surseicatt +—A K D—^ e GENESEE EVANGELIST. THURSDAY, JANUARY-,1, 1868. JOIN W. ,ME,AILS, NEW *LAB'S MEETINGS.--PRAFER FOR OUR 001:1141TRY, • IN.new of thc , momeotous issues novr pending in. our National affairs, the undersigned recom. mend the. Observance of the first,day of ;January, as aiby of united and fervent prayer to Almighty God, and invite, a general participation in meet ings for the purpose, at 10 o'clock, A.M., and 3 o'clock, P.M, in - the First Baptist qhuit t ih, cor ner Broad' acid - Arch streets. • ,• • . Richard Newton, John A. Vaughan, Gor dond Manweli; lonathan Edwards, Alfred Nevin; Albert Barnes, Thomas Brainerd, E. E.-Adams, Dania March, John W. Mears,T. - W. J. Wylie, Frannie Chhreh, Charles Oooki Wm. G. Robin son, J. Wheaton Smith, J. Hylitt Sinith, R. Jeffriy, Daniel G. •Eddy, W. S. Hall, W. Bier rett,. J. Walker Jackson, J. F. Chaplain ; Wm. D. Patteh, A. G. McAuley, James Cunningham, David Steele, Geo. C. ; Arnold, A. Atwoqd, Jo seph Solis; Robert q Beatty, James Hogg, A. S. McMurray, Geo. Gordon, Thomas Whitson, James M. Bard, JOhn C. Davis, Standish F. Hassell, W . jrt. S. Pierce, John Gulliver, Alex. Whilldinor. O. Chance. L. O. Lockwood. EVENIk4O mr.Enrzos. . , A similar meeting will be held in the evening at 7.e'elock, in `the Ist ,Refortned Presbyterian Church, Broad below Spruge streets, (Dr. Wy lie's) where addresses may be expected. Also-a Watch-night , Serviee will be held in Green Hill. Church, combo n °jog *at 1O (Mock, P.M „ , . WERK.O2-FRAYER. TliNe • Duy oft Prayer, for the Conversion of the World, appanted =by our General Assembly, will be obserVed 'next Monday , by ' the assembled churches Of 'tint denointruition' at' Clinton street ' ehurch, at 161"o;elock, Union Meetings of the various denominations, will be held,,,daily-,, , at. Saloom., street church, as usUal, at, noon., .A)so, at the following churches. every after uouircentmeridingat 84'oleloel s :—Monday, Jan uary 5, at the West Spruce - itive.t church, corner 17th 'and Spruce; littilidaY, at the M. E. church, Bth above Rape, Wednesdai at the Baptist church, Spruce aboVe Fourth, !Thursday, at the; German Beformed church, RaCe below FOurth Friday, at the Washington Square church, (Mr. Barnes') ; Saturday, at the . Epiphany, corner of 16th 'and , Chestnut streets. .• The topics inggested =by the ComMittee of Evangelical mitkiStera in 'this dity, for these sere= ices, are' as follows":'` •' SunnAv,'Jail'y." 4, Se ,rptons.--II e Dispensa= than of the Spirit and Prayiir. 111i4t, DAY Jen' 5 --lintUiliation and Conies sten ni*Sine--Uf thuNation— o af the Church-4, individuals, etc, TunanA)r,_Janly. fbr Ally in Autho rity, and for 4:our Redemption.. WEDNZSDAY, Jan's!. 7.--flitereased Holiness in the Children-of Gad and i their closer union`-. God's 'cleirulitig providence itt behalf of the Kiagdoth of Christ: TfronspAroTatey. S.—Revival in the Ancient Churches—QonVersion of the Jews----of the gea r then tititi4r4B, qty. • FRWAT, Jan'y. 9. , —rnerealie of the number, at home and abr6ad, of those prochtimiug the evylasting Gospel—God's blessing upon His own Word and upon His own Day: • • Sottittuit,,,fan'Y. 10.—Thanksgiving for "all biessings—The universal Outpouring of God's . Spirit. SaNnicr, Jan'y...ll.,—Sermons..- 7 The dignity and glory Of the Church—Her danger from false fires upon. her altars—. Her safety in watchfulness and prayer... RIVATER FOR ina d'PIiESSED. • w look !am among the specifications of the e f ..nip,itoA 'of the Evangelical Alll - 41 their hile 'Cali for a week of united' prayer, for any allusion to the oppressed. races of mankind, Nyhose case is just now so interesting to every, Oriatian and every true‘friend of mail: God, Vi hilt Providence, is pressing their condi tion upon public attention. An unholy' and des , pirate war'is' being Waged for the airowed 'pur pose, 'of . perpetniting'their ensialement.' Our'. own. . w countrY is passing through a tremendous crisis simply because the people have refused any, longer to allow the national government,to. be the, mere tool , of the oppressors of the black race. All Christendom is agitated by the strife and%by _ the questions it has raised. We have now to decide whether Christian civilization can accept. among' its settled instiiiitions the sYstem of chatA , • telelavery, as hitherto known in this eatintry, or vilaither , in its onwitieprogreis, it will east aside,"as ittierly incompatible with its own spirit, this t°paradox in i the moral system,' this " gross violation of the most precious and sacred rights of human nature," thia.,",blpt on our holy relig ion." This, we say, is the ,question pressing upon us, and ,'which will be decided according, as this war issues.. And we confess our sirprisu on being' summoned by the , Christians of 'once anti-slavery England:to - spend a whole week in prayer, at such a time, in all of which we are not expected to allude to slavery I We trust the week of prayer will be gladdened Tay the.announcement, that our worthy Chief Magid - rate has proved firm in the most Christian' policy of his:late emancipation proclamation, and that we shall be - able to give fervent thanks that the new year_hae been made a year of Jubilee to millions in our land, So far as the power divinely' vouchsafed to this nation' can make it such. DoEs the Independent mean to teach that lost souls may be restored-in eternity to the favors of God and. happiness ? Ceitainly, this is the whole drift of John (I—Whittier's poem—' The Cry of a Lost Soul,"—vihich appears_ in the first page in last peeles issue, without any, word, of dissent or comment. Itrv:Ma. AiLime Pint ArticleOn Preaching is in hand, and woild have 'appeared in the present ,issue, but for ,the„need of wore careful proof-reading than it could in, that • case have received. It will . appear in our next issue. • „ , As 01 sun is necessary to the world, so is ok , . perimental knowledge to the humbling of gt,soul. FRAYSIVIA. rowz:a. "More things are wro4l2i, by prayei'- - Thai this world dreams of. . . For what are men bettor than Sheep or goats That noturishAblind.lifeAtithinAhe brain, - If, knowing God, they lift not hands of prayer Both for themselves and those that call them friend? Rtr, so _the whole round• earth is every way, Donna by gold chains about the' 'feet of God." Editor. • kr is undoubtedly true that the prevailing ()Pinions about . prayer are vague. Its efficaby, and the entire course of its' operation's, are refer- • red to a sphere too remote to judged' of ,by the ;ales of this. 'There is a i feeling of itecer: . about it, almost as ifthe issues of , prayer weraarbitrary. The, faithye, are expected to exercise in prayer is ,supposed ,exelude reason or to supersede its exereiseveryinileh as filth in'the miracles, inapiratioryandmisterious doc trines of revelation -is supposed to exclude it. New we say, prayer 2S 4 power like Other powers. It` is 'adapted taacCoMplish certain ends. 'lt is one of a system of instrumentalities and ineans appointed of God. i It is u cause and:must- pro duce effects. it has its We believe it, is as unerring and I regular, as gravitation itself.- , God has ordained it as oneof the moving powers) of the World.- It has its part to play, its sphere to 811, iri accomplishing the destiny of man, and •the triumph of Christ's Kingdom:-These resnits are unattainable without praye,r,_and no other instrumentality:can take its pliee in bringing Y . them to. pass. - Bien if we regard the Affects of prayer as of the nature of a miracle, the argument is unaltered. A miracle is not necesiarilya violation , of lan , . It belongs to . a system of things.whicir doubtless has its laws, though theyare beyond.our diScov ery. The miracles form, with nature, ' ; complete, hirnionions, 'well-organiied 'fi',Atern: Miracles, says principal Tulloclt," arc the - expression of working out its wise ends, among . ; the lower and ordinary sequences of life and his tory." 'There is, we believe, au ordained consti tution of things;:in which pdayer and miracles alike have their . plaee assigned; ' as fat removed from - arbittaiineas as any-oftlie 'great arrange.' Merits of nature on Which we instinctively rely.. They belong the emu - oil:y0 - graee, it is true, but that, as well as the economy of 'nature, is regulated by law. If, prayer were a poWer not regulated by law, it could not be relied upon And -because it is vieWed.as something separated fitim law; vague and almost:Arbitrary in; its operations, the faith of petitioners is weak, and. less -pse is madee this mode of effert. The large promises madato prayer ,are ,as 'often teysterigns and unsatisfactory as !they are. precious to 'the Ohristiari.. -"The ththightftil. Christian,- when, in , his.daily reading of. the. - Scriptures lea meets with' , tiny of thote wniitlerfnl "proniiiies made believineprayer, offen pauses to ask liliaself; What' can these words Mean r!. lie seems transported- by them to a region supernatival where gone of his ex perience in thiswerld and none ef i the principles by which he judges of. nintidane,,pewers and things can ; come into -play. .- Yet lire they not: intended to set before' us in Characters Of divines light and unchangeablenesi this very fact-of law iii `connection' with prayer 7 if° they not assure and reassure'ni of the certainty 'of its operation'?`' At Any not like the pledge'to`l oah.on emerg ing from .the ark, that Anedtime and harvest, and aold.-and heat, and summer, and, winter, and. day. and night, should not,cease?.Does ;not God pledge his faithfulness and truth to uphold this law?,. Surely, we need to take this simple natural-view' of prayer: • We need 'soberly 'to 'belie*a that when we pray wa , are PS Much ancras truly ac-' • ~ complishing Something as whenwe use any other instrmirentality..We must reekon ;prayer among the agents to be employed in gaining our end as. much as muscular force, ingenuity , ar Oment money, or power of anykind. . • It is as great a piece of neglect to omit prayer in, building h house, as to use defactive material or tdemploy poor workmen ; just .al,tinwise to omit it in pro: fOr-the safety of an;armY, astnptit drawl' sy or traitorous men on' the outposts. In all this we 'rarer of course to true, gepeine,... believing prayer. The mere cold feria of prayer, the infrequent, hrief,:hurried petition,theejaqu lation,,extorted: by i siniden ;peril ,from; line that . had been accustomed perhaps to cursing , and to, lying; the seemingly earnesteriesthat soMetimes; go up from' hearts which still rega4iniquity,.. - ...- these are not powers, any-mare than Counterfeits are Money. Gat the other hand,' tine' pller is not only a fewer among powersit it the 'great,: est power that man" can wield. It is 'de tiipieen . 2' , ; dent power, neenniplialting what ;no: other power can; overruling all other Agencies, and rendering them su bservient to its own wonderrel Tyitet piayer reaches the ear of' God*atid enlists the.' armof 'omnipotence' in' *se:: `Truer' pitiyer his the- royal premise : 1 -"Alt thingewliaif sOever ye' shall ask: in prayer ye Shall .$6 POwer ik ireseueh gnarantlei of effieiency, ex- i pressed 004 absc4 l 4 unqualified terms ` no otheiPpier'nfintin'is associated withthe exer- • cienef divine power.,- Ilene° 'men should, . linitens.ent only to have true prayer-among the, agencies Whielithey use-in -accomplishing their-- ends, but.they should- make prayer the -very chief, as the iiiast effective of all:. ;' They should praY they Woad be `iiiiiereilitieria' that their prayers are genuine; even the procuring of good materials and' good WOrkmen, needful as it is,'Shouldnot seem as inipartarit'as the offering of good prayers. Nay,, we believe at the end it will appear, that only theYWhO have;prayed have accomplished anything. The -achieVements of the unbeliever and the pritAllrleas may appear stupendous in some instances, but we think they ! will ba found , hollow cheats and , impositionso while the real work, the true success of the world, will she found' to have been:accomplished by the'prayerful:. There is but One kingdom that shall not be moved; nothing is trulyifficient *hi& 'is' wasted upon the transient interests and glories of the, world; only these efforts truly sue eeed which go to build up'the kingdom of right eousness—theltingdom of Christ on earth. The _true prayer is the, outpouring of a soul in, the, fullest sympathy with that kingdow; he who truly prays,, lives and labors for its extension , and triumph; all 'hia , acts have 4 bearing upon this result=are • embodied prayers, crying ,Tlty kingdom vim . 1 Tree prayer, is' nothing short of a life'of aspirations and longings for this great object. ,And such hives the, real energy and , efficiency of the Church and ofllie world will.he found to have existed., •.,. NOONDAYi A LIFE'SKETCH, by the 'author of "Climbing the Mountain," from the press of Henry Hoyt; will ",1:19 sure :to .Oomrititid., readers youlig. i `. l l6m6.; pp 235.' Voi'sald'aV the Presbyterian Bookstore. t.. ~ ~ ~~ `~~ mmimmimmi.....,",................""""evam0 241 . . • . , , i, • ..( lilt t Iran ,: .. It .• toirgt ton , -, ;;„.. 5- MB. BEAMS " rossit;-:XAN." InAire Atlantic tifonthly for December; Mr. °hikes L. Brace, the well known kind-hearted Secretary or the %to York,_Clcaldren's 4,74 qc. , ciety, and genial traveler among the Homes of Germany and Hungary, one of those practical ~charaders, thaVet, sheiv a visionary and unset. tied side noir and then, brings together the scat: tired and dubious rays of evidence (as he. re:. gards It) furnished by geology to the, existence of a Pre-Adamic man. He boldly beadrhis ar ticle " The Fossil Man," and fills a number of pages with subtle reasoning ; on the subject, It is all very interesting; some of it,plansible. s • It, is about the Fossil Man. ,But.the question some Will recur; Where is he ? Who has .ever seen him ? Why not produee him ? If he was a"Herenles; why not show us his foot, or at least his foot-mark? Show us a- single, one of his two'-hundred and forty, bones from which an TX= pert anatomist could infer the man. If you would sustain a ,charge of murder- yon must pro duce the body of, the;murdered,man, or evidence that it has been seen. Before ,that is done you* May utter a great many •curious and plausible surniiSfis, but the question arises, - has,,there been• any murder'at all ? When you can answer that question thi:court will be ready to proceed . With the,inquiry:' • s Dix Brace his not Produced " the Fossil Man," or, any part of him, and cannot do it. He, hai merely produced new instances of remains found in caves above or near the surface of the earth. " Murder N will out," and so would " the Fossil . , Man " have done, if there were any.such, in so long a - period of geological investigation; The *hole geological Series of strata, has Veen 'more or less investigated, vast. order's and groups of animals and plants from the most stupendous to the most , delicate have 6ert discovered and classed. The bony or woody structures of these `objects are :not a - avhit . more durable; often far less so; than is the frame-Work:of he':tlnman body:- ,There abundant" reason: for ex p ec tin g to find liturianreniaina *tither' thaw those of ecin .temtio*.y,anintall'and. plants, if Stie z teeo..exiit: ence ; did take place in geological periods "On inlabitant of the land," says Charles Sir Lyell, " exposes himself to so many dangers on the wuters.as , man, whether in a savage or civil-, iced" state:and *there is no., animal, therefore, whose skeleton is so liable,to become imbedded in lacustrine or submarine deposits ; nor- - can it be stud that his remains are more perishable than thoie of other animals, for in' ancient fields of battle, as - G' uvier has obseried, the ix}ne's amen have suffered as little debempOsition.as those of horses which were buried in the same grave. But even if tie more solid Parts of our species had disappeared, the impression of their form , walla have remained engraven on the, rocks ) as have tile traces of the tenderest leaVeslof plants, and the soft integuments of many animals,!), I Afa days ago, We were shown-a fingnient of metamorphic lime-stone,* oreoarSe marble!, just as it s was taken from a quarry near oheitimi Upon the•sinooth transtripent surface afforded-by the Cleavage, •there were traced as , with, consum mate art, the most. delicate -vegetable forms, deep-black. finest sca-mosees - which the. reader has seen in din:dilutive .ornamental; work in the' obeli .windows et-artisans, coUld itot'<eit ceed it in delicacy.= ` Scattered - at sbotVistances from the main stem, were detached, bleaSoin-like, objectS, not;=half an-inch_in diameter. .l 4 ;To detail' could be imagined more,perfect, than that of this plant and its fallen blossoms. And there it had 1 lain unharmed forages, outlasting, the fiery far, ces that.had transformed the ancient limestnne into ; marble.- - And have such.. trifles been 80: scrupulously guarded from the most remote, and' inconceivable geological eras, while not so-rnuch as a humeri finger' mark has been preserad or witnessed to us by the Testimony 'of Rocki? Ts there no foot-print of man to place beiide the Sx . etmarks of gigantic birds and reptiles ? Is there no deli Cate tracing, upon strata which are almost alive with animalrecords, of the Creator's, most elaborate yrork—the human frame, its hand,' its skull? 'Then there was no man to_leave. his remains to Mingle with those of primeval mon-. sterna: The improbabilitie4 are so.gre:at as to over= whelin utterly the:4 paltrisorepS eVidence" extracted from. the flints of. the 'SoinineValleY and tie . skeletons found " in caves and 'on the surface of the ground. You may find as-goo 4: "evidence " in many a. deserted. grave yard or, Indian burig l iklape,Or ancient battle. ; fieldf, , The, 80:30314in is a myth. Onlyythese l ;Vilio, delight_ mire in. the £t mysterious - .end)--subtile -pleasure thereis'irifyropiny iccick thiatigh-the twilight of burnaii:histar l y(7)" than in walking in the clear: fight riaion and: of reieideetruth,'Will buai eager and enthusiastic about it as Mr. BraCenp pear:alblict - *oFin riiiwi•be-Been at Rev:.',Dr.-33.riiinerd's.‘ 41 . ' T • ..'. - 7'!` , :,•:1"111.4 . :941:1:-.4f.iTLQ; i A.N9.4P, Tq Jechßatapes for the pitere" tffre„entvalt. are anytNeght,eneouragipg. Were weitilfjpo* • language used by"tisk. critics of our own- 4 4 , fairs.;sineintrthq outbreak of ithe';retellien; we Wetlo47i "tithe i bubble. -of a "National viturex , See'ms ° 'that ili# , ehiirch - 'Da; i:6l well nigh powerless to rid. itself of the extiremely radical and intdel heiesies that have arisen in itabosom. ; The very foundations of seriptwe on which it , rests may be subverted, and yet oily ,after tedious ; delays, can a:doubtful verdict be gained by .the•thurehfrom the au.. thorities, against such of its own members as are guilty of the attempt. And the,, higher the po sition and the morepepicious,the,infieence of these. apostates,* more difficult is .it to reach them by, disciplinary process. A Bishop (Cole son) has written an outrageous. critical treatibe, on parta of the. Old Testament which he iedtteei= to the level of a mere fable,l , and enough 'tithe is likely to be consumed ie. deciding the geestion whether he can be tried at all, to "cite, tiy.and promptly depoie, in the courts of,any evangelical. church all the open heretics and apostates that have. appeared since, the , Aeformation. The church Of England - is in sueh.,a false and helpless condition, th*,it needs yet tote decided wheth; er , sheie - competent to save herself. from! extine. don or sphydrsion'. The_tido, of a falseund reek.= loss criticism' 'rising all. around her; it is'eveia now at her throat,"-and an' imaginary- necessity keeps her in the midst of the swelling and 'de liouting waves Tie can think of, : nothing so tuuch. resembling her,posititm;as : that of our dwn nation l inr.the- anti-coercion :period' of Mr. 80. chanan!s Administration.' According to the pro found 'opiniens.of that sage officer, this. puissant nation: was under some horrid ispeillef impotency, and Suffeiitself incentnientlY to.per. _,'i; is# at the summons of ~t: y, .;.1‘ No poergion was i eta. And th? same seems to bind the c .emissaries- of, tha, , gv .ery, , arcrushing i he ,geenis, at Abe ;the mot encouraged,. and : eve to remain in the chttru ofhonesty, their *Pia . . asserted by, the Chierc th 4 tiere ,is not; an ,ChUrch,of Buglaadi, to give satisfoctioa ,to , the 'Church. -Bisho shocked the moral' s Christian people, 'by o among theAula cony ,t his diocese. He W . , recd made to account` for t 's le , of admission' to the r sti; American Christi • tre these things . willgro . T.lll 1 God mill give that,C rell cast' ut the Morbid; esci stich- fearful progre , 'whether He -setis- t t unnatural'union wit man institutions,— i lies 'and 'formalities, entism, and lying and a general state o pery,—sheeninst - not for a nobler and tru It may be that n ir national - Church bn whole, liaYeaelied.:.., iff,9-1,1 the bFifi.k.of a*,. low,state of opinion England, on ;the . qu gle; and-the perse _which thit:dpinion , riai. 'aid publicly`; ballet', in _the ler / known. ship-yards o tualiebuk e, from t ry, and „political a aged, would seem fish conscience is 1 I a , , great quvalution 1 true.Ohristian'tirin t . the ',governbg'imA finence on its' i joits vier/d December . same effeet,in the i has we fear beenA ward; ; the moral s coming..blanted al hatred With which,' flon of slaver; .died r into . wii -holders." '. THE' uattal. atiori lei 15,by the !in throuirh Rev: Tract Society. the pulpit'. or Preabytoria4 Accom - ac, county ; Virgi, to material in the cane it. is lit passed . through the : .... Le well d a ell-• known indif 4 __. vir- „.,, .. Rev. Dr. T..t • Smith. On re - i Ting the „eatie i t Rev. Mr. Barnes Pastor the First ,Olittrch in this k I city, wancline , to questiepAhe claim of l e the, Aecomae Ch 'llto an alf ' 'sr superior to that claimed by 43 own. ” wer 'should not lekon oils gnititude t( . . His, gift shows great kind ''s of fe le .willing to part with the co anion fOr twenty years—his third 1694;. 'by Re ,orally_ e. !natter He (Mr. Barrie arrsuged Synith mist ta : thus ,eummittu. to ~ .have dome chureli °•the marked thatith, affection do the , tip.hi l ionith w . ~.,. wa: inimii . feiiimit4O a other ,nit in this - time of c# o Let. bOS'thf,iPel?. tg , 'm I' g i a of tilictate, emi W Tat t le it nipxywho r at-th ' pital pretending to . , t learai ties which attra fasbi, p stained f9r .yr s, a f u ll midst of ini the • capital, in the i never, irrifratri o and extingeliear all ' i -10 01 4 -- Li .. k*Aitp gllti denominaiion. ' an IA by .sPr tittle-telt& -. 13untera :t of ut by I.letylia tes the 2: e h as bolo sea ' It is4eleonl, pn*Oiotart,cifi eleiteraente o system that he' able;to goabeu 2.. k eCitae,as Julius of as al e g i ve r, e age I `. es not E ithbut . . 0111•00 1 ilton tll 3 Ore tabo' pollen in Was is: safe, inoyr, to cane. Oh motion, Rev, Mr. Barn simonise:4B'in t 'e gift OS to be re "PastOn'e *lliee s ithe • . lettei.: To the Paior, Ny Artthre ';,44ssor;fieln. stry, Rev. Our friend aid brO j elri. E which I Andrew CulveA, will 'Ar . , . years, .ap& have' owned flit mote t . 'Af t i ppse d of . s. PR: i p which I sendito you 3 ' (4 71" , .. think best', • i .1.:, halie,we was- made was! • The wood•o* of wlo—.• ... ' the ministry of esente:d-to lit by " :113 - . • preachi ng' , ei t pr • a •,.‘ i t time .., our church; - as who ` 19 . 11 . o:66 n ty, Virgin . to the elkut:ol in .07 A.4of Eastilino*er This auk* nOnder ii 7,...1. of Preo;Yteri). presbytery, Anw ca t - — I • by whice, I watordail ds • 1 .2 z stalled tor .of 41, eo:nouth, Viitinia l the Piesbytiriim Chu — ir -e. tract of Columtda. from *hence Renn ie t t You ke'6i4ill the tes' %, iA - r • * Thillithe cage inadaP reAr.olitionary minority. 0 (motto in that doleful ightkike of impotency i tch of England, while ; ,O l i e ,. ... ,w earini.her„liv . - .rijim e - "RQ, ~- 00vpior," I+therr9 :tom ..m.0,04 are 91 . 13 5P4 .by 10019110.1111 Pa. ;whioh, with come "holy ei)A . iiAg to leave: '`l.t-is. Journal of' kiiiiroiii; angelical ifelwp j) .? t o. ugic nany 4 them seem. .0 - angelical, portinp„ of Ootqlso not long ago : ipf Abe great Inase,of ly; toleratitl g polygamy its within the . bounds Elf ir;' to 04 4 knOWledio,. whicbiJari 'ering o 1 the tonne; n Churfli , . , . ~. onderink whereunt6 p wait toe whether, race andotrongth to ..ei . making in, er coriapaunion; • or' i t,' w t with "Woildliiiosei• ad nbordinaltieitt• iti lii# :. ' l l with High 'qiiitialh'fol; : '' BToad ChnO; indite 7 maii4ons and perversions, Vilf-i•eforrnation . from Po e, itbaidoned to make room eialeliastical structure, , onl yyt as the bubble' Of , a bu that Engfand, as ~ a. iti.ca minating point, and 4 41 y decadence., , : Thc lie leading classes in Tolved in our strup• id earnesfness with nee held; iced he immense mate; most ivieked re: shmenie apd best without effee- • ent ; prAey, slave us liberally,enesni!,-, 'ther thakthe.44g, emoralized; orithat e place 'biSetri•the e country bee'onies ny aripiegiiible in ondciik' 'lfeekij) Re soietiing.to the • 4•1:.!. ,, "g u f t SP , "'§? ° • , ; ( :4 time.. community is be d. The burning ago, the institg-, ;,s argue pelrl must ple Af , o the k win' or (),, se oft dad 4ene realms, has ith ' ;• Onday Rec. e body, by wocod .front the, oldest ontas4 cane. nt in WM' lidd iilV-14 Irtant ad ora e of It grr Is a tb? inner. • Dr, us to bsie he believes I' reihyteriazi Brainerd. re- Ist, At great, his bibthren'• Ludi!ixi:this sh ATiaena suelke , Lon, c.kg, t those Quail. : is, has sus iroh,,in: the Ices of the 'born he has integ,Tipr respeekof :400.44 Presbyters: &e !topeir infirmityi f • that tbid related lb? that he bir ittri .2:1 , e a better . that,t. e hinds of ni and : his Church. e following Y 842: } "inscription as you see it, and haii i e pleasure in,sendirig it to you, as " the genuine artieTe," and beettuie of the facts possesing interest enough in our Piesbyterian hearts to give it some place in which:it flay be preserved. I confess to some weakness in this thing as my atlier.!mras from th; Same , country (Nortkof Ire land) as McKernie , himself. Though uninOwn ^, as is this apostle or Presbyterianism, yet his " ness is in' heti en t an record is on .ig • his ' Chi my. Maher!! Aide my gralidfither was Scot*, 'anti liis wife Irish. ' , 4.ll:,Myeinnters, BloOd of which I am, notashamed, and which I hays not disgraced,.• though born in Baltimore. My beart•my -brethren is as' your heart, and,, this simple zift.which I commit to you may add • strengthiuniliniterest to those ministerial and • frateiiifti tiestb‘y ; Which walleye been band, lo r • • theie many 'Yak*. •• "Prarnally,'• - . 3 •••;, • • • JouN 0: thriiii• . .Pastor, 4th Pres • Church. EXE*ON, OF, AN oil SOIIetOL MINISTER • . 111:0M ST.. ) LOUIS. . l• Rev. SeaiDsL B: 14 oPIIEET is pastor of the Pine street (P.P) presbyterial) Church, of. St 'Anis, one of Ale largest anAracst:influential the .eiq, hiui,,.with w.ife, „been, ordered,. by,. General .0 urtie-to !leave - the:Sitttia... The: *der ie. as follows y • OF icOir'll6voiri: Pitaimilii.t'aitimiux., ' 4DEpAngsirENT„OF 'TEM Masiount,f.. „ 1 . r ' , , St- Lotrisi.Mo..,-Doc.. 19, 1862. Whereas; on` account of unmistakeable evidence of sympathy wiihithes _rebellion on the part of,llev. Samuel B. Megheeterp„,pastor of the Pine Street. Church:, certain. loyal member ,of his congrega c tion, aboat;.lix i inofitha sine?, urged, him to avoir: . hia, sentiments :openly ; raid to take a ; stand vet' ° ef the Governrientrwhibli - he has refuSed to do,. and has also OA:dished and direulated 'two ' tars within the'list two weeks;: in which he. Vot i only refuses to avow*lldrimelf a friend: cif the ittiose-•' ernmenti butulsolrefuseUt4, declare• whether he is in favor of the success of the authoritiesof the. nation .in their effortsto put down a cruel and. desolating rehellion,i and has failed to remove a-, wide : spread: and : increasing irnpre,ssion that he; dpires the succ e ss orthe rebel cause;_ and WhereTy as, l t l , l *B l 4 , l,l4, o ,o l f!e:tetq; , aPt.: 1 ;1 1 ,8 with . others of the oainoterion l inaticdhpOied agthe influence . of lint mirtiate'rial"oliarietor'a, of the ivhfoli:lie • iei '`c3nn ' eotgd from; deolaiiig O. Man ifestiniits loyalttte.thi Goierej meritslid'hais reful3ed W 0 110E444 in theirolreibui s intionmgand intent, the-recomniendations-of the i Preeident of .the • United States to the various, churches; and haelallowed the influence 'of.l3o'. wife, 'hiS brothere i and hO intimate associates , to seduce him from an,epen and , manly support of the -greyernment in .active. sympathy , with the rebellion, whereby "the influence of his ministerial p_4ition. has gre , atly encouraged enemies of, the Government 'in their wicked iseheMes for its overgrow, and'bietill - exerting an injurious in- - . 'especihllY the 'arid other' members' of his siOngrelatiOn; letsling them to be-- lieve that hesympithisea 'with :the lebels;und .li/stifles their 'cause, 'and' to adopt sentiments of hostility to the govornmentvid.to become active. rebels; and whereas; in , all his course of unfriendf ; lipess to the Government, and,. sympathy with, and favor to, rebels, the said hic.Pheeters has, been stimulated-and encouraged, if not led on, by hiswife', itho:iienlY avows herself a- rebel whereby theliaid Id . 'ePhecters and his Wife, have forfeited,their right te'the protection and favor of the Government biltheir present position, and hive become prothotere of rebellion and civil dis cord. Therefore, it is ordered that , the said' Mc- Plasters and his wife leave the• State of Missouri Within terv.days after-the 'service -of this orde,, and that.they , take up' their residence- within the; free States north of . Indianapolis, and west of Pennsylvania, and remain there during the war; and that said McPheeters cease from this date to exercise the functions of his office within the . State of Missouri, - and that , he deliver to the Clerk of the Session of Pine Street' ',Church alt' books, - records' and _ papers belongi ng: ; to' that , church. ' ' - = ••• It is fartheilardeted, that the • ;church , edifice, books ind:papcirs,at:the corner Of Eleienth and Piano streets,' beplaced under the control ofthree loyal Members of Pine street church, .namely,. lieorge P. Struns, James M..Ccirbitt apd.John M. Ferguson, IFYikshall see thiit. it's; -pulpit he filled blAsAciyin minister of the AcksPel, who e.an i nvoke the'blessing of the . Hea4 ?of .thu 'Church „Upon the efforts of Ale Goirsinnaent' to' re=establish' its authority: • • By command of llifider-Geidzil.Viiitia. ' F.' blCK.Proskistliffrishal general. • ; DepartMent Midsonri. A eorresTiModetq Lois writes :-" The' orderlinr;ltir:ilePliceiera ':oepirt was isened,„ and every loyal man here coneurn,hrits, justness. 4, ; fika Trominept Old - school . . man, . and:the same-who tiridertookltoiandwerthe key.. Di. Breckinridko,:in theglastiOld Sclitiol Assem- My, when. the Dr. clitirged , disloyalty.on;Some of the pasta's of the Old School churches here—for there is mare than-hewhom-our community look uP ° 9:i * rrl i i i 9Y?ik a l: /4 14 1/ #l l , , t r• of the F. F.'s of Virginia. ' WhPi liiesbco49ne Vitkilli.niso l 4 l .4 l ll l d Secular . za - r , :1%; t"-; t •r t p s • • IMMMU , bON'ilitinhatinns . received front the clittiches theyserve,thefollowngninisteys, of whom. nine w6Teliiioinmission . last year,' were commissioned bx'tge Cikinniitti4 of Home 3111 S-, aline at their lass retlairxiiika-.: • -Rev. Awing Elniith; Grapdlitilpidi; Michigan.; " n g ' i . '"** . ElliAlturt'Oak, '94:, • - • • !'EaigY • ki)" X ‘rk ) 4, 10, • n t Pint Ai1i44;.,.±..;:;.4. ~, ;,•-•,- ...1 . t i! f - , ?-4-:Fs TirAlfigts 4.9 . ff 61 r8 9 / 4 f,w-.Tt , ..-, " . E. D. Holt, Chatfiel4,lkfiaa.n ~ r •:. 1 . ..i. ..;-,f!..-.T, 4,.,Tat10w, lilAwax*, 46. i '. ..- ..:.: ~,, i ! ,fe , s:ol . 4 .Pierpoitt, :1114rislty's,: Cal..! -,-;: ~..: . ; •ii r *arena Hioks i Mankato;-Miitai ,' • .; : I .! oi•ifWillliam 7Drsinimoildi:Pgreand, Via. . ... • ' ''' "GliatWß.lL'itotriimiain; Brooklyn, ...k. Y: ~ 1 11(B.Bsptist tbieksit nneandid,in nra 84 - that the Bible- Union:whichis:getting uti the Iminersioniat version of the Scriptures "Of the ;Baptist dendtiiinationr: .We 'did not :mean to charge the movement Upon the denomi riatiOr as such ; the use of the'TirepositiOn " Of" ten' not necessarily' involVe this; and we think our, readers were •long ago infoimed that the IN nomination, as such, refuqed to sanction the movement. ,The ..Examiner, exhibits a wholej. some sensitiveness - upon a movement so uneven gelicil and divisor? in its tend l tioy. "•Tis true, 'tis pity; pity ' tie 'ti9 true,"• nlyliittlieiess, that it is . of the BiPtist:denomihOqioclone 'and no Other,. and not every anrpe ing developement of the et elusiveness rpn to seed which that body ex ii!it s i n the Unitea 0444119. By the way,,where aid; the : Exaoilkfr article.: . " The'cry, against Ni n e- 78 W' which $t prints on its firstpage, irithOnli•saoknatiledgeinent of author, •or -.Of the .plitibrinivihloh..itlitseappeared ? I: OUR HOME MISSIONARY WPM "A REV'. A. M. STOWE, Of Canandaigna, local agent of the Committee on Home Missions, vis ited the Fourth' Presbyteyian`Church in Albany on the first Sabbath in December, ariaTiaeled' on the subject in the morning. Therelw4 not a croalc in his discourse. And he said our mis sionaries di the 'frontier. and in the - nei" settle: ments were not comip4Xnunien,=:,-were cheerful, sustained by faith,lnd laboring in hope, though sharing in - the privations, and sclf-denials inci-- dent to such' fields—especially in' these :itiroub kus times!' (Dan. 9 25.) No collection was taken. His rerharkl.re ceived a ‘ cordial indorsement : }from:the ,pastor, Dr Scelye,, and on Monday Mr. Stowupelled on the : people, so fay as he could ; and reepiyed their' offerings amounting, to $550, which„he remitted, to the TreasUrer •of the Assembly's,Home-Mis sion Committee, in' New York: ~‘ The eollectien was not presSeLat ell, especial vas church makes contribitions,,in fixed sums,`, at every monthly concert: These monthly. collections go, to the Presbytery's Treasnry, out of Whichibe home Wants in the,PresbYthry are first % met. Then, too, the Sabbath .school is a_ missionary. association, ,contributing :from $290. to $4OO a _year., .This, the school. appropriate themselves directly to the support; inainly,.Of a Sabbath ScheoP-Missienary at the West. This brings .the little pries of the fleck—the - fature hoPe Of the chnioh—into direct communication and sympathy with a great missionary work. One - thing more was done. Mr. Stowe gave some, information about: the . present condition of the West, ,and mentioned a,- , : devoted home nais sioaary,Who, when slavery tilled_ Missouri, was- 1 driven fromthai Stith with, hisirifeAnclAhreel little - ones, with the less - of much of his goods - ,1,- and Was now laboring as presbyterial missionary, iii Southern' Illinois. Whereiipon; Our. ladies &Ought the; Must do something too; in a direct way., `"But,ll are too much; engagedinlyorking for' the soldiers, to Rake artieles. So they, themselves i .gatliered up some $6O or Op. in money withwhieß Akey.boughk and to this, one added,,n: blanket:ihawl.; another, a second-hand. cloth cloak for a lady; Another, a bed-blanket;'- and others, Snialler artieles. To this, a Clothingim'ernhanf asked the privilege*,bf adding a'cloth coat aiad pants and silk . vest. Ans.: other merchant put spices; and others Omaskedy put in remnants of goods making quite a respectable box,for „that missionary and hisSamily. And net thelleast:thing4sithogood; it doeL the , people: to act directly and in-Concert:: And thus; - too; knowledge literally runs ,to and fro, as it could-by'nnether means. Cold metal is good,' is - indispensable to the treaSiir3r; . therwark. of woman's' hand and these offerings: of the children are' mere Precions—MOre, blesSed in their fruits. : - A.„. Albany, December 13 1862 Otw fitlittrattons, GRAVER THOUGHTS OFE A COUNTRY PARSON j. avelume. uniform with "'Recreations of a Coup-, try. Parson," by:the 'same.author, and containing. "some portion of the-material to.which, the wri• : ter'..i best pains have, been giyen on many; fore- , noons manr.evenings;.: cutrntry ape in-! town : which'has . been earriato'cherchTon Sun days in pocket; and whiehAas been sPokeri from the pulpit to the congregations to his care." Is not'this a most elegant circumlocution for " Sermons"? - Sermons, • by Rey. A. K. H. Boyd, of the Free Church Scotland? This. is what they really are; and While.they.contOrk manypleasing and delicate turns of thoughtand. eipression, and while they must be -interesting. as coming from - such a"source, they cannot' be' said' to be by anymeans VD a par -with tbe lighter; productions of the author. They , can scarcely` become distinguished las sermons, aS theSeeSsays did. In their hire; and would never have'availed, thenselves; to introduce theanthorie* of readers Nevertheless, they arei - good` and readable, and :though:. Sailing , to mail, the, moral ; natures of ; ,men. witka strong hand, they. will be, found-profttable. --Boston: Ticknor Sz , Fields. „Philadelphia : J. 13. Lippincott "&- Co. Those - who read that deeplY earn* and `WOrk,-the P tienee Of Hope-will wel come:the emittpa.nion book ..by,the. same .author : A PRESENT HEAVEN, : which has,. just appcared: Perhaps the keynote of the volume is given' in the . inquiry made on , page 6 : "Is theGoapel RederePtion thus accepeed us, not simply' belieied as j a get but believed in as Asio*.ia an efficacy, a• virtue?" The topics dikussed are : The Gospel received l partially,—historical- , ly,-prophetically,-implicitly.: ;; These points, ,are handled with a Jefreshing , ,and eontagious earnestness, with a strength and:gni!) of thought: which reveal }a nand . of no ordinary powtrU:' It is in admirable book of devotional reading for the thoughtful; aspiring 4 Christian.' ... 'ttiston: Ticknor &fields. Philadelphia J. B. coit;& Co. • OvR ComPitglorrs TN GLO*Y,,by, _Rey J M. R4llen, is a thoroughe scriptval view ,ef , the, facts' connected with the!sieial .condition _ of the Christian- in the next world `.L The topies are:: The Vision of God ;' Personal inteicourse'with; Christ';'SOcietY of the Redeemed; Our Children who arein'Heaveir;" The 9iopanionahlp of An- . gels," the Cherubim; the Ministry of Heaven. - - 0 .t• A great body of facts 40. here gathered from SerPtire and from, cOntemporary,recordi, and carefully Wrought .fn, wit* doctrinal ,s44emeeta; and, observAtions of a practical.:'eharacter,lso as. to form a', valuable treatise. onsidering - the grand , and: inspiring nature:Of the iubject,• antl:rernem bering other treatises, written on the subject, we should call the style somewhat dry. We have no taste for, such disci/BSl:ins as'those in which the ) author giV;e's 4 , over the' deceased infants 'of unbelievers, as it were, to " s iinCivenanted mph cies." The exterior.of the book: is, a marvel of typographical beauty: : , ';iWith bevelled. ;edges,, illustrations of the _Cherubim, &v.;354 pages. • 4. Raodolph, N. Y. Por sale by Presbyterian Bookstore. Another boot on lleaven=poetry this tuna laYß.A..qurAsTis, HYMNS aßle c: to . by A. T Thompson, D.D., a choice collection .of poetry oh this most poetic' and inspiring Of toPics; drawn from every variety of tionideeln eVerygge andlanguetT "of Christendom. It is q gterna t i: call?. arranged 'under' such heads : Where is heaven? What is heaven ! Undei the lattet: head we have the libdivision---"I The Better gountry4. -4 3 T he k lo 4,:gity; el ace 9 Th: f ~ earkion ; .4. o,pr Aest. **cannot say that the pieces are übiformjy,of v .al ehqaoter to ,liesexve place, in inuejtidgizent,inJaueki ;volume; -but for: all that, the volnine is a real treasure to the Christian, and many of its noble sentiments will stir 'his soul andPromOte heanly-mindedness in him. The large, clear types recommend the sol aged, who will also, etpecially relish its sentiments. Crown Bvo. ; marbled t edges ; • =pp. 382 VBotiton : Gould & Liman. Philadel- Pbil' ~.§, 1 44 4,Fq 1 034 4 Co Ticknor's Blue and Gold Series of "Poets is still increasing in - niiirib';ip and value. The last issue embracebthe Poems of ..A.....n-ErAutz ANNE PROCTER. Miss:Procter is_ known, , as a highly. gifted authoress, whose yprses glow with the in tense fires of, poetic feeling, and flow along in clear words and easyr,Aythm. Her Romish faith appears in a number , of idolatrous -phrales ; but much of the poetry is . of a high order. The Cradle Song of the Peer - lis,lWO'believe; among the best known of her - pieces. 'Far sale by J. B. Lippincott & Co. MAGAZINES, PAMPHLETS, ETG THE UNION AND THE WAN. A thanksgiving sermon, by Dr. Shedd, Associate Pastor of ,the "Brick Church " New York. This production ably argues the merits of :the loyal cause, and, while omitting mention of the President's Proc lamation, speaks. of " the judgment and attitude of the American people and government 'during this civil war, respecting the' system of slavery, as a reason for thanksgiving to OOd." Dr. Spring, the other plikvr, was announced not long ago as participating - in a movement of the - -clergy of New York, designed to strengthen the purpose of the President as expressed in his Proclamation of September_ It is truly encouraging to find such a weight of influence thrown upon the right side in midst of so much-defection and uncertainty, Tlit, ATLANTIC MONTHLY for Jhnnary con tains a fine' ist of articles of which the able and severe critiqueofilenty Buckle is the most' val uable. Mr. Buckle is declared. to - have tailed as a thinker hastakett his initial hint from Auguste Cointe and the PositiviPhilosophy —a mud mountain, considerably heaped:ll2p, but a very poor Pisgah;: a mountain in a pit, whose top does not rise to an equality with the broad common levels!' ,The article is vigorouslywrit ten and does, excellent service to the , cause of a spiritualshilosophy --Mrs. Stowe's 'repjy to the anti-slavery remonstrance of half a million Eng lish women,leent, to her,..eight year `:,ago, is a document for the times. The "Atlantic" is compelled tol . raise itscpOcc• t0.40..00„:gfr annum for all single subscriptions, the publishers pre paying"*the postage: worth the money. Bogor' :;'Ticknor &Fields. : BIBLE -ATLAS ,AND GAZETTEP.E.H7The Amer ican Tract Society has just'; issued a very hand , some folume, or-atlas of maps, with explanatory, notes, Gazettper of Scriptitre-geographical names, with figures 'indicating the maps on'which the places 'are to bye found - , Harmony of the Gospels, ehrnnologinal Indei the ,Eible, Tabular View the Prophets, Patrt-, archs,. Times and Festivais,,Weights,_Measures,, Money, constituting. a Bible 7 student's, corn— plate vade-inecum: The Gazetteer is especially foil, containing , rve Shoild suppose, from 1.200 t 6 -1500 118.pl`S; about as zneny as the' gazetteer iii Kitto" : silSoriptare'lands," with the' advaiil ~! - - tage,- 2 in. 'the Tract Societfs more nu mernas references to paisages of scripture. For sale 'by H. N. Mils ell; 929 Chestnut Street The,Tract.,Society has, also- issued "The Sol dier from yome," a icapital,trant, in flexible cov ers, by Dr. J. B. Witprhury: -Da. DEVrITT'S AreNryzaemrr S.Eamorit.—Wn have received with great - pleasure a copy of the anniversary sermon of the venerable senior, pas tor:of Ifarrisburgh _phurch, preached , on his seventieth birthday, and in the forty-fourth year of his miniatryin- that Congregation. It ierich in interesting reminiscences and in the ripe ex- • petienee of the aged, though vigorous, Christian man ared.pastor. ' " • THE CONTINENTAE - .11014144Y - for - - ellabnary contains :. a good list,..of.disonssions an political topics,; a cootinuatioa•of 44 Was supocTsful a paper , on., the , Hngnenots, by Mr.: Plaosway,'3 an !aiticle 'of considerable -ability ".and.: science;: from the pen of a Pritate, thel2otlk.OhicrAr tillery, " 4merican Destiny,".&e. Nevi-York? hlin'F. Trow. Frchn T. 8, - Peterson we hive,,receiv:e4lJiii* IVlARcamoznos LEGACY,; Astory frogt "Temple. Magazine. P3Y0W...,tir45.P47.. , .1 , .- , -;.; GEN. ` BANY:I arrived at New Orleans - , Decem ber 14th, where: he, supersedes Gen. Butler. The change ,has bcen effected with great; cordiality between, the . two officers. The thoneand of Banks'...niea were immediately dispitched the Missisiippil-, - - Reports :.reached. Memphis iiip eniPhis last Mondiv:,Deceinber , . 29th, _.confirmed` by the Tqcksiniig Wkii - of the 18th, - -tliatithe - combined naval and land force's . had captured Port Hudson and 'were but twelie below Vicksburg. This neede further confirmation. Gen,. 'Grant; by the severing of. I:di-lines of communication from Coboubus, has heen coin, pelled ; te fallhack *Holly Springs,. , New Madiid, Mo , was evacuated -December 27th. Tide' is probably on account of the near approach Alf large rebel'forces..'"illorgan the gu erilla chlef has been very active' and daring ; he captured a • . force of :600 U. S. troops at mob 4iiiites :Mil, Ky., Deem-abet...2Bth, and - is re ported to have destroyed tr4sle4Ork, on the Louisville and . :rashville' , Tiailroid, of _great ,hn portance.. - Per qgnEra t we have the,, .report. ; _from Louis ville, December 29thi miduight,lhat E. Tenneseee lias :captnred by ourforces, that Ewen-Alm has driven the rebelsinto M-ur freenborch;tuid that Harlan's U. B:lrigade is in the rear of Moigitia'n retreating fOrcea. Gens. Blunt aid:Herron have made a forced march to *an Enren;Arkensas Which they took Deceit her 4 . 8911 after two or three encounters with the otP' l Oor B 4 9v‘r 100 Prisoners, corn,... camp-equipage, etc. A most daring and hrilliant`exploit.—The' Missouri legislature or .gfatized December "decidedly for emanci pation. , On the_water‘we have to chronicle the over hauling. and 'capture ,of one of our California gteamers,4itbout - treasure as it happened, by that prodn'et of English' art and English capital, the pirate:Alabama. This took !place, December th, - .4oape:Maysi, the east Cape of Cuba. The money ($9.500,) and arms on'b'oard were taken, and the vessel teas released upon the captain gi:Ogit:hond, for $225.000, payable after peaie iS declared. , The Ariel has arrived in New to L JAN.
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