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THURSDAY,' 'AUGUST 29,1867.
' The need of that. lighten kind of pleasure
which we call amuaementis universal., .It
iseems to be a prompting of’nature as imme
diate as the appetite for food and drink. No
wise man will iremohstrate lagaindt. it-in.
child or man or• fom)«. ~Q|ur, .Satyiqur.fipd
Paul both showed tb.st jtbpy werp,,familiar
•with the sports of
games of timej,;a<qd-wjnlft
it does not ,a,pptidr. j°i ne A W/itlaes.e.,
sports, no word qrjigq iftpf&ydKable .todljftm,
can be found, ip
our Saviour is expressly dP6 cr sl®4;as ; in lan-f,
tagonism to the Jteio.etic, the.
Baptist’s life, andM freelymingled vit,b,t.he;
people on festiyq ,qcqpsipnB Witbq|i i ta i ,r i ebiib 1 e
ora frown. Jlftftter, is.ppt bOApred.,
or followed by .antfbaeiple,ship ,p£ gloom,,or ;
isolation I |Tbe ..^bristiap
has no right.to r,epreqepfe bif( ,caU}qg, qn,e 3
inconsistent with amusement
What, then, is the ground of .the opinipn
so prevalent, especially, among , the j young,
that a sincere profession of religion is de-,
structive of the pjeas'ures peculiar to thlpir,
time of life ? And what t|ie Cjhureh,
feel called on' to do, op is it, her part to do,
any specific thing at all, in view of the mis- i
conception and prejudices wtick prevail ? j
1. There have, doubtless, been many unfair
presentations of C/hristiari character, which,
have given colpr to these prejadices. Chris
tians are not perfect. Theii: liyes and
characters and opinions often do great in
justice to the they profess,. as none ;
are more reaciy to admit than they, ; ,Men
do not lay aside their tpjnpera,tnen|,B i when
they become Christians ; and thpre are those
gruffnatures—much to be pitied—whq never
seem to poed amusement} who have no
lighter side to their patures; who are the,
same befpre. an<i after,, .
gravity of Jokn Cplvip must nbt be agpnbed
to his roligiop, por to hip peculiar system of
doctrines; but to his native constitution.
Just as Luther’s vivacity and jollity belong
ed to his nature, and f went with him
through all his career as a Christian. It is
a pity that men are so perverse as to select
Calvin, and to bverlook Lather, when point
ing out the relation of the Christian religion
to amusements. Just as many of the Jews
solected John the Baptist rather than
Christ, as a type of the social character of
the Christian dispensation.
2. True religion is in open antagonism, to
the selfish ness,recklessness and uriscrupuious
ness with which the world and worldly peo
ple are so apt to carry on their amusements'
In this hostility, true religion is scarcely
different from common prudence, and a re
gard for the decencies, and' proprieties of
social life; youth and worldly people have
no more ground to complain of religion
than of these latter principles of conduct.
And it is notorious that they are just as
impatient of the restraints of prudence as of
religion.
Christian teachers must not shrink from
the full weight of odium which may befal
them in uncompromising opposition to the
madnoss anil folly with which even pro
fessing Christians pursue the round of fa
shionable amusements. The devotion of
tho greater part of one’s time, and nearly
all of one’s powers and tastes, and the con
centration of every particle of one’s interest
upon schemes of entertainment: the mid
night ball succeeded by the opera, the opera
in turn succeeded by the midnight ball; the
intervening time‘occupied with the cares of
dress; —the whole season of summer recrea
tion turned into one ceaseless round of un
healthy and fatiguing excitement,— youth
and childhood even, swept into the giddy
and merciless vortex; —for such pursuits as
these, a Christianity which is truetb its char
acter has nothing gentler than a whip of
small cords and ah Indignant rebuke. Pro
fessors of religion may give them counte
nance, but let no one appeal to Christianity
itself for their defence; or approval. The
spirit of true Christianity is calm, collected,
self-govcraed, and clear, while ‘the tendency
ef worldly amusement is to become au over
mastering passion, as much so as covetous
ness, ambition or sensuality, and it is the
business of true religion to enfranchise the
human spirit from ml s.uch servitude, and to
Wake the love of Christ the master passion
of all. —*•
3. The Church should not allow herself
to be compromised or nfiftrepiiesented upon
this subject;,she should imake it; and ‘keep
it. clear, in ‘ the eyes of all, .that she is the
fiiiend and 'contributor to tight, /National
and s'uitablh amusements. She: should; re
joice with theimthat idb >rdjoice, asn'well-as
weep with them that Weepp shoiDldcshow
her belicf thatiithere: is a time to-ilaughj' as
well as a time ita wiedp; .sbouldvprover.'her
(power to .brighten 'ithenibeduty- of u every
!scene,' to:heighten rthe jojtofcdv^ry.vhonse
jh’oild, and to iraiise.aiid puiify itke happiness
of; every sdciail festivity; ! bu-tic,she- cannot
hope: that,; whatever she may dOjtsh'e,-.caa
ever commend herself! to: a pleasur.e-loying
worlds With!'them amusements,are! first,•
with her .theyjare laafej i with thend allt Berionh
duty must- be postponed to plfeafsure} with
her all pleasure ifinst be postponed .to'diity;
with them the;grand end,of all.isthe enter*;
tainmentijjof ; self; with her-th# glory'iof
God; with them ;;haw/most thoughtlessly,)
gaily. toLpass away the wit,hi her;
how most effectively and enduringly to pro
vide fbr the future; They regard manias hut
an ephemeral insect—the gay butterfly of,a
(day ;> she regards himas a child..of;immorta
lity—a candidate for. heaven or.for,' hell. . ;
OnA or the, other of; these; widely ( different;
parties must) renounce>their wiews,. if they
'are ,ever, to, agree.; It; seems,to. ,us a ; .waste
cif Strength, and a misconception, of the truej
state,of the question; ahd df ,the relation of
tbfe partied at issue, ,to try. tC put the Church;
inlthie attitude of acceptablenesß;to:the plea
sufe-seekipg world. »The objects cotnmpnded
amdipursuediby, thei.Church are’so grdat, so’
serious, so urgent. tha.t, thfey, leave comp'araw
tivelydlttle yoom for thelpursuits andamuse
ments of, the world’. Amusements must' hold
a place very subordinate indeed to the great
interests of the soul. It is a gross piece of
imp'ettibhnCe,'fol firing theinMntd cdmpari-I
son. In settling the great question of one’s
personal’ 'reflations to ’ God, • in' considering
whether to accept the offers pf justifying
g¥hcepfthd ! ‘tc' ! 6kst fii d’rih'd Wifch < 'tSe Hf“bl
lowers of Jesus Christ, how profane would
%e any thought of amusement; how impe
rative is the necessity of turning away from
everything of the nature, even of innocent
recreatioh, in transacting such a businesses
this ; and how utterly impossible is the sal
vation of one who refuses to sacrifice those
distractions, as too many are unwilling to’
do, in order to devote a few moments’'of
solemn thought t’o the interests’ of’ their
souls. ■ l '.” '"
The whole religious life is necessarily Ohei
in which we must stand prepared to 1 sacrifice
one or* ahbther of those entertainments bf'
the flesh in which the world delights. The
Christian,* who finds even an innocent sort
of amusement districting to his mind, and
a foe to devotion, must be willing to sacri
fice it to the higher interests of his soul.
No true Christian must tolerate the mastery
of love of amusement for an hour; and 1
whether amusements are distracting to him
or not, how can he forget that the Christian
life is a grand occupation^ —a business, a war
fare, a mission for the salvation of perishing
millions and hundreds of millions?. Arid
what place, in such a-life,'can there* be for
amusements; except" a merely subordinate
one? And what fidelity can there*be to His
calling, on the part o’f the Christian, ! if he is
not ready at ! any time to take up his cross,
to abandon the entertainments of the'hour,
turn his back upon pleasure, and to embrace
suffering, loss and death, for his Master ?'
It. is right, indeed, to disabuse tho minds
of the young, and to relieve them of preju
dice in regard to the attitude of the Church
upon* this subject. It is wrong, too, to deny
to the CbUrch a share in the purification
and elevation-of the modes in which young
and old seek the recreation so material to
them; but it is a still greater wrongto repre
sent the matter in such a light that the of
fence of the cross is Well'-nigh hidden, and
the counting of the cost' of a profession of
religion is made a more' intricate operation
to the inquirer. Those whose conceptions 1
of human life, duty and destiny are’ so low,
that they require* their amusements to be
provided for before they can be persuaded to
adopt a system of religion, might as well be
given up as 1 hopeless subjects by the defend
ers, teachers and* propagators >of Christian
ity." ’ ' • « - 1 -
Our European Correspondent complains
justly of the prominence given the Episco
pal liturgy in American .churches on the
continent. ■ , •
* /
PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, ACGUST 29,' 1867.
wmmmm bum*
; Eev;' O. 'Pi Pitcher; city Missionary, s has
recently furniehedifbr publication, a very
full moriul census ofiSthbipity of iW ashingtbn.
Mb. P.’« sbrvice in that cifcy'hasj been of long
standing, and it would be difficult to find
O' i . .
any: oraei in similar employ in ore patient and
thhroiighdn exploratibps/|or. more' accurate
ini:Btatifetios.v !>One(tof ..significant facts
which beffias; brought tb feght it, that :out •of
the :764'i grdggeries f within ithe < incorporate
limitsy ’440 - area.keptc ‘Catholics;
Mofit ofithe remaidder.sfteoHkept by; persons
who .dome urider no: Ohiijfstian name; so that
very ifew.iare 1 in; the -persons, who,
in; any . fair ihfY tfed i term, .are PrQtes
(tan:ts. >iilNo,onfij passiqd alcfng(those streets
imouriowii, ©r-any ofitwiciities of thisjConn-:
try, which dreidinediwitjb'the lower class oS
these vestibules of pewjitjoii, dnd-readipg
the (aiames«o,ven ; . the jlocfrs) or »;catching the
1 sdundi df, the hboguksfithin, shah doubt what
would b.e ...the result hepej.Qfi asi milar .investi
gation; much lessiivhaMOuld.be revealed by;
aTurtheridnquiry/respecting: the.,proportion?;
’ate number of custojnpgit We : ;romember.,
tbe remark made,-, some thjrty. years,,ago,
%y,ithe .piiiest of the Indian villagef of St.
i Regis, on the St. Lgwlpitfe river, to a tour
ist who was inquiringjfor the points of inte
rest there. The‘jfiople'.or that village, some
; go? iri wA:e, *
ohh’fa'mily ! and !l th^|Ff4^t ? lndia i ny.' 1 They'
.hid'a churbliVe’c ificej'built in genefh
tiohs'past for| a Mission. “ They
were, iHthout 1 a single ndniihally'
.Christianized, 1 antf Jl ia ilf their afeairs, spi
ritual and 'temporal,'implicitly subservient’
t^.'priestly 'govhrhr&i il!. 1 ' * !A.h : d yet ther‘e"
they were, without” 1 af fl shl)pi‘, l! dr any means,
learning'a of' fee alphabet!,' With* hot
a reader athong"tbeir inftire num'berl'thrift- 1
less,’ roaming tne 'neij cpuhtry for
food, hnd everywhere i iad’fbr drink, and al
,most Infallibly‘druh^ 1 ' ffie’hdt 'coulfebe pfo
tcurecl. . The
WhelfcerdMfibl lutin';
pie, was, “ 0 yes, they
I am sorry to say; nt
spoke the exact Rote
zealous observance of t
Drunkenness is to be
no radical hearing u
.
Germain to this su xject is the remark
which we recently he ird in the town' of
Vineland, Hew JeiseyAiot spoken* by a re
ligious partisan, but'by k gehtlemari deep in
the business 1 of promoting the settlemen t of
that wonderful place. Vineland, both town
ship and town, (the former a, tract of '32,000
acres,) has grown up ' amid the vast forest
known as the New Jersejj pixies, within the
past six years, and has new a population of
10,000, of what Character may be judged
from the fact that no intoxicating drink has
ever been sold there, for drinking purposes,
and at the last election the vote of the town
ship on the subject stood— for license, 1;
against license, 647. ‘ln ihe place of grog
shops, either genteel or low, there are fifteen
schools, one of them a Hi{h‘ School, churches
finished or in progress, 'or Presbyterians,
Methodists,'and other Protestant denon'o'mi
nations, and a prevalent leligious,'sentiment
in the community—the Px xsbyterian Church
(N. S.) taking the lead. (But," added our
informant, “we have no toman Catholics,
at least next to none—-probably not half a
dozen on the entire tract ” W"e expressed'
surprise, knowing how fast these new open
ings for population are 'generally filled up
from the enormous imrnigi xtion of Irish and
Gerndan Romanism, and' hjw closeout hand
this place is to the chief ) laces of landing.
His solution of this; Wonde; wa,s very Short.
“Roman Catholics," said ie, “ will not go
whei : e they can get,no rum.” . ’
Death of Judge Armstrong.- —We' read
with regret the'notice cf tie'death of Hon.
James Armstrong, formerly' a member of
the bench of the Siipremjs Court of thiß
State, but better known to us for his calm
and well-sustained Christian character.' T.He
event took place at his residence in' Wil
liamsport, on the 13th irist., at the.ripe age
of 73 years. Judge A took his place on the
bench in 1857, by Executive, appointment,
to fell the uh expired term of the resigning
Judge Black, but from preference of the bar,
and more especially from his lo.ve of home,
refused to become a candidate for .the suc-
ceeding term. Asaiawyer, heexeelled,and
throughout this region of the State, was .in
ire very pious, though
>t' very sober.” This
ash’ idea qf piety —a
ne rites of the Ch urch,
'regretted, but it has
Doii* thequestion of
extensive requisition; and fiis fondness for
activity’ kept' him in .attendance updn the
Courts in those later y ears, when, his abun
dance t of worldly. Bupply seemed to invite
him to fall back; upon a life 1 of repose. His
church-membership was with the Second
Brpsbyterian church, Rev; Mr. Sterling’s, to
the support of which, and of religious and
benevolent ienterprises generally, he was a
generous contributor. ■ . r
eiT
THE MISSION PRESBYTERIAN AT
'' ; epARp^T6N, ,, S. c.,
1 ENNALLS J ADAMS, PASTOR. ,
;ii: '.MI I,IH , H’ il= • rn I .' •■! ■
The edifice of this, churqh,. now fan. eo.urse of
erection, is ready for the roof. The pastor has
td' thd Nbrth 'tofenew’dns appeal
for aid'to pukh forward the to completion,
for'which something"over eight'thousand dollars'
Wnl l hl retjuirOd.' "The efltirer cost will,be about’
♦lB,'Odd, Wf' included.' I V' ' ,
•' ftaptechhiary condition stands thus: ' •*'.
Original cost of lot!. ...1... $4,000
( in .three years (frontlet May, 1866) with: interest at -
7 per cen&and for which payment our church at Charleston
is.plpdggdito be , }..< •! =*: '](■, /i . v i? us
The amount of money raised and paid by said church is
as (follows.:!:. • '-it l'*'".! h ; Jf ; 1 - s-| vii
First payment on the lot* - $lOOO
Interest pidd.u .-..4... * -210;
For material and work . .750
Reht of rOOXrt'tO worship In, 1 yfear..... ; ..ui. i ...'i...\Ai
Incidental Expenses. 200
Donations to the pa!5t0r.....U...........4...'........ 4 120
f •Tbta!U.:;.... v 1J....i:,:.
Added lor Home' Missions.
The following are contribution >h'
jg are _ >y
ark Presbytery and, cburchejS,of .Ney , York , and
'Brooklyn, , which . haye been allied for jiid to
pay for material and work on tie building. •. ,
Newark Presbytery....* v ... .42000 00
Madison Squarech'ureh, New York, Revi'Dr Adam5’!........ 1071 00-'
First cburcb, Brooklyn, “ “ ttobinson’s... 750 00
Lafayttfe Av. ch: I,c Cayiar’s/...;. 476 00
Cburcb of the Covenant, New York, j“ “ Prentiss'......-47S 00
■We&tchutoh,' * ** ,4t . Hastings’....; '4OO 00
Fourteenth St. chprch, , M , “ Rev; B. "W. Hitchcock’s 3ss 00
South'6iiufcK, Bk>o’klynj Rev. Dr. Spear's.; .1....'..... 836 00
Fourth Avenue church, New York, Rev. Dr. Crosby’s i 135 00
MerfceriStre&t '-**•’ ** ' « T{ “ ' sU ‘l Booth'sl23 00
Thirteenth Street’*,* “ .Burchatd’s;.. 106 00
Allen 5 ! 1 a u ‘6o 00
‘• 1 a '■ ,|fi : •"■'i''*' : *e3dd oo
Contribationa‘by rneinbera of tlieTirst Pres, ch., ■ A -'
BArn^i*sl42 00;
Troihlseuoufl ‘contributions: New York, Phlladelphia,ahd , ‘
j ........4.......; ......482 00
-—"Toyttr oomriumpd at iIW $8033, 00
Contributions for material and work by church at Charles
ton (not'including other expenses) $ 760 00
Our debt for material and w0rk.......;. 1707.26
Total coBt;fbr-material; and work as far as we have gone.-$O4OO 25
Something oveijssBooo will* enable us to,- com
plete ,our work’ which we haye ■ successfully car-,
ried forward;to the- present juncture; excepting 1
the grtfurid, for? which .we (ohurCh at Charleston)
are pledged to-pay. < i
1 Will the churches and frien'ds at thei .North
afford us more, uid? *>. - ■-
[We subjoin tbe.following note from theJßev.
Mr. ( Barnes in regard to Mr. Adams’ visit tO:the
North: . ; ■ ■ •' •.
Pinr.ApELrHiA, June 12, 1867.
The., Rev. E.j. Adams. licensed by the
Fourth Presbytery of this city, and was for some,
years, the of:.the, .Lombard Street Presby
terian church., He is now a member of the
Newark Presbytery, and; has been engaged for
two ys&r§ inendeavpuringto establish a Presbyte
rian church, among the Freedmen in Charleston,
p., (3. jjpte.has hadgpeat success there, the church,
having increased from 6 to-360, with 200 in the
Sabbath-school. ;/
The .congregation, is greatly in want of a church
budding, ancf Mr. ; Adams is endeavoring to se
cure; funds, for that, object. The Presbytery of
Newark was pledged for ,$2OOO, and the
in New York have contributed over $6OOO. The
church will cost from ,$16,000 to $lB,OOO. , It
is, now ready .for thereof, and, the immediate ph;,
jeet is to ipclose it, and .to finish the basement.,
This will cost some $2OO. ,
,Mr. Adams is a. very worthy, faithful, and.
earnest laborer in the cause of his Master; and I
commend him and his object to any with whom
my name may have any influence. ~
. Albert Barnes.]
We are pleased to learn by news of Tues
day morning that Gen. Grant’s reticence in
civil affairs,'as formerly in military matters;
has-not'resulted from a lack of definite and'
correct views upon important matters,—
much the contrary.
His correspondence with the President in
regard to-the removal of (Jen; Sheridan has
just bepn-made pUiblic, The President, probr
ably ; him,sglf; uncertain as to. the views of
Gen., Grant, innted. suggestions from; him,
when sending the order for the removal of
Gen; Sheridan. The response of;Gen.Grapt:
shows'/.that! the President “waked up . the ;
wrong passenger,” as th.e following para
graphs from his letter prove: ;;
“ I ampleasedtoavail myself of this in
vitation to urge' earnestly urge -urge in the.
name of a patriotic people who have sacri-
Grenesee Evangelist. No. 11.01.
f Ministers $2.50 H. Miss. $2 00-
1 Addressl334 Chestnut Street-
fieed hundred,* of ..thousands of loyal lives
and thousands of millions of treasure td pre
serve,the integrity and union of this, coun
try —thrit tliiS ordrir be not insisted'on. It
is unmistakably the expressed wish of the 1
country that GeneralJiheridan should not
be removed : ,frpm his present command.
This is a republic where the will of the peo
ple is the laW of 1 thelarid': • I‘heg that thriir
voice may be-he'ft!rd. J i ■
“. General SMfcridanhas performed his civil
duties faithfuUy,#nd,(intelligently. His /re.
moyal will orily. be regarded;as an effort to
defeat the. law,s’ ofCongress. iiU It will' be in
terpreted'by the iinfeconstihicted elemerit in’
the-South*—: -those all they eoiSM ; ito 1
break up the government! by arms, and now
wish, to-be the.pnly element consulted as ,to
the methop of rpstorjpg order—as a triumph-,
It' will embolden ihem to renewed opposi
tion’to'the 'rrihsshs, briliek
ing that'they” h'avb 1 ■the 1; Executive - with
them-."': ■ -
! We dnthesh utter an-'
eesj'the oonstaiicyhndifidelity*of the l/ieu
tenant:Gep*er&i to* the gifeatlprinciple» for
hiit Ve
must confess that it still-remains a 1 mystery -
to us how, with these, sentiments, he can
content himsClf-tomaintaip-his. present t'e
lations with, arid perform acts oi.su bserviem
cy ,to, the sril^:oflthe;Erdsid'entin,_a;eourse,
which he himselfdo'clarhs tnbe at wat frith,
the vwill of the people.h-m t.rp< rii.'i,- { **<ii 'l > -n >
$2535.
the .New-
The ofthe ffrsi Min’gs
that !itself toac-‘
11 = -yl iiM.ru't -jSiJli .<:10(IW719V*«
troops, was the refitting at an expense ot
10,060 B^u^i'o^l&e'iMops'fin^'^^on'Jiblo^-'
ing to lnquisition,
cripied c asa‘School* for artillery it’
has | received ' as'an ‘inmate Hatter j*
a Dorriihican monh 1 , one o’f the censprp appoint
ed to’exairiihp hooksj arid '/'a! olf ihe
Hope's The J arrest is" to 1 Jfiaye
beep cauaed by direciordersfrotp the Pope,
whip 'ip fppbrlied
fijis crime js havirig hip! correspondence with,
the deposed, Girdinat’ Andrea, .paying, in
troduced: into Home a hook defending the
cardinal against certain violent charges
made by Father Mura, and havirig licen
sed a sermon which ended by calling down
a blessing on Italy arid those who rule her.
Ministerial Support.—-Hon. Amasa,Wal
ker has.been collecting statistics on tbis.sub
ject, having, obtjained„in absweptoa circular
in. the. Boston, papops, returns rfroppiPne
thousspd. ministerspf ; eight jdpppny potions,
and in,eighteen different. States, who receive
Salaries ranging from $3OO to $5,000 pep'an
num. ~ They give the following results,:,—
Average salaries in Is6o ,; ~
“ . 186£ . . > , .90,7.28
■“ ; gratuitiesper year f.. . ~32.77
Average advance in salaries for 1860 to
1865*17.4per cent. , i
Average advance in salaries' .and gratui
ties, 21.7 per cent, i
This,;he claims, ishows, that no class has
sacrificed Imore for their, country; than have
clergymen. There has been improvement
since 1865; but; there is still great injustice
done. ; Three-fourths of the salaries,range
from $350 to $lOOO/ ■
Ralph Waldo Emerson," who started off
thirty years ago on a tangent of universal
dissent, is drawing nearer every year to a
more thorough understanding of, arid.a mope
hearty sympathy with, his. country. The
war did much to re-make‘him an American,
and His voice never.failed jto he uplifted on
the side of freedom and emancipation during
the- struggle. .His eulogy ’of the martyr
President one of the finest of his orations.
We trust that he is aiming ip’ understand
and appreciate, AmepicaTi repgiph as well as
our politics. /In the/course of a recent ad
dress he says:. “I confess our,later genera
tion does Sometimes appear to a thoughtful
mind ungirt and frivolous, compared with
the last, 1 or Calvinistic‘age, in'this country.
There was then a serious acknowledgment
and reference to the. spiritual running
through diaries, conversation, and
even into wills and legal instruments, com
pared wiph which our liberalities seem a lit
tlc reckless and dapper.” ’ .
; ii- . X. ‘ i
fl®“ We expect to.publish,next week, in
our .Scientific Department, a .rpathematical
refutation of Hume’s Argument
by' GrenpSilas (j’jisey,, jate.TJA., with an
introduction by Jijs, pastop,. Rev. George
Duffield,,D.l)., of Detroit, .