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GENESEE EVANGELIST.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 80, 1862
JOHN W. MWLEI,
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THE PRAYER MEETING of our churches will
he held this (Thursday) afternoon at OLIVET
Canso; 22d and Mount Vernon Sta. at 4
o'olook. •
TWENTY-MTH AN NIVER SARY. —Rev. Dr.
Brainerd will preach his Twenty-fifth Anniver
sary Sermon in Pine Street Church, on Sabbath
morning next. All who have been members of
Pine' Street Church for the last quarter of a
century are especially invited.
TO LIVE IS OHRIST: TO DIE IS GAIN.
THZRE is a mine of Christian morals in these
words. They comprehend a great part of Chris
tiab teaching and consolation. They reveal to
- *Lithe secret of that balance of mind which is
the Christian's prerogative in view of life and
death alike. They are the statement of two
practical elements of truth which away the Chris
tian's thoughts and conduct, and correct two op
posing morbid tendencies which rule in the
heathen world.
All understand something of the natural horror
of death. The good Judson felt it, when; in the
jungles of Siam, he dug his own grave, and me
ditated by its open month day by clay, in orler
to .chastise" his own , fears and nerve himself to
his fate. Men and women, too, have learned,
without the influences'of the Gospel, under the
power of a great passion, when patriotism sum
moned them, when borne along by the thirst of
military glory, when schooled by the inhuman
teachings of superstition, or by a petrifying yet
lofty system of philosophy, to lay aside the fear
of death and to give their lives a sacrifice. This
haa been done calmly, deliberately, as well as
palal,qaately and without, thought, by men who
bad not a ray of authentic evidence for the fu
ture. The world's catalogue of heroes would
be not a little abbreviated, if we cut off the -in
stances of noble self-sacrifice even unto death,
furnished by heathen annals. But the tendency
of'heathen teachings, moralities, and supersti
tions went beyond this. They drove their hap
less victims and votaries into the excess of de
spising life. They created an insane admiration
for the man who could-not only look death in
the face, but who dared to invoke it with his
own arm. They, goaded men to assuming the
. prerogative of Providence, and crowned them as
heroes alike, when they perished at Marathon
and Thermopylae, as when they fell on their own
swords at Philippi. Plato's Dialogue on the
ImMortality of the Soul was perused by Cato
before he performed the same act at Utica.
We know, too, how an infidel philosophy has
redlaposed the French people to this ferriful
practice, so' that suicide sometimes prevails like
an epidemic among the populations of the princi
pal cities. And a writer in one of the earlier
votames - of the Presbyterian Quarterly Review,
gives a most graphic and appalling account of
the prevalence of' suicide among the Japanese.
Of all regions underheaven," says this writer,
"snicide revels and holds carnival in Japan. No
where is the instinctive love of life more easily
overborne by the sentiment of honor, the hope of
- posthumous fame, or the eager desire for immor
tality; Some cause themselves to be walled up
in mountain caves, where they perish of starva
tion. Some resort to a particular rock, overhang
-
jug a dizzy precipice with deep caverns at its
base, awl then, calling loudly on their God, take
their final leap, as - they suppose, into Paradise.
Others still of these martyrs, embark by compa
nies in a vessel, each with a large stone about
his neak, and proceed out into the harbor, leav
ing their benedictions with the people who line
the shore in crowds to witness the ceremony. On
reaching a convenient distance they scuttle the
junk, and as she gradually sinks, they chant to
gether the praises of their God."
We hear, too, among those who profess to be
Christians, of a weariness and an actual impa
tience of life, which has too much of repining in
it, to be regarded as springing from an evangeli
cal root. It is rather like Job's loathing of life
and anxiety for death, in which be is by no means
to'be regarded' as a model. Yet of Job it must
be said, that he was still clearly superior to the
heathen in his morality, for in all his misery, and
notwithstanding he preferred strangling to life,
there is not a hint, of having recourse to suicide
as a release from his sad condition.
But where in all heathen example or teaching,
or ,even in Old Testament biography, do we find
an exhibition of true, healthful, exalted heroism,
like this of Paul, the, prisoner of Nero, in his let
ter to the faithful Philippians? Looking the
prospect otaarruel martyrdom--oeheisig- .'butch
ered to make a Roman holiday,"—in the face
without quivering or momentary hesitturcy, lolly
prepareid to go, knowing thatto depart and be with
Christ is far better, glowing with calm rapture
at the prospect, be yet masters the strong flutter
inge of his eagle soul d inpwards, andgives play to
the equally strong interest'which he feels in the
gr aed work of establishing the Church of Christ
among men. Paul the aged, a veteran in a most
toilsome and perilous service, a daily martyr for
Cbriat, laboring as a handicraftsman to eke out
the scanty subsistence furnished by the preach
ing of the Gospel, he who might well have been
nardoned for regarding his work as done, and
f r glaring himself up to a holy contemplation of
approaching bliss, nobly nerves himself to new
labors, recognizing the unsatisfied claims of his
field upon him, and settles down in the .convic
-6,n that to abide in the flesh is more needful for
them, and knows that be shall continue with
them all for their furtherance and joy of faith.
'1 his is the sublime ideal presented by Christi
anity, equally removed from profane recklessness
sad from fear. Christ to live for—Christ to go
t.) at death ; is a portion and a prospect which
makes us alike ready to go; and content to remain.
Christ—this glorious, all aufficient, personal Re
deemer, in whom life and death are made one,
Lail life and death are cuss:
A state of mind so poised, so unperturbed, is
favorable to, clearness of view 'and soundness of
judgment, and might really have aided Paul,
aside from inspiration, in coming to the confident
conclusion that he was to remain. In case of a
very sick person, it would doubtless be a highly
favorable condition of mind for the application
of remedies. We are sure that any intelligent
physician will Jell you that he prefers 'to deal
with a patient composed and steadied in mind by
Christian sentiments at once so elevated and so
calming. They are like some refreshing draught
that quickens without exciting the system.
But how infallibly will such hopes and views
produce true courage l And who, in the cause
of justice and of freedom, will make a better sol
dier than he who has caught the spirit of Paul's
letter to the Philippians ? Is it any wonder that
such heroes were nursed into being by Chris
tianity as those famous. Huguenot Generals and
Commanders, whose prowess made France—un
grateful France—of the seventeenth century fa
mous ? One of whom received no less than sixty
wounds, losing a leg, an arm and an eye, his own
strong heart remaining untouched; and another,
a famous conqueror, on being strongly urged in
his old age by his king to change his religion,
answered nobly, showing his grey hair : " For
sixty years I have rendered unto Crew the things
which I owe to Caesar; permit me ylow, Sire, to
render unto God the thing which I owe to God."
And there are brave men enlisted in the present
conflict,, nade such by no familiarity yith scenes
of carnage,for they are men of peaceful natures
and pursuits,—but by the power of the truth which
teaches them to live for Christ, and to expect gain
in death. How calmly will such men meet all
the perils of the battlefield; will move, without
the need of an insane and blinding excitement,
to the imminent deadly breach; will not only
command, but lead their men fearlessly, where
ever duty summons,' though they fall as did
Hedley Vicars almost with the word of command
on his lips : " This way 97th !"
We happen to know of a Christian. Captain
who put his hundred in the field at the massacre
of Ball's Bluff, and who nerved his men, many
of whom were Christians, as they formed upon
the edge of the bluff, and realized the desperate
nature of the work before them, by words of
manly Christian exhortation, and then led them
forward, and after losing many of them, himself
fell, seriously wounded, upon the body of the
preacher-Colonel, which he was endeavoring to
rescue. On a previous occasion , he, with his
company, formed part cf a detachment which
met the enemy near Fairfax COiirtlimuse. At
the first fire many of the company fled, but were
afterwards rallied, and all• behaved well. On re
turning to his tent and reflecting on the occur
rence, he remembered that of those sixteen or
seventeen who never wavered from the first,
every one was a professed Christian. .
It may yet visit y appear that our salvation in
battle, and through this great conflict, rests not
with bold bad men, not with the profane, the
reckless and the clamorous, whose courage per
ceptibly oozes away as they draw , near the actual
scene of conflict, but, under God, with those
leaders and men who are calmed, and nerved,.
and steadied by the Pauline balance of thought,
by the wonderful wisdom of the consolations of
Scripture, by Christ the end of living and the
gain of dying. The fate of the republic may be
seen to -turn, in some decisive conflict, en the
practical power of this high lesson of Christian
morality.
Editor.
• $l6 50
Tut. following joint action of P-resbyteries in
our own and the other 'branch of the Church, is
the most encouraging sign of union between the
two branches that we have yet seen. We make
bold to say that whenever "O. S." Presbyteries,
generally, give such invitations and join with us
in voting such resolutions, the substantial hin
drances to union are removed, and the standing
reproach of schism will be-taken from our whole
On the invitation of the Presbytery of Ogd.ens
burgh (0.5.), the Presbytery of St. Lawrence
(N.S.) met with them in the Presbyterian church
in Ogdensburgh.
A number of clergymen were piesent from
other Bodies, who were invited to sit as corres
ponding members. Among them, were 'the fol
lowing, viz :—Rev. F. De W. Ward, D.D., of
Get esee River Presbytery; Rev. F. E. Catilion,
D. D., and Rev. B. H. Willoughby, Of the Pres
bytery of Geneva; Rev. A. E. Campbell, D. D.,
and Rev. H. C. Riggs, of the Third Presbytery
of New York; Rev. James Macaulay an&Rev.
W. J. Maedowell, of the Associate Presbytery of
New York.
Rev. Mr. Waugh, of Canton, Moderator of St.
Lawrence Presbytery, was invited to a seat with
the Moderator of the Presbytery of Ogdensburgh,
Rev. S. M. Miller._ After brief religions exer
cises, the Hon. John Fine, offered the following
paper, which was seconded ny the Rev. B. B.
Beehwith, and after amendment and free expres
sion of opinion, was unanimously adopted.
At a joint meeting of the Presbytery of Og
densburgh, connected with the O. S. General
Assembly and of the St. Lawrence Presbytery,
connected with the N. S. General Assembly,
'eld at cr g aitiibur g h, N. Y, janniry 14, 1862,
afteta full , and prayerful consultation upon the
condition of the Presbyterian Churches in the.
United States, it was resolved,
WaxenAn, The greater part of the churches
and ministers, Presbyteries and Synods, in the
Southern and Southwestern States have with
drawn from the O. S. General Assembly; and
the greater part of the Congregational churches
and ministers on the Union of 1801,,,have with
drawn, or the articles of union substantially va
cated :—lt appears to us that a re-union of the
Presbyterian Family should take place in those
which remain. Therefore
Resolved, That having confidence in each
other's piety, orthodoxy, and patriotism, we de-
sizeto be united in one Presbytery, in one Synod,
and in one General Assembly.
Resolved, That a copy of this paper be sent to
the two respective General Assemblies, and they
he overtured to approve and adopt the same.
Resolved, That the above be signed by the of
ficers of the meeting, and be published in The
Presbyterian, the American _Presbyterian, the
New York Observer, and The Evangelist;
A. PHILLIPS, 1 Secretaries
B. B. BECIiWITH,
Resolutions approving this action were sable-
IMPOBTANT •AOTION.
OGDENSBURGH; Jan'y 14, 1862
L. MERRILL PfiILIZR, -Moderators.
J. WAUGH;
aintritatt Vuolitttrian and Montrott (6ratt9tliot.
quently passed in the two bodies, respectively,
and ordered to be duly signed and forwarded.
L. - MERRILL MILLER,
Stated Clerk of the Presbytery of Ogdensbarigh.
B. B. BECKWITII,
Stated Clerk of the St. Lawrence Presbytery,
N.B.—lt is well to add that after action in the
above joint meeting, the corresponding members
asked the privilege of voting, which being grant
ed, they unanimously voted in 'its fa:Vor.
Now, if our "0. 8," brethren really desire
union, (we think we have already shown our
readiness for such a result,) let them follow the
example initiated by the Presbytery of Ogdens
burgh, between this and the time of the meeting
of the two Assemblies. They may be assured
that all the Catholic feeling, all the horror of
schism, and all the piety of our people will lead
them to respond with the same promptitude and
cordiality which are manifested by the Presby
tery of St. Lawrence. We look with some
anxiety and some doubt we confess, for such a
general movement.
A SABBATH FOR THE °EMMY.
The Independent, in an article on the proposed
course of sermons to be preached from the pulpits
of New York on the observance of the Sabbath,
has the following paragraph : " Some attention
should be given to one of the most oppressed and'
Sabbath-ridden of all classes—ministers of the
Gospel ! It seems like a perpetual sarcasm to
hear these overworked men thanking God for
this day of rest ! Rest?-Why, half the minis
ters sat up half the night of Saturday to prepare
their two sermons; they rose on Sunday with
throbbing temples ; they wrought in their studies
till the bell's toll; they officiate in the most ex
hausting services for an hour and a half. They
rest one or two hours, and then return, for ano
ther exhausting service of like duration; and at
evening, being now strung up to the highest ner
vous tension, conduct an evening prayer-meeting,
or perhaps preach a third time. Then the man
lies awake all night, sleeps a few hours on Mon
day morning, and on Monday afternoon or Tues
day wakes up in the purgatory of ministers' Blue
Monday ! This is charmingly entitled a Day of
Rest ! And like to it is the service of many a
man and woman, overtasked in 'brain and nerve
all the week, and, then, on the day cf Rest, work
ing harder than any other day of the seven The
fact is, that church labors are so arranged that
the overtrorked are taxed still more, and the in
dolent do nothing at all. They rest who should
work; and they work who should rest. There is
a vast amount of pulpit desecration of the Sab
bath, and Sunday-school - violation of God's laws
of rest, and of church disregard of a Christian
observance."
OTTTTRING NEWS.
From the pastor of one of the principal
churches of our Synod, outside of the city, 'we
have received the following hopeful and encour
aging intelligence, under date of January the
21st.
My hands and heart just now arn full. The
harvest time is come, and the good seed of the
word is bearing precious fruit. For more than
a month past, God has seemed to be drawing
nigh unto us, and calling his peoßle to prayer
and heart-searching. Since this year commenced
a great solemnity has been manifested in our
assemblies. - The week of 'prayer was observed,
and though the services were not numerously
attended,lhe spirit of, them_was good - and lope
ful. I appointed a meeting for inquirers on 'an
evening - of last week, and nearly thirty were pre
sent, of whom many now hope in Christ. Last
evening though very unpropitious, I appointed
an inquiry meeting and as many more came. A
prayer meeting held at the' same time, was
largely attended, and Christians are nobly coming
through the place of repentance to the_work of
God.
Pray for na my good brother. >Preaching
every evening."
THE AnItTOAN AND FOREIGN OHEIS
TIAN UNION.
. .
BEN'. RqBERt D.. is again connected
with this society as correip*ditik.Secretary. A
great door for 41? gos p e l = Is now open in Italy.
Re:V. Edivin Hall writesirolialioience, Nov. 18th
1861, that' " the work in = the island of Elba is
going on with much prosperity. There has been
a little opposition there, but the result so far has
been to awaken a deeper interest in the mission
of the evangelist and - colporteur now at work
there. I have forwarded to the Island, from - the
depository of the British and Foreign Bible So
ciety in Leghorn, one hundred Bibles and two
hundred or more Testaments, and from the
Tract depository belonging to the. Scotch and
Waldensians, a large number of tracts suited to
the wants of the people. Another workman is
needed there ; but sludi I. have the means to em
ploy him? is the question'which darkens my pros
pects and represses my zeal.
"There is another question of interest to the
people in Elba. In the city of Porto Ferraio,
where the evangelist and colporte.nr are, the num ,
ber of persons desiring to attend the services of
preaching and Bible-reading is greater than can
accOmmodateein the" rocthi now rented, Or in any
ordinary room to be found there. One of the
brethren from Port, Ferraio came to see me last
week, and I invited Dr. Revel to meet him at my
house. It appears from his statement that there
are now for - sale in Porto Fermi° two buildings.
the property of a widow who is well-disposed to
wards the Christians there, either one of which
could be used for their meetings. He and others
in the town are very desirous - to obtain one of
these, buildings, inasmuch as there is often great
difficulty 'in procuring a place, of meeting, as
property is generally in :the control of those who
are not at present favorable to the religious
movement here. Mr. Revel thought if one of
the buildings could be secured it should be done.
I should say that if it is purchased it should be
given to the Vaudois Church. The cost will not
be . more than 2,500 or 3,000 francs, ($5OO or
$600.) s Can you , not place that amount of money
at my disposal for this object ?"
Dr. Baird inites us that the Society never was
in a better statethnn it now is for doing a large
work in South' Ai - neriett and in Europe as well as
in our own country. All that is'needed, with
God's blessing, is the funds requisite.
Minutes are butas drops to the, ocean of eter
niq, yet they ou:k 'never be recalled.
THE 01T-Y wATrB, DEPARTMENT.
WE have receir s ed from the Chief Engineer,
Mr. Birkinbine, a copy of his ANNUAL REPORT
as presented to Councils, January 16th. It
shows commendable zeal and forethought in the
,
very important mattets,et guarding the purity
and providing for ti'e sufficiency of the water
supply of this great plty:foi the present, and the
future. The imprueme r nts made and now
making, particularly nutter the present Chief
Engineer, are of the most substantial and impor
tant character. .At At Fairmount, huge pumps and
turbine wheels are being introduced, doub
ling the capacity of the works, and. securing our
increased population the same abundant, pure,
and cheap supply of - water for which of old our
cleanly city has been—famous. Our property
owners scarcely feel the burden of a water tax,
yet the total nett earnings of the works for the
past four years have beenneariy a million and a
half. The total supply from all • the works for
the year past;is 7,596,079,938 gallons, an average
of 20,728,985 gallons - _per day. Various im
provements are proposed by the Chief Engineer;
new and deeper reservoirs for storage and subsi
dence, (at present therskis capacity for only two
to four days supply in the reservoirs,) more com
plete arrangementf , . for ;distribution, changes in
the Kensington works (Which have always been a
grievous exception to< the, general excellence of
the arrangements,) SW which would at once
prove -remunerative. ile? , :iti also su..eited, in
view of the probability of She ,B_Chuykill water,
becoming in the couEe - .of tinie-unsnited for
drinking purposes tleiurveys be made with a
view to procuring a supply from •that purest of
all sources, surfaceare . iiiage. Upon this point
we quote the language of the report.:
c!TheLondon water-'.eompanies were, a few
yearsk,o, forced by acts'of Parliament to remove
their works from that part of the Thames affected
by the sewage of the city, to a point higher up
the ;rii-er and above the city. They were also
required to construct extensive subsiding reser
voirs, and filter beds. A much greater sum of
money was expended ripen these alterations and
improvements, than would represent the entire
value of the works of this city, at the Present
time. Notwithstanding all this expense, surveys
are now being made by one of the most eminent
hydraulic engineers of that country, for bringing
in a supply of waier, to he collected in the moun
tains of Wales. Water collected in the same
manner ; viz: from . 141 . 1 is now. supplied to the
cities of Manchester.an, Liverpool, the superior t,
quality of which, as 7,a;ft-kas the abundant and
constant supply, has induced London to look to
so distant and expensive a source. Water col
lected from the surface of hills not cultivated,
and - distant trom cities - and large towns, will be
almost abSolutely free from mineral and organic
impurities. Indeed there is no other source
from which water of such e positive purity can be
-,
procured, not even from springs, for these are
rarely free froth mineralization. The Depart
ment is convinced that such sources of supply
exist within moderate distance of this city, where
abundant gathering grounds, of sufficient area
and eligible sites for store reservoirs can be pro
cured, and water delivered to the City at such
elevation as to make pumping in. unnecessary!'
:, ..
L. M. M.
B. B. B. •
It were to be wished that the services. of an
officer so competent, so „faithful, and whose ex
perience would prove rao-valuable to the city as
that of Mr. Birkinbt ., could be- retained in
_
spite of political reve ons. We do ourselves
incalulable injury by mak j i.rig the terms of such an
office dependent upon. political opinion&
fTrrs failure to anrist l England in their cause
through the capture of4Mason and Slidell, the
vast proportions of our ;hrmaments by land and
sea, and the tide of snuck which has now begun
to turn with the completton of our preparations,
have wrung a deep cry id despair from at least
one of the chief centres id the rebellion--34n
phis. It is- found in airecent number of the
Argus of that city, and is a testimony to the wis
dom and vigor of our administration, such as
many of our own journals have until recently,
hesitated to bestow. The extraet'alvi'fbresha
dows the possibility of a cOunter-revolution
against the rebel . pie , ent, and reveals alto
gether a doleful prospep or the South.l—ED.
" Price is in full reir southward. Price will
probably continue in full retreat for there are
several—indeed no' leis than three United States
armies; each as large, better armed and better
equipped, converging upon him.. His-past
,vic
tories have been rendered .valueless. United
States forces have beep massed in Kentucky too
great for a man of Sydney. Johnston's calibre to
venture to attacic, and the , paralyzing of Price
through the withdrawal pf McCulloch has
the overrunning of Missouri, to the Ar
kansas frontier, an easy task to the 'United
States troops. We're flitted ' back out, of Mis
sonii—eheckmated in Kentucky Chase has ob
tained his money in Wei l l street. The blockade
is unbreakable by ns as yet. In one word, we're,
hemmed in. We've Allowed the moment of vic
tory to pass. : We were so anxious watching the
operations of England, that, we stand aghast on
turning our eyes hom d again to find our
selves ten times worse o than. we were ere the
commencement of '.Pr , "%est.a-istTor*ard' march,
and that accursedlistsedaceisatiOrtisni, thii;nriest
of Messrs. Mason and - •
" Day follows day, and .0
e .. , lieu ofbehig weakened,
we find the United Statp armies, at all_poirtts,
being• strengthened;• almost every article of
-manufacturing and dotriestie necessity , quadrupled
in price, and our money;Will soon be exceeding
scarce, for lack of paper•Liand pasteboard where
`with to make it. We pay - fifteen cents, a piece
Tor sperm candles, and 34, are told we ought to
be glad to get them at that
~ Our twelve months
soldiers' time willsoon be up; and we cannot help
asking, as they do themselves, what have they
been permitted or led to .0o ? .It is. an :-old and
ever-proven truism, that *hen two nations are at
war, that which has the-4east mean; must find
success in early and rapid action, for it can gain
,
little b 3 time, while the other finds in time the
,
power to bring into efficio * t use its more'varied
" Cabilied, cribbed, confined as we were, and
evidently would be,- our shortest, clearest, and,
n tn
most noble policy was to , d in the rapid nee of
our early revolution a_ . enthusiasm . an over
match for the slower atult/fts spirited, but more
enduring North. Where ~ shall we ask relief?
Where should we --- ask it-tave in the camps on
whomwe have lavished:lour heart's blood, our
hopes, our - wealth, our irhole ; where but upon
the banks of the Potomip? When, will we See
A ORY
an end of the farce there being enacted at our
expense? Indirectly every mouthful we eat is
taxed, our babies wear taxed caps and shoes, our
boys write on taxed paper, our girls wear taxed
calicoes, our men do a taxed business,-and -hope
lessly ride in a taxed hearse to a, taxed,grave, and
ti
we, forsooth, are hurting the oausegf- we dare
to turn from Messrs. Mason and.Slidellto look
at the country we were born and bred in, and
having looked, we are hurting the `cause if we
dare tell what we see.
Our cause is right, it is holy. Our suffering
may be God's price of success, but who, seeing
what might have been, and knows what is being
suffered through its ba t ing undone, can refrain
from cursing the selfishness or idiocy-that stopped
the conquering Beauregard, that arrested the
march of Price, that checked the gallant Jackson.
We have gazed imploringly on the lion, while
the fox has been weaving his toils. Our press
and our people have trusted far enough. We
now ask, are we to continue hemmed in for
another six months, and lack all things, or shall
our armies on to Washington, and lack nothing?
HAMILTON COLLEGE.
We learn from the catalogue for 1861-62, that
the large number of one hundred and ninety-two
students are enrolled. Among these there are
some non-attendants, duly noted, including 10
volunteers in the - State or_National service.
Hamilton College is an honor to gur, denomina
tion, and we take pleasure in recommeding it to
parents seeking a place of training for, their sons.
The faculty is full, the branches of instruc
tion varied, the scientific department includes a
telescope of large size, mounted and furnished
ed with the necessary apparatus for accurate
observations, a stimulus to effort is furnished
in various prizes, and the best influences are ex
.
ercised in the training of the intellect by the use
of , the Bible as a regular text book with Barnes'
notes and ';other approved commentaries. The
50th anniversary of the College, will be celebra
ted by the Society of the Alumni, on Wednesday
before the commencement, July 16, by a dinner
and appropriate addresses. President Fisher is
the Jubilee Orator.
PROGRESS OF TREIWAIt.
Burnside's Expedition has been delayed by a
succession of foggy and stormy weather and one
of the transports, the propeller New York was lost
about the 15th, with all• her cargo by striking on
the bar at Hatteras. Other mishaps are reported
involving additional loss both of men and vessels,
but as yetAliti- lack official confirmation and do
not in any wise interfere with, the progress of
the Expedition.
The rebels have awaked to the consciousness
of their terrible defeat at Somerset and are filled
with gloomy forebodings of the end.
DELAWARE LOTTERIES.—We take pleasure in
announcing the action of the House of Delegates
now in Session at Dover, which by a vote of six
teen to five, passed a bill revoking the existing
Lottery grant. This took place on Thursday the
23d. The Senate at last accouts 'had yet to act
upon the bill. -
AGENTS rff THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
SUBSCRIBERS in New York State, indebted to
this paper, and residingin the following places, are
requested to make payment to the individuals named,
who have kindly consented to act as Agents for us.
Bills'for all amounts due in these places, have been
placed in their hand s for collection.
Attica—James Barker.
Autpurn—S. M. Keeler.
Albion—Rev. 0. C. Beardsley.
Bu f falo—Rev. D. L.
Batavia—L. McFarland.
Corfu
Corning—W W. P. Haven.
Dunkirk-Rev. W. L. Hyde.
Danville--H. C. Sedgwick.
Elmira—Rev. R. H. Close.
East Btoomfickl—Samuel Hough..
East Avon—Rev. A. Eimer,
East Pembroke—j. Ingram.
Genevan '. Rev. T. M. - Hopkins.
lioneoye Palls Asa Pride.
-Leror-B.- Crane.
Leitas . ton—Dr. 'S. E, Hacldey.
Lintatia---Rev. A. H. Parmelee.
Lyons—Rev. G. R. Rudd.
Mt Morris—Rev. L. Parsons, Jr.
North Chili—R Fulton.
Newark—Rev: G. R. H. Shumway.
New Yorkaty----M. P. Janis.
Nunda—Earl S
Palmyra—A. B. Clemons.
Pavilion—Rev. B. H. Dexter.
Pem—lL E. Ramon.
ilke—A. R. Sherrill.
Phelps—J. C. Stevens.
Rochester- 7 -, T.B-ilium.,
Spencerport 2 ;Aliii Chapin. - -
Silver ek—Jan It. Semple.
Snap. Bridge Abel Wilder. -
Westfield---Re.v. L. A. - Skinner.
Watkins—lL M. Hillemen.
York—T. F. Baldwin-
Youngstown—Jon Heiden.
I,ut Chad gem
The .Elmira .Female..-Collage has received
generous New Year's gift of twenty-five thou
sand dollars, from a liberal member of the Board
of Trustees, to be applied on apermanent endow
ment fund. .The eollege is in a prosperous con
dition, with between. ninety and one hundred
students, which number, though less _ than in
preceding years, is a gratifying proportion con
sidering the times. Those who wish to retrench
expenses in the education ...of thkir daughters,
without diminishing their advantages, will do
well to make themselves acilualitted with this in
stitution .—Ea angelist.
Revivals.—Encouraging indications rare .in
creasing in our churches. 'Besides the letter of
pastor in another column we find no fewer than
five notices of a similar 'character is - the kit
Evangelist: From Valatia New York—Rev. Wm.
Whittaker writes : " Your numerous Christian
readera will be glad to learn that the Lard has
graciously smiled upon the Presbyterian church
of this place, and blessed the „efforts of his ser
vants in. pointing sinners to the Lamb of God,
and in reclaiming the wandering. For the last
three weeks meetings have-been held for mutual
exhortation and prayer, of a deePly solemn and
impressive chareeter, and as the result, a number
of souls have been hopefully converted to GO/
On the last Sabbath ten united with the Church,
among whom were included the blooming youth
of eighteen years, and the greyhaired man of
three score and ten, and. a number of others are
inquiring whit they must do to be saved:':' From
Guilford in the same State a correspondent
writes The attention of the Church was early
called to the appointment of the first week of De
ember by the General Assembly as a week of
prayer; and Rev 0 Parker, "who has-..laboied
faithfully successfully at various places Was
invited to preach at the beginning' of that, week.
Christians confessea their sins, and redewed:tlaeir
zeal and prayerfulness, and soon there began to
be heard among the impenitent, the anxious in
quiry, " What rtkust we-do-to - be saved M.- The ,
daily inquiry meeting was well attended from its
first appointment, as also the preaching services,
every afternoon and, evening, and three times on
the Sabbath. At the conclusion of the special
services aboutvone hundred converts were ad
dressed ! 'Tlielifethodists have participated l in
the labors and fruits of this good work, and now
a great and blessed change is apparent in this
community. There has been, no excitement.
The truth has, been forcibly preached, and Chris
tians have been urged to a faithful performance
of their duty at home, and in their several neigh
borhoods; and -sinners have been taught that it
was their dixty immediately to submit to God, and
begin to serve him. To God be all the glory.
- In Fairbury Ills, and in Tecumseh Mich, much
interest prevails. In Hillsdale Mich., a revival
has recently commenced, which, though com
paratively noiseless, is nevertheless very solemn,
impressive, and efficient. A note from the min
ister now supplying there, says,—
" There is good reason to believe that more than
twenty precious souls have been converted—and
still the work goes on."
Ministerial Changes.—Rev. C. Chester is about
removing from Geneva, to Havana, N. Y., to take
charge of the church there.
Rev. Frederick Starr, Jr., hasiiceived — an
unanimous call to the pastorate of the First Pres
byterian church, Penn Yan, N. Y. Mr. Starr has
for some years been a secretary of education and
financial agent of Auburn Theological Seminary,
and it is but just to say that that eminent school
of the prophets has been largely benefited by his
efficient labors.—Ra
ftut Wublarationo.
The Bildiotheca Sacres for January, opens with
a learned and able discussion of the difficult sub
ject of Christ's preaching to the spirits in pri
son. After disposing of current interpretations
(especially the one which involves the notion of
an intermediate state, on which the argument is
one of great value and conclusiveness), the author,
Rev., James B. Mills, propounds as a solution,
" the natural effect which the completion of
Christ's atoning work and his entrance into
glory would have upon the lost spirits shut
up in the prison house of doom- We have good
reason to suppose," be adds, that "- the spirits in
prison' were cognizant of this stupendous event,
the consummation of which even inane na
ture, by the most striking phenomena acknow
ledged." The allusion of the sacred writer to
Noah is, however, not explained in this other
wise acceptable interpretation. Article 11, is
the first of a series on slavery in its relations to
the Bible, the State, and the Church. It is a
translation from the German of Saalschntz, on
Hebrew Servitude, with remarks chiefly upon
the pretext of race, set up by American defend
ers of slavery, by Prof. Barrow, of Andover.
Prof- IL P. Dunn, of Brown University, gives a
freetranslation from the German of an article on
the celebrated Tubingen Historical School. Dr.
Pond, of Bangor, furnishes a life of Erasmus,
based upon Jortin and a very instructive mono
graph in the London Quarterly for 1859. We
are astonished to see an article furnished by the
Professor of a Baptist institution, on Close Com
munion, being_ an elaborate defence of that
odious and unchristian article of the creed of
some churces, which so far forfeit the title of
Evangelical. We deem it just cause of com
plaint against the excellent Quarterly before us,
that it has yielded space to the defence of a
dogma so groundless and so repugnant to the
real spirit of the Gospel. Prof. Park gives a
valuable and timely article on the Imprecatory
Psalms, which both give and receive light in the
crisis through which we are passing. Professor
Hackett comments on the _received. English
translation of some passages in Galatians. Lite
rary notices follow.
As a text book in. Church History we know of
nothing on the whole equal to the work of
KURTZ, now complete by the issue of the second
part, which includes the. Great Reformation, and
comes down to. our own time. It is a happy com
bination oflirevity and fullness ; and is suited to
purposes of instruction as well as the enlighten
bent of the general reader. The Reformation
in all the countries in. Burope is described, with
its attendant " deformation" in the Anabaptists
and other sects, and the Counier-Reformation in
the Church of Rome. This 'heroic period in the
History - of the Church is succeeded, after a time,
by the advent of Rationalism—a, phenomenon of
deep and, painful interest, here carefully pro
trayed from root to: branch. The state of reli
gion in our own country is also described, includ
ing Revivals,—which are considered almost exclu
sively American, and not very favorably regard
ed,—and Mormonism. Thebook is not free'frorn
faults, as the successful editor and translator,
Dr. Bomberger, frankly admits. As a Lutheran.,
Prof: Kurtz, has exalted the share of Luther
in the Reformation, in a disproportionate manner,
giving Calvin but a moderate space, and speak
ing of 'Lutheran " Orthodoxy" in contrast with
the - " Reformed Theology:" The value of the
work is _weak tiotwithstaning these defects. It
keeps the reader thoroughly posted upon the
contempormreons history, of the. Rol/ash Church,
of which, from other sources, we know but little.
We commend -the two volmnes now issued most
heartily to Inless than 1000 pages
the whole , history of the Church—that standing
miracle of Providence—LS clearly, piously, and
instructively toa- - Published and for sale by
Lindsay-tt Ilia:Elston, Philadelphia. -
Professor Robbins is at the work of editing
and re-issuing
,the valuable exegetical works of
Stuart. The Commentary. on. Ecclesiastes has
just been. issued in a book of considerably larger
sine than the anginal volume, though we do not
find that it contains any additional matter. The
character of the work is well known as the fruit
of;thought and ripe scholarship, and of the most
careful consideration of the many difficult pro
bleins presented in the book. _The introduction
discusses the question of anthomhip, in which
Stuart is with thegreatbody or modern exegetes,
Hengstenberg i'neluded, ascribing the workto an
age much more modern than that of Solomon.
The Commentary holds an honorable position
among the various productions of Biblical Salo
larship of our country and age: As the sainted
author was among the pioneers of, the historic°-
.
grammatical. (i. e, common-sense) method of in
torpretatiOp. of Scripture is this country,. the
works of his nrebid lair to endure the competi.
tion of newer viorks for a_long time. Andover,
Warren F. Draper. Philadelphia, Smith, English
& Co.; large 12mo. pp. 846. --Price $1.25.
?lee Smitten Irov,seltold, or Thoughts for the
Afflicted, isa choice collection of Discourses and
Poetry, issued by that tasteful and judicious
publisher Of - wcprks fof the Christian heart and
household, A. D. F. Randolph, New York.
Dr. S. I. Prime,- furaillies a discourse on the
Death of a Child ;Dr: W. B. Sprague, on the
Death of a Wife; Dr. Bethune, on the Death of
a Husband; Dr. J. B. Waterbury, on the Death
of a Parent; and Dr. C. M. Butler, on the Death
of a Friend. The poetry comprises some of the
very gems of thought and, expression, including
besides old authors, and rare anonymous pieces,
some of great value by Whittier, Trench, Eliza
beth Barrett Browning, Pierpont, and others of
later times. There are few families, alas lon
whose table it would' not, appropriately rest.
12mo, bevelled edges, pp. 259. For sale by
Smith, English & Co., Philadelphia.
The boldness, vigor, fresh humor, .and flue
rhetoric of Dr. 0. W. Holmes, are manifest in his
late Lecture before the Medical Class of Harward
University on "Border Lines of Knowledge in,
santeProvinces of Medical Science," and will ecure
him readers outside of the faculty. It is full of
interesting facts gathered on the " border lines,"
and is altogether a readable and profitable trea
tise. Boston ; .Ticknor & Fields; Piladelphia,
J.-B. Lippincott & Co.
We are pleased to see our early favorite in re
ligious works for the young, Mr. J. S. C. Abbott,
resuming - his pen in the same important de
partment of literary labor. His " Practical
Christianity" for Young Men, just issued by
Messrs. Harper &- Bros., is written in the same
illustrated familiar style, which made the "Child
at Home," and other works so acceptable and so
profitable. Examples of the value and reason
ableness of early piety, the truth of the Bible, etc.
are gathered from every department of history
and age of man. It is a work eminently calcu
lated to do good ; and should be placed in the
hands of every youth of twelve years and upwards.
16mo, 302 pp. Phila. : T. B. Peterson & Bro.
The second series of Horatio -Bonar's Hymns
of Faith and Hape, has been...issued in elegant
and substantfal style, by Carter & Bro. It con
tains a large number of pieces devotional, scrip
tural, descriptive; with- several translations of
old Greek and Latin Hymns. Original and
striking in thought, clear, vigorous, and some
times hiehly melodious in style, the experimen
tal Christian will recognize under the poetic
dress, many a preclons thought or suggestion,
and be conscious of many a reviving and encou
ring impulse in the perusal of the volume. Some
exquisite songs of home joys and sorrows, such
as " Lucy," " Sunrise and Sunset," are found in
the collection and " Memories of the East," is a.
charming companion of travel in the Holy Land.
For sale by C. S. Luther 1334 Chestnut street.
John Brent, is the title of the second of the
late Theodore (Adjutant) Winthrop's posthu
mous works, issued by Ticknor & C 0., Boston. It
is a finely written and deeply interesting story of
adventure in California and on the Plains, not to
speak of other countries, in which the odious
character of Mormonism is forcibly exhibited,
and the peculiar scenery of that vast central re
gion of our Continent depicted. Winthrop's
lively sympathy - with animal life, has prompted
him to some of the most intensely exciting de
scriptions
,of equestrian performances that we
have ever read. Horses and their fates are pro
ment parts of the stirring story. It is to our
mind a better, healthier book than Cecil Dreeme.
For sale by J. B. Lippincott & Co.
The Martyrs of the Muting has also been re
issued in - portable form with flexible covers, by
our Publication Committee, with the laudable
object of furnishing_our volunteers with suitable
and attractive reading_ matter. This story of
violence and persecution, and heroic daring, and
Christian endurance, is eminently appropriate to
this design, and we hope our friends will we
every effort to promote its circulation. The price
is 30 cents, or four copies for a dollar. For sale
by C. S. Luther, 1334 Chestnut street.
Midnight Mirses.—Three brief tracts by the
author of Memorials.. of Captain Vicars, are pub-
Eshed together.' under this title, or separately
(Midnight Chimes; Brave, Kind, and Happy;
Ready;) very evangelical in their tone ; and suited
admirably for distribution among the soldiers.
By Cirter & Bros., New York. For sale by
C. S. Luther, 1334 Chestnut street.
We have received a copy of Charles Stokes' Illus
trated Continental Almanac for 1862, containing
extracts from the Regulations of the U. S. Army
and other important matter, beautifully illustrated
with 18 figures of Soldiers of different ranks in
fall costume, printed in oil colors, making a
very handsome and valuable book. It is issued
by Charles Stokes, the eminent clothier, under
the Continental Hotel, Philadelphia.'
The last two numbers of the Pulpit and Ros
trum, contain the Address of Henry Winter
Davis before the Mercantile Library Association
of Brooklyn on the Sbuthern Rebellion, and the
Constitutional powers of the Republic for its
suppression, and Wendell Philips' Lecture on
the War for the Union. This valuable work is
a monthly serial, published by E. D. Barker,
New York, price 10 cents.
The American Theological Review has arti
cles on the Theology of Emmons, from which we
made an extract in a recent number; The Ante-
Nicene Trinitarianism ; Memorial of the Ame
rictm Board; The two Schools of Philosophy,—
a vigorous defence of Dr. Hickok, by. Tayler
Lewis, from the late assault in the
...Princeton
Review; Gardiner Spring and Brick Clinch,
New York; The Beauty of Holiness; Theolo
gical and Literary:lntelligence;.-Literary and
Critical notices of Boots; Statistics and Church
News.
The Knickerbocker forFebniary, brings Kim
ball's startling tale of New York Commercial
Life, Revelations of Wall Street ) nearly to a close.
The whole work will be published early in Fe
bruary. New York, J. IL. Gilmore.
The Princeton Review for January, contains
articles on God and Revelation; The Memoirs
of Philip de 'Mornay; The Human Body as re
leted to Sanctification; Bilderdijk (the Dutch
Poet); Are there too many Ministers ? England
and America. Litery Notices.
From Messrs. T. B. Peterson & Bro., we hare
received, in paper ..covers, Mrs. Southwrth's new
book, The Broken, Engagesnent, designed to illus
trate. the - consequences of speaking the strict
truth for a single day,,in our social and business
circles„
JAN. 30,