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atutrican Viceotigittiart
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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,