editorial Nino. PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMEND- RENT. The proceedings of a meeting of The new National Association, organized to promote such an amendment of the pre amble of our national constitution as will secure a national recognition of God and the Christian religion will be found in another column. In the absence of Rev. Dr. Eddy, the Presi dent, Ex-Gov. Pollock, Vice-President, occupied the chair on the first evening of the session, accepting the position with a few words of address in his usu al well-considered and outspoken Chris tian tone. Hon. Wm. Strong, of the Supreme Court of the State, gave an ad dress of great historical interest and log ical accuracy, suclr as befitted a pro found jurist. Ho referred to the univer sal surprise felt by people on first learn ing that our Constitution contained no I recognition of any governmental rela tion to God, Such is the universal con viction that, in a nation like . ours, this recognition must be a thing of course that all supposed, until the contrary fact was publicly noticed, that it must be there. Ho dwelt upon the, point that its omission was an ignoring of the principles upon which every colony of the present republic was,founded—God and Christianity having been honored in every colonial charter. He contended that, in spite of their omission from the Constitution; they aro still well inter woven in our governmental functions. They remain the foundation of the Eng lish common law as here• in use, and they are recognized in many of the forms of the civil law and 'acts of public ad ministration. Judge Strong was followed by Rev. Dr. Goddard, who spoke ably and evan gelically on the general subject. On the second day the chair was oc cupied by Dr. Edwards. Many mem bers from abroad, including delegates from the northwestern States, were heard respecting the state of feeling con- Corning the proposed amendment, in their respective neighborhoods. Among the speakers on the resolutions, were_ Prof. licilvaine, of Princeton, Dr. sun kin, Rev. W. T. Eva, Rev Dr. Morton and Rev. W. T. Milligan. The attend ance, except at the evening assemblies, was not late, but a wide extent of ter ritory was represented; and the charac ter of the membership such as to give importance to the meeting. THE ENGLISH MURDER GABE. It will be seen, on our secular news page, that the murderer. Muller was exe cuted according to sentence, on the 14th ult. We were all along surprised at the amount of sympathy gotten up for him in , the face of testimony, which, as circumstantial evidence, was of the strongest conceivable character. Even upon the platform he re-asserted his in nocence, but at the last moment before being swung off, he confessed to the orime. We suppose all are satisfied now that the judgment of the court was just. We notice this case simply as an illustration, of a point little thought of, the case of a per son really guilty of murder, the denial of guilt is a crime second only to the murder itself, and sometimes fully equivalent i to it. Every theory by which reprieve of Mul ler, as an 'innocent rnan, was sought to be obtained, involved some innocent person in the crime. It exposed some innocentperson to the gallows. Throngh such another m nrder, the-wretched man who has now gone to his final account would have screened himself frona lL the retribution which he knew to be due to him and him aloriq. TO STATED °LEEKS. 13aranazzsr : The Ekecutive Committee of the' Ministerial Relief Fund wish to learn how`far their recent address to the Synods and Presbyteries was responded to, and would therefore respectfully inquire of you, let. yoUr Synod 9r Presbytery, taken action odthe subject of the Fund? If it has ramp send a'copy of the minute adopted in the.case. • 2d. Did you appoint Committee to at tend to thek:intekeete of the Fund in youi Presbytery ? If 'ao,- pleai36','giye the name and addreii Chairman of such Cora- The,Stated Clerk' Will:oblige -by i sending immediate answers. >the above. Addres6; Rev. Charles Brown, pporetary, 1334 1 40,t 1 0t.>" philadelphia, Pa., P. S. Centributione sent to. the Ministe -2461 Relief Fund, are always ,acknowledged by return mail. If, therefore, those who Send do not receive early notice that their con tributiOns haVe arrived, they may conclude there haS been some miscarriage in the ease. Collections , fpr • this cause are gradually coming infrom the churches, and we hope soon to have, many more of them Toward the Permanent Fund, there have been received from James Borman, Mercer Street Church, New York City, one thousand dollars. From 'John 13. :Stevenson, First Church, N. L. Philadelphia, .Five hundred dollars.! „ Panguiiitquir; DO; NATIONAL ASSOOIATION FOR AMEND MENT TO THE OONSTITIITION. A mass Convention of this body held a session of great interest on. Tuesday and Wednesday, Nov. 29th and 30th, in the West. Arch Street Presbyterian Church. The, large building was filled - upon both evenings, when addresses of great power were delivered by the Hon. Judge Strong, the Hon. James 'Pollock, the Rev. Drs. Goddard, lSiellvaine, Schwarts, Junkin, Edwards and others. Letters were read from prominent men in various sections of.the country, ands large representation of delegates from 4nany States were present. Under the form of Resolutions, the Association preiented and urged upon the attention of the people of the land, the following considerations in support of their single object,. viz.: memoriali zing Congress in behalf of an' Amend ment to the Constitution embodying a national recognition of God, the Lorcl . Jesus Christ, and the Holy Scriptures: RESOLUTIONS • 1. That a national recognition of God, the Lord Jesus Christ, and the Holy Scriptures as proposed in the memorial of this Association to Congress, is clear ly a scriptural duty which it is. national peril to disregard. 2. That in consideration of the gener al diffusion of religious intelligence, principles and institutions throughout our country ; in view of the many ex press recognitions of Christianity by the Constitution and the Legislative enact, ments of the several States, and in view also of the religious history of the found ing of this government, it is a striking and solemn fact that our present nation al constitution is so devoid of 'any dis tinctive Christian feature that " one of our chief magistrates once refused to ap point a day of fasting and prayer in an' hour of public calamity, becauSe the na tion in its constitution recognized no God, and that in a treaty, contracted with a Mohammedan power, during the second administration of 'Washington, it is formally declared that the Govern ment of the United States is not in any sense founded on the Cbrititian religion ;' that it has in itself no character of en mity against the laws,. religion or tran quility of Mussulmen.". 3. That the measures proposed by this Association are not sectional nor sectarian nonpartisan , but the , gener al voice of Christian patriotism asking that which is right and wholesome, which is in keeping with most of our an tecedents, and which will not operate oppressively upon the conscience of any citizen. 4. That the state of 'the, times, recent and present, and the state of public sen timent warrant and encourage the at tempt to secure the amendment to the Constitution which is proposed by this Association. In view of the great and encouraging progress which this cause has made dur ing the past six months, and in view of the great importance of speedy action in the matter, the Association urgently request citizens in'every section of the country at once, individually or by or ganizations, to engage in securing the 'circulation and signature . of the memo rial-and the return of the signatures ob tained to the Corresponding Secretary, John Alexander, Esq, 1925 Arch street, Philadelphia. The entire press of the country, sec ular and religious, is earnestly request ed to publish., the proceedings and also the Form of memorial herewith -appen ded: FORM OF MEMORIAL TO CONGRESS PRE PARED BY THE .ASSOCIATIoN • To the Honorable, the.a 'Senate and House .of Representatives in Congress assem•l We, citizens of the United States, re spectfully ask your honorable bodies to adopt measures, for amending. the Con-, stitution of 11143 United States, so as to read in substance as folloWs,: We, the people of the United' States ; humbly acknowledging:Almighty God as'the source of all authority and:power in civil governthent, the Lord Jesus Christ, as the 'Ruler among the nations, -and His - revealed will as of .supreme an thority, in order to constitute a Chris tian government, and in order to form a more perfect •union, establish justice, insure donaestic tranquility; provide tor the common- defence, promote the gen eral welfare, and secure the.inalienable rights and blessings of life, liberty, and the pursuit ofhappiness to Ourselves, our posterity, and all the inhabitants of the land,---Do ordain and establish this con stitution for the United States of Amer ica. And we further ask that such changes •be introduced into.the body of the ,Con stitution, as may be necessary, to give effect to these , amendments in the pre -amble. DEDICATION AT WAII:REN, ILL, _ The Hdtise of Woiship of the First ..Rres byterian church of Warren,'was dedicated_ to the service of .God on Thursday Nov. 3. The ;exercises were as follows:,,lnvocation and reading of Scriptures by,Rev. Rent'; . Ser- . :MOW by Rev. A. K. Strong; Dedicatory prayer by the Pastor Rev. Eugene H. Averyi BenedictiMa by 'Rev. J. W. qinnbigham.. Warren is 6 flouishing village of fifteen., hundred inhabitants in JoDavies.s county 111. This Presbyterian church is a new enterprise, having been organised in Jinuary 1863, with 24 members. The preSent pa4ter, Rev. E. B. , AVdry has been with them since Jnne Ist. There is already considerable •interest cen tering in the new church and there