118 aolitrican recobgttrian - Nfr-- GENESEE EVANGELIST. THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 1862 JOHN W. MAW, Barton. CORRECTED.—Rev. Dr. 'WING, of Car lyle, will deliver the Historical Discourse before the next General Assembly of our Church at CINCINNATI, and not Columbus, Ohio; as erro neously announced in our columns. DIVINE ART IN THE FOUR GOSPELS. ' Diversity in unity, marks all the divine opera tions. It Is a law which extends to the world of grace as well as to the world of nature. The plan of Redemption embraced a Jewish as well as a Christian dispensation. The message of truth from heaven to man was conveyed by scores of agents. It is not therefore remarkable,—the reverse would have been—that the events of the life of the Bon of God on earth , are handed down to us through a fourfold medium. Yet'men have greatly perplexed .themselves over this problem of the four Gospels. The in genuity of critics has been tasked from the begin ning to account for the phenomenon, to give a probable account of the origin and mutual rela tions of these treatises, to exhibit their parallel iSMEl and their divergencies, and to explain or to exaggerate the latter, as well as to argue and philosophise upon the probable reasons for the fact. On the one hand; men have been struck with the identity of expressions, and almost of whole paragraphs, in three of the Gospels; on the other, with variations in statements of the Same fact ,which seemed almost contradictory, and again with the widely different character of the fourth Gospel in almost every respect from the first three, The harmonies, lives of Christ, treatises and discussion on this subject, form a vast literature of themselves, taking its, rise in the earliest age of Christian literature, and never receiving, larger contributions than in the active and critical 'age in which we live. On this field, the unbelieving, scholarship: and de etructiore criticism of modern times has amide perhaps its most powerful and dangerous demon atrations. The very Person of Christ as setforth. in Evangelical history, has been assailed by modern critics with a hostility as intense and as ruthless as that of the chief priests and elders and rulers of the Jewish people. The testimony' of the four witnesses to, the reality and nature of his works has been decried, has been set against itself, has been tortured into every, form of dispa ragement, Historical character, mutual consent, divine significance, plan, have been denied to the, four Gospels; ,and ",the counsel of God" to con yey to man, according to his own 'usual and wise- - method of unity in diversity, his message of grace has been rejected by the proud critipism unsanotifiedand - scholarship of our time, as it was by the , Pharisees and Lawyers of our Savi or's own day. The Liter products of science in this sphere, however, have been of a far different, nay a wholly, opposite, character. Such work as "'Ellicott's Life of Christ,"r originally _delivered as Eulsean Lectures of 1859, at Cambridge, Eng land, and lately republished in this country by Messrs. Gould and Lincoln of Boston, marks an era in the literature of this subject, and, shdws how, on the fields of science, too, God makes the assaults of the enemies of truth au occasion for fuller manifestations of its,glory and reality. Not that the problem of the four Gospels is fully oolved yet--its concealed treasures of skill and wisdom all laid open'to the understanding, or its difficulties by any means entirely removed. But we have hare a diligent application of profound and believing•scholarship, of critical tact and in genuity, and of Strong, good sense, to the work of solution, xevealing and laying before the general reader,* as no• other word extant in our language does, the PLAN, or as we have chosen to call it, the Divine Art, in the Four Gospels. Guided by this excellent treatise, We. propose to illustrate the relations , of, tbe,four gospels in one or more articles, and we Are, pttratusded that, so far as we succeed in our attempt, we shall do good service In investing the most important repositories of truth in the world , with > fresh interest, and in arming the reader against almost any form of unbelief with which he may, at, this period he assailed. Beautifully. and instructively does . Jerome compare the Four Gospels to the four rivers of Eden; which, though flowing from one Paradise`, go forth toltater the earth with four currents of different volume and direction. Four streams.of sacred truth; they may all be traced to one.forint ain, and they all bear along the same life-giving waters, reaching . , different classes of minds, ex hibiting the same primal, element in its. differ- , ent aspects, and, reflecting, from, many different angles the glory of the ONE Pausox that shines in all. , - In the Gospela we have the "concurrent and yet diverse testimony of AM; witnesses to 'the seine great facts. Remarkable and Oen verbal its la at times ;their agreement, the, smallest suspicion of collusion must, difiappear When we remember how their disagreements have perplex3d their friendi and comforted their enemies,= and how eighteen centuries of investigation have not cleared them entirely-away. Men are forward, indeed, is their, attitude towards , the Word of God. Had he committed His message to , a sin gle witness, we should have heard' no end of com plaint that we were nulled upon to receive such astounding facts au true upon such slender testi mony.. Had the four witnesses, whom he in con descending regard has given us, agreed to the minutest details, we should have been justly sus p i o ; : of collusion; but the fact is that, as mere witnesses, they correspondin numbers and in the charaister of their testimony to what is roost satis factory and eonclusive M judges and jury in a court of law. Such testimony fails to secure the assent of men simply because they receive not the Lou of the truth that they may , be saved. Will any one who rejects the teetimenr pf the Evan gelists tell us by what method of proof his unbe lieving mind and conscience could be, reached ? May we not say of such: Neither-will they be lieve though one rose from the dead ? All readers -of the New' Testament have titled that while the Gospels presents a continu ous fourfold testimony to 'the` general fact of the personal existence, labors, teachings, and suffer ings,of the Messiah, and that while there is a frequent concurrence of the first three—corn manly called the Synoptical Gespels---in refer- ence to the same specific event, it is seldom that exactly parallel passages can be gathered from the whole four. " We may remember," says Ellicott, (p. 255,) " how in the earliest portions of the Gospel his tory, the appointed witness seemed to be pre eminently, though not exclusively, St. Luke, and how, in the brief narrative of the early ministry in Judea, almost our only guide was found to be in St. John. It may also be remembered, fur ther, that of portions of our Lord's ministry in Eastern Galilee, we often had the blessing of three records. Of the ministry in Northern Galilee, we have seen that but little has been re corded by the historian-Evangelist, St. Luke; but again, that of our Lord's concluding minis try in Judea and Peres we should have known almost nothing if he had not been specially moved to record that striking series of connected events and discourses, [chaps. 9-19.] " Thus varied would seem to be the general aspects of those parts of the inspired narrative to which we have hitherto confined our meditw Lions. Now, however, we- meet with a striking and yet not unlooked-for change.. The history of the sufferings whereby mankind was redeemed must be 'told by no fewer in number than the holy FOUR. The fulfillment of type and sha shadow, of the hopes of patriarchs, of the expec tations of prophets, yea, and of the dim longings of a whole lost and sinful world, must be declared by the whole Evangelistic Company.. The four streams that go forth to water the earth must here meet in a common channel; the four winds of the Spirit of Life must here be united in one. Editor. 6C For such a dispensation of wisdom and grace'," continues, thistruly devout student of the Word, "let us offer up our adoring 'thanks. Let us bless God , for this fourfold heritage. Let us praise the Eternal Spirit that -thus , moved the hearts and guided• the pens of these appointed witnesses." . • Upon the no less important facts' of the y resui rectiouund realit3 of Christ's subsequent appeal ance to his disciples , ---facti Which guarantee to us the truth of <that in which we have believed, and which contain the indispensable pledge of our own future .victory over death and corrup ion—we are. favored with alike,fullness in the records: "Events at such a momentous nature, -ast those which. out Lord's death and. burialovere not to he told by.one, but.hy all. If all relate how the holy body of the 1404 Nye laid' in the tomb, surely all shall relate how,- on the third morning, the tomb was found empty, and how angelical witnesses declared that the - LOH had risen." _ Let any one merely glance ;at.the synopsis placed at the commencement .ef Dr.- itebinson's excellent harniony; (pp, vii—siv,) and he will Flee how the witnesses throng around these conclud ing 'and crowning parts of our Lord's history, and how their Cumulys of 'testimony illustrates the importance of the' events. Outside of these portione, henot find half a dozen. instances in which the whole four write 'upon the same event. We notice only the followings The de parture of Jesus (from Judea) into Galilee;' His public•teaching in .Galilee,;,the 'feeding of five thousand; the triumphant entry into Jerusalem; the conspiracy of the rulers, the - supper at Beth any, the.treachinst hiliVthree in the compass of a few verses. There is divine art and discrimination in tins distribution of testimony. It reveals . a plan. It hints at a great and wise supervision under which these unconscious penmen wrote. • It betrays sys tem in the ,sitpernatttral aq in the natural, and, strengthens our faith.in the identity :of the God of .Nature and. the Author, of Revelation. Another, and we think more interesting, listiec't of the subjeet, remains for-our consideration. . . . *The text, in large type", is excellent and profitable for devotional reading: The foot-mites :are valitable chiefly to scholars:: , , ~ BEY. DR. DEWITT'S SEVENTIETH BIRTH THE Harrisburg Tel taph, March - 14th, says :—"*re announced a short tune since that Rev. Dry Dewitt had delivered in hie chinch, before his own congregation, and a large number of citizens of ,other denominations, a disconrie on the anniversary of his seventieth birthday' ) and the forty-fourth-year of his pastorate over his present charge. "His congregation, immediately' after, pre pared to surprise the Reverend Doctor with a• substantial token of their affection and confidence: Wednesday night, a very large assembly, com posed of his'own and other congregations, Met in the lectnre-room- of his church, the New • Solnl,yresbYterian, to witness the presentation of the presents, consisting of useful and elegant household furniture, among which , were- several pieces of very beautifully-wrought , silver plate. They'ivere.presented to the Docter in behalf of the congregatidn 'by the-ilev: lfr Robinson; the junior pastor, 'with some appropriate re:marks, iu which Dr. Dewitt's long and successful:pastorate' was happily - alluded:4 • Thicpiictor replied in a few touching remarks; in'Whicli be alluded to affectiqn, the sympathy and, thevonfidence . wlda his Oeople i ,throtighrihe Whole forty-four years of hia ministry, had manifested toward - His allusion to the pious dead of his:charge broUght tars many eyes. On the whole, it was not only a Very interesting, but happy occasion ' at Dr. Dewitt, 'now in the seventy first year ot~ his enjoys remarkable health, and ,continues, to discharge his ministerial dirt:lei with the fresh neo of, youth. ,Never was he more-beloted his congregation than at present. Long may he. live to grace his pulpit and adorn his profesgon• in this community, where he is so - highly apiriel dated:" RATIONALISM IN GERK&NY. DR. P. N. Kai:WM.4.OKM delivered a' lecture in Berlin, ,November ,29th, on the aspects of the Geneva Alliance meeting, in which he referred to the address of Dr. Tholuck as follows: , -"In regard to our own German fatherland, Dr. Tholuck, among others,' stated that' the vaunted modern philosophy - WEicla was spreading at such a rate in other countries, was but the echo of German,' theories, and had there, in the country of its origin, long since passed its height,. (1,041,G0d it were sot) further the vulgar . tatenalism still maintained its hold upon the Gomm people, but had been utterly vanquished 0 ' It the : field of philosopjiy, and could not shown single * risfirekentative in Germany oftonutimiding abilities, (that is true, might but 'as much' he' said of -the incomparably more pernicious pas7s theistic rationalism, which, in the popular mind Amtriran V.rt0b.0;.,1.:Lif1y.4.*4-„:f.t.ittott,,..,:_ftatt:.#.tli-0.,. degenerates speedily into Materialism I) further : that most of the young theologians come out of the Universities, believers; (the Prussian, Uni versities, assuredly; God be praised !) and that there is every reason to hope that, by degrees, the German people too, With their deer') feelirige and their essentially, religious spirit, 'wide" andt universal as may be' theft present defection; will return to the faith of their fathers: (We hope so too 1)" THE BOTITHEaN MOUTH OAEOLINA3 PEES BYTERIAN. ON entering Winchester, Va., recently, Quar termaster D. B. Hilt, of this ,-city, of the Twenty eighth Pennsylvania regiment, Colonel Geary commanding , "fell ,in with a copy of the ebove paper for Kuehl,' whieh hais since reached our office: From the various , items of interest in its columns, we present such as our space will allow. The subject of a union of the Old aridNevt School bodies of the Church South is widely dis cussed. The 'veritable Christian Observer, of this : city, having at last gone to its own place, is in operation in Richmond, and of .course,, is largely engaged. in;the discussion. The. Presby terian refers to two communications in the col umns of the Observer, one of which, ;over the signature "A. H. H.. 8," argues in favor of the union, -on the ground , that-Ithe "Old School," South, have abandoned the Church' which; in 188 T, enacted the violent and unconstitutional measures of the excision, and hence cannot be held' responsible for those things. Upon this, the Presbyterian remark. :--" First, we do. not know of a single Old School minister wholes changed his views of the 'justness and propriety of the exseinding act.of 1837 ; and secondly, it is out of „the queition that' our •A.itiembly shall be understood' as ignoring its connection with and agreement' in the policy of the Church 1837. Thb only ground upon which any union' between us and the United' SYnod, we should think; could' be fairty,made, would, be tlisiboth partiei should agree to di f fer upon. that subject : If we and they are, really one in doctrine and Order,it seems taus they might-lea've to us-and we might leave to them, , an entire liberty of thought and feeling in,reference to those by-gone affairs." - 'll &nein* the .article' as follows We re-, iterate that we aresimerefy'desirpue of the union together of all Presbyterians, that are really like: minded. But , we, apprehend that the prospects. are not flattering fora, reunion between the New School brethren andeurselves:" FOr ourselves; we opine that the Old .School in the gonth 'Mire quite as mit& cenfidence now as formerly the efficacy of the ' policy, quite as'Much r as`the Pittsburg ll'itnnir has ef efficacy in the North. One hundred and twenty, Ministers and two hundred churches (this is :the strength of the " .United :Synod " As-acknowledg ed by the Obslrveri, , its organ,) would not -be a formidable object.to Old *School powers of deght tition. 6 -‘ The Presbyterian Church of the Con= federacy " will not shake the dwarf tree of the Synod before the fruit is ripe; Public matters oecupy a large space in the columns of the „paper: . , The Thornwell scheme Of an utter divorce between the seeular and ithe spiritual in ecclesiastical matterkhas nowhere met mere complete overthrow Wart in tite , Churchirti Dr. Thornwelrs :own' _State,fint 'to _mention the ease of `Dr. ThoinWell himself; who ' - has been among the boldeat champions of secession and slave extension in the South, We can Only mention:" the .proclamation of. President Davis;' ppointino „February clay at once of thanksXv;ing and. kunatation. The des orient is published in this paper and ex pected to reach !the subscribers only after the occasion • has passed:" Also; > the order of the State' autlierities " to' ascertain -the canon& of gold and silver plate belonging to the citizens [of . South Carolina] with a view of hereafter taking and melting such portions thereof ,anMay.be.ne cessery te'conititute the basis of future chenla-. tion, to provide means for the public defence..." 1 4. ere are sundry, articles on the peculiar, Condi tion of the " Confederacy ", at thislime; which: are almost - in a tone of blank but honeet'despair. noticing:' the; proolamatitiiifir ale`itiy,- the; editor proposes to keep a perpetual fast in heart cnict'spiiiiit"!' :The headings of other edi- torials tare significant: :" Whit to 'do With. Care." 1 " Men which are thy . hind" " The Crisis" " Net ,my will but Thine . be. Done,"i While a i correspondent writes ,on "The Dark Days of the. War'(-., We-;extract ,a few, sentences 'from the first-named article :—" And at this time win' ciallY,lhow heavy are thocares whieli,crowdrixpotil - - MariYiare tronbled with ,ease how , to provide the comfortsend even the 'necessaries of life forthoirfarilies. A "All true patriots are opPressed with. care for our country" in th s hqur of its danger from- enemies without and from foes' " Care! it is. felt in all our hearts, it is writ,ten ; on , Our, countenances. (Everyman of us carries al great burden , of it—Lsometiines not seen by 'others. -Bui if tome `magic po*er-elionld give a visible form and shal=e` td the loidjait bninibY each ond'of whata !Wig ,YeM . ltct our = • tn.“ TlieCrisis," the 'editor* ,thus discourses,, presenting it first " . from a hurnau . ppint of view," and afterwards turning. in ether directions for comfort. : As the . , human 'point of, view is' the only.: one which to US has been in any wise.doubt vri lAMB content - ourselves •Withi , so inuchl of. the article as referif te •-that. G . loosny enough to' the' Carolinians cin thefst March, what must it be' now after a whole month of additional re verses We have reached a point in the great str,uggle for liberty and, independence, which must fill every , heart with ;the, deepest ...concern. Feisome wee' kspsstaknost every conflictin,whicli we .have been .engaged, has terminated: in -favor of our enemiea.:• Dranesville, Mill :Bimini, Ito ano'ke;;Fort-Henryand Fort Donetson, haits each' in rapid succession witnessed the eneeesgof their arms. - KeniuOkyluts 'Virtually been wrested out of uni hands, whilst Tennessep r one of the strong est and most enthnsiastio, , membera of the Con federacy; is tiembling in the balance. A dark and lowering _cloud stretches,. along , the; whole line j of,ent sea-Omit ; and thresktene to 'burst with terrific violence on many points;at:the same time: There scarcely seems to be any limit to the hosts that arelteing Marshalled for- our destruction; and the aililrancennf Whifare which they beve been' Rieparinilfor' the hit six months, are as formidable as the Multitsidea by which they are to be wielded. Looking m at the Y conflict from a human, point of view,, there . scarcely seems to.be any :possibility . ."ot_ escape froM ,the impending stOrin" -'• The correspondent teferred to says Ta i , D#R.i..D.4xs OP TOM I , l if,A,A..are. upon : • - • : • • its at last. - Theywre's een 1 not so much in the particular disasters of the;past two months: the defeat at Drmtesiille, theretreat'at Preatonburg, the rout of Somerset, the capture-pf Fort Henry and Roanoke Island, the loss of thvee thousand trained' soldiers taken prisoners, iiid fifinfundred' killed and 'wounded :.not so much in'thi3se things it• • . v .as in the general features'of the situation,.: whichc address -themselveg—one'Wour patriot soldiers,' , and.one to our Government.,..->,r , - ° :.. 'l' , ' " `And to take this rlastAinto :- We have an un broken series of disasters in ihe battles between the enemy's gunboats and our open forts. - ::Not on; solitary battery have we been able to hold against their assaults. * *:- *. Five months ago, or nearly that, *e' seized Columbus; Ken: , tacky, in self-defence. ' Since that time a solid casemate fort of Teanessei limestone 'should have been built opposite Fort tienry That it was not done reveals'a rcidiealThitedi in onvsystent, of de fence, an element orparsimony that does not merely weaken, it absolutely vitiates and nulli -1 s "This brings me to t e second , feature - ofthe dark, days'; dark here, however,. not with , dis aster and death,-only . wilh deep anxiety and sus pense. - The stage 'of n ' na. enthusiasm 'ir end ing, and the test ofpatriotic principle and stead: to ' 7 fastness begins:- ' ' • • . " The question of rg,enlistment now begin;; ning to be tested, will' on, decide. for uty,hol . 7 . largely we breathe thlis*ftier spirit - how far onr, armies are indebted to:the illusions of youth and , ignorance far 'their tens lof thotusands of volun teers, and whether a sotir determination to fight this sacred war to the . end has taken root in the nation's heart.", %. e --: - Nye should, judge sin the _accounts which have reached us of the ITenn'eisee c6ntingent of the army captured at Denelson, that the ranks" of the, rebel aohl'ary indebt ed. to the:, of J iyouth and' ignorance for, tens of thousauds of,vdluuteers;",'t,u say . mithing of the , compulsory processes and threats ..,of draft- rag whiehluive been so extanaively empleyed: The coirespondent'dpneludes as foilivirdi " We have reaeliedf then, theiildli, the very agony of our undertaltlng. That we will .iiieect at last, is to my mina inallibly pertiin. But liow :P. Tl#o'!lgh what humiliation,,glories,, teurs; of a people's gratitude or#guish? with unblemish ed, honer, or, ,explati , ' ' me, infidelity •to ..our selves and our. Gok, ' floods of - precious Ives t ro that. is the question : :*.; -:, , 'i --- ' " Tiff it is glorious" *: ansiVered; as I hope it will be, the . dark days) of 'the war , oversliadoW . li!.1"' ',.- , ,'' ',„ ' ,'' -,-= :.° ~'" Son*Raragraphs` 1 o quoted . from the Btch- II mend Ezarniner whi' 4 are remarkable as admit-, tin.. a ,manifest . declension ,in the religious tone, which seemed to, aniimate the rebellion at, an earlier period: , The .ilzaminer, says: , • ' , 4 ‘'We must remark the painful evidences of the loss 'of the sense of ohr/dependence 'on God as the war has progressed. It fiid* not 'eciunelice so: '. * * ' t But' 'there'✓ his ;lately been ; a- marked reliiition "of. this sense ,of our dependence on ,the- God ofßattles. It has been impiously said'*that_ ihe battle of Belmont was won by 'energetic oaths of our officers. There has been a wretched plausibility that has preach ed, in' favor o 1 intinor indulgences in; our army, th.4 --- hico :- kii - et" - ea profanityof officers in battle, and that lik - inked at artinkenne6 in the camps, by itnea lolamg the military virtues of water' drinkers." One of those fierce and _diabolically slanderous denunciations of the North,-which have been ne ceSsmytto keep the , pliople , Of the 'South to the fighting' temper, leituOted !Horn the . NailiVille - Banner of pod M%eadeTll If theicorth irl: ninph; what ?" "Au heathen land," sap?. the, Banner, " will be Pre emble telthis, if eon uer ed." ..Nashville itse now iii , quiet possession, of lour iarms, is the- hest ; refutation of , such Wholesale and Scandalous lying.' ' Men; like -Beau regard. and;Jefferson - Davis 6,ayrutter'sueh false hoods - without, exiting our *ender. Ent: we cannot withhold our amazement at.the profound * *poet* of professed Ohristien men and'iiinis-' ters at the South in repeating and enlarging. upon lhein. , These . Al hive a.t:earful account, to answer •- 'ritY l 's l ive. lBiMMlNinlut s. in blinding and inge * ,g, - the- people, l and in leading them—to` their :present . lind coming -doom as varquished.rebels aid-tr.:liters. " The neCs . of the week"' is Wetly- The alienation.' of Nashville " c is both idniitted "and' • denied. The dditor sails - "In . common with the country ..at,.larie we ; liave been ','Yt!?setl Perplexed..during the last "weak, .veith, the ; 14tsetisfnetoi7 n. andl.pontr: diatozy "rumor's been in‘Circulation - about publie r , , events, and= it `Ja;Whigly iniocssibln to say- with any 'certainty, what' fe '4hp .. .state' of affairs in some`of the most` irapnriant localities is the Confederacy,, 1 The isiteit, P,,ocountg-Trcnit Europe close all prospeet of any interference.onthe part pf the.. powers „thnre With our affairs.'" „ . . A half a eninmn iigiveu to the ".ItistiStition and Officers of tlie•PreibyterianrCinarelvarvthe Confederate States - , 0f:. /. 4o:rte-theat" . i •4n-mi "lrcrarda". thek'T 4101 k--" .icerative tees." Rev. Dr. Leybire, lett l iiditik'iaf the. firiabyterlica Of-this.ol* is -Bno4tery; of Ulf Committee of 'DoMeistio Missions ottliArrilitia4kt The Assiiinbithiliniitrinsiii:to:inifitNi'.*naW k ie: d . j . :11 61 U; 1 3. . 16 1 1 6 • grii• 4 hunti ; NI vertisementa.m.the which as area34k t appearance, 'though otheriarini4.Bo94.inate.4oL. russraraliz. tfi EBB .; "The' Thkia _oPLila elena; e last stated Ineetlng, , adosM4te 'afi inding'order the • appointment ofo . r charged with The special:olio:eight a all matiera pertain. : ieg to the opemtions.of,the- .C . kurehdin..Xfotike i Missions, PP1T0art*.ipi04141)4)4051.1):14'.40.4.: catign- • These comnittipest ,ar4 wireeka i ,# o ,-repoit..oft, every stated meeting in April; Atm; . connected with these "rend - departiztettile' t . Christian labor-whiclk-iiiii"-be-of intereet to the Presbytery,, Pr 2913cficRif-Yrk i .c.k qinttiAykl!gr be desirable : , r , •• • ..„ ... • The attention tho ,btithreti t 4 the names of those',Who - dohigtittite the ' do.thmittees for the current year • ,• On Fo,r4th.,/treistons..447.:...)fitsars...:R B. W: Dnl A.' ' l ‘.`" On"H'eine Akitiearti. lir R. Ad-• ams and Sohn Jenkins, IX D4with Ruling• Elder M. W. Baldwin. : -*:•: On. Pubtikatiint. ,, rllev.-91feems:- . 13.4; way* D. D., and'i'ify,X. E Moork PA' .B.Abig 1114 ex% J. .Ashtnead., •.!1:l Qn Ethic s cition.- . —Rev. rears. :tro l itA,FittiOn, D. D. and F. L.; Robbins ; With Rifling" J. ii r • /WO. • • • - • • • iLmisaionary, from,Michigan..writes I am happy to say I have a more eneourag -d* • d " jug rekot,to make ihis quarter:thin I have ever 4i before since I came to the pine. here has been a precious revival here. When the year began our `church :numbered sixtr'afte..members. Soine seventy-five, as we hope and trust, have passed frota death unto' life.'' Seventy-eight are added to our chureli, and more are expecting to come 011ie next communion. , "I have preached for the last two weeks inu division of, my parish about four . railes East; in a large; school -house, holding, for, the most part two meetings'a day, and the result has been glo rious• there, also. Twenty-five or thirty souls there; too haviiig 'been bOri again • Making some hun dred in allihat we belie are converted to . God. I am still bOlding meetings i thera, and the *Wrest seems growing' every day. The ; house is -filled, and more than filled every . night, not more, than two-thirds,being able to get seats.:: "These thing's are ill encouraging and cheering; though - phYsically ' , tired and debilitated, 73r l et I lote to labor`*here the harvest is So full, " 1717elepe' to be able to need no faither aid after this year." - Another?, missionary from 4.1 m -same State, speaks as follows, of " My : Short ekperience in this . 'field has divulg ed difficulties, but has also encouraged` to hope: The eofigregation is steadily increasing, But, itniVersalistri and tefidelitkpredoininiite in this cewanupity. Still I think these forms of error are slowly losing groupd. TheUniveppd ists.ftpd it more difficult to ,sustaipitheir service and keep their congregation, than they did when; _I 'fait came 'to: ) • Td-itay, 'one parboil, who has , ittended', oni ineetingi 'quite regularly of late,-told me she hid , been brought - up an infidel but that within, a few months past her views had entirely changed and that., for, the world, she would not have her children brought up as she had beep. Thisjs but a,sign.of the silent working of the leaven of the Gospel, whichl am persuaded, is going on in many hearts: - . " Some who are:decidedly opposed - to the doc trines I preach, , attend pretty regularly otir service's; and contribute - a little to sUprort the Gospel They are Intelligent, influential mein: bers of society, and by the grace of 'God, might become yery:useful as followers .of Phrist. A number of young people come out to our Sabbath evening meetings. They . are attentive: hearers ; bit.have ,not had-much religions.training, and areas:sheep without a shepherd. "I am persuaded'that there in'amongst this class more ''religious thought than usual. by means subscription and an: oyster supper, have raised oyer 8100,. which as soon as.suitablaweather comes, they mean_ to .41e vote to re-fitting our meeting house: - .114..e0n-; gregation ,seem ready, to pay-as promptly, as they Can.', what. they subseribeth. , When I. consider how discouraging. this field looked six months ego, I feel inclined to thank - God and take cour nge;itdlrtaiecell-nita with more lively faithlorit. graciouti`liatitisto of the Holy' Sprit." [Growing congregations, attentive listeners ' p • rom.: • - . pt payment,of . tho salary, repairs of, church edifice, are always encouraging signs of the Spir it'f4presence, and oftentimes the precursors of grant - revivals: Qur brother has much to hope for. . c - .• • anotUr "thissiozigiri from-.the same State :.` l6 4lilaittitie in Ali region'.have 'great w . MTe i'am laboribita the eatprit'Of "FY:A), ability. • preach A-7*p 3_ . i,.o:4;#folti.' *.:1117.4- tune week , 4 441 0:PT#4" . 04g, NO. 'teach a. Bible crass— :•1 1 ‘9r a • short ; .pas t :I ; have been,: apsisting my son cioskAni t 'blessed hisiabore, we ifoi)e,.toitimoonveTidon of numlier youth:: •iibtheist are deeply affected. W9.14§ tii#Clego6oyrih . k• of (ilod'e'graoe' lies ben t also 'spent' a- K r We . 'tii 1 . 1 56 1 . 6 :7 :2 47. .r.1. 8 00i 1 "..4.4.***,747 Aura& pasioi interesiting.Woit . . #40 6 44. 1 nef9r-) : tgice . cmocigi; believe . 0004, of..p . rtyer,. this PartAflheiitltte.:i Iffrear Pf. it ; in,vations ditectiogs prand—sand Ale ***ming *very trust He will also answer „player , intf , ---randi Oh, what gloriotul coripoiiinities fave'we' for being workers . together with ratilt He will' even'iiierrule this terrible rebtiinpii f rirbii4 is the most like that of the rebel ablieleiii;heeve; of any t aken plaCe on ; enrtA . --4fe will overrule , it to Ilia, own , glory, the, conversion of. sinners, and. the, twhetitig .o : the miltenium. , God will not permit groks to go to ruin. It has too much ofthlk.fajt of 01 earth—too many devoted men •iirie - vribieri in'it to 'admit of its destruction. If Illoa be . Zit: ns, who can .be *Oat us ? Jesus was ertit4 , 4"butneNfer con 41.g.ffrPdi glorZte * Ale r ts iollows'it cheet;ingnote "The Presbyterian churehlii . thiLlijace lied wheal came to it in 7amuuryi,lB6l., about 'thirty meMbers.': /1018 ( 40 Otiyiefireli . j : NVe have n'lted iii he adds= 4,66 to twenty, . nine igtiOns',l = "to be erected :u one week - And'{lere,ure some more indulg*lttipe..444,Nig . iftifte.7iith the church the next.' commintioit, . • .fl 0.14 . ...)*A55c0f wo hip Tip ,:very' too strait;for.orplamlike but:tiro" *tattoo Jmitt to beild , thireeinsom ; It'•f"A r- MaMB " I preach tw i ce a Sabbath,, and hayii a prayer nieeti4 has averaged ; one hundred aid ; forty . so'holare during . 616 44 aall the church continues grßX,A6s4 l ' l s4 - AkOR PAI , PM•A'Pr° .0 81 . 11 44 . s •,-;, -A Preabyterian aante , Sise, • . . .r, .. ••• :;14 4201i the latiustint report was due, but as vaa abeent eligiffed a Piis2 tracted meeting, Veould not leavb iioir I • - , • ......11•! shall have the privilege of spen4intbM t bnp,dy, with. DV' familY, 43 1 - /e .e` NP.Olk morning, for. another place where,;lipeoligibborr. is necessary. - My field of laboi is.extensfre, bracing some. ten counties.- My business lie to supply the destitute churches as far as organize Church* ol,Aain supplies,' estbllbiii . • of ••• Sa bath Schools and t rit 134 operation as many_inatii mentalthes es poNible - to build up the eatise • Of Chriat.. great occasioilo rejoice that my been in vain. Go_d_4ts blessed my feeble efforts. HOME MISSION& •-; FROM mat Pnrwavrituri Roo*, s' 150 Nas‘au street, N.Y., REVIVALS. ifONTHe. iXPiItIEI4OB. , • 4 A number of chlirches before fiiotitute t are now supplied with =the ministry of the 00804 1 Se ieral new ehurcites hive been oipnized. " During the last quarter I have preached most of the time three discourses on the Sab bath, - and often during the week. My congre gations have been good, and in some install* God has blessed his truth in the edification of his Children and a' the conversion`" of 'gime& r have just ret!mt - ed;fromassieting)at a-.protracted meeting at F—. . I preached every day and night to large and attentive audiences. God clothed - his word with power. Christians were aroused and sinners converted. The number of inquirers increased daily." . - GOOD NEWS FROM lOWA., MI=IIIIM wyomint, Jones County, lowa, , . March Bd, 1862. f Pear Brother . Since the beginning of the last quarter the Lord has graciously visited me with •tlie ,outpburing of his Spirit. I commenced a series of meetings about Christmas, and continu; , ed• - for about five Weeks. was alone, except one week, when Brother Atherton; of . Cedar Rapids, came and helped me.' Semething like twelve or fifteen *ere heperull3r born again, and Christians Were . greatly revived and built up. It was truly aprecious harvest season. have not yet had a communion , season, and so do not know how guilty will joinour church. I rested far three or four, days, and then com mended holding meetings . at Oiford City, seven south from' here. God was with us there; tbo, and something like Affeen'were, as we trust, born into-the kingdom of Christ. A week ago, last Sabbath, (yebru.ary 23d,) we, had communi on, and twelve were added on profession. Several more will >probably come in at our= next coMmunion T`'organised in „August last with fourteeh, we now number _twenty-six. I had no help :there, and excessive labdrs have worn me dowri somewhat, - but'the Lord was my help: Oh it is : a blessedViing to labor for Christ. This has been a winter of hard toil, but a rich harvest has been gathered. To Christ be all the glory: - Yours ; very truly, • GEO. R. CARROLL: RECENT APPOINTMENTS. gay. Walter Mitchell, Marysville,. Ohio, _ Joel sCanwhell, Lafayette, N. J. . • " -Kendrick,`,:High, Point, lowa. " E: R. Martin, ~Newcorab, Ills. • • "- W. McKilig; Peoria, Ills.: " D. E.' A. Hebard, lowa City, lowa. " Thomas 'fowler, 'Jackson, Ohio. cc Gideon Pond, Bloomington, Minn. 66 1?. White, Carson. City, Nevada Torr. " S. H. Ashmun, Rural, Wis. • " Albert - Worthington, Taberg, N. Y. " Post, Carbondale, Ills. 66 A. Johnston, Pontiac, Thiimpson Bird ; Des Moines, lowa. " A. T. Wood, 'Winslow, Ills. " Edwin Allen, Parma, New York. " John Fisher; Centreville, lowa.. ," Jno.! , E...Baker,,ArkpOrt, N. Y.. ~; " J. A. Wood, Ohio - City . , Kansas. cc `J. J.-St. jOhn, Portland, N.' Y. " Richard . Hassell; ',olivine, Wis. New Philadelphia; Ohio. 4 - 4 'Louis 'Mills, lonia, Mich. " Charles Parker, Irving, Kansas. " J. N.. Hancock, Blue Earth City, Minn. 66 tj. N, Coombs, Washington, D. C. " Jas. R. Dann, Wenona, Ills. Ji' - ur , eintrek-ftwo LAFATETTE AvrENITE CHlliteli, formerly the Park Church, Brooklyn, under the pastoral care of Rev. Theodore L. Cupler;"hasjust completed, and on Sabbath, March 16th, dedicated. ith ap propriatmceremonies their new house of worship: Their old one had for sonie -time been too small for the ripidly increasing numbers of the con.: gregation. From the Evangelist we gather the following facts in regard to the building: The building is constructed of :the Belleville freestone, in the Routanesque style,of .architec-, Itatas a...front ofliek,feet on Lafayette ave. nue, And, extends back along Oxford street 164 feet. The front is surmounted with two towers, onedof Which is complete; the other will be car ried up to its propel- height hereafter. The height'of the structure is .76 feq. ' It has en- trances on either street. The interior is an ex: actyeprOdOetioo of Plyniouth, church, which hithertohasbeefi the *gat in BX:eoklyn. , tike that, ,it hap the organ and choirhehind_the pub pit..,24 contains 800 pews, which will , seat 1,800 persons; and, in case of necessity, nearly 1,000 more can be aecommodated- in the: aisles: -On last'Sabbath vie should judge that' nearly 3,000 lieititts-were inside the building, while probably as inany Went Uway,'nnable to obtain admission: At the rear of the church proper is a building three stories, in height, and 31 by .95 feet in ex tent. The first.floor is used as a chapel-and the pastor's library; the second and, •third leers are designedlor the Sabbath school, Bible classes :&c. NOtwithstanding the' great' size .and Massive' appearande of this' eturch, it was net an exPen sive bnilding - conipared other city church es., Tlib'whole cast of the ground and edifice was , not over ,Ific),o9o;,of : which abont two-thirds have been paid. .The remaining $20,000, with nary prosperity, will soon. be extinguished by.the, sale and renting of pews. From the capacious size of the church, the pews can belet at a very moderate rent, by which- can -be carried out a elieriihed design of the &arch 'lnd its paitor,to pieach the Gospel' tolhe poor. `" - • liioiAiLailori . ..-Sabbath, evening March 16, the Rev : . John ,N. Coombs was installed pastor of the i Western Presbyterian church, in Wash , ington,.D.• C.- - It Wita,s; very.'nteresting ocea siontr The:Sermon Was by the Rev. Dr. Sunder land, the charge'to the past& by the Rev. Dr. J. Smith, and the -charge to the people by the Rev, :3lsson Noble. Mr. Coombs is a gradnate of,Diekinson 'College, has -been twelve years in, tieliiithOikat ministry,fiye of which, have been . 0 t,in this District. „ The resolutions otthe e;ence in parting with Mr. Coombs were of the kindest eltraeter, and Methodists...that-I:hoe metlere speak of himin the highest terms: r have`never 'blown' a' transfer from onedertiiini= nation to another, Whore the feeling! 'of all were so very kind: The church, which has Seen .some' dark days, seems now to lie very, hopeful in re pod te.the future.—Eformgelist. • . REV. A. lllANtostr.,has rreedivid a.eilrfroin" tko , Pitik Presbyterian orNeincli; 'IC.' J. wilZre: 110 'lbe - cn'lneathirig during the last' seven months. ' MARCH 27, 7 - Tkpr. BoA*Dir TR.,USTNES of Wabash College have'Plectedlia Pren'illent,,,and successor to th e elate Dr. White', Dr. Jiih F. Tuttle, of Rocka. way, New Jersey, ad he haanignified his et. ce fence of tbn appointAent. - Dr. Tuttle w as unanimouslyti elected by the Board of Trustees at their first: meeting for the choice of a Presi. dent. _ _ _ C ATATORNIA 'Pmts.—From the,. Pacific o f February 6th, we , l'ather the following:--Fro m persons residing at" Red Bluff, we learn that the Presbyterian Church there, under the care of Rev. J. 11.MeiLialighlinVis meeting with gr ea t success in its important mission. The cougrege. tions in the Court - Heusi' continue to be crowd. ed, and sometimes find. it difficult to be aecom. modated with seats. The Sabbath• school is the pride of the people. 'The like of it was never seen there before. aka minister rs, liberally sup. ported, and the peoile are united in. him. Iu addition to : the labors_ of his. immediate parish, Mr. McLaughlin preaches in various neighbor. hoods around him. The Pieibyterian Church in Placerville have, upomithe resignation of their former minister, Rev. W. Freer, made arrangements .with R. J. DicMonagle to occupy the pulpit.. We have not learned whether this is to_ be a permanent or temporary Supply, although we presume it is to be the former. Mr. MeMonagle served the chinch with great acceptance a fOw months, during, the absence of Mr. Freer in the East. LATEST NEWS. On the 22d and . 2Bd'of this month, Saturday and Sunday, there was skirmishing and fighting between the,.rebelabelow_Winchester, Va., tutder Gens. Jackson, Smith, and Longstreet, and our forces -eider Gen . ! Shields. 'A pitched battle was fought on Sabbath, resulting in the entire defeat of the rebel forces: It appears:that Gen. Jackson was under the impression that our troops had left Winchester, and were advancing on the road from Strasburg. When Withircabont 'a mile and a half of Win chester a skirmish occurred between the advance guard of bothiCimies, in which Gen. Shields was wounded in the arin .by the bursting of a shell. The enemy , inune(liately, ,commenced a retreat, but Were folloied by the main - body_ of General Shields' ,army, and an engagement took place, commencing at half, past , ten. Sabbath morning, and ending _in the entire defeat of the rebels at dusk. , flur loss in killed and wounded amounts to about one , hundred and fifty. The enemy's loss is believed to be double this. We captured a large number of prisoners, some pieces of artil lery, and the ground is strewn with abandoned arms. It is a singular fact that the enemy out nurabered us two to one'. How didihis happen? Our .cavalry went in full pursuit. 't 4-ti:Op.L "Tai g I WILLS' or CHRIST" is a collection of:thoughts' in the form of discourses on various declarations of the. Saviour, by Rev. Philip Ben net Power, M. A.; incumbent of Christ Church, Worthing,. and:author of a-popular work of simi lar character—" The 1 I wills' of the Psalms." 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