Vol. VII, No. 29.---Whole No.. 34L aatx~. [For the American Presbyterian. Seeking God. Lines suggested by a - sermon preached February 15th, by the Rev. t. E. ADAM% from , the 17th Chapter of Acts, 27th verse.—." That they should seek the Lord, if haply they,might feel atter him, and find him, though be be notPfar from every one of us." Souls that have long in , heavy darkness dwelt, With feeble efforts seeking truth and light; Moving amid deep shadows keenly felt, And struggling for a purer, clearer sight ; Come, to the living fountain of this - Springing forever in celestial light, Mortals uttnumber'd of its worth can'tell, Come, and rejoice that thou hast left the .night Quit now the specious joys that oft beguile . ' The tempted spirit in its search for rest; Let not the vain world keep thee yet awhile, Oh! linger not, believe l and thou art blest. With penitence sincere, and love combin'd; Take up the burdens life may daily bring, Best and refreshment thou wilt. often find, Joy to hear God's rejoioini'servants'sing. . , Ohl come with earnest heart, and .eager` Yoke, The way of life to thee will open'ti be;.! Make now the narrow: path; thy hopeful choice, If thou stould'at e'er the great salvation see. Come seek the Lord ; for surely he is treat ;- Who safely guides thee, through life's dangur ous may ; ; His grace implore, to ever know and fear, His name, vihose message comes to thee to day. N. gitiniaL DEFENCE OF DR. HICKOK'S PSYCHOL- The opening article in the last Presbyteri an and Theological Review entitled " Hard Matter," deserves the attention of all who would keep pace with the philosophical deve lopments of the times." It is a continuation of the interesting and important discussion between Prof. Hall, of Auburn, on the one side, and Dr. Hickok and the adherents of his system, on the other. The present arti cle is from the pen of the very able and accomplished Prof. Lewis, of Union College, who is a zealous follower of Dr. Hickok. We cannot undertake to do much more than give a rapid summary of the article. The question in dispnte is stated to be How do we know of the existence of an exter nal world ? Dr. 'Hickok says we know it by our reason. Prof. Hall is represented as claiming to know it by direct contact with it through the senses, and is charged with for getting himself, so far,. as sometimes to come on Dr. Hickok's own ground. ,Dr. Hall maintains the distinction between primary and secondary qualities of Matter ; resistance for instance, being of the first class and color of the second. "In the muscular' sense of resistance, commonly included inland, we are presented face to face with outward ob jects having extension'and solidity." So says Dr. Hall, with no less authority than that o Sir W. Hamilton to sustain him. Professor Lewis regards this as very remarkable lan guage in Professor 'Hamilton ; and proceeds to argue at length against the existence of such a' distinetion as that of primary and secondary qualities of matter, resolving all' into varieties of resistance and differences tif • quantity, so far as the sense is concerned. But if all the qualities of matter are admit ted to be primary, the modes-of obtaining a: knowledge of the external world in. Dr. Hall's and Prof. Hamilton's view, are but multiplied; we come face to face with out ward objects by all the senses. Prof. Lewis hero sharply analyses the sensation produced by resistance, to show what, in his opinion,' it does convey to the mind, and says, " it is hard telling what we perceive except a change in our own being." The doctrine of the soul touching matter, becomes very easy, he says, oil the supposition that the soul is matter and that matter thinks itself. But if Professer Lewis and Dr. Hibkok base their theory of perception upon the doctrine that matter is force, have they not gone to the other ex treme, and may we not say that the Psychel °gists have spiritualized matter in order to make out their theories at least as truly as the othezehave materialized mind'? , • Prof. Lewis wishes to push his opponents into blank materialism. • .He -says that Dr. Hall's concession, that. reason discerns in objects of sense more ,than sense reveals,• means nothing or it, furnishes "an entrance large enough for the whole Ratienal Psychol ogy to come in." He would have us believe that Sir. W. Hamilton and Dr. Hall are saved from naked materialism'only by taking refuge substantially in- the principles of the rational psychology:: This is indeed a bold claim on the part otthe psychologists of Schenectady. They are the people, and spiritual philosophy will die with them I We have got to choose between Comte and Hickok ; between mate rialism and a " force " world 1 , We think Professor Lewis will find it rather difficult to sweep away that powerful 'class of thinkers that has ever persisted in maintaininga po sition removed from either of the extremes between which he demands we shall elect. In fact, he afterwards does allow to Dr. Hall the idea of a " blank spiritual' 'potter," . a " blank soul-activitY, rising, by a hardly , perceptible grade, above thinking matter. We do not know that Dr. Hall is very grate ful for this concession, but it certainly breaks the force of the reviewer's attempt to put him in the metaphysical dilemma above described. The reviewer is uneasy under the charge of the pantheistic tendency of the Psychol ogy. He appeals tb the speolations of New ton and Edwards on the nature of matter, men whom we have not been accatomei:L to hear quoted as authorityupon the elethentary parts of the science of mind. ridicules Dr. Hall's fears in regard to the practical issues of the Psychology, charges his own theory with consequences just as sweeping and disastrous, calls Dr. Hall hard names: in Greek as well as in English, and accuses him of foisting his own construction into his quo tion of Newton's statement upon the nat re of matter ; all of whichPr, Hall will, no doubt, duly consider in any relay he-niay see fit to make. • He then proceeds ,in, illustrate the conceivability of Newton's idea of mat ter, as " a certain portion of space rendered impenetrable by divine power to another portion of space rendered likewise impene trable." He imagines a magnet exerting repellent force -in an ordinary vacuum and, over a certain 'extent of space ; into this extent of space, iron particles cannot freely enter ; "to them it is impenetrable." Upon the slender basis of this illustration—which would be further curtailed if we regarded the magnetic influence itself as a subtile form of matter--Prof. Lewis proceeds to erect an entire world of impenetrabilities, and space filling forces, and is Very severe on Dr. Hall because he declares himself unable to con ceive of such a thing. There are multitudes of thinking men who,'like Dr. Hall, find it impossible to conceive of matter except as something radically and eternally distinct from spirit—ihich, whatever Newton's im penetrability may be, Dr. Hickok's is not. Prof. Lewis comes at length squarely up to the charge of pantheistic tendeney Made against the Psychology. What is his an ewer? Substantially this: We are indiffer ent to the charge. The Scriptures teach a pantheism. Dr. Hall himself is a pantheist ! (page 20.) If God should withdraw his sus taining power and, presence from matter, it would not exist : therefore his power and, presence is all that there is left of it 1 So Prof Lewis. It strikes us, we might argue with` equal force : Our own souls could not exist without the divine presence and sus taining power .constantly exercised in and towards them; should these be withdrawn for•an instant, we would go into nothingness. Of what use, then to imagine anything else but the divine poiver and presence in the soul ? Are not our, souls God since if God he not. in: and with them every moment they are nothing ? Because the Logos Up holds all thins' by - the word of his power, are not all things the Logos ? This sort of argument would', we think, be justified by the sample Prof. Lewis has given us. (Tai continued.} THOUGHTS FOR TAG INES. AFRAID "'REBELS WILL BE " SENT TO ' HELL."—A clergyman lately apologised for his determination " never to pray for the success of our national arms, because battles sent so Many souls to hell." According to this, his sympathies in War would , be with the party least prepared for death, and with the cause least approved by: God's justice. He could not approve of our sending wicked sailors to the dangers of the sea, or employing irreligious' men on rail- roads or coal mines, powder factories, or any other dangerous employment. He could not pray for the police going to put down an armed mob at the Five Points ref New York or Moyamensing, for some rioters might be killed unprepared. He could not pray for a. sheriff about to execute Arthur Spring, for Spring was a bad. man. He could not pray that a good householder might triumph over an armed burgler af window, unlesa murderous burgler should thysteriously` hap pen to be a good Christian ! This is the logic. Now will this scrupulous minister pray that the murderous rebels may escape peril by repenting and submitting .? We should like to hear, him offer such a prayer ! THE QUIBBLERS.—There is a class of men very busy at this time finding fault with the extra-constitutional measures to which" the government has been forced by the war. They profess great reverence, affection and anxiety for the Constitution... They love it so much,_ they are shocked at the slightest violations, of it._, They are so appalled at the trifling instances of the suspension, that instrument by the government, Ahat they forget that the South is oil the point of overthrowing it altogether.- They love the Constitution so much that they cannot bear to see it violated a little, and' for a brief period, even to save it from destruction for ever. Let it all go irrecoverably, rather: thin yield the smallest part. We have neard of a minister who sought to persuade his people from committing little sins by telling them that they were greater than great sins. One would think, to listen'to these men, that Mr. Lincoln's litt:le sine were greater than Jeff. Davis' great sins. THREE MILO:MS of the people of the South—nearly one half of the unsubdued population of tbei• rebel territory—secretly sympathise with: us and look upon us as friends. How absurd, how weak; how Stliel- Nould it beim time of war to persist in ignoring, ur even in discouraging this atti tude- of friendship and expectancy. The vigorous -prosecution of the war would, in every, candid judgment, involve the heartiest and most unmisteakable advances towards the:'slaves of the South, and the universal enliStnient; if possible; of an army so terribly formidable- to the rebels, on our side. Fidel itY to: the Constitution itself demands that the most rapid, signal and overwhelming measures to punish and destroy its enemies be resorted to.- But say some : this is equi valent to exciting an insurrection; and the Constitution guarantees the power of the Union to pat down insurrection instead'of stirring it up in any quarter. True, but if we are bound to use the whites in putting down an insurrection of the blacks, may we not constitutionally also use the blacks - "in cutting doWn an - insurrection of the whites? If the-whites have, risen to destroy a 'great, beneficent, free nation, may not the blacks be encouraged to rise against oppression and tyranny of the vilest sort, to save the nation? History would not fail to discriminate and. put the stamp . of infamy . upon the rising which deserved it. CONSTITUTION C NECESSARILY bus- PENDEn.-'--How is it possible, will those who wish to put down this rebellion constitution ally tell us--to starry on a war strictly ac cording-to a Constitution which was , framed for a time of peace? Are the vast bodies of citizen soldiery under,the Constitution, strict ly speaking Were the two Pennsylvania soldiers who were hung recently for murder, at Yorktown, tried before judges, and by a regularly empannelled jury, as every accused citizen has-a right to be tried? Under the Constitution, should pirates caught on the high seas, plundering and burning peaceful vessels, be delivered from custody -without form of trial, and set free and sent back to their comrades to renew their nefarious pur suits? Under the - Constitution may rebels aught arms in their hands, with which they have deliberately murdered loyal citi- PHILADELPHIA, p zeris, agents of the government sent to arrest them, be set at large without the form of a trial, be punctiliously released on the de mand of their brother rebels? Where is the' Constitutional warrant for these lenient pro ceedings ? Is not the President constantly violating the Constitution while granting belligerent rights to 'pirates and traitors ? The Constitution dema,nds their capital pun ishment, but the necessities of war forbid it, and they Etre submitted to because, for the time, they are paramount to the Constitu tion. And now, shall the Constitution be sus pended only for the advantage of rebels, and not for their disadvantage?. Shall we have no scruples about setting aside that instru ment in such ` ,a case, but allow ourselves to be fairly paralyzed by scruples when vigorous and -final blows are to be struck at the rebel lion ? COVlNOptiattitrt, ESCAPING FROM SLAVERY. NUMBER PIPE. THE providence of God is wonderfully au- Perceding human plans, and overruling human domiscls; Sad human laws and adthinistra dons: . Under that mysterious ordering in Which Pharoah's heart was hardened, and infitua ted Ahab was misled, to his ruin,-by o, lying spirit in the mouth of his prophets, the de termined adherenta and mild propagandisti of slaVerY have made desperat e war, upon the National Government, and thus. haVe'forfeit nd all claim of its protection"of theirfaVorite, peculiar, dangerous institution. With unex ampled forbearance, the National Govern ment long held back its hand Irvin smiting that, institution. Slowly , and cautiously has it withdrawn its, protection from rebel slay ery„ and given it to escaping slaves, trans fOrming 'them into free men—poor, homeless, destitute of all thine, ' butfree. Thousands of freed. people have passed to the rear of our artnieii released from their obligation to render "service or labor," by the regular operation of laws enacted, not for the purpose of giving freedom to them, but for the punishment of rebels, and the sup-, pression of rebelliOn. Our vast army now acts iinder a la* of Congress, which might have been as welt written in the very words of the Mosaic statute, "Thou shalt not deli ver unto his master the servant that is-.es caped" from his master unto thee." Other thousands are entitled to freedom by their disloyal masters' forfeiture of the right to recover them. And now, through the greater part of the slave-holding regions, the supreme \ military' authority of thet nation, has proclaimed all the slaves " HENCEFORTH FOREVER FREE." It is true that this procla mation is not yet effective, throughout those' re.gione, but an-army such as- the wotild:las seldom, if ever, seen, and a most formidable naval force, are pledged to its enforcement. He is the lawful commander of all thesUfleets and all those armed hosts, who has so calmly and so solemnly made that immortal procla mation. That military and'naval force can.; not gain the victories which are-necessary to restore the national authority over those vast regions, without thereby assuring liberty to all those millions. The national banner can not now be'berne forward without consecra ting to universal liberty all the - soil over which it shall be borne: Meanwhile all slaves escaping from that region are free; and the whole military power of the nation,' instead of standing ready, as formerly,Ao return.them to bondage,is now pledged to maintain their. liberty.. Considerable num bers have already escaped, but most of them quietly await the deliverance which the na 7 tion has promised them at home. As to the fugitives who came from that region, a'judicial decision, in one remarkable instance, has already been given, , %staining the title to liberty under the Proclamation. A. person convicted of a crime, for which, as a slave, he would be liable to scourging, but, as a free man, to imprisonment in the peni tentiary, has been sentenced to the latter, on the ground, distinctly avowed by the court, that coming from a State to which the Pro clamation applied, he is free.. The instance is instructive. They "responsibilities' of free dom come with its privileges. Let the freed men be taught this,,when necessary, by judi cial proceedings suitable for responsible, men, at- the fame 'timethat they find themselves no longer subject to the lashings fit only for brute beasts'. - All depaittnents of our Government are, at length brought to act favorably to the deliverance of the enslaved. Is it not plain that he who brought Israel out of Egypt,with a mighty hand, :has heard the cry 'of our bondinen, and has come dawn to deliver them ? Is it not plainly the irresistible pro vidence of God, which, by means of 'the obstinacy and successes of the rebellion, and by the‘dolays and disasters of the vfar, has brought the nation to the necessity of giving freedom to the slaves, or else giving up its own life. " Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty ; just and true are thy ways thou Kin„a of Saints. Who shall not fear thee 0 Lord, and glo rify thy name ? for thou only art holy': for all nations shall °dine' and worship before thee : for thy judgments are mad&inanifest." St. Louis, Mo. H. A. N. THE MISSION WORK IN 'INDIA: NEW FACTS AND COHHENTS. My dear Brother Mears :--- The Rev. Dr. Mullens, of the LondonM sionary Society, has just furnished us with new missionary statistics for India. His'firzit statistics were published in 1852, and conse quently a comparison of the two, so far as both are reliable, presents a summary vie* of the progress of our work for the last ten years. The principal figures of the two series are as follows, viz. : 1852. 1862. ten y'rs. Missionaries, 863 418 55 Churches, 266 890 624 Communicants, 14,711 21,252 6,541 Native Chrikens, 91,295. 118,893 27,598 Boys in Schools, 87,062 54,888 Girlsin Schools 11 193 , 14,723. , : . 3,530 • It is possible this increase of missionaries arises in part from a less number' being. ab sent from India in 1862 than in 1852. You will °Mery thatchnrche's have been multiplied outt.:O ,all, proportion .to the in crease' of comlo ificants. Part of this t in crease of ,cluirtim e i,s d.oubtlesa judicious— part of it, I fetlrof not it o. In bases where it brings convdts gild others more frequently and effectively larider the teaching of the missionary or runitietent native' helpers, it will be found a mere it - Outage. Where it con r,lot sists in a ere -altiplication'of churches in near proximity,) mit .;of - the material of one already existing * it r diminishes the abilittof each to support a,native pastor, and where they,have no pa4pr„and no competent °ate chist, as in someleatles,, I. apprehend it, will develop unhappy' results, and addto, the cares and trialsiof the ,Missionary, bishop who fireside's °vei l thelM: ---- ' ' . You wiltnotice tlie .1 - g reiefalling off nf Tin pils in boy's schoolsAMtfrit than 3,ooo'less boys, in "tihe missiow,,sehoolif bfq:ndia now than in 1852. ThigAi AouhtlesS% traceahlei in great part, 'toout w iate ,4eputations from the home societies. , :IA will require time and observation fully to ;test the wisdom of the change. Of results Already apparent .1 will mention two.' ' 1. The nutnber off young Hindoos ohtain ing a `tion-religious'infidel education is predominating. Many 'of these youths will have an education. sAs facilitiei fail among the missionaries, theY find their may to other institutions, and generally to institutions whore instead. of European Christianity they, become familiar with European scepticism and infidelity. 2. A Christian iternacatar .u.iancatton o ciety has sprung up Within the lad few Yeats to . - , inake up :in part-for this Change in the miisioneL • Mot berieVelent 'Ent'operins in India, who really have at heart , the good , of this country-and-people, persist in believing that the ,best a.gencyfor,elevatingiand Chris tianizing them is a good Christian educatio, And if the missions von'thave,schools they' get up kineiety that Will have them. Now , this society has a noble object, and is in creasing in favor _anin funds every yekr. I believe it . his Wok Yet become able to establish any school 4 its funds being eic pended in the= salaries of. officers,- the prepa ration of school-boooks, and rewards to the , more competent teachers ,vernacular schools already existing, I belieVe this society has a grand object in view, and I am sure, I wish it . the largest success. Bat who can fail to notice these things in regard to it ? (a) Its funds are contributed largely by , those who contribute '`to thiSgions, - and in some instances are just so much withdraWn from missions expressly for this Society. (d) The society involves the expense of, a , new set of officers.. •(e) Tliough books, are good, and its teachings will doubtless be rithout any, mix ture of infidelity or irreligion, yet both its books 'and 'teachings will be less Oliriitian, and pupili bee - tinder less direct and effective Chriltiiiiß , infliActe thin would be the case in mission schools. , - So it comes to -pass that in abandoning schools, the missions have abandoned benevo lent funds and precious facilities for doing the work of God in this land. Bat a reac tion has already commenced. Within the narrow limit of, my own acquaintance, schools :which Were abolished under the influence of deputations have been re-established, and . . . one mission which interdicted the study of . . English has-re-mtroduced it.. The 'great Change effected will doubtl6e necessitate further discussion, anda diversity" of opinion for years to come, but I confiden- tially anticipate that the net decade will mark a decided advance in our mission schools. A Christian Conference has just been held at Lahore, in Northern India, which seems likely to prove, of some' interest and imPor tance. A correspondent of the :Times of India writes': "`Delegates of every Christian community of the North-west Provinces and' the Punjab were. Present, and it was a truly gratifying spectacle to witnes.s•the Christian harmony and good feeling that existed,. and the way all sectarian views were cast aside to effect the great' eet in view —Christian- . ity." . The conference considered the leading' subjects of interest to our missions, such as preaching, = controversy, schools, confidence' and sympathy' of native ChristiVni; On the last subject mentioned, it became apparent that neither our missionaries; 'nor the converts of our native churches have Yet reached " the stature of perfect men in Christ Jesus." The defects and grievances of, native con verts, ~and also the Mistakes of missionaries,, *ere discussed quite freely. I make no aim merit's on the facts brought to view, further than to say I think some of the grievances of our native brethren might have been avoided by. giving them a more definite ecclesiastical status. The custom of licensing and ordain ing , native' Christians and still keepipg•them wholly'suberdinate both in business• and ceCk ezt - siastie relatitins, occasions - frictions . and heart buniings, and gives — little protease of an. independent native church, Which we must all regard as the prime object of our efforts, the only hope of Itidia's wirangelization. In business relations our native brethren must be subordinate in some degree so long; as they are wholly dependent for support on foreign funds. But if true Christians, -and worthy to be lieensed and ordained, why not accord to them fall equality as ministers of the Lord Jesus" Christ, giving `therei a seat, a voice and 'a vote in all our ecclesiastical councils - and deliberations ? HoW else are they to be trained to assume the responsibi-. lities and entire conductuf independent na tive churches ? Doubtless we have much yet to learn in prosecuting this workuf God:;: but it is a blessed, fact..that it is God's work, and trusting in tim we need yield to. no diScouragetnents. Past , mistakes should' only gird us,with new courage:to•retrieve them,,in full assurance that these " idols . _shall -be utterly abolished, and all the earth shall , be filled with the (eery uf the - Lord.'": R. G. WILDER; KOLAPOOIt India, Jan.' 24, 1863: Ga'n in SP.AIN.-LThere seems new to be little hope of procuring the deliverance (glue:excellent Matairkoras, Alhama, and, their feliew-mar tyrefor the truth. Indeed, some of' them are already at work in the galleys at Ceuta, a Spanish possession in Africa, .epposite to. Gibraltar. tkis,persecutien will be, overruled for the, extension of Christ's king, dem—a kingdom' that has , ever made-- pro gress by suffering. DAY, MARCH 19, 1863. Nelltrtiono. • GREAT AilititlOWN BEILONSTEATIOICIV - BELFAST. WE find in the Banner of Meter for Feb. 19th an; <extended account of a amigo and , highly respectable meeting in the Music Hall of B elfast, . held two days previously, to hear, a lecture from Rev. W. D. Haley ; formerly ' Chaplain of the 17th Mass. Volunteers, now abroad for his health, on the " CaUies. and ConsequeaceS of the' American. Wa!r." Atheng those pfefent 'Were Notes* Gibisoif,l of the :General Assembly's College, who pre sided, Dr. , Me,Cosh and.= Professor Thompscai: of ,Queen's College, Rev. Mt-it :Cather, .Dr. - Young, American . Consul, and Rev. Geo. W. Wood, D. D., Secretary of the American JY'ard, of New York, on 1#9,,NT11/00CA5349/'`,. tpople. -"' The entire .demonstration , w,as Of most ea-, tisfactery chitaeter, and is another proof, if proof were Wanting, of the tendency of our late movements towards universal freedom`, to secure for us the earnest and unqualified sympathy of good men and of the popular heart• in all parts of the world: ;While some at .home .are cooled in their ardour for the, country by the Proclamation of freedom, abroad it is the mightiest argument for es- pouring our oaui,e. It is the magnetic impulse Nvhiehis thrilling the nations with enthuSiasia and giving them a new rallying cry : " The' Union and Emancipation On taking.thercliaiEiit the meeting, Prof. Gibson said: In responding , todthe call to occupy the chair, it is not necessary that I, should enter u at any length' lit 6 the inif)briant questions that ;have been° raiied.iii couneetion *ith the ensa,nguined strife= which for the last two ars has agitated , our TranSatlatitic bre ren may ~however, be permitted to.ex press the, satisfaction : that I feel that , the pub-. lic mind in these countries is at length being aroused to the magnitude of the moral issues, Which are at'-stake, and that from various quarters light is breaking forth upon the real grounds of quarrel between the contending.' parties. Owing to the representations that had been industriously circulated by certain influential portions of the Press—especially by the leading journal of the empire,--much ' misdirected feeling has been exhibited on this, side of the Atlantic, and much exasperation 'and alienation on the other. This is a state of things to be greatly deprecated, especial ly as existing between nations who are link ed together by so many hallowed ties, and between whom it were so desirable for the in- . _ terests of.hurrianity and Christian , civilisation that there should exist an inviolable bond of union. (Applause.) The progress of the war, however, has dispelled,a host of preju dices and delusions as tozits real aims, and, c in porportion as these become apparent to, the great mass of Eriglislmen, the, heart of, the. atibn will ' beitvlqn. symPatl4 the , ,.- throes of the 'great Continent iioiv struggling` to throw off that poisonedlgarment which had infected the entire social system and cast a withering blight over all its institutions. (Loud Applause.) Whatever may be the issue as regards the in tegrity of the Union, there are, ,I hope, but few among us who would contemplate with satisfac tion the disruption of the great Republic, and. fewer still who Virmild congratulate themselves on the formation of a dynasty based upon slave-'; ry, as its chief corner-stone-(applause)-a Con- federacy prepared to perpetuate and extend. the, slave power as its distinctive but unenvia;- ble mission. If there are those, Who would evoke our sympathy for the South because it: has fougl t. with courage and, endured with fortitude, then may they, on the same prbirici ple, challenge admiration for any daring and successful tyranny. The breaking up of the American Union, however it might be overruled by the great arbiter of all affaihir , for good, would, it the first instance at least, be a great calamity, and would, :to 'a peiSporz' 'donate degree, destroy political liberty and arrest the progress of mankind. In dealing with the whole subject, we should bear in; mind that, if the war which we so much dip,/ plore has been caused by slavery, it was we, ourselves'who first transported the African rice to those Western shores. The Ameri cans are our own " kith and kin," and we may see in them our own national character reproduced with all its merits - and defects. They are as energetic, industrious, .and pit snmptuous as ourselves, and it is impossibbia that we , can ever dissociate their fortnnes from our own. Making full accounts ,of their social evils and all their'provocations to the parent_country, what true son of Brit i j k „ Would not rejoice in their proSperity and' Prit" gresa ? Up to the period of this deadly strife, who of us did not hail the onward march of that Western world ?—its institu tions, attracting every possible diversity of, tongues; its population, advancing. at the rate pf a, thoueand men ,a day, and a hun- Aired miles a "year, its towns and States ex isting in the remotest Wildernesses; great lines of thbronghfare, spreatling their iron web over'primeval solitudes, and opening up fresh avenues through regions yet untouched by the formost wave bf emigration, and rest less hosts! sweeping still fiirther 'Westward, and crystallising as they went into the forms of permanent society-, , their movement on ward, and still enward, until they. took their stand on the Pacific, facingthe Orient, leav ing a territory behind them greater and hap pier—happier a hunclerdfold---than the Em pire of the Czar.. (Loud applause.) It is impossible to forget that ours is the pa rentage of that hardy stock, which in thebrief period of a hundred and fifty years • swelled from a knot of outcast pilgrims into an inde pendent nation; and which in the first half century of its existence as a separate Power, had drawn together, as by centripetal force, the discordant materials of half a globe; and magnetisedlEnoWledge with the electric'spark of civil and religions freedom. '(Loud ap plause.) And bearineall this in mind, and thinking of the•many:pleasant interchanges that have, especially of late years, taken place between us, and of-those moral forces which Britain and America .unitedly might wield Or the highest good of man, how gladly should we hail the advent of that day when., the moral liuricarie that with such desolation is sweeping over that land shall have spent its force, and the sun of liberty shall shine forth with brighter lustre than before inlin unclouded sky/ Mr. Haley's lecture, in' =which he. traced': our. troubles to slavery, • was two hours in: . length and was received with great applause. At the COncltu3km,, Dr. *Cosh: moved a vote of • thanks for, tlitilLAeiesting and in structive address, :adding: some• remarks in the course of which ki 'said : -14 There is a point on which wisli.kt commit this meeting. We soniethnes, complain, and hypocritically often comp lain, that our. Ane al;fi en ds )lave not beaii looking - hponthis greitAtrug ile in ii'right. light--that 64Y:have 'l6iit aigh:t qtiestiori 'of slaierythat our Nath an'. friends haii not kept that point steadily before them: Now, perhaps`tbis charge May lie as heavily.lon-tus as-on theini; for, among, large portions of .the peoplp,stf ,this, country. Pgficl lB :. Rff. tt.qt Press ~,and. many, speakers I.,tiaCilmv,re,,,ao4l l Ak#:o4r.. meetings, has not : 'been liept t this' is the:gieat question { `)t istOe.' (Ap plause.) • The Sfmth hier that this ethe (`itt Rinse) Vkintilierbatitf iiitilit<birthedictO teiedh '?- 11tAvaii hiCafise thiAariti liaditaken , a Bailin. advance, .and. declared' that' slavery shbuld 'extend no farther.t',. • McCoWs plotionwas,carried <with ap plause. Rev. Dc. Wbod corning in at this point, was iiitrodUced,,b,t_the bbairman and invited to'sidd.fuinte:remarks: He testified to 'the aripporE given to the Groiernmeiit by the iiolioi'Obiistian• public of 'the' Nottlq in iis`ebiftict With a- rebellioWvillielf: was lint4redimon,- notito !gain freedetirtrom , oppressions but: freedoin. to opprass;• deepest-,moral.: and- .religions ,convictiOns .of 3 tYer.gr•cfl.t.lPAYPtiilt! 3 : people. WETA , l l l l iste.di to maintain national. r exifttense t askavrt the cons'eqlisPces, worse,:i4F l ro, 7149 h vault f0110w . 43 ow memberpieii iii i sucti:4thitiinai and foi such' =a causi.l'liViebeitt Men `went into the stilly fthiethilitireet'ffitiiotiiiiii."'' • Ater pining •:a` %vele; of ihit‘iiit 141 th‘, 4airmin; theiineeting adjourned. .:The Ban ner commenting oni . thelneethig mays . The' gentlemen wheerlginated,lll4d.Vok a part lap the proccellings,, of .Ttiesda3r...: evening are en titled ..to. the, : gi , 'lttitucla of the ,public ; for, the decided' staled *MO they have shade , .and . the hal , esOiAe up- On a ilheiltirni • *Melanie been so , ei.texisively mitrepritiented; aintiri regard to Which there are% ihditatione:tot a• wholesome reaction in phblio sentiment., IMEM=I TIEVIPTIE PETER' A GENUINE - • CHAILieTEL •Withfhis manner of Mein Ohribt's Coral pally parame,lvell aeguaintedqfor of:all the ITegise je.the•most conspicuous: - Ardent al4•,NoPesty W1..4 eager ,affection f het in 4elifikfel tiocer.Tyient and prudent forecast serneila Ae:flCippt ; fiank of speech and aid in ietion, yet apt to be `startl ed by ;his , own boldnesipt to break 'after ; a boastfifl - pkomise or telhillfant'bekinning his wee Itho Chataotei4hicifieetkkel6'b4Vftiiii' vexed , withitselfri'icridoofWWlvelieiTgAktOdeeiil Cglance the faults qr. thelbibles.. 4 • trs WA. Xlv, 4 0 02 44.4 0 AllatairediltgenuilleneaV lie,l474,rinthl-enevgy.? A clitiircabbs wolf ktvp r iitnell a flaw,. tkat, run Anickl7,-outlits, own weight will snap it; whilst a smgletlink o f the self-same cable may "he t . drawe,iito Wike 6,24411 Muitiply . ienfold the strength of Picittlietid ever And' d a kunall: portimi of Siiiiiores . deirotSdnesS, ininiion with a ease-and—l:fibre cautious tempeiethent, might : A.4e spun ciiittintoz*& respectable and 4:MAO*Pa-career , ,of the average duration:. , Ant,* pldjuggriwt ships in stormy weath er: chain,cahlee are w,antp4,---bellwire and pack thieitt won't (le after the link. was repaiiiiidien t the filiOtnie in qinion:e faith Was restored'-=he `became pOier, that primitide`Chu h !` ' a reliance aiieetitotitti'rit' to hitt hitthieli) It VaSFalretit love ONlietinasiernt whiclvhe4liadler Ude LoffilfirdttLite does ns good to see it. The manifestation might be olpasionsllyiprecil itate. butin a cold, calculating: orld itdoet t utitgepd to see a generous enthusiasm. At the first announce- M6;14 is the Lord," we ,bko to see him leitliiietiver the vessel's Side, and plunging, pinting toWarde the shore • and the motet the lelifsaya,v "_Bring'efthe fish Which ye have nowlitatht;Th we like to see him rushing forwiardnd- hauling high and dry, the net whith,more deliberite comrades' had safely dragged to the shallows. When Jesus poured water into a bason, and zbegan to . nitsh,the ,disciples' feet, we appreciate th e killing 'Which, distressed and almost shoed a excessive coridCicension,,. exelaimed, " Th ou' Shaleneier wash my feet!" bueWlien Jettlarepliecl; "11l wash thee thou hast nv(part:With ine,"lntitantlY rizijolfied, " Then notary IdeVenly, but alto Mythilde and my head;'; when, startled at the Divine ef,Tesus, many:followers drei off and walked no, mere witk.gizco, in answer to the appeal,,, WAll,,.ye . .alse ,go away ?", we ore comfOrtpd ; . ))3r meinorable_:avowal,, " Leta, tti - Whcini stall we , Thou,,.,hast the weurdti'of etertnitlife ; And wehebeire are stiretliiiihZnickOhat'Clitiacthe son of the living Gam' " This devoti*tOis Lord' was the grand feature v the taxing ;element in Peter's 'cha ntietPrwl!tolvteAteil,when past down was not destroyed,—which even when so disastrously ecijPl.3P4 was nOTP?EtiegOsked, And happy they who have t amimilar love to the Saviour.. Like the ,modern'sbip in mid-ocean, which, wheiilthe propellor fouls, or the L4le . blrealis,. hitt 'still sane to' carry her forwaidirlikeh,, whem a timbeir is stove, hatwaterAilit Cone partmenteiancient to sustain her stilt buoyant,lappy they who; even if courage' should collapse, or faith-itself encounter some shattering collision, have igotsnough • of the, new nature's, love . to. hrist.to keep them still: sails of affection; hich make : the, disabledzegoel still answer to the helm. ITappyln i tranmer who,, on the strength .of thiraffeetion survives tO burn " that unmoor thy' hand l?' hippy tbtPeter, Who at the t hiokz'Of repentaiiai;‘, and lives to deolarev4ith , adecisionuandin; gentiousnessf which • nathing , 'oavi..Againsigyi Lord, thoaknowestall things c ,tliettkneweit that I love th , ee.'!... 0 4 . 4 114 :mi1et#4. ::Lakellf ALMOST every 4 mehthlwe have to note some progress PReshytsrianism in England.: !.!}0 ,number., of ,the . Messenger records the . eomnierieement of Presbyterian services biTorti4y, under r the charge of Rey .A.: crib:alb: A half bas nibmiiiine;'• Sig a itoiiintfaoti§ eh~reli is iirrogrisk: 3 'TOriitia)7 li'reserteir many tinvslideifronti 43dothitidisndiehli= wherecanthriaieshjterian- be a great boon. MANINEM GENESES EVANGELIST.--Whole No. 878. • • . . .7 xi. z • . w . ME= ' THE "LAMP AIM" Messrs. Etlitatst.!- F lCisesome .months winee any thing has appeared in your columns coneerningthe ," Ladies' Aid Society " of Philadelphia. Your readees,mnst not' infer .fronf thiadremnstatice that 144 Society has ceased, or intennitted its , opera -I.tioei:' 'Organized at the verf commencement of the:eve?, Wiles Prosecuted its miosiontlitieus work With a wiedom a liberality, and an, efficiency. which have secured 'to it the confidence of the Public, and the graitude of - tetis of thousands of ourgal lant soldiers. Its- Opted meetings are held on Fri day of each week:, - iii - the lecture and school-rooms of the Teeth,Pfesbyteiian Church ; and itistrefreeh ing to step tired:4l/okt °Cessions, and see did ladies engagedintbeiraaribuft'OfEeee, cutting end sewing garments, and putting:up boxes and parcels of all SOWS Ail. tile ' Camps and hospitals. At their very last' meeting; .• we t uildinittind they sapplied two hospitals. • a '.. The last " Semi-an of the* Society announces an aggregate of stores received and dis- Wit:acidAiming the , war,' aineintidisinivaine to mtils o ofitlfg,OW.., These stoeve' y direCtein, Where - ftieo Wag 'Wait Or suffering te be relieved. ,TheStaeletts knows no St:defines, no dis tinction of sect or. creed.: This is one of its features. Another is, that it , is conducted without expense. If has no Wailed' ocers. It 'is generotisly fam ished with rbonis free of rent. Every dollar con tributed to its fundsgees p 4, the:succour of the sol diers. A third characteristic is, _that knits with promptness: Hiving:no foci &to otiserie, and no a uthorities to consult, its movements :are marked with a celerity which could.not be attained with a More complicated Machinery. Yet, in the next pleneeitdoeii not act at random. It has resident agents at a number of important points, who receive and distribute its appropriations. A large part, of its supplies are sent - twits 'excellent Secretary, Mrs. Dr. Harris,, who is always with the army and among the hospitabiz4 lady Whose 8:elf-de - dying and phi lanthropic labours have been gratefully attested by hundreds of our office - t& of all grades, and by the surgeons of every post and camp she has visited. More than forty, rages pfthe Report hefore.ns ,are deistited,, as an appendix to the lettets ofthis lady. We know en° such receirdi &this war.. We know (g i ne eta photographic recital of.the, hospital ex rieeces., of_ any,, war. Nothing written by,, or of, that'adthirable woman, Florence Nightingale, con cerning the Crimean war, aperoaches these letters ininterest We are net, surprised that the pam phlet which contains them has been in large request inevery direction. And this: eads us to say that it is the crowning feature of the Ladies' Aid that it is a missionary Society. 'Mrs. Hsi*, and the ladies with her in the field, are 'ministers of Mercy,' is Well to the souls as the suffering bodies of our Isoldies. The offices of, Christian, syMpathy and love .. they have rendered' to multitudes of sick and dying, men in this way; are 'no more to be computed by dollain and cents, than, are the blessings of salvation, In the.veri latest letter received from the Secre tary, andreadto the society on Friday last, there is a paragraph which will-show the sort of work these ladies are doing among • our soldier& " Our work has not been of a character to give interesting incidents; arid :yet we esteem as a most useful one. ' You know our location; and .the opportunity it af fords for reaching, our ,soldiers on .picket. The weather hits been most trying; snow fell tp the depth of se v er a l feet, .commencing Saturday night, and falling.all: of Sunday. ;You may suppose men exposed fOr„.twelve hours in such weather, would need' Warm drinks: They had'no fires, and so could nOt,even: preparivneffee. The whole of Sabbath Was lgiVen tre,the ,preperation of soup, gruel, and coffee, .of which we made no less than three barrels. A ifioregrifefultsetufaien you never saw: ' Whilst the igruel acme _Were:boiling :for the,. fiist relief, siilW`e held service taos.kitehme., eixty soldiers with tui: Scripture was read,' end prayer tared, — 6.tioldiers,...iiiterefierled with sing the,:aty ilosit poor fellows wege coming_tn, overpowered with thee cold ; sonic gifite sick-- , -six needed - our 'care - allf night. Had another aural& in the evenings seVenty-five soldiers worshipping; with us, You/ would touched to hear the remarks of the men as , the ,p ass out a ft er Out' `theatirika: Mintz ideleeipireemens us these rc eh: us:—` This seems like home: again ; haven't been - at 'a prayer-meeting, for twenty , months'— 'Thank . you, ladies; fir this opportunity ; cannot tell how much I have enjoyed '—` This meeting came jest ,at, the right time for me; was growing very careless.'—' I will write, and tell my mother about "these meetings ; she Will be glad to hear abaut them; our chaplaireispf no use to us—that troubles, her.' Many, such, expressions of feeling, with'tearful eyes,re w ard us for all our self-denial and> inirdehies We hold theSe meetings every night, beginning at seven o'clock. .The mencollect on the porch long before the time,..eagerly end anx waitiYlk to be invited in: "We sing first; then Mrs. reads. :a pirtion.of scripture— all. kitting quietly, not, a soundlieard; then sin ging ; n tfieirprayer. by some of the soldiers. I Hy Make the closingprayer ; genii:times find it difficult to:restrain my emotion. The voleinof a. woman in prayer brings back , to, these brave opes . the image of a Mother, as site commended her" eon - To God at their sad parting, and softens their lieu- ilt Many sighs and sobs seelisard all _around.; .Wleige it not for these meetings, .I should'go home fora few days ; but as it is, I cannot. Our congregations are com posed of soldiers frometwelve• regiments and bat teries, changing gveu, day •, so ,that..betwesn four and file hundred are brought Withitethis- Wallowed influence each week. We have many calls for re ligious reading—tracts, &O. Many a cliristiln ,man has told us of his forgetfulness of. God since his: came into the Army, and of the adierse influences meeting him.at every step; and has' apologized for not takipg.pert, in prayer when the meeting has been thrown open to them, saying, I had, almost &ilk - often how to pray.' Officera'sialeitlel'ost always presents and tell us what a 'beneficent influence we aresxerting. .Although this part of one line is considered the most exposed, there is now qnite a rivitilryinnong the regiments who shall guard it. Your 'readers will understand the object we have . -in view in the present article. There are other and laiger associations formed, or fbrming, to furnish sApplies for our sick soldiers. We are glad of it. W.e.trust they will be extended until they, embrace the *hide loyal female population Of the country These orgatuzatiOns are not rivals, but, allies, and there is roomfor them all. But the " Ladies Aid' o(Philadelphia" is a society that has dontsq . much gotidtlone it so wisely and so well=that we would nee have dt overlooked. We bespeak for it the sympathy end aid of all whom this article may reach In whatever part, of the country; for no State can named to whose soldiers it has not ministered in their hours .of pain and anguish. We cannot close Allis appeal Tsithout &brief tribute to • another of - the 'officers of this; Aiiociation. No society was ever happier in its choice of a President .It has devolved upon its. Secretary and others to go into the field ;but their means and opportunitie&of use fulness hate, been largely owing, tinder God, to the' wilidom, the energy, the- unwearied' fidelity, the t e4aesting leboprs, and the Christian. grace and courtesy which the presiding officer has brought to the discharge of her duties. Sbme idea may be 'formed of of the time and' thoughtinvolved in the single item of correspondence, ,which devolves en tirely upon the head ni'llie'Sodel;Y, when it is sta ;tnd tfietl 1 40 00 rding:t4 - the liefitirt ibitibik_ns, the 'the society had received wit t biu, the previous sis months no less than '""7:Ib Boxes." All this in ad dition to a voluminous coirestiendence with sur !geode,' 'arinjt"bffiderk transportation agents, and .ntberee . • . : Weliaxe only, to add, ,that letters and Ineney be directed to Mrs. Joel Jones,'President, .025Malnut street, or Mrs. Stephen CilWeß, Trea surer, north r eest corner ef Arch and Eleventh streets., , PaCkages, freigyt, prepaid, imiik be sent . to' "Ladies* Aid, 'care: of J. P. Rhoads / 701 Walnut streetc•Philiplelphia, or, on Friday,s i ,to the Church, corner of WaWitt, and 'Twelfthatreets.—" 11. A: the Prayteriati. Tnx fine sayirig•of Addison is familiar to most readefs,7-thatTabylon in ruins is not so affecting a spe'cta'cle or'sosoletan, • as a human mind over thrown' by lunacy. • now' much more aiirful, then, and Blom, Inagnificent, a wreck, when. a mind so regal' as that of Colreidge ,is pvcithrown or threat ened With overthitiv, not a -visitation of "Provi- Idemie, but by the treachery of his own Will, and the .conspiracy as it were of himself against himself. TH:F= worst mdica4iol out land areLnow, claiming to themg t ejvas that respectable ; word, Conservative, tied' &hit itanthise misehief , untrci• • it. -L 7aylor Lewis.
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