aintrican `lxtobgterian •..'.A D -.. GENESEE EVANGELIST. THURSDAY, DECEMBER, 11, 1862. JOHN W. NEARS, Aon.NoWutunmENTs.—For supplying the Ar. my and Navy with the AMERICAN PRESBYTE RIAN • A Church member (a lady), . . . $5 North Broad street Church (additional), 1 INCREASED COST OF NEWSPAPERS. Tux very encouraging amount of our late re ceipts has thus far, enabled us to meet the in• creased expense of ,newspaper publishing, with out inourrin any indebtedness. The AMERICAN PftEBBYTERIAN, as its friends will be gratified to learn, has sotneWhaf more than paid its way for fifteen'tionths past. Bat the increase , of expense haa auddenti Vicente' so great as to suggest seri ous inquiry,and to demand immediate measures to meet it, not only with ourselves, but with the entire Newspaper, press. The paper ono which this week's edition is printed cost thirteen cents a pound. That bn which the early issues of last itionth were printed . cost ten cents. Next week's supply will east twenty cents. Paper manufac tined of straw, like that on which the Lidgei is printed, is hehl atrbut two cents 'the pound less. This doubling of what was already the largest item of our , exPenditures, is and musebe, most severely felt. Our friends, tberefore, will see the neceasity not only of continuing and promptly paying theft subscriptions, but of aiding us in every practicable way to ' ; increase the circulation of the paper. The retention of our present' list, 20,, the addition of four or five hundred monies, would enable us to bear the entire additional ex pense without adding to our subscription price. Qne=half of this number could be procured in the churebesof this , city alone, if the importance of the Religious newspaper in the wish and the family, were properly felt. The other half could he etthered up in the remaining part of our field, of subscribed :for the Army and Navy. Shall this be done r Will our friends resolve that it, shallso done ? We are sure they will be doing the elfrelies, no less thv, ourselves, a real foot, byt,carrying,out each an effort. It should be the constant aim of every pastor to have the regular weekly organ of the Church in every fa mily of his charge. We have no doubt that the pastor who,succeeds in the attempt, will see and reap the fruits of it at once, in the increased in telligence, broader sympathies, and prompter and more cordial responses of his people to eve?s , good undertaking and to every movement bt the Church for the conversion of the world. There is one step however, which, in ouroopin ion, should long ago have been taken by the conductors, of this paper, which is part of the policy announced by almost every paper mid pe riodical received at this office, and Which we now announce as part of Oil? own. We Mean, draw ing a distinction -between" the—prompt and the tut of, our, subscribers.` -W4k shall hereafter give every subscriber. three months in which to pay his bill at our office; or through the mails, at the old rates, at the expiration of Which tune we" Itkall add- fiftysents_to.iha. amotita., torinsiatortrffifii,from the present date will be, Througk the mails, 82.80 per annum. By carriers,. 8.00 " " iv; tka redisetion of fifty' cents if paid at our office, or through the mails, within three months of the conitienceinent of the subsiwiption year. • A JuDitiferti SELECTION. We are gratified to be able to' 'announce that Rev. Robert Adair, long the honored Secrefary, of .the Philadelphia Hattie Missionary ,Society, has been appointed Associate. Secretary of the Assembly's Commit tee of Hdute = Missions. Mr. Adair's long ix perienee on almost the same field with that to which he is now appointed, and his familiarity nit h the various duties of such a Seeretarphip, not to mention his personal qualifieationias a man of energy business capacity, make this an appointment of decided wisdom and propriety. We are sure it will meet the approval of the entire church in, this section. Mr. Adair will not re linquish his, pastoral charge at Norristown, but will give# snob a portion of his time to the work as is consistent with the ,duties of his charge. We regret that 'his entire time cannot, lie Corn manded.hy the Conintittee : but as it is, we, are in great hope that the' long period of inaction on this vital subject among the churches Of this section, will at once be brought to a close. The N. Y. littiependent, and the Boston Congregation alist, in their unseemly thrusts at our , churches for the smallness of their contributions to sthe Assembly's Committee .of Home Missions, have overlonked, or prefer to be -ignorant of the fact that the efficient BecrefirY for this Diitriet, Rev. Dr, Walliee, was for a long time ineariiieitated, for the aetive duties of his office, and that since t' his death in o ful t ir last, there has been no one spe cially to look after the: field until now. .We hope our Churches will roll off this reproach, unmerit ed as it is, by rousing. contributions. SYMPATHY OP THE ( WOK-PEOPLE OP LONDON. ; [The following passage frOto the thanksgiving discoUrse of Rev. E. E. Adami, Slates. an inter esting fact and expresses our own views on the subject. The wish at the"close is meeting,a prae ticarresponge from the loyal people of New Y.ork , and Philadelphia.] Our war has elicited an expression of favor from the working classes of England. We have always felt that the multitudes in that land sympathized with us, and that the ora cles of Parliament and aristocracy uttered, but their own tremulous 'emotion through the fear of advancing freedom for - the millions. And now our oars are greeted by voices 'from three thou sand working men of. London, in tones like the following /. "Resolved, That this meeting condemns the unjust attacks against the,United States, daily indulged in by the press of this country; and hails the Proclamation of*Presidsnt Lincoln (in regard to the abolition of slavery) as a measure of justice to the .ensirmed and as the shortest road to the termination of the rebellion. Resolved, That this meeting protests against the rash _expression by Ministers of the. Crown, of opinions in favor of the South, as tending to continue the irritation between the people of the 'United States and England., and,earnestly hope that the United SAstes Gos-orzuniont will succeed in suppressing an.unjust and criminal rebellion.' This is•the *ay' honest labor spesks--and would like to see a response,from our own work ing men to that brotherly expression. I would like to weave a web of amity over the Atlantic. Nay, I would answer their resolutions with a hundred ship-loads of golden grain THE HISSIQAARY SPIRIT A REVIVAL SPIRIT. Editor, MUST the revival spirit originate always in a •special exercise of humiliation anti penitence ? Cannot the Church, at some time, be expected . to start froni a higher point than that which the apostle, in the Hebrews, calls " the principles Of the doctrine of Christ," the.:" laying again the foundation of repentance," &c., which he plainly desires us to "leave" and hive done With ? In the wonderful history of the successes of the apostolic and the primitive Churches, dowe dis cover evidence that special services ,Of,':fasting and humiliation were much relied on to originate or to give tone to the active movements of the Church ? Were • there, more .fasts than festivals in those eras ? Of the converts at Pentecost• it is said they, " did eat their meat with .gladness and singleness of heart, praising •God and having favor with all the people." • - Is the Church •of our day, as a whole, so de generate in comparison with; the frimitive, that an entirely different process is needful with us to put us in working - order ? Or may we not also press at. once into - the Work and engage ac tively, and all the time expect to be engaged actively, in the practical work of the ChriAian— the vvork•of saving• the world ? Is - not the 'en larged activity of the Church, especiallyinlehalf of the negligent population at her town doors, proof that she is approaching' the primitive standard ? However we answer these questions, it is certain that the church, whose.miniStry and, whose members ,feelconstantly impelled to such labors, and which,is constantly striving to place its leavening influence in contact: with the dead masses of the world's population, already, in the possession of this missionary spirit, may justly regard itself prepared fOr the work. 'ltis revived. The m(ssionary spirit is the test of revival: The Church which is doing little or nothing for per-, ishing souls, near, or at a distanee, is in• a dead condition. . The primitive Church was pre-eminently a missionary Church. All the members realized their *individual consecration ,to The service of Christ, and each felt bound to work for the.ex-1 tension of his .kingdom as if the whole responsi bility rested on him. No such broad distinction between clergy and laity existed at that time as to make the business of saving men peculiarly that of one " Are not we laymen,' ; asks TertUllian, also Ministers?" In .the persecul, tion whieh arose upon the death of Stephen, the , apostles boldly remained at Jerusalem= the centre of the opposition, but " they that 'were scattered abroad went everywhere preaching the 'word." Says a contemporary : " The old writers describe how the earnest''desires of the lay members` of the primitiie Churches led them to go, up and , down not only through cities., and towns, but through "the country villages, to• bring others to the true religion!' Here is true Revivaltrue Life .wheneach portion of the Church throbs with, the life and energy of the whole, when each member feels .charged with the great'design 'of the - whole, as declared in our SavibuensecensiOn . Co_mmand: ThiS, as we understand "going on unto perfection," this is " leaving the first principles " by which many think they must? linger so long. This is the true missionary spirit, only one of whosnmanifestatiens appears in the •sending of the Gospel to foreign lands. To be content With • deputing a few of our num ber to >distant countries and sustaining'them there, is not to show a missionary spirit, Or a: "re= vived state of the Church. And we have hope in the Church of our day, not so' mUch from appointed fastings and humiliation, as from the evidences of the gennine missionary apkit sit ; . presents. We see its,tendency to eticourage, jay laboreis—male and female—with deep satisfac tion. We behold the multiplication of its miision , schools and chapels among the masses and the 'zeal of its younger members` in gathering in the neglected; the : faithful. And arduous labors of females in our own cities and in London especial ly, as so many proofs that God's Spirit, is still with his churehes in no small measure, and that solid fruits of the recent Great" Aivakening re main. The vast missionary work now being done by the various - agencies Oftlie churches in our army, is, another, indication inlho same di rection. There is scarcely a religious or an ec nlesiastical publishing houie, or a religious news paper in the loyal states which is not ``contribut ing to this work;''while the efforts :of the two Tract Societies, and of the Christian Commission' are really gigantic. 'Rev. Mr. AlVord, Secretary of the Boston SoCietY, has accounts with 456 re giments, and distributes religious readina., week ly, to : 60,000 men his genuine missionary spirit appears in such remarks as; the following, made.': in a recent address ,ato Boston. ":And:now :I am'• . to return, and in the fttelront, for few men like to go there,•and sleep onthe cold ground and endure privations: To this I dedicate what re-,, mains of my bealth and'my life."' The'agerit the New York Society, Rev S."Cnlver, to be untiring • in hie, exertions ; y in eamps.,and hospital& His ; last letter *our columns:informs us that the .Christian Commission has ordered 40,000 copies of the American, ifessengei• in ad: dition 'to theregular issue of the periodical. Over seventy agents of ' the Commission were on the Maryland battle-fields • doing all that Christian sympathy could devlse for the wounded anddy.: ing. And their agents and hundreds and thew, sands of others are constantly ministering to the sufferers in the hospitals all over the land. Is the church of, our day and .country, that can-:prompt to such extraordinary labors, while it. keeps the field in the 'heathen world, in's dead, cold state ? Must it go' down to the depth's of fasting and penitential exercises; must it sit' in sack-cloth and ashes for an indefinite period,,;, before it can feel prepared for, its work Nay, we think it is in no _small measure at its work. now. We discezT too many movements, at, home ~ and abroad, especially for the evangelization of the masses in nominal:Christian lands—tOo many labors in the name of Christ, such as Judge has before-hand told as he will approve, to be willing to set down the church, at large as in a. state of unwonted declension and back-sliding.. Let us rather praise God and 'rejoice in these evidences of his presence. Let the joy of the Lord be our strength. To our ears, the inspiL ring call is sounding; 'Arise, shine I for• thy light is come, and _the. glory of the. Lord is risen.. upon thee. Continue and, multiply your efforts for the salvation of your fellow-men in ill'efami- • 1 ly, the congregation, the 'irreligious' coiumiriity,, `; the Many and the heatlienWorldthat 134'061: 2, intt i ca n Trtotzttrian anti Oitittott trattgtliot THE PROPOSAL OF INTERVENTION. GENTLY and circumspectly at/first, under the encouragement of the recent elections, the great European foes of free government open their schemes of intervention in our affairs. The ut terly unscrupulous goVernment of France,which has one supreme aim of . self-aggierdizerierito having gained a foothold on our Continent by her war on Mexico, takes, as we expected long . ago it would, the initiative, and solicits the' co- Operation of Russia and England. The' material 'Points of this important correspondence have al ready been laid before our readers. In it they •with will disbover no word of sympathy the • North as such, they will find a studied attitude of neutrality and impartialityinstead, for which _credit is , considered due. They will, find no .word of remonstrance against a causeless rebel lion; no expression of •just horror, such as might be conveyed even in the diplomacy of civilized and Christian natiens, when treating of an 'at tempt to found'a new nation avowedly upon the corner stone of Chattel-slavery. Every utterance is so guarded as, if it were 'possible, to prove equally acceptablato.the rebels and to ourselves. The idea of the submission of the rebels to lawful government,must have been-remote; at least from the' minds of• the French and• British ministers. MuCh is made-of the " interests humanity," " the sufferingsbf our nation," &c.,",by the of a Mall who, for his own selfish ends, has deluged the streets of Paris-With the .blood of freemen, and who. for the," glory of France," has, already sacrificed myriads of lives in the Crimea, ,in Italy„ and. in Algiers, and who is preparing now to follow in the footsteps of. Corte; and of eur • owns overnment when it' was the tool ef: the slaveholders, in a violent and bloody war for-the conquest of Mexico. Humanity! Is it humane' to allow a band of conspiratorb to 'break up a benefiCent government, and to encourage sedi tion's men all over the world to expect foreiem sympathy and moral and material support in any similar attempts they may make, however . base he their motives? It is in the interest of :human ity td leave on record for all time a monstrous example, fraught with all anarchical' and unset tling -tendencies, damaging to the very idea of Civil government among men ? is it humane to interpose and clamor for the cessation of a strug- * gle which is inevitable if we would stay-the pro gress .of slavery, and which can cease now only on condition that a new nation be organized, whose only , distinction is that it shall fully recog-, nize the rightfulness of American' slavery, and defend it as the corner-stone of its existence • ? . Is peace •at such a price in the intarist, of human ity ? 0 shallow plea ; 0 transparent pretext; 0 aristocratic and imperial pleaderf for hinrianii i ty I 0 war-taxed; liiood-stained, iren-navy-haild. 7 ` ing, mutually jealous ? Anglo-French 'pleaders with the §tates of America for peace I -In the short interim of your ceaseless wars y,90. have turned Quakers. and Peacemen : Peace-at-any price men Or, if the sufferings of the work-people all over your dominions, and the spectres of fam ished mobs thandeeing at the doors of your pal aces move you,'—' -if iheir relief is the sole motive of the intervention you propose, why not come at it by the summery and manly inetted • of. a demonstration in favor of the lawful oir rnm nt• bY &strong and united remonstrance against the rebels; • by a firm and final announcement that; their project .0 f a pro-slaVery government is too outrageous to expect the sympathy of any part of fie ciVilized world; by strenuously exacting of your subjects a respect for the,measures the lawful' government is taking to suppress the rebellion? Do you think • your ports would be long unvisited by : cotton fleets, your mills and factories long lie idle, and your .operatives eon thine to grow gaunt and, terrible to .ricketty thrones and upstart dynasties ?_ N'ay., the right,- eons course would soon prove itself the broadly expedient course. Rat'We cannot . believe you `I It is not the : interests of humanity or the welfare of the people that these rulers and . diplomats have at heart. The success of the rebellion, the weakening of our free dovernment, the retardina of the pause. of popular fiberty,—this is the ob jeet : they would really,promote.r Audit ia only the formidable front that our =countryhas pre-. sented, the- tinparelleled development of her financial and military reiources,ithat has discour aged their active , interference, whiOt'has raised :still higher their jealousy of lialind of the free principles we represent. We say to England , 'give' us as many years as you spent' in vainly attempting to reduCe Your justly revolted American Celonies to subjectien we say to France, give us ; a . tithe the years your Emperors ,spent in, crushing the brave and, godly : Huguenots ; we say to Russia ,-Austria, And Prussia, give us but a part of the direful era in which you combined to murder an independent nationality-4o draw and quarter 'Poland. Nay, ' :we will take Such time as Providenc;:allOts for our great work, and the crime-laden mtnarehies and despotisms of -the Old World will vainly at te Dt to stop the career of time's fast and noblest - ring—the Acolyte of fate t I , . ~ THE PREgID ENT'S EMANCIPATION 801111 ME Aiifin'tlie general inaction of our army 'and navy, and the various tokens of a wavering spi amonc, the people, it is cheerincr to observe theateadfastness. with which the Chief :Execu tive,of the nation pursues his' lofty purpose of delivering our land from the curse of slavery. Whoever else may be :willing to let slip the ei traordinary opportunities vouchsafed us by. Pro vidence, for settling this question, we thank God that President Lincoln—the man into whose hands the question is placed for splution- T is net. ne,aapires to strike the great blow of the.age for Christian, civilisation, for &man freedom. With consummate wisdom, he holds the, sword with which to cut the. Gordian, knot in one hind—a swo r d which lie will not bear in vain—whileiwith the other, he holds forth' the peaceful, gradual; , comPensatoryschemy. of emancipation, all wreath ed 'with , ' the olive branch, and lintinous with Btatesmanlikb views ,7 and the softer light of : Christian charitY. c The appealing sentences with , which our 'Chief lYlagistrate ekes his argument for this, scheme, in his late messaf , a' e, are stamped d with a sublime pathos,,an must: be forever me morable in the political annals of our country The Border States have already given encouraL ging sighs of a. purpoie to fall in with this scheme. And' if it should be adopted by Con 'gresa and put in a fair way to' beeeme part of the 'supreme law of the land, its rejection by the States now in rebellion; mould give that final justification to the alternative of unconditibnal and immediate emancipation •which - some may think it _needs. Goodness and .severity :'are, l wholesomely mingled in these plans, the ,goodness, offered..in such large, measure,is.repul sed, who will 'in terferewith I the exercise f of sere-, ritv the 'fall T THANKEGIVING IN OLDEN TIMES. Nonchision of the Extractfrouldr. Matti mi A ng ri le D d w a i n th in a t l e l 11 this, L i t e u al re t h :a r t, stern and severe.. 11114, , vaunter w week, when occasion ipcia . ed, at vesting, and then' ft:tided' duti e Tit on. the Sabbath to the septan whom, nothing but good' se eandsc k could .I;.atisf The phys ian wer plough" to the bed-side of t s sick, professional duty was done, field. , The ;winter school. ground in,summer, and the hiss esson by the light cliktnneycorner at evening from house to house, and the same room Where i t it housewife hummed her r spi clattering shuttleftew to a clank Of the treadle anctt Yl'aT,e.F ll3 l?ea l 4. ; ::,.: ~t, • ...',.:,. . , .. . the 01...ra time, had Andtheie:hardypeop.e 'grata titoiight in their rgi and anzUlar minds,. and -tender feelings' ans , arm sY4Pathies in their 'Strong hearts. ~ y l..e. death entered any family, the whole;:,,!gooT , od for Would gather, at the a llonSe . mourning, around g , an d go forth ;in Jon .i. and Solo .0• 6 ' ' .essiou TO the. bury ing ground on the .hill, si. , where the afflicted ones, With. many tears an+ with prayer, and benediction from the mini• •r's 'lips;b• conveyed the remains of their...lielove , dead toltheir final rest: :The Widow andthe fa . erless wore" visited in their affliction, and th's , .or were 46d:ea= cording to, their necessities. et, the news come .. froth some distant settlemel ~that tte red men ik were making. Wari.ath in .at direetion, mur dering and . .destroyipg as t , y went,_ nd father and son- would ledge the p ugh in the furrow, sling, on the powderliorn a , should& the mus ket,. and wives and mother- -Mild lid them go with their blessing ' as they , iondedtff through - it the Woods for the:defence of heir br e thren; Per haps . themselves` to by - tomahawk of the triffi savage, and never? see their ;ern es r i,.. a l n - • ..: - ~, P . - - ihe romance, and seqinhentalit. of madern times have made the eir y seals: d thia.Country, es pecially, those of t . . ew Engl .1, cold and hard; and unlovely in t it affect s audfdispositions. But they were, in 'eality, 11 -, .: o f intense conic=lx dons, and firm'',:urpOSA, 1, ; dn4 piety, 'and gi•9o, , hnmanity. IlThe sera. . ii the" sanctuary, the weekly catechetical exe . ~ inAhe famkiy, the . few elaborate tre I itises on la , human riahts and, theolooy 7 which Sin pplied - 6 :r.' .my reading. of the P . times, made ,; the: hole polo : ion familiar with the most difficult hd far-rea, +g questions.eon cerning *id's: 6 istence and. evernment, man's fitting - condition and relatio't to his fellowman in this . world .'. radA his etc h . destiny. in. - the' world to come. heipreath:, and thby prayed, f they talked - and Ithey meditae::. -UPOn these great and niystieal subjects, frau'. ,'inth to old age, never, tiring of the themes. ' ' ley had no news papers, lyceums; .or light li$;.:: .ture to distract their attention and u ,fritter a ,;':):,: the capacity for connected thought. To pretz,re for high-and acute debate upolfrinestion3 t +r; have tasked the . gfeaiest Minds in all past 6*, hey did not need to search ' throng'. librarie o . reference books, LI or organize aiSecia inns withefkie;s,.censtiiu:-. tibis • •andlavis Or 'a' ssemEe in; aiom with . vel- A.. .., vet Carpets on the floor, .4:,4a,,,mailti curtains at , ,. 'lt r ' the: windows, .arntheautiful painting'on tire, ewalls.. The high :chimtft-piece, nitlii-af.: y crouching 4 under the jamb irteach corneriii, .the ild-fashioned. " settle;!' withite:.high back tabre#;the current Of'cold . air froth 'the loosey-fitting d6Ore and win , ) doWs-' . the" fire -light flielicrinmen . the sanded` -.1„. floor, and the ' smoke-browne*tirribers above wheie hung, in raided roils Aria . . profusion,. the PrOdueta of - tie garden atthe . field; the . -.4,, ; I,;L .. I one apartnient. wit* served t inanity for par- . lor, - room-reo . no ' 4 '. d kitchen tough the whole year; the: old g k)idtnother. i , her . , flag-seated chair,; guiding :! - , knitting ~ n .,.:Flles by feeling and -habit rathe han by sin. _.;- the wife and oldest daughter ing the re .t , of one lighted candle to comple the unf ui edk'WorkOf the short winter's day ..Itch was the fathers of tw, . hundred it*: ago, trained their minds to ha. ' o f l ever . .Otight. In such . humbleapartmeti they pent'sany a delightfUl hour in i'ensoning,...gb of Pro : ' nce, fore-know- . ledge; will and fa - i , +t ''. fired , free will, fore ck°, ~- :knowledge:aba 7.l and on . .; such mystical :mazes, of thought - d en quiry ....ey worked the: . - grand, practical r :t of mak . ..-i.themaelves and their children an i . arnest, intel e. snit and believ fai inci - -people, cheriel, i i n 2• an une. .enerable lave of leerty; and chol; lig t o suffer ny earthly loss, i rather than surrender the righ •f, bons cieti 0, or . 4•, •=..,.: their own indep dent judgra ~ ,c f what con stitutes duty to -ed and justi --' •; man. ti \ From such- fathers it i s our pi . lege to receive our descent. Intjthe t r adition : aith ands and simple habitt :of rif e reedit; from theni, we `find our richestkinh er itance q.dajr. And with the stein virtue id the intelle*til and phySieal . hardihood derived: fro m them filt the basis of our , phaiseter and "Ili all the increased intelligence,. experience, an , :,efine me nt of the f pres.ent to help ,us.. complete w ,t ou r fathers soy -ell began, we dertainlyshoulchbe th e not virtareirs, cultivated; and prosperouglpnapi a on earilitii - And In : the memorial eery/eel:cif th an ksgiviii ( for thi 'jean it is especially4p ropr i a te far Ita l to dwell:upon these simple 4. h ome ivdeWlrin the 'life of ' .14. 3 • , i; I ii i our fathers. T re branCe WI enable us to , . 1 . Dien l i-.),i - . , ,„ shake off the eff ' , in ate fetters o st eelf-indulgence . and: false sensi ..ity . jt, wi; "Tarn). us f9r the 1 great trial of p - l enee an d. liar' hood, through': which we are,w called to p . : .i, It will help', us .to• ..go • back 4nd bike up a W the genuine work of life, wat c h cives vigb 1!: nerve, :steitdi-.' ness to oharicteran3 rength.' faith. It Will' . . ~ e , 't , , make us walinacePt o ag ain,' e great price of deprivation willing Pa): . , ?,. , ,_,...„ . toil, 'Ond so froring itn. -ramp our . fathers purehase'd our c ,,untry ' us- . . . . In New Engla espee lly , : : !. iid ia licere this festival - of thanksgivin3ori g iusted, it ' d'. observed :as a• '.l tinetcf walk t „ O ug h d i e o lurying-grounds and spell (Alt: thieltiserivions onri the moss-covered stones; It is . .i.: ti ttle t.l tell - iiii'cliildren which . • • - are the oldest lions , whose handss they were built, and how ma w ,' Wail Its have passed' in i -', • ' ,:: -..,gi n ,4. ..•, - . and out over. th e li am , r e e h .. U. .It is a time to call upon . ,inkagtants,. and pay re spect to the burde n of y eankippon their •shoul ders; and reverently t hear'' again from their lips the traditiona that otined,t4;us by living links with: the men whb moo( ; inlo* places two hun. tired yetirk:ego.. i5 .2t • i , B , ti to review Old-ree nide- to t urn'tii i it letailt' of the old books' ,- e r 0w :...,._ . ,• .- - that still bear the i . Zli . father's fingers; ' , s 0 - e to study the - Old ' ' I V kli e ked, and powdered portraits Da ,the vili • 4 iing out,the oldest. chair from its repose in the garret; to hand down the antique china from the upper shelf in the closet; to shake the moths from the garments that were worn when King George spoke of his North American colonies. Such simple relics help us to-put ourselves back in the past. By such observances we bring ourselves into near - converse with. the 'spirits of the venerated and mighty dead.. We may boaet as much as we please of the progress and inventions and im provements of the present, Still we cannot afford to cut loose from the past. We need its vener ated names, and sacred usages, and solemn faith, and heroic endurance,to'giveietrength arid puri ty and reverence to character in our time. In the hurry and hot haste with which we are' all whirled along the journey of life, by all manner of inventions for securing greater speed, it will do us all good occasionally to, pause =and• take a lesson-from-the staid habits and solemn demeanor and homely speech and . patriarchal councils of other. days. Previded as we are' with'a.lhousand newly invented facilities'for hurrying every pro cess of growth and inanufacture,.and conducting as we do our busineSs, our travel, our daily inter course, arid the education of our children upon the principle of getting through in the least, pos sible time, it will do something to. give strength and steadiness to our feverish pulse, if we fall back and takee,- day's •march the jourriey•'of fife, Lc, The 'Measured end solemn step with whiCh our fathers trod the rough paths appointed' for their feet. - ?s Sermon.] good, they :as not less ed all the *rig or bar in the pul if a people d doctrine from the w,hen his :sin to the ivated the goy learned hei in the , i 1 migrated 4ilently; in studiou The sc , uof unt was ke the busy :41, and the .e measured • l ing of the PERILS or LOYAL MEN NEW YORK 07. t. s 'We are indebted to karper's, Weekly, Dec. 6th; for the startling information that Hon Mr. Caine ron, minister to. Russia and Ex Secretary of War, passed through New York City on his recent re turn to this country " with such, circumstances of, mystAry that it is reported he was fearful ,of molestation," on account of the vigor of. his treatment of rebel:sympathizers during the'period of his administration as Secretary. Also that " in circles likely to be well-informed, , it is open ly :`boasted that Mr. Stanton. dare mot come to New York and Mr. Seward • himself has heen similarly threatened!' We do not. know how much of "sensation" there may be in this, but it occurs to us to say that ifthe zealous friends of the Governinent and the uncomproinisinc , opponents s of the rebel lion and its northern abettors in New York, find the partisans of the Woods getting too bold for:their safety =and comfort in that city, they .had betterjust come over to the loyal and patri ode city of 'Philadelphia. They will , feel per fectly-Safe and at home here. They will find the"air of our community genial, wholesome and bracing. they are hungry, our Volunteer Refreshment Committee will furnish them a hear ty meal ; if they are sick or suffering in the ser vice. of the country, our ;unsurpassed hospitals with the devoted attentions of our patriotic citi zens will be open to them ; if they need protec tion, Mayor Henry, Sheriff Thompson and the entire .eity.Government will co-operate heartily itctheir defence. Nor need they fear that our Governor will do as the same authority says "it is well understood" the Governor elect of New York'" Will hasten" to do--1-" join issue with the Administration I" The Executive officers of the 'pagan-and' the most thorough-going loyal men,. we are . sure, feel it no act of darina to visit Philadelphia, and have not the remotest possible idea, ofmolestation at the hands of our citizens.. As for Harper's Weekly and some other' New' York journals, their course, since the all of Fort Sumter,leads us to suspect that they have been atudying. the policy of that , postipaster who always managed to: keep . his place, no mat! ter what might be the political character of the Administration. On being asked . the secret of hiS official steadfastness in the midst of political changes, he answered that it would take a very smart administration to.change quicker than he A MANUAL ' of WORSHIP, is the title of aeorn pilatiori of prayera and other devotional exercises,' suitable to be used in tegislative and other pub lia'bodies in the Army and Navy and in Mili tary and NaVal Academies, Asylums, Hospitals, etc. This is doubtless a mueh needed work at the present time, whett, so many myriads of our" people are cut off from the regular means of grace, and when the services of a minister of the Gospel frequently cannot be obtained'. The work, is that of a scholar, well and tastefully done;, it does not bear"the stamp of a mind' aglow ,and elevated by the Moral 'atmosphere of the time, Yet we can cordially unite in the many reeotn- Inendations it has Already received, espepially, as comprehensive and as the only thing of the kind: lanswering to a great necessity:, Compiled by letr. ,C. W Shields. Philadelphia , : 'George; A PP:: Childs, publisher.' 18mo; pp. 132. Handsomely bound: • MISSIONARY DEPARTMENT OP: THE AMERICAN SUNDAY-SCHOOL - UNION No. 1122 CRESTNIIT STREET, ,Philaqqphia, December, X 1862 Mrsetts. Ennons :—The.enclosed is a speci men of what ; many of our Missionaries axe now called,to experience. Are there not those-among your readers who will.gladly embracelhe oPpbr - tunity: of , eontributing 'to advanee,-itt-e - meastire, the comfork‘ of 'these .serianti=ot GOA,'in these trying times? The salary which was adequate to the 'sUpport of a family one year ago, ,will -scarcely now provide for what we regard as the irteri4tec:esicirie sof = life: We unfortunately find it hart enough to'raise the means of 'paying the promised salary. .I#e cannOt, without outside help; meet cOntin genciesiike this ShOuld any* of. pent.; numerous' TabieriberS AO inclined to aidis, they can send contributions to L KNowLEs, Esq., Troasurer, 1122 Chestnut street. -; Yery respectfully; yours; etpi• • - , . • M. A. 'WunTs, ,See'y of. Missions "I find that on account of the awful`,high ces thai haie,prevailed for.the' last half of the year—yes, I may say, the peat summer--With the sickness and death in ray family, has about used up my salary . ; so that for the next three months I muei do the,best I can. AU are'willing , to aid. me in; this; we live without coffee,. butter and potatoes, •they. being so high that I cannot afford to buy them. But Ido not name this because I am in any way disiatisfied. No, my dear bro.. there' 'I would riithir live on bread and water, alone, than quit gathering and having fed wiAii! the sincere milk of the Word, .the hundreds ,of famishing 'and perishing little ones all around APPEAL IN BEHALF OP STRAITENED MISSIONARIES. me. To procure clothing and shoes for my fam ily, of the most ordinary kind, has cost Inse more than double what it used to heretofe're, slid still, lam not quite round. Food and feed of all kinds, for man and beast, are very high, more than double what they' were a year ago. Yet T trust these times wont last long. I 'hive Been as economical as I possibly could be, and yet fear I won't- reach out this year. Pray for me,' that God . reay help me safely( through. I am wil ling to endure almost anything for - the good of our cause, for, blessed be 094 it is a soul-saving Institution." (For the American Presbiteriam) . TEMPOitARY4iSERIE (Ai pit, WOOD., FAILURE in the health of several missionaries at / Constantinople, in connection with the impor tance, of that post, and a special demantl, for mis sionary labor and influence at the present time, has induced the Prudential Committee to adopt ,the following Resolution; viz. " That Dr. Wood, in Consideration, of his former experience, and of his familiarity with the American 'language, -be requested to repair_to Constantineple, at, his early' Convenience, but without vacating his pre sent office, and to reside there for the space of one year, and longer ifnecessary, to labor in con neotion with the Mission to Western Turkey; such temporary provision-being, made for .dis charging, meanwhile, the duties of - the Corres ponding':Secretary resident at' New' York, -as shall be found practicable and desirable." This arrangement seems to be required by a jthictiire of pitividences, creating an' exigency Which cannot be so well and economically met in. any other way. The less at home occasioned by' Dr. Wood's temporary absence, it is antiei pa,ted, will be compensated by his correspondence, and by the advantages which will result froth his experience and obseriation while abrind. The MeV: Daniel Bliss, of the Syria-Mission, having occasion to spend a" considerable time in New York,.has been requested to take upon him, . for the present, such duties in connection with the interests of the Board in that city , and, the care of the district specially committed, to the _ charge of the Secretary resident there, as he may, be able to perform. In consequence of the expected•absence - of the Secretary, as above indicated,. thethange in the agency recommended 'by the Special Committee appointed to review the expenditures and finan ces of the Board, and approved by the Board at Springfield, will be postponed. It is ,-proper to say,,that Mr. Merwin, who has so long, and faith fully filled the position of General Agent, in con senting to remain (luring the interval, has pro posed to-do it with's reduction of salary, which meets, in a good degree, the consideration of economy had in view of the Special Committee and 'the Board. lassionar y Rove, Bol!o7,t, NOV. 25,1862 (For the American Fresbyterian.)„ H NEW EDITION OF THE FAMILY: BIBLE, Y. ROYAL OOTAVO. - - "THE Family Bible, with briefel‘Tots.an4 In structions, designed ;to give, tbe.Results cal InvestigatiOn, and to assist common; readers to understand, themeaning of , thedloly Spirit-in the .Inspired Word," having been &Skied: and widely circulated by the American' Tract 'Society, has now been with•great care revised titte`mosi competent scholars, and issued in large type:'in super-royal octavo, approaching the quarto size. Every note that seemed unnecessary has teen omitted ; and every passage, howeier difficult, has been maturely examined by those skilled in the originals and their cognate languagesand . dialectS, with all the helps of the ablest commentators and Modern geographical' and other researches;` and the resUlts, as far as they can be briefly stated, are given`.in the ; simplest manner without, perplexing the plain common reader. , The invaluable prac tical Instructions remain ihnost entirely the same as in..the former edition.. ' Prefixed to each book is a• summary view &its contents:; and in all portions of the comment historical' and factanre given as form'a clue to theinterpretation.. Through all the pro phetic portions especially,' we confess these sum mary clues have thrown more light, 'to our own minds in private and' family than We ever derived, from' the long and:full,' though excellent' commentaries we had been accustomed tki use. Prayerful attention, with these situp ie 'cluei to the interpretation, has given unspeakable satis faction and we hope benefit, 'in searchiim. the sacred pages. The Bev., pi. Justin , Edwards, who began, this worklvith thenid of the Pnblishing Committee, haying been called hence when:hehed.prepared the .New Testament and, the 01d..t0 the Psalms, the Committee were providentially guided to his friend the Rev. Professor 'E. P. Barrows; who has devoted lifelo biblical Study, and - who entered fully into the aim and spirit of this cominent for the good of the churches and the body of common readers, and completed the work,,,by, carrying, it through the. ; Old Testament. After, some years, at the request and under the eye of the OoMmittee,-Professor Barrowa entered upon and has now completed a careful'and faith ful revision of the vhole. Every line arid word ofthis revision his been reviewed and concurred in by ,the Rev. Dr. ilham R. Wilharns as a meinber of the Committee, a laburions and a tuitous service by which he has conferred a high and laging favor upon the Society, the church of GO, and the Christian community. Brom' be ginning to end the great principle has been kept in view, that " the testiiinnii of - Jesus the spirit of prophecy`;" that the Jesus of the Testament is the Messiah predicted by Moies and, the prophets and`that the same great salvation, is set in the, Old Testament: and the New, That so much light has been thrown on the sa cred vclume, in so small a compass, is ground , of unfeigned thanksgiving to God. The volume comprises 1,504 large royal octavo pages, with new Maps; engraved expressly for*ia , edition; a'ehronoldiical Index and T41e3, : 0f the. Patriarchs sePropbets; ~a Synopsis of the Efarmony of ,the Gospels, a .F.alillOy , Record, etc. r - Price $3.50 in- ood: leather, binding, or lionnd in three parts, cloth, $3.50. Postage', in threelfol nnies, one dollar. With , Psalms in Metre', $3.75. We can hardly conceive of a niere"inestimable blessing to a family,' whether for nie in; family" worship, or irkpersonal daily, study and devotional readin PublsPublishedapd sold by the .4 TqU t, " erican Tract, Soeinty, : 159,- Igasnah - street.,-Newk w k ; .78 Wash, ington-atreet, Boston; 75 Stateibtreet-Rodhester 929.. hestn ut.s trent; , Philadelphiw-r 113 i Weal Fayette-street, Baltimore ; 163 Walnut-street, Cincinnati ; 170 South-Clark-street, Chicago; 9 South. : Fifth-street, St. Louis ; and by booksellers in the principal cities and towns. UNION OF REVIEWS. WE are happy to announce to our readers that icktinion has been Iffectedhetween the Presbyte rian Quarterly Revio ef this city and the Amer ican Theological *aim of New York, satisfac tory to all the parties represented in both, and we cannot doubt, acceptabl.e to, the oligious com munity at large, and particularly to our own de nomination. Many of the friends ,of both Re views have for, a considerable, time desired such a union and ;Concentration of - strength, but the , way'until now never • seemed "prepared to bring it about. The death -of Dr. Wallace, who so long and so.. efficiently conducted the Presbyte rian Quarterly, rendered some change necessary, and his place being fdled by the choice of Rev. J. M. Sherwood, who was 'known to be warmly in favor of 'the union, and who for a time was pro prietor and assistant editor of the Theological Review, the measure was , fmallrairanged. to go into effect with the issue=of the next number on the first of January. The name of the united work will be, The American Presbyterian.; and Theological sßeview. As its name denotes, .be _a_ denominational Review, 'fairly , repreeenting the iloctrittOs and polity and interests of the Xnieriotin Presbyterian ‘Church, and yet coadUcted — in"that liberal arid catholic spirity.hichis characteristic of the body of ministers and einrches, represented by it, and retaining that-high Theological character which the ,-Th,e,b/okienl Review > has wOu for itself in this country and abroad, making it of general interest to the lovers of sacred literature.! The ".'qelieral form of the R..will be re tained, as it is believed that some feattires, espe cially its digest of Literary Intelligence and Sta• tistics and News of the Churches and of Mis sions, give it an advantage over any similar work. The Review will be pulilished!imultaneously in New York and Philadelphia, under the pro prietorship and general Management of Mr. Sherwood. The editorial arrangement we belieVe will give satisfaction; and inspire the belief that it will be made second to no religious Review in the court try, It is as Prof.-Henry B. Smith, and itev. J. M. "Sher wood,-editors, aided by: Albert Barnes, Dr,Brai nerd, and Dr. Jenkins, of Philadelphia, who were also , associate editors of the Presbyterian Quar terly` from its -origin till now, and also biProf. Hitchcock Of t Union Theological Seminary, Prof Condit of Auburn Seminary, and prof:Day.of Lane Seminary... We think our denomination and tjie cause of saered,learning,may be congratulated on this ar rangemunt.`,- : are assured that , no effort will be spared to . make it a Review every way worthy of our denomination, and an efficient helper in the great Master'S cause: With such' facilities as the editors and their associates have at their ,connnand, and their experience and their ability in this line, WeoXill safely4fedict, avith the bles 'singof `God,-a career of eminent,• kaccesti , and .usefulness for The' American Pre.sitytenap and Theological Review:. HELP THE SICK AND WOUNDED ! . . TiE Christian Commission is nowfully, organ ized, so:that it` can: reach the Soldiers intalLparts of the, Army with stores, and religiorareading, and instruction.. 1 Its' objeet -is the spiritual- and tempbral wel fare of the Soldiera' and sailnri. It distributes its stores bY means of Christian men, who go without pay and give personally* those who need, aecoMpanying such distribution by words of religions counsel -and:cheer, and by such per sonal attention as may be -needed. ever seven ty such,-men,'were in the `battle fields Mary land, doing all that Christian sympathy could de vise for the wounded and dying, and' distrihnting stores Others:are vendingtim& their in the hospitals *here they are welcomed ly inrgeons and men. Tha main object of the Commission is the reli gious welfare of the Soldiers, but they find that they, best, succeed in this by fufst ministering to the bodily wants, and then pointing Christ. Funds are much :needed to , procure religious reading,- aid` each' special`Stores aS are net given. We believe all stores intrusted us Will be faith fully distributed. ,For further, information, di rections and. -documents address; Rev. W. E. Boardman, Secretary, 13 Bank,street, -Philadel phia.. All stores should be addressed to George H. Stuart, Chairman, 13 Bank street, :Philadel phia;; and money he sent • to'eleseph Fatterson, Westerriliink; Philadelphia. Theitketabers of the Commission are: . , Geol' , 11:: Stuart, Esq. ' Philadelphia; Rev,Rol lin TT: D.D., Boston;m - Charles Deond, Esq:, Roston-; Rev. Bishop E. Janes, D.D., NeveYork ; Rev. James Brooklyn; Mitehell RI Miller, Esq. Washington ; John P. Crozier, ',Esq."; Philadelphia; Jay -Cooke, Esq., Philadelphia; Rev. M. L. R. P. Thompson, Cin cinnati;, Clinton ; Col. B. Fisk, St. Louis ; John 'V. „Earwell, Chicago,: Philadelphia Dec. Ist , 1862. gintlicationc MAGAZINES; PAIFIPALEgi THE Second 'volume of the.: CONTINENTAL MONTHLY is concluded with the present number —December. This periedinq hail been decidedly successful. "It inherits tnnat of the raciness and elegant' vivacity of the " kni ckerbo cker," (which `has' lately had such a dreadful doom) and con tains in every- ntimber. political disquisitions, and lighter' sketches of . great interest.- Its array of writers, is highly respectable. In the present nurbber we;find articles from Hon. R. J. Wal. Walker,`' 0: S. Henry, LL. D., Rorie& Greeley, Edmund. -7 Kir:ke, B.: C. Kimball, a piece of poe try-43:f the - President'sprivate Secretary, John G. Nicelay, etct. 'New,lork : John F. Trow. Of hooks for, the young we have from Messrs. R . ,CARTER4Ss=.I3Ito, for sale by W. S. & A. Mar tiens MARGARTa WAnNER, or the Young Wife at the' Farni :Rqiublication. 18mo ; pp. 300; illustrated. From the American Tract'Society, '929 Chest nut 'street : 'ttldliEzurx.y, Cumirtn,y," the story of a fatherless family, nobly struggling againt't kereiienient and rnisfOrturie, inspired by Chris- Pan prlociple in their efforts: also M.Y BROTHE R ,BEN ; , ,bothof ihese volumes belong to the se ries !--L r ILLUSTRATED - r and may be cordially coal 'mehded' to the yonng. . DEC. 11,
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