl Church, Darby . Butler, Jameso; . . Wanut st.Chuich,W.P. Culver; Andrew . . . - Martaynnk Church . . Darling, Henry, D.D. . Clinton street Church . Davis ' James M. . . Ist Church, Darby. Dulles, John. W. . . See.:„E'res. Pub. Coin. i4 7 *. T. . . • Ist Church, Kensington Belffenstein, J'b., D.D. Mkt House Sq. Church. Jenkins, John, D. D.' Calvary Church I Johnston, Thos. S. . Mantua: Church, W. P. Malin, David, D. D. . Me Caskie, James Southwestern Church .1 McLeod, John . . Sec.' A.. B. 'C. F. M. "Tears, John, W. . . . Ed. Am. Presbyterian. 'Miller, Jeremiah . • . . Phila.. Sab. Asso. . . 1 illorris,..ll%. R. . . Centia Church, N. L. , - - . Patton, John D. . Logan Square Church. 'ii.. Pierce, E. J. . . J. B. Loinbardst, Central Ch. Robbins, Frank L. . . Green Hill Church. . Shepherd, Thomas J. . - let Church N. L. . .Smith, Marl; s A., D. D. Western Church. Smith, IL Augustus, .. . Twelfth Church. . . ,Taylor, W W . . . Olivet Church: . Van, Dears, George . - Taber - Mission. . . . "Wallace, Benj. J., D. D. • Ed. Pres. Quay. Rev., and Sec. H. - Missions. Southwark First Charch., Vacant, .- Walter,. Richard . . K.endertOn. Church.. JAN. 9, 1632 Mt. Vernon st. Sp. Garden & 13th sts. 1708 Filbert street. Presbyterian House. 255 S. Eighth street. Wash. Sq., cor. 7th. 634 =Pine street. Fourth & Pine streets Spruce ab 40th, W.P Presbyterian House. 1531 Chestnut street. Darby. Darby. Chestnut ab 40th,WP. Walnut, ab 39th. Green lane, illanaytink Manayunk. Gennantown 10th below Spruce 20 North Tenth. Darby. Chestnut ab 40th WP. Presbyterian Rouse. 1116 Columbia avenue Gir'd ay. near Han. st Market House Square. Germantown. Germantown. 1814 Pine street. Locust ab 15th. Sycamore & 36th,WP Gth & Bridge, W. P. 1614 Chestnut street 425 South Twentieth. Fitzwater & 20th. sts. Reeseville. Presbyterian House. 2136 Mt. Vernon st. Presbyterian House. 1106 Callowhill street. Vine & Franklin sta. Coates ab Third. 1621 Summer street. 20th and Vine. 718 Sansom street. 11th and Race stz. Lombard ab Bth st. Girard av - . &loth st. Girard AV,. ab 16th. 507 BroWn street. Buttonwood below 6th 1530 Arch street. 17th and Filbert. 1530 Arch street. South above 11th. 2021 Wallace street_ 22d and Mt. Vernon. 250 S. Juniper st. 17th & Fitzwater sts. 1431 Girard Avenue. Presbyterian House. German ab Third Tioga st. above 17th.
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