drance ; election► is God's Way olf 'overcoming that hindrance. And if that hindrance is not overcome in all, but only in costs, who shall find fault . ? Was God bound to overcome it in all ? Was he bound to bring every man to Christ, and to pluck every brand from the burning I' Do not blame God for that which belongs solely to yourself ; nor be troubled about His sovereignty when the real cause of trouble is your own desperately wicked heart.—hr. Bomar, D.D. puritan Vrtotittviiin GENESEE EVANGELIST. THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 1883. JOHN W. MEABS, THE UNION PRAYER-MEETING of our churches" will be held on Tuesday next at 3i o'clock P M., i in Buttonwood street church, below Sixth, Rev. T. J. Shepherd, pastor. TIM DAILY UNION PRAYER-MEETING is held from 12 to 1 o'clock, in the ball, No. 611 Chest nut street, over the Commonwealth Insurance Company. EXTRA DAILY ISSUE OF THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN. I=l 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 fall 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- 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 cents a line for the entire edition, or $87.50 per column of fifteen inches; $2O - for a half column, $l2 for a quarter colUmn. Address, AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN, 1334 Chestnut street, Philadelphia. THE RESURRECTION OP OUR LORD. ITS IMPOUTANCE AND CERTAINTY The denial of the leading facts of Scripture on account of the difficulties they involve, lands the unbeliever in the presence, often, of other undeniable facts still more difficult to solve than the first, and only credible upon admitting —the truth of the first. It may be difficult to -believe some of the statements of the Bible, but it is far wore difficult not to believe them.' For instance, the infidel Bishop of the Church of England in his first attack on the Pentateuch, claims that instead of six hundred thousand Israelite warri. ors marching out of Egypt at the Exodus, there could not have been more than five thousand, ac. cording to the natural laws of increase. Even if we'were embarrassed to account for the six hundred thousand men—which we are not— how would Coleus° account for the conquest of the land of Canaan, with its fierce and giant population, by a band of less than five thousand men ? Again : Infidels have of course refused to believe' the miraculous conversion of Paul. It may be difficult to credit such a marvelous oc currence; but the whole subsequent life of Paul becomes incredible if 'we deny the mid.day scene in sight of Damascus, by which alone a furious persecuting zealot could have been changed at once into a penitent believer and ardent follow er of the Master. < The resurrection of Christ, which multitudes of Christians very properly celebrate on next Sabbath, has also been violently attacked by un believers in every age, from the time of the opinionated philosophers on Mars' Hill, to the rationalists and materialists of our day. It was a great and marvelous work—without a parallel in the history of the race,' and men without faith refuse to admit its truth But they cannot doubt the existence of the Christian Church upon earth; and the rise, progress and extension of that 'organization of Christ'S followers is inexpli cable, on the supposition that Christ, ended his work on earth by dying a felon's death on :the . dross. Followers of Christ as a teacher there might have been; but a church of believers, re cognizing in Him their Saviour, and , consecra ting to Him their all, there could not have lieen. The disappointment, gloom and terror accOmpa nying the scenes in Gethsemane, in the judge ment hall, on Mt. Calvary and at the sepulchre, if they ha 4 not been followed by such scenes as those of the resurrection morning and the forty days' sojourn on earth, would have annihilated the rising organization, and have crushed the last hopes of the race for religioue truth, under the heel of Pharisaic blindness and intolerance. Or, if the first teachers of Christianity were in culcating a falsehood or a -groundless delusion when they preached the resurrection, how came it to pass that there were none in a hard, practi cal and skeptical community, to expose the false hood and brand its authors with ignominy ? How was it possible for Peter only seven weeks after the time of the alleged occurrence, to de clare, amid an audience of thousands in the city by whose very walls the sepulchre was situated, and in the presence of the very men who had caused Christ's death and had 'placed soldiers to keep watch over his tomb, that the object of their malice had triumphed over therri and had come forth from the tomb they had sealed and guarded ; how was it possible for him to declare this as a fact and to secure thousands of believ ers to it in that place and presence, if the whole thing had been a fabrication,and if hundreds of persons in the congregation were competent to brand it as a falsehood ? We may be tolerably certain, on the contrary that if Christ had not risen, Peter, who shame fully denied his muster before he had even been condemned to death, would never afterwards have lifted up his head as a preacher of the. os pel. How convincing too is that citation by rani, of " above five hundred" witnesses to whom the risen Redeemer appeared, in a body, most of whom, he adds in the most artless man ner, are still living If no such thing had over happened, is it credible that amid the bitter op -AN D--• Editor pe'.sition which Christianity met, no exposure of falsehood so glaring, and so undisguised would have been 'made Is it credible that a system of doctrine so pure, and which brought its fol lowers so much suffering and disgrace, could have been successfully promulgated upon the basis of a delusion or falsehood so stupendous in its character, at the very time and amid the lo calities, in which it was alleged to have taken place, and among enemies goaded by every prin ciple of jealousy and disappointed spite to ex pose it and thus annihilate the system. Had the apostles been deceivers, says Mr. Barnes, that was the age in which.they could most easily have been detected. Yet that was the age when con verts were most rapidly multiplied, and God affixed his seal to their testimony, that it was true." All the four Evangelists join to testify to this lbading fact in the Gospel History. In regard to many other facts they seem to select what most falls in with the special object or point of view of their gospel; the resurrection stands boldly out before the mind of each, as essential to any and every view - which may be taken of the whole phenomenon they are recording. And yet here there is no servile copying from one ano ther; each Evangelist's account is stamped with individuality and independence. The harmony that prevails is not that between plaster casts of the same objects. It is that between living, awe struck witnesses of different parts of one grand, startling, thrilling and rapidly succeeding series of events,--witnesses who nevertheless are guided in their choice of facts by a law of which they perhaps were unconscious—a law which the un appreciative neglect and which the unbeliever coolly ignores. Says Ellicott, speaking of the differences in this part of the GOspel narrative: "we can hardly fail to be struck with the har mony that pervades the whole—And must again be led to recognize in this portion of the history, with all its seeming discrepancies, what we have so often already observed in the curlier portions, how strikingly the evangelical accounts illus trate by their differences, and how the very omissions in one or two of the sacred records will sometimes be found to place even in a clearer light and to .reflects fuller and truer significance en, what others have been moved to record." Westcott in his Introduction to the Study of the Gospel, while rejecting the idea that a compact, connected History of the Great Event`can be constructed out of the =aerials given in the Evangelists, and - while warning against attempts to force an arbitrary agreement, sees, in the sub stantial harmony of individual and independent accounts of the event, a proof of the inspiration of the writers. He says: " Nothing less than the constant presence of the Holy Spirit, if we can in any way pppreliend the method of his work ing, could preserve perfect truthfulness with re markable variationsi a perfect plan with childly simplicity ; an unbroken spiritual concord in in dependent histories!' But vain is the attempt to tear from the soul the great truth of a Saviour's Resurrection and of _man's victory in him over the last enemy which is death. Let that truth be once revealed, and It will work its way and fix its abode in the deepest, securest reoess of the human spirit. That Christ has risen, is the glory and the joy of the ransomed man.. That truth, justifies our deepest devotion, supports our highest hopes and gives stability and value to the whole Christian system. That attunes the Christian poet's lyre to its loftiest notes: ‘ 1 And did he rise? Hear 0 ye nations I hear it 0 ye dead ! He rose ! He rose ! He burst the bars of death. Lift up your beads ye everlasting gates And give the King of glory to come in. Who is the King of glory,?.He who left His throne of glory for the pangs of death. * * The theme, the joy, then how shall man sustain ? Oh the burst gates,. crushed sting, demolished throne ! Last gasp of vanquished death ! Shout earth and heaven, This 811121 of good to man, whose nature then Took wings and mounted with him from the tomb. Then, then I rose ! Then first humanity Triumphant passed the crystal ports of light, (Stupendous guest ! ) and seized eternal youth. * * E'er since, 'tis blashphemons To call man mortal. * * * * Man all immortal, bail ! Hail heaven I all lavish of strange gifts, to' man Thine all the glory, man's the boundless bliss."' SPIRITUAL LIFE AND LIBERALITY. These two elements of practical religion are appearing in happy combination among all de:' • nominations all over the' oyal part of our country. ' For some weeks past, we have chronieled their beneficent manifestationsehiefly in other brandies of the Chtirch, or at a distance from our city, er in isolated cases among us. We trust, the rising tide has reached our own city and Church, and that after the happy beginnings we now witness, we shall be called to see far greater things than these. Such facts as the following are full of interest and encouragement: TABOR Mtbsiox connected with Calvary Church, recently re ceived nineteen persons on profesSion of faith.' The chapel is too strait for the Congregation, and through the noble liberality of . Mr. M. W. Baldwin, a church edifice of dimensions suffi cient to accommodate eight hundred persons will soon take its plac.e. Lots have already been purchaSed for the purpose, at the corner of 18th and Christian Streets. In GREEN HILL church the interest, is more deep and extensive than for several years past. Numhers are inquiring the way of salvation. A mortgage of $2OOO on the property has just been cancelled, and the energe tic pastor, Rev. F. L.Robins, is successfully prose cuting his efforts to remove the entire indebted ness from house and ground, of which but a small sum remains. KENSINGTON Cannon, Rev. W. T. Eva, pastor, received seventeen per sous on profession at the last communion season. During the special services preceding the com munion the pastor was assisted by Rev. J. B. Reeve, the unassuming but estimable pastor of the Lombard street African Church. Mr: Reeve's services. ere highly acceptable to the people and his sermon was able and to edification. GERIII4N ST. Crtuncir, so long under a cloud,' with every prospect of extinction, and without a token for good from the Spirit for years, is at length visited with refreshing and the patient and faithful brethren' th:lre who have hoped against hope, are at last reaping their reward. Under the preaching of Rev. F. Graves, the con gregations have more than doubled, 'eleven per son have recently given evidence of a change of heart, five of whom united with the church on profession at a recent communion service. Through the liberality of members of the THIRD ; 611,Titelt, Pine St., the bnilding is placed,beyond Auttriran recollterian and 6 .9 cutote Orangrliot. the reach of seizure or mal-appropriation by reason of incurnbrances, and will be improved and better fitted for public worship if not at present finish ed.—We have recently mentioned accessions to the THIRD CHURCH j also the important enterprise of the First C_ arch at Ninth and Wharton sts. The collection for lEtom.F. MISSIONS in` NORTH BROAD St. Church= last Sabbath, will reach nearly, if not quite.ssoo. About one tenth of the amount will go to the A. H. M. S. DEBT PAID. The Clinton St. Church in this city imbibing the spirit of the time in cancelling Church debts, have just subscribed $3300 to pay off a mortgage upon their mission in Christian Street, and to provide for all contingent expenses. Both church and mission are now, for the first time, free .from debt in any form. This subscription,lncluding a liberal donation to the Pastor,' Rev. Daniel March, the addition of foirteen members at the last communion and a steadily increasing congre gation, have afforded both Pastor and people much room for mutual congratulation upon the past and hope for greater,blessing in the future. THE DECLINE IN GOLD. No elms of men but heartless speculators-and enemies t,o the country have seriously doubted the ability of the country to carry and control any amount of indebtedness likely to be incurred in this war. Few, in fact, but could see great bene fits likely to result to the nation from the respork sibility incurred by a large national indebtedness. Disloyal men and Men demoralized by Southern' sympathies, or by a mad desire to gamble in their country's perils, and deal out its destinies es they would a pack of cards, while they enrich themselves—such men saw nothing before, us but financial ruin, wide-spread bankruptcy, eve rything submerged under a flood of worthless promises to pay. These men had their day. By playing upon the fears of the people, by the use of a venial press, by, risking" as desperate gam blers immense sums of money, by a system of borrowing on depoiits of gold which-could only be sustained by stimulating prices, these men succeeded in depreciating the credit of the Gov 7 ernment, and of all banks of issue in the land,, to the amount indicated by a - preiniuin of seven ty-two cents on the gold dollar. This was just previons to the adjournment of the last Congress, March 4th. They were expecting and predict ing far greater depreciation. Their organs figured up the immense issues of paper money authorized by Congress, and pointed to the result in satanic triumph. Gold will soon be 300 they said. The more paper money you issue the less will be its value. Mr. Chase can find no market . for his bonds, and so will have to issue endless amounts of " green-backs." Bye-and-bye, a, half-bushel basket of them can be bought for a five dollar gold piece ! It'seemed as if the fate of the nation were almost at the mercy of these monst6rs. The path of the-Government would be hedged up . . Indeed means were long in forthcoming to meet the wants of the soldiers. The rigors of a winter campaign were deepened by the thought of suffering fami lies at home, dependent upon the supplies which Mr. Chase could not furnish from an empty trea sury. The air grew thick, with rumors of disaf fection in camp. " Copperheads" multiplied •at; the North, and dinned their horrible hisses in our ears. A.nglo-rebel privateers scourged our West India commerce, and evaded and even de stroyed our men of war. The puissant French Emperor insisted with ill-concealed malignity, in having a hand in our difficulties. Mistrusted at home, could Mr.Chase.expect expect under such circumstances to get money abroad ? No ! he had no resource then but to issue green-backs, and to give the gamblers a fair field for -their operations, tossing the destinies of a vast country and a vaster future between the bulls and bears of the stock-market 1 • -But even Wall Street panic-makers are nothing more in the hand of Providence, than helpless clay in the hand of the potters Their prestunp .. tuous game is ended in less than a month. We have had no victories—whiele these men cence ded might lower the price off gold ; the Mersey and the Clyde have not ceased to pour out their lavish contributions to piracy and rebeldoth on land and on sea:':a recently captured ":Princess Royal" is now being transformed in the Navy Yard of our city to do ready service for' the Union she was first freighted so richly to de stroy'; a rebel army has alruost eircturriented Rosecrans, and is in the heart of Kentucky; the Indianola and:the Queen of the. West were cap tured in the Mississippi, yet in thiee weekS:gold has fallen THIRTY-TWO PER CENT., Or at the rate of one and 'a half cent&per day. A' little judi cious legislation by Congress, applying the just principles of the tax law' to transactions in gold; and further, threatened legislation in New York State of • a more stringent chareter, prohibiting the lending of currency on deposits of gold—the favorite method of the gold gamblers—have suf ficed to knock away the illegitimate supports of the gold panic, and are: letting down the premi um to a reasonable point. Moreover Mr. Chase's bonds are being taken up with the utmost a.vi (fitly. From every part of the rand; and from capitalists of every description, comes a constant stream of offers for these bonds, exceeding amil lion or dollars per day.. And as the country shows signs of returning confidence, offers from : foreign capitalists are announced for enormous sums and on favorable terms. The people are calm enough to notice' once more the successful operation of the revenue laws, under which the qovernment will have abundant means for pay ine• the interest on its debts or for ineetine. its ordinary expenses. The vast wealth and enter prise of the country which is pledged for, its indebtedness, promises not to feel the• pressure except as it imparts a greater steadiness and sense of responsibility to all its future movements: There is almost the same sense of relief among good people as after a great viCtory. It is a great victory. Mr. Chase is greater than General Hal leek. He is quite as likely to be the next Pre sident as any wearer of shoulder-straps that has been named in this connection. The dangerous, subtle, and desperate enemy on the stock-board is routed horse, foot and dragoons. Traitorous men at home are crestfallen; the peopls will not consent to our national destructioU; gold shall be no more effectual against us than lead or steel. The happy, issue of these perils is as just a mat ter for National thanksgiving, as is any event in the history of the past two years. One effect is especially agreeable, to the friends of our Chris tian enterprises abroad. By the fall in the rate of exchange, our contributions will become avail able to a much greater extent for these objects. The overthrow of the gold speculation at home, will cause rejoicing on the shoreS of the o a very, the Ganges, and the Bosphorus; under the shadow of Mt. Carmel, and among the coral islands of the Pacific'. Soon, as a happy, puri fied people, dwelling more securely than ever under the shadow of vindicated law and mani fested, prowess, may we be efficiently, engaged i n extending the Redeemer's kingdom through the world. Rzy. E. E. ling is'' series of articles on " Preaching" came to a close in our last num ber. We hut express the general sentiment of our readers When we cordially thank the writer for the gratification and profit which this'series has effort:le& us. Though written with care, and , illustrated with numerous citations from celelna ted authors, and kept up steadily from week to week, it is‘proper for,tis to say that they were a gratuitous expression of the interest which the author in many ways has exhibited towards the AmEnroAN PRESBYTERIAN. i/Vle expect ere long to hear from Mr. Adams again in our Columns. REVIVAL IN CARLISLE, PENNA.--Thelollow in*g, delightful intelligence is taken from a busi ness note to the 4r : " We have been holding meetings in the First Presbyterian churchevery evening during ~the last two, weeks. Near the 'commencement of these meetings six influential persons united with us for the first time in com munion,. and since then a still larger number have professed conversion. The members of the church have also been awakened. to an increased activity , and prayerfulness. A similar blesSing has been enjoyed uy our brethren of-the Second Presbyterian church, under the labors of their newly elected pastor, Mr `bliss, recently from • the Westerti Theological Seminary" at Pittsburg. Yours very truly,' PROM OUR ROCKESTER'; CORRESPONDENT. BillerALo, N. March 27, 1863 DEAR, EDITOE:—OId winter is upon us, cold, stormy,` muddy, dreary; and as yet we have no tidings of °Teat victories to ournational arms to Bing sunshine.on our path, and chase away the clouds. But still., we have hope. Indeed,. in wsudering ever" at - considerable portion of this Western New York within, the last two weeks, we have everywhere observed an - increasing cheerfulness and ecinfidence in regard `to our na tional affairs. The "`winter of dis Content" is gone from a great many who recently:were no thing but bitter grumblers. There isAn,increas leg confidence in the government not only, but much more, perhaps, we may say, in the favor of an overruling Providence. Many that were almost despairing 'of our cause '""•a few months since, seem now to helieve that even these dela . ); are a constant victory; that the rebellion is daily losing strength, ana`must . be nerOpelled ere long to yield to tie stern necessities, of, the case. Union iirecting in Buffalo. A granddentontltration was held last evening in this city in favor of the government and the Union. , Leading men of all parties united in the meeting. Patriotic speeches were made, patrintie`fesolutions were passed, and sentiments of firmest determination were expressed in favor of doing all cthaits es inecsary to maintain the r - • integrity tie government, and crush out all opposition. Our good friend, Rev. Dr. Heacock, was discovered in the Crowd, and summoned to the. platform for a speech: True to his noble instincts 'and intense 'patriotism ; he , itepped`for ward, and fora 'time held the vast.throng of his fellow townsmen entranced by his . rnagie words. The speech was entirely unpremeditated, but, was one of the Doctor's happiest efforts—fuli of fire and full of country, The Doctor is ever a great favorite in this his, native, city. His grand en thusiasm, .his great heart, his noble impulses, his majestic form and Voice give him every ex ternal advantage as a Speaker; while his fine mental endowments, especially his ''brilliant idi agination and tender sensibilities him in the first rank of Amerioan orators. The Doctor is frequently caw from home to aid r in ievivals of religion; having recently been so engaged in Rochester; in-llarnilten , (o. W.), at Silver Creek, and various other places. He is peCUliarly happy on such•occasions; , adiairable as a preacher, and Wise in adapting measures to circumstances: He is in fact, remarkably dis. erect and conservative, for one constituted with such mighty impuls6s. Hew Church in Byffalo We have to-day been looking into the new church now building for' ev. Dr: Heacock. It is a plain, commodious,' substantial brick struc ture, erected on the spot where his old church stpod,.which was removed to give plade to a better. This is intended to seat an audience of a, thousand. It has galleries in the sides, and at one end, with Gothic arches overhead, and to be neatly frescoed throughout. This chureh is a monument. of the affection of A ; faithful and loving people. Their pastor , was called again and a‘min to other and larger , churches. His affections bound him, indeed, to his. own flock, and his ;native city; but to make him doubly fast his pedple are erecting this attractive house of worship. Long May they enjoy the faithful and acceptable labors , of their chosen pastor. • The heuse is to beftnished, free from debt, in • July. very neat and commodious lecture room is already done, and now holds the Sabbath assemblies. Congregational singing is practiced in this church, and they do it well. They do not, want any other.: They use the Plymouth Collection, and all sing. The Revival . in Hamilton . College We have before spoken of the delightful re ligious interest in Clinton, and in Hamilton Col lege. We have since heard that the work has gone on with increasing power in this institu tion. We are permitted to, copy the - following interesting, letter written only three days ago by one of the students to his father, which gives a better idea of the present state of the work than anything we can say : . cc HAligi,TON COLLEGE; CLINTON, } " March '24, 1563. "DEAR,'FArgart:—l have but' a moment to write, but I want to make a request in behalf of my fellow-students: We feel that we are very weak, and have little faith, and we want those at home to unite in praying• for us. God.is grant ing us more than we have ever dared to ask. He is pouring out blessings innumerable, and send ing down his Spirit here in a wonderful manner. Truly God can do, and is doing wonders. About forty of the students have, set out resolved to _serve God. Alrno::t all are firm in their'hope. Some are trembling, but' still resolved. "-We thank'God for this; but-there Yet' re main n very few in each of the classes:— fourteen in all who have as yet Made no public deeloiation of any interest. They attend the noon meetings, and many of them, seem to feel the importance of religion, and acknowledge that it is their duty to become followers of Christ, but still hold back. We want every one in this College to come to the Sa viour, But we have not faith. It seems too glorious. We know that all things are possible with God.. But we are such blind creatures that we cannot - realize-the possibility. We want the prayers of older Christians; and if we know that those outside are praying for us, and with us, I know we shall feel strengthened, and shall . renew our labors. I would not have you think that the interest is diminishing; for I think it is not. To dny a larger number publicly resolved to lead the Chris tian life than at any previous meeting. I would like to particularize, but time does not allow. Oh, I wish you were here—it is so blessed. , There is very little• excitement—l might say , none.:lt is the , strong. under current of God's Spirit. Eve ry one is affected, and there is very little opposi tion. I have not heard a sneer-from any one. There are no scoffers: Oh, it is wonderful how some are changed. !loping that our united prayers may pre vail with God, fremain • `• Your affectionate Son, A Revival,' of delightful interest and power has also been some time in progress in Ellicott . vine • and another at Silver Creek. Some thirty or forty conversions:, as we are told hive occur red at each place. "Truly God is good to Israel." .If we mistake not, an unusual number of revivals have, been reported within a few weeks; and some of unprecedented power. The interest in Rochester continues, and is thought to ,be in creasing and spreading. 'REVIVAL IN UTICA .—A 'letter from a layman dated Utica, March 26th, 1863, says: We'are now in the midst of a blessed revival of religion. God in his infinite mercy has been pl eased•lo visit us with the, outpouring of his Holy Spirit,' and many we hope and believe have become the 'subjects of his all-conquering grace, and the work is , still increasing. Hathilton College and other'places are enjoying. like blessing. Pray for us, and de. sire all Christians with whom:you are associated,to remember us in their supplications .at theAhrone of grace. My time is almost , exclusiiely devoted in 'doing what I can to promote the interest' of my Redeemer. FROM QD:It NORTHWEST CORRESPONDENT, . . . . TELE BARBARISM' TEE FIRST DANDFDR IDLUSTkATIONS- ILLINOIS AND NEW, PAR NOBILE FRATRUM. Editor of Presbyterian: It is not many years since Dr. Bushnell preach ed a sermon before the Home Missionary Society, the subject, of which was " barbarism our first danger." The design of it was to show that-the commingling of different nationalities' in the, West, and the unsettling of .habits consequent upon a change from the East to the West must necessarily tend to-lower the standard of recitals and religion. And tho Ugh the good Dr. did not make a sufficient allowance in his calcnlations for the rapid interchange of thOught in modern times, and the ease and frequency of communi cation between the West and- the East, yet it must confessed that his fears in some respects were well 'founded. It is a fact that the religion of thousands has not been of , sufficient strength to hear transplanting from the East to the West. It is a safe calculation that one person in ten among our eastern born population, who are found outside of the' Church,' have hidden away in some secret' corner the letter, which 'they brought with there, testifying to their Christian standing, but which they had. never used. It requires no argument to prove that religion and morals suffer a mournful deterioration when so large a number throw off religiond reatraint. But, in no respect, do the signs of the times prove how well grounded were the fears of the preacher as in the inhuman ti:eatment, of the col ored' race by `a• large dais of our . Ay estepi pPpu lation. What'could show a stronger tendeney to barbarism than for a sovereicia _State,,by tire enactment, to shut out from its borders an unfortunate class of our fellow,, citizens, who are here• by no fault of theirs, And who simply beg the, poor priVilege of gaining subsistence for themselves and their little ones, by rendering indiapensable service to their 'white neighbors. And yet sech a law is in force in the great com monivealth of Illinois, and'efforts have been made by a wicked minority in the fegislatnteOfWis consin, to pass such an enactment to eontrel the future aetioia of the people of, this State. Thank God there is virtue enough.left in our legislature to defeat this stupendous wickedness. But so strong are the prejudices against this: oppressed race that thee-Government has been absolutely crippled in its efforts. to help the wretched col ored people,_who have been thrown upon its hands by the. exigencies, of, the rebellion. They would gladly„e,pme to us by the thousand, and do for us the work , that they have done for the rebels; cultivate our farms, which but' for I,heir help must lie unproductive; there is such a.scar city of labor-; and strengthen our hanclein put ting down the rebellion. But " No," . say astute legislators, ‘` Yon are a .nigger, you shall not conic.", Not even the wail of starving children, nor the sufferings of these poor creatures exposed to• the rigors of a northern winter, have been sufficient to touch the, hearts of democratic legis lators. At Cairo, this • winter r a number of, blacks have been frozen to death,' and hundreds of them have been cooped up in unhealthy, narrow` quar ters, where disease has held almost unchecked dominion; but Illinois not only has no sympathy to express, but she would rudely thrust out from . the asylum they, had sought, these victims of oppression and cruelty. The annals of history may be ransacked in vain, to 'find a 'rnore stri king illustration of barbaric tendencies. When your own glorious Kan g e and his heroic compan ions were threatened with starvation, the heathen Esquirnaux... generously shared with them the products of their scanty store. But enlightened democratic legislators•of Illinois.not only refuse the rights of hospitality, but they have. actually endeavored during the past winter to render their barbarism more' conspicuous, by :proposing to make their laws still more oppressive against the black race., But the most bhooking feature in this crimi nality is the fact that professed followers ofiTesus Christ, whose distinguishing characteristic was that he was the friend of the poor, not only help to foster the prejudices which are the cause of such legislative enactments, but are themselves their advocates. Will it be believed ?' .A,a elder in the Presbyterian Church saAl•io the writer of this letter, that if a law vas 'propose:di excluding the colored people from the State; he would vote _t • , : Yours truly, GENESEE March 25th; 183. for it. And there are multitudes of Christians, in name, whoifAhey would shrink front' such an act of inhumanity; are eraselessly contribtiting to foster the hatred against black men. They vir tually say that " a negro has no rights which white - men are bound to respect." They are unwilling to admit them to any respectable call ing. They shut out their children from the' schools. They follow them with heartless perse cution. They look on with=indifference when a brutal mob like those at Detroit and:Syracuse burn their homes and stain the streets with the blood of these spoor, sufferers. god have mercy.upon us I The religion that, winks at or encourages such enormities is no better than 'blank Atheism. It is a virtual denial of Jesus-Christ, because it refuses: to lecognise.the very principle that lies at the basis of Christianity, arid , that is, helpful 'awl and sacrifiee, if need be, for the needy and tho Auffering. The gospel ,of a large portion of the American Church for the 'colored rade, is a gospel of hate, and not of love. - , But if legislative enactments to oppress the celored - 'race, and to shut them out frOm State linfitS,'is a plod' of barbarism,. the gest, or seine parts of it bid fair to keep pace with, the West in the ,descending scale. 'The State of`New Jersey, it seems, is striving 'to emulate the inhumanity and wickedness of Illinois. It is truly difficult to decide what is best to be done for such an assemblage of, benighted men as compose the legislature of your neighboring State. But will you suffer the suggestion that the clera tz ,ymen of Philadelphia, 'with' Bishop Barnes and Bishop Potter at their head, go over to-Trenton and spetni a few days in missionary labor in those beni.Ated re gions, And if the. Gospel of the Siviour of man is e;proscribed book in that quarter, possih,ly the goSPel of the heathen Eslctiinaux. as Set forth in the narrative or Kane,above alluiled to, Will be treated witla--eensideration. If it is true'tbat 'c.fellow-feeling makes us wondrous kind;,' . the effect,of, the example of their;heathenish,,abori ginal-brethreo may not be entirely lost npon the asseriibled Wisdoin of New Jersey=.:: r r • , . , -WILMINGTON PRESBYTERY-01EANGE or .*• • ITACE-OTMEETING:? Mardi" 30 1863 D,khr. On account of the prevalence of small pox at Oilesapealte . City the next meeting of the -hes 'bYtery of Wilaiington - will be 4104 at' Middle folio, April, 7th, at t YoUrs Fraternally .:7 ; - .1, ! ? 4.T.f*t.4';'il..f.o,**.' COMMISSIONERS, TO GENERAL ASPIEMBLY.-7 It 4- PRESisYTERY, : Sal:duel IL Gridley, D. D., and E: Woodward Brdwit;•Alternates--Miles`P.S . quiertD.iD., and Atwood; Elders—Messrs.. D. ; D: Day- `ton, and ?lett Croitiy; Altern . atg-LM:eissl:s. Jcuipi and Spender Booth -" Any - rt-Ai.—Rev. L. IL Shepherd pastor Of :the'Church' Huron, Wayne‘Co:' N. Y. writes, to the last Zvanie/ist as folloWi::Daiing ihe "Week Prayee it was very manifest that the Holy Spirit was:with us. We therefore continued our prayer-meetings four evenings in a week, till the -10th of February, when the Rev."o. Parker cam-; Meneed his labors 'with us. He remained -with . • s. about - three weeks, - during* whlch time inany backsliders were reclaimed, and between spieuty and eighty hopefully converted, to God Aged Men; men of intelligence and influence, and.the children of the. Sabbath school; are sitting toge ther at the feet of Jesus. Many new family*al , tars have been set where iirayer,morning and evening; goes :upto kled - as grateful incense: 'Almost the' entire Sabbath 'school ‘have .been brought into the fold of Ohridt, for,all of which we bless the Lord. - , ORDINATION; INSTALLATiONS The Presbyter y. pf Newark, on Tuesday evening, March 17, ordained: to the work, of the Gospel ministry Mr. C. T. Berry, of Newari,: Mr. - Berry is Under Conimissibn as chaplain in the U. S. service The charge was delivered-by •Rev. - iir. Poor,=L- 2 -liistaliatiarc' Of Chester, Special' meeting of the Presbytery or Nu, en at this place;' March 11, Mr. Thomas , - -- NiChOle-, licentiate" of Owego; Presbytery was ordained to the Gospel , ministry, and • ittetalleC.pastor of ,the Church in Chester. Brother Nichols, says the . Evangelist, commences labors as pastor Under great encoinagenrenc.his labors with the Church .for the past' three months as a • supply, having been accompanied the work of the Holy Spirit; resulting,' in the conversion of about thirty souls, tweniy:five of which haVe been added by Pocar .ion of their faith, and others are trusting in the blessed Saviour; reviving theseople of God, and very much encouraging them =,,in their work. The former pastor of the Church,: the Rev. Janies W. Wood, When last,heard frOm, Was sail ing up the river Nile, visiting the paces of hi terest in Bible history, and "expecting s soon to be in the . city of Jerusalem; his health 'very improved from his journey, -Re v John E. Baker has resigned - the pastorate of the Church.et Ark sort, N. Y , and accepted a call to the" ;Church at Cuba, Allegheny county N. Y. I* LIBERTY ST. PRESBYTERIAN CRUneff---SUCh is the name of the church edifice which was- on the evening of the 23d. 'of Fehr - nary"renew - &fly set apart to religious uses by the colored Presby terians of the city of Troy. The O'Coaaion drew too-ether a large audience, composed 'of the color ed people, and their friends of other , churches. Says an account in a local paper : The building internally, is a very, ;beautiful, one, exceedingly neat, and though inexpensive, cheerful and bright to the view. The floar is, carpeted with crimson ; the walls are blocked out in light, greens and'grays in the form of stone work ; the ceiling is frescoed in large , panels of a pure bright-blue' with styles of buff, ,and-ornantental mouldings.of . • white and shadow. No society could desire a building for worship, the ,general appearanceof "Which should be more attractive. During the services. Rev. Dr.' Bernal), ma,de brief address, congratulating the pastor and _the cengregation upon -their beautiful church.:!Ele gave some sta tistics concerning the original fen:nation of the' church as a branch of his_own, and his exercise; of pastoral care over it for many yearsafter'ita formation. He mentioned, in the course of his' remarks, a com P li ments .received from one Aunt! Peggy, a 11 1en4lier .the church in olden -time,' which he esteemed owe of theltest everpaid'him.' Said She,. <tl caw understandit every word-rhei sa:yer'a compliateint*liieltlmmtehets attd:talierl Speakers ought. to Miff Ailoke r -fo de144.1 „ YRESBYTARIAN. A4Ki*i4N2 Stated Clerk. All of the services -Were deeply interesting, in cluding the, aingingof the choir. After the ser vices, the members Of the congregation partook of refreshments neatly served in the basement. REV. 0. A. LYMAN, -late Chaplain of the 93d Regitiient . o;V:l;,' his - resolved to remain for the presillt, with fit c 2nd Presbyterian Church, at Greenville, Ohio. If': retired from the army on'account'ofliadlealth ;hut we are gratified in being able to assure his numerous friends in the Miami Valley, that.he is rapidly recovering, and is laboring with great acceptance to the Church at Greenville.: NEW TIIEOLOGICAL 40ITENAL.--The Cincin nati Herald, annonnees.4 • neW undertaking in Theological , literature which we think will strike educated men 'iniveriallY withfavour, The ti tle of the,prepnped journal is " The Theological Eclectic." The Herald says : 'tinder this title, the Rev 'D E.:Day, of Lane Seminary, pro -poses to issue, if sufficient interest shall appear to be felt in the„pla.n,to warrant the undertaking, a seriesnfthe Ablest and most timely theological papers, selected, for the most part, from the pe riodical-and other 'literature of Great Britain, France, Germany, and Holland.—Some of the more important journals from which these selec tions will be made, and, when necessary, trans. tated, are the British and Foreign Evangelical Review, British Quarterly :Review, Journal of Sacred Literature, Christian Obierver, Christian Remembrancer, the North British, Edinburgh and London Quarterly Reviews, Revue Chre tienne, Archives du' Christianisme, Theologische Studienttnd Kritiken, teitsehrift, far die his torische `Theologies ta.hrbuelter fur deutsche Theologie, Allgemeine Kircheizeititng, Protest antieche,Monatsblatter, Nieuwe Tharboeken voor Wetensohaprielijkn'Tbeologie, and Kerkhisto risch Archief. Special proninence -will be giv. en in the TheolOgical Eclectic to the vital ques tion of, the; age, viz,: n supernatUral and author itative revelation - jkom .a personal .and God; and .the alleged results of scientific inves tigation;histerioat eritielam, philosophical spec ulation, which, render necessary, it is, pretended, a reconstruction Of Christianity. The Theologi cal &leak trillalso contain articles. on 'biblical exposition, preaching, the lives of-eminent theo .logiani;Aiid itideed'o4 any subject in theoloolr not detioniinational; .on which articles distin guished for their thought-developing power, and promising to aid.ministers in their weekly prepa ration-for the pOlpit,ldieloand. Already a thousand names have- been handed iti,and,nthesn.bscriptien prices but 81.00, it it is likely: at ,p `any ;more; will he obtained. The publisher;is Wm. Scott, 28 West Fourth ,Streekt Cincinnati.- . riatiatisto. :THE :PENTATEIMEE VINDICATED -. from the as. persions of. Bishop Oolenso. By Prof. Win. H. ,Greea, of Princeton.,, ; • - ~.Thia.little..volrone, like some others brought ont-biriihe eatiaordinary infidel emanation front Ttirt - Anglicanßisliop, has the - merit of brevity and terierigas;.by 'which it :is adapted to Ifollow and - nt4t4ipikalile)4l effects of the'former on the pOpUlaruntd: . It 'seizes directly npoiu.the ;taints , raised he' and it lucid t' f • As ea!B ac tory manner_disposes Of them, 'lf any one- would apprepiate'the,pnerility, Shallowness, and unfair ness- of this - iist . att6mpt . to discredit the Mosaic .record,!hirivilllnd in Prof. 'Green's book an ad. - inirable",gnille to that reset , I`ar more, serious in its beiringgtion - thi'Oliorcli of thgland than rtiori'ilie l irtith of ,Holy Writ we opine will Co leriSo's honk 'he fauna. It will: hasten the day l'itP:vfkikPlical men must leave lite, Establish mcptkpr, itself he abandoned hvthe:State.,ior radically reformed. and- evange- Jized. , ; iste3vArork :'John. Philadelphia: ;for; sale by;Bmith,!--Unglisti'&.[Ce.-` .R1{1)31 Messrs. R. QarteT & Bros, we hare received two ioinmes; t• *hi& are addition to .f • • e#elient sefiee.-77-!‘ tartere,Fircside Libra ,, They ,ark. GDANDNAMIA 7 S SUNNDINE, AND, OTHER.. 4 B:I'O3VES. ; thirty-orie altogether, by the autrkok, of - s`,Kitty's:VictorY;". 18ixto. pp. 34&4; and .* e ( 141" itrO C THER S , H a series of Home Sketches, eight in number. pp. 99. Both col nmes ;are- illustraAed, - -ba4somely " - printed and eubstantially bound Fprrsale , at the Presbyte rian Toole StoiC.• LOUIS NAPOLEON, THE 'DESTINED MONARCH OP THEWILD AND YERSONAL The zeal and, industry spent in the preparation -of a "volumellike- this,)but -ilinstrate the restle , s craving" of the htintan spirit for a circumstantial knowledge of the future: Such knowledge we cannot persuade ourselves' that Scripture was to • htlyiidat q4te x tt designed to give.,, Yet we would not-Undertake to say thatinvestigatians of this kind are in themselves to be - eciiedenneed. Only lethitin be siberdirtated to the 'practical demands of - thehour upon the Chriatiart, in his domestic, ecifiesiastica:l; and public relations, and they may become prolaktle. Accerding to the volume before us, in its third editien, by < Rev. M. Bas ter, of the,' Episcopal Chitral," Louis Napoleon will. become supreme over :Christendom soon after fercely persecute Christians 1111- W 1870,-when Christ person . . will come, the greatobattle of. Armageddon- Be fought, and Na- Poleoh will perish. 'Napoleon's - name has to le put - in - the Dative case to make it number 6613; and the author ;says one-fourth °Utile population of the United 'States is Ro'riiati. Catholic ! Accur ding to the e.stitriato is Child's National Alma nac, one-elevinth is the correct proportion (page 661). The has the usual display of rough, uncouth 'CUik, etc., peculiar to this class of lite.rattiio. .12iito. page 344: Philadelplii4: W. S. taitieu. , !tAßAzins, - PAMPECLETS, ETC. Tan Nomrs BitirrSi-liivlEw for February (lt: &Ott & Co., 38 'Walker street, N.Y. \V. B. Zieber, Philadelphia) Contains': Co n victs and Transportation ; •Reeent;lAttaeks on the Penta teuch; Prof.' - Wilson ; - Paivre's Seeion a° Biography .of Goethei , Greece Daring Thirty 'Years ; 'Novels and Nrrvelists of the Day ; Da -pectic Annals of Scotland.; Dr. Cunningham's Historical Theology; - The Prospects of Parties. THE, Third Number of the PRAPIIETre Tn: es, a-new Monthly; devoted to'the millenarian views, and edited. by. Rey. Drs. Seiss, Newton, Duffield, and:Others, has been issued, and contains an in 'Wresting series of articles,on. the Second Advent and' related topics. Philadelphia: W. Z. liar hert, 112 North Tenth street. THE 311.1:SICAL REVIEw of New rent, pi) _fished every other week, has, made arrangements with Zundel's " Monthly Choir and Organ Jour ti4". to supply both.the papers, when subscribed for fOgether, at, greatly reduced rates, both publications per annum. The Roma Alne i 511.501 Theo. `Hagen, 5 & 7 Mercer Street, NeW'Yclricr APRIL 2,
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