1:38 minicau Pregbgtetian -AND GENESEE EVANGELIST. THURSDAY, MAY 1, 1862 JOHN W. NEARS, THE FEELING FOR UNION AMONG PRES BYTERIANS. Within the last two or three years, a decided tendency to reunion has sprung up among the various branches of the great Presbyterian family in the. English-speaking sections of the world. Among our most agreeable duties as journalists has been that of recording the various manifestations and results of this tendency, par ticularly among the Colonial' Churches in Aus tralia and Canada, and on our first page in this issue will be found a new instance of this re organizing tendency occurring among the Pres byterians of New Zealand. A united church will be formed from the different bodies now existing in that colony, all the neecesary prelimi naries having been adjusted. And there is scarcely any one feature more prominent in the mass of facts contained in that valuable but undigested eompend, WilsoW a Preskyterian Historical Alma nac for 1862, than the continuance and spread of the lotion movement among the various bodies of Presbyterians in Great Britain and her depen dencies. On the 6th of June last, the Synod of the Oanada, Presbyterian Church, formed by the union of the Presbyterian Church of Canada and the United Synod of Cailada, held its first meet ing, which overflowed with joy and thanksgiving for the happy issue just consummated. Copies of the articles of union had been sent to the various bodies of Presbyterians in the British Empire, thus introducing the leaven of union, or encouraging it, where it already was at work. And it was at work in almost every quarter. - Even the representatives of the Established Church of Scotland in the colonies, though apparently little susceptible to these influences, cannot utterly escape them. Already in Victoria they have given up their separate nrganisatiml, and are merged in' the United Church of this colony. 14 The Presbyterian Church of the Lower Provinces," itself a product of union centrum- mated some two years since between two distinct bodies, made it one Of their first Coneernments as a Church to issue a letter to the Presbyterian bodies of . .New Brunswick and Nova Scotia on the subject of a more general union. Two of these bodies being connected with the Established Church of Scotland, returned cautious,. yet friendly answers to these circulars, expressing a readiness and a desire to cultivate ki=ndly dons by interchange of ministerial courtesies and other modes of intercourse, meanwhile looking to the remote future for a consummation of the object proposed. The other body, " the Presby terian Church of New Brunswick," had also addressed a letter to the Scottish Church of the. same province on union, the response to which was regarded as highly favorable. In reply to the letter from the Church of the Lower Provinces above mentioned, the Church of New ; Brunswick. adopted a preamble and resolution, describing the doctrines andgovernment of the former Church as the same wifh its own, and declaring the basis of union to be apparently very satisfactory and the formation of a General Assembly desirable. Accordingly, the articles of the proposed basis were sent down to the Presbyteries to be reported on at the next meeting of the Synod, which will be i,n June. The Church of the Lower Provinces expressed its gratification at these responses, and reappointed its own Committee on Union. It may aid in distinguishing this body; so nobly zealous in this enterprise, if we remind the reader , that the martyr missionary, Gordon, of Erro mange, was under its direction., In the mother-country—Sootland—even the . Established Church finds , it necessary to recog nize the movement, as one of the parties to the union in Victoria was a branch of her own plant ing in that colony. The Assembly of the Estab lished Church last year, voted that their mini* , tors in Victoria in entering into the union had done nothing worthy of censure, but that the most friendly relations may continue' to be culti vated as between the parent Church and tlie Presbyterian Church of Victoria, though they refuse to recognize them as members of the Estab lished Church merely in virtue of their standing in the Church of Victoria. The action of the Free Church of Scotland in relation to her own representatives in the Victoria Church is more cordial and decided. She continues to acknow ledge it as standing in the place,of the Synod of the Free Church, and as entitled, in that charac ter, to such countenance and support as the Church was in the habit of affording said Synod , in its former condition, At the last meeting of the Synod of the United Presbyterian Church of Scotland, a body of high standing for piety, learning and zeal, with a membership of over 160,000, two overtures on the subject of union were presented, and referred to a committee, at the head of which was placed the Moderator of the Synod, Rev. John Robson, D. D., with in structions to report at the meeting of the present year. This is the more significant, as the Church is powerful and flourishing, and not, like the colonial Churches, in need of union as a =Urns of self-preservation and a'condition' of suceess. Once more, the Synod of the Presbyterian Church in England, with which are connected such men. as Dr. James Hamilton and Dr. John Wier, of London, has a Committee on Union, which re ported last year, and the Synod appointed a deputation to meet, the United Synod of Scotland, and report at the next meeting of the English Synod, which occurs in Regent Square Church, )London, in May. We doubt not our London correspondent will be in attendance, and give us early information of any movement of interest which may occur. One of our correspondents says that if, this Union is effected the Welsh Calvinistic Methodists will join the united body, and it General Assembly of the English Presby terian Church will then be organized. A con ference between the two bodies first named has been held, and a united Communion Supper was celebrated in Regent Square Church on the 11th of January last. It cannot be denied, therefore, that a great characteristic feature of Presbyterianism- in nearly every one of its leading branches at this time it a tendency to union. The repellant forces sure to be developed in every free organi. zation, have run their course and spent their strength in the Presbyterian Body, and• the in pallet of organization and the evangelical recog nition of the universal priesthood and fraternity of all true Christians are asserting themselves and entering upon their era in the Church. It is no wonder that indications of a similar spirit are witnessed among Presbyterians of different branches in our own country. Our branch of the Church has reason for congratulation that her separate position is oat the result of a tendency opposed to this, but in great part of compulsion, injustice and revolutionary violence. We took our position reluctantly, and because we could not help it. -It is superfluous for us to express our love of union and readiness to respond to any indication of repentence on the part of those who, by an accidental majority, suc ceeded in making two bodies oat of one. The church and the world know well what our wishes on the subject of union are. We sympathize cordially with this organific tendency, which seems to be developing into a LAW of the Presbyterian Church-life of our times, and which cannot but be regarded with approval by the- Head of the Church. We believe that the plat form of doctrinal tolerance, of constitutional order, and of sympathy with the oppressed, on which we stand, is one eminently fitted for a strong and permanent union, and we prefer it the more for that. It, is the tried platform of earlier unions. And we look for the evidences of a readiness to re-adopt it among others, as the sig nal for a responsive movement along our whole line. We venture to affirm that for every Pres bytery in the other branch, which follows the example of the Ogdensburgh, there will be found one in ours to act the part of the St. Lawrence. Let those who divided the church show that they have caught the new life of Presbyterian ism (not new to -us) by taking the initiative. But that we should renounce the three indispen sable props of union : tolerance, the Constitution, and sympathy with the C,hristian progress of the age, for the sake of union, cannot fora Moment be expected; it would be to yield the substance for the shddow. Rather than do that we would hand down the whole subject to a new genera tion, if need be, enlightened enough to know and agree as to the substantial elements of union. Editor. THE ACT- OP EMANOIPATIOR. Ox Wednesday, the 16th of Apa dent put his approval to the Act of Emancipaticn in the _District of Columbia, and it became a law in the following terms : " All persons - held to service or labor within the District of Columbia, by reason ,of African descent, are hereby discharged and freed of and from all, claim to such service or labor; and from and after the passage of this - act, nei ther Slavery nor involuntary servitude, except for crime, whereOf the party shall be duly con victed, shall hereafter exist in said. District," The remaining eleven sections of the bill pro vide for compensation to loyal.slaveholders at a rate not exceeding three hundred dollars for each slave;. and, also set. apart the sum. of one hUndred thousand dolliirs to aid in colonizing such free persons of color in the District, inclu ding these emancipated slaves, as, may des to emigrate., There is nothing. to limit or-uroato the emancipating -clause which is< absolute .and immediate: • • When Mr. Lincoln's approval was given:the shackles fell from fifteen hundred men, women and children in the District . of Coltimbia, held in bondage for their color, and the Capital of the country was cleared of the institution of Slavery. For this triumph of righteousness over one of the darkest systems of iniquity known to modern times, we give thanks to the righteous Being, whose providence has so signally opened the way for 41 accomplishment. We rejoice in this re moval of a deepinot from-our national character, and this correction, tardy though it be, the shameful, crying inconsistency of an authorized detestable system of human bondage flourishing in territory dedicated to the highest public uses of the greatest free nation on the globe. We re joice that the cry of the slave auctioneer and the crack of the driver's whip will there no longer give the lie to the Declaration of Independence, and sustain those who deride it as made up of glittering generalities. We rejoice that the suc cessors of Washington and the first Congress-will pursue their deliberations and read: their con clusions henceforth amid the clear and healthful airs of freadom. We rejoice that, while single and sovereign States may yet prefer to retain and perpetuate, if they can, the institution, the de , (flared policy of the nation as a whole, and which it will carry out as far as possible without infrin ging upon the rights of such States, is freedent to both races, is a pronounced antagonism to the monstrous doctrine, generated in ambitious, cov etous, tyrannical, and ease-loving minds; not quite rid of c ‘ onscienee and a sense of religidus obligation, to the effect that American,slavery is the great element of a true eivilization, and fit to be made the corner-stone of a new nationality, —that by a divine and 'scriptural Order,the negro race is giVen over to be the chattel and the bond man of the whites. ''iKe rejoice thab,the institu tion which is the rallying cry of the insane _rebel lion, has received a blow directly in its front while its supports on every side are -falling - away; so that the war which it wickedly instigated is now, with condign justice, working its doom. Yet more than all we rejoice that the public sen timent of our country is exhibiting such signs`of returning healthfulness on this great moral ques tion We are going baok to the purer days of ' the fathers in church end, state, and carrying out their wishes in these acts. The decision of our Assembly, forty-four years ago, that " the volun tary enslaving of one part of the human race by another, is a gross violation of the most precious and sacred rights of human nature, utterly incon sistent with the law of God, which requires us to love our neighbor as ourselves, and totally irre concilable ,with the 'spirit and- principles pf 'the Gospel of Christ," is now in substance formally endorsed by the nation. And the injunction laid by the same body upon, all Christians, " to use their honest, earnest, and unwearied endeavors to correct the errors of former times, and as spee dily as possible to efface this blot on our holy re ligion, and to obtain the complete abolition of slavery throughout Christendom, and, if possible, throughout the world," is being carried into ex ecution. Although many of the descendants of these Presbyters are so degenerate as at this:day to be waging a desperate and rebellious conflict for the, perpetuation of slavery, and though many of the instrumentalities at work in its removal , are independent of these ecclesiastical acts and counsels, yet the true successors of the Presby terian fathers rejoice this day with the true suc cessors of the first generation ofAmerican patri A lutt in t it gtrolitittian and (6titiott ots, and with every loyal citizen and friend of humanity in our own and all lands, at this act of emancipation in the District of Columbia. Marvellous are these times of ours that are fraught with events of so much greater conse quence, that this act of emancipation almost drops out of view and of discussion as soon as it is known to be consummated. Marvellous are these times in which such a great act creates scarcely a ruffle on the bosom of the people, calls forth no demonstrations - from partisan presses, furnishes no available pretext for party divisions, raises no tumults among the blacks, but is accep ted by friends, and acquiesced in by foes with almost equal calmness•as a foregone conclusion, and as a step reached in the steady and unalter able progress of, humanity under the teachings of Christiani'y and - the Providence of God. LETTER PROM REV. JO.HN O. SMITH, D.D. ONE year ago, yesterday, I called at the War 1 Department, and offered my services to the G-ov ernment (in its present difficulties,) through the Secretary of War, and the Adjutant General of tbe United States Army. The next day (21st) I preached a sermon to my congregation, frOra text IL Timothy 4, 6.:—" For I am now ready to be offered." - ,At a proper time in the sermon, I read to my congregation a notice of the serv ices thus offered to the Government, which took them by surprise. I had decided on my course without conferring with flesh and blood, and in tended to meet all the e,onsequenees. In these, asked no one to share, and did not wish to tor ment any before the time. This was among , oar darkest days. Alexandria, had voted to cut off all supplies. Baltimore, in ; very madneas, had done the.same. All ,communication was stopped. by -telegraph, and every other, mode, and we knew not who were Our friends. It was a time of general . distrust. and common apprehension. No aid by 'the ordinary 'channels could reach us, and to man it looked as if our•feet were well nigh gone. The stillness of our Sabbath was, for the first time, broken by vehicles - passing and repass ing all day and, night, .laden with flour, which had been taken in Georgetown, by the Govern ment„ aufi was depoiited in the , capitol. At night we heard the booming of cannon, the first that broke upon our quiet city. These were fired on the river; "'to brina b to" a vessel that 'attemp _ ted to pass :Fort Washington. That I should have written my sermon while " the mob ‘was firing upon the Massachusetts troops in Baltimore, and then preached it upon that memorable Sabbath, is quite " an incident" in my pastorate in the American, capital. I send you from my notes : -"'A dweller in this District for almiost twenty nine years, and- a preacher of righteousness, I am (nor would I else be) a citizen of these Uni ted States, owe my allegiance to the Government under the American Canstitution, in the Union of these States. As such, and no other rela tion or light, do I - stand here to-day, where I have stood for almost twenty-two years, your pas tor. In my place, in the discharge of these high and , sacred duties to the church of 'God, and to the - Government, in obedience to the laws I am here - in - niflot - before God. Come what may, I stand here, and will meet my-responsibilities the fear of God I M$ patriotic blood, my mina; my heart, my conscience, with- all my cultivation, my sense of obligation to you, my people, and to, this Capital, unite in thiSone response to the call to duty, and my whole heart says,.:' For I am now ready to be offered! * -* * " I am not a man of professions, have-never claimed anything on the score of physical cour age, but so far, I have never'turned my back on any duty, or, with the Levite passed -by, on the , other side, where there were lying the wounded; the naked, the half-dead." * * * " My first duty is to you, yoUr sons and-daugh ters, and, then to all to whom I can in any way, or to any extent, be useful. In one word, I lay, my- all on the altar, of my God and my court= try !, * -* '*- * * * Fora whole year I have been in daily al,ten dance on sick and wounded' soldiers in the hog . - pital,,without any pay or milithry title, and have not been absent from this duty in the whole year more than seven days. My Sabbaths are given to my church, except on some, occasions I have gone -to the hospital after my duties in `thepul pit were over.. This has been a )ear of privilege, in which I have seen the'power and .glory of God. After all the labors which I have rendered in the Church, and_ the country, - my health is better than before, my purpose stronger, My faith, in creased,se that ‘ with new emphasis and new ex perience I say —' l For I. am now ready to be of fered." JOHN C. SMITH. PRESBYTERIAN QUARTERLY FOR - APRIL. Tine number has already been introduced to the public by the issue of.two of the articles in pamphlet form—" Worship •in Sanctuary Ser vice," by Bev. H. Darling, D.D., and " Symbols of Thought," _by Be*, E.. E.Adillxis. The first article is an elaboiate and extende&criticism of Jeremy :Taylor's_ Character and works, present, ing the - faults and the excellencies of this re markably 'brilliant yet very unwind genius, in a just and instructive manner; the extracts from his writings (the " Sollave I Seen," etc.) strike us ail rather excessive in number,"thOugh inde6d embracing some of the most rare arid original seintillations of an unparalleled power of imagi nation, ""Preaching " is an essay written in a plain, nervous style, With views of the practical, common-sensenrder. The use of the manuscript is defended. , Many valuable suggestions are made, and the article is to be commended to the profession as calculated to enlighten. their judg ments; and to aid them in their work. "`The Lost Ten Tribes" is an attempt to trace these` portion's of the Jewish race to the Beni Israel of the West coastOf India, and of Bucharest. 'Of the fifteen millions of Jews in the world, these are computed at seven millions " Some Thoughts about Pennsylvania "'is the modest title of an essay, written not only theleniztl and appreci ative:spirit of a naive, butt coMprehensive, full of instruction, and indicating the sources and leading points of a history of our State, with great skill. The claims of Pennsylvania to the leading place in' the Arch of our Union are but becoming, clearer as time presents new opportu nities for „their vindication. Theological and Literary intelligence close the number. REV. 0 HARMS R. Blass of Longmeadow, late of N. J., liar= received a unanimous call from the Congregational church and society in South Reading Massachuletis. Washington City, D.C., 1- 21st April, 1862. NEW YORK CORRESPONDENCE. NEW Yonz April 26. The services connected with Lent and Easter were unusually impressive this year, in this city, in connection with our domestic calamities and the number of those who have friends and rela tives in the army. " Palni`-gunday," the anni versary of Christ's entrancelitio Jerusalem, when the Jews strewed " Palms" in his.way, occurred toward the close of Lent, and Rev. Dr. Adams devoted his evening discourse of that Sabbath to its consideration.' This certainly is a day of Christian progress and enlightened advancement in nearly every thing touching man's salvation. Most surprising as it may seem, the Jews in this city, numbering some 25,000, with nearly a dozen Synagogues, are opening Sunday Schools. They themselVes designate these gatherings in this manner, and they are held, not on the Jewish Sabbath, Satur day, but on the Christian Sunday. It is esti mated that there are 5000 Jewish children adapted to this sort of instruction in New York, and three schools, with about 500 scholars7,—most ok the teachers being Jewish ladies—are already in operatiOn. Sabbath before last was the first anniversary of the oldest school—Benai Israel, in Forsyth street. The cele c Tration was not unlike those of the Christians lir manner and spirit. Singing was a prominent and agreeable feature, with various addresses hydistinguished Jewish Rabbis, but the religious",exereises and instruc tions were wholly connectO with the Old Testa ment, Jewish festivals,. 'Cieeds, history, A present made to one of the pupils, for diligence and fidelity, was a goleet copy of' the Bihle, from the press of the American Bible Society. Mr. R. G. Pardee, the efficient and energetic agent of the New. York Sunday School Union, was present, and was, cordially,ainvited to share with others in making addresses. This whole move ment is significant as it is ;intensely interesting. - The Fifth Avenue Reformed Ditch Church in this city was once a large 'and powerful con gregeion. Rev. Di. McCauley, father and son, were pastors, both when in the lower part of the city, and after it built a hundred thousand dollar church edifice on Fifth Avenue, up town. - But the spiritual interest, declld, the weekly meet xngs were deserted ) pe:ViOually given up, and the spacious,and costly;chEch was almost aban doned. The pastor never visited his people, and heltad neither interest with them nor-'they any sympathy with him. It was kindly suggest .ed that the salary could not be paid; and that the parish was impoverished, and in a state almost of dissolution. He resisted this overture for a long while, until the consistory were com pelledlondopt measures for vacating the pulpit.. Professor Hitchcock, of the Union Theological Seminary, and Rev. Dr. Ferris, have supplied the pulpit for some mondis. Rev. Dr. Rogers, of Albany, has been ivited to take charge of the but his decision is yet unknown. ' The various Evangelical denominations seem to Abe fraternising to, an- extraordinary extent. Our Dutch friends, have gone largely to other denominations for h 4- and. as " Crossing" in the' animal world is known to improve stock, in ecclesiastical ctrganixtfioits, the effect must be healthy dad' invigorating. ii± - Bethune often playfully alluded .t6:tlie;:slowriese of his Dutch ti brethren:7n m all ittiClea Alse energetic Saxon race, and united, the two cil bine a discreet and vigor ous material. The mai.ble Dutch Church on Fifth , Avenue has just erdamed Rev. Mr. Duryea, a Princeton student, but recently in charge of a Presbyterian Church iraTroy. Rev. Mr. Thomp= . son, also a young Presbyterian clergyman from Bridgeport, Conn., is Am officially occupying the Twenty-fast street Dutch `Ch - hrch, formerly under Drs. Van Ness and Bethune. Rev. Dr. ' ogers, called to Dr. Mr,Cauley's Church, it is understond; was a -Presbyterian, formerly of Phila delphia, but now of ieklhany. ' Rev. Mr. Cuyler, formerly inthe Dutch Church in this city, hav ing failed to carry the Market street - parish up, town,- haatbecome Pastor of a Presbyterian Church in Brooklyn. Rev. Dr. George Prentiss will be installed , .. R. -- y to morrow evening in Ret. Dr. Adams' Church. His parish, recently or lie'and'andover which he has just been choseu r. astir, is worshipping in. Dodwortk's Hall, on Fifth avenue. . They have long Contemplated anew and costly church edifice up town, but troublesomp times have delayed the event; although many discreet men question the wisdom of such a movement: There r are not less than foir or five spacious Presbyterian churches in the region' of .Madisott Square • only partially filled, and three Dutch Reformed are in the same condition, to . say nothing, of Rev. Mr- Hag: lugs' parish, on Murray Hill, who have just bought lots andwillinunediateli build their lee ture-room: lit PreritisS is ' deServedlf beloved, as he is an estimable man and a vigorous - preacher, and is gathering' a powerful church, but it is at the expense of other societies. Trouble, in Dr. Parker! society has given him some influential familivi, and the Mercer street haacontributed - miiii - riitore. 'Rev. Mr. Booth -ii eminently successful' i# this latter parish,- and. it is nowprosperoni, andltowerfil. He is id aftlic , . , tion to-day . , and is burylino• a beloved child. In Rev. Dr. Xendall is 4 . , .f heme" in the " Pres byterian . Rooms" in therract House, and already they have quite a busin4ss aspect. It may cur prize others, as certainly it did myself, ,to find the committee haye already nearly 150, mission aries in the field, and dearly funds, sufficient to meet their expenses,; although More money is -urgently needed: Foriunately, they employ no collecting agents. Hence, money gathered by active pastors' and lay Men will. -- Uot be diverted from its legitimate Ilse of sustaining self-deny= ing and laborious missionaries. The committee are hopeful_and energetic, and it is hardly, possi ble they will not have ctod's bleSsing. Messrs. Ticknor & ilield, Boston, have issued in their usual - elegant style of typography a volume of choice ext , ts from the writings of that master of tbe.Bl . ' h tengue, De Quincey. ..the Bewail' e .s' e 1)e Qitincey contains his auto ',, biography, collected - frput many scattered . por tions of his Works, besiiies extracts from his Con fessions of an Opium Valor, Narratives, - Essays,- (embracing the "Paliripsest," full of such'start hng moral power), Critiques and.Reminiticences 1 and Detache4 Geri's. ' These include some of his chef d'egu,vres, and do not suffer from their isolation. Those whoicannot afford time and leisure to read more, -*old at least give their minds the extraordinad privilege of an acquaint ance with a great - genius and master of writing to the extent of theSe Agouties. For sale by 3. B. Lippincott & Co. . NORRISTOWN AND THE CENTRAL CMOH. THE neighboring borough of Norristown is fa miliar to all Philadelphians and travelers on the Weeding Railroad, as a beautifully situated,well built, thrifty-looking place on the left bank of the Sehuylkill, seventeen miles North of this city. Its institutions of learning for youths of both sexes have tang:been famous, and the hand- I some structures devoted to these purposes with the church edifices and the magnificent marble building for county purposes, make it architec turally eminent among places of its size. The county building would be an ornament to any city we have ever seen. Its commanding site, its noble proportions, and the pure material from which it is built, make the, very sight of it a recre ation—_a thing of beauty and a joy forever. Nor ristown, with a population of nine or ten thou sand, has a dozen or more churches, great and small, three of which are Presbyterian; one of our branch and two of the other, the third being assail Scotch church connected with the Second Presbytery. The people of the borough gave some of the earliest and proniptest indications of devotion to their _country, by raising a regiment in an incredibly short time in response to the first call for volunteers. It was a sad day for Norris town when the news was received there of. the regiment's retiring from the field on the eve of the battle of Bull Run, at the expiration of their time. They had not given their sons for such a service, and it would not have grieved them so to have heard that they had suffered severely from the casualties of the battle-ffeld. Happily their conduct on that day has been-to a great de gree satisfactorily accounted for since, and ample. proof that they were at heart true and . brave men, appears in the fact that they have re-enlisted as the Pennsylvania:Fifty-first; for three years, being comprised almost of the same ,material as when in the three months' service; and under General Burnside, at Roanoke and at Newbern, they have performed an heroic and honorable part, contri buting materially by their:brilliant conduct, to the success of the latter desperate engagement. The former pastor of the Central• church, Rev..D. G. Mallery, who has enjoyed great and deserved Po pularity as a preacher among the people, and the citizens generally, resig,ile,d his position as pas tor in order to become the Chaplain of the Regi ment. He has beenwith them in all their perils, and hardships, and by his fidelity has greatly en deared himself to this gallant band of officers and men.. The pulpit - of the Central church having thus become vacant, Rev. Robert Adair, Secre tary of the Philadelphia Home Missionary Soci ety, has been invited by the congregation to re smite the pastoral relation which he sustained to them a number of years ago, and in which many of the people remember him with affection. The providence of God rarely brings around,' in the history of a congregation, both the opportunity and the desire to, renew a tie like this, when once it has been sundered. We are pleased to learn that there is a very cordial 'feeling towards Mr. Adair, among the people, and that ifhe conclu ded to cast in his lot among them, he would have a wide and promising field open to his labors. The church edifice is handsome and cOmmodions, the enterprise popular among the people of Nor ristiiwn, the congregation encouraging, and the Sabbath School probably. the largest and most flourishing in the ;borough. While ; we should part with Mr. Adair ith, great reluctance, we are strongly inclined to the belief that the inter ests of Christ's kingdom would be promoted by his acceptance of the call. WE have received from G. T. Evans, Agent, numbers I to 8 of the' semi-montlxlv - edition A)1 . Pi:UNAM.'S REBELLION RECORD, edited byFrank Moore; and would express our cordial agreement with the Press generally, -in its, unqualified, commendation of this undertaking. We doubt whether such an effort to catch and pho.; tograph contemporary events was ever made. "The Rebellion Record" contains besides a Di ary of Events, a collection of, all important" doc uments bearing upon the struggle, full narratives of leading events, drawn from authentic sources; po4tiy, incidents and rumors even (often greater sources of alarm and pain than the facts them selves,) with a portrait gallery of the heroes, and , maps and plans of the scenes- of military-opera tions. 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PRESBYTERY EMlLdel' a 4th PhiadeV a, Wilutington, Harrisburg, Dia of eol'bia New York 3rd Cayuga Genesee Val'y, Rochester, Delaware, Utica, Caomw - ELL Marshall, Knox, Cleveland, Indianapolis, Diiyton, - Chicago, North River, Newark, Hamilton ; 0., - Ottawit, Scioto, Huron, Washteuaw, Franklin, Monroe, Illinois, Logansport , Green Castle, Elyria, Trumbull, Salem, Madison, ' THE REBELLI& REOPED. CE=l:5l B. Hotchkin, T. S. Johnston, H. S. Osborn, Wm. T. Eva,.-_ Wm. Aikman, Wm. Sterling, Mason -Noble, D. M. Seward,. Wm. H. Babbitt, S. W. Crittenden, Charles •Hamlin, Geo. W: Warner, F. W. Stoddard, S. B. Shaw, DD, F. F. Ellinwood, Thomas Lamont, S. W. Brace, J. B. ,Hubbard, A. A. "Corliss, N SSBemaniDD J. H. Noble, W. A. McCorkle, Meltaig, • S. C. Aiken, DD. IL IL Leonard, S. Dela Mater„ W . . M. Cheever, B. Dickinson,DD G. L. Little, E. 8., Wheeler, - J. P.Wilsoi, DD, C. X. 'Nichols, J. P. E. Kumler, DrThompson DD J.E. Chamller, Newton Berrett, Y. Z. Rossiter, B. Russell, ' R. J. Boyd,, W. G. Gallagher, F. S. McCabe, R. L. Dickerson; A. R. Clark, Wm. C. Clark, H.W. Ballantine, John Gerrish, BETTER THAN THEY PROMISED.—The Pres byterian Church in Mendocino, Cal. has set an example worthy of imitation by all the churches of the land. With a population of two or thin.; hundred persons only, they promised a clergy man, several months ago, that, if he would pitch his tent among them and . preach to them, they would endeavor to make him and his family, com fortable. So far, they have done more than they promised. They have built the minister a fine parsonage, a commodious study, and have ti berally oveapaid his salary. Best of all, they do - not allow him to preach to empty walls. There are many churches in California that can profit by such an example. The pastor of the church referred to, is Rev. D. McClure— a gentleman of real talent, rare culture and scho larship, and thoroughly devoted to his work. We hope this beacon light on the coast, will continue to shine brighter and brighter as the years roll on.—Pacific. THE CHURCH OT WESTMINSTER, with its new nad model house'of worship,where the Presbytery of the Nerth River recently met,was itself enough to encourage and stimulate our Home Missionary efforts. Only twtryears ago, after much deli beration, Presbytery employed Bro. Frissell to , labor three months in that vicinity, and ascer tain whether a congregation could be organized there with a fair prospect of success. He has been continued there for two years. "A congre gation has been collected; a beautiful house for public worship erected and paid for ; and now they have made out-a call of six hundred dollars for a pastor. Surely this ought to encourage us to go , forward.--Evangelist. DAYTON PRESBYTERY ON trisil ON spirit ed debate on Union in the Presbyterian Church, in which Dr.. Hall, President of the Miami Uni versity, and Dr. Thomas, pastor of the Ist. Church, (0. S.) in Dayton, participated, being corresponding members of the Presbytery, cul minated in the adoption of resolutions looking towards union as most desirable.— Christian Herald. The reports from the' different churches as to their religious progress, was more than usually encouraging, some of them having nearly doubled the number of their membership. One of the most interesting incidents of the meeting, was the tinexpeeted appearance once more' among us, of Rev. Mr. Strong of Monroe, Chaplain of the 7th Michigan regiment, who had come direct from Fortress Monroe, and who the day before be started, bad witnessed thelle parture of,the Army of the'Potomac_ for Rich mend via Yorktown. The day was beautiful, and.witb waving of colors, the strains of martial music from, various bands—and the march of some 50,000 men, it constituted such a scene as is but seldom witnessed. As an illustration of faithfulness in the dis- . charge of duty, in addition to the two days and two nights travel of Mr. Strong to attend Presby tery, we might instance that of an elder, who walked fourteen miles for this purpose, through all the snow and sleet of Tuesday. ELDERS HOn.- Win. Strong Isaac. Aalunead. R. Byington.` Th.r Trendhard. John C. Clark. , - John R. Hill. Wrn. A.. Booth. Dan'l H. Smith. .r. W. Bishop. Ira Hamilton, MD. James Ily4e. In:Mead. [Harry Allen, MD. C. K. Adams, Philip BassettAlD, DEATH OP AN AGED MimsTzu.—The death of Rev. Mambas King, D. D., of Rockaway, N. 'is announced. He had reached the age of 82, and had ministered to the same people for a period of 55 years, having outlived every mem ber of the. Presbytery which ordained him in 1807, and during which time nearly two genera.. tions have passed away. - For the last fourteen years he has had an!tssociate pastor in his son in-law, the Rev. Joseph F. Tuttle, D. D., who has recently been elected to the Presidency of Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Indiana. —Evangelist. Giles B. Kellogg. Lyman Wilder., L. Keeler. E. V. Robbins. • Isaacßi Brush. - F. S.. Slosson. J. L. Ketch Um. Hon.' P. Odlin. Hon. W. ELTrown. 0. H. Lee: B. S. Van Keuren". S. A: - Gould. C. M. Davis. S. Whitlock. E. D. Mansfield. F. V. Chainberlain. Henry Bergen; Robert, Wood.. Dr. Galpin. A. Pratt. Bridgeman. A. L. Millard. David A. Smith. M. M. Post. C. C.'KriaPp. M. Derdoff. ErastueWoleott. 0. Owen. John Sullivan. .We have received from- Henry Hoyt, Boston, two more of his excellent Sabbath School and Ohildrene Books : by Madeline Les lie, with other stories; and Dreaming and Doing. Also from E. P. Dutton & Co., - Boston, -a copy of the seventh edition of the .Parting Spirits' Address to his Mother, by Wm. E. Wyatt, DA ) Rector of St. Paul's, Baltimore. For sale at the Protestant Episcopal Book Store, No. 1224 Chestnut street. Coma Finn. ItXV. B. W. CHIDLAW, the efficient and pop ular Chaplain of the Thirty-ninth Regiment, 0. V., has been compelled by ill health to resign. Thi.4 will be deeply regretted by the officers and men of the regiment. THIRD PRESBYTERY OF NEW YORK.—At the recent meeting.of this body, Rev. David B. Coe, D. D., was dismissed to the Association of New York and Brooklyn. Rev. Eliphalet P. Ackerman was received from the Methodist Episcopal connection; Rev. James M. Dickson was received from the Re formed Presbytery of New York. Arrangements-were made for the installation of M. Bartlett as -pastor of the First Presbyterian church 'ofStamford, . Conn., on Monday, 14th inst., at 7 o'clock P. M. - Rev. Rollin A. Sawyer, at his own request was released from the 'pastoral charge of the West minister church, of Yonkers, N. Y., after the first of July next.---Evcingelist. PRESBYTERY or FRANKLIN held its. Spring session, at Ashly, in Delaware county, 0. The members of the Presbytery were made glad by thi aim 'Which came to them - from the church ` at central 'College. ' The Lord is vi siting , the people there with an outpouring of his Spirit. A goodly number are rejoicing in the hope of enternal life, and many others are enquiring the way of salvation. INGHAM UNIVERSITY.—The relation of this important Educational Institution to the Synod - of Genesee - remains unchanged; it retains its ample charter as a University, devoted to the higher education of young Women, with every right and franchise it has ever held ; also its real estate, edifices groakis instruments lib rary, farniture,,and Faculty complete. 'Through the joint action of the Synod and the Council, an arrangement has been satisfactorily made which places its financial and academic manage ment more especially under the care of its lady founders. This does not affect the prospects or curtail the i present usefulness or efficiency of the Institution, and in view of the times is re _ garded as a wise measure. PRESBYTERY OF M.ONROE, 11-ran.—At the recent Spring meeting the opening sermon was delivered by Item. R. R: Salter, D. D. of Lasalle, Mr. Duffield of - Adrian was- elected Mod . Orator. ftw Watbiticationo. The Church and the Army, by Dr. Wm. A . Scott, late of San Francisco. We like this book no better—notwithstanding its manifold and great excellencies—than we like the fine. ad dresses made by some of our notoriously cold hearted patriots at the meetings for the spiritual wants of our soldiers. The attempt of one, who has shown so little regard to the plain and solemn Cliriatian duty of loyalty as Dr. Scott has, to teach soldiers the principles of Chris tianity, inspires us with aversion. What one of all the Christian soldiers, upon whose characters he delights to dwell, does he find sympathizing, as he does, with a causeless and impious rebel lion against the powers that be? He might have learned a far better lesson from his hero and parishioner, Jackson. Though the book were crowded with even tenfold the practical wisdom, the learning, the strong writing, and fine illus trations which it actually contains, ho 4 could we withhold the verdict Pharisaism from the whole? It is tainted. A book for the promo tion of piety among our soldiers and sailors, dedicated at this day "to the army and navy that operated_ together in Mexico," and quoting the " Louisiana Legion" equally with the " New York Regiment," as an illustration of the Band"--such -a book will leave Dr. Scott in as unhappy and suspicious a position in a plain and important point of practical morality as ever. Vire leave him to the little coterie of old schaol people in Boston, who, strangely enough, have called him to be their pastor, and to any others who may see fit to give him their sympathy. Published by Carleton, New York, and for sale by W. S. & A. Martien. Dr. Holland, whose numerous writings under the nom de plume of " Timothy Titcomb," have won for him readers by the hundred thousand, has just re-issued a work of fiction, which, in 1857, was published in aiimited and rather pri vate manner :—The Bay Path, a tale of New England Colonial Life. • Dr. H. promises in the preface to bring before us all the main elements of New England life and character in that period in such a way as to admit its imperfections, but to show it worthy, too, of sympathy from the largest spirit of this age." On a field so wide we may find points of difference with the author, but from the hasty glance we have given to his book we judge it to be 'deeply interesting as a story, and pure, elevated, and healthful in its tendencies. The style is clear, strong-and racy in the best sense. New. York, Charles Scribner. For sale by Messrs. Lippincott & Co., Philadel phia. Faith Treated in a Series of Discourses, by James W. Alexander, D.D. New - York, Charles Scribner. The lamented author of these ser mons designed them as the basis of a con nected treatise on the high subject of which they treat. But death', which is no respecter of plans or persons, frustrated this purpose, and we have the sermons _as delivered. The utter ances of a mind so clear, so evangelical, so singly aiming at great practical results in preaching, will, on the subject of Faith, be eagerly sought for. The sermons will be found to illustrate the fact that the great familiar truths of the Gospel furnish the basis of the most effective and inte resting preaching. We must object, however, to the extraordinary size of the -type of this volume. It is not in good taste, and it need lessly enlarges its compass and expensiveness. For sale by J. B. Lippincott & Co. Annual of Scientific Discover or Year Book of Facts in Science and Art, for 1862. This is a serial of great value to every one interested in science—and what intelligent-person is not? All the,, a ,crreat incidents of the year in scientific progres ,' and many of subordinate, though real importance, are narrated within, the limits of this compact volume of 426 duodecimo pages. The most noticeable of these events, according to the editor, 'are, those relating to warlike en ginery and material; the Pacific telegraph through our Western Territory : the spectrum analysis; investigations into the nature and manufacture of steel ; geological history of the human race; the discovery of ten new asteroids ; near approach of a new and brilliant comet. Boston, -Gould Sr, Lincoln. For sale. by Smith, English & Co, with a fine portrait of Com. Dahlgren. Price $1 25. Under the quaint title of Spots on the Sun, or the Plumb Line Papers, we have from the pen of Rev. T. M. Hopkins, A. M., of Geneva, New York, a collection of essays on different points of doctrine and. interpretation of the Scriptures, written vigorous, earnest style, and, with •little regard, to past, or prevalent opinions on the subjects treated. Mr. Hopkins regards the popular view of the Stories of Samson and the Foxes, and the Dial of Alms, as entirely in correct, while the account of Joshua, and the standing still of the sun and moon, is properly no part of the sacred record, ,in his view. His papers on the . Reszirrection furnish some valuable results of independent investigation. Those on doctrinal points can, scarcely be accepted as in all respects conforming to the established and correct views even of the liberal portion of the Presbyterian Church, though they will be read with interest, from the vigor and skill - with which the opposing views of ultra Calvinists are assailed. The book, 'a 12mo. volume of 367 pages, in its 'second edition, is published by Rudd & Carleton, and will be sent, on application to Rev. T. M. Hop kins, Geneva , to any address, with the postage prepaid, on the receipt of $1 The Bibliotheca Sacra for April contains Doctrines of Methodism, by Rev: D. Wh o _ don, D. D., being the, second of a series, of arti cles designed to present the-peculiarities of each theological school or sect, in a form acceptable to their friends. English Etymology, as adapted to popular use, by Professor Dwight, of Hamil ton College. Permanent Preaching for a Per manent Pastorate, by Rev. Dr. ^ Withington. Place and Value of Miracles in the. Christian System, by Professor Haven, of Chicago Theo logical Sembialy, Humaneness Of the Mosaic Code. The . 14:)rd's" Supper. The. Divine De crees.. New Publications. Andover, W. F. Draper. The Continental Monthly for May contains a score of. articles, prose, and poetry, many of them of great excellence. The :brief sketch of. John,• Bright will be received as just and timely. The past history of Roanoke Island is reviewed ; the rnighti of the: Golden Circle are elposed. 'We, are sorry to miss Among the, Pats., Next month, however, it is announced that R. B. Kimball, author of St. Leger; will commence a tale with the title Was he „45acce,ssful? - New York, J. R. Gilmore. MAY 1,
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