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THURSDAY; AUGUST 8,-1867.
THE CHURCH FOR TIIE TIMES.
Paul declared that, under tho limits of
liis commission as a preacher of the Gospel, 1
he became all. things, to airmen,'that by’all
means he might save some. ' He was an
eminent example of that coiiiprehensiyeriesi
and versatility, cbmbiried‘ with”a good Com
scicnce, which' is an element in the
character of highest •uSefulneW. " AChurch
firmed updef the controlling influence of
such a mind, would feel it'not only apprb
priate but*obligatory to adltpt itself, Withifi
similar limitations, to the' age in which it;
exists. It iS, we believe, the prompting Of
tho trite Paulin'e' i’pi'rit, tb
the Church in its'fe'pirit',"in it’s m'bde ’of ope
ration, in its.'various'schem'es‘ J 'ahli r machiht
cry, iu its outward 1 ' and ispeCt
in the eyes : of-the'World', in * its 'ministry,
mode of preaching, fttM fpfm Of' doctrinal
belief, is adapted to the present age; is up
with the Unies; is ealeulated highltist
degree of useful, saving lhfliife'hce. up6‘n the
generation to which it ' |r ” j: '
The characteris(iicS' 'bf : the;'hge ! which the
Church (bust bbsbrve, and'‘t'6 Ifrhlhh'it" must
adapt itself in'or'def to thh; highest e ; ffleieh r
cy, arc such as the'rolloWingV '' ' '
1. It is ah Ago of cnltufe.' ( lt iS'a've'ry
different ag'e' from that, when dearnirtg/like
many othef priVilegidS,' was' do n fined 1 to the
clergy, when't'he'very h'aine- (clerkj," wiis
equivalent to ediiciited ihah. 1 ' It’iS ana/gbof
wide-spread culture; of 'bdrhihbh Lclibbi'edut
cation, when, in thb moee kdvaniced'prfrtiohs
of Christendom; in'tellectuM lighViß‘as 'frbe
as the light'of the surt'.' It is 'an I 'age when
preaching is Tib Ibn'g'Cr the'chief iti'telleetfiijtl
pabulum of The people, ü biit'when the vaffo'us;
issues of the press crb’wd upon their atten-'
lion, and M’4h‘ especially''the 1 Adwiilpaper
keeps them in with,
tho evcry-day’bcsufrences of actual life in
the Churbh and' the world. 'lt is an age
i - ■ , o
when learning is ih the hands' of'the'ene
mies, equally with the friends, off the Church;
an age in which 1 the'eneriiie9 of ‘thAClihrCh
have paid'asprofouhd attention to the history
and the sacred books of 1 Christianity, aif its
iiiost gifted friend's have done,
If in any one department, mote -than ah-,
other, the Seientific' culture of t'K'C age Has
shown itself hostile to Christranity/Itis : ihi
that of natural science. Arid'it is nofSoidl
ists and smatterers, blit acknowledged' lead
ers in the field of scientific inquiry ,-t—Dyell,
Agassiz, Darwin, Tyridale, and Huxley;*kfrd
men of that stiiibp'who, without‘seemi'bg
heat or pfejuyice.'delib'efately 'Unfold'Con-
clusions quite subversive'of the' ‘ claims of
Christianity to historical truthfulness.
Now the Church itself, b'ythe'sfcimulating
effects of its teachings upon the 1 ihrad', arid
especially by the ‘Reformation 1 conjoined
with the invention “of* printing/-hits really
brought about this wide'difFusibFbf knowl
edge and 'culture. 1 The men wHotsowed the
seeds of rriddern 1 Sciehee • werb J ‘believers;
some, like Newton and' K'epler, wbrC deeply
pious men: And tho Church cannot remain
insensible to so remarkable a revoluiib'n; i to
which it so largely contributed;ahd.'firkich
seems to thrcateAparricidal violence to the
soureo from whence;',it sprung; , a •< qh y
An instance. Of tho Chh-rch adapting itself
to the times in this rGspect, is seen among
our: Methodist brethren, who, but a, genera- :
lion ago,' rather .plumed themselves upon
their, want of book-learning, but whose min
isters now find their way to Germany, even,
to complete their theological education, and
who are zealously shaping, all theic.;educa
t ional arrangemon ts: .with, > a, ; vie wc .to the
thorough culture of their,candidates for the,,
ministry'. ...
Paul himself'wah fully abreast of the lite
rature and philosophy of his time; he could
bold his own in disputing with the sophists
of Ephesus, and could quote theirowipoetsi
to the cultured, inquisitive and critical Ath
rnians. No doubt, if he had dived at this
day, he would have mastered Geology and
btarwinianism; he would;bave ibeenireadup!
1 11 Egyp tiau and Assyrians antiquities-;t he
'"'ould have acquainted himsblf with the our---
’out of modern speculation-from Kant and.
t-ousii, down to Hamilton, and Hansel, to,.
McCosh and Hickok. Henwould‘jiot
’ ,lv e pleached giaoldgy or phiLospphy; -.hut
handling the great themfy Christ and.
Him crucified, he wpujld.haye yemejnbere.d
that ,the ,in telligept among r h is, hearers -were,
acquainted with v theseimatter3, and ,had been
roared,,.u,ad ( er.influpnees largely, shaped; by
PWf%iUng' views of philosophy a,pd science.
He been .prepared, to,'meet oby
j,Options,; to,, piodify, some, of b is, interpreter
tions,of Scripture,,.s.o,faf. al T
?SP'4jftb?P?},iPi^de i; to him, ,byi jngpira-,
tion, and ,tp, make; science, and ,philo,sqp ( hy;
bripg.,Hib,qte,tp. < (i^st|ap^His i trut,h,
these of
scienpe,
m,eeting and mastering,themand, folding
pw,n !u ~ . u ~
1,: .?•: A|Jj[ this-culture ha9;lit)eral.i,ze | d the agej;
the ’doipinipn of.nar
r9W:P®^?M4;*^as strengthened the
principle, ; ,q£j tolerance;, has .prepared, men
fW cl},verait>ies !pf..opi i nip,n i ,and' le,sapped; that
prespmptiop, .yrhiph leads„individuals,;, and
classes to sole possession, pf.fhejruth.
It is,npt P.Pj age. jfriendjy tiO^rplig^oas,;ejcej,u.;
,tb,9,,forpij^tion,:pp .peteption 1 of
party Shibboleths,; ,tp elpge-jlyawn, linpSfand
e i.plipgi’yfprocesses, a oji: minor,ppiuts,,of
bpjiefi,, ~Great principles, are now,, .the r^liy r
ing.j points ,ip
Church', and small parties are breaking,pip
a,nd ; blending ,in ( ,grpa,t, l bpdies )l ,an,d
propnd,..clear, ,,universally, rec.ognizgd
truths. ,Jt, almost,sge,ms as if!,,we r yre,ij , i e een,-
pibly apprpaching the,grep,t .final ,pfi
allien intptwo classes only—the.gh.epp pnd
,t,he i gppts T - T |jhe f gp,pd,and th.e.bpfl,,^
, ,The;p,burch,,fpyrthe Timesrjyilli
the more firmly, hergreatpillaps.pf.lpotring, 1
ip ap age .whichj Jgpd,s to.the Indigcjimlnate 1
tolpyatiop „of ,as j j\y,ell,^as,.trutlf,, and;
. to, ifPji'tp 1
.'Vyipap., py n Grppj ap thpb., jyhigh ( ojpj :
gyer..amid,all ohppgps; .but,,sbg, \yiijL : npt ,pf- :
front the ennobled, enlarged,spiri't. ,of 1 11}e;
.age, by,plating before men the banners, of a ’
scbplastip jtbeoipgyj,, w’hich had beftpr , l; be ;
hpng upas piemep,toes,in thp r dim copnei'p!
of soipe, shrine. She ;wilb,cheer
fully recognize the difference between essen
tials and,ppnTesseptials. ,Hplding''manfuily
by, the,former, she will r eho\y Pauline versa
tility,and elasticity in, regard ,to the; latter.
w,il!, dispense with narrow and reined'
tests of,orthodoxy devised by man ,apd opep
ftp. endjess disputation. . She will rejoice to
reeogpize those broad, marks,-by which loy
alty to the,truth may easily be known, and
will direct her best energies to securuiv
I I . : , -p/iw. tMI: .;•( w. ;
such loyal submission, without undue'anxie
■ -i i: 1 'll i 1 '■ ft ".'j .1 Ji - -. jij •• '
tv for conformity to every shade of meaning
. ‘•'i f* i ,ri;u;« - ~ j Ju
or separate statement of a theological sys-j
tqm. ~ . .. ,', n **'“ ' * l 'i
j 3. Keeping pace with. tlie advance .of the
age in the wide diffusion),of learning 'is the'
keen sense of human'rights, everywhere
aStir in'the'brhasfcsof :i men." The' spirit of
liberty is 1 abroa;d''ih the; W6'rrdV' ,: The tebseri
'tial worth ‘of manhood,t'he equality of all
'before human as before 1 'Divine'“law;- tlie
'wickedness 1 of and :i 'bf’usuVp'ed
pbwer in ail its forms)' are atokhbwle'dged
’.now*as they nbver were I before. ! The whole
civilized' World ‘‘bd's' fisCn' against "Slavery.
Eiisisia' ! lias 'responded t'b 1 Amd'ric'a/atidA.me
fica jigiiih, ! in th e ! rCceh t 'aetioh ‘of T3fa'zi I,
has echoed 1 back■ thb' vbice‘of Rus'sia : aghihsb
any form of the dnortaity ! 0f JjrOjierty in
iia!n. Tbe 'Chdreb fb'f the Times Will ! be : in
S'pfopathy With tbi'S J gfeat' world' movement
for liberty—a movement spfhng from her
bwh teachings Of the 7 essential-equality of
itfan'before'God and'of-'the accessibility bf,
tlielgreat provision of merCjO’to 1 "'alii
She will takd the 7 -part of the’ oppressed' 7 and
plead, hpldlyi for the God-givemrigbts of Shan.
She will ibe a terroiMo tyrants and a hope
to the‘down-tr6dden:eveny,where.. »She-will
claim independence of'.the State for herself,
that she>may n;6t be corrupted-or used as a
mere tool of powen-u .. in m: . i: 7
! The Church which -dbes- not make clear,
in thi's age, her'prdfound'unqualified'sympa
thies with liberty-ih-lUw; which''would-pal- r
liate oppression iu , ! anyi of its forms; which
shrinks from the acknowledgment, of the
■plaihi rights of ;men from’ dread:of radical-;
ism, and which'tries to in terpret the Bi ble:
as the,patron of tyranny, must decline.) It,
has missedi its aim’ and. errand as a human
institution*; On the-other hand, the-C.hurch
for, the Times, frowns- npon all the move
ments of mere revolutionary fanaticism, and
'.summons aIL to the defence of law/and/good,
government as tho most solemn of duties.,
iAhdiiayrebelliQß against,a.'-free.; and .good,
igovemineiit, in ithe interest, of, oppression,
j .tit- «i. .u*j» a j •: lIH.UI o-i 1 . ■ 'li:V ■ I OJ
such.a Chprch,- seetftkthe-most
strpus;pf immoralities and .jjyill) arouse ..ifs
mogt-,earnest,and; powerful.Opposition' , ;
4. Since the discovery of
byijQofumbnSjitibcre.has.bcenqnp.age ,sq, pn
terprising,r.gp!a£tiy,e,:so,anybit_ioup .of, gfpat
acbieyeniente,jas ; this, : The; results. pf.gc r ien.-
jai-e-j .utilized on v the, gnpjdpgt
scale* Thp, extraordinary etjmufus.tpjAmor
ricanjon terprise.,furnished. !iHi4 e v.49:
maijQS,j)pnr; fertfieipyairies,. ojor greatipatpral
.systera.jojvinjand inayigatipn, r iOur;
oral .resources free,-,ipgtitu,tiQnsj
.strengthened,.by, .the, unwonted,
trialg.,they,have Recently undergone,„bas,in
.this cp,un,try .especially called,; lppd ly,,for ;&
Chqrch tjbivth.e Church,jyhich yyfij.
npt f fie.,Jcft,ih e ,hifld> in, this ,gr;eat;
mo,vsemeptf 1 . JJ 3Jh,e ..fipies call ! ,fof‘ l ,a Church
qqitOj-jas qYidd with
fied enterprise}, ,a,s.,the world ajjd.thg.equnfry
yy,e,,ljye in,. .are,,.with their, selfish schemes.
,I,t |Calls ipf,a jp.hurch, capabldPof ooneciyin-g
arranging jafid. ex;e.cu.ting
Mastey Church ,>yhich is 1 perry
ing 7 wisd l piei fi;pm i ,the childrep. of thip .worfdf
a;.Ch,nrch yjh.ich, has a;p.la,ce,f9f J , i agd .w,hLc ; b.
..encourages Hie-development of flip
.highesfi hUjtnan ahili.tips, the _jb,
,ca.paeity.and,tlie, largest pecuni.ary.r.espurpes
:j ;Tji.e,C'hPJ'ch fqr,the Times,Yvill,mot,.^ct.in
Contrayen.tion l of plafni principles of business
;ijn !l earcying'o,uf its ; pj,ans. wi 1L gjjkugp.itpi
iWipqk. ~ It.will? survey the, yasf, Jgpl,d;pf ( effort
in,heathpn! .and {in papM: lauds,..a.rpqng .fhc.
.E’opj,sh;aad, I pneyangelized mag§es ,af.home.:
•Hils;e,thc 'S'ycc. fihurch, of, Scotland, it ;;\y,ill,
pome,expensive enterprises in X.pme
.GyangeJizutipn, torn out pipst ■■ eco.no.faiqpl of
: all..[■, X-f i ;(WiU.;be,, ; as i much dijSgatisfied yfith
small successes and poor .returns, as,, a'ifner
>chantis,wi'tb(sqch xesults.in.hig t pwpj[iue.' j It
jwill. cqyet sgccesg.; rJtiwilhpirayjfor.heyiya.lg;
arid, encourage, thqirextension,.,, and' will
neyer;be .co.afcg.fif,,up,til Xbtgeps. th|...world’s.
,peifishing
by-ithousgnds,,: jlt.-wfll,. jail its j»e
,so,ureas j, if .devis.e.fltteansiof ,calling;info
p 1 ay,the,,ca,pabifities oftelXits.
of SjfIp.CRSS oy fai}-
.ft?e UEo.a^hft.. l p9nspign^vqf
,wf4, ♦ af,rp.‘, ; to ; .,convert !th,e,' Church, ih.to.;one
holy , actiyity o ,ef jdaily cpnsecra
tion, of'ber\pfic,ene,e. and,of prayeir. • .
TheX;hurch;for the Tinies, ,must,he,.fresji
froni,,tbe ..yrpmh ( of ,thp ;inprning,,,with jthe
ide,\v;s: ; of,.you,th,,glittering..upon,.its..brpsys.
hppe, anX of,.progress, rrfus.t,. be
S b,lazqn,ed .upon, ifs^foEehead,. J.mmprtal, fdg
, qr.inuetishine in itsr lineantcnts.apd ajijipa.te
.its^pyeraepts., The jQhyisti.^,
ipi\at v be,written .npp.u its.,banners:.This
iPne.itbing -. X ,do,.jforgettipgqthpse,.tilings
-iWjhjcb are,.,behind> and. reaching forth, up;to
tjipsc, things..]\yhichi are ,b§forej .press,,„tp-
W a T.d -th.e ~m.ark . fpr, the priz.e; of ~the; hlgb
calling,pf God;in,,Cshr.ist Jesus,” _ jjotiij pno
.branch j(*f .tho Hhur.ch alone .as ( now c.onsti
,tute,d, vyiU: all ;fhe needed a.ttribptes p.f.fhe
,Cb,uych ; for.thej. TiifVCS. be found; eaclis.sf.e
.nomioatipn .will ,eonfrLbntc,one, ol;
para te, feafures;, bnt th.e • ’grapd id,eal, of ,fb e
,Gbai’ch,;,^i litanf,..clear as;the: gun,, ( faas
the moon and terribl.o as, an,,grrny; with
.-bapneiis, .should, be .in .ey.ery. , t m indj
as-aninfinitelj’ desirabie,.and. atfainahl,e..bb
j.e 5f- ,: ,Apd if any .one denotninatjpn
than another, bafh understanding _pf the
Times., .to know. what lsrael. ought to do;
with Jbh^ | C^l|d^rQix. / of' Issachar,. “ all ’
their: b.i’Cthren willi be .- at their, .cpmmandi
nient;;’j.,that denomination, will, reap th^e
largegt harvest,for the Master,and will take
.the, precedence in jail schemes fpr the . exten
sion of his.,kingdopi. among men,,; . ~,.. . , -
J),R• ' Haiiiltos' s_ Health.— Th.e last ri um
ber of the London Weekly Jtevigw, .that has
reach,ed
illness of I)r., Hamilton, of city ; !
P,dr bo glad to learp .that; all
the most violent symptoms connected! with
I)r. J _parhilto'n’B'ic'6niplaint' [p&ralysfs of’the
brain] have- 1 abated, ; although "he' 'Still • re
mains-in a state of greatiweaknessv' He.has.
left !Blt'hanL4br,,§odelmiqg l , l and it, is, to be }
hoped:.tha change of air and rpposh
he will derive all that' benefit which Bis"
many friends'"ardently- deSihei' 'l& i; nme'tihg
of * tho congregation - -of ' Begemt-square..'
Churchy summoned at:.'ith'e; x.eqnesto of the :
.gessiqn, was .held, on jjlqnday,-evening, .the,
lfitfi of July, when it,was unanimously re
solved, to take steps to secure the'servihes 1
'of aeolleague;(6iibje^to'the : approValof'the
Presbytoryyilittoef• pastoral oversight of tho<
congregation.,: j -j
j i) ?«l: i ; i
Williams' college-missionary 1 monu
MENT AT WILLIAMItOWN.
' !■• _ JJ<,7 -J! t : ■.'-TTf r hn ,-i ‘Ji,,*-: ;u', •: . ■ i :
,0 i,;. . ! REV. 1 HENRY, FO VTLER.
~ r M ß,..Editor. .No w. that•. the ; American
Eresbitte^ian ... circulates extehsiyply . not
only jthrqugh New, York, hut hasits, readers
tg i.of ; ,th,e ;i HudBon T it,may, suitably
pre§ent|pn .its pages,a-contribution from this
NewjEngland.Opllgge. ,r: * .
~Yet: , we;sbpaWinot,.sppak of Williams,,Cqlj-
Jege,, as [pertaining, exclusively to .New Epg
land. ; , Jt belongs, tp. the,; American. Church,
bepajisfl the bir,th-place of ,Eorpign Mis
sions,ip .This,event ,wa r s eelebra
yeBte '28,, anji yp.ur eorrespon
fleri t rgajppr ; frqm Cgptral, York to be
jpjrcsenjj. ~
Y „,]^p j Bt,.,pf ; .,3Wftr, .readers, are .familiar with
jthe. “ JJaysfafiJi’’,narrativehow. in the sum
-1$0(5 fe,w r.Ghristiaji^ qf
WJil,liams. College, accustomed ■ t0,,g0" .to
.#:• grj>Y e l( npBr, f'pr conversation- 1
.a!;, discussion, of, Christian themes .and for
.prayer. : ;, i ln- these meetings the subject of
carrying the- Gogpel; to the heathenjTvasprp
sentpd c.onsjdercd. . It seized upon.,their
ipga£j s u..Thsyi:y i : ,c,onseqrated them-
Selvcs.'tQ, t(he . w : prk,.,of .Foreign- Missions, a
..work j.tkpre, nptj coi;nmen,ced,.and .scarcely
knpsyn. by,,,the Americs*p Church. .The .place
of, spnsecratiqn, was. close, liy this grove,,it
self, made saer.ed as, a. place pfj .prayer. Bu
ying, the, fneeting ,a suddpn thunder, shower
.cam.e. jUp, and, the young men, took shelter
.behindyth.e, neigjijboripg, hjaystack. ~ There,
>lf n e -®:ljßg«,y h ( j 1 0.{the thupder of, Heaven was
istill- j-eyevjb.evating, §amuel J. Mills offered
and inthe.jenthu-
S.ia.myf, his .devotiqp, he invoked .God’s ar
; to,<be t«r,p^d;9n (l any,,syho should fight
againsf.thi g pausqjof| theLqrd. A.t the cpn-
elusion off he prayer ,the,storm ; had.ceased,
.tho.ou.n.broko forth,, a;qd. the pieeting closed
amid the bright serenity of nature, —fit em
•hletn of,tl)e peape.andrfaith of .a Christian
.-consecration. ,' . ,
* ;j ,,.Tbe yo,ung men went, forth to - appeal to
,fleighb,oving. chiirches for funds to begin, the
gj’eatijwpsJrf Tu.ey,addressed-ffreetings, wrote
An organization was effec
stod.,. The American .Board of .Qpaimigsion.
p^s, J Missions' .was brought into
being,; and.now.jtbis jß.oar.d, e]dest of ..a
lajlgp, .family,.has. Us hundreds of inissiona-
its income of .4ve
thousand, jdolla,!’^
,:,.The ; gathering yesterday, wap, convened
for .the purpose of dedicating,a,monument
site,of ,th,e haysjtack.
■,,, I!or. mapy years this, ,site ; ,was pnlinow'n
~tOj ither ii]ha,bit,antB[ ,y>f;, YYilliainstown.. A
Baptist travellingjt.hrough and staying oyer
,night.,-with; the .only Baptist.,family in the
f.town, enquired forthdi site and. talked muph
iftft thq ma.tter. .. Thespext day.tie stopped on
his joprney,.. a ,feyr,,miles .from ;,the towp,
/and wrote ia-not© to; the lady who had en
tertained; him, onelosing. a,gp]d .dollar, re
questing heyjtqfmark .the spptj (whic,h he
supposed was accurately bnpwn .by sprne
.body,).;,with at least a. cedar stake, and ex?
.pressing .the hope , that,at sp,me day, aipor
. manen t, mon umen t might be. erected. . T:h e
lady conferred/ with.[BrofjAlberjt, Hopkins,
and consigned the dollar to his keeping.
Every effort wa«w>made -during years to lo
cate the; spot, ’but in' wain, - until
Hon.jßyrafli, preen.,of. Sodus, Hew York,
jOnce a .ppngressman,. visited some fripnds in
.himself as one. of the
praying ©irel© and,.designated,..the .exact
spot;, and B.resjdent,, Hopkins, .iinder, Mr.
.Groen’a direction,drove,the stake.
.... H#p- Harvey ,Rjee of .Cleveland, a class
piat.c.of President Hopkins has.been,moved
by his. .interest.,in sh,e. subject,.to, erect the
.monument, Mr, Riee. has not been, i.under
stand,.hitherto prominent.in religious enter
prises,;but in .promoting the, cause of public
instruction, in, Cleyejand, he is an efficient
.apd.,,-valued worker*. He belongs to the
Episcopal denominatip’n. . ...
The monument is one of marked appro
priateness and ü beapty., , A square shaft of.
mai’blejs-,surmounted, ( by a marble globe,
marked,,with geographical lipes,, On one
side the, haystackjs represented in bas-re
lief. Beneath the globe is inscribed ‘‘The
eieij) x.s the worcd.” Beneath the bas-re-.
lief ,is[jnscribed,,“ The, birthplace of Amer
jean.,,Foreign ..Ayssions, 1806.” Near the
base?of thephaft-, these,names are engraved,.
Samuel J. Mills, James Richards, Fkan
j, Loomis, Btoam.
Genesee Evangelist; ‘N’o. HOT'.
( Ministers $2 50 H. Miss. $2 00
l Addressl334 Chestnut Street-
‘The height .of,,the, entire .monument is
twelve, jfeet.. The globe is nine feet in cir
cumference. shaft is thirty inchesaquare
at the base,.; . The Jpurble is of a silver blue
.color, , It, .quarried., in Dalton, in this
county,and.^as,wrought by Berkshire work
i; - r iij.l .V ' > -t
, . The meeting .oommencedat half past four.
The; people, coopted beneath the , maple
grove,. fprtflp%fcsyi-spared, withjn, seventy
feet of tjtie monument. Some
were seated ijg'tcaripages,; some on the grass,
and some on huppjies of ■ hay brought by the
gentlemen ; Jtqmhayracks close by, whioh
awaited.rMogs§y ,£q», garnering. It was a
fair afternoqp, :w.Rh, s<»t£ere<i clouds casting
beautiful the. hill-sides. The
heat was teiitf>®94 hy, a slight, breeze. The
encircling mpuptfiins reposed beneath the
alternating Tjgh|; c and phadctw in aurpasang
grandeur and,hQftu ; ty. „ ;i ■ >, .
; President lipping,-as President of the
American Boafd, presided,, standing wj, thin
the large, circle mfi (Christian .people, and im
ipressmgohe ,by. hiS jpoble head and saintly
bearing as an apostle of God, ordained by
the same I>iv,inei,, Spirit spoke into
being the jpountains - and. the
light upon’ t,hem., .Aftersinging, Rev. Jouafl
!Clark,iwho was,.graduated ,fifty:.years ago,
offered a most appropriate prayer.
The President gave ahistoryief the monu
ment, with remarks-of simplicity and pathos,
iclpsing with an,eloquent ..expression of the
desire that as.tbis.,marble globe, had been
rlifted.into, the.,sunlight and. poised upon the
shaft,, sqjthis earth,might be lifted up by the
work of Missions in to the sunlight of salva
tion,'and poiged, in perpetual obedience to
<therevealed wilLof God. . . .
~,Hon. Haryey Rice,then presented an ap
propriate: diqcpjirse, giving, a, history of the
progress of Missions and quoted the text of
President Hopkins’ sermon before the Board
some years ago, as a .prophecy fulfilled by
this .history“ There shall bei a .handful of
corn in the earth upon the top of the moun
tains j the fruit thereof shall shake like Le
banon.” (Psalms Ixxii. 17.)
. At the close, Mr. Bice presented to Rev.
Calvin Durfee for safe-keeping, two letters
,pf S. J, Mills on the subject of Missions
vrrilten .io. Rev., John Seward of Ohio,
which were gracefully ..acknowledged by the
recipient. ,
Excellent remarks where then made by
•Rev. Marshall D. Saunders, returned Mis
• ‘ ' ■ > i-• . • •,: * - • •
sionary froni India, and by the Vice Presi
dent of the Board, Hon. "Wm. E. Dodge.
The, exercises were closed by,a few ap
propriate remarks and prayer by Dr. Robert
R. Eo.oth pf Mew York,.and by the singing
of the Missionary Hymn and Benediction
.by-B? v - B r - -Thompson of Roxbury, Mass.
.Thus was completed one of the eventful
meetings of the year 1867, whose record
will be.read in alljands where ,the mission
ary enterprise is-loved,or prosecuted. .
Williamstown, Mass,, July 27, 1867.
TIIE FIRST TRIAL OF NEGRO SUFFRAGE.
For more than a luonth all parties in the
country have been' watching with interest
for the result of the first gteat trial of negro
suffrage in ttiiS country and in the'“world,
which has just taken place in Tennessee: It
was an experiment on Which hung the re
putation of the enfranchised race, the gene
ral judgment upon the policy of’elevating
them 1 to Citizenship’and upon the wisdom of
the Republican party, in 1 this itslaM and
most decisive measure. ’Perhaps, too, the
fate of the party itself hung upon the re
sult.
That result is n'ow knowii, and is a glori
ous triumph for thAcolored race in America,
and for the party which has elevated and
befriended them:
The eleetihn which took place a week ago,
August T, Was 1 one of the most peaceful and
orderly ever known in ’any part of the
country. 1 All the. Republican-Congressmen
are elected, by an aggregate majority of 50,-
000." The State Legislature Ms also thor
oughly Republican, and Governor Rrownk>w
is re-elected." This is a bright omen for the
reconstructed’'South, and’ for the future Of
oiir Republic. ' " 1
Correction,; —In announcing the’Doctorates
of Divinity, conferred by Hamilton College, the
types misrepresented one esteemed,friend’s name,
■and aildress. It should be Rev, J. Jerrnain Por
ter, of Watertown, not “ Rev. J. Germain Porter
of Waterloo.” ~