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GENESEE EVANGELIST.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 1862
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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.
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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.