—ash — GENESEE EVANGEIIST. PHILADELPHIA, OCT. 22, 1863. JOHN W. HEARS, Subscribers who are in arrears and liable to 50 cents additional charge on their bills, are notified that this charge will be re mitted to sunk as pay an additional year, in ad vance of the present. THE PBESIDEIT’S PBOQLAMATION. ,The Proclamation of our Chief magistrate, calling for a National 'Thanksgiving, appears in another part of this paper. Its devout tad reverent tone is.even more marked, if ,possible, than in previous State papers of the same gene ral tenor. The Christian people of the land will find new cause of rejoicing; of confidence in our rulers, and; of hopff for the future as a nation, in the utterance of such Sentiments in high places; and, though they may regret to notice the absence of specifically Christian terms and phrases, it is plain that such a document could emanate from no other source; than one. deeply imbued with the spirit of the Gospel. ~ It may be interesting, for our readers to know, that the Catholic- Herald, of this city,' decries the proclamation, denies its statements, and insists that it will not be observed; that, “in our American vocabulary, fast is pro nounced like, and understood to ,be feast f (1) that the proclamation “advises and ordains” a “hollow mockery;” and seeks, in every way, to prejudice the class of persons it represents against the President and his piolicy. In short, its article is a copperhead document, embittered, still more by Popish hatred of onr institutions^ As for the "guzzling, drinking, and merry making,” we have no doubt it speaks truthfully, from observation of the manners of its own peo ple on those days. The best places in which; to see the day grossly abused, will be the Irish groggeries which the friends of the Hefqldlmv& established through our city. THE OHILDEEN OP OLEEGYMEN, In a sermon preached on a recent Sabbath morning, in Pine Street Church, by Rev. Dr. Brainerd, on parental duties and responsibili ties, several statements were made of a statis tical character, which, though brought forward in a familiar manner, in proof of his arguments,, contained facts of more general interest. Af ter showing the natural and philosophic causes which impress the character of the fathers upon the children, the speaker recurred to the oft-re peated charge of profligacy in the sons sot reli gious parents, and especially of clergymen. He denied the fact. Of some two hundred and fifty theological fellow-students with him at Andover, Mass., nine-tenths were the sons of pious parents. Although it is often said that the sons of clergymen are peculiarly liable to be wild and profligate, a far larger proportion of clergymen’s sons become Christian men than of any other class. Clergymen have peculiar difficulties in regard to family training. A minister’s work is much with his mind instead of his hands, and this draws attention from the conduct of his children. He is much abroad, in attend ance upon the convocations and outside inte rests of the ehurch. He is obliged to receive to his house, as a public man, every class of people. He is without secular business, and has, therefore, no ready occupation for his sons. He is usually poor, and has no capital with which to set up his sons. He is at sick beds and funerals, and has to do with grave and so lemn subjects, and is in danger of not meeting the demands of his children for cheerfulness and innocent mirth. He has, like other men, his own imperfections of temper and life, by which his children are endangered. And, then, being a public man, his children are in the public eye, and faults noted in them which would be for gotten in others. Added to this, bad and de based men seek to lesson their Own guilt and shame by believing evil of and tempt ing and corrupting their sons. It is also true that ungodly and irreligious parents have at tempted to excuse their own neglect of the reli gious training of their households by circulating the falsehood that the children of religious pa rents were worse than others. : But, in spite of all this, it,is a fact that the sons of clergymen, above all others, are most likely to be pious, God-fearing men. Look around you in this city, among the families you all know, for confirmation of. this truth. Two sons of the Rev. Dr, Smith, of the Western Church, the son of Dr. Duffield, of Dr; Carroll,* Dr. T. H. Skinner, Rev. Albert Barnes, two sons of Dr. Janeway, of Dr. J. Pi Wilson, of the First Church, with many others I could name, are all excellent clergymen. And where will you find better laymen than the sons of Dr. Cuyler, Rev; Albert JudSpn, Rev. James Pat terson, Dr. Cheeseman, Dr. Junkin, and Rev. Anson Rood? In this old church, among the families of my predecessors, the Rev. Dr. Duffield, the pastor here in the War of the Revolution, has given to the church and the world a line of able and pious clergymen through four generations. Dr. John Blair Smith’s descendants have many of them been piltars in the church and the or naments of the army and navy. As he bimselj shouldered a musket in the defence Of his coun try, it was to be expected that the grandson, General Charles Ferguson Smith, was ready to hare his breast to the fiery storm of Fort Dcr naldson. Dr. Milledollar’s only son was a pious and able physician. The four clerical Alexanders have been the glory of the church; and Col. Alexander may, pci haps, now bo said to be among the first citizens of New Jersey. Where will you find the word profligate in connection with the iamily of Ar chibald Alexander ? One son pf Dr. Ely is the subject of a ma lady which has released him from personal re sponsibility, but his daughters are intelligent, amiable, and pious women. His youngest son,’ Ben. Ezra, for a time was wild and unregulated, but has since been a legislator of California, and is how an eloquent preacher of the Gospel in the Presbyterian Church, near San Francisco. Much more might be said of the clerical fami lies of Philadelphia, Dr. Lyman Beecher’s seven sons in the mi nistry, and his four daughters, Jiave not been very profligate nor very stupid. He has “ com manded his household after him,” as regards genius, piety, and world-wide fame. A record like the above could be carried out through the ministerial families of every deno mination. : In noting, as an exception, Aaron Burr, the son of Rev. Aaron Burr, of Princeton, Dr. Brainerd said that the character of Aaron Burr was becoming white in comparison to that of some modern traitors, in this season of our coun try’s peril and anguish. Editor. PENNSYLVANIA AND OHIO. A great work has been done in these two powerful States. With an emphasis which ■will be understood, not only at Washington and throughout the North, not only by Davis and his at Richmond; but at Paris, and London and St. Petersburg, these States, .con taining over one-sixth of«the population of the whole country, have pronounced for the' mainte nance of the Union by the open,, straight-for ward measures of .the Administration, by „the arm of power, by .the overthrowrbf the great source and support of the rebellion—Slavery.' ‘ In Ohio, the issue was undiilguiseifl. The ; people were called to choose between open and vaunted sympathy with the rebellion, and the measures employed to crush it. Their; answer was the most overwhelming perhaps ever given to a pdlitical'factioh. In Pennsylvania, oppo sition to the,. war was more disguised;, the friends of the South were more hypocritical and serpent-like.They.niade.strong. professions of f loyalty, especially as the* electi rift dreW hear.:” They attempted to rally .their forces bh the issue of Emancipation or Slavery, Their zeal for the “ Institution,?’ as something intrinsically right; and good, was most conspicuous and remarkable. Direct appeals were made to the “ Higher Law,” in'its support. ‘ 3Jheir candi date'for* Hpjremor believed, slavery to be a divine institution ; and 0 sacrilege! a cam paign document was manufactured out of a letter of an Episcopal bishop, which argued from Scripture with all the elaborate .perverseness of Southern slaveholding clergyman,, .seeking to ■ quiet his conscience, id defence of the institution. In fact, the Pennsylvania opposition put them selves fairly on a pro-slavery platform, and appealed to the Christian people of the State for support, dicfihctly on that grbuyd. i i They hoped to prove >the sentiment’of our State to be pro-slavery, and in favor of “ running the line north of Pennsylvania," in the event of a division. Disguising the, political, they placed a moral, or rather immoral issue before the people. On the abstract question therefore, of the merits and immunities of slavery, the. vote of Pennsylvania is for freedom, against ; Bishop Hopkins, against,,General McClellan, against, the bitter prejudices of ignorant and; degraded whites, against sheltering the cause of the rebellion while seeping to crush rebellion itself. ‘ Ohio was called to rebuke the double heresy of secession and pro-slavery; her. task was sim ple and intelligible; simple and intelligible is hbr decision—plain as the signature of John Han cock to the Declaration of Independence, or as the answer of her gnus to the rebels on a hun dred battle fields. Pennsylvania was called ostensibly to pronounce Only upon one of these issues. She was, asked, while opposing the rebellion as such, to acknowledge the utility and rectitude of the institution declaredto'be lts corner-stone.. She has answered. Pennsyl vania goes for Emancipation as part of the war measures of the Administration. . Again we feel that we have a country, and that :the people at any. cost are resolved to maintain it. Faction is rebuked; the mob spirit is admonished; and the people have recorded their satisfaction that iri the accom plishment of this end, the blot of slavery is to be removed from our national life and a race is to regain its long-lost and most precious rights. We have desired as religious journalists to do our part towards accomplishing these most welcome results. Whether our efforts have availed to any degree we know not; at least they give us the greater warrant for rejoicing at what has occured. BEY. J. AMBBOSE WIGHT. In consequence of ill health, Rev. J. A. Wight has resigned the pastoral charge of Oli vet Church, Chicago, which he had built up from its organization, five or six years ago. The Westeni correspondent of the indeqendent says: .. He has has been the genial and witty corres pondent, “Ambrose,” for The N. Z Evange list and The American Presbyteran. His car tholic and winning spirit and his pulpit ability will: secure for him warm friends wherever he may go, as he will also take with him the edr dial well-wishes from many without as well as within the Presbyterian fellowship of this city. REV. Ml. BASSES AID THE AMERIQAN Mr. Barnes has declined the appointment re cently tendered him by the American Board, of a place on the Prudential Committee. Ad vancing age, with its ihfimnjties, and the ten derness of his eyes, which will, not bear the ex posures of railroad travelling, forbid his accept ance. His interest in the work of Foreign Missions, and his desire for the continued co operation of his own branch of the church with the Board, are undiminished. The numerous friends of Mr. Barnes and of the Board in the Presbyterian Church will regret that it has seemed necessary to him to come to such a de cision. ■ ’■ AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN AND THEO- The October number of this valuable periodi cal is of a very different character from former issues. The change is, we think, for the ad vantage of the Review and the great body of its readers, being the introduction of dements of more immediate, jiving interest. Hitherto, almost exclusive attention has been given to more recondite topics; or to the more purely scientific aspects of the qnestion of the day. While these are by no moans ignored now, they are not permitted to engross.tbe attention of. the reader. In .the present number we have:—, 1 Presbyterianism and its affinities, Mr. Barnes 1 address before the Presbyterian Historical Society last May; The Sources of Crime, by, • E. 0. Wines, D. D., LL. D., New York; False . Tendency and Radical Defect in Education, by ' Rev. J. K. Herrick of Malone, N; Y>, Ameri can ’New Testament'Commentaries, by Howard BOARD. LOGICAL REYIEW. Crosby, New York; Mark ii, 23, as compared with Luko vi, 1, by Rev. G C. Starbuck, Union Theological Seminary, N. Y.; Draper’s InteU lectual Development of Europe, by Prof. H. B. Smith, D. D., New York; The Chinese Classics, by Prof. R. D. Hitebcock, New York; Roger Bacon in the Light of New Documents, by Emile Saisset, 1 Prof, in the faculty of; Let; ters, Paris, translated by Col. Joseph Howland, Matteawan, N. Y.; Theological’ and ; Literary Intelligence ; Criticisms; on Books. • > ! *} Mr. Sherwood makes a strong appeal for co-operation in pressing” forward his work! Send him .and so provide him the means to increase the value of the' magazine, which is already worthy of liberal support, not only in the denomination, 1 but among all Evan gelical people. ‘ . - We will fUtnish hew subscribers with our paper and the Review at f 3, or the. price of the Review alone, for the* first year. BE. MAMS’ PENINSULA OAMPAIGN.* This' work is a’narrative of the author’s Cx perienee as chaplain of the 63d Penn. Yols. It covert a period-from,-the arrival of the regi-, ment in A.: B; 1861; until the arrival of the’army at Harrison’s Landing/'iii July 1862. \' ; The author is widely known as a faithful minister of the gospel, a cultured scholar; and a writer in whom, high literary talent has been improved by extensive travel. His taskwork cannot fail to add to his previous reputation, while it must proye highly interesting to many classes of readers. It does not aspire to the dignity of history ; but the‘ opportunites the author Tiad of observation, have enabled him to record much that will, be of value to the future historian of the war. By the chain of. e asy narrative are: here grouped - together, inci dents and scenes described with all the thrilling ahd touching pathos of reality. The 63d were first encamped hear Alexan dria, in Fairfax County, the region which was the first theatre of* the war. The country around with its lately,deserted houses and its old family memorials;*including much that re lates tp’ Mouat Vritnon and; the family, occupies a chapter or two. - As the winter advanced and thb mud deepened, the weather and the long separation from home began' to throw a gloom over the camp ofyhe regiment., The eharinof novelity in; camp life was wearing off. Deep arid bitter melancholy producing ill-health, was the result- In all this the author, found opportunity for spiritual usefulness. . He obtained a chapel terit and organized a church, which afterwards comprised nearly three hundred members The' insight which the account of the ehaplairi’s spiritual labors affords; fully justifies thedes criptaon of the author giyen by; an eminent, surgeon in his preface to the work. , We ex-, tract this notice: “ A traeiGhristiariiwho had learned the importance of adapting himself tb the vicissitudes of life that he might more ef fectually carry ont his Christian mission, he eyervwhhre and; .on - all beeps! ons;, by sllhis acts demonstrated to those around ‘ him the dignity and usefulness of the pastorate, and the excellency and divinity of gospel Chris tianity.” ... , . ' ■ ; -'■ .v It were indeed well if all army chaplains: possessed a like adaptation for their work. John Wesley did riot Mow Why the' Devil should have all the best tunes; it is equally difficult to say why all the righteous should have the highest ministerial talent to The ex clusion of the army sinners. 1 The work 1 carries' us from the winter camp’ of instruction to Hampton Roads, in the trans ports ; when the Array of the Potomac entered that field. The destruction of the Congress and Cumberland, and the fight between the Monitor and Mcrrimac, have in this narrative all the charm of novelty. , “ . The vast camp'of war at Hampton is depicted like a splendid pageant, in the clear, sunlight of beautiful spring weather; when hopes were bright as the glancing serried steel in the light of the morning. The long, gloomy, rairiy days of digging, when the rattle of picket guns seemed like the mockery of Heavenls artillery, followed. •- Then com.es the hofrid reality of war; the battle field of Williamsburg,jthe battle of Fair Oaks, the miasmatic fever, -ppspital, the: ampu tating table,; all this ag seen* during the author’s tour of ministration to the bleeding body or de parting soul; are described in a manner at once touching and sublime. At tbc commencement of the retreat from Richmond, generally, known as the seven days battles, the author was in charge of the hospitals’ at Carter’s house near. Savage . Station,, and having no definite orders,'resolved to stay with: the. patients w;ho * could not be removed, when they should he abandoned. It will beremem beted that the : battle ‘ of Savage Station was* fought so clbse to the hospitals’'that spine of the patients .were killed, in their beds.- Herb, at.the post of duty, the chaplain remained, sur rounded by the fearful wraek aM carnage. The fierce, infuriated onset of the enemy to the very muzzles 'of the muskets of Gen. Sumner’s rear guard, ana the leaping flamcbf the unwavering column, as the* attack was ; repulsed, are well: described. During, the battle of Glendale and Malvern Hill, the thunders of which tortured them with anxiety, the chaplain and his col leagues remained at their posts, ministering to the wants of the wounded, the sick, and the dying'; receiving messages of love and testi monies of dying faith from many a departing suffered " . Here the Doctor had ah opportunity of see ing the demoralized condition of the rebel troops as they retreated from the destructive range of our artillery on the battle-field of Malvern Hill. When the patients were removed from the hospitals to , Richmond, Dr. Marks accom panied them as a prisoner, and there, amid great* difficulties, succeeded in obtaining for them many comforts. He had an opportunity, the condition of the rebel capital, to con-, verse with the inhabitants; and with many rebel officers. _■ .y ■:"mv. : Some of the author’s opinions in reference to the conduct of the war; may admit of discussion; but they are expressed with all the candor of sincere conyictibu, and are founded on excellent opportunities for observation.. \ ‘ His descriptions are enhanced by many origi- *ff’he PsirikspibA Oampaign in Virginia ; or Inci dents'and scenes oh ;the battle fields apd m Rich mond; by Rev. J. J. Marks, D. D. Messrs. J. B. Lippincott, 1863. .' ; nal reflections,* frill of poetical and l religions truth. | i Y His portraits of public men are not the least valuable portion of his book, especially the glances at the high-souled personal character of the “ knightly Kearney.” ' We Extract a paragraph from the hook: : A youth *wa# lying' wou*ndeS |n; the same hospital with his father, who; was shot through both shoulders. The writer proceeds: * “ - > “ Williain Keed bore his bufferings'with the greatest patience ; he was far-more- anxidusfor his father than for ,himself. They were lying together in an upper, room in one of the houses at Nelson’s place. On the Sabbath that I saw them, there was'reasqri. to hope that hrith might survive l their injuries.” William was in exeel lent spirits, and was trying to comfort hisfather by pictures. of, home and , their, joy when his * mother would dress and bandage their wounds., During the night several dead men had'been, borne to the green plot, west'bf the house, and on the following morning! there wbfeHFn'rir moire, lying side, by side.- ' Thevdew had fallen heavily on re their jfaces, iapdiigt ~the light.- of the rising sun glittered on tH® brows, likg .gems.- William seated .at the looked’ down 1 upoii therii and said i ‘ Fathf tekr that rhe'aven ShedS, are thb 'Q6%s'That fall >o£’ a dead Soldier’sj-facei’ With: a*mature sosiriehv and; gifted,what a. blessing, might thi% noble, young, man have; bpem andj hisl country! but living fourteen clays,‘hedied iri’ : the ; Dibby/prisdm which: he %y just 'in SetESbridtO’ l cbntiriehd-hiS Spirit to God; one of the most precious offer ings laid on the altar of our country.” The work is, indeed sqfh ( as expected from, a, highly, contemplative* mind writing with, an accomplished pen,* of momen tous events and thrilling scenes,! from a daily contact' wititthehr for more than a year. We hefurtily commend it to qur readers, , . ' THE SYNOD OF MISSOURI. • *'" This Synod met at troy, Kansas, on Friday,** September 18th, and continued its sessions un- ; til Monday, September 21st. ■ Religious servi-' ces, with preaching, were held at 11 A. M. and I P- M., on Saturday and on Sabbath. The Sabbath morning sermon, was followed by the Lord’s Supper; arid Sabbath afternoon was de voted to ‘ free coriversatibariA the State <if'reli gion within our bounds.” The report on this subject, from different parts of the , field, were quite encouraging. : The . churches and Sabbath Sfchools are generally in a: good condition j ' In soirie of fheiri; a considerable'revival o'f religion has been enjoyed within thb past year. All the ehnrches have shared in the sorrows ofthe* war, but have not experienced its derilpralization so much as might reasonably have been feared. • Missbrirf arid “Kansas,'ihteiripe ranee ' appears to “have been diminished, the li quor tTriffic.having been restrained—in the far mer, iby .imilitarv authority* ; and in tfie latter by wholesome* State legislation. * ’ 1 «, , '. * Rev.' ‘ErWrightyof St. Louis Presbytery, was elected iModerator, and Ret; tJi AspMwall,* ! bf Kansas Presbytery, Clerk. ’ Bro ther Wright is the senior member of the Synod, having been a member of it since its organiza tion-in. 1842. He his ministry-for years on the-*Westqm then the Western border, of, ..civilization—looking from the windows of his : over the Missouri, upon the “Indian'territory,” now* constituting the State of Kansas. He gave, us some thrilling reminiscences of those days, vi vidly illustrating, the wonderful : change Mhicli has been wrought in so short a time. He is now laboring, with encouraging- success, .as agent of the American Bible Society fqr Mis souri. Rer. C. Parker made a statement respecting ah educational entbiTrise initiated by him at Irving, Kansas; whereupon tii| Synod adopted the following minute: . | . Resolved," That we hail, with gratqfal satis faction, the assurance that our brethren in' Kansas are awake to” the Importance of esta blishing educational institutions m such con nection with the church as will secure to them a sanctifying” influence, and tether a valuable instrumentality. 7 Resolved; ’■ That we heartily commend the ef fort to establish such ari institution in Kansas to the geqefous consideration Of the people of the State, arid their friends arid brethren every where. Being, informed that onr brethren in Kansas, enjoy the most fraternal relations and pleasant intercourse 'with the brethren Of : the other' branch of the Presbyterian Church, 1 bn the same field, the Synod adopted the'following; ' tßesofved,* That wb ; hail, with high Satisfac tion, the action.of the last General Assemblies .of We two' branches of thePresbvteriah Church, placing those bodies in cordial, fraternal rela tions. We also heartily commend the' ex pressed purpose of the two Presbyteries ;of Kansas to conduct all their 'action so as to av'oid all unfriendly competition,'add so as to be most favor able to ultimate re-union. s - .[The minute of .the Synod on. We Stale of the Country, which was unanimously adopted, has already been published. A Copy cf it was sent to the Secretary of State, Mr. Reward; who returned the following answer: yf* Department of State, Washington, Oct. 1, AB63:— To the Mev. Ax Stated [ Clerk of- the . Synod pfiSftssduri, SC Louis— Rev. and Dear Sib :— I have the honor to re ceive tbe.proceedings of the Synod of Missouri, and, in compliance with your request, I have submitted them to the President of the United States. He is deeply affected by theexpres siohs ;ofs:sympathy and confidence -which the Synod have adopted,-and he directs-me -to as- 1 sure?them that he shall continue to seek, here after as heretofore; so to conduct the : adminis tration of the Executive’'Government asto bring the country: safely, and .as speedily as possible, out of the dangers of : seditiofi and civil-war, employing for that: purpose all needful means within Constituted’limits, and in humble re liance upon the protecting care and: beneficent favor of Almighty God. ■ 1 am, reverend and ;dear sir, your' obedient servant., 1 William H.Seward.] The next meeting pf; the Synod is to be held at Savannah,: Mo., commencing on the third JFridayiin September next, at' 11 ‘A. M. ■‘ : X H. A. Kelson, Stated Clerh. . : SI, The Presbyterian Church, or Champion formerly connected with the'New Lisbon(o. S.) Presbytery was received into, tlm Presbytery of Trumbull, (N.W) Ohio; September; 15,1* , ; We are informed that the Bey. A. Barnes, notwithstanding >his 'recent, iHaess whiph.ihas greatly reduced him, went to "the polls at the late election, and deposited' hiS vote ' for tbe Administration canai'dateS. '’ He lias since so far recovered- as to be able, to go upon; a visit northward. letteb fbom bey. de. oox. DE. TUSTIM—DB. liATITELD—X’HESBYTEKIA N UNION. ; h Leroy, N. Y., Oet. 10th, 1863. Bear Brother: —Returned, here to my sum mer residence, last night, from Rochester, after the delightful meetings of the American Board, J read the religious newspapers, yours and others, with real enjoyment. On that letter from “ Washingtony D. O, ’’ written by our Me tropolitan brother, Rev. William B. Ryans, touching “an eeror much to be eegkbtted,” I feel almost inspired;— if rhetoric or poetry may allow such use of that sacred vocable, to add ~ .my thanks to . him; with mj cordial concur-' rence, and that.of all the ministry! and ail the. membership of out whole church—so. far as their knowledge enables them, to think and act on the topicfor his so proper,and so excellent, and so Christian, though so brief, remarks, on, it. I have long known the Rev. Septimus Tusm, D. D., and ever with,,a grateful sense E e isonabfcfiarkctdr and official' .excel lence. ~ But all my knowledge of him was : too general ;:and too distant, and too 'seperated hadly enoughto 1: appreciate him, ; or 'glorify hwn, 1: 24:, as now’wb all db ! r Trhly I also regret, that strange Misnomer, to' , which our brother refers; and - which, as Jus- pp, 235, 239, see ■.-}• Mnutes.of Assembly,”! seems, so strangely, to estrange", to us, a 1 father in ‘lsrael whom, especially since his high and masterly and unctioned diplomacy in our last Assembly, we all most cordially, 1 the love of ’ Christ cbhslrtmrm/'iis, own and re member as a brother, rather 1 a’father, befeved .ifithe ties of eternity; dcddfAvhgio the glofidud Qhspfi cl£ the Ble'skect God. ' I. Tim. 1: ill Almobt As a fepresehtatiye man, may l as- * snmb. fb 1 speak’hr write, in these relations; since, from what I hear and know, then and since, as the result" of intimate and extensive converse" with ministers'' and others of our bfanch oftHe church, those’prominent "and dis tiriguiShed amoUg our tribes in' the "Israel of God; there is only' One ’sentiment; one soul, one pulse ’in one body; and that—first, love to. Christ, for our infinitely meliorated relations; that man of Gbd, Dr. Tustin, whbsb triissibh was so judiciously, so nobly, so admirably well performed throughout, to the glory' of oiir God and Savior; of : otir common’ faith;’-and of our real substantial doctrinal agreement not only, onbhess of it in CimiST; oiir 'Gbd, bur elder brother, bur wonderful and blessed’Re'deemer, forever ! • ’ I regret indeed—now, as then I failed to ob serve it, that our “Minutes” are so parliamen tary and jejune; instead of jubilant, fraterniz ing, eucb'aristical, on the occasion. '' It so brief and flat appears on our published records, that I resent—the thing, while I criminate not at Aui the motive! It. was; among the items of thronging care and businesi-fkimply over sight ; no more, I am" sure. Here also a word on-an allied itopic—the competency of. our stated clerk, Rev. : Dr. .Hatfield.': His enfeebled frame, the result of too much work in the cause, has resulted In his resignation of the pastorktei thorfgh loved .only more and more by .his at tached and .regretting church, and by all the ministry, especially those, who know him best. We have no' censure for him ; but only'praise and thbnks,';fbf the masterly, faithful, exact, use ful, mauner, in which, for so long a .time, .as the successor of Dr ; McDowell and Dr. Ers kine Mason, both of honored memories, dearly beloved, in the church and the ministry of God, he; has sedulously performed Mis high and.res ponsible duties so that we all owe him much,. and should not at all . grudge to owe it, as\we do not I hope his resignation, should it be offered, 5 will not be accepted. My counsel is t not solitary, not singular, thus—-Give him an Assistant Secretary, "and let him li!vb, recover his health, as we pray and hope and think he will, and so continue to serve and bless the •" church, as long as the'Lord is pleased to con tinue him in this vestibular portion of the true church universal, before he enters the citadel, the palace, royal and divine, of. light and love in Heaven! 1 love to associote our bast this ee, McDowelb, Mason, Hatiteld ; all bf them my dear personal friends, as worthy a triumvirate, in'that highjoffibe; as‘ ;'eyef was in our country and our dear Presbyterian Church! In my own day too, I well reraember the triumvirate immediately" pfeceding, Janeway, Neill, Ely; abd'HoWever honored, I own no deterioration, no 5 d%eneracy, to. say tlkr least in the, noble ; tHrbje that follow them, in our hisiory of the ' church. I only add, :he knows nbtHing of .what, I here write; fqr you to publish; and' I am ' aware perhaps;,of iny whole responsibility; ’“ ho gegrapkd, gegrdpha as Pilatb and' some * othbr persecutors were not at one time,—not only, when they wrote. 1 I iiovv resuiHe, of . bur dear Doctor Tustin, ! and say in a’few words! ; 1. His office whs not' an easy one, nor its funbtions, such as' tb .suit the .competency of common men. That the duties were devolved 1 on Aim, in "view of his felicitous performance of theni, we ItHeh tfibught, as we now write, was not merely a felicity, but a signal of the' favour of God, in the providence we own, as to the appointment,—exactly of him.; % That office he performed, as all then said arid felt, so expressly well ; so gracious and so natural his 'manner, so "apposite, so assuHsive, so pktribreHal, so prosperous seemed ho in all his negotiations, deeds, words,,doings, .that we ; all rejoiced in Gbd alone, and. spontaneously gave HIM the glory pf it all, —without any seen or tHbugHt seetariknism, partyishi, selfish views, ’ mean dbsignA such as ever disgrace the p’pliti- ‘i eikns of; this world: 5 Glory, to Gbd, alleluia; “ Aiken 1 Heb.xui,!. ' iis to results, consequences, organizations or, organized re-union, we all viewed it as a prematuio inatter for cpnsxderatiqn; to Tbe/pre cipitated xiot at ail not to be Handled with Hut, referred ajt 'present, to what our ow’d J G6d, and o.ur fathers’ God, our Saviour : and Lord' Jesus Christ, may in His own time, ■ and may' as' the sole, captain of ' salvaHpn, bringingMmxmm io glory, show us all, and prepare 1 atight;'as his own will ajnd pleasure, as His own order and program; for our obe -dienep, otir common joy, 1 our glad and respond" ■sive performance; to His own praise and glory forever! I may sajrm^e—hereafter '"Witi On this. one worii I'here conclude. It is the reel ex cellency and glory of ouro wndear, stable,, and •’blessed,, compact,- and peerless Kesbtiebjan GnURCH IN TIIE UNITkD',STAT&'QRiA.BIBRIdA’.!-- t Pot about itfet-'two years I 'MaVe known it, foilbweclit, prized* it, loved it, more and morel Now, as aged, I record my love of it, as a whole!! In my mind, the word of God and right reason beiiig the I .call . KAcnas Peincbps; arid say oft, bs said David of the sword of Goliath: “ There is none like that : Give it me ” and mine ! as I may add, not without reason. I. Sain. 21: 9. JEfflQ' 1 YAH BLESS THAT Chubcu ! Samuel Hanson Cox, Reff3ohn W. Merirs, Editor "** PROM ; OUB ROCHESTER CORRESPQHpEHT. THE LATE MEETING OE ,THE BOARD OF -MISSIONS. Pear Editor :The great convocation for missions has .been held, and : your faithful co lumns have given a full and highly satisfactory account of its proceedings, , The other, religious, journals are,, also filled withthe subject; and if one,.may judge frpm.their ppre^ntationstEfe meeting was highly satisfactory and .profitable, Much has been kindly said. also of the arrange-; mentsjnade for tile-meeting. If one .may judge from the complimentaryj.,notice taken, of these, they must have given'reasonable We .happen (to knqw that, the committee aimedj at such a result; and labored very, hard to ,ajp-,, tain .it. But it is easy to see, on review, where some improvements could •have heen made; and the > committee feel co nfident that • they' could easily make so'mc suggestibns to : future com mittees, which would' greatly aid them in pre paring for such a gathering. If 'iriight not be' amiss also, to throw out ..some suggestions to those who attend .such meetings. . ! .> f: < NOTICE IN ADVANCE. The plan of giving iytndy notice to the.Gom mitte of arrangements, 1 -is of-great importance; arid ought, if possible, to be generally complied with ; and thosh itlio do hot give such notice have no right to complain if they do ,not get such places as they ;like, or get no place at all. And yet there is (another class-who cause quite as much trouble, bf faffing to gioe riptice 'that they are hot coming, after pbxces. are assigned ihem,f A and they fyd tluy cwhinot, be present to Jill than. :We chancef to know that in many insfahceSj Where cards of assignment were sent out; thS persons did not come, neither were the cards returned; and so, some. families had not their complement of guests,—and wondered •why they had . not—while the committee sup posed they were full. ' And we have even thought, in ruminating on' the' subject, that some persons ■wrote on for. places even while there; was only a bare pos sibility of their coming, to the meeting; and having written thought' no more of it, except perhapkto say fo: themselves— 7“ Well, if I can go at the last moment, I hay } ej,.a place to stay; and if I can’t go, I need not give; myself any, further (trouble ; about it;” If such persons had ever served iri : 'such a committee : of arrkrige,- ments, they would think very differently of the, matter. They thus give the committee just >aB much trouble as though they came. And then leaving the committee to find out only as they can that the places so assigned afer*Va : eahl;if biay bemear the close of the meeting before' tbe'dis covery is made;, too late, indeed, to fill the' places by others. ■ It was thus , that the committee actually pro vided places for some -hundreds wtio dicPbot ap-' pear at all at the meeting in Rochester; This has led us to think that possibly a better way for the committee; of arrangements would be, 1 not to'send out cards at all;' but fill them out, arrange them in alphabetical order, and hold them ,to . be-, called for. And-if they-are ; not called' fOr by noon of the second day, let' the places be regarded as vacant, arid filled by others. We do not know that this would be a better plan; hut submit it for consideration, ~ THOSE “ PIANOS.” ,'We have made dUigent.inquiryj, ; we do not learn that , any person wrote to .the committee of,arrangements, to .secure,ample apartmcnts in opr families, . with use of piano fortes, for their danghtprs,, and hath ; rooms for their daily contort. ; W« think,“Ambrose,” of. the Emm. gelist , must have been misinformed, if he beard of such things. .A large, number .did, indeed, because of sickness, or lameness, or feebleness, desire to be located “near the place of meeting." The .committee • did what they could - toward gratifying suchj but the number was so large, that we knew that some must have found their daily walks longer, than they desired, and,longer.- than the committee would have made them, if they could have* done otherwise. It so happened ■ that many of those who kindly offered to enter tain our guests did not live near the church; and could not conveniently move their homes into that immediate neighborhood. - There were also a good many’who requested entertainment fo'F themselves and- “ children ” : some' for quite young.children. The committee found.it very difficult to provide for such^—fami lies did not want them.' ?-Someirpersonsiycoulcl have very little idea-of the trouble they were causing by sueh applications, ‘ft woutiP cer tainly seem better that children should be left at home on sueh occasions., ~, But these are little things—the meeting, was jthe. great, thing. All seemed to enjoy it;and •we, do not.doubt that it has left a street savor of heavenly influence in all,our families. The let ter writers,and editors have freely expressed the gratification of the guests. They, at least,,were pleased. We happen to know that a similar feel ing pervades the minds of the hosts; We, have, heard it from many lips—? 11 What pleasant com pany we had—we were truly sorry tp havethpm ■leave us,” There, was,mutual pleasure and,.pro fit.,, Some pleasantfriendships were.aiso formed; some will meet again; and many are looking for ward to the next annual .gathering .of the Board, to renew and strengthen the ties thus pleasantly Iforined. But we.yill turn to another theme. v; ,7 A DEPJOATION IN BlUp^EO. The; new tohuretoledifidewhiehiihas been fw mere than a year; in processof erection, for the society in Bufialo, of which Rev. Dr. Heacoek is the Pastor, was -dedicated to the worship of. Al mighty God, on Thursday evening of this week. The services< were deeply interesting and im pressive. .Thensermon was preached by Rev. 'Dr.iJ?owler,;ofidltica'; :the; dedieatory prayer was offered by tke-Pastor; and;a grand hymn of eon seerfttion, written for the occasion byßey.Dr. Hopkins,- Professor in Auburn Theological; Semi jnarypaihrother-in-law dfisßevijDr, Heacoek; n jsunglby;thdicongregations ;;; ]., ■ ■ ~,■ i -This newchurchsedifice isupon the’site of the Old; Aadfbecdme tooisinall Mf the Cohgre jgation that gatlieredAom; week to week to listen ‘to j. the eloquent and earnest their pas- tor. The audience room is sixty by cighly-two felt, with one hundred- and fifty pews, and will s riat a of 1,200. At- the rear of the andience%oom, and directly from it, there is a beautiful and eommodious Lecture and Sabbath School room. The whole has cost about $|5,00q,.' r the. Society enjoy these toonifaftable arrangements for their Sabbath ser vices; and long may their beloved pastor, be ’spared to stand in>tiie new pulpit, and proclaim ?the unsearchable riches of Christ to the eager crowds, that wait on his ministry. Meditations on Ljfe Religious Duties. ; Translated from the German [of Zscbokke] by ' Frederica Rowan. 'Boston : f "ficknor & Fields. 16mo. pp. 314. Price, ~$1.25.'; For sale by J. B. Lippincott &.€o., Philadelphia. I This workiis, uniform with the “ Meditations In Death an# Eternity,” Recently published by the same house'. That w'ork, it will be remem bered; was a favorite wfth the late Prince Al bert, and .Fas translated;'at the request of his widow. The,present work was dedicated by the translator to the Princess Alice, “whose young life,” sho ; Fheady givenevidence of the religibus easriestness and sincerity inculcated In these meditations.” : The characteristics of the two works are much the samejfelevating, edifying, as mucb.as may be, in a work .that closely approaches, without actu ally reaching a.true evangelical standard. Levana ; or' thc DocJrine of Education. Translated from the German of Jean iPaul Richter. Author of '‘Fruit, Blower and Thorn Pictures,” &c. Bos ton : Tibknpr & Fields. ,!. 16mol pp. 409. .bevelled edges'; ?I |H(se, $1.50. For sale by JV B. Lippin dott & vo. • ■- '' This is a hook of thoughts,' or “Fragments” on one of the greatest of subjeqtEb by one of the leading minds of a former generation. They are marked by the writer’s own'great power; of dic tion and- glow with, the' fires ,of his genius. No teacher can well overlook the opinions of a mind like Richter’s on las particular branch. Parents will find suggestions of the greatest value scat- the book. But we by no means commend “Levana” as a standard on the great subject of Christian education. Many absurd, impracticably and irreligious notions mingle with the grand thoughts and admonitions it contains. The reader'must discern between the precious and the vile of 'this extraordinary production. Excursions by Henry D. Thoreau. Author of arid “A Week on the Concord and -Merrimack.Rivers.”. Boston: Tieknor & Fields. . 16m0,-pp. 319. with steel eng. portrait. For sale by J. B. Lippincott & Co. ; This volume is remarkable for the intimacy, with nature which it exhibits,, in her more famk liar aspeefcs ai>d home scenes. New life and in terest is thrown around the woods and bushes by the very road side, as we walk with Thoreau. We,seem, to be hundreds of miles away from the habitations of men in these “Excursions,” though they go'no further than the wood lots of neigh boring farms. There is, however, an affectation of independence and indifference towards the settled ideas of men upon scientific, moral, and religious subjects, half-earnest.and half jocose, very acceptable to transcendentahsts like Thor eau, and his admirer and friend, R,-W. Emerson, and the Boston coterie, of like sentiments; but real blemishes in a volume otherwise full of quaint attractiveness. . , Tub Royal Buriao. A Sermon preached .by re ; -quest-in the .Bef. Presbyterian Chureh.Xenia, 0., : -May 31st, 1863, on the occasion of-fhe‘ide&th of jDanielAfcMillan, by J. Agnew GrawforflvChaplain ( tf. S- Bbilada., 0. Sherman, Son <k Co., Printers.. pp. 24. Bvo. . , <- A noble production, replete with sound and wholesopie thoughts, testifying to the great worth of a much valued member of the Re formed Presbyterian Church. 3seNfff «w iSliraiwi, Presbyterian. ; The Publication cause in the hands of Mr. How ard is' doing well. During the sessions of the 'Americah'Board at Rochester, a well known liberal and wealthy citizen of the place, not connected with our church paid Mr. Howard cheerfully a subscrip tion of one thousand dollars to the fund. Nearly one-quarter of the fifty thousand .dollars had-been subscribed up to that time. . General John J. Enos, of Augusta, Oneida county, N. Y., celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of his marriage on Wednesday before last;- Two of his sons presented congratulatory addresses; Rev.W. B. Knox of Rome, ! spoke in the names of his, brothers add sisters,'and Rev. Charles E. Knox in behalf of the twenty grand-children present. Gerrit Smith, a life-long friend of General Kiiox, also made congratu latory remarks. The Postmaster General also added jhis compliments, by sending a motion that the name of the post office in the village should be changed ’from Knox’s Corners,to Knoxboropgh. Revt’T. S.lWilliamson, M. Bi, well known for ’his faithful and remarkably successful labors among ’the condemned; Daeotah Indians, was excluded from them soon afterwards, by the arbitrary command of the military superintendent, of the post. Failing to obtain redress any subordinate offieer, at Dr. W.’s suggestion the Synod of Minnesota at its recent meeting'Sdopted a memorial to the .President ; requesting thateDf. Williamson, for a quarter of a century’their religions teacher, may be • allo wed to : continue-'his instructions among them.- - ■ ; Re7 v af..E. Kerson has accepted a call to the charge .of the church of Ridgebury, Orange Co., *N.-Y.--Rev- Job- Piersonlate'bf Victor, N.Y., has aceeptedthe call of the cbifrchat Kalamazoo Mich., ;aud has already entered OAhis new field.-i. Rev. 1. B- Yanonken, StatedSupplyof the church in Hone oye Falls ; has been ordained as an jgvangelist by. the P resbytery of Rophesfer.—From ’ the Independent we clip the following items.:—Baraboo Female Seminary is now tmder the care of the wife, two daughters, and Ron of Rev. H. H. Kri.i.ogg, formerly of Knox College,' 111., and Clinton Female Seniinary, N.Y;, and now' agent of the Coinimttee of : Home Bryant; for. many years the pastor tof the ehhrch in Niles/; has’ resigned his charge and gone ;to Houghton; on Lake. Superior, •Rev. John Sailerns now supplying the church. The Congregational; church in this place has by advice of council been disbanded.—Rev- C F. Beach has re signed the charge of : feyde Park Church, 111. . Revival in the Presbyterial and Congrega tionaiponvefttion ofWisconsm —Rev. D. Olakv, agent of the A-H. M.S., reports that of the two hundred churchqs belonging to the Presbyterian and Congregational s '' Convention, one hundred have responded to Ms revival and that fifty of these'have hlen blessed with spiritual refreshings during the y'ear past, the number'of hopefiil conver sions having been about thirteen hundred. • Surely such indications in these times of excitement present great enCojlragement for the use of means to secure these blgssed results. ; , , OGT. 22 Genesee,
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