THE REV. D. G. MALLERY. Dear Brother Hears :—Your last paper brings me the sad intelligence of the death of the llev. Daniel Gilbert Mallery, Pastor of Beverly, N. J. It lias been iny happiness, with great profit, to enjoy his confidence for more than twenty years past, and with your permission, I will say a few words to the readers of the Ameri can Presbyterian in respect to his life and character All your intelligent readers must be already some what acquainted with him ; for over the signature of “ Beverly,” he has lately discussed a suffi cient number and variety of subjects to indicate the general course of his thoughts, and some of the peculiarities of his genius. His life may serve as an example for young men, who are con sidering whether they should not prepare for the ministry at this time, when the whole Church should be mindful of our Lord’s saying : “ The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few ; pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that He will send forth labourers into his har vest." He was born in Conneeticut in 1825, and pass ed the years of hid childhood in the city of Bridgeport, where' his father was in active busi ness, and a successful merchant, until a sudden reverse, through the dishonesty of others, brought him to the verge of financial ruin, and constrain ed him to remove to Philadelphia. In the latter city, Daniel soon entered the Central High School, and forthwith won the approbation of his teach ers, John S. Hurt, LL.D., E. C. Wines, D.D., Prof. John Frost, and others; and in due time he graduated with distinction and honor. He thereupon entered the book-store and pub lishing house of Mr. Henry Perkins, where he fulfilled the duties of his place with the utmost fidelity, and to the entire satisfaction of his em ployer, for a term of years. In the meantime he had become a member of the Clinton s'reet church, and consequently at tracted the attention and secured the confidence of its sympathetic and judicious pastor, the Rev. Joel Parker, D.D. . As the rooms of the Pastor’s Association were in a part of Mr. Perkins’ store, the ministers who met there from week to week had become somewhat familiar with the young salesman, and he had observed them w;ith. open eyes, and a keen insight, which rarely, failed to penetrate to the very depths of their character. These relatipnsjed to his determination to pre pare for the ministry. Accordingly he eutered an advanced class in Delaware College in the year 1847. While pur suing the , undergraduate course, he , became a teacher in the Preparatory Department, main taining, however, his position in, the first class of scholarship in the College studies, , His Intel-, lectual grid literary life now became intense and expansive, fie Rad .great facility,in composition and wrote prose aud verse with equal, freedom. His contributions were sought by seyeral peripch ieajs in Philadelphia and elsewhere, and he ed ited a religious monthly, the half, of whose com tents often proceeded from his own pen. fiis fruitfulness was all the more remarkable, because he was affected .with chronic disease, and indeed had become a c6nfij'Bj£d invalid, before he began his college course,, Beyond the usual depart ments, Kegave his'attentfon to poetry and fiction. It was his practicVto read with a fellow-student, Hawthorne’s boots as soon as they were'published, and to commit Longfellow’s poems to memory as fash as, they came from the press. A ; few years later, he ceased to write in,verse, and turned ut terly away from poetry. In ihe last years of his life, he greatly regretted that he had done so. Having remained in College less ‘than two years, he -was Constrained to forego its advanta ges on account , of the, failure, of his father’s health. . .The care and support of the large fami ly "devolved on Daniel, as the oldest son. He returned to Philadelphia, and’ engaged in'the work of teaching to supply the wants of His'pa rents and four younger brothers and; four, younger sisters. He did this,; but it did not: limit his activity,and usefulness. He gathered a class of some twelve or fifteen young men of color, main ly of the Central ehurch, to whom he successful ly taught the Latin and Greek languages at night'! : As soon as he had become accustomed to the harness, .in which he accomplished these under takings, he began the systematic and, eager study of theology and kindred sciences, under; the di rection ofthe Rev. Albert Barnes and Dr. Parker, He had in this course a genial, fellow-student,; one. of the present Secretaries ®f the American Bible Sooiety, the Rev. T. Ralston Smith, D.D. •.His'next younger brother, William, a young gentleman of great physical; mental and spiritual attractiveness, having commenced his studies for the ministry, had .been compelled, through fail ure of health, to relinquish them; audio the early summer of 1850, he died of consumption. Their father died of the same pulmonary disease not long afterwards. ■ Daniel could now apply for lieensure to preach, which, he was authorized to do by the Fourth Presbytery of Philadelphia, whereof his theolog ical instructors were prominent members.. He also contracted marriage with a daughter of the Rev'. William' R. Gould, of Gallipolis, Ohio; and removed in the autumn of 1850 to'Berryville, in the valley of Virginia. He generally preach-' ed iri that vicinity on the Sabbath, though he was the Principal of a prominent Female Semina ry, and,had the direction of tlie assistant teachers, as well as, the care of the boarding department. Wbi l e in the discharge of these duties, he a 'few years, for the pastorate; and thereupon accepted a call to'Woodstock, Virginia, where he "continued faithfully to fulfil, his office until, the. failure of his health, and especially his voice, compelled pirn to resign. . As soon as his strength Would permit him to teach, he resumed this work, and thus made him self useful in Pottstown, Pa.; but almost before he was able to preach again, he was called to the of the* Central church of Norristown, Pa. fie, accepted the call and was installed in 1856. Here he labored with great industry, carefulness and prosperity for. a period of -five years. Under his pastorate, a new church edi fice was built, and the membership increased THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN, THURSDAY, MAY 14, 1868. r "W • *?" ' ~ from about ot(e hunted fco 1 more than two .hun dred; and the strength' and influence of the con gregation increased adijbrdmgl^.. In the autumtfj|)f IB'6l, ’Norristown raised the Fifty-first RegiineM of Pennsylvania Volunteers. Col. Ilartraifft/Sfjter wards distinguished as Ma jor General Hartranft, Lieut. Col. Bell, Major Schall, and the other officers of the Regiment, unanimously invited him to become the chaplain. He well knew the officers of the Regiment and appreciated their high character. He felt the claims of nine hundred men —six of them his fellow citizens of the borough and im mediate vicinity—to the, ministry of, God’s and the support of religion. He resigned his pastorate, and became ; their Spiritual teacher, guide, counsellor and consoler. , He sailed with his regiment on the Burnside,Expedition to North Carolina, took part in the capture of, Roanoke Island and Newbern, and in the affair,at Camden his regiment had a prominent part and suffered oven more 1 than in either of tbe'previous engage ments.; He remained in -North> Carblina Until' McClellan’s failure along the Chickahominy, apd, then, in common with tlie regiment, he suffered dreadfully on the voyage from Newbern to New port News. tossed for days’ upon thei deep, so crowded that! it was impossible to lie down. They were transported- from New-, port, News to Fredericksburg, . and forthwith marehed, twenty miles, jn a furious rainrStorm, through the Virginia'mud, assiht in the extri cation of Po'p'C;' This match-Mr Malleiy made' with the min of the Regiment, for whose Spiritual welfare he, was intent; and as he, had the confi dence respect of the officers, he always dc clined to mount a horse. On Pope’s retreat, his Regiment was active; and in the second Bull ! Run battle, it was in'the thick of the fight, add' the chaplain, with a-few others, was takfen pris oner. He iwas sept td Alexandria, .an.d;;almost: died of heat, fatigue, . a,nd,hunger, as stated; in; the newspapers of the time., , ( Ub rej oined' tire regiment; before the' bhttle of An’tietain. When the hour came for tl>6 pas sage-of the bridge, the 51st New York were sent forward to cross it, but: failed, , The hist Penn- j sylvania were then commanded to make the ,pas-, sage, and , accomplished it, Col. Hartranft and 1 Lieut. Col. Bell placing themselves at' the head, of the regiment, and leading the way. They had’ hardly gained the farther bank of the stream be fore Lieut.; Col. Bell: was -hit by a ball on’the, forehead and fell idead over. -the bank of ,the‘ creek. The death of this excellent and Chris tian officer was a great grief to the Chaplain, Mr. MaUefy remained in'the army of ’ the Po tomaC; fulfilling the duties of his office,- until '■ Gen. Burnside was sent to Kentucky with a view to an entrance into East .-Tennessee, The winter there .was a, hard one; but the friends, of the i Chaplain had now supplied'him with, a Chapel tent, and he used it to the best'of KiS ability, be : ing the only-chaplain in the field--for some half dozen regiments. • Before- East -Tennessee was reached, his regiment with others was withdrawn, and’hurried; down the “Ohio and Mississippi to Vicksburg, to reinforce Grant; and to the rapid : ity and success of this movement, Jefferson Thivis,': in a message to -the' rebel Congress, attributed the' fall of Vicksburg, .and the opening ofitheiMissisf sippl to flpw “ jinyexed to,, the'sep,” as Resident Lincoln said. , , , ,4,4. ,. : ~ After this great victory,' which, with Gettys burg at the sametime! give'‘full " assurance of fi nal success to all loyal hearts, -Mrs'-Mallery went with. his regiment* to the capital of Mississippi,- and beyond,.in -the, pursuit of, JTphngton, „ The return from this campaign was followep by such a degree of prostration, that Mr. Maiiery was'detained in the -hospital at' Georgetown for several months. But- he was-sufficiently restored: to join his, regiment once more the next-winterj • at Annapolis; -and . thence >he marched, in the spring, to the Rapidan. Haying crossed it, the regiment more than eight hundred strong, plum ged' into the wildern'ess ion the sixth'of May. 1 He ’ followed-the. gory-track’ -till the flag -had crossed the-Janies ahd wasi; planted before,-Retersburg. In..these, six , lie sa.yz,inor,e than; .six hun dred and fifty of the, eight hundred for whose spiritual good he had' cared, either' killed abled!' afid his own -Voice whs'So fhr'gone that he could hot preach-tepthe-onehundrediand thirty six silrviyors. - Heiresigned his .chaplaincy;; His friend Hartranft wps. ,a, Brigadier,, become a Major General.. jSis beloved brother Bell had been long dead.' The men of 'Nbmstbwn yvilh -whom he had left home- were i, nearly all absent.' He could:no longer serve-themvt ! Once more he (resumed-the! work of teaching, 'andiibecaifte r thji u ßr!incipal pf- Delawa'rei. Gity Apadamy., Bnt.as;s°on. as, his voice,, would, per mit, he began to preach to that part of the garri son of Fort ’ Bela ware which whs accessible,’ and soon after partially supplied the church at French town', and aided,his ministerial brethren'in other places. - No sooner bad he recovered the -use off his voice sufficiently,, to resumes the pastoral .work,, thau he accepted a call ,to Beverly, N. J.,, where he found an appreciative people, whom lie served in the mihibtry as ; well as'his feebld hbsil’th would’ permit, and among whom he ‘finished his course. Through all the years of his manhood, 1 he'was the-s.ubject of sevfere,.painful, and incurable 'dis-; eases,which would have caused; .most persons,, to, relinquish all efforts to maintain habits of activity and usefulness. He became a well-read, though net 'a I ' systematic theologian. He enquired a cdh ! - r siderable knowledge of several modern languages, He, became! a-good biblical scholar. . His’knowl edge ,of the Nejw Testament .was full and exact., both in the Greek and in the English version. He had a' Critical knowledge! of ! t he/ ’’prophet-id' Scriptures. He was a frequent writer for both* thesecukunand religious newspapers.! He; com posed his ; sermons in such a way as to roaeh the common, people He printed and distributed several editions of his Parish His re r ligiotis activity never ceased. His faith in Jesus' never’faltered. He thoroughly knew how to en dure and be' strong. I have never intimately known .a. more unselfish and . trustworthy map., I have been with him. at all seasons—in. times of severest illness, and in days of comparative health—in periods of great enibarassment and strditness, and in. otbers of more’comfortable cir cumstances. Death has* never bereaved me of a brother whose Christian life has been, more; jspipf itually profitable to me. He was a man of'quick, perception, keen insight, tender sensibilities, •fri exhaustible wit, poetic temperament, and perfect faith jtfe-His word, atad in.tharedemption. <& through the bloiod of ‘the Cross. His personal ,attach meut to the Saviour was cor dial and ithimosfeable, and this, vnth thelfeeHe ness of hiS own physical condition, had much to do with the formation of his views in respect to our Lord's 'return to reign upon the earth. His habits of thought were very free, and the depths of his piety truly admirable. His independence of human authority was the occasion of much misconception of his motives and character on the part of others, and. this caused him much painful /espfoienc^; but bd had learned from Plato, as wel^s^rpm r tais,liOrd> ihat.it is better to suffer injustice than to do injustice, and so fee meekly boredfei *“* • ' The,last; of this numerous and ever-welcome visits to tfejs did, quiet, sea-girt town for rest and convalescence was made last September. He was feeble, his vfeice too inaudible for the pulpit, and his cou'gfe m 'the darly part of the day almost in cessant.;' ißut his temper was as sweet, his wit as keen his .piety as deep and ; constant, as ever.' His physical prostration seemed no loWdr than'he''■had' repeatedly survived; but he continued to faiMu'strength; ‘and oh the 13th jnst.i the inevitable day came to 1 him. > He said Jesus wisulwithifeim. always, expressed once.more his,affection ( fprrhis, family and kindred, gave di rections in regard to the religious training and Christ iaii nurture of "his children, whom he re garded' ah' Htbffdy ' Christ’s, ' and having given these directions feeidid'uo more than wait the coming r ofHhe:-Lord. .r; His- supreme , Christian devotion ; persistent preparation for the ministry, notwithstanding so 'many and so grOat hindrances ;aod his consecra tion to' its- duties, in the midst of such -'burden some' and intense sufferings, are an . example and a good; imp.ulge to all, and especially to young, men,who kfeauld fit. themselves, to preach God’s word. . . ~ '. . r E. W. i SoUTHOiiD,' L. 1., Xferil 30,1868. ‘ k Solomon the Wise once wrote “As a man thinketh’in hi's heart, So’W’ he,”—a very good 1 statement of a' man’s 'actual appearance before 1 God. 1 would hate you' then 1 considerthe great reSul£;' ,: whifcli 3 is'' , Eliat by Our thoughts we shall be judged both Bare’ahdhefeafter. 1; We are 1 judged Here by them. The bodies in'-which we live 1 ate 'formed by the successive’ thoughts'of one day after another I .' Man with his chinge of physical particles every seven’’years b'ecomes - in time o’nljr : a stratified 1 series of mental 1 growths'or’decay. Thb lines of our faces tell of certain'thoughts which bave used certain muscles. Socrates answered the physiognomistthat he was indeed as'bad a man naturally aS was ’said, but that he hkd conquered I ’himself. ■ And "emihent Careful surgeons will ‘ tell 1 you how lßng^continiffed l avarice or’ sensuality or pride wiH‘write their traces‘fill BVef th'e J benevolence ’and' its kindred, virtues Will also. ■ It is easy en'oiigh’tci be l i)iogettes' the s Gynic—but i* [s very hardfo be Socrates and it is’still harder to 'be the tifile GhfiUtiUh mkn'hr woman which we should be “ ydii’ll' be beautiful is the' homely 1 ekpressiOn of a go 6d ii mbttO ‘for life— since truly beautiful" thoughts' belong"bnly 'to Christianity. " ' ' 1; " ' 1 In fact there is no sculptor like pure’good thought. It refines the face once Heavy and gross with the prevalence of animal over'mental. 5 It chiselfe off the blunt'edges of the nostrils and cuts, a clean sharp corner, to. the mouth. It thins the lip. It. clears, the, eye, and pjakes it .bright. It rounds and shapes face. It causes the countenance to glow with the health of the heart. And all because a new principle df life hbs f gof iu andbecause' we use our privilege of. thought anight, ,Xhave geen;a* face grow, lQ'ty .and, coarse, sinking back into degradation. I have sebn a face which : wafc"S»lnfdst ugly become at times positively beautiful. So great J i'S’ the power l of'thought .over these very bodies in which ■ •'we d w,ell, .a nd,. ov.er- the; fape, ,as, always, the index.,j|f the minpj.,,, And., he. who learn. ‘ ’ c ‘ ... y 2. Bht s wC shall'be judged hereafter as well'as ;hei& v -iTdr reads thought supremely, every thought is a reoprion^the.Judgment Book. Good or bad they are set down alike. Go to you a piece of sandstone on ysjhich are the ripple-marks of another age. See how the momentary’dash of the wave and the’track of the bird‘atid ! the curvi" ing trail 'of SO'nie foiil reptile bake written? trhdm selves upon it never to be erased'.: Think?of the photograph pfj ancient, times hem,.pictur,ed for your sight—of the faintest traces suddenly •and hardened into stone. And then'say'what shall'hihdef this being true of your thoughts'also. How would you 1 like-to see the trail -of tJih' ser pent over the of your-yearfe, i.maxr ring their ,beauty and leaving the curse of a lost |Ede,n upon, yo.ur thoughjt? And then to have I in hand the tablet and read it all off, ' setting the idcret sink in the' light of'his c'dunte nahee-until they have burned and: bratfdhd you) with the horrors of. a • coming doom ! ; But/it; is. all'SO; And unless by God your sins^are-pardoned apd, yOut- thouoht and lide new-created,, you are" inch shall'‘he mp sohr' thoughy has ihdde you o’dt'by ifk silent record."' 1 '' - 1 .. j' /.- .•. 1: r ; <.!: V, 'Aspire’therefore.nnU) Him ; whose\thoughts, are not.like ours., .Raise ypur cry fqr deliverance, from the dominionof evil. Seek to . haye the, DewTife—^ie"presence of,the. Holy Spirit in his' purity Within ’my word 1 for %'you will 1 beeomd useful whUre you'once were useless for any good j .valuable, where, you, once were worth-, less for heaven apd, practically so fqr .eartlj.. j,, ap d you shall possess .contentment and patience you go where Grod as your eternal tCa'cher sliill take you in‘hand arid you shall see 'Him i! as”He'is andssit at flisfeet-and learn ‘forever. luithat land and ipjthe presence of. Christ ; the : Loiidi .59; thought of .evUxaPiPrj will intrud,e. Cl .jl'issconfliet ■will be over and the 1 glorified bbdy*shall ,be I m r habited to all eternity by a radiant soul,'redeemed and pure. D. ■ OTTit- THOUGHTS. jUHIOir PfiESBYTEEIAN OORVENTIO3J AT 'i ' •£ YOUHGSTOWN. FROM ANOTHER CORRESPONDENT, r was not able to attend this meeting. but from those present learn that it was one of much in terest. The subject of Psalmody as usual in this section-of the country attracted much attention. Those accustomed to sing hymns cannot see the sense or propriety of giving up their cherished favorites, and on the other hand, the United Pres byterians and Reformed Presbyterians, or at least many of them, are equally conscientious in claim-, that the Psalms are the proper and authorized language of praise—and, as they think, eielusively so. Very much of this on both sides is unques tionably merely the result of habit and education. Many of these Psalm-singers, as they glory in calling themselves, are among the most godly and earnest Christians in the land. Until very recently they have kept aloof from the other branches of the Presbyterian family. In these conventions both parties are brought together and see each other in a new light, as true, loving,; earnest, dis ciples of Jesus. Whether complete organic union takes place or not, there can'be no question that the result of these-conventions is good. A spirit of forbear ance—of ardent love—of earnest prayer is be gotten, which tell powerfully on the best interests of the Church. I Have heard brethren speak of Dr; Ji BfSßittingfer’s speech Rt the - Youngstown, Convention as brilliant and powerful. He has a fashion of putting things in a new light, that sends men t'o their'Bibles and to their closets, in stead of hurling backbiting; bitter words. His presentation of the .Bible law of charity in things indifferent is such as to command the attention' of thoughtful minds, and his application of it. to the Psalmody'question was very effective.' I have heard one objection to union with the 0. S. Chtirch suggested which is not without force to some minds. , , Of course all know how slow the body of the 0. S. Church were to adopt thorough-going anti slaVery views, and hCw that church was claimed to be the bulwark off slavery. In some neigh borhoods it is charged'that the O. S. Church has become the reservoir for the mass of the, copper T heads and disloyal persons of the region. Only a few weeks ago', I was told by persons from dif ferent parts of Ohio; that the 'principal reason for the failure of the suffrage amendment to the con stitution of Ohio last Tall was the determined and well-organized hostility of the Q. S. Presbyterian ministers. If this be really so, many of the United, Reformed', and New School Presbyte rians feel as' if there should, be works .meet for repentanceWthiS subje'et, before organic’ union, takes place. - H -: - ~ On ,eve;oy account .it is better that there .be no unseemly h^te., These fraternal gatherings will do much good. '.‘ Ultimately* those who really lpve and confiBsin’ehchbtber will’ come together as 'hrethrhn'beloved; 1,1 < , . Endless questions and- strifes, aboutwords.and doctrines will be but a .poor .basisforunmn. .„. ... \ ' . J.S. T. Th|' HEf . “ENGLANDEE H \ ON. BEUNION. i . ,Qur. readers .wqarp sppe jwiU,be instructed and, gratified by viewing through a medium, ..external ibut,friendly,; the. great question r wkieh is. new pc- ’ ienpying onr.p^n,minds,, , ? It.is jpunjTin the ar T , tiplp, p.f,,]?rpf., Geoi iP. Fishey of; .Yale .College, in, reply^Jto,,Dr;, podge’s,Ar,ticle.‘ in., the Prmpstqn, Review fqr January, assaying. Dr. .Taylor’s; Tlier, 'o]ogy'and the New School body for endorsing such Prof. Fisher shys: ' 1 * “The uhion’bf.ilie’tw'O‘dissevered branches' or' tie Presbytenan'ChureK wilt he a good thing of an evil thing] according tb its bffect in prdmotin’g or weakenirig the'intblefSht'spirit 1 Which forced the separation.. f f it bring with it a catholic tem- if it, do notiteod theological .in-, quiry,,it a.great good. t( put.if it result in building up sectarian walls to greater heighti and strength and "lif reinforcing 1 thefpartjr of in tolerance, it will bring no advantage. The'dan ger is the fear of exciting’ discord, mingled with the fear<pf jahurch) censure,i will dead tOAtJeast a . . «‘r .r M.tty, a .ijti,, rah Itacit compliance with the wishes or the more ex acting-section. 1 Division is' better than' stagna .tinnyand-islfar lessitb.be -dreaded thao -the' ty ranny of an-iJiiberal, dogmatism.. In our age, and country, eyangejical | Chrifjtianity is called upon ,to cling to the pindaipehtal contents of the Gos pel, but it inust'also tolerate differences in non ■ e&dentialipbints, and freely concede that measure: 'oftfreedom.bf ('opinion,; without which a healthy 'life,,and, progress) are,.impossible, A church, ] which, couldmotjfmd room inltjs ministry fpr,men like,Moses Stuart 1 , liymau' Beecher, and Albert Barnes] Would be/ho'wever big in numbers, about the meanest and" narrowest Sect in America. • A' sect that ..would castZwiagle, the first founder of the Reformed phuyeh, opt,of its ministry 1 It is anticipated that th,e proposed union would break down tlie dominion pf the Prinpeton thepl.ogy. If this is’ tb be its result, there will be h'o' cause for regrfet] ’ We say this, not so nmeh from the feel ing ‘that the famous triangle,—iuimediate.imputa tion, natural inability, And limited atonem.entr— deserves to bp shattere'dj; ‘|>ut because the wide dominion ofany special type of evangelical the plogyi which-has so 'littlebbleration' for diversities' of. opinion. is a misfortune.*. ■ But will this do minion;, which ris.said to' be weakened,( especially, among, tjhp j°pg%ifteh.pjf,jjhe 0 ( ld School clergy,, itie .reigned wjthout aji energetic struggle ? And ‘when a cfisis approaeites 1 ] wifi hot the leaders pre-' ifer’to make another 1 ‘division' father than to 'see' itheir-system lbsedts ascendency,' or to tolerate in ’peace forms, of itheology in importantsrespects at variance wi.th.’it ? .’fhese,, questions .time alone cap solve. , , ' ] , • The great poiht 1 to be determined] is the dbe? itrfnhl'hasis 6n''which *the proposed uhiOifishall , restsi. Both parties professito receive itbe Wjest, |ihin&ter ! Oonfpssion,(; las 1 as ,ppntaining thip systcjii I dp c tr i taugh- i n the . S,pjiptu.res.” But how ‘much shall'be understopii .ift) be lmpiiecl in tliese items? 1 'lt iS agreed'that all 'tffei jiropositions contained in the ; orbed need hot bebelicved. Dr. ’Hodge claim'd thatethe terms- must* be^taken tp involve anvassenf, to ea,eb and every doctrine es. sejßial to the Calvinistic systeni., Now, granting ’that theyare to be so understood, it is a' notbfif *ous fact that many, if not rnostj'of’the lfiadefs u hf the New School church considered themselves Calvinists, although they adopted the cardinal principles of the new divinity. It is, moreover, a fact now, that-not a few of the ministers iu the New School body, including men of ability and prominence, profess and teach the same obnoxi ous theology, and still denominate themselves Calvinists. Who will venture to charge them with dishonesty f How does Dr. Hodge expect to enforce on such men his idea of the essentials of Calvinism? ■ .Were not Doctors Cox, Bernan, Beecher, Barnes, Skinner, Taylor, as honest as the average of ministers; and did they not all consider themselves Calvinists? Let us take an example. If we understand Dr. Hodge, he con siders the doctrine that there is no sin prior to consciously wrong choice, to be an essential de parture; from the Calvinistic system. He does not insist on his own special view, though he claims that it is held by the “ Church Catholic but the doctrine above stated he pronounces in admissable. Then what shall be said of Stuart’s Commentary c qttthe Epistle to the Romans, and Barnes's Commentary on the same book, which are received as sound and orthodox books by half of the ministers and Sabbath-school teachers of the' New School Church ? If Dr. Hodge’s test is adopted, these* lauthprs are heretical on the doctrine, of Sin. The ministers who adopt their teaching on.this subject, break their vows. We have no belief that Dr; Hodge’s special interpre tation of the terms bf subscription can be made to prevail. What is to prevent men from inter preting them asthey have done, heretofore ? How are the essentials of Calvinism to, l>e .defined so that all. shall agree to the definition ? , Every mail who can read the Signs of the times must'see that the r Protestant world growing tired of sectarian Christianity, and is year ning for a more.., catholic and fraternal connection among the .disciples o,f Christ. If ; tho union of the two branches of the Presbyterian Church can be effected bin a truly catholic basis, we’qhall hail it with warm * satisfaction. It willbean event in consonance with* the prevailing tendency of Christian minds. It will be a blow 'at .that sect system, which is the scandal of our Protestant Christianity. We shall regret the reunion, only in case it serves to give a little longer respite to that over-dogmatic, intolerant, seventeenth cen tury tone of Protestantism, which exaggerated minor differences, left an open way for the great Papal reaction, provoked the spirit of skepticism in all'Protestant countries, and'stands in perpet ual contradiction to the "precepts and spirit of the (New) Testament.”: ' DIBEOTOET Of Presbyterian (IV. Si) Ministers and Churches in Philadelphia, and. vicinity : Adams, E.E .p.D., Lincoln University, Oxford, Pa. Adair, Robert, 1737 Filbert St.; Secretary Home "Mission Committee; Presbyterian House. Aikman, Wm., Market St., Wilmmgton, Hanover St. Church, Wilmington. Allen; R. 11., 513 Pine street, Tliird'Churck, 4th and Pine streets. ■" Barnes, Albert, 4209 Walnut street. Barnes, A. Henry, 735 Spruce street. .Beale, JVH.f 1029 Palmer street; First Church Kensington, Girard av. near Hanovemstreet. Boggs, James, 1223 South 16th street. Brown, Charles, Spruce street above 40th; Sec. Min. Relief,. Presbyterian House. Bruep,-Edward 8., 153,1 Chestnut street. Butler, j. G., D.D. 4035 Chestnut street. Cox, George 1 W! 1822 Frankford Road. Crittenden, Samuel W. Presbyterian House. Cuiyer, Andrew, 1506 South Third street; First Cliurcli, "Southwark; Germain street above 2nd. Diver, ,: ChariesF.:2l3B 'Mti Vernon street. ;Duffield„Sap)uel,.Wi 1 17th and Tioga streets; First ■ Church, Kenderton. .Tioga street above Broad. Dulles, John ! W* 4037 Chestnut street; Secretary rPresbyteriau Publication, .Committee, Presbyteri- ■Q,n House. , 1 Eva.' Win. T.'‘Nd/,8 Harrison street; Bethesda Churchy NOrris’aha Shpviva streets. iHbminer, 0.,R», Springfield; First Church, White- marsh, Pa. , Hamhdr, J.'Garfaihd, 826 Wharton street; Wharton , street'Churchy 'Niiith- and Wharton! streets, jljeljffenstpin, Market Square , Church, Germantown. ' ' *’ Hendridhsi 'Fratihisj 1543 -Vibe Street; 1 , Hotchkin, B; B., 1 HaveijfordrPjQ,, Delaware county, Marple Church, Marple,.,.,, , Humphrey, Z. M., 'D. D/T402 Walnut St., Pastor eleict' 1 Of Calvary Church,-Locust street above 15th. 'Hutton, Wm.. Jr.,,-3 Federal St.jGreenwich street ' Church. ;ci Johnson, Herritk, D.’ Bij PastOr elect of First :Chureh, Washington Sqnafre. ; Jones, M. 8.,. Chester, .Pa.;.-Chester City Church, Chester, Pa. . ' , M Locker, George,‘PSi Otter street; German Church. Malin, David, D. 8., Broad and Ellsworth streets. Mallery, Richard A. 814 Sputh 15th street; Cedar street Church'; South' street afedve 11th. March,’ Daniel,B.D.’,' 320-South 10th street; Clinton street Church,,loth and Clinton streets. McLeod, John, 2015 Fitzwater street; Secretary A. 1 B. C. F. M’., Presbyt’eriart House, Southwestern -Church, 20th;,and Fitzwater streets. Mears,, John W- D.D., 1,425 Vine street; Ed. Am. Presbyterian, Presbyterian House. Miller, Jeremiah, llOfif Cal-lowhill street; Secretary Philadelphia Sabbath Association. Mitchell, James Y., 1003 North sth street; Central ' Church, N. L„ Coates stieef above 3rd street. Moore; W. E. West Chester, Pa.; West Chester Church, Moore, George R. 71732 Catharine street. Parsons, B. 8., D. D., 1721 Fitzwater St.; S. S. Tabor Church, 18th aiid Christian streets,, Prentiss, N. A. 23], Chestnut street. Reeve, J. B,‘ 219’ Rodman street; Central Church, Loin bard 1 street above Bthi Robbins, Frank L. Oxford Presbyterian Church, Broad and Oxford streets. Schenck; A. V; C., Mahayunk Church, Manayunk. Shdw,*Charles B. JCing.street, Wilmington, Central ■ Church, WilmingtQn. Shepherd, Thos. X J)'.D., 597 Brown street, First Church, N. T LL, 'Buttonwdod street above sth. Smith, H. Augustus, Baring above 36thBtreet; Man , tua Church, W. P„ 36th and Bridge streets. Snyder,’' A'. JV West Wilmington; ’ Olivet Chapel, ; West Wilmington. Stewart, A.M. Frazer P.. 0., Pa., Reeseyille and East Whiteland Churches, Chester CO., Pa. Stryker, Peter, D.D., 1818 Mt. Vernon St., Pastor Elect of North Bro*d street Church, Broad anil , Green streets. , . , . - • Sutton, J. Ford, Herihon Presbyterian Cliurch, ■i's,3 Harrison Btreet, frankford, Pa. Thorne, W. H. Kingsefesing, Second Church, Darby. Taylor, W. W. 2041 Wallace street; Olivet Cliurch, 22d’and Mt. Vernon streets. ! • Wiswell.G. E. D.D., 1402 North 15th street; Green - Hill Church, Girardjavenue above 16th streets. Logan Sqnare Chure.hj 20th and Vine streets. Western Church,;l7thjand : Pilbert streets. Walnut street ChurchjjW. Phila. First Churiiht Darby, JDarby, Pi 1 . .Second Church, Mantua, Lancaster avenue.
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