New Series, Vol. V, No. 46. Strictly in Advance $2.50, Otherwise $3. City Delivery 20ets, to be paid at this Nice. gintritan Uttotajttrian. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1868. ENLARGEMENT OP THE EDITORIAL CORPS. Among the measures designed to increase the effi olenoy and attractiveness of our paper at this time, our readers will welcome the new arrangement by which a large and distinguished corps of writers is added to the Editorial Department. As the designation of these brethren has met the cordial approval of the Pastors' Association,of this city, they will be known as THE •EDITORIAL COMMITTEE. Their joontributions will be generally accompanied with the initials of the writers. Their names are as follows Dew, Z. sH. Humphrey, D.D., Pastor. of Calvary Church. itev. Ilerrick Johnson, D.ll.;Pastor of the First Church. Rev. Danl. March. D.D. Pastor of Clinton St. Church. Rev. Peter Stryker, D.D., Pastor of N. Broad Sti: Church. Rev. George F. Wiswell, D.D., Pastor of . Green 11W Church. Boy. E. E. Adams, D. D., Prof. in Lineolu Uni versity. Rev. Samuel W. Duffield, Special Cor— respondent. Mr. Rober t E. Thompson will continue to ad as Editor of the News Department- • Correspondents in every Presbytery and Sy nod will promptly furnish f us !with fresh, items, of news from their respective fields. THE MOTIVE POWER. Our readers have observed, no doubt, with a deep and joyful interest, the new earnestness with which the various judica ories of our church, meeting this fall, have discussed and urged upon the people the duty of giving to the leading cau ses of benevolence. So general and so decisive has been this action, reaching even to the re motest boundaries of the church, that we may truly speak of a Synodical uprising for enlarged and systematic beneficence. Committees on the dif ferent causes have been appointed or reorganized; much time has been cheerfully spent, in hearing the Assembly's Secretaries; whole evenings have been devoted to public meetings in behalf of the causes, in which the speakers, as under uncommon i.piration, hive surpassed themselves; in eloquence and power; and reports have been made and reso lutions adopted in language of unusual energy, aiming at securing from every church on our rolls, a contribution for every one of the causes of our denomination. Every thing looks as if a greater pressure than ever would now be brought to bear upon our membership. More of them probably will this year be approached for contributions than ever before. They will be preached at, they will be districted and blocked out and, assigned to. com mittee-men and women, and solicited as never be fore. Ministers will doubtless attain higher views and greater boldness as agents of the Master in this particular department of their work. Most earnestly do we hope that such will prove to be the fact. We hope to see all over the church, a great advance in this kind of activity. We have as yet only begun to develope the resources of the church. Only one hundred and thirty-two of our churches appear on . the Minutes as having contributed to every one of the Assembly's cau ses, and only one hundred and= thirteen others filled every column but one,—two hundred and thirty-five in all out of 1,590 churches. Ex amples of liberality are occurring every day, in missionary churches among the heathen that'show habits, rules and principles of giving amazingly ;beyond anything known or practiced in Christian lands. But what do all these plans, resolutions, speeches, and reports amount to 7 Of themselves hey are outward appliances only. They are a orce from without, applied to machinery that can to worked properly only by force from within. I hey will produce favorable results, only as they. .ork with, or as they tend to stir up, the force ithin. By themselves they can scarcely have Permanent results, or bring in returns half so .leasing to God as the widow's two mites; or, hey may actually do damage, break and destroy here they aim to move ; close and harden the ovetous hearts they would open; and dry up the treams they would enlarge. When we would greatly increase the liberality f the people, we must remember that we have to intend with one of the most powerful and last , g corruptions of our nature. Human ingenuity nd human strength are powerleas to overcome t. Unless we can touch some spring of gracious frection within, we shall only strengthen the op osition, the peevishness and the impatience of the rnal heart. God's Spirit must help us by vouch. flog a proportionate increase in the self-conse ration of the people. They must 'be brought 'ore than ever to feel their utter Indebtedness a crucified Saviour. New springs of gratitude r redemption must be opened hi 'their hearts. hey must be led to feel that they are not their John A Weir 15j uly 69 own, but bought with a price..:No true, accept able, lasting beneficence can spring, up except by a believing look at the cross: Let,the reVived. Chris tian be lead wonderinglyto ask, Has all this been: done and suffered for me:? Has "heaven's in-, exhaustible exhausted fund" been " poured out"; for my ransom 2. Has the Lord of glory actually impoverished himself, to make me rich? These questions are the talismans that touch the springs of benevolence. It is to hearts renewedly warmed by the ,love of Jesus that we can come with our enlarged plans of systematic giving.. It is to such we can.preaell the true 'relationship of man• to property—not owner,ship,but stewardship. , We must have a revival of religion in the hearts:'of Christians.or our plans of increased and more ex tensive giving-will fail. 'Reports, speeches, reso lutions, cointaittees and pressure of every other kind will be worse than in vain without this. May the recent increase' in the use of •the 'outward means, of betieficen cet lead-JIB Ithmbly and impor tunately to seek for•such revival. GO FORWARD.. By Der: Daniel Darien, `D :D. The command to "go forward" is the. Chris; tian vratchwQrd of duty and of safety in all ages. It is onkrbecianselsome have •faith and fortitude to advance in the face of difficulties, dangers and uncertainties that the life of the world .does not stagnate and e*ery good' cause 'die. To stand still, when the voice of God's providence cries, Go forward, quenches the light of hope in the , heart and opens every avenue of the , soullfor the in-. coming of the powers of darkness; - , Sometimes it does a man good.to be brought luta:l'sl'lol'A strait that he must choose one of two courses immedi• ately and forever—either an absolote and •abject; submission to the 'enemies .of -his sdul, or a° bold and open declaration of himself, as, a: servant of God, a follower of:Jesus Christ. In the days of persecution, tho, threat, of immediate 'martyrdom has induced some to stand up ,for Jesus, when, they might have.lived and died without making the choice,,had they supposed they could have , m, long and pealef!illife-time to choose • ft maY •b 4 that these fines will be read by some one: who, at the moment of reading, • is, ready to say with a sad heart, " The way of duty never seemed so hard and dark to me as now,.!' Yet even to such an one would.l say, in , God's name, Go forward , ! Do your duty at whatevel , cost. Obey the Divine command with a • ready mind, and cheerful heart. The sea of troubles will open before you and .show you a safe path through. The trials and hindrances which you now fear will all vanish before the first firm and resolute step in the right path. This may be the very hour when you are to decide ("nee and for ever whether you will follow Christ and be saved, or hesitate and falter until you, are swab lowed up by the waves of worldliness and temp tation. If the Hebrews had not advanced—weary, ter-, rifled, afflicted as they were—when Moses gave the word to go forward, we have no reason to suppose that the waters would have, divided, or that they would have escaped a return to worse bondage than they had ever suffered before in Egypt. And the difficulties that hinder the dis charge of duty, the clouds that darken the path of faith, do not disappear before the halting and the doubting, just because they stand still and re fuse to go forward when commanded to do so in the name of the Lord. Go forward is the watchword of progress for the world, and of salvation for the soul. Obedi ence to that command makes all the difference between success and failure, triumph and defeat, salvation and perdition. It climbs the danger. ous steep, bridges the mighty stream, opens fountains in the desert, makes the wilderness blossom as the rose. It discovers and tanies.the most terrible forces in nature and puts them into iron harness to work for man. It lifts ,the cloud, of ignorance from the human .mind, scares away the horrid spectres of fear and superstition, stretches the iron nerve for the electric thrill of thought to pass with lightning speed over the mountains and across the continents, and under the ocean, and all around the globe.. All the generations that have gone before us send back the cry, along all their ranks, from century to century, Go forward ! The uncounted millions that are soon to fill our places are pressing on from behind with the same cry. From every source, from every age and from .every creature comes the repeated and earnest cry, " Go for ward! press toward the mark; forgetting the things behind, reach forth to those before. Do your duty now, for the time is short, and oppor tunities once lost may never return. When the prize to be secured by an immediate advancein the face of difficulties is eternal salvation, it , is • pripossible to assign a justifying reason fnr a rno makes delay.l' , . , PHILADELPHIA, THITRBDAY,. NOVEMBER 12, 1868. THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION', We have, already freely avowed our conviction both of the popular purpose to elect a Republi can Ptesident, and 'of t the high moral iiignificance of . the national decisiOn: conjeo ture is removed, and the election of GRANT and CoLFAx•by an. immense popular majority is a fixed fact, we need but add element congratulations. It is, hoWever, a peculiar of rejoicing that the decision of the people is so emphatic and overwhelming. Were ,it not for thafepormous fraudulent vote of New York city, spreading, like a poisonous miasinon every side, every, Northirn State wouldthava declared for Grant and Colfax. And ae.fot thelately recenstruoted States; theii vote for Seymour is transparently the: result of the reign of terror, which, under thoconnivance of; Mr. Johnson, and bittinilitary agents, has kw ceeded.for the .time deniiving the loyal.masiee of the South ,of their.tiglits as, voters. 'Hid the true sentiment of the people been allowed to ap pear, we doubt whether - a. single' State in 'the Union would have rOast, its:eleetoral vote for any other, ,candiclate. Certainly not.over tido or three would have been wanting from the glorious sis t6rhood of Statea,lwlLO'haVe jiestproPoPticed an irreversible verdict for jits4iee,:himanity, national honor and Christian prineiple; ,who have voted that the nation shall not only maintain, but ad vance from the'position gained by the overthrow Of the' rebellion ; who 'have impeached '`APdtew Johnson and his traitorous cabinet; 7ho hive called for justice,npon the wretches of the South, who, for:op' en,rebelliOn, have substitutad the-atro cious methods ,:of sectek=assassination, and have filled the land With thii,bioed of the Veliless'anit the inn - meat. '," f All these malignant attempts-to thwart the -na tional advance in loyalty, freedbm , and' . ,equal jusu, tice to all, have been Crushed out of all' hope by the grand, the ovdrwlielming vote of the thirst of NOvember; fly Massachusetts with her 75;046' majority; by Maine with her 28,000; by:Vermont With her 31,0004 by the-sixty thonsandqnajority in Neiv York State, outside' of: the itikence of . -the pity i'hy Peu itsil van la with . herb 0; b y Ohio with her 35,060; by Indiana with" her 10 ; - 000; by Illinois with, her 50,000 k, byi Michigan with her 30,000; by Wisconsin with. ler :25;000; by lowa with her 53,000; by Minnesota with her 12,000; by Missouri with her 20,000; by Ten esnsee with her 30,000; a popular majority which honestly reckoned cannot be less than,half a mil lion. Surely it is none other than the voice and the , hand of God. The same P'rovidence that gave us Abraham Lincoln has given . us General Griint,.. The heart of ,the people in the divine keeping is too sound to be made the victim ofPunprincipled politicians, or to vote away its own jewels of honor and justice. SCHEMES Or ROMANISM IN - AMERICA Irarious indications, open' and covert, show that the' Rotnari Catholics have a deep and,far reachin purpose, with reference to, the subjugation of our land. Hence the readiness of the_ Pope to recognize the Southern nationality, in the second year of the Rebellion,.for which friendly act Jeff. Davis last spring, in addressing a Roman Catholic aud ience at New Orleans, , was so ready: to make his grateful acknowledgmenti. Significant Was'that too, as an adroit way of reminding the Papal power of what may yet be accoMplished through their combined efforts! When Father Hecker in one of his addresses in New York, last winter, said that the Catholics must possess and govern this country, "and confessed that he was teaching their people to expect and work for this result; and when from various sources, we mark their boasts that they' already have eleven . millions of our population, and that by 1900 they will have powei to rule America -such intimations throw light on the Jesuit plan to move on Washington through the South. With such expectations and purposes, we see why that coquetting between Old Pope and the Arch-Rebel; why thA ready encouragement of Southern aspirationi; why the Society De Propaganda Fide has sent to this country to be expended for Romish ends in. the South, no less than six hundred thousand dollars in gold—an amount greater than our honored and beloved " American Board," has ever expended in the same time; and, why not less than one thousand re presentatives of Jesuit craft have gone into the Southein field, intent on bringing the Freedmen under their influence, on directing the education of the white females, and by everyspecies of ha mane and wily work, stealing away the hearts of the people. • , In view of such indications, there is little, rea son for Protestants to felicitate themselves on the, grandeur of their missionary enterprines, and to flatter themseiveathat they are in the high road to' thire ARP tiintnphant success. But there is abundant rearon why they should take the timely warning., And themaelVes up to renewed prayerfulness and activity, and enlarged contribu tions: Not that they should love Foreign Mis sionSllesi,' but only love Hoine Evangelization more.' "our country for the sake of the world," should be our motto: "God be merciful unto us, and bless us and cause His face to shine upon us, that Th.?) way may be knomn upon earth, Thy saving health among all nations." OUR COMMITTEE AND THE FREEDMEN. We•rejoiCe to - announce that the Committee at New'Yotk ha•ie begun in earnest their work in behalf of the Freedmen. They have issued a cir cular,. calling , for oontributiorta ,to this depart inent On THANKSGIVING DAY earnestly hope it will receive general attention 'and prompt res ponse from the chUrches. • THE. THIRD.: CHURCH OF PITTSBURGH. This great.and costly structure has at length been brought to completion; and was opened for service on the last Sunday-in October. We con gratulate the: • people 'upon the privilege of again assembling in a,house of worship of their own, and one in every way worthy of their own liber ality'and ability. May the glory of the 'latter house , extieed that' Of the former, even in greater propoition than it exceeds in outward grandeur. We Shill next week present our readers with a large engraving of this last and we believe cost liest of Our New School church edifices. A des cription will also accompany the engraving. A SECRET..i There is something magical in that Sword, Every tongue :is -silent, and every Ohl' • open to hear- a seciet.l , 'Even -he iVho is not 'particularly . curieue, and never listens at the crack of the' doori-is pleasea if 3 an intimate' friend reveals to him' a secret. At the late meeting of 'the SynOd'of P6ritisyl vania at ' Readingythe delegates add ministers, weary with two days intense application to sub jects of the host absorbing nature, Wein ani mated to continue their work to a late in the evening of the last day's session, by the prom ise of the Moderator that something rich was'in store for'them at The close, and that if thdy would only be patient perseverifig they would, in due time, learn and enjoy the secret. Now, readar, there is 'a secret which you ought to knOw if you do not already, and which you may know if you will. lt is a very interesting, and . valinible truth of which no one can afford to he ignorant. And'Yet it is hidden from millions of very wise people. It is not the secret of pre seivirtL, health, or making money, or acquiring faine, bnt much 'more important , than any or all of these. is not the secret of him who writes these lines, or of 'One of your bosom friends, or of some philosopher., or of any human being, or even of an angel. It'is God's secret. And can it be that the great Jehovah has some special hidden truth which he will reveal to you, or to me? Read these passages : "The secret of the Lord is with them that fear, Him." Psalm xxv. 14.-. "His secret is with the ,righteous." Prov,,iii. 32. Do you ,ask. What, is the secret? God does not make known everything, even to his best beloved people. There are some of his ways unsearchable and past finding out. He sometimes walks in darkness, and His footsteps are unknown. His' designs are untold—the fu ture unrevealed. But there is one divine secret, to you the most important of all, which you may learn. If you repent 'of sin, believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and pursue the way of holi• ness and consistent piety, you will be numbered with those who fear 'the Lord. You will rever ence Him as children do their parents.. In that case you will be accounted righteous, because all your sins will be imputed to Christ, and His righteousness will be imputed to you. And then God will reveal to you His love. He will open to you His heart. He will speak words, 'of fond endearment to your soul. He will assure you. that He is your God, and yon are His disciple:' He will' show you the mystery of redemption. He will enlighten you as to many of His Provi dence& His word, will he.a lamp unto your feet and a light to your path. His Spirit will be your Interpreter, and lead you in the way of all truth.' You will be satisfied to wait patiently in the house of „yOur pilgrimage; and When earth's journey is ended, its trials all over, its work. all, performe.d, you.will have a secret .sUCh as can never be revealed to man belbw. will' enterthe' banqueting house' of 'Jesus in h'eta ven,-`add yoiii'heart forever joys. Genesee. Evangelist; No. 1173 f Home & Foreign Miss. $2.00. t Address :-1334 Chestnut Street We propose • to print under this head, all com munications and items bearing upon the circula tion of the paper, and calculated to encourage those engaged in canvassing for it. We begin with the action of the,Presbytery of Pittsburg, . In this body, a correspondent writes:— _ " A. spirited discussion took place, on the prop osition to recommend to our churches the placing in every family of our congregations, a copy of one of our religious newspapers. The Herald, The Evangelist, The American Presbyterian were all spoken of, as valuable and good. But, after a full discussion, taking all things into eonside-, ration, our locality &c., you have reason to be gratified at the result arrived at, to wit, that the AM. PRESBYTERIAN was heartily and unanimous -7y recommended for this purpose, as the one best adapted, on the whole, to meet the wants of our congregations. To me, personally, it was a great gratification to find that the paper in which I have for nearly a year past taken so much inter est was spoken so warmly of by ,many of the bretliree, especially for its continued and steady improvement in every direction.: perhaps it is because they are becoming better acquainted with it." Our club rates are so low that a pastor will not find,it,difficult, with reasonable effort, to put a copy into every family: fifty copies $2. each, one . hundred copies $l.BO each, if paid in advance, and, at the same time, and if sent in one bundle; ten cents each additional, if sent to individuals. EDITOR AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN :-DEAR SIR :—You will please send me by mail ten sam ple copies of the American Presbyterian." I am very sure r can get up a club of ten su.h scriber's to this .very good religions newspaper. I think can' get twenty-five names by the Ist of January. •It only needs to be read and seen. to form clubs in this part of the country. . I remain yours very truly,. • We offer as premiums' for, new subscribers, ad ditional copies of the paper or other things if preferred. See advertisement. Among new prr miunzs we offer The entire list of our Commit tee's S. S. bookl, 'catalogued at nearly $BO., for ,fifty-three sidnet-ibers at $2.50 : each, freight extra. For ,twenty.-two new names, prepaid at 6;150, we .offer their entire list of new S. S. issues within two years,,comprising nearly, all of their choicest books, catalogued at $30.; and for thirteen new names; all their newest S. S. issues, within• the last year; comprising Ancient Cities and Em- , pires, Beggars of Holland, Almost a Nun &e. For four., new names,: at, $2.50, me will send either' volume of LANGE post paid' Jor twenty-four new names at the above rate We will,send the entire seven volumes.of LANGE, free of charge. ' Sir, I send you enclosed a check on the Phila delphia National Bank for fifteen dollars, for subscription to the American Presbyterian to the 7th of Ju1y , 1869, as per your letter of the Ist inst. received. a few days ago.l would add another year to this amount,7but am now in my 75th year and - nearlyblind. I' have, continued to take the paper for the benefit of others rather than myself,—for I cannot read' it,—and this is the cause of the otuissicin to . pay regularly. I am pleased with it, however, as :I can get others to read it to me, and desire to continue to take it as long as rlitie. Very respectfully. RESPONSE TO THE SYNOD'S CONFESSION OF DELINQUENCY. With the following we received a XX green back for'the Home Missionary treasury from a brother formerly m'connection•with our church. REV. JOHN W. MEARS, D. .D., Rev. and much loved Brother.--Feeling that I must be one of the number included in that well prepared And most thrilling. report on Home Missions de livered before the Synod of. Pennsylvania, by Dr. Johnson, I voluntarily confess . delinquency and, do now:promise--in the strength of King Jesus— amendtne'nt and improvement'cif the tarents com mitted to my ,care. Please find enclosed $2O for Home. Missionary purposes, and I would say to my brethren in the ministry, we must meet the responsibility of the hour. Greatly increased benevolence in behalf of Home Missions is immediately and absolutely imperative. Wholly to disregard this need is impossible. For a'Christian man or a Christian. church to be indifferent to it, ought to be just as impossible." " To do 'good and communicate foyget not, for with such sacrifices' God is well pleaSed." Yours aff'y, War: B. EVANS. Washington, O t , Oct 29, 1868. NOVEL PRESENTATION.—The members of the Pastoral Association..on ,Monday last united in presenting the 'honored secretary of the Associa tion, Rev. Charles Brown; who for over twenty years has held that position' a: very handsome stuffed reclining chair, as 'a mark of their apprecia tion of, his, gratuitous services, as ,well• as a proof of their regard for,his effective and hearty co operation in ,eiery measure for the good of the. churnh. 'presentativi address was made by Mr:'•Baritesytind''the response by Mr. BrowiC who was lutterly by 'surprise was very. *Or and appropriate- 011 R CAMPAIGN. FROM`' THE: SOUTH 'N. C., Oct. 27th, 1868 AN OLD SUBSCRIBER
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