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.
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