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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.)
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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 ,`,
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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
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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,
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-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 . •
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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.'. ".'''
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AFFAIRS: AT THE )CAPITAL:
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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.