1863 look so narrowly at the meaning'of terms, but was bent upon preventing any correspondence between the bodies, whether upon the Presbyterian model or the Dutch. But I. have no reason to believe that that. party artiountdi to so many as three. With this conrellion of terms, then, the debate began and proceeded; the one party opposing what the other did not urge. Under these circumstances only a bare majority voted to refer the matter to the Synod's committee on correspondence. That com mittee viewed the proposition in the light of our own precedents, and reported a resolution which would have postponed the subject for a year. Of course their report argued in the direction•of the action which they suggested, and gave reasons against a correspondence of doctrinal endorsement. So soon, however, as that resolution to postpone came before the Synod a substitute was moved, proposing that the correspondence should begin at once. The de bate was resumed, the undefined term "correspond ence" still leaving the two parties et cross purposes, until at'length the ground of the opposition having more clearly defined itself, an attempt was made to remove it by a preamble which should.formally de clare that the technical and peculiar correspondence of our constitution was not intended. Such a pre amble was prepared; the divided views were harmo nised; and the hearty aye that passed the resolution vindicated in the regard of the warmest lovers of Christian fellowship the catholic kindness of the General Synod. I was present, sir, at the moving and memorable scene that was witnessed in this house yesterday afternoon; and I assure you that when a debate of hours concerning a correspondence with this Assembly was ended in my Synod, with the loud unanimous vote that such correspondence should be propqted at once, there was in that body a thriller' deep and as generous as that which you so 'lately felt. And the memory of the joy with which I re ceived the committee to report that vote to you shall continue, to delight me, even if my mission shall be less fruitful than I hoped. And yet just at that moment of , satisfaction oc- ' ourred an oversight which has bad much to do in. producing the misconception of the temper of the' Synod. I have said that the committee On oorres pondence, in proposing a year t spostponement of the subject, gave reasons for such a course. Those rea sons, indeed, were addressed only to the General Sy- . nod, whose action they were intended to shape. So soon, however, as the Synod had resolved to propose a correspondence at once, the chairman of that com mittee, with true courtesy, submitted his report to those who had labored fur this different result, in order that they might Propose such amendments in the body of the argument as should make it consis tent with the resolutions which had just been passed. But it was now late in the last night of the session. The members of the Synod were eager to leave. What is more, the debate which, had secured the substantial success of preventing the postponement, had removed all definite impression of those argu ments of the report by which the postponement:had been urged. Under those circumstances the chair man was requested himself to adapt one or two of the closing sentences of the paragraph to the resole. tion which was to follow it. This he kindly did: the whole was then adopted, and the entire inconsisten cy of some expressions of that report with the tem per of the resolution was not noticed until the two were printed together. Now it would be natural enough for one who might be ignorant of these facts to make the report the interpreter of the resolution which sends me here. But the truth le, there is no organic or logical relation between the two. The report is an argument attended toy postpone any cor respondence; and the resolution provides for corres pondence at once. Any casual reader even, will. see that the latter is a "non sequitur" of the former. lain well aware that it may seem less than dig nified to repeat to you this inner history of .a document of my Synod. But I love charity better than forms, and I wish this Assembly to under, stand that it is to judge of the spirit of this proposal of correspondence only by the resolution which was made the subject of the Synod's careful attention, and not by the report, which was not. That resolution with - its preamble I will now read to you, and I shall then speak frankly concerning them. "Whereas, This Synod considers the interchange of Christian courtesy and kindness between ecclesias tical bodies as most desirable whenever it can be practicable and hearty, even when differences of doc trinal views may preclude that form of correspon dence contemplated In Chap. 2d, Art. sth, head of our Constitution. "Resolved, That this Synod send to the-next New School General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, a commissioner whose office it shall be to assure that body of our fraternal affection and interest, and to pro pose to it .a yearly interchange of kind expressions by letter." • The supported discourtesy of this action, of course, must lie in the preamble, which alludes to differences of doctrinal views as preventing our formal constitu tional correspondence with this Assembly. Now con cerning this preambleit is first ,of all' my duty to say that the smallest possible error of the pen or of the types has modified to a considerable degree the mean ing of the Synod's action. In the preamble as it was proposed to that body and passed by it, the allusion was to differences of doctrinal view, and not of doctrinal views. The distinction though not important enough to be pressed, is real and obvious. The, mere. shifting of a stand-point may produce differences of doctrinal view, but differences of doctrinal views seem to , concern the substance of detailed doctrines. The tbrmer phraseology was employed by design, and you will suf fer me to use it before you as the actual language of•the Synod. But still the Synod speaks of , differences; and this I have been told is offensive since the differ ences do not exist. Is this, true sir? If some new catechisms were known to be acceptable throughout my church, and it was proposed to adopt it into yours, are there no special points at which you would carefully examine it, before receiving it? What, sort of an exhibition of present theological opinion would that be which should make no ac count of your theology? I fano , some tourist from abroad with taste for that kind of observation, who, when he comes to write his inevitable " notes" on our country, after giving a tolerably justaccount of our sister churches, brings together out of Ed wards and Dwight, out of Woods and Park, out of Barnes and Skinner, so much and only so much of their distinctive views as a candidate before any of your Presbyteries might present with credic, and then proceed_,s " The above is popularly called in America the New School theology—but it is other wise known as the Reformed Dutch." Would any reviewer fail to amuse himself over so grotesque a Statement? There are differences. No such dif ferences, let me say,asl was taught to believe there were, when I was a boy. Men of whom I used to hear as dangerous herestarchs are living still, and count it one of the chief privileges of my manhood that I am permitted to meet them in their venera ble ems on the terms of familiar friendship. I sit at their feet ? my heart and mind , grow rich put of the treasures of their piety and wisdom. I work with them I pray with them ; I love them ; I bless God for, them. But there are some points upon which they do not think exactly as I do,-+and I do not expect them to be confounded by that announce ment, Now, to these differences, the General Synod had alluded, but:with no more dream of giving offence, than if the allusion had been to a. difference of stature, or of residence, I know, indeed, that that form of correspondence which these differences are said to preclude, has for its object the promotion of sound doctrine; and that it is therefore inferred that the differenoes which are represented as interfering with such correspondence, must have been set forth as amounting, on the one side or the other,.to_unsound rasa of doctrine. But this inference is qot true, either in logic or in fact. It is not true' is loy,ic. Fur differences of doctrinal view may be surface dif ferenoes, differences of definition, by whiCh those whose theologies are alike in substance, may be pre ented from seeing bow much alike they are. The first step towards concert in,the maintenance of sound doctrine, is to twee as to what sound doctrine is; and differences of doutrinal view prevent that 'refl• minary agreement. Jar, that, and no more, is the logical meaning of this preamble. T he inference is also false in fact. I count myself is credible witness, and I say, that the General Synod, in all its action, bid no. intention to impeach the doctrinist soundness of this body. At the most, it said and' meant only this: --Let this question of doctrine lie in abeyance between us. Our orthodoxy, a te, is godd fur us. But when we leave our hearthstone, to meet another church on the territory of 'Ohristian'courtesy, we do not amours them by our rule. In ady auch'conven- Con, the two bodies are 00-ordinato; aud if they they differ from no arbitrary titandard whioh one of them may olaim to set up; but they dif f er from each other. Let me preeent an analogy. We all know that the inspired formula of *than has lost something by the. shape in which the tranilatore of our Bible have given it to us. Let us , suppose, then, that the General Synbd, or this Assembly, should conceive the idea of bringing out" in common usag id e, the lust force of the re p osition i nto, and shou send to a Baptist Association, p among the rest, a pre amble like thie :--"Whereas, uniformity and esaot ness of usage is a formula so important as that of Baptism, is most desirable even among those w o o diger widely concerning the mode and the subjeomi of that sacrament; therefore, rest:livid," ito.,vroula such resolution brand as schismatical the body to widuh it might be sent, and so turned? • indignautly re- No, sir. There is only one light in which this ac tion Of my Synod can be regarded as anything less than respectful and friendly ; and that is the lightof old strifes and heart-burnings. Now Ido not deny that some allusions to bygone times and oc currences were made upon the floor of the General Synod, in a tone not courteous toward this body. But I also say that they were as offensive to the great body of those that heard them, as they have been to you to whom they ham been repeated as a fair index of the Synod's temp* The overwhelm ing vote that passed this preamble and resolution had no reference to bygones. • It contemplated a present living church—with her ministry and her worship, with her literature and her schools oflearn ing, with her wide spread charities that have God's blessing on them, with her fathers • venerable in years and character through all the land, and her scholars whose ripe and various learningcxtend their fume and usefulness to every land. What is the Reformed Dutch Church that she should conic with pretended courtesies to such , a body and make her touch a stigma? And what name for effrontery have her ministers gained, that there should be thought to be one among them hardy enough to bring the insult here. The sight of your face alone would strike me dumb, and these hoary heads, which ike evening Alps are wasting for their crowning glory—God has set them where could not cloud them if I would. But I would not sully the purity of a hair. No, I bring you not insult; but honor. I have come to a church self-conscious and self-prized; a church upon which pod has set the seal of his blessing., and that can dispense with-every other seal; that has no need to go through the land and seek endorsement from the Dutch Church, or from any other, but that can afford to differ from those who differ from her. And if you count that insult, fling it back to us. We have done as we would be done by. Tell us, as you well may, that there are points in the theology of the Reformed Dutch. Church,, as it is popularly and can didly estimated, which you . would by no means en dorse; but that yet for their Master's sake and yours, you count them as brethren, and offer to •them fra ternal affection and interest, Sir, we are a crank lit tle craft, and we are very careful where we carry our ballast, but you will not run us down; as I look upon your larger hull and broader sails, let. me give you comfort. Be of good cheer, we do 'not mean to sink you. In truth, sir, it is this recognition of differences, with love surmounting them, that gives its chief in terest to the correspondence which we propose to you. Compel me to believe that your body and my own are as nearly identical in doctrine as they are in polity, and my motive for coming among you is almost destroyed. I dwell among my own people. I know. where I can hear my own shibboleth, to the faintest lisp. I have come here to listen to some thing less familiar. As one who loves the songs of hie Childhood, and the prophecy which his mother taught him, when t he hears beneath the high ceilings of old cathedrals ; and from people of another custom and another speech, strange harmonies, laden with the dear name he knows so well, finds the affections of, home and of piety so moved as they never were be fore. so I have come among , you to-day to ,hear what might thrill me. I listen, and there comes to my ear the murmurs of your hundreds of pulpits, and worshipping assemblies, the hum of your Sabbath schools, and the fainter echo of your:Christian homes; while across oceans and continents, I catch the strange cadences of heathen voices which you have taught the name of Christ. Amid this burst of holy melody. where ,are the old sounds of strife and jealousy?. DroWned, sir, and gone. Sing on,'and let us sing with, you, not in unison indeed, hut in parts, a, base to your tenor, or a tenor, to your base. But we will sing together and make melody., Moderator of the New School General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, the Reformed Protestant Dutch., Church of this, land, after so long a time, offers to you to-day, the cordial right 'hand - of her affection. I look into your clear eyes, and am not ashamed when I tell you that in some points of theological statement and, opinion we are not quite the same. But L still return your, penetrating look, while I. say that for .one point in which we differ,. there are a hundred where we, agree. We, differ where we attempt to dam lip the current of God's deep truth, by the definitions of human intellect. And where we receive the un checked flood of his grace into repenting, believing, hoidng and loving hearts, we-are one. I say this for our sake, I say it, if yon will suffer me, for your sake, I say it chiefly for the world's sake. It is the testi-, moray which they need to hear. Will you join us I have thus borne my message with hnnesti and frankness, but.not without diffidence. When I. sat in this house yesterday and witnessed the tenderness of those open and mutual yearnings for family peace after family strife,. I asked myself, How shall I ven ture in this atmosphere to speak of differences?: My heart failed me, and I would have shrunk from the task. - .But I thought again, it may be that Provi dence, with special design, has appointed my mes sage for this very juncture. • I remember how in my boyhood I heard the shock of that earthquake thattore your territory from its kindred soil. The early years.df lily ministry were passed within the sound of the waters that still roared and were troubled. I am not yet old, but I have lived long enough *to see the winds hushed, and the waves stilled. And just now I have looked on with joy, while those who dismissed you, perhaps without re luctance, have returned over, the smooth sea to plant olive groves upon your shores. At such a time my synod sends me forth, no very adventurous voyager, over the quiet waters, to offer to you her treaty of amity, and she bids me tell you how she regards you. She counts you no more headland of a continent that lies behind you; no dependency of some larger king dom, but a continental island in the sea. The sears of the old disruption are softened and grass-grown. Upon your fertile plains and hillsides grow your own flowers and fruits, and your inabitants speak our mother tongue with an accent which I think is not quite like ours. But I know the tinkle of your living streams of water. The granite that lies un der your fertile slopes is just like ours, and where it lifts up its central, "sky pointing peaks," the eter nal sunshine that settles on timm is like our own. Yet you belong to yourselves, and not to another. The waters Row around you, andthose who seek you may see your gilded summits on any'side. If you count that an indignity, the Synod has mistaken the temper df the body to which it has sent'me, and I have come en a bootless errand. I have only to say fsrther, that if the proposal of the Synod shall be accepted, and this Assembly shall yet consider any expressions of that body as inconsistent with the true and respectful friendliness which I have expressed, I ,doubt not that the Synod will he prompt to change them. , My last word to you is this, that if the expressions ,the General Synod shall seem to you in any particular to be less than courteous and fraternal, and:in the response which you may choose to make to their advances, you shall indicate that fact, I have not a moment's doubt that your criticisms will be regarded and responded to in the temper in which it shall be offered. •In the name of my Synod, and my own, I thank you, sir, and this body very heartily for the kindness with ^which you have listened to me. 0 Reply of the Moderator. The MoimtAxon, (in responding to the address of. Rev. Mr. Gans) stud : Sir, in the name of this General Assembly, I give to you, as I have given to you personally, for the manner in which you have flilfilled your delicate commission, the right hand of fellowship. I have no authority to speak as to the ultimate.decision of the body of which I am the Moderator. You, as a delegate, have proposed to this Assembly the correspondence which it is for this Assembly to take up and consider in the mann..r which accords with its methods of procedure. Ido not, then, speak representing the results to which this body may arrive. I speak representing my own feelings, and I •speak representing, in some measure, my . 'personal convictions. I thank you' for the manner in which you have brought to us that Message ; it does honor, I may say, ;to your bead and to your heart, that you have thus brought it and thuSpresented it before us. Your presentation of it has removed from my own mind, I frankly con fess, some misapprehension& I knew something about the course of the debate in your body,.but pot definitely—not fully. Differences of opinion un odoubtedly were distanctly referred to; but I person ally, have always been reluctant to believe that, those references were intended to cast any imputa tion upon us in respect to those differences. have been disposed ,to put upon those expressions the largest and the most catholic construction. You will convey to your Synod the heartiest wishes of this body, for their peace, their prosperity, their welfare. You will convey to them the reoiprocation of our Christian love, fellowship, and communion. You will convey to them the assurance, that what ever the differences between us may be, still we too feel and know, as you yourself have expressed it, that mightier, stronger, deeper, - are the points in which :we are united, than the points in which we are supposed to differ from each other. We are not the Reformed Dutch Church. We, however, know its history; we know whence it sprang: we know that it came from that country in Europe, where the first martyr-blood of the Reformation was shed; we know 'that it sprang from that land, where first the seeds of civil and religious freedom took rout and grew; 'we know that it came from that land, which all the.. powers of the Spanish' hosts—the Duke of Alva, and all his fierce marauders—could not sub- gk,intrican Vrtio4teriait due; which stood out valiantly, strongly, firmly, be roically, ae no other country of Europe ever did, against the power that would bring them again in subjection to spiritual despotism; we know that on those plains was fought a battle for Europe, and a battle for our land, also, and that we owe to that country and that church, many, many a lesson that we are glad to rehearse. Therefore, we are glad that there should be communion between you and us. We shall rejoice that everything be explained and done away—that there be nothing to atop the full tide of responsive feeling—yea,- of faith and of love with which we greet you, and bid you, personally, • and your beloved Church, "God speed" in your work. Rev. 'Drt. PowtEn, Mr. Moderator, I should be ready for my part to act at once on this proposition for a correspondence, which has been so eloquently pre sented by the elegate from the. Reformed Dutch Church of the U. S. It may, however, better accord with, the dignity of the subject to give it that formal consideration which is usually paid to such important subjects. I therefore move that the subject be referred to the, committee on correspondence with the General Assembly now sitting at Peoria. Rev. Dr. Cox. have been delighted in listening to the eloquent wards of our dear brother Ganse, than whom the Reformed Dutch Church could not have sent a more appropriate delegate: In New York we all know him'only to respect and love him. His re marks on this occasion are entirely in keeping with his whole character and Conduct. ' It is out of my power to believe that there is any insult, constructive or in tended; in this proposal. I have great respect for that church in this country as well as for its antecedents in Holland, where I have been and seen some of the monuments of those occurrences, to which you, Sir, have so learnedly and eloquently referred.' am en tirely in favor of the motion for the reference of the subject; and I also move that Dr. Ganse, in the mean time, be requested to sit with us as a visitant and friend. The question was put on the motion of Dr. Cox that Rev. Mr. Ganse be invited to a seat in the Assembly as a visitant abli friend. The invitation was unanimously given Rev. Dr. SPEAR stated that the Committee on Correspondence with the General Assembly at Peo ria, has been dissolved by the termination of its duties. Rev. Dr. Cox. I hope that the subject will go.to a special committee. Rev. Dr. SKINNER. Mr. Moderator, I confess that I do not like the language used by the Reformed Dutch Church, in reference to the matters between us. I think that that body in its proposals to com municate with us, should not have nude any differ ence between us and the so-called " Old School" Branch of the Presbyterian Church. I am sorry that•4,here has been suggested to that body, the slightest distrust of our orthodoxy. We are as com pletely orthodox as ours Old School" Brethren ; my belief is that, examined by our standards, we should be found more orthodox. We believe in the old standards of the Church to as great an extent as our " Old 'School" brethren ; and I am sorry that our brethrerrof the Dutch Reformed Church think other wise. But, notwithstanding that, lam prepared to overlook 'all informality; all appearance of discour tesy, and at once.throw oar hearts open to receive our brethren of the Reformed Dutch Church. [A. ." Amen." I 1 , believe that, if we let this matter pass and pro ceed at once to initiate friendly intercourse, very soon the brethren of the Reformed Dutch Church, if-they now have any doubt with respect to our soundnesson all points, .will dismiss that doubt, and acknowledge, that we are quite as orthodox as, the so-called "Old School" Branch of the Presby terian*Church. - Rev. Dr. FOWLER. I have not personally the least disposition to hesitate in giving a vote upon this subject;so far as I am individually concerned, I could vote at= once to enter into the proposed cor respondence with that venerable body; but I think it Would be much more satisfactory to many mem bers of that church, and far more in accordance with the , usual mode of treating important subjects, to refer this question to a committee, rather than vote upon it on the spur of the moment. When our brethren of the General Assembly now sitting at Peoria, made a propo4tion to correspond with us, we did not vote upon it at once ;• we referred it to a special committee. I modify my motion by pro posing a reference of this subject to a special com mittee of three; I hope that motion will be adopted. -REv. COL—I second the- motion of brother Fowler. '~I confess I am somewhat sensitive in refer ence to our receiving the correct designations. We have given `a hint which has been carried by electric- , ity. to Peoria, that we should be called the "General Assembly meeting at Philadelphia," and they the " General Assembly meetina. at Peoria," We utterly reptidiate the,term " New School." I never belonged to any "New Sthool" Uurch—unless the Bible and our standards are " New School." Nor do I believe that the other branch are "Old School." Ido not be li'eve that there are any more antiquities in their faith than in ours, ~ • Rev. Ma. ADAIR. • Mr. Moderator, I , am glad to find that our brethren of the Synod of the General Assembly of Peoria, and our brethren of the Re- formed; Dutch Church, are beginning to see the ex cellence of this budy. I•do not wish to be under. stood as implying that I am anymore orthodox to da3r, than I was in 1837, or any more of a Presbyte rian' to-day, than I WM in 1837. I do not believe that this body is any more orthodox, or any more Pres byterian to-day, than it was in 1837. The bre thren of the other side of the Presbyterian Church are beginning to see the truth of-what we have al ways effirmed--that we are orthodox—that we are true Presbyterians. I hope the idea will not be en tertained by any persons here or in. the community that we are getting so orthodox ; so Pre.sbyterian that other Presbyterian branches are beginning _to fra , ternize with us:_'They are only beginning to see What we have known all along. Rev. DR. SPEAR thought that business would be expedited by referring the question to a committee. The motion to refer the subject of the proposed correspondence to a special committee of three, was agreed to. ReV. Dr. Cox, Rev. Mr. Barnes, and Rev. Dr. Fow ler, wore appointed as the committee. STATE OF THE COUNTRY The Assembly resumed the consideration of the resolutions on the state of the country. The pending question was upon the amendment of DE. SPEAR (already published) to the fifth re solution. MR. W. S. GRIFFITHS, explained that the Com mittee'has thought it unnecessary to introduce, in col. nection with the Emancipation Proclamation, a sp cial exhortation to sustain it. That Measure w included among the mass of those which as measu s of the -Government were declared to be obligat y upon the conscience of American citizens. The' amendment of Dr. SpFar was' not agreed t The fifth resolution 'was adopted, unanimously. The resolutions from the seventh to the te th were also adopted unanimously. REV. ' Mn. Foxir, of lielaware, moved to amend the 11th resolution, by adding, " and that these resolu tions be read in all our pulpits."' The amendment was opposed by Rev. Dr. S es, and Rev. C. Brown, and defended by Rev. Dr. ox, Rev. Mr. Foot, and Rev. Mr. Leavitt. • ( The amendment was agreed to. The resolution as amended was adopted unani mously. The resolutions as a whole were then adopted by the unanimous vote, the whole Assembly rising. The Assembly. then adjourned;with prayer by Rev Dr. Skinner, iltrican retobattrian -AND- ,• GENESEE EVANGELIST. THURSDAY, JUNE 4, 1863. JOHN. W. NEARS, THE ASSEMBLY. On Thursday the 28th, the Standing Commit tee on Education reported, the Lord's Supper was administered, and the discussion r of Dr. C ox's Report on Correspondence with the Re formed Dutch Church was ',commenced. On Friday the Standing Committee's Report on Education was discussed and adopted. It was decided to send a delegate to the Reformed Dutch Synod meeting this month. The Stand ing Committee's Report on Home Missions was adopted. Beman read an elaborate Report on Publication, 'which was adopted. The As sembly concluded its business, and Adjourned on Monday evening. Full reports will appear next week. CORRECTIONS OF T BERN MR. EDlTOR:—Please next number of the Ase the following, for the coy-1 errors in my discourse siel neral Assembly, and publ* not have troubled you, h which the intelligent rea • stand and correct. I description, but the folks which rather make me means express, much les. a shade to my meaning, script and my thoughts. In the first paragraph • for "judges" after era judges,"—read "Judas." For " raised," in the 14s paragraph, read "saved.' In the second paragra s and in the sentence' next, active ones," read "all ac In the third paragraph o "infectious death," read " and for "prepare," read " tence nest to the last. In the fifth paragraph of second line, for "moral "moral sense;" and, in th bottom, of the same columil, "precocious." _,' In the fourth paragraph for "for them," read "by In the fourth paragraph for "1814 " read ."1816;" tense, after the word "Fra said," e., the Jesuits, "said" with mark of quot 1n the fifth paragraph o "selfish in hearts end aim rests." I passed no such tion on the conductors of In the same sentence, word in •it, read " not." In the third sentence izes," read " neutralize." In the sixth paragraph •er the words "Thank God for it," introduce 1 • following, omitted, and after obliterating t • word " it," greatly varying the expression gratitude:—"Thank. God for denominational . minaries, institutes, and colleges for youth 4 is oth sexes, in which attention is given to mor and religious instruc tion. Bat the latter ar• comparatively few in number, and the former s statistics show, with all the effort made by col4i.tage,: for the dissemi nation of religious instrntion, through- books and tracts, do not reach Over one-half of the whole number. The utrOst efforts yet made are by no means apportio#4l, to the actual wants of the country. Nor hav4)they availed, with all that has been accomplishl, to preverit the rise, growth, and prevalence l as veritable heathen ism, in large districts of land—whole town-. ships and counties—as ev existed where Chris tianity is unknown." • In the sixteenth s pa column and first sente not," read "system has 1 sentence of the same, par mere!' In the fourth paragraof fifth column, for it. "ever would," read 'fey could." n the next paragrap and second sentence, for "have," " read trace.' In the sixth paraffrap iof same column for "joy," read "fog," ; and the seventh &same column, for "path," read •all." In the eighth paragrap of the sixth column and last sentence, for "ev ," read "than," and, for " towering," read "low ng." Making the aboVe corr. tions, by priblishing this list of errata, you will lige Your / friend ki.d. brother, t G - EO. DUFFIELD. Philadelphia, 4lay. 28th, 1863. : 0 DEINST4 CORRE S PON ' DENT. ', \ l l Rocnrsrial, May 22, 1863. .u:—l knoWyou\will be thankful eie for a shortletter, as it must find r Imed with duiles incidental to the 'he General Assembly. I can * easily J as very busy with\your Daily Paper, eying and receiving.your numerous /- hey come toge4ier at this time. I 1 , t many of them .will make you glad by ,i,it renewal of theiri ! subscriptions, and by es of their friendS whom they have along to put upon the same honorable list. o you know—have ,you thought to see FROM OUR DEAR EDT o me this you overw meeting of imagine yob also with'. friefids, al trust a gi the pro the na lo oli But, mr printed list of names—how large a poi -that venerable body, upon.whose sittings you vill look from day to dly, is from the Empire j 3 / ifSlat the natural and congenial home of constitu tion Presbyterianism? The roll, as you print it t week, contains two . hundred and seventeen natn s, from the thirteen different States of the 114. n, calling the District of Columbia one; but e York alone furnishes_ . eighty names ; more ha one-third of the list. Imagine, therefore, m , surprise, Dear Editor, in reading your excel lent article of " Welcome to the General Assem blY," that Syracuse should have been omitted in the enumeration of the names of - those places; "St. Louis; New York, Cleveland, Chicago, itc." in which recent meetings of the General Assam- blies have been held. It was, I know, a sli? of ' the moment, but being jealous of the. honor of my State, and especially in some sort of this cen tral and western .portion, I thought I would re mind you that one of the , most interesting meet ings of that venerable body, for some time, was held in Syracuse, in 1861; arid one of the most noticeable, features of that meeting was, that it had a most accomplished and courteous modera tor, in the person of Rev. Dr. Condit, of Auburn; and another was, the able and truly interesting address of the late Dr. Wallace, of your city, on. Presbyterianism May you have as good a Mo derator this year? It will do much toward making a short, as well as useful session. The 'address' will be good, of course, as it is to come from Mr. Barnes. The churches desire as short a session as may be consistent with the true interests of our beloved Zion; and they have a right to ex pect the return of their valued pastors at the ear liest day practicable, as, necessarily, they must be absent from: all their home duties at least two Sabbaths. May a kind Providence bring them iately, at the right time. rout y j 100 0 Editor I will not detain you with: further reports, at 4 any length of the progress of the revival in Au burn; only to say, that Mr. Hammond left there on Monday last, the work then moving on with great interest and power, with scenes of touching tenderness, such as I described in my last, almost daily occurring. Mr. Hammondstopped for two days in Utica, and spoke again to the people of that city, and was then to go to his home at Ver non, Ct., to rest for a time, and recruit his over worked system for another campaign in the fall. Long may his precious life be spared. Who can estimate its prodigious value to the cause of Christ, even in the past few months alone! What thousands could rise, up, even now, and call' him blessed! fyetteote (6vaitgtliot MODERATOR'S give place, in the I•an Presbyterian, to ' ion of typographical , -red before the Gre this day. I would e errata been those ould readily under ! e not some of this • list comprises those what I did by no end—or which giv . e ant from my mann- he second column, cc men that like entence of the•same f the same column, the last, for "are • forces.''. he same column, for fection and death;" esence," in the sea- e same column, and ns of sense," read fifth line from the # r previous," read the third column, , the ourth column,, nd in he same sen e," intro uee "they i , d follow e word, lon. Ihe same column, for " read, "rival to-" weeping oondem 1, - religious press. r "but," the third ! owing, for 'F neutral- graph , of the same for " system has :t," and in the fourth pph, for "true read REVIVA.LS. REVIVAL IN BROOKPORT Evidently from this city a work of grace has spread to the beautiful village of Brockport, (not Buckport, as the type made me say last week,) some twenty miles west of this. Already about fifty conversions have occurred; and it is hoped that the work has but just begun. A similar quickening has been experienced in Volney, in connexion with one of our country churches near Oswego. The heart of the pastor, Rev. Mr. Eniens, (not with two m's, as our most excellent:and accurate Stated Clerk of General Assembly prints it,) has been greatly cheered by a considerable accession to his church. NEW CHURCH AT WATERTOWN ` Many friends of the esteemed pastor of the se cond Presbyterian church at Watertown, N. Y., Rev. Mr. Snyder, will be glad to learn that his people ire moving to give hiin a new and more commodious church edifice, in which to preach to them the trathin his plain, straight-forward and earnest way. It is known to many that this strong man is almost blind; that he does most of his reading by the aid of other people's eyes ; but he allows no one else to do his thinking. In this highest art, he is a great adept, and serves his people every week with "beaten oil" it is intended that the new= church &Mee shall be as gouda' one as can be built for $10,000,: not including the cost of the ground. This sum has already been• pledged, (or nearly the whole amount) and the work will be commenced:sock]. The people do not intend to ran in debt; but tb build free of any such incumbrance. 'Success at tend them. GENESEE. CORRESPONDENCE IN THE NORTH WEST. . , . . c evivals.—A wide.spread religious interest —A :eturned 'Captain's experience in Libby Prison. Ilikw Dr. Burrows' and 'Dr. converse employ then selves in rebeldotn. May 20th, 1863. EDIT° OF PREsBYTBRrAN4,--The past winter has been a ason of great prosperity in the re ligious affair\ of -the Northwest. There have been numerous revivals of =religion; and a 'large ingathering of souls into the kingdom of our , Saviour. We are often led to . ,speak. of the won derful dealings of a kind Providence with our northern people, in granting such : an abundanCe of the necessaries of life, and in shielding us from the ravages of the fearful war that is deso lating one-half of our country. Here, north ,of the Ohio river, all is peace; and men pursue their avocations with,no disturbance whatever. I Were it not that the tramp of the soldier is occasionally heard, and the news from the battle field now and then, quenches the light forever in some one of our homes, it would be almost impossible to believe that this nation was strug gling for life with a most dangerous and formi dable rebellion. But when we think what great spiritual blessings God has conferred upon His people during the last few months, with what prosperity He has visited His Zion, much more are our hearts filled with wonder, and praise. While the destiny of the nation has •been tremb ling in the balance, precious souls for whom Christ died have been pressing,-into the-kingdom. Wisconsin has largely shared in the gift of God's reviving grace. A large number of our towns . and cities have witnessed a more profound earn estness among all classes than has been seen for years.. In my former letter, I have mentioned Beloit and Milwaukie as being among this num ber. I have now to add that Platteville and Beaverdam and Janesville, and Delavan., :and Geneva.' and Racine have been visited with the converting power of God's Spirit, and that not a few have passed from death unto life. God has filled' the hearts of His people with gladness. In. Racine a marked religious interest com menced with the union prayer meetings which were held at the . beginning of the year, of which mention was made in this correspondence. Since that time meetings have been held in the Meth odist, Congregational, and Presbyterian churcli. ,- es almost without cessation up to last week, and there have been many hopeful conversions to Christ. Rev. George Clark,' the Evangelist, as sisted the Pastors of the Congregational and o 0 Presbyterian churches for several weeks, and his labors were greatly blessed. Thus while the dark war clouds lower over our land, and the blood of our countrymen runs like water for the defence of our Government, the mouths of God's people are filled with songs of rejoicing over re turning sinners. The banner of God's love has been unfolded over the hosts of the redeemed, and it has been borne. onwards conquering and to conquer. The Lord has not utterly- forsaken His people. • Your correspondent has received some intelli gence from two of your old Philadelphia friends now in Richmond, that may be of, interest to some of your readers. A Captain in the Union army who was captured in a skirmish in'Tennes see has just returned from Richmond. He was an inmate of the famous Libby prison for about one month. 'Of those who visited the prison then were two clergymen who were permitted to distribute. tracts, and labor for the spiritual and political regeneration of our benighted northern officers. These clergymen were Dr. Burrows, a Baptist brother, whom you• knew well in- the city of brotherly love, and the other he described as follows : A tall, old man, very thin, slightly stooping, white haired, with a feeble- voice, his eyes red and weak, partly concealed behind spectacles and walking with the aid of a cane the assistance of which he seemed greatly to need. It was impossible to mistake the descrip tion. Philadelphians will net be long in recog nizing the former editor of the Christian Ob server, though my informant did not learn his name. These two worthies seem to be deputed by the rebel government to indoctrinate Northern freemen ,in - the doctrines of secessionism and slavery, but vij,th what success let the following conversations illustrate. Dr. Burrows first un dertook the task of convincing my friend of the justice of the rebel cause. ' I have taken down the conversation from the lips:of the Captain as nearly as he could remember it. Dr. B. What are you fighting for? Captain.. For the Union. It is our purpose to restore it. • P Dr. B. But you haire no right under the Constitution to force the people of the south. The Constitution allows them the privilege of seceding, if they see fit to forsake the Union. Captain. Ido not so understand it. The Constitution certainly does not allow a minority to, break up the government because they be come dissatisfied. Dr. B. That is just what' I claim. Ido not recognize the despotism of a majority. Captain. But if that is your position, why are you warring against Western Virginia? If your doctrine of State rights is correct, the people of that state ought to meet with no interference from you. You are guilty of a singular incon sistency. Dr. B. Oh, no! I cannot see it in that light. The Dr. found himself so hard pushed that he abandimed his defence On the ground of State rights, and took up the subject of slavery, but he fared no better here at the hands of my friend the Captain. But it remained for that hoary rebel, Dr. Con= verse, to present the most original argament . .in favor of secession:"' The The Conversation was as follows Dr. C. This Contest is very unfortunate. It is, exceedingly if.) be regretted. But: the'g,:uilt of it,lies upon the people of the North. They had no right to attempt to coerce the South: '\. I wasu, union man until the President issued his proclamation calling out 75,000 men to resist the efforts of the Southern people. • Captain: But did . the South go to work in the right way? Would it not have been better to have'ealled a convention and carried the mea sure by peaceful means ? Dr. C. The South may not have acted wisely in all respect& And yet the North were not justified 'in using force. - ' • ;Captain. But I cannot understand the force of your , reasoning. i tlo not see why the pro claMation of the PreSident of which you have spoken should. make you any less a union man than before. Were 'you conscientious in che rishing union. sentiments ? Dr. C. Yes. Captain. Are yon conscientious in advocating disunion now? Dr. :Yes. Perfectly so. Captain. There must be something wrong. There must be a great change in you or the'cir cnixistanees. If you were right before, you can riot be right now. Dr. C. No. My doctrine is, if any difficulty opcurs between a man and his wife , they had bettor separate. Captain. Indeed, doctor? Is that the doe -1 a trine your:Bible teaches in reference to marriage and divorce? ' Dr. C. Well Captain we cannot agree on these subject's. We had better dismiss the con versation: And so:the venerable rebel set forth upon his rounds among the piisoners. • The authorities at 'Washington ought to hold the rebels accountable for sending two such dis honored men upon such a mission among our noble-hearted union men, who are so unfortunate as to 'fall into their hands. It is bad enous , h to be captured, but to suffer the. contact with these miserable traitors, and to allow them the free dem, of their'prison house is a shame that ought not to be tolerated. If 'the rebels desire to make converts of our Northern men let them send re spectable Southern traitors, if there are any such to be found, to do the work, but spare them th e offensive presence and officious intermeddling of such depraved creatures as are these Northern doctors ofdivinity. PRESBYTERIAN. LOW attUll GENERAL GRANT'S operations come to our knowledge but slowly. A week ago the rebels professed to have knowledge_of six assaults on the lines of Vicksburg by our, troops, which had been repulsed. Our own adviees, unofficial, ad mit ,a, repulse on Friday, May. 22d, with great loss on both sides. Official despatches from G-e -neral Grant, dated near Vicksburg, Monday, May 25th, were, received at the 'War.Department 'May 29th. 'They represent the siege of Vicks burg ,as progressing , satisfactorily, and that Ge neral. Grant is abundantly able to maintain his investment , of the town, and repel any attack in his' rear. Forty-five hundred rebel prisoners, captured by General Grant, arrived at Memphis On May `29th. The details of the fight of Fri day, the 22d, says the Ledger, are conflicting as to the advantages gained by Grant. , One account says that he stormed the works, took some of the redoubts, but was subsetmently :repulded on all parts of the line, losing about five thousand 'men. Another account puts it down as but one thou sand. 'lon Saturday the fight was not renewed, but on" Sunday there would seem to have been more fighting, for a despatch says the Union loss On - tliat day was heavy. Frorri* these reports we may conclude that. Grant's first assault was a repulse with heavy loss—that he has been since entrenching himself; so as to secure his own po sition, and with a view of carrying on regular siege operations against the city. Vicksburg ap pears to be much more strongly defended than was supposed. Every approach and street has a battery, and even the yards of houses have been converted into places of defence., But, desperate as theirlefence is, if the lines of the investing army can be,kept intact, 'Vicksburg must eventu ally fall, theugh it will take a longer time than the public , expected to reduce it. Grant's army, the rebels say,- is from sixty to one 'hundred thousand. ' ' • ' Advices to. Monday June lst represent that on the Monday preceding, - a battle was fought, lasting from 6 A. M., to 9 P. M., when there was a cessation of-hostilities to bury the dead. The battle was resumed on Tuesday morning, but no particulars have reached Young's Point. Admiral Porter sends a dispatch, dated May 30th, from his Flag ship "Black Hawk," near Vicksburg, as follows :—To the Hon. GIDEON WELLES, Secretary of, the Navy , have the, honor to inform, you that the expedition sent up the Yazoo, under command of. Lieuten ant-Commander Walker, after taking possession of the Forts at Plaines' Bluff was perfectly sue cessful. Three powerful steam Tama were destroyed. at Yasoo City. One was a monster 310 feet long and 70 feet beam, to be covered with' nine-inch iron plates. A fine Navy Yard, with machine shops of all kinds, saw mills, blacksmiths' shops, So., were bnined' up. The property destroyed and captured amounted to over $2,000,000. Had the : monster iron ram been finished she would have given us some trouble. " One battery was destroyed at Drury's Bluff. Our loss on the,expedition was, one killed and seven wounded., Davin D. PORTER, Acting Rear Admiral Commanding Colored Soldiers.—The Fifty-fourth Massa chusetts Regiment, composed of colored soldiers, left ^Boston May 27th The dispatch says :--- One of the most enthusiaitic,,exciting and dem . onstrative, local military events of the war took place to-day, to commemorate the departure .of the Fifty-fourth Massachusetts, colored, Regi ment, for South Carolina. The ranks of the regiment were entirely full. The men were dressed in the regular United States uniform, and splendidly equipped, and headed by a full band of colored musicians. The remieent made a ma g nificent YaPpearance. After being reviewed on Boston ,Common by Governor Andrew, the regiment embarked,in the steamer De Malay, which is to sail immediately. The march of the regiment through the city was attended with the most enthusiastic cheering. The Anglo Rebel Privateers, Alabama' and Flo rida, have again been heard from. They haVe been operating in the neighborhood of Fernando de Noronha, in the South Atlantic, 125 miles . from the eastern extremity of Brazil, and had committ ed extensive depredations on our commerce. No less than eight vessels have been captured, and most of them destroyed, since the 28th of March last. AmonF, them is the ship Oneida, from Shanghae, .with teas, which was burned. The bark Eletirietta; for Rio, which was also burned. The ship Laura }latch, of Rockland, Me., from Cardiff; the Charlei. Hill, from Liverpool, with salt; the Nora, n of Boston, from Liverpool to Cal cutta, with salt; the schooner Kingfisher, of -Fair haven ; the bark Lafayette, of New Bedford; brig Kate Cory, of Westport. All of which were destroyed, and the crews landed on the. Island of. Fernando de Noronha. ( Wpttial Fotetr;. Hilton's Cement. 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