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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1865
CONTENTS OF INSIDE PAGE&
SECOND. PAGE-THE FAMILY CIRCLE:
'MO Novel-:reader—Mhe Young , Bavarimi — "Bowing
Light"—The King of Terrors-Whiter Sh'ded= l -Good
and Bad Apples—A .True Hero—Go Tell:4eatis= .
"Look Aloft " How to Solve Atte, Problene- - Our
'a Little . .Tll , lls-4DliteUtit 461.1Hea
van—Access to God-The End of the BOnitrel. ,
TUIRD PAGE—EDITOR'S. TABLE'
"Stevens's " HidtOry of •the Methodist 'Episcopal
- Church in the United-States of America "—A. L. 0.
ts ' Silver Casket "—Mtiellei 'EI `Lectures on the
'ilitience. of Laniniage'l-Guizot's Meditations on
the Hume* of Chrilftianity; and on the Religions
Quastions of the Da3+" , iiirieke'e Journal' of tlie
Discovery of .0;105ov:roe of the Vile"—Clayto
'"Quedne of Song "-Dickens's " Our Mutual Metal"
M. - 1114Casines and Pamphlets. • ."
PAGE --- CORitESPONDENCR::.
A Remarkable Conversion—Neig_hborhood Missions
—Auniversarits—"The Outskirt PrcivitibeillieFron
tietWorld"—Falth--Preednien's Relief Society, St.
Louis-Singular Inciderit—Phimfit to Serve God—
iiko. Italian Caricature. • , -7.
SWEETS P.A.GPM.ISCELLANDOUS
*construction : Negro Suffrage.
Agrion4ural: Why Orchards , Die Early—Feeding
PERVERTED VIEWS. AND FALSE EX
PECTATIONS OF REVIVALS.
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I tAlter all," says Dr. Bushnell, in his
q7L dian Nurture, " there is no cheaP
way of making our children Chrietians.
Slothing but to practically live for it
makes it sure." We way give a wider
application to the sentiment, and say
there is no''''eheap way of making Chris
tians of our fellow-men. Revivals must
not viewed as designed to save trouble,
to take the work of converting the world
out the hands of the church, or to relieve
individual Christians - of their everyday
responsibilities: Their wonderful phe
nomena ; -the rapidity and ease with
which multitudes are savingly in , ipiessed;
the crowding into a few weeks of results
to which years of ordinary labcirs would,
have proved inadequate:"; the extraordi:
miry power with which the means of
• grace are 'attended tie such times, may
suggest, and, indeed, have , suggested,
the idea of turning over the entire work
of the church to such, seasons and ,such
agencies as these. On a superficial view,
the thought, is but, too natural. 'lf these
sweeping, powerful manifestations, these
wide-spread excitements, this eecret all
pervading influence alone can _convert
the world, then surely we .haVe nothing
to do but to hand over the entire under;
taking to the reviving Spirit. wed'
expect nothing of any, account from the
ordinary ministrations of,elM - Word `and
ordinances. The world will jog-, on in
its' old course. . Here and there, perhaps',
a conversion.mayeccur. But a drought
must of course be- expected, a winter
season among the otheriseasons of the
year. • We' need not
_trouble j oirrselves
OYermuch for the unconveite4'while these
seasons last. We need not pay, any un
no9l attention te. the duties of
litiegigo for prayer and worship, may be'
enmps4tiyely few. _Why interrupt. our
indecen.tgajeties, or the intensity of our
pursuit foT4parning•or for wealth, by an
inconvenient number of church, appoint
ments, when nothing: T ofa „special nature,
in the way, of results, is; for be expected ?
Why may not the pulpit relax iteevan
gelical laithfulness, and directness,' and
simplicity, and conform somewhat to the
. •
reigning taste of the people - for literary
entertainment, for the exelteinents 01 1 the,
„lecture room, or for tOpicso . merely,Moral
and social interest?
In short, there is a dispesition to post
pone almost the entire great:Wet-of re
jjgion to seasons of revival, td j,pnt up
i mp** Aeclension, and to riinrisk of
the loss of immortal sonls, W`heidly
calledto their account meanwhile. • re.
is a sort of-indolent expectation- ereleitk,
to he caught up in some general reliiidist
I movement,, originating outside, and inde
endent of ourselves,.in which all the
fOol,daiess, and neglects, and worldliness'
ofpast time will, be more than made up,
tAe i rosults.Of gospel teaching thSt
'can be wished:will be realized. Even
some Ohriairian families are' brought up,
as Dr. Bushnell says, for the converting
times." We the shameful and
perilous
"neglect which such ''a view of
revivals is`described as,,,troducing into
the househOld, is very rare, yet we tran
scribe part, of Dr. pushnell's powerful
description, as the besKeiliibiticin of the
;false viewof revivals we can
4 give:— •
.-{! ci To bring up a family Tor revivals of
ralirion reqUires, alas! about the smallest,
o• le amount of consistency and -Chita
#aanassiduity. * * * Any one' caneee
Christian :Parents' may very easily 'roll'
gretkpirrof their responsibilities, and
'themselves in utter vanity and
"ftilorldlitiess of life, by justholding it as a
pfaidiptil'lmpe:for the li children, that they
are to be iiially i taion i np . and_reseued from
sin by revivals of religion.: As it costs
1;4 iiii4difi*4l*.roinbr4ifitituab
•ho , i'airdeable -the'-hope that gales :Of
Spirit will' Some to make intends.-for their;,'
• conscious` defections. If they do main-,
7 tin the unworldly and• heavenly Spirit so:
.as to make-it the;element t,if• life „in their
7 house, Rod wilt some tinie,haje44 day, of
power in the community, and they, piously
hope that their children wilt then be con
'fverted •to Christ. So they fall 'flap a key
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of expectation that permits, for the present,
modes of life and conduct which they can
not quite approve. * The family
prayets grow cold and formal, and are often
intermitted. * * I In this kind of
element the children are to have their
growth and nurture, but the parents piously
hope that there will some time he a revival
of reli,gion, and that so %O'd will mercifully
- Make up what they conceive to be only the
natural infirmity of their lives."
Nowthis is not , only a terribly false
flishanorable, and dangerous view of re
"-Vivals, lint it is taking an attitude eisen-'
tinily antagonistic to them. It is.pursuing
a course which must land • those who
pursue it in utter deadness to the poWer
•
of; religion. It will make" of them mighty
obstacles to the breaking out of &revival
so far-as their influence extends. They
will be perpetually grieving aviay.the
Holy Spirit, and wide-spread waste and
barrenness will surround them. 'The
sovereignty of the Holy Spirit'in reviving
his work is no excuse for their-lapse into
indifference. . Just as sovereign is He in
his Work with the individual heart, Yet is
the sinner, on that account, excusable for
indolence in all spiritual affairs, for an
inactive waiting, or . for- persisting in all
his old 'courses of worldlinesS and dis
obedience ? To plead', in defence of his
conduct that the Spirit has, not chosen to
Convert him is nigh, to blasphemy ; yet
has 'the inactive, formal, worldly chnrch
any better right to plead it ? In fact she
has 'lesS right than the unregenerate man;
for'the temple of the Holy Ghost is the.
Church. He is given 'to- her
.as a perl
petual indwelling 'influence,. to take - the
place of the risen and ascended Lord. If
the 'unregenerate man nanst act, must
pray, repent, believe NOW;in-confidence
that the Holy Spirit is now readyld q.bn
vert :him, much 'more must the chTich
live and act' upon- . the 'belief the -4 qm
quickening :influences of the Spirit - are
constantly within her teach. She mug
arise and shine,' and simultaneously will
it appear
,that 'her' light, the light by
which she shines, is come.- She must
awake from sleep and arise from the dead;
and in-that ad she'shall fin&that Christ
is giving 'het light , ;Els 'her indplent;
unbelieving, waiting for that seiereitn
Het that - keeps her in eclipse. It is-her
own false, perverse confidenCe in revivals
tliat shiatSOUtrevivali. - Her misconcep
tion is gross and lanientable. Revival
IS regarded as an exception in her:con
dition, brought about by - a supernatural"
agency, coldness and inefficiency being
her norinnl stater, whereas, not to be re
*lied -should be the Marvel of 'her exp'e
rience,,in wheinilivellS the and
sovereign Author of reVivals, whose great- ;
est act of `sovereigntf*as -to Choose her;
for the vehicle of his gracione rrianifesta
tons, to - the world. Not to beteVived at,
any time should be her grief and ler;
burden. To. be as salt which has lost RS
savor; as inert substanee without ;leaven, •
as a exhausted of •oil, should sting
her with. shame and repentance before:
Go& The:chief business of the unrevive&
church should bete getrevived as speedily'
as possible, instead of settling herselfto,
a contented acquiescence in' he mournful;
Tact, arid 'adapting all , her artmageinenta
, ,
in the closet, the' faplity, -the Sibbath-' ,
school, and :the ptafyit, a condition of,
spiritual hybernaticnil • and dorrniency.<
Even for the sake of quietly 'and
metrically cultivating our -, Christian char
acter, and Maturing our -acquairitance
with Christian truth, if sti.ch a thing weal%
possible in Statenfspiri.ttialmedioctity,-;
we dare not let'the church shrink out of
its bold aggressive posture,'Or the ;pulpit
lose its distinct attitude Of/authority, em,'`
bassage, and entreaty !- to: unregenerate
-Men, while.their perishing 'masses inn 11Y
itS in undirriinished Volutrie, land -• un
meved-"'obdttraiv to destruction:4i Each
indrhdual Christrari•,leachrChristianhoises
hold; end biich , ,,, Apit.musto aim to-place
the •elriireti• altogether; and for - allperiods;
or 4 's;'"•higher -spiritual level: • Revival'
`should join revival, lunol`. - the phenomena
became continueuinot,le all their- pe
culiarities or their 'extreme degges of ex
citement or extraordinary labors—but in
all that is essential to a true awakening:
piety living and happy ; characters con
sistent with profession ; prayer-meetings
animated, earnest, varied, enjoyable ; j
preaching direct, evangelical, earnest;
authoritative, with. the highest practical
objects plainly in view ; family influences
shaped for the 'conversion of the young
atthe earliest reasonable peried. This
is revival' which the -whole evangelical
61iiirch must hold before•itas an' indis
pensable object to be sought—as •a per
Manent condition. • For Zion's sake let her
51 - 0 - t held her peace; and for Jerusalem's
sake- not rest; until. the{ righteousness•
thereof go_ forth as brightness, and-the
.salvation - 'thereof as a lamp that burneth.
IVloicTcziliii N. J.—The sa,lary , of the
Paitiirpf our church in this place, - Rev.
Nbiedn'killard, has been advanced . kroirc
$:;500 to 42000. Brother N., on last
Christ,mas day, received -from his people
a Christmas gift of-: , 5500. , Tonring.the,
pastlyear, the contributions 'of the chureh
Vq - bdhevoren.t, obleptS, outside of itself,
- were about $4,0001' • 1,
II; No. 7.
At
PfIItADELPHIA ..1 I IIIIVOrDAP - FBP•RITARY 10' k
PROGRESS IN WILMINGTON,: DEL.
' Mr. W. H. E - nwmtbs, a graduate of
Princeton Seminary, Was ordained as an
'evangelist by the- Presbyterf:of
mington, in Hinaver Street = Church,- ,
February Bth. The Moderator,
JOhn W. Mears, presided,- : and
posed . the COnstitutional•ipieStions. The
sermon was preached 'by-''ltev. Geo:
Wisw - ell, on Mark '1 ; the or.=
daining prayer was''offered by Rev.
J. Gaylord ; and thetitharge to the
'evangelist was delivered,;liy - Rev. -W.
Aikman The services were - solemn and
, . . ,
prefitable, the :thoir 'rendering, very "ac
aiSistance, 'Mr: - 'hi:Viva - ils. is
engeged by the -YeanoVei'- , Street people,
to labor in the chapel they have recent
ly erected, in the sutiuibitofitthe' City - of'
Wilmington. • They "intire
dertaken hitrentite.,support. - We rejoice
at these indicktionS.,of " vitality in that
ancient chuich and ldok" , for an abundant
blessing upon their , oWn pastor's, labors,
as well as those of their •miSsionary..
THE °RURAL CH - mon, not „satisfied
with making their pattor; Rev. Geo. F.
Wiswell, and his lady, Very: valuable
and handiome presents , about Christmas,
have added $3OO to his salary, making
itl2ooo per annum. Thus our churches
are manifestly on the advance in this
beautiful and loyal" city. In. fact, we
scarcely expect three months to pass,
now-a-days, without some cheering word,
some'note of progress from these Wil
mington churches. In addition to their
other good- works,- they would, pass the
Constitutional Amendment and make
Delaware a free State, in five minutes, if
they could. And .when it is .done, for it
will be,—the share Otglesdfaithfiit pastors
and people in the . result, _will be by no
means insignificant. •
SELF-DOOIFTED.
'There is but one thing left us, fight,
fight, fight "=Richmond Exquidier;
-"We ask no more for peaCe."—Rich,monil
"We are reinvigorated- With a resolve to
conquer- or ' Ben - tiod.
"We, must beat back this enemy thirsting
for .our blood, or be destroyed'
- Richmond Whig.
"We renew our resolve to maintain our;
liberties and independenee. l) —Public meeting ,
in, Richmond, 'Feb. 6.
," But the Lorkhardened .Pharaoh's heart,
and - he-would:not letithem go. - -And.Plutraeh,
said unto him ; get thee from me, take held
to thyself, see ray face no more. And Moses,
said, thdu-hast spoken well., I will see =thy
faCe again no . more. ' '—Exod. 10 : 17-29.
-When the rebel-Commissioners agreed
to''i ieonfer with Mr. Lincoln Nand Mr.
Seward 'on peaCe, it Would •not, indeed,
have been possible for them- to procure;
the 'independence 'they are fighting. for,'
'or to stay the an:tenth:ilea' to the COnsti- ;
tution, by which 'their peculiar institu
-tion is - -abolished. -But- thefrniight have;
saved their live's and the lives of their
associates ; they might haie saved. their,
estatestfronV confiscation, 'possibly . - they
Might haVe;precured 'sortie -.gßamity of
conipensatiOn for t the . loss .of thW
perty. , in: --slaves.' At 'any-rate, ebndi.-- .
tions might liave been obtained by which.
Wye rsliveqi,ewer of the South would
have preserved some of its ancient Ares
' It might still f• have existed' tas a
wealthy; ;compact, " sympathizing ;body,`
with an ,extensiVe_ affiliation ~.at i the
North. Old political ties, the-reputation
ifor sMilitary - prowess - they have:gained,
and `.'lhel very fact that - they had - tbeen
able to exact..favorible • terms in making.
'peace, would, doubtless, give them. no,
little in - thef affairs of our coup'
country, 'as well as in the eyes' of those,
foreigners who have so eagerly espoused
their' Cause during the will.. The anti
dehumimizing, haughty slave
power of the South would :not have die
appeared in a peace and submission;
arranged in an agreeable, social, unoffi
cial interview bet Ween _leading rebel
officials and our own It would have
survived, and with vitality and vigor
sufficient to work immense mischief i
the cause of liberty and good government
in the world. 'Humanly speaking, Pha
raoh might 'have 'repented at an early'
staged' the mission of "'Moses, and, for
aught we can see, have continued td hold
the' children of Israel in bondage ; but
IGod was determined that his people
should'go free; and so he suffered Pha
raoh to harden'his heart; to let every - -op
portunity of repentance andrecovery pass
by, to, grow more dhstinate and daring
in his rebellion, until he madly - fplungeil
himself and his host -bite. 'the 'Rod Se
in the very wake of God'S -miraculous
interposition for the salvatiotr of his
people; and overwhebned in the re
turning tide. • - • .
We Verily, believe that God; in mercy
to the werld, designs nothing less than
a Red Sea overthrow to the slave power
-the. Pharaohs—of the South. He. is
hardening their hearts so that they are
scorrifulrytkiffering their opportunities of
escape _to pass irrecoverably away. In
rejecting offers .of peace,. they areWri:ting
their own doom. They are too saturated
with false .ideas of human rights
_and
duties, they are too drunk with the, arro-
gance of the slave mart anitthe'plenta:
tion, their' heads.: are too'hopelessly
turned',..with thel , shiest' uri'questiOned ,
political'power hitherto exer•-
aised on this continent, ciib,o ,-- ;eier.fiLiNo'
h9ld a position of respectabilit?
'the citizens of ' a'•free Republic: The
'age repudiates them. They have striven
to stop the wheels of human 'pro
gress ; they are even now throVing
their bodies in its path, and'they must
needs be crushed.' Nay we need fait
remember that 'they are the brutal Cap
tors' and intiraere,rs of our 'nnfortiine,te
' soldiers in their 'fiands ; we need.but re
call the htirro . ar - ifig details of - the treat.
meat they have 'deliberately inflicted =on
men taken in h4norable warfare. Men
Capable 'of sistematically inflicting on
their' fellows tortures that would
glut the. rage of a TorciiieMada, shmiie
a red•Tridian—Whose kindest act to our
.
starving, freezing prisoners, is .to suffer
their' guards, in very wantonness, to shoot
them on the SpothoW'can it, be safe or
profitable for sneh men, for the class to
which:iNey belong, to live, except as
outcasts, iMeriminals, forever disarmed
of poxier.r4d banished from all position _
in society'
They will fight, ;' theywill as) nb .o
for.peace= ; they feel rnin4ig•orated
the cOntlicCi they are ifiCiikethelalterfilit
tive 'of beating back "the enemy,~i or
being destroyed by him - But let none
be surprised;at their' renewed - piirOshs.
Let none be liirprised if they gaiiVtem
porary advotiges. It is of the 'Lord,
that their oierthrow may be mOre'com
plete, their dooin final and - utter:: It is
not needful. that ;e'v'ery indiyjdifil `6f them
should peilklive do not ask it, or desire
it. But, aa — al-; . AlNisf they-are doomed;
detenda, est g•Written or 'them, and the
straightest, Si4lest, surest way to it, is
to leave thenitolheir own Pharaoh-like
obstinacy, until they sink like lead in
the mighty waters.
NEIGHIkRIIOOD MISSIONS.
We call...attention to the ,circular,
let
ter of the rresbytery of Utica, on 618 1
subject, on page 54 of the inside of this
paper. It suggests au. excellent scheme
for employing i _ actively , all the effective,
force of the ChiirCh, as well as for ineet--
ing the wantSf&viet classes'of the corn
muitity not as reached larthe' Gos
p It church face ,to
tatcP:
WillTilte;great problem of practical hes- .
thenism in the heart of Christian coun
tries, and beneath - the' eaves of our
churches,—a problem which must be met.
Great as it is,' we believe the simple
means recommended in the tocument
referred to, the application of the mem--1
bers of the church generally to the work,,
each one in a sphere 'fitted to - him, would
solve the problem ; -Would disperse the
ominous gloom which has surrounded it. ,
Many hands - make' light work. The
. •
religion of the country would disappear
in the 'general revival'of the feeling of
personal responsibility for the spiritual
condition of - bur neighbors on the part of
Christians generally. The world could
net stand - IC. Read the Presbytery'al
letter,ti anyut its simple yet earnest
ind,j - tildicieu.S_retoininendations in prac
tide. In Utica itself, such a work is al
ready progress, and we hope' to 'hear
of godd results; ere long. -
41.
For ihe Aolorioan Presbyterian.]
SCHOOL FOR 'COLORED SOLDIERS:
.
Amidst the many objects of interest
which occupy the public mind and at=
tendon. at this :time, _there is one with
which many rea i ders of the Piesbytqria,n,
may not be - at,all familiar., I would like
to take these ; readers a short , distance
from, the city, this morning, to visit ;
school for, - the colored soldiers, estabT
lished at the Summit House Hospital)
As the car stops at the gate, you may
seelour scholars coming from the tents,
across the road, where they are camped
out. Some on crutches, a few with only
one arm, many weak and feeble from
sickness, but all will give youf a smile of
welcome, and a military salute' as you
pass in. In the school-room you - will
find from AO to 60 awaiting our coming,
and again that pleasant smile, and
.the
never-failing salute.
, .
We will begin with a familiar hymn
all .sing, and you Nei that all enjoy the
singing.„ While the hymn sung, the
school increases in size, until we num
ber from 90 to 10. A chapter in the.
Bible-is then read, andone of the sub..
, s
sliers will lead in prayer. A touching,
heartfelt prayer .this is, in which the
teacher is ,never forgotten; but God's
;richest blessing is asked ;"for these
young ladies, who come to teach' us all
the arts and sciences _of wisdom." Now
the classes are formed, and,. few would
believe that amongst all these men, not
more than 20 or 30 can read at all, and
of this number, many will.stumble at
. words of two sylla b les . But notice the'
studious appearance of our schobl; there
is no disorder, no, man has time to talk
with his neighbor, but, intent on his
books, each one plfids on , patiently,
his . Turn comes to, receive the teach-
q . bri:esee Rvange,list,; f 978.
'
er's attention: , Here is me class spel
ding,. and some-mm. 5 ,41 14 surprise you by
i,spelling words - they ? cannot pronounce,'
laid; will•read veryMluently, where not
one award they read- will be in the . book.
1 ;01..410 •!Here -gat two. men who knew
Only their lettersr:on "the Ist of January.-
now they read, pretty well in the - simple
reader, and can write, their own names,
Another, in the same ,class formerly a
slave, reads, and writes tolerably well,.
having taught . - himself . almost, • entirely.
Here is a man, 10 .years old,
_learning to
read, write ? , and spell. He fets that
", having no-learning" has been. a great
hindrance to him, and, he is determined
to improve this time of, leisure. He, is
lame, having been-badly wounded. If
I tell hink, " don't get discouraged,-: these
word; will net. always master you," you
will hear his answer :." don't be afraid
of :that, if you don't get discouraged
trying to teach an old. fool', like me, I'll
get along after a bit." This young
man showing all his teeth, will say. as
we pass, " Here's a word that takes rue ;"
but, if you notice, it is a word farther on
than the one that " took" him yester
day, or even;an hour ago. „
• But our time has passek we will sing
another hymn, and with the :salute I
again, our scholars pass out to their
tents. You may not feetthat much has
been done to-day,,but, we who gO regu :
larly, are surprised at the progress made.
There, is So great a desire for" learn ;
ing,',' and it is gratifying to see their
anxiety to read. _Simple arithmetic;
counting, theraultiplicationtable,are also
learned ITU'brii,.geMaPhY
and grearmja , fiadqq,prat.. all- •aid
it is hard to awarien'anintereit for these
studies. _ Reading and writing is the
great object of their ambition. Many of
the men have been slaves, very •many
have lived where was not lawful to
have schools for blacks ; but all are anx
ious to improve, now that they have the
opportunity.
Our school is open for visitors, and
our school fund is open for contributions.
There are expenses connected with . the
school, owing to its peculiar disadvan
tages. These men are here but for a
time ;i as soon as they are able, they go
back to their regiments. Our object is
to give them. the greatest possible
:•amount of information, in •the shortest,
, pcssible time. In order to do this, we
,
intißt have many teachers, and we can
not afford to lose the, assistance of -valu
,able teachers, on account: of. the expense
of going and returning, which, taken
from day to clay,-is quite an item. in our
account. All the teachers cheerfully,
give their time and services, and, many
of them much more ; but it would be a
great advantageto our enterprise, if our
school fund was large enough to meet,
this diffLculty. When the men leave us,
they wish, so much to take their spel
ling and copy-books, that we are obliged
to yield to the request, and from day to
day, all can, see that there must be a,
great outlay in booki, pens, ink, pencils,,
slates, &c.
This is our werk, and these our wants.
It is,a pleasant thing •to help those, so
anxious for improvement, and we have
our reward - in the present, seeing as we
go along. the fruits of our labor. •
It will be seen by the acknowledginent of
_
the Christian Commission, published in our
columns to-d that the Treasury of
this Institution is empty. This is not
the ,time: for the church to suffer the
great work carried on, by the Commis
sion to flag, The army is now a most
encouraging field for Its labors. The
message of truth which its agente carry
the army, and. the Services they hold
among the "Soldiers, are •received with
the deepest:manifestations of interest by
the men, and are bringing forth abun
'dance of fruit.
Let us come promptly forward to the
support of the Commission in its present
work. Now, while- the army is coMpa
ratively stationary, the evangelizing
,
work 'Mug 'be done. _ In a few weeks, it
will be too late, and as we all hope that,
this is the ra - st year in which so large an
army Will be required, this late winter
and early spring is probably the very
last opportunity - of the- century to do
good on such a scale, and in such a great
spiritual emergency, as the Commission
'is•seeking tO'`supply.
A HAwbsoirE. WAY Or DOING IT.—The
following incident, which we take on the
authority of The Evangelist, shows 11671,
a lady of means, Who really wishes 4to,
express a practiza Christian disapproba-:
tion of the folly of extravagance, can do
it in a way to secure herself from the
imputation of parsimoniousness. A New
York lady the other day went into Stew
arts, and after carefully selecting a silk
dress pattern, inquired its price. Ninety
dollars! replied he of the counter. Where
,
upon „ said lady retired, in disgust, and
sent cheek - for one li,undred dollars
to our Home Mission Committee,
AN 'EMPTY TREASURY.
'ls- .R R AT S .
,- .- - , ,-..,, Per annum, in advance: ' - • , :f
lir itliiiii,43. By Carrier, tis lio,.
• Fifiv cents additional, after three months.
Clubs..-.-Tenor more papers, sent, to one address,
payable strietly in advance and in one remittance:
'll.llllnr:Plarn - iste
BY Cr riers.s3 per annum.
Widows, $2 in ad
i-ance. . . .
Home Missionaries, $l5O in advance.
Fifty cents as after three months.
Remittal - wets by mail are at our risk.
Pottage.--Five cents quarterly, in advance, paid
by siibieribers at the office of delivery.
Advertisements.-123¢ cents per line far the
first, &idle cents' for the second insertion.
.on%Square (one month) $3 00
. .
two months 550
- • ~,, - .. ..,,
three —...- 750
- 12 00
"
one
.y ea . ; --....-- 18 00-
The following discount On long advertisements, in
serted for three months- and WPwards. is allowed.f.-
Over 20 lines. 10 per. cent_ of: - over' 50 lines, 20 per
cent: over 100 lines. 333 per cent. off.
TIMELY' SUGGESTIONS.
The time for the annual concert of
prayer in behalf of Literary Institutions;:
the present - year, will be Thursday the .
23d instant The' reasons for its due
observance are as numerous and weighty
as they ever hake been, with a super
, added one growing out of the state of
the country. Our institutions of learn
ing more than, ever need a Winona effu
,sion of the Holy Spirit to lift those in
them who profess., religion to a higher
degree of -Sanctification, and to bring the
large number of the unconverted' - to
Christ. Our General Aissemblihae,te
commended the obervance of -the day,
and our churches and institutions have
heretofore reaped - much benefit frOmi.4
Its general okservance is very desirable.
The General Assembly, iMpressed
with the :necessity of Securing an aae -;
,quate number of ministers. of the right
kind, has, in addition . : to recommending
its churches to unite in the general' ,ceri
cert, urged' them, if they have no;other
and better time fixed for the presentation
of the subject bflhe increase of the min
istry; to take it up, one the Sabbath pre
ceding or succeeding that--'day - , making
it .a topic of dismission from the pulpit,.
and: taking a contribution in its behalf
. -
Weighty considerations- favor a com
pliance with this reconunendation, among
which are the following :---
lst. The-matter is intrinsically worthy
of such notice. The living ministry is
the main spring among the instrumen
talities for propagating the gospel; but
the vastness and manifoldness of its re
lations is not comprehended by the
church, nor will it be till it is properly
discussed-from•the pulpit.
2d. The education cause, as conducted
by our General Assembly, has never
been so fully based on the Scripture, so
conformed to our Presbyterian polity,
and surrounded with such wise safe
guards, as at the present time, and it
needs/but to be fairly, carried out to con
fer the largest blessings on the church.
If it ever designs to take a strong hold of
it, there is no reason why; she should not
do so now.
3d. At present there is "a large number
of students under our care, and they are
receiving larger appropriations than at
any time heretofore. The number is
increasing, arid so are the demands on
our treasury for their supply. The trea
sury must be Idled by_ „eux err,..,...ntribu
tions, or the credit of the church must
suffer, and the young men be disap
pointed and discouraged.
.4th. The calls made upon the church
for general philanthropic or patriotic pur
poses, however important, cannot release
her from the obligations imposed by her
Lord, and acknowledged • by herself, to
carry forward the interests of his king
dom. The ministry in the field, and
those preparing to enter it, are every
way as worthy, to put the case no
stronger, as, those who are serving their
country ; and the patriotism that is ex
ercised at the expense of piety, is, to say
the least, of a questionable kind. Let us•
care for our church and our country at
the same time, and train up well-qualified
leaders of the sacramental host, while
we do our Whole duty to our faithful
soldiers.
Circulars to facilitate the presentation
of the, subject to the churches have been
widely distributed to ministers by mail;
and will be sent to any who did not re
ceive them, on application. Much in
teresting information and argunient, bear
ing on this subject, will beS' found in the
het Annual Report of: then Permanent
Committee on Education, ialich ha&•also,
been widely distributed. This'- subject
-is also commended to the consideration
of Vacant churches. The-main point to be
attained is AN ANNUAL PRESENTATION OF
THE SUBJECT, AND A CONTRIBUTION FROM
EVERY CHURCH. Individuals-who desire
to contribute privately, and who may be
willing to support one or more students,
are, requested to communicate with the
General Secretary.
On the first of May, a little more than
-two months hence, the financial year of
the church will close, and the report of
the treasurer will he made up for the
General Assembly. Funds in aid of this
cause will be acceptable at all times; but
those churches who wish their benevolent
contributions to appear in the report of
the present year are requested to make
the remittances at an 'early date. The
sooner the better. Contributions should
be forwarded directly to the treasurer, J.
W. Benedict, Esq., 128 Broadway, New
York ; or where it is natfre safe or 'con
venient, they may be sent to him throngh
'Rev. E , ,A. HuntingtoK Auburn, New
York; Rev. G. R Day, Walnut Hills,
Ohio; or Rev. Charles Brown, Philadel
phia
THORNTON A. Mrus,
General Secretary for Education..
PRESBYTERIAN Rooms, New York, Feb. 9, •1865.
IN CHATHAM vENTILE, OHQ, twenty
four persqns have been eliamined.anci ac
cepted for membership in the, church of
Rev. J. E. Vance.