luteriou Wctobgtlrrins GENESEE EVANGELIST. THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 1863 JOHN W. NEARS, BUT A VERY FEW DAYS Now remain in which subscriptions due in ad vance at the first of the year, can be paid at the old rates. We have been gratified with the promptness of a large number of our subscribers who have called at our office, or remitted through the mail, since the year began. A number of accounts falling due at that date still remain un settled, on which fifty cents additional will be charged at the expiration of three months from the date of the bill. Accounts falling due pre viously are not liable to the extra charge. We do not pretend to make arrangements which work backward. EXTRA DAILY ISSUE OF THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN. During the approaching Sessions of the Gene ral Assembly in this city, we propose to issue from this office a daily paper, containing PHONO GRAPHIC REPORTS of all the proceedings, with the Acts, Reports, Sermons, and other Docu ments of the body, in as full and accurate a manner as possible. The DAILY AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN will be nearly half the size of the weekly; it will be printed on smaller but legible type, and on good paper, furnishing a record valuable to every minister, elder, and church-member, for imme diate use, or for preservation for the future. The price for a single copy will be FIVE CENTS; all the numbers will be sent, post-paid, to any address for 50 cents. To be paid in ad vance. As it is very desirable that Some approxima tion to the number which will be required, be reached at an early day, it is hoped, that sub• scriptions will be sent at once to our office. A limited space will be allotted to advertise ments, at fifty eentin line for the entire edition, or $37.50 per"column of fifteen inches; $2O for a half column, $l2 for a quarter column. Address, AMERICAN PRESELYTERIAN, 1334 Chestnut street, Philadelphia. GLORYING IN THE ORO2B. To " glory in anything" is an idiomatic ex pression signifying to make our boast in it; to regard and speak of it as our highest honor and joy, to see our own glory in it; to laud it with ever fresh enthusiasm before men. Differing from cold systems of morality—which secure for their teachers the approbation of the judgement, only—and approaching nearer • the heart and inner necessities of men, true religion gives them something to glory in. Men must needs boast; they must needs have an object, closely identified with themselves, in which to feel themselves supremely honored and blest. They glory in wealth, in learning, in worldly honors, in the achievements of science, of explo ration, of philosophy, of arms. Some glory in their imagined moral excellence and in the faith fulness with which they fulfil the formal require ments of their creed. Religion would vainly seek to supplant these objects by herself, it she did not offer to the yearning heart of man, a sphere in which it could expatiate with at least an equally vivid sense of honor and blessing. —And so it gives us the Cross to glory in. —Emblem of the shameful death of a criminal ! And the cross it is, which is the dearest object of the true Christian's contemplations, in which lie glories, as he never could in the loftiest world ly object, and of which lie cries out in the pas sionate exPlamation of the Apostle : God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jam Christ! In that cross they see a mystery of divine condescension and love; there hung God incarnate, stooping to become their voluntary and all-sufficient sacrifice before divine justice; there their old corrupt' natures were crucified with him and their new natures purged and ransomed; there their divine Teacher wrote, in letters of blood, his most significant lesson of truth and duty; there, their divine Friend wrought out his most amazing work of friend ship to them; there is their title to peace of mind, to heavenly wealth and honors; there is the be ginning and spring of true excellence of charac ter; there, in that bleeding outstretched form— " the stone which the builders rejected"—is the corner stone of a new order of things on earth, a spiritual house built up of lively stones, a kingdom of heaven spreading through the world, a stone cut out of the mountain without hands, crushing the kingdoms of injustice and ungodliness, and setting up the kingdom of righteousness and peace in their stead. Beside this cross, on which the Prince of . GlOry died, all other objects that the world can show are but dross. They might all go and leave him to pover ty and despite, and with the cross, he would be mich and honored beyond calculation. He would glory still in his joyous and honored estate. What means this choice of the shameful in strument of a criminal's death, as the very stand ard and emblem of Christianity? We shrink from such a use of the gallows and the guillotine! the cross was j mat asdisgraceful in its day. Cicero called it " the most cruel and disgraceful punish ment ;" Lactantius, "the worst possible punish ment,' and 'the worst punishment in the world.' It was the punishment chiefly of slaves; citizens of Borne could not legally be crucified. It was inflicted for the greatest crimes, robbery, piracy, assassi nation, perjury, sedition and treason. It was in use among the Romans, with all these shameful associations, down to the time of Con stantine, who saw, or thought he saw, it in the heavens and adopted it for his ensign. And when we think how prejudice and scorn and re• meson() have utterly disappeared from the as sociations connected with this emblem, and how it has become the rallying cry of the Church of God, and the talismanic word to unlock the deep est tenderest feelings of which the human soul is ca pable, We are led to recognize with wonder and ado. ration the cause ofsuch a surprising transformation. Surely it is only the divine dignity of the person who suffered upon it, the priceless value of the sacrifice he made, and the momentous import of the problem be solved in the government of God, that could have changed the vile and shameful cross into the most affecting symbol of faith that the world has ever seen. -•ANA Editor. THE LATE DEFENCE OF DR. HIOKOS'S PHILOSOPHY. (CONCLUSION.) THE writer then enters upon an argument (p. 18) to show the inconceivableness of the ultimate essence of matter, if it be regarded as anything diverse from force. We are not anxious upon this point; let material substance be regarded as inconceivable rather than con found it with spirit to make it conceivable. If, on the one hand, we identify matter with cer tain exercises of the spirit, as Dr. Hickok does, or if, on the other, we reduce spirit to the condition of sublimated matter, as Prof. Lewis would have us believe is done by Sir W. Hamil•. ton and his school, we vastly simplify the prob leth of perception which meets as at the thres hold of the science of mind. For ourselves we prefer to admit a mystery in these primal facts of being, while we yield to that authoritative in stinct which bids us draw a broad and impassa ble line of distinction between matter and mind. Nothing can be plainer to the common mind than the radical nature of this distinction. Teach the people that this instinctive decision is illusory, and you will lead them to suspect their Maker of trifling with them in the very plan of their being. The question is asked (page 23) : " What' is the religious worth of this thing (inconceivable prime matter), be it what it may, which is no= thing for the sense and the reason ?" We answer by another question : what is the reli gious worth of a genuiue Theism, which regards God as personally and essentially distinct from the world which he made and which he sustains and governs ? To Prof. Lewis, such a system may not appear supremely valuable; ,to our minds, any speculations, be they philosophical or be they pietistic, which tend to lower this ex alted idea of Deity and to let the. Creator's per sonality flow out into and blend with his works, are a positive and grievous disservice to the cause of true' religion, demoralize man's capaci ties for worship, and invite back the monstrosi ties of nature-worship and polytheism to degrade the Christian world. We go for sticking to hard matter" therefore, as something essen tially, and to everlasting, distinguished from the mere emanations of divine power. And we be lieve Prof. Lewis will !minty search the Scrip tures and apply his metaphyscal hermeneutics to its simple and popular statements, in the hope of a verdict more or less favorable to his view of the divine spirituality of matter. Scripture, in deed,.does not teach any metaphysical doctrine of Creation. It is the concrete world of fact which is at once brought to our view in its pages, and not the abstract substance, having separate existence only in the analysis of the philosopher. But that the natural world of the Bible is some thing essentially apart from the God who made and who sustains. it, we need no philosophical acumen or discipline to see. Prof. Lewis thinks his pantheism is not danger ous. It does not deny the divine personality. We are willing—nay, we rejoice to put this de claration of his upon record. But we are pained at the Professor's freedom in the use of the term in connection with his philosophy. He is not shy of it; he almost seems in parts of this article unconscious of any odium in the qualified acceptance which he gives it. It is this charac teristic of his article that alarms 113. A philoso phy which is true, would show it by its instinc tive revulsion from the abomination of pantheism, as parity of character shows itself by a blush in the presence of vice. We have never called either Prof. Lewis or Dr. Hickok a pantheist, nor do we remember that Prof. Hall has done so. We by no means confound them with that daring school which denies the divine personality. We would - prefer to call them pavneumatists, if we may be allowed hurriedly to coin a word. But we fear that only the thin barrier of a logical inconsistency will be found, to save them—as it already in other fields of speculation has saved many'good men—from substantially pantheistic conclusions, into which more consistent and less scrupulous followers may incontinently rush. All through this article they arguments used by Prof. Lewis to prove matter a certain status of the divine will, could be used, mut ads mutandis, to prove the human soul itself to have no distinct and real existence apart from God. We may be deficient in acuteness, but we cannot see any logical resting-place between the conclusions avowed by Prof. Lewis, and the broad and sweeping assumption that the only reality id the universe is God. The latter part of the article is occupied with an elaborate and interesting 'exhibition= of the doctrine of the instability and unreality of matter. Ideas only are real, according to the writer. We had been acustomed to draw a broad distinction between these two terms—" idea" and " reality ;" but after matter and spirit are con founded, is it worth while - to hold to any dis tinctions pointed out by the common sentiment of mankind ? The idea indeed constitutes a thing what it is, stamps its nature upon it, but does not give it being. A thing is, and a thing is so and so, are vastly different propositions in philosophy. Ideas have something to do with the last proposition, but not with the first, viewed abstractly. The aim of Prof. Lewis' argument here is to induce us to abandon the conception of any material substratum, as that in which the form of the object inheres. If the manner of the existence of an object is its only being, then philosophy can do without its abstract substance; but cannot the psychology, also do without its substratum of force, and Prof. Lewis, at least, be content with a world which only seems to be, but is not, in any appreciable sense? It would not be a hard thing, we think, to reconcile him to this view.. The long argument which follows, on the. nature of the world of sense as ever be e ,ming but never truly being (page 29-41) fails to impress us as of great moment in maintaining the pecularity of his views against the position of Dr. Hall, notwithstanding we enjoy its fine literary character and its facts in the history of the ancient philosophers. It may be owing to a deficient perception, but we could admit all that is said of the mutations of the 'objects of sense, without seeing ourselves in any degree approxi mated to the, position of Prof. Lewis, that the only created reality is force, bearing the impress of ideas and nature's laws. In this hasty and sum mary treatment of a large and elaborately pre pared part of the article, we are free to admit that we may be doing the writer injustice. Cer tainly we have no intention of so doing. We frankly confess ourselves puzzled by this magni ficent episode, as it seems to us to be. Further study may enlighten us, or some correspondent may come to our aid. Meanwhile 'we conclude, antrtiran Vuolltterian and Gentott for the present, by expressing our surprise at finding ourselves in a position so positively op posed to that of Prof. Lewis in his advocacy of Dr. Hickok's peculiar views. There is much in those views, as stated by Dr. Hickok himself, which has interested and enlightened us and from which we would not care to dissent, But Prof. Lewis seems to have unhappily selected the most objectionable and dangerous features of the system on which to make his defence. Is he only fairly developing the system of Dr. Hickok and showing its true tendenctes ? PREACHING-NO. 12. BY REV. E. E. ADAMS. READIM3H--EXTEMPORIZING. Much is said, and written in these dines about the best method of preaching. We have already intimated the importance of svriting sermons. Whatever be the mode of delivery, we are per suaded that to neglect the pen in sermonizing is a serious mistake. One generally thinks more deeply and connectedly when composing with pen in hand. 'Yet this method of preparation is greatly aided by uniting with it meditation, while walking in the study or in the open air. The latter place will often relieve the mind of its per plexity and give clear, fresh, appropriate thought, enlivening the solid and profound. The cool air against the brow, the glow inspired by physical action -and change of attitude, promote mental clearness. Some minds doubtless, either by-con stitution or habit, compose best without writing, and utter their thoughts more freely and forci bly-in a purely extemporaneous way. Others certainly do best by writing and reading; others still by writing, committing to memory, rand preaching memoriter. We deem it- of vital mo ment that the preacher, like every, other man, act himself. • Let him experiment on the diffe rent methods and adopt that in which he can work to the best advantage. He will be able by judicious study and trial, and by the suggestions of friends, to, fix: on the mode in which his thoughts and utterance shall be most free and effective. Jonathan Edwards read his menu script in the pulpit to a plain people,, in a calm passionleas manner, and yet he was the great preacher of his time whether we judge by his thoUghts, his reasoning, or his success. Spurgeon bears all before him by his studied extemporane. ous sermons. Melv,ill reads closely,but with such fervor as to captivate and enchain his audience. In Scotland the custom of preaching memoriter prevails, but it is condemned by the best judges, as cold, formal, distant. Origen, Chysostom, and Augustine extemporized with feeling and power; Robert Hail preached without notes having first meditated profoundly on the subjects, and form ed choice phrases in hiS mind. Chalmers read with tremendous effect. There can be no doubt that with as much study as actors give to their pieces, a man may become eininent either in reading or extemporizing. Multitudes are char med with the liveline,ss and richness of Gough in spite of incoherency; but were it not for his anecdotes, his personal incidents, and his unri valled mimicry he would be dull. Murdoch draws multitudes to hear clear, earnest, dramatic reading. We have on the whole heard better sermons, better delivery, in reading than in ex temporizing. , We advocate reading for those who can do that best, and vice versa. The habit of writing, and the habit of extemporizing, are to _be culti vated, but let a man 'give himself mostly'to that in which he finds be can gain the greatest ex cellence, and produce .the best effect. On the whole we think a sermon written, and read with energy and feeling, having points where the preacher can break freely into' the extemporane. OW for a minute or two, then resuming the CAW of written thought,, and winding up with' free, extemporaneous appeal, is the most effective. But this method demands study. A man may have shfficient genius 'to preserve freshness and variety without writing, but the gift is rare. It is also a difficultmatter for a man to digest his thoughts, if he preach twice or thrice a week so as to be as orderly, as profound and as clear with .out writing, as with it. Perhaps it is equally rare for a man to make such preparation from week to week through a course of years, without the utter ruin of his nervous power, and the breaking down of.his physical:System. Thorough sermonizing without the penis the most weighty and wearing of all labor. The exhorting mode, the mere story-telling of some ministers is not preaching. Deieanting about every incident ei ther facetious or serions in a man's life and ob servations is hot preaching, and it requirea no great amount of mind or work. But to make a good sermon, either written, or only meditated, and then to Utter it so as to convince, and move , and convert men, is a work,—the hardest, although the best of work. Why should not the most glorious occupation of man be the severest! Robert Hall knew the labor of such prepara tion, and therefore said that a first-rate sermon izer could make one good sermon in three months ; while a dumb fool would make two a week. When will the church allow its minister to preach once a week and spend the remainder of his time in, pastoral labor, in the ..Sabbath school, Bible class, teaching the Catechism, and in 'meetings for. prayer ? • When will_ members of the church whO are growing aid under the plea sant sound of the Gospel, and being " dragged up to heaven by the ears," resign one service on the Sabbath that their pastor may go into the highways and lanes and preach to the poor who never hear the word of life ?' Give us this pri vilege and we will read or extemporise, with more effect and power in the one sermon than in both togetheromder, the present system.. The great want, after all, in our day, is earnestness of 'thought and manner in the pul pit. We do 'not advocate forced, unfelt earnest ness, but that which is natural—what a man hath All beside is hypocracy. We preach for eternity I Much may be said in favor of all the methods of delivery, but we prefer earnest, brief reading, with thoughts thrown in which are awakened by the glow of the moment: La Rue, one of the most distinguished French preachers, when first destined to the pulpit, took, lessons in declamation of the celebrated actor, Baron. He soon became the favorite preacher at court and in the capitol. Voltaire says that he heard two of his sermons, entitled, " The Sinner Dying," and " The Sinner Dead," which were' so popular, that public notice was given by bills when they were to be preached. It was thought extraordinary, that one who so much excelled in declamation should read his disbourses, instead of repeating them from memory; but he con tended that not only time was saved by the in- diligence, but that the preacher, at ease with his notes.before him, could deliver a discourse with greater animation. " Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind." PROM OUR ROCHESTER CORRESPONDENT. A ;DAY Ir CLINTON This is the Athensef oir Central New York pla,ce noticable for its educational institu tions, it's lit:eraty, privileges., its culture and its taste. This is the seat of Hamilton College, so named in memory of that most illustrious, but unfortunate statesman of, the early days of our Republic. The remembrance of his donation at the founding of the institution is fondly cherish.. ed And proudly mentioned. The commodious and snbstantial buildings of the college stand on a high hill, about a mile west of the village, looking down upon about twolhousand inhabit, ants, as some presiding genius over the place. The college has had its days, of 4epression, but they are past, and it is now universally acknow ledged to be in the ascending wave. The accom plished President has done a good work for this institution, especially by his ontside influence. Ue appears the churches. He preaches, - he lectures, he is in public meetings, he is an ac complished speaker, in pulpit or: in platform, he , t is becoming widely knownn_all this region and is thus making the college known, and attracting students to its halls. The numbers, have been greatly increased in the last few, years, and we have reason to believe that they Come under the instruction of an able'and accomplished faculty. Few men stand better in'their own departments than Profs. Curtis and Upson. Of the others we cannot speak from personal;knowledge. A PATRIOTIC COLLEGE. The catalogue Of :.young .Hamilton shows a goodly number of students, but about twenty are now absent serving their country in her army. They heard their country's . call, and Cicero and Tacitus and conic sections lost all their charms. Books were thrown aside for the sash, the sword and the musket. Save our country first, and then there :will be something worth studying or—this seemed to be the ruling thought of the hour—and so they went . forth, some already to death, and some to honorable sears. Promotion, too, has awaited some of her young sons, as they have aspired:to do their 'thole duty in this hour of our dear countiy's need. Some may think that the ".boys" had betterhave remained with their books, and left others to do her fighting. We may misjudge, but we, cannot help thinking that it was a good example to encourage enlist ments from other walks of life. At all events, students love liberty. They appreciate the bles sings of a stable, strong, good governMent. They know for what they are fighting, and they will do their country - good service. It will not be a bad page - in the history of this rising insti tution, that in the day . of our country's peril so many of her heroic youths were ready, even at this tender age, to do, and dare so much for our country's salvation. - GENESEE. MEMORIAL OF HAMILTON COLLEGE. aremontex, orTHE EEMOENTENNIAL OELEBEA ' PION OF THE pouNentfo' of HAMILTON COL „ LEGE, CLINTON, N. ' • THIS volume of 282 pages, printed on 'fine soft paper, handsemely bound, and richly illus trated, is well wdrthySfl the great historicaroc casion which it comniemorates. It contains Dr. Henry Kendall's sermon on`” Colleges and Mis sions " Dr. Joel Parker's address on " The Church a.nd. the College," Judge W. J. Bacon's Address of Welcome, President Fisher's,Histori cal Discourse, and -Prof. 'Kendrick's Jubilee Poem, all of which appeaito have been delivered in the. Stone. Church, during the Jubilee week. The proceedings of Wednesday, P. 'M., July I.6th, which took place under an immense tent, include addresses by Dr.-Asa:D. Smith,' Chan eellor Pruyn, President Eaton, Rev. Herrick Johnson, Rev. W. E. *pox, Dr. James Bells, Rev. Laurentine Hamilton,, and others, with an after-dinner poem of ,rare excellence, by Lieut. W. W. Howe. The , appendix is enriebed with -Rev. T. Pierson's " Golden Wedding Ballad," letters from absent alumni, " . Backusiana," by Rev. A.D. Gridley, Prof North's sketches of deceased graduates, reports of class meetings, with a list of guests at the Ifalitentury Dinner. The book is embellished with fine steel en gravings of Rev. Samuel Kirkland, who founded the college, Presidents Backus, Davis, Penney, North, and Fisher; .alio engraved portraits of S. Newton Niter, and Benjamin S. Walcott. It would not be easy in a brief notice to con vey a full idea of the spirit of filial devotion to Alma Mater, the brotherly enthusiasm and the ardent patriotism which light up and-consecrate the pages of this beautiful Memorial. The, book can be had for .$1.25, enclosed to Prof. Edward North, Clinton, Oneida County, N. Y. lOWA OITY PRESBYTZB,Y. lOWA Crrif, March 12th; 1863. M. Edit& : Our Presbytery of lowa. City has.just closed a very interesting semi-annual session, at Wheat land, which is situated outhe Chicago, lowa and Nebraska railroad. Rev. Isaac W. Atherton, of Cedar Rapids was chosen Moderator ; and the business of the body was conducted with harmony and facility of action. The Rev. Geo. D. A. Hebard, of lowa City, and Elder Samuel H. Rogers of Wheatland were appointed Commissioners to the Assembly; and Rev. H. L. Stanley of Lyons, and Elder James S. Wattles, of Cedar Rapids Church; their alter nates. ReviVals and many hopeful conversions have mewed at Pleasant Prairie and Clarence, and more than usual awakening • and some con versions at lowa City and other places, all which made the brethren feel that they should take courage and labor for the salvation of men, with more hope, even in these troublous times. - A special and loyal resolution was passed, commending prayer for' eikk rulers, officers, sol diers and sailors, as well as efforts to promote the sanitary and religious welfare of the army and navy of our land, to the end that the present rebellion may be speedly suppressed, and peace and liberty established throughout the land. It was offered for publication in our local papers. The occasion was the more interesting from the fact of the completion of a beautiful gothic Church, which was dedicated by the Presbytery, Rev. Geo. D. Young of Camanche preaehiug the dedication serinoh. Also Mr. Samuel 5 Miller, the Stated Supply of this Church and of that at Clarence, was ordained, on Sabbath evening the 15th instant, at the closing service of the meet ing. The order of service was as follows : Reading of the Scriptures and introductory prayer by the Rev. Geo. D. A. Hebard of lowa City; sermon by. Rev. H. L. Stanley of Lyons; Constitutional questions by the Moderator, Rev. Isaac, W. Atherton of Cedar Rapids; ordaining prayer by Rev. Samuel Storrs Howe of lowa City : Charge by Rev. James Knox of Clinton ; and the benediction by the evangelist ordained. Mr. Mills came to us from the profesSion of the Law, having been formerly admitted to all the courts of New York, State 'to which calling he did not long adhere.. He is a graduate of Yale College, and is a most welcome . accession to our ministerial numbers, which were much dimin ished, last autunin,.by the division. of lowa City Presbytery to constitute Cedar Valley Presby tery, by the Synod of lowa. DIRECTORY OF PRESBYTERIAN MINIS TERS & CHURCHES OF PHILADELPHIA. PRESETTERIAN HOUSE, 1384 CHESTNUT ST NAMES - OF MINISTERS AND RESIDENCES AND owartcuEs. LOCATIONS. AnAm' s, E. E. - -•- N. Broad street church. ADAIR, ROBERT - - - Asst. Sec. H. M. COM. BARNES, ALBERT - - - Ist Church. - - BRAINERD, T., D. D. - 3rd Church. - - - BROWN, CHARLES - Sec. Phila. Ed. Soe'y. Baum, El:mm:10 B. - Burma,' JAMES G. - - 'Walnut st. Church, W P. URITTENDEN, S. W. - - 2nd Chm.cli, Darby. - - CULVER, ANDREW - - Manayunk Church. - - DARLING, HENRY D.D. '- DRYSDALE WALTER'S. - DULLES, JOHN W. - SOC. Presb. Pub. Com. Eve W. T. - - - - Ist Church, Kensington lIMATausTEIN, Jilt., DD. :mkt Sq. Church. jENKINS, JOUR, D,D. - Calvary Church. - - JOHNSTON, THOMAS S. - Mantua church, W. -P. MALIN, DAVID, D.D. - - ° MARCH, D: - - • - Clinton street Church. MCCASKIE, JAMES South-western Church. McLEon, - Sec. A. B. C. F. X - - MEARS, JOHN - - Ed. Am. Presbiteriart. MILLER, JEREMIAH - - Phil..Sab. Association. MITCHELL, JAMES - Central, Church, N. L. NEILL, E. D. - - - - Chaplain U.S. Hospitna PATTON, John, D.D. - Logan Square Church. PIERCE, E. - - - REEVE, J. B. - - - - Lombard st. Cent. Ch. ROBBINS, PRANK L. - - Green Hill Church. SHEPHERD, THOMAS J. - Ist :Church, N. L. - - SMITH, ,CHARLES A., D.D. Western Church. - Sirtru, EL AUGUSTUS - Twelfth Church. - - TAYLOR, W. W. - - Olivet. Church, - - VAN DEURS, GEORGE - - Tabor Mission. - - - SOUTHWARK IST. CHURCH KVEDERTON CHURCH. - RELIGIOUS NEWSPAPERS FOR SOLDIERS The soldiers in. the field and in the hospitals are eager for religions newspapers. - Their own familiar family denominational papers are the most prized of all. They are read from begin ning to ; and passed from hand to hand, until quite sworn out. They revive home, church, and Sabbath-school associations ; keep up the know ledge of passing events, religious and Secular ; in crease intelligenec,prevent demoralization, inspire cheerfulness, encourage patriotism, and strength en heroic resolve ; and above all present Gospel truths in , articlescierse and attractive, and illus trate, their benign power by narratives of conver sions, revivals, and hallowed Christian examples of holy living and happy dying. The Christian Commission would rejoide to present by its delegates and chaplains the best loved paper of each soldier. to him every week; but, even Wits treasury could bear the expenses, which it would not, the Commission could not devote means contributed for general purposes, -to the purchase of denominational papers. It can be &Tie, however, by special contributions for the purpose, and to this end an appealis now made to the friends of 'each and all the religious papers of the land. Let the friends of each con tribute to the paper itself directly all they can afford for the purpose, and the Commission will see that the pap,ers are placed, in the hands of the soldiers. - It is designed that an article siinilar to this Shall appear in every - other paper, and thus an appeal be made to the friends of each through its own columns. And the Commission has this special request to make of editors, in behalf of the soldiers ; that they will not permit the matter to drop, but call attention to it from week to week, until a supply is secured in some measure commensurate with the vastness of our army, and the - eagerness of our soldiers: This paper will furnish 12 copies weekly, during three months, for five dollars, or 25 copies for ten dollars, or 70 copies for twenty five dollars, or 150 copies for fifty dollars, or 300 copies for one hundred dollars. Those who desire to contribute for the pur pose of sending this paper, will please forward the amount to its publishers, who-will furnish the papers to the Commission. GEORGE. H. STUART, W. E. - BOARDMAN, Secretary In this connection we also print a letter to the Christian Commission, from the chaplain of a Pennsylvania regiment. LETTER TO THE COMMISSION. CAMP HUMPHREY, Va., Feb. 21st, 1863. lir. George H Stuart DEAR SIR.-T am , happy to acknowledg,e the receipt of smile articles of comfort from the Christian Commission. I have made the ac quaintance of Dr. Reed and others of the Corn mission—they are doing an, excellent work. In the army a man's heart is best gained through some kind act. ..I have thought the nearest road to a soldier's heart was through a loaf of bread, and the Commission succeeds glo riously,for the reason that they first care for the temporal wants of the men. This gains the con fidence of the afflicted, and they listen attenti vely to every word and prayer offered on their behalf with deep interest. lOWA 1632 Mt. Vernon Street. Sp. Garden and 13th Sts. Norristown. Presbyterian Efouse.., 255 South Eighth Street, Wash. Sq."cor. Seventh. 634 Pine Street. Fourth and Pine Streets Spruce ab. 40th, W. P. Presbyterian House. 1531 ghestnut Street. Chestaut ab. 40th, W. Ri Wabiut Street, ab. 39th. 'Darby. Green Lane liartayunk Manayunk. Germantown. 717 Arch Street. Chestnut ab. 40th, W. P. Presbyterian House. 1116 Columbia Av., East. Girard Av. near Han. St. Germantown. Germantown. 1814 Pine Street. Locust Street4-ab 15th. Sycamore and 36th, W.P. 6th and Bridge Sts.,W.P. 1614 Chestnut Street. 822 Pine Street. Tenth Street, bel. Spruce. 425 S. Twentieth Street. Fitzwater and 20th Sts. Reeseville, Penna. Presbyterian House. 300 N. Eighteenth Street. Presbyterian House. 1106 CalloWhill Street. MB North Fifth Street. Coates Street, ab. Third. 2819 Green Street. • 1621 Summei Street: 20th and Vine Streets 718 Sanso'm Street. Lombard ab. Bth Street. Girard A.v. & 16th Street Girard Av. "ab. 16th St. 607 Brown Street. Buttonwood below 6th. 1530 Arch Street. • 17th and Filbert Streets. 1630 Arai Street. SOuth,Street, above 11th 2021 Wallace Strret. 22nd and Mt. Vernon Sts. 260 S. Juniper Street. 17th and Fitzwater Sta. German al/. Third Street. Tioga, Street, ab. 17th. Chairmam. At Windmillpoint the spiritual condition of our soldiers was encouraging and comforting. One night at prayer over' a score arose for the prayers of the church. I hope your Commission will be well sustained. We need many books.- We need the visits of your agents. Their presence inspires ,us with renewed interest, and strengthens our hands for the labor before us. In the name of our regi-. meat I thank you for the donations of, books, Testaments„ tracts, &c. Pray for 'us, pray that God may bless our regi ment with a revival of His own good work in,our hearts. Truly yours, A. J. HAB f TsocK. Chaplain 133 d Refit. P. V. (11J ur Churl alentic RELIGIOUS INTEREST IN PHILADELPHIA AND VICINITY:-At the Third Church, Tr. Brain erd's, eight persons were received on profession of faith at the last communion, and . the interest continues. In the North Broad Street Church several conversions are reported. , ThaPastor of a :church harbh in neighboring city, noted for the prevalence of' . a revival spirit AR; ring almost the whole of its brief history, writes as follows, in, a business note : " God is, again visiting his people under my charge, and calling sinners to Alrodit immediately.-.after the annual meeting of the congregation, and -specially our communion following,`l,here wad-marked and unmisteakable evidence ofthe Spirit's pre , .. sence. I appointed two extra services, wi'th - a day of thanks for outward, as also spiritual, prqs perity,,and prayer .for the salvation of The meetings were largely attended, and, very great solemnity prevailed. Many,,unconyerted -were disturbed; and anxious inquirereinultipliedi The church.' is greatly 'refreshed; and several hopeful conversions have been -given. How great a blessing we are to have do not know. God is sovereign and does his pleasure; He has already done muek. for us whereof we :are glad." COMMISSIONERS TO GEN. ASSEMELY.—.ffeB - bytery of Troy.—Rev Selden Haines, D.D., and Rev. A. De Witt with Elders .E.-Bakery.,3l. D., and C. F. Dowd. The Preshyteiy ,of Pea Mo,nes, 107.012, Thompson Bird, clerical commis sioner. W. D. Moore, lay commissioner. INSTALLATIPAIS.—Rev. Howard Crosby, D.D,, was installed Pastor of the 4th Avenue Presbyte rian Church, N.Y., by, the 4th Presbytery,on. the 25th inst. The services were arranged ,as fol lows : The Moderator, Dr. S.H. Cox, to•ipre 7 side; Rev. Prof. IL B.• Smith to:preach the ser um; charge to the Pastor by Di.'Adams; and charge to the - Nople by Dr. Parker, late Pastor of the Church.—Rev. L A. Prime was installed by the Presbytery of Troy pastor of the Liberty street Church, Troy , on. Monday evening, March 23d. , At a special meeting of the Newark Presbytery on the evening of Wednesday, . March 11, Rev. James M. Dickson' was intitalled pastor of the Sixth Presbyterian Church.in the city of Newark, N. J. Since. Mr. Dickson signified to the congregatiOn his acceptance of theirsall, they have thoroughly repaired their church'and lec ture-room, entirely resenting the latter, and r furn ishing the fomer, with a neat ortan. The New- Dicksonark Daily Advertiser says.: " Mr. D en ters on his : work raider very favorable ciratim stsnee,s, and will' te,welcomed mon& us; not only by his Church, but by his. ministerial bro thers and the entire Christian.cOMmunity!? The Fourteenth sireet _Church, Hew ,pork.- --A specialreligions interest has. been in progress for more than a month past, in-the Fourteenth-street Church, Dr. A. D. Smith's. It has been of a,' quiet character, and with but little addition .to the ordinary means of grace. Of eionie , fort yor fifty inquirers, a considerable numlier.have ready expressed hope in Christ. A " Robinson , ",_Professorship in s4 , l4iiton Col lege. We rejoice 'with the Evangelist to hear, that the Churches in New York and-Brooklymare to honor themselves and him [the late• Dr son] by endowing a Robinson PreffesSOrship at . Hamilton College.. The `work has been nobly begun. A subscription of s6oo9:haslaid the foundation of this fitting monument.:: ing was held week before last' at the house of Mr. Wm. E. Dodge, at which the Subject: was discussed, and measures vrere inauwurated foithe accomplishment of the object in view. The fol lowing resolutions were adopted unaninously: : Resolved 1, That we cordially:approve -the' design of founding, by, subscriptions in New York and Brooklyn, a ProfeSeorship .in,Hamilton Col lege, to bear the name of the late Dr. Robinson„ one of the most distinguished Graduates of ihat Institution._ ,'he.de,sign is commended tens, as well by the, origin; history, and "excellent pro mise of the College as by our remrd for the memory of one to whose eminent scholarship the whole Christian world is so deeply indebted. Resolved 2, That Messrs. William E. Dodge, George W. Line, James R. Taylor, and Hon." Charles P. Kirkland, be appointed an Advisory` Committee to aid the Rev. Dr. Goertner,:lGoin *missioner of the College, in accomplished this design. We would. earnestly commend this object to the liberality of our Churches., and would. be speak for Dr. Gaertner a cordial' reception and a generous response. We expect to:See.the work accomplished; but let it be quickly, generously, and handsomely done.. . The March, at Logaisport, ;the first of last month, dediCated their new house of Torship. They are not in debt, and _the interest•of - the: occasion was muchprometed by the presence and labors of Preiident Tuttle,, of *abash College, who preached the dedicatory sermon The ma terial bUilding pleases. May it be • glorified with that Divine Presence which makes "the .house of G - od."--fieraid and Recorder. Fhtiv Vublicationo. From Messrs. Ticknor and Fields, Boston, we. have received the MEDITATIONS ON intAyß AND Efinisirry* which were translated from the Ger man of -Z,vchokke, originally for the widowed queen of England, and at her :direction, The work in the original was a great favorite of the excellent Prince_Consort; and at his death, very naturally, it became invested, with a ~peculiar charm to his devoted., beveaved wife, the Queen. She, caused a selection to be made of those, Med nations which the Prince preferred, employed Miss Rowan to ,translat6 them,' and 'hi& a few 'copies - printed for private Circula ion 'They are Tr,w given' to the- public.. They contain much , truly elevated thought expressed:in a fervid man ner, and, well calculated to win upon and soothe MARCH 26, the deeply bereaved. , We have not been able to satisfy ourselves that they possess that full mea sure of consoling power.which arises from a well grounded system - of:evangelical doctrine. The volume is got up in excellent taste by its ,publishers. For sale by J. B. Lippincott & Co. TEE.TAVGFRIGNDS is the rather obScure title of another of the interesting; acute, and deeply earnest Works'on *Winner - life of Christian, by the author of the Patience of Hope" and a " Present Heaverr."l This writer, now known as Miss Dora Greenwell, is making her mark and doing a good,work, in this, sphere of writing. The present volume commences with a piece of allegorical writing which few will appreciate, but opens outufterwards into Conversations bet Ween the two Merida, in which'the 'rich andiirofound experience of the speakers is illnstrated in lan guage of rare ; . beauty and power Thoughtful Christians will find great pleasure and profit in perusing it. Boston, Ticknor and Fields., For sale by J. Bi'Lippincott & Co. 18mo..pri. Another hunter has been making a great " raid ", upon they wild; creatures of Southern Africa, and has pubilslied.a racy amount of his adventures in a volume, entitled, Arnacmi HUNTING, ,FRObti &mL TO.TIE, ZAMBESE, from 1.852 to 18§Q.". ..The volume, as-republish ed by the Harpers, New York, mith. , ,rnap and spirited illustrations, :wi11, ,, 0f - Coarse: , prove at tractive. But the -bra Very and skill and adven ture of a mere hunter of wild *Os, are com patible with., a:degree of humanity- tint r! little above that of the beasts that areclaughtered. We suppose,.however;thg culture of :these pre datoryind 'destructiie'initiini , s is overruled pro videntially, so as to prepare the way for the ad vance of civilizatiplywhich. *rust needs sweep away these -monstrous creatures-Ifrom its path, before it can occupy the territory which• they infest For sale by - Lippincott & Co. 12rno. pp. 397,,, TRIM YEAM XL CHILI, by a lady of Ohio. This is nvolutne in whie7i inn.* infortnation of the personal hahits'And general life of the-peo ple in a region little Iknown, is ,eonveyed in agreeable gosaipping style Foster, Follett:A& Co. ":Columbus.Fet sale by W. IS: THE ROMANCE OF THE MUMMY. This is a very Frerteb - book indeek as one 'might guess before reading the announcement of its transla tion on the title rpm. Its morality, its use of , _ 22 4 things sacred effect , its startl i ng situations and the very ,conceit upon which it,is founded— all savor , of, Paris. almost doubt whether thPqe defects,.by AcquaPs gross, .are balanced by the - meant'. truly,valnable and aecutate information conveyed a•-lively and impressive - manner, npon. :the life and.;manners - ofthat -niarvellints' people—the - ancient Egypt ; : 2 t In thiS voltitite they are ; taken ,down from their stiff pedestals , their quaint intaglios and their silent temple .and..sepuleltral . and, ,with their varionsfweapons and implements, now adinited And guarded. as relics almost of an ideal age, they are' 'made:tc- perform the part of men in daily life. "The 'traveler,! Mr. , Prime; sari !of it : " The. book. is the best-picture Of the' g*lt of the Phataitts that bas been, atlempsed by anyone but the learned copyists of the mon uments" We Suppoee, therefore, its 'offences against a pure taste, are also such as ancient .Egyptlans committed New York, J. pr,,dburn. For sale & A. Xartiens::l MAGAZINES, PAMPHLETS, ETC. THE :ANNUAL REPORT OR THE ,WESTERN 'PENNSYLVANIA 410SIIITAL for 1862.. This in stitution has been removed to:the.new and ample building& at ,Dixmont, eight, miles.lrom Pitts burg,.duritti tht .past year. lt: is to _a.'great ex lent siipported 11; the State.l , llThe building con tained 115 patients at the close =of the,year. 25 were 'discharcred recovered, and 30 improved during the year. Out 0f.6Q7 c f aies treated - in the institution since -1856, only. 20 are reported as Caused ±by religions excitement---less.. less than one iu thirty. cases.. 8 cases .are put SIOETE unlier the hea(' of war excite.me,nt, awn of the.. 007 were :ministers-.and :ilk:tee-viva or widows ofinittisters; laWyersi three ; itirysicians' and physicians' wives, , . 5.; farmen3; t efirmere danghters,' `wives and Will:4s, VT+ ' The number of insane and idotie persons, in' the United States by the census of 1860 was' 43,864`these 29,131 'are in the free States, and 13,733 in slave. The num ber of insane in Pennsylvania.is .2.766,idiotic, 1,642. The ratip of insane to the population of the State is tie 1 to 1,071, rade. in New York, as 1 to 899; irtilklassachusetts as 1 to 585. The' heating apparatus, water supply, cooking apparatus, 'gas Works, laundry, and ventilating apparatus of the new edifice'are the work of our ltlr townsman,.Henry P. - 11. bme. THE Tfq.ENNIAL CATALOGUE of Hamilton College fore 1863; a valuable docUment, reflect ing much credit upon the institution, as well as upon the. careful cornpiler,. Pitor. Nolan, has just .aeon issued. The Ilebt : .owed by the church, `particularly our branch of it, to Hamilton can only bejearned such a brief statistical document as this. Ilamilton,.under God, gave us a Barnes and a Robinsorthesides near a score of honored and useful .naines in our ministry. She deserves our earnest sympathies and prayers. THE Ebrxntrao.ltEvizw:Sor January contains India 'under -Lord .Dalhousie;, Frederick 'Von Gents,- Gold ' and' ;Gield Miners, Life of Rubens,. the CaMpaign of : 1815, Modern Juda ism, Les Miierables, Cobvict System in England and Ireland, Public Affairs. The last article maiotaifis that.` tha - forbearance of Great Britain towards this country in the present struggle is without a precedent in .history-! While it coun sels delay in recognizing the South, the tone in which the:article , is written will find no response in ,the North except among that contemptible class. called- cg copperheads." THE BOSTON REVIEW for March contains aaticles on the Prayer 'of Faith, Arthur Hugh Clough, English Parties on American Affairs, John. Calvin, the Temptation of Christ, Edward IrriPg, Coleus°, Short Sermons, Literary Noti- Cos; and Alie Rotind Table. Boston, John N. Whittemore. ATitarrne3lo - N LY for TuApril contains an eiteucled miscellany of articles, literary, loyal, romantic, scientific, and poetical. " The Flag," has the genuine tone and strength of loyal sentiment which-the time demands. " failute'for the North," beg's that by some meau B the muzzle which seems to hamper the TAlOVe rn9nts of the government' in this war, may lie removed. Boston - Ticknor & Fields.
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