Vol. tit, No. 43 —Ttiiole No. 355. Ifsriijt. \Vntten to the, music which may 'befoOhdifi the ■close of Mrs. General Fremont’S l “Story of thfr , Guard.” .. - , ' ~ . 0 liAMi of God, once slain for me, Thou Crucified, I cdriie to tHee, And on thy Mod® relying, ; Would fain devote that life toithee Which thou clidst pUTOhpe ,qu the tree When dying. 0 Ldittß 'of God, thou riiin Ong^ When'thou. % death hadrit won thy throne, ' The ofess Add shdiije -Didst then in triumph o’er the tomb Dispel for pe the andLgloom . ~. ln rising. '.’7 ‘ 0 Lamb of God, ascendad LMb, ‘ Raised to- deliver mortal man From-dust and death abending,'. Thou led’st (he way for me to stand Complete wifefeee at God’s right hand, Ascending.. ‘ ' t " O Lamb Of Godj enthroned fftt high, Thyself before the Father’s eye Forever interceding,. _ To Mercy’s seat, with access nigh, My daily prayers shall upward flyj Suocedding., © Lamb of God* now glorified) , When from thy face thy foes, shall hide, Slay I. through grace abounding, JK welbotne at thy pierced TtSdeeming love through heifen Wide Resounding. , , CORRESPONDENCE WITHTHE REFORM ED DUTCH OHTOOIL - tWßare happy to announce to our readers that, the correspondence proposed by . our last General Assembly to our brethren of the Reformed Dutch Church, has beep unan imously agreed to. As our Assemhly had felt ft necessary to decline the proposal df the Reformed Dutch'‘(Jhikrch for'k cblcie&p&k debce on account of oerthitt' expressions of doubt as to our orthodoxy, with ■which it: accompanied in theirmintrteS, it*was uncer tain what response the proposal made do novo by ourselves yypuld meet at . the hands of this body, Hence, the result we are able to announce* is' 'the more gratifying: Wc give below the repott found in the Cl yi&dian Intelligencer , of the procfledinM WMchVjfed to this agredbble result. ! ' ; 1 ' 'The General Synod Of the RefdfmedDutch GEurch met in ’Newburgh on‘Wfe<haesd&y| June 3rd. On Saturday, 'the Report of Or. Ganse, delegate from the body to oar As sembly in this city, was received^ Report of Delegate, to General Assembly Air ; s,).' :J - ,•/ L To the General Synod of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church; The undersigned haVihg 'by tMs General ByaodJ at its lasi se&ion, a cotaairasioner to present to the New-School GeneriJ Assembly of the Presbyterian Church the Synod’q purpose of a yearly interchange' pr kina expressions between the two bodws, respectfully that he diMiarged that duty. Before his visit ,tothe General-AsSera, bly, he had been made aware that a large propor tion of its members, regarded sdmo feartures of the Synod’s action as wanting in courtesy towards their own body: and Upon his arrival in Philadelphia, he was convinced tfiat. this v misconception of ; the Synod' s meaning was even more extensive than he theri he hid been led to believe. ' - Udder therif'Cir cumstances, he felt it his duty,rin addresaingthe Assembly,, to sot the action of th&Synod in its true light, and he is bapjpy't'obear testiimjly to the can dor and kindness with’which his Statements were peceiveil. ; The Synod, however* willlposriblysMsrefe with him in considering that the mere letter of last year's action may bedr a'Stsnse'not‘consistent With a proposal of courteous intercourse; These equivo cal expressions, nwreover, stand ,npon pur printed minutes, 'unaccompanied by the explanations'which •your commissioher made to the' Assembly. For this reason, as, he believes*, and not ftom any gene* ral distrust of the true kindness and, courtesy of the Synbd, the evldenP atid sttong disposition of the Assembly tb accept the proposal as it Was made; gave way to the actipn , whioh thp commissioner ;of the Assembly will report to the Synod. In that ac tion, as Will appear, the Assembly, while declining the proposal of the Synod on.. account ! of the terms in which it is couched, renews aproposal of similar import in its own terms.' If the Synod shall see fit to accept this proposal of the General Assembly,'it will by so doing: extend to that body the exact meg sure of respect and ldndness which the Old-School Assembly already extends td iti and without com promising any feature of our own doctrinal system, or endorsing any other, will lend effectual help in allaying heart-burnings and jealouflfes Which have estranged Christ’s servants for a quarter, of a cen tury." Reipfeßtfuflyhußikttedi , i ; H. Di Gansel • Item, T&rJfc,-Jiine6,;lB63. .. . ■ On Mpnday, June Bth, .Rev. Thotqas 11. Skinner, D,|)., the deleeatp.’from jthe Gene*, ral Assembly. of the Prejfoyteriafli, Ohur<si (N.S-), appeared in the Synod, and seated the action of tfle Assembly.in regard to the opening of a correspondence with the Sybod. Dr. Chambers respotfflfed. It WaS reSolVrid that the subject of 'such' correspondence-be referred to the Comimtteeoii Correspon dence. On Tuesday, our delegate, Rev., Dr. Skinner, took his leave", when the following addresses were made: >• , Dr. Skinner’s Address. ; f He said he regretted that he «ndd not remain longer, but he could not take his departure wiih dtttexpresaing his greairsatisfoction at the opening of the correspondence between this Synod .and the General Assembly which he represented.. The! Cordiality With Which the Synod had met the pro-' posal of the General Assembly waa . very gratifying to him. He was pleased.that we,are to have acor respondence, not by letter, but by delegates. This gaemed td him* the afost Christian mode, and the mode .most, likely to benefit. . ,VV.e like: to see our Christian brother, and take Mm-by the hand. He Wa's quite Sure that the advantages' td both bodies Would be greater. This correspondence, rests upon the assumption of a will between the two bodies— not only upon an agreement between them on the essentia! characteristics pf .Christian life, but an .agreement on doctrinal views. , He was persuaded that this agreement exists— that the two bodies agree Upon thasubstantiyedoc trinesiotjip gospel which are taught ra $e . Hei delberg Catechism and the ‘‘Westminster Confes sion of Faith.” Weftgrce With respect to theCal vinistio views. of Christian theology. We believe that human nature fell in Asdam.i that man m born corrupt,' and must perish without Divine interven tion. We agree as to the, impossibility of bis re covery, without the mediation.® the bon or Goa without the sacrifice of himself to eternal justice. Wo agree in the belief that there is no recovery of man from original guilt wilhdut the sovere.gn and special intervention of .the HoteSpintrenewmg the heart. We believe that God'ftom e .terniG gave to Christ, as a reward for his mediatorial wttk, J» de li nite number of the. human race, whose, -Salvation hi! has secured and guaranteed, so that Vf w sible one of the elect should, be lost. We further believe that those who are renewed and united to Hymn. —Boston Review. Christ are never separated from him, but afe kept. @ the power; of, God, through faith, to eternal life., And finally, w» agree as to the eternal punishment orihoSe who die in urirepented and.unforgiven siri& ! ..'There ftrepoints in which we, doubtless differ, but all Calyinistie bodies differ. This is true of the two ■ branches of fee Dfesbyterian Cnjireh. These differ-’ erodes are srieh as make denominationalisb, not sec tariaoisnj ; ai]d those, so far from being injurious, are beneficial to the Church of Christ. He belicved_ that the correspondence initiated will lessen' these differences. The two bodies will be come acquainted .wife each other, and the inter change of views Will tend to Christian unity. He beiieVed that the- bringing together of bodies that hitherto have t been separated, and their mutual expressions of brotherhood, will have a most bene ficial influence upon our nation, and torid td bring toanterid ‘the dreadful struggle in which we are engaged, put especially will it, contribute to Chris tian unity in fee body of Christ, and hasten the, fhlfillnrfent bf the Lord’s .prater, “ ‘ that they'bay : alfbeidne;” etc,; This is the highest consideration. I.t transcends all others. In closiug, he prayed that God will grant his spe cial blessing upon the union jUßfltritiSted: He rejoiced that he had lived to see the day in which it has been done. The President of Synodresponded as fol lows: ", , ; Dr. Chambers’ reply to Dr. Skinner. ~ It_ gives me great plearntre. to reciprocate the kind sentiments you have, just expressed. ‘ TKe action Which has been' taken during your presence house this morning,, h&s ; shown you with what una nimity and cordiality, your proposal of a correspon dence, by delegate' has been received.' This Synod accepts the proposition of your Assembly in just the terms and spirit in which it has been made. And surely this was natural and fitting. Our respective churches have been long in' the habit of receiving members from each , other, and also of dismissing them to each .other,'Without scruple or reserve. _ In the same manner ministers have freely passed from a JPresbytery to a Ol'asais, or from- a ulassis to a Presbytery,. It is therefore but the appropriate consummation' of what has fbr years eiisted in the fewer assemblies of each body, that the. highest should in some formal way indicate their Christian fellowship. ' ' I am happy to receive and endorse your' declara tion that We recognize each (other, not only as bre’- thren hi the Lord,, but as brethren holding the same sunsfaptive elements of Christian dcfetnnef .You naye been pleased, standing here, to enunciate in prebipe,,clear, and. felicitous teriris,’ the views'whieh you and those you 'represent hold rriripBptin§ the fundamental articles of the Augustinian faith: l In the name of the Synod,' I accept your statements in reference to these cardinal: points of Christian, doc trine which we, are pledged to maintain, which arb consedrated by the memory" of bUr fathers, which are 1 dear to us as .our lives, and which, webelieve, are-destified to diffuse themselves over the earth, and become the- cominon heritage'of all nations. You and:We stand on the! same ; platform, and are one, notpply in Joye, buttin faith. ... .. Of course, there are, aq you. haye said, differences between ud on minor arid .unessential pdints,' ’ This is to be expected; lie who sits on High; and id thith.itself, surveying all things.edriallyin time rind Space,'she's the truth intuitively arid in*all its rela tions, and therefore with absolute exactness. We who are lower down* see only a part, and, that part, it may be ; from different points of view, arid there fore We differ;, Bu'tW wh gd't h&afrirtoi bur ’tine Lord 1 arid shrill, be" btkhled to'take ini largerteeristires of Wife at once; rind therefore draw nearer’to-each other,) so as at last to-See eyeto eye. Meanwhile our denominational" diversities are not an unmingled evil. They subserve useful purposes not easily gained otherwise. They are like the flow etq composing the beautiful bouquet in my .hand. Were all hf one'fem; hue; and fragrance, how table and dull the collection would be! But the variety in'color and fragrance makes each-set off fee other, and the whole becomes a symbol of exquisite beauty. Or theyresemble feeyarious battalions, regiments, arid divisions of those mfiitaiy pageants which’ have of late: become so sadly frequent-in ohr laud.: Herb divers uniforms and arms and guidons, but.all make oriq army! under ope flag, arid, fighting for one country, their different iriSigriia only Stimulating to a Wholesome competition, ,-whO shall be mbst active for the cause., .... • . • ’Meanwhile what We 'rihedis nrit fatile‘attemptsid; • oiganib union or amalgamation! hut a'constant .en deavor to.maintam fee unity the ?l Spirit,m the bond of peace. This is dear to every' pious heart. Yon remember' how Calvin once, when calted"to cross the sea to Britain, in order, to compose some differences dnfopg tbd ; Eefori'nedj saidfeat he was ready to erriss sCveri sbas, if by tftat meanshe could promote the unity of. the. Church. I trust, sir,-that our two bodies have made an auspicious, beginning ttfis day, arid that hriricrifrirtli Juaah'shsiH'tidt/vex Ephraim, nor Ephraim envy Judah; hut both shall dweij together in unity.. , ,- , > "'Ohr prayer is, tlirit' God Will tan you Safely to yonr hotae, arid that he irill eriable you, tttfeouext meeting oft your Assembly,, to hear to the fofeers and brethren who shall then, be, assembled, our "Christian 'safiitatibtari ! afld‘ our 'bordiril • rb 1 cognition. Peace be upon that Israel, now, hence forth, and forever. •. The cor,respondent of the Evangelist writ ing from Ne ivburg, describes the . scene more particularly as follows As he [Dr. Skin ner] arose to take his leave the whole Synod arose in a body. 1 THe reply of Dr. Cham >ers, the Moderator, drew tears from many dyes, and awakened the deepest thankful ness in the hearts of those Who love'the uni ty; and prosperity of Ziorip The entire audi ence i stood, during the address,- and-so still and -intent: :,was ; the,, house, that .the fervent Amen at the close ,seemed almost,like an in trusion.” " Subsequently in -the course of tlie day. ReC Dr. Reiley, Chairman of the'Gdmmittee; on Correspondence, reported in favor of coti tihiing our correspondeiice with other bodies by delegate! and not by letter, which was a'dopted. Also, that a correspondence with the General Assembly, commonly called New School, be formally inaugurated, ;and that a be: appointed, to attend, the next: ses sion of that body. Adopted',unanttnously. Among other appbinttaents,. including one for the first time to the German Reformed Cti'tffch, thb'follpillHg was made: delegate to Presbyterian Church, N. S. Primarius— Reyi’ Thernfis E.Viermilyesa, ■D; D; j ! Seeim dus —Rev. I. N. Wyckoff, D. D. Thus another link between the various re presentatives of the Reformed Church 'in America was forged, which Will be all the firmer arid the brighter for the care exercised iri its formation;' v ' ' ' ‘ ! ' (Reported for the'American Preibyteriah.) ’ h PRATER OF THE REV. DR. COX* AFTER THE RECEPTION OF THE DELEGATES FROM THE PE.ORIA ASSEMBLY. . Nrit uhtp us, 0 God, but unto thy riritne, be the rriofal 'glory of this triumph of the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, who has bought us with His own blood. We thank thee for this spectacle, which angels are call ed'to behold. ‘‘ Efbw'gb'dd and how plea sant it is for brethrtte to 'JlWell together in unity.” Like' the driw pf TFerifton for copi <ous, heavenly purity.is that'Which descend eth on the mountains of Zion; for there, ithou Jehovah, commandpst thy blessing,: even life for ever more. We give thee thanks, as is most due for what we to-day witness, and are chiefly glad because God has done it. 0 God, continue to do it; and may our hearts and minds, and the hearts and minds of all the thousands re presented by this Assembly arid of all the thousands of our brethren represented by other Assemblies, , be pervaded more and 1 more by that unearthly excellence which is JXWE 25, 1868; definition of thy moral' nature, God is 10vg,.. Love,, is the fulfilling of the law, the end of the commandments the bond of 0 Lord, fill us with thaf chief of. aG 'the graces: We pray that brotherly love may dbntiriue and inefeasb, and the World, the fiesK and the devil,” and all the armies of the alien may feel Weaker and weaker (as they see thy grace uniting us in thy cause, and’make thou us stronger andi stronger. ... . We pray equally, 0, God, for both these Assemblies. We are glad that our , Master’s presence can be equally in both. Wilt thou bless' our dear brethren, who as angels’ visits,'[have*come this aftehrioon td greet tiff -“-‘especially this aged rind 1 dear servant, who, aS Simeonyis-how rejoicing in his age : that when he departs, it shall be in peace, because'hiri eyes have seen thy salvation.— We thank thee,- Heavenly Eather, for the mercy, the kindness and, the honor which, sha,ll liye ip his gratitude forever, that he has been enabled to perform this mission and so to perform it. We pray that the words of thy derir son, our head in the order of this house, may be prospered arid crowned, with the benediction of the great Head of Church. « ■■ ( - And .O God* as this.dreadful disruption of six and twenty circles of the sun, was made the occasion in part (and in much, we, vfear) of those events . which. have resulted, in the direful belligerent rupture of our bo riiay ibis pacihcation show that the God, of pbace il otir God, and feat thou wilt be, the glbfifie.d King bf bur country. Oh! restore the glorious harmony of our nation, that here' the Chur ch of the living God may so spread that all our people shall become a citizenship of Heaven—a> commonwealth of Israel—a .spiritual ,e plunbus..unurri, who, shall to, show.how they- understand order,, always endeavoring, to keepV‘‘ the uni-- fy ofthe spirit in fee .bond of peace.” “j feoyd, forgive all our sins—-all our regret ted imperfectiohs and offences. May, we never, think pf any'feat ( wS ! have reribitrid, Blit only of thbse; feat‘others iriiiy"liave re ceived froin ns. v " y ■ - ’< :i 'v 1 We pray that thou wOuldst" be our guar dian, our custodian)! our common-leader, the Captain of our. salvation,!following''whom we shall come home- in . glory to thy palqce, where thi,ne, elect: in all their. congregated miilionp|feaii at lashbe-united to enjoy that pjiss purchased through the humiliation, deqfe arid mediation of fee Son af God. J.yfe commend ourselves to feee, : 'afe ready to,’do for Us iridre thari we.caii‘ask f of think.' ■’Thanks We. give, arid’ adoratiori ' for this sdeUe rirriiercy’s triumph rind of love’s prevalence.' O Gody may we' breathe much of the atmosphere of Heaven before we go there* iandi, walking, in the < light of thy coun tenance, ,- enjoy fee full assurance .of hope unto the end;., and yrhen we die among mor tals, inny.we lße, born among immortals, fee (Churcn of fee first born, there to (wait y till fee.last h.orri’of thine elect shall cofrie/fe irimglh iri the 'glofife of,fee 'Hew’ 'Jeruifelbmi " ' This we .'ask ' for His sake ‘ Who is inore worthy than we afe uifworfey; arid ’to the T’athery the' &oK,- arid the Holy Ghost, be glory (and praise arid dominion and sove reignty < and triumph and hlessedriesri forever, Amen> - ■ ~ 7 ANNUAL. MEETING OF THE PR^SETTE- V.f V . J!/l ‘ • "... ■ . ft > • ;! I - REPLY OP ME TER-CENTENNARY 'CONVENTION OF THE GERMAN REFORMED CHURCH TO THE SALU -i . .. TATIONS OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY. : PHiLADELPHiA, March 13, i 863 , .. Rev. and Pear, fraternal saluta tions, of the Presbyterian Historical Society, so kindly conveyed by you,./to the recent Ter-centenary Convention of the German Reformed Church, were peculiarly welcome. Deeply sensible as the Church is of the im portance of the late Convention, not merely as a denominational jubilee, but as an occa sion of great interest to Evangelical Chris-' tianity at large, we see no reason, for con cealing our gratification at finding her con victions of that history and importance shared by so influential and highly respected a Soci ety 'ajS that Which you represent.' The occa sion' was ned 1 oiily'a, novel one iri ; the' ecdldii 'astical arinais of oiir cbiiritry, hut i! bif ’its' Special purposes and aiiris is invested With •great historical sigriificance:" Arid we haye beem cheered to find ! that ysignificance fully ■appreciated by brethren so well qualified, to estimate it. ' i: ;. ~ : ;Tbe churches of the Heidelberg Catechism andjbf the Westminster Gqrifessipn, have gopd reason to feel' themselves united by . bonds of no ordinary tenderness arid,strength. Both by their e'x't6riial J 'history arid by their iriririr 'ebristitutiori and eebriomy, are they placed; ih: •close 1 and Vital relations to each other. And -although-the intimacy of these relations may have been more manifest, and more frequently and. cordially acknowledged during, the . pe riods.oftheir .common ea,rlier, struggles, than it has bppn since that .time, why should, it not be revived and cherished more warmly than ever? It is true that rfuf 'respective churches' are not twin Sisters: chronologically; nor do they trace their nativity to the same geogra phical fatherland. But-they are sisters still, i arid: that in the closest sense. >. Not only are they; thus related in being fellow members of ‘‘ a holy nation,’’ the boundaries ,of whose (abodes are not-fi-xed by the narrow limits.of earthly states and kingdoms ; .whose happy citizens cannot be sundered from their hal lowed inter-commuiuon, even by the broader division-lines of divers nationalities and tongues. The churches of the Heidelberg Catechism arid of the Westminster Confession may claim a closer consanguinity than this. They spring from a common spiritual parents age, are offshoots of, the saine ecclesiastical stock. Not sisters in law, but such in fact, it is no .wonder that they so often discern in each other the. unmistakeable lineaments of their common paternity, and, discerning these, feel mutually drawn together by. strong in born sympathy. Who shall chide them for cherishing that Sympathy, or yielding to its sacred attraction ? Heidelberg and Westminster may be re garded as the most prominent representatives of the great and influential Reformed section of Protestant Evangelical Christianity. Their common parents, in this view, are Zurich .and • Geneva,fin Switzerland. Though each, suc cessively embraced and illustrated the system hel4 fey both, wi,th peculiar modifications— such ns diverse nationalities and local influ ences very naturally produce—in cer tain ‘well-defined fiihdahiehtar points they cordially harmonized, ■ sis they did not agree with other and theological sys tems and their udvbcates. 1 might not lay so much strefes. as Westminsters upon minute of the Divine decrees,! but, with the CatechisdMiy the Reformed Palati nate before her, thg>latter might'-well be'.per siiaded tliat her German sister held, [and maintained all that was 'fessferitial te evangel ical orthodoxy on that subject. • ! Westminister might seem to give less prominence’ than her 7 elder sister to thbo Church as the body of Christy and; to the gaCi|aiUentsi?-rlmt> with the noble Confession, .oftthe Presbyterian divines. 0f1643:in her handjjjjieideiberg - coixl|d surely not, aecuseher ; sis ter pit: from craments or the ‘ uhflrbh.; In reference to ecelesii^tacM' have'always been 1 of one mind, theorhiicilly and practically; and so far as publi’tfworship is concerned, the best authorities agree fin testifying to their unanimity in Sentiment; and: the almost un varying uniformity ,of their usages. Mutu ally willing to. weari any yoke which their common Lord and,Master might, impose, they cordially shared other’s strong aversion to the bondage of . all human ordinances and devices. They began together in the Spirit, and sought hot toi perfect themselves in the flesh. .! s i,.;: . Conscious ofthis spiritual unity and‘affin ity, hqw,patunal,it.was for, the . two Churches tp regard, each sincere affection, to-maintain a cordial correspondence, and,to, he always r t eady [to extend to each other the warm hanfi' of .efficjifeht sympathy and help. Heidelbferg, though' by many years the older, did not despisd- her iydiihger sister. Nay, there Were'-none who rejoiced with more de vout gratitude at event of West minster, than the numbers of the Reformed faith 'Cdn'tinent. It was a eonsummdtidn and desired. Tit was a harvest; for which; they .had toiled-no: little* Jjljuch, ..of i§eed from which, it sprang had .either been.sown by their own hands, ot hafi ners. That [fyni ph‘ t|ey had .sown, they hail scattered' weeping '; l 'ffi'at nrhibh they furnish ed, the# ■ had’ moistMdd ‘with 'their ’ tears. They had reason fd'rejdiceih the' happy re sult. Not in vain ‘had'the newly-awakened friends of gospel truth and gospel ordinances* forced to fleeffrpm crdel persecutions in Eng land, bee,n welcomed as fugitives for Christ’s sake, by their more dofipnate brethren on the Continent, , Both weye [profited by [the fel lowship thus providenfeally established, and the" hearts ahd hands M all were'cheered and strengthened, by the' ,'iincere' ‘arid" lasting friendships thus forriiedi s The earliest’bohds which united Heidelberg? and Westminster were wrought and cemented Tin the heat of fiery trials*- - Such bonds should rivet hearts closely and.inseparably together; and so they did, jEor those bonds must, indeed, be strong and pure which• the rust of three ~centuries has riot been, able to corrode. Of tlie many offices of Christian kindness performed mutually for caeli other, by the Churches we represent, and the memory of which is treasured in their early annals; we cannot stop to. speak. You do not need to be reminded of them in detail, The children of the Palatines and the children of the Puritans will never forget the love their fathers bore to each other, nor the fraternal services mu tually rendered in their pudcesbiv'e beasbtis of trial.’ NCither 1 will'.they forget dr disclaim the motives .'and obligations under which those services .place them, to cultivate among each; otherthe.most; friendly relations and perpet ually to cherish the most affectionate regard. The sacred memories to which we have ad verted, all strongly incite us to this. If we have sprung from a common root—if we dp • hold a cdmmphJhith— if we are pervaded by a kindred spirit—-if we are animated fey a; common we have mutually, shared like trials, successively cheering and succor ing each other by deeds: Of true brotherly kindness and;'charity then, indeed, the Churches of Heidelberg and Westminster should; feel themselves .united, by close and indissoluble bonds ; and then, too, it should be one of their constant aims to make the mutual charities and courtesies of tLeif pre sent arid futurb’ fellowship Cvef harmonize! with : those bf earlferitim^i 1 ; ’' - ! ‘ . ' ft ; js<biie'of the' distinctive arid commenda ble char aeteristipsofthC ecclesiastical posteri ty of Creneva, to earnestly’.’ for iWhat, .they hold: to, be: “the;faith once deli iyered.to.the saints.’’ B.ut for this very brea sonthey cherish, and exhibit the most “ per fect .charity .among themselves.”' And for •the’ r :pleasmg ' and impressive' illustration of this;, furnished fey the greetings of ybur So ciety, ive'have cause to be grateful. ' Jt has been with sincere pleasure, Rev. ■ and • dear sir, that we'have thus; endeavored to f dischargehtJie,.duty- assigned to us by the Ter-Centen,ary Convention,- of responding to the sentiments,of your letter. Qn,behalf of the Convention permit us, to convey, through you, its most Christian and fraternal saluta tions to fhe Presbyterian Historical Society, and to : eoheliide in the language of John Knox, John Rutherford, John Craig,' and others, addressed to Beza and the Reformed Churchesiof ‘ the Continent but three years short bf three centuries ago—‘?But we ear nestly request you not to allow the friendly correspondence now, commenced between us to. die away. ; Jf. you will dilligently-do this, we will endeavor to return you the like favor. May the Lord Jesus prosper as long as pos sible, the pious exertions of yourself and brethren, for the increase of the Church of Christ; Farewell.-” ® With sincere personal regard; very truly yours in the gospel, | .J.H. A. Bomberoeb, V Com. of the ; Thomas C. Porter, I Terr Centenary Philip SchAFP, J Convention, Etc. To the Rev. Samuel J. Baird, D.D.,; " Corresponding Secretary, Etc. SLAVERY THE CORNER-STONE. The Richmond Examiner ot May 28th, thus “boldly” discourses upon the “funda mental principles of the Confederates ” : “The establishment of the Confederacy js verily a distinct reaction against the whoje course of the mistaken civilization of the age. And this is the true reason why we have been,left without the sympathy of the na tions until we conquered ,that sympathy with; the sharp edge of our sword. For ‘ Liberty,;. Equality, Fraternity,’ we have deliberately substituted Slavery, Subordination, and Go vernment. Those, social and political pro blems which rack arid torture modern Soci ety we have’undertaken for ourselves, in our own fiay, and : upon our own principles. That ‘ among equals equality is rightamong those who.are naturally unequal, equality is chaos; that. there are slave races born to serve, master .races born to govern. ; Such are the fundamental * principles which we in herit, from, the ancient world, which we lifted up in the face of a perverse.generation,that has fdrgot’tfeh the wisdoiri Of its fathers;; by those principles we live', arid in their defence we have' shdwri ourselves ready to di'e;‘- Re verently we; feel that our Confederacy is a •God-sent missionary to the nations, with great truths to preach. Wo must speak them boldly; and, whoso, hath ears to .hear *.-jfjEhere is pertsinly no lackjdf-boldness in, discoursing, bnt ‘‘the nations,” we fear,, will attribute it to the ignorance, pride, and prejudice of those who make slavery the first of their fundamental principles; rather than'to their being sent of God. —Christian Times. ' ’ . . REV. MR. BARNES ON PUBLICATION. ■ In the discussion in the General Assembly on Publication, on Friday, May 29th, Mr. Barnes said : - ’ ' The most material inquiry in reference to the operations of the Publication: Commit tee, is,.- what: is, the precise nature of the obstruction; which clogs the wheels of the ma chine in its endeavors to.moye? , What is the real obstacle in the way’of this commit tee, that prevents it from carrying out the purpose which the Assembly has contemplat ed since its organization eleven [fears ago? • It cannot be a . want of a sense of its im portance, so far as the Assembly is concern ed; for they have expressed over andover again ; m words- all the Commendation which the Committee could desire, to encourage them in their undertaking.. The. Assembly has changed the original programme, op pur pose of the committee, from being devoted entirely to the publication of dodtririal tracts, and has giveri riS the largest field, ‘bo that anything ; connected with evangelical’ litera ture that may be deemed useful to our churches it is fairly within the province of the committee, (under the - appropriate! ' ar rangements as to the number requisite to sanction the publication,) to' send out. to any part o,f our country. , ~ , Erom the position which I occupy in con nection with that Committee, meeting with them rnonthly, arid, I may say, much iriore ; frequently, I can say that the difficulty does not in my judgment arise from anything in the composition of that committee. Almore laborious, faithful committee, I believe;<c.puld not be appointed, by this Assembly,; and . esr pecially is the committee efficient in ; refer ence to its business operations.,, We have really two department. One department has charge of the selection of works for pub lication, and also the arrangements for their publication. The other department relates to the business operations of the committee, the- management of the funds and the issu ing of publications.. Thus there has neces sarily arisen an arrangement by which we have a sub-committee—a Business Commit tee —composediof four or five young gentle men of this city connected with business; operations; and I take the liberty.here to : say that a more .'faithful,' industrious, con scientious associatioft' of young men could not be found in the city. Any gentleman of business who will come into the Presbyterian House, (and it is always open to the inspec tion of persons who have any right there,) will find that the business department of the Publication Committee is arranged as syste matically and intelligently (so, far as I;can judge) as the affairs of any counting room or business-place in the city. The difficulty is not, then, I thirik, in the composition of the Committee* Nor is it in any deficiency fef literature suitable for pub lication* :We have enough of it. We can secure, any quantity of it. As has been re marked by Dr. Darling, we haye ,before us for two, or three years, a history of the divi sion of our church, prepared by a gentleman prominent in thiri Assembly.. Where it is now, I do not know; Dr. Darling says it is in some pigeon-hole. But we have not had the means to 1 publish it or wofks of similar size and character. We have been under restraint in regard; to issuing such publican tions. . i In addition to works strictly denomina tional, there is a broad evangelical English literature of which we could avail ourselves, as the publication houses of other denomina tions do—such publications, for instance; as the Pilgrim’s Progress, Baxter’s ‘ Writings, and such works as have been referred to this morning— Calvin’s, lnstitutes. We ‘can also, I think, command original publications; and we can make advantageous arrangements with English publishers. We have already, introduced in our Sunday School operations, publications of English origin which arc re garded as very eligible and desirable by obr churches. - ' '■ , What, then, is the difficulty ? Reduced to a nutshell, it is want of funds to carry out the purposes of the General Assembly. I fear that it is, the feeling of the General Assembly and the churches that there is no particular need of funds—that this Commit • tee, with their Publication House on Chest nut street, can publish as other houses pub lish—can send but publications in such a Way that the returns of the sales will secure success to the Committee, and leave a margin for benevolent contributions to the poorer churches. . Now, in regard to our Publication House, it is a. noble house—a very valuable • ty —worth a great deal more at this day than 1 when it was purchased and committed to the care of the General Assembly. It is .capa ble also of large improvement hereafter, as the future operations of the' committee may make such improvement desirable. QBut we receive from that house, from year to year; not a single farthing in aid of your commit-; tee. The reason is a very palpable one. In the first place, there has never been any de claration of trust from this Assembly, speci fying to whom the property belongs. We have now under consideration by the Com mittee on Bills and Overtures, an overture asking a declaration of trust with regard to that property. Apart from that, there is a around rent on the , property amounting to §20,000, and there is an arrangement, by order of the Genera! Assembly, for using the income of the house to reduce and pay off that obligation until the entire property shall be free. We Hope and’expect that the Assembly, in response to our overture,' will declare thait that trust is for? the, purposes of the- committee.-; But in the meantime,we are receiving nothing , from that: property. The trustees rent thebuilding, so far as theycan,. and reqeivp this year, just about enough to meet the taxes and interest accruing on the ainount secured oh ground rent. Besides, we'are paying refit to the trustees 1 for the portion of the building which we occupy. It is not ah extravagant rent; butthe commit tee, *out of the results of their labors; are obliged to pay rent to the trustees,for .every room,,which they.occupy.,. The store is one of the Jjest rooms in the city, and very neces sary for ourr operations on. the scale on which they are projected. We payment, as other persons payment, and we receive not one cent of income from the House. If the’As sembly will pay that ground rent of $2O- 000; and if they will make a declaration, of trust, as we hope they will, that the House as to be kept by the trustees; for the use of the Com mittee, then we shall receiye the rents of the House, which might be some three thousand dollars annually. That would he the extent of the advantage,:which we would derive from the possession of the House. Then Consider the meagre aihount Which we have received from abroad for carrying on' our operations. From all our 1400 church es; we have, as Hr. Darlingsays, received during the past year about $4000,. and not a cent of it, I was ab.out to say, from rich and strong churches. If there are exceptions, they are certainly very few. The contribu tions have generally come from small church es scattered , all over the West, and from cHbrcfieS that are viery feeble. This money has generally been contributed in very small amounts—ss, $6, $7, $lO, $l5, $2O, etc. 1 -Those $4OOO have been made up in a great measure by the small contributions of these feeble churches. Whether such churches feel a ■ deeper , interest, in- the, cause than Others, I will not say ; but it,is to be remem bered that under :an arrangement which we have established, a portion of this money goes hack to ;the churches contributing, in the*form of books, tracts, etc., which wfe send them'for gratuitous'distribution. "1 J then, is the capital which the Com mittee have to go ‘On ? You will say, per haps, “ Tlie salesiof the books,”; To a cer-, tain extent, this is true. Some persons per haps might ask, “ Why do not. the Commit-; tee, in a great city like this, with a house like that,,(go on and publish as the Carters’ or the Harpers’ do in New York, or as book publishing houses do in this city or else where—why do. they not throw themselves upon the credit and confidence of the World, and issue publications,on tte expectation of the . returns Wiiich they are to receive, secur ihg credit- as business men dd in carrying oh op’erEfftions of this nature V’' ‘Sir; if we stood alone, as individual men, or if we were con nected in a business their the Committee might seriously take up the ques tionjwhether we miglit no.t: do,that—whether we might not risk our little individual prop erty in carrying on operations of that kind. But it must be remembered that a very large part of our capital (which is very , small, but accumulating gradually) must, from the ne cessity of the case, be invested in stereotype plates which make, very slow returns, except in cases where Jssues are very popular in their character. .. It is .riot .with us as with the Messrs/ Harper, of New York,’who, -by their influence hhd 'pow'er, can at oried 'dis pose of sin edition of a wdrk and receive im mediate'returns. I ,; know it to be a fact that, in regard to any work which they pub lish, they, are eorifident of. securing- an imme diate sale of the edition which they, issue. We cannot do that; we must wait for the Silovf: returns of years. Now, our“ Digest” -:will pay for .itself in time ; hit comparatively few persons want it, and W 6 bahnoV expect qtiiek returns from it. It is necessary that we should publish books of thisdescription; - Our capital must, from the necessity of the case, be invested to a great extent.in stereotype plates; and we must await slow returns with a very moderate profit. . . ... It is also to be remembered that in the business transactions of our Committee, we are individually responsible. The Trustees of the House are responsible for what the General Assembly entrust to ! thcin and. no more. Any {funds which any part of the church'may place, under the control of the Trustees of the House for any particular ob ject will be held for that purpose. So any thing entrusted to the, Publication, Commit tee for any . object wilt be, appropriated by them to the purpose designated. But we are not.incorporated as a Publication Committee, and any member of that Committee (I take this to be the law; there are lawyers here who will correct me, if I am wrong,) is per sonally responsible for the debts of that Committee, if we should fail and be com pelled, to wind up. Now, with all our lore for the Presbyterian, Church and our willing ness.to labor for, it, we are not willing that the little property which any of us may have should be exposed to this peril in the course of the business entrusted to us. We say that, if the Assembly will stand behind us— if they will incorporate us and give us a capital on-whjeh to operate, we will guard that capital as we would; our individual pro perty. But, in administering the business of that,Committee, we take good care that our assets, in case of want of success in business, shall, be fuljy equal to our debts. ,If you will examine our accounts, you will find that we have property which will cover every cent of our indebtedness. ' So long as we oc cupy our present position, we shall take care so the business of the As sembly that we shall at all times have in our possession assets which will fully meet any indebtedness resting upon us. The un derstanding, p,f our policy in this respect by the, business housgs in this city with which we have transactions, is. one reason why our, credit is perfectly good at the present time. I think that we could go to any publishing: house ih this city,’ and could obtain any; amount of credit which we might desire. But let us depart from ; our present policy, and let the impression get abroad among these publication houses, that our assets are not sufficient to meet our responsibilities, and you will find that our credit will begin to dimihish-very rapidly, so fhat<we could not? long, ocejipy . the position which? we occupy at! the present time. GENESEE ETINGELIST.--wiok No. 892. Now, sir! the question %Mch this Assem bly'must lock in the face, (and they may as well do‘ it first as last,) is whether they are disposed (I use* the word “disposed” de signedly; because there is capital enough in our churches to endow that Committee for all 1 the- purposes which the Assembly ever contemplated) #O d carry on the operations of the PublicdtiehSGdmmittee on the scale which — Look,,at - support extended to your ; Home Missionary Gbminittee. In one year; t the churches have responded to their appeals ' by contributing (if Iremcmber rightly) $59,- 000. Such' has been the confidence of the churches in that enterprise; such their de sire that it should be carried out; such their conviction-of the necessity of the work, that they have thrown into its treasury about $60,000 in .a Bingle.year, Yet for - eleven years we have been toiling in this Publica tion cause, and the churches have placed at our disposal during the last year $4,000 ! Now, I, for one, am not tired of this work; my brethren are not tired of it. But the question Dd our churches feel an in- i terest in this work ? Are they willing to make any sacrifices to sustain us in our efforts?. That is,the point which is to be considered. I pledge to you all the influ ence I may have in that Committee that we will conduct its affairs. safely—that we will not incur improper responsibilities—that we will throw open our books to examination at aiiy time. Come there at any moment by a Committee, and you will not find us insol vent. But we cannot move a whit more rapidly than our present, snail’s pace, unless you will place at our disposal the funds which may be necessary to carry on our operations with increased vigor. MENTAL FAMINE AT THE SOUTH. The South, in its rash attempt to isolate itself from the North, has brought upon it self not only .physical privations, but mental famine. It ‘ always, speaking through its newspapers, had the air of a Sophomore who was as benighted as he was insolent, and by his-immature swagger, painfully betrayed his need of an indefinite amount of hazing and tutoring. It always, while it boisterous ly,vilified Northerners as unwashed mechan ics, tacitly acknowledged their superior cul ture, by inveigling Northerners to visit the South as teachers, and by exporting their own young men and maidens to Northern colleges, seminaries, and boarding-schools. It was also dependent, in a great measure, on the North for 'books. But its supply of hooks, and of other agencies for education, haying been cut off, it must be suffering somewhat from a. dearth of ideas. A letter received -by a gentleman in this city from a friend in Houston, Texas, may he taken as an indication that large numbers at the South are famishing for'the want of mental food. ThO writer stated tha t he had not seen any books or magazines from the North since the war, except tha popular work “ Under currents of Asall, Street,” which had been captured, on hoard the Harriet Lam. He would take it as a great favor if his friend would send him two hundred dollars worth of hew books, for which he would be glad to pay him in' Confederate money the sum of one thousand dollars !—2Y Y. Examiner. THE RIGHT SPIRIT. The Standard of this city thus speaks of the appointments and 5 reception of delegates by the two last General Assemblies of the Presbyterian churches. There was one measure adopted, a mea-s sure as we conceive intimately connected with the best interests of our Zion that we feel free to speak of; because we can cordi ally endorse it with our most hearty appro val. “We allude to the appointment of dele gated to mebt with our brethren of the N. S. Assembly which held its sessions in this city. This:measure was inaugurated a year ago; but was, not consummated till during the late sessions'of the two bodies. It was origina ted on pur side; but cordially responded to on the other so soon as the voice of our greet ing .was heard and the hand of brotherly af fection was extended towards them. The reception of our delegates in this city was all that could' have been wished for. We were happy in bur choice of the persons se lected to represent us. Dr. Tustin was pecu liarly well suited to reach forth-the olive branch of peace and brotherly affection. His courteous manner, his mild, winning address and his catholic spirit all marked him as a man well chosen for so blessed an object. His very feeble appearance imparted a deeper interest in his address. Frail and week he stood OU‘ the platform facing the audience. In every lineament of his countenance he bore the marks,of disease. His whole per son gave evidence that his clay tabernacle was giving way under the weight of accumu lated ailments. It required a listening ear to take in the softer portions of his address; but each word seemed caught up and cherish ed by an attentive and appreciative audience. The feelings of the speaker and of the hear ers were in unison. Whilst the one breath ed forth words of kindness and love, the others echoed them back from hearts swell ing high with emotion. The response of the Moderator, was a fit reply to. the address of Dr. Tustin and that of the gentleman who followed him. In the language of worldly parlance it was & telling speech. He felt what he uttered and his audience clearly felt it too.. As one beautiful thought after ano ther fellfr<Hn his lips the murmur of approval could scarcely be repressed even by that grave. Assembly and when he came to speak of the oneness of the two great branches of the Presbyterian Church, as one in history, in dbetrine, |n order, and one also in faith and in feeling, having onfe coiuihon hope and looking forward to’ one; common home, the low murmur of approval broke forth into a loud burst of applause. The pervading feel ing of the Assembly seemed clearly to be that the icy walls which for a quarter of a century ha.d sundered and kept the two great bodies apa,rt were now fast melting away, that the lines of distinction were becoming obliterated and that Old School and New School were names which should be buried apd as far as could be, forgotten. ’ ) A' scene similar to that which took place in Philadelphia, was doubtless enacted in Peoria. We leave it to the regular editor of this journal, whose dnties for a few weeks we have, assumed during his'necessary absence, to draw us the picture. It will be a picture
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