Vol. VII, No. 29.---Whole No.. 34L
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[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
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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.
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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.
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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.