178 GENESEE EVANGELIST. THURSDAY, JULY 10, 1862 JOHN W. MEARS. A CORRUPT NEWSPAPER PRESS. The times in which we live have brought to light perhaps more clearly than ever, the terri ble > evils which the civiliri world suffers from a corrupt unprincipled ,newapaper. press. In this country and in England, the fact, calculated to startle good men far more than it seems to do, hi, that the two newspapers whose circulation Vastly exceeds that of any other two, or perhaps fbur, daily papers, are admitted to be without a solitary principle to guide them but 'self-inter est. Nay, it would seem that if the rewards were in either case equal, of two- courses these papers would espouse the worse. If we take the cireulation of a paper as the Measure of its in fluenee,' and if from a vast circulation ive may infer -what is the moral tone of the 'reading mass es, .-and why should we not?--then there is no more pregnant fact - , in the whole present condi tion of the civilized world, than the circulation of the London Ames and the New York Herald. These two papers differ indeed in literary char eater. There :is. a gloss of good hreeding and a strength and polish of style about the former to which the latter :can lay no claim; but in their purely mercenary character; in their skilful pan daring to the evil impulses, prejudices;' and tastes of the great cirele in which they find their readers; in their exalting of material interests and present policy above all other aline ; in their power and, readiness unscrupulously to pervert or disguise. the facts of history gr the events of the day to suit their ends; in, their wariness to watch, and detect, and conform to, popular. movements which they cannot control; in their innate proclivity to evil, and in the fact , of their overwhelming success, they are alike. There is one element in this success yet to be mentioned, which is aside from their moral character. It is the, . acknowledged ability' and enterprise which their conductors display in all the, departments of journalism. It is in the amount, freshness and variety of the news which they furnish; in the vast and world-wide ramifi cations , of their. 'original correspondence; in the lavish expenditure with which they provide for all the emergencies of this universal, constant and simultaneous presentation of the world's affairs in their oolninns. We believe no one dis . putes the extraordinary eminence of both these journals in this 'respect. It has been represe,n ted to us as a fact, that the correspondent of the Hey.ald, in riding from the battle-field of Shiloh to the nearest telegraph-station which he could command; broke down one or more horses, and then paid a thousand dollars to ensure the prompt transmission over the wires - of his' dispatch. That dispatch was fife first to reach the govern ment and the public, from that famous scene of conflict. Hence it domes to pass, that these journals render themselves quite indispensable even to the better portion of the public. They address themselves to •the innate admiration for eui erprise which characterizes 'the Anglo-S=- 01)S. The business man, who dares not be igno s., limit of what his neighbor, knows ; the man , of keen and large interest in human affairs; the pol itician and the government itself, .roust -have those papers, or get behind-hand, No agents which these classes of men employ, can quite equal theirs. The very best thing:which many, which most, other newspapers can do to inform their readers, is to reproduce the, matter, of these in their own columns. They become a necessity to: all glasses of the community. A vast adver tising patronage unceasingly pours in to strength en their finances. They become harm:Med in society.' They are 'proudly. of:11186.0ns of their strength. They grow oracular in their utteran ces: They talk like monopolists of influence, and the very arrogance of their tone deepens the reverence of their followers, r , This remarkable juxtaposition of enterprise anti,unscrupuleusness mu such an immense scale, fbilowed by success in equal' proportion, is a phenomenon,whioh may well cause astonishment and perplexitYlo those who are seeking to leaven the 'World's population with' the principles of the G6vel of Christ. Here, in their very presence is an agency of evil, to Which the business and the news-seeking World is given over, as to the tyranny of a Vast monopoly, Opening a way by its admirable .enterprise, its splendid diction, its ' oracular utterance, its, r ":.thunder," it pews its corrupting, malignant influence through hun dreds of thousands; - of channels, honey combing the national heart, nurturing eiery base tenden cy, industriously availing -itself': Of every move nl ent of popnlar prejidice to heap contempt upon the cause of truth; justicei and liberty, and its ad herents, fanning every:. had passion which it dis exrers to be astir in the public mind, especially if it can foresee any advantage to itself from its open outbreak. ,In a , word, the unregenerate world. spirit is embodied in these journals.. Here is its unconsecrated vigor; its insatiable quest, every day, for' some new thing;" its mock-wis dom; its nar o row, low-minded policy; its' intense selfishness, its mammen-worship; its slavish fear of mari'imd profane recklessness toward God, its Satanic, subtlety and hatred of good. And while the powers of man are so largely under the control of his sinful nature such phenomena as these may be ex,pected in our world. It is impossible to compute the mischief wrought by these papers. The dimple fact of their prosperous existence, gives boldness to the bad who- flock around them, and to wham they nerve as rallying points and standards. The haters of liberty and the secret friends of the re bellious slave-owners of this nountrY take cour age from the immense circulation of their organ, the New York Herald; its reviling of the friends of liberty are accepted as sure prophecies of ' their downfall. While on the other side of the Atlantic, the foes of popular government, the jealous and malignant rivals of America, who long and keep watch for an occasion in our present troubles to work our downfall see in the course of the Times towards us, a signal proof of the popularity of their cause and 'a token of their ap proaching triumph. Thus the bad passions and evil principles which are rife.in society are, in a manner, organized around these Journals, which in their turn act upon society to stimulate the prevailing excitement to still greater violence. The - Times and the Herald, with a diabolical in difference to the criminality of their course are each laboring with all'their might to bring their respective nations into'aetual collisioq, and they succeed so effeetllalk in poisoning ,the,poPA' VI mind; they contrive tiigain, each in, the view 'of the other dountry, such a high position as represent ative organs; their utterances are so feebly dis avowed by the resieetive governments and pee- ,pled that there id, reams. to fear they will but succeed too well with their bloody game. We have not space to go further in this line of remark. We do not forget that there are limits to the power of these Journals; or that there are many others of more elevated tone and of reel, sturdy attachment to high principles; or that a popular literature of a positively . Evange lical character, including the,Book of God itself, is being even more widely, diffused than these godless sheets, among the masses of England and America., We do not forget that even a New York mob had so much)salt'of patriotism left in it, as to threaten , the Herald"with violence and compel it to change its tactics and correct its , po lio.) after the fall of 'Sumter. `Yet the huge evil remains. its nature is'unchanged. it is a faun: tain of bitter waters still EVery fresh wave . of 4, popular gives it a greater volume `'of' influence. We'MUSi labor and, pray against it We must, sustain and encourage, with ,all our ;tight, the honest:advocates of just and.right viewt among the press. We must press with vi golthe dissemination of an Evan - plied litera:,. i ture among the people, old and young=' We must call upon , God to sanctify our 'nation by its triali and not to ittifer it to sink more hopelessly un der the influence of a ceirupt' press'. We must rely upon God's power in the'Gosperto save and, , to elevate the maim .s of the people. Editor THE NATION'S DISAPPOINTMENT. The signal failure of the first attempt to cap ture the political centre of the rebellion in which we have been engaged 'nearly four nionths, 'to"- gether with the appalling list 'of icaanalities 'to our best regiments and our bra Vest officers in' the ; late movements, and' the power of the rebels, though vastly inferior in population to throw upon us an armed fercefoverwhelniincti inperior, to our own, are faits which have made their mark upon our history and have deeply agitated and disappointed, the nation._ Undoubtedly, in the plan of Providence, they have u,purpose'which the reflecting' Christian: will . diligently seek. to ,discover and which it is not the least of our.du.: ties as journalists to endeavor to unfold.' All will agree that they. are meant to keep 'as in a proper degree of humiliation and dependence up on God. They are nhecks upon the arrogant and boasting tone which our late tanbroken career of victory had led us to. assume::, ; They are uhard lesson in national modesty. They will work their way into our character is: dearly bought national experience, from Which, we shall. 'be wiser;ri per and more mellow in all time to come: They lead> us spOlitaneously to'ask again after* sins. What controversy is this Which God has with us? Is there au Achan in the camp ? Is there a wrong yet unrightecl . that is within our reach ? Have we a rightful control Over slaVery 'the, revolted states, which we might and might to exercise, 'so as to wash our hands, as unation of all complicity with the system ? Is it that in ,the intoxication of recent success, We have fallen into a selfsatiefred-state!which Goff saw tiihe unworthy of the greatness of the"questions` at is ,sue, and from which no truly noble and lasting fruit could arise? Had we fallen into the delu sion that comparatively sacrifices were ficient to 're•establish,' and perpetuate, for all generations ,of men, our betrayed and fear fully-imperilled experiment of free governnaent? Were we getting ready for a renewed devotion to gain; a 'continued abandonment of the maehi-' nary of government to the incompetent, vile and unprincipled' partisans and office-seekers of the country; a Tesurrender of the reins of family governMent into the hands of wayward, selfi willed children? Were we extenuating the crime of•clisloYalty against which we =are fight ing, and iiOsitating to prepare and administer to it a punishment Of due severity ? ' • Thank God I the natien has not utterly failed to profit by her hard lessons recently received. To what extent the national' _conscience was in vigorated Under the am artirws Of bull Run and Ball's Bluff, let our statute books,testify, which have since been ennobled with, ,the act ,of Eman cipation in the , Distriet, the, charter of perpetual freedom to the territories and, the new treaty for the suppression ` of the 'slave trade. -t Without those reverses we should . not probably iliVe had these enactments. ' They are the illustrious fruits of our sad defeats. ` And to what ' , rest step for ward God would scoirgens by , the cru9l l losseaof that week of battles and Irctreats, we know not; it may be greater, more ; parvelous, more cheer; ing to the Christian philanthropist than either-or all of the proceeding. One , thing we know : so , much sacrifice in such kgeed cause cannot be in vain, in the careful wont y. of a universe in whfch a sparrow does not 1 into the snasnareun noticed. . They are doubtless meant to put our man-':. liners to the ,proof. .They tire for judgement, to ; distinguish the cowardly, the selfish and the false`. from:the brave and the true :'They search our, hearts for their deeper powers orenditanee, their latent fOrees, their self-saerifiCe . ., ' Already we have been ' tested somewhat ; were , our earlier Pp - outbursts of patriotism superficial? -a ~ our mar tyr-spirit exhausted ? Have we fo 0 f out how much (or how little) we love our country 2 ,- Do these events send us 'about our business= with. down-ea 4 heads; do they, cloud our conAgjetions of the rectitude of our cause; or shake our hold upon God in prayer for ultimate success T - "If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small." Even in the darkest of the dark heirs of last week, we could not bring ourselves to be lieve that the peoßle would lose their courage, their devotion, their unanimity; much rather it was our expectation that disaster would but fix their high determination, but toughen theiren- ' ergies, but tap the deeper springs of their . re-' sources. God has counted us worthy of these sore trials, as the very best means of refining the national character and of fitting us- for the 1 , , high part he will yet have us play , inthe history of the race. With these conspicuous, ineffaceable characters, written in the heart's blood' of our fall en countrymen, he is , recording and enhancing the preciousness of :our free, republican govern ment, and admonishing all future generations of the'fearfttl ;milt and peril of those who would assail it. As we write these. concluding lines, the shad ows that hung around us are passing away; and the latest news would give, as, result of the week of fighting, the advantage ion the whole to our Caere. Yet there is etiough,of disaster, dis . • ,7 • , !„, : 1,.in„ : t.. : i...r . .411 ~: 1 'xt,,,0_t.:,,e,., „ : . ..i: 4 •11.,„,..,...4.11. 4 L- . ,.:*.-11,toict ~...,o:r,:ititg„..o.lj-.0t.,... appointment and delay entailed upon us to deeply mark upon our,minds the lessons we have attempted to convey. MISSIONARY EMIGRATION. We have argued, on different oCcasienS, in .our columns, for the evangelization' of the heathen by Means' of Christian ColOnization, as an economical and an effectual 'method; ' as, ,giving the laity a chance to take their full, personal share of the work of missions ; as setting before the leatilen an'illustration of the thrift,' 'prosperity and hap piness of Christian -community; and for veri: ous other reasons. This the way in which the' savage tribes orNortliern and Western Europe were Christianized, and the Protestant Germans are now, carrying on a Successful enterprise of this, kind at various <stations in South Africa. , This is already a:familiar method •with us in America on the field of Home Missions. - Latelya Move ment of the same' kind has been madninEng— land, a Colony of BaptiSts, Episcopalians, and others having actually sailed' from London for. New Zealand, It is not, strictly, speaking a mis sionary movement; it will rather stand by the,.. side of the Mission,As an independent• Christian organization, acting by-example and other indi rect methods upon the surrounding heathen,!and , gradually over Spreading the :island with a pAte faith and to Christian and society. ':We' give en account of this remarkable movement, as it has appeared in the columns of the .Mx on tote ",Much interest is expressed in.Dugland for , w colony of. Christians of various- denominations which has lately sailed to NeW •Zealand. It is called the ‘Non-comformist: Colony,' which 'is a misnomer, since its chaplain is a Baptist and many of its members belong to the Establish Ment. In its arrarviements it seems to be more complete than any,innilar movement, having be- gun with a committee, of exploration, who went to New Zealand, and purchased 57,000 , acres of land in what they , deerned the choicest part of the Wand. ' "Nearly a thousand persons were enrolled in the colony, mostly' small capitalists, having from $5OO 6,85000, but with a fair amount of labor. ers besides„to duly ;proportion. labor to capital. Each one was „required to advance enough tii pity his passage,, and the most ample proviiion was made to ensure a due representation of all 'the professions and trades, to's - apply machinery of every description, anti to enable"the colenieilo begin with, schooli;medical attendance and all appliances'of civilized life. They have adopted a sort of creed or statement sufficiently liberal, to, include all the, evangelical sects,.und to our-sur prise the man chosen to administer thia.liberal formula is•Bev.- S. Edgar,. .'a Baptist of 'Abing don. He is spoken Of as a man of great'excel knee, and his views are sufficiently catholic' for all praeticarpraposes. ° " Great dernonstratiorla were made at Mr. Spurgeon's Metropolitaa ,Tabernacly, .Salter's Hall 'Chapel, and• at thaDock prior to and at•the time tlie colony sailed. Speeches - Were made by distinguished clergymen and other's, and all pro °ceded in a truly orderly and Christian man ner. " This is a movement in thepglit direction. COionization, as a means of preaching the Gospel . to every creature, stands side , by eide with mis sionary labor. It.was, by _Colonization .thatonr, continent, was, Christianized. This - gave Mexieb,, South America and Lower Canada - to the Pope, and the United -States to Protestantisin'. Col onization is one of-the great powers` of' both 'an eient and rhodern times. It: planted the ices' in the Holy Land, SYrian _commercial enter , ' prise in Carthage, and diffUsed Greek andßo man civilization over,a large portion of tarope.. How, ; thou,., can Christians of these modern times look abroad over the vast unoccupied terri tories, so salubrious in climate, rich in soili.and, prolific in all which goes . to make uprratinnal . opulence and power, without' feeline4";higli! and holy impulse secure them to Christ? The' Pilgrim 'tams 'heig h theSeedi of one of the greatest and' most : beneficent repo lies on earth, and have left their names•embelM -40 ,to ages. .Why.not be impelled by they example' to go into othei unoccupied regions and repeat their eiperiment , ? ; • ; . We append' aim') the reinarki of the Siandl and on the above _statementl* It has often occurred to us as strange, and so have publicly stated it, that missionary zeal had no more tregard to colonization for the accomplishment.: of its =glorious purpose: - , One or two missionaries muse necessarily feel them selves lost among milliong of 'heathen. 'What are "thes'e'among so many,' difficult is it for them to carry forward their labor of love? Themork',COmmitted to them is so vast as by its magnitude to embarrass their operations., But far different would be an experiment made by a colony of - the people .of God. In addition -to the mutual, support, defence; and encouragement whirl they could reridei.cne another 'they- would:be able to illustrate by'actual lite the - poWer of Christianity to eleyate, dignify and adorn society, as well as to fit the Foul for heaven. 'We are much 'mistae ken if thig , Plan, of carrying the GosPel tp l tle heathen will not attract,More attention than:4 , THE REORGANIZATION OF YALE THEOLO .' GIOAL SEMINARY. - We have received' a Inimphlet containing addresses deliyered at the Inauguration 'of the Professors In the Theological Department of. Yale Celle , * September 15th1861. 'On that Occasion Rev. Tiinothy Dwight was Professor of Sacred Literature, Mr. Henry. IL Hadley (already known as Instructor in. He brew' at • Union Seminary New York) Professor of thellehrew Language and' - Literature, Rev. George B. Fisher, (late Livingston' Professor of Divinity in the Collegiate' Department); Profes- BOr of Church History, and Itey.james M. Hop. pin, (late pastor of the Crombie Street Congreg,a. tional Church of Salem Massachusetts), Pro , feisor of Pastoral ; Theology Professor ,:Noah Porter of the Collegiate Departmrnt ..anCson in:Jaw of the late Dr. Taylor, hil l s clitixr:'?f,the Department of Doctrinal TheologYL..:, The largest portion , of-the pamphlet IS' the addreseof President Woolsey , to: the new Pro fessora In this, the errors in the preVions'id ministration of the Seminary ,are franklyadMit . ted; especially the preponderance attained by the department of Doctrinal Theology under ,the com mandingind of Dr. Taylor, and the remarkable , ' characteristics of his system. A better .bilang,e is ! hoped for in the future. Church History-and. Exegesis especially -4ilrrehei4e • - as' thetimes demand. President Woolsey express ly 'declines giving. art opinion as to thi , value of, Dr.' Taylor's teachings. , The now Profeisors, he says, " are in a happy positionto_aseertain how far they coincide with the word of God and with - the Principles of a; alnifrid As/professors in , a, SenainarF,which!is ;ash it were, made over again" tlVtsy'''. have no tradi tinital tO aez . fend." They ."'are , us free t inregard to any of the, varying forms,f ofthe OlogiCal ; statcnie tat, which dividethe orthodox Christian world as'', they' could' be any in-the world.'? ~ ' Frem the " statements"' appended to the , acr &reins' we 'learn that'" the Theological Depart ment'will be conducted in the interest of no par:: ty in 'Theology whether ancient or 'recent, hut the- vital doctrines ,c)f the Reformation and ,the„ free spirit pf investigation whichA.belongs to, pretestanta will' alike be cherished. The_Om will. be to inculcate the gvangeljeal. system! of Doctrines; as set: forth in • the. Bible ; tend embra cod in' ' , the faith :Of , the great''',hedy • ofPbeliev era." * * * to 'guard ' their against" the spirit which is too seetitian to :extend sympathies beyond the Nteregis of a` single, nomination or sect. " ; W e feel at +neat interest in New ilaven Semi nary.,-Partof our.the,ologieaktraining was received thereandfolir, recollebtiortir L of the t lturs :and , experienCes of that per:Lila studylare , aniong: the most delightful.of_ov,. 4 .l4es. Two of the newlyinducted prefessorswereegr,chnts-maes,and warm - friends; filet cii; are net in the leak `gni- . 'prised to learn that they have been called to fill these -responsible and l honorahletppsitinns. Many of the youth of onrcharch have ;been, ' and acme! doubtless in the - future will , be, edueated) more or less under the influences of , 'this :institution, of sacred ' learfiing. It Cannot - therefore ite cousid-- ered imPertin c ent in us to asle What -Is.'the mean ' ;; m •,-, ~ • ing of this remarkable uthavorai ot aenomma- , • , tierialisit on the part_ of the ,:senlinary What, '1 . 7 3. are to understand, by the use of, h terms a 4, Catholic, Qrthodox, , ,Evarigelical7 the pur : , pose ~ of the, Faculty to ignOie l the important di rt versities'of speculation and of doge ta-that. arc in eluded in these lirnitations ? -Is' Calvinism, 'even' such - as' Timothy Dwight' once - 'taught;-to he- no: longer 'reoegnized in in, angtitution, in Which a, Profeesor of the same name has, as one might itnakine„ not without_ a 4pose, just , : heen, stalled , Will not sm:liefqui of the cong'refiP , - ; tional, Church Polity be, inculcated as most,ex- .. pedient ?, Are, the Professors mien, who never had preferences:or opinions en thesepoints , -or who; have renounced them 'on. entering , :upon -their. duties"? Sikh 'would iildeed seem be the-' ease fi'orra. the language'O`f the " statements," Yet how teacher oftheoloo-y can be' thorouivdiscrimina ting, consequent, or profitable to his pupils, with-, out following, decidedly, one. or other : . of the great, lines of doctrinal }speculation—Calvinism or. Arminianism---we do not and-cannotunderstand.. .For ourselves, we have no idea thatAtherefis any purpose to loosen , the seminary froin its connec tion with the Prei2alont modes of thought in the Orthodox Congregational' Churches . : of New England ' They are` atholic and Calvinistic too. But ieihis he so, the' " stateMents " are loose and E.,.. OPP t. 9 cpr,rectiorK., ,; p , - - THE HALF-CENTURY COL . .LEGE.. v , NExy week will be memorable in.* annals of Hamilton College, as it, will- bring around the FIETIBTR ANNIVERSARY of the establishment.of this floarishing and rising Institutien. Ample pre parations have been made for a celebration` ccom- Mensurate with 'the interesting`aisociations - of thlt time; The celebration; Partakino.'as it does of a religious character, will commence neat pubbatl3, evening, July 'Atli with an address by Rev. Henry ;Kendall, D.D., (Glass 9f_1840) on. the "Missionary Aspects. of Oolleginte Education." OpluegdaY, P.M., ' , Rev. Joel Parker D.'D. (of :the''''clii'ss Of '1824) :will-'deliver an fiddreie on" The' 11, fit:inns of the College 'in the' lurch" In " tho eveninw 'Abu. Charles B. sedadii . ioti: (classy o f 18 1 4 ) will deliir,:er anaddipsi on " The Relations of :die C4llocr e to. the State.'" .. OR -*e,4Petsglanithe Jiibile.e exercispamill be. opened , with an Historical .Discourse by Presi , dent-:Fisher, ,and ;a: jubilee Poenk•by . Professor Kendrick 'Of RechesterrUtifirersity:: I An. address of weiceine -,- Will be' delivered -by ,Hon. Wm.' Sr. Bacon L.L.D.,. of Utica, Presid'entnef- -the , Se= city:' of thfli Alumni. ' tlfe e f tertiden ivilf‘lie' on enpied with short ipne r eliesi College'' :Sotig; a poem ' by William.' tr.`ll 4 owe' l 'EC and 'social givet , ings , - ''y ' 7 '.' , f ;.,, •. ' 1 The commencement proper w ilt', occur on Thlusflart!hP-1- 7 til• • *•,erso aFP 33 •& - Plaq.P4 63 1 ) 9P 11 made • to, ensure - a : brilliant celebration, - and to v - , - pro*ide for, the . convenience , of ..Alitun. , and friends `of; the qnstittitfou'who 'lnhy;lseJ preSent; The Addresses; Podina, , Speeches i - oth.;-will:` he collected into a memortal4hame. -.• •- • •, „. HAMILTON ~.. .1 1 ,- • . ' ~ . '!: COLLEGE , citatnences her second half-eentitry: . - aAid.eiril'at9ifes `it is trne;hiiiiith most -favorable Tirospects land • hayindclaima of the highest sort upokthe c Otrociage,of j presbyte ? riano=east of tho.4ljeghO: ' oy; 1 7 fe : ootamon4 .. the institntibn ' •Irtost • cordially >6l .- .our friends /net only as , ours, but SS' intri sically worthy of: our s u p o ort i • 1 , •-, ;-• , ,.71-•.,. V', ! I :Lir: r; ~•,- - QTPI NEB'-YORK 4 11 7* 4 ThiS week has ,been ale.verlih-incrcited one in owy,Orp)e,pfsßc i i,,,,tx. rumors pnd :dis asters in #. 01 0' 0 4-T4i ol lW o ,4 ( 4*:ltllejggSgs con fined'and.iticomptehenSible...iieMils- Sent by news paper correspondents, only:tended tosineresse•ap prehension and ex,citealgm. Christian men have been gr,eatly,,diessedtit, the aspect of things, and the arrival"-of'largetnninbers of sick and, wounded and dying at the Hospital in this: City, have broughtthe:hiving' of 'war Mmore ; rectly:to senses, .and realization the Presenceof - ,these- sick and wounded sufferers; have largely developed, tie sympathy of the peop l e, and l e d t o the active exercise ofChris . tan benevolence. In New York,' especially , 'have the Aadiga shown the noble impulses i)f their na'tAiiii . the' sweetest and most atiractribitforin. the . hos-' Pita!, have Seen them 'idministering . sYmpztthy in every 'shape, and Corn Or mg these woun e, and dying -Men by the , most Ecleiicate N and assid-; 'upus personal attentionP. !L%,gratit4le the soldiers has,'; often liep)iintsOresf , d, npt bY pressions only, but,by i t e ars: ; , This mi§- I sion. Of-‘ Christian ,Women ris•;:suiely, a. , noble; ne,: to soothe the sick, to cheer the despo t rliiig.and; to comfort-the broken-hearted -and dying. • FiardaPehlieee; parish' hes'-seisibly decided not to erect the: lafget religious' edifice. MEIN on this continent, for their`, gifted pastor. The present house they o=l . o, will seat 1,500 per : , , sons. Three : thousand Can comfortably strueted in it. Last Sabbath, the Sunday School and the people themselves took leave of their Tietirdrodiri, *here accoinodatiatis are equal" to (WOnew room` in its place will at made be 'erected, Suited to 1,500 children. Thus thealechtlich which Onlylli. - B2catifill;livliial vtasiball,t swile Iten or fifteen years since; is to , be retained : • This more :commodious , Lecture rand 'Sabbs.thSchool-roora is designed to relievesome of the'urgent,"-WAtitS of this large parish.' The net chnrehedifiee`whieh was proposed some two years since And the groUnd purchased, - Would seat. nearly - ?,000 people, cost $150;000. Steeple. loftier than anyother. Architecture both , grand and j im . posing l • Map ,proposes. but the issue - is, with God. •;.M.r. Beecher's. Parish 'is large and am bitious. ,Some of the l very men who urged and' subscribed 'heavily this great , ostentatious edifice were) then .appecrentik wealthy. ' They have since beeome bankrupt. ',Hadthey success-` ; Piny; 'hegira grand structure pecuniary, troubles mroxild 'have ensued And disaster and ruin mnst'have been inevitable 'The 'hard of an, over ruling Providence is:rnost,,apparent in ; stopping this new and unwise enterprise. In strange contrast with : this; proposition, so soon to build an enormous 'Plade of worship, which no shoed - 816i" of Mr. Beecher conidever fill, is , the fifth anniversary of the Duane Street Meth-. °dist. Bpisecpal Chnroh.- ~ , The, quaint old edifice isnear the Hudson, among iwarehouSes and he 4 tels and .express Offibes, .and-, there itbas reniainL! ed, for oVei a ;half ceiithry,; still -it;izsefui arid' ative'Societi. Last Sabbath, its former pastors andindinberibeld,asert- of jribilee, in remetre-, bran 6 of goodness and their" Ability 'still; to niaiiitAinthii'vengrable place of worship. conserluence..of the removal of most of its, weal , thy members, it ism? lono•er, a Self-sustaining church. The deficiency is over $l,OOO, but that is madenP"frOm the resources of more opulent up-town pa4heS. This 'ebciety was among the, first in the 'city, and` ier''Oalled the'" inother of Filfe ' thedistn. ; ,', .lieW'Yerk. It still' Stands aa sent •.„ inelin a portion of the city as . ,populeus as An ant-hill - but from which, nearly - every:Protestant Church has , fled, „as if from a, "pestilence-which ; !walketh at noon day!' • hoil ; oi'to these Methodist brethilen . ,. . sr `a'r'e dot only ; the 'religious pioneertVoriti3 • tr3r,,—the advance guard,—but their„..flifik the greg,;Chiistian army, and pvsn:4o:.bitileiu the reaq protecting those.. krom,whom other sqle van/a 'have ,fled, leaving theinto. : Romaniantand Infidelity. In this connectioni.lto..may net be: amiss to speak of Rev. Mr: Cookinan; who preach es in'the spacious Methodist Chapel hi Seventh Avenite; near Fourteentli*Streei. He is the` ld., . eat son of the late Rey'. Mr; Cookman, so meal 'yearnPhaPlain of 'the U. S:. Senate , and. whose • denth,is involved in" such`painfui. uncertainty. HimOr and young wife mime to,this cmpitry, "from*.Anglancl poor and unknown. Having; :reaehed.a.thigh positiondn the ministry andex;J hatuited With labor, howtook passage on hoard 'dr . an oceaikehuitner, and from. that hitur to the press ent, nothing 'has been known of his rate. His two sots were educateifilir the niidistry and ni both, of the - aie young men rare and great promise. --They-do-honor to.3theic4arentage and the city of Philadelphia, tieit residence, if not their birth place. • • In May, some four years since, after a Liver • pool steamer had left, the port6of New York, it • was ascertained that quite a number of christians were , on hoard,. and Among, . them the, estimable Rev : . ;Dr. Wylie, and - young. Ikei.t. : lslr ; Coolytuie, both; ..ofrheyert , meetingsim'ere soon established in the steerage, init•tii Sabbath[ : was approaching, it was•suggesied theft a - siiiiko i n be preaehed and other religious exercises ha l d,et an hour not to intefere with reading the Episco pal eeivice, at the usual. time r by the Captain of • Tbehealth oficint vo i d brother Wylie woßld.potpermit him to4eigte, butyoung Oook, man, when invited . expressed' a willingness to perforM the. duty.. The ;captain , cordially 'assent ed to the. arrangement, and 7. o'clock the great Dining Hall was' crowded 'with •olticefs and ere*, aud.hotkeabin end steerage passengers. Sing ing and iiefirjniiieeedlid the.' berniOn . , wbiCh Wes energetic; :to f 'the ,• 3 :.• •• 4 1 :•-• day-and tee surrounding circumstance& .i. -was Only a ,delightful season and : the olieeiful sun 01.34,1 he onlna; ocean all conspired .to make the ser,viee•an43.the occasion one of the *happiest and longeet.te. rethenibered: Mrs. Jookman and daightei gwere oni: board,• and' seldom has there bire'rf tithe re d a more paternal band of Obristien bretliiren, ;thin on that ocean steamer: . Itr bilecoming somewliktoommOii, t ifixot ionable," when a paneh gets involved in debt, lo change its eeeledisitieitrieretionsl4—toßass from tiiiitoiiiSkatiptitilipt-thi 4 . l Pretbriiisk or 'from tliiiNeir"Sehoer the.'lePerViSiOn s oi ifie" Old . Segel Obuich: 'vice t;:ersi.heir: Bea 'den e „') ' • ' • :' in this region fro m mere mereebaryionisgeragolas, il,,nriprl i alises.than one, but with little jo t puniry advantage; that was 41 . bnfguarantecd. Such.sort,off ‘.‘, operations f?, are suited- to Will street,- not .to religious. bodies, , and :they Seldom meet witiother than theiv just reirerd:,—cold non among mew Mends and elienatiiM:•from old ones, botligOoking upon such eats 'from `such sor ilid'inotiiee; deiogatorY ihe''Golol2 It is • • ;•• . • -• , , Pa,r,ta!iciP °.llF,9,..M9°7lm.ki!gers operations, W , ho Wer:e •driisii; out of xhe Temple : In ' Staionis, recently;-•.a .ipeonhttiow :cif this sort..waslattempted, resulting:4n' tlisastrons fail -1043. ("'Some years since',livholpny -won't out from. **.;3sr:- Bullard's chtirph, and without much, .raiiikii"began :an'expensive house of worship was successful, but :pgieib, having n, large debt, it was sh tinned bir ieopo,. until the Society became deeplrembar-, They then, under the temptation,ot po.' mised pecuniary relief, went over to the ‘,! Old : 13ehoolrbut the expected...aid never came. .The, pratish; last finding iliemselinn.hopeleaslyin-; vol'ved,,saiid no certain relief 'liand; have sold. theii • Chcirck Alin • milhodbOi., befi F e, will, hereafter` Isneise as ti 4 " Bible Read*? " are elekiag mpet sricactsetil.- efforts in this' city among the poor. and neglected. Thirteen have, been employed, during..the past year by the New, 'Yoh ,Female Society. They have ,made:gver 7900,iritiitti; and attended. many 14) kitherings; wh9roit riinetchti-s(been 'given: the needy; and: the Bible Mid o:them,. after the knew. iier' oif the gt itleadera l ":" : .'Londen: In this' 'isaMitiOrcon, it is pleasant to ieitutborized 0;4 . that ut.,frke . steaMerfrimu New Orleans, ift4 . the Nurrendir , 9f that, 'city an,,m4er came from the?A:gexit Pf ,the Bible, there,; for ' 5 ,64,0! copies,ofti Bibles *.and l'eatainents. ' saicl fl lm ; had heard "nothing .frem the .:Ntiw York ',Society foi'a year, but as there was noka enpy,of r f the NeW Testament-for sale in NeW Oileans,he roust have an immediate supply. The' silver was roady to meet the order for them when demanded. Thus is the " Missing Link" supplied. " Venerable'Clergymen," - when theyl . 6,l , l7'i second, or even a third time, are apt to be the subject of amusing criticism, if not of unkind re inarks.'"'`Theiz own»Ρfolly 'often.' elterniateS' a recent Sabbath, hi an'. adjoining town ; s. widowed clergyman, of nealiy.7o,,had just been married. He , returned on Saturday with' his bride and two sisters." A,s , they nude into the church, a`gene 7 ral " bitter" 'of excitement was experienced by the' sex, to know taick.wai > the feriunatfe lady, But all conjecture vas baffled, and nobody knew, on that day. The sermon -Was strangely inapprn priate. wa,s founded on the reply.of Abraham to the rich inan, "If they, believe noVMoses.and tim prophets," ete. He persistently alluded' o the imaginary , return . of ,departed friends, to re buke wrong doings in' this world. This :Unfor tunate: exposition 'brought lip the vision'Of his deparied wife; Who had scarcely" been.. dead a year, and the force Of the discourse Was ,lost by the attention being diverted to him by his own peculiar domestic eircuinstance,s. , ; .Wisdom dees not always,conie with old age. CupiktwErz. REV. Dr. Saint's eOLLEGIATA Institute for YoungriLadi* it/ No. 1580 ;'Arch Street, •in this; city, closed. its. Academic, year, with appropriate and highly interestinc , dervioes, a' few days ago. Thn.profeciency ; of .the young ladies was marked,- and their compositions,' read on ',the occasion, Were generally acknowledged to be of a superior order. A: nutnher Ofthem have since beeu pub lished in elegant style' ' iii a sheet called "..School Voices" fromwhich We have made an extract on, the fonith page. WS cordially reeoluniend,. the institution to `the , patronage; of our friends. See' Advertisenaent in another column." TTPOdRA:PHICIAL ERII.9ILS.—We desire to apo lci&ize fox' tie evidenCes of carelessnes6 in the proof reading • presented by portions of - the' 2d . and 3d pages of our 'last week's issUe. Mee- sures have been taken to guard effectually against' recurrence of Such' unpleasant phenomena, • Our thud gewo, A MISSIONARY CARSON CITY.,---` Test of the Roehj Mountains. —On account of inclement' weather we defered our communion service until. the second s.abbath in March. At that time there were eight, additions to the church • four by letter, and four on profession of their faith. Among, •the latter was a lady. .about 60 .years of age; she gave., a very clear and full testimony, to; the work of:grace wrought ircher heart by the blessed influences of the 'Holy Spirit • A Boptism in the Wilderness. A little infant child Was baptised under circumstances which rendered the ceremony of more than ordinary interest. When I first came to Oarson.Oity Septent bar, I stopped. for, several weeks at a hotel: One day a very pleasant• couple came ioboard for ,arshort,tifte. This little child then about six. or: seven months' old attracted much attention. It was very `delicate and very beau- I tiful. One day thefather requested me to bap tise it He - said he was by` no means a Chris tian, but he ifisired to consecrate his little flower to tlieSividur.-'4lVwas i theigheriff of,nur Ter- . ritory. A few weekaafter he made this request, while in the discharge of the duties of his office, he was_stabbed , through the heart by a desperado and skilled instantly: His Murderer, the week before our communion season, had been found guilty of the crime, and was thin in prison awaiting his execution. The mother and wide* came', in her weeds of mourning, and renewed the. request of the deceased. father. brief statement of the circumstances was,made and the .:still delicate and .beautiful little child was : publicly consecrated to the Saviour, amid many prayers:and tears, that God , will bless that> child and be to ita Father and an everlastinooFriend. There are Soine'Six or eight others who expect to mite with: us soon; 24 have already united with INORAM UNIVERSITY, LE ROY, N.Y. commencement took place. Wednesday, June 25th. The. Annual Oration was.delivered. by the IL'S.: Storrs, Jr.',D;D., of Brooklyn,. N. , V'. —an historic treatruerit of our Siort ancestors dkiring the=mediaeiid ages and singe, ihowing ihern have, been brave, honest, indotnitable, reforrairy'r and improving as they went, sand sure to retain their ascendancy. on ,this continent, the cavaliers of the South to the contrary. notwithstanding. The honerary.,degree of LL.D. was Conferred on, Xajor-General Silasi. Casey, of Brooklyn, 'N. :The - degree or D.D: was' conferred on the Sanitiel'Woodworth Cozzens,of Weybridge, Vt. ; the Rev.'llenry John Van' Lennep, of‘TO eat, Turkey in' Asia; and' the Rev.. David Wilson, of Limerick' Ireland. The honorary degree . of E. A. (Ex celsior , Ar thim) was conferred on. Miss Mary Ann Brigham, the Principal of the Univ'ersity; Mrs.. Martha S.''Parkii; of the' errislnstitate of New York 'city ; Mra., Dianthe Eliza Sackgtt, Mrs. 'Lucy AnnTirsons, and kra: Mary Ann batilaP, llamas of the University. The Chancellor's resirmation was not accepted; some new proposals having,been made, to him by , the Council, .the result of whieh .has not yet tfauspired.—Evaige/ist.; . , REV. SAMUEL P.'IIALSEY, :a<gradnate of tin .ion Theological Seminary; has received a upani 'lnona call froin the .church at Rockaway, N. J., to become their pastor, and was. Ordained and installed on Tuesday, July Bth: Rev S. W. BOARiiATAINT recently Professor of Moraland Mental Philosophy in Middlebury has accepted the unanimous call of the Second Church, Auburn, N. Y., to become - their pastor, and has entered.upon his labors 'amonc , them. 0 REV. F. F. EmaNwooo, the devoted and Mori ens pastor of the 'Central Church Rochester,ei pects to sail for a 4 months tour of Europe in the SteamshiP " 'City of .13altiinore," on:the 12th inst. REV. J. MARTIN has removed from Addison, Ohio, to Galena, : Delaware county. : He takes charge of the Genoaand Trenton churches Frank lin Presbytery. _ • VOL. OF THE NEW EDITION OE BACON'S Vaults, which we have already noticed;and com mended to the.faior of the publia, as the differ 'ent volumes have appeared, has been laid on our table.v It contai4,the.Histeria De 718.1 Re ri, and the AVvcvSglvarum. r (Collection of col lectiops), or -Notrat,../..ristory. , This latter is tke last wiark/Awritten by,l3aeon, and is_ameugf the MIMI beat of his writings. let it by no means exhib .. I its the great characteristics of the author. It is 14ade up to a large extent of materials gathered from Aristotle, Pliny,Porta's Natural Magic &c., and transferred to the pages of Badon,with few orig. iriaTfdatiffe‘ " We should do hint ifijustiee'says" the. , `EditOr, , Ms, "if we were to sipPOse that he was satisfied with the collection of facts hereltublished; 'of - which much the - greater part are taken from a few ,pOpular writers. We ought rather to regard tit-_`.-'''c * as the work of a man, who, knowing- that he could net accom plish his own designs, waa,yat'rcsal.ved, in spite of worldly troubles and of increasing infirmities, to labor on in 'the good' cause which he had so long 'lad in hand." The `me.chaniCal execution of the work is everything that could be wished, being solid, substantial and, well finished in all respects., Boson: B. F. BroWn. Philadelphia: for sale by J.,t. Lippincott &Co. HEALTH—in FRIENDS AND FOES; By R. D. Mussey L. L. D., late Professor in Dart mouth f and.; in the Medical College of Ohio. This isa collection of essays on various hygienic topics which seem l handled With eminent good sense. Clothing, Yentilation, Light, Sleep, Ex ercise, Bathing,,Alcohol„ Tobacco,,Tea and Cof fee are among - the subjects treated ot, with many apt and interesting facts interwcriew. The case of Casper Heiser is narrated, Mr. Barnes' inter esting views on 'the remedial 'arrangements of the natural world, are quoted at length Trom his work on the Atonement.. Bxtt the largest part of the work is devoted to the argument for an exclusive ly vege'table diet of -which author is an earn est advocate. The permission given toAdarn to eat meat was granted, he thinks, on account of the hardness of men's hearts. Boston: Gould & Lincoln. Philadelphia, :Smith English &Co. ritom o.Dr:rs,oN & C 0.,. Boston.,we have re ceived Zundel's , Melodeon. Instructor, a very complete work for learners; also, FIRST STEPS TO THOROUGH•BASS ; a very sim ple conversational manual, clearly esbibiting the principles of musical science. Pity that so many claiming to be musicians pay. sb little attention to this important and profitable branch of the study. MAGAZINES PAJITPHLETS. RARPER'S for July opens with a paper on Norway, , conveying a large amount of informa tion on a portion of country little known and full of interest. The illustrations are very elaborate and life-like. The literary range of the various papera,is quite elevated, though some • coarse features are open to complaint HARPEn's WEEKLY is a valuable illustrated journal, chiefly devoted to the._ scenes ofithe war. A recent number contains a:map of the actual limits of they Confederacy" at this time 'which is very suggestive. It should be laid before'the Euro *peen powers who meditate intervention. HALL'S JOI.TRDTAL of HEALTH for July gives sundry intimations of running down into an ad vertising. medium, under the guise of literature. See page 161, Tracts 81 and 82. THE HOME MoNTHLY for July Rev. Wm. 31 ThaYer, Editor. Roston: D. W. Childs & Co. We have already mentioned the last-14Am woon. It contains a better list than for some months past. The articles on the _E4II (lion and on Edward Irving Will be found well worthy ape msg. Some correspondent is found in Baltimore to aid 'in robbing CaPt. Ericsson of his laurels as the true 'practical inventor of the Monitor's tur ret. The cOrrespondent's letter to Capt. Coles appears, in, the current nurnber'of Blackwood. .Ev,erybody will ask; why didn't Capt. Coles make a monitor first, instead of allowing another to get so.completely in : the advance. ? BinnontEol. SACRA for July. The articles are fully 'equnl to the 'high standard of this Quar terly. The Church Book of the Puritans at Geneva from 1555. to ,1566,' is, contributed by Prof. Hackett, who met with the book in ques tion while Pursuing some investigations in;Ge neva..: It, was kept by the exiles and left behind them in Geneva, when they returned to England. It aPpears to have been overloeked by mast of the liter writerson this branch of English history. Prof Hackett's accennt is mainly a translation of a French disquisition. on the work by a inem her-etthe Historical Society of Geneva, read be fore that body and preserved in- its annals. II .Semitic Comparative Philology. 111. Shakespe rian Glossary - of the Bible, derives its very great interest from the fact that the arithorized version of our _Bible in contemporaneous with the wri tings of Shakespeare. Hence the twotbrow light on each other. IV. The Bible and Slavery, by Prof. Barrows of Andover, handles the question : Is American Slivery a normal institution or an ahnsi? at considerable length, with °a careful re gard to the bearine. of Scripture on the subject. Almost every point involved in the discussions of the last ten years in our canntry is again brought forward. The, conclusions are emphatically on the side of human liberty. Rev. Dr. Thompson of New York in. Art., V, ably and learnedly dis cusses. the Origin and Distribution of man and sets recent scientific authority against Apssiz's view of the subject. This savan has compro mised himself with -all believers in the divinity of Scriptures by teaching the diverse origin of the various ,races of man. The article is a valu able „ contribution to Christian .F.itlinology. In pursuance : of the plan to Catholicise the Biblio . theca. and make it a sort of Encyclopedia of re ligious belief, we have Art V.l..o,n..Hopkinsian ism, from the pen of Prof. Pond of Bangor. This series of articles, and some neiv , traits in . the book criticisms (see pp. :674-:6*) ' give the staunch old Quarterly an unpleasant air of latitu dinarianisin to those who haveheert wont to.regard it is the faithful,.liberal and scholarly exponent of strictly evangelical views on the Calvinistic platform. We believe its' editors and conduc tors are where. they. always have been, but their purpose to,make of the Bibliotheea a platform on Whichmen of all creeds may exhibit and defend their peeulaiities, is one, of which the utility is . not apparent' to all their patrons. IV'e have neglected to niention'that two of the peilodicals of the - 'United Presbyterian Church hive been merged into one. We refer to the old.established IivANGELroAx.: RRiOSITORY and thnmore recent. IT. P. Quarterly RvirTzw. They are published under a title combining the two names' by. Mr. W. S. Young the proprietor at 1023 Race Street and 52 N. , Sixth Street, in a monthly form. Messrs. Jos .I'. Cooper and W. W.' Barr are Editors; Mr. DaVid:-R. Kerr Cor responding Editor. The' : conterieT .are varied, combining` the solid articles of the Review with those of a more,, Miseellaneerts character. It is eOnducted with ,312ility, is healthful in its tone, p i t# 'worthy the: : syppcn.:t, of the 3 lDenomination. 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