.11 . :,-,,.,.,'* . . - 0:,.' : ,:,. : ':0•,, i ,..:,,,.._.7 :: ,.'41) : #1v-riztu New 8 JohnAWeir Strictly in Ailvaiice $2;50, tithiriciat *3. City Delivery 20ets; tete paid' at tMi WSW f gmtritan trstOnian. TEIIIRSDAI;.'O.CT~►~LIt'` 'lBO '1 x,~, 1,,.. lINLARGEMENIt Or • THE EDITORIAL • • •• *ears: Among• the; ibtatsitet*ebigisett Ab diorama' ; thek 01- Glancy and attmol,ivenees, , of i psin at ;this time, our reiviere , Will m;vicoine {le new arringement liy which a l a rge andldistingiii ditorpgdf writers itoadidedf to the EdiViriall;Opps,rtrget ets,tbe,4esignstion,ofthess brethren has niet the oar i l*pproval of the Paliors' Association' of WS, (floc, tir 4111 hie/1i11044 hie '• ' i 1 11110101104011141. VOBlllitrritr.t; 1 ; • Their oontribittien,s Will , he.; genfiraliy trpginkikttil with the initials of pe, waters. Their, lanlss are as, follows : ' . Rev. I. it. itimosplißrek;liis.'; I , ailio l l'ot tisiCiiii4 Rev. Herrick Johnson, p.pp., , pastpr. of the ?First Chitreh. • • • MeV. Obits/at St. Church., Rev. Peter 'Striker, ID.R., Pastor St. Chtirch.. • • • • A r ftiwAlit P. P1440F, of Preen Mu Church. Rev. E.'S: Aiktilts, • D.. D., Piet 'iti , „ , iiitt?6:rt E., ploptpflon will , continue , to sot as Editor of the News Department. Coirrespottdenfil in' ` siiiiii - Y L PAabytety a d ,18(f -nod will prdmptltpfarnish. us with feesh 'items of newi from theiF -F9VeR4l',l fit4 ( 4. I. DEFEAT OF *molt VONIMITTEIEN , • „ Again we have tp,phronlole t i lie,gailuro of the plan of Re-union between „piir own and, ,the other branch ,of the:PTeshyterian Chtire h in the United States. Again we are compelled to put the responsibility of failure upon the other branch While our Preihyteries have been votin in a solid column for "the Assemblies' Plan ; while many of our best men have waived most seribus objections, not willing to se - cm I to entertain lin : worthy suspicions of our old olioOl , hrethren ; while our whole Chßreh, .actid..Prot4tly, generously and in good faith, and thus has given a secotitk and !It 4tiplin'tkof,',M44s Wtinteirei be the obstacle to re-union on a fitoperbtsis, it was not with us; the course of the other side has been weak,. vatlillating, antreontradietorros that of men brought face o to lime providentially with a great question, • and. lacking heart and eourage_to meet it. While the Plan of the Joint Cominiiteeti' was not wholly satisfactory to ns, yet, taken as a whole, and with the explanatory papers. accom panying, we accepted it; we gave our Presbyte rial voice and vote for it, and would most cheer fully have abided by it, had it 'been consumma ted by .the Churehes. And we see overthrow with a tegret much "gteater than wouldhave been the measure of our joy if it had . suctieeded. It is, to our minds, a sad .proof of the. power of the exclusive type of Theology and of thinking , in the, as yet, greatest Presbyterian Church in America. True, it has thus far only transpired that a little over one-fourth of, their Preabyteries have negatived the plan,. Which ate enough, in the carefully drawn ordet cf adoption, to work its overthrow. And it may yet appear that a re epeotable majority of the Presbyteries has, in some form, assented to the Committee's articles. But, as our readers are ,aware, this, assent has been coupled with expressions of preference for quite another platform. Indeed, we belleVe but three of the. Presbyteries of the other branch have done, as every one of ours has , ,—given a downright decisive vote for the Joint Coramittee'S Plan as a finality. With these three exception; there has been some broad qualification inwoven with every Presbytery's, act i on, on that side, but all aimed at pretty much the same object, the striking out of the qualifying clauses from the doctrinal articles—the obnoxious Tenth Article, of course, being allowed to remain. Our regret, then, arises from the fact, which bids fair to go into history, that the type of doc trine and of character prevailing in a large part of the great Presbyterian Church of our day, as so unpromising. so narrow, so swayed by names and systems of men, so fearful of openly recognizing honest and safe differences of opinion within the plain and essential' andmarks of Calvinistic the ology, that they ,not only cannot achieve a union based upon the Scantily and cautiously liberal plan of the joint Cotpuittee, but that they did not dare to enter upon a canvass with such a plan deliberately iu view, hat must veer to this and that point to save themselves from utter over throw upon the bare question Of Re-union at all. This is the verdict Whieh,':we think, must, in all the sadness of an unweleometruth, be pronounced. Some things may, and doubtless will, be said in mitigation or controversion of this jtidgment, but for the present, we think it must stand. And now comes the most serious responsibility that has been laid upon the. New School Church Ilirme it • came into being. The preservation among the Evangelizing and civilizing agencies of our land and age of a Presbyterian Church 15 i01 69 1 -Z'o. 44. • which shall present such combinatioh of order and 'freedem; of genuine t‘ilitiniitic' orthodoiy, and liberality, as we belitild lirandb extension' of a system knca 'en 'iiistittiition 'so: healthful' 'Scr"iptufal ; lentniiing 'of' the kresbytetian body wkiti erkl epirit; t im that 'ifs long And iMitierlted *ej pidii;ch (it "biketry !shall 'nualtetiable Titian Midiktiirie,'lbeied•upOrt the Literiiille4'ildbs:iif Gdit,'slialrtitifid' tees 14de, olialleten'; the finciil Civil life of iiieiV4lWOtio' high bEilientis We' litiVe Be'liev'ed" ' L AI% been L e - ,4eigeiu , Ito ; o de uto v ii, branch of The intil nienentis - itUestien'Srhieh• &nine§ upon us', COtithe failure e l theiti neibtittions,' le, Will wn• show oittlieltes Ithiei high Pibirldential flOgition? ''Blibll's#ei4npalt Of maitil tilining the 'diatinetiVely Ilberal type-of • Presby , terlaiiiiin huid, tillqbatS, hir4,6d?s bledst'ng;'hes" been achieied• fair 'it' in •the Net thirty years, or shall we prove ourselves mit *tether itlie maintained Or-nit It • Ttvollins of Iti-uniton helve' been prepared, in whieh , this precious 'element of liberality has "not beenativeri ltioked; and an encouraging- deireef of coJoperaL tion with the other branch, in promoting those has'lden-erijoyed: BothihaVeis'ifferEktde fekt their'handS: The agitation forldlemnion Still tnntinnee:.• rWe rejoice-that:iv has dwell oped much that iSTAvOiable tOia•soun4Seripi titral and•'lttalthftil • form , of Presbyterianismv yin the ether brinch:'••• Well may Awe- pmk•ito:daji thlitlYnly shall - place as will urtitig this•iteritinieut in that, bodyi and Treserve if an de4etePed :in our mol' • • •••, rf• • But if the 'whole • body- , o€'" the-Piesbyterian Winches in this , country takis:ila) , position Whieh'eanriot but strikeith'edlosople as filet:lnge* Sion'to exclusivismi ifisuca aft , impiessivopublie eieitt,' as the Re , union df , the'Presbyterion Uhitreli takes` place iipbit' a- horns --rigorrously erz chides all; -recoinition . of ' , dbetrinal liberty ;if At, dolefully prepared' bails ittiognikfni this libilrtY Must first be *let wide to Please i tbe , i emolnsive leaders Of the . other brandh) /an& thus.: the -t erm s of fle'-union be. virtually dictated tgiPtinceton Alleghenyi'then one lab:quay te,set down as about as Sure as any akeent got,tyet preserit; while Presbyterianism may retain its hold upon the old Seats of its power, the intelligent , and terprising• and rapidly increasing population west . of the Alleghenies Will be repelled from, us by newly 'confirthed , prejudiees, 'arid the .honquest of this , great region for Christ will be ; handed over to' the "Cbtigregationalists; who , already have displayed arielt surprising papacitiei for the work. Two of the `greatest battles 'of -the late War, were fought'in this 'and in`adjoining Sfitte:'' The one decided - nothing. It was a fruitless 'victory. The cother will pass forever in‘ history a'''erie Of the great, decisive battles tirthe "'lt 'Whit a victory that made 'Sure the life 'of this Republio. There 'wet a very 'narked difference 'in the order of these' great battlea : =ln the one,- it is said there were nearly'tsirenty thousand Veterin troops in plain sight of this'aWful cetillidt, held le reserve, Who never were brought into service at all. And they saw a scarcelyianciuished'ene. my retreating, who might have been utterly put to route. In the other, every man was tronght into ai tion and fought until' a great 'and dee usVe`ViVtory crowned the exhatiste'd hough loyal host. Here there were no reser6es. Corps by corlia;:diViSion by regintent by' reg;imerit, Idin by Man; were brought to face the fcie;'and'tri'limph'or death was the stern alternative' So must it be in the Church of Christ. The very existence of the Church in such a World as this, means work. It is here for 'the salvation of the nations. It is to bring all things' under the supreme control of Christ. Unceasing vigilance, constant toil for the Master, is the'creed - 'of the Church, confessed by every - believer. We do not' ere ""come unto:the place of our yest." We are in the vineyard . and, the plants will die but for our cane• Every Christian stands on the bor ders of a wide-waving ripened harvest field, and the unused sickle condemns him. How solemn and, awakening the reflection that the great moving mass, of immortals are sweeping on right past us to an eternity of bliss or woe! Hero is the Church, with all her perfect organization and facilities for extensive service, and on every side the call of the Master is heard, " Work, work in my vineyard; Work while it. is day l the night cometh!" - Is there, not a vast reserve force to be brought into action, if the Church does her work effec tivele Is there not a great waste of talent energy and power latent in the Christian house- hold? Can it not be :brought out and used? PHILAIALPHIA ) THITRSDAt .: Ortbitit 'tk :186:$. BRING VI! VIE RESERVES! There is"eioefyilink flutiie 'aspects tif tint' , to encenratte : 'and send/ate OhribtitO'tki effdiltl; Men are' icnestibie J Aciitgandg waie''tibeutlig &ming- cif the: Kiiirt Veit% 'glory. iieti no reserves,—none to dwelli" at eaSe Zion." L6v 'the T,.tenrch ' nave illadiffilien world, as fJr the iellB44y4if theinstl het ifione whq stand as the leaders of the Christian-hoste-teosatiefied until all the re serves arelimpOitinwehdh vii?tiortk won. I:rll./ 11 ,?' IY, „.; ..0!.1 'i<> tr ,ill- !id fi,..:,::, • - ,_ i ,:: .-ilt, TANIIIATN4I.SZIPictiOVI,TRE.: SYNOD ,OF, wimiturmokit?: f, The steady advancer ektberi•churehuirtiall, kbe elements .of ipoweif, darp*es; „ts fin, nothing ainferp pladuly i ttlia` a ,ino the( ithineived and , eletate4itone tindi constantly 'riling ititefeet•ef our I eaquiftfAitlid ml etilige„ 0 Last meek 'ira-lcoluitm3gilukiteflutlkio featurerin the' contrast ~46'wn.,byl;Nr-01i1171120f Wien Itheopeetihgtof 'dm. Spod , of , Miaso c uri- tbi.n ffisarsl lagop aseditbat 'e.onl a 4 fi rst, 0fdthe.17144414 glib Fivettk„ ithedecriteask ppeark in ,tho itte4l,tim i ofi the ;Synod! , of Penney astiii,,at Lilegtiling.o.v...l.o weal the thirgest ineeting .. loPrAlkeld ) .o4lPo4l, l ,g oaa butkdre4(andAsiglik , tolle4 4 p.co* ft: :gti:s .,3 •,• ponding members ; it -wu the most deeply,inter ; - -- esti ng v earnest;, eadrpralsediol ineetilig,f)lll4btAiink, tiftinyip,itlthongb,riailteSf reaped?, ra.eyerat iTgopf ,e ineeticge weq(kcomPilre . eltictifkit. , ;+ AV W 1 ,40)0 worsof;thanbideciniated'” ,-the, iligkt - 04 f, Rar i ty I I 'imetwed menitbegsiyulllthei ryiees wercflfePtilp , o the point of dignity and etiyeuessi egentiteadily iberreasing;h!ithesei resp i te then yeßy -pipse. 19 We Itave Atte,to4 ne.t:.w.-Ifew.M - OnetaliAsseighlies, Which, ; left an Illnpreei. for, ,spi4tualitzt earn. eatuess i ..digaty,:atilLßOW upon thg.pommtiniq far tieferior lito . itluit qu . 4 &1 1 104.4 5 110 1 4g 9f,.# , lke ayced ;01 ( 1'0)0)0040i%, , Plc; PPe.ting,,4 the ,Irnottinildi itAtOdirigA srflat.3erf Parsolgq :has ite.. 'in OW A wilh@rii.,:g dPgrect ,cf , ,,in,W * pftl , far •keksvit,thiei ill* tit; :*i litP#P l l ilF%Pft4seithr th4o fat AodifftrejitabilY.) Vgt.i.l - O.A iIARRY99I.7 , ,4ext vtacwautiugabalgeili, 4diAtinguitihes4ligiLY OusleYetlea to thealrrAiki : API* Grilbg% Walr ifieefliT)§FittPiAndl3 CalgOr spltsfed alfah)beaiilfs Abekklikviiligek Ibut AWN/ afitl4loe l ,994Vl/14.t4 1 Y , itititimmoodansmetotOrtt ratme.sent 1 b 1 44140 - 41 1 tbat hue, fauna : Agit w,oricAonktliat ikat it, in: 4 the great! depaittMelifu of Cbrietian beneficence, The aynod r is, now ; a6grand p,4rioiaii, conv.ention fpr, the review. f otpast n attainmeuts and-failures in the spirituality and liberality and activity of the Tariona,ohnrelLea s feridpv_ising newpplans ) , an& for counselling, an'cl l prayeking one another to lor) 'and ,gpocl- ; works. ~., , There is. little- or palumber .pf official : forma, :to be get optiof the, way before we can...fairly„,begin ; there ifi , no' judicial , busi 7 ; nese ;, • wie cage: of( the ( slightest, possible signifi cance wu,pasily And by commum consent r tiirried over, ,to.the :Commi,tteo of wns,,and oyert o re,:. anatlikt, we,,believeo was ahoutall the , business of the latter,o cotrimitteer7randt ,the field,. was , left clearifo calling i the; rpll ,ofd falls churches ; for, summoning them to ,a n higher advance 'in 111411V.1 work, ,andlor organ . king -Victo,r,y7-ra ;plume - 3;14 it is no preSumPtion for, those to Use Who are pnaer the leadership .att.inepiration, ,of King...4ll4r* the syned so clearly,fclt,itselfto,be. .. T,lutt every member was refreshed and edified ja not camel to say ;. tbe'y were thrilled and ;; .elactrified, by, the eloquence ;ansl, 7 pungeney of ,the speakers, & new impulse of self-devotion and, practicaoeq was given to every heart,iandmentach,mistake if jle effects of it .do notf irnmediattly begil to appear in the largely increased life, efficiency awl liber ality of the churches. , , , . DELINQUENCY .cortiFEspD, OD, immoirg 111ENT PROMISED. {The following' is the report' .of Dr. Johnson, on - Home Missions, which so thOled the • Synod of Pennsylvania,, at. its ,meeting last,weekj.. The standing committee to, whom was referred the report of the permanent pommittee on ;Home Missions would report _as follows ;. The need of greatly ,increased benevolence, in behalf of the cause of Home: Missions is imme diately , and absolutely ;imperative. Wholly to disregard this need, is, impossible.:; Fer a Chris tian man or a Christian, church • to he,,indifferent to it, ought ,to be jost,as, impossible. c The • .facts, as they appear in statistical recordssof, the; churches in the Synod of °Pennsyl vania, betray a - lamentable -want, of 4ppreoiatioti of the demands of, ~our evangelistic work. , The figures, are startling—and.-as shameful as they are startling. They speak to our ,condemnation. They make it . too plain. for question.that we are withholding more than ; is meet., We are, expo sing ourselyes to spiritual „poverty. We , are in danger of being smitten of God with leanness and barrenness. If we do not give, it will not be giFen,nota us. • Sypod, geipunlvAßia, one,