The American Presbyterian. (Philadelphia) 1856-1869, April 20, 1865, Image 7

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" EVER YOURS TILL GLORY."
The Rev. Robert 'Murray McCheyne was
a young preacher of the Scotch National
Church, who, after a period of nine years
of unceasing, happy labor, was called
away to his crown when just thirty years
old. He was laid, amid weeping thousands,
in.? new tomb opened for him under the
shadow of his own church—venerable St.
Peter's of Dundee—and ever since his
memoir, penned by the hand of a loving
friend, has been before the Christian public,
Robert Murray .llcCheyne has been re
ourded as a model minister of Christ. He
used to sign his letters—written in a neat,
round, fair hand, real "spiritual love.notes,"
as they have been termed—" Ever yourstill
glory.'
MeCheyne s life was . a perpetual inspira
tion ; and his piety was eininently hearty
and cheerful. He dwelt,. during the, nine
years of his earthly ministry, far away from
the damps that arise about Doubting Castle,
and hard by the Beulah where the sunlight
ever falls. His biography has a rare power
to sober us when tempted to levity, and to
cheer us when tempted to despondency.
To pray and to search the word of God—
to carry the' hidden fire from house to
house—to prepare the beaten 'oil for the
sanctuary—to plead with dying men, and
to allure to the brighter world by the joyous
tread of his own heavenward march—these
formed the varied but yet unchanging em
ployment of his fervid spirit. Love of
Jesus was his master passion. His Saviour's
work was his work; he was continually
about it. " This one thing," he did. He
never wearied and he never rested. Every
day he gave to Christ.
Dr. Hamilton says, he used to seal his
letters with a sun going down behind the
mou'ntains, and the motto over it, The night
cometh. For souls he watched as the
fisherman's wife trims her lamp in the
window and watches for the storm tossed
and belated ones in the offing. He hoisted
the fight of Calvary; and it was his life's
joy to welcome the returned wanderers into
the " covert from the tempest."
In prayer he must have been a mighty
and prevailing wrestler. Instead of a pen
ance it was a delight. He gave, himself to
prayer.; and the secret of that blooming,
vigorous piety, whose leaf never withered,
is fo be found in the perPetual baptisms
which-his soul received at•the—mercy-seat.
He grayed before he sat down,to his studies,'
before hp went Out: to Visit .the sick, and
before he entered the pulpit. He rose from
his bed. , to plead-for his people. He had a
"scheme of prayer" and marked the names
of missionaries on the map that he might
pray for them in course and by name ! His
Bible he read with the eager avidity pf one
who is delving in a gold mine with the
shining ore laid bare at every stroke of the
mattock. " When you wxite," said he to
a fri9p4k.
tuies. One 'gem from that ocean is worth
all the pebbles of earthly streams."
Those who often heard him preach say
that his sermons were artless 46 spillings of
the heart." He overflowed into his dis
courses: Once, ;:-when a brother minister
told, him that he had been preaching
from that fearful passage, "The wicked
shall be turned into hell," he inquired, with
some emotion, "Were you able to preach
it with tenderness ?" His few printed- sal
mons are models of affectionate entreaty.—
Ex. paper.
THE STRUGGLE OF EVANGELICALISM
WITH RATIONALISM IN FRANCE.
The London Weal& Review has the fol
lowing interesting information and pertinent
observations respecting the great strife
between faith and secpticism for the do
minion of the most important bulwark of
Christian Prot r 'antismiin France:
The contest v. 'tich has raged for some
time in' the Reformed Church in Paris be
tween the supporters of M. Guizot and those
of M. Henri Barbezat, as candidate for the
sixth membership of the Presbyterian
Council, has terminated in the election of
M. Guizot. We hail this result with un
feigned satisfaction, regretting only that M.
Guizot's majority was, so small-1,298
votes against 1,288. Readers are aware
that the Reformed Catholic or Presbyterian.
Church of France is divided into two
parties, one of which maintains the grand
truths of the Christian faith as contained in
a divinely-inspired Bible, and accepted by
the Reformers of the Sixteenth century,
while the other is composed of men who
deny the authoritative inspiration of Scrip
ture, hold Arian or Unitarian views on the
subject of the Trinity, and go the utmost
length of modern Rationalism. "these par
ties could, be linked in no genuine union,
and the rupture between them, which
reached a crisis last year, was one of the
most propitious events that could have oc
curred in relation to the progress of true•
religion in France. M. Guizot, it will be
remembered, added new lustre to his repu
tation some time ago, by publicly and em
phatically proclaiming his adhesion to the
Christian faith, and by pointing out the
danger to which t o he Christian Church is
exposed throughout Europe from infidelity
seated in, professorial chairs, or speaking for
itself from the pulpits of Protestant pastors.
He did not scruple to give practical sha,,pe
and effect to these sentiments by siding
with the orthodox party in their opposition
to the 'renewal of M. Coquerel's license to
preach.. M. Coquerel is graceful, fluent,
popular, and Socinian. He has all those
qualities "which` folly and green minds run
after." An outcry was raised that he was
the victim of persecution, and all who op
posed him were called fanatics and bigots.
But the Reformed Church in Paris proved
that the discipline of Calvin had not be
come a mere reminiscence by withholding
from M. Coquerel his license. Since that
time M.. Guizot has been strongly obnoxious
to the Itiitioikatstie party in Paris, and they
have strained every nerve to efeat his
election to the Presbyterian Council. "The
real crime of M. Guizot," says the: Paris
correspondent of the Times, " is his having
opposed the , renewal of M. Coquerel's
license as a preacher, because M. Coquerel's
doctrines were not those held by the Pres
byterial Council as the rulers of the Church.
When the ' liberals' cry out against perse
cution it may be interesting to know how
they understand, and how they practice,
liberalism. There was, not long ago, at
Lyons, a pastor, M. Adolphe Monod, whose
piety and eloquence were highly spOken of,
but who advocated the doctrines of the
Gospel; his supplemental salary was - Wien
from him; he was forbidden to appear in
the pulpit; and was finally dismissed from
his office—by the liberals. For the same
offence M. Napoleon. Roussel, the
.pastor of
St. ttlerine, was forced to retire—by the
liberals. M. Jaque was dismissed from his
church at Gray—by the liberals:' M. Prat,
of Laffitte, one of the most fervent and
active of mintsters, who preached the Gos
pel in his church and out of, it, and who.
was wont to assemble his parishioners in
his own house for, spiritual instruction every
Sundiy afterwon, was censured and dis
.missed—by the liberals: There were at
Geneva three pastors' said to possess re
markable talent, and held in the highest
esteem; they taught the doctrines„ of, the
Reforination in the city of. Calvin ; one of
them was forced to quit his church; an
other had to undergo a. tedious prosecution,
and the third was dismissed—by the lib
erals "
The demands put forward by the Ration
alists on behalf of the Protestant pastor are
thus sketched by the Esperance ' the organ
of the Evangelical. Protestants of France :
" The right of to-day preaching orthodoxy,
to-morrow rationalism, and the day after
any thing he pleases; the right of celebrat
b -
in.. the feast of Easter, without believing in
the resurrection of Jesus Christ; of cele
brating Christmas, without believing-in the
miraculous birth of the Saviour; of celebrat
ing Pentecost, without believing in the
Ascension; of reading in the church the
Apostles' Creed, without believing the
miracles therein enumerated; of administer
ing baptism in the name of the Father, Son,
and Holy Ghost, without believing in the
divinity of the Son and the. Holy Ghost; of
administering the Lord's Supper, Ivithout
believing in the Atonement; of combating
in sermons what he iebound to respect in
-the Liturgy; and the righCof performing'
the most solemn acts of worship, which he .
must regard as a vain fiction or a pious
fraud. If the pastor fall into error, or give
public scandal, no one has a right to object
to his teaching. The elders must not, for
they are purely administrators; synods can
not, for they are to know nothing 'about
doctrine ; nor the- minister of public wor
ship, for he must remain a stranger to'
questions of dogma. There only remains
for the liberal pastor butone , authority
matters of doctrine—his own ;,and the con
science of every man is at his mercy in the
church, for most of the Churches but
one pastor. Such is what is demanded for
the pastor. Here is what is, taken away
from the Church—the_liberty of drawing
up the formula of its own faith, and causing'
it to be respected; of putting liMits to the
errors of the preacher; of governing itself
freel' in all flirtfloncazna...dcutiiii...A
1 ny official bodies erected by , it; •
of being an organized society—in a word,
of being a Church, and not a mob: The
liberals would have the . Church ' a vast
edifice open to every thing and to all' (to
use the language of the... Lien, M. Coquerel's
paper), in which Christlans and philoso
phers, orthodox and rationalists, Deists and
Pantheists, and before long, no doubt, Jews
and Mahomedans, shall live in .a moral dis
order for which the word chaos' is mild,
and Babel insufficient. Two words describe
this sort of liberalism—rra,mely, anarchy and
despotism; the despotism of the pastor. and
the anarchy of the Church." The election
of M. Guizot to the Presbyterian Council is
an important check to these men, and we
earnestly congratulate the Presbyterian
Church of France upon the occurrence.
MUSIC AND MARTIN LUTHER,
Luther had a passion for music surpassed
only by his great desire to do good. When
a poor boy at Eiservach, he would sing in, the
streets from door to door fora
_piece of bread.
While at the university at Enfiet, the stn.-,
dents would meet in his room to sing songs
and sacred hymns together. Says one, "We
had excellent music last evening—as always
at any social gathering Where Luther is."
-Music had great power over him. At one
time, when in the Augustinian Monaatery,
he was missed for a time from his duties.
A monk on going to his cell found the door
barred. After knocking without any re
sponse, the door was broken open, and Lu
ther was discovered senseless on the stone
floor. They only succeeded in reviving -him
by strains of sacred music chanted by the
choristers who were brought to his cell: He
always loved dearly music, and believed it to
have strange potency against the wiles of the
devil. He use to remark, Satan, hates music.
Charlotte Elizabeth says " A taste for
music and its high gratifications, must cer-,
tainly elevate the mind. Ido firmly believe
that the man whose bosom yields no response
to the concord of sweet sounds, falls short of
the standard to which than should aspire as
an intellectual; being and - though Satan does
fearfully pervert this solace of the mind to
most vile purposes, still I heartily agree with
Martin Luther that in the abstract the devil
hates music.' "
The good all love music.
A THOUGHT FOR THE FRIENDS OF
MISSIONS.
Dr. Knox; of New York, ielates`thata gen
tleman was travelling in a stage-coach. While
passing over a river the bridge gave way, and
the coach, with its passengers, fell into the
water. The passengets; besides .the gentle
man; were a lady and a child. By great ex
erticins he succeeded in rescuing the child,
but its mother was drowned.• As the gentle
man, some years after, was describing the
painful scene, a young lady was observed to
listen to the story with great eagerness and
emotion. When he had concluded, she ex
claitned, "I am,that child, and never until
this moment did I know my deliverer, or
have an opportunity to thank him." You
must imagine, I cannot attempt to describe,
the scene that followed.
How much more delightfullhan even this,
will be the meeting in heaven, of those, who,
by our humble efforts, have been rescued
from eternal destrudtion. Some from _the
north and south, others from the east and
west, and allthe children of God by faith in
Christ Jesus, shall rise up and callus blessed.
Whit joy will there be that day in heaven I
Angels no such joy can know; for not to
them, but to us, were the words spoken, " Go
ye into all the world, 4,nd preach the Gospel
to every creature. "—English Magazine.
THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN, THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 1865
lITEDSTi
Cash Acknowledgments for the week ending Apri
13th, 1865
Philadelphia Contributions as Follows
Stuart & Brother, add'l,. $lOOO 00
Joseph Patterson, add'l, - . . 200 00
Henry Seybert, add'l,. . 100 00
James F. Magee & Co. . . . 100 00
Andrew H. Miller;. . 100 00
.
Girls of High and Normal School, per
G. W. Fetter,. 105 00
. .
Mrs. George Lewis, German'n, 15 00 .
A Widow,. 5 00— 20 00
A. Biddle,- . . . 260 00
Young Ladies of Mrs. E. Clements'
School, Germantown,. 10 00
S. A. George,. . 20 00
John Smith Irvine, Scotland, per Thos.
Nelson,• • • 100 00
A. F. Stoddard, Glasgow, Scotland, per
Thomas Nelson, • . . 25 00
Allen Cuthbert, • • . 50 00
W. E. Dubois,. . . 20 00
John W. Clarke, 4 . . - , -20'00
Joseph Harrison, Jr., add% . . . 250 00
David Scull, Jr. & Brother, . . :.300'00
Benjamin Bullock 4 Sons, . . 500 00
Basket collection, Jubilee Meeting in
Acsdemy. of Music,. . . 1232 . 00
' , [The card subscriptions at this meet
' ing are acknowledged, in the gene
ral lists, to each individnaq
Alexander Whilldin & Sons, add'l,. . 1000 . 00
John B. Myers & Co., addl, . . 1000 00
Jay Cooke J 4 Co., add% . . 1000 00
Mrs. T. B. Kennedy, Chambersburg,
Pa., per John Wannamaker, . 1000 00
John Rice, . . . . 100 00
.Hat collection on Custom House steps,
Monday, April 3d, 1865—[subscrip
tions acknowledged to individuals in
the, general lists], . . . 327 30
William A. Bolin,. . . . 50 00
High L. Hodge, M. D., • • . 100 00
Waln, Learning Jo Co., add'l, . . 100 00
Dr. Casper Morris, . . 20 00
Collected by Kate Harris, Lizzie and
Helen Fox, and Kate Smith, . 20 00
M. E. Church, Bridesburg, per. Rev.-
Mr. Aenson; . . •
North Broad St. Presb. Church, add'l, 31-
3
1000 0
" P. M. A." . . lO 00
"A. B. C." 25 00
. . . . .
The Sister of a Deceased Soldier, 2 00
The Brother " " 2 00— 4 00
Minnie, Charley, and Pearl, . . - 18
Rev. W. W.' Taylor, . . . 200
Mrs. Anna P. Stockton, per Rev. Wil
bur F. Paddock, . . . 10 00
The Soldier's Friend, . . . . 435
A Friend; - . . . . 10 00
Cash, 4 0. J." . . - . . 30 00
Samuel F. Fisher, -" . . . 100 00
John Martson, Jr. . . . . 20 00
'B. B.- Comegys; . . . . 25 00
Robert Boyd, . . . . 50 00
Charles Taylor, . . . - . 100 00 '
Mrs. Eliza M. Blye, . . . 20 00
John Biddle,' . . . 50 00
John Gilbert, add'l, • • . 100 00
James Bayard. addq, . . . 50 00
Charles Campbell,. . . 50'00
Aaron Shaw, . lO 00
'Mrs. William MaCarter, . . 5 00
‘‘`‘T. B. P." . . . . 3 00
'Janes B. : Rodgers, . '
"J. '13," liOr Rev. It. J: Priivin t add 1, 100" 'OO
Jonathsan'Fatterson;;' : idd'l, ' . ' • = ::- • - 50 'OO
2 .•;X• ' 'II' - •."': l, _ •' . ' . -• : • 15 to'
Casht ' •`'. - •'• 7: -:
. . 10'00
.Green Hill Presb. Sab. Sch., per P. , 13';
Billions, • ' - •:. ' .... . . .. 50 00
Ladies' Chris. Cop:,_Advent Ch. per •
Rev; J . W: Claxton, - • 175.,00
Itinry - I T:Wint,9.,msi ~ ' . . 100 00
Girls in gietenhon Mill,se per S. L.
"'Fisk, ' . . 35.00
"W. J. J. B." . . . .s' oo
'Cash; . . . . .
100
Cash, . . . • -. 1 00
Second Ref. Fifth. Ch, 17th St. per
William Stewart, .. . 64 00
- Total, . -- 110r495 .13
Other' Contributions.
Array Committee Y. M. C. A,. Boston,
. .
per Jos. Story, Treas. 20,000 00
Pacific Chris. Com., . 10 465
Ladies' Chris. Com. of the Pacific, per
Sather' & Co., . 4 485-14,950 00
New York Committee Chris. Corn., per
'Jas. M. Brown, Treas. - . . 5000 00
Chris. Com. Newark, N. J.,. per Jas. D.
Orton, Treas. . . . . 1000 00
Army Committee, Cleaveland, 0., per
S. 11., Mather,Treas. . . . 3500 00
Chris. Com. Troy, Ni Y., per F. P. Al
len, Treas. . • ' • . 1000 00
Chris. Com. -Western New York, per,F.
.
Gridley, Treas. . . ' . 3000 00
Ladies Chris Cain. of tll l e Pacific, per
Mrs. Mary K. Keeney, Treas. . 1875 00
Chris. Corn. New York, per James M. -
Brown, Treas. . . . . 5000 00
T. D. D., New York, . . 100 00
Ladies' Aid So&y, - Colerain Forges,
Huntingdon county, Pa., per Miss d.•
W. Stewart 30 00
Soldier's Aid Soc'y, Doylestown, Pa.,
per Miss. Julia P. Brock, Sec. . . 50 00
L. Drake, Rahway, N. J., .. 5 00
Shepard Tappen,
Troy, N. Y., . . 5 00
John R. Agnew,Mercersburg, Pa.; . 500
"J. P.," Alexandria, Pa., . 20 00
"E. 8.," Alexandria, Pa., . 10 00— 30 00
Miss Beulah and - Miss Sallie H. Wool
-'ston;of M. E. Church Mission,Fuh
, Chau, China, per Rev. E. Hance,
Princeton, N. J., . . • SO 00
4 -J. It. T.," Birmingham, Pa.,. . . 500
F. A. Muhlenberg, Gettysburg, Pa., . 10 00
Soldier's Aid Soc'y, Gloyersville, N. Y.,
7pei-Mis: FrecL Steele, Sec. . . 63 00
Ladies' Relief See'y, Curwensville, Pa., . • - -,
per Miss N. B. Grim, Sec. . . 128 40
Ladies' Aid Soc'y, Shiloh, N. J., 50 00 .
Children's Aid Soc'y, Shiloh, N. J., per
Mrs. A. S. Randolph, . . 2 00— 52.00
St. John's Lutheran cong. Easton, Pa.,
per Rev. B. M. Schmucker, . . 20 00
Ladies' Aid Soc.. Bath, Pa., per Miss
Mary R.,Mtilhallon, Sec'y, . • 30 00
Ladies' Chris. Coin. Corvallis, Oregon,
perildra. M. F. Bilfis,
Treas. - 384 00
Collections made by Mrs. Benjamin
Boman in Pottsville, Pa.; add'l, . 100 00
Rev. W. H. Reed; Wet Barnet, Vt., . 10 00
Pres. Church, Hagerstown, Md., per S.
D. Power, . . . . 42 70
Citizens of New Bedford, Mass., per C.
W. Chapman, . . . . 400 00
Meeting in-M. E. Church, Newark, Del.
per M. A. Day,, . . 22 00
Chris. Com. New Haven, - Conn., per H.
N. Whittlesley, Treas. . . 500 00
Citizens of .Medina, Ohio, per W. H.
- Canfield, -.. .. , . . 40 00
gr M. - D." Burlington co., N. Y. . 500
Collected in Pine Grove, Schuylkill
county, Pa., per James O. Lehr, . 67,25
Ladies' Chris. Coln., Bangor, Me. . 65 00
Mrs. John M. 'Davison, Saratoga Springs,
N.Y. . . . . 10 00
Sarah M. Davison, do. 5 00— 15 00
"N." . . . . 100 00
Citizens of Walker township, Hunting
don co., Pa., per Livingston Robb, . 81 25
Hon. A. K. McClure, Chambersburg, Pa. IGO 00
J. Maris,,..Mayor of city of Wiliaington, -
Del., per Bishop Lee,. . 10 00
Army Com. Portland, Me., per Cyrus
Sturdivant, Treis. - . • . 500 00
H. B. Black, Media, Pa. 5,.00
• .
Joseph & C. J. C. Thom, Waynesburg,
Pa'• 40 00
Peter Zimmerman, Water Gap, Pa.. 5 00
Citizens of Harrisburgh, Pa. . 325
Alice Houser's School, do. . 850
Ist Free Will Baptist Church, do. 15 00— 348 50
per Rev. T. H. Robinson, Chairman C. C.
Citizens of Perry, 111., per It. C. Noyes, _5O 00
M. C. Shull, Wapello, lovia, • . 10 00
Society in Jonesville, Saratoga, co. N.,
Y., per R. R. Kennedy, . . 51 00
Ladies' Chris. Cora. Oxford and vicini
ty, Chester co., Pa., per Miss Annie 1 0 ,
Cunningham, Sec'y, .. . 40 00
Soldier's Aid Asso. Titusville, N. J.,
per Miss. S. E. Cornell, • 72 16
•
Joseph McKee, Jr., N. Y., add'l, . 10 00
Miss Bella A Nassau, Lawrenceville, N.J. 10 00
N. Y. Central Branch C. C., per R. S.
Williams, Tress. . • 800 00
Citizens of Washington co. Pa., and
. Ohio co. Va., per W. H. Lester, . 2,41 'OO
Pres. church, Springfield, 0., per Rev.
J. D. Hughes,. . lO DO
Hon. Thomas - E. Cochran,York,Pa .
s''oo
Ladies' Soldier's Aid Soc. Plymouth,
- Pa., pef Rev. J. G. Eckman, . 20 00
MONEY.
Ladies' Mite Soc. Adams, Mass., per
D. J. Dean,
110 00
M. E. church, Caverton, Pa., per A. J.
Van Cleft,
. 51 00
E. N. Hall, Hall's Corners,N. Y. • 500
Mr. Severance, Rochester, Vt. 2 00
Ladies' Chris. Com. Salem, Marion co.
per John H. Moores, . 500 00
Union Prayer
n Meeting, Hamilton
Square, N. J., per John H. Clarke, 55 00
Cohansey Baptist church, Roadstown,
N. J., per Rev. Thomas G. Wright, . 20 00
St. Paul's Epis. church, Doylestown,
Pa., per B. McGann, . 45 00
Miss Ann C. Gilleer, Green Tree, Ches-
La t d e i r es c 'h
co.
Com.ais 00
Chris" McEwensville, per .
C Sa hw l a e r n i secso L nvir u s t l h n7 er i a i n son 7 K ., ew - M .as echanicsburg, •
Miss Mary Armstrong, •
Pa., per J. R. Graff 35 00
26 00
. .
. kaw ' 500
Miss Sarah E. Wilson, of do. 2 00— 700
J. C. Burns, Waynesboro, Pa. . • 100
Presb:Ch. Oxford, Pa. . . . 59 00
Citizens of - Lawrenceville, N. J., per
S. AL Hanaill, • . . . •267.15
Trinity P. E. Ch., Mount Holly, N. J.
per.P. V. Coppubk, . . . 54 00
Rev. R: Reatmer's congregation,
Idayille, Ind.• . . . 30 - o'o
":R• A . - 8.," Broome co. N. Y. - . 5 00
Ls:diee Chris. Com. 13uffalci, IL. Y., per
Mrs: Edw. Bristol, Treas. . . 1000 00
Itiptist"Ch. Peinaingtonville, Pa. . 11 50
Presb. Ch. Pittsgrove, N. J., per Rev. •
E. P. . • 60- 00
Proceeds of •a Feitival held in Brook
lyn, Pa.. per J. S. Tewksbury, .
.226 20
Isabella McQueen, Schenectady, N. Y. 1 00
A Friend, Goffstown, N. H. . . • 10 00
Ladies'. Aid Society, Cape Island, N. J.,
per Mrs. Magonegle, . . 31 00
Friends, Mount Pleasant, lowa, per 11.
R. Kern Sec - . 267 08
Entertainment given by pupils of Semi- .
nary at Veliiclere, N. J., per Ellen. E.
Bacon;Prineipal . . . 102 00
Wm. Kirk, Upper Darby, Del. cb., Pa. 100 00
Ladies' Soldier's Aid Soc'y, Columbus,
Ind, per R. J. H. 'Hutchinson,' ' . 30 00
Ladies' Army Aid-Society, Orangeville,
Pa., per C. E. Goodrich, . . 19 15
Miss Lavinia Clayton, Del. co. Pa. . 200
Miss Jane G. Edwards, Walpole, N. H. 5 00
Jersey Union Aid Soc'y, Pa., per Miss
L. S Leckey, Sec. . . 00
. .
Celia M. Lincoln and Annie S. Lincoln,
South Mansfield, Conn. . . 2 00
D.;" Cohokey, Clark co. Mo. . 5 00
From 21 pupils of the Mawatawna
School, Roxborough, Pa. • • 800
Watertewn, N. Y., per H. H. Kellogg, 2 00
A Sailor, U. S. Steamer Daylight; James
River, Va. . • . . 5 .00
M. E. church, Doylestown Pa. . 5 00
Ladies' Chris. Coin., Middletown, Pa.,
per Miss Hannah It..Weistling, • . 248 63
M. E. chump, Mahanoy, City, Pa , per
. Rev. Henry. H. Davis, . . . 600
" W..J H," Williamaport, Pa. . 3 00
L. C. Canfield, Medina,Chio, . . 250
Citiiene Of Huntingdon, Pa, per Miss
Weistling, of Ladies' Aid Soc. -156 00
HorsimPiersoM Blrrinfiefik•N. J., per
: . . .'lOO .00
New: ope' Pa.' . . 160 00
Citizens of" Stockton, N. J. 36 30
W. prock, - tockton, N. J. 30 00
Citizens of.MonntAiry, N. J... 56 00
Citizexii of Lambertville, N. J. 33 00, 315 30
ppf,J,. ,A Anderson
Preii. "Church," Milton, `Pa,, per Rey. ,
Dr. WatiOn ' • . . 140 00
Chili Thimble Sentinels,: Eanco4 . co.
.• p'sr- O.F. Caine, Treas."' . -'25-'OO
Chris.' Association, Freemansburg, Pa.,
per Josiah Bache:tan; . - '74 -70
First ClArch, -Reading, Pa., per
Caleb Wheeler, : • . . 104 S 3
St: „Mathewfs Luth. Church, Schuyl- '
kill Haven Pa. • . •.. ~ 16 33
Loyal Friends in Newark, Def., per M.
A., Day, . . . 3O 25
United Pres. tong. Stone Valley, Pa.,
per" James Magill, . . . 32 66
Trinity Chiirch, Cliremont, N. H., per
• pk,Li Milton' Seek,
pertßev:4l... Heber Newton, . 1300
Proceeds of School Exhibition,.Boiling
Springs, Cumberland co. Pa., per H.•
E, Brichtell, . . . . 137 85
Farmer's Bank Lancaster, Pa., per C.
Hager, President, . . . 200 00
First Pres. 'Church, Mahanoy, CitY, Pa.,
per Rev. Fred. F. Rad), . . 34 65
Evangelical 'Lutheran cong. Indian
!field, Pa., per Rev. F. Waly, 16 00
Pres. Church, Conshohocken, Pa., per
Rev. H. B. Townsend, . . 7 00
Pres. Church, Strasburg Pa., 51 25
Patriot Daughters, Strasburg, Pa, 12 00— • 63 25
per Rev. John B. Kugler.
Citizens of Altoona, Pa., per Chas. J.
Mann Treas. . . 568 70
Sale of a:Trinket, Milford, Pike county,
pa., . . . . 10 ,00
Ladies' Aid of First Pres. Church, Eas
ton, Pa , per Long A Boileau, . 82 50
U. P. Cong., Elderton, Pa., per Rev.
Bryon Porter, • . . . 21 00-
H. Mail/vine, 0., . . 5 00
P. R. M., Brandywine Manor, Pa., . 3 00
Two little girls Central Pres- Church,
Worriatown, Pa., . . 1 00
Chris. Com : , Bangor, Me., . per T. G.
Stickney, Treas., . . . 1700 00
Chris; Com., Rhode. Island, per W. J.
King, Chairman, . . 1000 00
Chris. Com., ()reg i on, per W. S. - Ladd,
Treas.,Portland, Oregon,. . 1544 00
Hat Collection'Jubilee Meting, Wheel
ing, West Va., / . 163 00
Free School Exhibition, Manchester,
West Va., . . 67 80— 230 80
M. Phelps & Son, Lewistown, 111., . 500 00
First Ref. Dutch oh. Schenec
tady,ebNnaiiehYvvi'ec;them' ol a , a :. 1
25
00
Peter W. Holmes . . 25 00— 192 28
per Rev. Denis Wortman.
'Church' of the Nativity, -(Epis
copal,) Bethlehem, . 62 00
Moravian church, Bethlehem,• 153 00— 215 00
Coll'n at Lambertville, N. tit, 80 00 .
Coll'n at Mount Airy, N. J., 5.00 85 00
S. P. flilduth, Wheeling, W. Va., ~ 50 00
Second. Cong'l ch. Amherst, Mass., per
Rev. J. Clizbee, • • • 42 00
Lawrenceville ,Charge, Pa.. . . 20 00
Ladies' Chris. Com. Rhinebeck, N. Y.,
per allialow, • • 28 50
First Presb. &eh- Sch., Poughkeepsie,
•
N. per George R. Brown, . 30 00
Union Soldier's Aid Soc., Phelps, N. Y.,
per Mrs. M. J. Browning, Sec., . 70 00
William Law, Shurhan, N. Y., . 20 00
Six Little Boys, Warren, Ohio, per T.
J. McLlain A Son, . • . 2 50
Sab. School of Ist Presb. Ch.,
Hokendaugua, Pa z • 20 00
Ladies' Aid Society of do., 60 00— 80 00
per Rev. T. H. Green.
Chris Com., Portland, Maine, per Cyrus
Sturdivant. Treas., . . 800 00
Friends in Hollidaysburg, Pa., per
James Couoiron, . . 200 40
Collected in Carlisle, Penna., by Ladies
of Soldier's Aid Society, per Francis
' "
J• Clerc, . . . 'lBb 00
Mrs • A. W. Creveling, Washington,
N. J., . . . . . 40 00
Friends in West Dorset, Vt., per Wm.
Willliams,. . . . 85, 00
Tetal, $53,233.64
Amount previously acknowledged, $1,236,502 80
Total Receipts, N 4319,741 44
JOSEPH PATTERSGN,
TREASURER CHRISTIAN COMMISSION
• Western Bank, Philadelphia.
STORES
Total-nximber o f Packages of Stores received by the
U. S. Christian Commission at Central Office,
Philadelphia, fbr two weeks ending April nth,
1865-338—as follows:
PENNSYLVANIA.
Philadelphia —I box, H. Kellogg & Son • 1 jar,
York & Doolittle; 1 package, Geo. W. Tol ' and;
package, Samuel H. Perkins; 2 boxes, Penn
Relief Association; 4 packages, Mrs. Rogers; I
- box, 1 package, Fifth Baptist :.hurch ; 1 package,
Soldier's Aid Society, Spring Garden Presbyterian
Chixrch'; 3 boxes. Ladies' Aid Society, Church of
Covenant; I package, Union M. E. Church; 1
package, Edward SAMorris ; I package, Miss E.
M. Trotter; I packago, (175 housewives,) Scholars'
West Spruce Street Sabbath school; 5 cases,
(canned peaches.) P. B. Mingle & Co.; 1 package,
- Moravian Church ; 1 package, Mrs. 6. G. Imlay;
1 package, Wm. E. Cochran; 1 package, Mrs. S.
Saul, Holmesburg; 1 package,Mrs. Holmes,
Holmesburg; 2 boxes, Ladies' Ai Society, Christ
Church, Germantown; 1 package, Ladies, St. An
drews' P. E. Church ; 1 package, a Friend; 1
package, Mrs. Stoddart ; 1 package, Mrs. Clarck
land ; 1 package, Wm. Hogg; 1 box, Andrew Blair;
1 box Ladies' Christian Commission, Church of
the Epiphany.
Eagleville-6 boxes, 2 kegs, Lower Providence
Ladies' Aid Society.
Catasauqua-1 barrel, 1 box, Ladies' Aid So
ciety. •
Allentown-2 boxes, Ladies' Christian Commis
sion.
Honesdale-1., Soldier's Aid Society.
Cochranville arrel, Mrs. Crosby.
Milton-2 boxes, Ladies' Christian Commission.
Coatesville-3 barrels, 1 box, Ladies' Aid.
Pottsville-2 boxes, Ladies' Soldier's Aid Asso
ciation of M. E. Church; 1 box, Master Ned Sny
der.
Freenumsburg-1 box, Christian Association.
Litiz-6 boxes, 'A, barrel, Ladies' Christian Com
mission.
Waverly-1 barrel, Aid Society.
West Finley-6 boxes, 13 barrels, 9 kegs, Sol
dier's Aid Society.
Bath-Ll. box, Ladies.
BridgepOrt-3 box, Ladies' Army Aid Society.
Easton-3 boxes, St. John's Lutheran Church;
1 'box, Ladies' Aid Society, Reformed Dutch
Church.
Hartsville-1 box, Ladies' Aid Society.
Lebanon-1 box, 1 can, Ladies' Aid Society.
East Nantmeal-1 box, Ladies' Aid Society.
Turbotsville-1 barrel, Donor unknown.
New Alexandrim-2 boxes, Aid Society.
Reading-1 package, Mrs. A. S. Lacombe.
NEW JERSEY.
Lambertville-27 boxes, 1 keg, 1 barrel, Ladies
Aid Society.
Flemington-2 boxes, Soldier's Aid Society.
Clinton--1 box, Donor unknown.
Woodbury-1 package, Mary Lord.
Pemberton-1 box, Ladies' Aid.
Paterson-6 boxes, Ladies' Christian Commis
sion.
Long-a-coming -1 box, Donor unknown.
Bridgeton-1 box; Little Girls' Soldier's Aid So
ciety; 1 box, Soldier's Relief Association.
Shiloh-1 box, Soldier's Relief Association. ,
Tom's River-1 box, Soldier's Aid Society.
NEW YORK.
Ithaca-1 box, Louisa M. Woodruff.
Sing Sing-3 boxes, Ladies' Christian Commis
sion..
Walden-1 box, Ladies' Aid Society.
Utica-6 boxes, 1 barrel, Central N. Y. Branch
U. S. C. C.
Buskirk's Bridge-1 box, Friends in East Cam
bridge.
Binghamton-1 box, Miss Olive Allen.
Albany-1 box, Albany Branch U. S. C. C.
Fort Plain-1 box, per Albany Branch.
Steuben--2 and a half barrels, Ladies' Aid So
ciety.
Troy-1 box, a Sabbath-school; 3 barrels, 1 box,
Troy Branch tr. S. C. C.
_ -
Buffalo -2 kegs, 6 boxes, Ladies' Christian Corn
mission.
Lineklaen-1 barrel, David Mathewson.
Dainemora-1 box, Soldier's Aid Society.
MASSACHUSETTS
•
Boston=7l boxes; 16 barrels, 1 keg, Army Corn
mittee Y. M. C. A.
24iddieboro--1 box, Aid Society.
CONNECTICUT.
Hartford-3 boxes, llartford Eno:whir. S. C. C.
10 bOxes,'o barrels, Soldierfs Aid Association.
Winsted-1.1 cases (condensed milk) F. Bron
WEST VIRGINIA
Wheeling-3 boxes, Ladies' Soldiei's Aid So
Valley Grove-1 , box, 1 barrel, Ladies' Christian
Commission. - •
New Oamberland-1 box, Ladies' Christian Com
mission.
01i10.
Cleveland-14 boxes, 9 bbls., Cleveland Bianch
IL S. C. C.
RHODE ISLAND
Providence-3 boxes, Providetkep_Brsoich_ll—S
— ffristot—iVix, St. Michael's Sabbath-school
per W. J. King; 1 box, Soldier's Friend Society
per W. S. King.
GEORGE H. STUART,
CHAIRMAN CHRISTIAN COMMISSION
No. 11 Bank Street, Philadelphia
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ca. - Z Fourth and Arc' h
S TA 3331. HED 1N 1840
1865.-CARD FOR NEW YEAR.--1865
CLOTHS AND CASSIMERES.
SILKS AND DRESS GOODS.
SHAWLS AND SCARFS.
SHEETING AND TOWELINGS.
HOUSEKEEPING GOODS.
BALMORAL SKIRTS.
g-tbsing Marijino.
WILLCOX& IBBS
sewing , Machine
It is entirely noiseless. •
- .
A patented device prevents its being turned back
ward. •
The needle cannot be set wrong.
The Hemmer, Feller, and Braider are acknowledged
to be superior to all others.
It received the Gold Medal of the American Insti
tute in 1863.
It also received the first Premium for "Tug BEST
SEWING MACHINE," at the great "New England Fair."
the "Vermont .State Fair," the "Pennsylvania State
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Send for a circular containing full information, no
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E. & H. T. ANTHONY ,& CO.,
Manufacturers of Photographic Materials
=EI
502 BROADWAY, M Y.
In additiori to our main business of PHOTO
GRAPHIC MATERIALS, we are Headquarters f or
the following, vie:
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Of these we have an immense assortment, including
War Scenes, American and Foreign Cities and Land
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Stereoscopes. for .publie or private exhibition. Our
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PHOTOGRAPHIC ALBUMS,
We were'the first to introduce these into the United
States. and we manufacture immense quantities in
great variety. ranging in price from 50 cents to ss'o
each. Our ALBUMS have the reputation of being
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Our Catalogue now embraces over FIVE THOU
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tinually being made, of Portraits of eminent Ameri
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. . .
100 Maj.-Generals, 100 Lieut.-Colonels, 550 Statesmen.
200 Brig-Gen'ls, 250 Other Officers, 130 Divines.
275 Colonels, 75 Navy Officers. 125 Authors.
40 Artists, 125 Stage. 50 Prominent Women.
3,000 Copies of Works of Art.
Including reproductions of the most celebrated En
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bearing seven and three-tenths per cent. interest, per
annum, known as the
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These Notes arel”.nedunder di te A 1i2"11.5t 15th, 1864,
and are payable three years froat time, in cur
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into
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GOLD-BEARING BONDS.
These bonds are now worth a premium of nine per
cent., including sold interest from Nov., which makes
the actual profit on the 7-30 loan, at current fates, in
cluding interest, about ten per cent. per annum, be
sides its exemptwit front ,Ctote owe tipol to.ration,
which, adds front one to three per emit,. according
to the rate levied on other property. The interest is
Payable semi-annually by coupons ntrached to each
note, which may be cut off and sold *o any bank or
banker
The interest amounts to
One cent per day on a S5O note.
Two cents " " SlOO "
:“Ten " " " 5500 cc
20 ' " " " 81000 cc
66 66 $5OOO 66
Notes of all the denominations named will be
Promptly furnished on receipt of subscriptions. This
is
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expected that its superior advantages will make it the
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Less than 850,000,000 remain unsold, which will pro
bably be disposed of within the next 14 days, when
the notes will undoubtedly command a premium, as
has uniformly been the case on closing the subscrip
tions to other Loans. After the exhaustion of this
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which the privilege of convertibility will not occur at
so early a date as in this now on the market.
In order that citizens of every town and sections of
the country may be afforded facilities for taking the
loan, the National Banks, State Hank , .. and Private
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agreed to receive subscriptions at par. ;Subscribers
will select their own agents, in whom they have con
fidence, and who only are to be resposible for the de
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