gratritau JjTOlitjtErian.
THURSDAY, MARCH 29, 1866.
CONTENTS OF INSIDE PAGES.
Second Page—Family Circle:
Tho Drunk uni's Wife— Dilly-dally—The Little Boy’s
Prayer—My Need my only Claim—Shall Igo to tho
Opera?—Pleaennt Homes—The White Water-lily-
Drink to the Gl >ry ofGod—A Parable.
Third Page—Editor’s Table:
Autobiography of Mrs. Sigourne!—Memoirs and
Sermons of John Robertson. D D—Contemporary
Review—Periodicals and Pamphlets—Literary In
telligence.
Sixth Page—Correspondence :
All Great Souls Puffer—At What Age is it Pa') W
Admit Children into the ■ hurch?— The
Williamsport—The Freedman ol the South-Mis
sion ary Box Aeknowleoged—Little Sarah Annas
Offering—Mr. Warner’s Letters on
VI—A Call 10 Furth and Prayer— The Might of
Timo.
Seventh Page—Rural Economy:
Barnyard Manure for Oats— Economy is Wealth
The Clover Worm-Mixed PnsWre-Gyp
surn in .Stables-Peirer Rats Rilled by Electricity.
tinriiNTrFic The Aiden Machine— science in
France—Manure in Sewage—Peat.
Hut a few days remain in which un
paid Mibseriptions, commencing January
4th, 1800 will escape the fifty cents addi
tional, required after three months. All
who mail S 3, (in the city S 3 5(1) on or be
fore the 4th day of April next, will be credit
ed in lull for the year commencing Janu
ary 4th, no matter how long the money is
delayed on the waj’.
Dedication. —The Chester City Pres
byterian Church, in the southern part of
the city, will bo dedicated to the service
of Almighty God on Thursday, April
sth, at half-past seven o’clock P. M.
Presbyterian Historical Society.
—By special request, the Rev. Dr.
McLean will repeat a lecture on the
Freehold Presbyterian Church and the
three pastors who preceded William Ten
nent, viz.: John Boyd, Joseph Morgan,
and John Tennnent, on Tuesday even
ing next, the 2d of April, at o’clock,
in the Lecture-room of the Arch Street
Presbyterian Church, Arch above 10th.
Testimonial to a Clergryman.—
Last Friday evening, at the West Arch
Street Presbyterian Church, Rev. Dr.
Edwards, their former beloved .pastor,
now President-elect of Washington and
Jefferson College, was presented, through
the graceful medium of ex-Governor Pol
lock, with a very rich gold hunting-case
American watch, and a magnificent
Cashmere dressing-gown. Mrs. Ed
wards received a beautiful lady’s gold
watch, chatelain, &e , from the ladies of
the congregation. They likewise re
ceived a mutual present of an exquisite
ivorytype portrait of their son. Miss
Effie Edwards was remembered by a
handsome rosewood writing desk from
the Sabbath-school teachers and class
mates. The total cost of these merited
testimonials will exceed $5OO.
LAFAYETTE AVENUE CHURCH.
BROOKLYN.
Rev. T. L. Cuyler, writing to ua of
the scene when 101 persons were ad
mitted on profession to his Church,
says: “From 2500 to 3000 people were
packed in (or attempted to get in) the
building. Dr. Kendall, Prof. Hitch
cock and Craighead, and many of our
brethren were present. The revival
goes ou with undiminished power. In
addition to the 128 received last Sab-
bath, there are 50 more ready to join at
the next season. Prof. Hitchroek spoke
impressively at the communion. He
soon sails for Europe The two secrets
of strength iu the revival-work in my
Church are personal visitation of the
impenitent and temperance work upon
those in peril of drunkenness; prayer
has abounded ”
The iV. 11 Daily Times savs of the
occasion
One hundred and twenty-eight persons
were received into the Church. 27 by letter
from Sister churches, and 101 on profession
of faith ; of these 67 were married, 80 were
from the Sabhath-sehool, 57 were males, and
71 females. The entire number of the mem
bers of this young church, about six years
established, is 1)08. The number baptized
was 41. The spacious church was crowded
with devout worshipers and attentive
listeners. The eloquent pastor, at the close
of an interesting discourse, said :
“Brethren, this is a golden day in the
history of our beloved cliurcb. We have
long looked and prayed and waited for it—
more than they who watch tor the morning.
It is a spiritual day, bright above the seven
fold brightness of the sun. For this day one
preparation was the noble effort of this church
to stay the frightful vice of drunkenuess iu our
community; aud l regard this revival as
the seal of God’s approval in ohr philahthropio
work. The first gray dawn of this revival ap
peared in our Cumberland Mission Sabbath
school, during the week of prayer; aud on
the special season of fasting the tints grew
brighter, and led on the sunrise. The prayer
of God’s people weutup like sweet incense,
greeting 1 the dayspring from' on high.' For
two months and teu days we have gathered
in special meetings for prayer and the preach
ing of God’s word. During one week as many
as twelve distinct meetings were held, ana
the places opened for prayer have been too
circumscribed to hold the eager multitudes.
“ Of the entire number of new members, 57
are males and 71 are females —an unusual
equality. Twenty husbands and wives will
stand to-day, side by side, to be wedded unto
their Saviour. In addition to this number,
there are just forty husbands and wives,
who, having been separated from each other
at every previous communion, are now for the
first time to meet at the Lord’s table. Thirty
four sons and daughters take their places to
day, beside pious parents, and uuite in their
first commemoration of Christ’s love. IVhen
ail their numes now to be read shall be added
to our roll, this ohurch, still the youngest of
our Presbytery, will,fiuuiher 908 members !
“ To render a fitting ascription of praise to
the Great Head of the Church, is beyond my
feeble tongue; and I therefore invite this
whole assembly now to rise and uni»e in sing
ing the one familliar verse of the Doxology: J
"‘PraiS' Ood frnm whom all blessings flow:
P Him till era ifures he tv low; j
Pr.itMi Hiui ab e, ye heavenly b^gt: '
A CONVERSATION.
Dr. L. —ln our conversation the other
day, about the plan for the disbursement
of the money from the “ Fund for the
aid of Feeble Churches in building ifouses
of Worship,” [see American Presbyte
rian, March 22] you said, Mr. P., that
you would give some reasons for its un
popularity and ill Buccess
Rev. P. —Yes sir; I designed to read
to you some communications from per
sons all over the land disapproving it,
and expressing their earnest desire for a
radical cbaDge. And were ti is the
place to show it, I have no doubt that
many more letters of disapproval than
of approval have been written about A,,
for the last three years at least. I must
now be content to read to you only one
letter. I select this rather than others,
because the writer was well advanced in
years—bad lived and labored manyi
years in the missionary field—had held
important positions in our Church—and
also because this was the last, or nearly
the last, letter he ever wrote—and to
some extent gives reasons. He speaks
as one who has no cause or purpose of
his own to serve, but that of his blessed
Master. I will suppress places and
names, but many will recognize who it
is, from the contents of the letter. Shall
I read it, Mr. E. ?
Mr. E.—Certainly. We.want all the
light we can have on this subject.
[Rev. P. reads:]
j-’j- x , sji-ixy o, xouu.
“Bro. : Your letter finds me pros
trate with an acute attack. I cannot leave
my house, and for most of the time am on
my back, suffering most severe paroxysms of
pain almost every hour. No radical relief
yet. My work is done for this world if Ido
not get help soon. My church and congrega
tion will suffer serious injury if not supplied.”
Rev. P. —That which immediately
follows this is in regard to the trials and
difficulties he experienced in building his
church. I will not read all of this, be
cause necessarily involving some, person
alities. He goes on to say, speaking of
the Church Erection Fund :
“We do not propose to apply again. The
load is tremendous, making us reel under it
like drunken men. The care and labor on
me has broken me down, and .1 fear I shall
never preach again. [He died July 10,
1865.] I have, from the beginning, had se
rious objections to the management and mode
of disbursement of the Church Extension
Fund. These objections have been greatly
confirmed by my observation and experience
of its workings. The Loan Principle is a
snare and a trap to many of our feeble con
gregations in the West. The framers of the
plan did not know the kind ot material we
are often compelled to use for elders and
trustees—often not permanent fixtures in
the place. Loaning money to such men in
their private business is not always safe.
Much less when they are simply the repre
sentatives of others. So the confidence
cherished of future rapid growth, at the time
when the loau is made, is often a deception,
an illusion. Antagonistic isms come in and cut
up the field. Ministers in the new fields
often fail to obtain a strong purchase, from
lack of the requisite ‘gifts and graces.’
Piety is not the only qualification needed to
gather up a congregation and crystallize a
strong church from the mass of material that
makes up our new communities. Well, a
loan is made and a house built. Two years
pass. Some of the first actors have removed.
Perhaps the feeble church, composed mostly
of a dozen women, has no minister. Notice
comes that the notes are due! The money
cannot be raised. Despondency comes over
the whole concern. Now this is substan
tially the history of a large number of the
churches that have made these loans and not
paid them—and the number is very large.
Such has been my observation of the work
ing of the plan. I long since decided not to
encourage any feeble church to make a loan
from the Fund.
“It iaaverv difficult to manage vested funds
for general church extension purposes. Such
investments are demanded for colleges and
theological seminaries. ' Is not the responsi
bility on the churches in each successive age
to supply what is demanded for that, age? If
these wants are provided for in advance by
invested funds, is it not taking away from the
future an important means of grace? But I
must stop. I write in such pain as almost
distraets me. Prav for me.
Your brother,
In the closing words of this letter,
which I have just read, there is suggest
ed a reason of the ill success of this plan
that is worthy of our careful considera
tion, viz: That the whole plan of Church
Erection, as it now exists and is worked,
is A DEVICE TO AVOID THE PRINCIPLE OP
Christian benevolence ! It is a short
hand way, or a labor-saving means of
sustaining the cause of God. It totally
ignores the great principle of “free
gifts,” and aims to “run itself” by re
pudiating the fundamental fact of Chris
trianity. “ The law was by Moses (also
by Samuel and Jesse) but grace and
truth by Jesus Christ”—and neither
Jesus; his religion, or human nature will
allow auy Church enterprise to prosper
that is all Law and no Gospel.
j Ur. L. —Just what I told ’em. They
don’t seem to realize that business is
business, and religion is religion. This
Church Erection matter is a pure busi
ness affair—“ not a cent of it can ever
be given away.” The minute you begin
to give it away, there will be no end to
it.
Rev. P. —There never should be any
end to giving. This is the life princi
ple of our holy religion. While all things
should be “ done decently and in order,”
with business exactness, there should be
the heart of Christianaity beating in the
midst of it, else it is a dead mass—fatal
to itself and the Church as the turtle
that fell out of the eagle’s mouth ou the
bald bead of the ancient philosopher. If
you extract all the sympathy of our
blessed religion for any scheme of bene
volence, and put in ; ts place a cold and
mere unfeeling business transaction; if
you m'ake every church aod every mis
sionary feel that law is the policy, and
only law; ihat there is no noble gift
tonchiDg tbe heart; no ebbing and flow
ing of the tide of Christian generosity,
then you are only hardening men—dry
inw nn ihe fouptwin nf Inve and_ofjQV in
The AMERICAN 'PRESBYTERIAN. THURSDAY, MARCH 29. 1866.
in these foar years, sixty churches, with
an agregate debt upon them now of at
least $15,000!
This scheme must be worked just
like any other benevolent enterprise,
by giving and receiving, thus interest
ing the churches—the whole Church,
in it—thus making it one of our causes;
then will the churches fee) their moral
obligations on account of the real good
that it has done them, aud not that
the feeble churches shall have east in
their teeth annually the appalling.fact
that a debt hangs oj*er them, and that
they must hear it said, “ look to your
bonds,” but “ that so laboring yon ought
to support the weak, and to remember
the words of the Lord Jesus, how be
said, ‘lt is more blessed to give than
to receive.’ ” — ; Acts xx., 35.
Dr. L. —Go thy way fer this time ;
when I have a convenient season, I will
call for thee
Christian Union. —Bishop Potter is
not making progress in his enterprise of
subduing the “ unterrified’’ of his clergy.
Though decidedly valiant in pastorals
and prohibitory*in letters, yet he plays
sbv of the crisis. Meantime another
demonstation of Christian manliness has
occurred in his diocese, of which the
New York Observer recently gave the
following account:—“ St. Ann’s Church,
Brooklyn, was opened for a confer
ence of the Christian Union Associa
tion last Sunday evening. Rev. Mr.
Mills and Rev. Mr. Gallagher, rectors of
the church, and Drs. Porter, (Reformed
Dutch,) and Budington, (Congrega
tional,)' made addresses. Dr. Porter
showed the the office of this Association
was to promote spiritual union and to
awaken thought on the subject of fellow
ship and communion. Dr. Budington
believed the movement, by holding up
the banner of union, would bring out
great results in the future. Rev. Mr.
Gallagher (Episcopal) ‘ had once been a
firm believer in tbe absurd doctrine of
the apostolic succession, but the vision of
Peter of the clean and unclean beasts,
had shown him that no one whom God
accepts as a minister should be refused.’
Rev. Mr. Mills, as rector of St.,Ann’s,
said, among other good things: ‘May
these walls crumble to dust ere fins
church departs from the practice of her
fathers (Mcilvaine and Cutler) and ex
cludes from her courts any of God s
ministers or people.’ At a late hour the
meetipg adjourned.” Tbe Association,
we are happy to say, has common 1 e
active operations in this city,
the Church ; you have hauled out the
ship into the sands and sun 0 f worldli
ness, and it will “ dry up” if this course
is persisted in, while every obstacle is
put in the way for a reform, under the
idea and reutterance that “ it is fixed”
—“ it can’t be changed”—“ it is irrevo
cable.”
Mr. E. —Why! I am astonished at
your ignorance. Excuse me, sir, but I
see through the whole of this. Why,
even now, when these Churches are held
by the most sacred obligations of honor
and law, we have been pained. 4'ith an
swers ; and many and many a church
has refused to pay its just dues. And
do you suppose that if all legal obliga
tion was removed, they would do better
on “ principle ?” If a man will not pay
an honest debt, will he give away that
which he does not owe ? And would it
not soon be true that if we were to “ give
away” this' money, we should have
nothing—not even enqugh to pay the
salary of the treasurer ?
-fieo. P. —l think, sir, if a poor and
deserving relative should come to your
office in distressed circumstances and
afik you for 500 dollars to help him, and
you should say to him, “ Here, take it;
if you feel like repaying it, you can, aDd
then I will help Boine one else ; if not, you
are welcome to it,” do you not sup
pose that he would feel greater obliga
tions to you than if you said to him,
“ Y es, I can help you; here is 500 dol
lars. Give me your note, payable' aA'
the end of such a time and interest
thereafter till it is paid, and secure me
on that homestead of yours?” And
suppose he took the money on these
conditions, and at the time the l money
came due, you should drop him a note
“urging his obligation to pay the same,”
though you had thousands at your com
mand, what would be the effect upon bis
poor human nature, and bow would be
feel towards you ?
Mr. E. —But are you such a fool
(excuse me) as to think we could have
it understood that this monev is “given
away” and require to have our treasury
replenished by contributions of benevo
lence from the churches? It was to
avoid this very thiDg that this plan was
devised by the wise heads aud Christian
hearts of its authors. “ The scheme
was to check, if not arrest, appeals fofi
kfflp in building houses of worship.”
(Digest, p. 387, Sec. B.—Minutes, 1559,
p. 26-).
Rev. P. —Here I conceive to be one
grand error in the plau. It arrays itself
(with apparent unconsciousness) against
the Bible and our religion. The churches
“ask for bread and it gives them a
stone” in the head. And this is one
reason why it has not prospered—why
we (according to Minutes, 1865, p. 50)
last year gave out of the Fund “ only
$2426,” and the Old School collected .
and “gave away” $21,127, or nearly
ten times as much for this purpose. This
is one reason why, for “the last-four
years” the O. S. Board for this purpose
gave away $59,378, and we only $lB,-
674—why they aided, in these four
years, two hundred churches free from
all debt but of gratitude, and we aided
March 15, 1866.
of a series of conferences was held on a
recent Monday evening in the church of
the Epiphany, Dr. Newton’s.
OUR ROCHESTER CORRESPONDENT.
OUR NEXT ELOOD.
Last Sunday was the anniversary of
our great flood in Rochester. Many
about this time are thinking of it, and
talking about it, and wondering when
the next will come. Happily there is
now no prospect of such a calamity, this
but how shall we effectually
protect ourselves for the future, is a
question now agitating our city authori
ties.
One plan proposed looks formidable
enough at firßt sight, but nevertheless is
thought to he quite feasible ; and that is,
to commence below the Falls, and exca
vate a huge tunnel, or water way, di
rectly under, or near the bed of the
river, back for a mile or more from the
cataract, and then have it so arranged
that after the water has risen to a cer
tain height, it shall pour its flood into
this subaqueous channel,'and flow peace
fully and safely through the town far
down out of our sight. What was lost
by the flood last year would more than
build such tunnel, beside greatly en
hancing the value of property in certain
localities near the river. We sincerely
hope that that, or something else, will
be done ere long, so that by our own
negligence, another calamity, like that
of last year, may not fall on us.
INSTALLATION AT ROCHESTER.
On, Thursday, 22d instant, Rev. C.
Maurice Wines, was ordained and in
stalled | pastor by Rochester City Pres
bytery (Old School,) pastor of the First
Presbyterian Church of this city. The
sermon wjas preached by Rev. Dr. Wines,
of New York, the father of the candi
date; installing prayer, tender and ex
cellent, bjr Rev. D. D. McColl, of Scotts
ville, Moderator; charge to the pastor
by Rev. Dr. Imbrie, of Jersey City; and
charge t<) the people by Rev. Dr. Hall,
of this pjace. These services were all
well sustained, and were of commenda
ble brevity.
Mr. Wines is evidently a young man
of fine abilities. He sustained himself
‘wufrin his examination, and has already,
in a few weeks of service, gained a
stronghold of the affections of the people.
We need not add that he takes a pretty
large load to begin with. We hope his
peop)e|wili have discretion enough to
spare Jbim and favor him where they
can, sd that he may not be overtasked
and broken down in his youth.
INSTALLATION AT LE ROY.
On Wednesday, 21st instant, a like
service was performed in Le Roy. Bev.
Selah Merrill, of W%stfield, Mass., was
installed by council, over the Congre
gational,! ebnrch—sermon by Rev. E. E.
» Williamb,.»f Warsaw ; installing prayer
by Rerf'Wm. L. Parsons, D.D., of Le
Roy; fcharge to the pastor, a very sensi
ble an! good one, by Rev. D. K. Bart
lett, ofjthis city; right hand of fellow
ship, light earnestly and Cbristianly
given, y Rev. C. C. Kimball, of the
Presby erian Church, of Le Roy ; and
charge o the people by Rev. L. S. Ho
bart, ol Syracuse.
The ccasion was one of great interest
to this little church, struggling for a
higher rosperity. The new pastor bore
his exanination gracefully, and mani
fested talent and scholarship. His com
ing mu; be the beginning of better
times, j L]he religious interest continues
in Le y, and this church, it is to be
hoped,ill get its share of the blessing
1 \ °
IVIVAL AT SCOTTSVILLE
Rev.
be dese;
name hi
D. D. McCoII, of Scottsville,—
ves D.D. at tbe other end of his
o—ha's been holding meetings
!e the week of prayer; preach
;b of tbe time, almost every
> a manifest blessing on his
Some twenty-five or thirty are
hope, and others’ are still
ever s
me:, n
day, \v
labors.
indulgi
among
Has
3 inquirers.
iy body thought how much of
s labor our ministers are now
; ? We know scores of them
attended meetings almost
exhausuir
perform n
who hsv
since the year began.
; any help, because each man
at home that he cannot go
his neighbors. And yet we
thought also, that this work
every da;
one can.
is so buj
out ’to a
have of.
is Dot h[.
to toiT'aj/.
it is the 1 1
l
ble, wifci
ministeii o
and invijQ
iMij
If so wearicg, after all, as it is
flight and catch nothing. No,
,mes of dearth and drought, the
alienation and trou
i are more likely to wear a
>ijt speedily. It is refreshing
rating to labor in the harvest.
THERING AT EOCKPORT.
jnt communioa sermon Rev.
, ! of Loebport, received seventy -
cburcb, as a part of the fruits
al in tbat place. His cburcb,
le has ministered with such
acceptance for nearly a quar
itury, must now number over
i members, and in every way
prosperous.
At a n
Dr. Wisnl
five to bi|
of the reti
to which
ability an
ter of a, c
five hnndr
strong an
LIBERAL.
fc stated that the Hon. John
Catkins, has given (including
00 for a new Presbyterian
hat village. This reminds us
ful baptismal font,' of pure
le, chaste and elegant, given
leman to his friend, Rev. Dr.
igriensburg, for. his cburch in
Mr. Magee eat under Mr.
Sching in bis former pastorate
tith this beautiful' iribn e of
respect, costing we believe
he followed him to his new
We see
Magee, oi
site)
church in
of a bea
.white ma ■!
by this ge .1
Miller, of '
that plac
Miller’s pi
at Bath,
affection a
some $5O
field of lat
MORE JUST THAN WISE.
On St. Patrick’s day, while our Cana
dian neighbors were on tiptoe, looking
out for an army of one hundred thou
sand fierce Fenians to cross on to their
borders, and overrun their fair land,
some persons at Suspension Bridge, for
the sake of the joke, tried to help on the
scare. As still evening came on, with
a stillness that portended the awful
storm, they first discharged a small can
non, as if it were the signal for the
dreaded assault, and then sent up rock
ets, red and blue, as if to tell the throng
ing hordes where to strike.
It is currently reported that the joke
was a great success; that her Majesty’s
trained bands rushed speedily to arms,
and that defenseless women and chil
dren, with pigs and poultry, were sud
denly removed toward the provinces for
safety.
This may be no more than some, at
least; of our neighbors deserve, for their
recent inhuman sympathy with our ene
mies ; but it is not generous or wise thus
to keep up the agitation and alarm.
SUNDAY-SCHOOL PESTIYAL.
About six months since, Rev. P. Gf.
Cook, formerly chaplain in the army,
now City Missionary in Buffalo, com
menced gathering a Sunday-school in
one of the most neglected and needy
parts of that city. Already he has 250
scholars, and the. school is evidently
doing a good work.
It was planned to give the children a
good time, on Friday of last week; and
what with good eating and good speeches,
by such men as Dr. Clark, Edward
Bristol and others, it is safe to conclude
that they had it, and that the children
are now more attached to their Sunday
school than ever before If this school
continues, it certainly will do something
for the prosperity of Buffalo—some-,
thing, at least, to lessen the expenses of
police courts and pauperism.
PERSONAL.
We learn very directly that Rev. J.
B. Beaumont, of, Olean, has indeed ac
cepted the call of the Presbyterian
Church at Lyons, and is expected to
enter upon his pastoral labors in that
plaice about the first of May. May a
great blessiug come with him.
- Rochester, March 24, 1866.
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
Washington, D. C., March 24, 1866.
Before this letter meets the eyes of
your numerous readers, Andrew John
son, President of the United States, will
have struck another Glow at Freedom,
by vetoing the Civil Rights bill. Per
haps it will not be as sweeping or as
emphatic as his veto of the Freedmen’s
Bureau bill, but I understand that he
takes exeeptions to the very sections of
the bill which give it its vitality. Take
them away, and it will be shorn of its
power to protect the freedman in his
sacred rights of life, liberty, and pro
perty, and degenerate into a mere mokery
of a bill of rights. This measure was
carefully drawn by one of the ablest
lawyers of the Senate, Hon. Lyman
Trumbull, of Illinois, after consultation
with such expounders of constitutional
and common law as Senators Fessenden,
Henderson, Sumner, Poland, Foster, and
Morrill. It was debated in the Senate
for about two weeks, and finally passed
that body by a vote of 33 to 12, every
Unionist, including the President’s
“ friends,” with the exception of Cowan,
voting for it. Going over to the House,
it was subjected to a thorough examina
tion and scrutiny. After a long and
able debate, it was referred to the House
Judiciary Committee, where it was
stripped of a section supposed to imply
the right of the loyal blacks to suffrage,
reported back to the House and after
another long debate, /passed by that
branch ot the National Legislature by a
vote of 111 to 38. Coming back to the
Senate, the amendments of the House
were concurred in without calling the
yeas and nays. When it was sent to
the Executive, the Unionists in both
branches of Congress, and very gener
ally throughout the country, were hope
ful Of its securing his approval. Indeed,
it was amended by the House Judiciary
Committee, in order, if possible, to avoid
a veto. It will fhus be seen that every
precaution was taken by Congress to
frame a measure which, while its opera
tion would secure the rights, of the loy
alists, white as well as black, at the
South, its terms should be such as might
reasonably be expected to meet the pe
culiar views of the Executive.
But the predictions and fears of the
loyal millions have once more been ful
filled. The prayers and wishes of a
decided majority, of the people of the
United States, expressed through the
measures of their servants in Congress,
enunciated „in the columns of every
newspaper that supported Abraham Lin
coln and Andrew Johnson in 1864, and
stood faithfully by the teachings of our
fathers and the flag of our country, and
directly appealing from every ballot-box
end from every Union meeting that has
spoken since the assembling of Con
gress, have been as deliberately disre
garded by Andrew Johnson, as the de
mands and threats of his common ene
mies and the enemies of bis country
have been heard and obeyed. Himself
the puhlic servant of the people, be per
sistently sets up his opinion against the
combined wisdom, of the nation, and
puts the overwhelming sentiment of the
country at, defiance
Ihia Civil Rights bill, be it rcmem
. rt ( l| w »s not a measure passed iu ibe
jtttSlEßts of. the colored man Hii.ne. It
was prepared to protect those thousands
of white men, who, during the rebellion
in the South, courageously maintained
the true faith, and for so doing continue
to be the objects ot persecution by the
returned rebels. For this class, Presi
dent Johnson hah been profuse in his
professions of peculiar regard. These
are the men to whom, in 1864, he said
he would commit the restoration of the
Southern States, while traitors were ad
vised to take a “back seat.” His whole
policy since he has been President has
been to make loyalty odious and trea
son respectable; and, as if to place ex
traordinary emphasis upon this, he em
braces the first opportunity to deliver
the black and white loyalists of the.
South over into the hands of the re
vengeful and unrepentant traitors. Had
the President assisted to perfect this
important legislation, besides giving the
pledge of a vigilant guardianship over
all the loyal people of the South, he
would have placed his official seal of
disapprobation upon that shameless doc
trine announced by Chief Justice Taney,
in the infamous Dred Scott decision,
“ that' the negro, bond and free, is not
an American citizen, and has no rights
which the white man is bound to re
spect.” It is true, it did not need the
President’s sanction to expose this re
volting doctrine to execration and con
tempt.
But it would have been a spectacle of
moral sublimity if he had gracefully
given his approval to this august enunci
ation of tbe American people. For
nearly fifty years tbe Southern States
have been controlled by the slaveholding
tyrants, and for more than a generation
no Northern man known to be opposed
to human slavery could safely travel,
much less live in that section. It is
notorious that no Northern man, and no
Southern man who was opposed to
slavery, could secure his rights against
a slaveholder in any one of the courts
where the interests of the peculiar insti
tution were involved. This measure
about to be vetoed by the President was
calculated to destroy the old state of
things. It affected the right to transit,
the right of domicil, the right to sue, the
writ of habeas corpus, and the right of
petition. It threw the broad shield of
the General Government over tbe weak
and helpless freedmen, and secured them
| against the unmerciful and causeless per
secution of the haughty and powerful
rebels. The elfecfc of such a veto may
be safely anticipated. Throughout the
late Rebel States it will cause the dis
loyal everywhere to rejoice, while the
class whose hopes it has blighted will
lose all heart. At the North, tbe Cop
perheads will have new cause of con
gratulation, while the Unionists will
only have an additional proof of the
treachery of the man whom they have
elevated to the highest office within the
gift of the American people. J. M.
Genesee.
life uf mit Sljirrdje^.
First Church, Kensington. —Last
Sabbath was a .day of great interest in
this church. Fifty-four persons were
admitted on profession of their faith,
the fruit, in part, of the gracious revival
now in progress. There was an im
mense gathering at the communion ser
vice, and God was there. The pastor
was assisted by Rev. S! W. Crittenden.
York, Pa. —A work of grace has
been going forward in this church, of
which the pastor, Rev. H. A. Niles,
writes:—Since "the week of prayer”
it has so been manifested that we have
felt called to hold many extra (evening)
services, “inquiry meetings,” &c. Last
communion (first Sabbath in March)
twenty-five were added to the church
eight or nine heads of families, the rest
youDg gentlemen and ladies—and several
others are expected to unite on the next
opportunity, while new converts appear
every week. Every thing is quiet, but
I trust a safe and permanent influence
is at work.
Hamilton College, Clinton, N. Y.
—The work of grace proceeds in this
institution steadily and delightfully.
2s T ew cases of interest occur from week
to week, and increased diligence and
good order mark the conduct of the stu
dents. The regular study of the Scrip
tures, which has its place among the
other branches in the College curricu
lum, has, in a marked manner, aided in
developing the feeling and in leading to
the desired results. Infidelity has been
met and vanquished, and humble faith
has taken its place in the heart of the
student, while engaged upon the Bibli
cal Exercises forming part of his ap
pointed studies. This is a most welcome
vindication of the policy of giving the
Bible the prominence it deserves in onr
educational system. There would be
less infidelity and more believing piety
among our educated men, if they saw
among their instructors such practical
proof of reverence for the Scriptures,
and if their own minds in the most im
portant formative stage were brought in
contact with their teachings. °
Lafayette, Inl>.— The churches gen
erally in this place are enjoying a very
precious revival. Some of the oldest
citizens, who have speDt their lives in
sin, are now rejoicing in hope. Num
bers of children also have given their
hearts to the Saviour In ibe city of
Indianapolis, an influence, star ing from
a dady prayer-meeting commenced early
in the winter, has ex l ended to the
churches generally, and ibe result in
accessions already re ~ches ihe Lumber
_<>j_ooe thousand. i
KKVIVAI.S.