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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
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rian Quarterly, rendered some change necessary,
and his place being fdled by the choice of Rev.
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prietor and assistant editor of the Theological
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into effect with the issue=of the next number on
the first of January.
The name of the united work will be, The
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As its name denotes, .be _a_ denominational
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polity and interests of the Xnieriotin Presbyterian
‘Church, and yet coadUcted — in"that liberal arid
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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
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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...
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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,:
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gintlicationc
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