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GENESEE EVANGELIST.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 28, 1862
JOHN W. REARS.
THE MASS/ RE IN MINNESOTA.
THE reznarkable and truly awful outbreak
among the Sioux or Dacotah Indians, who occu
py a reservation of land, on the Minnesota river,
is mentioned in another column. We recur to it
again to express our fears lest our brethren of
the Dacotah Presbytery, who are laboring among
these Indians as Mialfonaries of the American
Board; have been. the victims of the disaster.
The imperfect accounts received before going to
press, speak of " Rev. Dr. Williams, Rev. Mr.
Briggs and ;two missionaries" as among the
slain. Rev. Dr. Williamson, in all probability,
is one of the persons intended.
We sincerely hope that fuller accounts may
relieve our fears ; but at present there is too
much reason for believing that still another de
voted servant of Christ has fallen a victim to his
zeal for the conversion and civilization of perfid
ious heathen races, and that the Board will have
another name to add to its recently enlarged roll
of honorable but painful deaths in the service.
• It is believed that rebel Indians and 'Missouri
secessionists are at the bottom of this sudden
outbreak in which hundreds have already per
ished. Fort Ridgely is closely , besieged and
Ex• Gov. Sibley was, at last accounts marching
rapidly to its relief.
A SIGNIPIOANT PAUL
On the morning of the Sabbath, the 17th of
the present m6ntli, during the time of public
worship, occurred the only casualty of the bath
ing season now about concluded at Cape May.
A. young girl went recklessly .beyondher depth
in the surf; few persons were bathing at the'time ;
the life-boat, as is usual on the day of rest, was
turned bottom upward on the dry beach; help
was not at hand until too late, and in twenty
minutes a lifeless corpse came ashore on the spot,
which, day after day, had resounded *with the
shouts of joyous pleasure seekers. It scarcely
admits of a doubt that on any Other day of the
week, , the sad calamity would have been pre
vented. And it has since been stated, on the
authority of a respectable clergyman, formerly
holding a pastoral relation on Cape Island, that
all the accidents of the kind which have oe
currerit this bathing place for the last fifteen
years, have in like manner fallen upon the Sag
bath Day. In all fairness, therefore,' we must
construe these accidents as among the numerous
providential enforcements of the fourth Cora
mandment vouchsafed to men. In pleasure, in
business, and in war, the poorest road , to safety
or success, is by the violation of this ordinance of
rest. The best policy and the: highest wisdom
join with the divine command to remember the.
Sabbath day to keep it holy. Ah 1 *hat bitter
tears,. what sad disappointments, whit shameful
defeats, - what irreparable disasters would have
been spared to individuals and to nations had this
day been respected and observed as its sacred
character demands:
LIBERALITY 01' OUR CITIZENS.
Philadelphia has exceeded all the-great cities
of our union, in the promptness and extent of
her moneyed contributions to further the raising
of volunteers under the last call. The sum sub
aoribed by the city,authorities, railroad compa
nies and other corporations, and by private in
ilividuals is little short of a million of dollars,
and will in all probability reach if not exceed that
amount. This is most honorable to the liberality,
and the patriotism of the city. We may well be
proud to call ourselves Philadelphians. And may
we not hope that habits of enlarged liberality are
springing up in these times; that men are learn
ing to hold their possessions more as stewards for,
nobler uses than selfish gratification; and that
covetousness is receiving some blows which will
leave their effects for, a' considerable season.
Our business men must at least see that the self
ish policy which devotes all the time to money
making, and which has led to the neglect, of civil
duties in time past, is now the victim of its own
criminality; the money which was accumulated
by such a policy must now go in depreciated
assets, in lost Southern - accounts, in bounties for
soldiers, in war taxes, and in worrying through
the dull times which accompany a state of war.
They are receiving a lesson in a more liberal-ink
a wiser policy. Man shall not live by bread
alone. Money cannot be made by.money-making
alone. Narrow and covetous schemes must be.
abandoned. The time needed for performing'
civil duties in selecting candidates; in securing .
their eleition if worthy, and in serving in that
oapaoity oneself, must not be grudged as time
lost. This is a plain lesson.
• But shall not, the kingdom of Christ also in its.
various schemes of action, give evidence of a
decided advance in the liberality of her members,
many of whom are among the; most princely con
tributors upon these patriotic lists ? Shall we
not perceive that these christiau patriots have
learned how easy
,how just is a ,course of
true liberality towards all worthy causes ? Shall
not theill'recent noble contributions to the sup
port of a good government, be the means of open
ing their eyes to the limited and even paltry Char
acter of their best contributions, to a cause
higher than that of the best earthly government ?
We trust and pray that this may be among the
compensations of our present sad state of war.
MR. BIDWELL'S ECLECTIC MAGAZINE for
August is rich in its usual variety of well chosen
articles from the leading. English monthhes'and
quarterlies, many of them being taken froin pe
riodicals not easily accessible to the general reader.
There is always, besides, an original contribution
upon some character or topic of present or per
manent interest, accompanied by a fine full page
engraving, executed in the best style, especially
for this magazine. A splendid portrait of the
machinist and inventor Ericsson, who ought to
have a medal and a vote of thanks, from Congress,
adorns the number for August.
Trn RAPPAHANNOCK is now the dividing line
between the two great .armies of rebels and pa
triots, as once the Potomac was, and later the
Chickahominy. Skirmishing has been going on
upon, a heavy scale, but no great battle has come
off, as by this time was expected. Shall •we have
another period of delay 7
IEOREATION.
Those who have gone :abroad for a summer
• -
jaunt and are now about returning, to their homes,
have, no doubt, for the most part, had in view
the refreshment of their wearied bodies and
minds, and the recruiting of their exhausted
energies. Iklaily have gone away weak and wea
ry, exhausted with multiplied labor, overtask
ed in brain, or fiend, or heart. They have placed
themselves amid scenes :and circumstances as '
unlike and es remote from those of their toils
and cares as possible. Rest is what they seemed
to need. Yet it' is worthy'of note, how little this
word is used in'speaking of our summer vaca
tions, and how rarely anything like'absolute rest
is sought or indulged in at this season. Or are
those long and wearisome excursions on which.
1 we go, by rail and steamboat, over lake and river, •
through rapids and mountain gorges, traversing
thousands of miles,, to be
,called
, rest?
, Is our
battling with the breakers, on the shores of the
Atlantic, is the long 'tramp 'with. gun and, rod,
begun before daylightand extended to night, or
perchance our bivoutio of weeks in the wilder
ness, to be called rest? Is it rest to plimhthe
mountains, to., inspecel the rocks' geologically,
or the flowers
~botanidally,: or the blackberry
bushes aesthetically, to Sail, to row;ito drive,. to
swim, to bowl nine. pins—to say noth ng of more
questionable amusements -, to which ole nights
t
are some times given? -Is this re ting ? To
weary ourselves' with unwonted pursuits until our
sleep becomes sweet like that of the labouring
man ? Do we go abroad With a purpose which
our folly hinders our executing, or does not the
'refreshinerit we generally gain; andlhe invig,O
ration generally experienced by eur systems wit
ness to the success of our pnrsuii? l
We do rest, notwithstanding. Ihe very ener- ,
gy which we exhibit in our t ,unw , ted pursuits
and novel methods of recreation ise guarantee
that we are truly resting. heed° or listless
t i
dawdling would go but a little ways t
'n restoring
our wasted energies. They would rest none but
the sick, the infant and the imbecile. ; By a sure
instinct, we seek rest, not in a cessation, but in a
change as entire as poisible of our Inethods of.
activity:
activity. There are indeed important accessories
to our refreshment in the;pure air of Mountain or'
sea shore, and in the absence of the daily zoned
of care „which we can generally leave behind
us; but the main element of rest is the shifting
the sphere of our activity, and the bringing into
playan entirely new set of powerS'ef mind and
body. ln their very action the weartd powers
seem to rest more , absolutely.,, Thei play k,cor
rects the tendency to suffering and injury
in the overworked faculties better far than the
.7,
inaction of the whole would. At any rate, what
ever of absolute - inaction is required by Mind or
body is provided for us in sleep. Sleep we ; ,a ave
as animals, in common with the brutes. But, iat
rest which we voluntarily take, as superior If e
ings, under the promptings of our immortal , : -
ture, is still action, its sphere only being chan,_-
Editor.
The idea of rest, figures in thateach
ings of true religion and. the experience of evan
gelical Christian& In' fact the whole Creation
groans and sighs with - the psalmist as he ex
claims .1 Oh that. I had-wings like a dove ; - then
would I fly. away and be' at rest
_.! One of the
main institutions of the Christian as of thaJew-,
ish religion is a day of rest—a Sabbath. ,;This
is God's . appointed time of recreation for titan:
And in .accordance-.with the principle just an
nounced; and . upon •whieh we act in our annual
seasons of vacation, h is not designed to be spent
in idleness or inaction. It is no mere prolongation
of our sldeping hours. It is a season *hose
benevolent ends are to be gained by a high de
gree of action. It is a day of rest and recreation
from secular care, designed to restore our powers
tasked and jaded by secular activity; and the
very pursuits which it'requires of us,contribute
essentially to this end. The: high occupation of
public worship in which the devout and concert= ~
trated attention of our religions faculties is so,
solemnly required, should 'not be regarded, as a
wearisome task, superadded to the burdens- of the i i .
week. On the contrary, this very activity is-
part, and an essential part, of the rest. There
would be. no true rest without it. He who refuses
to worship on the Sabbath misses the object of
the day, and is inadequately prepared by it for
resuming the tasks of the week. The neglect of
the spiritual uses of the day -is more than a vio
lation of the sanctity of the Sabbath; it is a sin
against the secular part of the week. If we re
member not the Sabbath to keep it holy, we
shall, not do all the work of the six days of labor.
The order to worship on the Sabbath cmanated
from that supremaand ever consistent wisdom
which planned our spiritual and our secular . na- +
tures alike, and made them in their nolal titik-'
ings harmonize with each other. Public wor
ship is the employment of a set of faculties, on
tirely above, and diverse from, that usually in op
eratien in the week , ' Vhile they are in elevat
(id and delightful exercise, and while they tranti-f
port us to a region of faith beyond the reach of
earthly care, the jaded powers of body and:mind' '
enjoy true repose and receive a healthy stimulus " t
which communicates itself to
. the whole system..:.
Only
Only the worshipper truly rests on the Sabbath...
lleaven is a place of rest. But the earthly,
Sabbath already reveals to us of what sort this
rest is. As some picture it, it would seem to bei
a place of little else than quiet never-ending re-
pose ; with no', employment but singing, inter-".
spelled at intervals with ` pleasant walks by the
river of the water of life, or upon the golden
,
pavements of the new Jerusalem. And the worn,'
and*weary laborer going up from Christ's vine‘
yard, the martyr ascending from dungeons and
from funeral piles, and the life-long sufferer!.•
coming from the furnace fires of ' affliction, ~
Took chiefly for a place of rest in heaven;—which - .
may indeed be natural "to persons of such ex- :
-periences, but it; is unfortunate that a view so in. ,
adequate should be the one almost exclusively '
held Of heaven.' ''',.'
The . • rest of heaven we may be . sure will be
faPthest possible from inaction. That would be
rust instead of rest—a frightful, almost pant4e
lade, prospect. It• will be rest because of, and
trough, its very action. It will be a complete
rest of the tired and tasked powers, - *beeause un
tired or little used - powers will be lirotwht into
most exalted, vigorous, and ' : delightful : play.
Faith and hope, long on the stretch in this ob
scure.sphere of being, will rest, while charity'
puts on fresh wings and explores new, fields of
activity. The martial virtue, the intense watch
fulness, the endurance, the boldness, the tried
constancy of - the• Christian soldier, will be re
placed by the peaceful 'but exalted duties of the
recognized g and promoted victor having authority
over many cities. The Rumble suppliant, the, im
g4,intriritda .Vrtolltttrian and 6tutott ()vaitgtliot.
portunate petitioner, the instant in prayer, whose
voice the Lord heard in the morning,who morning
and evening and at noon; cried unto him for help,
shall have his prayers changed into thanks and
his cries into melodious and joyful praisa4. There*
they rest not day nor night, but their wakeful
ness, under the stimulus of a glorified SaviouPs
personal presence, is -their deePand real and all
sufficient repose.
,Shall we enjoy .that blessed season of recre
ation, reader ? Shall we , when our work, our
conflict or our suffering'is done. on earth, wing
our way to those balmy, rregions,,bathe our weary
souls, in those life-giving.restful seas, enter upon
,those exalted employments, unfold those - new and
unexpected powers Whose everlasting'play shall
be one continual refreshment?= Let us not prize
the poor pleaures of earth' so highly as to make
the answer to this . question - in our case dnubtful.
(For the Ametiefin,PrObyteFian.)
THE AMERICAN SECESSION AT CONSTAN
. • TINOPLE.'
ITU:following communication" has bee" n , delayed
by the, protracted absence of the Editoefroni the
city.l , , ,
To' th# Editor of the AlneKcan Presbyterian;
Knocummix lies before me signed by pr.
Hamlin and Messrs. E. E. Bliss, and Washburn
as; a " Committee ,of the. Station," or, body of
American Missionaries Constantinople ; It is
a full, xposition of the character of the secession
of. OA, Pers. church' and its Pastor, and = the
course:pursued by the missionaries towards them:
I propose tooffn the material parte of it for your
columns; but as many of your usual readers are
now absent from their' homes; I prefer to retain
it for a few weeks that it may come _under,the
eye of those who at this season would te likely to
fail of seeing it.
• In the meantime, will yeu allow me space. for.
some preliminary words, even if they are not
few? -
' The pastor of the Pera church accompanied Dr.
Dwight to the meeting of the Evangelical Alli
ance in September, 1857, and, under Dr. Dwight's
auspices, received much attention. ‘ , He went to
Germany again in 1860, with a recommendation
from the missionaries in Constantinople, to, raise
funds for building a church edifice._ Some, do
nations were promised, and, also arrangements for
church collections. If I do, not mistake, the
King of Prussia - subscribed ,a sum. Mr: Eutujian,
or Pdator Simon as he is frequently called, came
to England'and America en the same errand and
was at the Jubilee meeting of the Board,, which
he addressed through Dr. Hamlin, as an inter
preter. The financial condition of this country
and Europe became such. that, he failed to get
the contributions ; which, he expected. He re
turned ,to - Constantinople disappointed and
soured. Soon after Dr. Goodell giving some
items of intelligence in a brief private note, re,
marked :
" You will have heard that S , has sece
ded. and joined the Pusyites, and moreover that
' an evil spirit from the Lord' doth exceedingly
trouble Pastor Simon and his church session."
The troubje increased. The unwearied ,efforti
of the missionaries to settle it sometimes had
amuse of success, but finally were defeated. In
'August, 1861, Pastor Simon carried a majority
of the , Pera church and the church of Yeni Ka
poo, which had 'sometime before been merged
into it, into the adoption of a " Declaration of
Independame," characterized by the - greatest
folly, bad temper, and Misrepresentation of facts.
But subsequently there was reason to hope
that they k , would;abandon their schismatical
course. , DDwight and W.,'had abundant ground
for every girt of the representations which they
made in yoitr issues of December, 19; 1861, and
fanuary, 9 and. 16, 1862. But favorable ap;
)ea.rances have passed away. The latest intelli
ence which had reached me previous' to-seeing
nr paper'ef the 24th ult., was the following
m the pen`. of ,Referring. to Dr.
, ;ht's lani , ente.d death;,he-added
He wouldthave : found much to pain him on
I eturn. The 'mystery of iniquity' mini
it in the Pera church still works and will work.
h been for some time verging t6Wards, Aug
piscopacy,and have wondered rather at the
n sof thepoveniot. At length the charc,h
th 'wn offs mask, and done just what it has
saris -fly pretested it would never do. It has
l iy,
pose ; to Air Grihble to put itself under the
tecti , n and to the communion of the An
san t.O urch. tis weßperhaps.";
'I supfosed th , were now sailing under the
Anglizan . flag. ut it seems that they have also,
with true Oriente craft,it'arawn the wool over
the eyes ",pf some of our`German friends. For .
.
myself, -I hive no fear that the Evangelical
Christians of Gerniany will under a proper rep
.
reeentation of fac , pursue a course unfriendly
twour missionariesnd their work. That a Ber
lin .theorizer shoo think ithat the " future of
victory "'to the E , ngelical s element in L Turkey
requires. "the aid of well=organized, Vigorous
churches 'fledr at hand, and not have a mere neb
ula of congregations (to Wit; the Congregation
alists and Dutch Reformed ! ) in remote Anterica
,
wits uncertain reliance," is not strauge; but
whether ,a seri.r3 attempt is to •be made to intro
duce German "Presbyterianism," with its
churchly and sa.crameitarian idea, its discipline
and festivals; end limits of admission to I the sac
raments, we may wait in, all Serenity of mind, to
see. ' In the meantiree, I have only to say that
the specific measure:which you advocate so earn
estly of uniting the American and Armenian
elements in the same 'Presbyterial organization
would widen thelpreach betweenthe Pera seced
pra and the mission, unless the mission would
put the expenditures of the Ameriean Board, vir
tually if not'in form', under their .control."' This
will be established beydrid contradiction here- ,
after.
You cannot easily surpass' me in admiration of
the real excelleneies of, the 'Germany character,
but I. have yet to learn that Germans excel
Americans in the power of organization, or in,
that " marvelous union of common sense with
•
piety," which tord Shaftesbury eulogizes in our
missionaries in Turkey. ' Certainly the. Germans,
as you say, are not " fools; " they may( belriser
than we; but - the judgment of the wisest &men
becomes error when it is based on a wrong as
sumption of fade . . Very; wise, and practical men
too here at home, often betray a confusion of
thoughts on practical fOreign missionary ques
tions which‘makes missionarieg, smile. The ar
ticle from the Berlin newspaper, for -the .most
part, ignores' and confounds the clear and:vital
distinction between a question.of vcclesiastioal an:
rangements—that is; of organizing and governing
ehurches,nnd a question as' to: ivhoM ishall be
committed the disbursement of the funds which
American Christians put into the treasury of the
American Board. Let this distinction be kept
in mind, and the whole grievance of the Pera
church and pastor will be seen to be without
foundation. Dr. Dwight- testified to you : " I
am Prepared to show by thii strangest documen
tary evidence that ili;' 'real and. sole cause of
their dissatisfaction is,,that.they are not permit
ted to have an official voters the administration
of the missionary fUndi c"ollecti in America and
England for the work among, the Armenians."
And again, he wrote to the .News of the Churches.:
'What, is_that mission-poliey from ,which we
have so persistently declined to move'' even' so
much as--"a hair's breadth ?-' I answer in one
word; time it 'is the principle of keeping - under
our own control missionary 'funds contributed in
America, and put into our hands, is the respon
sible agents of the AmeriCa ' ehurelies;forpros
canting the, missionary' w o in Turkey. The'
pastor of the Pera church h persisted in claim-,
ing that the native &wel l have a right to a
voice in "the disposal of ithese, .funds. We
have conceded,- even •beyo 'd ' our Own views of
propriety, for •the sake of ace; that they'should
take part with' us in - our eliberations on the
various 'means and agencies e use' for the oven
-
gelization of Turkey ; but most Obviously we
could not concede to them e right of }voting in
the disposal of our funds- :s lo ie the whole Up
shot of the matter." ~ .., - '
- . Now this testimony ranst be over:ruled, or;the
whole ground of, your statement that the com
plaints 'referred to "turned 10 - on the ecclesiastical
aria4ements of the Board," and that they , tend
ed to, show that the methlids of the, Board in
this (ecclesiastical) respect,. were, radically de
fective," slides from under;your ,feet; and.whole
paragraphs of, the Berlin= article .and your coin. :
ments thereon, 'becoming unmeaning. Does this
mission -policy which'Dr: Dwikht deserib es, prove
the'ecclesiastical methods of the AmeriCan Board
radically defectivo thee4clesiastical
methods of our Old School brethren'equally
fective ; for their mission-policy, in this particu-,
lar, ,is precisely the same, in India and plie
where with that of the American Board in
Turkey. I beg Jto hold your attention to this
-The Berlin article speaks of the "repressive
Imlicy" of the mission. The repressiveness
consists only in the principle and .practice aboie
spoken of by'Dr. Dwight In all ecclesiastical
matters the policy of the missionaries in Con-.
stantinople is the most unrepressive possible.
The Pera church and pastor have' had the fullest
recognition of ecclesiastical independence and.
equality of rights which , can be conceived.
"They:claini, the right of self-government----or,
at /east, of a participation .in the councils and
decisions of the Mission." What .confusion` of
ideas is here l; The writer in the Ntue EVC171,9%
rircheni,eitung may be a walking librarY, and a
philosopher .of profounder depth than Hegel;
but the„ densest atmosphere of a German study,
Must have penetrated his brain •when. he put
,to
gether a sentence like that, if he werenot de
ceived as to the facts. "They claiM the' right
of self-government"—which they have always
bid in the 'discipline and government of
church and disposal of their own , charitable
funds,: without any interference on'thepart of
the -iiiieSionaries • but it t 1 ,get.`that",,
which they already have in utmost conoeiva
ble .perfection, they ;will be satisfied: with .so Much
as a share " in the councils: and-decisions of the
Mission ".regarding the adMiniStratiori* of the
funds-of the American' Beard!!
AS to L the extent of the diSaffection and sym
pathy with 'the Periot 'secession, which , the,
reader of ' your two articles would infer to be
general among the Armenian converts, gr..
Dwightwrote, after his tiMr. through Turkey
and personal visitation of nearlYS.ll the churches::
"I am happy to say, that 'out; of the More than .
fifty, native 'churches in Turkey, not one, as yet,
has shown ,the _least:sympathy, with the Pera
church and itspastor in their most
demand.", lam not aware that Abe- case stands
differently now. from what it did when, Dr.
Dwight thus testified in your *lumns.
The Berlin writer's acquvatance with our,
missionary affairs in Turkeyoo about`equal to
his knowledge of theconstituency of the Beard
in America. His creneral IStattinents may be
judged by, some of the particular ones • as
for example respeoting.the extent of the disaf
,
fection, compared with Dr. Dwight's 'testimony :
With uniniportant eiceptions. the societies in
ConstantinoPle and Niconiedia openly arrange
themselies with the 'Pere church; and all the
`Evangelical Armenian congregations would' do
so itionce if they could dispense with aid Mull
/ndica." And the followingt.
" The church in Constantan4le (Query, Pera
church ?) with a thousand members, and per
;haps a thousand more adherents, is withont an
edifice " . etc. In the last annual-report of ,the ,
American Board, the aggregate.members of the
four churches in Constantinooe, including the
Perachureh, are stated to be 187,1 ind the whole
number from the beginning, 333.1 Berlin writers
are nearer Constantinople than we, but it is well
to reinember that very wide and dense forests Elie
between. .
You are strongly im pressed w4.*.the. fact that
the Peru congregation worships in the chapel of
the Prusaian Embassy, .and that an. ex-ambassa
dor is at the head of the Berliw , :Continittee of
`Aid.' But' hat Committee was foimed 1860,
when fiastoi` Simon was there with 7 the efiderse.
ment of the missionaries; and theZsachtireli
has always worshipped in the chapeSilie'Werthe
Prussian Dutch etabassy; that is, since, its ex :
istence'itri distinct.church 4 formedlont what
Was the general , Constantinople _Church. .;The.
Yeni-Kapoo Church` has been reorganized; and
and the other two churches in'Constantinople,
are in syrniathy with- the mission.
Whethet the Pera'Ohurch will
with Germany
on which will place .4re 3:#0" . zno# , 3rlq, diipa
sal with the least restrictions clliemviiier, of
its use. If some parE7.44 , 4rogikt44-;ivill,
both, it perhaps can cartroffsilieltifed • liCr• A
New York,. Aug. 2 r 1862. .! •
Upon the above :6omrikuniektion4e would re—
mark : • •
(1) That it gives ne i i plessnre,to !Own 'that
frank and fall eipliihatterr. of the
:trotaihiiin the mission ehurlihes of Constantino
pie, is Stiiut to be presented to the public. We
haye
. .bsen. astonished at the retteence pf , the
Board, or at, the depreciating tone with:which no
great a disaster to our cause has been treated, in
ita iagoranees. :
(*.She Kirchenztit'ung is undoubtadli wrong
in some of its alleged facts ;—that, we werep
pared to believe. 'Bute it re
is not the organ of
theorists or of saeramentatians,hlit of the truly
evangelical sentiment and the, active piety of
Germany, in sympathy with the Evangelical
Alliance whose organ it is. No such insinuations
upon its character as are - indulged in by " W."
can avail to discredit its statements. The Pres
byterianism it desires to see inaugurated among
the Americin churches is just such as ".W." is.
familiar with, in his own church relatiens. And
the broad impression it, has received. that our
missionariesin Turkey. have no .sympatiy , with
this Presbyterianism, but are sowing Independent
tendencies in the rising Christian' communities
Of that country; and :are already suffering, the
penalty of their course, slay well make us pause.
It'may be an exag,gerateeimpression but it can
. ,
not be baseless.
" W." wishes to hold our attention to the
point that the,e
s policy of the Board which has
given rise to thecession of the` Pera.church is
I simply that of:retaining withiuits exclusive Con
trol and disposition the funds committed to its' ,
care. :Pastor Simon and his' people are burning
at the finger ends to handle the Board's money ;
and the real cause of their strange behavior is
vexation at their faibire—is disappointed* ambit
ion and covetousness:. He also quotes the policy
of the 0 S. - Eoard - in India, in certain cases, as
precisely similarto that of, the Arnerican!oard.
Let us grant it. And is there not another ele
ment in_the missionary, policy of our• Old
, School
brethren, tending.tto : check the rise and the
workings of such - - ambition and covetousness--
thatof carrying their (and . our) excellent eccle
siastical organization with them into the mission
ary geld, and setting it up complete at every new,
station, like the tabernacle in the wilderness;6 a
rallying point, a germ of order, and a - bond of
union for all.? We do not:believe that such ob
stinate' divisions and such wholesale disaster
would have, attended a mere question of division
of funds, if that element had been introduced at
the beginning and followed up as it is in thomis
sionary operations of our brethren of the other
branch. Pastor Simon may spurn, such a prop
osition now: He ought to have been taught
better at a more docile age. ,
' (For the American Presbyterian.)
PRESENTATION TO A LOYAL CLERGYMAN.
WaonsTom; MD., Aug: 9th, 1862:
Editor of the .AntericarAPresbytericta.—
Dear Sir';'—'llle Congregation of the Granite
(Presbyterian) Church assembled to-day for the
purpose of presenting, to their pastor, Rev. Wil
liam B. Evang ) a massive gold-headed cane. Upon
it was 'engraved the American Sag, together with
the following inscription : "Presented by the
congregation of the Granite Church, Baltimore
County, Maryland, to their pastor liev.•William
R Evans, August 9th, 1862." Alsa the follow-
. .
" The Devoted Christian and True Patriot."
Mr. Evans has been Moat persecuted in this
vicinity on , account of his Union sentiments
which he fearlessly proclaimed; hence the-above
presentation,. •
The presentation address was delivered hy
James N. Burnham Esq., who reviewed the course
which this patriotic minister had pursued since
hp•hall'been, their pastOr, and, concluded With
the assurance that the earnest prayer of his con
,
gregation was that When he should be called to
his heavenly home, he, should find,engraved
upon his eternal crown this same inscription .1--
" The Devoted Christian and True Patriot."
. Mr. Evans replied in a very: eloquent and feel,
ing manner, and assured his congregation - 4st
whatever circumstinces might surronnd lint," he
should- ever be. found -loyal to his God find - his
country.
The above Chureh,jeasoffeied a tee- days' since
to the Government, to.be used as a hospital—free
of.charge. •
S.
, .
- THE' BRITISH GOVERNMENT.
`,` renowned€s oll m .o . ll o lllls e 7of tile Britilth
nation,- (thus spoken • of:ltyGen..l3rt9; Nimes'
to have taterwefage;with.the gprgnment, after
it had almost utterly *abandoned the : . people.-
While we have had just ~.grOund ,Of complaint
against the British 'government for its unseemly
haste to recognize the - rebelias belligerents, arid
' the , extracrdinary eagerness it exhibited to make
a 'diens Belli out "of the 'Trent affair, not to - speak
of the ithmlting wish' of the premier, publicly
expressed, that we would consent withont
struggle to dismemberment and
death—it must be admitted that it has , since OS
hibited an immovable firmness in maintaining...an'
attitude which both friend and foe. have long re
garded as th initiation of a positively hostile
course towards our nation, and Of active friend
shir towards the rebels. he unprincipled
ncla
mour and malignant inv e ct iv es of t h e
, • London
reiterated-by nearly journal in the
'kingdom and justified, by • the more elaborate
essays of all the leading. Reviews, joined with
the presinin of the; cottoh famine and the ur
gency of Southern sympathizers in parliament,
have all beerrinsitifiaieut to move Lord Russell
'and his cabinet from their positions' in regard to
breaking the blockade, recognition .of the rebel
',govern**, anadiation and intervention. Every :, .
effort to brimithe government to either of these 1
measures bas, failed, the last one about as deoi
aively as any'of the others,: Parliament has been
prorogued, ; and the Queen, itrher closing speech,
has declared herself as much as ever disinclined
to interfere in:a conflict.; 'which. is the indirect
Cause • of great suffering-info:nig her own people.
.• .
This is simply the one honorable course which
'nations claiming to be guided by justice are
; filainty, bound to puraum-, -, 5 4, t ia ;stature hare. a-4
'right to. expect, especially in an ..age which ~1.
Ise introduced "non-intervention": among thi•o;
matetwordirOf its. diplomacy. , 4k - that:ark to Eng=';' .
Una"; but thanks. to God, for 'eriabling,.l3ritisli'
statesmen to withstand a popular clamor
thenMelves had hastily : iiVeii the signal,;
and Maintain a position of justice and equity;';
ne . an in clined plane from the top of which they ,
,had alr eady' begun perceptibly- ' to slide. • •
We are confirmed by these last acts
opinion which we had some time ago begun to
• cherish; namely; that the British people are more
Lionfriendly to us in our present troubles, than is
.theii:goveitnnent--or rather, _that the Ihitiib
government 'with true statesmanship . perceiVes'''.
the titter folly of the people's wishes, and
creases its proper. function of .firinii holding
,liepeorde - ,iii check. We have Jitthifear ,of any ;; ,
furthar
.demonstrations: on the part of Great',
-Britain. As to France, we surmise the. case • kV:
. . .
bei:nearly the reverse. The people, -the .clergy,
and journals generally are friendly' Be tWpartn ,.
ii,rnore American„,then the Americans
is no journal of influence in France, which, like
the Times, is engaged every day in the, diabolical
task pervertingtrnth andinflaming prejudices ..
and passions, against us. But the Emperorlsas
uncertain as to-morrow, as dark as fate, - is nn
sarnpulormaikambition itself:...What he Maydo,
defies calculation. The usurper of the French ,
Ono : no, he 'made war against the tyrants ofi4ly:
and atoppedtnidwayLto : shake hands with Franc*
Joseph at Villa ,Franca. is now engaged in
the
,efforttosconquer Mexico.;, And why should
he-plot,an& : arm and keep Europe.- in- agitation
view to a readjustment of the boundaries
1 of France i -, and - notreitehie at the same time the
restoration it least of French influence iriTthoSe
fair territories of the new World; . whose 'very
nOnes are reminiscences of French-colonization
and : F!reneh,ezepire in a former age.
The FingliSh4)cople and the.Frenchl,tmperor
therefOre may' be, classed together as more or: less
dangerous tegether, shake the
BritiihgoVernment from its .present statesian
likUposition. It is great matter for thankfulness
.and.enatitiragententthatior eighteen - months they
have been' Utterly, "Unable to-'accOmplt.. this
result.. " - • •
• THE MONTHLIES AUDI.
SEVERAL weeks ;,ago, we . felt.it our duty- to
call attention to the - peculiar and-unfn . endly at
titude -of our leading monthlies, (Atlantic, Con-'
tifiental and (Knickerbocker) 'oriinatters of faith
and practice regarded as essential by all Evangel
ical Christian& We , spoke particularly - of Mr.
Kimball's new starry in the " Continental, en
titled : ." Was he ',successful ?" and expressed
the fear that the very ablevriter was aboutr,to
follow in the track of those who ;take pains to
exhibit Evangelical religion solely by its carioca
tares, and who are wilfully blind to :the exist
mace of such a thing as _true religion among the
followers of Christ. The number of the " Con
tinental" for August—the best by far of these
magazines for this month—contains a new in
stalment of the story referred to, which, we are
haPpy to say, demonstrates Mr. Kimball's at:
quaintance with Evangelical religion, and his
ability and readiness adequately to represent it
upon• his pages. 'The great change wrought in
Joel Burns—an excellenti man alreadj in the
world's esteem—by the admonition of his dying
wife is onewhich Could .only have been effected
by the power of the Gospel, and the author
wishes us so to: understand it The peculiar and
elevating effect of piety upon a nature already,
noble and beneficent, is drawn with disciimina
tion and' with beauty. It is true preaching. It
exonerates .Mr. Kimball from the suspicion that
he wished , us to regard the hypocritical .charae-"
tees already introduced, as true representatives of
practical Christianity. ',Such hypocrites' there
undoubtedly are, and all we ask "of Mr. Kimball,.
or'any other writer is, that a just impression be
made akregards the .essential tendency of even-.
gelled religion, while they employ the conduct
of mere pretenders to religion as an element
and,.often prominent element—of their story.
Branxwoonts MACiAZIpTy. for July (L. Scott.
& CO., New York .111iladelPhia) :
contains some remarkable statements, chiefly in.
an article entitled "Across the channel," which
all European tourists should read attentively. It
is a. carefully drawn contrast between the Conti
nent &slit appeared to the : English tourist twenty
year,s ago "and is it appears new. " the-shrewd.
observer and the sharp, unsparing critie appear on
every *page; the criticism is however Mainly
directed to the' faults of his own • countrymen.
We rarely see a confession from an Englishman
so frank and so edifying as the following, on the
"haughty, hard, hostile antagonism to all the
cherished usages and .favorite customs:of the
peorile we.may be among." " The antagonism"
he says, "=which is the Englishman's first in
.stinct,..ii the creature of that intolerable .conceit
which makes us count that ` all differences from
ourselVes infer inferiority; and thus Whateverja
°t . i"ise Out with, us is, of cortrSe;by as mnch,
on a lower scale of merit.":.
, • And what are, we, to, ;think of the following
terribly diawn picture of life -at the ,Engli4h
watering places ? • Is the Writer a_prude, or is he
describing 4 fact of fearful moral significance
M —,
a scandal ' and an outrage to the Christian' name
of his country ?' ";We have "he says, " a spe
cial national custom by which, at a certain''pe
riod of the year, portions of the margin of the
sea, galled sea-bathing places are consecrated,
like old heathen temples, to indecency. Those
of our sons and daughters whose walk in life
elsewhere--in their drawing-reems, for instance
in public assemblages—on the streets of the
city—is surrounded by an atmosphere of
rum and purity—whoin the slightest indecorous
word or act in, such places , would , suffuse with
shame and. indignation—these. when they comae
within the Consecrated arena at the proper time,
are: instantaneously divested of all sense and de
corunstrand exhibit a scene not to be",be matched
elsewhere until we reach the Marquesas Islands
or the Feejees. It is useless to argue or fight
with this specialty it is a deeply foUnded na
lonal. institution—almost stiperstition-ind one
might as well left his voice in argument' against
suttee or the'national inatitntion of Dahomey!'
We have read these lines with a surprise'
amounting .to incredulity. We feel tolerably
certain that, es, stated, they are novel to the ma-,
jority of American students of = English manners,
and customs. And we .appeal to the frequenters ,
of American` watering places upon the 'question'
whether such indecent behavior—here described
as a',"deeply 'founded national institution "--
was C.cdoriiied - and transplanted to our own shores
or has gained any foothold ; among us at such,
placea of recreation,;- 12eing well nigh confident
that their unanimous answer: will be in the nega-2
tive. Of one thing we are sure ;that none bul' a
violent prude would discover indecency , in .the
ample bathing robes and'the perfectly.harmless
and 'Wholesome sporti of the intermingled seie:s'
in'the surf at Oapillay.
What are we to think of Ertgliehluieial life ?
Its two extemes certainly are in a sad way. The'
Jo79T: peasantry*_ are as degraded ,as the ; `.poor A
whites!' of the; South; and the higher c,'.l4Befil ) y,
their own confession rival the Feejeans and the
Marquesan's'in the indecency of their recreations !
The'} subStantial midge °raises' 'of the''.! nation ,
must be the true depositort'elf Whit 'Virtue and'
strength of character it'Posseisei. ' `'" -
Maitcus N. PRESTON ate of Auburn Theolo
‘Sorainitri has accepted, a c aall 'fret& tlie
CharOhliitSkineafgai;N:4l'.
AUGUST 28,
otx Cm* ft
PASTORS Ihnuss,ED.—At an adjourned meet
ing of Cincinnati Presbytery,
.the 14th inst., the
pastoral relation between,*
Rev.. M• * Maxwell
and ighth Church Cincinnati was dissolved.
Mr. Maxwell has entered upowhis duties as Pre.
sident. of the,Cincinnati Female Seminary.
At the same meeting the pastoral relation be
tween Rev. W. #J Essick and the Church at
New Richmond was dissolved. Mr. Essick has
received and accepted.ri call from the church at
Wabash, Ind.—Chria_tiartiiiialci.
THE DEGB:EV OF D' D., was conferred upon
Henry M. Field, of . bl - ,.w York, one of the editors
of the Evangelist, at the recent - commencement
of Williams College.
We have wondered that our excellent brother
of the Evangelise has escaped this infliction o f
doable . entinOnanis so: long, We know of none
worthier. coll'ege has honored itself
in enrolling among its honored 'names that of the
modest, scholarly, and bloqu6nt senior editor of
the Evangelist.---:160.
CHANGE,OP RzLATION.--The Congregational
Church` of Raton under `the pastoral care
of Rev. Joiiiti Leonard, has, recently becom e
Preshyterian. A corfespondent pf the .revange
list writing from the place, represents the change
.as having come to pass providentially without any
interference on thelpart of the pastor, (a - .Presby.
terian) although frequent opPortunities of accom
plishing this.„.resnit were previously presented.
It is prohably a result.of our improved arrange
ments in Home Missions. The writer says
Circumstances have occurred, as the writer is
informed, which rendered it
t , necessary that they
,should become Presbyterian in order to obtain
further aid in supporting , their pastor. They
have felt that ne i cesSits - , and have now acted ac
cordingly. Ais xtheihad lost of their church
property, they disbanded -their organization, and
with the sane elements organized the " Second
Presbyterian Church of. Fulton," calling it Se
cond because a very' feeble Old School Presby
terian chnich Was already in existence. After
theTew church had been organized, they turn
ed to the late pastor of the - now defunct Congre
gational church, and called him to become their
„•
pastor. Brother Leonard' accepts the call, and
his people are
,now making application to the
Presbyterian _ome Missionary Committee for
aid in giving him support. They have also in
structed their Sessinn to seek their early recog
nition by the`PrwhYtery of Galena, with which
their pastor-elect is Connected. It is understood
that all this'action has been taken with great
unanimity on the part of the congregation.
It is now believed that in the peculiar circum
stances there 'existing, these changes will much
facilitate the building up of a good self-support
ing church in that little city, and it is.even said
that they now:have encouraging prospects of be
ing able to purchaie and pay for - the:Church edi
fice which they still occupy; , -
-pastors of tie church at
Fulton, N. Y., has received and accepted the ap
pointment; of chi Plain to the new regiment just
- forniedin'OSWego County: Mr. tord leaves a
pleasant: position,la large and Sinfluential Church,
for the camp life and 93 .ft Jailers of the battle
-field. The Church has dene well iu letting their
~ yed pastor go, and he has ; done even better in
consenting.- .We want, no stronger, . :evidence
than. this of the hold whichlthe great:name
maintains in- the hearto of the 'patriotic and
thoughtfrd: The new regiment ebuld•'fiave _Made
no better choice. Sound of head and boat' of
plea:sing address, 'and large of heart, Bro Lord
will doubtless rank with the beat of 'chaplains,
that is, according to the estimate of some care
ful obseriers, bees•sood as. an addition , of fifty
men to the efreetive foreeiof the. regbnent.
order "to, this,. however;-' be ;must have the cordial
ea-operation. , ef the regimerital officers.
Lord's pulpit will be supplied airing his a*noe.
—Evak,getisi.
Amon:mit MrstsTmes. Sons. The4.7hoa/o
Advocate says :—We hays previouslyn t itt l ed.,that
a-son of the Rev. Dr. Chesteri - -ef this t ~than
enlisted as a private -in` -Col. Root's reiincient=.
94t1i. Dr. Chester has iniother'son in the serilee,
holding the commission of. Captain.
STITT 'on, SERMONS -The:, .Evangelist tells
the following story of two manuscript sermons,
written and lost:by the Rev.J.• R. Page, ofPerry,
New York.':—" These -discourses were last-by
the - writer, in Jtii4, 1859, on his waY to Presby
tery. His. efforts to recover them were unaiail
ing, until a year thereafter he learned they : were
in the possession. of Rev. J. 13. Wentworth,, then
of Perry. On, his refusal to deliver therAto Mr.
Page's Agent, who made, a demand for:them in
hi s name,-he commenced a suit for their recovery
in the Snpreme:Oonrt, =which was .referied to E.
G. Lapham, Esq., of Canandaigua, 'by - whom the
case 'was tried. He decided against the defen
dant, and, to determine the.question of costs,
that, from personal examination, the sermons
were worth to the writer at ivst " fifty dollars.
An appeal was taken from, this decision to the
General. Terin of the Eighth District;:and at
the last - February -Term, held in Buffalo,; the
referee's decision was sustained." - -
The ' , Bannon'' are pit : blished lit the current
numbers of the National Preaaker - -
_ll.EiCanotr.--The subject of the re-Anion. of
the and' New-schol Presbyterian
Churches still engages the attention of some of
the Presbyteries of both ChurChes. - The Pres
bytery Of Chippewa (O. S.) is•i'yettng, but vig
orous Presbytery, oedupyinea field situated part
ly in Wiscorisin;and partly 3 in Minnesota. The
minute of the Presbytery is as follows :
" The follo;ring action of the Presbytery of
Winuna‘(:,Nuw 7 uChl) was'received, through the
Rev, E. Holt Stated Clerk : •
Real& a a committee be- appointed to
eonfer,witlf the Presbyteries of uwatonna and
Chipiewa, in regard to some basis upon which
theyanny unite in building uP. the kingdom of
God ;.bilso, bow we may best put forth our, united
er,,epneerted action in favor of the re-union of
the Presbyterian Church the United States of
;America. , •
a, In response to which the Presbytery took the
following action
•
"Resolved, That the Presbytery of' Chippewa
TecittroCate the sentiments of the Presbytery of
Winona, and that we are ready to unite in any
„feasible plan of bringing the Presb3rteries of the
'different branches of the Presbyterian Church,
covigingAhis region, into closer connection, and
more perfect harmony-
"Posoltzed, That -it committee Of taro be ap
.
pointett -to confer !`with the committee of the
TrOkytery of Win4it'a! on tins subjeeL"