XB2 atutrican Viceotigittiart -AND GENESEE EVANGELIST. THURSDAY, 'JULY 17, 1862. J OHN W. MEARS. QUIET SABBATHS, In times of high excitement like the present, we learn better than ever, to appreciate the calm ness of the Sabbath day. We enter upon its sa cred employments; we join with the people of God in prayer and praise; the great themes of the Gospel— the glory of God, the love of the Savior, the value of the soul, the evangelization of the world,--come into our minds with some what of their native majesty and superiority to the highest earthly considerations. The noise of war dies away. The tumult of exultation or of anxiety is almost utterly hushed. We sit down in our family circle, or before our Sabbath School class, and lo the angel's song of peace on earth and good will toward men, is sounding in our ears. The wolf is dwelling with the lamb, the leopard with the kid, the cow and the bear together. We indeed pray for our country, for our brave soldiers ~ siolr and wounded, and cap tured, fighting or in peril. We may even preach and hear—as we ought to—patriot ic sermons. But , the rush of feeling and the pangs of ' excitement are gone. There is a sacred power in the Sabbath to calm and restore the soul. Habit doubtless aids us. God's spirit, too, is given to every one who waits upon Him in ways of his appointment. Such a one is in the Spirit on the Lord's day. We would not, could not—do without this day of rest. We often rise on Monday morning with a certain sense of novelty in the warlike circumstan ces of the time. We wake .anew to the stern facts from which our vision had been turned, and find ourselves stronger to resolve and to do,--able;; to bear with more elastic mind the great demands made upon our sensibilities by the , ever-varying west of events. Of all times, let us have _ a Sabbath in war. Let our troops have it. Lei chaplains have their , stated hours of service. Let mind and heart, in camp, on shipboard and at hotne, be regularly carried toward higher in terests by the observance of one holy day, in the week, and by the ordinances of religion; and the effect, everywhere will be most aalutary. Thank God for the Sabbath Human philan 7 , thropy never could have inventedit; divine au thority alone is sufficient to secure its regular, and profitable observance. THE INSTALLATION SERVICES AT NORRIS- 0 B. -(A correspondent has furnished us with the following correct account of these services) Rev. Robert Adair was eonStituted pastor of the Central Church Norristown in due foim . on the 17th ultimo, by a Committee of . the 3rd Presbytery of Philadelphia. Rev. W. T. Eva, :Moderator ,of the Presbytery, presided and propounded the constitutionallues tions to the pastor and people. Rev. John Jenk ins, D.D., of the 4th Presbyteryof preached the sermon. Rev.. A. Barnes gave the charge, to the pastor, and the Rev. John Patton D.D., gave the charge to ths congregation, in place of Rev. Thomas 13rainerd, D.D. The services, notwithstanding they were ex T tended to an unusual hour, were appreciated by ea larg , and interesting congregation. LETTER PROM THE MISSIONARY HOUSE. To the Editor of the 4merican Presbyterian.— It has been the earnest wish of the Prudential Committee to close the present financial year of the B d, without any appeal to its friends. But therereipta for May and June have fallen so irinch below those of the corresponding months of last year, (the difference being more than $17,- 000,) that there would seem to be just occasion for calling the attention of pastors and others to the possibility of a serious deficiency. , The receipts for July and August, 1861, were more. than $lOO,OOO. If the same amount can be - obtainqd this year, the treasury will be found in a healthy condition at the next annual meet ing. But there is danger of .a considerable reduction from this sum, especially in view of the' fact that the donations of the churches this year are much below those of last year, the. lega cies and contributions abroad having supplied the deficiency. It' is' respectfully submitted, therefore, that special care should be taken to forestall such a contingency. If all will see that their yearly ogerings, undiminished in amount, are duly made before September, (if not already muck) there will be no embarrassment. Ig it too mach to ask that pastors and others Will see that.this is done? -Very truly yours, ' S. BAreat, Rome Secretary. Missionary House, Boston. ARMY MATTERS. REv. EDWARD D. Nmr, has resigned the chaplaincy of , the First Minnesota Regiment. While we frequently hear that the army is suf fering for want of good chaplains , we greatly fear that many good chaplains suffer from want of opportunitrto reach in any efficient manner the men whom they desire to benefit. The with drawal of such faithful; conscientious, and able men, as Mr. Neill, from the chaplaincy, is a pub lic loss. Mr. Neill's regiment, although a parti cipant in nearly every struggle,of the week of battles on the Peninsula, is, we are happy to learn, in a very encouraging state of efficiency, being able to report some six or seven hundred fighting men. This shows that Northwestern men are not ill-suited to a Southern campaign. DR. G. B. Horcaxtrf, son of Rev. B. B. Irotchkin, and assistant surgeon of Bayard's ()rivalry brigade, now in Gen. Pope's Army, being on a short furlough, paid a visit to our cffice last week. Though exposed to all the dangers of the field in a perilous cavalry service, being in Fremont's advance up the valley of the Shenandoah and in every engagement, some times dressing wounds in the midst of the flying missiles, he has so far escaped unhurt, to con tinue his arduous and humane services. He in forms us that at one time being with an advance party from Gen. MeDowell's division, be had actually reached the Pamunkey and was within the sound of McClellan's light artillery. • Why Gen. McDowell with his whole force failed to follow he could not, inform us." GRAITDEVE OE THE CHRISTIAN'S CALLING. IT is to be feared •'that the bare idea of duty plays too prominent a part in the motives.and principles which guide the Christian's life.' His prayers, reading of Scripture, and soon. are most familiarly l a c own as "duties." His acts of liberal ity in sustaing the Kingdom of Christ in the world, are expected of him as "important a l - . ties." Family worship and labors for the con version of the world, are viewed- in the same hard, unattractive light. Love, gratitude, ador ation are duties. Saving faith is is a duty. Of course, taking the cross and submitting to self denial for Christ's sake are duties. Editor. It is very well indeed that we have a. reserve, in this sense of anti, to fall back upon, when other motives fail, alas l they often do. • Many and great are the labors and services, the striv ings and achievements, that would have been left undone without the sharp stimulus of an un easy conscience: Even Paul preached the Gos pel sometimes under the pressure 'of the inward cry: " Woe is me if I preach not the Gospell " and lived remembering the account he had to render at the judgment:seat of Christ. But if we sought for the great secret of his marvellous zeal and activity, we should have to look further; it is to be: found. in the love that constraineth ; and above all in that grand conception of the Christian's calling, which he entertained,' and which led him to presii towards the mark as the eager racer towards the coveted earthly prize. He saw its -intrinsic . loveliness, its Surpaesing glory; his renewed nature felt and responded to its attractiveness. His proviess in the Christian life was not tardy and reluctant, like that .of a great bulk which slowly,,yields to enormous pres sure.; it was elastic, cheerful; spontaneous ; lea ving the slow and painful considerations of duty behind it, rathei to be .a sectiiity against retro . grade movements, than apopelling'power. The great truths of the Christian revelation, the cha-, racter and work of Christ } and the riches of Di vine grace filled the whole horizon of his being, occupied his:thoughts, ravished. his imagination and his affections, and commanded his,vrill. He did not live but Christ. lived in him. He deter mined to know nothing but Christ Him cru- . cified. And all Christ's followers would have to be " like-minded " with himself.' lie charges them to "walk worthy of theirs calling" The whole calling of the Christian is to follow Christ. It is to live near him by faith and prayer; to be like him in character, to bear his cross; to _work in extending his kingdom on earth, and to prepare to be received. in the heav enly mansions which he has gone - to make ready. These acts are such privileges and Sohn of blessing, that they ought not to bd styled and re garded and , done mainly as duties. Our very vocabulary testifies against us: And it is a shame, that'this following of Christ is .so often done in a strenuous, formal way, on the one hand; or in a loose, perfunctoryrattuner,en the other. We show in this conduct, how lamentably we fall short of a'-proper estimation of our calling. - This calling is the grandest education that the individual man can •receive.' It is association with God. Prayer in the Redeemer's name is true converse with God. An atmosphere of divine light - lind truth .surrounds and bathes the.soul. Great; elevating thoughts are, its daily food. The cross of Christ which it contemplates, trusts, and cleaves to, is the centre of the sublime,st truths in the universe. Angels desire to look into them. The character and attributes of:God shine forth in marvelous and surpassing lustre. The conjunction of mercy and truth in that , cross makes it the most glorious of all objects. The soul expands, and grows, and realizes its large spiritual capacities, its kinship to •God,"as it contemplates this object. The natural philoso pher, the metaphysician, the statesman, all have elevated:ranges of thonght. The literary ama teur, who chooses among the celebrated produe:' ; tions of all ages, to feast and develope his intelA lent and imagination, has a high and profitable object. The scholar in any of the departments of human learning trains, strengthens, and ele- Tates his mind. But nearest to angels and near est to God, most profitably emploYing his time and his thoughts, most truly unlocking the hidden resources and cultivating the noble tendencies of the soul, is: the 'Christian man who is walking worthy of his vocation, which " calls .him to glory and virtue," and makes him " partaker of the divine nature ,having escaped, thercorrup tion that is in the world through He is training himself for heaven—for the society and pursuits of angels. Life eternal is alidady be gun in his soul,' ,The elements of it noble, gen erous, great-souled, truly manly charact;'are laid in his nature. He grows strong in priii:eiple. A divine wisdom 'criiidee 'his actions TrUth is in ;his inward parts. He tears not man, but man relies upon and vendrates him. 44. What . blessed results have flowed from the'` practice of the Christmn'ir calling among:men I Its unselfish aim has been to communicate this exalted knowledge of Christ, and these vital ;principles of a holy eh Teter to all mankind. ; 'And' to an encouraging ihis has .been, done. The whole course of human history has been changed. Society has been leavened by the.; Gospel. Grievous wrongs have :been righted:. Domestic purity and happiness, civil and tulle' ions liberty, security of life arid property, the recognition of, the brotherhood' an essential '. equality of all races of men, the geng al and in , creasing preference of peace to war t the spread of knowledge and of the facilities of attaining an education among all, the abolition of distinctions among men raised by pride and perpetnated by power, the , establishment of a great, fee: and prosperous republic in the sight of alhilations, substantially upon Christian foundations--these are fruits which the world has derived, or is de- . riving, from the faithful following of the ChAs- Can's vocation. Heathen darkness is being dis. sipated and the true light is shining in its stead. Holy hopes and principles of living are planted in the minds of men. The race is being lifted up from its fitilen condition, and recalled from its . , wanderings. Christ's sufferings are being re warded and the object of his mission attained. The Christian 'in his vocation -his the exalted place of co-worker with God, in aceoMplishing these blessed and glorious results' His work is not lost even if it seems to be unsuccesifal. - Few have done more for the truth than its mar tyrs, of whom there : are both private and public. Pity is it then for any Christian to follow his vocation as a mere duty; to be driven to it rather than drawn by it; to be ever leaning upon the reserves and intrenehments'of conscience, rather than advancing along the track of his „great Captain's .00nqueSts. His prayers and private duties liberalit and his üblie efforts, are P Aine . ..r . j .. calt.... ri ,V,tco.ll.ttt..tiot att11:...-.J tt1t,0tt:,...,,,0vA..111,.,t_.1,_...:-..0,t. robbed of half their blessedness and their efficacy, when under the chill breath of inbred sin they are regarded and performed as dirties only. "Some by this mea,ns, under an uninterrupted profession, insensibly wither almost into noth ing. They talk of-religion and spirituallthings as much as ever they did in their lives,- and per form duties with as" ranch constancy as ever they did;:-but-yet they have poor, lean, starving souls r as to any real and effectual communion with God. * '* * When we have anything to do where in faith or love towards God is to be exercised, we must de it with all our hearts, with all our miuds, strength, and souls , ; not slightly and per functorily, which God abhors: He doth not only require ,that we bear his love and grace ,in re inembrince, bu6hat, as much as us 6th, we do it according to the worth and excellency them." , - PREJUDICES AGAINST COLOR; This'.' inequalities which we see prevailing among the various races of men, are not so great as to affect the natural rights of any race, or to place it heYond the pale of that fraternal recog nition which Christianity teaches us to give to all. In the closer relations of life,we naturally follow certain tastes, instincts—elective affini ties, of which weitiften cannot, and need' not, give account to any, even to ourselves. Those whom we exclude from these personal relation:- ships,: cannot properly regard themselves as wronged. The advocates of an amalgamation of the African and;the Anglo-Saxon races are few, at the North,—whatever they maybe at, the South,—and are not increasing. We need not say that we have no sympathy with them. The Gospel does not in its injunctions to ;brotherly kindness, in our view, require or contemplate such an issue in the intercourse between differ ent races. But it'is undeniable, that a Most 'un christisn' spirit has prevailed' all over our coun try in regard to the 'Africaurace.,, If in the South the black man has been made a,chattel, in the North he has been treated as, if he de served to be nothing else. His moral. and civil equality has been as truly denied in the one sec tion as the other.. 11e has been almost as effec tually shut off from the broad .platform 'of' hu manity, in one as in the other. The most un friendly legislation has "been directed against him. White laborers have been taught to re- gard him with the most malignant suspicion. He has been made a wanderer and a fugitive on the earth. The very , highest form of benev olence toward him which .has become in any wise prevalent in the North, is deportation, ban ishment from a soil so hostile, to a heathen con tinent in -the torrid zone. Colonization may truly be viewed - as in many respects an exellent undertaking—to the heathen of Africa undoubt edly it is benevolent in, a high degree. But what a hurniliating fact it is, that Colonization is pressed upon us, as the supposed only alternative of the friends of the African, in view of the ir reconcilable hostility of the two races, or rather of the white toward the black race` upon this free Continent of Amerida! We are inclined to think that ,this war is , teaching us, among its other valuable lessons, the absurdity of our prejudices, and is prepar ing us to mete out greater justice to the free black, as well as to the slave. The Colonization scheme, indeed, seems to have found new and powerful allies. President Lincoln, and Secreta ry Blair in the Cabinet have , led the way, and Congress has followed in some.extensive projects of deportation. All emancipation schemes are carefully accompanied with provisions for the removal from-the country of such of the blacks at least as are willing to go. The proceeds of revenues collected in insurrectionary districts . are to be applied, in part, to this purpose. The doctrine is broadly asserted by professed friends of the black& that emancipation is not, desirable without Colonization. Rather than ~I.the blacks free among us they must remiii7ilives. For ourselves, we believe that emancipation will go _on, that the blacks Will remain on our soil; that.lour unnatural and unchristian prejudices will •be banished instead. It will be seen'that our thinly populated country where labor is so scarce ; so high, and so richly rewarded, eannot afford to lose so large a part of her working pop ulation. 1 ; We will be led to see the absurdity of despoiling ourselves to gratify a, wicked prej udice, Surely we are not going to imitate the bigetiy .cif the various nations of . Europe in the middle ages, who drove out the Jews; or that of Louis XI.V, who expelled the Huguenots from the borders of France. Surely we are 'not about to start a long and'sorrowing train of exiles from our happy Shores; ;with no other plea but, that the two races cannot live tegether—with-the pre suniptuous''Claim that this broadiand was made, by tite Creator• for one rape to play the ,tyrant in, because its - skin is white! ~ The blacks will.be made freel those that wish. to - go will go. -Con gress and' the President have shown their good sense in limiting their legislation to this class of emigrants.:' ,The rest will Stay behind where they are needed, in the 'rice awanips, the cotton fields, the corn and Sugar and turpentine plants -11 lona of the South.. 'Under the inspirations of, eedem, and with,the, paternal guidance ,of . a rpe which reeogniies their, rights- as men, .and encourages their , .iipward strivings, ,they will take away the i curse , from the Seuthern soil, they will reclaim its wastes and call forth its ne ,glected and vast resourees;:they *ill make it a ,garden of semi4ropical luxuriance. ' It will be our busineas says Harper's Weekcy, in,,a late ar tiele whichspes far to juitify its title Journal of Civilization, "to .demonstrate that two> races, which : ` ; have Jived peacefully and prosperously side byside under , a system 'which was a com pound of the most brutal selfishness, the basest ernelty, , , and the most outrageous: injustice, can get along, at leaat as well when, the selfishness, cruelty, and injustice are replaced by humanity kindness.' and fair cleating:" • . Two, other serious assaults, tpon this prejudice haVe lately been made;--one is the recognition of the two Republics of colored men, Liberia and Hayti. It ,:was purely and solely :this prejudice which has so longheld back 'our rnitiOnYesilone of the civilized world, from an act so wise, so, politic, so_generons, so Christian. It was because such men.as Senator Mason could compute, the pro bable cash value of any ambassador who ,would. be sent from those republics to Washington; be cause such narrow-minded men as Senator Sauls bury represents—not in. Delaware alone -by any means—would boil over with indignation at the thought of an _African occupying a seat'in the ambassador's gallery in the National Capit9l,, which would be nothing more than. happens in the legislative halls of every other civilized n; tion. The fact of this very prejudice' existing among Americans, and recognised, to some ex tent, by the President and his Cabinet, being known to the Haytians and Liberians, will doubt less affect their policy, and lead to the selection of white <representatives for, the presentzt.,The sensibilities of Mr. Saulsbury., and his, frjends 1-1 will be spared 'therefortki kit the'natiottWill gra , dually come to.feeLthat it isidle , to maintain:the little, unworthy,, unchristian prejudices of the past against indiiiduals of a race, whom; - U'd'iii: tions, we have recognized as politiCal equals and allies, and as commercial partnersin an imMense and profitable business. and Liberia are both republics,. The , name:pf•the . latter should be music in the ears of Americans. The amity between these three-nations, should and will be close. America shall be the third with them; as was Israel, ,iu the iprophet's vision,,With-,Egypt and Aisyria,:even a bleSsingdu the midst'of the land whom the Lord' of hosts, .shall alike bless —the one as his'peopl4 the other 'as the work of his hands; and America!, may we not say? is his inheritance. Finally the haters ler the black man ,have made ,a ..vigorous • stand on the question,.of, em- ..... . ploying him in the mi 'tarp service of the repub lic. , - He is not fit in t, eir judgement., to join in t this grand struggle fit our .country: It.would be degrading to Whiteaen to' benbliged'l6:fight in the same army Ai the black& This 'is a b White man's country—l. eyferact that the whites 1 , .re but iate'poruers to 4hat,for ages before, had been the red Man's - pole possession .---if the blacks are. Allowed to ght for, it, they will ac quire some rights in i which the.white man is bound to, respect.' Thproposed enlistment, ac cording to= Mr. •Saul ury,l is an "attempt to s . , elevate- the iniserablelnigger," ,,, which of course' no white man - should/entertain for a moment.' But self-interest and military necessity 'are bringing us to the point from - WhiCh our preju 7 . dices have hitherto reelled u& The eitigenoie,s of the su.mner campaign in, unhealthy latitudes' are compelling, us to' give the negro n status in the armies ..of the repiblic., The, rebels, have themselves set the example. Did: ,we need. to` wart for, them, when we had-Washington and the men of the , Revolutien on side ? They will' now come' in' , to perform an active' Part in a con test in'whieh: they hie so great a stake, blit of which, they hive 'hitherto been but inactive . - spectators: They will :share the peril, the fatigue,. and the honor, of thi&highservice for himanity.. On this continent and by, methods - Of civilized; warfare, they will Avenge the slave-hunts and savage raids, in, which _their ancestors were kidnapped. Their blood sliethin this great his- , toxic conflict, will purge those jaundiced eyes which now can see only their tawny color, and will adVanee the race in the general esteem of mankind. The Problem of the co, existence of the African and Anglo-Saxon races on our soil is by no means solved. Universal emancipation would not solve it, though we do not believe, with some, that it would Any , further complicate the case. , We are not- prepared to sea every distinetion abolished. A system of apprenticeship may be folind desire- , ble; at this 'juncture, instead 'of complete politi-` cal and soOial re.nnition. But the nnkind, shameful, 'unctiristian contempt with which a brother race is treats* and all its upward aspira tions crushed, must cease. ".The innate,horror with which" Mr. Blair tells us "the, whites re gard the black race—a feeling" he says which " is not confined to.the Southern States," may be one of the prominent, as, it is among the peculiar, sins of this nation. For this, He who made of one blood all the ' nations of the earth may even now be, punishing us, and driving ui; bY our re verses, directly and even against our will, to such measures as, must result in the overthrow of our prejudices and the final removal of our'ogenee. SIGNITIOANGE or THE STRUGGLE. WE do not:regard , it as a vain beast, to claim that the best and most hopeful result of the Ref orniatiott of the sixteenth century is the .Ainer ican Republic- It is a sober declaration, war ranted by all* the tiAchiligs of Providence in History. This result is now ,in jeopardy. The world, MAY etOst:,g4m ofsillai move ment. The advance in religion and liberty em bodied in our constitution may be lost, and em, perors. and aristocrats and...hierarchs may- again become .the preponderating , pOwers of .the' civil ize& world. .The battles of the siXteentlrcentu ry are being fought over Again on the James and the Chickaho*itty: . ' " , " It is not only:because the war has leen made in the interest;of sfavery that Nye ,thus speak. Nor do we suppose that the success of:the rebels would involve our own subjugationp the South; nor that, if successful;the South iiould diicard republican Institutions. But the success-of a rebellious movement resulting in =a division of our territory, - isle away the presti:ge,' of republican, institutions before' - the world; waild sulject them to the Stigma of internal weakness; would 'remove us as Itheir chief representative from the front rank of the nations; w,ould destroy, the cohesive power of our bond- of Federal•llnion, and result, in. all probability, in endless and-utter dissolution, or- constdiOtiOn under a military=des pot. • The '',.(bubble'' *iftiild be burst indeed; and all the Upholders of baste and privilege and irre sponsible power in church and state in theivorld ; all 'the haters of human: liberty and the unbeliei= ers, in man's capacity;mider Christian inflnenees; for self government., would clap, their, hinds in triumph. ple:hqpes,ol . oppressed races, black and, wkitoy would be crushed, and human -pro gress would be, grievously t retarded >t • - Not by any means simpliiii• 3 0 'f ernancipatien, nor solely even for fitirniaii4h once 'of our owil existence and augifiriiiiii" nation, do we urge on this war, `great and 'noble though these objects are. It is a, struggle, for all, the great interests pf humanity, ;to nave the most precious and ,benificent of man's t acquisi tions, wrested hy hard and long and bloody strap! glen from .tyrants and: inquisitors' of old. Itis• for man, for all generations, that We zlice-couL tending. For humanity's sake we • state this conflict and bffei freely our treasu re and our bloodlllll * successfu l issue.. It'is *taro lailesness we are eon- , tending. It is to anew and : pregnant fact on record in the wprlike,annals; namely:—that a free government upon's scale so extensive, with a system so easy and flexible and a.people so- given to arts• ofpeace as ours, is able to ranage even gigantic; outbreaks within , its borders, , and' to maintain. itri , own existence in the face of inter ., as, well as external foes. . . If theseithings are so, and our calling is st task so elevated an' soTh'ristian, then surely L. ; delays, disappointinents, and, losse,s should not discourages us. They should, and they will" but draw the:ygood and the the more closely togeth er. They will but lead us to deeper examina tion and to clearer views of the excellence of our object.-- :They- zurtureinms the-graceof pa- , tiertm ,We shall calmly - contemplate the extent of :the. work before ms, arid: make up our minds :sturdily to go through.withit., The cost is not our concern,, when the, work is, so manifestly 'Pod's. To hiin we can lea!Ve,the account, even if our own life 4 reckoned. in, it. We dare _not draw back, from this. conflict. God has given us ,ITSqI.IrCeS to bring it to a successful, close. :Ere this it , would probably haie been done, but for false - confidence, for a presumptuous reserving of onr , full strength as if it were more than the case rainired, in:Stead' of calling into :vigorous action every means that could be used promptly to overpower and to crush AtOrebellion. The responsibility is laid upon us. What has been 'done, great thongh it may' be, is as nothi4 tn What can be'done - bY the loyal ci.tizeris "of this'. republic: The Work is great indeed; riotloo great to be done, but only great enough to, try us, .to summon forth our strength of purPose; l to, awaken us to the worth of our^ object, to make ,unlit to be, citizens of the great republic,=the Civitas Dei the future. THE LATE REV. MR. LAED---"THE OHEIS = , trAs aommiskow , " REir: l FRANCIS' . G.. LADD; late pastor of the Penn' PreshYterian chureh in this city, volun .. feered,.soon after'the battle of Fair Oaks, to visit the sick and soldiers on theground, as the ,agent,:of the , Young Men's Christian Com mission. , ; Considerable difficulty had been expe riencedin, procuring agents for 'this specific unj. dertaking, but Mr. 'Ladd' on hearing of it, con seated to go at 'once.' 'He went 'and'labored faithfully in his important and 'truly *benevolent sphere of action; ~ but. contracted disease, was brought 'back to."the; city, and died; a few days ago, of tYphoid fever, ate victim :his own Christian Seal;.kindness, of heart, _and patriotic, devotion: . He was but 42 years of age. His death is just as heroic as that of. the .soldieryho falls'amid the. excitement • of the field of battle; it is accepted ,by his otrtintry,as' an equally precious sacrifice; while it illustrates some of the prime virtues ofthe Christian character and honors the Gospel ministry. We append the action of the Young 'Men's Christian Association, The reso-' liitione were offered by Mr. P. B. 'Simons. Whereas, He who .doeth all, things well, has seen proper .to remove-from our association, in, the prime of life, and, from afield of great.use-. fifiness, our friend and brother; Rev. Francis D.. Ladd • therefore, Resolved; That.while we mourn the loss of his sympathy, his prayers, counsel' and co-operation in our work of Christian benevolence, we re joice to know that he has fallen as a Christian. warrior, with his armor on—that the seeds of death were BOWL while Ministering to our suffer ing brethren ori the battle field of Fair Oaks. Resolved, That in, the, death of the Rev. Fran cis D. Ladd the Young Men's Christian Associ ation have lost a, devoted friend and counsellor, the Church of Christ able minister, and soci ety a brilliant ornanient. Resolved, That we deeply, sympathise 'with his bereaved family, and tender them our heartfelt condolence in this hour of their trial, and that we pay the lait tribute of respect by attending, in a.body," his funeral: ' - It was subsequently Weed that the members of, the Young Men's Christian Association meet at their rooms, Chestnut street, .above Tenth, one. hour before the time announced for thelaneral, in order to proceed in a body to the late resi dence Of the deceased, on Broad ,ntreet, above Parish. We take tide oppcwbpdtpto peer, to the great and good work of this "'Christian Commission " for the thousands of sick: and wounded in our army. The Bnnnfr 7 oftk4 Covenant forlait week says: " Th'e Comthission "' has chiefly operated among the ,sick and wounded on the Peninsula,, and in the neighborhood of what is now the great battle-ground of the present Conflict. These were supposed to; number about fifteen thousand, but of, course the list has been largely swelled by the victims of the recent terrible conflicts before Richmond. " The Commission," with one or two' exceptions, has no paid agents, nurses or care takers.. It seeks 'to obtain gratuitotts, personal labor; merilypaying the expenses of such volun teem as may be willing from love to the cause and love to Christ to devote themselves to the good of our soldiers. . Nearly every week it sends forth some laborers into this harvest field. Every, day, five or six boxes,filled with every varietY'ofsrtieles calculated to benefit the bodies of the brim men. of ''oni" make them' comfortable in the; dresiiness iif , thelfliospital life, aed'to rethote their 'recovery from disease attirwoiiiidi; aret forth. 2 ": • " Considerable Intereit has Veeli inariifeetbdiu; many quarters in , its.insiseworthy. efforts; 6ked not a few have beenfound 'to give their. time , and their money, to tardier itsl benevolent work: *its: Shields of thik city, now Tesiding in Inington, recently I:wwtributed:.s 600 to sustain "the Oomitaission!! its noble ch arities, and others Aave done likewise. Its chairman is our friend and binther Stuart, four hours of wiitists'iiini'everi day is' fieelY given to the law= poses of its organisation. Any contrilintnnis sent: e: bimuit 13 BankrStreet,'will' &ant fullyorieeive.d anCproperly :expended." } The agent in the'Yeninsula, ltev.; kT.,tlitSfoin; . . Says: :::,)• ; • • '''"lYori can • liaVe' ribUosicelitimi Of ilia anionut of • reliefs' afforded by the- contents` of the boxes. sent Eby the friends'of the army from ;Philadelphia:land :other , places. The Sol- • diem .too•feel that thdy are. not forgotteru; that there are . those at home; in the etatesfroin where they canae,,, : who.,sie., Oilskin& abouttheir suffer ing condition and are anxious to relieve them. Many a poor sinking man.in, their tents has be lieVe,theen . 'raised, up,:,throligh - ihe blessing of Godibytlie *notirisingfoodliid c :delicacies which weltillenbeen tdministei to 'them. Mot' the LOrr reward' •tininM and givethem an hundred fold•for - all t berafity. . Ai About four days itguFwe visited some tents . . where, about ,two hundred sick •were gathered, in the edge of a pine IVOpdS. , In .going around awing them we found; ,two. men very sick from typhoid fever, in : s small lent off by„them;elves. Onnlies'dertriO4,44ll . .iliOy both seemed not•far They, w ere lying on the ground witt 'her over coats' under them. Wkimmediately got them washed and all their old olothes.taken 'off and clean articles,- furnished by the friends of the North, put on. And • theft had some nourishing food- preparea for theni. To-day . when I saw them again r,‘iiis greatly prised to find- how improved they were. • ..The physician said be thought they ,would both tirely recover.". , • IgIISIO RECEIVED PROM 0. DITSON & CO., BOSTON. Vocal- r anstl Where Shall we Rest Weep no More for ',Willie; ,'lben You'll Remem ber me ; (Bohemian' Girl.) - Instrumental—On this Day.of Joy. Delicious . ; SicilianTespeisk l'hoion'etzt so 'Near and Yet's° far; 'Meinonttni,- tPOilge . Oiingitt; SOrian. Home-Sielcpite •March.;; Battle' of "Pittsburgh Landing. •.; ••• • .; • HONE MISSIONS. - • s' Freskyterian R 0024,1: _ 150 Nassau, street, New York. ON application, made by the churches they ae.rvei-the following :ministers- were-cotamissione& by the Presbyterian Committee of Home- Mis sions, at their last regular meeting : ' Rev. W. W';-'Brier; 'Alvarado; Cal.; Di - strict Se cretaryfor the Pacific Coast. " 1.-- F. l - Holton, Alton; Illinois. " W. Winnes, Cincinnati, Ohio. " Y. Warren,,Georgetown, Ohio: ", A. S. , Dudley, , Morrow, Ohio. . • " E. : $. Stratton; Johnsonburgh, N. Y. • " I. y. Whittemore; Fairbury, Illinois. E. E. Gregory, Coruna, Michigan. ."Ci JoOseph Little, Scioto Presbytery. " W. B: Orvis, Murraysville,lllinois. '" J. 'Wood, DuqUoine, Illinois: "- John L. French, Batavia, Ohio. " James R. Smith, Elizabeth, Illinois. " J. D. Strong, Oakland. California. " W. P. Titesworth,-Alleg'hany, N. Y. " 0. Dickinson, Chicago, Illinois. " J. E. Conrad, Mapleton, Minnesota " James Blakeslee, Ulysses, Penna. "' E. j; Stewart, Bay City, Michigan. Ira M. Weed, Granville, " George.Ransotn, Redford, N. Y. " E. W. Gilbert, , Tioga'PresbYtery. L. P.' Webber, Indianapolis ' Indiana. " Marcus Smith, Collamer;'N. Y. - 'Edwin Benedict; Jamesville, N. Y. " John :Hall, Columbus, Ohio. Octavius Fitch, Lawrenceville, Penna.- " T. Reynolds, Shipman, Illinois. " Robert 'Stewart, Cairo, Illinois. • . " J. S. Lord, Barton,Wisconsin. " Norman Tucker, White Lake, Michigan. " J. Ai Prime, Troy, N.' Y. A.PAIRIOTIO AND PRAISEWORTHY ACE It is one of the most pleasing acconipaniments of this war that 'our loyal citizens are vieing with each other in laudable endeavors to serve the brave amen s who have gone forth to offer their lives'' , in the service of theif country. Our read ers have expressed regrets that many of these noble Martyrs are likely to die and be buried, away, from friends and home, without a memorial to mark the, spot where their remains repose, in order that their friends and relatives in the fai , ture might. designate their graves. In view of this want; and the fact that the provisions of the Government, with reference to it, are;inadequate, and, through the ' influence of " red tape," ren aered more or less uncertain, Mr.'Henry Tarr, the ye - ell-known proprietor of the. Marble Yard on Green street aboVe*Seventh, has volun teered, Upon application at, : his office, to supply, free of charge, a suitable marble stone, to mark the resting place of every soldier dying in _the kos iitals of this city. The stones will have in sCribed upon them the' name of the deceased, his native;place.' and the company and regiment to which he belonged. As the applications for these stones are likely to bonumerous, the generosity of Mr. Tarr , deserves the highest commendations, and we are sure it will receive the thanks of hun=r &reds in the'future, who, but.for this gratuitons act of our 'fellow citizen, might hereafter seek in vain the graves of their kindred who are dying in the cause, of our country. It, is proper to add in this connection , that, at the urgent request of Mr. D. McDonald, proprietor of extensive mar ble quarries in Vermont, the latter has been per mitted by Mr. Tarr to join him in the parti otic endeavors here referred to.--The Press. THE TRUE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. We find the following offer, where we gener ally expect to find catholic sentiments on the subjects at, issue betNeeen the two branches of our church;—in the columns of the Cincinnati Presbyter:, It is time that both Schools cease_to contend about the question which is the true Church. If the succession is not settled, it cannot be. We are ready to say that the. New Sehool body is a Presbyterian Church, Upon the same Constitution with us. ' Judging .it by this• Constitution, it is, a. sound body. Whatever in dividual exceptions there may be, if any, do not , affect the case. They have fora quarter of a century of separate action, left the Confession of Faith as it was when they left us: Since then most of the spirit of Congregationalism has been pnrged out, and with it, as we may suppose, the errors' which Produce . our difficulties. It is fit • bodies . that' henceforth the two d treat each other with that , fraternal courtesy which is due to each • as judged of by its standard& - The action of our Amenably. was a frank and manly advance in -this direction!! • ..OrtAiLAni.—Rev. J. A. Anderson , Pastor.;, of . the Presbyterian Church. in Stockton, has recenti iy-heen elected. Chaplain of the Third Reginient, California Volunteers, Col.' P. E. Connor corn= manding. Understand the Chaplain elect has accepted; and will start With° thee regini'ent, for' tlieir destination about the' 6th of JUly. We heartily rejoice that at least one of our California regiMents - is supplied with a Chaplain. , We shalrexpect to hear good reports .from Chaplain and men , and-under ills ,faithful services may many become Soldiers of the Cross.---Pacific. -. Aoktrow - L - EDGiumwrs.-4..From Mr. Sumner of the 13. S. Senate we have received :his very in struetive speech on the recognition orHayti and. Liberia; from Hon Robert Mcknight,of Penn sylvania, and, Hon. Thomas D. ; Eliot of Massa chusetts, their. speeches in the. House on' the same subject; and , frpm. Hon. Elijah , Ward , of New York his speech. in .the House on the Bankrupt La,vr. THE'RiEsIDENT, on Monday,-sent in to Con grass the draft of : a bill making provisions to compensate the owners of slaves in any State which may lawfully abolish slavery, by paying over to the State, the value of the slaves in 'Uni ted States Six per cent. stocks. ' The bill admitting West Virginia as a new State; With provisions for gradual emancipation, and for a vote on the part of the people, was pirseci'by the Senate. AMERIGIV BEFORE EITROPE.-Erolll Charles Scribener we have received a copy of the transla tion .of Count de Gasparires - new book on liner ica; anoble productiOn;which We shall notice more fully at another 'time. It is for sale by Smith,' tnglish & Co. THE NATIONAL PREACHER for July contains a sermon by Rev. Dr. Shedd, late 'Professor in Andover Seminary, now Associate Pastor with Rev. Dr. Spring, en' God's exhaustive,knowledge of-man.; ; , , ko sr ..ellitlt,.. ftwo. ORDINATION OF A MISSIONARY.-Mr, L . Dwight Chapin was ordained to the Gosp e l deinistrrby the Third Presbytery - of New York, in the Alio street Presbyterian church, on Sab. bath eVening, July* 6th. The Sermon was by theltev. , A-D Smith, D. D.; Charge, by Rev Dr. Newell, and the Ordaining Prayer by the Rev. Dr. CampbelL Rev ;T. Owen, D, D. presided and propiiSed the Constitutional Q um tions. Rev. A. L. Chapin, father of the eandi. date, and Rev. W. *Hams took part in the devotional exercises. Mr. Chapin goes as a ft sionary to NOrthern China, in, connection with the AmeriCan Board. He expets to sail early i ll September.--Evangetist. REv. G. M. MAXWELL, pastor of the Eighth Church Cincinnati has purchased a Seminary building in: that city; with all the furniture, the Cabinet, Library, Astronomical, Chemical, a n d Philosophical Apparatus for $20 , 000. It origi_ nally cost.;sso,ooo. _Mr. M. proposes to resig n his pastoral charge and devote:himself to teach- The Herald says Brother Maxwell has paid down more than half of the purchase money, so that he does not assume in this arrangement a crushing debt. With his ripe scholarship, his aptness to , teach," and his energy, we doubt not that he will succeed in building up, in this eligi ble location, one, of the best and most prosperous institatioaS for the education of the daughters of the West. - BEV. JOSEPH T. Try'Ln D. D. late of Rocka way N. J., was inaugurated _President of Wa bash College in place of Rev. Chas. White D.D., deceased outhe 24th June. Charge by Rev. J. li. Johnston - behalf of the Trustee& Twenty years ago, the charg,e was given by Hon. T. A. Howard to Dr. White. 2nbliationc THE GOLDEN HOUR, by Moncure D. Conway is a' book of essays which may have been newspa. per articles on the war. They have one object however, industriously and ably followed up ; to urge the policy of emancipation. as that for which our troubles have brought the " golden hour?' The style is exceedingly polished, sar castic, inlaid with proofs of extensive reading and learned citations every one of which however is a. well 7 ehosen shaft sent straight. home to the mark. The book will command attention as em bodying the rising sentiment of this nation and handling the subject with skill and directness al thoitgh unquestionably in a too radical temper. Ticknor & Co Boston : for sale by J. B. Lippin. Cott & CO Philadelphia.. MAGAZINES & PAMPHLETS THE AMERICAN TEROLOGICAM REVIEW for July contains articles of great value. The first is by Dr. Hickok; being a continuation of the discussion; started by the Princeton Review in October last, upon the new edition of his Psych ology." The relation of Ids new system to mod ern skeptieism is argued by the author and it is claimed that where other antidotes fail, the Ra tional Psychology will meet the difficulty. The second, by Professor . March, of Easton, Pa, is Comparative Grammar. We do not find the very latest and best of books in the English lan guage on the subject—that of Max Muller, re ferred to. The writer discusses word by word, a fine from one of Shakespeare's plays - and gives us a capital illustration of the new analysis, or parsing, of. a sentence under the adVanced rules and conditions of modern philology. The mi nutest points, the jots and tittles" of language become significant and luminous in the process. 3rd.. The very ldrned article on= the Origin of Idolatry is coucludedln thisnumber. 4th, Rev. J. Ambrose Wight of Chicago, discusses the Temptation of Christ, spiritualiaing the facts to some extent and drativing practical inferenees. The fifth article " British Sympathy with Amer ice," is a comprehensive view of i the various un friendly and ungenerous manifestations which our country has received from Great Britain. since the outbreak of our troubles. It is written in trenchant style and must receive general at tention as among the fullest and . best expositions of a most Sorrowful and, suprising phenomenon in the history . of Christian. nations. Article 6th is a view of the proceedings of the two General As semblies. Recent literature closes the number. Nei York W. H. Bidwell, N 0.5 Beekman street. THE BOSTON REvrEw for JULY, contains ar ticles on',: Regeneneration not Resolution, in which Dr: Taylor's (New Haven) views are com batted. Dr. V. insisted in strong language up on theactivity of the individual will in regener ation,,and perhaps threw the work, of the Spirit somewhat in the shade. He does not deny it, however'or its necessity, in regeneration. — The articles on Motley's Histories and on the " Essays and Reviews`" Controversy (Battle of the Books) are slight critical notices, with ex tracts. " The English Peasantry" is another of a remarkable series of articles on the interior life of England, l Which reveal some exceedingly dark aspects in 414,, condition of the poor of that country. There are statements, in this article which are enough to make one's heart bleed; in factthe slaves of the South have their count erpart in nearly every finportant respect upon the soil of England, if these statements can be relied - neon. The Essays deserve to appear in a more permanent ferm. " National' character " is hopeful,intone. “4.lexis de , "Tocqueville "is en thusiastic in praise of its subject and presents a fall and entertaining view of the man and his works. Short sermons, Literary notices and the Round Table conclide the number. Boston : John M. Whittemore & Co. T I RE UONAIAEGA TIONAL QUARTERLY for July is just as..Pengregational, biographical and stat istical as ever—perhaps more. ,so. has page upon.pa,ge ; that could :have come from ,none but Dr. tD4asdust. Yet .Congregationalists and New England' statisticians have reason to be proud of its thoroughness and accuracy in matters of great iliterest.to thein. Its necrology of ministers and office-bearers is a valuable feature and 'leserres irnitation.. It is a noble Mill a profitable service for the chinch to render to her departed laborers. Boston.: Congregational Buildino price $l, 00 per annum. - ' THE AMERICAN 'BOARD have issued another of their series of Historical': Sketehes of the 'missions under their care, designed to aid pastors and oth ers in the monthly concert. It embraces Euro pean Turkey, Asia llipor, and Armenia and is accompanied with' valiiable mapsr JULY 17,
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers