lliericatt trtobgittian GENESEE EITANGELISS. THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 1863 JOHN W. MEARS, THERE is a letter for "Teacher" at this office THE NEXT UNION PRAYER-MEETING of our Church will be held on Tuesday afternoon next, at half past three o'clock, in the church Coates street, above Third. ACKNOWLEDGMENT.—Received for distribu ting the American Presbyterian in the Army and Navy : From Rev. Geo. F. Wiswell, WALKING IN DARKNESS. Tux Christian cannot calculate upon an un broken experience of joy and liveliness in the divine service. Only the inexperienced expect it; only the visionary insist upon it as an im portant evidence of regeneration. Not only our remaining corruptions, our own negligence and worldly-mindedness, but our physical constitution, and causes beyond our knowledge or control in terfere with the operation of the spiritual facul tiesand of' the consciousness which makes us aware of their working. The sincere, humble, faith ful Christian, who tries every day to live near the Saviour may find himself walking in spiritual darkness. He may be without any comforting sense of acceptance. His prayers may seem spiritless. He may vainly stir up himself to lay hold upon God. He may have no positive en joyment whatever in the peculiar exercises, pub lic or private, of God's people, With all the essential elements of the Christian character, with a true living faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, with a genuine spirit of self•conseoration, some thing may have occurred in his bodily health or in his outward circumstances, to becloud his consciousness of these deep-seated and indis tructible facts of his renewed nature, and they may be to him as if they were not. We, indeed, should seek to remedy this state of things. Acquiescence and content in a joy less, barren experience is a thing not to be thought of. The true Christian laments and contends against it. He wonders at and is ashamed of his coldness. The children of a king , have no cause to go mourning all their days. They are exhorted to rejoice ever more. And the believer will not leave off seeking hini whom his soul loveth, until he finds him. But while endeavoring to cure this state of things, we must learn also to endure it, without abatement of faithfulness. We must beware how we make Christian joy a condition of Christian activity. We must beware lest we delude our selves with the notion, that we cannot serve God except we are in a lively frame of mind. We must not allow our search for our lost spiritual enjoyments to interferewith the performance of our regular daily duties. We must not imagine that our prayers are unanswered and ineffectual because they are broken, 'Without conscious elevation, and utterly unsatisfactory to ourselves. In other words, we must not cease our usual duties or count them as unavailing, because they are more difficult than heretofore. The truth is, a test is being applied to us. It is comparatively easy to serve a Master who accompanies every act of service with a present reward. HO would be a miserable servant, indeed, who proved himself unfaithful under such circumstances. No strong qualities of character would be developed while such a policy were pursued. We need darkness and seeming desertion to try us. Can we be steady when God's face is withdrawn ? Do .-we persevere in prayer though it seems a fruitless task ? Are we content to know the simple path of' duty, and though its thorns and ruggedness are softened by only rare interruptions of pleasant and joyous travelling, do we prefer into the most inviting by-paths that tempt as to go astray? Let every child of God understand that it is far more important for him to be faithful in duty than to be happy in duty; far more important that he should be active in the master's service than manifestly successful in his service. The one is our part; the other is God's. For the one we must render an account; the other is entirely out of our sphere of responsibility. MR. BARNES' POSITION. WE have already remonstrated against the scandalous misuse and perversion of Mr. Barnes' sermon on " the Conditions of Peace," made so eagerly and promptly by the New York Obsereer, and followed up by papers of that ilk and far worse all over the land. ‘Especially in New Hampshire, pending the election which took place on Tuesday of this week, extracts from the sermon have actually been used by journals op posed to the war, and in sympathy with the South, as electioneering documents. Rev. B. P. Stone, D. D., of New Hampshire, wrote a letter to Rev. E. E. Adams, of this city, calling his atten tion to these facts, and particularly to an extract from the N. H. Patriot in which such use was made of the sermon. Mr. Adams' reply to Dr. Stone has been published in the N. H. Tele graph, the Boston Congregationalist, and perhaps other papers, and is given in full below : PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 8, DM. REV. B. P STONE, D. D. Dear Friend Your letter of the 16th iubt. is before me. I have lot no time in visiting Rev. Mr. Barnes, and gaining from his lips the following state ment : Ist. That the assertion of the Putriororbis having been " an ultra abolitionist," is false, and that his views of slavery have not changed for the last thirty years. 2d. That during this time he has been a strong anti-slavery man, although his position as such exposed him to opposition and the loss of repu tation. 3d. That he meant his sermon on "The Con ditions of Peace," should be a decided anti slavery tract; in which he maintains that the general government should be wholly detached from slavery, as a sinful, destructive, inhuman institution; that said government should neither legislate for it, nor against it, save only to unite with the nations of the earth in suppressing the tralflc in slaves; and that every goiernment should protect the African race. 4th. That the Fugitive Slave Law is an infa mous thing, and ought never to have been en acted by the general government; while, if any slave State could induce a free State to pass such a law in favor of the slave institution and to protect the " master," it had a legal, though not a moral right to do so. sth. That property representation as existing in the slave States is wrong, inasmuch as it pro ceeds on the assumption of " human chattelism." With regard to territorial powers and relations he endorses the Chicago Platform. 6th. That he voted for Mr. Lincoln and the whole Republican ticket, and would do the same again in similar circumstances. 7th. That it is his purpose to sustain the gov ernment of the United Sates as it exists, and he advocates the prosecution of the war until the rebels are conquered. He heartily endorses the scheme of the President for gradual emancipa tion, and submits to his superior wisdom in re gard to the "Proclamation." He believes that the North, having reaped commercial advantages from the institution of slavery, and being in the same national brotherhood, ought to bear its proportion in paying loyaL States and loyal men for slaves whom they shall emancipate. Bth. With regard to, the printing of his sermon he does not object, provided that they give it entire; but he protests against the publish ing of extracts taken. from their connections. He is confident that a candid perusal of the whole will convince the readers that he is a friend, to the government, an enemy to the rebellion, and an opposer of slavery in all its forms. These words were uttered in the hearing of a third person, and written down at the time. Mr. Barnes expressed his gratitude, both on hiS own account and for the cause of truth and right, that I had taken pains to correct the false views im puted to him. The New York Observer has been accustomed to misrepresent his words. I think his tract might have been more clear, but be is not a convert to such conditions of peace as the Patriot and its kindred are urging. Yours truly, Editor. . $5.00 PREACHING FOR TIE TIMES THERE are truths which men need to know and feel at all times.- There' are doctrines which have the same• adaptedness, and significance from age to age. The sovereignty of God in nature, providence, and grace, the depravity of man, the atonement, regeneration, justification by faith, human obligation, and future eternal rewards and punishments, are truths for all ages. They are fixed quantities and always demand our belief. They are never to be suppressed. They should be the substratum of every sermon. Therb is no single doctrine of the Bible that does not tend to inspire some affection. Truth is to be taught, enforced, repeated, urged on the conscience. Every Bible doctrine is truth. Those who object to the preaching of total de pravity, of election, and of eternal punish ment, invariably hate such doctrines. They need to be convinced ; to look more seriously and prayerfully into the word. That which our ear-. nal nature strenuously opposes is most likely to be true. That men need to learn. The ques tion is not wbether we like such truths; but whether they are in the Bible ; whether God has thus said. I There are periods in the history of the church when some doctrines are neglected— perhaps discredited, when they have little or no power on the life. At such times it is the preacher's great work to review those truths in the pulpit; to throw them out into the congregation, and spread them abroad, that the minds of men may be roused to thought, may be convinced and alarmed. In the great reformations through which the church has passed, it was awakened by the revival of some old neglected truth. Lu ther aroused Christendom to the forgotten doc trine of justification by faith; startled the church from its perilous legalism, and called it back to the apostolic age. Wesley poured his burning thoughts into hearts which - had become hardened by mere doctrine, by formulas, and ri tuals of orthodoxy. He thundered to the, world the command—" be ye holy, as God is holy." In "the great awakening" the dependence of man upon God was pressed with power on the conscience, and human depravity urged, even to the despair of awakened sinners. The hea:rt was driven from its refuges and false supports to a just and holy God, the way to whose lost favor is only faith in the mediator. Preachers were not then so delicate, and tasteful, and sensitive, as to drop the use of God's words when portray ing the perils of the ungodly and pointing the soul to retribution. It is 'a violation of all re finement now to speak of " hell," and " damna tion," and the "unquenchable fire." Our taper fingers may not write such words: Our tongues, hung to sweeter airs, may not utter them. Speak of the "awful doctrine of election," the sin that " hath never forgiveness" . the " ju dicial,hardening " of the heart, the endlessness of future punishment, and you are sure to shock some dear, tender soul, that cannot love 'a just God who has a law to defend and a world's sin to punish. The church in our days does not love " sound doctrine." Many have not allowed them selves to be educated in the,stern truths of old orthodoxy. The Pulpit has softened them down to the level of the sickly sentiment of the age. It has lost its manhood in thiidirection. It has slid from the rock, and is buried in waving grass and wild blossoms. We want Paul, Augustine, and Calvin back again, with their grand war notes, and -.Knox with " his logic lightnings;" in, the battle-field of truth and sin. Among the verities which seem to have lost their high place in the mind and heart of the church are the nearness and observancy of God. We are likely, in the rush of earthly events, and the pressure of secular cares, to forget that HE I IS, AND BEES! We remove them from our thoughts by the interposition of secondary causes. Our eye, is drawn to nature, to events, to the action of law. We displace the Great Ruler by the rules of his agency. Law is his will and mode of acting; His will pervading na ture and man. " He is not far from every one of us." He speaks in the whirlwind and the breeze. His hand holds the' storm, and sends it forth. The mountains and seas, and nations, and hearts of men are within his present, conscious, omnip otent, all-embracing energy. We need in these times to look above events, beyond mere law even to the source of power. To feel that om niscience beholds ui; that omnipotence gov E. E. ADAMS. PREACHING-NO. 10. BY REV. E. E. ADAMS: DOCTRINES GOD PRESENT ;011,crican probtittian and (Catittott Clattpliot erns us; that He is nigh acting in all life— speeding the planets in their marches, and the life-blood that throbs in the heart; kindling the love of seraphs, and moving the affections and the spirit of man. God, everywhere, and forever ! my God everywhere and forever; " are the true mottoes of the church in any age; and specially for the epoch in which - all things are passing away, and the world is in rapid preparation for a new, stupendous and sublime change, and re construction. DEPRAVITY We need in these times to preach clearly and ,boldly on the depravity of man. The world sees it. Events in our nation prove it. We can illustrate the word of God—that the heart is deceitful above all things and desperately. wicked —by ,what is patent in our daily historf—in the fierceness and obstinacy of the rebellion; in the vile sympathy felt for it in the free States, and even in the church ; in the treachery and plun der and base selfishness of officials. Along with this doctrine also and demanded iy it is the need of more thorough enforcement of the law of retribution, of CC eternal punishment." The Bible is full of this doctrine. " The soul that sinneth shall die !" ." These shall go away into everlasting punishment." For the' sin of blas phemy against the , Ikoly. Ghost, therp is never forgiveness. The wicked " are reserved in ever lasting chains under darkness, unto the judgment of the I ,,e , reat day." This accords with law in material things. " Nature never pardon's." No law pardons. There is forgiveness only by faith in Jesus Christ. Where there is not faith, then there is not forgiveness—but inevitably penalty; and if sin is its own punishment, and the rebel is filled with his own way, sinning unto death is to be followed bi sinning after death—nay in death—perpetual sinning—perpetual death I Let the preacher proclaim this as the preacheing which God bids him and he will meet one great want of the times. LOYALTY . Loyalty is demanded in the pulpit Of our day. We are to repeat in the ears of men what God says about obedien - ce to the " higher powers, obedience of Slams to the general government; obedience of men to the existing, constituted, supreme, national authority. And in so doing the Atithority of God 'is to be recognized in the administration of man. If this is "preaching politics" we are only imitating Christ, who was crucified for preaching politics. He could, not preach the Gosiel Without it. He made himself a King—and thus in the view of the mob, inter fered: with the rights of Cmsar. They would have it that he preached politics, and therefore clamored for his death. When he made himself a King, he did interfere with all Cmsars in every age; he proclaimed the supremacy of his truth and his reign—the right of-his throne over all principalities When he said unto the Pharisees : Render unto Cmsar the things which are Caesar's; and unto God the things that are God's," he sealed his own death-doom. This was his accusation : " He stirreth up the people." "We found this fellow perverting the nation and forbidding to give tribute to -Omar, saying that he himself is Christ a King." PREJUDICE We mention only one more special subject for the ministry in these times—namely : the mon strous, unchristian prejudice that exists against an unfortunate and dependent race. The preacher of righteousness cannot fulfil his duty to God; to truth, to justice, to humanity, if he allows this infamous and cruel prejudice to pass utkrebuked. What right has any man, in reason or in religion, to - Say that he hates the African race ? How can a Christian man for whom Christ died say, in the hearing of that Christ who loved the poor and came to "preach deliverance to the e.aptives," " I hate the colored roan," whom power, and avarice., and pride have stolen, and bought and and sold., and crushed It is enough for base men and tyrants to do this. Enough for the " driver" with his lash and lounds. What Christian can sit, at the• table of the Lord and seek His favor and forgive ness while hating his darker brother, who pos sesse.s one blood with' us in spite of his hue, his ignorance, and his misfortune. To say nothing of his bondage, or his emancipation;the i preja. dice which exists against him is cruel, 'marls and . unmanly. In the name of God let it be rebuked. The times demand a dear, strong, unfaltering 'Utterance against a sin that would exclude the African from all our free states, which has excluded him from many honorable branches of trade, and from the ears into which any vile bloated loafer - is admitted. If the poor and outcast have any helper he is clod ; and if there is any advocate of God's feeble, and sorrow ing children he should be found in the pulpit. RESOLUTIONS Or OENTRAL CHURCH, WIL MINGTON. The followbag Resolutions were passed at the late annual meeting of the Central Church, by a unanimous Note, the whole congregation rising. Whereas, In these times of great public ca lamity, whenivil war rages in our land, brought' on by a most wicked, causeless and unprovoked 'rebellion against the wisest and best of govern ments ; and as we regard it the duty of all good citizens to uphold and strengthen the hands of the legitimate civil ruler; and whereas, we be lieve it to be a solemn obligation upon the Chris tian .Church, and its ministry, to pray for all who are in authority, to teach the people the duty of Christian citizenship in their relations to the State, obedience to law and respect for civil mk istrates, as enjoined in our excellent system of doctrine, government and worship, and also fully appreciating the responsible and often difficult position of all ministers of the gospel in times of public excitement and trial; therefore; Resolved, That we hereby take, pleasure-- in expressing our entire and hearty approval of the course of our Pastor the Rev. George F. Wiswell, in his past public ministrations, regarding the great moral questions involved in our present national 'struggle. Resolved, That we cheerfully testify- that he has ndver, since he has been Pastor of this Church, introduced or sought to discuss in the pulpit any sentiments or expressions, which, by any fair means could be construed as partizan or obnoxious to, any -loyal man. Resolved, That he hereby has the firm assu rance of oar united and cordial support and sym pathy in the discharge of his duties as a:public teacher in his relations to his Country and the Church, in the future as in the past. _ COMMISSIONERS TO GEN. ASSEMBL T.—Pres bytery of Utica. Rev. P. H. Fowler, D. 11, of Utica, and Rev. W. B. Parmlee ; of W,estern.— . Columbus. Rev. B. G. Riley and C. W. Bald win, • Elder, Coniinissioners ; and Rev. L. Gates, and A. Hughson, Elder, Alternates. FROM OUR ROCHESTER OORRESPONDENt. A DAY AT SYRACUSE-DEXTRAL oat s Thisn ot m is is o n f a t m e n e d e a ; ll b e e d in th t ge almost . precisely Central City,"a hat; d if.. way from Albany to Buffalb, and not uncentrally situated in a line through" the, State from North to South, and here variottse 'railroad lines con verge and centre. It is Zs() called the " Con vention city ;" because. being so central and accessible, it is the plate for holding most of the political and other conventions of the State. How much good this may do to the morals of the place, it is not for us to-say. That good men are oftentimes gathered here in council, for the best of purposes, cannot be doubted ; that " Sa tan also" comes sometimels among them, has been feared. But one thing is certain; these conventions are one of the institutions" of this State; and a "power" in. the land. Wieting Hall is, to some persons, more than the Holy City was to the Jews, or Mecca to the Moham medans. Hither the tribes go up. Here. Gov ernors, and Senators;: and Presidents are made; and here the proud aspirations of ambitious men are sometimes fondly realized; but more'frequent • ly dashed ruthlessly to theoground, and trampled under foot by the , prouder, ,pretensions of more fortunate aspirants to, rqw,er. What . a tale of (disappointments this city tell, if every wall had a tongue.. What anguish some of these solitary rooms in these hotels have witnessed, after, the midnight adjournment of these stormy conclave& Poor man 1 there is a better ambi tion than that which fires and maddens your breast ! There are honors . far superior to these you seek ! ' SALT CITY Syracuse may be called a handsome city; be ing neatly laid out, in wide, pleasant streets; many of them well adorned with shade trees, and built up in a substantial, commodious manner. It, ought to be a very good city, for it is built upon salt, and permeated with salt enough to save quite a number of cities, if this were all that were necessary to that end. The salt springs of Syra cuse, and the immediate vicinity, furnish 4,000,- 000 of bushels of this precious commodity every year; and in the manufacture of it employ about 3,000 hands. This most :worthy and honest branch of indUstry has built up the ,place. In 1840, it was a village of 6500 inhabitants ; in 1860, a city with 28,200 =lt has 26 churches; has extensivd flouring mills, iron foundries mathine shops, stores, banks, etc. OUR CSI3IICHES The Presbyterian churches of. Syracuse are in a healthy and prosperous ''condition. Rev. Dr. Canfield, strong,, earnest, industrious, ministers acceptably to the First; and Rev L. H. Reid to that of the first Ward. - Mr: Reid has not long been in his present position, but seems eminently adapted to it, and all thiags seem to prosper under his hand. His church has recently done a handsome thing, by enlarging and beautifying their lecture room. The Sabbath School has almost doubled within the past year, and the place had become too strait for them. Therare now betteraccommodated - ; and, as is not unusual in such cases, some tokens Of a deeper spiritual interest accompany , this *fort outward prevenient: YOUNG MEN'S CERISIiAN ASSOCIATION The Young Men's Christian Association of Syracuse is also a live institution. It was our privilege to attend its anniversary, to hear the an nual report, and listen to an able and interesting addiess by. Rev. Dr. Canfield, in regard to its work. It has five Mission Sabbath Schools under its care, with one hundred' teachers, and twelve hundred scholars. The Association also sustains a most excellent city misSionary, Mr. Hawley, the right man, for once at least, in the right place. As he 'made his report, of destitution searched oat, wants supplied, children 'gathered into Sabbath Schools, parents and families most effectually reached for good through these little ones, we wondered that every city does not have city missionaries. It was estimated that at least 5000 persone,'most of `whom would not have been reaehed at all by the established churches, were reached and affected bthis instrumentality. The Missionary's Report#—The Missionary re ported 2867 visits made, many of them among the, sick and the, dying; 1100 called at his office; 1422 articles of clothing distributed to the desti tute; 273 talks in Sabbath &hook; 156 addres ses in weekly meetings; and about 1800 miles of lqalking, in order to do up this amount of work within the year, a record which ought to, shame many a divine in the Church. TR Good Done.—ln order to carry on this work; the Young . Men have raised and disbursed between three and four thouband dollars; having erected one chapel and purchased another for their mission schools. But what an aniount of good thus accomplished! Whatheartaches cured! What woes assuaged ! as that faithful missionary has gone from door to door, among the abodes of want, with food and raiment, with fuel and medi cines, to, arrest' the, progress of disease, to drive' out the bitter, biting cold, and allay the pangs of insatiate hunger. Blessed;ininistry! a position and a work which the - highest and the noblest might covet. , There ,are many giateful poor in this city who think theie never was, ana never can be,'a oreater or a better man than their be loved city missionary. In their overflowing gra titude they lift their hands and bless him as he passes . ; and often ask the, intercession of the blessed virgins and all the holy angels that he may never come to want: RAISING THE MONEY. As to the methods taken by the young.m.en to raise money to carry on these operations, it was not by simple hand-begging; but having an eye improvement, to their own they got up a course of lectures, secured the most distinguished spea kers in the land--or some of them--take tiokets themselves, and so contribute their quota for the work. At, the same time they offer to their fel low-citizens an equivalent and more, for their contributions; ask them to come and be enter tained and be instructed, and so render their aid in the blessed work on hand. They report $544 raised in this way.: But not this alone. Good eating is no more to be despised than good hear ing; so in 'the proper season, a strawberry festi val, under the auspices of the ,ladies, is made to help on the enterprise. How many baskets full each individual disposed of, on this occasion, was not reported; but the number must have been large in the aggregate,—for $275 were realized from this source. And so Mr. Gough, and Mr. Beecher, Mr Curtis and the strawberries, all helped on the good work of =which we have spo ken. We had a pleasant day in Syracuse, and hope soreetitee to have another. GENESES NOW AND THEN. " 0 wad some power the giftie gie us, To see oursels as others see us l" We have before us Dr. Converse's Christian Observer for 1847, when the Mexican war was in progress. Some petitions had been sent to Con gress for peace with Mexico. Of these petitions, Dr. Converse says " Can such a movement on the part of the friends of peace throughout the country, hasten the determination of the existing war 7 1 " In publishing documents of this kind, it has been suggested, that an extensive popular movement against the war, might encourage the Mexicans to expect such terms of peace, as our government cannot offer—or to Protract a state of hostility and petty depredations, such as were carried on against Texas, for several , years previ ous to its annexation." After speaking of the evils of war, he says: "But these considerations do not prove war in all cases to be unrighteous. A war may be highly inexpedient--and yet not be unrighteous. If it be right to clothe the civil magistrate with power to preserve order in the community—to suppress an insurrection, and to punish those who assail the lives or property of peaceable citizens —it may be right to make war. If the govern ment may punish evil-doers among its own sub jects, for the• maintenance of right and order— it may also punish a nation for evil doing, for the same' end.—And this doctrine, stated a few months sinee_by Dr. in a discourse with .which some of our contemporaries found fault, we think presents the true ground of the lawful ness of' war—or of punishing crime. A late writer on Moral Philosophy says, that the right of nations to engage in war, is analogous to that of individuals to repel injuries by force; and that of governments to inflict capital punish ment.' The right of war, is the right of government to punish criminals."— These are sound sentiments. We only regret that Dr. Converse overlooked them, when he cried "Peace ! Peace !" under the insults of fered by vile traitors to his government and his Flag, and that he has finally gone to promote this peace by stirring up war against his country. Other clergymen, equally warlike and patriotic in the strife with distant and feeble Mexico, are wonderfully chilled in their sympathy with our flag and• our armies when these are moving against domestic traitors. Are such men sound at heart ? TILE UNITED SYNOD. Tms body, singularly named considering its origin, grows less and less deserving of the title. Not only is its territory crossed by our military lines so that a large number of its primary or ganizations are broken up, and its Corypnams at Winchester -cut off from , the bulk of his follow ers, but these followers are themselves irrecon cileably divided upon the great conflict of the day. Hon. Horace Maynard of E. Tennessee, a loyal member of the present Congress, is an elder in the United Synod and took a leading part in its formation. He and those who think with him in that section of the country, could scarcely as sociate in terms of amity and confidence with those of the. Synod who sympathise actively with the rebellion. How actively they sympathise with it, appears from such facts as that related of Rev. R. McLain of Mississippi, aminister of the body, who received a' mortal wound while acting as Brigadier General of Mississippi troops at the fruitless and bloody assault of the rebels on Co rinth, last ,October. A correspondent of the Presbyterian of this city, writing from Columbus, Ky., says that he found in the military prison there a " Presbyterian clergyman, of the class which, a few years since, under the lead of Dr. Ross and otherc' seceded' from their Northern friends, and formed the ' United Synod of the South.' I must do him the justice of saying that,thoug,h his intellectual perceptions seem dis - i ordered, he appeared to be an earnest, warm. hearted, Christian man. Is it not passing strange that such a man should be here i It was not his first effort at secession. He had practised it before—had become somewhat used to it, and consequently had a more jaunty air than the others." It is not at all improbable that this body will be found to have suffered from the war more than any other portion of the church in the South; it will scarcely escape total dismember ment. There are portions of it, which, we think, will be disposed to return to their former connec tion when disturbances have ceased; but it woAld not be strange if God should set the seal of his disapproval upon a schism, which had no better ground than the moderate, but firm adhe rence of our Chuch Courts, to the testimony of the Scriptures and of the fathers, upon the ques tion of Slavery. WHO ARE THE REAOTIONISTS OF THE NORTH ?---Third-rate, broken down politicians'; ignorant; narrow-minded ; prejudiced, unprinci pled men, the real lower class of the country, without minds to see, or souls to care for any thing beyond their own personal interest, or the interest of their party—material ready to the hand of unscrupulous and designing dema gogues ; sneaking Northern pro-slavery men who would rather see the Union hopelessly wrecked than have justice done to the black -race; Ex-Presidents elected as " Northern men with Southern principles "; men carrying their consciences and their patriotism in their pockets; wolves just peering with gaunt countenance and diabolical leer, through their sheep's Clothing, snuffing the blood and prey of civil war in the North; traitors and secessionistsat heart, trying at length to pick up courage for the counterplot, in the loyal States, which their Southern friends counted upon at the commencement of the rebel lion; lottery dealers, anti-temperance men, anti Sunday law men, negro haters, deserters; skulk ing drafted men, disgraced army officers. The greatest wonder of the times is, that the very- few respectable men among them can, tole rate their company. NOT NEUTRAL.--A clergyman in these times • who refuses to pray for the success of our arms, can offer no comfort to the sick and wounded soldier, from the justness Of our cause. cannot tell the burdened widow that , her martyred son has died for a noble object—he cannot thank. God for any victory. Knowing he will be, for ever despised if our cause triumphs, he has the most powerful temptation by intrigue,-whisper ing and pretended lamentations over the horrors of the war, to compass, if possible, the defeat of our arms. Such a man is dangerous in any commu nity.' TrCE NATIONAL PaiSOHER for March con tains Sermons by Rev Dr, Ide on Duty, and by Ran.. It. A. Nelson, D.D, on .Prevalent Prayer. Also six appropriate articles for the Prayer meetinc, - [For the American Presbyterian.] THE PUBLICATION WORK. Mr. Editor : In connection with the acknowledgement of donations received by the Presbyterian Publica tion Committee, suffer us to give your readers some facts as to our work. The Committee are anxious to enlarge this work. They think that our churches owe it to themselves and to the cause of Christ to enlarge it. The field that opens before thena is wide and and tempting; they long to occupy it. But they can, of course, only do and give as they receive. Appeals come to them to issue valuable works, to give books and tracts, to Sabhath-schools, to missi\maries, to our soldiers in field and hospital. These calls they greatly desire to meet. Were the " Reso lutions" accorded to the Committee but turned into action they could meet these calls. APPEALS POR TRACTS AND BOOKS. Thus a missionary in Ohio writes to ne "Is the Publication Committe in a situation to make donations of its books ? If so, hear me for my cause.'' I am labpring as a missionary at my own charges. If the Lord does not pay me, I shall go unrewarded. I preach :at three points. At one, I expect soon to organize a church. There we must have a Sabbath-schbol. At another point, a Sabbath-school could be carried on, if we had booki;' !This is an en - - s couraginc , field. These people are able to buy books, but they will not until we get them to feel the worth of them. Can you, aid me ? I want doctrinal works, if you have them. They peed a different teaching from what they have had." A worthy minister in Indiana writes to us I have just entered upon my laborsai a, benne missionary QA this point. The field is difficult, but rather promising. Our doctrines and polity are not well understood,• and are often misrepre sented. I deeply feel the needpf that aid which your Committee are giving to the churches. My salary is but $4OO, of which I pay nearly $l.OO for rent. The. people of my church are weak, And not awake to the importance of giving, me the means of using your publications. I have therefore, concluded to ask that you will send me a small package, granting me part, if you can, and 'waiting on me a few months for,:the balance. Twill pay the freight, and distribute the tracts and almanacs gratuitously among my people. And then I think I can take up alittle contribu tion for the Committe among my people before the close of the year." , One of Our ministers in -Michigan writes If - " you co ul d ni sen d me some tracts it would be very desirable, as the people are poor and ill-in structed. Could you make us a donation, or get some rich friend anxious for the spread of the Gospel truth to do so, of a quantity of ' The Bible on Baptism,' for free eircula.tion ? would counteract the prevalent heresy in this place." A veteran laborer in lowa writes :-,- " The books 'and publications you so kindly sent me, I am using to the best advantage to pro mote our cause on the frontier. We are in great need of our tracts, to let the people:know what are our views as to what- we regard true Presby terianism. With this object in view, I have sold some of the books, and shill others, or give them away, as may seem for the best." ARMY *ORR Among our soldiers too, in campand hospital; there is a large field for most useful efforts, of which our unwillingness to,hurden your columns will permit us to give but -a, single illustration. An Orderly - Sergeant of a New York regiment, in Virginia, himself not a professor of religion, but a Sunday-school boy (one of many illustra tions that the seed sown in the hearts of our youth is not lost though the full fruit may not yet appear), writing to a Sabbath-schoolowhich had sent him a package of books, through us, says "It is with great pleasure that I inform you of the receipt of a package of the Soldier's Friend,' sent for distribution among my soldier friends of the 107th. The package was received but a few days since, and the books have teen distributed to those, who,-I am sure, will read them thoroughly, and be benefited by them. When the package was handed me, the most of our regiment were out on fatigue duty; but they came in about' five o'clock P. IVI„ when I gave out word that I had, received package of books, entitled the ' Soldier's Friend,' which I would distribute to those who would keep them neat, and read them thoroughly. In ':a verylew moments the whole of our company was assem bled in front of my tent, eager to receive the present sent by you. One by one I gave them out, asking and receiving the promise of each that they would read and preserve, theta. 'Our company was soon supplied, 'and `squads' from other companies flocked to my'quarters I dis tributed - what I had left as equally as possible to these other companies, and could have given out twice as many if I had had them. "I wish you all might have stepped into our camp that night just after supper. You could have seen the soldiers in circles around their camp-fires,'each with the Soldier's Friend in his hand, reading, or singing some of the hymns. In some circles one of the number would .be reading for the benefit of the whole, while in others all would join in' singing some familiar hymn. It was really a pleasing sight. " I think these books a Godsend to our regi ment. We are now encamped where almost impossible to get almtmt any kind of reading but that coming from you ; consequently, this little book comes to us just in the right time. las sure you that there never was a present-reaeived more thankfully than this. It is the first gift of the kind that has been - sent to us since we came out. I think that if - the soldiers - were all sup plied with this kind of reading matter, it would produce a great moral effect in the army. " Many of our company are around me while lam writing by my camp-fire, and all say, `Orderly, remember us to the Sunday-school for these nice little books.' "In behalf of those who have been presented with the Soldier's Friend, please accept my thanks, With the hope that they may be instil- Mental of doing much good. ' " Yours &c., -- Did your space permit, it would be pleasant to add letters of interest from this department of our work. But we forbear. Aid to:do more for those who need and priSe our books will be glad ly received. Contributions can be sent to - our. Treasurer, - Ar. Wm. L. Ilildeburn, Presbyter ian House, Philadelphia,. W. D. . 141.11 g: SARAH BATZS, of Ithaca, N. Y., who died two weeks :Luc, bequeathed $5,000, to a professor ship in Hamilton College, $ 2 ,000,`t0 the Ameri can Board, $2.000. to the General Assembly's committee of inissions of . the Presbyteriatt Church, $2,000. , for the pureliiiie of religious tracts and-books,s3ooo for ilic`Aubtirn Seminary; to educate young men for the ministry. MARCH 12, '., •_,. i'..vit::.fit4itit.f.ttrio, LARGE ACCESSION. On the last Sabbath in February, forty-se4en were admitted to the North Church, N. Y., (Rev. Dr. Hatfield's),_of whom three only were by certificates from other 'churches. Eleven of ,the forty-four. converts were teachert of the Sabbath schools and Mission school of the , church, and twelve of them were sc holars. Only one•of the. whole number was less thau fourteen `years of age, and more than half had passed their' eighteeenth year, includ ing several of maturelears. A son and a daugh ter of the Pastor are among the number. THE PASTOR of Silver Creek Church N. Y., thus writes to the last Evangelist : " the Holy Spirit has been doing...a good work in= my parish. The Church is greatly revived, and a goodly number of sinners have been born again. The work is chiefly among the Sabbath settee]. schol ars. The Lord told Peter first, Feed >my Lambs;' afterwards, ' Feed my Sheep.' Is not that-the order for every under shepherd ? In my short-Pastoral experience' the first fruits of the SPirit are amongst the Great is the joy of the pastor in his first revival. May all my brethren be partakers of true revival power and joy."—A note to the same paper frpm Manehes ter, Mich. says : "We observed tile 'Week of Prayer,' and the interest at the close. was such that it was deemed best to Continue the meetings for a time, which by Divine goodness has result ' ed in greatly reviving- the graces , of the church and the hopeful conversion often or twelve souls, most of whom Will soon'Unite With the 'Church." UTICA PRESBYTERY at its lass Stated meeting dismissed Rev. E. Y. Swift:hi the Hampshire Association of Massachussetts, and Rev. W. H. MeGifferfto the Nortkilerk.shire Association of the same - State. "They also received under-care of Preshytery: Messrs. S. S Visscher, from the Presbytery of Baltimore; Charles E. Knox, from the Classis of Cayuga; Horace-F. Dudley, from the White River Association. Mr. McLean was examined and received as acandidate for licensure. One • already under care of Presby tery. was examined and duly licensed to preach, Mr. William W. Wetmoie. 'A church at Osceola Was received under care of Presbytery. A series of reselutions in regard to the Com missioners' Fund was passed, the fourth of which is as follows; "No Pastor, or Stated Supply, or Elder of any Church shall be eligible for elec tion as CommisSioner to the 'General Assembly, until said' church has ,paid" over the full amount of its astiessmenf for the year Preceding." BET. E. E. ADAMS preached his third Annu al sermon as Pastoinf North. Broad street church, last Sabbath evening The ehureh numbers 223 communicants; 75 of whom were ,reeeived last year, 15 at the. last communion ; 31 have been 'added on profession. With an income of nearly s3ooo;.though worshipping in a Hall; the church is entirely self-supportine , . The Benevolent con tributions were over $2000'; besides about $14,- 400 raised towards building and 'furnishing the new church edifice. Much seriousness; with hopeful conversions, prevails among the congre gation..' , •°' r_"itblitattetitlf, MCF4GROY'S PRILA.IET,P4I4. : DIRECTORY for 1863, •has made its appearance and Will be found as usual an indispensable aid to every business THE NATIONAL ALMANAC AND ANNUAL RE CO, RD for 1863. This is a work of the highest practical value to almost every class of men. It presents a-vast mass of carefully-ascertained and systematically arranged statistics - not - only upon the astronomical and. other' matters generally treated of in Alm,anaes; bit upon the national government, in all its-departments—being very full upon the army and navy—upon laws recent ., ly enacted, the new tariff and tax-laws, the pop ulation and other farts brought out in. the census of 1860; the present condition of every separate State ; „Record of Important- events in the civil war;. Tables of noted places and -Battles of the war';'American a Obituaries 0f1.861 and 1862 ; Colleges, Theological, Medical, Law and Normal Schools;' Religious,Statistics of the World by Prof:- Sch:ern; Political aid other statistics of the leading foreigii nations; , List of books pub lished in the United'States in 1862, and finally, the " so-called Confederate Government." The extraordinary condensation by which such an amount of accurate information. is conveyed in so limited a space, has.perhaps never before been equalled in an American work. It is a perfect Cyclopedia of information and contains the es sential . parts of , hundreds of volumes. In the " abstract of the laws" covering thirty-six 12mo. pages,* 'summary of TOO' Bvo. pages is given. An important feature of the work is the very recent dates to which the information reaches. The governtuent of each State is given as it stood last January ; the finances are of the last year; the condition of the banks, that of last autumn; the railroad ; edueational and charitable statistics up to the latest reports; and the contri butions of each Stet; to the volunteer army, up to Dec, 1, 1862. Valuable Essays are also in corporated in the work; on Meteorology; on In sanity; Comparison ;of the financial position of our country - with that of England in the Napo leonic ears; on Iron Clad.s and on Petroleum Oil. Wehave but a single; complaint but a serious one to make—the free use of the terms "Confederate" and " federal" instead of" rebel" and "national" \ is highly offensive to every loyal taste. Philadelphia, Gee. W. Childs, 630 Chest nut St. 12mo. pp69B: MAGAZINES, PAMPHLETS, ETC. Tun WESTMINSTER Rnv.lEw for January con tains; Literature, of Bohemia; Colenso on the Pentateuch ; Les Miserables ; Indian Ano exa tions ; The Microscope ; Greece; Ratazzi ; Con temporary_ Literature. The article on Colenso does not Strike us, upon a hasty glance, as either so able; so jubilant or so insolent as the one with which some time ago the " Essays and Review:. Were ;greeted by the Westminster. It is a weaker hand or a less confident spirit of unbelief that seems .to. wield the pen. BLACKWOOD for February contains : Progre. • it(chinui Caztoniaria; Henri Lacordaire: Ludy' Mo igall7B Memoirs.; • Sketches from Babylon; Our New Doctor • Poliiics at home and Abroad. L. Scott Sr, do., 38, Walker Street, New York. W. B. Zieber, Philada. Tux BpSTON REVIEW for March contain' The ,Prayer of Faith; Arthur Hugh Clow :h; 4ehii"'ealvin; Coleus(); Edward Irving; lb tun : Siihrt M. Whitten/Ore &-Co.
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