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GENESEE EVANGELIST.
TiIURSDAIr, JULY' 81, 1862.
JOHN W. MEABS,
DEATH OP EVADE. WALLACIE.
F.
leis with more grief than we can eipress, that
we, Appropeh the sad and solpin task of an
,
nouncing the death of thistpe.rsonal friend, min
ister, and ardent and efficient -laborer in the
church. He was taken. Way from his - family and
from us, on Friday morning, the 25th inst. His
protracted illness, of a neuralgic character had been
severe from ,the very first. After a time mind
and body give way together, so that with the
restoration of the latter, the former would- have
remained but the wreck of its brilliant Self. 'God
sitW fit tti reverse the process—he illuminated the
xnind, With the knowledge and the glory of the
heiVenly world ; the body he gave to decay.
NO mace the alear-headecl, practical, scriptu
ral, ever-active Gilbert was taken from us, has
our ministerial circle in Philadelphia, or our
church, suffered so great a loss. The; as now,
one who seemed indispensable touts, and of whom
we scarcely thought'of except as having a long
future' of' activity before him, 'wag stricken down
in the midst of his usefulness; and we look into
a suddenly opened, great void, with a heart
trouble which, we cannot well define.
The high stations in the church whieh our de.
ceased brother has held, are not a few. At the
time of the division he was a pastor In Kentucky.
He at once espoused the cause of the Excinded
Synods and advocated it in the Synod of Ken
tucky. Afterwards he was pastor of the import
ant charge in York, Pa. He filled for some time, a
prominent professorship in Delaware College.
He,, more than l any individual man, was the
founder of the. AMERICAN PREBBYTERIAN
whose Editorial' chair' he long occupied with dis
tinguished Success. He was connected intimately
and from the commencement, with the enterprise
of the Quarterly' Review, and held the position of
Editor' at the time of his death. < That journal
has been a credit to the denomination, and has
won an honorable name, among journals of its ,
class. Its services in vindication of our church,
cannot be too highly, appreciated. Its character
has been one of manliness, its critieisms'fearless
and healthful. It has aimed to be "the Quarter
ly of the pcople--- , repreienting them ih their bet
ter moods and attainments, but never floating off
into thin speculation, or overwhelming the read
er with the cumbrous minutia of science or
scholarship. Its response to the demand& of the
crisikin , our country was most prompt, able and
honorable. r IYo American: quarterly has furnish
ed so lunch current inaterial in the form of ex
trade, to the columns of the weekly press, or
which has maintained its hold so persistently in
newspaper elm:dation—none at least within the
sphere of our editorial observation. It was a
labor of love,indeed, for Dr., Wallace to bring
out this periodical. His numerous contributions
were, as a whole, the most acceptable With its
besides-these literary labors,'Dr. Wallace held
positions at various times on nearly every im
portant Committee in the church. His voice was
frequentlY:heard in the chief Council of the
church. Up to the meeting of the last Assembly
but one, inewas the only Secretary of Home Mis
sions (Church Extension.) At the time of his
death, he was Associate Secretary for Philadel
phia,' with Dr. Kendall, the General Secretary,
whose office is at New York. It is just here that
Dr. Wallace's labors for our Denomination were
mdst important. He, with the brethren in this
city, among whom he was in this respect the
leading sPirit--never ceased, for years, and
teninst the general cooperative preferences of the,
deuentination, to urge a policy in Home Missions
more appropriate to our character and more
needful to our interests as a church. He clear
ly saw-how we were suffering, and how we must
continue to puffer, if we continued to leave the
whole work of Home Missions to an outside, ir
responsible, organization. To him, more we be:
here than • to any individual man, does the church
owe her waking up to self-consciousness, her tem;
done.) , to, organic action, her determination at
last to supplement the deficiencies of other labo
rers on her Home Msssionary field by the forma
tion of the Church Extension Committee, and,
as a consequence, her resumption in full of her
true functions as' at
_evangelizing power in the
land. To others we owe the Church-Erection
Fund, and the Educational Scheme. To Dr.
Wallace, so far as individual man had anything
to do with the movement, we owe our present
position in the enterprise—smost vital to chuxch
prosperity—of Home Missions. And here we
may reverently 'remark t he did not did before his
work was done. The-desire of his heart for our.
church was accomplished, the consummation to
ward which he fondly looked was achieved; and
he rejoiced', with untold joy, over the 'annually
multiplying evidences'of the complete success of
the enterprise. There was, we believe, hut one
other object which he,more desired to see accom
plished in the church. Dr. Wallace was no big
ot. He was more,Presbyterian than he ,was New.;
School Presbyterian. He was zealous for our
branch, simply because. he regarded it as most
truly and
. legitimately Presbyterianas re
fleeting, in its true proportions and characteris
tics, the Presbyterianism originally established in
this country by the adopting act in 1729, •and
which he termed American Presbyterianism.
(Fie eschewed the term "New School" alto
gether.) Hence he had one other, g eater, de
sire ; and that was for, a mutual recognition of all
the truly Presbyterian bodies of this country;
and for a Union, on proper and honorable terms,
between the two hiading branches of the church.
He would have given a right hand or a right eye,
had it been needed, freely, for the prosperity
and the enlargement of the Presbyterian church
as a whole. Hence his deep and enthusiastic
interest ,in. the Presbyterian Historical Society,
of which he was a leading member and officer.
Hence his earger reception, as we have witness
ed it, of every item of intelligence intimating a
weakening of old prejudices and an approxima
tion 'to a better understanding. When that great
ideal, which he cherished, of a united organiza
tion, combining all the elements of strength and
of influence for good which the Presbyterian
church contains, and reaching front the banks of
the,,Hudoi to the Pacific shores, Should have
been realized, then, we• believe, he tvaeld have
chanted, Simeon-like,,s'his "maw dimittis."
Earth could have had no grander sight for his
eyes, u4less itwere 4tteMillenimp itself ,
We need not say heVies aPiesbyterian because he
was a devoted Christian. He loved and preferred
his church for the best of all reasons: because he
saw in it the veil fittest arid most effidientizigtili-
Mentality for the conversion of the world to
Christ. He believed it to combine in the best
proportions'an aggressive and a conservetive"en
ergy. He was flyer) where acceptable., among
our oongregatiOns fts a preacher. His, love of lit
erature never, led him to sacrifice the sub Stance
of the message to the form. His'exhortatione"
in our prayer-meetings were stirring, pungent,-
elevating. His presence was a constant stimu
lus to the sluggish In. every departmerit of the
Editor.
Christian life. .77m
The movements of Dr. Wallace's mind in think
in a and Writino.`;WOre remarkably clear, rapid and
easy. }lie, style ;Tas fresh, forcible, and inge
nious, with many ; turns of wit awl originality.
Ile rarely touclaettu 'eemplicated question with
out throwing upon it i'fiood of light; his vieWS
Were always sought and heard with deferende by
the brethren; and nearlY alwaYs sholie,d Compre
hensiveneas and prietieni wisdom. He had a
lofty, a well-nigh chivalrous sense of Honor. He
could forgive everything but meanness; and false
hood. attachment to our branch ,of the
church, arose not so much from doctrinal prefer,-
ences as from an innatenbhorrence of wrong and
injustice. That he never fell into error, that his
mind and , character had. no defecte, we of course
are noc undertaking to say. He *Quid haiebeen
the last man to claim it; or to wish for a 'blind
euloo.y at his death. There As an impulsiveness
and 'a nervous excitability about his manner
which sometimes led him for, a moment astray,
'to his great sorrow. Such superficial ebullitions
occurring at unfortunate .times and4laces,. - put.
his character in a more unfavorable light to those
who saw him only at such times, thant the reali
"knew him
would.at all warrant. Those who - knew him
best made the least - account of this characteristic.
Whatever were' these defects,' we now know
that they leave the great bulk, of his oharacter
and services untouched, and in no wise mitigate
•
our grief that such a, clear -head r with, such a
forceful will, such high executive talent, such
,practised
_literary abilities, such a mature _man
and , Christian minister is withdrawn,. frorn the
sum of good influences operating in the world.
Dr. Wallace was a man of warm personal and
locale attachments. Descended . ' from the John
Harris family, founders in part of the great
Keystone State, and who gave their name to the
- capital, be felt an uncommon pride and venera
tion for Pennsylvania. He exulted, in her growth
and prosperity, and, above all, in her splendid
Manifestations .of patriotism. .He , admired her
grand mountain and river scenery, but folldwed
with hammer interest the movements other brave
sons on the battle-field..'`He was deeply and Per
sonally interested in the movements of the ar
my ; ;'his oldest son was appointed to an honors
ble position in .the 18th regular infantry, and,
went, with his.father's consent and blessing, to.,
his high post of duty; Alas 1' only to 3 be stricken ,
down by sickness and suddenly rapt away-from
his fresh boners and high prospects, to the
tomb. But a feiv months ago, a father's heart
bled under: the keen disappointment. Nev
wounds are now open below, but the wound in.
that heart is, healed forever.
We mourn—deeply mourn—upon earth ; ;but
greakis the gain of our departed brother.
depart and be with Christ is far better." The
evidence of our brother's life was ample to • as
sure us of his present and eternal happiness;''!A
life of ceaseless activity and of many and pecu
liar cares, a constant conflict, is over, it was the
burden and the heat of the day which he bore',
but his burdens are all laid down—the wicked
have ceased from troubling and the weary is a
rest. In the lucid moments which , he enjoyed:
during his last illness he gave full evidence, of
the calm and happY condition of his mind. Re
met his end peacefully in the bosom of his fami
and at his home in this city, -which he -had
reached but a tew hours, before his death.'
One of the best of Dr. Wallace's extant pro
duttions, is the memorial sermon' which be deliv
ered upon the death of 'Rev: "Dr. Gilbert. ; 'We
quote from that sermon a few sentences, which
are exactly applicable to the author himself :
"Who would not wish so to die ? Who,would
net-pass from : a
..bright, happy , and' constant at
tivity and usefulness on, earth, to a still brighter
and higher activity in heaven ? Who would not
pass from a wide circle, -of brethren, all tiusting
and admiring to 'the last, into the brotheihoOd of
angels and the spirits of the'just made perfect'?"
THE EVANGELIO4L OHITROM OF GERNM
AND THE AMERICAN . BOARD:. '
-IN your issue of . last week, we gave the 8111)
stance of a leading article, translated from the
columns of the most, important- organ of the',
Evangelical church in anrinani, in reference to' ;
the movements of the converted ;Armenians
the fruits of the mission of the American Boar&
is Constantinople From that article several: ,
things are clear.
The good people of-Berlin are not organ-c,
izing a " Turkish Missions' Aid Society " in the , '
manner of those noble co- adjutors of the 'Board
in. Great Britain. They are inaugurating a
movement in responte,as they regard it—to the
appeal of these Armenian , converts to be received
,
under their care. They propose to educate their ,
preachers and •teachers. They have received a
'large congregation of them into the;chapel of the'.
Bussian Embassy. at Constantinople. They
have taken sides with then" in a controversy with
the Board on ecclesiastical matters; They declare
it to be necessary that a nearer and a better or
ganized institution than the Board, with its ne- .
bula of congregations in remote America, take
the oversight of these converts and set before.;,
them better edesiastical models. Their pastor,
the intelligent Eutugian, with prominent mem
bers
of the church, have visited Berlin, and have
a thorough understanding with the Christian
people of that city, The king himself is a liberal
patron of the movement.
These things ate suprising and. hiMiliatin '
We shotdd not know how to credit them,`if th: i j,
had not appeared - in the columns of the 'leading
l r,t
religious journal of Germany. We even now
hope there is some mistake about it, We have
discredited similar reports which have come to
us, from time to time, for two years past, because
of the reticence of the Board, or their, depreci
ation of the movement, when they,or their agents
have referred to iL That the fruits of the
Board's most illustrious and most inipertant en
terprise were thus to be forfeited in th 4. heart of
the did - World, was net to b© 'thought Of. But
Ameriratt Trtolittrtiait and (!;tittort (6rangtliot.
the slow-moving Germans, do indeed appear to
be displacing the enterprising :deseendints of
" the 'original English settlers in North'' Amer
ica, " in. the regards of the Armenian con
verts.
2. Our Berlin friends are ignorant of any
Presbyterian' elements in the organization of the
Board. They do indeed speak
: .of the Dutch
Reforrned, as irthlt hody' were still in connec:
Lion with the Board, but, they know nothing' of
the union, of a ,large body of Presbyterians, con
tributing -one-third:of the funds and about an
equal proportion of the ordained missionaries to
the work ; and the '*hole ' tenor of the, 'article'
shows that they regard the Board as MA only
without ecelesiastical status, but as , representing.
and sustained by Congregationalists and Inde
pendpnts. They protest against, holding up
"the most , extreme farm "of Protestantism (per:*
haps excepting Quakerism) " as a model to .'these
incipient Armenian churches. They want them
to know , "something of a real "
together firmly the separated fragments after the
Gernian manner ;" which is nothing more or
less than the Pieshyterianisin of one third of
the sUPporting, ettirches of the Board.
We have heard a great deal about the carefully
planned scheme of government prepared by -the
missionaries., for, the, evangelical churches of , Ar-s
menia,, when they'should readrfov,l4of.A •
best elements of. Presbyterian . and Congrega
tional forms,appropriated in framing that-scheme
of the true apostolical "—type given to the
missionary churches, ete., and have always been
suspicious - of these supposed improveinerith,
while we have duly endeavored to _see, their ex
cellencies. s ,One thing is clear; the ithOle man
agement of the Armenian mission, has left Con
tinental Christians under 'the - impression that
the extre,inest form of Proiesintism, Quakerism
excePted,was about to be transmitted, with . all its
weaknesses, to these rising Christian communi
ties In their coming, struggles with the thorough,
ly organized forces of the, greatest foes of even-.
gelical Christianity in, the world. And German
Christians; are fully 'persuaded that the restive=
ness of the Pera chureh results, in great part,
from their dissatisfaction with the defectiVe cede
siastical forms urged upon them by the'niisaion-
aries, and they eagerly respond, with the king at
their head, to the call of the converts for aid, in
delivering them from dependence upon us, that
they may be free to exert um them the organ
izing influence which is, the;wont of Germany;
i.e., to Presbyterianize them
We do not endorse the impressions'of our Ger
'man brethren as' altogether correct We deem
it important, however, that it should be known
what their impressions are. They, are not fools •
they are at least as wise as we, and as jealous for
Christ's cause. The former Prussian Ambassa
dor in Constantinople is at the head of their
committee of aid. They :-are closer to, the scene
of action than we: And they think the American
Mission in thateity is setting up a type of church
government but one remove from Quakerism,
and are rejoiced at an opportunity for honorable
interference that they may introduce—Presby
tetianism
I 3 DeserVing of siecial, attention is their;,re
mark, that an independent form of , -government,
is unsuited to a community rising in tbuface of
such violent, organized 'resistance, as the eva,n
gelieal Armenians must expeet-to meet. There
must be—not isolated congregations, but a
0 0,
church, binding together firmly the separate
organizationi." This is a :Valuable '''frineinle, of
missionary action. A unifying tendency must
be impressed upon the young church from the
outstart. , An idea of unity and mutual respon
.
'sibility and dependence mustle placed 'before
them. Every church must .enjoy the strength,
and provide`against the weakness, of every other
church. So far are these brethren in Berlin
from any suspicion of the unfitness of our estab
lished forms of government for heathen converts,
that they believe Preebyterianism to be essential
to the strength and prosperity., of the missionary
enterprise among them. : , So do we. The mis
'sionaq should consider it-no small pert of his
work to lay the foundations of, those church in
stitutions which shall, conserve the fruits of his
laborsmhen he is gone. We are afraid that-the':
missionaries of the Board not nrifrequently
take a silly pride in being indifferent to eclesias
tical matters, which quite disqualifies them from'
conveying prolier ideas of church government, or
of its iMportance to the natives. Nor do. we
think that _the Prudential committee Make the,
impression upon the missionaries that they con
eider it an "important matter: No one has ever
suspectedthem of anxiety that Presbyterianism
should , any where be established on missionary
ground. For our part we Should have been
pleased at 'manifestations of greater zeal by the,
Beard for the better forms of. Congregation
alum
4: The American Board. is net church nor.
the organ of ehrtich—yet is a very high-church
affair. It eschews episcopacy; yet its Pruden-'•
tial committee of laymen and clergythen,- exer, ,
eise, - through the missions, an arch-episcopal`'
power, for which they are responsible to their
contributors 'only. There ie to our minds a grave.,
error in the'system; It spring frqrn iudiyiduale
arid , it looks' only at 'individual's , ignoring,the
Ohnich aliriost entirely, while it cannot divest
itself of functions belonging in a proper sense to
Ihe church alone. What "we deplore is the
absence of the regularly organized Presbytery or'
association upon heathen ground, embracing in
each field the entire ground of operations, re
cognizing and including every church officer, na
tive or foreign, gradually diffusing- :a ,character:
Of eclesiastical consistency and a church- - •feeling
Over the field,and exercising, in air ealesiastical
matters, the legitimate functions of a church
court. There are no such organizations any
Where - upon the' Wide field -of the American
Board, except, those recently formed on the
Sandwich Islands.
The Prudential Committee, of the Board is
the ecclesiastical,pow,er, acting through its agent,
" the mission,", as a Court of final appeal in which
the native has no •vote, and no constitutional in
fiuence : and yet this governing power and its'
agent' the "'mission,' iire alike destitute, of en
charabier. - wondeF`the eouirerti
Come to a sense of deficiency in this respect when
those who review and judge the decisions of,
their church-courts, do not and cannot claim to,
,a church themselves.
We are painfully in the dark about this diffi
culty at Pera. But we are inclined to belie+e,
that it would-not' have occurred had thepoticY
ab'ove indicated been pursued, Had the churCh'
been brought ilont with the missionaries: and
set up at once each. missionary .as he ar
rived taken his place formally in the Presbytery;
had each church as it was, organized 'Veen regu
larly taken ' , under its care and each native or
dained helper been informed that his ordi
nation involved a sacred right to participate in
its councils; then, while finance had teen a Mat
ter of distinct administratign there could scarce
ly have arisen that:, indigo `sense of,finjit ‘ sti:ce r
which, right or wrong, has - got into the mirias of
i kand 162 estranged
?them, we presume, permlinently, from the Board.
'ln time, the completed organization, grown to
Synodical., extent and:ripeness, might be detach
ed fromthe parent stem, aud-stand a church by
itself, reeeiving , aid; in the nianuurin whichit is
now given by some of our 4merieate Societies to
the &Mae's, of the Reforination in Enrope. We
must own we see little prospect of suelila con-
,
summation in the lame aPolooies for churches
which are , growing up under,the negative policy
of the Board.: ;The natives by
,and by growing
dissatisfied, are .likely as in the above ease, to
threw themacivesinto the ms 'ofibetter organ
izationn or to:remain ld i ng period , of tutelage
to foreign agents when they might' be 'walking
THE ASSEMBLY MINUTES.
The Minutes for 1862 have appeared in neat
style. The bgures giveulzowisome .progress,-,
los_howa4maithaaLwas.expeeted.
The'Totals are
Synods, i -22
Presbyteries,, ~104:.
Ministers, • , 1555
Licentiates, ;; l5l
Candidates , ;244 .: .
Churches 1466
Added on Examination; 3,995
" -" Certificate, 3;852
COinmunicants, ' '135,454
Adtilt`baptisms, . ' 1,216
" - • 1 - '3,205
Contributions to Gerd. Asserbbly; $ .s,lBtr'o6'
€' Domestic 91,911 48
'‘ Foreign !, 4 4 69,468,23
„
" ‘' Education i ' , 47,463 5 4
'‘ Publication s , 39,162 46
These:figures show > a loss of one" Presbytery;:
(Lexington,- and.-3 ministers;:a - gain of
13 LicentiitteS and a loss of 44 Candidates; a loss of
12 'Clturehes., The additions on- examination are
805 lesithan' last yearl
,on certificate 465 less.
Nevertheless there is a garn of 694 (794 by a
correction) in the tetalof the,commimicants, the
first gain in the totals since 1858. The baptisms .
show a trifling loss. The
.contrihntione show, a
very slight, diminution except in the item of
education, where the loss as compared`with last
year ie nearly $30;000.. This results in all pro
bability 'from , the cessation'or suspension of eV
forte' for the endOwment'of Educational Raftu:.
tions., In all; the other departments Ofbenevo
lence it does noCreach 7'per cent on last Yeaft's'
Further cOmParisons show that the gaining
Synodsia,.. k re the foll Owing, arranged in the order
of therr;liibrease. It:will be, seen , that our Own
Synod has . the leading place. Pemasylvania,
Utica, Onondaga,_ Peoria, , Indiana; Illinois,.New
York and New; 'Jersey, • California, Western ,
Re
serve, Cincinnati, Nabash, Minnesota, Geneia,
lowa. The diminiehing list would be headed 'by
AlbanY, closer examination we find that
an error °t'loo too many was made in the count
-of last year's,mintatea in thF. rfport of this Synod,
which puts it amondihe last dr the, growing ones
this year. The Synod of West Penna.,. too is
saved from , a place near the head of the' Rat by
the discovery of an' error in the total of the Pres-'
byterY of Pittsburg.' It should be= 802 and not
702. Assuming the other figures to be correct,
we have Ohio, Michigan, Susquehanna, Genesee',
• •
Wisconsin Missoiiri -West PennsylVania. In
the Presbytery of Washtenau, Synod ofkichigan
-the, church of. Howell, which last year reported
431 members, this•year, by, some error reporttr
no members at all, although the appearance .of
other items in the columni and the letters'S. S:,
indicate its continued existence: and aatiVity.
This would account -for a large part of the apt:4:
rent loss in the Synod. '
An . analysii cif the different employnients of the
ministry gives the, following result :
Stated saioidies, 485
Pastors 417; or Cong. Churches 25, 442
Without charge; -- 390
1. 5 44
Secretaries 25, Agents 2U, 45
Teachers,
', . . ,43
- Chapliis, chiefly in IL-S. Army, 41
Professors 28, Ptesidentsll, 39
Presbyterial and Synodical Missionaries, -15
Home it ,City Missionaries and Colpoileurs, 22
Editors,'-
Licentiates acting 'as Stated - Supplies, ' 16
Employment not - stated, ' 29
-
There is some 'divergence between the total
which results from this analysia and the total of
ministerial force given in the minutes. We re
gard our calculation as substantially, correct.
DEATH OF ELDER mEAvign.:—A great loss 'to
•
the' Chriatian community and to the Port Penh
church WaS Abe death of this liberal, .gener i ons
and.'iniblehearted man. The, whole neighbor
hood respected' him and telt that his beaming
countenance was
,but . the reflection of a soul,
adorned with 'natural, graces, and : ,beautified hy'
piety. The present. strong:position - of our ~ de, nomination
,nomination in Delaware *wing to his fidelity
I 'since 1857, perhaps 'ainutilt'as:to that of 'any
other layman in that section. He died at Port
Penn 'DelaWare; at'the age of fifty-six. e
Penn church.
Mr J i BRE As it. has pleased the Great -ifead of
the Church.to remove, by, death our late, fellow,
laborer in. the sesi3ioni and brother iWthe church;
William Cleaver, and, whereas, though;preclUded
by thenature of his diSeasecfromi. expressing his:
'feelings 'in view of, death, we have yet fulf-con2
fidenee that he died, as he had . lived, : the
eereise of a living faith, and in ness o
hope.
'4.,• •
.14solpod o that we 011-alieron feel deeply our
loss in the
. Vmiord of one of our number;
that we how in , humble submission to our Fiithees
will, Who has so sorely afflicted u 5.... .• :
That 'our church has sustained iin'taiiiostibrEP
iiirable'oss, as well as the SabbathSChool,iFlileh
-mourns for a faithful siiieiintendent;' who ibr
•watchedinterests,.
'nearly nineteen: years over
and guidedoil we beliei , e,.many of the iireCious
children. to tite.gavior. • k • •
i That' we deeply sympathize with the bereaved
and qopuncindAhem to the grace of God
which 'bringetb: salvation. , •
• That we feel adzioniebed i to do with our might
what our hands find , to, 'do, knowing that our
*Me to work foiDliriiit is short, aud desiring'to
Piefiiotemn voice of this .s.dtrioni
tkoh, saying so impressively, "1:34.y•p• aleiready. "
By order of offlst2n. • ,
Clerk.
(Fly the American Presbyterian.)
8 I~UJi~TbItNiAL OF HAMILTON'.. COL
LEG t;
CLINTON July 29th, 1862.
COMMENCEMENT Week dawned auspiciously
• r.
upon' Haniilton:Colleg?. -The; weather was ,pro
phlox's throughout the entire week.adlingdra . t. ,
.1r teliirechit Ilie''''O`ca - sionf' l l'ili; s usually .
quiet village of Chilton resounded iitli:the strain;
of music, the roll of carriiies''and the hearty
greetings of long separated friends and class
mates. Hither came her sons from' the"
the bar, the field of strife, from city and frem
'villagetotestify their devptien.to their Alma
AA. right ,nahln .404, . the sons of
I . familton. They are .heatd upon the walls of
Zion , proalaiming...the =searchable riches of
Christind 'warning guilty men to flee from the
wrath-to come;' at the bar they are' elogyently
defending the right . ;' in the field. of etrife,iliei'.
ate battling: manfully for the mointenarienef;
that government whiol i r t has developed the highiat .
elvillootio . 4 410 bestowed upon ; us all• fiettvpn'B
'choicest blessings ondin. every department , of ;
Up, the influence " Hamilton 7.• is felt ,in the
deeds of right.and words of might other-alumni.
An =usually large' nu'mber: convened on this
bog
sogiganilit
The exercises &the. week 'Were openedini Bah=
bath evening by an 'address tore the Society
Christian Item arch, by 'Kendall of •
N. Y. , The. address was charaetcristi9 of the
Dr., logical and practical, and it was. *mod to
by a• large and appreciative audience— On Mon
day evening speakers selected from ,the ;different
classes .contended for the priies. The speaking
on that , occasnonlully sustained tho:higli teputa-
Aon this • iistitntioit now enjoys for'oratory.
•!I uosdaiwaif Of interest to present.
The irtiat'Aii.elaes, held"their " class-day "in
morning: . The heroic deeds of the' last four
years were vfittily , touched • up by ~the historian,
and. fuptire acNevoments,. marked bout by the
.o.9phet; the. which if built tithe he-fulfilled will
benefit mankind, and..eause.the world to bless the.
.elasti of '62.. '• -•••' . •
• •
Di: Parker VfN'.'l., deligliMd large audience'
te
in the : afternoon on "'relations "of the CoNge
to, the chnrer. Later in. the day the IDelta
Upsilon Fraternity held..its anniversary: The
exercises were—anloration by Rev. Mr. Erd t
man and a•poem by Rev.' Mr. Pierson.:, Thert)
undivided attention of that andience attestedil
.their appreciation' of the powerful artitimintif-' .
and logiciVdeductiOni of the one, andilie
tiful imaiiiiations; pungent wit, and „ musical';
cadences of the Other.. the exercises of 'ived 7 ,'
nesday were commenced ..by : .an Address of t ,
Welcome r after which an historical oration ino.•
delivered by Rev. Samuel W. Fisher
President of Hamilton College. With made* • •
hand ''and thrilling elocluenctota 'Made .:Out • the'
glorious record: 'of" Old
dress will 'doulitless,dincin appear in an aiailable
form and should Be Ilead i t.if all, that the poten- s
tial College for the good, :
of • • 'Ws "nation and.;of the world, and of, the,
: • • ,
extension of Christ's,-.lEitigdeixi „may , more',,
'generally known and appreciated and be an..
incentive.to benevolent contributions and personal
•influenne in -its behalf. , After :the address a
poetni:alpunding . in rare gems' of thought and
wit was read by Professor
lOndifilk. : of ROebnster Univerinty±a graduate
In the afternoon of W:edriesday4
'the alumni and in.yited guests assembled ia,
spacioustent where ,the : good things of life Imre.,
discussed and appropriately disposed of. : After
: th.3, least the representatives of the different
AieSes made short and appropriate speeches-- .
:thi principal theme in all was our beloved country '
and Manyiliorda of cheer and hope were heiiet
spOken* and'Heaven's blessings invoked upon
and' our cause. Thursday was commencement . ,
day--a day beautiful wit,h,its balmy , breexen
'cleudless sky. The ,ehurchleing.bv aCal, to;
accommodate the : TaaCiloongingtttendance,
exercises were' helot in the.tent: Thotisanda
fair ones gave beauty and.other• thousands of thelt
sterner sex' gave dignity , tci 'the occasion. To
describe the different speeches would
fluous and to draw comparisons, out of taste:'
Suffice it to say that the 'Clesi of '62 fully equal
led the high expietations. Of its friends and
" both' in - the excellence of the
.orations and in the 'manner 'of their deliyery..
A`constant storm of coquets fell upon the stage.;
and smileti ofapprobation rested upon • every
countenance,, The exercises were closed at
'6 P.M. 1 • • •
Thus ended the fiftieth anniversai of
ton 'College. An anniversary full of intetiii4r,tO:'
all:jirasent, and to its 'frier* and welllwislitirs . :
everywhere.."
Thiellege is now nnder. yery able manage
ntent and •rejnices in full L :prosperity. The I roll.
,of students nuinbers about 200 members; its
fame is drawing students from all parts of'the
country. Philadelphia is there represented by,.
font. of her sons, and.lt iti 2 tO : le loped that many
more will; ; there from fountains of
'knowledge 4 ,4 irel, oo #4,4stiained 'for life's
icAleige. .
delightfully 5it
.;u04411190,.nu-:eminenle;'enninnuiding,a,yiew of
tha•Oriskany,ivalley, for, • land
"cape isldottild :With ,teWns , and rill: Chequer
..eeMith '1'4'4140 d•• beautified - with • minding
The•groondsoititelatintiffilly laid out,
And . in, every respect the'' College is n11 ;: lhat
could inn_ desired for intellectual for
beinti rof scenery *nd heAtiNness: this,
noll;iiistitution• ,rein'et3cered h h
• our -9 FP •
h).‘arlp,in particularly . i belongs. Let all those , .
*Totting .to ;preach Christ : : and him crucified
ernirtirho love the doctrines of the Constitutional,
: Presbiterian church there prepare thetnselvea for
Oa . dearest of-an' PrOfeSsiorts' , and id tiftr,pfraYein:.
let us all invoke the blessings of dod to rest - upon
her and enable this iiiiilitittioti'Klaccomplish that
the` -g'r'ace Al • • •
`work whielebi the' of GOditheis abundantly
'able to do. . . - STRATTON.
' ' t" • .; • '
.Pa. WILLIAMS) . of tI S TEViX9rk) AiS•delirkred a
Uotable,diseourse with .tthe;•title :;;" God,timin g z
all' national- chtuages the interests ...of his .
Christ." It is ehafaktetized by all the lespioluil•
ness, power of thought, 'and
,bres.dth 'view for
•
which this preacher is fainons.' It heals° rich
in historical illustration, and apesoliolaralkip, and• \ '
enforces its grand lesson yrith noble and patriot
,
ie arguments. New York': Sheldon ;I; Co. For
sale by J. B. Lippincott'it Co4sPhiladelphia.
THE Nzw YORK TZACHER for - . July; a p•-•.:
riodical eminently .w,oSty,.,the ...patronage of the
imPoilant eIP 24 f 95•10 0 23, it is PPecilqlY"Oesig!l
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ed.
OUR QUARTERLY:
TSE PRESBYTERIAN QUARTERLY REVIEW,
for July, was laid on our table a few hours after
its lamented Editor had ceased to breathe. A
little not:Ceirtlig"On4i'griei . a liiiit,fl
cast befoof the coming event. " The Jate
appearance of the number, and whatever imper
fdatiiingtiliriendiri find in it,'aieto be attribut
ed to thu,extreme. and protracted illness of the
Editor:, ...Though better, he, is forbidden to get
out ,this. number, and it is entrusted'to other
hands. , ' In these circumstinees he thilotrs him
self on the indidgence alibi readers." The in
diligence of readers, ere it eonldhe gianted, pas
ses into giiet that they shall no morebe privileg
ed tnfollow hie facile " pen wielded with so much
skill and with such generonsenthuaittam for,Ave
ry thing good and. such uncompromising and
fearless opposition to ,wrong. No literary man
in, our church so truly and wholly devoted his.
pen. to • her. interests.. They Review has= been. a
most' faithful organ and - idly - of the denoniina.-
tion from the very lirst:i () The' 'present 'number
contains' Mr . ..Barnes' valuable and , exhaustive
essay on the Readjustment of ChristianitY 'to
which we have - already - ieferred at length. It
will doubtless be regarded as one of the chief
and most. impL:trtantdocuments that have found
a idace - inThe pagpiror&-Reirfor,
,MAN AND. MEN is the: address of Rev.. Z. 41.
Humphrey of Chicago before the Society of In
quiry,. of Line Theological Seminary, May 14,
1862, publishedby request of the Alumni. God's
ideal of man and how it is to be . fealized is the
topic of this 'Essay ; which and . ele-irated
in tone and : holds - up the calling of - the Chiistian
man and minister in a most attractive and in
spiring light..
THE GENEEAL' ASSEMBLY, aS usual, id simply
a narrative of the proceedings, not critical, as the
Princeton and Danville are in reference lq their
own. bodies.
THE F'I:7TUR B OE'EItE COLORED RACE, is a Uo
ble article which, does credit to the Review and
the writer, a Delawarean. It takes,a compre
hensive and philosophical view of the great pro
blem, draws many valuable lesons for the future
from the facts already presented, is in many res..'
pects original end . in all respects valuable, Uo- 1
lonizatiOn to' Afriee is regarded as likely tolake
place only after a remote period. Notices of
books cloSe the number.
THE .CONTINENTAL MONTHLY, for .AuguSt, in,
our leads the monthlas in their prisent
issues. The conclusion of " Among ,the Pines"
and~the> sketches of McDonogh and ASter alone
are sufficient' to'sustain its reputation. Mr. Kirnz.
bairn Story : :Was he successful ? is continued;
besides whiCh there is a miscellany of a score of
TILE PENNSYLVANIA BIBLE StIOIETY.
:The 54th Annual` Report of this long-istab
.^
fished and efficient-agent of evangelization, has
been" :laid on Our table This
, year, for the firSt,,
tiine, it has been cOmpetenf for ;'the Board of•
Managers, throth an act of the ,
legislature, to
appoint, life-directors with the privilege of at
tending-and voting at all meetings of the Board,
upon payment of 100 dollars.. The. Secretaries
for the *,Eastern-:and Western• Districts, Rev. I.
Torrence.and Rev. Dr. Aiken, with the mix:
Marks, have accomplished; we are glad to 'say,
even more than the -usual. work of the Semety.
The circulationof the Scriptures has been• 16,-
, •,
969 Bibles . ; 93,167 New Testaments and 2360
volumes of, other portions ofthe Scriptures, 112,,
616 copies in, all ; an advance :of 22,756 copies, on
last year. Meanwhile the _ contributions show
decrease of $4,707:83 ;. being $23,808 88. The
managers are in good hopes that in' happier
times which we 'all so ardently desire, this
nation, of our resources, will be more than -com
pensated by the liberality of our Chriatian com
munity." Circulars have recently been sent to
all the auxiliaries'" With qiieriei respecting the
working of ourSyitern Pennsylvania."
Among the auxiliaries,'that of this city is, of
course, the most extensive in its operations.
Branch Societies operate in given districts of the
city. Wilfred, Hall has been long known
and .'esteemed as the general agent. Qther agents
operate among ~the shipping and the westward ,
bound emigrants. A new feature this year is
the employment of "Bible-women," pious females,
Who go 'from' house to house among the poor,
selling or giving the Scriptures, reading thein to
the'Sic,k or the illiterate, and holding meetings
among theM inr the' evening. Two , of these la
berers have been eMployed for the greeter part
of,a year. The report; „nays : is gratifying
to..k.tiow that : a day, has ,;seldom passed in which
they did not find some who appreciated their'la , :
hors, asked for their' counsel, or listened with ati-'
telition to the word of life frem their
- - <
4 Alariepart' of the work last year bee been
among the vOlunteer army_s The City Society
has donated; in this way more ,than 22,000 co
pies. liany,.of the auxiliaries ; also'.. distributed
largely.to the Soldiers: - 3
The oldest Mixiliary is that of Franklin County,
organized in 1812. It is , active and efficient.
Lancaster, Backs, and NOOtgornery — are' old aux.'
iharies The: Young Men's Bible Society ~of
Pittsburgh: was organized in 1818. Luzern
*utty has six. SoOleties. At - the annual meet
ing of the Erie county Society, a resolution= was
'adopted urgingligorous efforts to place the Bi=
hie in
, all the 'common schools of the county as a
reading book, and a' Committee was appointed to
confer with the r ichool directors on the sithject.
The general'work of re-distributien contemplated
by the American 'Society is hindered by the pre
,nailing excitements, yet not altogether prevented.
`The officers of the Pennsylvania : Bible Society
are: Albert Barnes, President; Joseph H.
Dulles, Corresponding secretary; Riehard!New
ton, D.D., Recording-Secretary; John. W. Clag- •
horn, Treasurer; ,Depository Agent, John P.
Rhoads Bible Holise corner of Seienili and
Walnut streets. - •
...1.J.41 , : - ;; E f#littit - :::: : :ft*C - .. ; - :..:
„,
CLERICAT; CHA N GEs.--- , -xtrey. A. Mandell has a&
eepted a call to the `FirstPresbyterian church
Madisbn, New, Jepe - y.' Rev. Silas Hawley is'
preaching at St. Paul, Minnesota, ,wherOcorres
pondents aterequested to address him.—Suspen
sion.—At a meeting of the Preabyfiery of champ.,
lain, held at,Constable,„,N 4 Y. July 16th, 1862,
Rev Smith P. Damage, charged with gross im
moralitiosoyaks;Opendnd i frum the `functions'
the Gospel ministry, OniliePlea of insaniti ; B
order of Presbytery. j: COPZLANIr Clerk •
v
:NNW Yolol[4 ' l'l7 Spring.
street the Thirteenth-street churches, and the
hapel‘ofthe West Prelbyterian (between Forty.
first and Forty-second streets on Sixth avenue)
will be open during the Summer. Prof. Upson
of Hamilton College will preach . in the latter
•
duringthcabsenee of Rev. Mr. Hastings. Dr.
:-Burchard will supplz his pulpit mostly by ex
eraii‘ges. Hatfila's church, cornerof Ninth
avenue and Thirty-*st street, will be closed dur
ing the month of ' Nugdst. The Pastor, we are
glad to know, is recovering from a somewhat pro
tracted-4nd se.vere'indistioSiticirk, Occasioned by a
cold. We trust a change of air and scene for a
few-Weeks will restore him to his usual good
hSdtl. The services in Dodworth's Hall, tem.
powily occupied by Dr. Prentiss' church, are
omitted for the Summer. Services will: be re
sumed in the Mercer-street church, Sunday,
Ang. Bd.--Evangeist.
ST. Lonis.—The Inttallation of Rev. S. No-
Lein aiiiiitor of theNortkpresbyterian church,
St. Louis, took place on Sabbath evening, July
6th..
If we, are rightly informed, Mr. Maclean is
the first pastor ever` installed over this congrega
tion,thongh it =has been,in taistence since 1845,
and is now occupying its secondAureh building.
e • ()cation of , :2th`n-churclFis an admirable
one; the building is neat and 'commodious, and
notwithstanding the hindrances of the past, and
present - times oftrouble, there is great encourage
ment to believe in future success.
The present pastor has been laboring in the
congregation since the first ofFebruary last, and
already tiventy-five , persens--eight on examina
tion—have been added to the ehurch.—Cor.
Evangelist.
REV.. DR. PARKER'S farewell Sermon, before
his departiore for Europe, was delivered in his
church,Fourth avenue, Sabbath evening, July2o.
Unfortunately; a:heavy rain, which began to fall
just at thehonr, kept, away :loony who would gladly
have been present. Still the service was one of
much interest. Histext was Ecclesiastes v. 12:
The sleep of the laboring man is sweet." be
referred with much fang to the unexpected kind
ness of his people in giving him the leisure for
travel, and furnishing him with the means of
visiting Europe. He left in the steamship City
'Yeto Fork lad Saturday, in company with his
son-in-law, T. Ralston Smith. He will be absent
until September.:
° "EDWIN`BROTKENTOPT " is the title of the
third, of Major Winthrop's posthumous works
published by Ticknor & Field
* and . the best of
the three. Its tone is healthful and manly ;it
is the design of thq - virifei:—liit which 'he is en
,
tirely successful—to enlist our sympathies warm
ly on the right side. The plot, without being
_complicated, involves elements of great interest,
and the> denouement turns :upon an incident,
such as not unfrequently happened, in the Rev
olutionary Var. The story is American • the
style is lively ind elegant; the charaeteis are
skilfully varied and contrasted; and well sustain
ed ;, the descriptions of nature are:picturesque
and exhilarating, with an , air of indescribable
freshness` and.(iii g hiality over the whole. Bos
ton: Ticknor & Field._:Philadelphia For sale by
J. B. Lippincott & Co.
-Aaiun:re , 0 YCLOPE,DI4. for
1861 has just been issued by; D. Appleton& Co.,
NeirXork. 'lt is a.complete alphabetical -regis
ter of important events in the History of the
world:for that eVentful, year, eiribracing almost
every department of .knowledgeand fact except
2 ----.te...our, -great .surprise--Iteligion..' The only
article we can find on the subject is Fasting, be
sides a few brief obituaries of prominent clergy
men. Surely the extensive divisions ationg,the
religious, bodies in. the.. United States,; . which
have occurred during the past year f to say
nothing of missionary operations at home and
abroad, constitute a legitimate' ,topic for treat
ment in !inch an anmial. It is also very New
Yorld,sh; .ten pages, are given to „New- :York
City, but not a word is said of Boston or Phila
delphia,,ai least no such q4 - SSZEPare given: On
the war, it is' very full indeed. EveiY
person, and document of, importance brought up
by our terrible struggle, are described' or given
in detail. :The actitin of every iebal.TBtate and
of the rebel Confederacy, ;their reports of battles
etc., are' also'kiithi so that a Complete view; of the
events occurring in pur couutry, can he obtained.
There are some inaccuracies. For instance, it is
state' d , thatthe first reinforcements that-reached
Washington in April, , were- 500 of Col. Small's
men from this icity, whereas v the Reading com
pany passed through -Baltimore and on to Wash
ington before the outhreak in the former city
had occurred,- and Small's unarmed men were
conipletely disperied or gent ba'ek to this city
-Errors.in plan and execution however, do not
detract seriouily from its immense value to intel
ligent men he; every 'department of life. John
ItcFarland; Agent 88rSorith Sixth'streek
Pinla
delphiaf'"Lare'octavo`,'pp. 780: •
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LITVELL lIVING AGE for the current week
eotiiiins a number of valuable ttirkwpeitipapers
on:our affairs, together with a good miscellany
of more purely literary matter. Woekly, Boston
"Littel Sou & Co. :,T.Ticp go Or annum. Mr.
John" McFarland street, is agent
for the sale of the " Talepf of the Living Age,"
a recent issue of which series contains " The
Womiiii I lova" and " Sister Anna's Proba
tion'' The reading.' public may safely trust - the
selietiOn of their light reading to' the Littells.
, •
-TRE-Anasprio,l4oNTßLY for August opens
with , al 4 valuable paper on Gymnastics by the in
defatiiableDr. Lewis. Winthrop's "Life in• the
Operiltkir" commenced in this number which
oontalns sesieral readable pieces' but scarcely
rehabs' the standard of its predecessors.
KNIGKERBOCKER eontaina . little of val
nt this )3ionth',' with much that is silly, overstrain
ed and' even positively bed. The second part of
AO' Retributions of Life "is interesting, en
andvaluable.
THE AMERICAN „Exertarmz AND EnvrENV
'for anly.iontaine its usual ., exCellent variety of
I matters interesting to mend of business. Phila
delPlCa:: Whiting & Co., 712 Chesnut street.
AFrgoAN4l.Rpsr,ronv for July lnfpnns
„us ,that the:.A.merlw Colonization Soeiety,has
sent out altoge*ei) 10,605 ernigrants from -this
Colintry tolLitietine: • •
JULY 31,