Vol. 41.---Whole No. 310. toletvg. The Only Way to Heaven. "The Road to Heaven is the Royal " Road' of the Croas.''--TIIOIITAS WE may spread our couch with roses And sleep through the summer:day, But the soul that in sloth reposes Is not in. the narrow way. If we fellow the chart that is given, We never need be at 'a loss, For the'only way to Heaven Is the royal way of the Cross. To one whoris reared in splendor The dross is a beav,y load, And the feet that ate soft and tender Wiil slaink , fioni the thorny road. Bat the chains 4' the soul must be riven, And wealth must beleld as dross For the only way to Reiven Is the royal way of ` the Cross. We say we will walk to-morrow The path we refuse to-day, And still with our lukewarm sorrow We shrink from the narrow way. What heeded the chosen eleven How the fortunes of life might toss, As, they followed their Master to Heaven ity the royal way of the Dross —Clementine. THEODORE k'RELINGHUYSEN. THE AMERICAN. VirIDERRFORCE. He was distinguished for his sterling hon esty, thorough consoientiousness, unbending integrity, and great self-possession, with kind consideration. for others ' and generous, large hearted sympathy, and large-minded views of men and things. Few men enjoyed so rare. a reputation for these essential virtues amid' the temptations of professional aturpub lic life. While some of his eminent compeers were hopelessly ruined by the vices 'of the capital ; while he moved amid:the same excit ing scenes, at a very critical period of our congressional history, his senatorial robes were always white, and his example was lus-, trous with undiminishedmoral and religieus light for all. Yet 'he was a very humble man. did not appear to "think of him self more highly than he ought to think." die did-not take the highest_ place at the feast; but' waited until the Master of the feast.carne 'and said to him : " Friend, come up higher." Perhaps the best designation of his char acter would be its purity. No miser's covet ousness wrote its hateful legends on his calift brow. Nobody looked in his shadow for " treason, stratagems, and'sWoils ;" for' ' cunning, ner for that peculiar' malice with which - hardened age sometimes steels its withered nerves. Ho was like' the crystal, solid but translimerit: You could See through him, and love him,. becauSe helinc,onscionaly sought and bore the test of sunlight. Like Nathanael, when he came to Jesus, he was "an Israelite indeed in, whom there was no guile." Another preeminent trait of his Christian charader was his faithfulness. He could' reProte, rehtike, exhort, with all long-suf fering and" gentleness.' He did this With an antliority,which only goodness' can com mand. 'The 'righteous indignation which the sacred writers, show against sin, and their fidelity to trdth, and to the transgressor, were richly displayed in the habitual con duct of Mr. Frelinghuysen. It was this which kindled his burning eloquence at the bar in behalf of the oppressed, and against the culprit; 'which flamed like tongues' of fire in his senatorial speeches against the wrongs of the Indbins, and against the Sabbath mails; and which enabled,him to confront his own party, and its great leaders, and the ad ministration, which he opposed whenever the occasion demanded it. It was this faithful ness, too, which made his very presence and I-character a silent and perpetual protest against all iniquity in high places. It was this, again, with which, like a prophet, he is said to have reproved, and melted, , and sub , dued the profane impatience of a great lea ! der, whom he loved,..and who had vainly tried to bring him over to his views on an excit ing topic. " I will not stay in the room with liyou, if you indulge in this wicked profanity. ,My ears'shall not be shocked by it. When you can talk to me like gentleman or a 1 Christian, I will return, but I will never speak to you till then." And: was not the answer characteristic of the great man who replied :, " Come back, Frelinghuysen. I am all wrong. Forgive me. Forgive me. I will be guilty no more,l" During his career as an edueator of youth, in the University and in the gellege, this in fluence was like an atmosphere' around hini and his pupile,'itird the institutions. When e repreived his student for any wrong, if hey felt his momentary indignation, they could not get. away , from' his loving heart. }'hey knew his goodness, andlmany a youth -ill carry, to his grave the tender memory of B private expostulations, his4ithful warn-, gs, his generous pity, and hiS, unfailing love. ew could mere readily speak it word in sea =on to the young, for Christ" and the soul, than this beloved man of God. One of his students lately told me 'that the last confer sation with him, as he joined him .in. the street,ltud they walked tv few squares toge ther,lV4B o the subject of his„personal vation.. He was an.unconverted, young man, but he , felt the charm:and the irresistible ap teal; and all the more when but a few days iter those eloquent'lips were cold in death. Religion was not with him a matter of form, or of common-place ;talk, but it was a daily, life. It was 44 „a well of water within him spriniug up unto everlasting life"—" a well (if salvation from which he and pthers drew water with:joy."—Rev. XaL . TotenDvonr . ,Coxyrcnort or Spi.—ln one of the regiments,of our army, an Irish Cath olic, whose mind had 'been decily , impressed the Spirit of God, came to the' chailain ibr ihstrucileci.' Tine tottiii - religious train *fig,' helbegan confessing. his sins. f Baidle, "I don!tiwant to tell:le , ablatit my sins.. :.I jistmant. to say ,that.llin l a iipss,of sins me self. To tell you the truth, m f r., I'm sin itsilf, and nothing else:.,;aught., by the Spirit alone, he,witalekto use almest the,veff, :, same4a atrikiugJangeagejwiih the ,a,p,Oitle„ X 'and t tri is no ore I;,butsiyr ~ that siw9ll9 iit ,ixie. Who shall deliver me from the body of_ a thig death ?" OUR FOREIGN CORRESPONDENCE. TO TEE Christian who can say, as he looks on the works of God around him, "My Fa ther made them all," the beauties and the promises of spring afford many delightful, proofs that thereat Creator and Preservers of all, is ever mindful of His covenant as to the seasons of the year. The contemplative soul of - the believer readily rises from ‘ the lower covenant to the higher, one of whose promises respects giving the heathen to the Mediator for His inheritance, and the utter most parts of the earth for is possession;: and every record of the spread.of the Gospel is .hailed by Him as the harbinger of, the summer of our 'world, when that knowledge which. is " life eternal" shall universally pre vail. The .church should be far more thank ful to her King and Head than she -is f,,or every conversion, at home and abroad, she learns of ;" for it is a priceless soul saved, which proclaims the Redeemer's glory. While she prays for the extension and estab-, lishment of Messiah's kingdom in the earth, she should , not forget to give thanks for every evidence of progress. Is it not the duty -of' Christians everywhere to , pay thanks or work, thanks, rather than speak them ? I believe it is at once the duty and the privilege of, all who love the Lord Jesus in sincerity and truth to raise monuments of their gratitUde in deeds, and sacrifices and sufferings, and words of love. Their holy life should be their daily doxology. How.is it with, you, Chris tian, reader ? Are you prayerful and thank ful for the success of the Gospel ? Advise and see what answer you can give before an omniscient GO to this question. FOREIGN-4IFE s KA.REITS. • , „Our gleaning ,from the foreign, field this Inonth is,ttot so abundant. Nevertheless we have gathered a few choice specimens, - on • every one of which the eye of faith reads this inscription : " The Lord God omnipotent reigneth ; not by, might, ndrbrpower,..but by My spirit, saith the Lord of hosts." The report of the Lord's work among the Karens (of Burmah) for the last year is delightfully. interesting. It speaks of triumphs .in new quarters, apd of the return of some back sliding villages to the worship of the only liVing and true God. Writing on this sub ject, Dr. Mason—a laborer among th - Ka rens—says " They are a remarkable peo ple, and a remarkable change has come over them, like the change of the lion to the lamb and the most remarkable feature, to my mind, is'the number and talent of the native preachers God has raised up." Ahubst one hundred and BAY stations, at_ most of which schools have been in operation, sent in re ports to the "Association" last yeariin the course of which more • than. 600 individuals were baptised and 1488 rupees contributed to the support of two normal schools connect ed with the mission. 'Verily the Lord has prospered the way , Of this enterprise, entered on very much by accident, to use a common p I rase. • REVIVAL IN PERSIA. The spirit of the Lord has been breathing upon the slain at a missionary, seminary in Persia, causing the dead to, live and-stand upon their feet in the " sa,cramental host" of God. A missionary at Oroomiah, speaks of the feeling manifested by the . pupils in one 'of these educational establishments at the close of a "`solemn Sabbath," as follows: "Just at dark' Gervergis (one of the teachers) came in to tell me that after supper the boys went to the schopl-room, to have a prayer meeting alone. He was soon• attracted by the voice of weeping, and went in, finding nearly the whole school weeping.. With streaming.eyes they spoke ,and prayed. Similar indications of deep religious feeling were:visible in the girls' seminary also. The pupils, with heads bowed upon the benches before them, and unable to repress entirely the sobs which be toltenecl their deep feelings, listened to the words addressed to them, and, then engaged in prayer. They were unwillingto leave the room ; but at length they were persuaded to retire ‘ to their own apartments, where many of them continued in prayer till far in the the night." - How gratifying to;hear of sin ners calling upon our God, that they may be saved ! " The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof;" and the sound in Persia is like what was heard in America andireland two or three years ago. 'THE BIBLE. IN TURKEY: During the year 1861, in the city.of Con stantinople 4972 copies of the Scriptiires,Jii twenty different languages, were circulated by the various Bible and inissionaryiocie ties represented there. 0n1y137 aeries were distributed gratis and 55,000 piastres were received 'by those sold. These figures do not include the Bibles sent out from the city-for circulation in other places. It has beett portedAhat of rate, years;the Sultan occasion ally reads the word of God. Surely these things indicate the waning of the crescent and the waxing of the cross. Every careful observer of the signs of Ale times must see that Islamism, like her twin sister Popery; is en her last legs,. and they'are not good. 'The Euphralei =is being steadily , dried up, when this process shall terminate is not for us to say. A CASE OF'PERSECIITION A your Turk, Who was an anxious in qtoer, and professed, at least,' respect for Christianity, has been imprisoned and heart letssly abused by. the authorities. It is ru mored that he has recanted, but it, is mani fest Ms perseeutora,are not disposed, to ae, cipt:his recantation, for he is still in chains. Sir Henry Bulwer, the British ambassador, has etilled the attention of the Turkish go vernment to the caSe, but as yet; nothing`has been done for the-relief of the poor sufferer 4the punishment of his oppressors. Be yond all doubt it is the duty of every Chris tian nation's ,representative in Constantino ple to remonstrate with the Porte on this, and,similar cases.that may occur, 'which vio lates both, the letter and the spirit of its own enactments as to religious freedom through. out the empire. AFFAIRS IR, ;ITALY.' The affairs' of Italy continue, to demand and receive a large share ofpublic attention athong the European nationalities. Political physicians are taxed to the uttermost to heal fair'ltalia's disease. It is pleasant and eu , 7 .; couragiu* for her'friends that the large majo rity (whicb, ih fact is becoming larger eiTer t y, cl#y) of the faculty, are, ,perfectly. unanimous In their opinions as to ske_,KtaicLAlT rind medicine. The disease is callet the Papacy PHIL .A DELPHIA IT U 1 —an unholy combination of Church and State, an unlawful union of priest and prince— which has brought on the decrepitude of a premature old age. The only remedy is the separation of the civil from the ecclesiastical power• of the Pope, and placing the country under a constitutional government, with Vie tor,,E,mmanuel at the head of it, and Rome as the, capital of the kingdom. It is worthy of being noted that the essential ingredients in the prescription are taken, 'unconsciously and unintentionally, perhaps, from a very' old pharmacopmia, of whose contents many 'of these medical attendants are profoundly ig norant. It is not to be wondered at that there are slew of the old school who scout the 'young idea 4 of their brethren and main tain that the. Papacy is the •very life of Italy,. and the only remedy for ;the troubles that, now distress her, brought on by the king of Sardinia ancl,those who sympathise with _him. The night of the 11th of April, A. D., 1862, should be held in remembrance by all the Roman Catholics throughout the world while grass grows and-water-runs, if there be sllOrTen long, 'because of the4efon.O.e of i the present Papal regime, made in the British House of Commons by the- immortal trio, Bowyer, Hennessy. and Maguire.. Perhaps there never ivas a greater amount of fiction employed in supporting a sinking cause than the said. three Parliamentary orators made use of on that. memorable night.' LaYard, Gladatone and Palmerston entered most cor dially into the discussion, and gave a wither ing exposure of the Papal defenders' speeches, amidst enthusiastic cheering from all, sides of the house. In< his speech Mr. Layard , gatre some very valuable infermation as to the - social state of Italy, whieh is rapidly improving, despite all opposition. _ EDIMATION IN ITALY. , -The'following quotation on education`can not fail to . be interesting to your readers: "In Bologna—he quoted' from , official re turns—the publirschailslad, beenidonbled in fifteen months. In 1861-62 the commune voted 200,000£ for education. In Ancona, where the population had increased to the extent of between 2000 and 3000 in eighteen months, four new schdoli . for boys and two fOr girls had been opened, and Sabbath sehaols whiCh were formerly altogether pro hibited, were now allowed- In Naples, with in the last three •or four months, a university --formerly i only a flame r -had been created, containing 9477 students, so great was the ardor for learning. An Academy of fine arts, with more than 300 students, had also been formed, and seventeen lycee, or 'superior'aca demieS opened in the provinces --those at Naples and Bari, ranking among the' first in Italy. Besides these there, were, likewise„ fifty-two superior provincial schools. Foy merly public instruction was not ,only neg, le,cted,,but forbidden. During the, last six, months crime had diminished in Bologna 60 per cont." Nothing could stand before the inexorable logic of such facts and figures as the - loregoing,-which are higidy:si g nificant-of bbna, fide'progress, so that the post hoc, ergo propter'hoc arguinents of Bowyer, Ilennessy and Maguire failed to carry conviction to the Mind of any who knew their rigilind in :fro the left. FRENOH-OCOUPATION OF ROME-- 44 1-IKAY. MEET Lord Palmerston„.in his speech, which was charaCterised by his usual traciness gave no Uncertain sound as to the French occupation of 'Rome, which he pronounced to be a posi tive. violation of the non-intervention policy to which,the imperial government of France is publicly pledged. Tle: also expressed a hope that this'breach of national faith would speedily be brought to an end by the with.l drawal of the soldiery of France, and-leaving Italy for the Italians.' As was to be expect ed, the utterance of this official opinion by the English premier had a great effect in continental circles. The Italians have - beeh encouraged by it, and Napoleon has' Jieen tacking his mysterious policy a , little. The Vonitian question is still in duty, quo. The course, of Garibaldi.through the cohnti7 is a series of ovations,•and his daily advice! enthusiastic, :crowds is to , hold.- therudelves ready for service on ;the battle-field. Perhaps by this time - the long announced. "1114 Meeting"—a species of council called by the Pope—has been held in.Ronie, for the avowed purpose of. 'Canonising the Japanese martyrs, - who, if they had any hope pi: such an.honor, must have had a sick heart-inanY a long, year ago. It i5 . , 4 commonly supposed that this:,council is: called .for .another pose,"and will transect other .business = than the canonisation. of' "the? '"martyrs of Japams The general =impression An/both:ltaly and France is, that , thii "clerical meeting" is really- ,called to consider the - subject` Of , the- Popes temporal anthority, with' 'the view of inserting it among the' artioles of faith of the Hely — Apostolic Roman Catholic Chqrch, The French bishops, are prohibited from at tending bYthe civil power; and the Italian ; authorities declared they should kxow, Tim to, punish any ;bishop iv' lie should play the traiter, to his - country. Addresses and remonstrances,. drawn Up and signed by the.. regular and se cular Clergy 'in various: plades, have been' transmitted to his Holiness, beseeching him to Abandon the temporal power, or warning him again,st making it ;a dogma or article of faith. Poor inani : He is a creature of circumstances . after as such,, lie declared, in a recent,dispourse, " that the. temporal;power 111,. f ll 4 (l l, l •Pvqigita4 tip, a , dogma in, the church, but that it is ailtecessity for-the churchin the, actual arrangements :of Providence. This utterance contains an amount-ofjesuitism that outstrips4ny single' display of Ignatius Loyola himself—l-the ter restrial father of the Jesuits. THE: ....EVANGELIOALS---CHURCII PIiEtSEC[IITION The labors of the Evangelicals in Italyare , becoming more abundant and their prospects brightening, thoukh more 'slowly than the Sanguine, desire. The poor have the, Gospel preached, and hear it ,gladly . The number Of placesin.which,Tesne.4 PT.9elPdlne4 Ti the only, and, sufficient, Saviour hae been doubled during last year, and, with few exceptions,, the old places of Protestantworship are better attended. The Bible Societies are prosecu-: sing their work very successfully by means of co/porteurs, of whom ihere are about' fifty employed' at present. This is the sowing time. The harvest is not yet, but it may not be far off. 0 that the Lord MaYraise 'Up and send or lab oreis i in into 81AvePig. field, long overrun with the most mewl's wee I,s Abe Spanish ,Ruthgritmwe,„„ier..„, .ceeding mad ageing" dissenters who will read the Word of God, and wors in God accord ing to 'the teaching of . Ili ford. ? ' i and PP, dictates of an enlightened ce dienee., istearl? thirty such persons are said le6 Elie' in prison at this moment for doing ao,.and'a yet :rio thing las been done to relieYd thiira , Others —the--number not known--1 aveoSiiffered• se,;-' ,, verely in various ways. ' On)behalttni, some, of the prisoners the EngliskiAerximent and the Evangelical Alliancee nteNfereil, but without success. How lop sha l l i, be ere ; t "the reign of terror" shall eve hi ihe. ter-, ritory of - religion ? 0 that ' ~6" liefsecuteil in' Spain may be faithfuliintOk .death, an'd' And the Lord a present help - ill'itheir trine of trouble. HOME—THE EX - Op*. The opening or lie..EXiii li'on i has ; been t a, great succeas, though ' the:at:eel& of' the Prince Coniort was felt,' hri'd Eiliaeit"bf; - iii many. It is nalenlated:'illittlabOtiti'23(olYOr' persons were present thrt , t)WtrultaisMilic that the, articles: ,exhibitedl:;British'dub-, jects, are worth more than, •these exhibited: by , all other. nations teget,her., - 4.0 supposed, that ;the American war baspperated, to some, extent against the Exhibition, of this year. Arrangements have been Inade'ror preaching the gospel to foreigners in several languages, and' for cirenlatiiik the' Seriptilies ailorig thern. 0 tha;t: multitudes lih . -thits•vgiledt ta;-- thering may hear - in, their , own tongnewherein they were born, the wondegtil works , ofta, re deeming God, and, .be, 00Yerted hy, theni,! carrying _with them to thein,Awn c hoine, the pearl of great price In ti, casket of fli new heart OUR, ;144, • ,„,, . It ,!. - . e STRUG4LE. -1 - Destitution prevails to: t aconsiderable, ex tent in the inanufa,ctnrin „districts, of Eng land, in consequence of th, cutting off 'of the cotton supply It is tolv' lbped this state of matters will not last 1844,g, grid *iltrot in duce the English Governnin the enfio interfere American quarrel, vhiCh, it appears, Na,- ~pbleon isanxicius.,to:S&Jgs hand m•settling. It would b,e.well for bolli:Englamtand France,', before they would take pup iii: the transat lantic struggle, to "readi mark, learn, and inwardly. digest" . ,the welds of .Solonaon, in Prov. xxvi 17. ,The progress the Federal cause is making in America, is Inkhly'grati fyirtg to g-re'af - numbers here', - Whose synipa-: , thies'are With:the slaves' ' Snrely the South will:soon bel prepared-tosurrender, and- re-• turn, a penitent,,toithe Union. - (••• .' ,' The agitation,Jas to the ,bicentenary of "Black Bartholomew's day," is giving - rise to ranch bitterness , between the Evangelicals in the Establiahment 2 and a Dissenters., It is a pity that . Non ;conformistorators should charge evangclicatmirusiels of the Church of Et:giant:T*llh dishenedy and In consequence , of such eliar,ges, Dr. Miller,' of, Birmingham, , - a mist .wortliy - mart, - has With- . drawn from the local conamitteeof the Bible Society. How 'careful*e .should be in- all discussions, to deal wit,l4rineiples and prac tices„ and net ,with zez .. ..sffs.j..a demonstrated once more by tliis ,case.,, Held raiii - iFinirt - d --- ed. - of an attack Mideat one of the-Dublin April 111 e eti ng s, against, Dr. Cooke, of Bell fast, and against the Irish Presbyterian' Church, of which the , venerable Doctor Was the representative... The speaker, a prelatic bigot, was seasonably interrupted and , sharply rebuked by. Len]. Roden,- who occupied, the chair. . , The English ...presbyterians.haye resolved . on raising this year £lO,OOO for tile erec tion of a college. for the 'training . of ,their own ministers. The inoveineiitis atilinpor tont as itis noble, and **elrworthy`dt'inic- . cess.. Perhaps the:most wonderful of-the London missions, is that to the public. house& The duty of the men employed. on. thisinission,4 to, visit•thpse houses which. .are 4 licensed send souls to 404,7 •as Mccheyne .used. say: ThoUghit, seem strange, it is true that these servants of Christ are generally well' received' n - tlesynagogase of Satan Which abound iii the metropelis 'grlttifying to fiud•that thereare-Servies fitethsiaristsP °racy as well as for thee :I •••.- The .Lord Advocate's„..F.adocotio . ;LAU has occupied- public .atteptiou,.*,•,lßcotland, for. at few trelcs,_ . to. the .exclupoxt r of 'almost any other interesting topics; .All tyichurches seem to. be unanimous in tlie opi r tuon that it requires to be Tabdind: `... strqcigEsp* :Who will be tha.suocessm.of,,PA. Punning k4qa %%Avis. );elvall YNAPtg e ll'lT` eo° P . Candlish, Duff, NcOook , McCrie, Killen, Rainy, Blips have been mentioned' Ps istit-. 'afore - Men: Ihere is 1 titlb ailide i thAlf etindlish , acceii! iiiiisbitatneilit; h'e wilfpit• • chaii4e the . .pulpitier free' Stir Geolgb'ifort desk is the wew.celleg,e..agt tnr.aes la 4 Temperance lecturers-,ale actively • prbse epting their. philailthropie 7vineric; 41,11(t'ar rvweinejltp,are keingaziaids.Ar priptker pep-, son's c k Pnr* Priaebing) kYp)h 7 ghr 11 •is brought tO o Pgly woul li 4, 41enTis saviour s`i&ve sinners ~t !, 713 a 1r save: In somegirtiratid'essinify, 'Wet 3 ' 4- Ply-. month.:l3tetbrentt Are ,causing considerable clisturbance .by‘their Likeresiets though ,they,, are but a "feeble is:Ptl4 l kge t 140: wARea4 ll .6 Slop4 l l4.k9yo,4rovilido4 a s to nifigkipTiusstiouvrbich puler strife, to the tpriutyKawilYpf somefrom the Quasi-, deratiim of theonellinifikersdfit It: would muelmore' behoiiiihg; fir•llie"-inembera": of .ervangelieal combitMitam'lwbliM well their own section of the' Viriaylard, , eirdetevor inglto add: .to its niunbers kkather , by the dn troduction of those-withoutothan ity . f prcse-- lYtisiAg. ,This,sgioc,§egt o instpud *helping,. qnly AIR* B * B'4ll o l* , 4FofrviAl aqvi,t, Aid in Italy, 7hPh• Ik •WitAil a * , fie s ßY and again lead. • Reader, time is What art .thouvdoing fOr the+ 01'140 1 4nd glorylof -the Lord wholought•theeß , • lielas given thee a , ttalent .or talents,- and7soici i .Moo-f cupy till Le.euke.'.',.. Thyself 'vow the, Rock, —Rock of Ages--seeing others ready,: to g l iou i woorgroN,3yhich thou' halt been reseLie,d 7 jrtb4 . that in thee lies--and'to I ' ve* diem, by pointiri • gifielliiliVsatotii'ind pressing ihem46 7 ld64le ante, even now. I . • ••. rind t • .••• • •41 . J •f' ' ear: 'l,, tr.RESBYTERTAII IMITORIOAL • wg:t t. .$1 • • • 1 • 0 Nt, :14 5.,•vv,.. Kt, A .'4 -1./ hiß-Ainrival-Mteetingof -ithe-Presbyteriale Historical: Soeiety,zrkas Add iin -the:Albite& grei.4.44#o 6 4(QhnAch,RiAli4reftt , beisiMlFii- , teenth, on Thnisday evening, May 15th. yi, .... .. Pt.. ; 71'''' ''' ".:- -". : h.. ,,, • .. ~ . ... . ..; ~ •: , ...1 ;•,'t • :' ..; .14: i.'; ; • - ". t,i; MMWMPWIIII :Mho- ohaii , *as ooeupied by the lievi Prto fessor.James M. Wilson, oneof.the.YieorPre siAki?tib whonl , gle AlM** Yiro 7 0 0: 4 P4. with a• P Bl 4. and. prayer. .. •-• . : ' .• Mg annual .report w a s .' read , by 44 - Rev.' - Carkesp4Ohm tau. Upon Colon§l Aniefit : Reis Snowden;, seconded by'Aim. Di. .T.Tatton, it waiii.dot e tdd,:tuad4ated:tei, be imbliehedi • • The , . l Beninel.o:-Wylie: coffered , the. fol.- lowing reeolUtion',:- - ..:-Rooiaeci f .,,ThattP.rcAytgrketniexe.,:in.#B es sential and *lqinctiyal.elpmouP n iApOye,- ate,i l c7 i l lPrc'mPt4g(*e.wq l l 4 l' 6. 9g - A l 'i n f li Y i ,"( , dual and socialimen,anct is justly entitles its doings and vironiii, to direful pretzieria: tier In the T aniiSh rof the - lare at ' - assembled eifeniiig,•Said•MrVi ylie, ae.4l. historical •socrety-t4 IPitsbyt6-- riaii-historibal4ocietyan 'association.. hav ingifor, ithigobject '.the pro:Vision. and prepara-,.. ' tion i ntrotypialatiur sonstruuting Ahe t historyd bg,telf-QP. 3l l4 ol mietiTLPPliVanclillttertANM by the memories tlie_paat,thu.,993ePellPft t of the present, and the, hop i iiittif the f#4.tre. `Efiatory ? , in' every aspect, ii,;4,a of the first' import#ce.' 'Whit the" eittbrikice 'of' many . long yeara 'len - vide& to ietta: duty learned. in a fei toittsi - Of careftd , andpatient leading(nf history..: The , : grandestkandlniost instructive of:all.histories is that or the Chris-, tian Church., More, than s all,Otherinfluences combined, the Church gives„pharapte!, , and dir 9 o 9 n to the great current( human events.. Whateverhffperne ? happens for her. An' association `comprising' mnits membership, thgeicellent 'Of 'the 'earth, cannot haire bright end , glofious •Whatia true of the whole Church in this respect-is ablsrand , in;,largefiktelerge measure trap of.. *P. es hAerian. Church.. er,,pesition o,,,that of Judah. among . the tri.hee•: f meat moral conilint that Is "raging in the worn ietween right; azic~ wrong, truth and ear; the depart_ meat' of - , greatest l responsibility ; and toward which-Most I ate directed with hope; is' the:Presbyterian department; • . +-•-• E The ,distinctive elements of. the :Rresbyte,l rian.system:are chiefly thrse. ?'lTheveePretfle e and 441-sufficient authority, of ,the , werd,ef Clodkallinatters pertaining I,,ia reli gion—the sole and exclusive sovereigntynf Chiist as his,own Ai:jai-Hand the • cOniidetii 'panty' of '6iliiiiied — ininisterg. These- distinctive' elements are MeinentS of power, mild malie Prosbyterianiam^ an active and efficient, agency in promoting( the well being! of Andividual and' sociatinten,. It has always been and still is, the fast and• true friend of ktioviledge. Education in the lar gplt and best sense of the ter i m,,emphining the culture, of intellect pald hss t itit,;bas s4n its brightest' nd palraleist days undei.Presby teiiin di'rect'ion and' control: Theskirk . and the •seheorionmionlylio togethei.: iethe higheit tiPpe (if •Proteitantisni. nits piatronage is decidedly on the aide, of ;pie - Scriptural morality. The .most - orderly;; law-abiding, moral and .religiona communities are Prestry kritips,. ,The.ePnr4l2i.lkeftitdr!re and thc ion& Presbyterian:are and . its ,efforts are on the side of, liberty. NO n'her - phurch can Vomit of martyrs fcir"liberV; Sinning and illustrious as the Presbyterian bhurch, She is:Compassed about with a great; - clotid of Our. Presbyterian Historical . Society will boa great "altar to See tor- 77 a monument to *the* , to those who come _after Aletliat; Presbyterianism, with its exc ellencies glories, was the,common heritage and under the joint and cotnnion guardianship of their fathers; and theta is end'ought to be the Cox& mon ifiheiritance and under the joint ' and coni4 , ' mon piotection their . childr en, •-• ; ' The-Rev. Dr. Samuel J. Baird offered the following resolution : • , . Resolved ) , ThatPresbyte.rianip . m i in •the Ugte4 States has ,a• history. which, its:Xe-: lations to our civil institutions and liberties,- to the cause' of educatiot and social dultnre, and to' the paramormt . interests of Ohrist'i IcirigcloM, 'here and in heathen • is wer= thy - , iind' ought to be put upon *perpetual recoM, to-the glory of God, and the instruc iioir of coming generations.; - - .• Dr: IlaircLremarked that theze.asktwo fun, damentaLinstitntions ordained of; rod for the welfare of man,--the,church and the State.. These are twin, sisters; , and if, among the. nations of Europe : the fatal error has:been committed, of . chainitrg the•churcli in iraSsal age "ti; the throne of the state, or the re `verse, it is none the less true that theiktrelations are most intimate, and•thaOtheyought legi, tiPlAtSlY:t9 , o,xPrt uPPn• uftqh AerinftwuiPPN, apd efixt.Pnct AR<Oach.,,othell*:regognit'altd octopmtion which is ,of vital atupoit t eflie,frA. them:both and to the well being Of man. ' . i.-.ATArtectrivtt Pre 86 301 4 , 1 6*m• • If the.phnrch and, state are .thus ; related to eoffothg,.it i ip ylt farther trneitbat 44311nb licanisin m gofernment, sind PieslYteriamsm in die ch4el4l,lQ,stiiink:Verix . slime essenti4l . 'iwinefile's, 'and dia layirig 'similar feattiretEr - Of aaltO thleir andi -effects' •tThe publican • lindeney of Presbyterianism is illustrated . Lits.wliole modern ry;—at, 40)011; 10,!golland ;,in,the English ,-ncon-; Jannlv i enl4l,.pi:ipr. 'to theip4m M 4Tit usurps on of Cromwell ; anctin theUnit il , states,. This has been'well understood alwayt 'ibtintidficits tsttikht her that the eleetive"princfple'bf Presbyteri anism its delibeiative • courtspeic.pfiwonld wink:detriment:to her royal antiorityou.-The, `:.Martyr" of !Prerogatil!ey. Piggioto Glared.: that there,yrim Slloion than ti he VIPI "Rf.47l",n4o l frihop, Kin s . • • ;. X.:I it 4• '% Afluenee,,of Prmbytdrianisris onn °met Civil ! • J Znikitutions• • zois . ht; therefore, confidently, coutinde, PriMftteg4.oo44.P*Ytegiftl l OAR* jn, ta ceiptryoßstat ho T 9 exerged #.l)o3,Tchm , fitienoo olia,racter onT, Lions Sid; the o establiihment of' oir' lit'erpies. • iiemirk . of 'Alder= PleskiteridiOliatllie' ,eociielleticd4)f flee COngdttition of thii i ttnited; :States - vas' ilittatrated•bythe kfaottliaf it had 'beowinitiated , by so larrge . , alidiAntpilikchati a tway;;Vf :Christians ..as the? 'Presbyterians .of t*,,ACittil474 .He; was P;ol)4lT.Pull'fare Al* Cpmt r typi.9n jirf; mi med . the di iput at, lyeapiinite . r,f•ne Tori, pas' liefotO the bonstliuti&i. 1 4 'uniEed , hi'd , The' spijikWe'wthilil present 'Act, 'in illustrktionbef thevintimaiet relation -, Big' itained by . the Presbyteriit t hem Sly (loyal 'church] south,. of , New.,England during, . T.Pv.44tikl47- - Aollielin.b.PM 3 ,oo,olbantini stitutions of America. Our imprimatur is inscribed, in uneradicale characters on the very, faCe of the Declaration of Independence itself. The. Presbyterian Origin of the Ilfeeklinkfrgh Declaration. ll,pird here exhibited a., copy of that declaration'of independence which was adept ed!by the committee men of Meeklinburgh county,' North • earelitta i on- the 20th of May, 1775`--mcireithan a - year before 'the national d.eclaration., The :convention by whom c this declaratien.was idopted and,signed consisted of,twenty-seven delegates, all of, whom ; Were P i reshyterians`•at 'least nine of them, includ ing.the President aii.4.eprepary, ruling eld eit,li'nd one a minister of the Presbyterian church the' 'ReV. Hezekialt j. Balch. Not only was this the oldest American defaiition of hid.elieltdehee, hut' the' internal' "evidence" is conalusive'that it day'Vefore Mr. Jefferson. whennhe: dilated =that. 4.1 In theuu- tclm.plaior t igingl ofthatdocument,...a: fag' si ritrig14,0 1 9 1 14 5 ,141 1 .011R4 iii 11 x. 4fferaliork works; the, introductory, sentence, as at first written, stocid:thus : "When, in the course of hUnian events,` it becomes necessary for a people to advance froni the subordination in Which they hime hitherto' remained," &c.' The latter-clause was -erased; and its place sup-' plied,.with: much =morel - fitting phraseology; copied from, the second: resolution of Meek liuburgh,which states. " That,we, the citizens of gecidinburei county,. do hereby dissolve the political bands which, have connected its with the Mother country." Again, the ori- OA: draft_ by Jefferson declared all men ,to be' endowed with certain "inherent and ina lienable rights. In 'emendation the word "-inherent" was 'erased; but the language was , Copied from the 'first resolution of the Mecklin.burgh declaration, which declares every, abettor. of British usurpations to be "an enemy, to this country, to. America, and to the inherent and inalfenable rights pf man." One more example: We all recognise the lofty and ringing tines, of ;die fast sentence of' our declaration. It ii''faken frOm the fourth resolution of Ilecklinburgli, which de clares " That We - do•herebydeclare 'ourselves' a free and independent people, 'are and = of right ought to be, a sovereign and self-go ver,ning assoc.iationomder the control of no power other than that of our God and the, general government of ;the. Congress.; to the maintenance of which independence we so leinnly liLEDGE TO 'EACH OTHER our 'mutual co-operation, OUR LIVES, OUR FORTUNES AND OUR MOST SACRED IIONOES." Tucker, in his life of of Jefferson, vol. 2, p. 417, says that "every:one must be p,ersuaded, at least all who have been - minute observers of style, that one, of these papers ,bas borrowed from the other." He, however, contends that Jeffer son 'was not the copyist. The priority of the Mecklinbuigh declaration haS since been placed bey - ond.question by the researches of Bancroft.,. Thus' in the'very language of the charter of American independence, have We the• proof of 'Presbyterian influences and au thorship k.vuvitilst :the signers, of the document the lwrie,9f our Witherspoon seals the pledge. Presbyteria9zism and , Education. The resolution indicates another form of infhtence exerted Upon•the destinies 'of this country by the Presbyterian church, by means of education and. social. culture. But upon this topic I will notdwell. It has been developed by the preceding speaker. One or two suggestiens. Before the common school system became the, established policy of the country, who ever saW a Presbyterian church of any branch Which was not accom panied with a school house ? And of the colleges of that part of the country where Presbyterianism prevails, how many are there that have not -been fo,unded and, reared by our hands ? And even of those which must be excepted, how many in which the co-oPe rative influence, the money and the patron age of Presbyterians have'not entered as im portant 'elements of'success ? These, things arc important. But the im -mediate interests of the cause of Christ are paramount, If it be an important question whether the church of God has in her a vita lity and strength adequate to the:a ceomplish ment of her own work without leaning upon the - bounty of the government, our history constitutes - an argument of overivhelming, foree' on the Subject. In fact, this broad land seems to have been reserved and -plant ed by God as-a theatre for the solution, upon n.magnificent ; scale, of ..this, among other great, questions, concerning the highestinte 7 ; hrests of man. e Presbyterian church-di.s plays results accomplished, not only without State assistance ,but in despite of the violent opposition of royal governors, colonial legis-, lature and China' establiShments. ' ' Its Origin, and Growth., Some. thunin the year 1681, or 1682, a few members of, the. Presbytery. of Lava in lllster,---the others lin% in prison under the persecutions of the ci-ciwn,---mel for the pur pose otordainiiig Preneis ,as a missionary to Barbadoes and "Virginia. By` him the standard of' Christ's Crown and °o verleaf was planted Ola the eastern shOre of Virginia. He was the first Of the lineal suc cession, of Presbyterian ministers of any branch, in this country. How little did he, amid the toils of his laborious and self-deny ing. ministry, or when implea,ded at the bad of Cornlinry, the petty tyrant - of New York.',. imagine 'the, scenes we now witness, as this day there are in SeSsicie; or ibout to Meei; Ge.arar Synods and AsSembliei, represeal ing five denominationsi - of Westrninsteriana• in America, embracing a membership of more than six hundred`lousaird and above six thousand faithfit'able:andieerhed ministers of Christ! Such has•been the growth from nothing, in less than six generations,. f ,Revivals in the Preekyterian gturch,,, In. another respect the,history of our Ame , rican . s angs church it important and instruc tive toWho're Chiireh and:pecijile of God. This is the `laud "of revival's,: and , the histOry, of 'Presbyterianism here is i, history ,of revi:- - vals, rich 'it lessbris of'warning, - ofinstrue tinn and - of grAeTul praise "'iThe earlier 'his tory was developed amid the wonders of grace' wrought under the ministry of Edwards and; Whitefild,the Terinwi‘th&Blairs and others such. .The second stadium was marked by the extraordinary work, which abod the'be ginning of the present century, Originating: in the Western part of North Caitlina, seia& itself'- into Tennessee, Kentucky,. ailiFthe whole Southwest and, West, aluince throughout.theSast,Anta it had roached the farthest bounds of New England—a work GENESEE EVANGELIST.--Whole No. 838 • which, if in sdilir.dspeets it .bore evidence of the folly and depravity- of man and cunning of Satan, bolt 'evidence, unequivocil and permanent, of,beingainighty work of God's: grace; the strangeness''of*hich, in some re spects,- was well adaptert nnd effectual in breaking up the crust of ilidifferepce, ungod liness and infidelity, which ha 4 covered the Wholeface of,s`ociety as with' a coat of impe ue,traplo mall 7 -one, of the lamentable `effects of war and. Freribli alliance. Otir later a'g'e his been characterized by — I the influences' of `eontinita revivals, crowned by thit last, purest' and. niost blessed 'Work Which baptized. °tit. lioid five , Or yearg ago, in-the spirit of prayer--fitting-and most gra cious preparation rfor, that .:baptism of fire, through, which we are, now passing., Now, werethe facts oftthe .past history of Presbyterianism:hi our land,products r merely of man's agency, they-would be of incalcu lable ,vaine for the instruction of futnre ge neration's`. —l lloW'tagiii - i'Would , notbe - ptited tra i:eddirti•r3PU :6;t164-clial3tei from 'the of IlerOdotus'of But:when we-reeeg-f nize:in it all the immediate agency: of the: Spirit of God, and-see in it the progress of the work of Immanuel, it becomes at once a duty.. and privilege of , the.highest order to perpetuate the memory of such a work—to put upon record a full and faithful history of these'things. For what is church his tory ? In the subliniest vision that ever passed before `mortal eyes, Ezekiel beheld the Lord high and lifted up, his throne of btum ing fire placed upon the chariot of the cheru bim. As, from the present high post of ob servation I gaze back over the history to which I have referred, methinks I see the flaming height orthatinirning throne, and the' lightnings of those advancing wheels. For the history of God's church is nothing else than a tracing of the course of the cha riot of his glory, a marking of the progress of.the cherubic wheels—an unfolding of the successive achievernents of the great . Prince of salvation.in his, progress to universal do minion over our ruined and ransomed world. My conclusion is, in the terms i. of the reso lution,—that Presbyterianism in this country has a history which is worthy, and ought to be put upon perpetual record, to the glory of God and the instruction of the coming gene rations of his 'people. THE FREE CHOICE. WHEN a-man becomes mChristian, he acts as a freeman and whatevervwer has been exerted over him, no .violation has been done to his liberty; nor has he done anything which has not been to him a matter of pre ference or choice. The converted sinner acknowledges the power of God in his change. He is sensible that he has become what he is by an influence from on high. It was some such mysterious power that - arrested his attention, that alarmed his conscience, that induced him to give his heart to Goti. But he has been sensible of no violation of his freedom. He has done nothing which he has not done freely. lie was not converted by bringing a deep sleep upon him, as. Eve was formed from the side of Adam, nor was;an unnatural stupor diffused over his frame benumbing all his faculties, arid lea:ving him to be moulded as the clay; but he was converted in the full exercise of his faculties, and with the entire conscious ness of acting as alreeman. He has done nothing which he did not prefer to do ; he has abandoned ho sin which he did not choose to abandon,; he has formed no new plan of living,by becoming a Oliristian,which he did not choose to form. One of the most free and unfettered acts of his life was that when he give himself to God ; and he became a Chris tian with as much conscious freedom, and with as much of the spirit 'of rejoicing, as the imprisoned father leaves the gloomy cell where he has been long immured, to visit his children When his prison doors are thrown open, or as the galley-slave exults when the chains fall from his hands. There is no act that man ever performs mere freely than that of becoming a christian. His yhole heart ;Sin it ; and no matter what sinful course 'he abandons, what sacrifices he makes, and what friends he is constrained to leave, or what amusements he is required to abjure,—he does it most freely. And no matter what trials he may see before him, no matter though his embracing religion may require him to foriake his country and home to preach the Gospel in a heathen land,—it is alr,cheerfully done. It is the act of a free mdn. Re 'prefees it.' He would not, for all the. gold and diamonds and coronets and crowns of the earth; have it otherwise. , And thciugh he is conscious—for who could not but e in. such a change f` thatthis has been brought about by the power of God, and will always ascribe it to the agency of the. Holy Ghost, yet he feels that no law of his nature has been violate 4, and that one of the most , free 'acts of *his life was then when he gave his heart to God.---Barnes's " Way of Salva tion." FRUITS OF RELIGIOUS READING. We lately met 'with a farmer reading the May number of - the Missionary. Herald; he remarked that he had,taken the. Herald for thirty-three years, and read every page of every number except the one he held in his hind: What has been the result? He him self' is intimately acquainted' With the moral dOndition Of the World, and the (operations of the great benevolent SOcieties of Christen dot ; helms raised up an intelligent family ; ,he pays s4o,,a,year to support the gospel in stow,where he lives; and says:he will pay $lOO, if it should be necessary, without grudging,,. we. counted, six certificates of Life Membership in our great benevolent Socie tibs. .We have been told; not by himself, that he gives at least a $lOO - a year to various re li ;loos charitiee;',and: niaitof his children are hopefully pious: Such ` are some of the fruits of religions'itading.-' Yet this same &ruler is onsitAhe_rnost laborious of men: His fields are so -hard and stony as, almost. to bid degasee.to the .plough .; , and, so broken and steep, as to claim relationship, to i the Alps, Lately, his horse failing him, on a hard day's ride; . he concluded to finish the journey by travelling twenty Jima on foot, which was easily'don,qhmigh betireen sixty and seventy years' Of , aget Truly, for health,' happinessiand sliccess, - 17nothing =is'egnal to ;a good conscience and participation in the! great objects of Christian love.—Con. Jour.
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