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GENESEE EVANGEtISt.
THURSDAY,' AUGUST 14 , 1862
JOHN W. MEARS,
ENGLAND AND AMERIOA.
UNQUNSTIoNABLY the prevailing tone of the
Ameriban mind towards England, tnow is anima.
ity. Heretofore, whilst thew has been a strong
party with whom enmity , to England was chronic
and unreasoning, there ' has also been a strong
party cherishing a w . aria friendship for the " old
country!' This fiiendly'party embraced a large,
and the most intelligent portion of the Christians
of the Northern Mates, together with the greater
part of , our halm of cultufe, reading and travel.
But this state of feeling no longer exists. It
is nolonger the detncteraticinheriters ofjefferson's
"Anglofobia," who monopolize enmity against
Britain. Those who have be*in heY Vann friends
are so no longer. Those whq have sympathized
with her in her conflicts, and stood, ready to aid
her, if needful.* fut Are struggles, now set their
teeth firmly and only tarry for an opportunity to
give her blow for blow.: 'Whether it be' her fault
or her -misfortune, England but alienated her
friendi without conciliating her enemies in this
country. None now are less in love with her
than the Christian, the cultivated the anti-sla
very part of our pebple t '
. As Christian journalistsove desire to take a
fair view of the subject, (a subject far WO wide, it
must be admitted, for our limits), and, if possible,
to (siert some:good influence, and to contribute now
to avert the clouds that loom black in the .future.
To point out the inconsistency,; the wrong,
tfin folly of England's present ittitude and'tone
to this country, were an posy 'for'our
readers, a needless one. To retUrn upon her, bit
torly insulting,press, its imitations : and its goad•.
ings of evil , passiona,, ( were easy, Nor to do so
is, for the Americe4 difficult =But such is not.
our purpOse. 'To be Christians,' is a duty of - the
Christian press, and we will rather allay than
fan the flames of national hate.
We should not forget—for it is our aim to be
more than.-fair, to be generously charitable. We
should not forget that, as a people, we are too,
much excited, ju,staysand' necessarily tln much /
excited, to view: dispassionately the 'bearing of
our neighbore towatillf.Us; If Ezigland has for
gotten this, wnwill not. If she has taken the.'
hour of our anguish, the , very agony of our life
and death , struggle, tO 'uttOr'jeers olr4 scoffs; if
she has taunted us when our trial was upon us,
and bade us, vihilat wrenching the. mirderous
grasp from our nation's throat, have evidence and
prudence at her feet, , and if then she has exf.
pressed a righteous wonder that we resented her
counsels to submit to national disgrace and death
if England forgets that this is an hour of 'high
est passion and excitement is a cepralsed and
bleeding,land, we will not.";
, M4e,all,
4uo allowance fora state of Mind whichtWP WAY'
fairly believe incapacitates us fors perfectly calm
'judgment In judging Efigliihibearingrfwe will
moderate our viefis by a memory 'tof
to jtidge amiss.. Ite aim'not td nurture rnitiOnal
eatnity;
that 'England, in, her organs of utter
ance 'had dettit fairly and kincily..with A.tilerica.
But she has not.. With .every abatement for our
liability to misjudge her, taking the judgment
of the :tialinest of her apologists it is impossible
to `deny that She has, as a nation, needlessly
throkh away the friendship of a great 'people:
She pas chosen to - throw her sympathies into
the scale with rebellion and' slavery and avainst
Coneatutional Gpvernment, law and liberty.
ow and why is this ?
The causes are several.
Commercial jealousy is undeniably one ground
of willingness to see the 4great republic broken. ,
Ali erioa; united America,:is her 'Only' rival in
- the Commerde of the world: A broken AMerica
„ < ,
would cease to be foimidable on the waters. Na
tions, as such, are selftsit,, and England would
complacently flee a rival weakened.
Manufacturing rivalry contributes , to this Ben
timent of jealousy, and when a proteetion Tariff
es.aggerated into. a war against', the artisans of
Great thitaini can be 'arrayed before her= mann-
Iketutinginterests, this of jealousy grows
ti,p&oe. Played upon by Seutherti diplomacy this
has nurtured enmity against ' the 'North in the
English breast- *
Jealousy of a sreat Democratic. Republic, ho t
been a strong element .of hostility with the aria-,
toeratie elasses; • Laadaticin. Ameriedna the
exaniPle of what free'institutions make & poop*
harbpred - a - rankling thorn flesh Ora Aciret
ditary peerage and gentry:, It Is not very strange
that, on so tempting an . opportunity, this thorn
0) . 00 be exultingly -, plucked out and trodden
under, foot. Espeoially, calling to mind ~ that
sixteettluonths Amy a President, of:ihe tpited,
States was 'proolaimingllte inability<of the great
Republic tnsa,veits own life, can We understand.
the satisfactioWnf British.politicians =of-the ,old
Tory School whilst exclaiming, " Behold-the end
of a federated republic l' Democracy has failed I"
Pears of ourVutirestre a power - in the iir&ld,
made another Party inbie than. willing to see us
sent from a great planet info istereidalfra.ments
small "to disturb` old Albitni in her orbit
Viewing the 'United §tates ate people,of danger
ous tendencies, soon to have a population, a
-wealth,. a powerof greatness unparalleled, its reso
lution into smaller and conflicting portions was
looked upon as 110 happy thing. for the future of
England and of' the world. Nor isrit to be de
riled that by the"licentiousness of our press, and
the corruption of our politics we have given
grounds for such feare. The resistance of the
North to secession involved war , • war involved'
tlookade at the South a diminution of im
ports at the North; hence = dihtress in England.
It is bard for England to sea that'Ameriea must
struggle for life even if Wills :run oni half time ,
and laces are insolved, in Europe.
But, perhaps above all, in its blinding influ
ence, rises the, sublime ignorance of American
ofairs which is the characteristic almost equally
of the highest and the lowest: orders of intellect
inGreat Britain. That to this ignorance there
are, ilhmtrious exception we , are happy to admit.
But they shine as stars in, a 'dark 'sky. The
mass of educated Englishmen do net understand
America. The uneducated or half educated mass
know about as ttittA of our political history 18
thefdo of the 'mutual relations oft the African
i4es on the
,Njasse. They kdoli, that it is
4iiy annoying Mist there'-should be a Civil war
in America, Jnd thefcantwit see why, it should
not be stopped by the United States allowing the
Southern States "quietly to go off." As for nur
national life, the restriction of slavery, the geo
graphical obstacles to division, "they do not see
it."
; We have stated these causes of the unfriendly
bearing of England towards the North, that, so
fir as we condenin her, we May do it intelligent;
ly. That so far astruth will permit, swe may ex
cuse her posture, that as a people we are imbit
tered against her not strange. We looked for
sympathy and got neutrality" tempered down
to a frigid indifference. ludifference gave way
to threats. Threats :Siren followed by insults. A
reading people; we Vive had spread before , us
daily, the taunt's and 4 ,goadings of the. Landon
press. No wonder that amid. the excitements of
the hour, these innate send the blood to the
cheek. It is beyond cavil that a deep hatred for.
England is growing up in the heart of the
Editor.
As Christians We haVe a duty with , regard to
tliis deep sense of wrong 'and its attondant enmi
ty. War is a fearful scourge., eeatess war „
is a fearful crime. To cherish a revenge
ful feeling towards„a ;nation is no' less sm.
ful than if it were cherished against an intlividu
al. To encourage in our own. hearts and in the,
communitra sentiment!that tends to war xteed
hay, is to depart fronil , the example of our-bles
sed Master: Rather dens it: become ifs who , are
the followers''of Christ,'calmly ' t o lc- a t
o e
causes of that lack Of , sympathy whieli we de
plore, to Correct them if { possible moderate
'4!
judgment of Others / to pallia.t . aqarasw,etruth:
fully, may what we must contlemn,,and to ) dismiss
;that; demand for revenge, which nature Utters.
There is no cringing in cultivating f'orgiveness;
it is the spirit of Christ.
Let us remember that we still have friends in
Englund, that we shall have more when her good
men more " fully understands our struggle, and
that recrimination sheds neitherlight nor love.
THE HEAL Min OF THE OIMBOE
MERE is scarcely anything that'illustrates,
with greater beauty and power, - the real unity 'of
,the church, than the fact ihntihe saMe'songs'are
to a great extent sung 'by every denomination of
Ohristians. Many hymns are the: property of
all believers of every name. 'You hear them
wherever you go to worship, and see :them, no
matter whatobook of Psairnodfyou open. ;Cow
~
"per and Newton were both members of . the
•chureh ofEna b land and Dr. Watts was a Non
'conformist divine, but how often is the great
head i,f the universal church, borne up to heaven
on the wings of their verse ! That beat
• Hymn of Cowper. .
" There is a fountain filled with blood,"
how airogint Would it be for any one denomination
to claim it as their son.. when truthfully ex.priis4-
ing the emotions of every pious heart, men of every
possible shade of theologionl.belief sung
.
When even ftereetheological combatants seek to
express their -pious emetiops in poetry—the fact
is quite noteworthy, that they oftentimes utter
'substantially' the e same views' of truth. - Toplady
and Wesley-belbiged to this class. Indeed our
heart sickens as 'we read even the titles of the
polemic pamplets, that through the - press; these
good, men hurled each other. As ?„ hyper : ,
calvinist Toplady could see nothing 4 g 004., in
Wesley, sot as a * thorough Armenian : could Wes,
ley tolerate the creed , of- Toplady. And greati
reproach did the church in - their day suffer from'
their mutual acrimony. But both of these men
'were ' Poets, and have made to the songs of
Zion, valuable contributions:. And-in these , how ;
perfectly alike do we see they were at :heart. t it •
was Toplady who „wrote that beautiful Hymn
"Rock of ages, cleft for me, /-
Let tne hide Myself in thee."
find:John 'Wesley that one so like it in sentiment,
Jesus; -thyblood and righteousness 'l, ;
My beauty are, my glorious dresa."
Examining, sonic time since; the excellent sup
plement, of the '' .. ChiirchsPialinist" and observ
ing two _Hymns de similar in sentiment, as for
that reason, to be especially marked, and to be
placed in inithediate csnnectiort - what was our
surprise 'apn turning , to the index to :find that
John Wesley wrote one, and Augustni. Toplady
another. • The first sang,
" Fixed on, this reek,will I remain
When heait, shalPfail and flesh decay,
kroek whieh.ehalltiny soul sustain,, • :
When earth foundations nelt aissny.."l,
The last,--
e t
My home from,t e palms of his '••
termty wilt noterase ,
IniPressed on his heart it remain.%
• In marks of indelible.grace."
Behold : how "we being =may are - ohs' bread
. •
(loaf) Oct pie, Vociy.", Toplady and Wedgy,
quarreFingßll. their lives . npon the question,
whether a Christian can fill from grace ? sing
the praises of. GO as,-.harmoniously upen',thie
Tory 'point, l aw if they,ivere twin angels.
AYE sieonierP,henomena is, often observ - ed
by travey,ers,:,who in, the early morning ascend.'''.
the Brocken, the highest peak of the Hartz
mountain. DireetlfoPposife to them, and ap•.
parently . °l4o6achiig them, as they near the
summit is the colossal ituage of a man. By the
Stipple inhabitants - of the 'Country, the spectre,
li f aS Aequently been regarded as the ;divinity of
the niountnin, and - often has
~,the terrer-stricken
observer bowed „down before it, in religious awe.
Scinnoc, however, has shown that this image
nothing more, than the colossal shadow of thee'-
speetator-himaelf which under peculiar circum 7
stances, .the rising sun paints on the , opposite
cloud. It was therefore Ids own, magnified im
age, that the traveller worehipped. .
It;ow . often' is precisely the same thing true of
thelkighest divinity of man ? it - Ow frequently
is our conception of God but little, more than
an•enlargement of human excellencies and ae.
fects.
That this is Arne of all the divinities of the
heathen we well know. , The . dijeets that they
initheir, blindness worship arn only magnified
men
" God's'changeful, jealous, Passionaie, unjust,, -
Whose attributes are rage, revenge and lust."'
The .Jupiter, and Venus, and Mars of the cultiva
ted Greekw and Romans, were nothing more
than the personifications .of human power, love,
and revenge. And though , 'Minds enlighteheed
by the sacred Seriptires are' disgustedwith the
irossness,of this error , yet railltitufi's in a more
refined' form embrace it, and Shitici all their ideas
`:«
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of God, from whaethey know of themselves.
Like the man on the summit, of Broeken--un
consciously worshipping his own image on the
cloud—it is themselves that men adore as God.
Indeed, this.is precisely the charge brought,. by
God against the Jews Thou thoughtest that I
was altogether s u ch, an one as thyself."
THE ASSEMBLY IN THE REVIEW.
The Herald and Recorder, of Cincinnati, no
ticing the duly number of the Preabyterian
Quarterly Review, says
" The third article'is a review of the doings and,
sPirit of " , The General Assembly of 1862." -It
is, for the ,most part, a repetition .of what, every
tidy-interested , knows already. We do not see
the= use-of : hashing and. rehashing the Assembly
every,tyear in this way."
We fear that our good neighbor, the Editor,
did' not think long before writing that paragraph.
NO-Where but in the Review have we any 'perma
nent accesible record of the dr:4144.9,nd sayings
of our Annual Assemblies of the Church. In the,
Minutes, we have a bare skeleton i -the hones, the .
mere, results, in action.. The newspaper records,
are full ? but -theylare preserved;, Files are too
cumbrous and are rarely'seen. out. of the Editor's
sanctuin: In, Redine, we have a fits arid se
cesSible place fOr the deposit, nOt of the resold
tons only, but of the discussions of the Assem
bly. "'Here 'th'd - material of History IS garnered.
Hpre too within easy reference lies'that material.
For instance; where out of the Review can
even" ministers ..ar :intelligent
• laymen lay . their
handaupon the Slavery discussion in, Clevnliurd,
in the 'Assembly 0f.18574 or, of the -HO 111 Mis
sionary diseussions of the pasta five years? ,But
an Editor who has been bored ' with reading 'the
proof of prosy' speeches ' may lie' excised for
forgetting all this, and loathifig`the sight this
"light food."
BOOKS'IN TILE ARMY.
Tilt 'Boston Tract Society' makes an earnest
appeal for increased contributions for its Army
work, They say
.;
While our citizens are sending, in abundance
"comforts for .the 4dies of our soldiers, too
is received.for the supply of , their 'mental and.
spiritual,wants. The great falling off in.receipts
for reading,thas led the Executive Officers of the
Sbeiety to consider the propriety of recalling,Mr.
AlVord from the army. Ent hie position there
is one of so vast importance and so great 'Useful.:
ness, that; we cannot see ho* he • ,can be spared.
The following extract from one of his
: recent,
letters will.show the demand for, and interest in
religious - reading. ' -
I have been among the new -troopa of Cent•
Shield's Division to:day. Thei have some' good'
Chaplains, but are Wholly destitute `of '4eadinc ,
matter. No •mails - ever reached them from
Washington, and they 'were in an, inaccessible'
region until now. It is good to take these Ohio.
and Western Virginia regiments by, the hand,
and . do for them. as we .have done for, others:
Their wonder and gratitude is unbOunded.
told the:Chaplains, as drove into their camp
this morning, that I had`good things for soul and
'body. Well, We are glad, to see yotil - we - have
alt the' coinfOrts we need for both sick acid well,
so far aathe body are concerned, but if you have
any good 'reading do let us have it. It -was the
first time my delicacies hid been .wholly over
. looked, and the food for The soul first seized upon.
I; found afterward, too, that their sick had
scarcely, anything but the• coarse army rations.
The crowd of common soldiers around my wagon
showed the same striking tpreference. It was
affecting to see them extend their brawny hands
right over'jars . of` Weetmeats, 'Nies e =Chokers,
and hottles of wine and seize upon that 'Banner.'
,They had not seen it before, and the flag (I. had a
few hundreds of it). took them by storm."
4 It is an encouraging ,cireumstanee, that even
the , rebeh evince a , deep interest; in, reading
matter furnished by During, the late retreat,
eighty dollars' worth of our publications fell into
their hands. Mr. A. says of it, al haveleard
mydistributions' among the R bel army
at Fair Oaks. Dr. Marks - says, (he was taken
and Liied to Richmond) 'that they all took the
publications and read them, at the hopitals Where
he w 4, and permitted him to carry them to five
orsixetlier hospitals on the different fields, of
bittle,. , .(crowded with rebel as well as union
wounded) and that all expressed delight in their
perusal— saw theDiS s lgiently the'hands
of different regiments - Richmond, on be: :
ing introduced to a 'Yoillig*gentlenian, on a Cer
tain occasion Dr.' Marks. 0 yes,`l remeMber,
I saw Yonfname in one of the Christian Banners
we've been reading. The critics of , the South
will, probably ; not. be of thename opinion with,the
simple.- soldiery, the two niunbers being the
~ Fiagf.and Washington:"
'To supply even the sick'a,nd wounded in our
hospitals with religious reading is a great work:
The' number of and incii'inffering is very large:
They 'low , for . Somethiricr. to While away the
weary hours, that will supply them with valua
ble and improving topics of thought. They as
well as the, men who are still in bealth are deep
ly serious. On Sunday evening,.. says Mr. A. in
his last letter, I had a most serious,' full,- atten
tive and , •tearful audience in one of the Pennsyl
vania Regiments.' This is charaeteristic of the
whole army: 'Battles and: disease have thinned
their ranka. Many of the Chaplains have left.
There never has been a time," says. Mr. A.,
" when so much :good could be done. The army
is saddened by the state of things, and now need
all the friends and, ,consolations, -which ._can be
possibly thrown around it. Iffarked , solemnity
attends all religious services in many regiments."
Donationsifor the work pf this SOniety maybe
annt to Henry Ain, Esq., 28 Corniall, Boston.
DANGER OF ARMY LITE.
= •
Let .friends of our Soldiers read and ponder
the following extract from the currespondence of
the:Rem/eV and,Recorder.' -Do hot neglect to
keep the chitin between' home- and the soldiei:
ihilitokertr' To feel 'that he is - under the eye of
tiffs friends is'ugreat aid to the young stir
ioniided by temptations. Give him this aid. He
heeds it. le should. have it. Men in masses
away.from home rapidly tend to barbarism and
irreliaion. Link the absent ones to•home and
youutts,ch a strong Jife : preserve.r,4to them that
May. prevent their sinking.
.' ry point
regiment after regiment ,
'covered by a fart,
is and'‘ •
' ;dn ateeitipting to
• wearied 1
61'4111 One 18 , y
_ ay
I.the Potomac. Elle
count. „.._ Coming in and
day the
them. ''',-, '
ever;,' after
and b night,. busy 6ve Yr • ,
l's e " n ri caB B 'we l. ' a"
I°n
~
going
away, b
,44,.
y
:.
same, so that the boys come and ask what day it
is—as I heard Sabbath morning, " What, is it
Sabbath ? I have been playing cards." Gov
ernment knows no Sabbath—cars, trains and
men all busy as if God : I litad. ; ,not said, 44 Remem
ber the Sabbath: day, aa, keep it holy." The
. 9th Vermont Pob3r," ; l4s, the first of the:800,00Q
three years' men. Bit rtes, the sth,
.7Eli', and'
29th Ohio, so decifented "that G. Tyler ` , does'
not command as many men as he did when he, was
a Colonel. Bitter blighting work to our nation.
Where are the young? Upon the plains`and
hill-sides of.Virginia,,aLl Missouri, and Tennes
see witneut name only af.home. Sickness'and
fed tape are almost alike fatal. On&half the
68th :are unfit, for duty 200 in Aospital.
Change of climate, change of diet; cliange of life,
all contribute to preduce, :it—and recklessness
too. Young Men, "coral and upright at home,
here in 'camp . are profane and gamblers. „The
minister - and the Christian have a' responsibility,
ihielf . 6annot be exten eta; resting upon them;
,ThisPerierted, reckle ; restlessiiiindie to be
throWn back' uPtCi horn ; ie . to weaken ' and 'de
,
'Press where it may be lt. Woii:---send.. tracts, :
books,.(cmalt),. papers, nd, letters Often. . Keep
constantly. the home ; in uepee, and r" be' instant"
in prayer; for God alp '
.., i cavpreserve the nation,
and•save ito us., Chris unity, and' our freedom.
Work:faithfully, .zealcuksly,, earnestly as for life;
for Ibis - " don't etre," love of iventtre,. excite-
neat eittertorise'
gard of propey
1 000 OGO *rib* ,
and, to virtue.",
OUR I'
BETTER mil
of
Editor American -,o,vtt. ,
Four iiveeks ago, it was announced that the re
ceiptS:olthe A. B. C 405..: for May and , ijune,,
1862, had'fallen I,l7,fifiCi i belew those of the cor
responding months in 41851 It seems to be due
.._ •
to the', friends' of the Board that this statemet
s hould'e suplemen d b another The deft-:
e envy for (Tnly is stil greater. The receipts for
JulY, 1861, werelmo e.; than $56,000. Dirinc ,
the month which hag' closed, y h
theave been
about one.haf that , 1,,.. The significance of
i n?,
this , fact is :too obvio 're require eciyuperrt , , . •>,
:The present firiantsal , year closes August 81,
There is timeenotgli (and none too , much) , to
make good the defibiehoy of the last three
months. Shall it be tone ? Or shall=the next
financial year: commence with a heitry and em
barraismg indebtedness;? , Shalliaborers, anxi*
ously lodked for by le missions, be withheld?`
Shall the ,native agenv be curtailed still More ?`,
Very trul yours, . ,
—.. i ; ' . ~.. Home _Secretary.
What shall be said this appeal? Thatthe
L,O
times are . distracting and , we have no, money ?
An appeal has been made to the people•of Phil=
adelPhia .for 'Coney tolad.vance recruiting for -the
Army and already m
,re than $300,000 has been
subscribed; If we have half as deeP'an interest
,
in the. cause of Christ as in that of our country
ice -Shall not per*ic that cause, in its _active_
operations among 'the heathen, to be crippled
for the Jacktof one' tenth the sum thus given not
by' the. country - in its breadth but by a local sub
• tion , ' • .
Where are'the churches that have done nothing
for this work •thia. year ? • Let ,them 'now act.
And let those who have:given . 'addle their 'gifts:
wigtaiwritut mons; '
have recently received from. .the Presbyterian
House, at Philadelphia, a book for. the "Little
Ones," on , *thich the 'Fourth: CoUrniandment is
So amended as to oniit "inair-seivltht and maid=
servant:: ,
' • 'A Niw P4iit•Eit.
, ",i
- We.forwarded the above-note; from. One of our
subscribers in Illinois, to the Rev.- . -Mr. Dulles,
Secretary of the. Presbyterian Publication Co
mmittee, wholaaye, rpplyi:
" This omission fr,om LESSONS FOR THE
ONES'; of ,tha , i Command to : covet our
neighbor's , man servant 'nor his maitbservant,'
would certainly look suspicious, just at' this - time,
to : Sonthof the Army of =the Poto , '-
inee, and nervously hntereatee in that class ' , of
persons. They nu Preanthe that our infant
school,children were being trained for, tt.' pros
pectin business in contrabands.
.Bui the author
ess,. though highly patriotic, hardly looked so far
ahead,,andi tha editor must plead' guilty,to 'having
read that' proof carelessly., As . , we are not yet
' , Wiser than Moses; .w will have the , plate made
right iinmediatelY; anikre(inesVall 'who have pur
chased the betikto'tpnt in 'the 'manLiervant and
maid servant' i4ilie# o l ) er Placb on page 48-"--
i)texp York 'Ms-64.47.6
, LITURGY OR. NO LITURGY.
• • 1. • ,• • •
oduetT3! ! :what is;- . oalled a'" Proyis
loud Liturgy intO.. , 'e Pernuaik,formed Oltur
okeuy •,hae l e,wp,lo44 um, custuon • among
article•
from tie Lutheran 0
4iVntreiw litelf.t *oiling - A*O4U Northern
bentiar d our , iiiinflinmediately
behind two plain-100 ing'PeittiiiPirania farmers.
One was oldie& grey headed;' Una the other ap
ruireritlil iniddle „ ! They, seemed to be
familiar e!gthbOt'anyil eee otter by their
.tteniee were Fits , (Frederick)
an4:Derki#a bid4l) , a4:trett.• the eenver
cation we judged them ,to bus memb e rs, of the 0.4
man „Reformed •Church: One : of them spoke the
English quite: imperfectlyi. and.,•.rneither of, them
fluently ; bat-they werentidiattlywitillsetthible acid
shrendOa r;igard ttlibeii-ooti
tersati4n until We lieai4llte" world = /_ana
Llither*;:yrbieli,k!igi*44YenT,atieUtioti l Ad
We overheard subjoined Alalogne t ,',iy a iiielk we
repest., - as nearly as our r F ves : zy k; , *;ra
1„, , ;;•,.. • •(: T.
- 1 -Rrits I don!t;
riot ;.,but I 'know 11eknok-enliadylejrBtainfpaiid
ther'botb said th 4 Would. join the 'Lutheran
Churehleflife IbTrOtild tbroxigb. all 'that
!Pined:44l ' • ,
4‘l) . l uterr",l4 9
make `it` ,13, ong
KOMPA.:kIiF°7 4 4 °PAP.. is ff
!Pr .111:11:701113, tilf..Aiuteriene-; I . Ate
tor would ,B.evyl (Barbara; ; is wife,); wesvow
intinOißeformed church Nand
•
ind
of r nunist:SiiNtlistid nip boy's
to churcii to tie dttiibeini,'
.09nfanneit.to r
we intend to its )?
leritis!= l 7 tyatir
It4i4itaiwelCis
wOit '4•l'''caii: •
•
or stay at home and read the Bible. Bpk:De
weld, now'you're an old' man,,tell • me, I r a our
preachers a provision liturgy Whti vras:a lit
tle boy ?
Dewald.—No, Fritz, not de least bit. Dey
could bray =tout a book, and better as de book
4 4U. ; Anywiys.4 like I . le _bray ers what comes out
of dolioniri t lietta as dem what comes out of de
-IMtse—Now, tell me,
• Dewald, just straight
ont,...vras Meses,.andJoana,andpavid, and bijah,
and:lfinel in.the den, and the.youngmenin the
furnace, and Paul, and:lleter—mar:they,pll . geod
men, antrhad they prayer bias. eld'iroviiiott
liturgiei? s • ". ' •
Dew*ld.—Why, salt:antl:7 der was , OA
but dey 'all brayed our of defeharta ; foitasliocti,
what odder peoples. made; was'nt i4lje..Bikkiand
de breacheraW'Rtfouncl out dO,• Amoy', way, of
brayen. . • ~ • , •.
Fritz—Now, tell-me, had the•Pablicaikin' the
tempel, and the thief on the cross; and-the:pm;
digal son when he went back agin to his father,
and all them . people who 'cried out. when Peter
Pretielied'to :the& whit - they shimild: .
they a prayer book or a provisi?n litu gy, of did
they pray as they, wanted,, 4d 1 1 0. as t 4
..Pev4a4 l ,7 - 7.9, Vita, 'hew canyon"AA tinge 9
Don't you floc dote-woo no. brinden. end . brayer
books in dem days ; and,de. cieshdamentind
do new, and Christ and diNiatles
tin about lidnrgies: It's'illlaiheat and cOekliii,
Whit's.growen in de mutt and will spile 'de Wee',
Readin sarments readinN
ainf de way mir'Olkt3liarmen breecheis did.
.Ifs man's convarted; Can'tray mitout a book,
.
and so .can.a,broechei xxdtont his ;writens before,
him. If de breecher cant re,member his sarment
himself mitont writing' before him, how can
me•ana.youl • Would'nt it be ynst as =good for
us all to day Olitinurinii , tead a-;earrnent dere ?
Frits:—'bell; dell; rbelievi in"' the' Bible and
reoeii)64 cit,4iiii3 l n?.;b i lii:notiiii.4iiirgies. Now,
tell me, ,Vow
P9l4,4:l4;erteß heitrd'my ,11;dder say,
de breecherain.tlie,old country brayed and bree
ched nzitnut do books,, na, wAitinsolirtly some lit
tle whelk dcy.had sacrament:: dint ,If dey even
had Provision. biayers, de luolfits: and:bostles
and eT, cihamiYarkt was atcolleae, and
has Wall' lamin g, says 'Ale :lizimitivef' Christians
burnt •no silk koives n* notin of
Bich nansensipaltings.. • ~
Frifi4Noy, tell m e, Dewald,'*here, all these
4gs tilf:lna;friß ;. : ; ; ;
,:Deward T told'yOri alroadyoley is all scheat
and!copiels wet was sowl by the . enemy, and
up•by , de.rute!:or the
- *ea.' ..• ,:.. :a ; 1 •
Ovil disre
bb.ck. 'front the
ty lost tb principle
)NAIt,VIIOtiSE; .
. .
4
iSE • BOSTON,
2, 1 862. ,
t hie
that. we ; were ' ap roachiri the'ckiie 'of iikti jo
• ."4: 4 • ) •
i 01 , 194, 0 1 4 1 , 0 our TWO Nie, .:!Oie oblige d to
leave our hitszeFth4Of,49g43' ' •
As the litu4ical, afuestjoft now agitating the
German Reformed Church, , is also again intro
diced into our owni-we thoughethe views of those
two simplesminded, and yet'common-sense‘ men,
however homely theiehuiiiteiellirottld 'not , be un
iieltietne. to Many of Our reidertg.:::
The !lEpiseOrial,l-Hils
.erected` "by'
evidence Ohergy'.:* ''noiv
about to' go Into full ppei4ii,e'n.' gene
ral appearance it,requir , ei a . plrsiinal, visit to
judge. With the exception of Girard Col
lege,,,,,we apprehend , ; it is, t,he., most striking
collection .buildings -inz • Philadelphia. No
hospital in..' . .Europe 'compares with. it.. The
hettidst•approach is that •cohducted . by the
Dian Government, and. Under the of the-Deat'
eonesa Institute,in Berlin ; l a
not Ciinal:in. size, and inferior - bOtli:in aithitrip
titre and necimnpdations to that we are now no ? ,
:tieing. The Paris and London hospitals fall
behind both in convenience of ventilating and of
attendance. . That
.at Milan, so %famous'
,for:the'
facilities it :afforded the sick' and . Wounded tafter
the batticof Solferino,. is distinguished,. it is
tine, by the magnificent diiiiensiortkof its wards,
loitif4sln conveniencei‘foi nursing
introdUced.
T443.8.ty1e is Nor Ten, its general ou flip* beilg
suggeeted, Hospital Larihoeiere in i'erts.
Its distiiet* featuTe,,as a . hogpital, is the 'Anion
of
,pareffel pavilions with covered corridors ; ,--
These pavilions •are 258 feet in frol?t,. and 256.,
feet deep ; The space ‘ between„eafh wing is 64.
feet. * - `Tke - ttouieCtitig ‘ Soriidoil are 15'feet
wide; the verandaha "Alin 21 fee
affording pleasant:lllms promenades .fitn. • .The-,
second, third,and.fonrth floors arefiirpiiike.il
soldiers a large number beinx.new•theie.':
The centre building is flvi•stories;4rskpotux. :
ing the attic. The 'basement . is nearlyttlfiblieh t .
and is used for 'kitchen, store-rooms "of 'different
ki4aoaioititorY;"di4i4 4 9 6 i 3 i'ior!triVnti;i34-
la:oi:resit and 44" Closet; etc.--:
the second 'contains 'the rooms and
yet finished.. The; 4 . 1 . 214 floor eon
operatingmiont, whiciie , f4nished.
unfinished ,initlfaAtfa trio' .building ex
bept the chapel. This , in _Abe ~ rear of the
building.. Ten •thousand dolly ;Aif t he "cost is
the gift of Mire ,
thousaild
doliaTs is the 104; Wit W. Biala . :
Theie'ara r tioo • hibiifiyil ' . 14 1 44 .
for soldiers ' The, 'Onntraet. with Eiiiierninent4
eallp for . foni•hiiikdr!nd; •
One, hindied and :thirty r ffve thousand dollars
114178,ken provided: for erection of bathlings so
fari.throalikezertiono of ixiemberi of :the board-.
'4l,lAlfiA hae been compiled
pr.. 114 Sa,nefif!, 4fig.:POlis4e4: the oener l
ttiabui . beiiiniittee, Casa;'
*1.4114m...30.05t 01.-116m4/10114f814.4kns> and
Ag disseminate 4u° d° 04 : 40 8, AT te gospel,
as well as,e few, gopd lesions in domestic econo
publication, which was commenced
nine .in ` 4ooo' was last year
. printed in 40,000 a .Thevinsulficienoy of this
edition decided :tlieVolnihittitslii extend that of
1862 to 80,000 copiein • Although this figure
fives' soMewhat boldl v risked; , ‘ there' 'licit at
present iii the:depote 'mire:Mau feWthoilinge l
of copies &OR bs'Aihpi* 'of at a
reduced; pride.
; By A t easisenee‘ . difk*liiktiei,. Tract
,0091-
lety :14oridon, this ' 4 .ocumaittee is:, enabled 4
.
311xnr on, bi geed yorkon a very extensive scale.
Ithousaop - -; oil 'bruits by, pe Saue translations
.of : lYAibiklie'esilistorr: oftbe>ltcformation aiid
thero . ,good and accefluble-bOokatir_e
, rapidl`dia•
f lablited anfigibb . peeiple,
'..• •: P; ".,i
EPISCOPAL HOSPITAL
BRITISH, RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES.
'RECEIPTS for , 1861-2. The June ntPubet
r
of _Evangelical Christendom give* a list of the in
comes of the religious societies of Great Britain
for_ the_ year just_ closed„ from ..lchich yre
prepared the following condensed statement,:
British and Foreign Bible Society, £91,682
Other Bible Societies 6,943.
ChUrch'Missionary Society, 160;000'
Wesleyan Missionary Society, , 137,280
London (Cong.) Missionary Society, 79,576
Baptist MVssionary Society, 33,151
Soc. for. Propagation of the Gospel in
Foreign Tarts, ' 83,8 86
Soc. for prOto,oting ChristianitY among 4 v
the Jews,- 37,421
Soc. for Propagating the Gospel among
the Jews, .: - . ,-;' 64274
Colonial and,ContinentalCh. Society,. 28,960
Primitive , Methodist Missions, , 14,052
United Methodist Freeghs. Missions, - 7,192
Colonial Missionary Society, , 5,137
Turkish Missions' Aid Society; ~; , 5,104
Christian:Vernacular Education ,
Seciety of }lndia ? ' ' '4,066
Foreign Aid SOciety, • " 2,419
Evangelical Continental Siviety, 1,762
Church Pastoral Aid Society, ' 46;351
London' City Mission, • ; 37,450
Irish Ch:MisSions to Roman,Catholics, 300.94
Additional Curates' Society, , 23,197
Army„Scriptural Reading and. ...Soldier's.;.F -
Friend Society, . 10;368
Church of England Scripture Reader's ,
Suciety ' 10 , 231
MisSions to Seamen,. - 6,009_
ProteStentßeferMation Society, .4 - '; 386
Baptist Irish Society; • '
Irish :Evangelical Society; • ” 2P20
London Diocesan Home Miseioii, 1,982
Baptist Rome Mission, ; ' .1443
Lor&E.Jday, Obseivance Society - ,;1,101
Church Home
Religious Tr*. Socfety, 42,77 ff
Soc. forProrp.ot .f ingß eligious K nowledge
among the Poor,
~; , , 7,000
Prayer Book and Homily Sooiety, 1,313
Church Eduoatidn Society for Ilelaxi4, 45,958
Ragged SdixoblUnion, 8:;660
Church of England Metropolitan Train
Institution,'4, 3 6 4
Sunday School Uni0n,1,244 .
The incomes Of the Bible and' Tract Sooieties
as given above do not include the receipts from
the sales of boolis, but only What was contribute
for gratuitous distribution. The receipts of the
society in this last, amount altogether:to
of which £98,026 was contributed to the Bible
Societies; 160,6,479 to Foreign and'. 'o'olonial
Missions:; £179,820 to Home Missions ; £21,063
to Religious Tract and Book Societies:; and
£60,166 to 'Home Religious Education 'Societies.
Large sums - are expended in hoine'missionary
oPerations by associations not contained in the
foiecroincrtable.
(3X o CkSER WALK An intelligent laymaP:
desiring to do good. has ,distrihntedi,a. , hundred
copies of ;‘‘, THE CLOSEii ,WALK" by the . . Rev.
Dr.:Draling. It is a judicious investment ;'
few ways'could ;the' same'amount of money be
better" expended , than in ; the. Aistribution'er4
Viotk'theoeads to an elevation of • the piety of
the' Church
A Closer Walk with G.od as what we need.
We are glad therefore to find that this littlnwork
is, alreadyeutering its second. 'edition. ; an
addition'to our• Publication Conuisitteeislis%und
may: be profitably %> scattered.
- •
t..,
lidADlGAsomt., ThA • Rev. •
8 0 9 1 0 4:.44 04 ; 1197 .rbthfint; 4 4 2 q t - the
20,thsf)day, and wanseeeiVed with much •honot.
Firitingfn the 24th , 'Of , month, •he sayp:
,
" As . (soon'our ship was at anehor,:•officeit
mmid;ifit beard to "say that the Kiiig'iihnlum wab
prepared - for me, also that 1 shotig a ttaisid:S.
meeting; of the Chriatians to tender God than JO
for ml;eafe aliti,47: • ,* al so !oals
ing tor ii thenh i sAving on, aeconnt, : of ,my, arrival:
Poidg , P.49;:i4. holm TekitiMitY.l.AftoT
noton..: A,goodly number were present: . Their
prayers were - appropriate, earnest;; fmid
their singing earnest and appareiatly.sincere; the
isadiug of the Scriptures very-",iinPresiiive, and
the'Omnienta• plain and pointed. ;It WmeNe.
v., asalltistrativnOf brOieing following finiteting:
I, then stood ; up . and
,adAressed a, few words
them in,Malagaey *Thi(.l44ermt.49:(llPPting
ther! reque§to - tha t Tti'
. 43.11141 Fay.: r + 3 06 1 14
on the ground, of , insuificierit,:knowledge-of the'
hingsa,ge,. He then. said;"? PraY in English; the
yeapinwill-likeqo hear =it , and some will under
atind.'•• fdld•so - , , interspersing wagilsk Sea
tences'OLaa closing with 'the- Lord's ?gayer' a
that langiiiii, f ; seemed
numbers waled home with ma. 'Yon 'canna'
imagine the l senention,iny arrival has occasioned, ; :
AO the satisfaction I derive from AA see and. :
hereabout cake. Christians." , .
MEMO
• •
O NAP.sTin
.—The ER
'Lriaut Herald, _ of ..{
onetatiiii g ooisaiv ;
- Hardly:lvo we reported the - Oapture of: i the
murdersrksifP,theziltiv. J. Coffing,. before r the
telegraph. bring news of. the equal's .brutal
eassination, of anothermember... of, theilme-ex
hcellent brotherbocid. ifetiitiri,
Ainatican Board"of:Misiiiiiis, stationed at
WhO - had bekin "Sitely accompanied
to Constaninople iVii'e,"le ft i
n thebegin
'ning - lait i w"eisit. 'on his return 'to his 'station,
and 014: it' short, ~ at .AdFianopok, and: a
rived.. withi4,three hours (nine mi1e5) t ,..90101.:
when the little party Was attaoked.W
iiiigands, and Mr. Meriam,brutally murderiia:
'Till yesterday the intelligence had only retellior
:the'bspital" in - briefatilegra,phic' form, and we 41'
•lhetWoie unable to dO more than report that th%
'widow of the unhappy gentleinan finaili,succeed
ed in reaching her desolate home, the au
pliers of the crime, are as ,yet at large,"
Rev. Wm. W. Meriam, referd to in this sad
intelligence from ; Turkey, ,was c a young man,
frowoambridgeport; Mass 4 , lEle was a graduate
•-fram . Harvard College and , of Andover Theologi
oil Seminary. " Mrs.'M, was from:BOt i oin: , He
sailed from Boston, January 17th, 1859,
acquired the Turkish language . sufficiently
J im . able to, preabh. Philhpopoh yibelni. he voyi,
..414mins4,;:au11,ntn*.whieh wel.inuidettegl, is 3A
- EVOI. O O I ; I *tii!) lii ) Put . ; 9l ?, miles' northwes t.
.Iron,ilAdriattopOle. Be -was - return ing4Kom
1090111.1 meeting of the Mission at Constantinople,
whew he was murdered. :
HoLLA:zin, the union of.ehuireli and state,
lii•S`firlit 'lead as temporal control over the . chnihi
is concerned, is dissolved, . After jalY tat, 186;
the /41 044.1!°f :11. . 6 t."1,*ttlik . ..bitholic *or
ehiPwere to* s u ppresses; .1)10 prwitte granta
to , a certa*Artgater,of pastoniteniof eirieh•lienetti
instionklintiithe State; will .iimqinger ..tfiCeicog
snitaneeqif,4l63ita Infernal 'condition:* • This - s*ll
;secure taf all tlietlinfebei!entirO:religieftilibefty
lionoitOlte
( : ;lc.?‘ x . S x fos 41,0,4,11,7 4.1
AUGUST 14,
- c
titivrii
Sv *
THE REV. jonu . SAILOR has resigned the
charge of the Congregational church in Michi
gan., Ok-Indiana, on account of the failure of hi s
health. Sailor, has labored with this church
very successfully for seven years. .11e has hid a
number otrevivals, And leaves the church much
stronger than he found it. Rev. Edward Ander
son son of Dr. AndtitOn sof the American Board,
late chaplain of tl Sturges Rifles, has been in,
vited to supply the - church, and has entered upon
his labors there. 'l'4l'
LiTiix CHtracir.—Last Sab
bath was one of special interest to the church of
Little. Mill Creek, Ohio. It was their privile!'e
to dedicate to
,the services of Almighty God a
new house worihip, which they have jut
completed. !The church edifice is a neat strut!.
ture 40x32 feet, sufficiently large to accommn_
date, the'ustial congregations, and allow a margin
for" some increase. It is situated in. Ostrander,
Delaware ,, Conuty, Ohio, a little village on the
railroad between Springfield and Delaware.
001=,LiCIP. IN ra ARMT.—The,
following is, a correct list of those who have gone
into the army from college
Brigadier-general, 1; colonelt, 2; lieutenant
colonel, 1; majors, 8; captains, 11; assistant
adjutant-general, 1; first lieutenants, 16; adju
tants, 2,• second lienfenants,V ; brigade surgeon,
1; surgeons, 4 c!chbillaint, 9;• liespital steward,
1; seargeants, 7; privates, 5; rank not ascer
tained, 7; 'third, 80.
-REv, ,F-STATtn, JR,— The following reso
lutions not previously having fallen under our
notice, we insert-with a-prefatory word.
Mr. Starr, reeeritlY.' Of Auburn, a notice of
whose installation,as Pastor of_ the Presbyterian
Church in .Yan New York a few weeks
since, appeared in our eciliimni, for several years
past has held the double 'poSition of Financial
Agent of the Theological SeminarY l 'of Auburn,
New YOrk;and Secretary of the Western Edu
eation Society, two distinct:incorporated institu
tions. Both of these posts he `has Idled with
„-
ability, fidelity, and marked success.
Desiring again to engage ministcrial labors,
Mr. Starr resigned. the. Secretaughip of the
Western Education Society, only, which Secre
taryship is new filled,' with satisfeetion. to 'the
pastors of that region; by Rev. S. S. Goss, late
pastor of the Presbyterian Charch at, Meridian,
New York. Mr: Starr',yielded to the remon
strances of the Professors and Trustees against
his resigning . his connection with - the Theologi
cal Seminary: So that, in his new relations, he
retains the inanv;eirieut of the external inter
ests of that institution, now, so flourishing, and
in the past so noble and useful, , and so well be
loved by Our Churches., a
Action of the Directors . of, the, Education
gaciety•—Tiie Rev FOcieiick Jr,Starr, . 'having
resigned his office: Secretary .of • 'the Western
Edumtion Society, , the -Board -of:Directors' in ac
cepting his resignation, adopt the 'follt4ing res
olutions:. '''
Resolved 1. That we highly appreciate the
faithful and effective services ofldr Starr s in the
cause of ministerial education, during the last
six years. By his sysiematic and assiduous la
bors; especially by his able and - earnest a,A4iiea
cy of the claimi of this cause, he has greatly el
qvntl4...it in the estimate_ 04
,sympathies .of the
churchcs, and
,enlarged ,financial re,ppurses
of the' icidtaty: •P`
Resolver; ;pd,., .7k.fp deeply mp:p . tthat
of duty con pela • ' retire
ffoin , t4o service; -, :But, : while -ffizi•Mgulactlantly
Acoept.fhh, resignation:of the trust; ;WO assure him
akst F high:iite&C:ji.4tlttdiminisheki cotifulenee,
imi4 - for t hini, ifeit. comfort andinOfnltiess in
.1.04 . of labor whieft fietip about to
etite 'as a Christiaii.raitci.
Respectfully submitted,
• • ComMiitee.
Atiturri; : kktalil4 l lB6g.' '
meeting of th e
*TA ,
:9f- -PireobiTa:'.
tit itatotic
B4TIRPN ) 31 RIVAPIVA Bpos..—Sketehea of
tlits R43•33.Pi.opleikaftinsi •Decline of Secession—
swithinarraftica oaffTersonal adventwea among
• rebelsilottfW:G-• : Brownlow,.Editor of the
• iMrsillet } Whig. 'Philadelphia i• , • Greorger W.
• . I ; ' ••
is
1i40k . 113 ‘ aIMOSt:BIIO . OIA9LIS. Its
attkliiniiaii - al'ipady made itlnewn too widely to
leavesroom for farther advertisemmt. It is like
the man—patriotic, brave, out-spoken, distinct,
umnistalreably distinct, with "no'polish i grace or
reverence, bat a manifest determination to say
what - he means. liilr;lliewnloiv has. suffered for
his 'adherence to the;l3iiiOill' he maintained his
inter ty ;' wh en irigny ethers, from Whom we
hoped betttikilqiiii, bent before the Storm. Ile
gives his 'iliery to the country, and it is received
with applause. . : ; 'lt . eannot'be reed", Without deep
.sympathy for the Union men of.East4pnnessec,
node burning desire to see them 'ova more un
der:4h! protection' of the old fhig.4lll4 • trust
that4he day is not far distant. . ;
•
• ?ling typotilAparo ADvswrisziri from L.
it.oltnsort t0i.,,0f this eiiy,'ftli; 'jury, 'is an es
quisite spec wen att .characteris
tie.ocPs,,.xiork of that fiii i ;, r itlit . ulual it also es
empli#l*.the wit of the . t39,Kr . sytier, our friend,
.Thomas floes an editor's
dyes g 044 1, toliciok orcirinolv a sheet.-
s-= 7 From oui'Presby
terian tabliCitiblitiommittee, we lave 'received
a very tiatefulliaemorial'voluMe to the lath Rev.
„
T. se s, of
I. ‘ „lilscourse, narrating:the Cventi of his life,
and 9,oiropiting his character,:oxk ;those Sermons,
.preaohed.at the close of hik.career to young men.
fine•amb true 'steel plate likeness of Mr.
Higgins accompanies- the volume. •
Having reairtbis liook, we can commend it not
- only•te th*frien'sis of this lamented pastor, early
:reniovedltom-his wink, but also as a good book
‘'!'to , ,iciveloyoutti Men. The last sermon—on "The
.thingers , ;•Nna ;evil . companions,” is capital.
'W,..puJilthati„our youth might .pOnder its wise and
hied words,:
The.many friends or. Mr- Higgins cannot fail
,tc pleased with thiS . m i nior i a i, F o r sale at
'llie'Presbyterian House. - Price 40 cents.
• :rn••f•r t ßAlN e Una* . SPWREs.—Second Seriv•
,know#,tuMe,94 comment. Patrioti.sat
s.R3.l_fh° most • " style and dimes
fiti.oo vSn i lq'thep in a manner that mir ,
itititur4iiblizylicßili,the worthy M.r. John Rd
etrothers ' Philadelplas
r....:; , .:0;tr0vi501.:,..." •
B Hokals . .
.•
,4,epp,ritag 8,40ret47,1