Presbyterian.
The Rev, Casper,R. Gregory, of Oneida,
Y., has received a unanimous call to.be*
the pastor of the First Presbyterian
■ch, Bridgeton, New Jersey. Mr. Gre
■ succeeds Rev. S. B. Jones, IX D,, who
his charge on account of dissatisfaction
bis position on national affairs.
Presbyterian Minister Wanted atMem-
Tenn.,where there are four Presbyterian
>,h edifices, only one of which is used
irship, and that is controlled by Gov
ii t. Correspondence should be had
Angus Campbell, of Memphis.
, First Presbyterian Church, Denver,
■ado Territory, was recently dedicated
is is the first Protestant church edi
says the statement, “which can.lay
claim to architectural propriety” in that
r and thriving city. Total’ cost of the
iding §4,375, of which §1,325 remained
‘id. Whereuponr.aft appeal was, made
he audienoe, and the deficiency at once
iscribed, the Governor of the Territory
ding off with a liberal sum.
Startling Fact.— Says the Christian Intel
tc.xcer:—One hundred and sixty .churches of
denomination were; reported to the last
neral Synod as having nothing to
e Board of Domestic Missions during the
\r.
Reformed Dutch Items. — Rev. Isaac M.
' has accepted a unanimous call-from'the
mt Pleasant Church, (D. C.) 50th street
N. Y. -Up Toion. —Zion's (African)
trch have purchased the Greenwich Re
•med Dutch Church, earner of tAjnos: and
'th streets, N. Y.,for(the Bum of forty
i thousand dollars,' add will remove
ither. Feb. 24. The Pastor of the Ke
.•med Dutch Church, of. Lebanon, received
donation of §225 from the people of his
,il ‘S e - . . .. 5 .,, /v . ..
United. —Rev." John T. Pressly, of Aile
tny, in a recent visit to <Washihgtoti- City.,
ling deeply the necessity of: doing sorne
ig for the purpose of preserving from
jolution the Associate Reformed churches
,he South—many of which he had been
;rumental in planting some forty-five
.rs ago—called upon the Secretary opr ar,
having made known the object of his
t, received an order from the War De
tment, expressing “confidence in the
Uy of the United Pre3. Church,” and di-
ing “all Generals and officers command-
, armies, detachments and posts, to .place
the disposal of that church, all houses of
•ship belonging to the Associate Re
led Presbyterian Church, in which there
ft at present a loyal minister,” and to
e to the Church “ all the aid, counte
ice, and support practicable to the exe
ion of its importaniftmS&icin.”
Lutheran. — Dr. I. 8. iSchmucker, Professor
Didactic Theology in Gettysburg Theolof:'
gical Seminary, has sent in his resignation,
the directors, stating that his-chief rea- ; '
is for this step, l arC' : the,increasing infirmi
is of age, and a desire to devote the re
ining years of life more particularly to ii
.ry labors for the cause of God and reli-
Norwegian Lutherans. —There are three
rrches among the Norwegians in Chicago.
> first increased in membership 100 and
•e in 1802, and 164 communicants have
added in 1863, making a* total of 525
isent members.
The Swedes and the War. —What pastor No
lius, of Red Wing, says of the Swedish Lu
iran Church, in Minnesota/.is . equally
le of all the Swedish Churcbea over the
jt. How groat the sacrifices of life and
imh, of toil and service, winch these excel
-> t people are making for their adopted coun
and the cause of freedom !——“The con
gation at Chisago LakeSO miles North-east
it. Paul, in the veritable,has.
, c„«±lj..<*f/tvuTct& oj one i hunared soldiers: the
rges in Carver Cd;,' as many? and my
churches, with pastor Beckman’s, in
■vicinity, not fifr frotA the same number,
' are facts; many of them have fallen
ieir country’s .defence. lam persuaded
many of them also, are true Christians:
i, for instance, as Lieut. P——-, and
irs like him. Sore and crushing sorrow,
wer, has already fallen upon many a
j, through the ravages of this frightful
, but I never.hear of any murmur against
Government; all are a unit in the reso
lon to aid in suppressing this rebellion at
cost." What a lesson do these poor
ish emigrants teach many of our native
iricans, who are doing their utmost to
[e the draft, abuse the Government, ahd ;
e themselves unworthy of their birtli
t, and the privileges of freedom.
•cent Deaths of ‘JMfintiteris.-HVVitMn the.
few weeks, no less thaii four Lutheran
sters have been called- to their reward.
Lev. D. Adam, of Indiana, died in De
.% and the Rev. B. Appleby, of Wash
n, D. C.| on the 26th of January. On
Oth of January, the Rev. C. Ivoester, of
Wisconsin Synod, and on Christmas,
21th, the' Rev. IT. Wichman, of the
iri Synod.
Lutheran has the following:— Progress
via West. —The progress of the work
Church in this province, is evident
ily from the growth of most of the
congregations, and the organization of
ones, but from the violence of the op
ion which Jihe cause of truth and right
ss encounters from, various quarters.
vians & United Brethren in Christ,
jse two denominations are very gener
confounded, The formeoare aUo called
ted Brethren, whose organ is The Mora
published in Bethlehem, Pa., the Utter,
body who went out, under Rev. W.
bein from the G. B. Oh, the beginning
e present century. Theirorgan is The
fious Telescope published iff i)ayt'6n,-Ohio.
y more nearly resemble<tiie- Metfibdists,
. are quite^pfcphperous,..especially:?in- the;
ist.
ptist. —Alexander Campbell , from declin,
.rength, retires from the Harbinger and
Ctwlcgc. Ti; wii
henceforth be conducted by W. K. Pendle
ton. -.1 .
The three items' which .follow* in con
nection with the paragraphs under the next
denominational head, are interesting glimp
ses of progress:
of our e *°hange papers 'says the AC
X. Observer, affords us more pleasing indica
tions of progress in the right direction, than
the (Baptist) Eraminer. It is very true, and
“ pity ’tis, ’tis true” that our brother Editor
thereof does not,sympathize, as we wish he
did, with that progress which he records.
But tlie'world moves, and so does the
church, and he too will come on in due
time. In his last.paper, in an editorial arti
cle lamenting the spirit of fraternizing or
assimilation going on among the Baptists
with other denominations, he says.:
“ Ever and anon we hear-a pathetic voice
announcing that something is wrong in the
Baptist churches; The cause does not pros
per ; the place of worship is not filled, per
chance not paid for, the Baptist interest is
not respected as it should be; the pastor
has perhaps had a hint that, in the estima
tion of a part of the church, his room would
be better than his company. If we could
only be like other folks, aj[l these evils would!
be remedied, jf the relationof pastor could
be a permanent one ; or if (Ms bar of dose
communion could be broken down; or if this
loose democratic system of church govern
ment could be exchanged for the Presby
terian or Episcopalian; or if we could
bhild more splendid edifices which;would
attract the rich and repel the unprofitable
poor — ; we should be. as prosperous and stand
as high as our neighbors!'”—“ Moses G,
Buck, late of , Bucksport, Me., recently be
queathed $l,OOO to the first Baptist society
that shall organize in the first school district
in the town upon an open communion plat
form.” If open communionism is growing
so rapidly among Baptists as our friends of
the Observer think it is, Mr: Buck's thousand
dollar premium for an open communion
church in Bucksport, will speedily be taken
up. But it is rather odd that premiums
should be necessary for such an object, if the
Baptists are all going over into open com
munion ism.-—Examiner.
In six years, ending with 1854, the Bap
tiste of this country contributed for the dif
fusion of the Scriptures through their own
societies, an aggregate of $258,449, an aver
age of $43,075 yearly. Prom that time they
depliped,down to the present, when their
contributions are less than $lO,OOO a year.
It is plain that the time has come when it
is both expedient and feasible to concentrate,
all our efforts for Bible circulation on the
one platform of a.national and non-sectarian
institution —the American Bible Society.
The way to do it is to put the society upon
new enterprises; especially of foreign distri
bution, large enough to show that its mana
gers-are earnest men, and ought to have the
help of all.
- Methodist. —The statistics of Methodism
for two years past have shown a diminish
ing membership. This has resulted in part
from a troubled border making the statistics
imperfect, and in part from the great num
ber of church members who have volunteer
ed in the defense of the country. In these
two .ways the natural was.te by death has
been fearfully augmented. And then the
sources of supply were mainly dried up.
The public mind was engrossed by. the war.
Religion was forgotten; ingatherings few;
revivals scarce, So the Church ceased to
grow-. Decay marked her steps. But this
is now changed. New recruits are; still
wanted, indeed,” for the battle-field. But
the tide of war is rolling southward, and
with it the troubled border. Quiet now pre
vails where havoc lately reigned; The sta
tistics: of the Church in West Virginia, Mis
souri and Kentucky will thus be improved.
Contemporaneously with this a spirit of re
vival has reappeared in the Church, and is
rapidly'filling up her depleted ranks. Great
grace seems once more to rest upon, our ls
real. Hundreds and thousands are seeking
a home in our household of faith. Decay is
checked. The season of growth has return
ed. And hopes may be entertained that we
shall yet regain before the rebellion ends,
what we have lost since it began.. -¥■ *
The Pittsburgh Advocate enters upon'the
discussion of the, alleged decline of Method
ism in the cities, and charges upon the New
York papers of the denomination, the pur
pose of employing the fears excited by the
decline, which they assert is taking place,
to urge their plans of lay-delegation, &c„ on
the Church. The Pittsburg paper says,
■Methodism is flourishing in the rural dis
tricts and no changes should be made to
encourage Methodism in! the cities at the
expense of the districts. It says: “We do
not belioxa tbere is anything wanting in the
machinery of Methodism to make it succeed
either in the city or country. The fault is
not in the machinery, but in its management,”
— —To. the above, we may add the following
from A Washington correspondent .-—What
ever may be the relative position and influ
ence of Methodism in other sections of the
country at the present time, here we think
it has been more prosperous for the last few
years than at any former period of its his
tory. We now number eleven churches,
besides seven others belonging to our color
ed brethren, who are of the • Methodist
family. In several of these churches we
have larger Sabbath schools and collect
more money for the benevolent objects of
the day, than any other Protestant denomi
nation in the city. The Baltimore Con
ference at its last session resolved to raise
$12,000 during, the year- for, the cause of
Missions. The .indications, now are that
iftore than half of that sum. will be secured
'in this city and vicinity. The Jubilee Fund.
■ The Wesleyan,, Methodists of England are mak
ing a handsome thing out of their meetings.
The contributions already reported reach
the noble sum of ,£llO.OOO, or. §550,000.
The canvass is not yet complete. This
amount will be considerably increased.
When it is considered that this is addition
al to their regular yearly subscriptions, we
stand amazed at the liberality of Wesleyan
Methodism.— —A Mr. Parrott, of Dayton,
Ohio, has left in his will $20,000 to the Ohio
Wesleyan University at Delaware, on condi
tion that $130,000 additional be raised for
the endowment.- The Wabash Avenue,
Church, Chiriago, Rev. R. L. Collier, pas
tor, took up a collection Sabbath, February
14th, to pay off a church debt of $28,000, of
some years’ standing. The whole - amount
was in twenty-eight minutes, that is,
at of SI,UOO per minute.- During
the year 1863, says the Advocate and Journal,
the number of copies of the Sunday School
Advocate printed, was five millions, three
hundred and eighty-two thousand!
Congregational. —The erection of a
church, on Asylum Hill, Hartford, is talked
of, and. §50,000 have been subscribed to se
cure the removal of East Windsor Seminary
(already well endowed) to that city.— y-A
Weto Hampshire clergyman who has more sym
pathy for the rebels than'- some, recently
r found, among .the. procpeda of, a donation
visit, fifteen Confederate dollars. ilev. H.
B. Stratton, of the Second Congregational Church,
Albany, N. Y, has accepted a-call to Great
Earring tor?, Mas 3. His removal from Albany
>\regretted
v w *v~ - '■*' -
PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 1864.
by his friends there, and it is feared that
the Second Church will for the present sus
pend public worship.
Episcopal Churches Supplanting Bap
tist. —On Sunday before, last the .of
St. Matthias Church (Memorial of Rev. L>r. :
Turner) were- transferred to the Baptist
Church in West Twenty-eighth street, near
Broadway, New York. Rev. Dr. Cornwall,
commencing with a mere handful of people
in a public hall, has now succeeded in the
establishment of a free Episcopal Church.
This will be the fourth or fifth Episcopal
Church built up in quondam Baptist edfices,
Bays The Christian Times.
' Revivals.—A correspondent in Bridgeport,
Conn., of the Evangelist, gives a most stirring
account of a general awakening in that city,
under the labors of Rev. ‘ Edward Payson
Hammond. He speaks of his hesitation at
first, in regard to the work of this Evangel
ist, but all his fears have vanished; the
work of grace is evidently deep and extend
ing; ' ' .
Iu Hamilton Village, Michigan, it is stat
ed/every adult, save one, has become a
praying person.
A correspondent of the Christian Liidli
gencer writes from Raritan, Henderson Co.,
111., Eeb. 17“ An extraordinary and most
cheering work of grace is in progress here.
During the past two weeks we have wit
nessed such manifestations of the presence
and power of the Holy Spirit as are seldom
vouchsafed except in answer to fervent im
portunate prayers of the people of God.
Every means made, use of to, brings gjnners.
to the Saviour’ has blessed.
Thirty-one, mostly young persons, have al
ready found peace and joy in believing, and
been received into the fellowship of Christ's
visible Church. ” Many others are under con
viction.” .......,
Union Presbyterian Church, St. Louis. —God
is visiting some of the St. Louis churches
with the gracious - influences of his Spirit.
Since the Ist of January last, the United
Presbyterian church (0. S.) has been enjoy
ing special j religious serivoes, conducted
principally by its excellent pastor, the Rev.
J.J. Porter. ... .....
It is especially gratifying'to the friends Of
truth, that this church 'should receive so:
rich a blessing. It is the only Old School
Presbyterian church in St. Louis in which
both pastor and people have earnestly op
posed the cruel and wicked assaults of trai
tors upon our Government, and have been
faithful witnesses for the truth against the
unfaithful teachings of sympathizers,.with
rebellion. From the first dawn of treason
the pastor of this church has fearlessly and
faithfully . taught the truth as revealed in
God’s Word; that resistance to a just and'
lawful government is a fearful sin against
God. Cor. of Presbyterian.
Granville, Maryland. —“ The religious in
terest,in the University has been greatly on
the increase the past week. Conversions
are frequent. The work is still going on in
the Young Ladies’ Institute, where a large
number have been brought to the knowledge
of God in Jesus Christ. The Divine influ
ence seems also to be entering the Church,
and we humbly hope for: yet greater, things ■
than these.—Jour,. and Mess.”
Miscellaneous. — "Unitarian Statistics. —ln
the list of societies there are the hainei of
256. “ The i Journal,” for, January, 1863,
gives the number of societies as 261; conse
quently.we have lost 5 names or societies,
during the year passed ; :C9 societies of the
256 have no settled pastors, Boston has .18
societies, and all these pulpits are supplied
by settled ministers: In the\ list of minis
ters we find the names of 343, and 39 D. B.'s.
Bev. Joseph Bichardson, o|F Hingham,is the
oldest settled pastor. His. term of. service
began in 1806. Dr. ; Crosby,«pf Charlestown,
N. H., was settled in 1810.. There are 17
chaplains iD the army. We find that 93
societies are located out of Massachusetts,
leaving to this State tbe'.balance,l63. ; Maine
comes next, having 17. New Hampshire
15, and New York 14. ; These three States
hold one-half of the number out of Massa
chusetts. 11 States have no Unitarian soci
ety in them, and 10 of these are slave States.
The Universalist and the Christian bodies,
and some of the Quakers are theologically
with us. The school in Cambridge has 20
students ; the one in Meadville has 18; in
cluding 3 in the preparatory class. Cam
bridge graduated last year, 7. Meadville, 5.
Meadville has a faculty of 7, and Cambridge
has one of 3. The effect of freedom upon
the negroes has been to lessen the manifes
tations of religion in the merely emotional
forms, and to increase it in theaform of
morality and good works.-, “ The.ir piety,”
as Dr. Howe rather quaintly remarks, “is
less nasal and more practical.”—— fir. Fair
field finds notices posted up at the dobiß of
papal churches in Italy as follows: “ Indul
gences daily, for the living and the dead.
Hear it! Come hither with your money
and buy for the sins of your friends who are
dead, and- for your own sins, past, present
and to come.” What deception and daring
blasphemy 1 Roman Catholic Chaplains are
being appointed in some English counties,
with salaries. Previously, any Boman Catho
lio in prison could see a priest if he desired
it; now, the law passed last session, author
izes the magistrates at quarter sessions, if
they see fit, to appoint paid Boman priests,
not as chaplains, but as priests “ appointed
to.visit the Boman Catholic prisoners.” One
fact comes .out prominently, that a large
majority of criminals in prison in England
' are Bomanists. This is no compliment to Po
pery ; it is everywhere the same. The flood
of immigration setting in after the Irish fam
ine in 1846-47, has defiled, with physical
filth and low immorality,' many fair districts
of both England, Scotland, and Wales.
Any boy can teach a man; but it takes a
man to teach a boy any thing.
We should not so much pray for exemp
tion from trials and protection from dan
gers as for grace to enable us steadily to do
*****
THE FINAL DECISION IN THE CASE
or “essays and Reviews,”
The prosecution against Dr. Williams
and Mr.' Wilson is at ah end. Those
famous clergymen, suspended from the
office;of ■ tho ministry . and the. emolu
ments of their livings for one year, by
judgment of the Court of Arches, have
been restored to their honors, functions,
and emoluments, and will -return amid
the applause of the freethinkers of Eng
land, to preach essayism to their con
gregations. Such is the decree' of the
Judicial Committee of the Privy Cqun
oil, from which there is no appeal. The
Archbishop of .Canterbury and the
Archbishop of York dissent from the
judgment, and the only ecclesiastic
present when it was pronounced was
th e Bishop, of London. We are anxious
not.tomxaggerate, but we are deliber
ately of, opinion that this is beyond
comparison the most important event
which has'occurred in the history of the
Church Of England since the passing of
the Act of Uniformity. It has taken
us, we o4rn, by surprise. The sentence
of Dr< LushingtOn seemed to us the
mildest which,milder the cirojnmstahces,
could be considered possible or conceiv
able ; ; but pihce two of the most daringly
heretical,(if the authors of “ Essays and
Reviews” are declared on unappealable
authority To preach no other Gospel
than that which .the. State of .England
undertakes to provide 'for the people,
we’accept' the fact, ami- endeavor, in all
to ascertain what it’means,
and what are the, practical inferences to
WhicbH't,shuts up all those who in this
country adhere to. tho theology of the
Reformation- ■
; .. ;! Let,ustclearly. apprehend what this
decision Umounts . t 0. . :. We take-, to bo
gin: with, jthe - question "of inspiration.'
What is tl/e*cffect,of thi.sjudgmont u pon
the doctrine of the Church of England
With respect to thg Bible;? We reply,
that the Lords of" tho' Privy Council
have decided that the church of England
does not attach supreme-and exclusive:
authority to Scripture; and we main
tain that, in thus deciding, their lord
ships proclaim that the Church of Eng
land has : abandoned the fundamental
principle sof. the Protestant,' and one
fundamental principle,:of the Catholic
faith; Let ;us not be misunderstood.
We do not stand up for any theory of
ihspiratiop; we do not say that the
Catholic faith requires us to believe that
every w;ord of Scripture is literally in
spired, or' that no merely human ele
ment is>to be found in the Bible. But
we rega l r4 it as open to no dispute that
the Church in all ages. has pronounced
Scripture) in a distinctive and exclusive
.sense; tho;revelation of God's will, and
has, therefore, ascribed to the precepts
and instructions of Scripture a strictly
Divine authority. Wo say not whether
the Diving element has been held to be
■ the sole element in Scripture; or
whether ,iL .be bpt a
vein OP-‘finest gold embedded in Scrip
ture ; we'aflirin only that this Divine
element |as been held; by the Church
Catholic to exist in th.e Bible; to be dis
tinctive; to be present in no other book;
and, to lend to Scripture an authority
in blatters of fajth which no other book,
heathen or Christian, can possess. This
doctrine iio' mimster of the iChurCh of
■ England ife now required to hold. The
Church legally maintains that Scripture
is “ an expression of devout reason, and
therefore jto be read with freedom
that it is dt-ho written.voice of the con
gregation that it is inspired as the
Chufeh is inspired; that every man is
promised -“illumination frOm the Spirit
that dwelt in the sacred writers that
“ the Bible was inspired by the Holy
■-Spirit , that bas ever dwelt and still
|dW®ils.in the Church, which dwelt also
lij the sacred writers of Holy Scripture,
and which! will aid and illuminate the
minds of those who read Holy Scrip
ture, trusting to receive the, guidance
ana assistance of that Spirit.” Beyond
this thie clergy of the Church of Eng
land are nqt required-to go. They must
believe tbujfjthe Spirit which now ilia
Urinates (Emristiana, illuminated the
writers of the Bible; but if their people
ask them how creeds and. churches can
be built upon Scripture, when neither
can be founded upon the present illumi
nation of Christians; if their people ask
them why . the expression of devout
reason now-a days cannot be shaped
into articles and imposed upon the faith
ful; if their people insist that, as the
voice of the congregation in the Apos
tolic age was more spiritual than that
of the congregation; under. the Jewish
kings, so the voice of the congregation
eighteen centuries after the Apostolic
age ought to be more spiritual still, and
•therefore worthy. of still higher rever
ence; if, in one word, they are asked to
showcauso why Scripture is authoritative,
they will have no reply, This is the
grand discussion .which lias been going
on for several hundred years> ' Here is
the ridge where “ wind and water
shears," and the- streams descend, on
this side or on that,' to mysticism, to
scepticism, “or to Christianity. Grant
that there is no- element in : Scripture
which distinguishes it from the Ordinary
communications ■of God’s • Spirit, and
the religions impressions of any good
man of our acquaintance will have as
much authority for us as the religions
impressions of St. Paul Go a Tittle
farther, say that devout reason in all
times and places is the highest inspira
tion possible, and you arrive at Goethe’s
compliment to the Gospel—to wit, that
it is a pleasant brook in which one may
bathe and refresh himself as he walks
on under thfe sky of nature, but that it
is only one hf many brooks which en
liven the way. To this length the Lords
of the Privj Council , do not proceed,
although W 3 have no doubt that the
“ Essays anil Reviews,” if not in letter,
then in spirit, responded to the idea of
Goethe; mt their Lordships unques
tionably la| it down that the Church of
England dois not assert Scripture to be
insyired in Lny sense which would not
apply to Bishop Heber’s melodious ap
peal to Chitstians to send the Gospel to
the heathen or to Addison’s hyrfim on
the firmament. The clergy of the
Church of England are required to be
lieve that the Bible ia, on the whole, a
good book ; but, the Chnrch of England
does not affirm that it is, in any distinc
tive and authoritative sense, Go'd’sßook.
After this, it is unnecessary to dwell
upon the deliverance of the Judicial
Committtee of the Privy Council re
specting particular theological tenets.
Suffice it to say that their Lordships
absolve ministers of the Church of En g
land from obligation to believe in vi
carious, atonement arid in the eternal
punishment of the lost. The .first of
these has always been recognized as
one of the fundamental doctrines of
Catholic orthodoxy:
How are we to sum up the result of
all this, looked at from the national and
historical standpoint ? Ho feeling could
be further from our minds than that of
exultation over the Church, of England
in this the day of her humiliation and
calamity. But the truth must be spo
ken, and tie plain truth seems to us to
be that this judgement unchurches tbo
English Establishment. It does so in
two ways: ,In the first place, it de
prives her members of all guarantee
that-her ministers will preaehf the Gos
pel, and we hold that the preaching of
the pure'and full Gospel of God is an
indispensable mark of a true Church.
In the second place,, it totally annihi
lates her' discipline, or rather, it pro
claims to the world that her discipline
is not even a name. The continuance
in the ministry-of men who have pub
lished the opinions of Dr. Williams and
Hr. Wilson might be safely pronounced
an impossibility in any Christian Church
possessed of a system of discipline. But
the mere continuance of the men in the.
church is not all we have in this in
stance. > The church has declai*ed by
every organ at her command, that she
regards those men .as heretics The
Brehops have denounced therh; Convo
cation has denounced them; the whole
body of the c 1 ergylirnTtes ti fie cTagains t
thhm; and. yet they ate Tin visithd hy'
the slightest ecclesiastical censure! The*
Church of England, her. ministers .and,
her members,-have less, power to man
age their own affairs; than the smallest
knot of sectaries in the kingdom. How.
any Church can submit to a bondage
like this, how Christian men can fail to
see that so complete,**, surrender of that
spiritual power which is Christ’s irito
the hand of Cesar is a heinous and ter
rible sin, we are unable to conceive.'
Evangelical Nonconformists in general,
and the Presbyterian Church in partic
ular, ought to address, to Evangelical
ministers arid members of the .'Church
of England, an earnest appeal and invi
tation to leave a Church which surely,
They themselves being witnesses, can no
longer pretend to find her religion in
the Bible- of lip, call Christ her king.—
Weekly Review. •.
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PHILADELPHIA
CAPITAL AND ASSETS, $1,897.74 59.
Mutual Rates—Half note to be paid by Profits of
Company, or reduced rate of Premium without Profits.
Total Abstinence rate peculiar to our Company, and
lower than any other. .
Board of Trustees.
Alexander ,W;hilldin, J. Edgar Thomson,
Hon. James Pollock,, Hon. Joseph Allison,
Albert C.'Roberts Jonas Bowman; :
Samuel T. Bodine, P. B. Mingle,
George Nugent, John Aikman,
William J. Howard, Charles P. Heazlitt,
Samuel Work.
ALEXANDER WHILLDIN, President.
.SAMUEL WORK, Tice President.
JOHN Si WILSON,Sec’ry and Treasurer. jell-Sm
For THIRTY YEARS has received the favorable
recommendation of the PUBLIC, and has
been USED AND PRESCRIBED by the
EIBST PHYSICIANS IN THE LAND
! AS THE
BEST REMEDY KNOWN
FOR
Sick Headache,
‘ Nervous Headache,
Dyspepsia, Sour Stomach,
Billious Headache, Dizziness,
•Costiveness, Loss of Appetite, Gout.
Indigestion, Torpidity of Liver, Gravel,
Rheumatic Affections, Piles,
Heartburn, Sea Sickness,
Bilious Attacks, •
Fevers, &c.
For Testimonials, &c., see Pam
phlet with, each Bottle.
MANUFACTURED ONLY BY
TARRANT & CO.,
278 Greenwich Street, New York.
(for sale by all druggists.)
«r> & >Wu
No, 736 Market Street, S. E. comer of Eighth,
PHILADELPHIA,
Manufacturers and Dealers in
BOOTS, SHOES, TRUNKS, CARPET BAGS AND
VALISES of every variefy and style. jell-ly
MISS ELIZA W. SMITH.
3210 SPRUCE STREET.
j&T For terms see circulars.
to® wm°s mmmw, &<saw&m
MILITARY INSTITUTE,
AT WEST CHESTER, PENNSYLVANIA.
WILLIAM T. WYEBS, A, M. r Principal.
TpHE SCHOOL WILL REMAIN IN SESSION UNTIL
X the 15th of June next. Number of instructors 10;
.and the number of students 152. Many applications for
admission had to be refused last fall for want of suitable
accommodations. Tim difficulty has been removed.
MILITARY DEPARTMENT.
Major G. EnkeudorfF. Instructor. Captain J. F-
DeMaziere, Superintendent. For circulars. terms, &c. r
apply to
WILLIAM F. WYER3, A. at.. Principal,
West Chester, Pa.
FOR MARKING LINEN, MUSLIN, SILK, Ac,
By years of use ha?, proved itself
TUX Jimt» BM&OT
MOST RELIABLE MARKING INK
In the world
Manufactured onlr by
®Ms £ ißi) MS ® fi ■S® i *
278 GREENWICH STREET, HEW YORK.
mg* For sale by all Druggists.
PHILADELPHIA. INSTITUTE
■ " tom
oultueb,
BYrTHE PRACTICE OF DR. DIO LEWIS'S 1 NEW ’
Gymnastics and the inculcation of the Laws of
Health,.established by Mr. and Mrs- GILLINGHAM,.
October 15th, 1863.
; Central Branch, Horticultural Hall, Southwest corner
Broad and Waimit ; streets. Classes of Ladies and
Gentlemen meet on Wednesday, February 3d.
Classes of Masters, Misses and Young' Ladies meet
on Mondays and Thursdays at 4 o’clock. Anew class
organizes Monday, February Ist. •
Northern Branch, .Northwest corner Tenth and-
Sprlng streets. Classes of Ladies and Gentlemen meet
on Tuesday and Friday evenings at 8 o’clock, P. M. A
hew class organizes Tuesday, February 2d.
Classes of .Masters,' Misses and Young Ladies meet
oh Wednesdays and Saturdays at 4 o’clock, P. M. A
neW class organizes on Wednesday, February 3d.
The Fee for a course of twenty lessons, two or four
times per week, is $7. Two in the same family, $l2.
For the remainder of the season, twenty weeks,' twice ft
week, $l2. Four thnesper week, $2O.
In the system of New Gymnastics no fixed apparatus
is employed, all the exercises being performed to the
inspiring strains of music, with light wooden dumbells,.
hand rings, wands, bean bags, Ac. They will be . found 1
admirably, calculated to derelope and maintain the
highest possible -condition of physical health, and to
secure-a grace, flexibility, precision and endurance of
bony, far- more desirable than enormous muscular.-
strength.
For further information, address
C. GILLINGHAM,
No, 1221 Buttoawood street.
SELECT CLASSICAL AND ENGLISH SCHOOL,.
NO. 1230 LOCUST STREET, PHILADA.,
B. KENDALL, A, M., Principal;
THE SCHOOL. YEAR is- DIVIDED INTO TWO
sessions of five’months each, commencing September
and February. " f ; '
Pupils are carefully-prepared for any class in college
or for mercantile life.
. Thoroughness in the rudiments is insisted upon as
indispensable to the successful prosecution of classical
and-higher English studies.
Special attention is .also' given to the Modern Lan
guages. • , _ • - • .
A fine .play-ground on the premises gives unusual
•value and attractiveness to the.location-ofthe school.
All other desirable information will be furnished to
those interested bn application to the Principal.
H @ ® Sll.
TAKE THIS ’OPPORTUNITY OF INFORMING
our friends and- customers that we have .associated:
ourselves with E. H. ELDRIDGE,
No. 628 MARKET Street, bolow Seventh,
Where we would be pleased to have you call. We shall
keep always on hand a first-class stock of
READY-MADE CLOTHING;
Also, a stock of PIECE GOODS, which we will make to
order in the most fashionable style.
ISAAC LIPPINCOTT,
GEO, L. HAINES,
CHAS. C. ozrAS,
Late witli E. H. Adams, Seventh and Market sts.
GEORGE ASHIBADj.
* DRUGGIST,
603 MARKET STREET,PHILADELPHIA..
X\EALER in Drugs, Chemicals Ex—
M A tracts. Pure Spices, and Perfumery; WmdowGlass,.
Putty, White Lead, Zinc. Oils and -Turpentine,. Alcohol*
etc. Importer of French Anatomical Preparations and
Skeletons. • m6L
LIFE AND TIMES
J O H IV
BY E. H. GILLETT.
Two Yols. Royal Bvo. Price, $6,00.
NOTICES OF THE PCLFiS
Mr. Giiletthas done a good work in devoting so much
talent and labor to one interesting, field of historical re
search, with the view of .diffusing a knowledge of one of
the most remarkable men, and one of the most impor
tantmovements in ecclesiastical?history. There have
been, to our view, few more valuable, contributions to
our religious literature than these two volumes during
the present century. The author of this work takes
rank with Sparks, Bancroft, Irving, Prescott, Hopkins
and others, done so much to exalt the reputa
tion of our country in the world of letters by their his
torical productions. —Princeton jjevieu?.
A richer contribution to Historical Theology has not
been made, either in this country or Europe, for many
years, than by these noble volumes. —Theological Eclectic..
Fertile as the present age has been in historical work*
of the highest merits, few of them will rank above these
volumes in those qualities which give permanent inter
est and value to a'history. It is a work which reflect*
honor on American literature, and adds another name
to the noble list of American historians.— Amer. Presb.
and Theological Revieic.
REMOVAL.
0. H, WILLARD, PHOTOGRAPHER.
Has removed from 1023 Market Street, to his new and
spacious galleries,
No. 1206 Chestnut Street.
Mr. W. would say that his accommodations now are
of the most commodious and extensive .character; and
he feels confident that, by close -personal attention to
his business, to give his patrons a much finer quality of.
work than has heretofore been produced in the city.
C3-OH.3D DEIST'S.
MANCTACTUasD BT TJDS
AMERICAN GOLD PEN COMPANY.
•These Pens have, gained great popularity in a short,
space , of time, and are acknowledged, by the best wri
ters, to be superior to all others now in use. Also the
ARMY PEN,
■Made expressly for the,Soldiers, are the best and cheap
est manufactured, and are for sale by most of the Jew
elers throughout the country.
COMP ART'S SALESROOM,
South-East corner Eighth and Chestnut Streets.
MARTER & FASER,
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