g1ic..:. :: :..',•.. - T.-A_.mcj.....t4.'. :7/7:.'".r.!ibig.l,[qi4.ll New Series,,, Vol. T. v:, No. 48 $3 00 By mail. $3 50 By Carrier: 50ats Additional after three liforitlia:..l iesslEii 3intritan, Irtollgitriat TIEURSDAY * , NOVEMBER 28; 1807. THANIISCIVINO-4867..' The daily thanksgivings we offer in our closets and at the family altar,are,g9Viiii* in view of the daily •mlnor mercies ,of.,life. The periodical thanksgivings' the po pulation of whole States, and even 6c en tire nations, are expected e nongli lead to the ednteni f tlilitioniti,liutifie,'' national, and universalettiirs - (der] . ation of the progress of 'trtitfa and Achlteats ite.s in ear land and'worl4 7 - liTtican remember when a' Yea'T ' fieetned too Wef t a l orioll in whicdi to Make - oliseriations, r ivi'tb • ailv a ppreciable resultS, upon these great m orale 11l 8 in ili§tOr.)i required poW 2 , Cr , and instruments of ineashroinent too delicate and the deductioiii *ere "tdo . uneer-' tail) to allow U 8 say' witli"pe'nfidenee,' lifzer a twelvemonth, the•Niorld 'doe's rn'Ove: lint within the lasi tenyears Viehaire'need.: el no micrometers to . `asenre a& "thirfaet,' or to acquaint us with the aniOneilirifiisVei !vitt from year to I,..ier outlook upon the awakened and &Wag gling populations of the whole world, upon slavery and. - prcijadiee . upon Popery, Cesarism,,and e e ven monar chy tottering, upon Obniqicis reviving and. Protestant Christendom iinitingits: brOkCii ranks, and heathenism penetrated . and ''',1 ; 111 . ilerniitied every where by the Gorl,:withent tee ling quite overwhelmed T wit suit le t tides for national, ‘thanksiiiing ) - *e j sball elitioso one or two for our Meditation's` this time. Take, for example, the wonderful progress which is being mide'in "eke `reeto`ratioln ° „of the revolted States.- of ,ithe, South finr normal relations to the Union.•'-Behold ;tow better and . 171 . 0k1)1trulv'terellbliflan4 6 "” - eiples than :everrifelVre 'prevailed; are gni& irg and controlling , thie' restoration a great work *Volk is - going forward.ats the South. Out ofthe ruins and havoc of rebel lion and war is rising - a purer and'.more truly republican• nationality than, the -North itself enjoys. Itits' a' fact that, only in the region once accursed with' slavery is t s he genuine political , equality of , man recognized as the basis of all political action. every Southern State which went into the rebel, ion is now being successfully reorganized on the ha•is of justice to'all. There is now ,sit ting in Montgomery, Alabama, whore, only six years ago lust February, the rebel con gress first convened, a Slate 'convention, armed with the highest legislative poW,er, nearly a score of whose members belong to colored race. The congress' of '6l 're garded them as only"fit for slavery : 'Nrow the slaves themselVes Sit in the very chairs a those revolted Congressmen, - and - the for , mei' occupants are• seatteredAn the winds niiil are covered with infamy:- it is seldoin Mood in the world's- hiatorjr . that the - plots on wicked mon and oppressors are so speed and thoroughly reversed, -that retribu: non is so exact and so - Swift.: '.Be- made-a lilt and digged it and iii fallen . into tfie.ditch ho made. His niischiet shall 'return upon his own head, and violent dealing 'hall come down upon his-own pate." - It is, indeed, ono of the marvels of :Frovidence, how the Southern .slaveholders by their very oppressions have themselves prepared the instruments of their own punishment; 110 w, by gathering and retaining . a under the bitter restraints of slavery, they, have been unwittingly training the agencies for converting the South into' the home of the largest political, liberty enjoyed on earth. And it is a matter of deeper rejoicing still, that this race, which is rising so rapidly in power, is also straining every nerve to fit itself, by thorough education, for its new re gponsibilities. There never was a 'record of equal zeal and equal triumphs in the pursuit of knowledge to that of the Freedmen of the South during and - since the war. -Al ready, it will no doubt be found- that they are much in advance of the poor whites of the South in fitness for the exercise of all a freeman's rights, while there are multitudes both newly-naturalized andlongresident foreigners in the North unhesitatingly trust ed with the ballot, who are lacking in the •Dc and Bound political instincts of the ne gl•n, incapable of being roused.49'enthnsiasral tut knowledge and not to be compared , with 16july6 8 John -kWeir the Protestant' Mneriean negro of toJday as a safe repository of political Tower. Giving thanka for political 're-union on such a basis . of :justice' whieh'We believe no plots of men in er' and no such ieaciieni" as we }rare jttst i seenid . tbe 'Nolitti•ean ttildn; we tarn anetbee'idatahreo'''Or re-tinion; Which ae: in fide str id es• ards pl i etion in'ilnitiCandtbeP apheri)---that of the; o"l2`inleh''. The tendency to tininnaninni! tile drfferelit branchesitot tibti has'be , e9me iyoprerjative than e4e ) r. "WES"'eablinetiii` Gdd-fot e - 4&•:f rirb4merit' vihieetefidii •tedo • • on. with 'the - scandal'of n6ediesi cannot but ;hen representa'tiv'e' men "of halt a-tiezen - idifferedt 'biadekes' of the 'dlinreit; ni i &ifaco to facU'Un d )giviipett: evidence to the'Weiiii 'that they in epir t' after'all: AEI thie"Oliuitti advances'' id a genuine, eatboridify; ees'in isrftnes . eitig. rod' trinteitink This entfruiliastie movement hus`ir'repressi=' ble flu*in'ii together 'of hearts, this rapture and surprise& feliciwship'brib with 'abet:Her' . G-od;;Muitt 'not 'be`coldlf rated 'as' a ihille* fit- of intlthdblitani. It is. d sign of thettilier3."lsld-fatsfiloned Paalin;-einginiCe- : venantere,'‘of the Mostniigid coat, -United; Presbyterians ivhoae sitiglevact of union ‘ba'd' seemed ititerltio;e4haust' aft , their liberal capability,opillars. of:tim -most-Inzarethaed. Old School . orthodoxy, met and , con-ferred; and labored for flays with liberal-mincted New School Med id , ,incea e.,311,ing o a platform of organic. , , union for all: It may be,'unitented.perild and Ariall'are: t close be fore us in the path of ticii; -The o.fitlie7nowsparler„orga,n of! one 4;;.f,thelle nominationgii.tthere,repreAented,, recalling the advice given to the separate i ,A.nterican nies,, 84,ys, his Ural:l9h, must : ',join . ,.or. Perhaps the whole Church should feel her self admonish ed in,. the. same peremptory q.,....half_eanspi , ?* ,- ' prophetic; senseif .coming perils which is the, Teal-secret of this yearning fOr re union in- thehosom , of the Churches. But we do not'ourselv i es see the matter in that aspect. Not under the compulsion of a sense of dan ger; but by the ; sweet impulse of, raised Christian affection, the fruit of recent glori ous revivals in which all of. God's people have-labored, side.by side, are-We drawn to gether. We are ,associating under spiritual laws like those of ; light, each, branch. con tributing its . - own- refracted ray, and all blending together in one broad arch of glory and beauty., uniting heaven p,nd earth in its embrace and.signalling the,departure of the last tempests of sin,.of vice, of -unbelief, of error, androf, heathenism, that precede the millenial day. As with politicali so .with ecclesiastical re union, there would be ,little ground of re joicing, if it wore not proceeding on 'right and Safe-principles. • We give thanks for a union :movement in: the Church, which, .as in the State, appears to be thoroughly under the control of the' friends ;of genuine though safe liberty of thought and action— we could give thanks for. bouther: We be lieve the'Re Union movement in the'Presby terian brunches is the grandest rebuke which the intolerance and bigotry so,persis tent in. some: parts of our:Church, have ever received. And High 'Churchmen, in prac tice and in 'doctrine, not only in, our own, but in all other denominations, EpisCopa lian, Lutheran, German Reformed a nd Dutch Reformed, are conscious of the sig,ni fmanee and sweep of the movement'and see the handwriting'on the walls of- their own peculiar tabernacles. , • Organic Union may not, indeed, be the result reached, or designed by the Head of the Churek to be reached; by his people. But thanica, a thousand thanks for that bet ter, nobler, manlier spirit which is pervad ing Protestant Christendom, in which world ly rivalry and jealousy and exaggeration of minor peculiarities and the bitterness of 'controversy which hindered' the practical re-Union of the Churches is , passing away with accelerated speed. Ble'ssed day 'Well advanced on the high road to these great - objects of political and religious - longing! Pearl of thanksgiving days! Our Re-iikioN TuaNKSGIVING—the first of the kind in.`iseen years possible,, to, be, held I Well may we; ":mark it with a white stone," and, call it one of the days of the Son of man which many have longed to ,see and have died 'without the sight. Blessed are our eyes 'for we see. Blessed, are pus ears for vi9,l3eqr. PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1867. R9lOO CATHOLICS AND' THE SABBATH. We, last week, in &passing word included our 'Rom aidst population ithouti exception among khe'fc . feS of init'Philadelphiti Sabbath. We 'are g lad record an exception, So far as their I rtewsPaper . Press is Concerned. The llisbop'S'pt4e'r;''The• - Standdiq,' it is true,' ocenpyeS c . th i e'positidn' hOStility tO thel- , stitutiens - whithriki `alaa,ilidd reason; exL iPeCt,' Thal; high:cilia." lends liiB4lumeroue fdlib'tOrs cruatide'rigainst CtuAls• h're ••ar he- On sure °fence • y otreli'grionr an — ti of utdrfils' to any_'edrnmuni ty, ands h is' ‘"ffecitraillfttits; " taken'by them selce's,` would jfigifie our ',saddest '`and' .gloothiest t apprehe"net — onS; as- to the ••• ft - ant 'kith:tali:6- Which thatAarge tlaSs of out fellOW:eitiZelis are lifeely' exert upOn_thepilV - Ot -f tlie - -people. -The 'Standard' .1111:1` • ;- ' glad 03.5114 ours to ` the congratulations so: freeorbtfered to' the citiAtio r df hiladel ph ia •ori,talie rellvf ;r froin one ; act.of yuritan, oppression, _afforded ;them by the. recent decisioh .of the Snireme Court of 'PetiniyTiania'," ate: 1 * '2;" • ;It wh at''w+ fis`our . fiftiliise, rOi!;eilin (;‘ The Vaiiierse; ate 'Pentiin• 'and -ratter pro scribed §r.'rart - of the "Rbnianists of Our city, liiteThectOthe a gem-Weekly; to find the.fi3ol- • toiving 'WeilLdonceived and 'Wholes6nie piece' of irony'on the whole subjeetl- • The Sunday eir`questiOn"waS deeided in the 81E1.4' 'ative 'by the Sn prei ne Court sitting at _Pittsburg on Thursdaylast. ,:This is a.. just • decision. ; For. what. i;ight h nye people vhd.Can pay for a ride to walk on . Sunday?'" Walkingis el worki CIS a Violation • ofth •` - Sabbath," 1 ut,riding'any . length ; does not at all interfere with, that day. In the : Second place, the, horses that dra - vrtte 'ear's `have •130 to' rest Sundayf.l Aili ther-ItiVe'ai right to ie.: a ,eocl sal of shoes, 411 safe setiof ?harness, pi en ty. to eat, and an excellent whip. Thirdly„ : th'e drivers fiavg, o right to rest On SundavY . They tare Christians to be sure: but of a low ; loi.grade., ITkey%were 'born to:drive fog their betters on i the carson,SniidaY. The wicked. Wretches - think the oppe`site :" . biit'the opposite shOuld be scourged out of Ithem:- j They :have no Sunday rights which : even 4, negre ? ie,hound to respect., Fourthly„ the„ conductors ha .no right to rest, on` ithalidtty. riNy, tne tfrls; are Mow tnecorn-' mon par of 'the. Christians who go= to chnich, and visit their friends, and go , pleasuring to the Park and Other places on Sundays. Their wives and, children may 'entertain different views : but the wives, and little ones of conductors have no• right whatever. to even desire to have the husband and nifa ther with the'on Sunday. If there are any` such wives and children in Philadelphia,. they should be taken- to .prison lest they . should, influence , the con ductors to neglect their Sunday, duty., Fifthly, the Pbor'hostlers'have no right to r eel . on Sunday. The" noxious effluvia orthe stable. penetrates their clothes, gets into their very flesh,, -fatally injures theire3es,, and makes thein excessively offensive to all` respectable, well-educated, genteel; polite; noses but, they haven° right whatever, to rid themselves of this vapor ,by a Sunday bath: Nog they are hdstlers by supernatural ties of duty Sunday as well as on. Monday. Finally : the• car companies have a holy right to make as much money as ever they can on Sunday. For these reasons it, is evi dent that the - Supreme Court has madea most just,, Christian and•hbman decree. .. : And why should .the Bishop, in the main a good and upright 'man, take-the responsi bility of encouraging the people of his :dio cese in oppobition to the American :Sabbath,? Is he aware of the .very different action'ta ken' at the. Catholic. Congreast-,at , _Mantles; where '2OOO members, some Hof the ,most il lustrions in : his '!church, and representing twenty;otie countrieS; deliberated most, earn ; estly on this subject 7 „We commend- to,the notice.: of the Editor- of The Standard; the -following account,of their proceedings taken from the correspondence •of ; the. : London Christian Work, and we respectfully ask barn to reconsider, in the light .of his conscience and of the highest Christian expediency, the course'he has chosen to take on this grave matter. Why-should American Catholics be behind their Continental_ brethrenin zeal for such important moral and _religious in terests ? At Mali - ries -[the question .of the Sabbath] also engaged, the serious attention of the Congress. It was advocated in connection with the educatiOn of the working classes by Father Iliacinthe with all•bie masterly eloquence, and With a just recog nition of the example set hoth in England and.the United Sta,tes. "In London," said he, "the gigan tic engine whiCh the day bfore set all in motion stops ;, everywhere reign silence and repese.. Alone the church belle, Protestant I know, but which re member so well having once been . Catholic, until they shall.become so again, send up to heaven, their, ,sweet melodies. It seems as if the mists of., the Thames and of the ocean had all at once2cleared. away of themselves." In the First SeCtion - af'reao lution was adapted in favor of the formation of soeii ,eties to promote, by, every possible means, the ob servance of Sunday ; and there was nolack 61' praa tidal•suggestions. It was recommended , that, manu facturers should refuse .to receive goods on Sunday • That application be made to the directors of the , . rail-ways, in . order to obtain such arrangenaents , as will enable all the railway servants AO attend Ivlass on Sunday That charitable societies should en deavor- to place under Catholic masters such work men as are now compelled to work-on 'Sundays. That Catholics should withdraw_theirmustom from all tradesmen who do not close on ) Sundays. That Catholic newspapers shotild no lcinger appear on Sntulays,. provided each a Measure. dOes;not injure the cause they - defend: It was, stited that, in Order to keep_ their ground agairiat the liberal press, ,the Catholic journals are specially dispensed by eaclesi astical authority from the observance ASunday ; but it not explained *ti j Catholic butchers .aid: gropers should r k ot enjoy, the same privilege. •• RES - PONSE 'OA I ittYMAN'S -CALL" Iu your number of o.etober 17, r fbe an article entitled, "tayirtan's Call,' for the' extension of Ohnreh, the writer df which •• was rn . desirous' of navg . bile now d or . an t and 'ircWSY ; energies our Laity ardniied (:..1 I . to , action, in showing that ioye for BOUM which we as.Christia profess to feel. In `reviewing these cirestidnd . arose in my,mind.: UtelieceSsaii that our Chiirch extended: X's it necessary that ithy Church ,extended 'To these questions there seems to be. but one answer, namely by Al deanS extend, the : dbifreh - of Christ trt• - • -it f. r by,all i rag l ans spread .the gospel in every larie„sireet and 'liv:Wa l ,y` of our city. And if there ie,a'SliinSerino - `en'ergy if there'' is a spark of ability in durlaity, that is not at work (and 'Who do4hts it ?yby all means bring this power into action. Then, if it is necessary . to,extend our Church, it is evi dently the duty" of every member thereof to len'd a hand, and what'we want is, that this eiertiod be`inade in the way that will most, likely, lead to success. ",B" eVidently has a plan for eStablishing a Layrnau's Asaocia tkin; Whichlmay be brought to exert a pow erful influence for good in our city. If's°, we would like to hear . frOm him again: FROG .OUR ROCHESTER, CORRESPONDENT DEATH'S IypRIE Thg " last, enemy" has been met and con quered more than once in our city since last, we Wrote. Three persons vho:had long 'been well known aqd intteh 'e_Steelnekmembers of the Fire Presbyterian church Of . this city , died'in'three successive dayS Of,this week Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday;{ Before, the fire was buried, the lak had pas s ed to the " country of the an gels," and the remains of, three'immortal spirit s were' lying at, the same time in separate houses of that congregation, surrounded 'by separate and numerous circles of friends. It `was an unusual • and sorneWhat _ circumstance , especiallY as it is a time of general health among us. Gen. .7acob Gould was One of the'early citizens of this place ; was the second mayor of the city ; re-elected to the' same position the next-year,' has held many offices of public trust, was universally regaided as a Most upright rind worthy citizen, and.with` 'a competence earned by industry and enterprise,. was 'living quite at leism'e, the 'pic iurnof good health and a serene old age. He , was at Church, as usual, on Sunday morning, to all appearance perfectly well. He went hotne at none and - ate his dinner as"usual. About 3 o'cloCk in the afternoon he Went 16 his Earn, ap!. Parently'ionee that all was right :With his horses, where be waithinti.'near houi later lying)toon -) • the floor an .unc,oascious state, evidently smit ten down by apoplexy. COnseiousness never re turned.. He 'died' befnre morning at 73 years of age. `His funeral Was' largeli aitended . on Wed nesday afternoon from the Vika' chrirelit — , - the serL vices baing'citici'dnet , ed'hY Ite:v ; Mr, ,Wines',' the pastor,assisted by Ite. 'oi') the Third 'church, "and President Anderson of the TJniversi ty; of Whicl Gen:GniitldwnS'a'Trustee and an earnest friend. r • Neat day, Mrs. Mary S Busk, wife of John F. Bush, Esq., aftei years ofsuffering: from nab bronchitis, went Lin Christian triumph to be for ever with the 'Lord. She was the first female. child born in this place; born in 1813, when ',II-to chesteriille" consisted' of a fide chimp of houses, the ineie beginning of 'a ""settlement" in the wil derness ; and' inithis face she had resided to this timo, much estee'thCd'andheloved by a large cir cle Of friends. r • And on. 'Wednesday; Mrs. Adams, wife of :John W. .Afdami, One of the elders of the First oiurelk, - 'affer a: long and - painful illness, passed'to 'ley eternal rest. `These all' died in , faith. •If all great dining who attended' their funerals are 'is well foiepared'to go, there would be less cause of Sorrow'ou oebitsionig:' ELDERS' MEETING . . .. , In accordance with the suggestion of the Gen eral Assembly, an elders' meeting was held last week in G-eneseo. Six churches were represent ed; and the ,Meeting continued, throughtwo dap. Ephraim Cone;_Esq,, of. I Geneseo was chosen Chairman. and E. ',Wygans, Esq. ; of Perry, Secretary; The ehief subject of discussion was the relation of the. eldership to 'the irstorate— , how they may helpand,sustain the pastor—this Genesee Evangelist, No. 113. Ministers $2.50 H. Niss. , s2.oo. Address: 1334 Chestnut Street. awakened so much interest that 'another meeting was 'resolved upon, to be held in Lima some time next month in connection with the meeting of the Presbytery. . -The meeting is - to be opened. with-a sermon on Wednesday' evening, after the services of the Presbytery are over•; an d to continue in session through Thursday, day and evening. It is hoped that the unretin'gwillbe largely 'attended by the elders of the Presbytery tif , Ontario, that they will •corne;iii Preibytery prepared to stay through this-meeting n.nd take 'Rut in itS deliber ations 'let '"the eltibl:siri other VresbytOries fol. low this go'od example. There is great good in such meetings: ' p.:F n lioin and Wife celebrated their crystal, wedding on the 25th of Oetober,on which occasion their people _gathered in large and cheer-' ful numbers at the parsonage, Where' they pastied' a pleasant and ,soCial evebinc , , and' which th'ey, enriched by Many very tastefel and Useful' pre sents. l 'fheglasi dishes were' not only valiiatje for various uses, but still more so fok the green- - backs which they contained ; a handeotne token' of a grateful people's regardfor an able and faith ful minister of the word. 'Pastor and peotle were made happier„ind . better by the pleanantic- So we felt like shouting when we read the ac count of that Union' meeting in Philadelphia. That is glorious. That is better than the union of the Old SchbOl and the New, and perhaps the • greater can be more easily p•eoqiplished than the less. If so, we will only give 'the more - praise ; ' All we want , is a true union without distrust. without suspicion, and it certainly looks as though' that was what, God was intending 'to accomplisk whoever may . oppose. 'Tendencies are stroAger' than Men. Tides are big things to resist. We' understand that Dr. Hodge remarked to a friend in the meeting, The tide is up and it is no 'use to oppose it. We are truly glad if helio'seea it, we shall only We more glidif we find assuredly that this is the meaning and intent of a bend.- , cent Providence.' We have never desired any thing else: ' We see that Dr. Fisher ow:his return to 'Utica, from that glorious gathering at Philadelphia, had a nnion meeting also on Sunday evening in his own church, the First and the Reformed Dutch uniting, at which with glowing 'words and a 'full heart; he reported the doings in Philadelphia. Dr. Fowler of the First church and Dr. Ver milye of the Dutch church took part in the devotional services. The, house was crowded, and all were ,apparently enthusiastic for union. So the tide, seems to 'be rising and gathering volume and 'strength all the time Rochester, Nov: 23, 1867 its-uNT.oN.—We.'are requested to give no tice of an intention to propose for adoption, by the Third Presbytery of Philadelphia, at its 'adjourned • meeting in the :Presbyterian House, on the first. likonday in December, a resolution toithe following parport:— . ThatAhe Presbytery is satisfied with the terms of re-union proposed for consideration by the General Assemblies of the New and Old School` branches of . the Presbyterian Church, and stands ready to respond to any general and cordial action of the last-named body to. give them practical .effect ; it being understood that-this resolution involves no pledge reSpecting the final vote of the Pres bytery on the subject, but leaves it free to be governed . by the further revelations of feeling and expediency. BISHOP WHITE PRAYER. BOOK SOCIETY.— This isa somewhat venerable charity of the Episcopalians •of Philadelphia, having for its,object the gratuitous supply of the des titute with the Prayer Book of that Church. At its Anniversary, held on the 27th ult., in the Church of the Epiphany, the devel npnients:of its fiscal condition were such AS ought to awaken an energetic effort for its relief—i. e. on the. supposition that there is any such need of the Prayer Book as to justify the existence of a distinct enterprise .for its circulation: The treasury of the So ciety is : empty and $490 worse. Rut thir teen of the_ sixty-four Churches have 'given . to it any 'aid during the past year. The managers were unable to re spond. -for• books from. Minnesota, Africa, Thudmer'S Station and other places. As an example of their inability to supply destitu tions, it was_stated.that .Admiral Farragut, previous to. the - Bailin g of the Franklin on her present' cruise,' had solicited a supply for the seamen of that vessel, but the society, from. sheet: , 4ran.l ., of means, had been com pelled to, let it sail without fulfilling the re quest. Whether the men succeed in offer ing prayer 'Without it, is not said. CRYSTAL wniSoiNG Als.r.EN I' HALi..F.IiUSAEC 1 GENESEE.
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