Presbyterian. The Union Church of Lawrence, Kansas, ri sing from the dust of tribulation to prospe rity, it is hopedj is an index of the town, which will again spring Phcenix-like from its ashes. The following item is cheering: At a meeting of the Presbytery of High land, called for the purpose, held in Law rence, Kansas, on the 29th of January, Mr. William A. Starnett, a licentiate, was re ceived under care of Presbytery, and a una nimous call being placed in his hands from the Union Church of Lawrence, he was after due examination, solemnly ordained “ by the laying on of the hands of the Pres tery,” and installed pastor of the church. The prospects of this heretofore stricken people, aro truly encouraging. They are a harmonious and earnest little band, cordially attached to their young but able pastor, and determined to go forwardjn the greaitwork that operas up before them. ; Through the efforts of one of the members of Presbytery a fund of nearly threef thousand dollars has been raised for the ereetien of a house of worship, and the work wifi be commenced as soon as the Spring opens. Gofl bless the little-flock and their pastor, and>graht them abundant enlargement. HtSe of Presbytacy.—At-the last stated meeting of the Philadelphia ‘-Cen tral Pres bytery, held at, Alexander Church, two new candidates for the'ininistry'were received, and four other candidates “were examined •-with reference to their being licensed in April. A standing rule of this Presbytery requires that all'the examinations and parts; of trial, except the' laste-tfae popular sermon-; —be passed and approved by the stated meeting preening thateat which the candi date expects to be licensed. It is a good rule for all concerned. Death. —On the 9th instant the Rev.’Thomas J. Biggs de parted this life at 'Cinekmati, Ohio. He was bom in Philadelphia 4n the year 1787, gra duated at Nassau HteK, and afterward was a Professor in Princeton College. In 1830*6 removed to Cincinnati, and became one of the Professors ini-Lane Theological Semina ry at its organization. Here he remained many years, until the division in the Pres byterian Church,'when he resigned his .pro fessorship and became President of the Cin cinnati College,'with. the lamented Gen. O. M. Mitchell and' Charles L. Telford among the members of the Faculty. He was the last surviving- -member of the convention that founded the American Bible Society. United.— -Bey. 3. B. Scouller, at present residing in Newville, Cumberland County, Pa., has declined, on account of physical in firmity, an appointment that he received last Spring to-deliver the oration before the* first meeting of > the Society of the Alumni of the United! Presbyterian Theological Se-j minary in Allegheny, Pa,——Vigorous ef -. forts.are about to made for the endowment •of this Seminary. It is proposed to raise at t.ieast $30,000, if not $50,000, for this object. 1 Lutheran.—The Lutheran, of Philadel phia, and the Lutheran Observer, of Balti more, are the chief representatives of two opposing parties in the Lutheran Church. The distinctive points of the two schools are again being discussed by the two papers with considerable animation. The following is from the Lutheran of Baltimore: This editor-(of the. Lutheran) says we have no creed. We will not designate this state ment with the severity it deserves, affirmed, as it-is, in the face of our reiterated decla ration that our creed >lb the Augsburg Con fession, with the unimportant exception of its teaching upon the mode of Christ’s real presence in the Eucharist, which exception does not touch anything vital or fundamen tal in the .doctrines of Christianity. To, as sert in the front of this repeated affirmation that we have no creed, is simply a gross misstatement of a known fact, which bears upon its face the patent stamp of its own falsity. Congregational. —From the correspon dence of the Independent, we. learn, that there are six Congregational churches in Chicago, viz.: The First, Dr. Patton’s with nearly 500 members; the Plymouth, Rev. J. R. Shep herd’s, 225 members] the New-England, Rev. S. H. Nichols, 162 members ; the South, Eev. W.kß. Wright’s, 59 members ; the Sa.' lera, Rev. S. S. Smith’s; and the Union Park, associated with the Seminary and mi nistered to, by the Professors.- Rev. J. Henry’ Thayer accepts' his election .to the Professorship of Biblical Literature at An dover, and tendered the resignation of his pastorate to his people—the Crombie Street •Church and Society, Salem, Mass., —on Sab bath, February 7th. He will Boon leave for Europe, intending to spend the Summer in Germany, and enter upon his duties at An dover in the Fall.-—The friends of Bangor Theological Seminary will be rejoiced to learn that its four professorships are at length endowed with a fund of twenty thou sand dollars each. The endowment of the third professorship was accomplished last year, and that of - the fourth has just been competed by the munificence of some friends in New York and Massachusetts.——- Rev.. Parsons Cooke, formerly editor of the Puritan Decorder, died in Lynn, Mass., Feb. 12, at the age of 64. Baptist,—San Francisco Association and California Baptists: Churches, 36; churches With pastors, 25; ordained ministers, 35; licentiates, 8; delegates at association, 63; additions during the year by baptism, 71; church members, 1,302; in Pacific Associa tion, 15 churches and 567 members; Baptist churches in California, 57, comprising up ward of 2,-OOQ members. The Witness, of Indianapolis, quotes the following from a letter written by Rev. G. C. Chandler, of Oregon, descriptive of the state of things in the Baptist denomination of that State: The matter of supporting the ministry is 1 yenj®/peculiar. Most profess to believe in tj^e/doctrine, but are far from practicing it. We have not one Baptist minister;sustained in. Ofegon—nor even: one fourth sustained,_ except Bro. Cornelius in Portland, and he has half of his salary from' the Home Mis sion Society.”—-The friends of the Rev. Dr. Fuller, of Baltimore, are making strenuous exertions to convince the public that he is and has been a truly loyal man from the outbreak of the rebellion. Rather a diffi cult task. Rev. J. W. Parker, D. D., of Boston, has been appointed by the Home Mission Board to superintend the business of putting loyal Baptist ministers into the abandoned pulpits of the southern churches. Methodist.-— Rev. J. M. Thoburn, Mis sionary at Hynes, Tal, India, is now deliver lectures in the churches at Pittsburg and vicinity, on “India and its people,” The first Methodist who ever stepped his foot in the streets pi Boston, was Charles Wesley, a brother of John Wesley, one of the great hymn-writers -of the world.’ He sailed from Liverpool for Charleston, S. C., and the ship being disabled, she-pat in here in 1774 and remained two weeks. During that time he' preached several times, and created consid erable sensations The Christian Advocate and Journal says;-. “ We are happy to lean* from Zion’s ETeriJd, that there is a fair prss pect of having a Free Methodist Church in •Boston. Let'flhe experiment be tried. It cannot fail to “be a success 'and an honor to Methodism. We understand the Unitari ans have free churches in Boston ; why not ■Methodists®” The ladies of the M. E. -Churches in New York and vicinity, who -have united to aid in the approaching Met ■ropolitan'Fair, at a general meeting held in the Chapel of St. Patti’s M. E. Church, on Saturday week, Unanimously resdlved that there-should be no raffling or 1 lotteries in any form in their department. Episcopal, —Mr. Oscar B. Thayer, late a Methodist minister in charge of the church in Diaoji, has publicly announced his with drawal from the Methodist 'Communion, and has applied to be received as a candi date for Holy Orders, in the, Episcopal Church. The Rev. R. W.tOliver has re signed the charge of the parish of Altoona, ■Pa., for the purpose of proceeding to Kan sas to administer to the spiritual wants of the people in the afflicted region of country ■ adjacen tto Lawrence The Episcopalians oKPhiladelphia seem to be waking up to the i necessity of doing something-more in behalf of Foreign Missions. The fßev. Dr. Howe has been appointed a delegate to visit the •churches, as far as he may-have opportuni ty, “ with a view to the dissemination of missionary intelligence, the-calling forth of new laborers for the field, aad ample means ■ for their support.” Revivals.— I The Reformed [Dutch Church >at Kingston, Greene county, SI. Y., has been ■blessed with a special outpouring of the -Spirit, dating from the exercises of the 'Week of Prayer. Besides the influence .nponthe members oftbeohureh themselves, .about forty persons, many heads of families being among them, have been awakened, and a large proportion of them have found a new life in the Saviour.—-Rev. A. A. Russell writes The Examiner: “We are en joying a time of refreshing from' the pre sence of the Lord, in Mt. Morris, N. Y. The interest is increasing. A friend, whose.heart is in dheobjfect,.writes: “ The, weekly,meetings of Baptist churches of this 5 city, ,(;N. Y.,) are for the descent of the Ho ly- Ghost, first upon our own Churches, and then upon the church universal, andconse queatly for the conversion of sinners. The answer to our fervent and prevailing prayer upon Use Bloomingdale church; where we prayed last week, was, while we were yet praying. Their pastor, Rev. i. Wescott, feelingly, in his own name and that of the church, returned thanks; he stated that they had protractedly labored and prayed, and were faint and almost ready to halt, but that now, his spirits. were revived, and he felt confident that the church would renew their labors of love, strong in faith and full of the Spirit. Herein is made apparent the great benefit of these union prayer-meetings, and of God’s presence among us. Did we all, pastor and people, feel our identity, and that our glory and strength was in our unity, we would sympathize more, One with the other—we would come in. greater numbers, and in more fervor of spirit, to these weekly gatherings,-and soon one house would not he large enough to hold us. God grant that, by his merciful visitation, such, may be the joyful result of the meeting this week with our beloved brother Steward, who has So long and so successfully labored for seamen . The appointment. is with the... Mariners’ Olivet Street Church, oh Thursday the 18th inst., at 3 o’clock, P. M. There has been a gook work going on at Wyocena, Wis,, for over two weeks, among Baptist Metho dists, and Congregationalists. Several have found the Savior, and the work seems still going on. An extenssve revival is going forward in Corning, N. Y.; 70 or 80 persons have publicly requested prayers in a single evening. The Spring Garden Church Enon Church, Tenth Church, Twelfth Church, Blockley and; Schuylkill Falls Bap tist Churches, Philadelphia, are all enjoying pleasant revival seasons. The Methodist churches in Rhode Island, 111., Wisconsin, and lowa, report extensive revivals in those States, especially in the first two. In Mont ezuma over fifty childrenii is believed, have been converted.; ——There is an interesting work,of grace in Peoria, 111., commencing with a week of prayer for young men, under the auspices of the Young Mens’ Christian Association. The meetings were continued six weeks, and, about 50 have been added to the . churches. The labors of Mr. D. L. Moody, of Chicago, a layman, are spoken of as having been very useful.-—-At Ypsi ]anU, Mich., is a revival, mostly amopg the young.—r-At Olean, N. Y., the church .has experienced a spiritual blessing immediate ly after having paid off the old church debt and renoyated their house of worship. ILADEI/PHIA, THUBSPAY, FEBRUARY U, 1864. The Army,— Well Done. —An Army Chap lain writes us : “ Since last August our regi ment sent home about $3OO for Church and benevolent objects,” and the regiment is from the rural parts of New England. This is setting a noble example to those who arej left at home. —Church Journal. Rev. B. Franklin, sent by the Ch yfeftjm Commission to the Army of the Cunr\( yet } ail ,j. ) speaks of the work of grace ir, t,he 18th Michigan, now at Nashville. Their daily prayer-meeting is conducted regulatly by the colonel. Mr. F. Bays: “The firshthing that «mgtg theattention is the simplicity, awd earnestness of the colonel. The cctohel of this regiment, is Charles C. of Hillsdale Michi gan, a member of ike N. S. Presbyterian Church, and -probably not over thirty years of agethe whole man is pressed into the service. The interest in these meetings has gradually increased and is still increasing. Erwin day to day you hear special prayer -of fered for some who have requested it; the officers who are yet unconverted are •ear nestly prayed for; and the whole regiment is lifted up to God’by those arms of faith that stretch themselves out at the throne of grace. The Colonel has a rell for Christian men in his regiment, and he requests every child of God among them to record his own name.” leacon P. Field, of East Charlemont, who at the age of seventy has gone from the la bors of the farm to the duties in -the camp, in the service -of the ; Christian Commission, writes fron Brandy Station, Va:: “We have had meetings in our tent every evening for three weeks. Thetent is 18 by 30 feet, with a wall-tent of 10 feet in the reair l for cooking. Our meetings are so full that we are about adding a ‘fly ’ in ’front, so as fo accommodate somemundreds. I have never spoken with more-ease and freedom, or’to more solemn assemblies. 'Never before have I heard such simple, fervent prayers anil thanksgiving in -my behalf as from these soldiers.” ; Miscellaneous, —“ TheF-iends ” are abeut building a college on the shores of Cayuga Lake, the first funds • for which were' fur nished by a legacy from George Howland, Esq. They propose to ■ have extensive orna mental grounds: and ■ the site which > they have chosen is one of'much natural beauty. -The catalogue of > Beloit College shows a total of 178 -students. Twelve of the •col lege students are in the army. The alumni number 88,i20 of whom are in the ministry. Some unknown friend placed in President Chapin’B hands the-sum of $lO,OOO toward a $50,000 endowment 1 for which the college is now pushing both 'East and West.- The. Rev. A. Wlberg. so well known and respected as the leader inthe great work of Swedish evangelization, has -showed His plans for the erection of a-central and commodious meeting-house <in -Stockholm. The 'base ment rooms of thenew edifice are tobe<used for the punptees of a- theological seminary., and $25,00© will be -needed to complete'the building. Mr. Wiberg is now seeing what can be done in Philadelphia towards raising, the" $25,000, and’ if •$lO,OOO are contributed” there, we may hope-that the other $l5/OOO‘ will be forthcoming from other places. The next .two items we, clip from The Pacific (California:) ' We are glad to See the impetus given to Protestant female education in this State. Too long has there been a want in this direction. For we are more and more convinced, if indeed we ever needed ’convincing, that the Romanist institu tions instead of supplying any want, have been- making the want greater.——Rev. Frederick Buel acknowledges several Biims of money received for the Christian Commis sion amounting to $2BO. The stream of our OWn charities is beginning to flow in this di rection ; let it be as broad and deep and full, as the sufferings of our fellow-citizens at’the East, and the good influences to he accom plished by it demand——Of the lSlStudents >)> Princeton Theological Seminary, thirty reside or were graduated in New England. There are 220 students in the College.—— For more than a quarter of a century College Corporation have conferred [greet of D.D. 5 The Congregationdlisth would most respectfully inquire why, in the Trien nial Catalogue, the old men, who received their honors in “ auld lang syne,” are per mitted to sport their titles, while younger men, who have received them since, are not permitted to sport them. The new speaker of the House at Wash ington, Mr. Colfax, is a consistent member of the Dutch Reformed Church—the only one of that denomination, we believe, in the •whole State of Indiana.—-The Rev. Mr. Stewart is the Only “chaplain of Commodore Porter’s western flotilla, which contains about six thousand men ! -The following New York churches are now. erecting : On Forty-second Street, opposite to the Reser voir, Rresbyterian, Rev. Mr. Hastings; on Madison Avenue and Thirty-fourth Street; Episcopal, Rev. Mr. Montgomery ; on For tieth Street, opposite to Reservoir square, Unitarian, Rev. Mr. Frothingham; on Park, or Fourth Avenue, corner Thirty-fourth Street, the Presbyterian church (Rev. Dr. Prentiss, pastor,) are building a stone church of magnificent dimensions and great architectural beauty. Dr. Osgood and Dr. Chapin’s churches are about moving up town. . The Quakers on the War.—An exchange says : The “ Epistle to the Members of the Yearly Meeting of Friends, held in Phila delphia” advises those to whom it is ad dressed that there is great solicitude felt that the former “testimonies" of the body should be fully maintained. But it renews no testimony except that against all war and therefore against the war in which our country is engaged. It recognizes “ the wickedness.and enormity of the rebellion ” but affirm that the “religious belief” of Friends restrains them as much from tak ing part in the effort to suppress this rebel lion as any other. It carries out the prin ciples then announced to all their consequen ces, and insists that “ Friends” cannot nav commutation money, inasmuch as “the money is demanded as an equivalent for military .services ;” ! and-it exhorts upon those who may “be called .upon to snffer for this precious testimony, to ‘ bear it' in t'H® .e, non-resisting spirit of the Lamb ° f li ” And it administers the severest of.all. the tests which can be applied to P rir j<siples, when it warns those to whom it IS . addressed against any “ business which depends for its emoluments on its connec tion .with the war.” Milwkukie Chtcrches. —A correspondent of the Lutheran and Missionary says: “ Prominent among them are the Congre gational churches, of which there are some four or five, composed principally of young people, and full of zealous and laborious workers. The Presbyterians of both Schools haveeach.a large and active church. The have four -churches, and num ber among their members many persons of wealth. The Methodists have two respecta ble English churches and a German- one. The Baptists and Unitarians have each a congregation and chtireh?the latter contain ing many influential and public-spirited men. <sf Lutheran’churches, there are no less than eight, •connected with acknowledg ed Synods, and, in addition, two ‘ Nonde scripts.’ With the exception of two Nor wegian churches, the rest are German, and the services are-conducted, in that lan guage.” There are also several Dutch churches. The Romanists have an im mense cathedrdi and some ax or seven other ehurches. Sishop Wood, of the Roman Catholic • diocese of Philadelphia, has created a sensa tion, by denouncing all organizations of a ipolitical, social, or religious nature, whose •members are in any way bound together by -secret oaths or rules - , His attention was •called to the subject by the spread, in power and influence, of asoeiety known as the Fen ian Brotherhood. For. its advocacy of the Fenians;; the Bishop withdrew his sanction fren the Ca hoik JSerald, and has caused a “pastoral” to be read in the vari ous Catholic churches throughout the dio cese, addressed to the Irish Catholics, who are warn ed against all association with se cretjjppieties of any and every kind. ■ ■. BhufopgDuggan, of Chicago, has issued a similar order to the people ofhis diocese. The “Fenian Brotherhood” is said to bean organisation of Irishmen whose object i 3 the severance of Ireland from the British do minion end the reestablisement of Ireland's nationality,——The'French and Irish Catho lics of Montreal,are very jealous of each other. The French have the wealth, and grant the Irish as much as they see fit. A great festi val was lately held in honor of the birthday of the Bishop. The Irish element in the city, numbers 20,060, and yet not one single Irish priest was to be seen on the platform, and the. Bishop's reply to the address presented to him on behalf of the English speaking community, had to be read by a French man! ' :...“ A ‘GrandDall-and Supper,” “In memory of Thomas .Paine]” author of the Age of Rea son;; as well as “ Common Sense and the Rights of Man]’’ was given, and “came off” on lEriday evening last, “at the (Thedore) Parker Fraternity Rooms” in Boston, agree ably-to public ad vertismfent. Where could a 'more place have been found for such a gathering? The ablest reply to the •notorious work of Renan is said to be from the men of Dr. E. Pressense, Editor of the i=ttw»eriaent organ in France,-—W. Wdnwood Reade, who has recentlyfpublish ed his travels ; in Africa, says the King of A&hihte is limited in the number of his wives to. 3333,-——The Christian Register, (Unitarian) has the following: What a comment the President’s proclamation of Amnesty is upon the old Calvihistic doc trine that the forgiveness of sin upon repen tance, would overturn any human govern ment upon earth. We reply, what a comment on the perversion of truth, and the animus toward Orthodoxy, is this in quiry, based, upon a limited exercise of par don, which 1 itself is untried to any extent— an experiment to be made. s THE TRIAL OP BISHOP OOLEHSO, AT CAPETOWN. The trial of the Bishop of Natal was concluded on December 16. The news by the last mail brought-down the report of the trial to the evening of Thursday, November 19. On the morn ing of the following day the Archdeacon of -George, one of the accusing clergy, resumed his arguments in support of the accusations, by considering the alleged •errors of the Bishop of Natal as respects -the Holy Scriptures. His address occu pied pearly the whole of the day, and in the course of it be discussed with great minuteness the bearing of the Church formularies upon each of Bishop Colen so’s views, as set forth in the extracts from his writings referred to in the citation. This closed the case for the prosecution. The registrar then read a letter from the Bishop of Natal, which was put in his defence. The letter was dated Bishopstowe, August 7,1861. ft is very voluminous, occupying nearly three columns of small type in' the local journals. With great closeness , of argu ment it categorically went through nearly the whole of the impugned ex tracts. The tone of the arguments being clearly shown in the exordium, which said, “ I have no doubt whatever that the canonical books of Scripture do contain errors, and some very grave ones, in matters of. fact, and that the historical narratives are not 'to be depended on as true in all their details! I; have never stated this publicly ;, but surely in this age of critical inquiry every intelligent student of the Scrip tures must be aware of the truth of what I say. It is vain to deny what, is patent to arfy careful and conscientious reader who will set himself to compare one passage of Scripture history with an othei-'. And I must say I had supposed that there were very few in the present day, except in a very narrow school of theology, who would contest this point.” The Metropolitan asked Dr. Bleek if he desired to say anything on behalf of Bishop Colenso. Dr. Bleek said he came there for two purposes—first, to protest ; and secondly, in the event of their lordships, notwithstanding that protest,, assuming jurisdiction, to give notice of appeal. He had no instruc tions to do. anything further. The court then adjourned, and on re-assembling on 1 ; Nov. 21, the Very Rev. the Dean of Cape Town delivered a long reply. This J closed the case. The .court then ad journed, and re assembled by notice on Dec. 14, when the suffragan bishops, as assessors, delivered .their opinions. The presenting clergy had accused Dr. Colenso of heresy on nine counts. 1. ’ His disbelief in the Atonement. 2. His belief in justification without any knowl edge of Christ. 3. His belief in natal regeneration. 4. His disbelief in the endlessness of future punishments. 5. His denial that the Holy Scriptures, are the Word of God. 6. His denial of the inspiration of the Holy Scriptures. 7. His denial that the Bible is a true history of the facts which it professes to describe. 8. His denial of the divinity of our blessed Lord. 9. His depraving, impugning and bringing into disrepute the Book of Common Prayer. The Bishop of Graham's Town said he con sidered all these charges proved, and painful as it was for him to arrive at such a conclusion, he considered that by the false teaching proved against him the Bishop of Natal had wholly dis qualified himself for bearing rule in the Church of God, and for the cure of souls therein. The Bishop of the Free State announced that he had come to a simi. lar : conclusion. The court was then adjourned to December 16, when, on its 're-assembling, the Metropolitan pro nounced judgment, depriving Bishop Colenso of his see, unless on or before the 4th of March next the bishop shall file a full, unconditional, and absolute retraction in writing of all the objec tionable extracts, in London, or a like retractation by April 16, in Cape Town. Dr. Bleek handed in a protest against the legality of the proceedings and. the; validity of the judgment, and'gave notice of appeal. The Bishop of Cape Town said he could not recognise any appeal except to his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury, and he must- require that appeal to be made within fifteen days from that time. The trial is reported at great length in the Cape papers, the Argus appropri ating to it no fewer than thirty-six columns. A separate report of the pro ceedings has also been published which fills 405 pages Bvo. THE IRISH REGIUM DONUM. In his last letter, our Irish corres pondent communicated a piece of intel ligence, which, we are sure, will cause regret and disappointment to many friends of the Presbyterian Church/ We refer to the resolution of the Pres byterian ministers of Ulster to urge on the Legislature the propriety of increas ing the Regium Donum.' Effe.ct has Already been given to that resolution. On Thursday, Jan. 21, a deputation, including many of the leading Presbyte rians of Ireland, waited on the Lord- Lieutenant to bespeak his interest in the proper quarter for an increase in the grant. Our correspondent does not entertain sanguine hopes of the imme diate success of the movement, which he himself characterizes as “ strikingly .in opporlune.” We have a strong conviction that nothing could be more inauspicious to the Presbyterian Church in Ireland than the success of the policy initiated by the ministers of Ulster to obtain an increase Of State It is pretty clear that the Royal dole already bestowed on the Irish Church, freezes the springs of Christian liberality in her members.' We learn that many congregations, wealthy enough to give with ease from 100 L to;2001. a year respectively for the support of the ministry, are contented with contributing from 351.' to 401., just enough to qualify the minister for the re'eeipt. pf the Royal gift.. Are we for a moment to assume. that' the people of Ulster are more parsimonius, more indifferent to the happiness and comfort of their pastors, than the people of other countries ? Is it not more reasonable to' conclude that this apparent lack of generosity springs far less from a sordid disposition than from a habit of regard ing tbeir ministers as semi-pensioners 'of the State ? We can confirm this con clusion by an illustration drawn from personal experience. There is a Scottish parish, comparatively a poor one, which, in the ,'noon-day of the Establishment, contributed to all religious and chari table objects certainly not more than 301. a, year.j. nor, ; have we. any reason, to think that, if the Establishment had continued to this very day in its integ rity, the liberality of the congregation would have increased. Now, however, when the people are but a trifle, if at all, richer than then, they voluntarily contribute in support of their Church, besides nearly furnishing both church and manse, over 2001. annually, and all this with little help or countenance from the landholders. The history of this parish is the history of Scotland from John o’Groat’s to Solway. Could the ministers of Ulster makeup their minds ■wholly to throw _ themselves on the' bounty of their congregations, it is dif ficult to doubt they would witness the same happy results, the same expansion and outflow of Christian liberality among their flocks. At all events, if such a venture is to them impracticable, we humbly submit that, in their present circumstances, an appeal to the sympa thies of their brethren in Britain would be more becoming, as well as more pro mising of success, than laying siege to Dublin Castle. We dispute that the addition by Gov ernment of 251. apiece to the salaries of Irish Presbyterian clergymen would im prove their circumstances. We main tain it to have been proved by the ex perience of the past that, if the Gov ernment gave so much more the people would give so much- less. We .have confidence in. the Christian liberality of Irish Presbyterians unless paralyzed by foreign interference, and honestly be- Jieve that, if Government declared that it would cut down the Begium Donum. by 101. yearly until it was abolished) the Irish Presbyterian ministers would be better off at the end of the period than at the beginning. Wo repeat " that we ardently admire the zeal, the activity, the missionary spirit of the Irish Presbyterian Church. We believe that she possesses immense advantages for the conversion of Irish Roman Catholics. But this Regium Donum has been a golden fetter about her limbs, which has impeded her pro gress beyond power of calculation. She has shared the odium attached to the Episcopalian Church of Ireland; she has contributed to impress Irish Romanists with that bitter sense of injustice which men must feel when the Churches of the rich and of the comparatively rich are endowed, and wheh the Church of the poor has no State support. Had the Irish Presbyterian Church been in a position to make the same claim on the affections of the Irish people as the Irish Roman Catholic Church, the. re ligion of Ireland might, at this day, have been Presbyterian. —Weekly Re+ view. ... w tis sw J For THIRTY YEARS' has received the Fa vorable Recommendation of the PUBLIC, and has been USED AND PRESCRIBED by the FIRST PHYSICIANS IN THE LAND BEST REMEDY KNOWN Sick Headache, Nervous Headache, Dyspepsia, Sour Stomach, Bilious Headache, Dizziness, ' Costiveness, Loss of Appetite, Gout, Indigestion, Torpidityof the Liver, Gravel, Rheumatic Affections, Piles, Heartburn, Sea Sickness, * Bilious Attacks, Fevers, &c. 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Total Abstinence rate peculiar to Company, and lower than any othe BOARD OF TRUSTEES. Alexander Whilldin, J. Edgar Thomson, Hon. Jas. Pollock, Hon. Joseph Allison, Albert C. Roberts, Jonas Bowman, Samuel T. Bodine, P. B. Mingle, George Nugent, William- J. Howard, Charles F. Heazlittj Samuel Work. ALEXANDER WHILLDIN, President. SAMUEL WORK, Vice-President. John S. Wilson, Sec’y 'and'Treas’r. jell 3m HENRY HARPER, 520 Arch, Street, Philadelphia, DEALER IN, AND MANUFACTURER OF WATCHES, FINE JEWELRY, SILVER WARE, . . . .AND.. SUPERIOR PLATED GOODS. John Aikm&n,
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