lattion VvEoligitrias GENESEE EVANGELIST. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1.862 ZORN W. MEARS, ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. For supplying the AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN to the " Minnesota Refugee," . . $2 For supplying the Synod's soldiers, North Broad street church, in part, (including $5 from the paston t Rev. E. E. Adams), . . $2O EXPEOT WHEN God wrought great deliverance for his people in Egypt, at the Red Sea, and in, the land of Canaan he both gave them a warrant for ex , peoting much from him, and taught them the duty of thus looking hopefully and believingly to Him, lam the Lord thy God that: rought thee forth out .of the land of Egypt, he says; Open wide thy mouth and I will fill it. And he expressly charges it upon them, as the signal came of their lamentable failure ,to receive such itbundant blessing, that they will not thus be lievingly apply to him. "My people would not hearken unto my voice,—and Israel would none of me. So I gave them up to their own hearts' lust. .Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked in my ways I I should soon have subdued their enemies and have turned my hand againit their;adversaries." Here, far back in , the old dispensation, is God's gralions disposition towards his people manifested. Already the light of the new dispensation had dawned upon the world; and now that it has fully come, and that man is living, under a com plete and comprehensive dispensation of grace, much now are those encouraging views appropri ate. God says : "I have blessed you much al ready, it is ground for you to' expect , more. It is expressly to encourage you to expect , and ask more that I have done it. It is to reveal to , you, my royal quality, my exhaustless plentitude of f favors, and of readiness to, dispense them to be n lieving inquirers. I witheld not mine , only Son, but freely gave him up for you all,—how shall I not with him also freely 'give you all things? Christ Jesus is my bond, my hostage given, my word confirmed with an oath, my yea and amen, in whom all my pronuses are fulfilled and all good to man contained. Let man but seek me and not strange gods. Let him open his mouth to me wide; and. I will fill ii. , He fails to receive blessings becausi he will not hearken to me, or because he opens his mouth, to some other god; not because .I am unwilling to bestow them." Why is it not, on- the contrary, said : " I am the Lord that brought a flood of waters on the guilty earth,. that destroyed Sodom and Gomor rah with fire and brimstone ; look for still great er judgements; enlarge thy tenors for I will ex ceed them ?" Has not God just as certainly done these things as those more gracious clues ? Are we not bidden to behold both the goodness and severity of God? yes, but severity is not, so to speak, his primary rule of action ; it is the secondary rule, for those who reject the firsty who will none of his counsel; we bring its visi tations down reluctantly, as we may say, upon our own heads; whereas the other is Spontaneous, outrunning and anticipating all our actions and , the motions of our desires: Grace comes by God's ant; judgement by our own. Especially is the present age, under the mecli atorial reign of a crucified and risen Saviour, one in which good men, and those engaged in good undertakings may take courage and cherish large ,expectations. God is misunderstood whente is believed'to hide his face from them. He means to have them prosper and succeed. Every line of. his Gospel is instinct with this purpose. ; Truth and whatever is necessary to truth's progress in the world, are immortal. Whatever truly promotes man's welfare will be protected from the violence of man's sin. Our race is tt ransomed race.. We dishonor God, when, in the' midst'of temporary disaster or partial fella, we allow ourselves gloomily to doubt his readiness to keep his people, to promote his cause or to ad vance the true interests of the human race. Our unbelief becomes the great barrier to the reception of these blessiags. We will not hear ken to his voice. and so he will not soon sub due our enemies. The good cause lingers and languishes, and blessings are postponed, because we open not onr mouths for them, or because we turn to some strange god as the source. ' It is not.superficial tq hope :ander the Gospel. How great is his praise in Scripture, who against hope, believed in ..hope I He digs deepest into things who reaches the eternal foundations of hope in the divine purpose of grace to our, race through a Mediator. Under that purpose, it is• a drying sin not to hope. Let us take heart then whatever betides. Far above the stormptehold the bow of thetovenant stretching over all and embracing all; embracircg' this earth which is to be regenerated; embracing man in his social relations, embracing nations, so far as they form part of, or adapt themselves to, the process of tl!e moral and spiritual elevation of the race, or Contain enough• praying and, be lieving ones to be as salt to the whole mass. As God sees that this people are remembering his mighty, providences -and mercies in their early history, are turning from 'strange gods to him, and are opening.their month wide in cou rageous and believing expectancy, so may we ex pect him to subdue our enemies and to turn his band against our adversaries. INSTALLATION. -- Rev. James. Y. Mitchell will be installed pastor of Coates' Street church, on Sunday evening next, at 71 o'clock. Rev. R. Adair will preside, Rev. , Dr. 'Brainerd will preach the sermon, Rev. T: j. Shepherd will de liver the charge to the pastor, and. Rev. Mr. Barnes that to the people. WHAT DIFFERENT PERSONS are true Chris tians from what they are supposed to be I They are happier than their most prosperous foes who d'o'• their worst to make them miserable; they . need ''Not to be strictly guarded when God re quireh them to lodge in a prison; and walls, bolts, fbtters i , d keepers are as nothing when he wills them to b , i t liberty. In the ;most destitute state they have • , omnipotent Friend; all nature stands ready to plei , their cause; they are capa ble of becoming the bett-of benefactors in their u, most'abjeot penury; odd, t lie are' ready to do good to their most, cruel enc'es.—Dr. Scott on Acts 17,25-84. WITATZVER may be the feeling of oar soldiers in the field, whose numbers are so great that, they could easily have turned the close voting of 'Tuesday one way or the other, it seems nlear that 'something of a reaction against the Administra don has taken place at home. Not very marked itis true; the majorities being light and hard to"' ascertain. While certain prominent ,opponents of the war and sympathisers with rebellion in Congress, as Vallandigham of Ohio, , have been elected to stay at home. Nor can it be maintained that all, or nearly all of those who voted or 'were elected under a party name,'are opposed to a vi gorous prosecutien of the war; quite the con trary if their declarations are to be believed.. Yet allowing for all these considerations, it must be conceded that the elections, exhibit a degree of reaction in the popular mind „towards a tolera tion of rebellion, a Jowering of 'the high rfioral tone toward it which, its: enormity denaands, and a' spirit of'compromise with, slavery.' It is a failure to give the emaneiPation policy of 'the President a' cordial pepular approval. Let us ad mit these facts as they are unavoidable' and part of history. But what then ? Grow discouraged and believe the cause of loyalty and emancipa tion lost ? believe that this free people under, the lead of narrow partisans is about to sacrifice its birthright and shatter the palladium of libertyfor mankind by renouncing, its National Unity ? God forbid! Let us not so doubt our country or , our age. We see in this reaction but a human symptotii like that of the children of Israel, sighing oCo a .. sionally on their severe journey to the promised land, for ireturn to Egyptian bondage and quiet ness, and ready to slay their leaders for bringing them into the wilderness. Human progress is exactly, like the in-come of the tide—made up.of retrograde and advance movements; we . expect the formera,s surely, as we do the latter; it is only the sum of all that indicates progress.' We be- , lieve that God :who sways the movements ef ' the • waters, will'control the tumult of the people,' and see to . it that nothing shall hinder the adiiifice of the great tidal wave of progress to apoint that shall sweep away all vestiges of the reactionary play of the waters. Editor. While we pity - those who by the cry of taxa, :doll, the draft,, and above all, negro .equality, have` allowed themselves to be dragged into a silly and vain opposition to the manifest leadings of providence; while for those among us who at heart sympathize with rebellion and wish thi ".Confederacy," with its accursed principles of secession and 'slaiery to prevail Over the coati= - neat, we have a deeper loathing than wenan well .utter; we yet cannot deny that there is an apology for those who have been driven into the opposition by the tardiness, want of boldness, and the half-way policy which have marked a great deal of the conduct of the War. And we hope the recent, pipular demonstrations Will: be accepted as a lend call'for vigorous, active and stringent measures alike` towards rebels in arts and the sympathizing plotters in our midst. PHILADELPHIA PIYOHTH PREBBYTEPX. PIttBBYTKRY met in Cata r eanqua Ist church, Tuesday evening 14th inst. The opening ser-, mon by Rev. Wm. T. Eva, Moderator was an im pressive illustration of the purifying design of trial. The devotional services of the meeting throughout•were tender and 'solemn ; the com munion season on Wednesday especially so. During . the sessions there were present four teen ministers and eight elders. The Rev. Rob ert Adair' was elected Moderator, and the Rev. Messrs. Turner and A. Henry Barnes, Tempora- ' ry clerks. • . . The ,principal items of business, in addition to usual routine, were the following 1. Reception of Rev. James Y. Mitchell froui the Presbytery of Newton 'and order for his in; stallation as Pastor of Philadelphia, N. L. Central . . church. • • 2. Dissolution of the past Oral relation of Rev. Benjamin Judkins Jr., to Allentowh . l.st `church: 1 - + l 7 3. Dismissal, of Rev. John Ward to North River Presbytery; of Mr, Charles D.. Shew, oentiatO, to Newark Presbytery. . , 4. Selection of Philadelphia, 3rd churchi -on the Tuesday after 2nd: Sabbath of April next, 7A- o'clock P M., as place and time of next sta ted meeting. After'a meeting marked by fraternal kindnuss and hy abundant hospitality, Presbytery ad journed to meet at the call of, the Moderator, during the sessions', of Synod in Wilmington, Delaware. - T. J. SHEPREB,D,- • Stated Clerk., SUFFERINGS IN NORTH * CAROLINA.-Ourin-' formation from' the "north eastern counties, be yond the Chowan and Albermale sounds,repre sents them to bean a.deplorablo condition. Full: one-half of the,negroes have been run off by the. and every-species. of property is con-, stantlY subject, - to their depredations'. In the: eastern.counties batters are no better. Every day adds to their misery - , which must be in creased by the enforcement of Ahe ,, Yaitleee Con— fiscation act,. which Will; doubtless scion- be exe cuted.---ii'ateigh (AT. C.) Standard, Oct. 7., ThEEDMENAT TORTIppg MONI10E;" 'The following letter has reeently been received froth „ 31 ev.,r:lockwood by a friend •of his en terpritie in this city TYLER Ilous - E NEAR HAMPTON, Va. Oda- ber 2nd 1862.--=Dear Frfend :--We feel that' you have already done so much, that had:you not promised more, we could dot.haye the face to ask it. Yaw° cannot conceal : the fact that much more, very, e very much more needed. Yet charity never faileth; hciwever formidable the obstacles in her way. ' Understand then that 'the year-old " contra bands," refugees or Freedmen in, and in vicinity' of Fortress 'Monroe and Hampton are in 'good condition. And those who up to • a month past have come in and betome commingled with them, share that good condition, Our schools and re ligious privileges have been in existence since September Ist 1861, when I 'came. In con nection with the establishment of these, I ap pealed to the Nnith, and in response to re peated,nppeals, received about 300 barrels sent during the year, largely through the, labors of Mr. Coatt in comr,ny,with Wm. Davis, "an el oquent contraband" who lectured to, large au. dienees in New York and New England, and who is now in New 'York and would doubtless visit Philadelphia if it were desirable. I also set myself in right earnest to , ,correct' the " no wages" slave system. I-found in vogue ! here, and rested not tit I introduced the freepay system. The first of November; Gen:Nreol, 'then A BBAOTION. Ain t ricalt Vrtoilgttrian Ana (6rittote only half converted, issued an order that ten dollars a month beside rations, should be consid ered the value of an able bodied man, but that $8 should be funded in the hands of the Quarter Master, and only $2 given to the laborer himself. (The $8 were intended for the family of the man.) It was;afterwards found that even _ the small Pittance of two dollars was generally withheld from the workmen. _A _statement of this fact re ported from my remarks - in New York by the Daily Press, coming `to" the Fortress; arrested the attention of the authorities, and" 'a ,Commiiiion ivaS appointed to examine the matter. :On ex amination, matters were found in a condition that demanded a new order.; Arid such an or der was accordingly, issued aißont, the ,hrst of Mareh. This oiderwequired punctnalpayment of tfre.whole tent dollars a month, to the laborer himself, and since,theathe Government 4mploy eds have been paid - --with as'inuch;regularity as could be expected,--Itin this Military, ,Departnient. And this - system haSimeb. model' for other De= part rents`, though not in ill-so:Well carried out. The` Freedmen from:camp atHarrison's Land ing were first landed - on Grano , at the entrance of Norfolk Bay, and thence they were brought here in a rain, in which they were thor onghly drenched, many of them being ill with Measles, whooping:eough and ;dysentery.:: And froin the effeete.of this . exposure they have not yet'reeovereii . especially as all the protection they have from inclemency without!'afid' datap ness,below is condemned= tents, and a= few rags to " begin housekeeping." < -According to the p u _ perintendent or keeperleft xn charge of them, kr. Jeffreys, the adults number7o6;;'ind the children between 3 and 400'• the deaths have been frpm 2 to p„ or on an average7i..per 4ay but the number:of deaths is t diminishing. The adults are mostly;wbmen, a fs*itnendeft here sick, about.2o of whom have, since 'measurably recovered, and 'a few old and disabled men. Unfortunately the camp belongs:to the Army of the Potomac, from which it is:far removed; the men being in government" service in our place, their wives and ohildren in ancier. Since my return, from the North about a mouth ago, I have been waiting every -day 4p:.pnxiou ! s, expectation of..a,decision as-to l the permanent;diSposition to be" Made of these, debris of tthe camp. ; They should have preparations made for .winter quar ters. It has been , expected,that they would be taken to Washington,' but' there or here; they 'sh'ouldhavebarracksbuiltforthem, as women and children cannot be comfortable in Winter in tents, especially tents like theie which could nOt, very well have - stoves in them. The Government - holds itself responsible for providing camp rations; and,prebsbly fuel in the winter. But charity. must supply clothing - and bedding. The clothing you have sent—alvalua ble3 donation, has been careftilly, distributed by Mr. Tyler and Mr. Day the teacher, - and. the'un made has been: already'; Made- by! good colored seainstresses* , outside - the Camp, I:neatly, and they. will also l'he distrihnted With care, and so with the flax . ticking 'when made We will See that the beds are raised' fromi the,konnd./ There is great need of shoes and stocking's as women and children are now-bare-footed, or in stoekinv rags , or, gaping. apologies ,for shoes. "You may .well. be astounded at : , stpplying the want and especially the ndded , want of . 12 or 1500 more-men, women and : children' at Norfolk -ecittally destitute; and the'Many more eoiningand to' Come. - • - You, with all Co-labereis in benevolence, will find'it very exhaustive of finance to attempt`to supply :this want with new; goods The principal part,of ,the clothing sent : us the past year has been.second hand.. When facilities are furnish ed, it is very easy 'to gather n.p ,half-morn gar me,nts.and as far as, worth, transportation,,,these will be a valuable acquisition. ,Almost any ordi nary article of:4 aPihirelSwßl ,be, useful. Let a place be appointed where it will be received, boxed or barreled. Directs to Rev. L. C. Lock wood—ollie of *C; B. Wildir; Superintendent, Fortress Monroe,—Virginia.,, In.sending Mauls', Express or by ship, di rect froM Philadelphia , thern is no„sdiffic,ulti.; Had the funds of our Association warranted it, we should ire this have had' a =area to go from housn,tOiltiuse, to teach thikpeoPle sewing and varied household matters. And we especially need the, aid of womens in devising ways and s s means for profitable; occupation, for,tl4) people of this LMcblegate camp. It seems , nnfortunatesthat our lady teacher, an excellent , Womanishould laid iSidel4=sillness. [She has abuse left'on:2o,; countof health.] ' ' "Come oVer and help us is our Macedonian Many of the women' otifeide":ef :this in, whole or part, support thetrisOes - ,hy, washing, and sewing. But washing is TiOl9llBT4 to obtain new applicants and theiriwnnien :know little of • seiring., (They have been field , „bands„, chiefly, , all 4 ~are deplorably x very nearly, heathens, one of ,the teachers . 'stated.) They might w,ork Oil bisket,ifutking. ' *lheeuper, intendent' at Fort Norfolk ' thong it Ire -;criuld• rfiakehroom making profitable. But any Wiinkan::' emPloyment would be better than`idlenisi. And if you will send on a matron and lhaterials, and wl *,ch sewini,;lo . :and long humanity ion; and best of '4il,YOu o'l hive the blessing of.the (hod of the poor: . ~iI4 reply, to a question you ask about govern ment pay, I remark that in the bustle of war, the, poor negro employee. is, liable to be l ferg*en, even-more than' ithe , patriot saldieri , by-the :pay ilaster. And many, MANY, haie 'worked hard for long weary nionths . withoet a cent of , 'ay but' ,E ; rations. And if colored men gwifit ,it is barely . sufficient to keep them in otothes. ' NOn4 is left to send to *ife',and child. But :6 who feeds the ravens will see that his PO re fed ; and ; He who clothes the lilies, will _see (that his poor are clad. ~,„ ~, , , . • , , „. ,„ ~ ' t [The encouraging pint of this lett r is the; statement of., the very, , comfortable .co dition.of the:Vreedinenand,Nromen who have lu the ex periment of one, year's, freedom , td) ' For the -firat-few Weeks they su :greatly; they , Must have helpin the• start, but give:them fait play, and they exhibit energy, i iduatty,. and . oharitY to their` fellow sufferers' as'' hey "aome in fibinalakeryt'. One man and his wife with silt hildren - came within a short time from North l C, rolina. They Le forded• streams,and swam one r iver, each;carry ing one.,child at a time o ‘ n thei banks; until all had passed over. But,thoug thus • - pager ,fer freptlom,.the,y dread: the Nor , —its climate and its ways.. GiV4l:l9m. fieeao , and there -is no fear' theirl'eaVing 'thdy' Sp ny-Seil.AW.)-Lt . ..,,, , ;•,..: 4 ,--, --- 4,17 ,',,. 4 ' TliPie wAnediviiiked:Wit oiit' f)a,titifa'ii - oili - of charity::: , .P :', 4. IA ' . ~..- I ;.i. .11:„Ux q`••%'':.,,i...1 aESOLUTIONS Or NALktINGTON PREBBY. ' TERY. WHEREAS the Gospel requires all ministers and members of the Churches to yield obedience to thepower s ipy u r y d a e nf r ao : u h th i th c o h eeP. teachingsrwo v Providence e e so h efi a 8 81 p i:e la g e i e t c . mate authority, o tP ri pit have great influence in shaping the public, sentiMents, 'the'r'efore, Resolyetl, That iii - future this Presbytery - will refuse to admit to its membership any 'minister or lieiatiate whose loyalty to the government of the I.l:nited. States is not clearly ascertained.. When fr r is, The Hone Missionaryof our Chnrah,"is now more extensive and., its demands more pressing : than at any past period-in:our his tory,--4 being expected.by the GeneratAssem bly's Committee that there aria be:2so: mission= commission ' at .'the January next and the expensei of the: committee wilF be . 575,- 000 ,for'9:ke'nurrent year; Therefore, r ; 'Resolved, That. it In recommended `to every pastor and the session of every vacant church to take an 'annual collection for ,thls object, and thait Special effort be made to 'secure a, sum equi valent, to'4o l cta. per member. ; •,- • Resotied, That the Presbytery• cordially ap; prdves the •action of the Late Gauen]. Assenibly on the ethice TeuntrY the church theretv; aria' would eilAsti itk49blal pleasure at the part which our COm*issibiCia took ; that action: - - Resolved That the Presbytery accepts the re commendatien of the late General Assembly, -re specting the benevolent causes to be brought Be fore the churches viz 7, < Rome and:Foreign Mis sions;,Tublicatien, and Education and= would enjoinit'upon the ehnrches under their care` to give these fent. Celtics the leading illiCei upon their Chliedule of - benevolent objeCts to be com mended fertile 13 , rie-tteenee of their people .from. year toyeSir. Resotvlq,, That it will be ex.pectedsof each pas tor and church to mike a report at the Spring meeting to the.Piesbyte i ry of theirdiligence in this respicti.during the precee,ditig year Resolved. ' That the Presbytery 'accepts'the res ignation of Rev.: J. W. MeSA our stated clerk with regret, and in' accepting it desires to ex press to'him its thanks`for the careflij; accurate and diligent manner,* which he has discharged the duties :of his cane, and for •the disinterested manner in, which he has served thsPresbytery in, it for the put:seven. years. AtEsotantatts ON PSALMOiii. 4 -;" Easaved, I.2'niat we take meatiurea' by call ing the. roll`,' and by correspondence to Jearn which' of the &itches use the " C4uucrt PsArm, . , That it be : ecommended tothechurches to adopt the CHURCH PSALMIST in order to-uni formitygn the c,hurches: • 8. That this'actiontogether with that : of ;the General Assembly be sent to the pastors and ses sions of those Cluirches which' do ' not use - the Church Psalmist, With the' requ'eat 'that 'they give it their earliest attention. - ' • LAST DAY OF THE AHEHiiiiiEOAHD..: CLOSING tXF;I3,OII3EiirJN THE CITY 14t#AIDAY :#424111(431, closing, exercises of the t meeting of ',the, American Board, were in the Oity. : Hall Friday morning. The hall ~was densely 'packed, and:the services wereitheimost interesting of all the interesting meetings bf the-week: A' resolution was adopted instructingpru dential committee'to raise $460;000 - 'to meet the current expenses of the coining year, which final iipas §q 4 after, some animated'reinarki by se-Niers:l gpntlemen— Rev Dr. 'Worcester of Salem spoke of the scanty 'earnings•Pf many who had , been aceus. tuned' to give.liberally, and said faVoring the re solution was one thing, but raising the $459,90Q • was quite a, different matter. 'Mr.Vodge of New York; who'offired the reiolutien, Said he did not wait it from ` the poor 'but fionf - the'rieb, and mqde some d 'ilot very fattening imnix 6 ' abkt rhos ! , whu are rich in purse but poqr in„.gaelmg. fays Mr•cSeseions otAgeneluifroPtAnnfiAteT.l Pr- Bkmon &New Haven followed„Tavoring the re solution, the latter speaking apProVingly.of.the multiplied contAbutions or albite who 43gin give but a little and give it'willingly. ''' He Said lhe war had seriously diminished this class of Om tributors, but although small,;' - the dais that fumisltqs this aid ought not te be Made to feel that they• are releated from doing their duty: Dr. Patton et-New Tfl'ir wed° some witty re marks aboukthe difficulty of obtaining ccintribn tions from the wealthy, and called the poornem of spirit manifested by such men the worst kind of poverty. He had little faith in contributions that were , not gams with the , earnest spirit of prayer. Dr. Asa D. SMithpf New ,York, Mr. Chirles, Stoddard of Boston, and Bei. ,Dr-Bing h of the SandWitili lidmids followeg'Ciith le ra VI favoring' the ad'Option of the Yak:lntim/; w 'cli was Palvied by a tinanimous i vote. ! be Tli n t a ftcr a in ei g vi nke i t i o r te as c a o ff n e ee ct nk in i g ng di th e the interests of foreign missions,' and resolattons of thinks to tlkeyeople of Spriny,field were passed; when the busaude.of the sermon was declared, to be ended; and.the " fareWelktiunion" cornpenced ;,-- , MIiiUTS. :The board 'of commissioners for :foreign -min siencrin its last annual meeting rendered its pathy in.:the struggle of our national government with rebellion and its prayer to the . (kolpf na ' tions so to, overrule the conflict that 'the ‘ r h ellion ; maybe crushed, slavery, its prime cause,,r,eme-: ved; and, that peace, prooperity;and rig:hteonc, ness may be; perimaimitly, established_ throUghJ out our laud'" Again Again oisenibled'for t the annual of our work in its progress- mid' liinitrait&3,'We are.cOnipelled to redognife again , the 'relation=be tween the 'great extension of Christitti'beneva levee 'with' which we are entrusted, and the con= flict of our country with a huge and desperate re; bellion ; we,are reminded that , wherever our ~mia4 sionariec labor, their: persotlal cafety,..their.hber, ty,to,pnrsue. their work; and their privilege :o standing. niewed before the .rudeat ofhartnirMA nations, ttiepartli dependent, tinder thiVpkofi denCe,..6f Abd on the feet t)iatihey arti'Citlienn of the T.TiiitOd States, pretected in all. paiiitoftlie earth by thi'hfluential PoWer Of;the grogikrePit& lie, and la Murpelied to see . thatNeltitt this" rebelliciri: at; Ahe division of ou:r 'Country among 'two 'or more naturally, independent con federacies; weak in themselves -and.: jealous 'and hostile towards , each other, would weaken „gig bands of American missionariesin eVealutft. „of the world,: . ;We :: are reminded,, too l ,t4t the eni tire, moral influence of. the 'American ,ChnrOhes upon the world is far . more Orient nfid 'bent* cent from the fact that. they are of a great; united, sovereign, and self governed peo ple. 'Therefore it le' inipossiblii: for 'us tt(enter titin a thought of aiiilirmination. of 'this war, citheriviee then in the "perfect reetreitzion of the Union! -under ihn Constitution; Which'by the 'fig: vorivd God , hos Hruade this 'nation heretofore 186 giett and .prosPerous in its , freeddiu.. We,xecord again _our le* . eympkthy with 4 the President.of, the United States, in the -struggle to vindieate and maintain "itbe supreme 4w of the; land" according to his ,iriangutai oath, and our ponfi dence thataccording to hislifoclaitned intention, he will not fail to employ for that purpose against the enemies of the United States, all those powers withwhiCh+' he is InVisteill4 the" 'Constitution of Ithe-Unitek''Statea, ato all those ;Weans of subjugation whinEttie Warranted by the Jaw, of nations and the law,of , And with our renewed prayer to the God whose displeasure at the - wickedness which fill the earth witbsad= ness and oppression, all history has . testified, and who so often wrouglit deliverance ; for our fathers in their perils, wesecord our grateful confidence that the rebellion will be criished,,that slavery, its,prime"pause, will be removed, and that peace, Prosperity and righteousness will be permanent lyestablished in our land. EAREWBLIA SESSION. The last hour of the last meeting was devoted to the saying, a few farewell words by returned mlesioneries.aud.the officers of the society. That fine old • hymni'Voronation was sung by the whole audience; -and !Rev. M. Munger of the Mahratta Rev. Mr. Lindley of South Africa . , Ailleired With. brief and intensely interest, h48•131706/iesl, in .. 1 4 1 4fcrOlenussirl.a!lries preseat• PA . " Hopkinso-14Piria*sto* pt the graud, sightor . l4l. this meeting board hid Prlsfal#9 l 4 . where such a lalgillOWlTsf,..ceuld be get-togother i of those ;favorable ,to .010' , :mause of althotigh-in; a-land- 'that is full otwar. He said • 1500 individuals had. been provided' for by the committee on receptions; 1800 by individ nal 'friends and:evil° hotels, 'and there r haif been . present at least'2ooo froni the neighbering towns, making at: the.lowest calculation 5000 persens who had, attended . ; the meeting of 'the board, 209 being &cm:Times:tato! , -this eity.. He tlumked the. - good' people of.Springffeld and vi cinity cif religionadendminationtrfor their hospitalitl. He also alluded :40'6e sublime spec tacle of TliutsdaY afternomiNrhen'thied th4imatiii Christians eat doWn together to partake of the . . , Lord's supper, said he felt strengthene d and en couraged in this good - work, and prged all to go forth and consecrate 'themselves anew to the cause of missions. Mr. Buckingham, of Springfield; followed ins Similar,strain, thanking all wlte, r had contri lotted in making the Meeting a successful , one, alluded to the war Which is now being, Waged, and 'said. that whew the sun , shone out aedn•Ott the , :conntry le loped it would be Alll.44,i : :sialliig, and 'that slaVery, which- bas 'hitherto tilde . ..OAT course so rough ;Would be 'dolMe ever; ;- The hy*ncolinlencing• • . • • • • .`!Blesthe tie that binds • , . ;•• • - ,• Our hearts • ov ,a • , taa;then:thingh,y,the entire andienee., Rev Dr tayier „of New- Jersey( offered the concluding prayer and gave ;the benediction, ,and the board adjottrnat :,16. : Ineet in, Reehester, -N., - Y., on the first TuesdaY•of October, 18+443, Rev-B. L.C leve. land; D. D;:of New Haven being- 'appointed to ovach the annual senziop,ivith:Rev - Calvin Pease, t7:10:' of R'echester as the iihetitnte: Tltiis ended the fifty-secoiitfannual meetiUg'et the American Board, .universally acknoWledged to be one of the largest, most successful, and Mikef, interesting ever held. - , TO*Eilto v ift - tilt AvitafoitsdAßD. I..T H il.e4rityteid.,Rept c blican Dr. •J. paper . ;-oommenta on ,the late meeting: of the BOrird;in.thittioity; iii-the following pleasant manner. '' ", • Thi) 413:e'Ainerican "•alission boaid,.hald!initils' City, the !week;has heen sue ceSsfal and: pinaSant. ,b4yOnd . . expevctation. The members, of the, hairit and the .thnnpings, ,of • Christian- penile .bronght together„,,hr common interest in thei:greatest of hum* -innterprises Rai . % left •ui for their•respective horgas,,wholly satisfied with the results of their visit,'hoth . personal: enjoyment of the social and feligious'op wirtunities of the'week, and in enlargedliiterest andippe &lisp that brought , them togeth: , er 'Oar people 'had doubts of • the*Shility to accommodate' 'such a multitude of vieitiori;,nibet of onr,dwellings' being preiriensKinio7re full usual, from.the, large accession of workmen; in the • goirerninent service; but -„the hospitaljtiiis of our alkdenoininations,have been exteuded without ,grudgieg, and if we: have not, done all we could:have desired for the comfort of our nu merous guests, we have dose all that was possi ble under the pionliariiirosilistances:' And our hospitiditiee eirt;iled cheerfully and Without gtudging. l .. Fe bunk we "may say, with ont oVersilich keg Pride, that the people of know,: how `to a thing of "this . sort when they undertake .14 : , • The meetings. of the board; have been of the highest interest aid -make.; The large number of people in attendant e lab:ashes' another striking illustration of the istrength'and resources of the American Paelile, themidst of dons eivil"wer, large , charity aswell.isoipen i pahlieweelt sic ki; . 4n. not low. the gseat religienicsnOenevsolent enterprises - Trete has sever heeA! fit.,ll.loeting of the board more fully attended than4W There were more-people; preset' t than at , ; the half, cen tennis' aniiiiiersary, which is 'bortaitili!isii nitre ordinarYfeknnd that occasion calfl'o4ly gave exce;e4o tliie very much i'n interes ::.:No meet g or. subject was, eyer sure harmonioins., - The ell#,Y, of I lißa;V e ,e'r* 4 . 1 . 1 . ! 11 - 55 . ° *11f h g 5 ... 4 15 4 ' .tieneeenuenieli -; 116 .4 1 k 1 4V.,r.Y77 1 *T•f'1*. N° 7 ol I dentliidly removed by. the:new:aspnt given: te'that ' matter, by- the civil War,tand there:l4o)Se Chris tian men found.nii; to.defend the iteenrsedinsti- • tution or elten'to..4balltindeily-With Were. the • patriotic Seri imen rNith Which' many addieises in theinietiiigeWeiiiiisationed; received' with earnest applause, but the • - strengest.worde 'against slavery •greie 'irifise s eigerly wiiloomed and responded " thnsic..Wiie.reeollent s the"Siingled repugnance ;;and timidity, with',.. which. such genii= • WeP,fe !um! tAeit,meint4:o former meetings of , the hoard,. oannotfailliiime in the different ,tone and spirit of this 'meeting eVidenee of :thi! great Change which has come over the pablic;;mind in relation to die organized crime'which has inspired the rebellion. The Ariel:ken' board- will never again commit the strange mistake .ef f iiittii4 idaveliolders to its Mission . chnrclisia i c • • • ' The feature of the meeting meat gratifying to the rneuihexs, :of the board doubtless was the man ifestation of Christian liberality and self-sacrifice when 4the financial question wassp. • They were the demonstration 'Made in agreeably surprised .14 tlibi•• matter. They 'hid ttl the: year before 'them with' no Huh, a n if e ii., the nitnei'ene, and' ex*rdt*ii , 3., iii 0 the. '3.#lod4ry obiticbe logUci. l 0 :. 44,*...Ar03.1rti5. greatly; diminished . 74101thel riapc,laymeu .of the meeting_ begin, 4ec Oiftir.-thßassiNis-for, the, loresent , year—c• • Nei York merchant goint , his high as $1.0;000 and agreeing to , double it if necessary, and others falling in with large sums, down to slooo—it be came evident at once that the emergency would be met, and that the board might go on with its work in entire confnienee that the churches would answer its demands as heretofore. The financial session•was indeed the most exciting and sails faCtOry of all the meetings held, and the thou sands -of" ministers •andE Christians present, will carry home with them the inspiFation of the oc casion, and. its influence` 'Will be generally felt. It is reasonably certain now that there can be no disastrous falling off in the receipts of the board for the current year.' As Will always be the case where large numbers of people , come together, with the inducements of free entertainment and `reduced railroad fare, some,of our, visitors came to have a cheap ". good tiltie,' with • little or, 'no. interest in the objects which , dreW the thousands of Christians together. we Butthink there were fewer than usual of that sort of people. `. The newly. married couple was hero on its bridal trip, and they Made a verY pretty. show on the . streets, but we do not learn that they, gave the light of their presence at any • • - of the meetings. The gentleman who spoke in idvance for entertainment where he and his deli cate wife could have the use of a family carrage, we hope found all. desirable: means of comfort and recreation. ; The gentleman and lady with a two'montlis infant; it is tO' be hoped, found the desired:convenienees , near the church; and the delicate youth who gave notice that a bathing, room' would 'be essentiarto his comfert probably Obtained at least plenty of soft water and. crash, there were others who interpreted hospitality to mean the , opening of free hospitals, we treat , they were properly taken care of, for there were so , few of the sick and wounded, the lame and la zy, quartered upon us, that we could afford. to'do the handsome thing by them just for the fun of it.. The work Would have lacked its comic, as pect without there,. • 'The people of Springfield and vicinity will re tain many agreeable recollections of this occasion and the guesta it has given them the privilege to entertain and we hope the good.people who have biassed us with their presence and prayers.have reason to-remember the week in Springfield with satisfaction. Springfield will welcome theboard and its friends as often as they will consent to meet with us. OLIFTOI{ 'HALL; WE have lately paid a visit to this admirable establishment. Our friend`Dr. Robert A. Given ) who is both proprietor and manager of the In stitution,- has succeeded in Making it'a most at; tractive spot • we can 'add, from personal obser vation, that he lays himself out to . promote the comfort of 'the inmates and, to alleviate that physi cal distress which always more or less 'attends diseases of the mind. We know not of any. Any 'Urn- for the insane in which so' much personal care , is bestowed upon the unhappy subjects;for whoie relief it has-been:founded. Clifton •Hall is really 'a Hosti for the insane ; its inmates sit down at the seine table which is every day - pre • sided.over by: the doctor and his excellent lady. The extensive grounds are well laid nut; - and are attractive, as , also the surrounding scenery, for the Hall,is situated in one of the "most beau tiful neighborhoods, of Philadelphia and com mands one of the most extensive , prospects in Delaware county. The situation ,is also very healthful. :Without desiring to ;reflect upon other and larger institutions, we I s are of opinion that for the alleviation of mental diseases it is of great adiantage to place the patientin a ix:with:at in which he:, 'can. at all tithes be under the eye and treatment of the prinoipal manager. We have written these lines for.the eye, of any who unhapply have friends or acquaintances that may < need such a home and such medical advice' as are to be obtained at Clifton' Hail: ' We xinderatandthat the Hon. Wm. Strong and the ReY. Dr.' Jenkins, of our city are visitors of this institution. 4 4 W11111 THE FREED:BLAyEs OoIVIE NORTEL 7 -- - Alew days since,"> says tll,e IT,Y. Evangelist, "we were -in:company with Gen. Hunter, then jiist re - herded: from Port- Royal, . 'The question was asked whether in the event of emancipation the negroes would be'likelyto come North? His answer was explicit and Positive : Just the contrary—. The ,negroes universally prefer to 're main at the South, if they can- live -,there and'be free' In proof of this he stated that hebAd given passes to , all who applied 'for themi but that only one of about a. dozei in, all hadwished to come North."' - - To this we may add the - testimony of chaplain French, who stated at a recent public Meeting in 'that he had :got aSses for two thirds of those who had come North from that Department to return South, again, att;thigcli I' IWO,' TDB SYNOD OFMINNDooTA. nietaat Shakopee, on the Minnesota river, 30 miles above the junc tion with - the Mississippi, with the, ehureh of Rev. S. W. Pond, who came there first as a mis sionary to the Dakotahs or Sioux, and preached the Glispet to them till they all left the plaCe to make room for the whites, to whom Mr. Pond has now preached some years, and is a settled pastor by preemption, as , he says, , never having received ." a call'', from his congregation, for he'*as preaching the ,Gospel there longlefore one of his' present flock had ever seen the The Synod`is a sn3all body of men harmonious, wise, `faithful, and successful. The great topic of interest in Synod was the ;Indian War on the frontier. Dir. Williamson, who has spent his life as a missionary to these blOod-thirsty, savages. slow to believe anyuprising possible, when, at length, he had lleen persuaded to leave with 'his family, bithenght himself of one or two choice books, and went hick to his honse for them, and' fonid the Tifdlans already at their work of plundex aud tough he seemed to court death, and ?many of his friends think he would hsve preferred to die ;there *where his work was done, though by murderous hands, the Indians stood -in nwe of the man' of God,%and hewas Allowed to depart at leisure, and not aliair of his tead : . was harm- Another topicspecial interestt e Sy no was- the w§rkino. of the Chatrah, "Brectiern Rind. The restrictiong.placed on the Fund are such, at if they cannot be zeanoved,,some of the.bre- Aren said it , wouldhe better for the churche'sAin • MEE Minnesota if the Fund' were sunk. They say, t o give $2OO, with the premise that the church will take up an annual collection for the fund till it is all paid back, is no- gift; it isT' merely a loan without interest, a kind of sharp practice, which churclina' Can see through, and that this annual Collection made binding on them, - is like a run ning sore, it dries up the fountains of benevolence it sours - the minds ormetitowards the Committee and the Cturch for # which acts; especially since the Agent •of theArnerican Home Mission ary Society in this State is now able to say to a congregation proposing te:build a house of wor ship : " Form a Congregational Church and we Will give' you $300; if you for& .Presbyterian Church you can borrow $2OO, and be in debt for years to that church, ti7litispaic. Tregive; the Presbyterians have Toney to loan !" - The Synodresolved to-memorialise the" Gene ral Assembly, and ask for,some change bathe rules of the Committee; or for some plan to raise a new fund that can be made_ available to our feeble °Arches; and let the $lOO,OOO Fund accumulate indefinitely!_._ S if...in the Evangelist. Mn. M. N. PaEsTorr,, late of Auburn Theologi cal Seminary, .was,i ordained and iristalled on Thursday, 2d inst., over the Church`of Skaneate les; N.Y. Rev. Daniel Tenney,of Boston, preach ed the ordination sermon. The charge was given to the past& by „Bet: J. B. Condit, :D D., of Auburn Theological Seminary; the charge to the people by. Rev. S.:W. Boarilman Of Auburn ; the ordaining prayer by Rev. J. Tompkins of Mardellus. " ORDINATION OIvONAPIAIN-ATherta Bali son and William R. Easisnan, 'both — of the last class of the I.Tnion Theelogical.Seminary in this city, were ordained to the work of Evangelists, (army Chaplains) by the Fourth Presbytery of New York, on Sunday evening, the 12th inst. The solemn services took,place> in the Madison Square church, in the presence of a ' large con gregation. ' - ltev. Geo: , L: PrentiSs, .of the Church of the Covenant, preached the 'sermon. Mr. Eastnian is tenon:of the Trict Secietary of New York. Mr. Lewis' Mead Birge, a recent graduate of the New York Union Theological Seminary, was Ordained to the' work Of - ate *Gospel ministry, by the Third Presbytery of New . York, on Sunday, the sth inst. Mr. Birge is a son of the late Rev. Chester Birge,, of Hudson, Ohio, and is under , appointthent as chaplain ef the Fourth Metropo litan regiment, recently recruited h.l.NewYork, un der the auspices of the Police Department. MO, 211tblinditill0. WE are greatly indebted to. ME. CARLETON of New York, for republish4llg the thorough and ex haustive " treatiseof We Irish Profess4i, CAJRNES on ,the,`t Siats - x- Powmt, its Character, Career and probable Designs, being an•Attenipt to ex plain the 'Wailes - nes involved in the American Couteit!! 31r.%Cairnes' theory of the Rebellion is 'that it arises from the slave.power as such seek ing-to assert aid' maintain: an Independent exist enee'is a nationality: He dismisses all other pleas ;id:Proceeds "to resolve this system into its component elements, to trace the ,c6nneetion of the . Seveial-parti with each other,;• and of the whole with the foundation on which it rests, and to estimate the, prospects which it holds out to the people who compose it, as well zas the influ ence it is likely to exercise on the interests of other nations," going to < show " that this Slave Power constitutes the ntOst formidable-antago nist to civilized progresi which has appeared for many , centuries!' Prof. ,Cairnes thinks that rather than govern a„ reconquered and sullen South, despetically we should suffer the hope. lessly pmslavery portion- r ef it to go alone and try its base experiment and die. .- The lxlokis the work- of ,a Chrititian , scholar and philosopher, and 'deserves to-;be clawed-with those of DeGasparit'in'lldnlthful tone and -dis eerninent,'theugh far . above them as a sci e ntific work 171 P.p.', 8 Tod'for Sale 'by T. B. Peterson Si Bros, Messrs. Peterson's ;have Also sent us (from Caaleton Publisher) the conclUdini ,volinue of Victor Hugo'S remarkable work—Les •Misera blesoinder. the 'title of Jean. Val jean. A Compi,:mir " YANKEE" priscaiers from time to time occupying various posts in the domains of rebeldom, begniled - their weary hours, by get ting up a manuscript paper called "THE STARS AND &purrs!' and circulating it among, themselves. T. 0. H 6 P. Burnham, nf Boston, has published theie papers in- neat yolume under' the , Title : THE STARS. AND STRIVE S REBELDOIII. cept as it giiSs us an insight into prison life and the methods our unfortunate country Men took to ecaploy,their time, it• is of no value:= We were pleased to find frequent notices of prayer-meetings and a Bible class regular:ly sustained among the prisoners, ,For sale by W. - P. Hazzard, 924 ohestunt Street. - From the Anzericar, Sunday School Union we hiVe received the following new publications : UNci 44BEZi; 'reprint Alain the London Re ligious:Tmet Society ;; a book , we have, already noticed-4,graphic picture of tbe, degrading in fluence.oPextre.me covetousness, contrasted with the power 'and beauty of perseveringiChristian affection. 16 mo p.p.'204; illustrated:, l ' :Miss KATT'q LITTLE MAJD, l an '.'original story of touching ;interest, setting'forth,- among other things, theyelations and Auties ef Chris tian housekeepers to,their servants.: 180 pages, one illustration.. KATE MORGAdi AND . ; a x SoLDnas, an ad mirable,story >of a Kanias and the war, instinct with the beat spirit "of the times, full of interest and of Profttahl leis Ons for the young. 190 pages ; runnel:nue' illustrations. A SECRET ItzviALED; in which the eyes of the envious poor are opened to some of the suf feringsof ;the rich ; containsiessons of submis sion,,cententnient and Christian activity even on abed of sickness. 53 pages,_illustrated. AG*'IN'SAND REVIEWS, Tut .A.Trarino`MONTHLY for October has ?ePidT?t ll Y -'escap'ed notice thus far. Besides lighter, articles it containsan article of ,great -4: 4 T al ue"r.Ltl ' re ,sanitary of our army, and t4o,getteraLquestion of the health and perils of armies, and-how the lives, comfort and efficiency of our soldiers May best be provided for. This, with ! its'''full comparative Statistics is almost woith - ilye.ar i s subscription to the magazine. Viiressor Akassiii 4 contributions Will be re samed'hext month; and - contributions from the )i,a*Orons 'poet, Russell Lowell will soon appear. Field, Boston. ,OCT. 23,
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