wltriy6B VUU 2 re.4,lbtotrintwiii 163 q Jonn "Wr New Series, Vol. "V, No. 7. *3 00 By Mail. $3 50 By Carrier. 50ets Additional after three Months. 1 gmtriranlThriat. TIMIIBDAY, FEIIIRTA . ItY .13;1868: THE LATE DR. WAYLAND. 111. The most retnarkahle, part of Dr. Wayland's, reer, we think readers will generally, concede, as his brief pastorate of the First Baptist. ,Church Providen.:e. In the fall of 1855, when in his xtietb year, he had resigned the Presidency of e University, from the evident exhausting effect his multiplied duties—thoroughly and conscien ously as he performed them—upon his, health. eeking repose, and fairly entitled to it after a arter of a century of the most unsparing and inscientions devotion to his college duties, with portact literary labors to fill his moments of isure, we find him in . less than eighteen mouths ter his resignation, 'accepting the temporary -torate of the church, then vacated by the death Dr. Granger., Its eid ed spiritual views of e pastoral office and his charaSteristic conscien usness forbade his merely inweaving the duties the position, as 'a e4rt,of episode, In his life of 'sure. From the -niiment he assumed ihe e, he tells us, he relinquished every other oo : laden. He laid. away the. unfinished mann ripts, put aside all labor for himself and devoted s whole energies to the gospel. While at the head of the,college, he was always ,le, however engrossing his official cares, to,find me time for outside work, for authorship and rious addresses. But now he had not an un- cupied hour. "I do not know,"'he.saYs 'itint I ever com • need any undertaking from a• more simple de re to do the will of the Masten' ' Heeven gave s , all reading, it is believed absolutely, but the ible. He mortified ,every . disposition to make to sustain his merely tliterary reputation, and set himself, in all 'simplicity, to preach, pray d labor for the 'immediate conversion of his arera. He had &wirers' full of sermons tut as` ey lacked acliptedosss, or fell shoit of the in nse fervor of his present purpose, he wrote always e, and often two new sermons, for the Sabbath, d prepared original lectureatihrAliewerek:' - - His pastoral activity inue : :el4r stand'„ as masterpiece and a model. liere, if possitoe, ea more than in his preaching,:thectraly apos. lie character of his ministry appears: He un .rtook and carried out a thorough visitation of o families of the congregation, going on, foot al nigh his house was far from the centre of the rish, in order to avoid giving offence to-the most .• ly; he resolved, in the strength of God, that he old carry religion with him into every house he sited; he pressed with his divine. message, into e counting-rooms and places of busineas T in order reach such as could not be found. at home. metimes he would meet this class of his:people the street, and accompany them far enough to ve the necessary warning. *itfrin the year, he sieved he had held personal conversation on re ion with by far the greater part . of his parish. never approached the eubject in a round-about y, but making it the business of his visit,- he uired at once into the prospects of the indi ual for eternity. Although he never regarded mself as peculiarly fitted for the labor, it be- me more and more pleasant to him, and he ver once was treated rudely, or as if he were t engaged in the business moat appropriate to e minister. A most touching picture is this of now nerable wan , past, three.soore, having been for rly 30 years, ia fackahnost his whole active immured in literary pursuits, and surround .. , with a high repute a writer and thinker, with several - literarY enterprises on hand, not 'II from conscious aptitude, or . peitchant fur the k, but from "dogged sense of duty" and seal perishing souls, going from house to house .of four hundred scattered parialtioners, lowly toilsomely walking, concentrating all his great . giea and abilities upon the simple, unosten one, often ungracious work of personal appeal he subject of religion. It is a picture which well be engraved on the heart of every pas, Apparently no fuller proof of the ministry ever made than by the aged ex-college Pres , t, in this temporary and uncertain pastorate vacant church. • )Ir. Wayland cherished a very humble and n a most depressing viewaf his own ability success. While the public, were admiring, was lamenting. He pada:alp agreed with the ority in his first eharz,e,.who abfirst professed egard his preaching as not worth listhning to. writes to an early friend, Akaiso potter, " ays knew your intellectual endowments were e numerous and more exaellent than mine." regarded his sermon on the missionamenter . rise as a failure when delivored, and was more surprised than anybody else at its reception. Afterwards he spoke of it as perhaps his one bright idea, such as every man may have in a life time. While his spiritually-minded hearers were, g,row ing in grace tinier his preaching, he was con demning himself for , want of zeal,. devotion, faith and spirituality. He distrusted : his capa city - to meet the demands of his position as Presi4 dent of the College. While to others he seemed, when tested by the most exalted standard of dUti, to have labored to the utmost limit of his mental god physical capacity, he found. , fault with him self as guilty of actualmoral delinquency. But the very severity of the man's self-condemnation grew out of the lofty moral, position whith he held. The entire consecration, of his soul, to duty, and the length, breadth,„depth and, height which •he gave to that idea in all the possible con cerns and situations of life; verebothieg less than sublime. Not the rosy hue of love or the bright ness of gratitude, but rather the steellike, starlike radiance of duty illuminated his life, giving'him the appeararice of an Old Testament hero rather than a New Testament saint. Few men , even or this busy, overworked gen eration, have shown such a i marvellous , capaPitY, for:work or allowed their powers to be put to their utmost stre•ch as* did Dr. Wayland. Nothing, he said, can - stand before days' works. He seemed aiming to realize a piece of advice once given to a pupil ; :' "1f you learn to do as much work in one day as you used to do fin two or three days; you are as 'good as two or three •such men as you for merly were, boiled down into one." While.Presi.: dent of a College whose very existence, Methode and sticcesS seemed concentrated in,himself, and which he_ reconstructed on bold and novel prin ciples, for the indewment of 'Which he personally andsuCcessfullylabored, the spiritual and moral welfkre Jot* whose individual students was as dear to him as their intellectual progress ; he found time and room in his heart;-for all the interest of a large-minded Christian philanthropist and good citizen in _every enterprise for the evangelization and elevation of his fellow man.* We find him enlisted actively in local charities and State so cieties, teaching a large Bible class drawn from all- deainnianSaini in . *=oxitiv'osi - 1 1n'tinie' of pastoral 'vaeifiCy and ,in all the affairs b of the church with which he worshipped rendering al most as. efficient aid as if he had no other care on his mind. As the "irrepressible conflict" loomed up; this incarnation of the sentiment of duty. must find time amid his other multiplied. engagements by voice and by pen to sustain the 'cause of lib erty tied-justice. He found time to makehim self familiar with the best English authors, and could quote 'Many' of the finest passages of the . poets. ln English history he was thoroughly at home; the peerage was at his fingers' ends, and the strategical points of great'campaigns, particu larly those of Napoleon 1., were almost as clearly in his mind, as if war was his profession. With Cromwell's whole career he was as familiar, as he was in synipathy with his spirit and aims. -He was an excellent gardener; knew the points of a good cow so. well, that cattle dealers referred to him -as authority; and astonished the captain of a first class merchantium, with , his minute know- ledge of a ship. Meanwhile, he wrote text books on Meral.Science-and Political Economy which have sold to an aggregate amount of two hundred thousand copies. Besides these, he published eleven other works, of considerable size and im portance, including the Lifeof Judson, 2 - vols., Memoirs of Chalmers, and Elements - of Intellect ual Philosophy; several volumes • of Sermons, Letters on the Ministry of the Gospel, Thoughti. on the Present Collegiate System.. He also pub lished'scotes of 'separate discourses, addreadei and, contributions to the leading reviews and magazines of the country. Meanwhile, he had such command ing elements of character that we are not surprised to learn froin another bi , 3grapher, that his fellow citizens of Rhode Island Would have added to -all his other duties and honors a seat in. the United States Senate, if he had yielded to their wishes. Amid these many burdens, his physical strength and mental elasticity did indeed seemtn give'way, and when about sixty years of age, he was cl e : l strained to retire from the Presidency the e p University; nevertheless he held out ten years longer, two of those years,•as we have se v en, being among the most . intensely active of 1,4 - whole life. Oa the 30th of Sep., 1866, he tamed peacefully away, having attained very mKrly the allotted bound of three-spore years a ten. . , CALIFORNIA ACTORS AND THE SAI3BATH.-REV. Di. - Seudder, on a 4Cient Sunday evening, stated that he bad in his .ands a paper which deserved to be,printed in llers of gold. It, was a protest of the actors in Sp i n Francisco against the repeal of the Sunday law in the matter of Bundy . thea.tri cals. It contained the sentiments - of the 'actors' PHILADMPHIA, THURSDAY,YEBRUARY 13, 1868. themselves, and was, for the most part, their lin.: guage. The document is as follows : - " To the HOnorabie Senate and Assembly of the State of California :--41ip undersigned, mem bers of the theatrical profession, laving •been formed of a notice' , of Mr. Russ, to introduce bill which will havethe effect of legalizing thea trical exhibitions on the Sabballi'day, *qua 0: apectfiilly prOteit against the passage, of said billy because it is against, Christian decency, Against niorality, and renders impossible that4est *hick the all-wise God, and the.experie.seeof alike declare to be necessary to the body of man, to say nothingof the soul. We Ore seven exhi bitions each week already—six in the evenings and one on Saturday . afternoon.-! ctle seventh is certainly unnecessary , ' and in no other:city over which the "Stars and stripes" 'float it tolerated. We, therefore, 'as parents and heads OefaMilres, and as members of the prOfession,lailea'the pre sent lassies a' blessing, Ind look upon,Ahs pro, posed change as.a step backward, which we caw not but view with unfeigned sorrow': We tint ourselves entirely ta, your : awn sense Yight . ,tid the etero4l. fitness of things, to Mike negliati4, and least.of all • a change for the -worsen...-AlCof which is respectfully submitted? i ll—ii , . • A ctimiu§'FßATEariavniiti. The . Unitarians of this conntryhiv4ino'-been on tip toe for a recogniticin from the orthodox bo dies.`;. So far, they have obtained each reenni tion only from individuals of the erratic sort, and it seems that despairing of the white obiiret= es they have gone to our colored brethren. 'When the conference of the African.N. E. Chuich was in. session in BaltimoreJast year, it was attended by Rev. John Ware, of-Baltimore;nnd - Reri. Dr: Ellis. of Charlestown;' who were "cordially i receiv. l edrand neo tiations were opened ihich.haielO: suited in a definite plan fel. 00-operatioa between the two bodies, in the matter of the distribution of tracts and other reading matt& -among the Freedmen; and the education of 'the' Frlfedineii - : Tracts and books acceptable to 604p 9 - dies to be furnished bithe Unitarians and, circulated by the A. M. E. Church, while the Sillier: are , to endow and control a chair in the ifew E: Seminary in .Charlesten S. C., iiii*lfas to help Wilbe z rforce University' i13139aaj3}4644,17V through Antioch l College, twelve miles distant.. At the recent meeting of the Suffolk (Mass.) Confereme, two representatives,of the. A. }.1..W Church were-present and were glowed to speak, after the Unitarian orators had carried on their usual "Mutual Admiration" ha,rangues. Dr. Ellis modeitly urged that they should co operate with the A. M. E.'s, because "the war undoubtedly was the ,consequence of the growth of certain principles which hid their growth and sa,notion in liberal ideas of religion. The abolition'move went was excited and public sentiment organized by many of the prominent liberal Christians. The whole movement 'had its stimulant in those general ideas of liberty Whidla form the basis of liberal Christianity.. . . To pour into the trou bled elements of the South the holy influence of pure'and liberal religion, was the most effective means of reconstruction." And yet another speaker, Mr. Lowe, disavowed any wish "-to in terfere with religious opinions," or to do "any thing to awaken .sectarian prejudice," while ex pressing ,a very jest surprise that any other sect'' was willing to co-operate with--.the Unita- rians." "Our colored, brethren" seemed to respqnd to all this very heartily. One. made "-mention of the good •which bad been done among the color ed people by the circulation of the tracts i f 'O4 'American Unitarian Aisociation." 4114 en lo.iied a sermon of Mr. Ware's • the best ex ponent of New Testament,- _ ristianity he bad had-ever heard," and :Ne ed for- help "to all friends of a broad, unscotarian religion!' The truth of the matter seems to be that the M. E. CAch , is in as bad need of recogni tion as agAlle Unitarian. -It has =been notorious for so - nit/time past as playing into the hands of theol. E. Church South, and as the enemy of h i e Northern Methodist Church. This attempt to back the reactionary "party of the Freedmen has driven its best men• out of the ranks; e.g. Rev. James Lynch, formerly of the Christian Recol:der, and now laboring in the work of Reconstruction in Misiissippi. We suppose it is somewhere near its last ditch, when it comes to beg books and money from the Unitarians. A NEW PRIZE. IN HAMILTON ' COLLEGE.--- The - will - of - the 'late Mrs". Abigail Raymond Kirkland, of Clinton, N. Y, bequeaths five hti: dred dollars to 'the Tristees of Hamilton Col lege,Es a . permanent fund for a prize in Biblical scholarship. Mrs. Kirkland's husband wai relative of Rev: .Samuel _ Kirklansl, the founder of Hamilton College.. -....- THE ,TWO:' TRACT* SOCIETIES. The folkming ,arrangement, for harmony of action , between" the 'two Arnerican Tract Societies his beett . igi eed upon by'the New York Execu tive Committee and the Boston Committee of Te;enty-Ave - , 1. That.the.Society At Bost,o,nwithdraw all its aients.from , the liebt . ; discontinue nib personal or other appeals for funds,. eitheifo chttrches or ec- Cies iastic4tl . 6dies, in New d' or elsewhere > g an and that its exist e nce be, continued, distinctively as a Pqbaithing Corporation. 'But, that, it may carryout fully the designs of : its ,foundere 'and pait'benefaciors, it is to retain the right 'to') re: ceive ille-Voltidtark offeriniri of'ch'urclies and in divitia*, and to distribnte its publications by grants, as :ProVidence may open the way. , 24 That the Society at New York. occupy the field relinquishedl disconSinne its, Deposi tar i n Boston,tran s fer the Sale and a gency 0 of its book l and tract ,publications there to, the Society ,at :Boston:; and., the 'Society- at: Boston transforthe sale and' as its book add tract puididatiens . in" New York to 'the Saciety there:`' ‘3. "Plat both Societies exercise each toward thenther„tha highest courtesy of . theßopk Trade in the matter of republication ; and that neither cOmPeildd to , keep= or sell any book or- tract which its owil - COmmittee of 'Publication d0e,13 not a I ) F9TPr,; • • 4—Th,E4 the 4444 herein Foposed be,ponsum mated notiater thau,May;lB6B: A . 5. That ' f, any future +natter of difference arise between the two ;ScicieficiOt. bC: refeired to a 0 1 ?mini-4 4 ie .oritYrq from each Soc iety, , bq ap pointedhyits.Executive Committee, said Commit tee of four to have powex tEi ippoint &fifth mem b6.lo • !, AFFAIRS AT THE CAPITOL: LI , .1:F4h0g0n,,,,e, 1 ?,.:151tt, 1868 , Tke.,,paatweek has bad its, topic in the corns pondencelietween Gen.-Giant and the-PreSident, whichi' waS iutiearthed' by an order of - 'the 'Rouse of Representatives. - The •eircitentent 'produced liyWheMituctlitien very great, and , thettionclusion is rick_ yet renche4: — "lrie` President. complains that, the , oorrespondenee Is published premature, since his answer to Grant's, last, which is to have the juvats of Browning, Randall and Welles has , not yet appeaTed. This was promised shortly, and was proclaimed to be utter, defeat to Grant; but fOr some reason—either, as' some say, the Cabinet officers are note ready to,put their , names to the statements of the President, or the move ments of the Reconstruction CoMmittee and the terror of impeachment have led to soberer con clusionsthe-President withholds a most angry and bitter letter which he had prepared dad shown to some of' his friends. 'General Grant's friends say, that he is prepared, if necessary, to mike further disclosures more damaging to the President, So far Grant appears on the side of law and loyalty, and • the. President, by his own admission,- against law' provided he can use Grant as his Stool in resisting it—in the words of,the severe `charge'of, the latter's last letter "attempt ing to involire me in resistance of lawfor which you hesitated to assume they espeipisibility." Everybody admires the dirnegs of the Gene ral who instead' of a laborgd vindication of him self,- cuts the Gorf > knot of political intri g ue as with his3wir the matter of veracity it is not dith,lt twohoose between the two. , Wed nesday..cies:ling gave testimony of the feeling of rtbeliep le in the enthusiastic crowd at the Gen erall's•reception. Everybody of note seemed to he'there' except the President , and his Cabinet. One panting Major General, whom I met about ten o'clock, just within the front doorway, told me he had been an hour getting thus far. Grant has gained hosts of friends among 'the Radical Republicans;:even Thad.. Stevens remarked a day or two : " It is time now to adinit him to our church." The attack upon the 9emmissioner of Internal Revenuehas eulminated in the nomination of his successor. The charge brought by the Presi dent against Mr. Rollins is, that he is using his position in a corrupt way in the campaign in New Hampshire. If the person nominated for the succession were some man conspicuous before the country for integrity and financial ability, some color might be given to the pretence ; but when we find the name sent to the Senate, that of a N.: Y. distiller, who represent the, whisky interest front which the, greatest frauds upon the revenue have come, we cannot avoid the suspi cion that the 'corruption arid political intrigue of some one whose name is -not Rollins, have pre vailed in the matter, and that the millions of &liars pledged by the whisky ring to prevent the collection- of the revenue, have triumphed and'are to be conciliated and employed as a pow er in the present campaign. The President al- Genesee Evangelist s No. 1134. Ministers $2.50 H. Miss. $2.00 t Address:-1334 Chestnut Street. though he " can have no political aspirations haying been an alderman," &o, is using every effort _to secure the Democratic nomination, and whisky has many votes. It is a consolation to know that Gen. Wisewell has not the slightest chance of confirmation. The N. Y. Senators may vote for him, but scarcely another Republican will , Meanwhile the Tenure-of-Office Bill keeps Mr. 'Rollins in the place. The Committee of Appropriations, after reduc ing the estimates sent from the several depart ments, say they shall ask for only two hundred and fifty millions for the next fiscal year. This includes the expenses of the Government and the interest on the debt. In a debate in the House a few dais:since Gen. Logan charged one of his colleagues,,who is persistent in his, demands for retreuehment,'with printing in the Globe as a speech three columns more than was delivered in the House aka cost to the Government of seventy dollars, and advised him to set an example of economy. In' the same debate, the fact was brought out that in the last Congress a newspaper correspondent wrote a speech that was delivered in the House by two members on different days. Itlis understood that the Committee of Ways ao Means, will recommend in their new Tax Bill that a scamp be put on every cigar manufactured. Witlthis lay a premium upon excessive smoking as an exhibition of patriotism? The new bi 1 will reduce greatly the list of articles taxed, making the tax fall more heavily on luxuries and taking it from the necessities. There is no little disappointment over the pro bable failure of the Alabama election. The Senate has continued the debate upon the subject of placing all the reconstruction measures in the hands of General Grant, hoping that this election would simplify the matter before they. reached a vote. It is unfortunate that the bill making a majority of those voting sufficient to adopt a Con stitution has not , been pressed through Congres,s. One State reconstructed and represented here on the. Oppgre,ssional plan. would be • a strong argu ment before the Supreme Court as well as before the people. . Dickens has given a course of reading here during the , past week, but speculators who bought up the tickets expecting a great demand for them counted without their host and many of them lost by it. It may not be in accord with thepre senttoadyism,..but,the.query femme :iteetf Would an American silo was not a ette:r read*, *tid who smeared with such flashy and foppish settings be patronized or even toler ated in public readings, whatever might be the genius displayed in other things ? Last Wednes lay evening the Assembly's Pres byterian Church elected Rev. Win. Hart of New York, to fill the pastorate vacated by Rev. T. B. McFalls, some months since. This church is in a growing section hut is surrounded by Roman Catholics, and although it. has increased much under the last pas•or, is by no means a strong or ganization. Dr. Smith's Church is quite full and may soon overflow into this, and give it that. strength and numbers it needs. FEINWICK. ODR CHICAGO CORRESPONDENCE. DR HITAIPEIREY'S ACCEPTANCE DEAL AMERICAN :—On Monday evening last the First. Church and congregation of our city re luctantly consented to the' removal of their lion- Ored and beloved pastor, Rev. Dr. Humphrey, to your, city. It was a sad occasion to them all, and . the evidences of devotion were such as have sel dom been shown by. any people to their minister. The proceedings will be published, and I will furnish you with a copy when, they, appear.. Rev. Mr. Tyler, late of Natick, Mass., was last evening installed pastor of. the South Congrega tional Chnrch—sermon-by Prof. Fisk of the Chi ago Theological Seminary. I am happy to chronicle the fact that revivals of religion, many_ of them of very considerable power, are springing up in varions portions of this State, and in the regions beyond:. In this city a pliwerfUl work of grace is in, progress in the Tabernacle (Cong'o, Church, Rev. J. W. Healy, pastor, and also at the• Illinois Street Mission. . new paper makes its appearance among ns as the organ of the Society of Friends,-7'he herald of Peace. It is, evangelical in, sentimelt, and is earnest for Sabbath. Schools, reviva's, Tract distribution, &c., but holds to the Quaker doctrine of the wrongfulness of all war. If it will say nine-tenths of all the wars that occur, we will all compromise with it on that-platform. The pressure : of the times is getting to be se verely felt among us, although as yet we have probably felt it far less less than any of, the Eas tern cities. The want of work, and the:suffering from need of fuel and food has not been so ex tensive among us for many winters. From 20,000. to 25,000 males are without employment, and 15,000 to 20,000 dependent in whole or in part. for support on public charity. The Youn Mena. Christian' Association, and other charitable r ganizations, are doing what they can in aid, but they are unable to meet the demands of the needy. May God open the hearts of the rich_ and'the well to do. There is no need that any body should suffer. A very 'moderate liberality meet all, the requirements of the case. NORTHWEST.
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