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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3,, 1868.
ENLARGEMENT OP THE EDITORIAL
CORPS.
Among the measures designed to increase the effi
ciency 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' et the 'cordial approval of the Pastors'
Association of this city, they will be known as
THE EDITORIAL COMMITTEE.
Their contributions will be generally accompanied
with the initials of the writers. Their names are as
follows :
Rev. Z. N. Humphrey, D.D., Paster of Calvary
Church.
Rev. Herrick Johnson, D.D., Pastor of the First
Church.
Rev. Danl. March. DJ ) . Paster Of Clinton St.
Church. • ' •
flew. Peter Striker, D.D., Pastor of N. Broad
St. Charett.
Rev. George F. Ny!swell, D.D., Pastor of Green
Mil Church.
Rev. E. E. Adonis, D. D., Prof. in Lincoln Uni
versity.
Rev. Samuel IV. Duffield, Special Cor
respondent.
Mr. Robert E. Thompson will continue to
act as Editor of the News Department.
Correspondents in every Presbytery and Sy
nod will promptly furnish us with fresh items of
news from their respective fields.
SIN AND FOLLY OP DESPAIR.
Those whose lives have been"comparatively
calm and happy, and who think it aces only a
figurepf speech when David said, " Deep calleth
unto deep at the noise of thy , water-spouts, all
thy waves and thy billows have gone over 'me,"
canno understand despair or deal With the in
stances which now and then arise of this
,feeling.
Many, indeed, under the pressure of disappoint
ment and affliction are tempted to despair every
day. Few are without seasons of despondency
against which the antidotes for despair are availa
ble. Almost every season of deep , relighins
in
terest brings up eases of, greater or less ; anxiety
and dejection, but it is only occasionally that the
state of the sinner's mitteanidre4Wthff i thetti:
ing of the dreadful word DESPAIR. Want of
bread, failure of earthly prospects, may, indeed,
bring on a feeling, of desperation anneed to
suicide—one not affected by moral considerations,
but it is conscience, enlightened by the Spirit of
truth, and armed with her scorpion whip of re
morse, that can alone plunge the soul into the
depths of real - despair 7 It is her dread 'Preroga
tive to hold the keys of Doubting Caitle. The
grim giant acmes and gop,s'ehie fl y at her bidding.
Perhaps MOSt liabie to deepair is the true Chris
tian who has been suffered to fall into greivous
and open sin. The truer his piety, and the
better cultivated his moral sense, the more
poignant will be 'his self-reproach, the more over
whelming his sorrow. .With •that, keen insight
into the regenerate heart which has made,Pilgrim's
Progress a master-piecn iof spiritual psyChology,
Banyan places Doubting. Castle •with all its. hor
rors close by the Christian's path, and shows that
he considers it perfectly practicable for the ad
vanced Christian to fall:into the hands of Giant
Despair. It is by wandering from .the path, of
duty, by falling into siro.that this happens.,, It
is by following a pathi what at-first .diverges , but,
little from the true oneybut which by little and
little separates him utterly for the ti'me, from the
life, the experiences, and the hopes of the Chris
tian. , At last' he isiovertaken, as were Banyan's
pilgrims, by darkness, storm and floods,, and
plunging deeper and deeper into distress, 'he
finds himself shut up in the dungeon, .and- ac
tually listening to. suggestions of suicide. ,
"And ;yet this," says. Cheerer ; 'commenting ,on
this passage -.in , Bunyan, " this is' -the man
who overcame the .11111 Difficulty and pressed
through the Valley of the Shadow of ~Death,, and
passed so nobly through Vanity Fair. This is
the hero of that dread conflict with Apollyon."
Thus the Castle of Despair lies in wait for ad
vanced Christians, while the Slough of Despond
is a different trial for those, just beginning their
Course.
But while sin leads to despair as a logical con
sequence it is as truly sin itself; it is• sin made
the punishment'ofisin in the, mysterious economy
of Providence. ft s. ot, ,Goiii t it, is our sinful
solves that punish ourselves by despair. The
Christian, the penitent, has
„ no right to inflict
despair on himself, as a:puniihment: , It is but
plunging deeper in sin icliadnige in dwair on ac
count of sin. There is , no th'erit in , innii;ree any
more than in hoolr•swinging.
„i It denies the
in
finity of God's mercy: lineation's the bound
less fullness of the Atonemerit it meets God's
gracious offers of pardon 40 the bitterness of ,
unbelief. It impeaches-With falseh ood the :3,e6,
and the amen of Christ to all the . ;,progis i es of
God. It gives , the redeemed world over, eget!' to,
the malignant sway of Satan. 'l3l4ect i Ve INka,t
this world, though a fallen world; though &Hui
sin, and vice, and crime, and shame, and sorrow,
and remorse, and sighs, and tears, and graves and
breaking hearts, is not a vorld of despair, but a
REDEEMED WORLD. It is not a world where
Satan reigns, but where Christ reigns. It is a
world which God continues in existence, just be
cause He has chosen it as the grandest scene of
the displays of His grace in the universe. his
the abode of hope. The infant Redeemer was
cradled'among its hills. The star of Bethlehem
has hung inlits-sky. The sin stricken need not
go about with the arrow of remorse through his,
vitals .to'die. Though society maybe Compelled
to disown and to punish „him, , yet,such are the
relations of this world under redemption to the
infinite nature and Universal government of God,
that; nothing becomes Him better or pleases Him
more than the full and free pardon of the chief
of sinners. . -
Minister• of 'Christ! ^when called .to deal 'with
the fallen .and the penitent, when ,yoit have` re•;
buked sin, ast the ambassadors of a holy God; r&
member how cautious= the inspired Apostle, was.;
how ready with , forgiven6s ahth cbmfort,,:lesb
such a one should be. swalloWed , f,upiwith' over.;
much sorrow. •
EBITORIAL`LETTER FROM . 'PITTSBURG.
.;
Attracted, by the announcement t i bat the - grea,t
and beautiful building of the famous Third
church of Pittsbnrg*Us about to'be dedicated
to its legitimate, uses,' on the last . of the. month,
we took a " silver `paLice . ear" on the Perineyl
vania Central Road precis'ely at 12 o'clock in
the bright moonlight of 'a daltillgeveinbar
We knew . little, lifter' we' bad pillowed ourselves
among the 'Comfeittible 'Rh& eied liiiiiriburst'ar
tangements 'for 'Sleeping, (Which we Were told
wete'then in use for the first. time ;). except'aS in
sweeping around those absurd enivei in''-the
earlier part of the' journey, the Care surgediand
careened uneothfortably froth side to. side like,la
Ship'in'a storm, and woke us up' wide enough'to
imagine ill sorld. pflaillasitersjAlob.jfM dAttek`Af
ihiCl7,:hOWeier, was suffered - I° occur:' 4 •liks'46
neared the mountains, we Sew patehei Icif 'She*
in every direction;'bye-and-bye' the whole sur
face of the hills was. covered with they Wintry
garments. A heavy White hoar-ftost, arid' a
thin coat of ice on every standing Surface =of
water,—all of ' Which 'we got to see only* Scrap,
ing the thick coat of frost from iniecar-windows
—made us feel as if' we had 'entered a irier4
northetly'lone than that of Philadelphia,i*hieh
we left in the enjoyment of 'balmy Fall weather.
At Altoona,.we got a -Poeihreakfast fcip.'a' big
price; paying just about 4 cents per minute for
the time we were at thetable, a good part' of
which was employed' in masticating' a :tough
beef-steak. Pittsburg; as we•entered -it, was in
all tiinglorylef• fog 'and smoke ine•rain aboVe,
and 'black mud; two or three inches thick;ttielOWl
In fact Rat particular features never•lallowed to
greater'advantage. And yet. its associations for
years have been so pleasant:that we looked upon
it with kindly eyes, and really imagined that it
was not so dingy. as used be, when we .knew
and cared lessthan noivforita Church,and people.
• .Sabbath.morning,dawned bright and 11eautiful.
and the day has has: thronghout.ene.of uncorti ,
mon brightness andleauty, foi Pittsburg.. Such
a day any church lmight crave &nits dedication
day: And, yet'so great are the attractions of' the
new 4 edifiee, that the weather would: probably
have= made little or no difference in the attendance:
On previous' occasions,. •tia at then Freedmen's
meeting on. the .previons :Sunday eNfening, the
members of' the congregation. who went early,
even, founds theinselves - ,anticipated in the, oc
cupancy of theit.pews,..and :many lad,to stand
through the whole service:- ~So• it :we§; thought
best to put no notice, of:.the dedication Lthe
paperso in the hope that the cofigregation , ,might,
have fulls opportunity to participate in,a service,so
peculiarly-their Own. Yet the great i chuith l was
filled in every part. And it was a.happy and re
markable feature , of the occasion that every one of
the former pastors were - p to rejoice with
Mr. Noble and his people, and to heioliteif and
hallow, the, gladness the present by the memo
ries of the' past. For it should berememhered
14 t •', •
that no instance of ,se l pation between this pee - -
• . _ , _
pie and, their pastorr has been preceded. or , fol.
lowed ,by the estrangement
: of 'either party; so
that all can come together again its der. friends
to freshen old memories, and to renew hply ties.
There sat upon the plaiferni, at' ilindike'rent ser
, 11.),,
the, present pastor,,Rev,F.4„.l - oble, Rev.
D. 11. Riddle, D. D., the first pastor, 11.
Kendall, D., the sh,),(lOd () R,v"
• • 4 1 ,•
Herrick Johnson, D. D the third pastor. and
• • • J 1 •
,vritlqhe!n Rev. _Henry L. Hiteheock l ' D. D„ of
r i
,Western , Reserve College , Prof . - " la H coVui, '
f, •• 'I •
R. D., of
.Pittsburg, both of whom had frequent- - • - • " .l
ly officiated for the church (taring its vactineics,l
•- ;
PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1868
Rev. S. M. Sparks of the neighboring 'church'
of Minersville ; Prof. Cutter of W. R. College,
and the writer. There were also preseriNat this
gathering of the clergy, Rev. P...& Davies] oft
Birmingham ; Rev. A'. H.. Williams; D. , D.; of
Glendale ; Rev. J. S. Travelli, and Rev. James;
Allison, D. D. of The Presbyterian Banntr. As
the exterior of the churdh 'is somewhat kuown to
our readers, we shall but add a word tigon , !,he i
interior The body ,
of the churchisspah4;vtitS
circular pews, all conkl:acted of black w*lzmt,
152 in number, renting from $5 to $25. 4. `9ver
three-fourths of them are taken. Tile 4ga - iris
in a setni , ei'reillar recess, in• black isoilntiV'6ie,e'
with highly ornamental. pipes. • ThesilfOr?daii'al
organ gallery quite , fills tte recess,eo,t4aMbe.pul
pit is sek_out,in a conspieious position,; vpot.
platform. All the wood,work is 'ofpgrejouie t
material, viz, black walnut. The church *lighted
1,.. .1
from the ceiling, whiCh tamest exactly re moles
that of North Broad Street church in 'our city.
The effett of the . whoWiriterior is id; thifihikirest
degree , geed,. - t .
The wisdom of the projectors of/the Whirl:4 , ld
seen, : in , , nothing se much as in the. agepmfunda
tious for, the Sabiatipschool and weelsly wegyings t
wh Are, amply provided in the „di : 30%44i
large, ;buildieg in., the rear, architectulAty cou r t
agetpsl wit h ,the main . building, so , as tel Male, but
one structure. In the second story r of,t4is A huild.:,
in g there is, a room for the infant secool, two
rooms: for Bible 'classes, one for theiinday
iiChWol,l'undiObetei ihe .
rated that, with a single exception, they arehd
thrown. intoteue On: the , first -ficior areLthe lec
ture room,. pastok!s study and ladies'l‘parkiii.
7 ' thet preliminary service,
Hitchcock; and -Mr. Noble teokiPart i Dr9Bitidle
announcedhiirtext--Ps.4B/1-7 ierses. , Vhit
he said,, both : justified, and, required come:4pm%.
tive discourses, such' as his dear old E llpistihad
kindly asked him to make on this joyous..occas
ied.'.- 'Joyous;' he said, must be re4siSecnot
.t;iiititOdini the ina!rq , ieminiscencee l of:a :
and tengi l aitttii recilled.'" The 441teitlien'
preffeWcretli t- t Itt r iriiti3it 'deeply interestinci,and
touching -manner ; -to y recalti—the- history of the
church . , from ,. those.. , eNly. d t t imes, yovival in
1826A2,'Which - had bo ) augttgeed - the \ huaibers of
the Fiisi Chtirah to indidati3 the 'expediency of
cdlonizing `' The generousrieli4e i f IDr. leireh;
the' Viator'`of atinou,-in' . ur g ing the
iimvernent. Which 'qed !to n the `Thiniathin of the
Third' 'bhnich, - Was 'irairnly4eengnized by 'the
speaker. - The bib.ikecl Providence of God;which
hileuiht Ithout , ther i deiibee`tiOit r ef - Dr. Riddle with'
thiS' People; was Aleseribetriii interesting
mangy
der:" The early 'history of the ehitrch thUS
f'ckfined'Whi Chest& "great ij aPiritnal life and pros
perity. They enjoyed 'a coalmine" 'gentre'ie:
viv'al'cliirin,g' the trhel . of the Arse yeai; When '76 . 1 ,
perSioni - IVere added . ; and'in'the' 36 years of the
ehtfich's` hiaterysr,2o6'persons haie , beeli added,
a large propoition"hy'prbfesilon l ." The - ehtireh
was early institpi f id' in the ditty and privilege
of "eodseeratiiii, 'their 'eVildret in baptism' to
GOVitod leis' a' 'delightful faCt that 'the 'Lord
remembered Hi l s eOvenent, and that the
Children have largely fidloWed in the foetateps - df
their' fathers, Very' fiiiv'haVing strayedditty into
Dir. alio . ' "spoke of •the
cif James Gallagher among . theChurChes in
'34'andy 4 3s, Wlieri 4' were 'added 'On' prOfcsiltni
each' to the First and Third chtircheg; and it
was due history and to the'hini l or t of' Gjoirs
name' to say di's'tinctly, that the'diC4 proportion
of thoge received in both ChnrchesCOntinne.d
kdorn their profession 'liy'Congiateitt Chriatian
conduct. 'Li 1836 fifty were lidded, and
1837, forty-six. _ -
Coming to the times of the division Dr. Rid
dle in the clearest manner, ygt without heat
folded and indicated the noble and disinterested
position takep by the Third church.and its pas
tor, who were, then
,soutterly alone, tggt , Dr,
tam.. had. to join the Third Presbytery 4
Philadelphia in order to ally himself with our
branch of the Church. [We have extracted this
part of the sermon, and either is not space for
it now, it will:appear,next week.]
In,
I.lt . l'•: •
In 1845, during the -,great fire of April with
which Pittsburg was visited, the edifice of the
'7 , 3 ft , • , '
Third,. church stood as a wall of protection' to
of h th . bush
burning,
rest o_ t e y, e. e miracuousl, us
burninc , but not consumed, and staying the
farther progress of the contagaration in that di
rection. About this time two, Separate over=
tures for .a return to the Presbytery of Qhio
were made to the tkow prosperous church,. the one
formal, the other, known as ,the " Fraternal Con
ference," which, said Ofir. R.) "after discussions
.".'
not materially aiding . frater,nal feeling," t e as, like
JOte
the former, declined. The,transfq of one min
am-,1 oliiiich 7 —the'Fifilito the bhie Pies
hyter thiiCthiferentee'.. 7lt is now
.•), •, - , •,, • ~;
the ,Central ,church; under the care of Dr. Jaco
bus. In October, 1863, the structure took
flre,a4,l purge down . From 155; to, 1857 the
i growththeshnroh was unmarked by any pe
culiar'fea,turts,.,l?4,, by• this , time, it had grown
to a Keeegnizadipogi,tion
,of power, and influence
in the body to which,it belonged.
;The, well known 4berality of the Third church,
was,describefl, as, ,the !quit, of early training in
this. direction. ; 1 11 en who now give hundreds and
t4o,usa nds with ensc,;,began by giving their tens
when it was much more of an effort. The Third
church ,h4,been i known, to give at one time to,
4ome.ll,issionsmore than, the, entire
'Sznod•of the Other. Branch. As this fact had got
Inte,priptw:Acicy.l9supposed;oere was nothing,
Swiss in mentioning it ill, / 000 connection. : Re
I ppei:l,that the liheritlity i .ofj the Third church in
'th,affutare would i liesueh that no man could find
fault yrith,them,for thus making.," the place of
1 14 fct , g lori o us,", •
„Dr. Riddle's l eqtmeetian with the church closed
in k 1856. „p f . Ic..euilall,,,followed , , and remained
inti l / 1 461 L ,, - Tbe addytions under his ministry,
Iv t ers 14S. The mkistry,of Dr. Johnson which
closed last year, commenced in 1,4,62, lasting. over .
• ^1 .4. • 41
years,,during which 247 persons were added.
. I
Dr. Riddle closed by an eloquent comparison=
of the Church below to the Church ahove.
2, Tha t Dellipatesy prayer was offered hy . Rev.
{,, i .
7 i n the OniPglverY,sitting,antl,
all the aisles
in the house were occupied. . Dr. Johnson
.:tt / , .140 . Lt . t
preached from tsek.;47 / 12 :"Their waters -
giemp f iet, s o.. r y ; ”, the discourse
presented, the i; trath that the Sanctuary is the
q c ! u Tii9 f. :ll? ir ti t 9 l ,Y he ACP 4n!,; ,power and.tl
inAnree ..respecte,. in the huilding,,in the ordi
= •
nIABC9s and gml i ins u of the members. These
truths were illustrat
.f eS id in the history of the. Third
church as well as in their more' general • bearing
The discourse was simple, earnest and delivered
with all the well known effectiveness of the
Wee ", t
, I , ke
~.pprformaiu ge soj f the and the Ape
-.-
rgan.were a very, greataddition o c,services,
and under these happy, and somewhat unusual
auspiCes, the Third church enters, we doubt not
upon a new, and enlarged career of usefulness
with its new building and its new and highly ac
ceptable, pastor..,,
One matter amor the notices deserves Men-,
tiott. It was announced that pews or sittings,
would, be furnished,..pn application
,to the T l l l , -
tees, and that none needgo without, from leabi :
lity,topky for them ; ,in case of necessity they
would ou money wiout
price
Thus, the poor will not be tuinelaway from the
- • ~. t' .
door, of this great structure a fact which will be
„ I
more to its credit, than an of its, architectural
adornments, great, and tasteful as they are.
•
THE YOONHISIEN F H CHRISTIANASSOCIATIONI
'city celebrated' their fourteenth An niver-'
it
sdrylo'n Tueide3r evening of last week'. The ex
eteises;leld in - tlfe'great Academy of'Mnsie, were
attended by:if:Wit:bide:rise audience, aiid'were in a
"n i gh degree titirringandsidrited. Addicsses were
deli'Vered Vita , . 3. Udittin 'Sinith oftthe Epis
copal' Church; Warren' 'Randolph, D: D:,' of the
ka'ptistdhurcli, Herrick Johnson, D.'D.;'of the
Pieibyterian i eburCh. it is noticeable' Whit - a
sense of relief seemed to be eiperiericed' liy the
former speakers4p , ..escapingfroni...thesconfined de
nominatitMal: barriers of their, qwn :CllllrPheS., to
the freer Chriatian atmosphere:4 the Association,
Wlft ;do Pot , B.Oe SAO/ 901114 , , bre ath,e,
all i ii,,theyi t eould, not : fly, occasionally to- such,
hreat,bing, places as . areAfforded by these,
i9 B ,tAtagoa 8. .go-our 4 own , :peopleiwe mean, the
Freabyteriaps of Tariottik..names,—wbo, in this
city, are, the, main financial support of the Also-
ciation,,euelf things are matters,of course.
From the Annual Report prepared by . the 'ef
ficient Secretary, . Thomas Marshall, we
tutikeAlie following extiabts : •
Dnrin,g' the Jest year- seven hundredland two'new
members have, heep,added to the Association. The
present number as follows : Active members,
iii94661 - AW :nen-Ifni-Ey 1284;' honorary and sus
taining,.3ss=4total,o274o.
Our reading room is open from '3 A. M. to 10 P.
`Thelables are furnished iihundant Sup- .
Slieslof readin'g matter, and visitors are 'at alrtitnes
ettpplied,with facilities for writing.
The rooms are, fresnentpd strangers seektng
ettipl4nCeOt, letoporfiri
or transportation to_llistaz. ages, and many have
gone forth with gladdened hearts from their brief so
journ with us:'!": A 'ewe aliktee of i jthe..goard of Man
agers is present every night to, welcome strangers
andto`promote social feeling =among meinbers. -
Arrangomepts have t been made with, the. Mana
gers of the House of Industry by which meals and
lodgingaire furiaisliePOtthe emit:4e ; We•have thus
Linr ,tl4
k n g9 i y . eir two hui j adred andfifty-nine
persons,'Wlizi Otherwise would have' suWeied froth'
want and exiibekre.L...iliSt of good. botieding=housesi
is.accessible to visitors at all,titnes : ,
- 1 1'he'rekimb are furniShed at 'considerable expense,
neatly kept Iniorderrand provided with piano and
cabinet organ for the use of the members.
Weekly classes for instruction in German, French;
Penemawfrife„ Elocution .and. Voeal Muaie,i.have
been reorganized, and are eondiicEed by'aperienced
Genesee Evangelist. N o . 1170.
I Home & Foreign Miss. $2.00.
Address :-1334 Chestnut Street
professors. The charge, of admittance is merely
nominal, and many young men avail themselves of
the opportunity of improvement in these branches.
During the past year we have added, by donation
and purchase,,23o books to our library.
Scientific lectures, free to members, embracing
the studies of chemistry, astronomy, geology, met
allurgy, anatomy, manufactures, and foreign travel
and research; have again been resumed, and will be
continued every Friday evening.
The building we have. occupied the past three
years has become the property of the Association.
This'property was piirchased, by' the terms of a
lease made in 1865 ; for $35,000. -A loan on mort
gage secured, the principal portion of. the purchase
money. An effort is now in progress to obtain this
entire amount, the pledgeS Conditional upon the
whole being raised. The aggregate subscription at
the preseet7date is over $20,000. The Treasurer re
ports receipts during; the year at $l6 ,777, and the
expenses $10,306.13, leaving a balaa
.1
de of $6,470.91.
A ONE CENT JOURNAL O F
, ClTY,which,
in some respects, has deserved well of the public
and of the Republican partY, quite disconcerta
the pleaiant ho i pes of its friends, by flourishing
its diMinutive cudgel in behalf of John Stuart
Mill; defeated for Pailiament, in England, on ac
count of the natural objection 'of the electors to
the itiheiSiie leanings 'Positive Philosophy.
It publishes full Mr. letter declining to
answer questions propounded by the voters, upon
his religious sentiments, as irrelevant, and adds
the 'following 'comment and expansion of Mr.
Mills' position:
c, In America, of all countries, no man should
be held.aceountable, in life, for his pri
vate religionsiopinions. , With' them the public
has /nothing to do 'whatever. When we begin to
mix up religion; with politics.,we sow the seeds of
a,terrible; harvest. Government is a political or
ganization. It: is entirely concerned with this
arsitik and has nothing to de with the next. Re
ligion; his properly no part in it."
Aathe'esablishment of the leading Democratio
organ, whiCh is notoriously opposed to the union
, •
of religion . an'd' pblitics, is but .. 'a few , dootiarbm
that froth' ivbfeli the. above extract emanated, we
haie thought that perhaps things had got a little
mixed; that copy intended for the one paper`had
fallen' by acCident into the hands of ttib oomposi
fOrie of th 4111.114 ~ 4 .'
against any such - underground connection, we
will net say with the Democracy, but with the
very worst wing'Of the Democratic party, as is im
plied in this extract. •
•
Western eorresspori4ent of The Pres
byterian, has a paragraph in, explanation of the
,numerically, low 'condition of our Cknrch in
lowa. W.,e corarnend it to our exchanges of .the:
Congregational order, who—from The Iptippen
dent down—indulge in, periodical lamentations
over. the . disastrous results of.the ."1:lan of
Union ,as regards their own numbers. .
Our, New-school brethren,were signally ;unfor
tunate in their early history in lowa. Their con
neetion with the American Home Missionary So
ciety, which,' previously. to '37, hadoiven the
unite&Church no little trouble, proveedisastrous
to its denominational,interests. In '42 or '43, a
" ; missionary . ; band" . of, twelve Congregational
ministers went to lowa from Andover under the
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patronage' of that Socidy. Nearly all Of them
took chage of NeW-sehool churches' at'
points, and in less , tlian two years took them over
to the Congregational body. It was, a long time
before our New-school brethren recovered from
this u:rechriktimi kdoNt; if, indeed; they have 'ever
recovered:' 'li is ceitain l .that they have never
been able. to- re-occupy some of the important
points that were then 19st. ;
We'have always preferred to believe that
womanhood' invcilve.d. something essentially char
acteristic ; that-'wonaan•was tenderer, purer, more
refined, made 'of more'exquisite material than
man: We have not yet unlearned our Milton :
"A;r iiiftnetis"she and sweet attractive grace,
For valor Ite And contemplation formed."
Quite anothe doctrine is likely to be forced upon
us in the new, coarse 'gospel of WortianPs Rik,hts.
Away 4Pritli - lall the poetid; the romantio, the chir-
alrous; . , and'th l e'Scriptural ideas of woman] ood.
Our fair sistera'are" about to be jostled into near
ly every masculine position' and relation. Possi
bly mach 'this is 4dmanded by the hard
necessities of the age. The cry -for woman's
righti may be: hilt the -misinterpreted moan for
bread and for a 'respectable livelihotal. If so; is
not iniehge a hard one—tiniron- age Citit`
civilizaWm , Which compels the 'unsexing of
Wonian'' and robs life of 416 which '-it.
gets from` the - tanderneSs- and: sacredneSio of .her:
peculiar' pliSitiOn;in'the: &cline'? v Atli- we -not•
in tha'lnidst of arut attemPted- "Revolution_ ".
back4ard,-*hieh gives itself out Or pompously
as' a moliementili'ipiite another direction
ser The - Associate Reformed Syno of • Ken
ne,gotiatirig - for a Union with the [becilaz,
'4 , itrTeiltinit3y] Sy Kentucky (8 tuarti
itOhinion's) The matter hangs fire; ha the .61it
"Teillinedy " snail cannot got'over..