New Series, Vol. V, , No. 8. $3 00 By Nail. $3 ,50 By Carri Her. 50cts Additicial altos thtee'Moutliii. ffif .1 .11 1: I y mirtran I,j, 7 THURSDAY; FEB.EITA.RY!2OtIB6B. MORE musoiT100: 7 ;0060 JurONg DEBI% 4 'lt is as nattiflil o fdi the' li,.,Siiial faculty to anal; i , ,4- .ley a aalla r '',. .1 - . • yrs, to coriglaxe,,, ~ ge,?,es le, e ; po, tß.BY* l3l ,a i tize, as it is for t40.b1 . c104, A.PiToOk4olorOr t1e: 1 4,1,450, to play. And tits trainidg.ofilthia , 4licylty to ease, effectiveness; and' ttoiottaq in tbeke. miettisesil isl one df the griiiiii i i indisiiiiinithile u elemerits of ibt,el- 4 leCtutticultitre. '; tut egiialliiiiipkiitant to a ien-: nine, .Cliristian k culture,, is : tv i resogilitiocr,,of ~tfo' fact. of certain limitations ito. the/ezezeisen s pi this , faculty; of certain spheres, to which.it shouldlbis confined; of certain 'dipliriniati -Of : liiilfdledge where at most it 1 , 114 ;Inic;OFlWaii4r -1 4 - 1, 3 701(: sis and where .to insist s ; upon,. its ,atitheritative application is to tOri,,it. into L &,dogutatizing,,,ri— tionalism or jute' nn Linstrilinntit I fifperiffSeitittiftig' t .l.e. ~lif+, g„ bigotry. ' - ' The plain itatements of geripture an' t e broad facts of :11iyeliion,v16,itsiiii#ily come within the plirfrew' the %gloat iiitiationaliz ing faculty. Indeed, it -would be„nothing less, than calamitous toOlow ite l rathgenvgywAiere9Ane n and exelusle it from dm noblest :possible4objeets of human .thetight:' Acid' the'' fact iti;t thairlhe# very truths of revelittionifiave; fretu,i'hi3 ; higinii:Lig, proved the greatentretimulisla the eireteine bfltiih thinking fitcultY L—the, gr'eai ' edlicateYs ' of' 'tile human mind. And any view Of the; otore lit Revelation whiehAvoulti:hinder or l dbmou,rage.the speculative interest which the , :Lumen , 'mbid: has:, always taken 'in it, Must - hi,'tiet-dokylk an Vrifrieifd: , ly to culture and . iiiiii'9ll - 111y: -. :iii:Oi . 37 - 14:nigl i ityeif.' Let the whole force of thoughtbe directed ttpep, the Bible and upowthe (truth- it, contains; ',let it, be discussed; tiysteinatizedlffroiry every point of view i i z but - 'lbe ye - 'modest enough to plit t.he,litote Of, Ofe,tible, above our speculations, and to avoid tikr.usting our.spec - ulk tions as authority-opOriJithose-who; while mani festly receiving the focal 4 , ltevelation; dany'vnr speculative views of their', or liftiee to 4e6i - irate upon them at all,- , , We repeat,. it is not . speculation,' or- Ftystem making, or philoiophic explanation to' fdhieli'any friend of the Bible, of Christianity,,,"Or and tolerant form cf or any one who has subscribed to the. Westminster Standards,' can. object; it is making' an authority on religio;is matters of what is, purely hunian; it 'ix claiming' exclusive orthodoxy fin, one set of opinions *liiCh' are only opinions, and setting them.np.as a stand ard of Church order; and perhaps.of among those Who have-nci'er differd plain statements mid i grout facts of Revplagon, and as to se'the,es tktial,feutures of the_cialys,o44 creed. Prof. A. A., Hedge's late ..book. on the Atonemerit is one of -the , least objeationable of any issued in defence of what' are called' c< Old School" views, of the doctrine. It; renders aa- mirable service against recent erroneous treatises. on the same subject. We welcome it as a vigor ous and able exposure .of the unicripturalness of the Moral Influence' Theory of Bushnell, YOung, and the Socittians, as well aa.of those weak points in the Governmental Theory which arise from its eonnection.with the Happiness Theory in Morala. But the great faUlt of the bobk, as of all' written from the author'S position, is its dialectic tone;' its claim for the necessity of diStinct, it/derail' views of the Atonement to orthodoxy; not to men tion its modest assumption that the only possible orthodox view is precisely that enunciated in this volume. According to the, preface, it is a matter of even greater solicitude with him 'than repelling open heresies on the doctrine, to guard against " that latitudinarian indifference to exact con ceptions and careful statements of doctrine which teed secretly, yet not less certainly, to destroy the'truth, and which-in the present age, is our chief source of .danger:"' And again, on page 21, he complains of one of ''the theories ef - the AtOnentent, which he opposes, 'that it cannot. ten der " a strict account of what is meant by 'a substitute for a penalty,' or as to the connection between the unpenal 'sufferings of an innocent person and the uppunished , sins of the guilty sub jects of divine governmeet." Again, he trium phantly says of the sameelaps of thinkers: "Their views as to the connection between his death and our deliverance are most iirague land unsatisfac tory," p. 63. Again he asks, page 333, with eden a greater air of 'as ir admitted mystery and difficulty were sufficient to annihilate , the position of his , adversatiesi “Ilow,.in the name of reason, is it possible that the undeserved sufferings of Christ; which were net, the penalty winch the law deman4ed,shoOld make it consis tent with• God's rectorat justice,' to relax ' the leW a cid remit ; the penalty altiOthgr, tho;essi*. repeutant.siuriel:sr ,- 'author, he can ;13 Ae, principles for t which we-conten,cla4 i nuy one, .bg page 190 he,apeakeref.the , ..deottine.of the ty as "•a ; ittith clearly ie'veale,4 jSct Settpttrel yet one whieh'no can I cleail . T h edit'st6e OWEI „And ` nj fact J , incredible tilOuglkt _might .seem ,heforehand, in regard to the turn- F ing point of the:whole citiedtion.of fthe.Natnre of .the Atonerrient betN4eri himself arid ihelmogt Fhb.. portant .class of h opponents, viz . 4 'l ! i /IO I W bs „ s i ato3ded • by the vicarious snffering of anotler Yhaa the sinful , aaent ." • Prof. Hodge admits ,‘,‘,tliat bids is, the precise point, in whiek th'e`dbctrine of the ilt.tohenientittithi"! =sc`6teds reaso Pk 88 t 2!' 441 yJt" Prof' igqiqf; a's s l4inai ' the'se' - o ‘ponents,43 nothing if,it l be notis.ratiorkale,of this ver3r point; orthodoxy and lercley,'are •thade to hinge jitselinvep and men ae'ffii IllOrend 7 45tit t Ztf : the 'lteforme4'9lWhJs";t4 a g r f eip g ,svii,:..f;tiiigep,kor,proat i lon u f . a, point confessedly inlielvecloin ihyStAry, chnfessOily,- left in mystery Vy Scripture. The trith (is,iProf. Hedge's explanation carries the anatysietme.step, I further back Ybut d°es, not removeT „mystery`_ in •the matter span; ,p,l4e hs cppoponts, seeing, that,all his .theorizing fads , torcidar up,,the snb. , ) ject; prefer to stay by•the siml3ln `debtatations of Scripture and' the ,undefinett •experience, of the beUsver towards, his, Saviour. ' ; • s T 'We 'claim that iv is of the•;tryspiritlof>ragiohr• alidrd ihsist e*platiations where Sriptice is silent; a i i titiat On` a specittescie4oC view where;' • it .1;e meaning of Scripture is doubtful. The Bro il fessed rationalist ,demands .that the fads =cad with his reason ;' the blelieviug rationalist requifegi _that the faCts lie Vsientatr4ol 4fia ,to f. ex la' nec Yn'a l way y e n. ea ysa er is,he whu,acdepting the facts, is , tolerant •of .1 1 variety ofitheories, safest& and allt•experiments, 'approximatiek to, but` perhaps •in no eipressinOiVe filth. We thiuk 'Ore deteel'ia: fx profl! tionabstic (en, encies m . Itodo.e or exam , 11 , ,0411,,.. I • ple, when he asks in language, nbove.„ quoted, "How in the , name of reason is it possible Ite.l Ahd it seems to us, that them; quite as much' rationalism thislEi. 43 4' ' ° J a .' • 81. ' / 13 i p: ptirigiC-u-6,,t=etna a direct 'revelation) frointiGody. and,.when: legiti metal:) , interpreted 'and applied, they' are of high' a4liiirity . `a'a , there is in this of ;"Rtaines,,pot l ed„-as "rational speculation and analOgical reasoning" on. ;page 342: ,"Apart - froin any Revelation and' back of any ReVelition; ire 'form' gfirt cenceptions of Go d' and we ` cannot think otherwise of him tlitari we , do" „tlnd yre. thitkie. the whole,,Prgeeetonien;eye tem' , as 'he Ashibits it, beginning with' the fedeJ. ral headship of Adam . and , continuing, with the headship of Christ over his elect people, implicated 'and' inivoyen with the.doctrine of the" deerees and the 'of' Man, is:4Tariana remorseless a system as ever was brooded the soulof the most pitiless Hegelian. .= Nor can any ; thing whieh he'says.or admits or 'argnes, , relieve it of that offense to'God 'arid th man, that' 64: tradiction of reaSon:ef . Soripture ? that grief, to the . tender heart o f f the, Christian and. that scandal of high,,Calitinism,-a LIMITED ATONE., MENT. We think. we' majel . justly , 'eharge 'Eneht theerists with ratronalism, `even' though 'they' clothe their therieS with a complete' garniture •ILt• • I P . • i • of Scripture wesages• But there is in Prof. Hodge a' tendency equal ly active with this 'dialectical •one; viz : that of= profound deferefice to' what `lie ",orthodOxy; the opinions of the Church; the sentiments' of the accepted creeds and, confessions of ,the past.. Ho indeed thinks). there has been progress :in theological opinion on the 'Jeanne of the Atone ment, but the progresk which he chooses t t o re cognize is that in the direction of increased`logi cal exactness, i ,e. rationalism, . ; In the, dispolL tion which has sprung Up since the Reformation,. in the Calvinist Churches of Europe aturthis coon- try, under Amyraldile:•andPlae'mns in France i t 'Baxter and marrow anon, and Dr. John Brown,of Scotland, and the .great 'constellation of New Engla,nd theologians • frefic the elder Elwel& to ,the younger;•Coming e down to Gardiner Spring, Barnes, Beman, Duffield, and J. W. Alexander in our daY7-4lie disposi tion to recognize various shadei . of opinion as equally valid, and3o restrict the rampant spirit of logical speculation within . narrower does not recdgniZe' a 'legitimate Church move =' meta, but styles it,hereay or a, symptom of the presence of the germs b f= heresy., To his own view of what is the‘ Current of legitimate thought on this subject he iwthoroug,hly wedded; this he announces as a finality; this is, the test of ortho doxy. The spirit with' whiCh, hepursues this .part of his inrstigtitions the...importanc,e which he attaches to the results, appear from such a remark As thitesiin - fag& 39'8 :'"'Thii'mikch i!S :n PI3IIIA,PELPHIA'„,„,„„ . , `(Wit - 4 1 1ifypiepaeri.t.) . 11.1. • ::• . • . TEIVIRSDAY 7 .FEBRITARY '20 9 ' IS6B • • at lest>ii~ common honesty ought. , to ' b6l lad 'at "" eeftl'edAlAt r ivliitever reap' be ' the. o i a*s .7 he tei.oliipii;,6f*lBi f tjdre,/, an op* ectcol what - is Vie : 4ciefr4p ,pf 4eArnlol-#4oAes., astd th,e.de4 ignf.oftthe Atonemint.-f! :The italics: are liis•-:orpmi,i'Aiid.if etir:authovihadAherghtl iit worth '341; !)'to 'CciUtit ,mrl,l§;lie . e',Votir,'OU 'the AtdiOrii44, - WO tV - 1;6: , (. 'IIOU to say that 4 1- 41, /TOM?. pages Awn., htutdrel and sixty.4eighti aretooau Pied 4atioliail..alieCufition laud' 4nalogleitic, south,.l, • • 1. iv e- a sjo-What-a . u'atotieroCU!''t? ! eo &c f and thirty time pages : fx. F9,i4tot t iQß. • qt . :these, the concurrent , i testiolopy l ',ef, I:)ripturelY may...refort„that . thoreY 'than' 'eighty pages of Prof: !Hedge's book aOropriated to the Design AT-tiA , 'Arie?.ueiit,i':alkkii(t ll three fourths are spout: it e,, thought; what `is; ‘....the letandard.r.OfmMalvinism "(which iiid'Afte.,l l a 74 elitli;'elli the 1 . 411). 4 ..17.0: •••••11i.i flai! personal views of Calvin); and what the Church I I has alwayshelieve.rtrsZnery one-fourth to the i4 F 3adfi%ii U'Egt - 4ii;44l;inViAA 'Oir 4111 0 1144 beiniiiiployalai.th'ildbfeetittle work of show tiioAofittifEsTrigrkietkiAlle Glitriel4lift.44ly'offeted'W mankinkl,flio@ 't hied r , 411;2. ?Rd' , s'eateilierit4 Of 461;loie6icyl hr 1 0lifiet •reeordi'd , Thr" man'. itipikati "hiidgtiethilitifeidOied* Prey Witfivallisrii'of nieti cf.orthodox.." We . submit whether Mr. Barns 0 1 :WiliatieoPtizie the irioro"Clfrist st' ifs lie ~-=.:91:3 I , ! 1‘) theri ,`, ,Li :CI .'''..):: i t, , +: i ee• , -1 1 .11 111 71774 ....:ti tut) ft t[l . : ,-. :t . ORViii i iiZAA6N ''Orr .% I fitilei*. be iN 'THE ! wt.' 7 _,,, II i.,...•iy4iREI6N % f l i t:lEL * , n.,.:1L1 * .ht .! 1! . .1.! , ,i1' .. 2; t i . I" ..11{ . : ' WO IU thltrilli L.' . ?.,1 . • 1 . 4 04 E zp i rrog. or 1114 . Ay. rAptipY r tr l iklAki .--... ...t . ..11, , .. 9 .,, II( •...„. “ -, ri ~.I,i• ~..= DR-Vtit9TAY. } 4-:74/Y - Sttingoil hatilkisti tklent Clrawnl to ;I.lf;rartiele , iii..the,-Erappreinettii,a:ocbm , i 4. 1 patiyilig : *the last . inifaber ..)k'' yottflit eilMtiar. I haalaile:d tolboli. at; atid rdin k sigefikiiii ~ In fli ifflAigi'Pr.7 -P-Vss,-: l3 °P.t°'h _ 9 ,111194-,!...!!‘tri tiWresPoTiVe".toarglir OA 0.11 titi:4l:Bo44.o.4(ciftna thd,Airrefican-rßoard ifor infoimatid. t 1 , .) vs..;''. i Your:1 1 tiikbnYinafis - coi.rerind6iitilofifti B gg;:&: i' oi ,17 ~.. - ,In -. I . , JUI r g ti , i' ;I HAtlieit City"' states: that li.e - lh.a xio ,e4` sinia zi - IL . 7 *.,4 . -. ~ I, 1 , 1 • di, .t, to JcLake. against „associates, or ,t. 14 3 10 vof the -13oordi i*r,Fgard to tkie...,B4bjaet-on?ihfri l !RIZ. .11relnalibi*iirt - iiiti -, .`''.. - {: , --- aiCiii,' In; i h n , Chiiitiiiii'ailiiii, ' ii,f Ilid,"tfipions La.; r :II 1 ` - :11 ". t it..., 1 ‘i, " I :IP i. ile i , ~ ~: .. WlSlileil on that pillbpot ? ItilL7cipivll?Rattip:r.thr t o kind consideration Aop : AtiOlo:,w,llo, arp fii;grgcd , with‘the:ExecutiNie oditinistratibp:of idle ~Bobrd.f. The question of policy to be pursued by th' Baird in , r i espect. , t6' the iedX4Ai i pta,...titsitig,,%, ments on tie et4d - s of ifs ,inisAions , tas begun re- peatedly 'considered!) A* the. , annual' meeting held inottewarli,'N.J,; inbl.Bs6,••the: Boardifde-; claredLtlitat.'":Ote,the ,„...e'et e cal telatiOns 014 eorganizations , ,fl7l'9lfe, If 11 the Board is that of en i tite. ,tioptintetvention :on, the part of the Board .and its.offte.ert; thatiis :sionaries are Nee , to organize themselves into', or . :66nriect"tlienkervea''irith "sliCh bodies` or'o~iurches asp t)lei' oioMeitie'r missionary ground ier in, this „epuntry,;„ . an4 that , in organizing-.chutcliee, proitided.,the.,principleS, / held list Common 'by thedociabitaen9ies—of 'this; ! ficard'he hat'viol4'daLth i 4l 1 ietsons 'Una ganized Er5 , ,,1T?p fi .9 adopt ;13394,!'prICts of 1&11191"i': ..: z a tion .ss thu t m;ty ptef:eri", 4 171 4 fEhe principle• thus •set•fiirth,-Jiat ,been honesty ly ;N . 6 interferendei with the perfect iif"lti dri "the' pbi uts. 'ipecified, has 'beeil made by the officers , Of the iloarct; nor. has there been, as believe, any the least design to influence the-mission' a in favor of Congrega t ion alistn; ratherithani Pr e sbyterianism irkothe interConise!with the nCisiiiouiries, orb4.lending men of one denomination,Or the Other, to par= . , titular fields. What; maybe es,.peet s ed; : from the officers of ;the 'Board; in-the "se' of ani lokgi,tnization of, a Presbyterian cly t ureh r one ,- ,Of ilia `missionary ..fields is , premsely the Mine dotion, or non action?' which wolidd be demanded in an instance of the fortupionof ‘ a,gongregational chard' under an eircumstaneda.., The approval, or disap : ~rpiroval, would be One arida the same in'Athe two cases, unless Tor Other 'reasons than the denomi national, form of the churches. As a matter of fact,, a corkeiderable number of. ,churches have been organized by missionaries of ,the American Board, and now exist, as Presby- terian." Others are distinctively Congregational. Of' the l ehurches formed among the Armenians in Turkey, now sixty in,number, Rev. Dr.,Riggs, (ant Presbyterian), of Constantinople, has affirmed that the plan on which theyare organ-. ized and jgo4erned:, noniptisea, In his 'opinion; " the best features of Presbyterianism, and of Congregationalisin too;" and, this, not ‘a.s.the re sult of a cbmpromise,imit, by the hearty. appro val oPthe Presbyterienfaild'CongVegitiorial,mis -sioliatieif'alite: enclose to'Yin. an interesting, letcq fAiritin Pen.inn,"*c,reigions and the Presbyterian Church,'!WhiCh Vas published in The Eilangellit of 1860`, and con - tains state rsentSithat deserve careful consideration. very" respectfully yours, '' W NO, -ti f • g -Thu AUffuia , Concert. Piayer far - ColfCgeS ? bt&i: - "l3,Pt 11,1 la Id . /4 8 o ~ , p ,„ e Thursday; • Vcb:27-thiin3he Calvary d3resbyterian. Chltrcli at 1I ':' O'clock; A. M . Presbyterian V 111 4 .4, N.. L. .11'..ev.1,t0r:. ; _Shop ,herdla ) at - 3f 4)'olOck, -P. M. • • f 1 . • ) The meuili f all our' qhurched ate'efirnestly invited to: attend;. and, prevent possible! a repo.. l titidu" of the altita3VfailBres"(i)P Yedr4l:tak.'. ".''' : - • AFFAIRS: AT THE )CAPITAL: ill 1-1- Tr— ,....",', .1 ... v .- . z. i ~, . I .' 1 -., 1 ' .'it i ,T. , 1., -!, ~ , . •(-.1-7."gs4'o.n, .4' euri 6 I'm- ",, Ilie‘prornised letter` frolii:lthe' President "With' i i4:-, , i' ' . Olia44;' - '44inel l t B catn . :,l;nfeie * .1 , 4 - :. Horse ' ecinsiderably:timedt /downy , and produced , ' litilerlinteSsion: ' The - friiikti of' ilie'President Ri.f. ,, , , ...,. , .1 ' ~ ~, c.— -, -,.t... -;.- 1.r., see/Blip el,satisfied with his way `of pitting , the ;matter,ibrit' Sewaralwi o iird Browninc , ti 'careful' and ,„ ettolpkstantial , kit - ere give them no cOnifOft;' n'n'd Alcivattyllia tiaiis- and the inietliender ,seems to have turned from Grant to Seward., The letfor,frompt e he Polonius of `the. Nell Departmeriti *liofeoldtheasily.see .” a , eaniel)?.; Or • °ow:easel L'.',=: or:. " Age " 1 ,1 10 any` - cloud towards ' iihiali iha ( PreSi-' writ iiiiilif, dirthti'lze was• Lou uch 4•,tiiie . 1 1,,.., Pi :1,1:—::-- gravity °eihvg): P 1 ' 3e 71 r But* who le Aff ai r hL 9 I I ; tituer_seeined-stale ;, 'it ...Was , a week-behind , its %kite 1 and iev'erybody -was' sink 'of , ,it: , - ','= ,' ''-. u il The" l lWident . - Statted'anothei 'gelled:le 'thi,q •.*CW,'Origa i afiliireiitiy:at Grant, yiz, : nominating . = ' , • , ...,.,.. •mr,y .1 G:en...,Shernian,to the, same rank , by brevet, an d , ' puttinghira in,eommattd- of " the, Department of ilre.A.tlanticP ~ 1 Hiii.purposelis thought tiPhaVe ,beep 1. 0 , altiti4rnii'd thii tfib, if Sherman , e're con-' firmed' by itie'S'engig:'or to set Sherman against, Congress,if they, rejected him: but this:little plot Illas, been. ;foiled-oby , Gert. Sherman .: hiniself, who ;deetines the. httnor of 'becoming the President's hiapiOnia'dairist 'ettlier .- Orkni - Cir Congfess ' In 0 . 1 t a p4`' - pea9h,m i e;riti, r'', l asain l - ' -' heen killed, this time 1 in,, u tilusnstaluaMert...„Committee, where Mr:, ' ` , , • , ,- Prolkaiitionlia , bring iri a bill commanded butt three bitt;bf-inirtitireoi'dit — lt -toast Ve - iery, d 'ra - i' - 4tAiii it' 'sufficient ' . , et, .n i ow,. i nn nn,,,,. , 1 , - , - son„,that ;iv eightler matters- .remire . „ the full time . , ' 'of the present Congress. TheTP.resident has been, so- entirely stripped of . pnwei• , by Congress and las I ,so Icki I. • t his influence' iron - the - community, that he , li' ---. .: - • - ' • t need not absorb any more consideration. lie has 'in the past i§CFvf4 :a geed: PP'l:l9se, Taii.Ying the 'people to the- suPport of Congress-; -but his hos tility islno i longeri' of' any.use.to anybody andmay .as• well bp' suffered to act the Part of a eounter-ir i, - , ,1 , - 1 ' J •, ,‘ t Irittint i to the end of his term`. { The Congregational Church herejs, discussing 'the subject,of receiving' • colored people to its i memberiiip. ,,.. , 84)me timelago'thiee colored per iscorie presented aie t mierv'es -Il io 'be examined'' for ladM,lpsion, -iive ,of them gradust,es of ,Oberlin. 'College.„ Their 9,.,Tapnr i tation_pro,ypd, satisfactory,. ,britthe pastel' tookloocasioir to , express himself in. _faintlsOf separate' bhurch 'organizations for the , bla'ekS. ''''- the;preached an I elabo,rate„ sermon, taking fe7 hin t -text Hebrews I xi. 23: "By,faitli,Noie,stwhen he was come to years, iefusettto be . adiretl' - the km of Pharaoh's daughter." He, Most singularly treated this deciiiiis,oprOses as one relating to race, that he Avese. to cling to the _despised Israelite race, raftter tharrambitiouSly -link 'himself to a higher but' foreign people. He argued that the case of the blacksin this 'country was analogous, and that they, should _follow the example of Moses and ,work out their-,advancement,by themselves. In 'Condequence of this; the,two' young men -alluded tovithdre* theii Since then; u meeting : has been held in which, throuut the absence of rmany;,a majority vote was secured tosustaini the vietve,oftbe,pastor.., The dissent of most of the 'leading men - > of the church, including Gen. Howard 'and'the deadons, hai been published in the 'form of a protest. The church is decidedly in advance of its pastor, and, aside from the ,ditfteulty of.undertakingto settle how large a per -centage 'of each :candidate -would belong to a white church, and hoi muchto a black church; they think it more Chiistian to have a church :where there is !f neither, Greek nor Jew, °intim ci,sioutnor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free, but-Christ is all and in all." This' 'clinrchlM,s, been 'prosperous, has a Membership of a,biitit two hundred and fifty, and has a large edifice, nearly ready for occupancy. Heretofore they have lead the van in liberality towards the freedmen, andlor the sake of a common Chris , tianity we hope they will not disgrace themselves and injure the cause;of truth by backward steps. • -FENWICK. =ME Genesee Evangelist, N - o. 1135. Ministers $2.50 R. Miss. $2.00 Address;:-1334 , Chelitnut Street. FROM OUR Iif:IOII.EST.ES CORB,ESPONDENT. N4unow EsoAPE.—The congregation of the First Presbyterian Church of this city have rea . son to be ,vcrygrateful,tbat forty or fifty of their plumber were not killed outright .on a recent Sab bath, a9d. rts many.more,maitned for life, by the fallipgef considerabs portion of the ceiling of their ehareb4edifteP r together _with timber‘ and 11 1 , 1 114isltrlIVOgli,-AP or:lish, as it did, something like ; a <low./ yr ,twenty pews in the pert' po,otro of thej,r,audiei i ice room, rendering theit i ,po9ise ,3intonantablo. The crash did, not oc cur, but ,pg.- Aitc . 401aY, Those tons of im s pending ,121.1 1 / 1 -:44id upon ; the heads of the'coiligregalibil; bui.n - Pon the l empty pews. But it makes one shaildti 2 6l.liink in what peril that condregattorr haa , 'Marbeen:sitting, Mad what an almostgolallisasterait haVe_ been; if the mass.,hact,fallen,;oilly j . day _before in• the time of' 'c'hUr"el seivices. ' The house was erectiiilB24. came near fallitigniii'lBBlVWlAP . was Preieliihg herw: gieittstoßgrtiitioa, filling every nook and coririer h was ctstembled in , thia•liouse one evening.. The tiervipq had just begun.. Some one was.praying, when. a portion of plastering felrefon the hems ot" the singers in the organ • ,galleit. - ritiethe'cliately & Was' a • feirful r u sh fot , the doors.: °Semeiotic) lumped out of the win dows, ancl_sosoebislied f through without stopping to _rail the, i ln,dowsicoxuriog sash and glass_with and'cuti,ing.theninlyes badly. All seemed to`thiek coming down, and somiaPetorte-near , being 'tfod'den to 'death in the doorAvaya. • ; : .It found Afterward,. -that .the walls. had yiehled.som, Whitt iintneßse„pressure upon them, add, .htiltresses were afterward ,built to strengthen is' no'lsr thlUght that the 'roof has beintaitsafe fchtiidnie titne; and the house will probabiyitever be occdpied again. The congre gation• meet 'for the presentin their ample Lee- Awe. R i ccini, And tare already:laying their plans, twe understand, to erect a new and handsome bopet of x •worshid 'on• the sanie • site, as soon asp,ik-can ,he • dbne. •• They treed it, and are :able . to Their, ohlthduse has done good sorvice,.and it is. time it gave place to 'something better. i' ' a ENLARGEMENT.—The First Presbyterian Church, OrtUtticaihavet completed the enlarge :mc nt, ;of ch apel toad. Sibbath-sehool rooms, which was, begimi last-spring,. and have added a pastor's , eftudy, , eherch •parlor, And the like; rnak 4ng all Air cominodious.and comfortable as could welt be Vomit:Led: , Xacie *at-floor contains the chapel proper, the par)or,qhe study, and kitchen. The 'parlor-is-very 'late' and elega'n'tly furnished, with Brussels carpet, sofas, pianos, piCturei, and other articles. The.chapel is also carpeted, and made every way comfortable and inviting. The t chief Suuday-school room, on the second floor, is 117 feet long by 37 broad, and is furnishedwith admirable semi-circular seats.. The infant school room is separated from this by sliding glass doors. All can be thrown together for general exercises, 'and few Sunday-schools' are' sawed: accommodated for -all- Froper work as that of the First Presby •terian Church of Utica, andl-fewl,churches' are more, enterprising and efficient in -their working. OTHERS Moyme.—The• Ladies of the , Pres-- hyterian church of. Le , . Roy have taken: in hand the matter of providing a parsonage for. their „ `minister ' -and, we 'doubt not, he will .nowatve a house to live in, as soon a.s.it can conveniently be built. •• .t RgaseNAL.—Rev. (I..o:Kimball, who his re cently returned frem.the tour .of • Europe, is tem porarily supplying, the pulpit ;of the Presbyterian church, of Irvington, in_the absence-. ofl the pas ; and we learn that some tokens of Special quickening are ,Manifest . under his preaching. Indeed, a number of conversions lave already .occurred, and others are inquiring after the way of life. • COMMISSIONERS.—At 'the. recent meeting of the Presbytery of. Chemunz, Rev.. Darwin Chi chester, of Burdett, and Elder Stephen T. Owen, of Big Flats, were appointed Commissioners to the General Assembly.- GENESEE. Rochester, _Feb. 15, 1868. - ANOTHER ADHERENT OF THE CANDID The fourth Presbytery ,of Philadelphia ranged itself fairly on the side of this policy, at its meet ing last month. The following is the action tak en at ths,t time :-- Resolved, ghat this Presbytery: regard the Plan of Re-union between the two branches of thee Presbyterian church. reported by the Joint Committee of the G-enerat Assemblies, as, in the main, judicious and acceptable, but Presbytery deem it indispensable to the organic unity, and continued peace of the two branches, that the acceptance of the Confession, of Faith "as con taining the system of doctrine taught.in the Ho ly Scriptures," be clearly arid definitely under stood as allowing . that diversity of doctrinal in terpretation which from the first has obtained in the Reformed Churches, and which is not incon sistent with the integrity of the Calvinistic Sys tem. Stir Our r,eaders may. have noticed in the pa pers of Monday, a, statement that one of the European steamers had brought word of the de fection of the Bishop of Oxford to the Church of Ronti:* We were inclined to give the statement. no credit until we noticed that the London Weekly Review of Feb. Ist, which probably came by the same steamshipiintimates that this may be •the fact.. - - `POLICY.
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