,'ulrrwan JohnSWeir 16ju1y66 New Series, Vol. 'V, No. 5. $3 00 By Mail. $3 50 By Carrier. 50ets Additional after three Months: anitritall ..tol4tlalG. THURSDAY, JANUARY 30, 1868 THE LATE DIL . WAYLAND. I. The biography ; of Francis Wayland, the great est ornament of the American Baptist Church,, has recently been given to the public. It is wor• thy of the especial study of the friends of edu cation, of misSions, and of a high standard' of spirituality in the ministry and among ,Christians generally. It is an example full of power to, every one struggling with difhettities, beginning' life at a disadvantage, or tempted in anyway to idleness or waste of time. It is • the life of a genuine man—a man of. Spartan simplicity and of more than Spartan integrity :of.a true Chriatiati, and an Apostolic minister of the, Gospel; of a bold and independent thinker, whose thoughts moved instinctively in practical directions, prompting him with a powerful impulse to embody them—in , act and unfolding in him a capacity for work; which, in his prime, was almost miraculous., • Dr. Wayland was born in New York city, March 12th, 1796, of Baptist and Engliih tunes; try. His domestic training was of the Puritanic sort, to which many.of the best men now passing from the stage of life, owed the foUndation their greatness and influence. At the boys' school in New York city which he attended, no distinction of color was observed, a fact which doubtless had its influence in keeping him free from prejudice on the subject. But his very nature seemed ingrained with the sentiment . of justice and the love of truth. Among his school fellows and in the family, he was recognized as an authority in morals, and a champion who would not scruple to use physical force, if neces sary, in vindication of the opppressed. At fifteen, he entered the thira term of the Sophomore class of Union College, then in the seventh year of Dr. Notes long Presidency,: and having but two professors besides the Preaident.• Judging himself as was his wont by the severe.. , ; stannauda v£ tenth; lie speaks of his attainments ns a college student but slightingly. It is certain i'that he made a good record, as he was afterwards chosen tutor. But it was only after graduation that his mental awakening occurred, and only during his tutorship that the formatiie influence of Dr. Nott upon his character was felt. Mean while, lie applied himself vigorously to the study. of medicine, obtained his diploma and commen ced practice in Troy. Here, the Spirit of God . met him, singling him out in the midst of pre vailing apathy, and filled him with deep b,at scarce ly poignant anxiety for his soul. For successive days, lie shut hintsilf in his closet, deliberately seeking the experience in-- which he sup posed a change of heart consisted. , Nothing sur prising befel him.. 'Without .knowing .exactly when or how, a comforting light gradually dawned upon him. For a long time, he refused to believe himself a changed person. He took pleasure in divine things, loved the doctrines' of the 'Gospel and the society of Christians, but, like many others, he wanted a clear and convincing experi ence ; ho would be the subject of 'a striking eon: version. He had to learn to be content with whatever way God chose to show his grace in him. And it remains a remarkable and an in structive fact, that this truly Apostolic man, this shining example of the very noblest of - Christian virtues, had no salient points inhis religious his tory. Long afterwards he wrote : " The pre cisc when a moral change took plat.e in icy character I cannot determine;" On the Sabbath before he died 'he said to' a i'riend at his bed-side : "I have never enjoy e,l the raptures of faith vouchsafed to many Christiaus." But there was no room for doubt that a new principle had obtained control of .the His destiny was changed. Without ,a struggle or a pang of self-denial, he abandoned the profession on which he had entered and in which he had - every encouragement, and chose, the ministry of regeneration. The worldly cir eunistances of his family had become 'straitened: :and Wayland, in carrying out his new plans Must largely depend .upon other resources than t hey could furnish. He went to Andover. It `Was a year of struggles with outward poverty, `where, like Erasmus, ho chose to go without suit able clothing, in order to buy the needed books; but it was a year of great progress and of marked influence 'in the development of his character. Here first, under the inspiring influ ence of Moses Stuart, he seemed to himself to have really studied; and the impression:made upon him by that enthusiast in Biblical investigation, and that leader in the application of sound gram matical principles to Biblical exegesis, not only was never effaced, but probably, was never absent from his own most characteristic experiences and labors as an investigator and an instructor of the young. It was probably here, too„ that such influences wrought upon him, as to promote the growth of that catholicity of temper .so conspi cuous in'all his after life. He was a Baptist, in deed, but he was no bigot. And these two volatmes deicribing one of the busieit lives ever lived, furnish but two incidental allusions to the peculiar denominational vieWs 'of their sub ject,. A man of such., intense practical .bent would have given expression, in some .unmistak able outward shape, to the' spirit: of denomina tional exclusivism, , if•he had possessed it. During the tutorship at Union' he .by no means last sight of the ministry risiltis chosen' profession. Nott was his instructor in-sermonizingL than whom there could' be no better-4nd an event occurred which brought him under the influence `of the revival preacher, Nettleton. While .he had under consideration the quest* of prolong ing his stay at Union, friends, wholvere aware of ,his limited pecuniary resources, had' interested. Howard Malcolm—a well known name in the Bap-. tist Church—in his case, vheMade ample offers of assistance in completing his Seminary course. The letter announcing these kind 'offers was mis sent in the mails, and before it reached its destin ation, young Wayland had obligated himself to remain in Union College. Of this event-he said, "My destiny has been- materially affected by the blunder of a post-master." The visit soon after (1820) made by Mr. Nettletnn to Schenectady, the' great revival 'Which followed, the opportunity given 'for direct'personal effort with sinners, of which Dr. Wayland freely availed himself, had a most powerful and permanent effect in shaping his character. Late in life, he speaks of Dr. Nettle ton as the most effective .preacher he had ever. known. A new era in his, spiritual life begins from this intercourse with the revival preacher, for which Providence seemed so singularly to open the way. And' thus the circle of formative influ ences upon Dr. Wayland's character wascdmpleted. • om--Mirses _Stitt& frogu Dr o • • from Dr. Nettleton,—all natures congenial to his . own,—etniO•the tialtiing; which; unfit . Dr. Wayland the man that he was. The first communicated his enthusiasm for' the truth .and his rigorous analysis; the second developed the executive and educational abilities of his pupil; the third kindled his spiritual life to that inten sity that it never seemed to know coldness in all his career. Thus a rare combination of intel lectual;.practical and spiritual influences' fitted him for the high intellectual, practical, 'and spiritual functions he Was to perform. FENIANISM • We need not do more than call attention to the able and instructive article on this subject on the next page, from the pen of our well-known, cor respondent 13. B. H. While our readers may require enlightenment in, regard to the full ex tent• and significance. of this movement, we are sure they require none'as to its spirit. They know that it is, at best, an'unjustifiable rebellion against a government which, whatever its de fects, is among the very best in Christendorn. They know that its success is so remote frotn possibility,-as to brand its-leaders as mere des peradoes. They know, that its result; if success ful, would not be an enlargement of porsonal li berty or the establishment of a wise end 'noble national poliey, , but a more -abject submission to a hierarchy and a religious policy most bitterly and obstinately hostile to freedom. And the deep disgust and abhorrence which they feel at the indiscriminwe slauvhter, the secret assassi nations, the cowardly and sinister plOts, which seem to be the favorite instruments,of the con spirators, are only equaled •by the shame with which they view the fawning and cringing of American politicians of all classes towards the authors of these atrocities. We have rarely felt ourselves so humiliated as on the day that our city fathers voted.to join the demonstration in honor of three fairly condemned and executed' felons. • It was an act which seemed' . to say to every policeman intim city: Whenever you are muderowly assailed by ruffians in the diScharge of your duty, our sympathy is withthe assailants, not with you nor your families, nor with those peaceable citiiens and just laws which your are upholding at the risk of your lives. England has indeed,grievously offended us ex actly in the same litie in which Fenian sympa thizers are new offending her. But our readers are Christians,,and they know better than to plead another's sins-as a 'justification of their own. •OITR COMPLAINT in regard to the issue of Prof. Hedge's late work on the Atonement is misinterpreted by the Christian Instructor and the United Presbyterian, following, as we suppose, the guidance of the Presbyterian of this city. PHILADELPHIA, THUR,SDAY,, JANUARY 30, 1868. With all long suffering and patidnee,.we repeat that our complaint was net of .tl4 book in itself, but as; issued at this stage o negotiations for re union,: by the Board of Publication...of the Old School Church.. The intelligent and candid+ cow ductorkorat least ode . Old School. organ—The Pre'sbyter—vieW the' matter in ,precisely the same light with ourselves. In their issue, of .last; week they say of the, bnelf,,: Mr. Barnes is referred toelitlines and - Dr. Beman twice; once each in .terms :declaring ,that; their ".view of the nature of, the All,m,rnert "a de parture from the true faith. ,Thiess to be regrted, not s? much for the'reason negptiatiOns for re union are pending between'thd'Old did New School Churches, ita because Drift:o4o3 brobitiS issued by the Board of Publication otrlcair "Chureh:' New books isstied•by !the Boards ofkithe ., two C.h urch es .at such a time as this, contrsavekltifig‘ the positions of each other's books ; and:,44 o , J ing,k e_ ee us.of ;he . names of the- authors, is adaried to.complicate the construction 'Of a 'Catalogue for tlr;e United Chuieli. [Reported for our %damns.] LINCOLN UNIVERSITY-INAUGURATION OF PROFESSOR'S: Tuesday of last week was another interesting .day at Lincoln University, made so!by!tbe : assembling of an apprciative audience to Estee to the inaugural ad dresses of the recently. chosen Theological Professors, Ildv. E. R. Bower, of Systematic Theology; and Rev. Dr, E. E. `Adams, of Sacred Rhetciric. The 'services were under'the direetion of Pev. l l. 'MI Dickey, D.D., President of the Board of Trustees at whose request Samuel H. Perkins, Esq., 'of tide; city, 'led' n the opening devotional exercises. he address of'Prof. Bower was one of special ability?; having for its main thought:the supremacy of - the Holy :Scriptures- as the teacher of man ;respecting od., and His truth. The revelations of 'nature anet e" revealed Word are coincident it is true, but they - are - not do-ordinate. The Bible alone is autheritativte.' W - e may wander a; whisle life-time among the vtoriddrs of Creation; terrettrial. and celestial; but all we would thus learn of theology would be as nothing to the instructions of one hour at the feet of Jesus, It follows, 1. that theology, thus founded upon Diyine.Revelation, be-, • comes a, science of , positive tyntby and.authoritative for belief. We ao not theorite; we know the things •t. '-` - _P---flsor, ill theolo* of the Bible must be held to include the urica.i.lara*Ogelif Cud . i ~ salVation. ' We are not tosaywhiri , I§ to be accepted, and what rejected. It includes more than the gene ral facts which distinguish Christianity from Judaism and other religious systems. All parts of the doc trine of human redemption make one true syet6m, . , just as there is but one system of astronomy or mathematics. Romanism and Protestantism cannot both be true; neither can Augustinianism and Pelagianism. 2. Theological science, thus founded, is the interpreter of all other sciences. God is the author of all. Nature is unintelligible without God. "In thy light shall we see light." 3. All other sciences find their highest end and chief value in' contributing ,to this science. Other sciences, ss such,' have great services to render to humanity', but' they have all this higher end, to enable us to know more of Jesus. lii the expanding of the points . there was a healthy 'Calvinistic tode, and it was felt by the au-, dience that the department had fallen into .' - iible' hands. The : address closed with a happy allusion to the , Upiversity as founded upon the • principles of a biblical theology, carrying out the right of a hitherto proscribed race, in their character as men, to a gene ral intellectual Culture, and then to lay it all at the feet Of the highest culture, the knowledge of God unto' salvation. The address of Prof. Adams:the honored represen tative of our own Church in those halls, came next _in order. The Doctor is one of .those.. speakers who defies the reportorial. pen, _unless it be one of literal exactness. VVe'lna,ke no attempt to reproduce the brilliancy of thought, or the beauty and force of the illustrations. Indeed the impression was deep in the audience that, in both cases, the Trustees had been eminently successful in securing men who were the embocliment of their departments. Prof. A. took for his theme Genyine Literature'Phiianthropic. spoke of •progressiveneis as .`universal law of 'things; as more or less rapid according• to the capacity of, in dividuals or nations; as illustrated inlaistory, and 4i lastly in our. national histo.sO full of " rapid pro gress in the achievemenis of philanthropy 'and liberty---.especially illustrated our recent history,, wherein is measurably finished what was left undone in the revblution, on the subject of individual liberty. All the' enlightening measures and institutions of the age are Pi the direction of philanthropy. All litera ture on right principles is philanthropic. It Was not so with the non-Christian and often non-Theistic literature of the ancients. The. Greek literature ex hibits no broad- and just views of humanity. There was a certain ,kind of tenderness for certain individ ual cases, for dying heroes and self-sacrificed'inar tyre, but no approach to the' tenderness of the cross. - Neither Socrates nor Plato had One thought of the Christian rule, "The rich and the poor meet together; the Lord is the maker of them all." Carrying out the same progressiveness in phil anthropy which has made the African in this coun try free, we now ask for his education. We ask it on the ground of, 1. His capacity. The illustrations of this are striking, numerous, beautiful, 2. It is required by what we have already made them. 'lf, after making them free, we deny them the means of mental culture, we only augment their griefs. 3. Their numbers. 4. Our former injustice to them. The worst of this has been felt in mental degrada tion. Repair in kind as we have wronged. 5. Their great zeal for knowledge. Thrilling accounts were given of their self-sacrifices and sufferings in pursuit of knowledge. In the primary department of this University, there have been cases in which they have sprung, in a singleyear, from ignorance of letters to a fair grade of what is generally understood as a com mon school education, and in a second year reached a surprising mark in higher learning. 6. Their probable service in their fatherland. 7. Their in- fluence on ours -own future national character. 8. Theirzervices rendered during the rebellion, some, in the field, and some, aasonthern slaves, helping priso ners to esca,pe,•and acting as guides to, our armies. 9 Th i The s as beautifully facttlt'atbebl i a ll a u k st ui ra a te n d, clings st to civilization. f ivili a zat s io t % z follbv -the speaker, or to give even an outline of his rernitlits on the special claims of the University, or . thiaaccOunt--the m oat , succinct. and. satisfactory which we _hive. seen—of its,present condition, and its really .sunpripipg Accomplishments during the short, tern of its existence. We understand both addresses are to .be published. • Follarsing Prof. Adams, Rev. Albeit `Ba'rnes was .called fir the atand, introduced. by, Dr. Dickey as the :life-long friend of the oppressed, and greeted by the istuthints. and others present, ,with a storm of ap fplause.t In a short, unpremeditated speech, Mr. t Barnes Accepted the statement of the Doctor respect au his•anti-slavery antecedents. He had ever tried to be the friend.of the colored man—the friend of the . enalated and wronged—;and, though' often under trial, Id had never 'allowed any restraint upon his 'native - right to 'utter his views-and give out his in :fluence. • had Pot expected to live to see the total emancipation, of the.race in this' country, but he had -never doubted .. would .come.., This institution '[founded in 1857 only with reference to the prepara tion of YOun T I `men for usefulness in Liberia, but, en larged to a niversity 'when 'the Eniancipation Act opened iiip a broader fieldd was. not an accident. It 'was God's , pre-arrangement for the sudden and :unexpected ball of.four millions of freemen in this country for ministers, teachers, and other educated men.of their, own race. Neither will it stand alone. It has . risen, under the providence of God, as the pioneer of scores :of, educational institutions, male and:female, of sitbilar ,charicter: 'Forty years ago, an earnest effort was made, in New Jersey, to main tain an educational institution of high order, for' the. -colored people, but it ,died out. The country was not then ripe for.it. It is ripe for it now, and work like, this will go forward.. Pointing to a map of Af rica on the.wall of the chapel; Mr. Barnes 'pissed from the - few millions of the AfriCan race , in this country, to the probably hundred and fifty millions in that vast-region—a region all certain to be given to Christ—and referring to the *bearing of institu tions like this upon that result, he congratulated both the new and older members of the Faculty as °having assumed one of the ,most glorious works of the times. Our space will not allow us to give any account of what we-witnessed of the condition, physical; ed ucationtil; andspirittal of' theinstitution. We may Jaereafter, copy the. notice of these things in Prof. AdaniS' address, to which. we referred. • Suffice it to =say; we wen 'profoundly, ,impressed with the wisdom and success, of its conception, and the glory of, its influence present and prospective. s - itr - WAMITICGT6N. ' Vi r ASNINGTON, JAN. 27, 1868. Complaints are frequently made against the rul ing party in Congress, because of its radicalism and its readiness to adopt extreme - measures. The re construction acts are quoted as illustrating this chargi. It seemS to mef they prove, exactly the op posite. Every step taken has been the least that, under the circumstances, could be done. There has been the utmost reluctance to' do thorough work at the - Sonth or' 'With the Executive. This has been the :Weakness of the party, and the necessity for modifying the reconstruction measures arises from . its lack of radicalism. The fact that one amendment after another has passed is seized upon by the op ponents of Congressas ; phowing its desire to over ride, the.Constitutfon,,ernsh the South, and gather all, the power of the government into the hands of the Legislative branch. The truth is that the vari ous advances have been made only through the contumacy of the rebels and the obstructiveness of the Executive.. Congress may truly say with _ not of choice bUt of necessity ; God does not conduct, but drives us and carries us forward. We'are not master of our actions." Why, the time was, after the war, when Congress would havebeen satiefied - bireceive the rebel States as reconstrticted, with no guarantees for the future, but that slavery should not be restored and :the, rebel debt not as sumed by the United States; but every proposition was voted down with scorn by the rebels. And so with, the Execqtive,, every restriction placed, upon his .anthority, has been wrung from an unwilling Congress to 'save the country from anarchy and confusion. The policy to which Congress is now. fully ,Cotrimitted' is, that the Southern States shall be governed by loyal men. If loyal white men can and will'do this, well; but in any event loyal men, and better the uneducated loyal negro than- the dis loYal . The supplementary bill commanded every Re publicdn vote in the house. In the Senate it has evoked an able and most spirited discussion. Sen ator Doolittle proposed amendments restricting the stiffrage Or'the negroes, (not of whites also,) to those who could read and write, and who should be possessed of property to the amount of two hun dred and fifty dollars. His speech was carefully prepared, and had been . announced beforehand, as designed to lay down the conservative platform for the present campaign, It was made impressive by the deep voice, solemn manner and fine oratory of the speaker; and was listened to with great atten ti on. It was understood to be a challenge to the Republicans toenter the lista, and defend themselves as best they might. It was an adroit move, in that he professed to represent the Conservatives and not the Democrats, so that if it should fail the Demo crats could disclaim it as their own. The speech abounded in invective against , the Radicals, and es pecially against "negro supremacy forced at the the point of the bayonet, "which idea seem to haunt the Senator's mind as some gloomy spectre ; it also plead most earnestly for the disfranchised leaders, "the heart and brain'! of the South, and for the South generally which had lost thousands of mil lions Of dollars, and,hundreds of lives by the war; and now must have the additional punishment of Genesee Evangelist, No. 1132. Ministers $2.50 H. Miss. $2.00 Address :-1334 Chestnut Street being ruled by negroes. The speech made a great impression upon the audience, and seems to have 'satisfied the Democrats who have praised it with out qualification. Judge Trumbull followed in an impromptu speech in which he riddled the oration at every point. Although he does not display such oratory as Mr. Doolittle, who is•one of the best speakers in Con - gress, yet he always makes his points with such clearness and logic, that he carries the convictions of his audience with him. On this occasion he made a 'most thorough exposure of the sophistry of the party cries of "radicalism," "negro supremacy," " unconsti tutionnality," &c. Senator Morton followed the next day with a speech profound in thought, irresistible in logic and weighty in its facts and authorities, and Senator Nye with one full of wit and satire. The country may be thankful to Mr. Doolittle for furn ishing the ooCasion for such replies as those of Trum bull,' Morton and Nye—the first demolishing the speech', the iecond the- sentiments, and the last the speaker. A new Presbytterign church is soon to be formed here, which one might well wish would change its principles or sail under another banner. The new body is composed partly of those who left Dr. Sun derland during the war. Since then they have attended Dr. Gurley's preaching, but have not been satisfied with his position. They have ,now organized a Sunday-schdol, secured a Southern' preacher, and propose to have preaching adapted to their pro ,cliVities. It seeing incredible that such an organiza tion can be formed at this late day, but perhaps it will purify the other churches by furnishing a place .for all the malcontents. One can wish them no greater evil than that these may congregate there. But what can • be said, of the possibility of a mem ber of City Council, in the sight of the Capitol, at a Council dinner offering a toast " to the man that pulled the trigger that shot the man that freed the nigger," and receiving no indignant .rebuke for the atrocious sentiment? This is said to have occurred in Georgetown during the past .week. If these things can be done.in . Washington; what is likely to be. the state of feeling further South? Probably there is good reason why the Southern commands prove such powerful educators to the district corn minders, and. such men as . Sheridan, Pope, Sickles and Meade,' Elie Reeder and Geary in Kansas years ago, need only to see in order to be convinced. PHILADELPHIA FOURTH PRESBYTERY. At a late meeting of the Philadelphia Fourth Presbytery, the following. items of business were transacted I. The reception of Bethesda Presbyterian church, Philadelphia, (the ,colony frorn Kensington First), under care of. the Presbytery and the necessary or der fortleipstallation of the pastor Rev. Wm. T. Eva, on the "evening of Wednesday, February Twelfth. 11. The reception of Atco, Camden county, N. J., Presbyterian church under the care of Presbytery. 111. The appointment of Messrs. Clouds, Paul, 'Lukens, Jones and Farr, Elders, a Committee to confer with a similar CoMMittee from Philadelphia Third Presbytery in respect to a meeting of Elders in Philadelphia. IV. The adoption of a paper on Re-union as fol lows: . 1.. Resolved, that this .Presivtery are in thorough sympathy, with whatever tends to bring into closer fellowship all Christians adopting similar standards of Faith and Order.. 2. Resolved, that this Presbytery regard the Plan cf Re-union between the two branches of the Pres byterian church, reported by.the Joint Committee of the General Assemblies as, in the main, judi cious and acceptable, but Presbytery deem it indis pensable to the organic unity, and continued peace of the two branohes, that the acceptance of the Confession of Faith. "as containing the system of doctrine taught in the Holy Scriptures," be clearly and definitely understood as allowing that diversity of doctrinal interpretation which from the first has obtained in the Reformed Churches, and which is not inconsistent with the integrity of the Calvinis tic system. • V. Adjournment to meet 12i o'clock, P. M., first Monday in, March, Presbyterian House. T. J. SHEPHERD, Stated Clerk. DEMONSTRATION IN FAVOR OF OUR SUNDAY . LIQUOR LAW.-It is of the highest importance that our Legislature should be made aware of the Etrong sentiment of the moral and religious part of our community in favor of the continu ance and enforcement of this law. We rejoice, therefore, that one of our organizations have the matter in hand, and that a public meeting of the proper character will soon be held. THE INDEPENDENT, speaking of the rebuke administered by order of an outraged House of Representatives to Fernando Wood, for calling it and its acts " infamous," says the people will say " Amen," and adds " perhaps, also, they will say amen to another rebuke which followed—given to the same culprit, by Mr. Oakes Ames, of Massachnsetts. Mr. Ames went privately to Wood, and said, ' Sir, Congress would be less in famous if you were out of it.' THE LAST LONDON QUARTERLY REVIEW has gone through six editions, on account of the popular de mand for several articles, particularly on the Tal mud, Abyssinia, and The Conservative Surrender. IMPORTANT ACTION FENWICE