weste rn range of mountains up to the Red river
o f the North, We are to •be limited in the
ol oun
t of it only by the amount of labor we
put upon mines. But gold is not all. Silver,
iron, oil and coal only wait the seekers
corire r,
„ d delvers, to pour in npoh us one con
;nous and augmenting stream of wealth. It
d o es almost seem as though no need of the
world would ever disembowel our continent of
all the riches.
T a ke, now, the one article, coal. Steam is
t h e great motor of the age. Steam demands
coa l, The nation that has it is assured of man
ufacturing. and commercial greatness. In bur
ry tne coal fields are supposed to cover
c ount
„ w ard of one hundred and fifty thousand
sq uare miles. Think what England's carbon
iferous deposit of only a few square miles has
d on e for er supremacy I Then conceive, if
you can, what America's may do for hers.
As to food, we can raise harvests for all the
peoples of the globe. We increased our ex
ports of breadstnffs by millions, while a million
o g l ed men were taken away from our produc
tive industry. Thee, even in a time of war,
with a war' s immense drain upon our resources,
we were able to be almoners to the nations.
Tocqueville declares that the American
Continent alone is capable of giving sustenance
to three thousand• and six hundred millions of
pe ople, or four times the present population of
t he globe.
As to men, population swarm to our shores.
As to industry, America is one vast work
shop.
As to manufactures, Southern journals record
with joy and pride the erection of new mills,
factories, furnaces and tanneries in the unre
constructed States. >cif.
The convincing and incontrovertible ; yea and
most eloquent, demonstration of the truth of
all this marvelous record of our resources, lies
3 the statistical statement of Secretary McCul
loch concerning the public debt. My yester
day morning paper tells me that the coming re
port of the Secretary will show a reduction dur
ing the past year of two hundred million dol
lars ! Think of that says a French writer,
commenting on this astonishing vindication of
our national credit. 0, all ye governments of
Europe, ponder the lesson. The great and
free American people did not busy themselves
during long years of peace, heaping up useless
materials to necessitate crushing budgets: But
when the hour of the nation's need came, the
nation stamped upon its free soil, and brave
armies were called up and equipped on the in
stant. The London Aar says :—" There is
nothing in the whole range of financial topics
that challenges more interest than the remark
able manner in which the United States people
are grappling with the burden of their debt.'
Look now at our attained national integrity
and unity. The nation was never true and was
never one, till now. Our flag flaunted a lie.
Its stars did not all symbolize freedom. " Lib
erty and Union" were inscribed upon its folds :
but under it men called the roll of their slaves,
and under it people rallied to two antagonistic
ideas. At last came the inevitable conflict, and
the idea that " there are slave races born to
serve ; master races to govern," went under.
We are true, now, to our Declaration of In
dependence. We are one, now, in the essen
tial principle of Republicanism. We have
shaken off an incnous. We are rid of a breeder
of strife. We have done a politically and re
ligiously just thing. This nation is uplifted in
its moral manhood.
We have been beneath the furnace blast, and
under the beat of God's great hammer. And
now that He hath recast and moulded anew
the nation, what is it for ? Surely, for the year
of his redeemed ? Our geographical position
and material resources and national integrity
and unity have just this meaning.
There is one point, in this connection,-to
which I would briefly speak and close: Recon ;
struction. As a minister of the Gospel in offi
cial position, I have no theory of reconstruction
save this—justice. Before the war, the whites
in the South' voted for three-fifths of their ne
groes. Under the " Constitution as it is,'"4ltey
would vote for five-fifths. Before the war, the
whites in the South, favored by slavery, paid
three-fifths of the taxes. " Under the Consti
tution as it is," the slaves having become , free
are themselves assessed, and their former mas
ters get rid of the* three- fifths. B econstructed
thus, the rebels, as premium upon their treason,
would gain 40 per cent. in representation and
avoid 60 per cent. of taxation. Is that justice ?
Before the war we had no national debt of
consequence. During the war we rolled it up
to three thousand millions. This effort at the
life of the. nation made another debt also; a
Confederate debt, so called. iteconstructed
ander "the Constitution as it is," this debt of
loyalty might be repudiated or acknowledged
only as it should be coupled with that standing
obligation of perfidy and debt of treason I Is
that justice ?
Before the war, Southern Senators and Rep
resentativei left their seats at the capitol, vio
lated their 'sacred oaths, perjured themselves
before God and man, insolently spat in the
face of this free Government, and then for four
bloody years did their utmost to follow up that
insult with the nation's death. Reconstructed
under "the Constitution as it is," these same
Senators and Representatives may come back
to-morrow and make our laws! Is that justice?
Before the war, four millions were slaves.
During the war we emancipated them. Then
we armed some of them. They fought for us.
Jo the thickest of the fight they fought. There
was never a traitor among them—not one.
Sorely they won their right, not only to be
free, but to be protected irl their freedom. Re
constructed under "the Constitution as it is,"
they will have no protection. Is that justice?
Look at Memphis, the half of whose scene of
hideous and demoniac horror was not described
to us, as I am assured by a resident there.
Look at New Orleans, where " nnarmed,
inoffensive, supplicating men were brained and
stabbed in cold blood, because they were in a
hall where words might have been uttered in
behalf of Republican ideas." •
The loyal North gamin these and other things
the fitful flashes of the old fire of Southern
scorn and hate, and by their hundreds of thou
sands of voiceless ballots, they said with the
same old unmigakeable emphasis with which
they voted for a continuance of the war, " The
nation shall not be reconstructed thus."
"The fruits of our victory," says the Chris
tian hero, Howard, "are manhood developed,
strengthened,. ennobled, and liberty enlarged
and made universal." True. And God hav
ing given us these fruits, we are answerable to
Him for their preservation. We should hold
them as our inviolable and most solemn trust.
Woe be to us if we peril these by unwarranted
eonessions or unholy compromise I Woe be
to us if our adopted plan of reconstruction be
not woven with warp and woof of justice
Justice to the frqedmen I Jfistice to humani
ty! Justice to liberty I
The freedmen have been enslaved, humanity
has been debased, liberty has been stabbed, full
long and oft. Let as have done with this.
We must educate the freedmen. We must
ennoble humanity. We mnst holily guard'and
shield liberty.
We should "go to the negro quickly, ear
sestly, faithfully, with the spelling. book in one
hand and the Bible in the other," and answer
that oraving for knowledge found so often
among the freedmen, and which David Walker,
himself a negro, gave voice to in these burning
words of appeal to his enslaved countrymen
more than thirty years ago: " I would crawl
on my hands and knees through mud and mire
to the feet of a learned man, where I would sit
and humbly supplicate him to instill into me
that which neither man nor devils could remove
only with my life." All the facts show that
what the freedmen most need and most desire,
and are readiest to take, is education.
Then we must vindicate our common humani
ty. Never again should we allow the stigma
to be affixed to it, that has come from legisla
ting for a privileged caste. Never again should
le repeat the monstrous lie that Humanity
i v
°Res its manhood and is put without the pale
of brotherhood by color of cuticle.
Last of all, we mast keep ward and watch for
Liberty. Her enemies have been beaten, dis
comfittea, put to an open shame. These last
days of vengeance have given them some fear
ful blows. But they still plot iniquity and plan
for mischief. The oligharchal spirit is silenced,
not subdued. While the dying and dead Ro
manism of Europe seeks revival in America.
" If Italy loosens her chains to follow strange
idols," says Archbishop Purcell, "America
must come forward to the, front and assume a
first place among the faithful." Once during
the war, the Scarlet Woman, thesingle poten
tate in the world daring to betray a hatred of
freedom, sent a friendly official message to the
official chief of the rebel hosts. Each, with a
lost cause single-handed, would see now what
they can do united. They strike hands for a
new lease of life. Rome already is on a cru
sade among the freedmen. We must vie with
her. We must anticipate her. This Protest
ant nation must hold this country for Christ.
If we go over our waste places and among our
ignorant masses armed with the spelling-book
and the Bible, all the 'proud barriers of social
caste, and all the dark images of Romish su
perstition will fall before us and be buried in
one common sepulchre.
And then with electric arms stretching away
under the sea to Europe, and still others stretch
ing away on the ocean bed to Asia, we shall
stir the Continents with our throbbing life.
With a battery at Heart's Content, composed
of a gun cap, with a strip of zinc, excited by a
drop of water, the simple bulk of a tear, you
can send a current of electricity two thousand
miles away, like a stroke of lightning. And
men in :a darkened room at Valentia see those
flashes of light as they come up out of the sea,
and thus read your thought.
So shall our grand ideas of liberty, and our
thoughts of justice; sent from a battery com
posed of this free nation's heart, and excited
by a drop of this free nation's blood, go throb
bing through the wires, and their flashes shall
light up thrones and kingdoms. And Oppress
ed peoples in the darkneas shall read their
meaning,. and thank God at last for freedom.
Then, indeed, " strong nations afar off" shall
beat their swords into plowshares and their
spears into pruning -hooks. Of the whole earth
it shall be said, " Violence shall no more be
heard in thy land; wasting nor destruction
within thy borders." And a reconstructed
world shall shout, " The year of God's re
deemed is' come."
Ittigigu,s katstligno.
Removal of Dr. Eells.—The Brooklyn
Union, speaking with regret of the now
settled-upon removal- of Rev. James Bells,
D.D., from that city to the pastorate of the
First Church in San Francisco, says:—" This
call was declined, but has since been renewed
and swelled. So confident are these Califor
nia Calvinists of the claims of their rising
metropolis, that they have proposed to take
the Doctor up and set him down there, and
if, after six months, he is not converted to
their views, then to set him back again with
out expense to himself. It is now thought
Dr. Eells will accept the call, and will leave
for his new field in January. Though he
belongs to that small class of clergymen who
will bear transportation `across the conti
nent,' there are few of her pastors whom
Brooklyn would so reluctantly spare."
_Presbyterial Conventions for Devotion
al'Exeremes.—West of the mountains these
are becoming a feature of the times. The
last Pittsburgh Banner says:—At a late
convention for prayer and conference, held
in West Alexander, Pa., arrangements were
made for holding a similar one, embracing
the Presbyteries of Chartiers, SteUbenville,
Wheeling, and Frankfort. After consulta
tion with some of the brethren of each of
these Presbyteries, and with the cordial con
sent of the people there, Steubenville, Ohio,
was fixed on as the place, and the first of
January, 1867, being, the Tuesday before the
week of prayer, as the time, for'holding said
convention."—ln the same paper, Rev. B.
C. Critchlow, Moderator, publishes the fol
lowing notice to the membersi of the Presby
tery of Beaver: " Our Presbytery will meet at
Sharon on the third Tuesday of this month.
Let the ministerial brethren, and as many of
the ruling elders as can, come to the meeting
prepared to spend some time together as a
convention, that we may take into prayer
ful consideration our duty at the present
time, as it regards the revival and prosperity_
of vital religion in our churches."
EMII=MI
Synod of Kentucky on Reunion.—This
Synod (0. S.) has given the:first unqualified
utterance against the reunion of the Presby
terian Church which has come to our notice.
After urging a list of what it is pleased to
call facts connected• with the separation, its
minute on the subject comes, with no appear
ance of regret, to the following conclusion :
" Such being the facts, this Synod does not
see that the way is prepared for organic re
union, and regards with grave apprehension
the posture in which this business now
stands. The zeal with which the measure is
pursued is not, in our judgment, according to
knowledge. It is hasty, untimely, not re
gardful enough of sound doctrine and scrip
tural order ; and if 'unchecked, will lead to
incalculable mischief. Should this measure
be precipitated,. instead of subserving the
cause of Christian union, it will assuredly
promote dissension."
A Proscribed Traffic.—A correspondent
asks the Christian _lnstructor as follows:
Does the United Presbyterian Church recog
nine persons who are engaged in the whisky
traffic as entitled to sealing ordinances in its
communion? The instructor, which is one
of the papers of that Church, replies :—" In
answer to the inquiry, we may say in the
most unqualified terms, that the General As
sembly of our United:Presbyterian Church
has again and again passed laws positively
forbidding any of its members being so en
gaged. It has solemnly directed church
officers and sessions to deal with all who
would lend themselves to this business • and
we are entirely clear in making the deelara
lion, that if any person is so engaged, it is in
direct violation of the principles and authori
tative declarations of the United Presbyteri v
an Church, and he ought to be proceeded
against; and visited with the censures of the
Church. Either he should give up such a
business, and thus be a consistent member of
the Church, in that he abides by its rules, or
he ought to' be dealt with as a violator of
them, and thus have the Church clear of the
guilt of his fearful sin."
Death of Rev. Dr. , McMaster.—By a
telegraphic despatch from Chicago we are
informed of the death of the Rev. E . D. Mc-
Master, Professor of Theology in the Theo
logical Seminary of the. Northwest. Dr. Mc-
Master was elected to the chair of Theology
in this Seminary by the last General Ass'em
bly, and has occupied the post but'a few
months. His unexpected departure will
bring sadness to many hearts, - especially in
the West, where he has lived and labored for
many years. Dr. McMaster , was' a, man of
clear and vigorous intellect, :a constant stu
debt, and a silful exp
strongly a
ounder of the word
of God. His kpreachingattracted
,intellectual men, and he possessed a strong
aud.abiding influence over the studentsho
were instructed by him in theology, It is a,
sad thing' that he shouldbe'priested on the
threSheld 'of his sconce careerGodrorders•
all .things wellrning_ his own. The.
disease of which Dr. McMaster died,. we.,
undeistand, was pneurnorifi.—AiAbyten an.
Pentusykapda Chrtioltes.--- A. revival
been in progress for some time in the PietbY
terian church at Warren, Pa. In Pittsburg
THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1,866..
PRESBYTERIAN.
a very encouraging state of affairs exists in
the Sixth 'Church (Rev. Dr. Wilson's), six
teen being received on profession of their
faith on the 2d inst.
Returning. —Rev. Albert Williams, a
well-known pioneer minister upon this coast,
and the founder and first pastor of the First
Presbyterian Church in this city, sailed for
New York in the steamer Constitution on
Saturday last. He intends to make his homei
in New Jersey. —Pacific, Nov. 15th.
Revival.—We are glad to hear of a Very
interesting work of grace in the church of
Lower Brandywine, Presbytery of Newcastle,
of which the Rev. David W. Moore is pas
tor. A revival last year brought in quite a
number, and we rejoice to know that God is
again making manifest his divine power to
save in this church.—Presbyterian.
Congregational.—An extensive revival is
reported from Southwest Harbor, Maine. A
small and feeble church, mostly aged people
soon to piss away, became deeply exercised
for the future religious prospects of the
place, and cried to 'God for help. The Holy
Spirit ;came down with power, and already
seventy persons, including many of the
youth, profess to have found the Saviour.
—Salaries in the West.---The little church
at Altona, 111., of fifty members, has just
completed a church costing $5OOO. At the
dedication, after a discourse by Rev. F. T.
Perkins . , on "Love for the Church," at his
suggestion they cancelled the remaining in
debtedness. They then engaged Rev. Mr.
Harris, from Vermont. In Quincy, from.
$BOO a year, they called a man at $3000.' In
Griggsville they rise from $BOO to $l5OO-and
parsonage. The new church at Lacon call
itev. A. A. Stevens at $l5OO, and the little
church at Canton, after a hard struggle to
build the finest house in the region, called
Rev. W. G. Pierce at $l5OO. But he is so
highly appreciated at Elmwood, that they not
only do better than that for him, but also pro
vide him with a parsonage, perhaps the best
(save the one at Racine) west of the Lakes.
—A Congregational church edifice, erected
only two years since in Somerville, in 'the;
vicinity of Boston, was burned on the night)
of the 9th inst. There is no doubt but that
it was the work of an incendiary.—Foreign
Missions, Home Evangelization, Revivals and
Congregationalism, are the subjects of lec
turps to be given at Andover Seminary, the
present year, by persons outside of the Pami r
ty.—Out of nine members of the. Senior
' class in Andover, recently licensed by thp
Andover Association, all were children of
pious parents; all but two were baptized in
infancy, and four were in their childhood
consecrated by their parents to the ministry.
—Special religious interest exists in West.
Lebanon, N. H., and White River,
Sabbath, Nov. 25th, was the 20th anniver
sary of the settlement of Dr. Storrs over the
Church of the Pilgrims, in Brooklyn, N. If.
Since his pastorate began, 1011 persons have
been added to the church ; 617 by letter, at.
394: by profession. The gifts of the chin.
to public benevolences have amounted to
s22o,ooo.—The thirteenth anniversary of
the planting of a Christian colony at Geneseo,
111., was celebrated on the 19th and 20thl , of
last month. A. sacramental . communion
formed a part of the exercises. The coloby
was from Bergen, N. Y., and the church was
there organized preparatory to the emigra
tion.
Episcopal—ln San Francisco the corner
stone of a new Episcopal church was laid on,
the 9th ult. It will be the largest-Thumb'
edifice in California-140 by 137 feet, with a 1
square tower 200 feet high, surmounted by
an ornamental pinnacle.—A letter from
the Pennsylvania Bishop, Stevens, dated at
Paris, speaks of improved health, but holds
out no hope of being able to return to his
diocese before the passing away of winter.
—The Gloria Dei (Old Swede's) Church of
this city, has just completed a new Sunday
sehool building. It was opened on the first
Sabbath of the present month, the anniver
sary of the Sunday-school being celebrated at
the same time.—Thei . examination of the
students of the Divinity schoolin West Phila
delphia is this week in progress.—At the
meeting of the Southern Convocation of the
Diocese of Pennsylvania, held last month at
Marcus Hook, the following question awaken
ed a wide discussion,.which is to be continued
at the regular session at Manayunk, in Janu
ary : "is not the Lord's Day becoming less
and less sacred in the estimation of the peo
ple ? and if so, what shall be done to correct
the evil ?"
Missionary.—Settlement of Native Pastors.
—Harootune Muradean, in connection with
th Eastern Turkey mission of the American
Board, was; on the 2d of September, ordained
as pastor of the church in the villages of Che
vermeh and Heramik, about fifty miles south
of Erzroom. The church pledges him one
half of his salary, which is twice as much as
they have ever before given to sustain
preaching. Native pastors have also been or
dained f'or Mashkir and Divrick, • both in
September. These churches are in the vici
nity of Kharpoot. There are now nine, na
tive preachers in the Kharpoot field.—A.
"etter from Mr. Nutting, of Oorfa, Central
Turkey mission notices the great satisfaction
with which he attended the first ordination of
a native pastor in his field, at Aidaman, in May
last. After the ordination, ten persons were
received to the church, making the whole
number thirty. At Behesne, another put-sta
tion, he reports decided progress, and the or
ganization of a• chnich, in May last, of five.male
members, with whose narratives of religious
experience he was much pleased. Of Seve
rek, also, he mentions "good things."
Western Turkey. —.Mr. - Leonard, missionary
of the American Board at Marsovan, notices
the addition of seven persons to the church,
which is now free from dissension and dis
cord; and mentions reports from student
helpers, at the monthly concert, reminding
of the report which the seventy brnught to
Jesus,— 'Lord, even the devils are subject to
us through thy name." ,Mr Schneider writes
respecting a recent visit , to Broosa, where he
was stationed before going to Aintab, and
where he notices great Progress, not in the
city only, but in places in the vicinity.
Foreign.7 , The London Review states that
during the last three months, no less than five
clergymen in full Anglican orders, and all be
longing to the ultra-High Church school,
have given up their respective livings or mi
racles, and have been formally received into
the Roman Church. With , orte , exception,
these gentlemen have been ten years and
upwards clergymen of the Established , Church.
—The Waldenses have one hundred and
eighty scheols for the twenty thousand peo
ple of their fifteen parishes, being nineteen
per cent.' of their population.—Rev. Dr.
Burt, of Cincinnati, now in Europe, writing
home, says :—" The amount' of Sunday dissi
pation exhibited by Protestant Berlin is ex
tremely painful: There seems to be con
science on the subject, even among Christian
people. A Berlin man with whom I talked,
thoug,ht it would not be . clerical fora minister.
to attenclttlimopera on Sunday night, but that
was all." --
MR. D.. L 7 MooDY, of Chicago,"-has been
speaking in Boston, off "The Sueoess of Lay
Effort in thelWest." , The sebjectis
a deep and certainly a desired interest.
A MECHANICAL TRIUMPH.
No invention of a similar labor-saving charac
ter ever resulted in the same practical benefits
to the people, or has come into such general
use as that wonderfully simple piece of mechan
ism—the Sewing Machine: What could we do
without it? Where would we now find hands
enough to accomplish the labor which these
busy little workers are doing These are
questions which determine the usefulness of an
invention, and by them we may gauge the im
portance of Sewing Machines. The history of
this discovery is full of interest. As early as
1836, And ingeniousand prolificinventor, named
Walter Hunt, of New York, invented the first
machine that was of any practical value for
sewing. Being of a rather indolent disposition,
and disinclined to undertake the labor of in
troducing so novel an invention into general
use, he neglected to patent his discovery, and
sold the right to manufacture such machines to
a Mr. Arrowsmith, who, however, neglected to
test the practical value of his -purchase or to
secure it by a patent.
Six years elapsed before any further action
vies taken toward the introduction of Sewing
Machines, and then, on the 12th of February,
1842, the first A.nierican patent was granted to
John J. Greenough, of Washington.
The next recorded attempt at an application
of the idea was made and patented .by Benjamin
rl. Bean, 'of New York. In the same year
:843) a Sewing Machine was patented by Geo.
R. Corlies, of Greenwich, N. 'Y., but no one
seems to know much about it; an evidence that
its practical value was small. These abortive
attempts had the effect, however, of calling the
attention of inventors to the subject of Sewing
Machines, and on the 10th of September, 1836,
Elias Howe,"Jr., of Cambridge, Mass., patented
the first Sewing Machine capable of being im
proved so as to be adapted to general use.
Although the machine patented by Mr. Howe
would now be considered worthless, if com
pared with the more recent inventions of others,
yet he stands at the door of the Sewing Machine
business, as it were, and ; levies a tax of one
dollar Ott each finished machine in which the
principle's he invented are used. A fortune
closely approaching two million of dollars has
thus been accurnOaated by Mr. Howe—a very
fair return, considering the fact that the Howe
Machine has been left far behind by those
whose subsequent inventions have effected a
revolution in ttee manufacture of clothing,
- shirts, caps, boots, shoes, embroidery, and
house furnishing goods.
The utility of a Sewing Machine for family
use depends upon its adaptability to the greatest
variety of work ; and this'article would be in
complete, if, after tracing the rise and progress
of the idea, we shoUld fail to point out, from
among the many varieties, the one that comes
nearest to perfection and combines the greatest
number of useful qualities. For certain kinds
of work there may be machines more peculiarly
adapted than others ; but for all the number
less requirements of a family, we unhesitatingly
pronounce the smoothly, silently, and swiftly
running Grover & Baker Machine the best.
One great advantage is, that the thread is
drawn direct from the rols, and requires no
previous winding on shuttles ; and.the simpli
city of all its parts and, the easy adjustment of
needle, thread and work, make it more readily
comprehensible to the learner than any we have
yet seen. Another important fact is, that they
perform, without an alteration of the adjust
ment, a much greater variety of work than is
possible on others. We might thus enumerate
quality after quality in' our own way, but we
think we do the inventors and makers full
justice, and at the same time relate our experi
ence in terms which there is no mistaking,
when we say that the GroveL & Baker Machine
may be chosen as the best, simplest, and most
reliable Sewing Machine in the market.
The trade in these necessities, which have
now become so indispensable, is assuming
gigantic proportions. Grover & Baker alone
send many thousands to foreign markets, and
this popularity abroad is an evidence of their
merit- and superiority. American Sewing
Machines are used all over the world, and, like
American pianos, have furnished the principles
which have been adopted by a great majority
of foreign manufacturers.—New York Citizen.
MARRIAGES.
MUENCH—THOMSON.—Dea.I3th, at Pine Street
Church, by Rev. John McLeod, Row"' L. MIIENCH,
Esq.. or Harrisburg, to Miss CHRISTIANA THOMP
SON. of this city.
ENGLE—RITC.GINS.-0e the evening of Dee. 10.
at 1023 8. Third street. by Rev. J. Garland Hamner,
Mr. _LOUDON ENGLE to Miss IL ADELAIDE.
eldest daughter of James ilitchiru3, Esq., all of this
city. . •
ROSE—LEES.—In this city. Dee.l3. by Rev. Daniel
March, Mr. CHARLES ROSE and Miss ELLEN M.
LEES, ail of Philadelphia.
DEATHS.
SINCLAIR.—At Genesee, N. Y., Nov. 211, MAR
GARETTA R. SINCLAIR. aged 29. •
A Valedictorian and afterward a Teacher in Ing
ham University, an earnest worker and a patient suf
ferer, living and dying unto the Lord her memory is
blessed.
OBITUARY.
On the morning of Nov. 14th, 1866, in the 57th
year of her age, MRS. HENRY B. FIDDEMAN was num
bered with the departed. Her four months of long.
patient suffering were at length over. God saw that
she needed not another day of affliction to make her
any purer, and ho took her calmly and cloudlessly
home. The angels had been long at hand, and up
and away from the beautiful limiters which -she had
planted and nursed and loved, they took her to more
beautiful gardens than she had ever dreamed, where
no fiost or blighting over faits.
Yonwill,reniemiaer that she gave herself to her
Saviour and united with the Chnrch. while you were
doing your good work there. From that hour her
Christian Cite exhibited a steady growth in grace and
a progressive 'neatness for the coming of. her Lord.
There was a natural sprightliness. and cheerfulness in
her disposition which Won upon all who met her;
and this, when mellowed and sanctified by our holy
faith, became daily a thing more and more beautiful
to behold. In few have I ever witnessed &firmer and
more abiding assurance of the presence and provi
dence of Godin all things—in the darkness as well as
in the light--in the sorrow as truly as in the joy. This
and her sweet resignation to His will, were brought
out most touchingly her latit-linr..ering
. illness.
Amid terrible sufferings she was cheerftillit Sibmis-
SiVe sti/I—a cheerfulness which, nothing but itiOu
:grate could give; and while, all around, the hearts of
sympathising loved ones were blithdinis for her pains,
her own beautiful words were still as of old—" It ie
all right, it is all right." Like her Saviour. she
turned from her own agonies to comfort others. There
were warm ties to link her still to life; 'the devotee
wife and tender mother cbuld but lean-bank in affeo
tion to ihoee about to be bereaved ; and yet she never
desired to linger a day loneer than her Sovereign
saw best. and her soul continued„ through it all ppm,
that Christian elevation—Not bit thine br
done. . •
Many gathered to bear her pastbr's eloquent word.
and follow her td the tomb. Rich and poor, black,
at.d white, were there alike es mourners. The need
and the dependent bad reason weepi Espedialb
affecting was it to see all, the.• servants,..liono , .
slaves, now Tree, drekied full 'mourning and gath
urine tt enuo_tii e Corp, for a last farewell. Ern alto
pated by law; a number of them had still clung to her
,kind guardianship, and they.werirall ready to t enfi
'here to their "he ving lost their 'dearest' earthb
friend." The great round tearkgushing up fr. , m the
warm African heart and 'pouring down their dart
feeees,•told in eloquence sine re or, the goodness non
kindreess'of her woo had Passed away. • -
-And so webtiried her. . Little .had - I thought, ae l
drew near my old home, that I was to ,head, liukco
arm in arm with the present ps..inirjiueli a Procontioi
as that. Little had I dreamed of beholding eu many
familiar faces in tears. With the bereaved family 1
was permitted to spend hours of close, near sympa
thy, recalling many tender reminiscences from the
Past, dwelling ripen various comforting Scriptures.
telling of the land beyond the grave, and mingling
our prayers together at the throne of grace. She was
a near friend of mine, as of all her pastors, and I had
a right to weep. She had often cheered site, w h en i n
the midst of my inner sorrows I was sad indeed. How
much such a friend may help the ministry amid their
heavy trials ! Whatever the gloom. enshrouding my
way, I never, in all those burthened months of my
first pastorate, entered her presence without finding
sunshine there. With the perfumes of the flowers
with which she used to brighten my lonely study, will
be mingling the fragrance of her memory—On and on
through all the coming years. 11. P. B.
PREMIUMS FOR 1866-7.
These premiums are designed 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.
CAS' PREMIUMS.
For one subscriber, 75 cents ; for four or
more, at one time, $1 25 each; for a club of
ten new names, $7 60 ; each single addition to
the club,- , , 60 cents.
09PLIEIL PREMIUMS.
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HOURS AT HOME or GUTHRIE'S SUNDAY
MAGAZINE, 40 those not already taking them),
for one new name and $3 50.
LANGE'S COMMENTARY, either of the three
volumes, postage free, for Two new names
and $7.
Huss AND ms TIMES, postage free, for Four
new names and $l2.
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FOR EIGHTEEN NEW SUBSCRIBERS,
at $3 each, paid in advance; or in the city, at
$3.50 each, paid in advance, we offer
A FIFTY-FIVE DOLLAR
GROVER & BAKER'S SEWING MACHINE
This machine is already so well 'and favora
bly known to the public, that commendation is
superfluous. , Its merits have long since given
it a foremost place among the few machines
accounted the BEST ; and the purchaser has the
advantage in buying the GROVER & BAKER ; of
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9 Shuttle Machine without Hemmers.
A pamphlet containing samples of both these
stitches in various fabrics, with full explana
tions, diagrams, and illustrations, to enable
purchasers to examine, test and compare their
relative merits, will be furnished, on request.
OUR COMMITTEE'S PUBLICATIONS,
SOCIAL HYMN AND TUNE BOOK.
For every new subscriber paying fall 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.
SABBATH-SCHOOL BOOKS.
For Twenty-two new subscribers, paying as
above, or for-thirty-three in club, we will send
the entire list of the eighty-nine Sabbath-school
Library .looks issued by the Committee.
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THE NEW Booss on this list are: Gillett's
England Two Hundred Years Ago ; Only in
Fun ; Allan's Fault; May Castleton's Mission ;
Flowers in the Grass; Rose Delaney's Secret;
Diamond Cross; and Out at Sea. Most of
these are still in press, but will appear soon.
MISCELLANEOUS WORKS
For Twelve new subscribers, paying as above,
or for a club of eighteen, we will give the follow
ing valuable miscellaneous works of the -Com
mittee :—.The New Digest, Gillett's History of
Presbyterianism, two vols. ; Life of John
Brainerd, Zulu Land, Social Hymn and Tune
Book, -morocco ; • Coleman's Atlas, Minutes of
the General Assembly,, Sunset Thoughts, Morn
ing and Night Watches, The Still Hour, The
Closer Walk, Tie Closet Companion, Strong
Tower,- God's way of Peace, 'Why Delay?
Manly Piety, Life at Three Score, Ten Ameri
can Presbyterian Almanacs, Confession of
Faith, Barnes on Justification, Presbyterian
Manual, Apostolic Church, Hall's Law of Bap
tism, Hall's and Boyd's CatePbisms. Freight
extra.
FOR ONE NEW SIIBSORIBER.
Zola Land, or Coleman's Text Book and
Atlas. Postage ten cents. - .
FOR TWO NEW SUBSCRIBERS.
Life of John Brainerd and &hi Land. Pod
age 56 cents extra.
FOR THREE NEW SUBSCRIBERS.
The Digest and Life of Brainerd, (postage 60
cents extra,) or Gillett's History of Presbyte
rianism, two vols., and Social Hymn and Tune
Book, morocco. Postage 60 cents extra.
FOR FOUR NEW SUBSCRIBERS.
Gillett's History, Life of Brainerd, Hymn
and. Tune Book, morocco. Postage $1 extra.
Or the Digest and Gillett's History. Postage
$1 extra. •
FOR FIVE MEW SUBSCRIBERS
Zulu Land, History of Presbyterianism, Life
of Brainerd, . Hymn and Tune Book, morocco.
Postage $1 12 extra.
Any book of equal value on the Committee'
list may be substituted in the above offers. A
list will be sent if desired.
ler All orders must be aecompanied with
the cash. If possible buy a drat% or a postage
order, as in ease of loss of money we cannot
send the premiums,,though we shall adhere to
our rule of sending the papers.
PRAMECOMS TO OLD. Slitc3ClllDgßS.
A postage stamp mast invariably ac
company these orders.
Old subscribers payi n g s trictly in advance,
and adding Two. Dollars to their remittance,
can have Hours at Home, or. Guthrie's Maga
zine, for.one yew', provided they are not al
ready t a ki ng ihem, or.llife. of John Brainerd.
postage free-
By a dding the following ssons l _they e . an ho.ve,
he books named, postage free:—.
$1 80, Zulu Land, or Coleman's Text Book
and Atlas Of
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$1 65, Two Hynin and Tune Books. .
sl'9l, Bowen's Meditations,
~t inted• paper,
full gilt; worth' $2 60.
$8 18, New :Digest, woitiis4;
sB` History
with Pi. •
grptiat gt,d4n,
ARr. The Presbytery of Rochester will held
its annual meeting in the Brick Churen, Rochester.
on Tuesday. the Bth day of January next, at 2 &clock
P. M• C. E. FIJ.RMAN, Stated Clerk.
ROCHESTER, Dee. 13,1865.
Air The Permanent Committee of Bab
bath-Sehools, appointed by the last General As
sembly; will meet in Convention with the Sabbath-
School Convention, at Batavia. New York. on Tues
day. the 18th inst.. at two Weinok P. M.
ED W I ti3TtGELD,
S rat Clerk of G. A.
Sir The Presbyter,' of Columblie wil l meet
at Pardeeville, on the third Tuesday, (the 18t,) of
December. at 6 o'clock P. M.
B. G. RILEY, Stated Clerk.
LODI. Wie., Nov. 21, 1866.
Mir Philadelphia Tract mid Xissolesse hiso.
cletzt—Office, 1334 Chestnut :itreot
Tract Visitors' Mobthly Yi.e.Eit,gs for December
will be held at the following churches :
Central Presbyterian Church. Eighth and Cherry,
on Wednesday evening. 26th inst., at 734 o'clock.
Subject for remarks• What Ato the Best Ways of
Distributing Tracts. Tract Vi,itor- arc requested to•
attend.
JOSEPH. H. SCHREINER. Agent.
.Philadelphia Bible Socieity,_Th e T wim _
tY-eighth Anniversary Meeting of the Philadelphia
Bible Society will be held in the Church of theßpiph
any, on Sabbath evening, to e Dri of Docember. at 73
o'clock, when the Rev. Richard Newton, D.D., will
Preach a sermon in behalf of the Society.
On the following Monday, at 4 o'clock . P. M.. the
Annual Meeting of the Society for the election of the
Board of Managers for the ensuing soar will be held
in the Bible House, corner of Seventh and Walnut
streets.
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