The American. Presbyteri
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GENESEE EVANGELIST.
A RELIGIOUS AND FAMILY NEWSPAP:
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Constitutional Presbyterian Church.
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,EVERY THITHB4OI,
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1834 Chestnut :Spook (20. Siory,j..P4l44:Aphia l .
Sev,. JOHN W. MEARS, Editor tad Rub
CONTENT'S OP INSIDE PAGES.
SECOND PAGE—FAN/LT: . ,
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Little Bell- 41 ,10n0 With Jesus—Matches. Chapter
The Littlo'Preacher. StutrrlotiB :.The Brbok and the
Pond—The Young Peddler—The: Widow Graff, or
What Saved the Train—A Sweet PhilosophY.
"THIH:D PA6K—EDITOWS TABLI: . .
Felton's Familiar Letters from , Eure 6-Hawthorn's,
Twiee•told Tales—Murd ,ch's Patriotism IA Poetry
and Prose—Magazines, Reviews, '&e.—Literary Reim:
American, English and. Continental.' •
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Stara. P.lOl-00811.14$PONDENOE: •
Open Air Meetings, lid. Vl—The Relation of the
Sabbath school to the C4urch—God is 'Love.
~SEVENTH PAGE — MOCELLANZODS:
' After the 'Battlie-Stat6 of the O.' 8. Presbyterian
Church in Rentucky,—English Free-thinking=Moral
gas , lity in Language—A Montreal Institution—The
Indians. , •
OUR HOME MISSIONARIES.
There. are some things in the condi
tion of this indispensable class,,of labor
ers in our church„which are knot well
considered by our people atlarge. That
they are a class whose usefulness is sec
•olid to no other, will be. generally ad
mitted. No one Who is at all acquainted
with the spiritual condition of our eoun
-Itry, or who consults thp future of our
=church, will dissent from, the proposition•
that our horns missionaries cannot be
, spared. • -
Me wish that all were as Teady to
a - practical . assent to , the, point that; for
'their higheit useftilnesa, theY . Mnst`be
' lifted out of those wearing anxieties and
sufferings which,; on any; are clogs
to ministerialeffieiency We ,have no
lahorersthat are doing more; none that
.are Aecomplishing more ; none who, in the
t'average, 'hoe greater present
ge .success-
and .none vibe' are 'laying .more !solid
,
foundations for the future: Arid yet *Ye
none vifed;'fis a class, 4,ure ao lit.
4(1of the felt sympathy of the Church;
none whose temporal support* , so in.
adequate to their wants, and whose
heartiare so oktiin dietraoted amid their
moat .solemh hews _of • lycqk i by the
clamor of the wolf at the d9or..
And why they, more, than other labor:
'!.ers who are: sustained. by the' Church at
largos? R= is true our foreign mission
aries are not supported , upori anything
more than a comfortably living 'scalp,
but up to that scale there is no deficien
cy in their temporal support. We are
glad it is so, for it is , no more tlian the
tamest requirement of justice. We re,
joice that the churches have Sufficient
consideration for their' needs; to enable.
the American Board-to make' its great
'army of faithful 'worlcers fairly comfor
t,
table in their homes so far at the ex
penses of
,living aro cOncernefi. There
;come up from those homes _ nO'distress
ing accounts, of ministers whose best
garments tole thread-bare r and 'thin`;
whose time that ought to be given to
Andy and pastoral work ; must be em
ployed in manual labor; who, from year
year,' have' never a dollar to, spare for a
book or periodical, 'and whose wives,
enfeebled by hardships, surrounded by
a young and perhaps, sick family, and
unable to.pay for ,assistance, are-toiling
, 'themselves down to death;. and all this
simply because they are set to 'do whole
work on half a living. •
'Why is the like power withheld from
our Hopi e Missionary Committee? Why
must it, when asked to fippoint a new
missionary, or to increase • the' apprO-',
priation • to one suffering from, poverts , ,
. :ipause and.make a doubtful imd,sad Sur-
Vey of its means, and turn with 'so r affix
ions inquiry to the prospect of its trea
. sury for the incoming Months ? None
'Ol ke9ner sympathy for those self
b
denyinv laborer's than the ComMittee;
none would be more gl;/.d th'an they to.
plAce them, in respect. o temporUl
'fort,, , on- a par, with; the foreign miesion
• ::ary'; ,but how are they to do it ? It is
the requirement of horiesti; but it is, to
our chuiches that this . requirement ad
dresses itself.
The, slowness of our sensibilities under
this requirement is more than ever
shameful at such a time sis,this. Those
'who should aid in the support of our
home missionary - Work; are notignorant
i the increased coiit of living. Ike
know it, as it affects ourselves, only too,
well. 'And we are purpOselY•stupiO, if
we have' failed to think of bearing
upon the men of whom we epeak.-'
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were not ignorant—or if we Were,' it
was a wilful ignorance—that in ordinary
times, the living of many of.Atem was
below the gitandaid of comfort, and tha,
of some of them so fai-below it that th'e
Java suffering was only too we ll . . a p_
plied to it. What then mast it be now.?'
We are Eiurpesed that the question does
not "ffy helf-impelled,iff(im chureh. :to
church, and make itself heard as, one of
the n ldud calls nPoVtI:II3 unexampled
• liberality of the titnesr: •
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PHILADELPHIA. T
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'NOVEMBER,
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fordigif inigionaties' - i - ie provi
dentially 'etkempted from hiLvina; their
living materially-shoitened by ; the enor
mous increase.of prices 'here. They are
in countries where, for the most part„a
dollar will buy much, food, clothing,
and fuel, as it would five, years. ago,,
They receive from the Board at horns
their remittances in: specie value, so that
they tire not made to suffei‘from the de-
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preCiation of the' curreuey. This=is'
right, and again we say - . we are glad. of
it. When the American Board, found
that this fair and just policy was requir-,
ing an enormous increase of contribu
tions to its treasury, it sounde&the toc
sin,' and the rally - wit& prompt. ;.The
church marched up to the occasion, and
t ,
'not a fcireig,h missionary forced into
the knowledue that a dollar Vow Mikes'
less than a half-dollaq show ; on theta,.
ble, or in the : wardrobe. Such at
we suppose:vs/as the 'fact. Why cannot
our Home Missionary Conimitteia• , be
just as proniptly enabled'to do•the same
fair thing by the men 'who, at Many, a
lonefronicer poSt haN'e stationed thein.
Belies between the nation, and its
Anal ruin? They . feel deeply that it
Aught to: be done, but how. are, they to
:do it? Why,does not , every pastor ;Ask
the • question of his aura; and why
does not everysession bend/its will! to
'secure a fitting .
answer? t, •
' We are not' now advised as to' what
extent, if at all Air Committee' has been
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enabled to increase appropriations in •
view at the inere i ased eXperses
Bat we have watched their monthly ae- 1
knowledgement of contributions, and we
are only too sure..,that. stern necessity
must have forced them :often' to say:no,'
when 'every `Christian impulse within ,, !
them 'cried out fOr a yes..' Whit was'
done in this emergency kir'theniisghtin
.aries of the American Board, was right-,
ly done,-and, what is• more, it:was easily
dope. It : only, needed that people should
give thotfght to • the subject,,,anci then
fate, the responsibility. It was done,,
and no one has impdverished himself,- or
materially abridged his comforts: The
Same thing 'could be justas';easily, done
for our home missionaries. ..The fullest
requirements of the case would be met,
and not a :table, at home. he, any leaner,
or asingle household comfortlopped off,.
- We all know this ; .no• one :`..doubis :,
why then is it not done? We. dsk it,
not 'for generosity's sake; forthe
tion for thanks is not theirs; but ours.'
They are doing a thousand times more
for us, than we for them To keep
them out of reach of iwant is .but doing
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in honest work, and paying,a„ fair debt
of gratitude. .
One Word to the kind ladies of our
congregations. From: your fair bands
goes Many a leaVy box of clothing to
the soldiers of our Republic. It is the
noble payment of a great debt. The
men whoin yauthus help stand, with
life in hand, between ,our country , and
political destruction. They deserve ,
you are doing for
,them—deserve it a
thousand times over.
Our home missionaries are soldiers
placed in the - fore front' of a deadlier
fritr, with Mere awful issues fiestake—
thci war between , Rouanism Infidelity
an,d. Nothingness of Religions :Cl araCtec
on the'one side, and the great cause of
Salvation - on the • other, for the posses:
sion of this broad and fah- land. They
Stand - where the. conflicts of this war
are - inostterrible, and Where the soldier
' 'ineets'moSt of the sUfferings and wants
Of the ForV9t not the soldiei
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of the earthly warfare tuft remember
also , the soldier of the cross-r-him, his
wife, and their little 's ones. 'Get •up in
your church for him also a Ladies' Aid.
Make up one bog full for such work as
the noble' Christian . ;CominisSicm has
,
taken in' hand ; but 'right -beside it fill
another hdi for'the family of 'the War- .
Tio i r of 'Jesus, whom .our ,ehioCh sent to
the' field, 'and, whg,has nopliere, else,,to
look, for these pomforts. laaristian. la
dies, send him wbox: Let-its, co'ntents
be generoui3 in amount; - useful in kind;
nice in quality; such as you would regard
comfortable fOr your Own'AelVes, and
Your'husban`ds,'brOthers Or children..'ff
-You know'*hat is especially
needed, or what kind of: sUpplies would,
be,most,timely, drop, a line tp,•,t.he office,.
in New .York,, or. to the Associate Secre-.
tary in Philadelphia, and'we venture to
,promiseyou all the informaticm You. need.
SW' are"sen,ding out a number of
copies of the,.—ANERI,cAN . PRESBYTERIAN, ;
as specimens, to, pastors .and others, in
our cburches.
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Resolvell, That,. in our 'udgment
the .signs of the' tunes indicate that a
large proportion of ourpoople, eSPecially
the 'fathers and - mothers in Israel, - re,
membering 'the ancient :glory ,of the
Presbyterian' Church; desire toi - witness
the return , attith former grandeur before;
they are called 'to transfer their;.ment , "
I =bership from the Church militant on
• earth to the ,Church triumphant in
,heaven.; , - , • , '
" Resolved, That ,what- has already
l3,eont attained the ;•,..rea t toration of,
fraternal feeling and intercourse ,;be'
the 'two great branches of the
Presbyterian Chin* even •though'ne
thing more - `Should be a,ceoinpliShed
during the ipiesent generation, 'calls' for
an .expreision devdat , gratitude' to
Him .who , is 'the. fountain df all; hat is
-lovely and of good repert."? , ' ,!..-
‘ , :w•The• Miami" Presbytery, at its• late
*Meeting in• Granville, Ohio, 'gave unirds
'Likeable expression to its sentiments-on
this subject, in the 'f,ollowing action'
Whereae; The =General `Assembly, of
Our Church.sitting in Pedria in 1863,'
• did by a: formal regihitien recommend
that fraternal iritercoaree be caltiv,ated,'
and assistance given" tie' bet Ween
ministers of our Chureli and 'the other
.(New Scheol),branch, in• their , duties ;as
ministerslof the ChUreh of Christ; andl
Whereas„ our , ,commission ets to ~- t heJtiat
General :Assembly attended, an, informal
meeting of ministers . and, elders, for the
pUrpose of interchanging views ti upon
the question of re-uniting the two bedies
of ~ t he Presbyterian. Church, 'at' whieb
meeting resolutions were - passed; and
eornmendations made in favor of further
'efforts 'to acconiplish this ble,ssedkibject ;
rtherefore be it' ; •
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•SE=UNION.'
We obierve that a large namber
the Synods and "Pr'esbyt'eries of the' Ord-
SehOOl branch of the chnrch lia - te, at'
their zecent f fall mpetings, expressed
strong desire for our return to
sias,tical unity, and their pleasure in the
existing tendencies 'in that direction;
The Pretibytery of Potoinac, of which ,
our venerable 'friend lir.. Tustin is the
patriarch, speaks, as'might be expected,
in earnest terms :
"-Resolved, 1: That:the course of our
commissioners be, approved, and that
Rev.i Mr. ,Scovel, of the ,First ChUrch of
Springfield, r and. H. ' L: : , Brown,
,pf. the'
First Church of Dayton, be appointed
as visiting delegates, ,to the _Dayton
(.IsTew ,School) Presbytery, at its, next
meeting,, and there to express the fra-
Aerikat feelings of thishodytowardti, the,
members of that Presbytery 'and Church,"
and to asishre theni of our desire' to use
all Christian efforts to re-unite .our
Churches- -tinder one coustithtian and
governmentl,
" Resel,Ved,i‘.2. , That this Presbytery,
respectfully - request the. Dayton (New
School) Presbytery, if convenient, to
.hold,its next .meeting :in. Dayton, on the
second, Tuesday, of April, (the day to
which Miami Presbytery adjournsb that
we may then
,enjoy fraternal and Chris
tiah intercourse, and thus prepare the
way for re-Union."
The Presbytery of Monmouth - IT. J. goes
farGher and, ' steps :upcin the hroader
ground, which has. already., been pro
,posed and, urged in • the 4nterican
,Pres
byterian` as a, fair, and , if •jfidiciou.sly
sought, avrobably feasible end. •
• "An'uverture was sent to the Synod
of Yew Jersey, ' asking that hoily :to
memorialize the General TAssernbly on
the subject of :a union: in one body of ,
ail ,the orthodox .branches of the ,Presby,-
terian Church •in our country, '7 l k9
heartily accept, the: WelAminster ,POll 7
fession and Catechism."'
In, the brief notice .which.: we have,
seen of,the proceedings'•of the. SynOd
thus memorialized, we find onlyi-the
following, allusion to, this overture :
memorial was presented by the
Presbytery of Monmouth, on thiS subject
of the union of all the - Orthodox Pres
'byterian Bodies, upon:which,resolutionis
of 'Sympathy and co-operatiOn'Were re,
ported and adopted.'
The subject was also before the Synod
.
'of Philadelphia' (0. 5.) at its late meet
ing in Lewistown, Pa. Wq are told that a
proposal for, a friendly convention of,
members of the ; two branches. in thii
region to forward the mime failed; but
that resolutions' expresSive of kindly
feeling toward it were cordially adopted.
The, editorial 'correspondence of The
Tresbyferian says
The resolutions ,first proposed :were
considerably modified, and finally a sub
,S•tiitute' for them., was, submittsd, which
passed bYa,large majority, , e r
„Thesesti
tutions are' favorable to 4 - - anion,: and
leek:to it as a desirable'' , result, but dO
not - distinctly specify any method ''by
vhich it is to be attained, except by
suggesting conference- and prayer"as
means adapted to draw the hearts of
Ministers and people more closely to
gether, and . thus prepare both 'bodies
for complete organic union. •This re
sult, however,, was not reachedfwith
, out decided. and vigorous, opposition,
: based upon pnblications referred to in
~f.:. J. ~ i . ti - ~~~ try
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the debate; and it . Must be-confessed,
that the - presen'ce•of such: tractsas Be-,
man; 4:1 7 the Atinerhent;' . and.: ' Barnes .
pn ,IXtuictificAtlon,';.;Pni the Catalogue .of
the
. 13p . ard Of ,Publication . 4„the .New:.'
Beige' hurch,s,is a disagreeable , fact,
which wariest advocate - s. of' 're:
union en our side would he glad to for
get:, inasmuch . as it seeiriS: to, give the
sanetien of the entire New-achool branch
61 46Thur41 to the doctiinea therein'
taifght." ' . ('•
- .4.ction on the subject 'vies' also taken
histhe 'Second PreShyterY a Philadel
phia as follOwa: - F . ,
~.
" Whereas, the General` Assemblies of
the, tWo,branches, intO which the,,PreS 7
Witlia.E . CburCh I has been for twenty
five ?rears divided, have . recently estab
laied. 'a 'aystem of correspondence with
'dial Other; and liaVe initiated measures
ltiokiilk.. , ' to . ' 4 TA ore intimate union;. and
hereas,.in the judgment of the Presby
tt
ry,Ahe perpetuation of tholseparation
f:
t ds to , the weakening .of the, influence
of h e Pre sby teri an portion of the, Chn,reh
of, hrist; therefore, . ' - ' •
/c,Aeselved, That while this PresbYtP7
has undergone no change of sentimentin
regrl, te ‘ the, great, issues involved in
z the;original, sepal:a - Lien of the Churth,.
*e iejoce in'the fact that the' . Causes of
the' : di4V6ii n liavOii, do grea i t ineasur&
pissed' ) divay ) , an'd that ''we .view with ,
-col•dial apifrobati Oil.; and 'With gratitude
to , Gedrrthe growing apirit'of, fraternity.
and unity: between. the , two . ' branches of
'our Church. : , , , .-. . , ; ' ,
"Resolved, That as a Presbytery, we
; will,
,witri,gratitudA to God, the time
*lien*, ill the judgment of 1,4 e, General
~ fimemblies of these,. 9,:kurobes, pro : :
..11:1"§e, of harl4onio* efee 6 t#e al* per
manent unity, is,atiolt itsiV r ill,justify an
rj fi' t,l, e •r
organic union. ""
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Accepting with' real -pleasure these
,e.presSions:,of fir4ero4y, and ,defoittly
des,king thei.,9OnsummatiOn : , in.:a. coin
pact-- Presbyterian • unity, wo , f: cwiinot
withhold our, ,:regTet • thaV: our Second
.Presbytery bretbrenvthought it , nepes-
Gary:to interpose thelproViao Criritained,
the'ffrdt 'foir sedoncl of
the above
It might be all well enough 'divested
of its unpleasant associations with' the
I paat. Birt ttere Seems to be a chi Ming
in with the tone of the; last twenty-eight
years-1--whether m'eantor not, a. seem ;
ng to say our braiidh the'church,
" happy { - 6,',reBeiVe You; but
itiiiUst be under the prote4 that in all
die: great issues involved m the'-'ori
gintd separation,' we were-in the right
,and-Sow werb ,wrong.. ,NVe have
nothing to repent of, but,regarding yOu
aihaving repented and reforniect, we once
More accept an' ecclesiketicaliinfi* with
you." i NoimixirthntinterestcoUldhaVe.
sliffered by leaving tbis,unsarcl i
ill as we are b,Ound. i to believe, .the , Presby,
tery was; 'cordial zin, its-'exprsssion
gratefullippe for a coming re-uniOn,`it,
could not have(rio't considered, the!
ral effect of the language used. ,
JUDGE BREWER,'OF MARYLAND,
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Just at the - moment of her joy and
exult Lion inler fteedoni from the foul
blot that' 'has` 'long" stained" her
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cutcheon, Maryland has Joeen palled ,to,
mourn the loss of two distinguished
sons —1
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020 g Justice rf,anpy,4oldptio Hon.
NiphOlas,Rgeer, Judge of.;thti Second
i - udipial Dircuitobf,the State. - •
°A speCial tributd is due to the memory
of the latter, lOng commanded
our respect ~and forfore hisi
personal Worth, and ,intrepid; earnestloyalty
his youth the Character
of Judge Brewer was i strcogly
Warm and:constant in his;attachinents,
ki n d and , considerate to all; yet firia-arid'
'qeCided in his opinions;'he wag' a man.
unswerving integrity, fearless and
true in eyery irelationl in life: ' .
1 He was admitted to the Bar ,in 'his
19th year, and soon - rose to prominence;
many of the most important deeisiOng
of. the .courts Of thatJday`.being pro
flounced in — flauses in which he appeared
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as counsel,{ In
,1.537 he wasa,ppointed
Ito the, Bench, where:for
.more Oian a
fourth ,of ~a , . century he administered
i ustice •,iir,ith. eminent !usefulnesir , and
Vecess. 'spot much ,of this :time ''he
eted As Vice -Chancellor,` aiid• tol 'the`
force. andr,authority of' his decrees ,And
'orders in %luny:the Nagle:Rd, Reports
bear most, ample testimony. He was ,a,
earned, •„lahoaious, upright inclg,e, , a
error, to: eVilido ers, and 'few - magigtrates
have done more to restrain .and punish
crime in an age when, there is far too
much" dieposition to' screen `the guilty
and, apollikize' . for ,wroig".. Lilia most
public men men . who. ,deserve - ` to'have'a
Ind, he' - may ha l ve had enemies, hilt
re„cpuld' never .hav,e ben , one so,
GVen esee".lE-vp3igplitit,-
malignantras to .ascribe to him an: indi
!feet; sinister, or , ldishonorable- motive.
He' died ; havink,'alniost do`thfiletidi his
ilireo•sCore pears ;6 , 2 ten, iiith';'hinciS'
AS . pure from 030 1- taint 1 .,0f 'improper
'influences as an infant.
His usefulness was not, hOwever,
limited to his, prefession,or- to the dis
charge of his official duties.' He wits
warm friend of education, and eminent
as a fruit-grower and horticulturiElt in
his State: •
But that which . specially Won our
regard for the man, was'hiS hold, lily:
flinching ~:unwavering lbyaky to the
country in these ,days of ; treason , and
rebellion r Formerigecasionkhad: shioNvn
his decision and intrepidity. When the
'British fleet - anchored. Off. 'Annapolis,
during the' war, of I.Bl2;and'a, proposi
tion some`''PrOininent
citizens to; represent to the Admiral the
defenceless eOndition of - the 'town; and
:ask that it, be respe4e4 ) ll , so.np.,armed,
plaee, young Brewer ,p,ronaptly aroused
the, indignation of:the! citizens in Mass
meeting against the proposed disgrace:
Years "after; at' the 'his own life,
he reseUed from the ' h ands'Of .)excited
popnlacethe Supposed gbolition e Isary
rori:eY. The tame` spiritjherie'Ont in
him at :the ,outbreak of the rebellion.
He fearlessly,confronte.diand cowed cer
tain notables, who; , were: planning' resist
ance to the landineef,:General: Butler's
"troops,' and- demanding aid , from -Balti
more to re-enact at Annapolisthe'seenes
of April 19th 1861: 1,( ' ;
"fie house was 'oPened' Wide to the
bravo men 'of Sherni4n!si and Burnside's
eneditions, ai they euilqiked at An
napolis, for their deicentupon the coasts
of the Carolina's. many as two
hundred,ll:S. officers hate , been .enter
tabled' at one time iunder his. hospitable
roof on these occaisionS . .. ;
His nohl wife,ln. full syinpaillf: with
hilt., fell a martyr in the - fall of 1862; to
her untiring devotion to the sick and
wounded; heroes - who crowded the hos
pitals, after. the imbecile. Peninsular
campaign of Gem Their
ministerings, are remembered with grate
ful affection by handVecis NOlo'werethere
cheered' and .comforted 'by theii kind
- ,;
ness
ISrewer fell asleep , in .7'esus on
tlie• night of -Cho 16th of October in the
69th -year of liis ; age. ;His only t regret
was th'st.he was", , :.not perinittechrt;o see
the' grave of the rebellion' filled ii before
he wfis' l lain away' with fathers. :
The deadhive 'fallen' like thel:l44 leaves
of auturnn. A well spent life'has closed
with ,the„ rich glow of a serene setting,
which. Fgues, a joyful ,and glorious
,resurrection. ~- , • ,
CHIIiStIAN
, We.have Watched with some. interest
;the way int,which the; projects ,about
Christian Fellowship'_are, ,receWed in
, different , branches , of Abe' Church.
'Among ,the denominations, therEpisco
pal Church at first sight seems; to be
farthest removed'fro m , any' such co-ope
raftiOn ;':and yet thein are'not - Wanting
sighs of .a . 6ettei:,Stiite ,l 'oe feeling. A
Christian 'Er nity-§Wetyhatibeen fOrmed ,
by them in, the city of N y e cc. York ; and
,some 'of.: their r prominent 'clergymen'
have' taken rand 'will`: take part :in the
series oVsermons one this general sub
ject,.l •Dr. , Core,- Bishop, Elect ;of
'Nreatern'Ne* Tork,'appeared at' a 3fo
i'aViau Synod, 'and has lately preached a
sermon at, Dr. - Budington's ,chnieh in,
brooltlyn.t •
~ was; not4o,be expected that such
,rn,ovements ,would 'pass without .notice
and..rebuke•frOm. the more strict Mem . -
;hers- of-thiS - contritunion. , The last nuicui
bd. Of the Ameri6an Quarterly Oh:lireA
Bev' iAct shows us what is to be ;their
,greuncl. ItaVOSTIFI C ! astonishment, at
'tbese novel events.. " It atiks;.. " Has it
come to 0;4,, thtlk the Anglican Refor
natio,n an AMerica, has no 'higher clafin
to recognition; than ,that Eof sect
:among sects;' corpora't'ion' among.
the. Multiplying' diVidionS of Christenj'
doin ?"' It says.thig'bry for union is "the
li4Ular cry. s ,ef leation'aiismig our day:r
and. 4:iat ff liego;-s to
,trein 7
ide for its 9wll
position of the, C,nusch" is to, stand ; aloof
,from all these mbvements; aria "Amal
gamation Societies :?'' it has been reedy
ing Members from'all other folds ; wb9
find' that , "Order the.re reigns ii:Eprein.e.":
Not even among the r iltoraViansi can it
find the true " ` order," Or anything hat
equals " our Pentecostal. Liturgy
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"There.is; in short, only, oneway, and
that'a :- very surd tind; 'by`*litch the end
of Christian unity can he gained—and
it is Bet forth in this wise : " VIA hin
ders the return of those who have gone
out from us, if they have found:their
error and desire to .return? Have we
not offered. to receive them , Have we
not treated-them with forbearance and
love ? • irate we ,returned blob for
blow, or embittered i them . by,angry con
troversy F" To which' we •might reply,
Suppose We have not gOne otitfrom you,
but Yon have gone out front uswhich
is probably the case with. many among
i .yott. And "tithe we not, offered to re
ceive you?" Why will you not then
I return to ms ? •
In the =latter part of the article the
writer, commenting on doctrinal differ
ences,sa,ys : If, is • notorious and beyond
dispule—if it: is dispUtd the prbofs are
at hand—that the Congregationalist
body throughent the conntry and to
large extent the New ,School,Piesbyterians ,
have become deeply infected with the
grossest, Pelagianism, and with every
for`nt and. shade' of ''d,octrinalc impiety ;
aud the-corruption is developing and
sPreading`continually.' ' A ' t
Now as , far as. the Ne4,-§chboi Pres
byteriana are concerned, we
.pronounce
this:assertion in unmiti*ted 'slander.
We "dispute" it, and, demand the
r %J.
..gproofs.,k.
We are gratified tp : iearn . , tbatthe in
terest in this new institution of benevo-
lende, , established 'by our late general
Assembly is r steadily. on the increase.
Several Synods have already taken fa-
Vorable• action .on the' subiect. At the
recent meetings i of the; Synod. Penn
sylva,nia., and of the Synod of New York
and. gew Jersey, reeolutions were passed
• comieending - 'this, s can_ se :to all the
chnrches„ and calling for annual con
tributiOns to its treasury.: •
'The Itev:pE..Bdotles . :Ottureh,,Mereer
I Street, New York, seenis.to have been
the first to respond to the recommenda
tion ~of its SYriod,, for!. on. the Sabbath
immediately',' following the :meeting of
. thatk body; this: church:•too IT a coiled
iron of nearly;; .fiftegi hiciicliid:ceollars for
the .'Ministerial Reliefn Fund. ' - (Of this
sum, one thonsand'was' given by James
Boorman, and , ' eneliundred - py John W.
QuPleT.)- I. • , `,
is a noble- example, Which we
li'OPe' to *e foli*ed:tfiAtniother in
stances of generosity. As the object of
this', fund. is 'to. kid faitktut.Ministers,
who are poor. and 'disabled, and also to
afford .goine relK to 'the widows and
orphanErof such asmay haveLleft indi
gent families, ; ;aft,erfiaying ; spent. their
livns in thesersfice Of - the church it will
dOnbtlese 'ooraMena. itself ;to,'4he sympa
thy of 411 persons who can appreciate
the snlf:d'enying' labors cirlundreds of
pastors, who have 'foiled through their
ministry, t .feeble phurOkes, unable to
farnish,them with: aprop9r isuPport.
',.,gerilt:tance§ j 9.94 to Rev.
CHARLES BRo - w - pr, Secretary, 1334 Chest
nut .
t. .
or, to. ) JOHN HAIM., Esq.,
Treasurer,- 324 ChestnuV StrVet, Phila.
a. •. o •
On Sal3bith'afiernoon last, Mr. Jessup
addressed an audience of , ov.er,a thous
and Sabbath"Sehoor Children, assembled
in Calvary Church; upon Syria, the field
of • ids' missionary Jabr. It was a
occasion,., expects to
leive.New York for,Beirt Saturday
next. . The schools of the First, Third ,
Clinton - Street,: Tabor, North,. Broad
Street; Logan Sqnare, Oliitt; and other
=chuiches 'were- invited' to partiCipate in
the' services, and complied With the in
vitation to a large extent. d The spacious
4udienee chaoer c was -.thronged with
the, juvenile . hearers, who' ,listened with
- the , inost:teager an&delighted attention
while Mr. Tossup, in. his own , • graphic
style,eplaced , almosi before' the eyes of
• :the -clillareri;• the country; :manners,
the';'People, I the animi4-'the * mission
schools of 'Syria; ~c losing with a most
. ,• ,„
affecting illustratioira the character of
Christ as the dopd Shepherd, drawn
from incidents of shepherd life in Syria,
which fell' under his observation. Mr.
:Jessup has left Very deep •inipressions
upon the mind's of his ion*thearers,
which may; have aeiraPOrtaiit- bearing
f'tif career .4 • L '
upont re cu some of them;
and',Whieli will k
••, • •J okeep
hi la ors long *lt4ol*-114gm°410.
- 2 -'l'
MINISTERIAL RELIEF FUND.
REV, .HENRY H• JESSUP.
MEM