amnion Ertobgit Tian
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THE Bit&NOXPATiON THOOLAHATION OT
TEHTRESIDENT OP THE. UNTIED
BTATES.
WAsnonvrorr, Jan. Ist, 1.863--By tire Presi
dent of tie •United States . of America:
A: PILOCLAAIAT/ON.
Whereas,On the ttieoty-second day of Septem
_
be; in ttto riot of Or ...Loyd one thousand eight
brUdred,ind sizty-taro'n proclamation was issued
by the litesideurof the United States, containing
amonpotiter thinga,the following, to wit:
" That on the first'day of January, in the year
of our •Lord one 'dimmed eight hundred and
sixty three, all persona held as Slaves within any
SitttO or designated part of a State, the people
whereof shall then be in rebellion Against the
Ifulted'States, shall ixt , then, thenceforward and
fe,r 13140 free; the , Executive Government of
the United States, including the military and
nnyalauthm* themf will recognize and main
tahi the *OOO6 4,104.pmen0, and' will do no
actor aets.to repress, enciperions, or any of them,
in inYte)ratik.tiiey• znainudielei their active free.
4katt the. Eneentive will , onthe'. first day
of JaAtaryAforesaid, by proclamation, designate
the States-arid partsOf States, if any„ in• which
this' - people therein,Xiespectively, shall then be in
rebellion aaiuet tli tru44 States, and f/"1
thntSite, and the thereat, mall`, ff,
, any • oti
th!° 4 4 1,2 1 ,) et Jo geed. faith represented in the
Congress of thelJnited States,. by members cho
sen, thereto et elections, wherein a majority of
the qualified voters of such State shall have
paiticipated, shall, in the absence of strong
.countervailing testimony, be : e - deemed eonclusive
evidence that such State and the people thereof
are not then in rebellion against the United
Stites." . •
Now, therefore, I, Abraham Vino°in, Presi
dent of the United States, by virtne of the pi:4er
in me vestal:Las Cointaaader-in-Okiefof this Amy
and Navy of the United States, in timer of actual
arum& rebellion against the authority and govern
ment Of the United States, and as a fa and ne
cessary war measure for suppressinr„ the said re
bellion, do, on this, the firet day of January, in
the year of our Lord ort;` thensand eight hundred
and sixty-three, and, in accordance with my pur
pose so to do, publicly proclaimed, for the full
period of one hundred days from the day Scat
above mentioned, order and designate as the
Statesandparts ofStateswhereiri the people there
of respectively are -this day in rebellion against
the United States,-the following, to wit.'-
Arkanwie, TeXas, Louisiana, (exeept the Pal
risties ca ifernard, Plaquemines, Jefferson,
St. James, Ascension, Assumption, Terrebonne
Lafourche, St. Martin and Orleans, including the
City Of New Orleans,) Mississippi, Alabama,
Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina
and Virginia, (except the forty-eight connties•
designated as West Virginia, anti also the iounties
ofßerkky, Acconme, sorthampton, -Elixalvth
City; York, Princeis Ann-and Norfolk, including
the Cities of Norfolk 'and Portsmouth,) and which
exalted portiere for thi,prespnt left precisely
as if the proelainotion were not issued.
, •
- And by, virtue of the power and , for the yur.
poi - e aforesaid, Ido order and declaim that all per
sons lid& as Olives within' the said designated
states ar t a Intim, of 'said States,, are and hencefor
ward shall, be free 4. andzhat. the Eitecutiv'e 061
er4unent of the United States, including the mil..
itarland naval authoritiee t iemof, will recognize
and maintain the freedom of said persons;
-And I hereby enjoin upon the people , so de
elhred to be free, to abstain frOmall violence,
unless in necessary self defence and recomMend
to,them that in all casea,,uhen allowed, they la
bur faithfully for reasonable wages.
,And, I fur
ther diudare and make kneurn, , thatanch persons.
ctsuitable condition, will be'received into the
armed service` the United State§, to garrison
forts, positionsostatioris, and other places, and to:
man vessels of all sorts in the said service. And
upon this amtoiimierely believed to be an act of
• justice, warrantedfey the Constitution, upon mil
itary necessity, I invoke the considerate judg
ment of mankind, and the gracibus favor of Al.
mighty God. • •
!In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my
huUd and caused the seal of the United States to
be affixed.
[L. B.] 'Pone at the city of. Washington, this
the first day of January, in the year •of our Lord
one thousand eight , hundred and sixty-three, and
of the independence. of the United States of
America the eightpseventh. fr
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ABR./114M LINCOI.IC
. I By:t4e Praident,,
W. H. 'S*wA.RD. Seey of State,
REv. N. L. Lal , l,D; it.p..,' , Distriet Secretary . of ;
the 41„"nitilibkii:ifotitd'hOthiliVest, has, bOen invi‘
ed by the PrudentiaCeounnittee to return to 'll
(4 and, bps .consented to ,de.so.
THE LIFE OF PRA.
ALL separate religious services are valuable as
they are consistent "parts of a life, or as they
operate to sanctify find raise the life to their own
level. Sabbaths, seasons of worship, sets of
Christian liberality, prayers, avail nothing if they
do not belong to the texture of our existence.
The reason why our services are profitless, is be
cause they are formal; they are occasions or in:.
cidents in the 'life merely, and not the lifeitself;
they have nothing in them, or behind them, to
give them substance and reality.'We ourselves
do not enter into them, but we rather obey them
as outward requirements addressed to ws. We
Must - not be disappointed' itthe insignificant re
sults of such services as are none actings out
of our own beings No religions, service is a
power unless it is also a life. Only, a life of
prayer produces efficacious praying. We believe
'this may be.unnouneed.as/the law of thosaregu
ler, uniform answers to prayer, which have made'
the lives of some of God's people so memorable.
In proportion as we live lives of prayer we may
thus expect our prayers to be heard. If ye
abide in me dnd may words abide in, you, says the
Saviour, ye ahall ask what' ye will; and is shall
b done; unto you.
Editor.
A life of prayer is a life is syMpathy with the
divine plan, overflowing. with desire for its ac:
tomplishnierk in the world, and humbly depen
,
flout on : Goa for this result. It is not °unem
ployed exclusively in specific acts of devotion.
The apostle's commandment—Pray without-eeas
ing—occurs in the midst of n series ot a.dmoni
tkons, all the rest of which Would. he rendered
kile, if any one of them required*the entire
Me of the Christian. life ,of prayer is not
one which secludes us from.tlie world, or makes
twunfaithful to-our duties in the family, in busi
ness, in the situation of the • soldier, the states
man, the scholar. It is the: aving reference to
God's will in all these things. It is doing all,.
and suffering all, and enjoying all •that falls to
our lot, as of his appointment and as part of his
plan. It is depending upon him in all the vari
ous experiences and exigenCies of our daily life.
It is expecting and wishing nothing to succeed,
except as it is for his glory and by his aid... Far
from estranging us from eur temporal duties sed
relations, it imparts to them new interest and
value. :It abates selfishness and enables us to
pursue worldly ends with less of , a grovelling and
selfiskapirit,—in,fact, with true heavenly-mind
edness. He indeed has the best right to cherish
earthly relationships and pursue tempotiti ends
with zeal,. who does it in the spirit of prayer,
The life or prayer is the best—the only true—
earthly life.
'The life`'of prayer is one in which answers to
prayer may be expected. It is only in „such. a
life that trueprayer is mire to be offered. The
special acts of prayer are sincere.utterances : of
the ruling desires of the .suppliant. Moreover,
the mind.and heart are so in sympathy with God,
that an almost unerring spiritual instinet,,inr
parted by thaindwelling of ' the' Holy Spii.it; leads
the suppliant to fix upon the Very. objects which
are also dearlo God. He who abides in Christ
is agreed with Christ. desires what Christ
desires. And, the more thoroughly this of.
prayer is lived, the more CPar is the - periMition
t -
or intuition_ of the divine will concerning an
ject of prayer; the more , close the &incidence
as to the time and circumstances' whieh the
object sought may be realized." Praying souls
are gifted souls. - They discern the of the
times. 'They haVe a sense'of *hat: is: no r_season
able.to be asked. 'Theyharinonizenlist Wonder- ,
fully with the developinenkof God's Providenee
nay, they are a most intportant)elernent;in. that.
Provience, for their ;prayers. ; ate the powers
which are 'woeful to the Unfoldino• of it before
. • • •
,
Those remarkable men who, in - ctur day; have
originated and 'sustained .such great enterprises
and have accomplished such marvels both for the
heathen abroad and for the neglected at home,
by, the., power, of prayer,— George Mueller at'.
Bristol,'Wichern at Hamburg, Harma at Herr- .
mannsburg, and Gossner Berlin,-- - lived lives
of prayer. Their whole existence is bathed in'
its spirit. Their 43eparate.petitions anti acts, of
worship are but a small part of 'their praying.
Nor do they confine their requests to what- we
would term specifically spiritual objects. ,They
frankly and simply go to God for anything-they ,
want;" and though they are but fallible men, it
is scarcely too much to say that all their wants,
are so contained in the great claire of their
hearts for" God's glory, that the :Commoitest;oe
them'can scarcely faille take the feria of prayer`
in expressing itself. Says Mr. 'Mueller : "By
the grace of GO, I desire that ray faith in God
should extend towards ZVERY'rii7G, the mien
est of iny own temporal and spiritual concerns
and the smallest of the temporal• and spiritual
concerns of, my . . Whert'Llose such *
a, thing as a key, I ask , the Lord to direct me - to
it, and I look for•refinswer to myprayer.".And
it seems to us that this , is one secret of„ the mar
vellotis answers which this man and others like
him have received to Prayer : dity toeie l jAniq
men. They prayed alWays with all prayer and
aupplieatimr ih the and.WaOhed therennto
with ail - perseverance. God is the reviard4'
them that diligently seek hitt!.
itlereover, their sympathy with God's plans of
love and wisdom in the , estahlisbment of his
Kiiigdom on• earth—a sympathy which is the
foundation of all true , prayer and which is all the
time 'trying; Thy kingdom *rome—led them to
undertake and to pray precisely for such ends as
God was "ready; in answer to prayer:at that time'
to_ effect. Their prayerful spirit lel:ranch men
as Mueller and Wiehern to see with greater or
imp clearness, that now is. the' time fer applying
the Gospel directly ,to the neglected, and perish
ing'masses of Christendom. An illtistration on
I a great scale of the power , of ;the Gospel to reach,
to- leaven, and to 'bless the multitude's of the
vagrant, the abject poor and the criminals swarm
ing threugh the lower grades of all civilized
carunaunities, and threatening to become an un
controllable and
,destructive element in society,
was needed: The holy sympathiesof these men
led them to this field of labor and of, rayer. It
was ready for them..w It was the fteld -for the
times. God had preiSitypd it God had prepared
the hearts,.of men*, 'respond to their. aPpeals.
The chain of Providences-was almost complete;
one link alane'arat wanting-,—the Prayers of
tl?en. When they' were offered, the connection
was perfect. The effectual' fervent prayer of the
righteous man' is' the mysterious 'meeting-place
of the threads of 'divine Providen&; of Gties
•
sovereignty and regenerated map's free agency.
The praying saint, the fullness oftime, and, the
divine responie, are Mtitually, dependent parts ,of
the scheme by which the *ill' of God is ..deite,
v ttob t tetiaityktild 6 01 tort claultijot:
upon earth. The praying saint is guided to the
sphere of prayer and effort which is seasonable
in this scheme; his prayers are a necessary ele
ment and powersin its fulfilment the . Holy
Spirit, in his manifold working through the
Church and the world, sees to it that he is raised
up at the proper time and made mighty in faith
and in prayer.
Bait is only he who seeks to live the life of
prayer, who is so guided; whose judgment is 80
elevated, whose sympathies and instincts point
so truly in the direotion of God's plan. He whose
•
daily walk is one of humble dependence on, God;
h 9 who rejoices in infirmity that the , power of
Christ may rest upon` him; who regards nothing
as accomplished which is done, in his own
strength; who sees God in all the appointments
and applies to him in all the exigencies of his
life; who tries to say in all, Not my will, but
thine be done; who will have God's plan accom
plished and his kingdom come above all selfish
plans of his own, and whose chief aim is to have
his life accord with and advance this kino.dom •
who therefore prays without ceasing, his daily
work going up as worship before God; such as
he may expect to be heard in his specific re
,
quest's, may claim the great, The startling prom
ises of the Word of God as his, may look for
glorious results and marvellous 'answers to his
prayers and labors. .
THE •LOYAL AND DISLOYAL PULPIT OF
DELAWARE.
Ix a Thanksgiving Sermon; preached by Rev.
William E. England, pastor of the M. E. Church
in ,Milford, the following deserved tribute is
paid to three faithful ministers of Christ in De
laware, one of whom at least is sufficiently well
known to our readers. ,
" That three ministers of the Gospel in Dela
ware, early in this day of darkness, saw the cloud
approaching, and like true watchmen, as they are,
sounded the alarm from their pulpits and essayed
to arouse the public. mind to prayer, to loyalty,
and activity in defending the legacy ()fair fathers,
still red with the gore o revolutionary conflict,
is•true ; and -when the army of the Government
shall have returned victoriously from the field of
blood, and the nation once more, breathe the at
mosphere of mutual peace and prosperity, the
Rt. Rev. Bishop Lee, of the Protestant Episcopal
Church, Rev. Mr. Wiswell, of the Presbyterian,
and Rev. J. E. Smith, of our Church, will not be
forgotten."
To this the Delaware State Journal (Wilming
ton)
adds It will doubtless.be gratifying to
the Rev. gentleman to know that while he was
uttering these complimentary sentences at Mil
ford, two of those he named, Bishop Lee and
Rev. Mr. Wiswell, were, at that moment, stand
ing in their respective pulpits, like true Chris
tian patriots as they are, urging their hearers
with all the force of truth and eloquence to stand
firmly by the'cause of righteous government and
law, and conjuring the people, as they love reli
gions liberty and would preserve all the bless
irigs of a free Christian church, to give their
moral strength and material aid to the constitut : .
ed authorities of the land, to the end that honora
ble peace may be restored and the rebellion crush
ed out forever::
. There is another side to the picture, which is
drawn in dark- but true colors, by " W. A," in
a recent communication to the Evangelist, from
.Delaware. He says
"I knew of but a single 0. S. Church in the
State:which any one pretends to call: entirely
The pastors of several of these Churches,
common report' peaking truly, if not open seces
sionists,. yet are men of more than questionable
loyalty.. So strong have been these sympathies
with rebellion that in one case the minority of
Unjen people have been, fairly driven out, in ano
ther-(the Church in Dover, the capital of the
State), the minister was compelled to resign sim
pli beeause he had prayed not for the success of
our arms, but for God's protection, of our soldiers;
aid 'I know of scarcely more than a single Church
of thatdenOrnination where an outspliken word for
freedmit or even a clearly expressed prayer kr
the Union and the success'of our cause, would be
tolerated, As far as lam informed, the Metho
dist, Episcopal, and Baptist Churches are loyal;
these (X S. Churches alone stand aloof or in sym.-
pathy,with treason. In them all there are true
and loyal men, but the most of the ministers and
the,majority_of the meMbers have not, I am con
straned io helieve, stood_ for the right. Had
they; the result of the last election, coming so
near 'a triumph, would not have been a de
feat."
DEATH or A U. S. BURGEON FROM PINE ST.
CIONGREttATION.
!DIED, On . the morning of the 23d. Dee., Dr.
CEEARtES H. PILE, U. S. N. Assistant Surgeon
od board the Gun-boat Paul Jones, of the At
lantic hlonktiding Squadron,--eged twenty three,
•
Dr Pk was one of the'youna. o men;from Pine
St.:o9n4;regation, whose sympathies were early
enlisted for his country; and he gave to it the
energies of his whole being. He,hastened to the
assistance of the wounded after the battle of Po
cataligo, and was every where found faithful at
the Post-of duty. Although his health bad been
for some time pasta somewhat impaired, he was
not prevented ;. from attending: to -his full profes
sional-400i •
We areperrnitted to make the following ex
tract fri*Ole letter of Corn Stidnian, in com
municati4thia sad to Dr. Pile's re-
On the interning of the 22d inst. on going
td his roorri; for the purpose of calling him to
breakfast, he wai discovered in bed in 'a *state of
insensibility. I*ns immediately called and eve
ry' means in our power were used to restore him,
but to no purpose. He gradually sank, and in a
half hourJife was extinct. Permit me to assure
you of our deep sympathyat this sad affliction,
in, the losi of one who had endeared -himself to
every one on board,bylhe amiability. of , his dis
position and purity oficharacter.
g , He was buried yesterday with every remark of
respect, in the family burial ground on the plan
tation. of Mr. Thomas Butler King, on St. Si
,
mans Island,' Geo. . •
Please,preaent my ,heartfelt condolence and
sympathy to his family...
""rourw very truly,
"CHAIM STIDIVIAN.
° Commander.Z. S. Navy." •
BEADING MATTER ROB THE SOLDIERS,
WS hive' the most 'satisfactory evidence that
papers sent front thiaoffice to the army, gener
ally reach their destination. Friends of the sol
diers, therefore; should not hesitate to hand in
their names and subscriptions for the American
Presbyterian, to' go - to the army. The chaplain
of the llth Pennsylvania Cavalry writes to us,
Making the following inquiry_: "Cannot some
reading matter Am sent to, me for cur regiment?
Please haye Niue papers or tracts sent.P Is
tbero no one-ho,will help us, to respond to this
appeal by subscribing for ; five or ten copies of
the Presbyterian to be sent to this faithful chap
lain, of our "Own dentinal:l - 01db ?
LET THE GOOD z TAND TOGETHER.
The times demand L , a union of all true souls.
to destroy
the.
io
God's truth and ma it s rights: are assailed with
unusual violence, in Jp r ar: tr e ra f ireid t ri li
ernment under the
in
the
Christian
world.
world. The haught - oPPr9aSors of, the weak,
aurenn, kindestle
of h
s lest and
f
. waning t th e e i a r y r u li s n h r i r : i a ur g i s h e d : itr a .
i t
t ;
8 go
claim of property in
r ile acts
have
of slave-labor,
received a
man. By reason of too mercial interests in
marvellous degree o' , flip, thy from the so-cal
,
v the iv se ed re i b n el t li b o e ns va s r la i° ' ' i-
`uPal
led Christian nation
ful violation of huM
tem of American SI
pcl in, every variety
of our government,
end forever to the
—hooted at by 'the
Christian England,
by many respects
It is a monstrous fa
nations and Christi:
world, have witnes,q
mess, one of the grl
struggling, agonizil
ple with THE stay!
stars -that they area
nay,, have applaiull
partial triumphs, ha
the right, have lent
moral influence sucl
given publicly to al
of the crusades, or
vehicle of public op.
i
But the struggle
have thus far intim]
tion of American
whole broad field
melt more than we
Is not only the ques
lat is at stake; the
rights is involved.
Shall the few, ma rule ? Is man to
govern himself, to th atural subject of a
family or an aril , " ich has no claim to
rule except the ar of *rth ? Is society to
be so arranged th; h, t executive ability,
that spontaneous a atural endowments
shall_have oppori free to come to the stir
face anct beconn :ruin influences ; or shall
an arbitrary uni 7. posed upon it, by
means of caste io In other words,
shall man—shall t ree—shall the race
aspire hopefully 1 nd social state, in
which the dignity ,e li 'dual is recognized,
and the hopes of Imo 't are encouraged ;
or shall the most msfel tperiment in reali
zing this nation; aditio ,hat the world has
yet seen, fall ' sins— a away amid the
bloody scenes huge surrection ? The
governing few, e w over, say, let the
Union go ! Let be ,or twenty confe
deracies. They at t 'bought that " the
bubble" of dem has gist. They rejoice
that there is, a ility verwhelming and
burying the ht ~ the ay for freedom in
a grave so deep altireuld the destruction of
the American la time that sum
mons the frit . _ man utual recognition
and sympathy C .. ' aam nd minor preju
dices should not to us w agree in advocat
ing the great le of s -govenarnent l in
- recognizing tie tial‘eq lity of all ranks,
,
classes, and ri nee; ho respect right,
though newly m mo e sacred than the
~.,
most ancient .ice of profitable wrong, and
who cleave to government, free and entire,
as the gieat riTesentative and palladium of
these imperille ';principles :; Shame ! that the
hallucination of, party name ,ot the minor errors
of an administr tion. in the.;blain honestly con=
tending for theseends. sholiitheemile any into
0
an equivocal pa,itha toward4them, or should
estrange from "'One another We i. true friends of
man, as God mac bin, and ak;tlie Gospel is mould
•-.,
ing his destinr
The friends
"''.„ Gad's tn are summoned to
stand together New ant' 'tssaults are made
against the Wi,orl d Go( :Dating from the
bosom of nomi
_1 Christi; An entire church
organization, : -i tamed . luthority and en
dowments of ,' e British c itation, is giving
sijns of a radi , • ' defectit i the truth. All
0
England is li . 3 , to be in with heretical
~.
teachings, assal vr; the ions of Christian
belief. Infidels '4'3% la,
eryw 11 be wonderfully
reinforced. Tlite4,.Edini ; eview is already
vr" ,
giving signs 4folowing le wake of the
Westminister, 4rcard I) iring of scienti
fic questions onTSalipture C .logy. and in the
# '
general handlirk of the ' and Reviews"
question. 1 4 ,:'
1,11;& are to)l l. ea r ly ce
. Yl ,
not to feel t e shock
the English la eis kneel
its circle. 411 hranebe;
Church shouldifeel it as a
else of greate*anatual et
conception offthe broad ig
on which thepstand. As
one are rallyi and nu
0 i.
tli
realize the ne ky laid
fes I
aside minor matters of dist
their needle , ss'?exel us ivisin
zing each others essse ati
closing up the ranks to
to_ the foe. ;. f-
Those who,
are alike fr,
and of man's'times, clasp`Band s
and foi
loyal to God
ground for '"'lose
country
rejeie Tese and eat
e ,
lug point t, t c EaVe insur
SC'Aaad and true
dom for t h e owe, Ir
in every di moation w ()fa
chureh.orgal .
ations al
Elias as one e
doubtles s full" d raws
row, spirit art,
times call
and tip; a clod'.
men, e
who air!.and in ergl
ation 1 041
than Va
ever l o
M tn -
embrace thet all, a pt
for a eottimot
and man, wit, asset
Wrath,upon t u h seems
inhai
do not eiatioe
zation, we g a . that
markable e 14 a aLain
harmonioust atiot
by its memitiBPitit
such an orAeris' of I
otherwise lynatior
best cam biaP ined
ne" of doctrinal freedt
tials with ejnial
a l
tirod and religious ity
interests of
man
and mates
rights
our church w,
readiness to rt "ci
towards a eionon,
T.. nu
earth. The dread
involved in the sys
.y,erlooked, is palliat
and the endeavours
igh
qtY is
says
E thi
tem
to put an
struggle
re--must we say it 7,
organs 'of opinion in
paiaged and decried
ns it:l,oin own land.
so-called Christian
at this age of the
contemptuous cold
,eoples of the earth
ing in a death grap
have thanked their
In such a conflict;
icked cause 'in its
ed in the defeat of
e-power a degree of
perhaps, never been
'rise, since the time
e press became the
eans.
It
very
hum
With England
storm. Far as
wave will spread
the Evangelical
s to the exer-
~ and a clearer
Scriptural truth
•ces of the Evil
the good should
them of laying
ant, of abating.
recagni
)doxy, and of
a common front
of God's truth
of all other
Iferences. The
humanity, have
is union. We
.ch such a rally.
and such free
apathy to them
many in other
rejoice to recog
lives, and who
in turn. The
:r union of true
.e allied in spirit
s more disposed
ration which can
their energies
Ible foe of God
le down in great
,arch. While we
is this organi-
it . presents a fe
n ciples and in the
they are embraced
!cations needed in
lim that of eeveral,
f the church, ours
Truelat with fixed-
,ithfulness to essen
essentials,•loyalty to
loyalty to the true
tends of God's truth
7selres at home in
And In us a cordial
inorable movethents
themielves.
RESIGNATION OP PRESIDENT ALLEN OP
GIRARD COLLEGE
WE regret to learn that W. H. Allen, LL.D.,
for thirteen years the efficient presiding officer
of Girard College of this city has resigned his,
office. This took place with, appropriate cere
monies, on the'3lst of Decembers President Al
len has exerted a very happy influence as a
competent person for the position, and as a truly
evangelical and liberahminded 'Christian man.
Our regret at his resignation is by no means les-.
sened by the strong probability that it is brought
about br pressure from the party majority, who,
at present, control the affairs of the institution.
We doubt whether a person as true to his coun
try and to humanity. will be put in his place by the
powers which now control its affairs. President
Allen's remarks, as reported in the daily papers
conclude as follows
• During his administration five, hundred,pn•
pits had gone forth from the college into active
life, and many of them were now useful men and
good citizens. Some two hundred had entered
the army and navy in defence of our government,
and`not a few of those - had sealed their patriot
ism with their blood. The success of the col
lege, however, had not been complete ;. this no
ble institution has capacities for beneficent use
fulness which, have not yet been measured ; to
result from a broad and- comprehensive policy
which•shall not be affected by . personal` or politi
cal interests, but which shall be adhered.to till
the test of time or the logic of events shall justi
fy or condemn it."
DISTRICT SECRETARIES OF ROME MIS
SIONS.
THE Committee of Home Missions have appoin- .
ted Rev. Calvin Clark, late District Secretary of
'the A. B. C. F. Missions for the North-west, Dis
trict Secretary for the Synod of •the State of
Michigan ; and, •
Rev. Hiram H. Kellogg to the same, position
in the Northwest, having as his field of labor the
States of Minnesotaand Wisconsin, and the north
ern half of Illinois.
Rev. A. T. Norton, of Alton, 111., who has had
oversight of the work in all the Weitern States,
will have opportunity to cultivate with more
care what still remains—a vast field, including
lowa, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska and the South
ein half of Illinois, quite sufficient for the labors
of any one man.
These appointmants, with that of Mr. Adair
already announced, and others •which are ex
pecte'a to follow, will complete the organization
of our Home Missionary apparatus and bring
unity and efficiency into the work. May the
Head of the Church endow these brethren with
every qualificatiort for their high responsibilities ;
and may we all rejoice together at the next
meeting of the Assembly in the most encouraging
and glorious results.
A SUGGESTION FOR PASTORS.
WouLD it not do good if Pastors Should an
nounce, upon the Sabbath following a collection,
the amount received .?
Contributions are, made
and then heard from no more. The interest
taken in them might, we think, be increased if
the results were regularly announced, and a
statement made that the 'contribution bad - been
forwarded' to the proper parties. The people
would have an opportunity 'of judging *hat they
were doing as a body of Christians, for Foreign
or Rome Missions, Education, or Publication.
In many cases we are sure that it would lead to
reflection, and an enlarged beneficence.
PLAN OF A MINISTERIAL RELIEF' FUND,
adopted by the Synod of Western Reserve :
First—That', hereafter, Synod raise and main
tain, permanently, a' fund, to be termed " The
Ministerial Belief Fund," to aid necessitous min
isters, or necessitous widows: or children of deceas
ed ministers, connected with this Synod.
Second—That, for the purpose of maintaining
this Fund, all the churches connected with the
Synod be requested to take up collections'annual
ly, for the same.
Third—That a Committee, to be called. Th,e
Ministerial Relief Fund Committee," consisting
of one clergyman and two laymen, located` at some
central point in the Synod, be appointed annual
ly, who shall have entire control of this Pund,
and disburse the same upon their: own judg
ment.
Fourth—That a Committee of one from each
Presbytery, to be termed The Advisory Commit
tee of the Ministerial Relief Fund, be appoided,
annually, by the Synod, whose duty it shall be to
see that collections, as far as practicable, are taken
annually in the churches of their respective Pres
byteries; that they inform the Ministerial Relief
Fund Committee, of any eases within their bounds,
which, in their judgMent, should receive the at
tention of the said' Committee ; and, by soliciting
individual donations and legacies from'other sour
ces, add to the Fund.
Fifth—That the Ministerial Relief Fund Com
mittee make an annual written report to the Syn
od of the funds reeeived and disbursed during
the year, which, report shall be submitted to an
Auditing. Committee of Synod, who shall - examine
into the cases relieved, and the generar'action
of the Committee, anctreport: on the same..
Sixth—That each member of , the: Advisory
Committee be required to make a verbal annual
Report`to the Synod of his doings.
The Ministerial Relief Fund Committee were—
Rev. Wm. H. Goodrich, 'and Elders Joseph Per
kins and George Mygatt, all of Cley,eland.
REV. SYLVANUS Warren; now preaching at
Ripley, in Chatauque county N. Y. Was received ,
as a member of Buffalo Presbyterian Dec. 9, ander
circumstances somewhat peculiar, in reference to
which the Presbytery adopted the following
minute:
Whereas, Rev. Sylvanus Warren received a
letter of dismission and recommendation from the
Presbytery of St. Louis to the Presbytery of
Indianapolis (a certified copy of which, is on file),
upon Wnich certificate he united with the Presby
tery of New Orleans; and whereas, in the fright
ful departure of said Presbytery of New Orleans
from law and order, and govet:nment, both in
Church and State, Bro. Warren can neither re
main with it or receive a letter of dismissien from
it; therefore, Resolved, That Rev. Sylvanus
Warren be received without a regular letter of
dismission as a member-of this Presbytery.
REV. ERSKINE N. WRITE was installed pastor
of the First Church of New Rochelle, by the
Fourth Presbytery:of New York, tin Tuesday,
December 2d. Sermon by Rev. Thomas S. Hest-
THE DAY OF FREEDOM.
To interfere with slavery in the sovereign
States, while yeace prevailed, was unconstitu
tional and impracticable. Moral influences were
the only ones that. could be brought to bear upon
the great social wrong which- was upheld and
cherished in so large a portion of the country.
Beyond this' point, the friends of human Tights
could. only wonder, lament, be ashamed, and
pray. Putting a Northern man in office, could
mean nothing more than a purpose to limit, by
constitutional provisions, the extension of the
system into territory over which Congress had
control. Nothing more. The people who elec
ted Mr. Lincoln President, did not dream of his
, _
interfering with slavery where, it existed by State
law. -Greatly as they may have desired it, they
felt that his and their hands were tied, and they
would not „do evil that good might come. Ho
w
ever slavery might. be overthrown, we believe it
was the deliberate conviction of its opponents as
a whole, that revolution was not the proper mode
of attaining the end.
But Providence divinely interposed in the
midst of the embarrassments of the friends of
man. 'What they dared not do for freedom, the
slave-masters have attempted to ,do tbr slavery. ,
They ; in their bhncl resentment
. at themoral at
titude Of the nation, and at the probible diminu
tion and restriction of their power, raised the
standard of revolt, to secure. the,
,perpetni:y of
slavery and. the supremaby of the. ilave-power:
The moment: the slave powertook the sword, that
moment it put the sword in the hands of the op ! .
ponents of slavery. When it broke the peace,
it releaSed us from all our previous oblige
tions to use moral influence alone :ft made out,
President our Captain; itput the representative
of the anti-slavery sentiment of the people at the .
head Of the .army and navy: of the people. It un
locked to him the armory of physical force, and
challenged .him to the very, -act he at length has
done. The frantic rage .of the slaVe-puwer ha.s
made it constitutional to interfere directly with
slavery, as with every other relation existing in
the revolted States. It has taken the sword, it
shall perish by the
,sword.
Not as a civil ruler has the President perform
ed this act, but as the Commander-in-,Chief of
the. Army and Navy of, the United z ,States. • As
if he went forth at the head of every,.aviny, and
issued his orders 'from every Headquarters, say
ing : iktake no idle distinctions between the V/V
rictus objects whiCh the enemy considers proper
ty ; make nos wicked distinctions between classes
of persons who disown his usurped.authority, ,
whether they be white or black; offer, _protectien
to all alike; strike at the enemy's vital point; as
he, seeks to embarrass yen by cutting off your
Supplies, do yon let•the people, who, under com
pulsion and the lash, produce his Crops, supply
his armies, dig his entrenchments and crown his
hill-tops with fortifications,
.understand clearly ,
that you no longer recognize' their obligation to
render such serVice, and that you are advancine ,
to release them from it, and to make them all, for
ever free. It is the military chieftain, at the
head of the army issuing such orders as these,
that we see in •the proclamation; and if that
proclamation be not a - constientional act, then the;
whole war is Unconstitutional. Nething`wonla
have been Constitutional, but to have given*,
the ghost as a nation withont a blow. No, the
constitution is not ap instrument to be interPre
ted by those who are aiming; to destroy it, or by
those.jealous governments who long for our des
truction as a nation. • No, the constittition'is not
designed to obstruct . the measure . s essential Wits
own salvation; to dig its own grave.. Broadly
unconstitutional-treason to thatinstrinnent, is an' .
imbecile pelicy, a failure to strike holdlY'at,the
belligerent and implacable enemies to the consti
tution. ' The summary withdrawal of their rights
under the constitution, is the most just and most'
constitutional sort, of punishment, for. open rebels.
It weakens the constitution to let its sworn foes
enjoy its 'protection. Every loyal mart feels more
safe and certain of his rights, in prOportion'as
he sees disloyal men compelled to relinquish
what were once theirs. ,
Yet this proclamation must net be regarded in`
the bare light of a military measure, as if it wore
no truly moral aspect, or exhibited no 'trait of
moral character, in the government which : issued
it Far from it. View it in connection
. with
other recent acts of the same government, and
you will see that it forms' part of a just and ele
vated policy ' . Never, indeed, has there existed•
a . government in this nation, whose policy was f3O
clearly and thoroughly moral. The goiernment
which issued this proclamation is the one which
hung the first slave-trader; which framed with_
Great Britain a new and effective treaty for the
,
suppression of the slave-trade ; which abolished
slavery in the District of Columbia, and' prohi
bited it forever in all' the'teiritories; which has
offered and urged . upon the Slave States a plan
of gradual, compensated' emancipation, and has
plead with them earnestly . for the priVilege of
sharing with them the expense. and burden of
the change; which his solemnly adjudged the
negro to be a citizen, possessing rights which the
white man is bound to respect., government,
which, in less than'two years, has o indtistrions
ly used its power, and wrought out, under the
constitution such stupendous results for freedom,
must be regarded as having a moral purpose.;.and
we 'must assume that in an act se much akin to
all these as was the late proclamation, the same
high moral purpose animated the executive. It
is the Crowning act of the series, the whole of
which is designed to ;overthrow slavery
. and to
do justice to, a long-oppressed race. OrAnes any
one, imagine that a government indifferent to
thee moral questions, - or in syinpathy with
slavery, could have been brought to' admit the
military necessity *of the proclamation ? Does
any sympathizer with slavery or 'any northern
negro-hater see its expediency ? Do the pro
slavery' union men in Congress see its expedien
cy, or would they, if i they had been the counsel
lors of the President, have advised .him to eman 7 .
cipate . a single slave in`South Carolina, as a war
measure +?
For our part; we look upon Mr. -- Lincoln as,
the moral leader of the nation. -Ileitis shown.
himself capable of seizing -the opportunity pre
sented by the times for .making 'kgreat, mat_
al movement and performing a; great aced jus
tice. An act of justice he calla it in the pro
clamation. He has acted in view of the hiatest,
most solemn considerations in p,erforrnhig it.
What memorable * - w,ords are those which he
spoke to the Chi cago , delegation, who came to
urge upon him the matter of emancipation, ten
days before the proclamation of September 22d
was issued I' •"
'
cc's
hope says Mr. Lincoln, " " it - will notlin
irreverent fel: me to say that if it isproliablethit
God would reveal his-will to others on a point so
connected witlriny duty, it might be supposed he
would reveal it directly to For, unless I am
more'deceived in myself than '.l often am, it is
my earnest desire tcanow the will of Providence
in this matter. And, if rean learn what it is, I
* * *"Lcan assure you that the subject is on
my mind, by day and night, more than any other
Wit,,aterersite,g. anger_ to be God's. will .1 will do."
words noble purpose I Best preparation
for assuming the moral leaderihip of a great
l.na
tion in a time of 'unparalleled opportunity I God
heard and God rewarded the diligent search of
his servant and represintativi: And he has
given to this people a leader for a great upward
movement in the path of morii progress, as tru
ly as he gave Moses and Joshua to Israel, or
Gustavus Adolphus 'to the thy 'carise of the Re
formation,.or Cromwell to the cause'of religious
and civil liberty.
Millions of the African race in this, country
, now regard ,President Lincoln with veneration
as the divinely- commissioned Moses of their
exodus to freedom; and when that race has
risen, as it doubtless will, under the impulses
now. communicated .to' it, no name will stand
higher in their history or literature, no name of
human 'benefactor will be pronounced more en
thusiastically or taught more sedulously, to their
children, than ,that of .Mr. Lincoln : And we
believe the white race of the South and the
North will have - equal group& to revere his
memory; that the first' day Of jantrarylp6.3 will
be looked back npon from the distant &Cure by
all lands and lama and sections, as one of the
signal, epochs in the „history of inankind and in
the progress of Christian civilization; and Mr.
Lincoln's name will he litilted most 'honorably
with that epoch, as,the name of a chief magis
trate who, after trying ail methods of conciliation,
after full deliberation, after ample warning and
waiting, after prayer, took the momentous step,
pronounced the powerful word,flolved the vexed
question of generations, and' calling God and
man'to witness the justice of the act.. declared
the oppressed millions free. ,
0. a 4kureit fit IL
REV. JOSEPH LITTLE, lately missionary in
Scioio Presbytery; has been appointed Chaplain
of the 7th regiment Virginia
_Volunteers. His
address forthe present is Ceredo, Va.
Itmr. JAZ. PIERP9NT has organized a congrega
tion; at Murphy's, Cal., which is exerting an ex
cellent:influence over the, moral and religiorusehar
acter of the,place. Such an enterprise there,
was greatly teeded.---Pacific.
REV. W. H. BAnnrrr,pastpref the Church in
Hoboken, weeare glad to - learn, has neiflyrecover
edrirem injuries received.on the. 24th - tat, by the
explosion of a steam.boilei in,a planing mill he
was passing. His escape from instant death—he
was ' i takeil from the ruins insensible—was re
markable.—Evangelist.
REV. J. R. PAGE 4 arrived in .NewYorli by the:Balin
.
bitrgh at the'close' of week before last after an ab
sence in aropeof about five_montlis, in which time
he has visited Scotland, England and France. His
many friends in„ Western New York will be glad
to
learn-that his, health, is Sally, restored 0--Evata
-9649c, a
THE WIMP CHERHII,NEW YORE CITY, have
erected a chapel'capable. of accommodating 500
persons, on the rear'of the lot Ad atreet, near
-
Fifth avenue, on which they propose to build a
churali: It Nes dedicated - Decemher Ifth., Rev..
S. Hastings, the estimable and active pastor of
the church, in his dedicatory sermon, publishea
in part in • the Evangelist; thud :'speaks' of the
change frem the, origi4al loed4on on „Carmine
street down, town., to the present one :.
" - On the last Sabbath in October, the
old church was closed; and since., that time we
hive maintained public wershipA only 'in this
vicinity. it was sad to break away from the old
associations r it was-sadder still that weritust reeve
behind so- many whom we loved, and • many 'who
though deeply and tenderly attached_to this church
yet could not follow it,iu its repiciFal; but .saddest
of all wozdd it have heen thave seen the church
die a lingering death because; its members had
not sulcient faith, nerVe, and - self-denial, tetrans
pladt lewhere it near(' live, and grow, and con
tinue to bear fruit. • +The building and location
were secondary, and even the temporary con
venienee and preference of not a few of the mem
bership must b'e regarded also as secondary; the
life of the. Church, itself was primary, and was of
,incomparable -importance. Such a Church must
not.die., It was baptized by the Holy Ghost; it
was hallowed by the prayers and labors and bene
factions of many, now in glory. The former
generation had given it to us as a saeredlrust : to
be reliigionsly Cultirred and conSetved for the
succeeding generations. We dare not let it die.
It must live'; but in order to do this it must be
transplanted." '
[See Third page kir more 'News Of Oar Church.]
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