Hundreds of the very flower of Malagasy so ciety flock to learn whenever instruction is given. Some of the first and most influen tial young men in the island are studying under Mr. Ellis, and one of the highest officers in the army has just learnt his alphabet under his care. , 2 1mtvicatt (!ietobrittian -AND GENESEE EVANGELIST. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1863 JOIN W. MEARS, WE SMALL COMMENCE, in our next number, a series of brief articles, headed, " Escaping from Slavery," by an esteemed correspondent ,in a slave State. DELTIC. OF RV. EDWARD ROBINSON, D.D. Oar denomination, and the church at large, has suffered a most serious loss in the death of Dr. Robinson, yvhichtook place in New York, on Tuesday, January 27th. He was the most dis tinguished living Biblical scholar out of Ger many, And has always been quoted with deference by the first scholars of that country. .His place will not soon be filled. The letter of our corres pondent in regard to his funeral will furnish ninny valuable particulars of his life and char- Rater. JUDGE ALLISON'S CHARGE TO THE GRAND JURY. JVDOE Allison's masterly charge to the Grand Jury on Monday last, instructing them .not to notice the military arrest of the Editor of the Evening * Journal, is one for which the loyal and peace•loving members of the community cannot be too grateful. It completely undoes the mis chief inaugurated by Judge Ludlow's hasty and reckless course which had brought us to the very verge of anarchy. Judge Allison, with the skill of a lawyer and the firmness, of a patriot and a'man of Christian principle, exhibits the gross errors and the pernicious , tendencies of Judge Ludlow's conduct, and_ declares that so far as he has the power, the Court (of Quarter Sessions) shall not be used even unintentionally to precipitate a collision between the State and General Government. There is not a true man in this city or State, but will sleep the sounder when he hears of this righteous decision, or who will not say in his heart, God bless Judge Allison FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF THE CHRISTIAN COMMISSION. This most worthy and efficient agency for the spiritual and temporal relief of our soldiers celebrated its first Anniversary on Thursday eve ning, January 29th, in the Academy of Music. The vast building was filled with a sympathising and enthusiastic audience; and thousands ap plied in vain for admission after tickets for the entire capacity of the building had been issued. The chair was taken by the President, Geo. H. Stuart Esq., at half past seven o'clock, and the exercises were opened with singing, prayer by Bev. Dr. Newton, and reading the Scriptures by Bev. Dr. Kennard. An abstract of the annual i sport was read by the Secretary, Rev. W. E. Boardman, from which we learn that the Com mission has pended in cash for Stores, Publi cations and o erxpenses $40.160.29. Value of stores and publications distributed $142.150. :••linisters and Laymen commissioned to labor on the. Battlefield and in camps and hospitals, 356. Bibles and Testaments distributed 102.560. Sol iliers and Sailors' Hymn BoAs, 130.697. Other hooks and pamphlets, 150.410. Papers, 384.781. Pages of Tracts etc., 10.953.706. Temperance :Documents, 300.000. Libraries supplied to Hospitals etc., 23. Boxes and Barrels of Stores and Publications distributed 8.691. Thousands ul' meetings have been held with and for the soldiers and sailors, at home, in hospitals and in camp; multitudes of voluntary , helpers halve uffered themselves and been associated with the delegates of the commission in their work in hospitals and camp; and thousands of letters have been written for the soldiers. After the reading of the report, Rev. R. Pat terson D.D.,ofthe Ref. Presbyterian Church, the active agent for the Commission in Chicago, and the camps and battle-fields of the West made an address. He spoke from a full heart, and from sight and personal knowledge of the peculiar toils and trials of the soldier, and the fitness of the work accomplished by the Commission to meet his wants. The great importance of the work, he found in the fact that our army and navy were hereafter destined in his opinion to parlor& no secondary part in the progress of hu manity. We could not hereafter as a nation expect to maintain the isolated position which our forefathers expected and desired for us. We must hereafter have a large standing army; our navy, with the twenty-six iron clad vessels built and under way, would be more powerful than the combined navies of England and France. This instrumentality, which, in the speaker's view was likely to play a prominent part in the future movements of the world, must not be cor rupt, profane or ungodly, but must be leavened by such Christian influent, as the Commission is exerting, if we would have it fit for its high fluty. Speaking more definitely of the work of the Commission, of the character of the army and the readiness of the men to receive religious reading, he said, he had found to his astonish ment that the most popular class of books among the soldiers, in the camps which he had visited, was small hymn and prayer-books--books which had nothing in them whatever to amuse or en tertain, or to gratify any other than a serious desire to learn the Way to the Saviour. Ile spoke of a dance got up by some soldiers in camp with a corporal as fiddler, which had been turned into a prayer-meeting by the exertions of an agent of the Commission, the Corporal consent ing with some reluctance, to play the needed hymn tunes on his violin, and corporal and men agreeing. at the close, to give up gambling and throw away their cards, which they did on the instant, trampling them in the mire. Dr. P. said that they had a whole peach-basket full of cards, at the room of the Commission in Chica go, which had been exchanged for religious reading iv the soldiers. One of the incidents of the terrible battle-field of Shiloh, which he told, was so profoundly beautiful and touching, that it deserves mention in detail. It tufty be regarded,as remarkable instance of God giving SONGS IN THE NIGHT. Among the wounded gathered up from that bloody field by the agents of the Commission, was a desperately wounded officer, shot through both thighs and past hope of recovery. After receiving his wound, he lay suffering the most excruciating pains from thirst. The -night after the battle as we remember, there was a heavy fall of rain. The wounded man's elbow had made a hollow in the ground which by and by was filled with muddy water. He endeavored to reach it and quench his„ burning thirst, but with all his efforts he could get no nearer than about a foot off. Never had be Felt so disappointed at the loss of any earthly good. But as the storm cleared away, and the stars came out in the sky over his head, he thought of his Saviour who made those stars, who knew of this battle-field and was even then looking d,own upon it. He thought that soon he would go above the stars to that Saviour; and his happinbss grew p great that broke out in singing the familiar words : Editor. " When I can read my title clear To mansions in the skies," And as he sung, another wounded man lying near, but hid from him by the bushes, joined in the joyful strain ; and then presently in another direction another voice was heard, taking up the notes, and then another and another, until the battle-field rang with their song of praise and of hope. Heaven had come down upon that scene of horror and of woe, as it came to Paul and Si las in the Philippian dungeon. BISHOP SIMPSON'S ADDRESS was characterized with unwonted fervor, and vigor of manner and expression. He expatiated on the vastness of the effort to evangeliie the million of men in our army and navy. The enterprise was one unparelleleci in the history of any Christian nation. What other nation, he asked, has a Christian Commission to look after the.spiritual wants of its army or navy? He regarded it as a signal proof of the superiority of our voluntary institutions over any arrangement uniting Church and State. He said it was a splendid testimony to the vigor of Christianity. Infidels and communists were not found among those who visited and ministered to the spirit. ual and temporal wants of the soldier; it was Christianity alone that could show such a Com sion. The moral effect of this •great humane movement, the Bishop said, could not - be over estimated. Nothing could so nerve the soldier as the knowledge that while he is fighting our battles, thousands of Christian hearts are earn estly praying for him at home, and sending min isters of mercy to his relief and comfort to the field and in the camp. In another part of his discourse, the speaker said that whatever might happen to our country, of one thing he felt certain; The Lord God Om nipotent reigneth. He thought he could see: a great many indications of Providence in the events which preceded this war, and by which we were prepared for it; just as there seemed to be a preparation for the discovery and peopling of this continent in the events jyt preceding it. The bishop dwelt particularly upon the recent discovery of rich silver mines in Nevada Terri tory.' He was not a financier, but he ventured to say that if we ever succeeded, in bringing safe ly into port our glorious old Ship of .State, the mountains of Nevada alone would not only fur nish silver enough to pay off every ,soldier and sailor in the land, but enough besides to furnish them, on their return, with silver arms instead of iron, and, if needs be, to line every ship in our navy With silver .instead of copper: He spoke of the coast-survey as preparing for the operations of the blockading squadron; of the multiplication of, labor-saving inventions in ag , riculture, as enabling us to dispense with the services of so many able-bodied men ;' of the sewing-machine which enabled one woman'to do the work of ten or twenty, and so to supply our immense army with clothing; of the recent de velopement of activity, among the various Chris tian denominations in the publishing department, by which suitable books and reading matter may be supplied in abundance for our million of sol diers; and finally of the great revival of 1,858, which brought out our Christian laymen upon the field of Christian effort ; and removed 'Recta . rian feeling, so that we were prepared to unite our forces, and send our laymen and ministers together upon this vast and important underta king. The Bishop concluded by an eloquent al lusion to the fact that our banner alone of all national ensigns contains, a cluster of stars, ho ping that their obscuration would soon pass away. The applause when the,Bishop took, his seat was most prolonged and enthusiastic: • The army was represented on the platform by Col. bowman of the 84th Perin. Regt., who made a short speech, and the navy by Corn. Striblltig : Mr. Wm. E. Dodge of New York made a few remarks, being prevented from saying what the audience would have been glad to hear, from the lateness of the hour. He frankly said that though they were doing much for the soldiers and sailors in New York, he felt that we in Phil adelphia were doing more, better, and more sys teinatically, and.he felt that he would' like to join us. He dwelt upon the vastness of the work, and upon the impossibility of &Laing an adequate Anception of the wants of the one hundred thousand sick and wounded men, sons, husbands, fathers, brothers in the hospital. He spoke of, the heroic endurance of the soldiers in the hospitals, and said there never was such a spectacle. The universal testimony-is that scarce ly ever is a complaint heard from the wounded and the dying. Shall we withhold Christian sympathy from these men ? No we will stand by them. We will go and carry them every means of consolation and comfort at our com mand. Letters of regret for absence, and expressing deep sympathy with the cause were read from Bish op Mcilvaine, Col. McKean and Com. Foote. 'Also a letter from the Am. Bible Society announcing a grant of $20.000 worth of Testaments to the Com mission, being the largest grant ever made by the Society. A letter was read from a lady of Ire land who resides near Dublin, and who calls her place Mt. Vernon, announcing that she had col lected a package of religious matter for our sol diers, which was now on its way to the Christian Cot mission. The friends of the Commission and of the suffering soldier may feel gratified and encour aged in a high degree by the.great popular de monstration called out on this occasion. The effect of the exercises must be to give our army and avy a sense' of moral support from the great body of the Christian public. What amount of money was raised we: do not know; but Mr. Stuart announced that he had just re 24,intritait gricolvgittiau and 6tutote &anotliot. ceived one subscription of $5OO, and another of $lOO, and the collection baskets were verjexten sively patronized by the audience. EXTENUATING HIGH MIME. ONE of the most grievous ,results of delay in punishing crime, is the relaxation of the public conscience towards it. SinceSsful-villainy demo ralizes the community. The consciences of men need the toning up which the prompt and signal administration of justice gives. Without law and p6nalty faithfully enforced, their moral sense becomes confused, they fail to discriminate, they become lenient to the wrong. A large part of the salutary effect of the evangelical system of truth, results from the infinitely just God which it exhibits, and from the unpalatable, .but *hole sonae doctrine of the eternal punishment of the wicked, which it teaches. Au Almighty Being, manifestly arrayed upon the, side of right, pro claiming .his holy, law under circumstances of overwhelming majesty, sweeping away a guilty and incorrigible race with a deluge, destroying the vile populations of Sodom and Gomorrah with a mighty overthrow, and blasting the -site with' perpetual desolation, visiting the sins of his own people with long-threatened judgments, marking the whole course .of, history with memorials of his indignation , against national idolatry, licen tiousness, tyranny, oppression, rapacity, disho nesty and pride, announcing a day of , final , account when he shall come to judge the quick and the i dead, having " Tophet ordained of old; made deep and large,"-and, in regard to the objects of his pardoning' grace, expending in finite pains to remove obstacles, so that he might be just in justifying the sinner and receiving him into, favor,—such a character held up before men, steadies the moral tone - of the world, and keeps its atmosphere from falling into a state of insupportable corruption. While these are undoubtedly the great pridei pies of the divine government, it is also true that room is left in the course" of Providence for the exercise of faith; a quality Nyhich all men do not have. Wickedness is suffered to prosper for a time. Great crimes go unpunishe4. Great cri minals grow arrogant and boastful. They array themselves against the truth, and make such powerful demonstrations as toconfound the minds of inn. The forces of truth- arrayed against theni are baffled ; the arm of justice fails to reach, to cs j ush and to punish the offenders. Crime puts on the very airs of injured and oppressed inno ceine. The attempt to administer righteous punishment is decried as wicked persecution. Men of shallow moral sentimei3ts, who need con stadtly to be reinforced by the visible and speedy success of the right, are confounded : while "men 1 without any conscience at all, change their idol as ; sickly as a native African does the fetish which has disappointed him. The crime of seeking to break up a good and bene cent Government, and to whelm a happy ry in anarchy and blood, by, a causeless iraey, is just as' real and as infamous as . It is just as . important that the public ience should be kept alive and sensible to . eat a crime as ever. Deep is the mischief tght, we will not now say for the good cause, n4he moral character of a people when it o g wro bu ce ;es to look upon such a crime with abhor rence, with boundless indignation, with righteous wrath; which sinks, into _that slough of apathy and imbecility into which the " no,coercion" po• licy of Mr. Buchanan would have led it at first. Yeti in the absence. of more decided progress in quelling and punishing the rebellion, it is to be fearid the public sentiment is becomiNg perver ted,t` nd the worst and most pestiferous of all pubi e offences, treason, is coming to be endured, and r regarded with leniency. It becomes every Chritian man and every teacher of 'morals and religion to avoid and resist this tendency as he would the contagion of the deadliest disease. It beetles the ministry to warn, instruct, and ad monish their hearers anew no this subject, -and; by nothing they say or omit to say, in prayer, or pieaching, or conversation, to make or to leave doubtful their position towards an offence so rank and so monstrous, a moral wrong so foul. If God who suffers disaster and delay to befal our arms, will but preserve our public'virtue, we need have no fear for the result. Let the ministry all . over the land but do their part, and the first of public virtues, loyalty, will be preserved in its purity and efficiency. A "PEACE" CONGRESSMAN. MEN who clamor for peace with unsubdued anarchists, are anarchists themselves. The per sistent disturbers of order in our public 'assem blies and legislative bodies, have ever been those wio are either now in armed opposition to the thvernment, or who are in avowed sympathy with em. Since the former class abandoned our t c ncils, their friends, who have only been too 1 c ardly to follow them, or who have remained b ind to ply their traitorous schemes among us, ar almost the only element of disorder we have to contend with. has any anti-slavery Congrese m n, or pair of Congressmen, ever assaulted with r anly violence any single pro-slavery member?: any anti-slavery Congressman ever fired himself with deep potations, and then raved and stormed in his plaCe in the highest council of the nation like a lunatic, drawing a concealed deadly weapon when placed under arrest ? Such was the scene in the Senate chamber on Tuesday. of last week, in which Mr. Saulsbury, of Dela ware, was the leading figure—a scene which has had no parallel in those halls, since the murder ous assault upon Mr. Sumner by ruffians of the same class with the Senator from Delaware. Mt. Saulsbury is Classed as a " peace" man and a " Conservative " ! In the light of such conduct the people will learn what those words mean. They mean to substitute drunken brawls for ho norable warfare; to fill our councils with South ern bullies and slave-drivers, doubly arrogant in the consciousness of having driven us to such concessions; they mean the reign of whisky drinking, pistol-carrying, duelling Congressmen ; they mean mob-law and pro : slavery terrorism against free speech all over the North. These are the men who prate about arbitrary arrests and suspension of habeas corp 4. The most de spotic Government under the sun is the only one fit for them Most devoutly could we wish that they were all collected together and sent to New Orleans, and that General Butler was again put in charge of the place for their especial benefit. REV. W3l. T. DOUBLEDAY has resigned the pastoral charge of the Presbyterian church in Delhi, and removed, for the present, to Bing hamton, N. Y. DEATH or' REV. JOHN T. 001 T. ROCHESTER., Jan. 26th, 1863 Editor of the American Presbyterian ; REAR Silt—This community was profoundly moved on Thursday last, by-the announcement that Rev. John T. Coit, the esteemed pastor of 1 St. -Peter's (C.S. Presbyterian) Church, was lying dangerously ill at Albion. He had been in our streets but a few days before in, apparent robust health. He was yet a young man, only sortie thirty-five years of age, and no one seemed to have a better lease of ,long life. He had left the city only on the Saturday evening before, to exchange with Rev. Mr. Niles, of Albion ; but was not then feeling well. He entered the put, pit, however, on Sunday morning, and attempted to discharge the Sabbath duties. He went through the preliminary service and announced his text ; but as this point his strength gave- way. He fainted and was carried to the house of a friend. His disease was f6und to be a violent attack of inflammation of the lungs, which did:its work surely and rapidly. When told that his sickness was of so critical a character, he.was at first - surprised. He had no idea that his end was so near. He paused and thought a moment, and then expressed the most perfect resignation , to the divine will. Calling his friends arount,him, he folded his hands, and engaged in prayerH!such a prayer," said the attending phisician, "as I never heard from mortal lips beside.", He retained his con sciousness almost to the last, full of peace and joy in the Holy Ghost. It was a striking providence that he should have been taken to Albion to die. It is a little less thin three years since he was Pastor of the church in which he then attempted to preach his last sermon, and made it s 6 much more impre,s sive than he . had designed. It was in that pul pit he had preached longer than any where else ; and there ministry had been greatly blessed. He fell amongst friends, with harness on, useful to the last. Mr. Coit was very much, respected and be loved in this city, and especially prized by the church which he served. His loss is deeply felt. The whole -community is touched by it. His funeral is to be attoud.od to-morrow from St. Peter's Church, the ser*jk to be preached by Rev. Dr. Clarke, of Buffalo, by Mr. Coit's dying request. The remains' will then be taken to Buffalo for interment in the family „Vault, as Buffalo-was his native place, and there his kin dred dwell. ' C. P. B. THE EILITERAL QI3SEQUIES OF REV. PROF ROBINSON. The funeral services of Rev. Dr. Robin son were held in the Mercer street Presbyterian Church, on Friday:, _January 30th, at .2 o'clock. The faculty, directors and students of the semi nary ; the faculty of New York University and other eminent persons were present to pay their last tribute of respect to one FWho had long hon ored the cause of truth and science by his ac quirements and labors. Prayer was offered by the venerable Dr. Gardner Spring. The Scriptures were then read by Chancellor 'Ferris, of the New York University. The selections were the 90th Psalni ; the ascent of Elijah to heaven, 2 Kings ;_s. l And 1. Car. xv : 35-58. The Rev. Dr. Skinner I liad been chosen to preach,the sermon, he baiting been the longest associated of the members of the faculty with Dr. Robinson;;'and from his earnest piety well fitted to pronounce an appropriate eulogium upon the deceased. The text was 2 Kings 2; 012. "My father, my father, the :Chariot, of Israel and the Horsimen there'd. ° After some re marks upon the appropriateness of the lament in the case, of Elisha, and ,also,its fitness as applied to the deceased; .Dr. Skinner spoke of the cir cumsta,nces, of his death. It ,was sudden, sooner than his friends anticipated, sooner than the highest . interests of • the' church appeared to demand. On Tuesday he ate his dinner as usual ; a little before 9 o'clock in ,the evening he became -unconscious, and a few minutes after his spirit departed to the presence of his Saviour. The disease was of such a chailteter as is usually lingering; but his departure, _was gentle, easy, unexpected. His health had,43cea impaired for a year, and he had spent the last seminary vaca tion in Europe for the purpose of restoring his eye sight, which had commenced to fail. lie came home but little recovered, and only resumed his seminary duties for a short period. He was the, son of a Congregational minister in Connec 'tient, who gave him excellent opportunities' of acquiring an education which were well improved. He always stood in the first rank, at the head of his class. He was never a pastor, for he had' other, gifts which• could be more'efficiently used in the service of the _Master. He Was a highly accomplished linguist; dis tieguished in Philology, Exegesis, Ethnplogy, and especially in the topography of the Holy Land: He was among the first, scholars 'of the age, his great ability was acknowledged by the learned world;-only behind Prof. Stuart in time. He was three years Professor of Sacred Science at Andover ; three years Prefessor Extraordi nary; and for twenty-six 'year connected with Unibn Theological Seminary, in New York City. By his able authorship he is hest known. He was the founder of the Biblical Repositry and the , Biblotheca. Sacra, which was the first reli gious review in the English language. He then .published his Greek and Hebrew Lexicons, which have been, and are, invaluable to the ministry of the -United States. But his greatest literary work has not Yet been mention ed, that work which is quoted ~ and referred to with the most unbounded respect by European scholars. He traveled twice through Palestine, and as the result of his journed, published his " BibliCal Researches," contained in four vols. No one was better fitted _than he for this labor; the Royal Geographical Society of England has paid a high tribute to its transcendent merit. He had in proeeis of preparation two other 'pub lications, a commentary of the difficult passages of the Bible and a BibliCal Geography, which he longed exceedingly to complete - . Dr. Robinson possessed not only great naturar,abilities, but he also had unusual advantages. Long residences in Europe, one of four years and mother of three, besides numerous shorter visits, and intimate in-. tercourse with the greatest living scholars, had given him access to the best results of the labors of other men. He valued the solid and the useful in learning rather than the speculative. He had a sound discriminating` judgment; he seized the salient points of a subjeCt and pre sented it in a definite, accurate form. In his relations to the seminary, he was not only the great scholar, but he was of especial value as a disciplinarian. He knew human na ture, had strong common sense, and a high stand ard of religious character. He urged on the• students unreserved self consecration, kept before 'them the importance of the Foreign Missionary work, and assisted in making of Union Seminary a Missionary Seminary. He was acquainted. in the highest circles of intellectual culture, but always mingled in them as an Evangelical Chris tian. Dr. Robinson was in society just what he was in the lecture room, a professed discipline of Christ. At the close of the sermon, a hymn was read by the Rev. Dr. Cox. Dr. Asa D. Smith, 84 Chairman of the Committee of the Seminary Board, made a. few remarks. He spoke of Dr. Robinson personally and officially, as his own beloved teacher, and of his value in the institu tion. He said the deceased, who had so lovingly tread the footsteps of his Saviour in the Holy Land, now looked , upon his face in heaven, and he who had looked over Jerusalem as Christ did, now participated, with him in the glories of "the New Jerusalem. A very impressive and feeling prayer was then offered by the Rev. Dr. Smith, of the seminary. ' The hymn, "Asleep in Jesus," was read by the Rev. Mr. Booth. After the services, the body was taken to the Marble Cemetery,in Second Avenue, where it is Paced temporarily. This has closed a remarka bly single and useful life. If we were to epiti mize Dr. Robinson's life, we should do so by the statement, unwearied labor. Appropriately was it said to-day that his teachings end not with his earthly existence; but his works, sitting in tbe preparation of hundreds of sermons every Sabbath, continue to teach each Sabbath the people. —Union Theological Seminary. M. P. J OORRESPONDENOE FROM THE NORTH- THE WEEK OE PRAYER-A ROMAN CATHOLIC REVIVAL-RALPH WALDO * EMERSON'S LECTU RES. Editor of Am. Presbyterian. The week of prayer, recommended by the kvangelical Alliance, was 'widely _observed by Christians in the North-west. In many places union meetings were held. In our own city re presentatives of five or 'sixldenorninations met in solemn assembly to implore the divine blessing upon a world •" lying in. wickedness." But, though special topics were appointed for the sue cessivo meetings, yet there was one burthen rest ing upon all hearts, that seemed to outweigh every other. Our country, our distracted, bleed ing country was carried up before the God & our Fathers upon the arms of His people's faith. Almost without exception have Christians recog nized the proclamation of emancipation as divi nely ordered for the salvation of our afflicted nation ; and they have, with a unanimity that argues hopefully for our cause, entreated the di vine blessing upon the President, that he might stand firmly against the storms of passion that were bursting forth to intimidate him. While the Christians of our city have been thus uniting in earnest prayer, our Boman Catho lic brethren, not to be outdone, have algb been holding a" protracted - meeting." Indeed, accord ing to their fashion, it might be called a " revival of religion!' _They have precured the services of a distinguished preacher of that denomination, who has been holding forth four times, daily, upon the beauties of their system of faith. Unlike other revivalists of whom history informs us, he begins to blow his trumpet in early. morning. The first service is held at half past five, - While yet the majority of our citizens are buried in sleep. In company with a friend, your corres pondent went to hear him, not, however, before, the break of day. For his text he took the words.: " In hoc Signo vines;" whether` for the reason that the Bible did not afford a passage suitable for his purpose your readers can decide when they learn the object of his sermon. That was to show the advantage of being invested with the Scapula of the Virgin. The Scapula of the Virgin, •he informed us, had been given to some old English saint who prayed long and earnestly to the Virgin that she would give him some proof that she'loved him as ardently e loved her. His prayer was answered; and ni g ht she appeared to him and gave him her Scapula, and she assured him that it would in vest him with a safe protection in times of great danger, and that it would support him in the hour of death. At the same time the reigning Pope re-' ceived a revelation that such a gift had been confer red upon this saint, and that all who became invest ed with it would share in similar benefits. Many, volumes had been written, so he said, to show thg . wonderful miracles it had wrought. He could tell them of some marvelous results that had been accomplished by it, of which he personally knew, and he would not go back beyond' the period of the present war. He said that some Colonel, whose name I have forgotten, only that it com menced with a Me,, was shot through the lungs in one of the battles in Virginia. His Soldiers clustered around him to help him. But he as sured them that it was all up with him, that he must die. He ordprhd them-to leave him and be stow their attentions upon those to whom their aid would •be of some avail. They bad no sooner left him than he bethought himself of scapu las. With eager haste he applied it to the wound, and immediately he felt the blood flow ing back into his veins, and an instantaneous cure was effected. Will you allow your corres pondent to advertise the Sanitary Commission, through the columns of your paper, of this new remedy for wounds? Nay, the government may -dispense with the costly aid of surgeons. He gave another instance illustrating the ad vantage of the scapula. When the Lady Elgin was lost on Lake Michigan, nearly two years since, a small number were rescued from a watery grave. Some of these persons, the preacher said, had called upon him at Chicago. He.was par ticular to enquire whether or not they were in vested with the' scapula, and in every -instance he found this to be the fact. They had provided themselves with this sacred Charm. In urging upon' his heerers the duty or be coming invested with this instrument he become quite facetious, nay, even theatrical, his audience responding with such demonstrations of applause as your Correspondent has heard in a certain church on Brooklyn Heights. Let Mr. Beecher console himself. The staid, conservative Roman Catholic Charon allows " sensation preachers." Some of you, said. the zealous priest, may object that you are not good enough to be invested with the seapnla. No, he urged in reply, it is meant foe' hard cases." But you may say you do not like the lonwrayelti. "The scapula prayers, yeti hive WEST, , JAN; 28th, 1863 heard your old woman say were long prayers, and you do not wish to be troubled with them." No, he replied, " there are only three Pater Nosters and three Ave Marias to be said each day, and every good Christian ought not to be unwilling to do this." But you may still object that it is necessary, to fast if you are invested with the scapula. No; said the preacher, no fasting is required." At the close of his dis course, he informed his audience that the Pope had granted him a special disPensation to sell in dulgences. and to bless relics - and crucifixes, and be invited them all to come next Sunday and have their crosses blessed, and especially to be in vested with' the scapula; and particularly, he said, he wished to see all the ",hard eases." Your Correspondent afterwards learned that the scapulas cost twenty cents apiece. How much he charged for his indulgences and his blessings he .1 was not informed. • Such is the kind of entertainment our poor deluded brethren in the RoMan Catholic Church are invited to at a " Mission" as the,priest called it. The sale of indulgences was, as your corres pondent supposed, a thing of the past. But even the intelligence of the 19th century has not abated one of the absurd pretensions of the Church of Rome. Our city has also been favored with tbe presence of the grand high . priest of Intel.. lectual' humbugiery. Ralph Waldo. Emerson, who occasionally stumbles into saying some thing that common-sense people can undersiand, is on a lecturing tour through the West. ~I keep one of his volumes in ray library as a sort of in tellectual curiosity. And *hen I desire to give my friends a hard nut to crack, when I wish to convince them bow the world of letters can be humbugged as well as these poor deluded Roman ies, I get down - that volume of essays. There,is as great a fund of amusement in it as is to be found in 13arnum's gymnastics' advertisements. to please -the currons. I 'asked one of hiss ad mirers the other day, if he-could`-understand him. Well no, he` said, he could not put his thoughts into phraseology. 'of his own, but then it benefitted his moral nature I There arefew entertainments superior to.that of attending one of Emerson's lectnres. There you will find all the intellectual people, par excellence. The clergyman is there because he is a college-bred man .and because he must not miss such a rich feast. The lawyer and the doctor, and every man who makes any pretension to, book learning, and every Blue Stocking among the spinisters are there, because' it would prove a burning disgrace not tomppreciate Ern erson. Andfor a whole hour-and-a-half the . leclurer will reonle his audience with his " flash: ing wit," and " brilliant rhetoric " and " pro fbund philosophy," quoting with equal readiness from Mother Groose'n Melodies, and from the'Ve da of the Brahmin& And his delighted hearers, will cheer, and - applaud, and make significant nods at some saying or unusual brilliancy, of sit agape with astonishment at his wonderful learning. But when the " rich intellectual treat", has ended, - ask the most sensible man of your acquaintance, what did the lecturer mean? and he will simply look at you with blank amaze ment. Really. what is the difference between Father Damen and his Scapula, •and Father Emerson and his cha . rms ? Do . they not know what absurd pranks they are playing _off on the credulous community .? PRESBYTERIAN. (For the American Presbyterian.)- THE WEEK OP PRAYER IN WASHINGTON The week of prayer, in accordance with tbe reccommendatiou of . the Evangelical Alliance, was observed with much interest and: spirit in; Washington City. The meetings for the, entire: week were held - in the Lutheran Church build 7: ing, at the corner of II and Eleventh,street, cam mencing at 71 O'clock in the evenin,g. ' Rev. J. G." Butler, Pastor - of that church, presided a the first ,meeting; and various ether ministers, Mostly pastors of some of the principal churches of the city, presided subsequently. The, number of persons present, from various parts of the coun try, probably added:interest to the occasion, by the variety 'Of facts presented and of the views expressed. - Still, there was ardency in the pray ers, and union of Christian hearts at the throne of grace. The dailyexhibitions of Vice, in various forms, in the metropolis of the nation, and - the difficulties experienced by chaplains in , the army— a number of whom were present—gave a'vivid ness to the ";prayers, and confessions' ; of ,the first meetings, to a degree probably not experien ced by Christians in distant parts of the country. So also of the exercises relative to our coun try, its rulers, our army and navy, with the sick and wounded, as well as the many families all over the land in bereavement and sorrow." Here were the pastors and people of the churches with which many of these rulers attended worship; here were officers and men of the army; and here were many of those who had been upon the field of battle ) whiS had assisted the wounded, add who on the field and in the hospitit had comforted the dying, and conversed or corresponded with members of the afflicted families. Yes, here` was' reality. And who could notice/ at such a meet- 4, A more marked separation from the world," on the part of the children of God; was one of the sentences of Wednesday evening's - topics. Perhaps Christians of other large cities may think that their's is the place where such distinc tion is most needed ; but Christians of Washing= ton feel that this is the place. It is the subject of frequent remark that never' were there such gaiety, frivolity, indulgence in wicked amuse ments, and such indifference about consequences, as are 'manifested this winter in Washington, even by many' professed Christians, and many others who throw off restraints when Visiting there, to a degree little suspected by friends in their distant homes. Praying Christians, at the capital are pained at this, and no wonder is it that they, on this oecasion;were so ardent at the throne of grace for !' a more marked separation from the world."_ On Friday evening, when praying Tor the "press," &c., seine interesting facts were stated of the eagerness of the soldiers .for religious reading and -, the . great good accomplished by it. One ministerial brother who .had, for several Months, been confined and harshly'Areated with many of our soldiers, in' prison in Richmond, said that so destitute had our Nu become of goOd reading,. that a few hymn books had' to be torn apart and, one leaf distributed to each man. And equally destitute were they of copies of the Scriptures. Bet it was reserved for thpielvhe were pie sent at the last meeting, (Saturday,) to enjoy the most precious season. The rain was heavy, mud abundant, and numbers not large. Two or three dozen men were present, and but one lady. Either the spirit of the week there culmina ted, or greater " freedom" prevailed, or the conviction of the pre-eminent need of greater sanctity in the observance of " the Lord's Day,— perhaps all combined, gave this meeting an unction long to be remembered by those present. Dr. Sunderland presided with peculiar felicity. Facts of thrilling interest were related by speak ers. One, a captain in the quarter-master's de partment of Government, ratted his efforts, fromhisfirst entrance upon his duties, to discoun tenance profanity, and to secure an observance of the Lord's Day. Perhaps in no department of government is there less regard, paid to the Sabbath, and -nowhere are more plausilde pre texts given—such as the necessities for supp'ies for man and beast, than are to be. met with in this department. Yet it is the testimony of many who are thus deprived of their Sabbath rest, that a vast amount of unnecessary work is required of them upon this day. This captain, being thus impressed, determined to do what lay in his power, to remedy the evil.. And his representa tions of his success filled every one of us with joy. At one point alone, with which I was fa miliar, many millions' worth of property were loaded and unloaded, ever since the war began, without any regard whatever to the Sabbath, 'and a clerk employed there complained, in con versation with me, that for many montha ho had not been able to have one Sabbath with his fam ily. This God-fearing captain has just been as signed .to that point, and the order was issued to keep the very next day after our meeting as the " Sabbath of the Lord." ' May the Lord bless this captain ! and may many more be raised up like him ! Other facts, were stated by speakers, illustrative of the Lord's approbation upon those who endeavor to promote the observance of the Sabbath. One speaker alluded to the popular belief that the Lord has been exhibiting his dis-. pleasure at the apparently needless movements by our armies and various other operations in governmental and business circles upon the Sab bath. He called,attention to a recent case. The iron-clad " Monitor" had been taken up to Washington, repaired, and launched upon the Lerd's day. Christiana there were aggrieved, as they could see no special, emergency for the 'act. Many said, "Now,`watch her 'encl." You know that, end, and where she now is ! Thus, fact after fact, and prayer after prayer was poured out; and when 'the hour-and-a-half—the usual time of the meeting, had expired;, - it was prolong ed designedly another half `hour'; and when it finally closed, there was a general shaking of hands, - and all felt it " was'a a ood to be there." Mattayunk, Jan. 27th 1883. AMOWLEDGEMENT OF MONIES RE CEIVED AT THIS OFFICE. . - "I'OR• PAPERS. Fairton Church, by Rev. Jas. Boggs, $4.01 Olivet " • Philaila., J. C.Thance, $l.OO FOB SABBATH ASSOCIATION Fairtoh by Rev. Jas. Rogge, $3.00 FOR PUBLICATION CAUSE Rev. W. B. Evans, Washington, D. C., $4.00 Alm. B: Mean, Philada., FOR, KOLAS.POOR MISSION. Mrs. K. Fairlamb, Wattl tiliticatititt, _ - " TILE Lira OF OUR Loan ITPOtT THE xiARTII, asy presented by the Four' Evangelists, is an inex haustible theme of reverent inquiry and investi getion. While mere critics, unconcerned as to the practical hearing of their work, and void of all inward-sympathy with its divine'objeet; have fOUTId in the Gospel a-field for . the most unscru pulous 'and destructive .criticisin, we rejoice to welcome to the same broad fieldthe most devout and thoroughly furnished minds of the: church. A new volume, with the title= ohm:p..)2=4'd; ema nating from the latter class of scholars has,,jyst been issued hy Chas 8061;11er, New. York, frem the pen fof Samuel J. _Andrews, of Hartford. It is Asigned A' to arrange the events of the Lord's life as :given to ns by the 'Evangelista, as far as possible, in achrcinologiCal order, and 'to state the ground ofthis order;'and to Consider the diffi culties, as to matters of fact which the several narratives, when compared to 6 other, )- present; are, supposed by modern criticism to present." • , Within, these limits the work is fall, and done in a thorough scholarly manner. Difficult points are discuseed fairly and at length, and a candid as well-as reverent' spirit _prevails in the treat ment. We :should judge - that novelty is not aimed at int rather the truth to attain which light'lS'aiinght* from every quarter in the range of randern scholarship. Nor are such authorities as - Lightfoet, Lardner, Baronius and Roland overlooked, while the list comes down to Ellicott's Life of, Chills% to which Mr. Andrews' work bears considerable resemblance, though written before 'it appeared. Svo. pp. 624. For sale by J. B. i Lippincott & Co., The 'once fatuous correspondent from America of the London times, W. H. Russell, has pub lished tie results of his observations, North and South,. durini , :and before the outbreak of the re bellicm, under the title: Mr DIARY, NORTH AND SouT4.- T. O. H. P. Burnham, of Boston, has republished the work in handsome style. All who are curious to recall the impressions made by those extraordinary, inieleitt letters in the Times will now be able to gratify themselves. For sale by W. P. 13lazzard, Philadelphia, 12mo. pp.-602. THE BLUE S ocgs is the title of the latest issue of ,the, American S. S. Union. It is do signed toteaF a young persons the importance of stability, and. it is based upon and interwoven with incidents of the times we live in. A fresh inviting book ; which the young will read with avidity arid profit. Depository,` 1122 Chestnut street. Messrs. 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