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GENESEE EVANGELIST.
THURSDAY, MARCH 13, 1862
:mg W. MEARS,
'IIOI I EIiCIESSOW PRAYS&
.
TRN duty, necessity and utility of prayer for
peas& being admitted, how is it with prayer
for others? Does not the mind of the Christian
sometimes labor here? Is not his faith in prayer
more Often or more severely tried in regard to
objects and persons outside of himself, than in
regard to his own interests and necessities? The
pious parent or relative, pleading for a child or
kinsman.; the faithful, longing believer wrestling
with God for a:long-deferred season of revival;
the righteous 'soul, uttering and - handing down
unanswered' from ago to age, the weary cry of
the palmist: 0 let the wickedness of the wicked
come to an end; what are these doing? Do they
got; prayalmost, if not altogether in vain?
'word or two to strengthen and encourage us
in the high duty of intercessory prayer at this
time may not be out of place.
I. Observe how much of it there is in the
scriptures. From the plea of Abraham for the
cities of the plain, to that of the Divine Saviour
on the, cross for his enemies, we have one in-
Owe° after another from most eminent Charac
ters, and received with the most evident marks
of Divine favor. , Moses pleads over and over
again for the children of ~Israel. Samuel says :
"Gad forbid that. I sh6uld sin against the Lord
in ceasing to pray for you." Daniel leaves upon
record his htnuble confessions and ardent peti:
tions for his exiled people. And what'was the
priesthood under the old dispensation but a
divinely istablishea .order of intercessors; and
what their prieAly, functions and ceremonies but
the symbols of a higher and. an effectual interces
sion yet to come ? The priesthood by no means
absorbod.the' office of ititereession—they rather
set the example, and presented to Israel a religion
o Whidh intercession was (me of the main etc::
"ciente. And the evangelical predietion of the
Mkt shapter of Isaiah;4es,reor eistk without de
spribing the servant of.jah6 y Xes. making inter-
COMM for the tranegreesnier ' ', i;
Prominent among the .doties which_the Saviour
enjoins and exemplifies, is that , intercession.
It is to be practised even in behalf our. enemies:
Pray for them that despitefully use you,.and per- ,
scents you. So- He did, when under circum
stances of the severest trial. prayed ear
neatly also for his friiinda.,. What is more touch
ing or more exalted ln spirit - than the intercessory
Foyer recorded in the 17th nf John! :And how
be reveals to usli, glimpse oils* Was doubtless
his 'habitual practice, when he; tolis . ,gimon that
he haa,prayed for him that his faith fail not!
And what now is his occupation, exalted .as he
id at the right . hand of the Majesty on high, but
tO.fulfill, in glorious- perfection, the feeble types
of the'ancient priesthood, a priest himself after
the order of blelehisodee, unchangeable, come
orated with the oath, ever living to: make inter
cession. for , us! Taking pattern, from him, the
Apostles, as we learn from their writings, prac
tised and ineuleateci.4n their converts the duty
of intercession— Ho- n-Patis and in the. very
spirit atlas master, 'Paul must have wrestled
with'God for. thezobjeets.of his ministry! With
out ceasing making mention of the Romans al-
WUys in his prayers; always ,in every prayer of
his 'for the ,beloved Philippians making recineat
with joy; praying always for the saints and faith
ful brethren at Colosse ; and seeking an interest
in their prayers with the eurcestness of one
who realised that.there was power and value in
intercessory prayer.
2. But is such prayer involved in greater mys
tery, and does it require the exercise of stronger
faith, than prayer for ourselves ? Then, the
abundance and the high authority of the corn;
14446, l and . examples with which it is enforced,
lead us to,the suggestion that its difficulties are
simply. difeirlinary. We are to ,practice inter
cessory prayer, as a higher form of spiritual cul
type, 'We, are -to welcome it for its• difficulties,
rather than avoid it. We are to learn to exer-.
oitie the higher confidence in• God, and the stron
ger faith in` the promises it requires. If the
answers to these prayers seem hidden arid remote;
if the desired object still is withheld; if the evil
we seek 'to,have removed seems hut to flourish
the, mere:;"if the Unconverted friend seems to
grow more hardened as we pray, then, instead, of
restraining' our prayers, we should continue in
theta, walking more and -more by faith and not
bi sight, against hope believing in hope, Waxing
strong.in faith, giving glory to God.'
'fi'f'e gain largeness of heart by interces
sory prayer. st ti yen, in prayer we may grow set
flab ; knee the Saviour teaches us to say . " Our
Patlier,"- and dallies the plural all through the,
model he gives us'. ;:Often we need to.forget our
selveW, and especially when wc think our case at
the worst, and have
. fallen into a perfect bewil
derment of doubt. 'At such a time, to "seek and
to dwell upon suitable:objeats of prayer outside
of us, Is like' emerging from confined, dark
chamber to .the living freshness and glorious
prospect of the mountain's brow.Tficlieart ex
pands as it 'takes, in its brother Christians and
ifs brother man, as it pleads before God the woes
of a race of fellow beingsAs it wrestles with him
for the 'fulfilment of his great promises to the
church, and, breathes forth; ifi'varied forms, the
petition 4 ! Thy kingdom come.' Nay, let us not
cease our intercession's! We are the salt of the
earth in them ae much' as in our teaching and
example. Over many a Sodom the prayers of
the righteous stay the Uplifted arm of vengeance.
To many a prodigal son they are the single tie
which restrains him from taking the fatal plunge
into perdition. They are inwrought with the
Mysterious system of Providence, so that they
sway the decisions of legislatures, of courts, and
of cabinets ; stamp the policy of governments;
direct the course of armies, characterize and give
tone to civilization, and control the destiny of
the globe. It may be too much to say that if
Christians cease praying for the world, it will
cease to exist; but we do know that it is'inter-
cession that delays the doom of the wicked world;
thatif our liketit Advocate should cease his gra
cious work in our behalf, justice could not for a
moment be deferred, and 'a guilty race would at
opi; ji ay the penalty of their sins. And we may
belifire thittlitittereamoryprams of Christ's
people are. a vital Part of / his dispenatttion of
grace and of patience to a sinful world.-
) President Felton of Harvard College is dead
•
PRINVITN
Tun January milnbeftf the'Princeton Review
contains an article on " England and America."
The article has been issued in a pamphlet form,
and has passed telt - second edition. As upam
phlet it is ascribed• to, the editor of the Review,
the ReV. Dr. Hodge. commonly is it spoken
, oeas his, and so constantly-is it, sold: at thcbook
stores as his, that there can be no, impropriety, it
is presumed, in speaking of it in our columns as
his, and in giving to it the importance to which
it is entitled as coming from such a source.
The paper is written with the clearness of
style, the strength of argument, and the consis
tency of opinion which characterize the produc
tions of its distinguished author. It is an'‘able
defence of the Government of this'cOuntry in its
endeavor to put down the existing rebellion, and
contains views winch every loyal Anierican citizen
will beglad to have laid before the British
The defence of oar country in the 'recent and
present attitude of England towards us, is ,com
plete. It -wholly sustains our Gevernment,
dicates its policy alike in regard to our enemies,
at the South, pays a highund just compliment to
Mr: Lincoln—himsetf supposed to be. a man of
very 'decided inti.slavery.vievie—ind states very
correctly, that the whole dattse.of the rebellion in
our country, is slavery;, and. that tte institution
of slavery is the very foundation of the so..called
Confederacy. , Thus the writer says : " A rebel
lion designed to overthrow our Government for
Me avowed purpose of conserving,
.perpetuating,
and extending the system of dolnistie'slavery, has
contrived to enlist in its support • nearly_a third
part of the People' and resources 'of the Ijnited
Statei." (pp. 8.)
The article is.prepared especially for the people
Of England, and is more particularly designed to
enlighten and rebuke British Christians for the
attitude which they have 'taken in the contro
versy, and in respect to 'their strange Went of sym
pathy with the Northern States in attempting to
maintain their .oWn government, and to prevent
the consummation of a purpose for the establish
moist of'a government based avowedly on' African
slavery; and the article may beregarded as the
manifesto of the Old, School Ohnrch in the
United States; or that portion .of the Old School
body now. represented by Princeton to their Bri
tish brethren. Thus the writer says: (p. 11)
"We have some readers in Great Britairt— r it is
for them we write. We wish to convince them
that they have been and are doing us a grievous
wrong, and that
,they have .given the wlkole
weight of their influence to an evil cause."
In the same spirit, the writersays (p: 7) "We
shooltl, not so entirely give tryonr, confidencein
the honor and rectitude of, England towards
America, if this unfriendly spirit were, confined
to the secular press. The, last hope• of justice or
kind 'feeling died within 'us - when we found that
the leading feligious pipers of Great Britain were
equally hostile."
Editor.
In.partieular, the author 'of the 'article is de
-
sirens of instructing - the Congregationalists of
England and the Church ,of-Scotland: in refer ,
ence to the real attitude of affairs in this country,'
and to convince them, in a spirit: of, true loyalty,
of the justice of.the :course of.the.North in the
present r war. Thns the writer 'says (p. 7) " Dr.:-
Campbell," (iti 'the 'o ban of 'the English Congre
gationalists) tells r s that we are fighting for- an
abstraCtion and that we ate engaged in a hope
less struggle to, sikbjugate the South.- ,The Ilidin
huig; Witness, the organ of . the Free Church of
Scotland, a body to which we are bound by the
most intimate ties of brotherhood, publishes and
endorses slanders so atrocious as to be incredible
by any mind fromlwhich God had not withdrairn
the spirit ofjustice." - •
But two things in this article of the Princetoil
I?euiete were necessary to complete its force as'an
argument,. and to make it impressive on the
minds and hearts of our. English and.. Scottish bre:.
thren—or, rather, these two things might -be
combined into one. The one; relates to the
former public position of the author of the article
on the-main tdpic in the article; the other to the
position of the Old Scheel braneh of the ,Presby
teflon Church, and the influence of that Chnich
in sustaining , the very institution which; in" the
• •
article, is declared to be the very, foundation of
the confederacy which is sought to bnrcared by.
the rebellion.
For the former of these : In the last Old School
General Assenibly in Philadelphia, the venerable
Dr. Spring, or New YorY, intipdneed a series of
resolutions on the state. of the - cannery, 4ontain
ing, among Other things; the following declara
tion
"Resolved, ) That this GeneratAssembly,, in
the spirit of that. Christian patriotism. which the
Scriptures enjoin, and, which las heretofore-cha
racterised the Church, do - hereby _acknowledge
and , declare our obligations to
,promote 'and per
petuate, aster as in us' lier 4 the integrity of these
United' States, and to strenathen, nphold'and en
courage the Federal Governmentin the exercise
of all its functions under our noble bc;nstitntien
and lo this Constitution, in allts provisions, re
qukements and principles, ;we 'pledge our un
abated loyalty."—(Minntes of the General As
sembly, pp. 329-30.) -
On the adoption of this paper we lila the fel
loWing itathes, among. others, in the neunti:ve:
Kennedy, Lane, Hall, Itoimix • -
On pages 33940-41, of the minutes of the
Atiembly, there is recorded a paper entitled "n
Protest of Dr. gopui end others," signed CHAS.
HODGE, William chdater et al:, in which, for
reasons assigned, the protestants say " We regard
this action of The 'General Assembly as a grint
national calamity, as well as the most• disastrous
to the interests of our Church which has marked
our' istorY." As contrasted with such a vote
and such a protest, it is refreshing to observe
the position of Princeton now,
As to the other point, it will serve to enlighten
the minds of our Anglican and Scottish brethren
to remark, that no class of our countrymen-have
done more to sustain the systein Which is laid at
the foundation of the new confederacy—the eon
federacy
,"designed for the overthrow of our
Government, and for the avowed purpose of con
serving, perpetuating, and extending Filavary,"
than the Old School Presbyterian Church ; and ,
of this, Princeton has had its full, share. The
subjcet . has been studiouily kept out of the Ge
neral Asiembly; the newspaper press of the Old
School has been practically in favor . of slavery;
the most decided advocates of slavery-as autho
rized by the Bible to be found in the "whole
country, have been found in the Old School, as
in the, ease of Dr. Palmer, Dr. Thornwell, and
Mr. Vandyke; and the Southern portion of the
Old School Presbyterian Church,- almost to a
man, have gone with the secession and the re
Amttiran Pcolitterian and, Otte/oft (6rangtliot.
hellion. Within the„ limits of the " cotton I
States," not one solitary minister of the Old
School has lifted up his voice against that rebel
lion which is designed to " conserve, perpetuate,
and extend the system of domestic slavery," and
in all the slaie States, so far as our information
extends, but one man' connected with the Old'
School Presbyterian Church, has dared to lift
hifi'voiee 'against the rebellion, or against the
establishment of an -empire in the South, de
signed to " subserve, perpetuate and extend the
system.", That man is the Rev. Robert J.
Breckinridge, D. D., at first, and for years. the
ruler of Princeton, and then its bitter antago
nist--now in all the Pres. Church South, "found
faithful among the'fidthless, faithful only he."
Our Scottish brethren from their recollection of
him, will be able to appreciate the value of 'Ms
testimony on the subject, for they retain some
recollection of their own impressions as derived
from this visit among them, of the position, of the
Old School Presbyterian Church on the subject
of American slavery.
THE FREEDMEN OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND
`ISEORSIA.
IN regard to perhaps twenty thousand persons
lately held as slaves in these two rebellious
,
States, the question of ,
emancipation is practically
settled. They are free by the fortunes of • war,
and by the acts of their own fugitive ,masters;
and only another ,revolution can put them back
into their foimer relations. The report of the
Government agent at Port RoYal, Mr. Edward L.
Pierce, has recently been given to the pUblic;
and the facts, views, and plans which it presents
upon the past,
,present, and future 'conditiOn of
these freedmen, constitute it, the most important
document, probably, which has been elicited 1)3,
the war. Ina political and religious sense, the
district opened up by our armies in these- two
States is missionary'grourid, and Mr. Pierce, may
he regrrded as the pioneer raissi:mary, who has
laid the result of his obServations before Secreta
ry Clime, and has thus prepare&the way for or=
ganind effort in, the future. These people, : with
those at Fortress,Monroe, are the first fruits, of
the movement- towards freedom in our land-,
which a Greater than Presidents and Cabinets,
and Legislators,'-and armies is leading and. 'gni&
ing. Our; work opens tip gradually before '-us.
In these localities it'iS already made clear; we
have to prepare and train these twenty thousand'
freedmen' for the full enjoyment and proper use
of their new 'privileges. A most interesting,
hopeful and noble employment. And the best
guide in this work and as yet in our reach, is the
very full and valuable report of Mr. Pieree„from
Which" we have made lame extracts in another
p irt of. our paper. We present his plan of ope
rations - beloW. May :the People be guided by
more than human wisdom in meeting this novel
and important, emergency..
MR. PIERCE 5 S PLAN.
The better course would be to appoint superin,
temients. for
. each large
,plantation, and one for
two or three smaller combined,-compensated with
a (mod salary say $lOOO per year, selected - with
reference to peculiar qualifications, and as care,
fully as one would:choose a guardian for his.chil
.dr4;nceinthod with , an .:addquate pOwee4o.enforen
d paternatdisoiplinevto -require proper amount
Of labor, cleanliness, sobriety and better habits
of life; ands &eller:illy to promote inso-raVinci
intellectual cititurp of the wards with such other
_
inducements, if there be any, placed before the
superintendent :as shall inspire him to constant
efforts to prepare them_ for useful and worthy
citizenship. To quicken and insure the, fidelity
of the superintende.nts theroahould be a director
general, or governor, who shall visitthe planta
tions and see that -they arc 'discharging these
duties; and if necessary, he should be aid3d - by
others in the duty of visitation. This officer
should be invested with liberal powers over all
persons within his jurisdiction, so as to protect
the blacks;from each other.and from white men,
being required in most important oases to confer
with the military authorities in punishing of
fences. Hia prolaosed duties' indicate that he
should be a mane of the - best- abillity 'and- diem-
ter; better if he have already, by virtue of public
services,'a hold
, on the`public confidence. Such
; an arrangeutentis submitted ie preferable:for the
present, to any eilmttersoine territorial govern-
j, The laborers themselves no longer.slaves of
their farther masters, or of the government, but
as yet in large , numbers unprepared for all full
privilegeslA . "citizens; are to be treated with sole
reference , t6such preparation. No effort is to he
spared to' workuicsa their better nature and the
motives which, come from it—thn love of wages,
of,offsprinc , and fain:oy. the desire of happiness •
and the obligatiens of religion. :And . when these
Ail; and fail they will in some: : cases,, we must
uothesitate to xesort, tiot to the lash—for as froth
the department-.of war bO. also from the depart-,
meat of labor, it must be banished—bufte the
milder and more effective punishments of depriL
vation of privileges ; isolation from family and 80-
,
ciety, the workhouse or even the prison. The
laborers are to be assured'at the outset that par
ental and conjugal relations among them" are to'
be protected and. enforced} that children. and all
others desiring are to be taught; and that they
will receive, wages; and that.a certain just mea
sure of work, with referenee to the ability to per:,
form it; if .not willingly . readered, it is to be re
quired of all.
Notwithstanding the frequeliesnd severe ehas
tieenients which, have been employed here in ex
acting labor, they have failed, and naturally
enough, of their intended effects. Htiman be
ins are made up
,of so much more of spiritthan
of muscle, that compulsory labor, enforced by'
physical pain, will ,not exceed or -equal in the
long run voluntary labor with' just inspirations;
and the same law in less degree 'may be Seen in
the difference between the value of a whipped
and , jaded beast, andorie well disciplined and
kindly treated.. Taking into consideration. the
cost Of food and, clothing, medical attendance
and extras, supposing that the taborer would re
quire rations of pork and, beef, meal, coffee, su
gar, molasses and tobacco, and that •he would
work three,hundred days in the year, he. should
receive abont forty cents a day in order to enable
him to lay up thirty dollars a year, and each
healthy woman could do about equally well.
Mr. Pierce thinks the 'Government could
.af
ford to pay this sum without hnrdening the
treasury, though it is not expected to clear any
thing by ,the system. . '
RELIGION, EDUCATION, ULTIMATE OBJECT.
As a part of the plan, proposed, missionaries
will be needed to address 'the zeligions element
•of a race so emotional in ,their nature, exhorting
to all prectical virtues, and inspiring the laborers
with a religious zeal for faithful labor, the good
nurture of their children, and for clean and health
ful habits. The benevolence of free States, now
'being directed hither, will gladly provide these.
The governmerlihoirl, d; however, provide for
teachers - iapegiAk.44ilted - to' A. t . gticiiiik k g reading,
writing arid iiritlinietie, say some twenty-five; for
the territory, now
,occupied by our forces, and pri , ;
' Tate benevolence:might even, be relied ,on for
The plan proposed is, of course, not presented
as an ultimate result4:--far from it. It content
plates a paternal discipline for the time being,
intended lor present use only with the prospect
of better things in the fixture. As fast is . the
laborers show themselVes fitted fei all the
eges of citizens, they should be dismissed from
the system, and 'allowed' to follow any employ
ment they please, and' where they please. - They
should bave the power to acquire the fee simple
of land, either with 'the proceeds of their labor or
as a reward of special merit;' land it would be well
to quicken their zeal for good behavior by proper
recognitions. I shall not follow these sugges
tions as to the future `farther, contenting myself
with indieativAhat. is best to be done at once
with a class offne* beings now. thiVivn on our
protection, entitled to be recognized as freemen . ,
but for whose condition the former occupants of
the territory have diligently labored to unfitthem.
" • "
THE PRESIDENTE.MESSAGE.
IN our isstie of the 23d of januarY, in remark
,
hag editorially upon the influence which a wise
administration could exert for geed, we made the
following appeal
every; Christian and friend, of humanity
should pray that our Government may be led, in
the exercise of - its piowerful influence, to culti
vate, develop, and, direct the [anti-slavery] Ben=
timent, to encOarage 'it all over the country.
While warring for theßonstitution, let it be-man
fully and 'uncomprotuiSingly on the side of hu
manity, Let
.it, lead du the hatiorcin in, great
opportunity to a high and honorable, pOsition'on
the _great Aui.stien of personal liberty!'
Neither in thitciaor any other artiele;'have
expressed a Wis T -that the wax itself should. be ,
'Made.a war of - emancipation. We would .keep
distinctly in view the'great.Constitutional object
of the war4r-to put down Tehellion—to asi'ert nut.'
right and manifest our poifer_to be, as a nation
—to punish anarchy and treason;' and to uphold
the majesty of the ballot-boX, as, under God; the
source `of authority among a.free people.'
But we have been anxious that the ,cause of
this rebellion—the tuTogance of a defeated slave;
power—should-4:e marked and kept clearly before
the people; • that they should•learn in all , the in
'tense and•bitter experience of a war for self-pre
servation) the infamousnature and tendencies of
the system - of slavery= . ; that their just andright
eons indignation. : against it should be cherished
and cUltivated into a,fixed national sentiment'
ready at the proper moment for any constitutional,
and rational .measures for its extinction. , And
we rejoice in the President's recent message, as
,*
proving thatth*g . reat influence of the AdMinis
tration—after ti Period of some uncertainty and
seetiaing`Va'aillatto'fi-1-:le be
-given in thlediree
tion. It fulfills the 'wish we expressedin our'
forper.'-iirtiele,4hak_th,e Atlinin4ration would'
clearly declare, itself on theside of humanity, and
thus ceinbine, .sPrengthen, and lead:on the pub
lie' mind " to.a high and honorable - position on
the great questikn personnl liberty." We be
lieve the message is an answer to, prayer, and as
it comas' manifeatly froni a heart 'and Conscience
in no small degree aliVe to the high claims-of
duty, and is solemnly, and in the name of the
Most High, urged upon the. people, let - us' all
combine our intlnenee, our active exertions, and
our prayers, that it may be. made acceptable to
the section.forwhich it is intended; that it may
be backed by such ;a weight of, ptiblie sentiment
as , to ; make. it Morally - irresistible; that it may,
under God, be the beginning of the solution of
the - perplexing 'qtaeations with which we are sur
rounded, issuing at last, and not very far hence,
Second and ' , truer proclamation of liberty
through,Ont the land to alt the inhabitaniwthereof.
The me.ssager found in another column.
ORDINATION AND INSTALLATION.
MR. ISAAC Itit!Y, son of the Rev. Henry. A..
Riley, of Montro6i, Pa., was ordained and- in
stilled - Paster 'of' Porest Church, 'Middletown,
Delaware, by the'Presbytery of Wilmington, on
the sth instant. Rev. Wm. Ailiman; Moderator
of the Presbytery, preached the sermon and pro
constitutional questions. Bev: H.
J. Qaylord delivered the charge to the candidate,
and Rev. F. Heruiricks. the, charge to the people.
4 large and Aleeply interested congregation was
in attendance upbn the - services.- s Mr. Riley - is
comfortably :settled•jUthe parsonage , adjacent to
the church, and has a very fine and promising
field'of labor in one of the most fertile and :thriv-.
ing agricultriral regions of the State. He has
our earnest wishes for success in labors.
dONStITVTIOiAL ORUB.OH, BALTImpt.
WE are sotrY.W. earn that e plhce of wor
ship of this chn T h' . has - recently . Veen Seriously .
injured by a- storm of, wind and rain; which car:
ried off the entire roof, ands exposed the interior
t 3 the.-heavTralivrthen falling. th fixtures
of the pulpit, pews and aisles,' together .with the
organ, were dewed, and the water soaked
through into theltatire The roof, in fall
ing by the side 'of the building,_ destroyed the
window sashes, and altogether the church was
left in a sadly ' dismantled state. We have not
heard , ot the prOgress - of the repairs,, hut presume
that in the hands of that energetic people they
will speedily be made.. • .
Tire SECOND' ANNrvEIts.ARY of the North
Broad St.; church, was - observed by the pastor
Rev. E.-B. Adams, on last Sabbath, by a suitable
discourse, in which he stated thatitherihadheen
sixty-five accessions to the church during theyear,
of which nine ; ere on profession, the entire Mem
bership being Ane hundred and fifty : three.. One
thomand dollars had; been _ contributed: to. benevo
lent objects. putei4e. of the church, and nearly'
eight hundred in church:improvements. The
annual income of the congregation—is within a
fraction of three thbt - sand dollars, and the enter
prise is entirely self-sustaining. This it will be
remembered is the fact while the congrecration are
still occupying a hired hall: They are expecting
to =build at, an early date. , The congregations
are uniformly large, and the spirit of the church,
and people is harmenious and earnest.
(For the American Presbyterian.}
FLAG PNESENTATION TO-THE WILMING
TON OADETS.,
ON the evening of the 22d, at the Continen- I
tal, a flag was presented in behalf of the donor,
Mrs. Harrison of this city, by the hands of ex
mayor 17412 X to the cadeti Of Colonel Hyatt's
MilitarY Academy at Yirilmington Delaware; nor
can we think, that artiong the Many 'appropriate
tributes.to the day, f any affair-was turned off in
a more neat and , satisfactory manner than this.
The presentation address was" accompanied•
with gallant allusion to the fair doitor, and hen
&able mention of the youth; to whose hands the
flag was committed, felicitous patriotic reference
to the great occasion, whilst the replies, in the
speechof young Bradford-and the poem of Cap
tain Porter, justly elicited frequent expressions
of admiration and approbation. "Noble little
Delaware," might be proud of these sentiments,
so boldly and heartily outspoken from these
young minds, in'which all their companions par
ticipatedi nor could any one have been untouched
by the 'generous warmth of young Captain Bid
dle.,
. •
By the wit and address of the Chairman a
warm sPeech was elicited from ex-governor Pol
lock, and on all sides no expression wasmanifested
but signs of unalloyed gra.tifination.
This notice is given bra Delawatisn, who was
present, and . Who, from acquaintance with some
of the parties, is able to trace the sentiment of
freedom and patriotism manifested, to the'secret
influence of family piety, which , has always spo
ken nohly.for a country in danger.
Whilst the address of Bradford
.is equally
worthy of Publication with the'poem, a few lines
of the latter, have more readily been obtained,
and are inserted to wind up the notice of •an
event, that ought not, tinchroriicled, to pass
away.
WASHINGTON'S TOME
" Where swiftly past, the wild Potomac sweeps,
The father of his country calmly sleeps.
No sculptued pile, no stately shaft he needs:
Enough are his immortal, god-like deeds.
Although.the dark and' gloomy cloud,of war
Hangs like a pall o'er fair Virginia's shore,
Ohl .may the storm of battle ne'er invade
The silence of Mount Vernon's holy Shade..
Though with the dead be heap'd the battle-plain,
Oh! may the hand Of traitor - never stain--
Although with blood the rolling waters run— •
The sacred tombwhere sleeps our Washington!"
OUR COUNTRY'S FLAG,
"Aye, priceless gift ! Our country's peerless flag!
Oh! may that banner in the dust ne'er drsg!
Our country's flag! It waves on ev'ry sea,
Acknowledg'd ensign of the hrave and free:!
Our country's flag! Oh! saered, glorious trust!
Though traitors vile have trailed'it In the dust,
'Tis glorious still, and'ever,proud shall wave
While e'er there breathes 'a son of freedom brave.
Our country's flag! What breast but pulsates high
To see that starry banner in the sky ?
It ;ever leads to death or victory,
And when that flag. Coltimbies freenien see,
With kindlini, glory burns each ewer eye
As on they press to conquer or to die...
The victor shouts to see it, proudly raised
Where lurid fires of death arid carnage - blazed,
Or plant it where the belching mortars glow
Upon the ramp.irts of the vanquish'd foe:
The dying soldier, turns his eager eye
And' smiles that "neath that banner he may lie."
THE NEXT UNION • PRAYER-MEETING: of our
Church44rilripelashiLtci;r3uy_ (Thursday), in gie
Sout.4.- Trot Ckurchi .corner of . .Tu'entieth aod:
Pitzwatei.streeis. ; • ' ' • '
INTEiLIGENOg.
.Ifrggress will be remembered
that, loud complaints were recently made by Eng
lish missionaries, that while French Jesuits were
allowed under the recent treaties to enter Pekin
and pursue their labors among the natives undis
turbed, Protestant missionaries were excluded
by the active interposition of the British embassy
itself from the capital. A change for the better
•
has taken place, as will be seen b 3 extracts from
a letter of Dr. Lockhart, the well-known medical
missionary, Which we find in, the last News of the
Churches : •
! s PEKIN,: Sept. 18,1861.-I have arrived, by
God's great goodness, at the end of my long
journey, and am at Pekin, living in this Tartar
city, at - the British legation, as Mr. Bruce's
guest. As soon as I got my passport; I started,
andiff five carts journeyed the one hundred mile;
front Tien-twin to Pekin; it took me two and' a
half 'days to, do it Mr. Bruce has been very,
kind, and promises tohelp me; at present I am
a visitor, but I shall be verY loath, to go away,
and shall try all plans to secure my residence
here. believe this will be accomplished- and
that soon I shall be able- to report that I have
entered on my work m this place.
The Rev. Joseph Edkins, writing to the Pa-
OW, from Tien-tsin, says :—" Dr. Lockhart, by
the assistance of Mr. Bruce, has now commenced
an hospital in the metropolis itself, but some
months , must elapse-before any further; step can
be made, So we are infonn3d, in proceeding with
misiKonary work in that vast and important city.
We have, however, the assurance now given ns
that ultimitely Protestant missionaries will be
allowed`to reside in Pekin and carry On their la,
hors there with'as much liberty as missionaries
of the Papacy. Admiral llope - anek.i. Bruce
haire both expressed their opinion 'that by the
treaty this right cannot be denied to us."
Eakins with Dr.
,Lockhart and others are
expected to occupy the :city-at• an, early. day, un
der. the; auspices of the London Missionary , 60.
.
Midget of the A. B. G. F. bk. is at
Tien-tsin near Pekin. He has recently been.
perMitted yrelcome four hOPefui.conierts
Christian fellowship-
Ceairal Turkey. —Mr. White writes from Ma
rash, December 16: "The members of our con
gregation have now, returned from the 'villages
and vineyards, so that, our Sabbath a Udience is
again from six toeight hundred, Happy:am
to be able to add, that there are some signs of
the presence of God's Spirit. There is a tender
ness of feeling, a mourning over the hard heart,
and fervent-prayer, which seem to, me, without
doubt, to bttoken a reviving of -God's work. The
church is in a better state than itlas been in be
fore - for months. We, have' recently held exa
minations of candidate,s for church membership.
Sixty-eight presented themselves, of whom nine
teen were approved, and yesterday we received
them to the fellowship of the church.
REVIVAL. IN LA SALLE, Mlcu.—From a pri
vate note to the editor, we extract the following
cheering piece of intelligence : "We are in the
midst of a gracious outpOuring of the. Spirit of
God; twenty-four additions to our little church
on the profession of the faith, at the, communion
last Sabbath."
LATEST NEWS.
, The Merri9nac Out—Sad Havoc among
Wooden Walls.—On Saturday P. M., March 8,
the iron-clad rebel steamer Merrimac moved out of
Norfolk, looking like the mere roof of a' house
with a smoke-stack peering above it. She moved
upWard to Newport News, while the iron-clad
boats Jamestown. and. Yorktown came out of the-
James river to assist. These boats first engaged
the U. S. "sloop-of-war Cumberland, a sailing,
vessel, and the iron prow of the Merrimac soon
run her down, and she was left , with her crew of
several hundred men to sink, while the Merri
. niac turned upon the frigate Congress. This
vessel having very few men on board, and being
a sailing Vessel; and hence unable either to fight
or to get out of the way, surrendered and was
burned. Other U,S. vessels now eame'up from
Fortress Monroe. They appear to have been in a
strange condition of unpreparedness at the com
mencement of the attack—but night came on,
and the battle was suspended.
The same evening, at 10 o'clock, most oppor
tunely arrived from New York, the iron-plated
steam-battery known as the Ericsson battery; and
named the Monitor, which went immediately to
the assistance of our vessels, and was attacked
early ' on Sabbath morning by all three of the
'rebel, vessels. After A.five hours'. contest they
were driven off, and the Merrimac towed away,
as is, supposed, •in a sinking condition. Daring
a part of the fight the Merrimac and the Monitor
touched each other. The Monitor is uninjured
and ready at any time for action. 1
• The Rebel retreat continues. Leesburg was
evacuated on Friday by the rebels and seized on
the Bth by our forces. The Cockpit Point rebel
battery on the lower Potomac was also evacuated
on the 9th, and occupied , by our troops the same
day. The rebels burned the steamer Page,
which has been hovering about this part of the
Pot6mac, and the blockade of the river is re
garded as virtually raised. General Hooker
also reports that the batteries opposite his divi-
Sion have been deserted, the guns being spiked
and abandoned. Rebel papers say that the
Bowling Green army has fallen back to Decatur,
Ala., nearly two hundred miles in an air line
behind their position five or six weeks ago. At
that rate they will soon be driven 'into the Gulf-
We hope they may not be suffered to fortify
themselves there.. New Madrid, Mo., where the
rebels have a force of five or ten thousand inen,
and four gunboats, is completely invested by our
forces. Forty cannon were abandoned by the
rebels at Columbus.
It is ascertained that the rebels have evacuated
Winchester and Centreville Va., and it is believed
in Waihington that they are evacuating' Manas
sas.
Soon after the Ist of March, Fernandina, Flo
rida, and Brunswick, Georgia, were occupied by
Commodore Depont's fleet, the rebels precipi
tately retreating before-his terrible gunboats.
liy advicesTrom St. Louis, March 9, a battle
was believed to be raging at New Madrid, Mo.
OffiCial information has been received of a
sanguinary conflict between the U. S. and rebel
forces near Sugar Creek, Ark, which resulted
in - the utter rout of the latter under the combined
leadershiii of Van born, McGillloch, Price, and
Mclntosh. Our loss is 1000 killed and wound
ed.. Munitions of war and provisions in large
quantities have been captured, and .the flying
enemy pursued.
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL TIMES AND 'nlE AME
SUNDAY SCHOOL thsTION.--- , Most of the
churches in our denomination contribute to the
American Sunday Sehpol Union, and have a
high' interest in its prosperity. They have sup
posed that the Sandy School Times was an ally
and friend of the Union, and patronise it as such.
But they have been surprised in recent numbers
of the Times, to perceive that'the editor seems
to give his whole influence, not to the circulation
of the Union books, but to push out the publi
cations of the various sectarian Boards. If the
American Sunday School Union be ncit worthy
of confidence we ought to know it, and act ac
cordingly. If it be worthy of confidence, 'we are
unwilling to see it substituted by a - depository
got up on the sole responsibility of the editor of
the Sunday School 7Vmes, while our people pa
tronise the Times as a Union periodical. 'We
Want light;, otherwise we shall fear that using
the prestige of an itstitution to undermine it,
may be among the " mistakes of educated men."
eur Chard ft ito.
Revivals at Rockville; Ind. and Delaware, o.
Rev. J. Hawks, writes to the Herald, of a great
work of grace'in this Church (2nd.) of Bock
ville,'under date - of February 25th as follows:--
Revival in Rockville, Ind.—Editors Herald:
hss visited us with a powerful effusion of
the Holy Spirit, and we feel under obligation to
give publicity to a few of the many interesting
particulars connected with what we feel to be a
remarkable work of grace. It seemed to burst
upon us with all its.strength and power, at our
regular- communion meeting, with no nitre effort,
when the pastor waslalone, and when we hardly
dared expect a blessing,. The meeting, Monday
night, after our communion, was of deep solem
nity, and the Spirit seemed to fix. its convicting
power upon the most hardened and sceptical at
the :very outset, and a doeFr'solemnity from that
time settled. down upon, our whole community,
and - religion became the only theme of conversa
tion in every circle.
Out church'was crowded night after night,
and was nearly fiat every morning prayer meet
ing, and all who came seemed to feel as Jacob
e*pressed himself when he awoke from his
dream—" How dreadful is this place ; this is
acne other but the house of God, and this is the
gate of heaven," Conviction for sin seemed to
be in most cases deep and pungent, and I never
have seen brighter or happier Conversions. Dur
ing the progress of the meeting we have receiv
ed fifty-eight, and more than half, of this num
ber are heads of families,. and there were ten
cases of men and their wives. This new acces
sion nearly , doubles, our church, and. nearly all
are 'from the permanent, leading characters of the
community. We still continue a daily prayer
meeting, which is quite fully attended; and the
interest is still good, and the work of conversion
still goes on. Bro. Ballantine, and Dr. Jewett,
of Terre Haute, and our Old Schoa and Metho
dist brethren, gave me very efficient aid in
preaching during the, meeting, which has now
been in rragress over. three weeks. The kind
est and most Christian, feeling has existed, among
all denominations, and all have participated.with
MARCH 13,
the utmost cordiality, and - apparent sincerity,
which has added greatly to the interest and suc
cess of the work. A corresponden tof the same
paper also speaks of a revival at _Delaware, Ohio,
which resulted in an acceession to the church of
•
10 members on profession.
In the Church at ca.ssppcolis, there has_been a
work of grace in progress for some weeks. Num
ber& have beert - conirerted, and the church has
been greatly strengthened., -
Ordination; Episcopal minititer received.—A.
meeting of the Presbytery of Kalamazoo was held
at Schooleraft "Mich., February 19th, for the
purpose of ordaining Mr. Martin Post, of Logans
port, Ind., a recent graduate of. Line Seminary,
as an evangelist. Sermon by Rev. Wm. S.
Higgins, of Kalamazoo, from 2 Pet. iii : 16.
Mr Post is under engagement to supply the pul
pit for the present year. He gives promise of
usefulness, and is growiiig in the respect and af
fections of the people.
At the same meeting, Rev. George Willard was
received from the Episcopal Church into the
Presbytery of Kalamazoo.
The Evangelist , says:---" He has held a good
position in the Episcopal Church, VII now
comes into our connection as a truly evangelical,
cultivated, and acceptable minister of the Gos
pel•"
New fublicationc
" GREAT EXPECTATIONS REALIZED, or Civi
lizing Mountain Men," is the singular and some
what inadequate title of Mrs. Ellen . H. B. Ma
son's book, in which her remarkable , and success
ful enterprise among the Karens is . detailed.
The christianizing of a wild mountain race in
Burmah is one of the great wonders of modern
missions, and of the progress of Christ's kingdom
on earth. - Mrs. Mason was principally instru
mental in organizing a regular system of female
education among those people after the work of
evangelization had made considerable progress.
Her narrative of adventures with the natives in
the prosecution of this and other , parts of the
missionary work is very animated, the style is
somewhat dashy and - off-hand, she breaks out
into frequent' poetical ventures, many of which
have real merit, and the whole makes a very
readable, and in some parts, deeply impressive,
beautiful and instructive book. 12mo, pp. 4a.
Philadelphia: American Baptist Publication So
ciety, No. 530 Arch street, B. Griffith, agent.
" ETHICAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL INQUIRIES,
chiefly relative to subjects of popular interest;
by A. H. Dana," is a pleai , ing and instructive
volume of the fragmentary sort ; the discussions
tve• generally brief, on such topics as Races of
Men, Hereditary Character, Narcotic Stimulants,
Theology, War, Reason and Faith, and so on.
They are the product of a mind disposed to phi
losophizing, calm, clear, 'observing, somewhat
subtle in its analyses, and well furnished with
literaiy acquirements. They are scarcely pro
foun I or startling, yet they contain much that
will .repay reading; and their tendency, is good.
12m0..pp. 303: New York : Charles Scribner.
Philadelphiw, for sale'by J. B. Lippincott & Co.
HENRY HOYT, No. 9 Cornhill, Boston, has
published Lessons OM Paul's Lerpiatte -to-the Ro
mans, being a question-book for advanded classes,
based On the commentaries of Jenks and Olshau-
Sen, with regard also paid to Stuart, Chalmers,
Hodge and Barnes. Frequently where answers
are given they are in the words of the commen
tators, Stuart being most largely quoted.
PAMPHLETS AND PERIODICALS.
THE ATLANTM MONTHLY for March, is
crowded with valuable, reading,. and maintains,
without the slightest diminution, its eminent po
sition in periodical literature: Its spirit towards
evangelical religion is more cautious, at least,
than when Dr. Holmes' prose effusions burdened
its pages—we cannot now recall a line of the Doc
ke a poetry which we wished struck ont—and we
can with cordiality recommend the numbers of
the present volume to the general reader. The
number for the current month contains articles
on Free Labor in the West Indies; The Use of
the Rifle; Methods of Study in Natural History
(Agassiz) ; Conceiving the Sorrows of Child
hood (by the Country Farson); Russell Lowell's
humorous poetry on Current Topics; Mr. Eve
rett's paper on Taxation, etc.
TEE BOSTON' REVIEW for March contains
Christian Tolerance; English and American 'Uni
versity Life; The Hymns of Charlotte Elliott,
author of " Just As I Am ;" The Recreations of
a Country Parson; Two Pictures, Jewish and
Christian ;" Pascal's Thoughts and Character ;
London : Public Institutions and Social Dangers;
Short Sermons; Literary Notices; The Round
Table.
From the article on London we quoted the
very powerful, nay, startling account of the Lon
don Tines, which we put on our first page a week
ago. By some oversight it was credited to the
Boston Monthly, instead of the' Boston Review.
We are plmsed to testify to the marked ability
with which this New England Old School jour
nal is conducted.
ME PULPIT AND THE, ROSTRUM for this
week, N 0.28, contains Ron, Martin F. Conway's
Speech on.,the War, delivered in the House of
Representatives December 12, 1861. This series
of phonographic reports is already one of great
value, and will become every day more so, as a
means of preserving memorials of the course of
public opinion in our struggle. New. York : E.
D. Barker.
TDB_ NATIONAL PREACREN AND PRAYER
MEETING for March, contains a Sermon by Rev.
J. F. Stearns,' D. D.; subject : "The powers of
darkness have their Hour;" also, an extended
miscellany of brief articles of a devotional cha
racter, intended as helps in the conduct of a
prayer meeting. New York :W. IL Bidwell,
5 Beekman street.
THE STUDENT AND SCHOOLMATE for March,
is full of interesting matter, well adapted . to the
school folk, lively, shrewd, practical and whole
some in tone. A capital aid in training the
young, both in, and out of school hours. Galen,
James .& Co. 15 Cornhill, Boston.
SERMON. Scripture Warrant of the Hope of
Eterrialtife. By Rev. Sohn C. Kidd, IL A.,
Joliet, 111.
Received since the above
SEQUEL TO TIN, THE SCISSOR'S GRINDER.
Henry Hoyt, Beston.
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By W. B. Bradbury.
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