there are inexplicable breaks in their action. One would say at times that political Eng land alone remained, while Christian Eng land had disappeared. Did we not hear it said but the other day, and with a show of reason, that in the extreme East, in China, Prance had sustained' the moral and religi ous interests, whilst England represented there nothing but the interests of her cold rmerce ? If such things are thought, if : they appear plausible and are generally received, whose is the fault ? English o,hristians have succeeded in per suading themselves that slavery is °not in question in the United States. How? Truly, 1 cannot yet succeed in comprehending. The fact is certain, notwithstanding, and it alone explairis the attitude which has grieved us so deeply. By virtue of a marvellous transfer mationi.the same men whom English opinion formerly condemned with just severity, have become alinoSt . interesting since by treason and perjury, by pillaging public property, and repudiating private debts ; waking care, Inoreciver, to proclaim the sanctityof slavery, they have endeavored to overthrow their free constitution, and have supplicated foreign fOwers to aid in the destruction of their coun try.—De c:htsparin. fugcbginin GENESEE EVANGELIST. THURSDAY, ,SEPTEMBER 18, 1862. JOAN W. NEARS. PRESENT MISSION OP TEE OKOROH AND PULPIT IN 01711 COUNTILY. ,Tl#o extreme courses are open , and have been? pursued try the xninistry and people in view of: the present crisis. On the one hand, the whole onptfies of the church, the whole drift of the praying and preaching, the entire current of thoughtund feeling, may take the direction of patriotism, and the distinctive character ,of the ehurchanay almost disappear. This of course is tube eon lemned. On the other hand,. such a state of things may be studiously avoided, and the t interests of the country denied anything but the most cursory mentionln the pulpit or the pray ing circle. It is feared: in some quarteri, that the frecydmission of such a topic would" seei. nlarize " the church. The revival spirit, it is claimed, will die out, and coldness and barten mess will overspread the field. The true, work and the best work of the church.; and the one on which this class of persona would insist as espec- ially apptopriate in times of great worldly ex citement, is to hold close to the grand truths of religion and, the objects of faith, to check popular excitements _which do not seem to bear directly upon them, and to keep alive a due appreciation of them, when they are likely to be thrown into the shade. he church they think should throw it self in the way of the current, lest everything spiritutil ge down in its overwhelming rush. Without •irerging,to the extreme =first mention. ed , we wi..h to argue against the opposite error of extreme conservatism, and ...in favor of a large, full, and hearty exhibition of sympathy on the part of the Church, the Pulpit and the Religions Press in oar national affairs. Colmider; I. The extreme perils in which we 4 are. in volved. We are in danger of losing our chief earthly. blessing :good government. Success ful re 13,4 ion, especially when,grouralless or based in injustice, loosens the foundations of society, and destroys security in every department of life. Wo pray, preach, and fast, in view of such calamities as plague, drought, famine, flood, fire, shipwreck, commercial revulsions, railroad acci dents; but what are all combined, compared with the success of an enormous and desperate rebel lion which aims to destroy our nationality, to es tablish a political principle subversive of federal unity, to set up' a government upon the ruins of OUTS and which shall be the leading power on this continent, with slavery for its, corner stone ? What peril so great as that which threatens the overthrow of a government and a social system, which take it for all in all, is the most beneficent , to 'the greatest number, the freest, the most Chris dab, ih,e hest the world ever saw? What calam ity to us and to the human , race, we might add, so groat, as that Which would cut short the ca reer of this Christian and Protestant country, would of ipple its resources and paralyie its in finence by disintegration, would muzzle its pul pit and its press, would sap the strength of our chnreh organizations, and, in , the universal dis trust that followed the triumph *of rebellion, break up: our - spheres and plans of usefulness and Inca. paeitate the minds of men for a consideration of the truths of the gospel? - If the foundations be destroyed, what can the. righteous: do ? asked David, when the king of • Israel persecuted his innocent soul and droVe him Irtite his rightful. , home to the mountains. The piety of David vas not of the stupid kind which, requires to be ;4i:dated in its experiences from, *human interests as a condition of life and ,activ ity. Ills inspired pialms are frequently- based upon - his temporal circumstances, and the wick ed doings of his political and personal enemies` are inwoven with every line and image. We can put our finger upon some , which _were ev idently written , during his compulsory, and 'ha =Mating exile beyond, Jordan,. while Absalom .* and the rebellious faction held possession of the; capital. • A few days since - we received a letter from a subscriber in Missomi,.witioh reveals a state of things there utterly incompatible with any of the' regular operations of the church, and which are as proper to occupy tho attention of the church, as are any of the obsticles met with in convert ing the world to Christ. Truly the foundations are destroyed, and the righteous seermto have no work to do, there. " The times, " says the wri ter," are terribly out of joint in our State. Re union is almost forgotten. Society is about solved, sand God only knows where we are tending. • You in the East knoW very little of the straits' to which we are driven. - No man's rights are respected except by force of arms." Here is a sad picture of the results of only a partially suc cessful rebellion, against which eirery Christian man and minister cannot but labor, and preach, and pray, with the greatest earnestness. 2. The Gospel is the great friend of truth, righteousness, and virtue in the land. Such as have caught its pure, moral spirit, cannot remain dumb in the presence of vice and rampant ini. quity. Not content with preaching repentance and faith', the true Gospel ministry, like the old prophets, and like Paul, reason of righteousness and temperance 118 well. The vices and hypo crisioti of the Scribes and. Phariseesove know, ', were a freq eat t eme 'of unsparing denmiciaL tion from th lips f the Great Teacher. The Protestant ii nistr feel it no small part of , t heir . i, duty to p ce .im and enforce in the spirit of the Gospel, t . req irements of the Decalogue, and to keep u the iioral.to le . of the cwanunnity, no, less than seel ally to aim at the conversion of i l te the soul.. Wh n wrong and wickedness get rbroad in t la' ~ weos a matter of,course, ex pect to hear toir ,ice. They denounce Sabbath= breaking, Pkofet y, disobedien6, thdt, lying, oppression, 41 si on, and give warning of l the insidious aPpios'eh of the'eneudel:of sound mo . rids. It is' conii red a public misfortune far this function of th, ulpit to be obstructed, as , it sometimes is, by po ula.r an glamor and prejudice, from narrow views of expediency„, and other. causes. , -. .= .1, And , now, Shall t e pnipit or the, religious press, that has denim. ea athousand other trans gressions, vices; and runes, ov has again , and aets,min come to the rest . e of assailed virtue,oainid the applause of the go. , ,--shall i4e silent V.,.inid the dreadful indioation of it' crime that overtops all others with 119.inou tain heigh.t. ? Are edi tors and ministers and tliristian people expected , to be silent now ? pa . ordinance't f civil,%,ov e'rtinient is set at riaug t; a delibete and des perate blow , has bee •i.ea at the'. irest herit age of man on earth th plea, , of lib ty is used by deeply perjured m , n; i Seeking' t e destruc t\ tion of the only free 'govt lament iiexistence ; slave-masters are te'thre , theworld?back in its course, and to shatter th best hopes of an, white and black, in aprio : and- efinitely bleody attempt to, secure- and,prolo g, a ittle while, the existence of the unchristian and bominable re lation Of chattel slavery;. ----t t , dth Ministry and Church are to treat the sub Vet as of secondary; importance, as if not i ,germa..e to , sir chief ob. jest', and in dread pf becomin • seen rizekl Nay, how cart men irnatinethemse vex t be in a pro per 'frame, religiously, if they ate a all afla me with a most uncontrollable iedigna on acainst. these crimes which compete„with an *rt. history? How can they fail to see that .Gt,d's rovidenee. is most, signally indieating to -ihein e duty of bringing up and maintaining !the '-p pular con science on a proper level .of libstili towards :such a crime; and of wOrking that ho OAS* with. all the force of religion into the natio rleharac. ter ? Never had the teacher and g. rdiaus of public morals a. more brillia t. oppo turtity, of striking a blew effectively f , a ireat prkneiPle than now. It, will be crimival y ship d for them to suffer it, to pass by uniniproyed, on lea of the secular tendencies of the work: Whe men who do not, healtate to preach against intent ranee or even dancing, are heard to lAA sue ,a plea . now, when. disloyalty, red-handed' trea; ' and perjury are concerned, we mafbe t permi dto doubt their good sense, and the A 'depth of eir loyalty, either or both. The sated` of A ' ri can slavery too is revealing . its utter mak, y, as never before, and . May well and prip4ly co e in for a bold and unsparing treatment. 1 i 3. There is now. onef'high, clear arid par mount duty to be done by .the pedple of th land—it is it arly cost 'to save the 'country. h is unhesitatingly to bear flit burdens,' aid face the perils, and submit to the trials. neees ry in ' this work. While this remains to be den it .s idle for such as can.contribute in any way o itti accomplishment, to -retire to what, they oubn , fain regard as spiritual and higher . d ties. God's providence is pointing out to us the.Tian nel in whielthe would have duty-to be renddred We are shit up to it, as we not unfrequenqre, by indications no less *clear than those of the it ten. word. We have no election as citizens as patriots, as true men;, we must, plunge into Vie Red Sea before, us. .The unconverted , can of render acceptable service- to . God in this - r in` any work; but God's people, we .fir y ' believe, can render none while this plain and ni J mentous duty is' undone. Talk 'of. turning aside from these topics to seek a revival' Let- , - the minister rather probe his hearer hearts, to know whether they have that readiness to do all duty, : which is :a prime requisite for a revival. Let him inquire whether they.: are willing to, take up their. cross .in the performance of this duty, or whether they prefer ease, horne-comfort, money-making, or life, so much as -, to shtit their ears' to the cry of their imperilled country.' Let' hinfask 'whether they are not reiarding iniquity in their hearts so much ; that God will re: refuse to heir their prayer for a revival ? 'Whether he is accustomed to bestow revivals upon those who are out of the line of duty? Niyi ; we shall ever regard, it as a clear sign df reviving, , when people and minist.q.a:re filled with a devout "and holy fervor of spirit in consecrating themselves to' God through their }country; when' a =Martyr zeal fills all hearts, and y when each one obey erids; in response 'to` the evidenteall of God ; Here am 11 When this has been done, a revival may be hack' s ed for;indeed has idreadi begun; a revival in 4 “ a , - . , , church where this plain, commanding duty,is overlooked, we set dewlaps, suspicions- 7 -spurimis t Patriotic pastors and people; therefore;tif thei patriotism has been thus interfused with religionft. may take courage 'and expect God's- blessing. They are in the line of their dittY and :inay 'thtl-1 . poet to meet God there. And wt just; now thin' of two churches in our .Synod, WhielCarel nail • )' distinguished for their patriotism and their .spiv: itual prosperity ;.'° " did Pine Street?' which htti sent out ,fifty ,volunteers,' including-the pastor's: ,(Pr Brainerd's) son and ha.s had: wenty adds: 1 , 'dons by profession. in the last six.. months : and . the Central Church,Wilmit t igton, Rev. G. F. Wiall well, pAtor,i*hose patriotie zeal "is everywhere`- sokeii'of, and which has just completed; what is regarded as the most prosperous year, in a spirit:: ual Relit of view, of its remarkably prosperous; existence. Editor. - , We have. no , ,doubt , such examples could be" multiplied and...-largely sustain the position we. have just advaneed. f • • 01111DREN'S WORN FOR THE SION AND WOUNDED SOLDIERS. TITE pastor of the First Presbyteriap church, Kensington, acknoWledges the receipt, since auly 4th, ult., of, the followino• suns Lizzy Ristino, proceeds of a fair held by her, $3; Sallie Urwiler and Lida Bingham, d0.,548 ; led Petersen, Sarah Fisher, and Ida. Green, d 0,,, $15 5 ; Josephine McMullen, Emma Cramp, Re hem Rotan and Martha Miller, do., $35; Mary Ella Ifurtt,-do., $6 ; Fanny Cramp, Lizzy Meagh er, Kate Cramp, Mary Joimson, LiSzy Cramp, Kate Welsh and Maggie Cramp, d0.,144; Aman da &bath, Lydia James, Mary Rightly, and Clara James, do., $2O; Olivia S. Andrews, 'dO., $B7; to which add. proceeds ofcSabbath School4Excur siert, $3O; Making W &.all $257.• ...WILLI44.m.T. EVA cAintrican Vtrobtteriatt and Gettrott (6raitgaiot VICTORY ATIAST.I THANK God I the struggling and almost pros- Nov yet, we are constrained to;believe, has the trate , cause of our country is again'on its feet, war exertedu hardening influence upouthe pop- 1 . arid sternly faces and rebukes the last audacious' ular mind : On the contrary, new channels' of 1 and desperate movement of the rebellion. That bertefic , ence have, been opened and a stream of cautious leader McClellan, With his "Quaker ar-icliar!tis set flowing, which widens and deepens my," having been constrained lat . last' by the ' with Ow necessities of ,tie - hoar, until: we are I I most provoking and humiliating, not to say amazed at its vast unceasing current. Here we_: threatening circumstances, to give battle upon a are, a year and a half frdm the commencement of I grand scale, has been decisively weal gloriousli the war, plunged into 'discOuragements which' successful 'in his attack lipon the r enemy. The' make its end seem.farthe'r off than ever, with a battle. Was fought on that fatal _day in war --the prosp ec t of greatlyinereased public burdens, and. Sabbath, between GeneA). Hooker, Reno, Frank- ' yet there never was so Much done in the'may 'of 'link and others under* the personal command of private . bounties of every kind, as now.' The General McClellan, against the farces of the ieb- 'Volunteer Refreshment Saloon at the Toot of Zee, Hill, . , this ' el Generals l e ee, Hill, and ,liongstreet, for the Washington street, in city, m supplyirigreg posess-aan of South NoUtitaina , ridge lying I anent after regiment df the , new levy'with a; North and South across the roada,from the. East- hearty meal as they pass 'through the city, some ern to the Western:portions of 'Maryland, and times n 8 many as ten ,regiments in, forty-eight between Frederick City and Hagerstown. The hours. The good ,people engaged in the work ridge'wacgained by 'iiiir forces.- .. Major Generall are not weary, though pretty much the same per- Reno was killed-=another ' distinguished victim I sons have been _engaged'• in it, from the begin to" the iniquitous an d bloody demon of :rebellion - 1 ning of the war. Nor 'are:others weary of 'con and of slavery , ' . ' I trihutipg the needful 'fiinds. Few sights are Doubtless this is one of the most important I more interelatm,,, than those`to be seen now al victorles of the war. . it as the first of any conse- i most every eVening . at this 4Saloon. The plain, quenee for;months,, and it stays klong and strong but sweet and substantial viandsi-with the hearty I tide of reverses for our cause. It gives back to i welcome : 'accompanying, are keenly relished'by 1 the national heart some of its thrills of last spring, t the men, as they testify liiy,their, loud cheers, and so frequenit 'then ; a naelty now: !It'ilds our by their gratified ; eioorsioria . one to, another. State of the'fear of invasion, which, was so ini- I•They goon their twayiliefre,slied and cheered'at minent that the thunder of the battle was heard I the attentions thus heit;wed upon them. These / all alone- t' its border. It is the commenement, we men have, or . - Would have if' necessary, their hop4, -c e,of a aeries of decisive,movements;in ;which , cooked Grivernment rations for. thejourney to we, trust, ofir Generals and government by the i the'Seat of war, so thatiA is no work of necessity, energy of their methods , and - mevements, will 'I nor scarcely of mercy's ins to, supply them, but mire themselves, awake, to the greatness.of the I rather, an out-go.§4in4 'of peculiar friendliness causecthey defend; abreastiof the.people in their I toyiardathose who arelperilinctheir lives in de policy, and worthy of the brave citizen soldiers' fence of, what is so dear : us us all. And toward 'whose lives they risk in battle.. '‘ ' ' - the sick and wounded as thy lie, on the field;. or 4 . -.4?- I '. ' ' ,-:-. when inmates of our In ita', win sled . , '. ' ' ' SH4.IIfONS AND WORSHIP...` — Considerable , interest is, just now felt among ihoughtful ChriStians,' in regard. to 'the promi-. flume ofthe deVotienal or, litur(Acal element in pußlic Worship. Many Presbyterians,are prepared to admit that, ameng ourstives, too great promi nence is,Aivenfto the sermon, and that,worship as Such is wrongly assigned to a secondary place in our churches. ''While_.disposed - to. , cleave. to that principleof Pthtestariiisur which-magnifies the well& of God, while' insisting on a high standard of pulpit excellence and thorough train ing "in candidates' for the ministry, .and, While convinced of the utter t padtquacy of the 20 minute" pulpit es,say amid ; an hoar or more of ,haats, genuflections, responses and formal repeti tions, .rnany have felt ,that we need at least to conform more closely;to our aim standards, which conte,mplate a much 'Puller service than is gene rally found in our' public'worahip. Some desire the introduction offornial liturgical elements and ~ , ,point t 4,4 the undisputed ,practiOe Of some of the founders' of the church themselVes as examples of,th i e practice. What, is our astonishment then to learn that Episcopalians themselves —some ,of them—are not sttisfied with the present ,preponderance of liturgy over preaching in their public service, but wish to exalt it still higher, 'and even to dis psise with the sermon altogether. Blackwood's laga hie we know 'represents a very " high" lasso people in chui.cli'and state, but-we were nil pre ed for an assult upon'preaching, even from tha quarter, so sweepinc , and violenl as appeared ' the Angla, number of the Tory morithl . Nile, the writer,glorifiP.ci worship and expatias omit most religiously,-there is no of 8 earfirlaint that it can only be perform- Id' Toyed in conneetion with the generally 1 an tedious duty of hearing , a sermon. anion` :oaring" he says, ' o is` the hard duty, 1 ho ers by the celestial right. We must its t. 1 to the church for. the priviiegeof ip, ju tas one pays .taxes in this favored, is is a n dful balance too:, the privileges of li-:' I not - this complaint remarkable froml , . 'holiheit probably: the "twilit= amount of Icing co biped with the'' maximum' of prey- 1 ,:\ id prais in any protestant`denomination 7 , km' and complainincr under a sermon twen- 1 n sites ,loag, and calling for a,revolutioit tol aay f.withs.uch. ali..eitormous inflictiOn alto-,, it e • eda hard Se wide • air orsh - W 1 a do ;N. canoe regard Blackwood, , unsupported ).1 , of .r testi onyi acornpetent authority on such a soint. . orroborative testimony _however, i's ,`'not wanting to the effect that much-ef ' the Ertglis i preach 'g fsiexceedinglyi defective a.n.d unsatis' etory, li elyenebgh ,to give'rise to, com plaints, ;rid to a 'ord opportunity for ' semi-Ro mAnists ; ilf:gt the 'titer itollael i wool, to cry out for the,vtrial c , lusion of, the sermon ; from the services. ur ondon correspondent, in 1 his letter publis dio our issue', of July 12th,testi cle flea very•strongly to the-defectiveness of " the common .ruit, of i onion preaching."' Having heard many Of ti e diitingnialied ministers, he says that 'hewas in very few bases satisfied. biaki g a There is'spiriteal 'to, in the ' Manner 1 and in thelan uag,e. He declares,that-you shall rarely bear, ighat niostropolin of the British ,Em-, pre .a.O of the';' wbrf,d , such ;sermons as those: of , Barnes, , Skinner, Hawkes and others,ff who , are, enabled to preach with a freslincit vivacity andi holy force which are only. to be met•witiChere, in . rare alid 4 peculiar instanees." The troth in, the &Ural 'orilaglaild, by assictu-' inter' the sermon such a low place as it`holds in, her se , gl r has prepared ilie yt way te break i`t. down nawether. t,And those who wonldseriously ' alter therelative positions or preachiqg and wor,.-zi ship in our own- chureb,, ningt look at the risk thereby run . of, so delyrediatili g , ithe 'work of the , preacher, that the ministry as a' class shall lose , their sense of its importanee,•• shall relax the' strenuousziesi of their'preparation for its duties and shall briiigif into disreinite and 'create l a, feeling among the / people that it cOube (lisped : : sed with withetit detr t iinent to , e , service,:_ Arnong the. thoroughly Prptestant deporainatio n s , of ,our country, not the slightest 4ccasion has, beeu -given I f,or„sneh a feeling. The article in. Blackwood and similar ortes, which,-=it, is said, have appeared in the Times, could not` `be Writ- ' ten or find currency herd. MEETING FOR : SOLDIERS. } A crowded meet ing M behalf of tYp Ladies' id ;Association of Olivet church was held in the c ureb., corner of 22 and Mount Vernon streets, on a recent Sabbath evening.: Addresses were delivered by .Ohap lains Neill, Thelma, and Long, and by Rev. J. S!'Willis of the 'Methodist Episcopal chapel in Mdunt Vernon street, WhieliciMited in the ser. vi:tes,' and Rev W. 'W. Taylor,-Pastor of Olivet eliurdltl., - The meeting was in every respeel,grat ifying. = Over fifty 'dollars <were contributed 'to the , objeeti t of the , Societk- ' BENEFICENCE TOWARDS THE SOLDIER. iospitaN what unexatripl demonstrations of syinPathy; \hat pro - fuse. ex penditure, what offers 'or personal, service even to siiperfluitY to we' l beholdl Volunteer nurses and Surgeons COlite . flocking from the end of the land at-a moment's notice. Gcvernors, maYors police-men, delicate viomen„press, to the scene of suffering in embarrassing numbers.;:., llospital stores pour in li% an avalanche. Remote Bos-, ton - sends eight car i loads of such stores, the' volunteer - gifts of pare of an' afternoOn. Little 'childtetq net fOullfears old, 'Scrape lint and make bandageS. Scheels, congregations, com munities; become Soldier's Aid Societies. An , unceasharr stream of contributions flows'in to aid these objects, Little g'rls—half a-dozen tocrether collect a hundred do tars, by impromptu fairs. tLarger efforts, in the Orm of festivals, "for which Ithe materials, are all donated, gather larger sums. 1 And the'hospitals in ;Our cities are 'the centres of unceasing attentie . All kinds of delicate viands, ripe fruits, ei thing, literati:ire, both re ligious and miscellan .us, are continually carried. to the bedsides of br ve and sufferinc , men, and put at their disposal chiefly by'the gentler sex : j Those who Jive near the great hospital in *rest I Philadelph4 o where three thousand patients are accommodated., repo t that there is almost,a con ' tinuousproceision b ,;persons bent on these kind errands, passing.; to aud from the building. We have not spekeri of the Young Men's Christian Association, whose commission pene, trates the less faVered precincts of the camp, to brinc , refreshmeut.,to the sick ,and wounded, and to minister comfort; to : the. suffering and dying. They, are agents in the distribution. of < large.in dependent contributiens. So too - is the United ' States Sanitary GominisSsion, Which, while recog nized by the Government depends ' entirely on I voluntary contributions to carry'out its wise plans of benevolent oversight. What other. benevolent schemes ..may be on foot for the comfort of our citizen. soldiers, sug gested anti carried' out mainly by the' sex which would makeameids forits we,akness in this strug gle by its 'abundant charity, we know' not. We have - heard of an organization of ladies in New York City, which is labeling 'to secure an im niense sum, for the purpose of procuring artific ial limbs for such of our soldiers as are in need, of them. The sups t raised as bounties fori,vol unteers,to , provideScr !their. families - until iGov ernment pay -received, may- be •regarded as part . of the same movement. To this purpose Philadelphia 'filoneccititribut6d a"million Of money—Lhalf as a , city appropriation, and half in. the way of individnallsulserintionS. New York City has voted fiVeniillioni; And through the country, separate towns and counties:have vo, ted,:andindividuals have contributed sums to, this object which in the aggregate m:ust he.enor mons—fifteen "or twenty millions at least. From twate three hundred ddllars is not an'uncommon bounty fora country volunteer:' fi The country thus brayelpneets the demoral izing tendencies of the War here is one of not, a few incliCations that it is ascendinm by the.lad der cheerful sacrifice and noble Jiberality to a higher place:than it eve ; ,before occupied. IThese arc not t.Omens of detruction. ,, They are plant ings of diyine•grace. to ibe cherished in'the pro longed life of the nation. • - (For*the i teir " n Pi:diitoYtiiiifin3 . , • ..- • 11` jr ; • , :i• ' .. . , kIpoiRAFR . Xl 4 .13;PATION 'I3OOIETY. , : , ~... :-,... .• :. 1 . .i.,3%, el .17.frir' -- •!-•3i-•: - . . ~: • I f:Thfliend&of.th m ie: ciety are respectfully. re- Mindedrtliatiwella#e .m uch need of their con *thiiied..aaiiiitikiee.:fi'fb' 'Ness, public nece ss ities' 'mask' . iidd.:'b ' tdie - 4 hav e drawnlargely ' -.. 0__...~_ y :tliiiii toeieirOleCiet: i , f: , many' h ave ae*i l hi l t is ; it,Wif ve ,#iiii' .l i l ar ca , , idates in Ptepatiiki for 4, ', *##:** 9 : I': ,: 1 , ? WO:Ater May be. e ptesent •en . orgencies, the cause of minister s education should . not be . p neglected, for' the nati ifs welfare will requite, when the war is ende d, ta ll' the educated f}etylve may tie ` able to comin g; IL' • -' -- ~ . ..1. tr - . We earnestly desire friends,•,individuallye remembered by, the, ~ I . l th w 3 ).esPixiiallY :.* Synod of Tenilitylvagit i have delnyea Aini!ss . ,,, ty, owing 'to •the preso they will no . longor.lM send nn at once WW , .1 ... raise for education. - • Of the fifty-six midi the Speioty last year, .e studies, and• •are now pieachi4 . *:Aosl s et. the army. .QUARLES .PreAbytirian: Howe, 58 . P.c...1 5 . 0 P , :..,. f .' contributions - irk, !our would ask,. also; to be urches in co-operation in connection with the Some of these Vales collectionfOrthe- Socie re of times. We hope one; he matter, Vut will • ' er: they may be able. to • 'pattis. indek the care of 1, he . hi6e 'finiehed their income:fully engaged in dveraire chaplains in BRowN, Cor. SCC t 1334 C7testnut street THE QUESTION AT ISSUE IN THE CONSTAN . TINOFLE DIFFICULTIES. To the Editor of the Anutricam - -:Presbyterian. In accordance with my promise; and your de sire for fuller information, I proceed to establish by documentary evidence the representation's' 'made by Dr. Dwight and myself - hcfore your late resumption of the subject of the difficUlty be tween the Peru Church and -l ihe Missionaries in Constantinople. Whether the union of the American mission aries and, the Armenian pastor ofthepera Church . in ,a Presbytery would have harrininized the OM . - nation that haa arisen, is a matteY'Which I do not discuss. A confident belief on that head can hardly' be, justified without a Ipowledge of the particular facts, and,of the persons who are par ties to the controversy., I should rejoice to be able to beliege that. such a measure mould have aecomplished , Constantinople-what the , system of the:Apostles failed to secure in some . of the churches' planted by them, and has not been pre vented in' many Presbyterian :churches in our The point of interest to which alone address myself, is this : Do the facts of thiS case justify' the injurious charges Which you found'upon it against the relation sustained to the Pera church by the. Mission and the Board'? ' In your article of July 31, after the clear statements previously made by Dr. Dwight and "ice "in your co lumns.as to the subjecketthe controverV b,eing one wholly relating to the administration. , of,the -funds of ;the American Board, you reiterate that the German Christians f` have taken sides with them in a, controversy with the Board on ecclesiastical matters," and through` more 'than ar column; indulge in a strain of objnigatioi 'against the' "ecclesiastibal power" of the ptudatial com mittee—the " arch-epis?opil poyver7 which you hold up as, oppressinc , the native churches by a denial of, their, proper " ecclesiastical rights" and endangering the keeping of them. "in a long period 'of tutelage to foreign -..agents when they might be' walking alone."* '''Now if there is any one thing which has been a definite'object of pursuit in, the executive ad ministration of the Board and the missionaries in' -Western, Turkel, it is that of organizing chnrches, placing over, them native pastors,,and laying the fulleat responsibility upon them in respect to self-government and all_, ecclesiastical rights and duties, that the period of their- tate ldte to foreign agents may, be made' as short as possible. This the native converts have always known. ,The Pera.ehurch acknowleded it,in a hitter dated December 31st, 1859, (Miss., ",Herald 1860),,, in which they said to the missionaries : Wherefore, reverend brethren, being assured that it has also beenyour most earnest desire front the beginning to see these ;Voting churches in a state of maturity—sql , governd and sell-iniport ... . • ing—we hasten to communicate to you the de cision of our yearly meeting in reference to this matter, which is that, connnencing with the year 1860, the Pere church promises, to, take upon itself the entire responsibility of its pastor's sal ary, instead'of doing this only in part, and de pending for the rest upon aid from your treas.- ,From its organization in 1850, this church had - been purely " self-governed, " the -missionaries havpig no control overits government or diseip line, while the pastor was treated by them as 'a minister. in -all respects on a ' parity with them selveS. ,With expressions of warmest, gratitude for the aid which the missionaries had rendered them, the committee of the congregation also said '• • • - -.3 j'Finilly, dear 'brithred,'he assated,ll4ethe oeseaiaoa in this respect of oar with yonf hy . independent self-sapporti—dOes not look at alt towards Any separation in our .holy bond of aaioki' b ut the, rather do we hope that, through the blessing,of the Father of mercie.s,4it will be the .occasion of strengthening -more than ever the strong bond of 'Christian love and brotherly affection between us. " At this time it was hoOd that some personal . difficulties had pissed away, nd,t14#;,014 - o . p IWhich some individuals, hafil, sought t .oTOFild be giyen up. Events nnourred;:however,.to..defeat ; that hope.. • To fpaSsuover. lesif:worthy. impulses; i the following quotation'from the pen . of Dr. liamlin will show how they were misled by , a very natural feeling! -- ,'Re'is speaking - of theii disappointment tbat e t'il4Aft4intismx4d,not . work afore rapid] and greater changes: ''". 'Xt's - h0711 . 1d !hitve lifted this little community' right- up - to 'the,level of Protestant ngland and ; Americo,. as ' tO 'wealth, entorprize, colleges, literatexe i ,:et„o :; I .. etp.' Instead of this they see that atiything like •this, must be reached by. a very long; painful; ;and slow process. , 'The missionaries are to blanin fnl all this: They haVe so managed' as,to keep us froM'' direct access Co the great ;fountains of • progress, and we have hid no proper 'share in the work. We , can use the ,same morry.sO as, to Prpduce some great and satisfantory:resnli. ';' Dr. Hamlin addt :--: 6 ! The natural lovt.of power. is also excited , by :ffikefviewilof. liberty.. They . set the strangest.limitatoiesiensibilityatid right, that one can imagine. But on the other hank • the ' missionaries' have. - giVen stnan•-oeceilina 'to , this state of things. We'have ; jiciinOtimes 'Most. • unwittingly given just cause of offeric.'' , Thli 'm e l .... freely acknowledged; but,.l know not; Why,•the•: .. brethren seem Anaxsorable...lfuledd i . 01:1114 go so .; far as-to , say th4nothinz short of entire equality in the c9. 1 0r01..P.f , 01 4P1' 3 Yees - .and - fanda,••wiil ever satisfy tliel.;! 1 :i; • ',f':. i; t': ' ~),-;' ...Q L : .• . ',. . I come now se the doigun'ene,*'of wliicli iiention. in illy, last': ccAll - waidetoli Kimtaan., .180 3 ;*,:n August 2s.y`l in the name' of all the m i s siona r ie s, b id yr` Pm lia and. *lsm. Bliss and WaShburn, to the ap peal to foreign christians in the 8 0:called ". De claration of Independence"..by the Pera church. Its particular comments on the 'latter are extend-. ed, and not neceesary .te 41)!IF.purpose tocite. How far the,grievance of the native brethren coines un derlhe ecclesiastical bead„and furnishes greund . of •'o6lliinri;,what an Old Seticini Presbyterian like, the eindriii and judicious Dr. Riggs, and other hon . laded Pres b yter i ans, . have done in Tur ,•... • • Tur key,. and, approve, in the ecclesiastical sphere, Will appear from a planof copperation, proposdd to the missionaries by pastor•Simon.and his eo=, adjutors. This brings ] clearly into 4: light • the whole matter of their complaint lied-. Object 'of their desire. I copy itin full: ' - Plan of cooperation bOigeenthe :ifylnion4ri es . and Native Brethren, - --liP-bYst PAO& of thq Fora Churck ;.; • . .1 ! P , " 1. At every miiraionat%y . ritftien.there shall be 4 • • • • 4 . • • • * •Dpes " W find-theaer"preresaiorufiri 'oar article( of July Slat? We cannot , - I,u. -( ,• • i .~r~9 ~iT3Yi a mixed council of native paitors and brethren with the missionaries, of equal numbers en both sides. " 2. Where there is no Missionary station, the church will unite with that station to which it. "3. The native members shall be chosen by the churches for whom they act, and {he mis sionary members by the station concerned. " 4. The native members shall mit be each], sively elerioalNut shall be al.so of the brethren. " 5- This mixed council shall have the pleni potentiary power of absolute administration in the office committed - to them; but they-will be re sponsible to the bodies electing them. " 6 As the report of the annual meeting in June defines (Art 4), this mixed council shall have no authority to, enter officially into the in• ternal or appropriate field of' the churches or the missionaries. " 7. But its work and,office will be 'according to the decision of the repoit referred ---to have a care over all the affairs which have a common relation to the two 'bodies, viz "(4) The measures taken to obtain aid for the churches in their present- needy state. " (B) The ordering' of the measures which re late to the work of spreading the Qospel.and carrying forward.the work of the Lord as eolpor tours, itinerant . preachers, printing :a Bibles, books, tracts, etc.. "(C) The oversight of the seminaries for the Armenians : to prepare able and suitable labo rersin the work of the Lord. "'(D) The care and responsibility, of the na tive laborers.. ." (E) Correspondence and intercourse with „ - other:Christian Sodetie§ and people. " (V) Te eiaite and guide the church to per from their peculiar duties and assume their priv lieges,- as the formation Of — churches, the ordina tion of pastors, eccleciastical hdmonition and trainino• ministerial meetings, etc. " E t . The mixed, council will have nothing to do with th ork the America Board, .and e•• w o • n will never intrude into its arrangements-; bnt whatever the sOciety, in consultation "-with'-its representatives, voluntarily gives to the Armenion 'work, the administration of that sum shall be at the dis:posal of the mixed council. ,• "9. All that aid which shall be given by oth , , er Christian-Societies and .people, for the Altos toli“Missionary) work among the Armenians shall nmediately at the disposal of the mixed council. • "10. The mixed conncil shall carry on all its coMmunications -.with the Board thrOugh the council of ithe station (?); but when it remains divided on any que'stiOn; then it will have the right to refer directly to the Prudential Commit tee." The above plan w,as proposed as a remedy foi:every grievance of, which they Complain-' ed. and securing to them all that they de sired. Not .a word relates to • their ecelesias tibal relations or to any ecclesiastical question.t They, refer exclusively to.the plans of missionary operatithis carried •on 'With the funds of the American Board and other Societies. The object aimed at is simply to get under their control the foreign contributions which the missionaries dis burse. The missionaries presented a counter -plan to the natiVe 'brethren, identical with their own in respect to a mixed council' for consulta tation and mutualco-operatien, and differing only in not placing the funds at the authoritative dis posal of this council. Because of the want of that provision in the .plan, the 'native brethren rejected it. You cannot but see, therefore, that the evidence is 'all against the assumption 'that " the restiveness of the Fern church restflts, in great part, from their 'dissatisfaction with the defective ecclesiastical forms urged upon them 'by the missionaries." I have made this communication sufficiently 10ng..,. yet I desire to preSent the, commepts•of the ral.,s.sionaries on the above plan, and certain other statements. These I will furnish next Week. * . 1. We beg to disagree with " W " on this point. The whole document, whatever else it may mean, ap pears like a half-conscious striving after an:ecclesias tical orginization, substantially, identical with that which we 'have urged in thiS discussion. Mr. Editor : The troubles, of the country have led Christians, throughout the land, to-call i . • - . • upon the.Lordfbe wisdom and support Pray-' CABirs - LE's Lim or FREDERICK THE GREAT. , Inn are continually being -offered in the closet, i The third volume eif this work in which Carlyle's I —in the family -Lin social and public assemblies quaintness, study of minutia "and so on, , i that God may sustain the Government in its ef- ; are manifes z tilmejus - t appeared. Frederick's life, forts to subdue the rebellion, and secure to us a I from his acc4sSion in 1740, to the spring of 1744, • speedy and honorable peace. This is well so far I including his acquaintance with, Voltaire and 1 - • • likewise,; -- ,as it'goes„but, should there not be at . his first War in Silesia, is told in the volume. . . this time,,more of a national. recognition of the The rude , uncouth monarch is not ,an. unfit sub importance of divine interposition in our behalf? 1 ject for Carlyle's peculiar manner and the vol , In the early stages of the present troubles, the ume hap decided attractions both from ,the snb- President appointed a day, for " fasting„humili- jeet -and style especially to such as relish the ation and prayer," which doubtless contributed author's peculiarities as a writer. It is accom _muck toward: preparing the. hearts of our .court- prided with:-maps and , o portrait of Frederick . trymen 'for the trials through which they have ' HARPER & - BROTHERS, New York; for sale by since passed. Why cannot a similar appoint-IJ. 13. Lippincott &Co, Philadelphia. menthe made now, and the wholrlatiort, as such, !D ; essor in DR' WORTHT*GTON HOOR'R, Prof be induced to humble itself before God, until he -the medical department of Yale College, isdoia , -appear for- our deliverance ?. It is true that we • . ~ 4. . . - . have other duties to perform; 'alap, but those du seriei 'of Schoc;l-lfooks on various. branches' f ties - will , be better performed with national pray- series science The, last one,just out, is on the than they would be without it. ' . ~: - - - - ' mistry, and adapted to introduce. inn, very-happy The 18th of September has been fixed Upon as familiar and way, the elements of that attractive "a day to, be religiously observed, by the .people. : , . ; science to the jUvenilu. , rplt is called in the rebellious States. We hope that God will ' -0 beginner !1. THE FIRST , . 4.,00K IN NAIEMISTRY 1 and is got hear the l / 4 prayers, by giving- them a right heart: ten up - in 'neat style, with abundance of good - il - could wish it practibable to have the peopie i lustrations by HARPERS'&I3' .ns., New York. of the loyal States convened . on the same day ; for ' For sale hy J. B.' tipPiecott. &Co. a similar purpose. Good in - 'jolt result from such I . ' a concert of prayer, held in the thirty-four States. We should be safe in submitting,lur cause to di v,ine arbitration. CAROLUS. SOLDIERS LID GROB GrA - DEL AWARE. Editor of the American, Presbyterian ing your .interest in our country's cause, I will give you some account of what has been and is doing , about St. George's, Delaware. , ) Some months since, the ladies established an Aid So- ; ciety- for our sick and wounded soldiers. , They have sent several boxes of clothing'and delicacies. 'short time since, they determined to hold a Festival, which took place on Thursday the lith, on the fine lawn. of P. Belville 'Esq' `and ``- I passed off finely. The table fifty yiircis inleßgth was loaded ,Nyth ham, beef, roast pigs, ducks,l and, eltickens- 7 ,and 41, the usual.vegetables; jel- ' pies, and many other ;things. Ice _cream (nearly 20 gallons) cakes of:manyicindstlicaches,i. r 14-1, PRAYING FOR THE GOVERNMENT; =l= Ingwri appleS, and melons. Afterftll had partaken, the y sent a barrel of bread, and nearly the same quail ''tity Of meat and poultry tri camp Smithers, near Wilmington. We had some fine speaking by a number of good speakers., will name some, in the orderin which they spoke : N. - Smithers, Esq., of" Dover;; Hon. G. P. Fisher, our member of Cotigres; . 31i: Bradford of Wilmington, and Rev.- iNfri , War of Delaware City. Excellent music was discoursed i :l7 the St. George's Band of amateurs, whof'-s , 6lunteered their services for the occasion. The amount after paying all ex penses, (which were small as almost everythin g was fine) was .about $255 for , entrance, and ar ticles sold; and $245 :from. donations, making about $5OO as the net, profits.. ,On Thursday twciweeks, The Ladies' Aid So . ciety of Delaware City , hold a Festival= for the same object. Do you not think New Castle County is showing the spirit of 1776 ?= i . eptember 12th, 1862 BIBLE. INITIITEESARY. The Bible Society of The State of Delaware celebrated its 50th Anniversary in the Presbyte rian church, `(Rei. Dr. 'Spotswood's,) New Cas tle on the lith inst. The Hon. Willard Hall in the chair. The devotional exercises were ,eon ducted by the Rev. W. C. Roberts of Wilming ton, and Dr. Spotswood. l'he venerable Presi dent. Judge Hall, read an able and interesting report - The entire State was explored two years since; 9,973 families were visited, and 743 white, and 559 colored found destitute. The work of the past year has been chiefly the sup ply of Al issiotia.ry SundaY Schools and the soldiers leaving for the war. In the last named effort, much interest has been shown. The proceedinn were of an interesting character, llessrs. well, Aiknaan, Murphy and others taking part, and addresses being. delivered by J. Dick erson, Rev. Dr. Sheldon and Dr. Cummings of Smyrna. 0 : - ,t.q,.i.f.;itattrit.. gto. REV. ISAAC E. CAREY has accepted an invi tation to return to his former field of labor—Free port,. 111. DEATH oy A WESTERN PIONEER.—Died at Jacksonville; on the Ist inst., the Rev. Hugh Barr, , aged 72 years. He was a native of North Carolina, came, to Tennessee and studied for the ministry under the Rev. Dr. Blackburn, and was licensed by Shiloh Presbytery in 1818. He went to Alabama:as a missionary,' and settled at Courtlandt in that State in 1821. In 1835 he came to Illinois and settled at Carrolton, Greene county, where he remained until he closed his labors. , For the last seven years he has been hid aside by the disease Which terminated lu life.—Otristian Herald. REV. 0. A. LYm.AN,• who was compelled t) resign the chaplaincy of the Forty-first Regi ment Ohio Volunteers, last June; by the failure of his health, has so far recovered that he has entered. the service, again as chaplain of the Ninety-third Ohio Regiment (Cola Charles An derson's), DOW in Kentucky. calm aSglairationo. LIKE AND UNLIKE, an American story by an American author, A. S. Roe, author nt'"A Long Look Ahead," " True to the Last," and other works, has just been issued by Carleton, of New York. 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