The American Presbyterian. (Philadelphia) 1856-1869, January 02, 1868, Image 1

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    gitrflflulYGStKfll 7 'rviblitrriim
ew Series, Vol. V, No. :
00 By Nail. $8 60 By Con*. I
sOrta Additional after three Months. I
3mtritat ,:ftt,oooo',,
THURSDAY, JANUAS s;186
OUTLO4* FOIL - BPS',
f. -•,, _
t IS a provision whim,
could have. .been
ted only by a wisdom higher than hptuiri,,to ,
fallen matt in ti world corepazativily
, similar , and regnhirly returning seasotts;,
r lights in the fliniament 'of *lapin, and -10
be for signs and for seaptis t , soAd ler rdays;
in. years. Bach new day, and each' newt
is a gracious renewal and beginning, of; Our
Each is a perfectly fresh, 'jitntiled,'
opportunity to repair the il'ek t leete- of the
Each brightening mming,, , ,each BOW
our lives is a readlustAtof our oircum
,
eminently favorable to our forgetting the
which are iberhind, alit:inch-bp. forward
the things which' are before,"RoLthatiCrith
, liergy we !nay press toward the mark for
ize of the high callin of God
Only perfect beings, one is aptto thifik;
,1,1 live upon the sun; while beings- of various .
of imperfection and'ofpieityihr hOliness,/
1, , well occupy the variously diapbsed
l' our solar spitem, 'frikwratrid MercnrY,'
I. its year of less than three Morals, to mi, 7
1 , Jupiter, with whom one of our years is bUt
,th, itud to far off Neiltukie,,on thp verge , of
te , whose inhabitants, if he has !my, mulit
t quire than a century and, a, haltifor , their
Venn
us, with perhaps uhigher degree of paper
, than the possible inhabit of thoe atste
il iOV I Lig worlds, another sidereal revolution
lapleted, and we stand, to-day, upon the
• mid of our New Year. We must confess',
tip )k is scarcely so inspiring or enc.oura
t,) those who are zontending with qvi,l; na.
ant of a year ago. To the inquiry :'what
11, night? the watchman must again answer
looming cometh, and also the night. 'Last
we were in the midst of great risvii , als and
iial conquests—now wo =bear, of,them but
. Last year, the. friends of the Sabbath
Hr city and State, were •Itedoieink in
. tM pro
.l afforded by'juabi44,44 4 17614
(ily dtky ; now, our Sabb4o : laws.* robbli,
_ ..
, e 'fee tive support, and:are Openly, defied by au
w
tie traffic in all our streets. On every hand,
n sistanee of ungodly and licentious DAC to
restraints r m.', 14 Christh;n government
t impose upon the public and demoralizing
I,s of their conduct, is becoming more vigor-.
especially in oilt. +large cities; and the.
is Sunday ExObiO' Law of New York,' as
;Ls the new and nifenforp - 441 Sunday Tempi-
I..iw of our *Stale, are in iMMinept
,13,,a Tiger,
;ng swept away: ',Last year,iby- an , immense
1 'ar majority, the country had endorsed. the
Roum IteconstructioV policy tif:ttie'; Thirty-
I, Congress, and Sept, the eatne.,,inaii,4 , RATA
milting the salße:Vioeiplez, to, coostit,ota libe
13th Congress. =This year; a large part of;
P opular majority hat strangely disappeared;
,i t prejudice Is liftin#,itl - he'ad; democracy 4
is treasonous taint, is,erettping bae l klUte life,
ufluence; the ,Presidest,:whoat iited..gave 03
1 anger, and Oboist the -great hope' ,of the
bdued rebels' ofthe 'Setilli, ig'6l3ouraged; it
of peril to all the klagnreetO poithised' '
'e incalculallicet ) ) t' l tO3*;*itr; !;r 6 . 0 .3 111
**.e
shadow over the. hearh of, many a `'patriot
last year, knew no feeling but exultation and
1566 allocated sttetife-sili4Floidittiiri
iii a gi i ifice 11 t elliVarrie eft,l;iti
to
rrotel,ll,,o
-,u. of Central Aurelia ail to ,fitroriheltn, All
lilt ion , and MA isettle beyond ilueition Lwhat
previously been } i n 'doubt since the t defeat
death of GitaisNluil Adoitih4iti—ftifte , piiditip;il
oide ranee of tbe flatM l. lod ' Proiestaiit iiii
of Europe. 'Pais year el*ea , upon'," load
-e to wrench the Eternal , klitytfroni , : , the
. and to spread the domintengotifWee Italy
every pattlitthrftiffigtilier`- ''''7.-----
't if the view is, not o s oiettly,tl2 i. it apiring
ear ego, it comprises some of-the !cost sub
ull elementi clthiallftA;.ilf WCW,O4/#44iici 1
ne lawn of
.11 .is yet, we i le.rt i a9.4 6 ,-,f 4 y , ° -
coal good ; we have a 'won er ul season of
•/".4.1.. Ilinittii dill Vs 'IP
icy in ergismir t rr i . ; ex -. t t ~,,„/ I : 1
tit
pi ) •ing Missans a re a m` par ,
~ o f our
t I N , and-to Ai maw 6t 'o u r great ' . i;ilies.
til
o:.,er and more •&ease 100 2 ,Pa l 'ill - unib in g'
, p. , ,,p1e. The forces are marshaling; the
rent divisions of ea:twiny ale itilieeling into
there is a stir , of preparation, and wliett t ll e
Spirit lifts . up, the, tkinditrir and .4,01 1 P,.4 Aik
nee. it !oases it the eouiliot would ha l m ore .
rat, wore simultaneouo!) tuld foora-Niaat:l l44l.
its than any before. ' The 55de0, 1 1f01,Y1 ) ,1 41 4,%,
f bail men to moral restrainMandir ssis
'idly io our cities, it n 8 the frirds of
order to the seriousness of the problem they have to.
deal with;and , to the necessity ofproniet ing il2eVery
way,,by sermons, meeting 4, and litehittire, a sound
public', sentiment. If the masses of the North
'1413 ,wavering in, their attachment to- the great!
'principles of justice and iquel rights, the eifttel %
suited' masses of the South are Combng itS the,
I .
rescue, tn , a movement glitch we do not beVeve
!Clod will suffer mobs or cal:tinets to. thwart.. lf.
'thtpxinciple of Protestantism pauses on the 'con ,
tibent; lt. ie only a pause.; while Prussia, gather'
up.and censtilidates and . eVen
frnit's of her wondirfai, campaign of ,'d6
aIA Italy crowds to;tite, borders of, the Papal
territory, which like some oldaudian reselivation,'
HO in the track Of piogress i and actually
at suction for'the party that catiliid`the'bigieit'
the, longOst, swords and ,t he, leepest puTse.'.
1 140 party, just now happens to Negittnoe-- But.
a higher bid. than hers .ie likely sook. ,to aral
heard. The sideis still. in progress Fra t nce is'
only a speculator. Real settleia r are Irequhld:.
I, Beyond question, the great mork set Ihefore
the American Church for this and the next five
i rears, is tfie evangeltzatum:of onr ., rapfdly set
tling interior and Pacific eotitsi. It is to imp
plied, In religAts with
the'Vast strides' , 9feolnier9i PcOdation
rind the Miseitiiiii'River. It 18tOtiiieet - iiiiti
solve`the' . grave problein—s6 . manful' e an d
so
fit
so nearly solved . in regard to the nePii
Whether tthitlrvast`mining andOietilkAi region,
with iffitiiiiiifteent energy and nnterprise, and
itd iteif•ddveldprudit of Anierican ehayieter, shall
be yielded to r
,themaferiallitic ''.inflnenees of
godless eivilisUtioli,,ior shall' - be perm anted . and
donlinated by true' iblygton,, and a
for the illustration of tlikildblest
tian martifoiA
yre,einnot begin the
,ejw Vear,
or bettokr,purpose than,to4o , l o* part in winning :
his vast, widening, whitening fibidsfor:elirist.
• . '* l .if %-;1
111:CHB ST - B24III.4INCINNATI,
COCiYirstii'x; Dee: 2p,,18V2,
DEAR 'Fiiirott,HYou,haVelatelilXOet.ek,Witliif
deserved severity,the. intrusions made ,hy the
Sabbath school into the sphere of the .ohusiciji. -
trust 'yotistice ffitirn i t at the' ;
of 'the,institution and not the institution itself ,
you will be , pleased to hear something from a
Sabbath-school which is working in its legitimate,
sphere—not drawing'the children Of' the ohuich
away froin its divinely appeinted. serVices, ' not
dividing the , families of the ehuieli by wearying
outsome, of, them with the length of ,its services,
'but doing the only: true ,and legitimate work that
' the' 'Sabbath-8011nel is' called upon to do—the
work of City Missions I hope to see specl4.l
,the day When Ow Sabbath-school io the lanyl
willibe what this; one is fissions Sabilodib.l
school.; when s the s iostr action of
the church •wafbeiagain remanded.. l to sits proper. ,
sphere—to . ocl's first 0 huro Uss-sthis s fathily,f and,
, His second Church?--:the Christian consgregatiows
4. was; therefore, 'rejoiced at the.stend taken'sin
yont,,recent atticle ion The' Re' lation.s; of sad
•Sahhalloishosal to the Church ' " sind-trtist , that ,
you, will i Ulowi its` :Up with anatherionits relation!
Ito'.the,lfataily, ;and .lots. as 'know. show-long-I - this
Propani4rnit4kwaXyisgenoynissto serveas sa•sillooT
to the consciences' of Christian. parents ‘foritheir:
iwide-spretekoteklect644:4oinistians Niartinre. s For
the sames season, t. s'ent reAells Att tasilvectsele ,
milichts-r..
witnessed totilay, thgagh Tar'iwtly froth ,
the quiet deliglft.ef a Philadelphia Christnhist
in this .Queerictft s ', , ttai f,
It wait 'l f -block in the'after-4
moon when r entered the gallery of the spacionts
hall of the Cinlittnati. Chamber 'df's Commerce,
4 room' nearlPito Jame as blusicalliFund:ffells'
'As I looked ditOettpon the spacious :floor. bele*
I' found it etsp/0 of the, busy isbisY s crows:Lief
bnsiness.therriciiat. had thronged, it thia)daPprey`
vious, ands WQIOO be back again on the Morrow: l
Its usual 'moveable belongin s.. ere hustled into then
ends, and along the side- was perched
among the unused des n, e' the wall, while
from side •ste . side ~efithCbrroki Own ran :some
three dozen of hastily, extemporised tables;
covered with white cloths, and laden, rather than
spread•oivith 'an
~ abundifice of 01:sod - thinks, plate
ahnost's tcittehing ' 'slate along the entire length' Of
the xriauy tables, and each bearing a BerilataintS
porting of such temporal . mercies as/ a ,huogry`
Mild would welcome for a good Christmas ilinqpri,
A few firight, pleasant lan iee were busied on the .
scene of action, some putting' the last touCIN
ihe baiiquet, Othera busy filling up pdper:bala with
he toothsome things that make parts of a =child'•s'
merry gtu'aPlCß4B,3
We, were not long seated in Our perch of ob
servation, when just as all,things :were now ready,-
'beloyr, the tramp of many little feet on the outer
stairs announced that. the g uests were' as ready as'
the' banquet* When 'tile side-deer opened, the
Hall received' its unusual , but, not u,nWeleiiiii
,guests. Children of . ill ages and - styles,- from"
,the babe in arms to 'the boy who, *ill , spun' be
boasting his ''inustaeliell," poured in in,loninn-,
Aeasing line—,not silently;loritheYwere.children;
let not noisili—Alidniareling in,sing,lefile round
,1
, alm athe *hole eii.euit.of , the room,,paising ilie
boa 11
iLlf "goodies" - without violation ef the' tg10.4,,
PHILADELPHIA,. ' TIIIT : 1 a.P.A,T.:4ANIJART, ~g;' i_isoi'',
commandment •(though 4 atti not' se' . 'Mitt'' of - *M r
tenth) slid faking their places quietly' feel'i to face
along the tables Set kq;tlietir,Soinetheien--ifcare (On
table. Arrangements had.' been hue* tov• Sect*
tiodate 2;200 , -i-detail; ateciii3 , thetnitg*ne, -
through the' °pet diloor;Ait , w Oar Wee' tteit
IT 4Fltifiwolidleiliil atittieknestf.'n4itil 'tibditt' t gel ,
quartersufihn hbur afieithe , ll4o64'nliered; vrliecO '
l ivery tableiwrai fell 211141 the era was 8 ‘ Still they' ,
come'' I - - . .. . -.'
.•/* • • .1.,: , ...,.1. Vl't ,I
. .11 1
Daing the , lapse of that •time , 4 sititleitied bi
Rev.'.BilAW:thidaw. who hatf beete,addreetillik . ,
thiellairge , 'thick = at-tlieirl.tatialiplatiP - -meeting;
',andiwhiodgive me sonielititerestiirg , 'salads in'
regard' , to it= - The thonsaatt -, iefl'eb fen •ivlib'
flooded -the , hall; hflew tut' all beitUfftettiosingle
Bethel ;Union , Mission Salibath-iftihool.**fidtietitli
mainly' by Presbiteriaris,4lethodiatitaltd QtiakeiV
They belong in the main .tiotsiWielaiagglind; that.
one-of .the tnost, tieglected4t.the I itifloeitythe.
poor who cluster around the whattektittfieli-i#614..' 1 1
side mike conteMptantisly eillblibHoin'eihot
very refined people "WhaffreistmE lillitliti likei.
Oftidlaw expressed' it, there aviillidedikossibilitini ,
before , even these. • "These) beye4ill: l filld tlikty
room yet maybe' aid Sign the blank elleeki:hing44
ing yonder., ,, or they; may '. filf!tnnt 1 . " .-. , atiaio ,
euv , gallows."- He said thatibirhedL .: v‘nohini' 1
answers that. morning to seLltuiW - .... - - Idiot 1
which ahhndlintlY evittedd" that 4 tlfelichiiiii
had:itobeen • neglentinielhe theirrfbftheiii'settls" 1
tuiPtlierit•witte 6VAnte 'iii thi , toile 4 falifeli 1 -14
below us; thitithese faithftiliwetki4n/atiiiiiA- ,
I thiuother • eidi of the -Christian)Pt.4twittiatleati ,
. •-• •
secret -L,AflGosPel.for thebody.,t 1,,,i - - - , I
—. ~-
.he effects of the traininethaVillihad'it:
• Clfed'vhs: abund a ntly eim• eed tI by Itte l - depo it-
lAM:in the mean time. . An tiour'Ptit.% itionii,
bbritindivalk;(fOictie mass ofiSildreiil will take
th?rtinte) and nearly an heiti . leattliti: iting t Oni
A
theilfeet" until all • were arrairgia, • 'enough
to maim them sharp-set, and- fe * W; V.t - 'hi'llad
been trained to have the fear; or,t( .; itied l y"
befoit'l their eyes, but they nci - -Mern liellhe
lifl ty
tempting dainties before thein - than if ey-theml'
Selyes had been statues or, their' plates tialeeititli, 4
patitig-atones.' The last cmitele f lireie rainitinied •
t6"Anti f tf the'galleries and a' apfaiiiii - Onli s diAts - Aja,t
Watt' bitkiliked for their reller 1 The OOI *ha
to:i
their: 'Called it, order by the tritierintende , ,"Mi.
pratrilin,"'atiii MY:, Chidlawlho had ° ken his'
Place bolo*, pronounced maitifitily, short grace.' -
He knows child nature. Bet:ere the agnaf,te
fall An iiits *lien, ieveral'hftiltsy Were 'sling, in
'chiding.'one' beautiful 'Chtistnhis' carol with ffie
song'fif the 'angels' as a chorus : salt "Singing
ton! potted forth from thettianaisurye tWats
withitti ' nergy which indicat • ' tlittti ' ' I Vi - ,
eitlehrein ,; ;..
4'' lien ittlaith;peiniittori 'WesiVeti, tlielti.:,,,,
eentidit Was 'speedy enough to sho-vir. What self on
trol had 'been exercised: And - Witlittl r the order
preserVed was wonderful. I doubt if the: same
number of wi children of the Church. 'would
have' shciwe'one tithe of the amount of discipline
manifest • by :these poor ehtirehless4,,Many of
them ltpbteless—childretg r,wisglid to see that
they lieetred to be comfortably clothed, the' re
sultiT an.specit of the exertions Of t4e`satim kind
fribilds ' ' who had Spread 'their bfieuttnas boiltd
fcle'thetit.-; ' - ' ' .:' ' ' ' ' '' . .
Dinner over, singing was resumed with e'*4l',`
nd 'the way they ave several i - phputir liy4hs
bowed that the ... 5-,WiVe' coming `' ' ii know spline=
hinetf ittriglE, that earthly witnesile thehar•
hinny of beavers.--T-herended-with " My coun
-610i3913h4v, :Al4 ,?qajOrvi a .iter4lZN
glartsm mu chnetteriitsat , ved. W hen
the .vo t te 'o thanks was
~ pnt there was , such an
Asyeilm , iihnti`" All the' people Big 4 j Aileik!'"'
lir liatiespecially- struck me as a' ilhiladelphian
was ;the ;eona ection which Quakeralsostain•tethe
institution. ~ -The' superintendenk,- and. sevaTki,
teacheAs are members, of the Sopiety of Friends,
in goisi standing, thoiigkeihibiting„ noue,orthe
exterUiFiacultarities ''cli ) t.kei= seof,;' Ind : isev6til
othersief 'the ateaOhe'is 'welt- !fdritlerly. • in , ail*
40.4 . 5teetidn41 - ; Mr; Franklimstheugh recognised as
11 Y : hi§.o wn also been ordain- ,
ad by a Cot gregationalist Council, and dispenses,
!the Christian sacraments to his own people when
icalleti"nlmix: - -• ; " ' .•''' 0 • • c' . ,:. ,
, In the Tait-Ite would be -''read' :Dut ., deita,et . :
ingi' in an inst'a'nt; lint , ithePeOmelotaters 'here are
itnointunercoulpto he igslakhed•oirriatherwould
berm fheltittkeveity . ."- Almost every prominent
"Miember of the sect is in some pnintifonoid Yrnnt
siiigaMleir weighed in - the'balan'ces-of _George
atoxlsortWoxy,4i3 for instance Levi C*•fEw, who
it( the fokentosf in eveti , -;gooill work- without reL
glirdt'rthe tolor'of any man's coati -%, l•-'
1
i Some, however, are falling off from theSocietz,
not a's l viiit'ni'liecatise it' prcihibitS - gOty, ' but beame it:lidefleient rather than abundant in the
gtodWpiks Wlifeh . 'should aceoMpaMY and . flow
froth 'Oliriatian 'Cliseipleihip. i One snob, a quiet
looking but busy lady, was . always et hand
-where anything was to be done and always:as
,cleier in' action as gentle - in Innvement. " She,"
said 'lily Informant; . - - baio4 to - one' of the
wealthietefamilies' in. the place,, but`she would
work 'lleiselt to w
'death if - dded 'ere.' 'She left
the -Q,olitkirs pecaiii":of their a indiNiace as a
body 'tt just such laboxs as - these,'and joined the
; Second' Presbyterian - Church, reserving Ui. tight
to hold to , the principle' which "she'iltherited as
'her birthright, ' especially. in ' regard to war.
But she says ' when di - ewer' came -tnY4/naker Mk-,
tions left' me ad quick `that rdon't,it - no* where
they Went' to.' "' -- ,l - ''.- ' -
Such is another trace of the great ncatmatiza
tion'rciceis by which tile tnultifaripil sects of
t4l ,present ' are being prepared to, ileconie the
living stones of the . American. Church of the
Futiire "Let' Quakers` Come hrincing all the
positive coMprehensive truth they have tphring,
and leaving; behind all ihe •146.getive.,exelualve
s•
trOaibiliP inherited frenv.tiifilefitiOs - „and .' l it o
AO ga_,f :they . * .6t *el , tit ' " ' .
'',` Sitcle . aril*. . iv $ i t tlelleseiii i llied a nd `id
Atibigh"t.. ° Mb' ni? - " ilmliied4itti 'the
3 X lfrot
, isitii-ittia .''sit ihTfeestier tont4y. '
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I FROG( OUR R6OIISTEi OORRISNADENT .
1 1 : i TifitiCiPivtimutr;oi'lLbiliiattt: . ' '
• "We' have ialtie . ally' inidg`iiiiiitteif ' iliiit l iieV i .
... , iff-.1 q..; , ... e, ~, sit`, - - - ~,1, , ,,4,.
• tr . ii -e j l 17 Aft °l,Tile,.. =preached' '''' Ll"'s ‘.. 4 l*H °"l ! l ifi ' atArr a ,,,
th . scouree, in thfis first Pr ' eqhf i t t fqnin , any* o
Auburn, on Thanksgiving da.y. , ,ellTholsermou , lie
,publitthod, :aridPinites a IraktaithYxpiethohiet , of
itlii,tyStlit" . . e --14tt,kement -of
i Aliliiiiiltisle 179 k The 1 ierli* t eem :4. at
vs , ,,up=i , tl , ... II :.
1 0g10 1 44 2,rghfflaPgFirf.iiiiAe# l 4: b misthing
rewinvrof duktlnoviVoent.:,.. The First Presbyte
-1
, riatil Church was - orittinisa i in.*: 18El l'; with nine
4 t
'l, embers, it...roirlelAtir 3 FlTA i -1 - c - - - his',.had
. a , ! lift 1 1 .,.. s. r l .. , 6. i. t or i.l, r r
Iwo g 4- , - .1 7 7,.. .1., j u *itYrE ir s.r..is - .. sTriqg,
tb.` „ J - osiA „ O EL E „40444 3 9p.ED.D., .sluff
7
otql4 B ll7,es.jiv ,i. ;I u ..0 ~ ..1., 1 ) (..
, ThSt oeleFri clip jiteii,ini RehimraaTfirgaal
lz ditir l hk. ,Itlf•af§Pi,efS' 0;i it. Act*, haft
4 Rim
I, tris glA4 4 lciah,,4 , Te , ,bleß
'imit.f?roli,l„___D-Pi , 4.4. ll ., , L>fn ia rir.ili} AP, lie,mciFtwr.
1 , 14kr a..., 4 9N9 4 ,.,.e Vvii , PPITIPPinj., 11, , -' i .-..lntrer4
i 1. lf , n,t t a i „4, xo&t , , ultuTelk :wag ic on atia
Ai
.6 #l ~- , .,111 °°' - e t At,h7l iinga44 4 3 l l•, l A .„.11tivh. 4 44 1 0
'here, - 6 i .:.It es nao‘, fit one , pestor ,tocpreeeriti
iila.fluibe ~,Atrwi- Henry ' Alvfierl-jrntli., whose
i y
ezeoll . opt, contra „we qe..galliering , those ate,
t l 4 3 tle:tl., ~, 4 f + . ' 1 , .
. i -- ~ ~ - 1 -i.. D. I. ) -, ....,.. 1 L,
. ;B u l ge.,, `li. 11. sP.,efkitnt , , , -"sf thc. eherchenli.thus
':gurlooi Powskits 3 !' IC !Ar REPo O P 2 av the RePtistsi the;
1 3totlIclli, AAA even the Roman Catholic ant
T- 11 v.FilsliskPcfirliF, 10 4 0 .4; thereerreen enntaina a;
vATY.T4rA94.39g, , 994qPi.e*AiNtqu: of the rennat ,
ing,-sting& 4 , and growt 4 ,f,,h e ,
,Seminary„_ with'lleiira. l ;!e pe. PRAtagts qfpfram,e,
of go. best IfftrOPS *ntkiPEorg 3 §9blitth.whiehlwe
1 `maY,lmsvf .9 0 e*on teicetVififisinY
~ 44arlt, li)ce„RocAvter, has. beewllessedi with
P3,,T1Ff,a11q11414!1 of retliqen.' -A has not been
afraid t o Ysteleenr.S.4.ll44Tifill aid, tP, SILO lk works
or grace 4 lien Mr, rtnney's labors were greatly
iAI) eSSellilt int , a0.%•43?; tend here gaol:Rev-J.l/o
-, • Vern Rev,Samuelci - , :Orton, end Rev , E. P
' nikniond:hlote ,IrreniitMeeess.fu II Y as Evaefier
li;tn. i Ant', yet .more :; e Found,: more intelligent,
'more .134 t O' ohorehcs =than , those of 'Auburn,
t e
arlo4 to tiun4 in the i land, - ,.. , ~„
: Mr. Fowler has done., god service in think
gatheninversd-• ear.-iiito convenient
form, so mud ' of
. - 'TitAITKSOIVING IN Pit.A.TTb :i•r : . - .
s ,
~,.._
Rev. D. 11. - Dialer 'bee' noW been about one
1 year.pastor.of the Preebyleilan-Churoh of Zratts
burgh, under whbm we learn the - church liii.
been- steadily,„improving in peace itrd.nrilki,"4,
well as spirit, enterprise and attendance •u'pe'it,
the means of grace. •lils people:, have recently'
1 manife4,e4 ,their high appreciation of. r the servi
ces of this JOAPg,brother, first by publishing his
Irlientigiving' se 'r' mon , *which is excellent ; and
Isecondill by . i.''donetion 7 '4isit,' , the ititstmitial
irelne - of-whicliliwolverls2ooc ' , ,
, -
' . • , • Fzerivlaril Tx 'VIOTon.. • ' "
The' geed" - peqre of 'the Preiapyter r m" lc .'drureh
in Irittetylkeld , 4l - fastivitl l oii Christmas tlihrepby
which they realized a very pleasant, wit.]. 14 . time'
I ' 2
.
L l in C l i 11 ;• 3° ,4 i R I n 'itn e T ; 'Ora , lta, t° helaPPPP,r l f. -
tell, We believe to the ikuretusing* oahinet ergPe
for elui"S'undair-saiail,' whichthq great', iiee'd:
, Onn-thist 6fterneion- of `thelithe "day, ti few per.`-'
soneweited upop the 'estee*d piate'r ) .- Rev.:G.-P.
Nichols, at hisAtmly, siudy,tlArough one of ; their
Young 1 4.0,,, Mr. ,P 8 t .gaipu.wßrqeei44 him AI
purse of ' 14.0,, ,, 0itALt theAm
se time Od.chiire,hAl
Victorare,mol i ng : for 'the : erection of a , , new par rl ,
nonage . thelr, fhtrie zive . e..y) ~the, ,A*eTi.eatl,
Aliiisienaii AssoCiatlon abent'*2so; ..i tf suppert A
teither"amoug 'the yriedmen, - find...are also re-,
'moinbering other causes of - beneioience. - , if 4s
-sp'eak's well for i'.ehurith of .117 moinbera.
A CeiaNGL- 2 4:t. fluniiii,4on,,Bsii.; of tyis
. . . L.ti--. , ..
.mty, ,receivect, a canzne on Uhristmes s at, which
,We are not gi•ently stpip9sed, ' for.ho i,r,i,ohlY,
, desert - Oct it., The cane Wss gold head ed„properly,
1 inscribed,acainP`anielwitb a shell inlytaild;
• , }, t , ... ' .I. qt .
Lgolctlined, „ Ad f! gold pop end pencil call ; al t as.
some'sh i ghteolcen er . > erection and esteem Trim.
his Bible chi* iit some 3 0 or 40 adults,t in 'Con
, nection with the Brio* ,Church., Sabbeth-sohoOl.
1 The;"toil of ; the Tmihful liboier • is alwap.
rewarded.' . _ . ;,,,
A C.4,1. - L.----Rev.S. S.ffitobell, ocparrislbiirg,
Pe., hss rlceive - d,. and 'acce'p'ted :it , cull to : 1 5. t.i
- Peter's Church, Of this eity ? :and is
,expeetea'
peon to enter on .i his le,bnii,hefe.. ~
~, ,
: . CEtipsitiA6.-- c -Oni' book ° stores ' never loo ked
'more attractive, and we„ judge by the 'way they
are thronged, were never better I pp..t:roniied than.
at present:
.11 , iitnoiV's is - 010,4 ilipoldeqt and ;
'best supplied: '', ' , * r ', ~' 5 f .
LE Ros . .. 7. —Rei:, .T.'lr;li t i,ililiarll, recently :of,
New - Jersey. ) h i ss become at*ol). Su L -pls , of the
Presbyterisn'Clireli of ,I , e 4 oly„
coaßEoiiog.--=-- - -tt," on grapes (fioqgcgrs„s
We wire" Printed 'in
. our 109, tri,et,Dr., Vewe,y,,,
was th# liialle ' st au thority m y Oe,
m ,
).. o ontry;
thongh,we Ileillit not lie was a good iiag--,of
ur akiei libel. ' ' ' ' GE,Nati.
Rochester Dec. 28th 1g67.
P .
•-," • -- u-Abemjie Qn
or, bet we en the
Wine*. p 19XL131•5a,i0 tee, • f°ariianclied-
Pereo6ll,3l,itto -me:tt,i
,t,h:ltieinttemrana:
„o,ft
a k the Green Rouse, I
Vitat,j4- gbrin -v-011843
froth e Rev ;' E •
erica. .Y • Hamt6-"4.`'
Genesee . Eyangelist No- 1128.
. .~:
miialitipi $2-5Q ;
WAIL OM
f 1 Aid '4l:-1 . 334-Chestimt itaireo•
Ho* IT 11,47 . 41 NS THAT THE RIITABYTILKI4tri '
CHURCH ra i NOT A SECT,--74::*2.Presbyti;rian
Church is inaebted to His Gine° the . Arc h,
bishop of Armagh s for tlir , entirely original, s g.
kestion of °sr. ( iltroolir i ape from the' ca/ions
ci4likuP;s4,...-kei - ItiapPears that ' His ; Om*
w.turrepOrted as , saying, in lie Arehispise.
Charge, tbst A ills nutrietiotef, sects were WO
the weakness and ' Aiiiinee of the IV . . ' 4 ,
d4'! . : R444l=;.tz.
. 404, ,ic.f:,,,Jiti
byterian Church,
_Armagh, tharettpOla Wroth to
Wm; requesting' to , be • infbrtned 'Whether 'fie in
chided' the PresbYteari4t Church' lie se:3i -4 eV .
Hi,aha sects." ' The Arebilsl4, in i bilhiAoli g i
reply, stated fi rst...that o ne of Ai, ter** us 4 *
the piatitt'Veli,not correctly reportedo'r gesbad
said -that, the-numerouseect's - vete, "at on-e dill
weakness and rep -ex:peg (st6t elit:ltitce)6ol:e Re!O'rt
matic' ei& He= then' addo ' '‘YOU-Wiiatt4d * tO kupw
ii Ilidgad&i tolii Pii4jl4Lii , dihreii amon g
thifse sect The Presb 4 rerian Church is estab
lished by law as' 6'6Xhutch vf-Scotland; acid -'in
this , conntiy, (Ireland)`; though- no thegitib-*
liShll l 'qhuroh,- it it iSpognited'tind' ,p4alli
eridoiridby the state. A. Plinrch in this ** j
liiiiivjserery, far.from my ideal of a Sect.".. Wo
are get' in, idiautoiliether4rir non-e tablialied
and non endowed '..Presbyterliti '6hurili hi thei
, United . States, 4ii`de's,:likTiitue of Its
' ,cognate ;
relation .to tlie - §cotchestabliehmeo,,,khin this
pecuiiarly.opportunisatinkprnvisierifter ; •
, alit hedAlidr horn of the . dileMma, the-. 1 "4Syniti
iEpiSCoptil `Chut'orsSf t his country, for the ®4k:
of‘st. State, recoomition, twist digrade itself to thq
1894Fiee,r.e0- 4, We' suppers gm Wood balbP
ialtkuu - pon.lcieth cases, and so ,aldo on the other'
'hind; - the 'separation from Stale allranCe.; It
Wdulif:he curious to heir froin the
,Aiciriiithop'
whether Sri are bo*,C.llprke,s,,, or both sects. ~
Irttcora.r, Citurt.ol#.4on- the'
19th of r Deceihber, there was WrganiSad a Prei= s
ibyterhui,.ohurCh in Lincoin, Der., to, be . copupp t y
ted with the.. Presbytery of Wilmington: ;
new Chui.ch begins its existence under= favor/Mc!
anspices 'with sixteen-meinbeis,
ail emigrahts from the and Pail of a
. 9 .4*.*41 1 1-sIAY-00,4kiNkM449/40 4 - 4,14 RW
attractive town _ in=Baas ox county, Del.." A 2iirge4
1/46q0110 hanheenlsnoireil, upOnwebiahi
- I,:olkitieli hope lo`-eree, a g v• •
the tpring:-
~A, P,elß. EXOCIANGS IS NO ROBNERY.—The
rresbytefien Church in St. Paul, Minn., (the
Cfoilie.of Hoperywho lose their pastor 'hy. the
first- Jf tliglyeiii as he *lees to take Pr Herrick
John ion i i plac;o,llll"4tshurgh, have invi ed
Johnson - to become thair,..pastor. they have,nevert
hotted: him preach, but he , de to! visit thenittuling
thiwinter: They . hope . the id:141144p 'which
Paul tmassmses for Mr s . Jo l hnson, as coliVitiio .-
witli 'Philadelphia, wilt induce him to prefirihe
; - •
:093:11SA#EAVIIE CITY •Cguitcni.—At coin-" 4
inttniolc , itoison ' held on'the 22d of Deceniber '
this '"prtirelr, 'members were added, 8
certificate. The:
62mMin,a " ton, 6h y . people ! Feel;,
Much ,encouraged in, their eNorts to build up their. , l
Church, so king without a minister setiled when*.
them, but nnw.undn'ethe' faithful cate'of Re'
0: Sloan. ' '
QEixcAGo.—Our correkpondent says:.
• OnA/PdaY.Dee. 14th, Rev. Sams- T. Mat
thews, OC..the Bth Ch..Ohicago, announced lob
hiateopte'tbe alike p ainful to hue it'l4d"
them, *that the state of his health had
pelted hini"to ask 'for lbe.iminediai:e Masco,
lutiohoftheyslation betweep them. This
rsault- was not altogether ,unlooked for, the t
state; of • brother -kradhewe!'health having
ittiden . " 't rise '
tofor severarrhonth sue as =to give rise'
tizi 'great; inxietY
,on, his accoßnt...._,A(kions,
the youn g est of our city,pastbks j scholarly,, -1
devout,..genialo_and .01 1 fine :iaulpiteabilities,
he will=he regretted not , :aleno . by the 'con-' -
gregittion helias'sO atcepia,fily serVed:sinee:,
the beginning 91.1"`!44114ar07 by #ll
his brethren, Rispbysietav4ive...wpourage-•
meat to. the belief - that-a fliT'VA:A'..onthli:of;per
rfedt•rest will witness his',entire recto idn. `.
'SO may 51 *ire. _ ,
Tho Rev. :16 / Efathing, of the PreibYte.::.
Tian church of Sandwich, goes to thaLCon-,
gregational at Marseilles, 111., anther , •
, elos4 of - 'the current • year. 'He is altOgether
too Vainahle a thattto
over to :, . another cohnecti4l,m4ll. alp lyip,
4 py to know. that , white for-reatons.,a,
iporitry iiressure he leaves us; it is•'with the ,
fall 'aad'fiiced purposif:rettiinink again, 'at
'no late day, 'to the his affections , ;
• 0,4-*;-:
• -
COMMUNI(IATZONS have been
••• • :aco9nll‘
.11I4L- •
h.; •
mbure 'Sabbath
/119.4 b hie
ter. - • • •
ciialiversarY
tou. -
1 Warning
'who° ,
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