liorriratt fttobetriatx GENESEE EVANGELIST. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1862. JOR W. MEARS, TUMMY OP A DYING PRINCE. AMERICANS feel a deep interest in all that per tains to the character and the closing hours of the late Prince Albert. As a man who never forgot the husband and the father in the prince, and who, with his truly noble and virtuous lady, Queen Victoria, presented an example of conjugal fidelity and domestic virtue in high places as rare as it was salutary and gratifying—as a person who acquitted himself most honorably in his peculiar and somewhat difficult position--as a not only royal, but most judicious and intelli gent, patron of the arts and sciences—as a practical and efficient friend of the working classes and the pier, the world has duly recognized his virtues and excellencies. He took, besides this, a most enlightened and friendly interest in America. DMlwill be hie, memory to us republicans if it shall prove true that in our time of sore trial, he interposed to keep the English heart true and kindly towards this government; if it be true that one of his very last acts was to co-operate with his royal spouse in mollifying the originally arrogant tone of Lord Russell's despatch on the Trent affair, until it became the courteous paper that it was. Tho breath of friendship thus wafted from the dying bed of the husband of England's Queen will be cherished with no common ‘ affec tion by .the American people. We do know, bow ever, of one friendly demonstration towards us prompted by his liberal mind. Dr. Weir, in a late letter to the Pittsburg Banner, says: "It is, now clearly ascertained 'that the visit of the Prince 'of Wales to the United States (as well as Canada,) was the. suggestion of the lamented Prince Consort. He was emphatically a man of peace, and he desired to see the two great Anglo- Saxon nations in close accord in their relations, as well as in their vanguard leadership of the cause of progress and civilization." We take peculiar pleasure, therefore, in the instructive facts which lately have been elicited as to his religious character and exercises. He has left behind him the most ample testimony to . the supreme value of religion. Like the prince-preacher of Ecclesiastes, he had seen and enjoyed.about all that earth could afford of good. He if any one, was competent to pronounce a judgment upon, its intrinsic value, and to prove its sustaining qualities in the hour of trial. His verdict too is " All is vanity." "I heard," says an English.preacher "on good authority, that before'his case appeared critical, one of his physicians said, on leaving, ' Ihopeyourßoyal Highness will be about again in a few days.' But the Prince replied, I feel that I shall never get better; this is my last illness. • And on the physician's saying, I hope your ltoyal Highness will not through anxiety fulfil your own prophecy,' he answered, •No,, I am not afraid; I trust I am prepared for death. I have wealth, and rank, and honor, and I thank God for them; but if these were all, I should be a miserable man." Here is an enforcement of one of the most Sol.. emu lessons of Holy Writ, such as dying princes and millionaires and wits have been giving ever since the days of Solomon. Here is a response to the powerful and soul-moving inquiry of the Great Teacher, " what shall it profit a man if he gain the whole world, and lose his own soul!" These were happily not all the supports possessed by'the Prince in that hour of trial. A letter from a noblenian 'who attended the Prince to the last, has the following sentence in it : " The Prince continually repeated on his death-bed that hymn, ' Rook of Ages,' . • Surely, then, we need not mourn as those without hope." And it is a coincidence not a little remarkable that the last sermon heard by the Court at Bal moral was one from the text: "Prepare to meet thy clod." A . Providence seems to have specially directed the preacher, Mr. Stetrart of Edinburg, to the discourse. The facts as stated are these. When Mr. Stewart entered the pulpit of the church at Balmoral, to preach before the court, he discovered, greatly to his vexation, that he bad left at home the manuscript of his sermon. It happily ocoured to him that he had recently written a sermon .from the text, " Prepare to meet thy God," which he had closely committed to memory. 'He accordingly preached the sermon in question with great fluency and power. Her Majesty and the Prince Consort were so much' struck with the discourse, that they sent a rues-, sage ito the preacher, expressing the pleasure with which they bad listenedto it, and requesting to be favored with a sight of the manuscript. The manuscript was of course at once,forWarded to the Court, and immediately afterwards 'a second message was Sent - tothe' pidatilier by the Queen and the Prince, desiring "the -sermon should be publisited. It has boo so, and is in• extensive circulation Scotland. Doubtless the Providence, the Word - and the Spirit of God co-operated in preparing The mind of the Prince, and providing him with true solace and support such as he confesses ireaJth, rat*, and honor could not afford him in the dying hour. lie too comes, with the, humblest of the realm, to rest upon the Rock of Ages, to stay his sinking soul upon the everlasting arms, , to, find a refuge in the Conqueror of Death, the friend that sticketh closer than a brother. A beautiful illustration of the working of a highly cultivated mind in its efforts to COMMilta cats important religious truth in an impressive and attractive form, is found'among the ornamen tal statuary erected .by the Prince. "In the private apartments of the Queen at Windsor Castle, is a beautifully executed statue represen ting the boy King, Edward VI, marking with his sceptre a passage in the 13ible which he holds in his left hand, and upon which„ he intently looks. The following text is engraved upon the open page—' Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign; and he reigned thirty and one years in Jerusalem. And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, and walked in all the - way of David his father, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left' This statue was executed by the desire of the late Prince, who intended-it to convey to his son a constant and: most signifieant suggestion of the Divine rule by which the future sovereign of England should fashion his heart and life." Baptist Noel, in a recent speech, said that the clergyihan whose"ministry the royal family at tended at Osborne was a good man, and that the more faithful his sermons the more was he thanked for them by the late Prince. Thus we have the consenting evidence of the life to give convincing force to the satisfactory and impressive testimony of the death. Rarely has a life in a station so eminent, been so modest and so truly noble, and furnished at its quiet, though premature close, such valuable lesson's for the moral teacher without also being a warning. Editor. DENOMINATIONAL UNION. We gave last week the opinion of the- &earl/- ter/an of this city, on the action, of the Ogde,ns burgh and St. Lawrence Presbyteries and on the question of union generally. We proceed to lay before our readers extracts from other papers in the two branches of the. Church. The Evangelist doubts the homogeneity of the two bodies, either on the question of slavery; or on cardinal doctrines. On the first it says truly and well " Our position now is in such harmony with the sentiment of the entire -people of the North and West oulhis subject, (and it is on this broad field that our ,branch of the Presbyterian Church expents to stand and grow), that w_e should be careful and not bring ourselves again into bond . ave. ') On the second, referring to the vote of the two Presbyteries that they "have confidence in each others' piety and orthodoxy," it dtgues! " This is well as far as,= it goes. But does the same confidence exist throughout both-Chureh es ? To a great extent we believe it does. But are there not a few men in the Old School body who still distrust the doctrinal soundness of some of our ministers, and who in case of reunion would find it very uncomfortable to be _thus in timately associated with those whom • they hid once helped .to east out as unfaithful to the standards of the Presbyterian Church? And we would ask farther, if there are not differ ences in the views of the cardinal doctrines of human depravity and thlf atonement, as preached from our pulpits, and •it's taught at Princeton' ? If this be so, what advantage could arise from a nominal union ? * *' "We might naturally anticipate, too, that those who express cenfidence in. each others'. piety would trust in each others' declarations of adherence to the same symbols of faith. But history is not so easily, to be, set aside. The ipsissima verba, and the substance of doctrine' theories we fear -have , not yet lost their advo cates in the Presbyterian Church. * * *-* "We are for the union of the New and Old School bodies, just as soon, as the ministers of neighboring Presbyterie,s feel as do the good brethren of the Presbyteries of Ogdensburgh and St. Lawrence. The work has begun aright. —in our, lowest ecclesiastical bodies—and may the Lord further. it 'in his `own: way, and in his own good time." The Herald and Recorder of Cincinnati while rejoicing at the tokens of an inci easing disposi tion for union, sees great difficulties in the way, as to policy, moral reform and doctrine, The fol lowing is a very just presentation of perhaps the' paain feature of our peculiarity as American. Presbyterians. "New School men were content with " essential agreement upon the great doctrines of the Bible, but did not insist upon uniformity in the mode of explaining any of those" doctrines, and in that respect they are unchanged. They can'fellow ship Old School men, , who believe in limited atonement, and the imphtation of Adam's sin,. though they do not agree with them in this be lief, because they both alike receive Christ cruel: fled as the sole foundation of their hope, and 'be lieve in Total Depravity, the necessity of Regene ration b 3 the Holy Spirit, Election and •the Pe rseverance of Saints unto eternal life They, in-, lAA, that the principle ot, unityrwhich they.re cognize, is the only one under which intelligent thinking men can be united in one Organization; and be at peace.' They are at peace among them selves; and desire to remain so: Are all . parts'of both branches of the Church prepare& to unite and abide together underitiiiprincipie for which New School Om have contended, from the ear lie.st period of the American Presbyterian ChurCh . —" agreement in essentials, liberty.in non-essen-: tials." If a rigid " ipsissitne verba" islet be the standard, New Sahool Men cannot adopt it. The memory of the past'is too fresh, Beecher and Duffield. and Barnes, are yet living, and not a few among us are not-willing to pronounce them heretics." The Presbyter of the ", Old School:"; Church in the same city, favors the movement and thinks its success,probable. But the Herald and Recor der doubts whether Dr. 'Montfort's .own Presby tery will sustain him. He - says: "We are pleased . with the method by whiCh this movement has been inaugurated.' We are satisfied that the Presbyteries should" first act. If reunion is to take place and if it is : -to be a blessing,it will be because the ministers and;the churches of the two schools, confide in each other, and co-operate in the same territory. • Presby= teries , can form the best judgment on this point. , The first Presbyterial. invitation comes from `an Old School Presbytery, and the first .union meeting is held in an Old School Presbyterian Church. This is perhaps wise, for the reason that the first ecclesiastical acts, leading to the separation, were passed by us. '*'' * * " We doubt not that there is a very general confidence , in each other's piety, in both bodies. We have never heard any thing to make us doubt this, though now and then some hard things have been said and printed•of each other, which will come to mind in future, ,ands we severally may feel as David did when he said, ' I said in my haste, all men are liars.' "As to orthodoxy, there may be some in both schools, in certain localities; who may have some distrust of each other, and some who may feel, in case of reunion, that they, would be more at home elsewhere. We conclude, however, that if men who say that they confide in each other's piety, can not trust each other!s declarations of adherence to the same symbols of faith, they ought• not to credit each ; -other in any respect. "A reunion of the Old arid New School bodies would be a great blessing. Let all sincere Presbyterians, adopting, our standards, be brought into an ecclesiastical , union. We are for Union wherever there is such a state of feeling as the proceedings referred. to indicate, and we feel a strong conviction that in ahnost every part of the, church in the North there is this, preparation for OPINIONS OP THE PRESS., Antttitall Vrtobttttian and Cotittort (.)rititgtiiot such a consummation. May God give us the wisdom, which is profitable to direct!' The • Standard of this city makes the follow ,ing proposition It seems to us that there is wisdom in the ac tion in regard to re-union originating in the Presbyteries. But *e also think that it would work well to have all Coinmissioners to the As semblies, both ministerial and lay; who are favor bly diiposed toward the object, meet at some point between Columbus and Cincinnati, a few days prior to the meeting ofthe Assemblies, for prayer and conference. Springfield, Ohio, would perhaps be a suitable place. Such a convention, with the baptism- of the Spirit, would haYe a most happy effect. We move that such a meet, • ing take place; who will second the motion.? We have no doubt such a movement on 'the part of our brethren.would be warmly responded to by many Commissioners on our side. THE. TWO PHILOSOPHIES. We have read with deep interest two articles in recent'Ameriean 'qu'arterlies on the philoso phical system of Dr. _Hickok. The first, vigOrously assailing it appeared,in the Princeton Review of October last;. the second, ably defending it, in the American Theological Review of January. Such discussions are calculated to do good. They tend to restrain either side• from' extremes. They exhibit truth in various aspects, some of which doubtless would remain unnoticed but for the activity and zeal of rival and antagonistic in , vestigators.. They liberalize and give versatility and comprehensiveness_to the mind: There lino • necessity that they should be, conducted with controversial acrimony or mutual,contempt among the parties. And Dr. Hickok and his. Mends aro doubtless prepared to find his systein received with some surprise, with searching criticism and vigorous opposition at every forward step which it'seems to take. It is a system which makes large claims, which professes to solve high pro blems in philosophy; and as such, it requires to be ,challenged and put upon trial. Without following the course of either article closely; we call attention to some of the points elicited upon this elaborate and profound system of a prior i. philosophy, of which Prof. Hickok is the author. • ' 1: Its religious spirit. It is thoroughly reli gious ,and Christian in its methods and purposes. It traces the principles and causes of our reason in God himself. We must find God-before we can construct a philosophy-of man. Whether the• mode of :discovering God and of exhibiting and explaining his activity in creation is satisfaCtory or Jio, the devout spirit of the system is seen in the fact as stated. Moreover, this Reason which we are seeliinc , is described by the iihilosOpler" as in volving and suggesting the probability : of all the ,grand ideas „ of the Christian .revelation—the fact of'sinHof the incarnation (eGod's.use of sentient nature as a tabernacle for Divinity to set forth a propitiation,") and the closing up of the world's earedr with a universal phorus of glory to God-and the Lamb. The Princeton. Reviewer strongly objects tUthe do'etrine 'that reason has- any a, priori notion of these; great truths; *as if thereby the, necessity of ,a Revelation is - dispensed with. ;But the theory of an a priori knowledge ; exterrial-tliings-dOcs- not do away with the need of external. things, or of avenues of wage - Which to te.aeli-them. In either case; the apribil knowledge i .or rudiments of.knowledge, would be 'null and practically non existent, without the external .'fact to rouse it We contend that Christian men cannot, but view with interest, a philosophy which is seeking ,a cord of necessary connection with all the leading evangelical facts and ideas, as is this of Dr. Hic kok. It has a strongly, religious Tand even Chris tian aim. • ' 2. Nevertheless the peril of 'pantheism, indi cated by the reviewer, may not be utterly ignored in estimating the value or the Uyiteni.' 'The at tempt to bring . the work of God, in the material world, theroughly within our comprehension, in : valves this peril If nature is pure spirit in ac , tion, it-can scarcely, be. different from God. And here we may introduce a warning from that very German philosophy, of which the Princeton , Re viewer. is so sUspicious, and Which he would sweep' indiscriminately from the arena of disciiiiion. "The'proposition of an adequate knowing of God by means of philosophy," says the younger Fichte, is not =frequently with right accused of a formal self-conceit, bordering on presmnp tion; further, such a position, if it shall appear to:be made good with consequence -and: clear in telligibility through the whole system; can scarcely, riditself of pantheistic Consequences." ;We hope. these wholesome sentiments , will convince the Reviewer that good can come , out. of Nazareth; at any - rate he should go and see before applYing the label "Germanisin,".Or joininc , in - the often insensate cry, " habet - fenum in .eorrin" Now we confess we have a fear of these wholesale con structions which profess to warrant their system of the universe complete. They altrun the risk pointed_ - out by Mate and.we incline to the opinfon that Dr. Hickok has "not escaped the danger. One of the most valilahle portions of the Princton article, is the note in which the theory of matter put forth by Dr. Hickok, is compared with the theories or Schelling, and Coleridge on the same topic, pp. 602i605. S. One of the most .interesting points in , the discussion is, the question whether the moral character of God is necessary, or arbitrary; whether, judging from the principles of "eternal and immutable morality," implanted in our own minds, we are not competent to decide a priori that God must be a good, a just and a holy 13e ing; or whether, according, to the Princeton Re , viewer, "the laws of the universe," "stand in no. eternal necessity,, but depend on the, free choice, design;and wisdom of God; who may ordain and establish them as-he pleases. in endless variety of choice." Professsor - Lewis, in the American Re view, asks very aptly'whether this doctrine of "free 'choice" in God 'does not mean that "God may sometintes, if lie act unwisely and, agitinst the eternal principles or make .others in their place i" He continues: "God must do right, said Abraham of old, and Dr. Hickok fol lows him in this. God is 'conditioned' by his righteousness. We have no objection to, the word. , It means just what was nieatit -hi the Patriarch's exclaniation." .For ourselves, we-in cline to the Patriarch's view of a necessary mural perfection in. the Divine character, according to which we, as :he, ."can judge a priori how the Deity will' act in a given case. This, too, is the doCtrine advanced by ar. Barnes in his treatise on'the Poindation of faith in, ,the Word of God. Pp:, 13 andl4 he says; "No one can believe that justice in7God 'depends on his mere will, or that it would be proper 'for him to perform any act which he chose, and to call it justice at his pleasure. In like manner, .no one can believe that truth in :God duds on will, or that it would be proper for him as an ackef will to make any statement which Chose;and to call it truth; or that it would be right to-day to call one utterance truth, and to-morrow to call it false - hooC Every man is ' so made as to feel assured, whatever theory he may defend that would seem to imply the contrary, that God determines to do right because it is right; to speak truth because it is truth; to be eq,ual and impartial in his ad ministration, because it is : right and proper that he should be so. And every man is so . made, that he cannot helieve the contrary; or that under any eireumstanceS, it would, be proper for God•to reverse things in such a way that, it would . be right for Hint'to do what' he now denounces and condemns as evil, false; and wrong, or that the mere act of his tieing it would make it right." This, in our opinion, is the safe, as well as the truly philosophical view. Once conscious of these necessary and: ntuitive moral and mathematics], principles, the reason Canso far judge, a . priori, what sort of a Being sod:is, and how he will act. The Great Architect,, i t id the Platonists, wrought according to an ideTind we agree with - them. Nevertheless, the Revelation of God's word and works is necessary bring these principles clearly before our consciousness. Reason alone, whatever be her potencies, never does 'pre-con eeive the true idea of God; it, is hers to recognize it as true and genuine, when once it has:been re veered; and in the recognition which she, gives to:the gospel of the revelation of the true God—not in, previously constructing it----she proves her a priori endowments. 'Without such endowments existing _before and independently of a written revelation, a recognition of it as true, would, be out of the' question. - 4. We are pleased to see that both the dispu tants are idealista; one, of course, in a more pon servative sense than, the other. Both reject the sensational maxim;_ Nail in intellects good wen prius in sensy. Man says the Prineeton,Reviewer, "is able to disdern in.„pb,j(cts of sense more than sense reveals, and what can he yielded by no mere analysis of the objects of sense." One may be an idealist without accepting all the conclu sions of the philii3Opgrof Schenectady. Yet we turn - to Prof. I.,dwiethibition of the 'idealist doctrine of perception t as the most attractive por tions of his article. The spirit within does some thing more than merely receive :and reproduce the sense impression :: There is an inward light which goes .forth in'-every perception. 4 . The same 'knowledge (as far as sense is coneerned,) coming through the dullest rnediuni, may be far higher than that of thekeenest, and most perfect organ, according as the former is transmitted to , a higher and the latter to an inferior, the former to a ;rational, and the latter, to a mere animal in telligence. The slow, dull touch of the= blind and deaf. Laura Bridgman tells her' imprisoned soul more even of the outer world, than the - eye of the eagle, infinitely more than that splendid eastle of optical lens* with which` God ',kw so strangely. adorned soiree of the lowest varie ties of his creatures that crawl on the, earth, or, lie metionless in the deep caves of the sea." The spiritual object remitting from sensation,, rePre-, ents,_(not resetatr4We material object, as tele gt.ardkic sionalsropVit words. "We may sup pose, an analogy betWeea them {the spiritual re presentatives of the, material cause,l and the ar ramements of the carpet-weaving apparatus, or to go still farther back, the previdus ratios. and `numbers on which such ratios are grounded. These arailly , r;6presong the :figures brought out in the weaving—represent them without the loss of a hue, or shade, or stripe or point essential to their perfection—bet they are not like them in an any visual sense. There is no optical re-sem hlance,to a carpet in that,mass, of machinery, - - whether working or quiescent, but the beautiful tgerei'arieveit coming out tom •the intelligence it hrings,‘eier as the soul constructs; from the: _dull knowledge of the sense far higher forms of thought and beauty than were ever in` the 'things theMselVes' could they be seen F by .us, in the formless (poverty of their material nakedness!' _ "But the soul is rich •• andcwhen these poor ma terials are brotightinto e light of its ideas r it _immediately 'e onituerrits spiritaid architecture, 'constructing from thetu l aistanees, extensions, in tensities of light or col*, latitude and longitude; figure, ratio,"in telligible relation, beauty, harmony supersenSual,—in faci„its ideal world, so fir surpassing sense, that, could we see the 'outward. 'things themselves,',as some insist, and notiing more, we should find itbut an'unwrought chaos, in ;:comparison with that more glorious' reality which the spirit makes from this dark and amor phons material." • -- These are' noble • passages, albeit;they allow more to the activity of the Spirit in perception and leaVe nature more barren than mostnld wo, admit. We add a fine extract on perception from the'German author whom ire have already quoted, as more nearly expressing our views than Prof, Lewis. "What alone,"lays the younger Fichte, "makes the particular phenomenon interesting and instructive is, to behold in the special ; a univer sal-4 something , pretokening. True, there •is involved in this the me et assumption, that, ,al ready, in the observing s it, the primal word'of , the - phenomenort has beeicdeposited; that it has only, as if kindled at the particulußpiienoro.euon,' come forth suddenly ou s t: f ief the :depths o' f the' spirit' to ednscionsness. Thus:true knoliiing is rather comparable to a sympathising,,completing conversation between spirit and world; in'which, like two lavers ; each one guesses at the thought of - the ether, before it, is half expressed." If any thing exceeds the beauty and delieady of this-lat ter coinparison, it is its phildsophic exactness in expressing what, to us, appears' to he the true theory of perceptiOn. - We can only point in, conclosion to j, the able and satisfactory vindication .of Aristotle from the charge of low views .;on the sub ject of ,pereeption,,found in Prof. Lewie . artiole, pp. 116+11.8. ,The writer in those few lines has done a• great.service to * science. ' We eon: mend' the *eutirearticle to our thoughtful readers. THE PRESBYTERIAN QUARTERLY REVIEW for January, contains- articles on, the permanent in Christianity; The Progressixe TendeneY in know lede) The Holy Spiiit4 4 olm "13nnyaai The War for the Unions Th 4. Ckkavano.o River• Literary and Theological Tptelligence; NotiCes of New Books. Philadelphia, Presbyterian House -1334 Chestnut St. THE SUDDEN, DEATH or Roy. Wm. A. Lamed; Professor of Rhetoric in:Yale Oollege is announced." : I.le fell `dead ,in .a . fit in the street, on Monday , morning, February 3d. - • - DR. BRAINERD'S QUARTER CENTURY. As previously announced, Rev. DrJarainerd celebrated the Twenty-fifth Annivenw of his Pastoral relation to the Third .IC:better known as " Old Pine Street Chum .; ' Sabbath morning a week. The skies broke away for the day—a happy omen—and a thronged and atten tive audience joined with the good pastor in the services. The discourse was founded on Acts 20 :18; ".Ye know from the first day that I came into Asia after what manner I have been with you at all seasons." The review of his la bors for the past twenty-five years was one of profound interest and instructiveness. It makes a landmark in the history of the Church gene rally, and of the city, itself, in which this Pastor and people have beeh the honored instruments of-a vast amount of . good, of moral and religious progress, of support and encouragement to the righteous cause, and . to nearly every good enter= prise - undertaken among us. The population of our city was but little over one-fourth of what it is now, when . Dr. Brainerd's labors began. In his ministry he hid attended over 700 funerals, and over 1000 members have been added to the church. The chnreh, he stated, was never in a morel prosperous condition than at the present time: A fact also -worth noticing is, that of the . different 'clerg,yrrien who were 'in: charge of .the several Presbyterian . churches in this' city, the only ones remaining are the Rev. John Cham bers; Rev. Albert . Barnes, and Rev. Henry 'A. Boardman.; We ,forbear ..any extended notice. of the dis course at present, as it will be given to thepnblic in another form; 'but will simply offer our con gratulations to pastor and people in view of the divine favor which has kept them so long and so happily united, and our hope, -that it may even be his will that they May celebrate in due time a golden, as well as a silver wedding. The Quarter century celebration, as will be seen it-another column, takes place on Honda)) evening next, (instead of. last Tuesday as pm:i ously announced). It is designed to be the act of a grateful and appreciative people, who recog nize the favor of God in the continued enjoy ment of the faithful labors of one of his servants for,so long a period. Such an expression of feel ing in regard to the pastoral office, can but add to the general esteem in which it , is held, and will tend to promote the happiness and perma nence of the relation wherever it exists. p!,I•fo(04:1010111.10!,V.SW,40)11$11 PRESBYTERIAN COMMITTEE OF HOME MISSIONS No. 150 Nassau street, .New York. The following ministers were commissioned by the Presbyterian Committee of home Missions, upon.applications from the churches they serve, at thpir last two.meetings, viz :--- Rev. John McLeod, Reeseville ,Penna. "" W. T. Bartle, Decatur, Mich. - ". J. A. Darrah, West Ely, Mo. " C. Waterbury, Cedar Falls, lowa. M. P. Jemison, Middleport, Ohio. " 0. H. Barnard, Carlton, New York. " P. H. Snow, Red• Wing,• Minn. " Martin Post, Schoolcraft, Mich. " Augustus Marsh, Brooklyn, Mich. " Warren Taylor; MoNairn, " W. Ellen, Burr Oak, Mich. 44 P. N. Dimick, Omaha, Nebraska Terr. " N. Robinson, Vinton, Ills. " - Lonit3-F: - Laine, Canisteo, N. Y. • " ' John Peek, Traverse, Minn. Tliontas Tatlow, 'Newark, Mo. 44 M. H. Dyrart, Troy, - "Towa. " E. F. Waldo, Jefferson, Wis. - " • j. G. Ka.nouse, Cottage .Grove,,Wis. " C. H.. Palmer, Middleport, " J. B. Preston, Ontro, Wis., " Geo. D. Miller, Tuscola, 111. " Geo. B. Pierce, Newton Falls, Ohio. " Samuera. Mills, Wheatland lowa. - . "" Chauncey Osborn, Dearborn, Mich. Z 4 J. W. - Guenther, Newark, N. J. " - Chas: H. Thebezrath, Patterson,'N. J. THE DELAWARE LOTTERIES ABOLLSHED.—We are now permitted to announce the completion of this good work begun by the Delaware House of Delegates on the 23d of January,bY the subse quent concurrence of the Senate in that action. However littlewe admire the moral tone of parts 'of the roped on ,the . subject submitted to the Senate; we unhesitatingly express our gratification that such , a crushing inciibus is removed from the geed repute and prospects of that loyal little State. We look now-for the removal of the miserable ,and poisonous remnants of the system of slavery which still linc , er on her statute books, and which serionaly, hinder her progress., Once erect among the free States of America, littlnDelawarn would enter upon .a career of unexampled and, solid, pros perity. ' , Since writing the' above we have met With the following paragraph whieli , goes to confirm our favourable expectations: It is; credited to the Euetting Post. DELAWARE OR FREEDOM. " A bill is to be introduced, into the legislature of Delaware to abolish' lavery in that State. By 'this bill, it is provide 4 thatiall slaves over thirty 'five...years of age shall be treed within ninety days after it becomes alaw ; all under thirty-five shall become free on reaching that age; males born after'the bill becomes law are to be slaves, till theYeretwenty-one, and females till they are eighteen; and ill' lavery is to cease after January Ist, 18:72. These proviSions are made conditional upon this, that Col;Ress ry,ill_at its present ses sion, engage to pay Wto the State of Delaware, in bonds. of the United States, bearing, interest at the rate of six per, centum per annum, the 'sum of 6960,000, ten annual instalments,9o,ooo to be payable on some day, , before the. first day of September, 1862, to establish a fund for securing full, and fair compensation to the owners of slaves who shall have been divested of their property by force of the act in .question.' " Delaware has, aecording to the census of 3.860, eighteen hundred and five slaveF, and the sum asked'of Ccingresi for their gradual emapeipatiou amounts `to` five' hundred dollars a head, which is a fair price. The Wihnington Republican says that many.Of the largest sla.veholders are, in favor of this bill, and that many , of the .slaveholders would gladly exchange their slaves for -meney, which , they could use in payment for their:lands and contemplated improvements." If we have any criticism to make on, our ex cellent'Quarterly, it is that it . sometimes seems to lack the charaCter of a Revi'ew, Strictly Speak ing, and has in its usually fine articles, too little direct Connection with, or bearing upon, the cur rent literature of the day. The single article in this number which .answers to our idea of i a Re-. view—that on John Bunyan—proves how much would probably be gained in definiteness aria in terest by a different course. - • ' • - Cht.trch ftwo. Religious Interest in Brooklyn.—" C." writes to the Evangelist that a season of great interest is being enjoyed in the Churches of that city. He says "Brother Elliott proposed on the last morn ing of the "Week of Prayer" that the churches of this region should hold a daily prayergathei ing in Clinton Avenue chapel, for the outpouring, of the Spirit. The motion was received with prompt acquiescence, and for three weeks- past the Chapel has been thronged by a solemn, ear nest gathering of God's people, and inquirers for the way of life. The meetings last just one hour, and have been conducted by Rev. Messrs. Bud dington,, Elliott, Elrnendorf, Foss, Burroughs, Lee, Annable, Onyler, and Hastings.. I have never attended any meetings in Fulton street that were more certainly characterized by the Holy Spirit's presence—by hushed solemnity, and flowing tears,-by beseeching earnestness in pray er, and by delightful unity among Christians of various denominations. After the meetings con elude, a Ladies' prayer-meeting is held in the same room for half an hour. " The good work is spreading. Last Friday evening in our church . (' Park Presbyterian') a large inquiry-mee.ting was held, and several hopeful conversions have inspired us with the joys of harvest. The marked features of the wink thus far, are'unusual fervency of prayer— the shaking of false hopes with mistaken profes sors—readiness of the impenitent to welcome re ligious conversation—and freedom from false fire and sensationlista." The First Church, St. Louis.—A correspon dent of the same paper. "A_ T. N." has been permitted to examine the fifth anniversary Ser mon of Rev. IT. A. Nelson D. D., pastor of the First Church St. Louis, Mo., from which we ga ther the following facts " Dr. Nelson's installation took place Nov. 23, 1856. The number of communicants in -the church at that time was 172. The whole number added, from that time up the date, of the Ser mon, was 226. Of these, :146 were added by letter, and 80 by profession. During the same time 83 were removed—making the whole num ber taf communicants Nov. 24, 1861, three hun dred and fifteen. This a positive gain of 143 members; and an average gain of 29 nearly each year. The charitable collections from April 1857 to April 1861 were $6,833 being an average of 1,366 each year. During the same time they paid on their church debt s42,ooo—making the, whole amount paid for church and charitable purposes, over and above the expense of main taining their own pubic worship, about $50,000, being an average of $lO,OOO each year. " This might justly be s regarded as a very credt table exhibit even in ordinarily prosperous times. But the full force of these figures cannot be felt without taking into view several facts and' con siderations of very peculiar significance in their bearing upon this church." These facts are, the sudden death of Rev. Dr. Bullard, the former, pastor, by which the church was leftwithout a pastor for a year, under the burden of a heavy debt.; • Ecclesiastical secession' of '57; and the disasters through which we are now passino• which are felt With peculiar force in'Alissonri. He concludes as follows c :" That the First Presbyterian churelt in St. Louis, in times ,and under`, circumstances like these, should nearly have doubled its member ship, have contributed -about 47,000 to.bene volent objects, and paid $42,000 of their church debt, besides defraying .its heavy current expen ses, is evidence` 'of God's favor, of great ministe rial efficiency, of constancy to_truth and 'loyalty, and of remarkable'Christian self-denial." - Rev. M. Burdetes resignation.—At a meeting of the Congregation of _the let Presbyterian Church, of the borough of Darby Dec. 21st '6l, the Rev. M. Burdett tendered his' resignation, and desired the congregation to unite him in requesting, the Presbytery to dissolve the pas.: toral relation. A committee; was appointed, to express to the Presbytery the sentiments of the Congregation, consisting of Samuel Crothers, Barney Carr and Pascal Hoopes M. D. RESOLTJTIONS WHEREAS our Pastor, Rev M. Burdett, has tendered his resignation, and desired the eongre ga - tion to, unite with him in requesting Presby tery to dissolve this relation. Therefore. • Rgsolved, ;That we , coneurin the request. • Relolved, That we deeply regreet the existence of the circumstances which induce our Pastor, to make this request. ' • Resolved, That we cheerfully bear testimony, to' the faithfulness, of our Pastor, and to his un tiring efforts and' saarifices, for our good, and do most. cordially recommend him, as, an able, and faithful, minister of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, and our best wishel will follow him in his future labors to promote the interest of the Redeemer's Kingdom. P. J. HOOPES, Scribe.. -Presbytery of Cayuga.— The Presbytery of Cayuga held its annual meeting at Jordan, com mencing TuesdaY, January 21st. The opening sermon was preached by the Re - v. Henry Fowler, en, "Our Eldership,—its scriptural authority, functions, and qualifications," from Acts xx. 28. Rev. C,barle.q Andereoit:wits ehoien Moderator, Rev. George W. Waroer, and Rev. S. S. Gos,s, -Rev. A. M. Stowe, by invitation, addressed the Presbytery on behalf of our General Assem bly's Committee on Home Missions. It was sub seciuentlY resolved to Conform our Presbyteraial arrangements for Home Missions to our Assem bly's plan. -A. commission was appointed lay request to or ganize a 'second church in the city of Auburn, un der the title of the Central Presbyterian Church. -The commissioners chosen to the General As sembly are, Ministers, Charles Hamlin; and-Geo. W. Warner, with William M. Robinson and John Tompkins as their alternate& , Elders;Tra Ham ilton, M. D, and James Hyde, with Moies Lyon and Orrin Hewitt, as their alternates; The devotional exercises were marked by 'a spirit of prayer,andexpectation of an unusual blessing in store for our _churches, and for our afflicted country. The narratives of religion id dieated a healthy condition of our churches, and in several instances the beginnings of a revival. :Thing; i.?t, Bufaio.—Pur pepple in Buffalo have recently witnessed sone scenes of .deep interest which wufind:Teported in: the Advocate., The First church, Rev. Clarke: pastor, celebrated its 50tit , anniversary on - the 2d and -3d of the month. On Sabbath evening, the Pastor preached a most =interesting and able, sermon, giving, with much detail, the history of the origin, progress and present condition of the church. The ser mon will be published. On Monday evening there was a re-union, of former and present members of the congregation with other citizens. Geo: R. Babcock was made chairman, and extended the welcome of the "Old First," to all present. , Prayer was offered by Rev. T. Stillman, atter which addresses were made by the Pastor, (Rev. Dr. Clarke,) by Dr. Bristol the oldest member of the . Session, and by Rev. Dr. Lord, after which letters were read from Dm. Squier, (the first pastor of the Church,) Thomp son, Storrs, Johnson of Troy, Huntington of Au burn, and others, expressing regret at their ina bility to mingle in the exercises, and breathing devotion to the memory of the Church. Dr. Chester, the author, then read a beautiful Poem, interwoven with delicate references to the his tory of the Church, its pastors and its works; embodying allusions to the history of the nation, its grand past and perilous future; and appro priately filled throughout with a purely religious spirit. Addresses by Lewis F. Allen, Esq., Dr. Smith, Rev. Mr. Brigham, H. W. Rogers, Esq., Rev. Joshua Cook and Rev. Dr. Heacock succeeded, and the meeting closed by the singing of the song,'" A Hundred Years to Come," by the choir." On the 4th, Rev. Henry Smith, D. D., was in stalled pastor of the North church. The sermon was by Rev. Dr. Thompson of Cincinnati, on 2, Cor. 2 :14 - , the theme being: Success in the Min istry. Rev. Joel Bingham and Drs. Clarke and Heacock, took part in the services. Dedication.---4 new house of worship was ded icated at Rockport; 0., on the 30th of January. The church worshiping in this, their first edifice, is connected with the Cleveland Presbytery, and received tor the completion of the building a moderate loan from the Church Erection Fund of the Presbyterian Church. They have shown much energy-in the accomplishment of this en terprise, and have wisely united with a neighbor ing Church in the joint support of their pastor, a plan which might be imitated with advantage by many congregations; which though individual ly feeble, might jointly secure an able ministry. Herald.and Recorder. Extract from a Second Letter from the Pas tor of a Church in the Synod of Pa.—Dear Bro.: —The good work goes [forward in our congrega tion. Some fifty to sixty attend my Inquiry Meetings; near forty have, professed a change of heart. All ages from fourteen to fifty years. The work is much more extensive in and out of the Church than in 1858. To God be all the praise ! Affectionately yours, Commissiouers to the Genl. Assembly.—Rev. F. W. Stoddard principal, and Rev. Isaac G. Og den, alternate , ; Mr. Wm. F. Wheeler, of Port, vine, principal, and Mr. IL Mead, of Cuba, al ternate ; were elected Commissioners to the General Assembly by the Genesee Valley Pres bytery. Rev. Linus 13illington, whe has had charge for several years past , of the church at North Bergan, Genesee county,* .Y. h. z. invitation from the chitreil at Barre Centre, Or leans 'county whither he has removed and enter ed his labors. Mr. Win. P. Pitlsworth was ordained as an Evangelist by Genesee Valley Presbytery at its stated meeting at Belmont, Jan. 21st. arid 22d. Rev. Alex. McColl has resigned the pastorate of the church at Niagara Falls. fay fublicationo. A truly valuable essay, thefrultof comprehen sive yet careful thinking is the first article on the Permanent in Christianity. It is argued that the permanent elements in Christianity, and by the term Christianity is meant " the whole sys tem of things which has proceeded- in different ages and countries directly, from Christ," may easily be distinguished, and that "in acting upon society in all its forms in different ages and countries, these permanent elements assume dif ferent aspects and have - various modes of opera tion." This is illustrated in a: pleasing and in structive variety of "initances, and the whole is concluded in four inferences of great practical moment. The article will be regarded by thought ful readers 'as one of the richest treasures in the compass of the Review. The Progressive Tendency in Knowledge is an ingenious and suggestive discussion. "The Holy Spirit," a full and clear statement of the doctrine of the person and offices of the third person of the Trinity. Noticeable is the prominence and clearness of the doctrine in the Old Testament as presented in this article. "John Bunyan, the prose poet" is a delightful and thoroughly appreciative analysis of the "In genious dreamer's" principal characteristics as exhibited in Pilgrim's Progress. It is an article such as one, never tires of reading, partly because it flowed; doubtless without weariness, from the pen of one deeply in sympathy with his subject, and qualified by familiarity to speak of it. " The War for the Union," is an able Wend exhaustive View of the great questions now up for settlement ; first the claim of theaight of secession is argued, shoWing our . right to con quer; next the necessity we are under to con quer ; third, answer to_ the taunt of theßritish aristocracy that Republicanism is seen to, be a failure—under which, appeal is taken to history and the causes of the of ancient, republics are examined, .and • politics, so often com plained of as corrupt, are shown to comp= fa vorably in purity and efficiency - with those of any, other civilized country. The relaiions of the war to slavery - are touched 'upon, and the confiscation of the slaves of rebels dernanded. The article Will be read with deep interest arldreceived with a cordial, acipiescence. One of our lialies in this city has 'covered, nearly an entirc . page with _extracts from xt. ' 'A notice of :the Okavango.River,",Literary Intelligence, and. Notices of News BOoks, com pinto the number. AMong the latter is the announcement of Dr. Brainerd's forthcoming life' of 'John Brainerd, brother and successor of David Brainerd, in his missionary work amonng, the Indians. The in . troduetion to, the hook is given entire arul-will be, read with interest. TIIRTY. of,the First ghttrelt and ioncifelintion in, this city , are enlisted in various- positions •in theFederalArmy„ FEB. 13,
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