lfrgttvian . .--A N I)-. GENESEE EVANGELIST. TaiRSDAY, FTBRUARY 20 1862 JOHN W. KFARS, Union Prayer-Meeting of our Churches will be held in ButtoUwood street church, (below Sixth) Itev, Mr. Shepherd's, to-day, ThUrsday, at 4 o'aoek, P. It. Rot - mt.—The annual concert of prayer for COleges, and other Institutions of learning, will be held on, Thursday, February 27th, in the let Presbyterian church, (Rev. Mr. Barnes, 10-..' 11 o'olock, A. M., and in the Western PrP'Y'! nan church, (Rev. Dr. Smith'p,) at ,aelak Lurch at BAY CITY, ;thy fire on the 2d inst., ittranee. $7OO have been sub .. dild it on the ground, and it is 15 friends here and in other parts of the rat will mist. stir WE barn that MICUIGAN, was there being scribed_ ho ,'t#E QOl kilitPiitOlt DETERMINED. Tiurivtidied generally have' their day of re prieve: Providence mercifully waits for them. His vengeance is not immediate or regular. Few limn arc struck down like Ananias and Sapphire. Few seditious ones are swallowed up like Sorah, Dathan and Abinan. And often their hearts are miserably hardened by delay. "Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set •in them to do evil." They say in their heart; " God hath forgotten; he hideth his face; he will see it" They delude themselves into a godless and reckless security. They scoff and ask. " where is the promise of his coming . ?" They despise the riches of the divine " goodness and forbearance and long suffering ; not knowing that the goodness of God= leadeth to repentance; but after .their hardness and impenitent heart trot atwas:up wrath against the day of wrath and re velation of the righteous judgament of God, who at last will render to every man according to his (leech." And thus 'iv° Might g 6 on, quoting sentence after sentence out of the Great Statute Book of Justice, applidable to the events now transpiring in our country. For nearly a year, the authors, and promoters of the Crime against our country, have gone on with comparatively little rebuke. Long preparation, promptness and unanimity of counsels gave them the advantage in the out. start. On two or three occasions, • they have beaten back ignominiously the armed hosts sent forth as representatives of the laws to subdue them, and their pirate flag has waved beside not a few ef our captured and burning merchantmen. Outrage And murderous violence have been heaped. <upon the friends of justice and of right ful authority 'within their borders, or with un bounded insolence and abuse they have eipelled them beggared and almost naked from their homes. The delay which has providentially been granted them, while the repulses of the just cause were repairingnnd the preparations for a decisive .demonstration ,were becoming complete, hat apparently hardened, their hearts; and puffed up their pride,' and strengthened their purposer Ate persevere: ' Even_ the good have grown , impatient and anxious while judgment waited', and' sympathisers with anarchy and rebel lioh abroad have repeated, over and over again, in every form of assertion, the utter impossibility of 'snceessfully coping with this great wrong. The•delay is over—the delay that seemed so long—that was long enough for disgraceful de feats,, for the loss of some of our bravest and best, for foul corruption to gather upon our public transactions, for• treason more rank and more murderous than Arnold's to develope itself in our army, for' the European Continent to be filled with angry threatening; of intervention—the delay, that after all has been so short and that only seemed's° long, because the great issue of 'national life and death trembledin the balance— it ifilove'r;' and thick find fast, and overwhelming fall the strokes of justice at last; the consump tion determined is begun; the . ministers of God's providence are ready, and short work will he make in righteousness. Within the brief space of a single, month, a rebellion as deeply and treach erously contrived, as unjustifiable, and as barba rous luits ultimate aims, as it was vast, violent and •powerful, has been brought to the verge of Olpotruotion' On the 19th of January,' General Mollikoffer's artily was routed in Southern .Xen tucky and himself killed. On the' 6th of Feb ruary, Fort Henry, a stronghold on the Ten , nessee,river, surrendered with its forty guns and mortars, and the commanding General, Tilghman. On s the Bth, two days after, Roanoke Island, with . a I/UMW= of .batteries and twenty-five hundred , prisoners, was captured;..and on the 166, au immense stronghold on , the °Umber lan4 river, named Fort Donelson, defended by an army of 15,000 men, after, having resisted our forces for three days and of fit - firth, and having crippled and driven a4ay our gunboats, was surrendered with all its garrison, comprising some of the ablest leaders of the army of the re bellion, to the brave soldiers of the Union, under General titant, • ' Was there ever a month's history more crowded with great and glorious deeds, or fuller of pro mise to the cause of human freedom, of republi can institutions and of lawful government the, world o'er? We axe not yet ready for the grand Te deitnt of the loyal people—but we do call upon all, most devoutly to praise and give thanks for OM progress now making to the wished-for end. WE:arc pleased to find that a new edition of °cunt Gasparin's remarkable book, the Uprising of a Great People, has been called for. When one obterves the date of the preface to the Ist edition, March 19th, 1861, one is astonished at the fai-sightedness of our Galilean friend who had then 'written of our grand rally to the defence of the Constitution and Laws, while, from the President down, we were trembling with uncer tain hope, and feeling our way cautiously to a result, which, in his anticipations, was as clear as history. So, in his letter on the Trent affair, published in this second edition be anticipates, with the same sagacity, our acquiescence in the demand of Great Britian, In fact, he has as much, if not more, faith in us as a divinely guarded nation than we often have ourselves. De Gasparin is the prophet of our 'crisis. The translation Is 'good one, by Mary L. Booth, New York, Chas. Scribner publisher: J. B. Lippin cott And Co., Philadelphia. 12mo pp. 300 price 75 cents: 'VI if 4 ,OUR NEP OF A NE:VI fAL. $ 4,„ T.,. • TEE manifestations ef the Spit are vartcus. Religious influences may be active and pervad ing when we scarcely suspect it. While longing and crying to God foie ievival, vi - e - itilkY be efer ldoking att "actually existing revival, different in its mode, yet just as real as •the one weot t " Seeking: shalt greatly'err, for we ,fail to trace , the. gre,a and:r4P lB rising of the loyal ,peoplq 4,4; 4 ,tlatiPet to the comparative prevalenc4cA l t li gil'T P rinci P ie, and the influence of.' -`1 evangelical pulpit in the If the personal listeiy land, as a l o er i tl in ise: era us e t t of, this could be unfolded, it in many instances, to be a revival wour seen ; „ore igious principle in the direction of patriot ism, nerving the individual to a true, *martyr-, Editor, like devotion, at once to, 1118 Country's, cause, and to his God. Many a soldier, while buek ling on ;his, outward firlllol', has ; been inwardly, putting on, as he never did before, the whole armor , of God, and has gone forth to wrestle with principalities and powers, and the rulers Of the darkness of this world; as embodied in the'aimed hosti of rebels and traitors to our government.' It his been as performing a religious duty of the . ,very highest import, that he has gone; and not a few, intbe very act of giving,themselves to, their country, have found grace to give,themselvas, to their Saviour. We claim, as one of the ereuzetfts of this uprising, a true and eafensive revival- of religion. ' This revival has been extended to our views of the Scriptures and of doctrinal truths. 'We have been elevated and enlightened to see, as we have never seen before, the meaning andiniPOrt ance of passages like the 13th of Romans, in which `the Sanctity and divinity of the ordinance of human government are taught. Our low views have been corrected. The importance of 'main taining rightful authority in the family, the Church, and the State has been realiied as never before; and the excellence of the divine' laW and the majesty of an inexorable justice which, out of Christ, will forever punish the guilty, have filled us With new awe, and built us up in our evangelical faith as only a true revival can. Only in the light of the Holy Spirit and of Pro. vidence together, could the meaning of, the Psahns----particularly those which call for'or ex 'press, in vehement language, the exhibition of the divinc justice—becbme so clear and so accept % able. Wondrous things have 'been shown to us out of God's law. As, part of this revival, lie , reckon the .un proved tone of our people on the subject of slavery. Without at all joining in the cry for the imiediate, indiscriminate7and 'extra-Consti-: tutiorial emancipation of the slavres, the eyes of the people have been opened to the • violent, dangerous nd anti-Christian charaCter of an institution, - ehich would sooner invoke all the , horrora of civil' war, and , extremeput in jeopardy the best of human governments, than resign. its dominant position in the policY of the country. Perhaps the special illumination of a y divine. Agent was not needed to arouse the people to the real animus of an institution whieli • called freedom-loving Americans to choose between the rule of slavery or no rule at all. But that per manent, healthful impression now, being' made, which will remain as a standing protest against slavery in the -national mind' ; and which will constitute a part of the world's moral progress 'gained in this struggle, may be regarded as one 'of the great works of the Spirit, who is lea,ding, on the nation through 'this baptism of sorrows and blood, in its progress towards holiness. And from the beginning of this conflict: the • nation has given proofs of humiliation before God and dependence upon his arm for strength, as clearly genuine, as they were unparalleled in extent and universality since the days of the Re volution. As the nation arose unanimously to hurl back its proud defiance to traitors and foes of flesh and blood, thus unanimonslY it boweil and wept, and repented and. plead before the Al mighty'One, the acknowledged arbiter of its des- tines. If ever there was proof of a palpable and great revival, it is found in the serious and ex- tensive observance of the National Vast. And from the same revived state of the people,:doubt less, has sprung that readiness of • men in' high station, ever since our troubles commenced, pub licly to aCknowledg,e their' dependence-on God:, and together with the evident gratification with which such expressions are everywhere received. The prayer of Major Anderson's Chaplain at the raising .of the Stars and Stripes on Fort Sumpter, and the, devout and Christian language andhear iug,otthe hero ever since; the sokmn appeal of the President-eleot to his fellow-townsmen of Springfield for their prayers, when about toleate theni fur Washington, and the tearful response, "We Will pray for you," of the multitude; the interview'of our youthful General with his pas= tor, before starting to assume the grave respon bilitieS he has,been enabled to bear, so well; and. finally, the very recent request of the new Secre 7 °rotary of War for the prayers of all. God's pen ple ; Arose are facts in the religious 'history' of the nation that will never die out of our'memo ries ;` and we must not, we dare not,, be so blind as to oierlook the special pervading influence of , the Holy Spirit in producing them Recurring soF frequently and in places Whpre ,we go: pot' usinilly, expect: to find thetu, are theY'riet 'proofs ,of:i4 truly revived state of religious feeling in the nation? We have made these remarks in connection with the subject named at; the bead of this arti-, cle, because we think that in proceeding to . ask for further .favors from the Divine Spirit, we ought to be sensible of what he has already ac complished for us. It is with no feeling of deep, desertion or painful and prolonged withdrawal of his influences, that we should ask Him "for his special, reviving presence now. We should, " with thanksgiving, make known our requests unto God." " He Latta blessed us, he wilt blels us." That our churches generally need to be' revived, is only too true. Here and there over our field, and among the different denominations, there are blessed indications of the divine pre sence, but the churches generally are but little moved, and in our own city the signs of a special work of grace are almost entirely wanting. The season of effort is rapidly drawing to a close, and we begin to look one another doubtingly in the face as we ask Shall we have a revival ? We deeply need a revival. War with its excite meets, its bloody work and hardening influences, its culture of ambition and of pride, its camp vices and restless spirit, unfriendly to domestic quiet and the occupations of peace,----even though its purpose be most righteous—is no means of grace.. With it, rather; the enemy comes in like a flood, and the Spirit must lift 'up - 11, !standard' -- T p i • . b ' . 4 .. 11: g i ttootk tr tan AlV i ' tit t/0t t , k it' it It tt I 1 .- 0 tv 4: ' ~- • "111 trl. IV Or ~, ' - , _-- . •:. , '''' ' t , ~, •'..--:,- .; , 1 . , t'. ..•., - - „, 0 ' . 1 '' ''' ' ' ..: 1 • ',.. ! ~., 4. =ff'M • - --- P. -, „a.; .op ' d Men are trying _AC •in their present condil : , , above all he' met 'by an rve Church, when they scatter to • snnd mingle, with„the_pepple require salt which has,not,lost i# savor, Christianity. !l hitit 'not ,parted With its life. and ac ,,, reaSiveness to counteract the demorali zing tendencies of war. And deeply do wekrieed the 'coininulifiy the influence, of a. revived,; vigorous, , evangelical. ele ment, to fasten upon the people ::the conviction' that our, national welfare,depends *ion the!prae tiara reeognitioniof ,Grod, of 'his law, aid , th'e obligation of Christian Principle in ' the manage= meat 'of' our public affairs. - That : sense Of d4;eri-", dense and of reSperiSibility, brou - ght 'out so , vivid* ly, on the national Fast, needs tobe kept rtear the national beart. Our crisis has given the Church tt new walling;;it IS, to bring,the„unwqrldly.prin-, elides of the Gospel : into contact withfour politi-. cal, and social ,anci commercial life asacontrolling power, and 'so tot' ave the country. ; : The lessons of the time , have given its"peculiar' this Work, it is true The sanctity` of the 'Sabbath for'instance,' can now be insisted 'upon with trations dia*ii from Enli's Rnia aUdßig Bethel' on the One Side and Sonierset oh' the other. But it, will:need all the env, and. zeal and love f, or ajinet:itim, It is well th; to•eyaig'elize our sOld„! tion' t : but they aroused and, theikj)i , iietTg;.Y souls of revived Church, to enforce those les .sona upon the unthinking !ulnae mid, hard hearts of the impenitent multitude ; ' This', hitherto, untaked nation must now 'go eider the yoke and, fora generation to "come; for au g ht' we Can see, Carry, a great financial liniL den. , will feel it, down to the ,poorest citi zen. It will reach every source from which the; streams of Christian - beneficence can flair: , ,We know that a patriotic people will endUre these sacrifices, .cheerfullyi for the ' , ppd.( cause. Brit how Will' the 'enterprisee of the x church 14-af fected ?''How ' will pastors' salariaa,' neirePaper' subscriptions; the necessary funds for Our Mis sionary, Bible,, Tract and Education causes be raised? The gold and silver are the Lord's, and, as_ heretofore he has 'done, so henceforth w& may be sure ho will : provide, for these objects; so dear to,him., But not without &revived state of, , the: Church; ; :Not without!a higher style of 'piety, .a. more complete - self-conaecration, , 'a: deeper grati-' tulle the Redeemer', an ' abounding 1 " in- this grace also,';' as the - culmination of a character al iseady abundant, ." in faith, and littler:mice; and knowledge, and 'in all' diligence, arid in ,roVe." The Church must needs, be „toned up to pnclure the coming dTaft Apon her inward, end, outward resources. She is. providentially, furnished with a stimulus, nay., wonderful torelate, With wmodel,, in. those heathen , communities Which: her 'chari ties, by the divine blessing . , 'have buf newly Christianized.' Froth neophytes in her miasien arioltureires ,"alie is learning' a lesson Primi-= tine devotedness to the cause of Christ, Taxed. and burdened,. and even crushed' beneath the op pressions of heathen customaand heathen ; des T po_tiame, "in a great trial of. atßiction- , the abun- , dance of their, joy and their deep; poverty+ abounded unto the riches; of their liberality; to' their power and beyond their poWer, - they were` willing of theiriseivesrprayino• is with much en- treaty, that we would receive the gift." These'acts of liberality have constituted a revival--haVebeen accompanied With all the phenomena—the prayer ; fulness, the spontaneousness, the holy joy—pfaire vival. in all probability; we shallneed,such &revi val, to enlighton uses to• Our relations to our proper- , ty as stewards of the Great , Proprietor, and to ani mate us with a eiMiter spiiitof• Unreserved con secration to our Saviour. We need a revival. The need is so Oleic that we can scarcely. : doubt the Lord . !&• purpose to grant' it. But, he will be inquired, of for _this, thing, and .we must stir ourselves up totake hold upon him in importunate prayer.- OUR ORUROH IN lasso:old. St:Louis, Mo. Jan: 28,;1862. Mr Editor In lobkinc , after the interests of our. church in the department of;11/cmt,c I am brought, toT Amtthough through the= tinpresbyterial and. very unwise set of the American Home 'Miss. Sciciety,' and — this late` atrocious rebellion, we have very Buie left in NO.,* yet we have enough left, fora " Ease of . operations t attire, which, after the war,, and Missouri becomes substantially afree state, we twit will grow like the mustard , seed, that is, like the, kingdom, of ;heaven.; , We. have a few—, very feiv' missionaries in, this statelaboring faith-. fall) amidst secession I , and , Thep lave , faith in thefuture for MissOuril Nor are they alone:' The 'g.:Uttionchtiroh'! Aieh , $90,000 and was; 'originally New SChoOl treiby:' terian; and went over to the Old, to get help to pay . its debts, and famed, has just been sold:for $35-' 00010 the ; Methodist church , .Arerch,. Most of the , Methodistsin Missouri I .arntold; elong to, the Methodist char.* &nth: Those who Syrups-. thisei with-:the North, iri number*. wealth.and,in; fineries are :probably , , less . that our own-Alit:oh. • But each confidence have thq,-tiltat the-day- of MissourYs• glory is about ,clawning = that this is the propitious moment to strike, fel. the, exis tence ef,a.Chtkre4:*‘ole state, l in which the eiples. ,freedom ~,shall, flourish .and n Northern_' men beat hp t pe 7 --Ottt ,tkey have magey!this pur chase; depending on-their brethren; in the North and. Bast' to help'their pay sthe - debt:' rSo must be ready for the close* of the war: -'Marty eyes are turned towards `Missouri; A great,'Cen tral State;.abounding ft ! . reio4ree§, there will be room in it; ere lent; for many free men—when the slaveholders have gone South and Aheir slaves to Kansas or Canada—and they are pre•F paring to enter in and pessese - , „ ; Our Home Mission work is ~much, larger -than; we had reason to expect The feeble churches turn taus so naturally that we are sure to need. all we can' possibly raise during :-the, year,- though the churches are contributinimuch mere gener ally and liberally than we eipected; but it is wise aatieipate the future. •If the war shalfterrai nate in a few mouths.We shall , be called to °stab lish churches places we pever heard of, places selected as their future home, by men Who , are taking observations as soldiers of the -United Our friends in this city are very 'mu& prog trate& in business—indeed, all business 'in St'.. Louis, except that Which` thrives by war ifs utterly' ruined Men 'but a little while ago, worth a 'hun dred thousand dollari, do not know now if they are worth a dollar. And they are, looking to General Halle* with great expeetations, and longing for :his success. Some of his late orders have given eminent satisfaction to= Union 'men. His summary dealings . with Engler, his ordering' the Professors in the State University, the officers on railroads; and thosetof the " Young Men's Metcantia,.t,ihrary' Assottutibur,i' t ~4-.tasks the oath of alleglance, were ebon.. And was not that a very sagacious reetiri4eridntion that all loyal ..teachers amiroinasters.,,of„the_gospel should take,an.d4// oath of alleglance, that ihe r 'im4hthei f askilyag,.. 4 4ently4skuln l isl!e x it from others? ..We now some-ministers that.will er..--sk•-vv,...•arixs , ,xec*r. -- tv.- • hasten to place thefr =lnes on that scroll of ho w:kill iie4.llOzoiliulin&4ll.airviii a:daft-Ma How strange- it- see W ibi g ° 1 rea ize at this city is under martial law.: - Y6tl enter it at midnight never more ia,fe: ? l nc - VerMess ' disturbed , ' anti slept seenrely. the , lawless and the. diSohedierkl:and some a ihen.k' are feelin g ite,rigor • Irepent a: day'in camp ..13e;nton and thirhospi , , . tals4 ; Twb' brethren of oaf; Chritch--13rethers Babb KennedY,iftre laboring faithfully and .;, 1 ,-, :;. . ..,, ~.- ~ ; .; where' acceptably in their respective regiments, where are'the tiick. and the dying to VsemiiiitiOred' to, saints to be strength4i and sinners warned, all of which one can fliardiylealise r till,bnoes among. them. !, Cur armies, by the blessing ofi Godwill crush put this rebellion ;; I but war alone 'cannot ;save this country. If 'it,,, is to be saved ins the best sense of that teriu, Mr. Editor,: you in ; your 'sphere,, and 1 in mine, chave much to 4?li Pr .GT;r country , can. , be, saveken4y, by, the , - gbapel, of ;cog Lord Jesuit. Christ. i . 4 , 1 ".. , 'L. ~,,, ,,4 'r f ;1' gottirtrtily, l . 1 , --, •,; .. ~ • ' , , -3 , tr4-- ,44 ". I'. ' :n. KENDAx,V; • THE gTATE I , . OI",RtLVIONIIT , trESZEPS, • OOLIOES... • 7fq' Committee - of the SOciety of Inquiry Lane Seminary 'hive sent Us valhable statistics, on the above anbieet, which l are. very !seasonable. :in.view of the approaching dayof prayer : for Col, "legeNi ,be held nold..ThursdaY. • They, have :a1.59 'AttaChedroottie items of 'information, 'from !whiehiwe:seleet Suck mime' jUdge•Will pro*e: in- teresting , the- iedder.l;-1 Thilugh there pis cause ,for thankfllneSS, the 1 6111115ificin is not isrgiitit.S. ing as could'beiiihed, shoUld stimulate us to be the more earne4eiii. 'Ou j iPaitiOnS In be , half of the institution& of learning, where her • "•-" future tea Cheri. guides and :leaders .a.our land are now in eourse,.ef,training. • .1; ,; Etalrenialt tt thoilttEf • for 'the 'lin Anti. - qti.if 4:7 , 11C 1 41MPT; COLLEGE- .7.L.LT!4,7,13i'RP1957 OHIO. • , I cr) c) 11.1.0 f; • k c 2o - &c 3; oa to NO; Of Sfiderits in fOlir COLISO'S , - • - ' - " '65 - Profs. of Religion in fbili ; - - oolleg,e'bitiSASS; " ; Studying forAhe' ; pktryfin 400liego4laises; • -4 'dti co - m4E, BELotr, itiuggptisfir. Ati, No. Of S,toeyits in ti;tus9.9lle,g,e • classes - - 45 60 6O :#4, Prof. orSaiiiiiik in fOni colreg,e'ciasses; - ' 35 :48 43 45' "' studyinelar ' .41111i.48 tiny 'ecarege_ .0046 YA#MEAS: CpLLEGD,A9LFEGE pap). s NO. of Students in four. College, , e)wLHI,„ , • $0 73 " oir*iiiioo.. foir. college - clitrgs, - ;16 it cc itiiiirno• f0ri1t0...1141,1!3- ' tan 4 college_ d .; : 4,,1 • 2 . • ItANOVER COLLNGE,,SQUTIE HANOVEA ; No. of Students in lour 011ecre L • • = classes, .• •„, ,5,1907 95,19 PAPA. ogteliO9B3-n folke- I colkoge 4 , studying, for i try in 4 ncatete it'asses; 20 84 • •-. 'KENYON ' COLLEGE, GAMBIER; OHIO: • No of students in four -OollOge "' • • • • • . Moses - '197 118'140-110 'Profs. , of Religion in, four colleFe elaesek.l4-;: 12; , 61 ;55 46 stackying for ; the),lints- .; • try ; n 4 college , claases,9 , 32 35, 36 . *.eitetetwbiTiNiv **Hi,' igeoivEirf.' No. of Students in four °idler: • • • • m rverr Pit# , P f A el i** f PF . ;) 0014. 1 0 .elisim.3 • : studying for the : lldin 'r try .4l 4 wr A TA-. • • YETriL(OO:O.l*?. NO:b1 Students in I'6o DlSitege • •.classeta;•'• *.....111 ,1 • 2 56 554 1 70(i 60 • • ' • , • ; -college classes, 89 80. 40 .42/ `.` switrxig 4'ot:the - Awe,: , ,fes'i .if t'rff IPA co)iftegg;9o4gAll. : :; 18 .- 2 §" 25 N'o:ofStoiaenfs~iutbnr'CSlleea ;" :' • ' • c ls s eb ; - -; - • - • • 119 • 90; ".. Of Religionipfoiir ' ' 1-* . ; ED • _ . college classes, - 33 .60 studying,tforithe ainis‘f ti • .1 -tiy nit college lo SO I- ..t. mrqwelri trifivEisrrt, ANN ABBE; MICA; ,•• • • , •wi '..• c:f '.:(1 14 4 4 : .0rP40-4entisw.fivirC illy rt „ - " -;2o't 4 • • 4;. Ola.4ses;* . I f•tT. ''l7'' l B7 , go ff' ig!' studying ~ for the 'Minis:: Pity iii4 , college •sr: • , ••t: A T "'" el ?q•A k irm a fr , -9 • 1' • irt 1 Amities, • - 111 td•ViYitie;* pii:;&iiitinglo44 l #46-"V": 'I • collg 'c> • .- so 100 its 1.62 th e ,7f . 1 trjf , 70 - .. , b1j • ~ WABASH Q9T-JF.Azi 0 141RoftDav 11 44, No. of Studentisisqoar o.olkge • • • ckaT1e, 13 ,.i., , 77-..i , I. Pro4s• . collefio classes, .sti;idilni for the Minis • ti l l' in 4 'college' olaisek. WESTERNialialatviE tiOLDI4OI6, :HUDKONi'•olno. i No:Offktudents in four: olkge., • - classes,. P, refs, of lieli gion Ow studdame." studyipg. fox., tg,in 4 o9pege WITTIBIEBSG 'OOLLEGA; i onawcirnsuolf chum NO: of Btri . denta hi four COll4O ll ! i • clames,•• ;- • 4 ' ;69 ftfloo ProEs.9fiße4iiinindbur::!,; college clasiesi 1 .154.: • ~86,:.14, 42, 66 44 studying for iheeftalts i - try. ig 4 •9 1 11005 61 4 1 e5:'..... 8 . 2 29-44 ADDITIONAL Antioch.. Colleire.---Thi , geneial re volt -.1 s in terest is less than .o.wakbefore Ahe tbiyalting out of the war. Yet the ettettdence ',dn. our prayer meetings i shows a good and steadfast degree of.interest, which is encouraging. There have been two , conversions during the year.."- • 'Beloit College.--" There have bee* 'Oita?' (spu r:lrak.= durin g g the peat.. tollegb"failoye4 ' ' 1 24 27"' 26 •il-r; ; r..'; 88 65, •••• 45 .84. I '7, 8 •a Fr; • Aaln!iflfit 48 ,48 , 62 r 60 •al _Ai 80. j o:k 4• : . 4 I':' ,i. k, a gentle refreshing last grincr. S " eme heartgAre r stirring fkgmaetyls to taehold -'on) G0'4 4 ,n0w;., Two gene& pra? meetings are sustained Hanover College.---In Hanover College, eigh ll_teenikersonahavednade(a,professiou,notretlighm. d i uring the past year, : Ojie the,Facelty writes: .."211e&eligiotts!fniest conlminiel, i eonnee- AimAith.the#2_o4,9l:l 3 llo.644—golaMASa. became more decided after the day of prayer for, CdliegeS, `last "Thnridai' of `February;` and ociriditned There is no apeeini Serli • ousnessatpresertt,,bnt prayer meetings are noud daily, by, the stndents, und., good order mv,a,4l a t remarkehle r degree. , Over.,twentyundergral uates, are-in .the army, six of whom,-.are professors of religion. Kettycna College.—Thm have been a few eonversiots in this College claritg the , past LateYeriee rhaier kit y, Appleton;' prayer ineetbigk each week, well a-tteritle;d: The''ieneialrligiouS interest 4. good There haie; been two conversions during- t'he - past year. - ; i ;- , Marietta Colle.—thie of the' officers . lof this institution' Writes: ' " There I are Class' prayer meetings held; weekly, ; general 'meetings , one of Which is on Sabbath ' . morning. ; Many „ • • # •1 ' , l ' • 1 ' students alsp attend a yonng,people'emeptino. at 4,ffine"Te ro9T.PftPhe,ec-lgrqgat9Pt CIPX9 I i:-Pttrink 4 11 91Yar , therP Jl!•,ve been-six ; conversions:: ,There..:has also been a healthyre ligiotuvtone, and•the meetings have been • pretty well attended. nln the isint6r, and spring there. was.interest, • manifesting itself chiefly in connection with the yodit PeePlo's - Meeting on'Sibbith afternoon?' " ••, • . •:- , • . , - University:`, - 7 .. u Theraveragerattendance at-our. -weekly prayei Ai:meting. !abent twenty. We teasore for-'gratitude to' ided.: that the University has 'suffered so liqle ebuseciainee olthe war; atfie'r in numbers or good order." Oberlin Rollege.i---" There is.a weekly,; prayer, meeting, `fore each. clasi, , attended by •.oiler . ot . the' Profes4ors,:ilmii a- general' weekly Meeting: for , All students. Both have been well Aiended throrglt= out the year, and of =initial interest:' There hay a been frequent' 'COnVersiOnS: riot had general ,reviyal - Since a year ago, but the blessing of `God. has been with us: and 'ClitriStises have been built up in the faith. The religious condition,of the classes 4n.proves:veryinanifestly as-they advance;, the •proportion Or professorilto non-professore beingintich-thelargeStin the most adianAed ' , . if abashVollege.-The last year at Wabash College his been marked by no special religious interest. " Wabash asks .theServerkt prayers of her, - • • Watern!Reser' ve 'Collegi.-There is one:pray - er meeting . of . the students, and one of the officers and students; each week—both well attended. Therehave 'been' eight denverSionsi r diirink 'the year.- The f religiens interest hae, been, in Elie main, goo/ Cumberk-Ccillege.rnaltere has no spe cial religious :interest' in this ;institution duiir4 the vast lear;thougli four members'Of the Col lege have been' converted, • The prayer meeting is *dß: attended! • • ' • ABeti;t••:. Jt, : • , • .- usual, many of-the:Col : loges havo failed'. to reP.I.Y4F.'..* (*War of *P. Committee. . ; Otnitgrmit 480.ciresx i i ine:Seinitu*itelg.ottirittlB62,;l ; , w 1 i'sr4Slutrdt-ftittc, 1 1W;y4P 30 1 - A,O.ofresM ll 9 ) ,th? Ev an s l 7: ltst;ii;Richlaind,lll•B,374 !itillfe.9lB("!e -ral indifference to the pause :of religlokin,this : region, in the latter„part of December we com menced a series of...public—sari:ices of. evenings, Idalt)YrAeter ) . uPifl : Ptsveral w,e(?kszoritir,solial reeqPga" 41 , i th f 4 : 3 7 3 9 4 1 .. A a PY I fi d i e rrr beset our way, yet the Lord granted us a preci ous season of refreshing. - The church,was.grAt, ly:revived, and some fifteen Sonia were hoperni-- ly.uonverted. Our Old 'School.brethreir followed' us -with a siinilar effort, and had an'interesting season. And our Kethodirt brethren are' new in pidst of all around ni‘ltre up to ; offtoient; action, / and the. tdo is. • 7 Corliit g ,, by ,them in :the, sti;=ttion g9 l Xera l a season ofjeligious f intersskluuk-pot. beep . 41 , 4-: ; nessed -in this .regiom - for many •years Test. To God's name lxv call the ivaise.i! ! '.• •-r •Aeiather::viritiegTroiLTrifineinj, four weeks • to=day' we " aoniSieneed having meetings eve6 , .da: I :have been l lite; until !l'ufs4aY ( 2 4,-)• , .7- • hinv;BroOm 4*(09P1. tA':oPigg,l l 44.4 3 §, 4olnx , ,l•Citp4lo with. up; :Ttwelve or; thiyteeu are now rojoioitig i ii the hope,:aid;a• godd manber• are:inquiriii what they moat. do to be ' • A riena‘BerioisnessEseetas to' pre wade the' 'All i r e but a Nike " r eielikei:ii Stones not to be' riiikt'(2 8d) • 'a : ' 4' ....._,,H 4 i#:? 1 4i# 41 :jitk,i1 13 : f.,lkiiii,x4ooe.,,.yiritr 1,11i#04Y,016"5::.;;C Wt. rhe , ‘ , .;srorielsapp, irider• date. of Jon..oth r inTegspistlitirelwore. , !i3334- in (I.4tiit'Opp:lll . .; : - " Iltri !Thayer,' is' the - supply_ of• • thki Opi . that • there '&iliqd . ievi there . for • rink this Io " ‘oetw . nAm 4 - to O (1 }m equa l to the. lef 3 Ms,ii.. , Vptr, sides ( this If `was informed :that there.werei•AMT, amities, in. the Church. of; long standing,' so that' be:foief any good .resultsc could be looked for;1 mnoli%ti~n~ must belarkfik ii prepaiing the way, - an& creinpving the' 069614-bhp . ' od, blegi .seirtlie *Cana, and Orii`r;sefei,dayii ihe - ohiitaClee be g "" 'Y s3' 11 P 3'..4;v ' 4 ;, tOid to be cast up. Never ! did 1.11114108 deeper,, feeling in a churcl44nsl oafe humble and peni tent pofeisions...The,reslgt of thorn mooting" to time- I I Pft•w. l 4 l I rnet koPeti4-9qPverosl4:.9g . *pwards thirtplaersonS, of whom eighteerichad been received into the Churoh.-; Ofithe colverts nearly iludf *ore lottuirmen.- : . -• :; 1.1.1 ;,.r• • . • • , 116 R f i l i : OF 1 13990. 1 / 11 ; 11L . .7, Th° , IliAe 01404 OhgeitArl,Ake, .*o> esor :010114176 4441 , ...800414.0...gr, ?Unary: The! !Rev. ;Rs. ..CrainptOn•wiis :oliuseilitoderatori i on& the Rev. J. R. Shiw,iD: D.; -and.tletßeiiTi.P.; . -were - chosen . ; dottnnitisioneri to-:the , General Assembly, also Dr. Harry Alleriitinto; K. Adams,-Lay eommissioners.7 the Rev. C. .111=Forinartivasokogen. OointhiSsibrieliftiPAnbiun t.sdinithity foi tSiii:lielitik`; ai r. 2: • r • - • AtAt ,itajdured *Octane or lirefibyteiy; o iti , herd in Sweden of the 4th inst the' Rev. john Y , 9` Taylor was ordained and installed the 'Pas , :.... .., toi - of the Presbyterian cony egation in' hat .n place. Eis a remarkable fact that although the Church in Sweden has been in existence from 4 Mrewi1raw.r...VP,A......Z.7e ,,, r47C=1747 , 5 , -," 1 forty to "fiftyyears,•Mr. Taylor is their first Pas- They have always been furnished with. ` e` awatio`n The church to Montrose Pa have just Completed 'a • neW, commodious, and at tractiri of morship; at` ,, ,a - cost of about $l4, 000. .I.Thislittotiat Efi'virig ,been. provided for, so that the church could - owen the house and honetitly - dedieite it to:ther Void, that interesting service was 'attended to on' Wednesday, the sth inst. The'Sm:nien was Pi:eached . by Rev. T. S. Ward of Carbondale, and the dedicatory prayer was offered by • the Rev Henry A. Riley, who . for twenty-one years been ' , pastor of 'the church.`lts location and arrangements are such make,it one of the 3rery beSt.villne church- es, in. lhe State.. -4bid.', THE WEST CHURoII, of N. Y., city, under the • eare,of Roy. Thos. S. Hastings, has secured a site fOi the: erection of a' church on Fortysecond street; bet ten Fifth and Sixth avenues, opposite to - the open ground' on which the 'Crystal Palace once stood, and which has now been made into a tasteful and attractive 'Park. The position is, one of the best whieh could have been chosen. It is (4 Va 3 1}r0F4,stTeetapd b!stAimo. two avenues. It is,designedto proceed at, once with the erection of r a ,chapel and: a Sabbath school room lcon the rear of the lots, Which the;cong,regation hope to have ready by the first of May. - We rejoice in the prospects of this church, which under several faithful pastors, has had, a very'useful history, and. present workiiii mein- . . bersbip, and its popular; and laborious pastor, we doubt *not, has before it a long and, . prosperous Future. • ' ~ PLATirCiF HOIVIE MISSIONS IN THE CRAWFORDS VILLE PREaRKT.ERY.--We have been much in terested says the Herald and Recorder, in, the ; report of the Treasurer of, the _Missionary,Fm4 of ; thiz E Presbytery, Rev. J. Hawks, and we in cline to think that Crawfordsville must be the banner Presbytery. Presbytery'which a few years ago; received four or five bundred - dollars a year froni abroad, tO iustain itS"Missionaries, nowSupporis there, all without any foreign aid; not becatfse it is so much in* able than, before, bUfbecanse by` systematic efforts every member of all the Churches is called upon to do something. The following, subscOptipn ; ticket.in pat into the hands! of :every 'Subscrfption, Ticket% Oarinot each member of the tinily contribute something to our ,'Home MiSSionary Fund? , se'please write the names On the other, side of this ticket,.and the, amount to be paid. Quarterly,, and band it, at, your earliest convenience, to your, 111ininter, or some person appointed to take charge , of this fund,' l who *ill receiveyour contributions when due. J HAWKS, Stiey and Treas. = -Thette I.lbAcziptionti are then called for quartely collect Ors aPpointed for the purpose _ results '&l4. sustain the reo hitiori'of the Presbytery to provide the means to support all the Abssionaties within their own bo - Unds. Soim it is safe to presume we shall hear. of this :Presbytery extending: help - to " parts he : youd.' • OCiMMISSIONERS TO GENERAL ARSEMBLI".— Pre . skytiry of DPlatogre.—Rev.Th:oinas „Larcora and 'Rey.' G. T. Everest, alternate . For Lay Commissioner, Philip Bassett, M. D., and Benja min.Aathaiiii,alternate: • . Pr 'e,!bytery Pf follawing anipisters were . elected C o mmissioners to t e next General Assembly 'Rev.. Messrs. .8. W. Brace, J.,.8. Hubbard, and. A. Ai -Corliss, Principalsi; and Rev: P. H. Fowler, D. D., and Rev. Messrs. W. McGiffert B. Jervis, Alternates. A-deep'sadnes's was thrown' over the Pr4.sbY- tery by the news'of the sudden .death of Rev. Et. o:Dwight, D. of donstantinople, whiCh reaohed us at the opening session. „Atthat very time a letter was in the hands of , the Moderator requesting his admission as . a .member of ~fresby. tery r i ; • • , , • livsi•ALLATrarr.—The'Presbytery' Oiinda: ga, at its annual meeting, (Tan - nary:lsth, installed, i)as'tor 'Of, the First Ward church, Syracuse N. , The Moderator ,Rev G-.,5. Boardman, ..1) .D., ,piesided ; and put the con,stitutiond ,questions; , ihe Rev. L. P.Ledoux D. D.', of the Presbytery , Cfliarth River, preached the germ' on ;, - the.tßei 13: Canfield, Syraeuse, gave the Charge to th'e pastor, and Rev. ,BY.I.CatUbOI, D. D: of the Presbytery of troY gave the' °hate to the people, a. tut Nublicationo L. AGENBADH'S, HISTORY OF DOCTRINES Let not studious theologians be alarmed at the issue ofnow books in theft depart. ment, each successive one proclaimed indispen ' sable to,cl,,complete theological ,collection. books •. as that:above announced; ; lincYclopedia likeraviate the necessity. of multitudinous 'pal.- chases - 4 being the - menet' of a-thousana hooks - in one. ' Herds a earifnl,.discriniiiiating, and im partial, statement of all' the hoetrinal views and controversies of any importai4e that have ire 'railed in the Christian church from, the beoin ning to the;preSent time ; With apt citations from authors and cluircli standards, :all systematised and: presented a clear, Philesophic manner. Sinde ;this work, has been brought before the pub lie, it,maY be maintained that:no one can safely argue a theological peintdwithoutfirst consulting it. Its! author, Dr:Hagenhich, is a profound Ger man scholar, genial and liberal-niinded, one oldie greater Fainiriariei of- the theological heavens. Prof of SemiriarYithe Aineribati . • r scarcelyeditor,•cy less knOwn,and respected among nfsioVlaignitaininenia in the same . : department,. Ita!3iirp only presented it to us, in„ a correct and idiomatic version of the last German edition, but • has made. extensive. and valuable additions' in references to,lnglish and . Amerfean , Literature, , • an d espeoially , in . new sections-upon topics not- folly„handled =ort wholly:neglected in-the original: "We-especially:think hiiii'for the sectionS 'on Vie history- of theology in our own 'confitrY.` ".11 - th=e , fOr the first time, we havnpreiented a Systeinatin,'- condensed view of '.the _theological 'controversies which have been sO,vigorously *red. in the Con gatiorial and Presbyterian I:,•odiesicf our own land -- 7 -true wars, of giants• which, thus long have , waited for the , pen of the'philoimpher-historian, to set them- forth linv,,theiri projier-proportione. The references of Prof. Smith to our controversial and petiodical literatirig 'mw iao and valuable, down Vnie coming. our, 0w . The second anti last volume -.of this work has 4 - apt been published by Sheldon, and Co., New York, and is for sale by J..4t. Lippincott and Co., of this city. 800 pp. 558. Professorillikeote e Commentary-ow .the -Ephe ;ions has been publishedin a thin etavo . in very, - handsomehy - Warren -F.- Draper, a Ando- We_are„pleasidi.With., die - evidences .of the popularity of the works of Prof. Ellicott with our theologians, as ifkOU , n„ by.yepeated issues— this being the third'iif his excellent volumes re published in this ,country. Thegeneral charac ter of the Cominentaiir'on the *lesions resem bles that on the Galatiara before published. We have the same painitaking regearch into the grammatical >meaning, )of .the sacred ,writer, the same brevity, the :sauce earnest grappling with difficulties, the same theroughly ,devout and be lieving spirit Bteit a blending of profound and comprehensive. schelaiship, with Anglo-Saxon clear good sense, and : a ; fervent evangelical spi rit is one of the truly hopeful signs of the times. He confesses with a= frankness that does him ho nor, 'the inadequacy Of, human niethods for satis factorily solving the i problems presented in' the sublimely and mystically involved sentences of the First Chapter, which Ike elotinently compares to the enwreathed stnoke ors - ime sweet-Smelling sacrifice, mountingupward to the very heaven of heavens. " The !most exact language•,and the most discriminating'analysis seem, as they - truly are, too poOr and too. weak to. convey the force or connection of expreiiions so august, aua thoughts so unspeakably profound!' A peculiarity of the work is its systematic referencnto the sermons and treatises of the best English divines. "From these klorie;" Prof. E. thinks; "we can provide ourselves with preservatives against the un sound, vaunting and humanitarian theosophy that is such a melanchelyund yet such a popular characteristic of our times." The work is for sale by Smith, English &- Co. Price $1 50. The nlenuoirs of the Dutehess Orleans by the same publisher, Scribner, have also reached a second `edition. They describe the inner and outer life pf a noble lady, whose hopes for" this life were blastedin tim Revolution of 'lB4B, and who seems to have been sustained in the great and trying vicissitudes throngh whieh the passed, by a sincere_piety. _As the mother of the French princes, the Count :Maris and the Duke de Chartres, now serving as volunteers on the staff of Gen. McClellan, her memoirs will be read with peculiar interest in this• country. Trained by a parent-so truly noble, pure, and tender in character, and so assiduotts for their welfare, we are not surprised that' these young princes have givenevidence of manly devotion to the cause of true liberty; they will not probably be wanting when the hour of emergency comes. The .vol ume is' embellished With a fine portrait. 12mo. pp. 391. For sale: by J. B. Lippincott and Co. The Branch; a Sacred Poem, and other Poems/ - This most dainty -volume, on tinted paper, the'-joint work of such tasteful craftsmen as James %alien & Co., publiihers, L. Johnson & Co.,.stereotyr.rs, and .Ashmead, printer, con taini perspicuous and natural , writing, in good .straight-forward Saxon. The Scriptural :or eraisical basis of most of the pieces adds to their interest and readableness. We cannot,,however, accord-them-a-high- degree.of.... poetic merit. For sale by James- Challen & Sons, 1308 Chestnut Street. Price 75 cents. Meier& It. Carter & Bra's. have issued in flexi ble covers, Five' Lay Sermons of tor.Jolin - Brown, MID., on Health. They `were` originally deSigned for the plainer classes of people. They are!brilpfUl of sage advice on everyday subjects, inthatquaint r attractivc!and telling style which wellzknowitltcharacteristic of the author. of. Rah and his Friends." Their wide circulation among the masses Would be good. - They are much in the veid - of Dr:Hall, of the *ell-known Jrni:ozat of .HealtA, to which - they can Certainly lav no - Claim of sUPerieritY. For sale'by W. S. & A. Diartien.- Prof Mart's celebrated address on the Mis takes of Educated men., has been issued' by J. C. Garrigues - N0.148 South Fourth St., in very neat Style, luxurious type and , paper, bound in cloth. It is in the ETCOII4 editiOne,. andwe rejoier that sentiments so'i wholesome, and advice so - needful, recom.mendedrby such a clear, kindly and. common sense _ =form„ of 'treatment, should meet an extended reception in the commu nity. Price 50 centi, paper covers 25 cents. The Anicri,can Tract Society New York, are still addino• - to iheir excellent variety of books for, the soldiers.' The last that, we notice are three ; neatlittle volumes in flexible covers in the _German, embracing the• Life of Gen. Havelock—Good advice to: &Niers, and Songs for Soldiers. '-They have also issued a very seasonable tract ohthiistian Activity in College. Its distribution at theamong stridents and those who are piasribg for them would do mneh good For sale at the Depository II N. Thissell acrent, 929 Chestnut §t. - - • .PAMPHLETSAidD PERIODICALS. - • :Rem E. Whitaker's seriOn a!fthe * Fnikgrar Rev. D. AL Lord 'of Sheltei Andsrscles Iletter . to Rev: XtobtP. o;4i b. D. African‘Co - lonization: annual address by ytiU.' John,ll. Latrobe at the anniversary of thelme ricaii Colonization Society held in the .Hall of labuse of Repre.ientafives, Washington, 'aauuary 21st, 1862 . .The' Tried StabaitY -ef our G-overnment, a cause for Thanksgiving; Thanksgiving Sermon hi REV. SAML. RALL, 4 0swego, N. Yi - - Marts," and Bp Lazes of the %.,mans' Hospi- . tal of Philadelphia : Theltl:ew.irerk u fieaeher for February, contains the report el the Superintendent of .Pnb,lie structionvla very important document; besides. an interesting variety-of Miscellaneous articles. " Living Age for thifi week 'contains, Pliitaith'e' Lives from ths Quakerly Review; 'll.l s Measure extended to the stars, Mac . Yard Millen,; Ameriek's:answerto England's Demands, from English Papers of Janunry, .11th,., with ether!valtiable 'articles, sustaining its wall-estab lished' repute ;Is a journal essential to 111 , who would 'ls' well informed' on the best current liter attire of the 'two continents. Littell Son and Co., %Stan. Tiro Fort Pitt Works, Pittsburg, Penna., have'` made'' arrangements for tinning out twelve mortars per week, each weighing eight, and a half tons. Large numbers or, heavy liahlgreens and Columbiads and an immein `e quantity of Shells; are also - being inativfac tured - at this 'establishinent; FEB. 20,
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