MU. HI DWELL AMT) THE ENGLISH VICARS. The Evawtjrlirt recently stated that a min ister of the Third Presbytery of New York had preached, by invitation of the vicars, in four Episcopal Churches in England. The curiosity of the New York Christian Times led it to a correspondence on the sub ject, the result of which was a letter, since published in its columns, of which we give the important paragraphs. Wc presume it was the Turkish Missions Aid andnot the S. P. G. for whioh Mr. Bidwell preached, as he had recently been appointed one of the Secretaries of the former Society. The writer says of Mr. Bidwell:— “ About the middle of November, some two months since, he went from London about a hundred miles into South Lincoln shire, on Saturday, by invitation, to preach in the English Church, on Sabbath, of which the Rev. Mr. Franklin is Jhe vicar —a son or graduate of Cambridge Univer sity. Mr. Bidwell preached on Sunday twice for Mr. Vicar Franklin in his church on behalf of the Society for the Propaga tion of the Gospel in foreign parts, the oldest Missionary Society in England, under the patronage of the English Episcopal Church. Unexpectedly, Mr. Bidwell was not only urged to remain and preach the following Sabbath, to which, with some reluctance he consented. In the course of the week Mr. Bidwell was in vited to preach by three different vicars in their several churches, on any Gospel theme he might choose. Accordingly he did preach for the three vicars, in three different pulpits of the Church of England on the following Sabbath, and a number of the clergy were present to heaT him. The congregation in the evening was large and crowded in the old church, as large as Trinity Chuiyh, New York, built centuries ago in the same style of architecture. The ! services were listened to with attention and interest. Such are the simple facts, if they are of any interest to you. “ It is true the invitation to preach in an English pulpit was unexpected to Mr. Bid well and a matter of some surprise, but it was very Gordially given and as cordially aocepted; and after nearly the lapse ot a month, Mr. Bidwell was invited to revisit Lincolnshire and preach again by the Yioar, Mr. Franklin, and for him; but could not accept the invitation. The facts are grati fying and interesting on several accounts.” fUlijjiiiiKf |nMliputt. F K£SBYTERI AN. Minister Remembered, —December 20th, a number of the citizens of Monmouth, 111., presented Rev. D. A. Wallace, D.D., Presi dent of the young college in that place, with the means of freeing his residence from a mortgage amounting to over three thousand dollars. Ecclesiastical Union.—One of the West ern U. P. Presbyteries spent a whole after noon, recently, in a very interesting and spirited conference, in which brethren of other denominations took part, on the sub ject of “Ecclesiastical union among evangeli cal Christians in our country.” So impor tant was the subject deemed, and so unwear ied was the discussion, that- it was resolved to continue the same at the next regular meeting. Foreign Missions. —We have already referred to the deficiency in the receipts of the American Board and of the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions. The United Presbyterians are doing no better, we are sorry to say. The Christian Instructor says:—At the last meeting of the General Assembly, $86,000 were appropriated to the carrying on of our foreign missionary work during the ensuing year. The receipts to the 21st of December during the first entire eight months of our fi nancial year of $30,907 20, only a little over one-third of what was appropriated and will probably be largely required. United Presbyterians in England.— The Queen’s Road Churoh, Liverpool, have held a bazaar, which has proved wonderfully suc cessful, the gross receipts being over $7OOO (in gold), and a large stock of goods remaining Cj bo disposed of. The mayor of ‘Liverpool and his wife Were “the patrons” of the bazaar. English Pres. Chnrch. —There have beeii two resignations of pastoral charges, from sickness and age, in Newcastle Presbytery: one of the John Knox Church, where £llO per annum “retiring allowance” was voted by the people; the other of Dr. J. C. Pater son Sunderland, who received £lOO per an num. These generous and thoughtful acts are more a matter of custom in the. mother country than with us. The English Pres byterians, according to a correspondent of the Weekly Review, have abandoned five posi tions, where they had commenced laboring, including Tiverton, and were in danger of losing two others, one at Birmingham, and one at G uernsey. These losses must cover a considerable period. Revivals. —Windham County, Mass., has been during the past lew months, and still is, to an extent and degree very unusual, moved with revival influences, largely in con nection with the labors of the evangelists, (Congregationalists,) Rev. Messi*s. Parker and Potter. In'too town of Woodstock and the adjacent town of Eastford the conversions reported cannot be much fewer than one hundred and fifty, embracing some of the most remarkable and indisputable instances of the power of the Holy Spirit in conversion that ever fell under my observations j strong and influential men, some avowed infidels, and very many interesting and promising young men and young women. — Cor. Watch man and Reflector. In the church of Upper Path Valley, Pa., meetings were commenced, on the 20th oi December. The pastor writes to the Pres. Banner': —“God has been pleased to hear the prayers of his people, and bless the labors of his servants, by sending us a precious sea son of refreshing. Saints have been revived, backsliders have been reclaimed, and the im penitent awakened and converted. A more deeply solemn and impressive season I never witnessed. As the result of this delighful Reason, abont seventy are entertaining an ap parently well-founded hope that they have passed from death unto life, and others are -till anxiously inquiring what they must do to be saved." A very quiet and pleasing work of. grace hss been in progress lor some time in tbe J’resb. churoh of Pisgnh, Pa. Twenty-three have already been added to the churoh on Profession of faith, three of whom were re turned soldiers. Six hundred cannon, captuied near Chat isnooga, have been gathered from the eur- r j uadmg him, and sent to Northern arsenals. THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN, THURSDAY, JANUARY 25, 1866. WANDERING STARS. A SERMON BY REV. E. E. ADAMS, D.D., PASTOR OF IS. ItIIOAO ST.'cHITRCK. [correspondence.] Philadelphia} January, 15th, 1866. Rev. E. E. Adams—Dear Sir: —Many of your people, desiring to see your sermon on “ Wandering Stars” in a form which they may retain for occasional reference, hereby respect fully request it for the American Presbyte rian. Yours truly, M. Baird, Wm. W. Keefer, Wm. E. Camp, E. H. Hazleton, I E. D. Ashton, T. H. Wood, A. Whillidn. Philadelphia, Jan. 19, 1860, Messrs. Baird, Camp, and others Dear Sirs : — I submit to you the manuscript of my sermon, preached on the morning of the 14th inst., in the hope that it may contribute to the correction of the evils to which it refers. If it be a severe, it is an honest utterance. Affectionately yours, E, E. Adams. “ Wandering Stars.’’—Jude, 13th verse. This text was given me by a friend last Lord’s day. What idea he had of it, what difficulty about it, or what purpose in suggesting it, I did not inquire. I shall use it — I. By way of accommodation. 11. In ‘its textual relationship. The apostle drew his figures from nature — the clouds, the trees, the waves, the stars. These are all skilfully and powerfully employ ed to illustrate and impress his thoughts. One would think that he had a hint at least of the i true astronomy, for the Greek word which sig nifies wandering is “ planetai,” whence we de rive the word “planets.’’ And our earth, and its kindred orbs, are called “planets” because they are revolving, “wandering” —and so dis tinguished from the “ fixed stars.” Or, did the sacred writer have in mind the comet which sweeps with fiery trail along the heavens, to disappear for years, and ages, in the unmeasured distance? Or, did he think ot the meteor which flashes through the air, and I expires in the deep darkness? In the general application of onr text, _we might embrace a large variety of luminaries, constellations, nay, a whole “via laetea," where the moths of fashion fftitter in the “ star dust” and the delicate creatures of sentiment I float and swim. 1. There is the Wandering Star of the soiree— a social star —“ a bright , particular star,” “ coining forth out of his chamber rejoicing,” not “as a strong man to run a race,” or fight a battle, but.radiant with unguents and jew elry, with immaculate panoply of dress, with a head full of conceits as a comet is of electric hairs; with a heart throbbing for admiration and conquests. Light streams from his pre sence as from a young Apollo ; all eyes gaze, all hearts are still. He speaks! and they find him opaque enough. The radiance is from the covering, not from the man. There is the flash of a polished surface, but not the central, diamond glow. They turn from his false and fickle rays. He loses his attraction. The light leaves him. He seeks a more congenial sphere, shoots from scene to scene to shine a moment in each. He has no soul-life —no sun-like gravitation. “He is a Wandering Star. ’ ’ He has his compeer in the gay, rust ling, shining, silken butterfly, that burns her wings in the blaze of fashion, and drops dim and cindered to be trampled and scorned by those who yet enjoy their momentary triumph. These are “ Wandering Stars,” having no cer tain orbit, no centre of purpose and relations, floating from place to place, where their cheap or costly plumage attracts for an evening; where they can rule the hour, as the chiefs of fashion. And the blackness of darkness comes on them; the blackness of their life’s ashes; the darkness of that void which their follies have made for them ; where the light of other eyes comes not, nor the fellowship of other hearts; then the darkness in which all. the world’s light is quenched —of the tomb, and of eternity. Among the crowd that gazed on them first with wonder, then with pity, and finally with disgust, there was a cold, clear, passion less eye that marked them —that still marks them for the shroud and the coffin l 0, what is this airy life worth? What is it to sparkle and blaze a moment here, then die, and be for gotten ! 2. There are Wandering Stars of commerce. Merchants are moving beings. Their name signifies “Marching” or “Marchers.” They must be active. Even when their bodies are stationary, their minds and heart? must be al most übiquitous. They need to know what is transpiring in all lands, for they have intimate relations with all products and enterprise. But there is another way in which the merchant, the man of enterprise, is sometimes a Wander ing Star. He entertains not only large and lofty, but extravagant views of trade. He is in a hurry to get rich, or ambitious to do more, than his fellows. He rents the most expensive store; fills it with rarest and costliest goods ; issues flaming advertisements; gathers an army of clerks; dazzles the world by his dar ing, novel, and stupendous enterprise. His light outshines the whole firmament of humbler adventurers, and blazes across the land. Sud denly the full beams grow tremulous and pale; the golden hue fades to silver, to ashen pale ness, and then expires, like the star which Tycho saw dying in the deep spaces, fading into ether, lost in the blackness of darkness ! O, man 1 there is a nobler commerce —with hea ven and immortality. There is richer merchan dize—the pearls and the gold of God’s king dom. 3. There are Wandering Stars of the sanc tuary. 1 mean those men and women, of whom there are vastly too many in the world, mem bers of the church, rent by circumstances from their original communion, and never finding another in which to rest. Some are too indif ferent to seek fellowship again yvith the people of God. Others seem not to understand the rules of the church in this matter ; others still study the social position, the convenience, the expense involved in a decided step. These are the questions which they put to themselves: “ Shall I unite here for the Social element, the respectability that prevails ? Shall I cast in my lot with a new and costly enterprise ? Shall . Igo there and listen to dull sermons; or to the other church where the preacher is brilliant ? Shall I settle down* under this aged pastor, or that fascinating young man? Can I become a trustee, a deacon, or an elder in either of these churches? Can I stand the benevolent con tributions of this church, the poverty and_ de pendence of that 7 Shall I settle down in a church that is extravagantly loyal, and where I ' shall have to hear, occasionally, a sermon aboat the country, and about the rights of all men ? • Shall Igo where I can make the best display cf my equipage, and myself, and have the least to ’ do and to give for theinterests of Christianity?” There are providences which we cannot con trol. There are social relations which render it right to change our ecclesiastical ties, and spheres of duty, and those who seek to know their duty, and to perform it, will not be greatly nuzzled about the particular church in which the- shall cast their lot. But there are those who never ask “ where can I do most good for God, and for man? Where can I most rapidly and vigorously grow in Christian life ?’ ’ Having been tossed by some wave ol Providence, from their original communion, they are now “ Wandering Stars,” half-attracted, half re pelled, when they think of another church, or mingle, lor a season, with another people. Thev imagine that their light is not appreciated; that the minister speaks too plainly ; that there is too great a demand on their purses ; that the doctriues are not preached} or there is too much doctrine} or there is* not sufficient so ciality i or there is. Heaven knows what. b 0 they wander from place to pla«e j save their pew rents ; evade all special obligations to the church, gratify their morbidness, and consume their lives with the fires of envy, of disappoint ment, and of vain regrets, until the blackness of darkness comes on them, and their light is quenched forever 1 Here let me say a kind word to those whom circumstances have brought among us, but who have not yet taken letters of dismission to our communion. We appreciate your unwillingness, to dissolve your relations with the churches where your early Christian life was spent; we sympathize with you in the hopes you cherish of returning thither ; but as | you cannot*now be with and labor for those churches, and as we are ready to welcome you to our fellowship, is it not best, more fraternal, more in harmony with the spirit of Chris tianity, to identify your interests w'ith ours, to give your labor, your example, and your prayers for the edifying and efficiency of this particular family of God, and leave all future changes in his care ? Such a step will give you a horde feeling with us, and increase the tenderness of our Christian brotherhood. 11. There are other orders-of Wandering Stars, more especially suggested by the text. If you read the whole Epistle you will see that the Apostle speaks of teachers, who utter false! hoods, and are actuated by selfishness. Both Peter and Jude refer to them in almost identical terms. They are “ wells without water.” We come to them weary and athirst, the heat beating on us; we look down into their depths; we drop the empty bucket, which goes down, down, down into emptiness. Our hopes are disappointed, and we feel more keenly than be fore our weariness and thirst: so it is with some teachers. They do net satisfy our long ing, our hunger and thirst after truth, after sacred knowledge. They are “wells without I water.” “Clouds without rain.” The earth is parched; the fields languish; all living creatures pant for the shower; clouds gather in the heavens; men look up to them with anxious hearts; a few drops awaken expecta- | tion, and enkindle grateful joy ; but the. rain I comes not; the clouds pass by, the dry winds sweep over the languishing earth, and all is withered and dead as before 1 Thus do false teachers disappoint and torture the heart that yearns for truth. We look up in vain for the promise they once gave, as the longing husband man or dying traveler looks to the mocking clouds ! “ Paging waves of the sea foaming out their own shame.” Their first coming is with power like the billows; but how soon do all their proud pretensions terminate in foam 1 There is no thought, no honesty, no solid truth. All their noise and eloquence are “rattling non sense” —the swell of their cadences, and the roll of their borrowed thoughts, “.resemble ocean into tempest tossed to waft a feather or to drown afly.” “ Wandering stars,” lighting up the heavens for a moment, awakening wonder and expect ancy, andbehold —“ the blackness ofdarkness.” Such were the teacherswhomPaul qnd Peter and Jude met, and against whose destructive influ ence they warned the churches. We have them now, —ignorant teachers, idle, indifferent teachers, false teachers—“ Wandering Stars” among our churches and Christian communi ties. 1. Of this class, there are Sabbath-schoo Stars, who solicit the position for the honor of it, and who have no spiritual knowledge of the lessons they attempt to teach; who cannot hold the mind and heart of the class because they have not the bond of truth. They mock God, and insult the pupils by attempting to give what they have not; by presuming to teach what they do not know. And having no interest in their work, they are not prompt in it. Their classes come together at the appointed time, but the teachers are not there. They come the next Sabbath, but the classes are not there. The pupils have learned one lesson too sadly. The teacher deserts the class, and then the class deserts the teacher ; and this is the sum and substance of what the one teaches, and the other learns. You see, at once, how easy it is for a few such teachers to break up and destroy a school. Such “ Wandering Stars ” must be made fixed stars, and shed their light in the particu lar sphere where Providence has placed them ; (or where they have placed themselves,) —or else they must be kindly told that their light is not needed. 0, teacher, get your light from the great Sun of the moral universe, and feel thatit is as glorious for you to shed its radiance on that little circle of immortals, as it is for a stftr to help light up 11 the empire of night”—as it is for the great central orb to pour his splen dors over all the planets 1 Get your head and your heart full of the lesson you are called to teach, and pour its Divine light into those living spirits which wait to receive it; and you will be surprised and enraptured to find a new sym pathy in your class, an electric pulsation that keeps tune to the music of your own heart. Touch their spirits with truth, and with the love of Christ, and as the harp of Memnon thrilled to the morning ray, so will their thoughts and feelings vibrate to your eye and your speech. 2. There is still another class of Wandering Stars in the Sabbath-school. I refer to certain iken whose practice is to visit such institutions for the purpose of addressing the schools. We have among us men whose services our schools would not be willing to surrender. They are known, and appreciated, and loved. Their words are always timely and profitable. They greatly aid our superintendents and teachers; and stimulate, interest and please the pupils. But there are others, young and old, who run where they are neither called nor sent. They solicit the privilege of speaking; they have a wonderful message, a new light. They are or acles, which were better “dumb.” To accom modate them the session is disturbed: the les son suspended, the order of the school broken ) the teachers and the scholars are made to en dure a series of dull, unmeaning, disjointed statements, or disgusted with puerile and silly &D6Cdot6S» I am happy to know that this evil is so far beginning to be felt, that superintendents and teachers are setting their faces against it, as an exhibition of vanity, as destitute of order, as ruinous to the moral taste-> of the children, as a violation of Sabbath sacri fness, and as tending to degrade the high and holy sentiments ot Christianity. It will be a happy day for our Sabbath- schools, when such babblershave learn ed that they are not needed. Whensuch “Wan dering Stars” find their true orbits—nor attempt, by their “ feeble rays,” to light up the mind of a city or a State; The glow-worm should be content to illumine its hand-breath m the •meadow, and not attempt to rival the constella tions. , . , The great need in our Sabbath-Bchools is de votion to the lesson. The teachers should have a solid half hour for instruction and appeal. There is too much general talking. 1 venture to say that the pupils are neither in terested nor profited by three fifths of the speeches that are made to them. Much that is said is truth exaggerated; much is not true at all, but composed of anecdotes without facts tor their foundation ; hence with much poor teach ing, with a large amount of faction in the libra- I ries, and nonsense in half the speeches that are imposed on them, our children in the faab bath-schools deserve great credit for the pro gress they make in knowledge and in moral character. , . 8. But the catalogue of Wandering Stars is ar isrstt i ™ i h s > litr Thev will have to answer to God pu P " IpmnTv for their neglect of some of most solemnly, io „i aa i too many his best to be In some other in the ministry, who e)se better calling. They can therefore have mis tban they can preach, * those who are taken their mission. countryi oV er Bmali mi willing to aettle ey imagine their talent* to churches, because if for ° b spheres; be be of an order l °° to do go od anywhere cause they are not £ « w hich cir and everywhere, to indicate S 2 They wauderabout, disappointed. soured, impressed with the idea that the people THE PUBLICATION CAUSE, d 0 I ’ o ‘ l U l e l, S , tand them ; tba i ; Donations received by .he Treasurer of the Presby ers and smaller men are more honored and terum Publication Committee, Irom October Ist to better cared for ; and that the reason is, their December 31st, 1865 sterling worth is not comprehended. When in ; Kalamazoo, Michigan, Ist Pres, ch fact, with all their worth and superior training • Southold. L. 1., Pres. ch and discipline, they fail to adapt themselves ; to j Auburn, N. Y., 2d Pres, ch., additional popularize their manner and their discourses; to* \ Fairton, N. J., Pres, ch get down into the hearts of the people. And ; Nome, Ohio, Pres, ch so they become u Wandering Stars, rotating j Bonneville. N. Y., Pres, ch v .. on their own centres; hanging on the shirts of : Danville, 111., Pres, ch their brethren i forgetting that they are in the j J&i'ihZrZZ: vineyard of God; that they ought to create, it j Baltimore, Md.. Ist Const, ch they cannot find places of labor; and show j Dexter, N. Y„ Pres, cb their zeal, their manhood, their Christian great- §*l 0W “J i ! le *pl* Xj’ cil *"* ness, by lifting the least hopeful cause into Cincinnati! Ohiof Philip HiQkie“!A!“"!""“! prominence and power. If a man feels that it Crawfordsville, Ind., Centre ch iis a glorious thing to preach the Gospel, he will I n jj~ £ res * c |j preach somewhere, and he will make people feel Prank3in?lnd., r Pres. c1#............. its power , and his power in it and by it! Im- Cincinnati, Ohio. 3d Pres, ch agiue Paul, or Peter, or John, or Wesley, or Madison, 2d Pres. , i,, . -L * j • A’, Wilmington, Del, Hanover btreet oh Baxter, or Flavel, or Bunyan, wandering about Cincinnati, Ohio, 2d ch Sabbath-school after a settlement! They were fixed stars ; and Medina, Mich., Ist Pres, ch they shone in prison, in churches, everywhere, Power could not stop them, JLhey had a mes- Panama, n. Y.. Pres, ch sage from God, and men hdd to hear it, and New Albany, Jnd„ 2d Pres, ch, feel it! They shook the world! They alarmed • J a p r B c f t c ° h nwood Stre .°. t ;;;;;;;;; the kingdom of darkness ! . Watertown, if. Y., 2dPres. ch!.. 7.7.... 4. There are Wandering Stars of the pulpit, Perry, N.Y., Pres. ch. who have not to seek a sphere of action. They KibS-teoi:::::: are stationary m person, but errant enough m Windham Centre, N. Y., Wm. Brandon principle. Some of these have given them- Syracuse, N. Y.. First Ward eh selves up to a false philosophy and been wreck- Ig’J’iTi!'.' I] T 'i(‘ P p“p S o, ?.h ed, morally, on its dark shores. Others have Centralia,Tll.,’ , Pres.'ch.7"77’77^ surrendered the sober paths of religion for the Omaha. Nebraska. 2d Pres, oh ................. flowery fields of literature, and lost themselves From Peter Douglass by John in the fascinations of poetry, in the regalements Philadelphia. Pa.. Onv3tci7!7'77'.'!77'77!7!''' of aesthetic culture. Others, still, have given Morenci, Mich., Pres, ch up the simplicity of Divine truth for rituals, rnd.Tpr^s/eh.'r.:.:!!.'ii. i/.:!!!!!! the products of minds antiquated and chulea Toronto, Ind., Pres, eh by the study of old systems, by a veneration of Clinton, Ind., Pres, ch the shadowy past. While others, too fallow for philosophy, too ignorant tor literature, yet Y ps u a nti, Mich., Pres, ch too “wise m their own conceits’* to accept the Lockport, N. Y., Ist Pres, ch., additional.. broad spirit of Christian philanthrophy, or ad- at b 0 oyoNn 0 y 0 N n Y N 'Pres lS oh PrCS ' ° h mit the stern doctrines of God, lend their voices New Yi r k, n’.’Y., 7th Pre5.cii.77777777..! to rebellion; find no c<j.use of thankfulness in Plum Creek. Pres, ch the emancipation of four millions of immortal milliard ’n ’ J^Prea^’ch 1 beings from a lasting and cruel bondage ; no Newark, N. j’„ Mrs’. M'a'ryßogera77’77777 reason for joy in the survival of our Govern- Lyons Falls. R. Y., Pres, ch ment over a treason that made the world trem ble snd grow pale ! And still others who, see- York, N. Y., Pres, ch * ing nothing Divine in Christianity, desecrate Romulus, N. Y„ Pres, ch the pulpit, and insult the reason of men by at- §£*£“£.'.r"V.”™ tacking the institutions of God j by endeavor- Horse Heads, 111., Pres, ch ing to sweep from the Bible the whole deca- Virden, 111., Pres, ch logue, to join with infidels and rotten politi eians in their war against the institutions Ot na- Petersburg, Mich., Pres, oh ture, as well as the appointments of Jehovah — Middlefield Centre, N. Y., Pres, ch for they can hardly be ignorant of the fact, Pres “oh* 1 that the original Sabbath existed previous to Auburn, N. y’., Ist Pre37ch7!77!!7!7!77!!7 the proclamation of law from Sinai, and that in Newark, N. J., 6th Pre*. oh the Deealogu^men were not commanded to “ begin to keep lit, but to remember it as an msti- N e ' w York,' N.’ Y.',’ Mercer Street Pres, eh tution already existing, and as incapable of Washingtonville, N. Y-, Pres, oh being abrogated though the rest of the Deca logue should be given up. It was a thing Harlem, N. Y„ Pres, ch independent of the Decalogue. And do Batavia, N.Y., Pres, ch they not know likewise, that there is not a word in the New Testament which warrants Springfield, N. Y„ Ist Pres, oh, the abrogation of a single commandment! Ann Arbor, Mich., Pres, ch that a change of day is not a surrender Pittsfield. Pa., Pres, oh of the precept? And do they not also knoy that it was not the purpose of the apostle to bring the first day of the week —the Lord’s day —down to the level of secular days, bat to bring the secular days up to the platform of the sacred day ? And are they so ignorant of his-, tory as not to have ascertained that the rejec tion of the Sabbath results, as in France, for example, in the ruin of all order and security? And shall these “Wandering Stars” of the pulpit, who 1 ‘ deny the Lord that bought them,' ’ think they are getting their light from the “ Star of the Morning ,” from the “ Sun of Righteousness;” that they are held in the right hand of the Lord, when they enter the ranks of those who openly defy human and Divine laws, who would sweep away all legislation that they may enjoy their pleasures and fill their pockets? Rather, who would have legislators defend them in rattling their cars and plying their en gines by our sanctuaries, and thrusting their Sunday issues into our dwellings, in the midst of our devotions? Surely such teachers are “wells without water,” “clouds without rain,” “raging waves of the sea, foamjng out their own shame,” “Wandering Stars,” for whom, we fear, is reserved “the blackness of dark ness ” 5. There is yet another order of “Wandering Stars.” They are members of the Church, but indifferent to its duties. They have but little interest in prayer ; they are lax in their views of the Sabbath; and, in fact, are claimed by the world as very good. sinners. Let me take my stand nowlat the very gateway of perdition, and warn such wanderers back. Stop I O, stop! The next step will be in “'the blackness of darkness.” But we close with an application of our text to all who are living without God in the world. Every soul of man is a star. It has the glory of intellect, of conscience, of hope, of affec tion. It is capable of superior lustre, even amid the ruins of humanity; it may glow di vinely in death, and shine immortal in the kingdom of heaven. But if it breaks from the | attraction of God, if its beams are shorn and its light quenched-by sin, if it wanders from its divine orbit —it will lose itself in a dark eter nity. What if our earth should start off from its orbit and wander away from the central sun I How long ere its day would be quenched in midnight, its summer be lost in winter, and its distance from light and life be irrecoverable ? Depart from- God, and your reason is rent from the centre of thought, your conscience from the bosom of eternal rectitude, your love from the infinite benevolence, your life from the source of happiness. You live without God, you will did*without God. You will appear at the judg ment without a Saviour, and through eternity be “Wandering Stars in tbe blackness of-dark ness.” The voice of love calls after you now. The offer of salvation is repeated now. O, listen and return. Trust no longer to your own false and fading beams. Wander no farther from the Sun, source of all happiness and glory. Turn back from the Bhadow of death, from the blackness of darkness, and seek the smiling, life-giving Source of light. For — I *' He eomcß in His erase. He comes in His beauty To brighten your darkest and drearest abode, Tc shine on the fields and tbe deserts of duty, To light up the path-way that leads you to God. “He will light yon through toil, Ho will light you through sorrow, Will beam on your journey, and smile on your grave; He will waken yonr eyes to an unsetting morrow, For the ‘ light of the world’ is almighty to save.’ Apology of Lord Palmerston to Majors Gen. Butler—When Gen. Butler issued bis celebrated Order No. 28, in New Orleans, ] known as tbe “ woman order,” he was de- j nounced by the rebel chieftain Beauregard as ! a “ beast,” which epitbetwas not only echoed all over tbe South,-but was adopted.in spirit by Lord Palmerston, late prime minister of Greatßritain. Shortly alterward, the Kane- Palmerston scandal was set afloat, much to the discredit of oar noble lord. Gen. Butler took advantage of tbe fact, and addressed a note to a distinguished gentleman on the other side of the Atlantic, in which he allud ed to the fact that Palmerston had repeated the dirty scandal aboutTiis (Butler s) wo man order,” that perhaps the learned pre mier was not aware that the order, which, in consequence of tbe beastly conduct of the rebel women of New Orleans towards the Federal troops, became a military necessity, was copied verbatim from an order of the citv council of London, established during a time of peace. Gen. Butler, having just heard of the gossip about Mrs. Kane and Palmerston, remarked, in the letter referred fo that probably his lordship had begun to Iparn how good it was to be slandered. Upon readlm' Gen. Butler’s letter, which embraced the facts about tbe misconduct of women, I tnffion Republican. To the Special Fund, John Atwood, Alton, Illinois Total amount received $2837 32 WM. L* HILDEBURN. Treasurer, 1834 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. PREMIUMS FOR 1866. These premiums are desigued for the persons procuring new subscribers; the sub scribers must be such in the strictest sense, and must pay regular rates, as named, strictly in advance. CASH PREMIUMS For one subscriber, 75 cents; for four or more, at one time, $1 25 each; for a club of ten new names, $7 50 ; each single addition to the club, 50 cents. OTHER FKEMITJMS. flgg- All orders for these premiums must en close a postage ■stamp. Hours at Home or Guthrie’s. Sunday Magazine, (to those not already taking them), for one new name and $3 50. Lange’s Commentary, postage free, for Two new names and $7. Smith’s Condensed Bible Dictionary, post age free, for Three new names and $9 75- Smith’ s Unabridged Dictionary, 3 yols., postage free for Twelve new names and $37 60. Huss and his Times, postage free, for Pour new names and $l2. WILLEOX 5. m Ml Bican For Twenty new subscribers and $6O, we will send one of these first-class, simple, durable, noiseless, and exceedingly rapid machines; boxing $1 50, and freight, extra. jssg“ We have used one of these machines in our family, and can add onr own assurance to readers that they will find them admirable machines, with marked points of superiority over others. OUR COMNITTEE’S PUBLICATIONS. SOCIAIi IIYJIS AND TONE BOOK. For every new subscriber paying full rates in advance, we will give two copies of the Hymn and Tune Book, bound in cloth, postage ten cents each. For a new club of ten, paying $25 in advance, we will send fifteen copies, freight extra. We make this offer to any ex tent. MARRIAGES. POWELL—JOHNSON. —On the 19th of November 1865, by Rev. D. (1. Mallery, Mr. George M. Powell, of Philadelphia, to Miss Adeline Johnson, of Beverly, STJMNBR—FORSTER—At Harrisburg, on thelBth instant, by the Rev. Wm. R. De Witt, U. 1).. Brevet Lieut.-Col. B. V. Sumner, U. S. Army, and Miss Mar garet S. Forster, daughter ot the late Gen. Forster, of Harrisburg. •DEATHS. PAUL—On the 18th instant Elizabeth D. Paul, wife of Dr. John Rodman Paul, in the 57th year of her age. OIIITIIAKY. Departed this life, in this oity, on the C*h instant, m her 59th year, Akktbusa Clip, wife of Joseph Leeds, at their residence. No. 1614 Summer Street. Gtmd ness and excellence adorned her character, Christian usefulness her home and social life, and an improv ing mind and heart gained the respect, oonfldenoe and affection of all who knew her. The following lines ai e a tribute 1 to her memory : The harp of mourning, strikes its tendcrest string. And near and far are lelt vibrating tones; The notes t" many, very many briDg, Tbe touching accents, or in silent moans— That reoently, a long and well-known friend. Whose voioe, and hand, and heart, and greetings Made'ooDfldence. respect and love to blend. Has gone from scenes of earth, from mortal s.ghh But leaves behind tbe eloquence of Christian life and light. Her household knew the star that kuided all. Her handy works were constant, and ,“® Some useful labor, the , a d To bless or cheer to aid. or g To shew a '‘j ll ’* cheerful, right, A happy U winniSg eloquence of Christian life and light. That household bless her memory and her name. There, confidence, affection, union, love. And hospitality that sought no fame. A And song and musio wafting praise above,. F Vr m S r mo Burning bright, Hers the iivinff otcqueuoe of Christian life and light. The casket rest.* within its earthly *bru.e v lhe treasure joins its treasures gone t^rc: And high in in an&tons glorious, pure, di' ine. They have a phce, to separate no nn-.rf. But in the household hero, a void is made- Her vacant chair and place impress each sig^': Her works, mementos, Bible, books are spread : They tell of one who? e presence made all bn :• h t, Who leaves a silent eloquence of Christian h >• and light. Phu.adelphia, January 12, IS 0. $3l 31 13 00 3 25 1 HO 5 36 5 0J 4 VQ IS (-0 11 20 57 00 20 90 7 13 gpmal gfotas. 4S 5 " Wanted.— By an experienced Teacher, a situation as DAILY GOVERNESS, in a private family or School. Would have no objections to going a short distance from the city. Best of references given. Address TKAUii Ktt, at the office of the Ame rican Presbyterian. HAIL S VEGETABLE Mil'll,lAX BENEWER has proved itself to be the inn?* rtcct preparation for the hair ever offered to the public. It is a vegitable compound, and contains no inju rious properties whatever. IT WILL RESTORE GRATTH AIR TO ITS ORIGI- It will keep the hair from falling out. It cleanses the scalp and makes hair soft, lustrous and silken. It is a splendid hair dressing. No person, old or young, should fau to use it. IT IS RECOMMENDED AND USED BY THB FIRST MEDICAL AUTHORITY. w «-Ask for Hairs Vegetable Sicilian Hair Renewer, and take no other. R. P. HALL & CO, Nashua, N. H., Proprietor. For sale all druggists. 1006-6 m 1 00 25 63 9 50 20 00 8 00 24 50 PERRY DAVIS’ PAIN KILLER. We have tested this medicine, and assure our readers that it not only possesses ;ill the virtues claimed for it, but in wary injuncts surpasses any other remedy we have ever known. It should not be classed with the nostrums of the cnv, got up for the especial purpose of pecuniary profit, hut ho regarded as one of the standard medicines tor ■ he public bene fit—Herald of Gospel Liberty. BEAUTY—V JOY FOREVER. Pimples and ESotehes on tlie Face, Freckles, Sallow Dess and all roughin'*.' of the Skin, removed at once by the usu oi *' UPiiAM’S PIMPLE BANISHER.” Price 50 cents. Mailed to any ad dress for 75 cents, by §. C. UPHAM, 25 South Eighth Street, Philadelphia, Pa. AHouseliold. Necessity exists for theUseof DFUJTO’S CATARRH SNUFF, Which, in the first stages of a cold, acts like magie— Headache, Hoarseness, Diptheria, and Bronchitis, Sore Eyes, Deafness, Bad Taste and Smell, being the result of Catarrh. This snuff removes and prevents all these, and insures a healthy Head. Its effects are pleasant and safe, even for infants who suffer from Snuffles; It has the highest professional testimonials. Sold by all Druggists, or sent by Mail to all parts of U. S«, for 30 cents for One Box, or $1 for four Boxes. Address, ** JAS. DURNO, P. 0. Box 1235, New York. Wholesale, by D. BARNES & CO., 21 Parkßow, N. Y. ALLCOCK’S POROUS PLASTERS. —A Druggist said the other day, you have no need to ad vertise your Porous Plasters, for every one sold cer tainly oauses a dozen to he sold, and a dozen sells a gross, at dso on. Yo\i will not be able to supply the demand soon. But we can supply a thousand yards a day. $2812 32 AFFECTION OF THE SPINE CURED. Hartford, Conn., Nov, 11,1861. Messrs. Thoxos Allcock: A Co.—Please send with despatch, twelve dozen Allcock’s Porous Plasters. Our daily experience confirms their very superior ex cellence. At this, moment of writing, a man applies lor one, who, by entanglement in the shaft of ma chinery, had both his legs broken, spine severely in jured, and was lor nearly a year entirely helpless. This man found relief very soon by the application of a plaster to his spine. He was soon enabled to work, and now he labors as well as ever. He would cheer fully pay $5 for a single Plaster if they could not be had at a lower rate. lam surprised that surgeons do not make use of these perforated plasters, to the ex clusion of all others, as their fiexibity and adhesive ness are greatly in advance of all other plasters with which lam acquainted; while the perforations pecu liar to then, rendered them greatly superior to all others for ordinary surgical uses. Knowing the Plas ters to bo so useful, I have no scruples that my senti ments should he known. J. W. JOHNSON, M. D. Principal Agency, Brandreth Heuse, New York. Sold by all Dealers in Medicines. A COUGH, COLD, OR SORE THROAT, Requires immediate attention and should be CHECKED. If allowed to continue, Irritation of the a Permanent Throat Affection, or an Incurable Idling- Disease. IS OFTEN THE RESULT. BROWN’S BRONCHIAL TROCHES HATING A DIRECT INFLUENCE ON THE PARTS, GIVE Tinim. For Bronchitis, Asthma, Catarrah, Con sumptive and Throat Diseases, TROCHES ARE USED WITH ALWAYS GOOD SUCCESS. SINGERS AND PUBLIC SPEAKERS will find Troches useful in olearing the voice when taken before Singing or Speaking, and relieving the throat after an unusual exertion of the vocal organs The Troches are recommended and prescribed by Physicians, and have had testimonials from eminent men throughout the country. Being an artiole of true merit, and having proved their efficacy by a test of many years, each year finds them in new localities in various parts of the world, and the Troches are universally pronounced better than other articles. Obtain only ** Brown's Bronchial Troches,” and do not take any of the Worthless Imitations that may be offered. Sold everywhere in the United States, and in For eign Countries, at 35 cents per box. HOLIDAY GIFTS. SUPERLATIVE CONFECTIONS, IN NEAT BOXES 111 CHICS PRESIIT-SI STEPHEN F, WHITMAN,! No. 1210 Market Stree SAMUEL W. HESS, DEALER IN THE, BEST QUALITIES OF LEHIGH, SCHUYLKILL AND BITUMINOUS COAL. ATI consumers should try his GENUINE EAGLE VEIN, as it is the very best Coal in the market. Orders by despatch or otherwise promptly attended to at tbe CONTINENTAL COAL DEPOT, Nos. 203 and 205 North Broad Street. GO ALT GOA LH LEHI GH AND SCHUYLKILL C' AT, of the >63 quality, selected from the Approved Mines aide cover. Prepared Expressly for Store and Family Did. Northeast corner of Passaynnk Hoad and Washington Avenu6, Philadelphia. albert rementkr, 1010-ly CALL AND EXAMINE. NAL color. DIATE RELIEF. MANUFACTURER, £»TIir,A UtIPHIA,
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