34.6 Original Comutunitationo. THE SPANISH REVOLUTION. FROM THE CHRISTIAN STAND-POINT " Religious liberty is guaranteed!" So says the first proclamation of the junta who hold the helm during the passage from the old to the new order of things. Their haste to announce re ligious liberty, is of - itself 'proof of the pantings of the people.' In this age, the leading political feature of which is that the people are felt as the Main power of government, the first care of a provikional government is to carry the ' people with them. Hence it may be exphcted that the abuses which they most promptly and distinctly proclaim abolished, will be those which haie been most impatiently borne, and that the reflrrns Which they announce will be such tietli'dy know are most loudly demauded.,. The easy accomplislmnt of,,the revolution in Spain, speaks the c.4tent alitl'dePtli'the popu lar hatred of the 'diepldeesa 'goverfitnent. The heart of the nation had. long beenliiitaiting sij an event, and went tOitli 'it where it' mine. Hence it was so swift' and'so -nisarlY bloodiesk' 'The quean knew that she httit nothing to' hefie froin the love of 'het 43 hi)jeett'and that lineWledge be: came her dr4air." l The lgoVernnient knew that a Universal Pojitiltit detaitittion Was khe inspiring element Of that rAroltociad that the popular' will lekrried a power *blob Vvoilld 'be madnesi 'to Thee: -'‘lst'othing remained for the last- reigning ilinirbdia . tint to obey the common Ade/M.691U ilitnisty flee her kingdem,'lnlid batik the bruitim uiMen of a prcitestrand joins' the Preneh'iiid Italian 'branchesi of the fainilyin the common al&ilhonse of the brbkerf-tiown'race, Rapid: 'The tbiity thonsand soldiers that she had Prornisedio tend to the' P4e's 'aid, Sent her thertYand will 'themselves stay at home -to insure to a Spanish in place of alterrtish goVernmene." It, is true there were enough other abidetelise Cernplained of t but there can 'hello question of the pion:dunce of this one Whieh the jiinta'prO 'Chains abolished, religiaui inteleritiee. It 'Was notalone 'the- m aain was'theSta.te reli b r ut the 'Eiangelical , forms f of religion'' werelaid Wriddr'the ban." Prieatly Power ivailievelyirliere 'dominant. Its edin'ts againstEVithkelieiF died blies or efforts Were enforced a subiervient lo cal magistracy, and appeals to the: government for jtatibe Were b i eeome tocrhopeless fo be worth the 'effort. And, as has always' been the' case With governments so completely Pope-ridden, the Church not only ruled all, but absorbed all. Re ligious houses were loaded with wealth, and 'filled with troops of idle ecclesiastics, diving in bloated luxury; and acting, the part' of vampirea"iethe people.' In a word, Spain, witleitia fleeced popu lace, its enforced public relig,ion, its inSolent priesthood, and its ..priest-ruled throne, was the -riesthood, darkest remaining domain of Popish influence. ot even in the States 'of the Church was bio otry •more intense, spiritual despotism more in . tolerable, or the pontifical Monarchy more' real: Now the shout of jubilee goes uP, liberty is, guaranteed !'' It is jOYous acclama tion, and right heartily we contribute our, voice to it, for,no feature of, the revolution is more ob vious than that God is here, as usual, using the policies and powers of the world 'for the Open ing of, adooi for ; the entrance of salvation. Still, a calm review the,pituation from the stand-Point - of an Evangelical Christianity, for bids an unmixed.ex.ultation. It is with Spain an hour of fearful religious crisis—an hour for tiolemn concern respecting, its Spiritual! Religiously as well as politically; the nation 'is now in a transitional 'The transition'. is, we know from what, Init'We tremble 'over the question, to what? 'With the great mass' of the Spanish people, the longing fdi religious liberty " is simply a weariness of the oppresisioes of Ro manisni. Their to . the' opportunity to castoff the priestly doinination;but they haVe no conception Of the'libertywherewithehrist Makes Ilis people free: Here and there:is' an iselated case of trtie t EVangelieal There are points where, in'spite of *Rbinish vigilande, the gdod seed oft the Word has t been quietly drop and ha's Lien root. These, under in.' actiVe Christian effort, may beCome ?racier for Christian societies, and radiating Points for aubh'enterprise as shall, meet 'theorists. •- `• ' e .:` ,1 But` to sit idly by, expecting - the 'SPEW ish . pee plc ,to fly into the 'arias of a pure Chriatitipity, heeanse they ire 'fleeing from Rome,Will be a fa tar Mistake: 'With anignerant RomiSh poptila- Roma.niam Stands for religion.' They may have heard' nr , other forms of Christianity; but they have 'been' trained to think of themenly with contempt; Sh'that tlieyr 'foredo pert of their notions of religion. With nciPatictified elenient to guide their reason;' the loss of their 'faith RO- Manisni becomes a fo . E, 'cik: faith in' religion as such. It was so in France, at'cthe close 'of , the ILA century; when the revolution there broke power Of 'ROme. No - Evangelical Church tiPrung into th'e breach with'Bibles, missionaries; eolporteurs, prayer and faith. The 'Crisis 'vris teft!to i take eireof itself. We know what' fol- Wired. : ''Th'e'zi r at,rt io made ' the whole leap =from 4 8 ow*,wayig r tie tl tigl;01O that,Sad as' it. is to' sayit..llie.Woild felt a sense of 'relief when the Romish altars were resicred„, This is th - a thi 'Perii 'of` ihe hoiir ' tvith '' Spain' That _there will be a great- outward stampede THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1868. from Romanism, is hardly to be questioned. We do not say that it will be universal, or at first carry with it even a majority of the people. It will probably be a reproduction of the movement in Italy, where, with many of the people, the Rom. ish revolt is rather a political than a religious one, but where the numbers who turn their backs up on the Popish altars are sufficiently great, and increasing, to employ the Evangelical force which to-day is felt throughout the , kingdom as tb.9 harbinger of its spiritual regenerati r on: t I . 21 So in• Spain, Romanistn,,as,the,prevalent=re ligion,,may wear 'away ,slowly;,, men, who. bear rule may patronize its priesthood be ,found in the,confessional; I but the rush from i itwill : be sufficiently rapid, to make a great ,oppU dpor„f9r, Eyangelistn.. God.hgs.rlone His, work: in! setting that do9r, wide *pep. !It remains, for; tho Church to lace the and, to meet ; this rash, not, after . it,has passed,all,theway•overte.ntter,godlespnes, but at, the threshold of thnexodus,, and,Spain.ip saved -' • , ,-„ . ; Our own branch of, the Chureh..has not , and does_3 not :contemplate ,having, ageney.., pe-; culiarlyits - own, to, reach, a. case. Ake Our FRNlgt! , KiPigionarYYßoo l . 3 lk: heathen _countr ea, 44a1 ou.r..A9ple aeoc ) fP o Ars9.7 f l 4-PuF own. In view of theifagt,t4ty.N4lPlvrAllol4 interesting, most pressing, rand pc* hopeful, of the ,fields,,abroad, are „those.where,,the,power, of the Papacy, is , way-such as Italy, Alus tria,,, portions Pre rmany,2le.T.i.co,, and, i portions of 'South .A.rnarica—the.,last :General, _Assembly did wisely .to commend'. the.4mite** cql4 Foy7 dant Christian., CTnaon to ;.the., liharalit l y, of, Lit,s churches.. ; A. great, work opens:ll*re lt4iS i t PO ? piety! , Itinuat take hold of. that i be l the verdict of,the : Church: 'Nut tc*,h9l4 let us.gird it with our prayers,,,and ,1?.,t, ,not _silt' months pass without our doubling its, resources, that it may double its working force„ B. H. --•- <Ai :11 ADMISSION OF , 'COLORED STUDENTS viTO 4 ' , '' MARYVILLE: OOLLEGE: , 'T •Alidcari. Howls, Jilethatisiiim; - • : October 794,,1808•,: BROTHER MEARS :—I write you, in reference to Maryville College. The y Synod of Tennessee., • • to which, the College belongs at its last meeting held in Greenville, September 24th, I BpS,decid ed that the doors of the institution shall r hereaf c ter be open to all students of a good ra,,roO.ar acter, without, distinction of race or color. Such is the prejudice in the minds , of many'people , in this country, that, this step WAS. taken only by a bare majority. Those of us who favor the move ment, feel, that it is a step for God and humanity. It is too late m the day forl7 a people professing ._ the day, Christianity, to bar the doors of an, institution of kiirning against aniiPPresgeAi, 4l 9:fd4en race, simply because they people, of color. , . 1 ., . e ofoare a, eople . . that seem Let us conside some the reasons that seem to justify the action taken by Sy i ngd. , Ist.. The. Colle.ge is the property of the,. Synod, and there is one colored minister and several col- ored-ehurehcp in connection with the :Synod. r • -.• , t•tti 1,1 lr'9il,Jb =CE They are• then owners of •the property, .;to „the • I • • ...=1i01•••:=,,,I• v . LL, =o 4114(1 same extent with any white minister ano,an equal • = 1,3 . 11, number of White chnrches. Now, for •t he ) ministry and eldership of. the Synod to Aeprive .• the colored people of the, use of that property, A ; I .4' which they hold in common with,gs, for the edu cation of their pious young men for . the minis try, shows not only a want of dee,p-toned piety, but a-want of common honesty. If, we be justifiable in dosing the doors.kif Our bolle . ge against pious young men of do lor,Erng fti the ministry in view, on the same principle w Ould • k .=• be justifiable in refusincr to, license, or ordain l or receive into our fellowship any man of,color, T and o`.", o: eX if justifiable in this, then we would be jus ti fiable in closing the'doors the.,ChUrch e persons of —, • =• NI : color, simply because of their, Coler. :11.11 But nobody dreams of this monstrous idea. It , • ;....v<l • would be in direct : opposition to the great cardin c., .- • J 1- • al doctrine of the .New Testament„ that the Gos .‘) . tfl WkIJ pel is free to all men. TheFe,iq 'not, Aealt ..r. I:4 right guaranteed in the New Testament, to any ; • 1 Church session to deprive any off ehnrch , pern,- bership en,,acccuntnf race, ,nationality ? f or color. The same inailm said inrefereneeto debarring .. . t •11 men from the ministry because of. nationality, or color: Much less have we any right to clebaF the II colored people from Uarzille College, since they have a property interest therein in common Wall dandies - . • . =, t ;.1 se6iied for the Synod tate'this step, because 'the : caked 'Peorde have naliiiiitation Of learning': of their Own in all thesi4arts. If' they had 'an institution of their' own, and it was their mind to. attend''it 'exclusively, nobody *Oilld'haVe any objectiord. 13'ut'Colleges are not !Milt; 'endowed,'and put 'hi' riinfina order, Short time. And it: i 8 altegdther preposterouito talk about the .r .Colored' people 'of this country Building 'nil an inatitutiOn'iiithout aid froni some qiiltrier. 'And - Picini the . past reecii'd' . of Ile churches of the Synod orTenneisee, it is not reisonable•tesupposse. that' the eelOre.d . peirple ebuld obtain innefi'aid th'e:se parts to build 'lip an 'institution 'of' liming. is eaie to eq . t'hat' Tennessee, for the Mit three year's' Mia'been'receiVing aid . I .tvii'y'of'.llOine 'Missions, lidneation, and.Church ( Ereetion, td the' amouid of at leastBl6) . oooi. our College' We have received. and haie $20;006"! So that we, as a Synod, have been beneficiaries at the hands of the North during the period of three years to the amount of $35,000, while our own contributions reach but a few hundreds. From this the world can be its own judge as to the probability of raising much money in the bounds of our Synod, to build a College for the colored people. And does it not ill become our Synod to exclude from its College colored stud ents, since we have lived in a great measure on prboun i ty of others,?, .ur 5 The Synelhas taken ' this t4p &Om 'tile consideration that we - are likely - to—receive more aid - frorn. the North than otherwise we shmild. The 4,amimpoesiomiusspag is,. that the peo-. ple.of„tbe North will ,not be!,likely to ,give us much to, build up two institutions when one might. answer the same end. r: tmy eft, I will pnswer. ,somq pbjectiops, alingt,tile,,q,oloyed.ptudepta to,Our College.,. f . ' liITITALOES AND"rliDlAlta.' ' 51 We Weie scarcely through with the Synod of Missouri, _before itiietVeTegiCtion et the body re k;itlfir` tin ala'hunt. The Union Paeihoql.l ,l lV, 4 'astern Division, itkrti from' Kanias+City, Mihy and *ow extends 405 miles - nearly in +straight line.• , west: I , Certain enterprising persons in Lawrence,,Kansa . sy,,got ixtrien 'expedition 'across the plains after. -the , lief, fitkieiAhe 'benefits , )of mr \ hiih , mere 'to .go , to•the Lawienice . Ohurch. , The train left; Lawxence Thuradarra6ining, , ADet. 64,k , and 'reaohad w r ath,. 222 . 'Mies frornithe Statei line; a , httlerief : ter 2 dark 4here theystOppedtfortheitight..4Thelis *Tore •onbottid twelie misteia an& sev_eral istere'wi'ves.; ; The twh :group were in mitstrexl tin& enjoycli the, 'expedition ex , . ;If -/;" J ; • 1; . • liVedikesday pasheikloni and'' reached. the iikekfit r yterininiurilof i , rottii;Sheridan,.+l4os inires; , fir littlei raftlive ditk. ThuradaYlwe retiree d it4E4ar 'as Hays eity,i2Ag rthilek tindv where fwe stepped (Spent hnost . of the diy. bunting 4)1111'06. .I , lf- i ;011; -The rittiaber of tbnialoasl iff - fliirly:beYota all ISOS I SibIe-eemPittatioit.' ' ;,Eatilyl AVedneaday cbiy heard*f r There • dre ; the enoughl. farrOiff tow.ard • the. north; tlieineciuld° be. seeni4oiing , slowly along,ibut tdO great,- a astande lobs'erved. 'We • soon - lost'sight' of < them and kept r otr , ikinr , way afferflpOW, Whi3nh ve Leaihe•• into' the inidat of them 'in :a pltherdaL LISA, stan r dine V -getlier Wei ';filthiek 4141 , of cattle, and I 'extending leveri direction, flxiept thelsotith Nov'' long lift& -noiieed Che32i kolleiliOstlif the railroad, , and ire did nOt- Sight Of them , again till itightVreore r, tharilthictriniilea. ';iflowfroiny hige animals take-extenii-vontinnouslrfor ~`ote than thirtilliltik-liprea.dfneas far aiLtlie cye e'arit- , rea'elianii even whevilithrelfinbed 'to the top of tiie , barsi &eked ar--thenr tlfronglii a gpyzglaa: w`e' discernedintierklFt4Nifill . tat via 'take to estimatd. , ' !r -1 Lo / .';:As *iivciaity near every titan Vht , could nidatartAginigrfilel or. ilevolver, iiiid-tfiere 'wet& , sksite ttinViaity-fille' Or [eight l y:tlf them; ennmieindedJlLtiiig, !de , G .the' tiiite didglat , Winoderate steed. Tetk i edie.eitintelndii% Sf.ttie aniinitln seenied to to' hit; the rinen; were too exeiged afld died•et •iandonq but-at length-some W•erekeen id be '*;oteide,il.. ToksVaids, night i slam:later Hader inf . die t , herd xali-inift the road direikly pia front-of the locomotive and harrowly-eseapea' off , the ittain; bit' 'hWeiciapedt thhir tittly to be iltrnak and , brought dAivn -brthe -rifle cif. sOnit Vielgharpei than the Crest " trainl , ntoppecl, andithet earOails 4asi - borne !dub triutn i ph% into 'the, bliggagoder to'be'ehrii'vflieizie /IS a-trophy. 'He *as' avvdry Isirge indeedtt find the .buf &Jo larierlanhuid , ' the 'oxt , f6eiTer saw anrox that- :gtilld ei.Oeed.the orierukidh'was thus b o i n ic i r i t 6f t he e a ts; e 3 1, ; Jiltifed'4aNsikEW iiiptitte eh jay' unting,- Ind Icithelotirfeed"o r ?:fifteelittif theae 'h r tige 13easis fell #ibtih.l4-tii the tipe r i-tsmeii.!. ' s '' ‘‘l' Among the buffaloes wereibfteir foUnd l"a"rge numhgra 9 f the - — a.Liteliffpe;an excediugly swift and''graVe r fhij li tle 'animal,- ifilt 4y , -thibil g h- 1 keep out of tr:erialigL'Oethe ioligest rifle. The buffal`o:is awkwatd moving with a iollitig'gallop;fliis'long hair' shaking' in 'this Wind, but making =rapid progress.. Occasionally` the prairie 'wolf, ebyotei ivas 'Seen feedini on the har eassOf la' bliffale • which' ehot by some one who had pregeeded us. " • - Among the mostnmesing`anituals 'is the little prairie'dog? abdtitids in 'countless •tiumbers all over the plains. JD is'iioti'a dog, does not be long to that family anclit is Stranze that he'hari receitied that name. ' 1-14 is much tiea:rer squirrel, is'noti carniverous,Lbut subsists on roots, grass, ko., and , sitS uliesii his hannehas and eats, holdinghia food: with his Itirepoiws like'h'''Squir rel, sometimes holding his foodiwohelphiv like 'a hand. 'He hair a short? barking voiee, and 'this perhaps 'Canned his- Dania,' deg. We have 'one now broug,hthack and trOphy"of our visit to the plains. These Hills animal's live to gether, burrowinburrowingth'e 6 ienirid and raiiino little mounds by the [dirt'drus thrown:ode. It'is said 1491 rattle-snake' and' fodnd The country itself attracted thy kitteritifik have'' be&Hofaiiailiir‘ fer'llainy years; ilia diei4itArtititjthittel6 l edritare'L the plains. They stretch away on eN cr . ) hand as far as the eye can reach, apparently perfectly leVel and smooth, but having frequent ravines or water courses, now all dry, and sometimes show ing lines of low hills. There is not a bridge, nor anything more than a Culver, or a short line of trestle work, on the road for more than 200 miles. These plains are all covered with the short buffalo grass which gives them a. pleasant appearance. For much of the way,'n'ot a tree, shrub or bush is in sight in any direction. These I, • . • plains. aiti not barren land, the soil is a rich black loanrr.and. I noticed -in .many places where the, ground had-,been broken by the , road that the common ,weeds 'which infect, our fields have been growing with,luxuriance. - , It will be, many years, :Imwever,,,before any, setttlements more than ,a, herdsman's, cabin, can be expected to. be made arq , where beyond Ellsworth. . All ; the towns, that have,, sprung, up, from time to time, ae• the qt. It, passed. on,. have passed ; !Way, av i t ) , Hays, ~ w,bich is kept ,ttpby,itapreximityto Fort -4.1311,. and, may become ;a PermanP,At paint. gays, gity,aowieoptains about one, , hundred buildings, 9.f/All./. 11 ; 1 2 2 54.); 0 ,91a9 .sthx. 3 ; l 9g s t W 9 P4'. 4 T, f r ° , the, prairie ,; and tents. For a,time, the baota,ge, trade started from this point,.but it,hasnowsone on„to ,Plyeriden,, the present o terminns 7 ,only. building I saw with a.Spanish,sign was s closed , up ; „ It. is curious to observe . the turf ~l4res,, a nd fbrts to; guard *meter tanks,from the Indians. Imagine •tip, 648,9,4 from the thick : prairie turf in, blocks, about afoot square and laid up care fully like briekaj; yith:spiall,windows in ~position and some,. sort of a „rook and youhavea turf bouse.nOmPlater v .. ; ,,Society' in itlAakie :towns ; rAlAP.st , ,Eihatf ; the, revolver and bowie n knifp are comTnqn,ften? p.animents: of.dress; i ,murder frequent, and hanging by vigilance. committee not ,an uncom; MOll occurrence, , i r! „ ; '; At, Sberidan,there,are noweiglat graves ct/l,ky violence; ,not,' one has died /hire c?f, doefisp.. Of the eight, four were , murdered by, t h e„ Indians, and brought. pia . there to be buried, three were'shot ands one was hung. , The Indians are ,exe,eeeding r ly.itroubtese i me-,and,clangerous., whole question a far mare serious , one friends. in Itho , East , have any id_oa of • !They -79/119 go to the plains, soon,gein facts,t4at axe far from making;. them.good-natured. towards that, race. They:were.uedObte4 l Y, around, us in our, joXlr ney,,i hut no train,'ikesiours and arme,cl,.wouid. be in ,O,n our way.back, we were startled byathe report that a wagon-train had been cap tured.anditheimea killed, and that, two men who .were digging qoal near one of the R.R. Stations hadtbeen .killed the night before.., The first re port:happily proves* false, but the second was true÷-too true; the„victites ,rivere•before our own eyea. ,, 'When we reached , Wilsou's, Creek, 239 miles out, the . bodes ; of the inuidered men were lying in a wagon; as ,theyllacl, ttppla brought in from the place, here they were found,; ThP.Y,YFPr, -put:on board 'our train .and brought .owe .to Fort Hooker for burial. ~.There is something awfial,in thetsight of hlood. I .Wben.Yeengllktoh Pfacs.9 and, took,. their bodies. atictirtt, .ffie.P..NW„ :curiosityeamong all, to see; them, and the, whole seonipany stood in twe ;row-6, as the' ,bodies. were ,bni.ae;aloog. between them to , ,the baggage car; the band-playing the dead march. As each one saw the Uhaatly`i•enutins;:soalped and mutilated, 4, piece of„en arrow, sticking in the forehead' of one , of,,,them, the indignation was at the fever heat. could the vote of that company have been then.tak.en„it,rvonld. have been unani moue for the extermination nf :the, Indian race ; It'ita,perfeetly plain t .that, fer some reason, the Government does not do its duty,on that subject. .These Pail Roads will not' be interrupted, and the, Indians must all gathered into Reservations and; proteeted , froin white . men, and prevented from thus murdering others or they, will be e.xter mincfte,d. o,t: this, I, think, no one . who meets the frorktier,usen can, ionbt. There is no. doubt they their long account of real grie,vances and„catalegu.es of, wrongs, and, these. pitould i all be. righted,'„ but „no possible good, can come to them or any one , else, by, the present course.. With clhee,rful, utemoriesok an exceedingly Pleasant trip we reached home „in, safety, thank.- fulfor Awe, had ,seen and enjoyed. I gained much valuable, information from an army surgeon and .his, most ,agreeable lady, ysrho returned with us from Sheridan, but I , will say nothing ok New Mesaco until some future dy, when I may possibly: go that way and report f at ter pay return. irours, T. HILL Kansas City,-Oet. 1'2,1868. " ttMINISORNOE -crHELATE ' " ' Several years 'since a young man came from a distant city to Philadelphia, an entire stranger, having not one • acquaintance'' in all the multi tude of ita vast' population. He had only alfew letters of introduction and anew-born Christian!® ardent•tith in i Ged, to enable him to find the business' success he came to•seek. One 'of these letter's intreduced him to the pastor of Pine St: airirell,:thelaee Dr. Brainerd, and wit `giVen, as the writers' Whir the bearer, beciuse Dr.. B. took ", an especial interest in young men. Soon afttr his 'arrival' be 'called upon Di: B. - and aria Fitita at:the door of his hOin;'lte tie was leavingtb ftl a r putlic'''etiOgement.l l He was *coidialltiti: Nited' to , eslliin ale-6 - Sett3rig; and did sei . ; was must kindlfreceivedFand , ia . ade la..frank avowal of hi plans and hopes. Dr. Brainerd listened with much interest, and advised the young man to leave the Girard House, where he was stopping, for a less expensive boarding place, and that very evening went out among his people, secured a very pleasant home and introduced him to it. As he left him, Dr. B. invited him to take tea with him the next evening, and to attend his .church.prayer-meeting, both , of which invitations Were "aceepted. Daring' the' evening meeting, most-unexpectedly to his young friend, Dr. B. stated that he.. ha.4l lately _received a let* from ass. acquaintance, _confiding to his care a young man, an entire stranger, who had come to the city - to . enter, Tipon a ;business life, and after a few kind remarks, called upon the young' an to give some account of the religious interest in the place from which he had just come. At_ the close, of Ahetprayer-meeting, IDr. B requested f.he young men present to •:remain, and all (about fif teen), did , r.o, and the stranger was introduced Ito them. ' This 4i64a*refilinently Christian reeep ,, tion seemed to Qpen wide. the doors of the City of Brotherly,T.:oiie 'te thee, young nian,and he felt that God had..itaeedleard the prayers.at the al tar of homeyrthatT the Isom -might be befriended When "away 'frOm i 3 heltercand a course of Chrilatien"libtiviV and 'enjoYinent was entered which proved rich. with, priceless hless[knge. In Trt. Sff many ways those Christian courtesies ..were, , ze- PbatgOitt thik past Or rifitriloitaltmble friend,' than • all ,the,othors.,to_ .whom .tlifit.(WQmog ry m ! anlaromht letters t ofintrodttetion ; While Under pastoral'Care,)e;deelded tti , gtiftlPfeettelnirlistiy; land Ilia beew for me Yg4is P4Wl9s ll qr;. PRO- 44 43 . 111 4 - 3v.4 0 :-As not been in like circumstances can fully , appre- Ciate the worth of thiCh'iiieCeption ihtiblittc don and among thp Memories treasured by that pastor, few are more...fragrant than those of kthis noble-hearted Christian minister; and few idol 4entq of, his,lifehringeneeirdea of grateful feel ing as that warm-hearted syinPathy ;lia lykind attention, when he moved a stranger amid tt an'unknon mtdtitu . doubt this was but one Of Many such noble leadain the life of that • , sainted laborer, now gone - to' his reward,' and this sketch is brought as a single sweet flower= to be laid Oilon his tonfh,=—tG'nffering of a than - Vol and l ov - ineheart;—whieh bring s o mething of plea Sure alSo to - the bireaved ones Who 'still look from the earthly Shore, through tearfukvis , iOn, to the 'heavenly eity, where they shall yet see him in glory. *' ' , gattiligturt. Ministerial—Dr. McCosh has been ,obliged to postpone his departure, • for this country nritil,Octo ber 6th,-in Consequence of the iiianess of one of his'da theatote..announclng-tl4iti fact, he expresses great regret, but says, that his tpaugu ral will be ready, and he hopes the inauguration will take place at wide gis theme be""Clas- Bloat Education in , Europe." He says he is, now in'the best of, health, .though he had , .been some what wearied, perhaps with leave-takings, etC..:--Rev. J: of Sidney, Ohio, it is understood will accept a call ,to thepastoral charge of the'lJnited f.retAlyterian Church in Newcastle, Ea,, (Rev. R. A. Browne, D.D., late paetor,) and will remove thither In . Obtober.—Rev. D. D. Yeomans, D.D:, son of the late llev. Dr. Yeomans, of Danville, Pa.,. .and well known as a good preacher and an accomplished S.holar, died on Wednesday, the 26th ult., of apo plexy, at, hie residencein Orange, N. J: ~ : He had been, successfully pastor at Warren Run, : Pa., 'Tren ton,. N. J., Rochester, N'. and Orange, N. J. He' was one of the translators of Lange's great Commentary.-- i ßev. A, Crawford, of the U. P. Pres bytery, of Xenia, has been called to become pastor of the Eleierith Street Church, New Yoik, in the First .Presbytery of New Ycirk.—At the Meeting of thea. P. Presbytery of Boston, a call was laid on the table from the 2d Church, Boston, for Rev. John 31 1 .Leod, ofNovaScotra, sustained an d ordered to be forwarded to the Presby: of Halifax: for, presentationßev. D. 0. ,Cooper has, resigned the pastorate of the Church in Elgin, 111., arid has been dismisSed` to the Presbytery of Beaver, Pa. Fiplsaopalitin.—The. Diocesan Coavention of Western NeW York, "at its recent session in Buffalo, adopted a resolution avOwing satistaction , at the appointment _by the last Methodist General ,Con terenee of a commission to confer with a similar commission on behalf of 'the'Protestant Episeopal Convention with a view to "reunion'with. the ;Pro testant. Episcopal Church," and expressing a, hope that the General ConventiOrt will respond The Greneral Convention was also requested to renew and enlarge the commission on Christian unity, appoint ed by it in MN. The General Convention was also requested to ratify the division of the Diocese. The Convention of the diocese ofMisSouri metin St. Louis, Sept. 3d., and elected the Rev. Charles F. Robertson, of Malone, N:Y., bishop for the Diocese.—The Lon don Church Netcuisaye soon, become the duty of the Church-mento.lab9r Actively for the for mal abolition of the Art icles, 'which have long ago dOne their work, and - are ieally of extremely little use now, discrediting us (as. they, do) in,the eyes o f for- =IEEE < Metho.dist—ne Philadelphia: M. E, Conference has no longer :a Peninsula; The late General Con ference seyered it fro,m, her, and the Peninsula it self became a conference bearing the name of Wil mington,q63 chief city , As'it includes the whole of the iDittinond•State,.' it might,be properly termed the Diamond, Conference.' It is rich in historicil incident. Bert. Coke and Aetkiry first net on the continent; hire Bishop Asbury found a safe retreat during the stormy scenes of the Revolution; here Bishop Whatcoat breathed his lasi. The Philadel phia Conference, though 'severed from nearly es hundred ministerial brethren,-once , hers, will stand among the strangest ILuot the i strongest in the con nection. Our city, With elniost a million of souls, is - undivided by conference lines, =while some of her churches are imposing and beautiful in architecture: the most of them are remarkable for their plainness and neatness. Nearly all With free seats. It has s Methodist lead-quarters .unsurpassed in the Union. i.c,re; top, is a head-center,ofthe Chinch Extension 4pciehy,n 7 l.4,the_te.l. E. Mission in India, within two ti'sehti in - the moith`of bedinitter nearly a hundred peraons made st:' , Publipsitrdfession of Christianity. Apa,rly all of them came. in iby families. Ma"! were persons of high 'Ciste';' - arld'Wltht was more sig nificatit, several ot -the& were,women tend mother' of families.
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