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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1868.
ENLARGEMENT OF THE EDITORIAL
CORPS;
Among the measures designed to increase the effi
ciency and attractivenehe of'our 'paper at' this time,
our readers 'will welcome-the new arrangement by ,
which a large and distinguished corps of writers is added i
to the Editorial Department. As the designation of these
brethren has met the cordial approval of the Pastore',
Association of this city, they will be, known as
THE EDITORIAL COMEITTER
Their contributions will be generally accompanied
with the initials of the writers. Their `names are is
follows:
Rev. Z. M. Humphrey, D.D., Pastor of Calvary
Church.
Bev. Herrick Johnson, D.D., Pastor of the First
Church.
Rev. Danl. March. D.D., Paatar of Clinton
Church.
i‘b
Rev. Peter ;Stryker, _.D., aa_..r ,N. Broad
St. Church.
Rev. George,F. Anew°ll, D.R.,.'Pastor of Green
Mil Church. f '
Mr. _Robert E. Thompson, will; continue to
not as Editor of the News ,Department,
These brethren, Will ,bet ki4e4: l Y a tionts of numer
ous contributors in every part .of the Church, and in
other lands, embracing 'atfeh names as .Rev. Albert
Barnes, Rev. R. W. Patterson, Chicago; Rey.
C. P. Wing, D.D., Carlisle; Rev. E. U. Gillett, D. D.,
Harlem, N..Y.'; Rev. Chas; P: - Bush, D.D.; Rochester;
Rev. Ambrose Wight, Michigart;.!ReY. F. A. Chase,
Lyons, Iowa; Rev. A, M. Stewart, Pacific Coast; Rev.
Henry 11. Jessup, D.D., Beirut, Syria; - Rev. Justus'
Doolittle, Tientsin, China . ; Rev. R. G. Wilder, Rol-s
-poor, India; Rev. J. B. Bittenger, Sewickleyville;
Rev. J. 5: trsfrelli, Allegheny City ; George W. Mears,
Esq.; J. Ewing Mears, M. D.;- B. P. M. Birkinbine;
Mrs. Dr. -Brainerd; Mrs. Col. Sangster (M. E. M.)
and others yet to be named: •
Correspondents in every neabytery and Ely-;
nod will promptly furpish us with fresh items of
news from their respectlyeltelds.
POPULAR EXCITEMENTS. '
Within the past two weeks . , Philadelphia hoe
been abloom with flags by; day, and ablaze with
torch-lights and illuminations by night. Long
processions have marched through the streets
rending the air 'with huzzas. We are in the
midst of a grand political relive]. Those who
are most suspicious of any except the calmest
inovf.monts in the religious world. are zealous
promoting protracted meetings in the faiorite
places of political gathering. The great thought,
of the day is to carry conviction, and to rouse
the energies of those whose convictions are al
ready formed. The principle which underlies all
these popular demonstrations, is, that men are
naturally apathetic, even as respects their- most
solemn earthly duties. Great ideas, once re
ceived, smoulder in the intellect. The heart and
the will do not feel their heat. They must.be
fanned into flame. The end desired justifies all
proper means to stir the embers. Old ideas sup
posed to be defective, must be dislodged, and
better ones, already burning, must be substituted.
And all this work of kindling must be .done at
once. Action must be secured upon a specific
day. If men will bye and bye grew -"void,"
that must not be allowed, until the decisive time
ibr action is passed. It is understood that some
of the old apathy will return. It is believed that
no one, experiencing the apathy of reaction, will
be on the whole less tine as man . or citizen, on
that account. On the contrary, it is hoped that
after the present excitement subsides, after the
great result of the present canvass is declared,
the country Will be in , a better state than before.
Bettor principles will prevail. One of our popti-•
ular orators has said, that in the recent war it
was the idea behind the musket which rendered
the weapon deadly. , The idea remains, after the
musket is hung on the wall.
This is the theory of both political parties.
And this is the theory by which all popular ex
citements are justified by their promoters. The
thought that there is a tide •in human affairs and
that it must be takep at the flood, is older than
Shah speare.
Why any who consider thenitelves sound think..
ers, well acquainted with the laws of the human
mind, should consider that the theory, so good
in every other sphere of human -action, is unsafe
as applied to religion, we are at a loss to deter
mine. We are read,y :Omit that in religious
matters the mind Shoed never be unbalanced;
but we find in its natural spiritual apathy, every
reason why it should be roused. We grant that
eternal interests are 'the' most , important of All:
but for that very reason, feel the necessity Qf se
curing the attention •to and, notion concerning
them. We fully belieVa.ths even Nyhert arousal,
no man is converted except by the ,aganoy of , the
Holy Spirt; but beeagse of that.belig a yould
have Christians excited to, prevailing prayer, and
in:penitent men to calling mightil ; y upon God.
There is no power in sacramental observances,
though celebrated 'with ,utmost pomp, and, in ac
cordance with formulae the most precise, Ao saV 3
a man, The Church, does not save„ by, lylptiom
and confirmation alone. The badges and she.
pass-words of the °bard' are of no avail, as such,
at the gate of the Kingdom ,of Heaven. The
heart within must be purified, regenerated.: And
whatever safely promotes ,this, is to be used: by
all who consider the salvation and sanctification
of the soul the grand'object of life.
Religious excitements are doubtless ofteaun,
healthy. A spurious religious experience is,
often the result of such excitements, improperly
promoted. But this is no argunient against revi
vals. *le is only ameason for care and for follow
ing El ori ural' ruethbds. If a Water-street refor
mation.is -injudiciously directed, that is, but a
reason for seeking the reform of the reformation.
We should learn what we. may hope. 'for, by what
we see.
The lesson of the .present pOliticatescitements,
therefore, is that, the Churchshould bestir itself,
not to " get, up 7 ,revivals,, but to, call them down,
—to avoid whatever merely sensational and
bad in these great .movements; to use; whatever
is safe and good, adding thereto all : that the Bible
suggests, and .the Spirit directs. The working;
days, of the Church are at hand. , We,shaltlese:a
part of them if we wait until .November;is, past.
The souls to be saved are all around us., When
shall we begin ? , Z. Jll.'ll.
"THE PRESBYTERIAN" ON THE CONFES:j
SION AND THE SACRAMENTS.
_ _
We have 41ready said that our 0. S. cotempo
rary has devoted a very large space in its colunrms
to a re-consideration of our article on this sub
ject; what we have already said in reply to it, we
will not now repeat, as of all discussions those on
the Sacraments are the most inedifying"and un
1.
interesting to the mass of reaCiers. For the
reason we shall avoid touching on some minor
points on• which, we have been grosery-bat:we d
= •
presume, unintentionally-misrepresented.
The Presbyterian, admits that' the IV . Stalila
ster Confession is Calvinistic on. this subject, but
breaks (as it supposes) the force•of our argument
by the declaration that, the Old - School are
,•
equally so.. It quotes from the Confession one
(sufficiently ambiguous) clause, which it Aiwa
to be :bite b. Church,
word of that Clause might be subscribed to by a
Zwinglian, who put the modern sense on some of
its expressions. This is just the point on which
we would like to have Something of,proof which
would be more conclusive than The Presbyte
rian'st ipse dixit. may be judged impertinent
for ,doubting the fact,.but our impression tothe
contrary is so strong, that we are forced to question
the correctness of the statement, , though it is doubt
less made in all sincerity. Our impression is de
rived from all that we have heard of 0. S:tetteh
big on these topics—oral and written; and from ;
our perusal for years past, of all the periodical
issues of the 0. S. press. It is especially strength,
ened by the position taken by 0. S. organs like
The Presbyterian, The New York Observer, &c., 1
towards the organs and, other publications of the,
Oxford party in the P. E. Church, and the Mer
cersburg wing of the German lieforMed Church.
To a Sacramentarian Calvinist, Oxford and Mer
cersburg may indeed seem to evince unfortunate
tendencies towards exaggerated forms of, state
ment, but still, in the main, they must be recog
nized by such a one, as defenders of a great Chris
tian truth, in the midst of a corrupt . generation.
The position, which he will be forced, by his own
faith, to assume, will of necessity be one of medi
ation and moderation. Now, throughout all the
discussion of these topics between these ,Oxford
and Mercersburg men, and outside, bodies, Old
School papers have been the farem.ist and most
unsparing assailants of doctrinal statements which
stand in much closer relation to those of the Con
fession, than do those of the great mass of Pro
testant Christians. When Dr. Nevin, for instance,
defended the Ger. Ref. General,' Synod's Liturgy
in an extensive pamphlet, The Presbyterian al
lowed no consideration of the fact that, after all,
his opinions were, at worst,- but exaggerations
of a true but not generally admitted. doctrine, to
temper its censures: When, on the other hand;
a U. P. cleizymap, Rev'. G. Campbell or Nsw
York, publishes a thoroughly 'Livinglian* ‘Cate
chism on the Sacraments," The. Presbyterian (of
Sept. 30th) has no words of censure; nay;-praises
it for its' explicitness and utility. What wonder
if our faith is staggered ! And uow, to
. crown
all, The Presbyterian furnishes us witha long
dismission of the subject, , whiel, of itself would
go to show that it and these for whom it speaks
AO not hold the Calvinistic-`Confession's—the—the
doctrine on this subject. For,
*'ye use.this word in a conventional sense. Tfie
Preabyteria, says that it is unjust to - charge' Zwingle
with holding the "symbelical" ' dectrine, ' as. he: has
used expressions (some of which it quotes),inoonaistent•
milli that doctrine, and which it moF!pF,opetrly
Socinigt. But Zwingle is so,incensisfent Plat
elsewhere uses terms which tire''indonastent
'his Wring held any other doctritie. " • '
PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER, ,15, 1868.
"We believe that infants may be' Elie uMects of re enerattori,
and cannot lie saved without it.... ..ilow,lielicitetts ehouldparents
be fur their children, thstamtWould.VetAilVilis green tition them,
oven before they know itheir right. hand tiMil their; left punt-when
abinit to dedicate thein fo lioly bapti L AM:how 'Osirn'ently
they, pray that; ,thpy. might
Holy Ghost, that while their bodies ere witabeir in the emblemati
cal laver :of iregenbrationY , f
newing. of the' Holy Ghost, and the - sprinkling of fhe brood of
the sentiments:exprassed above be correct, thf p there
may be Huth a, thing as baptismal regeneration."'
. 11. The Piesbyterian stumbles at the very ter die
in which the Confession states the doctrine of the
Lord's Supper. It does not like our use of the term
"rearpresence" ("really pieient" is. the langunge
of:the. Confession). and scans upon.. us 9 ito define
our: (?)rterms and. not to u.e. those words in a
"bald" and therefore, we . suppose, misleading
sense. It.charges us. with conveying the impres
sion that the phrase means a "local nearness" of
the humanity of Christ to the elements, used in
the Supper. On referring to whit' we' di'd'saY,
we `find that our only fault was in being toci
finite and precise. We quoted the Seotch Con;
feasiOn, which- defines the locality as (Mt a place
near to the 'elements, 'but) heaven; to Which the
sonic ebelieving communicants are; lqr a stand
ing
was
elevated •'
by.the Spirit. , We* said
this the Calvinistic 'doctrine, and , that the
Westminster Confession , was • Calvinistic. 'The
reader of the latter Confession, howiiver,
see that the , statement there made is' gunrdeif by
no 'such: definition ca` 'the ••place where - the body
and blood of ohridt t , drepresent, and# that, the
Prekbyteilmi Church haiP therefore nO fife-guard,
egainit'the.introiluctiOnt'of the un-Calvinistic and:
Piadyitish doctrine4a'-" local'neernesV , ' tO the
eleicents. •'• % • ' .
On the other hand, be it noted, every; presence
ofia-finite existence,'notl itself purely ,spiritual,
39,)-mrist'be'ii local PreSente: Such'
an existence the hu*aiiity of Christ, even in
its glorified state, truly is., It is not infinite;„ neither,
is itepure spirit, even though itis itseltspiritual
and its presence a spiritual -one. To assert its
rear presenceis assert its lobal presktice - seme' •
where, and 171. PresbYer ' fan may as well su s iren r .
der, the.whole; doctrine as hesitate about that ex
pression. •Does:it hold; with Calvin ; that every
believer iisupernaturally elevated >to heaven ,at
every sacramental season, or does it hold to
nearnege• te• the eleniente, 'or iiiiii sdme third dice
trine 'hitherto ` unenunciated ? Only theJfir it lei
'Calviniatie, t lint who ever' heard of any'cifS:Prea--•
byterian laying
r down or defbndihg 'any such
theory ?• - ' ' ”'
111. On Baptism, The PreskyteriaMeenir
gain tat the'adnfeseion teaches the doctrine' of
Baptismal' Regeneration in a 'Very strange way.
It finds in in - anti-Puseyite pan:4llll4la statenlint
of the doctrine as held by ultraiste`of tike' O
,
ford Party, and as seen' tlirdUgh the spectaCles . of
an opponent This statement it, gravely con
trasts with the mildest—the precautionary—
clause of the Confession' a' the same'
way, it can prove that the doCtrine of finconditiotial
election is not taught the Clotifesiien; by taking
' •
the. statements Otttug.:429tripe gixen by a rabid'
ArivinianaaiiyA-ov.'Brownlow) and contrasting,
them •iirith the alfords of the Confession: Perim)
Rtrinedist'yrould'itssent to the doctrine of Beptie
inal Regeneration. as stated ,in the words, thus
quoted, iirliPe,. .as, we expressly pointed out, the
Confession repudiates .the .Romisti Idectrine,; as
ultra! ) • Ro me asserts that regeneration , is, by
Chii§t and His grade . it: the sacrament,' not by
the sacrament, add WeeXpresslYpointed out that
the Confession. : did not teach ,that the grace and
the . Sagrament:were .alisolutely inseparable. These
two are 'the main points' of misrepiesentation ill
the definition 'voted. "'•
The Pr'i.sbyteyian, thus repudiated
"baptismal re , Yeneration."—word and thina—it
remains ,to be - seem. what - doctrine, beYond the
merest' ZWinglianisni; it (106 hcijci on this topic.
The Confession speaks of "the-efficacy of bap
tisni!;‘. tlicaby for what? It 'sPeaks
ei 'connection with Salvation arid reg,enetition" as
not' being "so ' inseparable" `-b'ut that we may
have the one - Without the Is. theie Why
Connection - , and if se; hoed insefiarabletayethey'?
The standards speak of benefits,: as well as
privileges, pontented by : b.„6, 0 1: 'are
those benefits ? The last 'question' iiaitsWer
ed by the Catedhisre, that We-are to 'drew strength
from the death and resurreetioti Of 'PhriitOna)
which we were baptied. ' -We are told that
the Sacraments in general are me;nt'to exhibit
[i. e.,apply] unto those that are within the 'coven
ant of grace, the benefits of his maiaticin." We
knthi`ndt in what sense understand the Wordii
§ VI: if it does not teech that'the grace of
regeneration - is Ordinarily conferred in 'the bap
tism Of the elect: - " The `efficacy is not tied to
that moment of time: wherein it is administered,"
&c. Thekelve been cases . ; bfii'''t!pOradid gore,
in which the doctrine here i s einidiaged b$ The
Presbyterian has been in so many wordSeceePted
by individnals 'in' the 01'S.;Chrirch. ' The late
Dr. A.leiander df Prin i ceton says • '
IV -The! Presbyterian wishes to know if any
one.seriously thinks the Confession to be open
to the charge 'often brought against the Prayer
Book, that' it contains Roinanizing -;germs ? We
have,-answered -that question conditionally. If
certain i doctrinal statements and 'phrases, which
have 'been freely bandied about of late years as
Romanizing,-are really'such, then the Confession
is certainly open, to the charge. The Church
man Hartford (October let) says :
Tiro 'Principal things attacked just' ~ now in the
Prayer-Book seem to be the office for Baptism of In
fants and the Forms of Absolution, We have some
times asked- ourselves hovr much persons who should
leavehs for reasons connected with these would gain,
if they'sought refuge again among our Vresbyterian
btetkren =What says the Presbyterian Cohfession ?
"Baptism. is, a sacramental tha:New Testament, - ordained by
Jeans Christ, pot only for the solemn admission of the party bap
tized into 14 nil:Ng o,urchi,,but also to haunt° him a sign and seal
of die cavenant'of grace, of his ingrafting into Christ, of regener
atiorkor,remilmifzn qfisfekt goizig.up unto God, through Jesus
Christ. to walk ininawSt bOf llfe." Chapter XXVIII., I.
-"The, efilmicy.44l:Retilim not tied to.:that moment of time
wherein it iaadministered ; yet nothwithstanding, by the right
use of tbls.otdinenetithei grace , pros lised 'is not , only offend'but
really a-Wailed and conferred by the. Holy Ghost,to such (whether
of &geol. Wren* asithat green ibekingeth unto; according the
counsel of God'e owe will, in, his. appointed time ." Chapter
"The Lord Jesus se ling and Head of His Church bath therein
simointedntifternment hand , of 'Church officers dininct
froLd civil magistrates."
"To these officers the keys of the kingddin of heaven ;arCcom
mitted, by virtue whereof they have power respectively to remit
ctiid , rStain sit/8f to shut that' kingdom sgaidst the impeniteutbOth
by•wordand censures ; aridto open it to penitent sinners by the
niinkitry of the' ilospeL and by absolution from cOnstires; as mat.
'on shall require.' i Chapter..2pf.X.i i., it. . •
lTow il oxpe i pt ihat, doctrine and-embodied
i
sOietnithzervices and ministerial acts, and not:Merely
embalmildair a .confessfon,•haw, much' beyond all this
does the Prayer-Book,, go ? And where, then, except,
that man need never put his belief into act, is the
gain in • seeking refuge from our " Romanizing:
germsi", in. Presbyterianism? We have an answer to'
this question_ and a very practical one, in the case of
the Mri Maury, who Something more thanya year awl,
left us for, the Presbyteriens,because of . our shockilit
doctrine of the, sacraments,. and has, now, left the
Riasbyteriani for nearly if not just the same reason:
•.1 ' • ' • -di .
" '; •-• •
I,IV.RiG WATER;
nfv:Paniel March, D.D.
rr
retired conntry,tomn; far 'away to the
No*„bor l dering upon, the Canada line, I, have
recently w#nessed the gatherino• of the rich and
snffering,around,,the healing springs which the
hills pour forth. Multitudes had travelled lowg
journeys,• and, incurred great expense, and self
denial, 'lilt, theypaibl4fvad their way to that wild
hill-tnrnind - try, the effi t pa4; of Cooling dr;uc•hifii:
prepared of the r deep laboratory of the.
earth with a skill surpassing, the chemist's art.'
The o
housesf thwere all ,full e.7gu ;
e.to n 1 n
m
the dusty highwaysmere thronged with, carriages
comingan4 going k the • ordinary occupations of
the people' had given ; place to the entertainment,
of strangers.,
4-4•Ji
There was an old man passing my window
every morning, travelling three miles every day
on fobt,-iiiqle hottest'of the hot summer tobring
water from the spring. Hewes lodging, in an un
furnishVd-gairet; and' he was boarding at the'
cheapest Poibible'rate, thathe might takethe last
chance of adding a little to the'long measure'of
ihis Aayi.- There was an , aged , pair, who had mild
the little homestead.hrid:the last, cow to raise:,
triettey'fdr the lon/journey, and they had both
corne 'with the' fond hope 'of arresting 'the stroke
dfliseiise which hit`d:Tallen 'upon one, that the
twb, Who had travelled forty years together in the
patl'lnight have the privilege of keeping
eactroth4 ceitipa.tii a little longer in the last
stagesef RFC's josufney.
There weal physician who , had left home, re=
nouilded 'a larie practicefand all , professiOnal en
gager:l:l3as' in a dthant city, that he might accont:
panYlis wife to these fountaina of' healtlf- and
give lei every possible assistance in trying the
efficacy, of the waters. 'There , was the
honbred and beloved pastor'of a city-church, who
had left the p'r'essing respinisibilitiestof his Sacred
Charge'foi. the whole sea Son, that.hamight bring
thepartnerof - hisljoys'end sorrows •tb that Be=
thesda among "the 'hills, iu the hnpe 'that she
!Alight the're receive strength to shake'off the -fell
grasp' of diaeasethatMas upon her.l -There was
a' young American who had beConid rich in the
brilliant . capieal of. Fiance; and had acquirdd -the
boirtlinass 'and Vivacity' of 'Parisian manners,'but
had liecoind Prematurely old,'aiid had suddenly
felt a i dead'weig,ht pulling the half of his livirig
frame down' into f the grave, while the other half
*as aitritich aliVe as ever-to struggle and to suf
fe'. And:he' bad come that way in search' of the
lost fountain of youth, seeking to recover the ca
pacity to enjoy what he lad given,tbe best years
of his life tofgain. • • , ,/,
• Tlihre ryas -A`millionaire with 'his two sons,
.from his splendid mansion in New• Yak; oocupY
ing, s withmeagre accom
modations, in a hot, thin, frame house, walking
half.a•mile throhgli dust and teat foi'e'very
tra4'eling six titneg'as far 'as , ' the' Siirin,gs. every
day", and • all 'to..seCure:for those ewo 'sone, such
benefit as the `water's could‘give.
There :was 'id lyoung man w,lio'hid , Crossed, -all
the Coceatts!arl'' trodden `IiH 'the- Sontin'entsi and.
'e
I .
xperietted' all! the -'ettremes of climate on the
face of the El'ohe lai' he was expectin 0 0. -scion .to
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start upon a three years' expedition in search of
the North Pole, and he Was ihnreto'gain strength
and endurance to , meet the icy rigors of the arctic
zone. There was widoWed mother, who had
expended all her liVing to reach the town with
her only'son. And she was working aa'a servant ,
for board in' a private family, that her poor boy'
might drink the waters and live. There was a
brave officer of the army Who had passed through
the fires of many a'battle, and bore the fatigues .
of many campaigns, and come home from the four
year's
, toil unable to rest. And he had travelled
away northward hundreds of miles to that retired
spot, iii'the , hope that the peaceful hills and the '
healthful fountain's might calm the tempest which . '
the wild , whirlwind of , war had excited in his "ar-
dent mind' and suffering nerves.
There were some who had exhausted the ut
most resources of'the healing art in the old
world, and they; had crossed the ocean to seek
relieffrom these healing springs among the hills
of -Vermont. There Was'etetter from Bismark,
the iroaramedand iron-souled Prussian Minis
ter of Sta:te,;acknowledging himself indebted to '
these water's few' the strength that enabled him to
bear the terrible and crushing responsibilities of
his post. There Were the 'ffark-browed children
ofthe sun, Who had left tieir genial home in the '
palmy , isles of-southern seas; that they might
drink :from these fountains of `life' and health '
among the rude and rocky hills of the North.
And all this gathering of 'Old and young, rich
and pool : , from near and far, had been drawn
.to
gether by-the rumor that healing fountains had
been found among these hills,-and the diseased
and suffering had'only to drink and live. All
this' cost and toil and travel and' deprivation had
been eheerfulry bOrrie, in 'the hope of lengthen-'
-
ihk out libe§ that in any case must have much of
weariness and pain.' All this had' been done to
int- off if possible 'a little, lenger a; dreadful con
filet Which Must ineVitably'coine to all at last.
And when I 'saw all 'this eagerness to drink
from earthly 'spring,s`to prblong. a lifethat may at
any time become a;:iburden", I' said in my heart,
" Oh thatAuen'were' Cariiest todririk
of the' water of- life, to gain an everlasting resi-.
dence in that land, where there shall be no more'
pain, and' death alehe shall die!' These afflicted
ones put 'forth 'great 'exertions, they travelled'
hundreds and thousands of miles, they made a
'free expenditure of time and money; in some in
stamps they sacrificed all their poSsessions, they
persevered= under great discouragements, they'
even , resisted remonstrance and ridicule that they
might try - the virtues. of thehealinf ? " . waters for
themselves. And they did all that, with the bare
hope of checking , for a , time the- 'inroad of die-.
ease-uponi bodies- that must inevitably suffer, and
in the end will certainly die. How much more
reasonably may we put forth and incur every
needed sacrifice to preserve the health and sound
nerls 'of soidsthat may live in immortal youth,
and enjoy the blessedness of an intelligent and.
perfect life for endless ages.
T
vITICLIK RESPONSE.—in the zeptember num
ber of, the Bible Society Record, a notice of the.
work fOf the•Sociqty iu Mekico.eloses as follows
. .
"It is to be hoped' that some Pretestant Church'
will-soon send niissionaries to that country, as it
no work ,of Biblp: Society to organize
churches, or to preach the Gospel, however ira-,
portant that Fork."
In the kictober number of.the Christian World,
the American and Foreign Chriatian Union an
nounces its ,enlarged programme of work. The
plan contains the following provision concerning
Mexico
"From the best a p therity_we learn that a large
number of educated men in the city of Mexico
and adjacent pjaces - „au ready to establish a Re
formed, worship, it...tbey , may but rely upon our
countenance and support. Threugh their repre
sentativesin NeW York they say, Send us a man
whom you and we can trust; and we , will openly
avow ont.religions sentiments: This call has been
so loud . and, long, that . our dear brother RILEY,
wip
notstanding his most important work among
the Spanish residents of New York, has felt con-
Strained to ligten.' We' desire to commence no
feeble enterprise, but , one equal to the demands;
_Hitherto this Society's work in Mexico has rest
ed on the shoulders of that heroin woman, Miss
RANIcIN , 'But . sh9 has never carried her labors
beyond the liegion 'of Monterey. Let us now
establish, at the capital: acity itself a Mission
which shall bathe heart'of , our Spanish Ameri
:can, work." ' • ;
This arrangement was, matured before the para
graph abOve from:the -Record Appeared. Is not
the eoineidenee of Clod, asif, while the one wag
the^eammind to the-other to arise to the
work, went forth •
bier;REV. ,E. E. ADkms, D. D., has been
elected upon the ,Editorial Committee of this paper.