TSTew V"oi f VI, "ISTp. 3. • Strictly in Advance s2.so,dtherwise $3. V Postage 20cts, to be paid where delivered, j gramtait fjeslnjtn'itm. THURSDAY, 2l,' 1869. CRIME'AND DISASTER. Thero certainly have been eras of greater con vulsion in nature and of greater dismay among the people than the present. Certainly lawlessness and bloodshed Were more rife during the religious wars of the sixteenth century than now. Nothing; has occurred in the nineteenth century to parallel the judicial murders of the French Revol\itil>n of ’93. Seerct assassinations by the dagger and; by poison were vastly more common in Spuin in by-gone centuriesjthan now. Neverthe less, there is an irrepressible feeling' of, appre hension arising from the. edmjptyrative frequency of great crimes in our cities and’our country.at large, which is deepened by frequent earthquakes; volcanic eruptions,' conflagrations op land and water, and other disasters, pnusually. destructive of precious human lives. , In oup own city., we are feeling this with' un usual and melancholy,fpreef. While three murder trials for recent acta; of violence were in progress, two of them cases of the most cold blooded atrocity, a fourth murder has, been committed. And a lurid light Trom'immense'and'tiestViictive’eon;- flagrations in the' heart of ovtr^liblesale 1 and re tail districts of trade, has'glared again and again in our midnight sky. Soine' ol our noblest and best citizens, ornaments of society, pillar's in’lhe Church, stars in the pulpit, or exemplars 'iii the daily walks of life, have been torn from us by one of the' most heartrending calamities that has ever befallen the travelling public'.' ' ' A full share of ordinary disasters meanwhile lend their horrors to. all our newspaper columns. And scarcely a breath comes up from the South, : that is not laden with sonie shameful story of wrong or outrage against the freedmen'or their friends. It is not now of those bloody encounters between persons regarded as equals;—single d'om bats,or duels,—once so famous, that we real}, but 1 of brute, force exercised by the ( stronger the weaker class, by tie more unscr'upuY&us'and furious of the d'isappointed J of‘'6he rebell' against' loyal whites and blacks, whose tasies and'whose trade are in something else than blo'od. " ' Another class'df crimes, of which W rfead'moro frequently nbwadajs, are “thdse ieorinie6&a‘ tfith ’ the fraudulent issue aoi salb ■th'e ruitfbgjlf'diepre- 1 ' elation or false inflatWA W ikte Valtie of raiMad’ •’ and other like stocks. ! Stiirbthers alri the (fiiite 1 bottomless fraudsdn the coilfeiftKro rif the retinues; particularly those derived fVotd Whisky and to-" baeco. So endraduSire thesbdishdttest tions that they intiffereLWith the flbafic^T’condi- 1 tion and generiti' Wdlfare of' the'natidft' ‘iiieif, hampering it in ita dflbrts ! to uAcbil 1 the'/httge ' crushing serpent of'debt ftoin its once free 'litubs, * and causing "the' telupeilate knd th’e thrifty, the! yeomen of the coiiiiiry; to jfreatTuudef a burden, not their otfn, blit thrust’iijidn them byithe’Most brazen knavery. A.nd again, a still darker sdiirce of crime, is the difficulty bf gittiug ootfVibtionsr the law's delay, the tardiness of officials, the seeming collusion ■'of detectives! and! 'legislative committees’ with the criminals, the formidable power of bribery, the ertraordinaryforWardriess to pardo a and l Mpt>ibve,' dapeclally on the part of the Outgoing president| l, and dast 'ahd worst of 1 all, the monstrous,' pervert, and-grcSitihg-tan-' dency among the people; ’ trained by 'leading presses, to sympathize' rather With, the "criminal than with the crtihej in ihorij the whole poison ous, sickly sentimentality,ithatcodld-rob of penalty, would confide criminal courts; to mere reformatory prooeedings,innd would; culminate in the abolition of> aieqiuatej;thi}t.'»icapital, punish-. went for capital>erihi'es. t i " "dt !• '.■■■• - s The failure of .. one igovernmedtinth oWmke jah'j example in auyWay of .the leaders of fsoioanse l ' less and Bloddy d'rdboillou againstlthe fefeest .of! govorn ments,' . and "in.ifehe interest of slavery.;'! men, who violated 'hondriind bath that theyiftfigbt break into.lraguteptattys fair aud almost/sacfed structure of.nqtionttWyj.Uienwho.oouldepmmit the highest of crimes, against,,public order and hm uiau rights,,and wage, a war [Without excuse, and which openedjjjy violence, not one, but. hundreds; of thousands of. graves failure to bring tojus tice a solitary! lM4.fr W ft • which ooiqbinpf, all, cpiffles jn one, apd.fwells that one to heaven, roust unavoidably demoralize and enfeeble the public; pouseience, and encourage new growths of- crime.every where,. . ,i : - The Gospel, soundly end systempfipallyppeach ed, and truly believed, iq„the greatiopppectiye of such false unci suiqidjd.yiejjrs-. !sd®P. o h’ filling, not destroying, tfie law; i searching, unflpfflpFoaiising,;. layjfg ifa claims on the,innermost principles,of'jthe fd“|a the Gospel,:ita grand’ peqtpal . coming kw.nndjo honor its altifes as inexorable, by 1 suffering; .the G-ds'pel, which has a Seven-fold Wo'e for the fair-spoken ; kqave and 1 defraudfet, and a terrible hell fob: Dives and the iin penitent; the Gospel 1 which, knows Nothing of a reformation’before this claims, of a broken law are* adjusted; 1 which says, Add tb : your faith, virtue; th’b Gospel 7 alone, iti which; mercy and ‘fruth havo met together, and right-; eousuess and peace have kissed Shell bbliW, dan, be the tonic of tlift broken moral constitutions* df. and ban spread sentiments so pure, so whole-, soniq, so invigorating, that rascality Will feel its doom 1 in £h£ air;'Will read lts'frehtdncb'id J thei looks of its own chosen peers lh 'the' will find the road - that leads"£o"crime TPsEeer precipice of|qJiickJv descent,, but- painful to re trace ; 'hii& "the *palat!ibl’e ' notoriety and the scarcely disguised sympathy given it by a.re spectabl.e. press, will find fewer t hands, open for a bribe,'andiwilloStrik; hack .to .thei and 'the infamy •.to which it belongs; , . j;■ i 'ant' HAMMOND AT HOME/ After an absence of more tVan three* years, part spent in, the Holy Land and', part iSn* labors fpr Christ in Great Britain and on the Continent which, halve been greatly blessed of God',’ tfiik in <K'l *iif J f l ]| ■• ({ ■ *»-• »* ■ , -.(tj' defatigable evangelist has returned to his!native, America, hoping for and much heedinga seaSbn i of recreation., On the very day.of his ‘ arrival, he was met by ( a summons to the dying bed hf his mother-in-law.., Since,then Ire',has enlisted with characteristic ardor ’ in his we rpjoice to add, with the most, decisive indica tions of the presence and converting power of.'the ■ Holy Spirit. , , ■/ , After the Week of Prayer, he commenced a, series meetings in Vernon, Ct., his native towq, | wfyere his father, now 80 years of age,, residues. They ymre well attended, ministers ,aiid peo ple coming in from the adjoining tojyns,' a con-. siderablc number of persons being,hop'efulJy. con-, I 1. 1, I . V i.. i r.! ■ I in'?! ofjiiT.iFh/tjv.U verted, witl| a prospect ( jWOula spread through, the county. Bev. flir. Kendall,. pastor of,, the Congregational chlirch jin YeVnon, , ,yhp i t? qommence fbe work,. m<jst,heartily sympathized with the meetings, and carrying,thep ; on. .. .. ! Upon, the, invitation of Drs. Shaw, Campbell and others of Rochester, whose church . sessions,;, i 1 • >. tl " ■ ‘ J . ■ . F. >’ -I-' ‘ by a unanimous vote,have combined in the move-, '••IT /! ' ' ' * *1 - * t K'J’Ji'li r•! 7 ft- { ment, ,Mr. Hammond will visit, that city,,and .ppiptpence a,, scries of meetings pn the,23d of the month. Let ( the ,prayers of G od’s. people vitation, .coming from the scene oi’ some of Mr. Hammond’s .most wonderful, earlier, labors, when* a,thousand and .one tvere gathered into the', churches, fropa the Sabbath scjiools alone, indication of the confidence felt in the permanence and,BOUiidness of ilie work. 1 ‘ ' I f i l;. t* l I.ft ;,I, ' i*\ .'' ■ . ';j if* ,I - !*■l) . r J, —... AvangellC' "We learn from 'leading* evangelical papers' of , that t|ie concluding part’of' ’Mr. flam-' mdpd’s labors in flat country, especially those in Sir, Spurgeon's'tabernacle, were among, the most remarkable and,'successful of tne whole. '‘Mr. Spurgeon introduced him to his'people' in a ser-i nion upon the words, fl Do’ not sin againtt ' the child (Gen. 42, 22,)' using the following lan guage in tnie opening: ' ' ' i - . “I .thought it meet, beloved .friends, as our. friend flr.’ Hammond is co'irifu'ghmbng'usto labor for 1 the' ‘'-conVetteioth of the iyoung, that b shohld tut it were, iliis tporning.,deliver,i the, preface ,to Ji,is Beries of Perhaps by enlisting the consideratiori anfl 1 thA affeSlfoUaWfjraVdrs ofGod't) pebple Lma'y.jbe doing more to.help, my,* friend in<his work .. fhunjf would be possible for me to do by,any otljer means." 1 ’’ ’ ■ ' , \. ' After a truly powerful sermon,' upon the con version'of children and,the duty of .the Church, 'to labor for it, he concluded, as follows:'' t I i H i-i i-' /•r.IJIIS.III <•<! iljiW ..' .IT “Will you not. deiir friends,, this afternoon, pray that Mr. Hain hiortii’s wdtfis may he■pbwdrful' aWng :tlie ,tlirdngiof‘ boys ajidigtrls*® (Will itfnotlbaia-ihatr-i , ter with.e very ope, here that, at .borne , you will plead, with Hod for a blessing ? and during 1 ' tliWeek will' you not maintain'a gracious'cdriceuuj ibf earnest sprayer that'(he,benedicdon'!ip ay .descend,, like-showers of gracious rain ,'upon UMjse. young plants ? ' Will'you not give us your best help if you' : see' any 'movements of Hod’s Spirit ? ■■ ! Wilt fyoii note Join to cheer and to instruct the newborn conyyr(,3?,’', iThe same afternoon,i.'Mr. Hammond,,preached; -to ,<me of the. greatest ; audiences; itihat,' etefygifth,-, ered ,ei|eu ifb that [ great tabernacle, numbering frhlm six th-^ghMilouswwf.personal >-;An, inquiry Meetings'Was held: at the, close, and many found anxious for theirisbulSo The meetings were, .continued during .the !f,eek, the g.reas tapqrnacle, being: well filled, night after, n|ght ; ;'. Among % marked features, of the meetings,'.,was the pinging of Mr. Hammond’s hymns with, the American jtunes, whiejh rolled up as a great, anthem., from ,‘thV ipiiUttqdes ;. of voices, maf king, a f sea of.squad, ) and of harmony almost celestial. ,: Amopg' the, earnest workersin the,inquiry meetings, were. Mrs. Bartlettj.teachmj.of .the great,Bible tioned in j; or our paper), and very, many of PHILADELPHIA, TIIHHSDAY, j manifestations of interest were at times well-aigh; ovferpbWeri'ng. ! 'TWb-thftdS' ofthe WbdtS ibdi-i •'■nee'would srttiSetimes rfitnaid to tlie'oH|iikfylfli4et-j lii^s j whiehj iVbtwith'Standnig'theiTiffip&bed^rited s»4. •*« ate'ihftfrtaed, : #erB i as'(ltliet l is44tSJ6'wsthj which We wbthfaftnliAr it/ this citj’ib 4 &68.' We, haVe-febeW’ rib 1 8dlih|klfe' : oF ; the’ hirilWlbflidßJreiM stons, bntl j lidding iMafttfee refeulti bfikittiilarinjl-, peiranCeS in’ this cbuntifyj'tliey niilslr-' | htt+e -been very griiat.'"■ ' ■ •'>' —!•■:< ««<• i.'*«l» ■ i Ah might’ have’ ‘bfeefl Sajjanrteohld mpt ■be’quiet* ilridet 1 firifidel,* jioftdbn 1 , 1 day,- bWt Sptirgedn ! a grudgfc, 'jdihbd ■ iftcsSshdlto df tbfc l bit terest atfdmost vitiilerifc' tiyp4 agaiiW : ®both-»MV.- Hairimobd'&hd Mr. l Sfiurgijtm j'Whibhl WeW kepbiip, : i* day after day, 1 and'rtslechbdd' by thefyrtSSsVrif'the l country f 'districfsV by afiiw'qfsfperSi ori.ttefis' teide’bf 'tbe'wbte'r. < ! Mr! 'Sputgedafelt itn'prfbssary.totake huff thfe pdfr}' id ; hiS ’ iSretbt-tf l drid l T , rty&tefyia< defence ’of l hi'B'fcddrBe:' :!i, 'Hte stated, in that‘the accusation- of l frightening the children',' ffiado by 'these papers,' Whs' httferlyunfounded; ’andthat 'Whatever diffefrehcfe , <rf:'dpinitfn.'ihfc^t«^>l , 6yaii'*>’iu ' fo^te. l '-Hammond’s mdtlwds,'»thidy f had 'evidently beed blest'if f'Godto' 'Mrl Hammond',"herald,bwiis &>prinde-<y preabherato l cbirdren.‘'tle , haB-hiS'iiitideof i w^fk4ii^"and : lwe 'huvb outaySnd 'he 1 >Hhd 'as 'hutch l rigbft' to cribidiSe nsi'as'wd to ! icrittei6e ,J hibi. ' cently held in Mr. SpuVghbtfte •Tabetiftkciiy/H'hDeihi 'betof the Clhutch' there says it"th«i Ghr&tian •■'Willtffiftir.'&?th: 1 ■ ■<•"* -'’'tbit j<*n i,b in»’t j. 1 “t-Was pt4sent nt>!m6st’Of'the>i^eetihgsiina^aels,. ,and caQ„b?ar; as ■ ito j igrpsf, ,go ( pd that was done. One School, with .which lam act qbaih , tefl l h l h’d : beeh''grteally'bldMed. 1 Miliy HoyS Who; : were Jrtcorrigible havel been niade tijilff penitent;!’ . "" 1 •‘lii.'irrrrr-, rg . .. I.J ,*.ui,L I' B j . ' !■ ,'n 1 THE HlGff 'l l'’ 1j ■- •<>■>«'*>•> vtn : • ,:i ho’ur bf |*reatAe&-'and :exdl-i 'tatidn’to- mar) 'whbn'hh 'first''fe fcik'i d 1 She - 'mighty thotight’tliat Saf caH''"6ohieS' J tfcf Blit frdm^henTdp,! th'd infinitk'a’ddfevferMstitigGcfif jhds&iWksiiitflby 1 him' to uhdertakej' a'WbrK ■ Isfr ‘‘[fliftf pmfißfth. i ■Gbedihiace 'to tbit cSkll’i# the" 'hew >■ life in the soul. A divine charge-is' rdefeived, a kinglv‘t ! ahkk'att!didf;'d, l in immortal 'fer.oWn se ''dur'eaj when obedient 'hjeart l ■re sponds'tii the daH, : “ here hml Intend-f A wVak'fcalh is'' mad4‘ kroUg, 4 timid map is made braSre,' tHe IrresoliitW- hecoines -matf'clfv "(juick 1 and 'find 1 ketfidton. When he the grahd^disc'o\ery'tAdthg is of bo nfniih 'honSe- ■ qaencd as^to o receive 1 k cimmiSßion Ireful'iifdiSlibg'' h'e'k th'e’.'bfan. arid the odly Uaifti 'iir Can do sOtabthing which 'thW’Soy : (•ei^i 1 oP thV t {jbiyerie desires to have 1 done/ "' J '“ j And this is the conVxctibn takes posses sion of*aman"wftBn"Wte*feels himself called pf, Gdd and fighti ; pgaiqst ,ail ;thei of ,qvi] i,n. .this. is th^,(first, highest act of ,when a.man fieekfhjpfpl.f-Jtp jand* • chosen, an.ij h" l ® .wqpk.set. befqfe Min ’by i the .Bpy w .ereign success in..y.qur search, You fliay; Sf.udyj^gpsge,und;.p | cienc,e, gnd ]iterature, ; andi .master thyin ,alji. You may clipib .to t})e places of.powqr, and Jpokj .doyen with proud supe->' :rmrity ( ,'up,qp :.yqjir .And jail suph, r _succep may r g-i(Ve r yqu. self-jreliance, courage, andj l increase of, lJut nothing can give youol 'so.much jgreatnesa pf soul,, such ( a true and estimate,ofj ( thp dignity of ypur.,own work,, ofthp .vajpe pf ypur own bpitjg, _as to .feel that you ajrej i the sqryautiOf the Most (Commission from the sqprenie aud qternal King.}, ,he has work. for ; you r to and everything blae must give yay to that. ; • , o . X’his ia.the liigh. jan'd’privilege ot eydry, ; Christian, pf every. uyyi, child who. obeys the command , ,of , Christ, “ follow.! me.” i .Every one who follows Christ,.shares with himr ! ffi;,«.!•»! .?<• >• n •!& an q»na ’bmijhißv o/i-.j! i ni ,in the divine work of dying go.od. Whatever i '*.ll" T. .. tu "HiP.l •<. 'Sl’gMlS'hi as'iijttle.iiii ; you do in His. name, to make the world better. ■ j-rT««>*s ;f: ; v" : ,i:;:-*( ! ilouisi ■ * -in, ;. rft. yop are entitled to believe is dooe r under a com? .missipn as honorable, and. as truty, divine, as that forth the archangel /rom the throne, of heaven. 'yWhateyer you do to explain, to, en force, to adorn, to exemplify the truth, to com ,t i if l :•!• <. •: iii > ’ ■; j. ; .!! .*• A >i} i f , • ‘j.; i • mend its claims to the, lumds and conbciences of men, you are permitted to believe is work, given vou in chartre by the infinite Vfoq‘ While you irk'iV '\-l !lJ fXy • « are engaged in doing it, you are honored an,d| commissioned* ihinister of the Most High’. If | ' •■ "- I j-r. J J'." ..* ,Wif ■,»*■* ,t ‘’Yr t WS*i 'i . llr . s ' you ever weary id well doi^ig ; j it. m ust be because you forget how great ah.d honorable a thing it is' to do anything for God, a thing itijs tp, be aco worker with |um filling ; the world with light and love. , , , There are some pprsqns.holding very humble positions in,the : word’, seem to, be divinely inspired.. cannot.talk with them, cajp,oj;,bq i ju | presonc ( & ( without (haying •' f " *<" -'i-’i ■ (!-Mi/i’) • £&**s■{ SQ«ne oyqr,you.,;, ,of : . th^m., Yep er l e, : 9n.ty, ) af'raid to or ; in .their, ipretenpft yfWißWWftf yon, spy#: -Ukp ,|tft(J^y9; ( jritJi i: y9q jtrouble JK»i thgpa fqr, cpipfoittjppd -sympa . % ■»< of life..,. .Thpir person,s are: j sacred in your estjmjrtp, < jYon fee} jsqfejr, in their anybody. else.,, .Apd the rea-; SPHifprtftU thjfi,pifl,!di9 t per- luring^,Gpd!ft,wprk, . You 4feeli,ithat|,,(Jpil,ia witbtheig..ip.,all, that,|tbey doJ fEhCte i?;a, tpuphing, l tender 1 n les9, 1 es9, ..there;, ip .a sapped 1 -dignityjapdipropßietyjatone, and;,.expression, of ipupity l; ,fth9Ut|.them,, which is,pot of .earth an.d | man alone. You feel that the spirit q£ , One must dwgUi hearts,and ..direct their cqryjupt.; (Aijd. tkpt,.divine, presence jwifhin them powS oyej?,their, felloe pneqr ..,;, ,; i ,Thatis,thp,k!ifldiefll9;haracter ajman pc-, qsftreg.hyi Dtuihkngtk»is T % t .fjUeerfja.l, 4 and eon ,eteni:eompliftnpfl[jril(h. I t|iei I diyhi,e, Sl 9iiU > „<‘ l tak^.p i p , thy .cross anifollcij?. m®”fQbeying ypuehare Christ in,,his,divj i pe pork pf, in struction, [an/bwerey- :i You eqme tp,,feelthat, he 'isi.yojir, daily companionand guid,e...jYpu.live : apd,:wqi!kpnjh?r. <his. je.ye. ~Y°o are influenced mojSiihyikisnpresence,.than-;by.the presence of ■yopr feiiow,,linen, j t In.all jdppfytfulqoprses you .deeidCjhy.yppr,- judgment,, gf u tvh afc , will please Lflihn.ilqlipunpphit, tamil ,krly,and i .tjfustipgly,.f ll .,You,feql r flis; presenqq,in jhe prcwd aplv.eli as r in, thp closet, in. the . .places ftfi, toil pndj bnsipe£§p pndjpecreatipn aSyWell'.as, in ithpt,the pp,vyers, of the itihsee r n iWotldprpfttllarpupd; you,.apd you are ppnstSntly.JiftedoHPi led,, ip, < character tby.thfi oonpeionspesa of ypffls high ,citizenship, in .the-jkiMgdotoiofheawp.-,v(,::„'i ■uHiTdiiq id the 'kindofticharacter. we 'shall all do well 1 d to * cultivated'• Thismis' the igreatnesfy.aQci <pwwhr,«iawd-iserenity!lofimirid whichicomefrbtn acoeptingjbjir high cPtnmlssioh to.;follbw! .Christ 1 <ip ' ill 'tbe jathfei.df a prite,' earnest, benevolent' .life.' .Letyour spirituali eye TestidniOhrist, let your 'heart bp *toi&y6t<interested iiiviHis< ‘Work■ and,■ the' careless uohhewrh^whodqojis.caf,,youi f lfor &1 no-' lyonoihedr :>ao!voice'heocannot hehrjyouihave a" peace fee’hasinot'known'. over mem io' •do themi;good‘, < will i oom r fact that ibeliOveyoii to'he' 'korking;for , 'Godi<walkio l g)witlhC Ghd.,1 1 ,ohidst hiinfeelf iw6uld : do iri your place to blesß and saveithe«6ulsbfiihien.'J<! i.iv; ’ a nvrn atncvio* ~r— d“ip it ;*• <|j;! Oiij t<-ni >'i j|!ss iPfiO'FESghKi ‘.jAOO*IU%IOi((AIiDKGja£NT Semu nary has aa able amtiintierestiug-arbicleioii the 7 yniap,, jnumbfer ; of,the;rf4^ le^4: - 1 ?'' 1 ddiiesttyteriap ,The historical |U,oiiqp3 t ojf in. ijhe (.churches ■ of., the. Country arej but the, pith of,;thp, Article ,\s, we. pres_ame v the' closing ;part,in great appearance jpf of ,the, Pittsburgh Cir, [ealsr i£,uude,rtiken),a;id. disunion, on the “Stand,-. •ards p.uye and ,simple,’’..among,.ourselves,,,igj re-, .commended. ■. Erom ( the ;i remai;kB ( of the writer on ■the Tenth Ar,ticlp,,.we are,perhaps .not,mistaken in supposing himifilling- to; surrender,it,,but; the uulwppy, ambiguity ,0/,. th,e expressions, leaves us jin■ doubt.,Not in, the. least. uncertain, howgyer, .arp; w e ,p£ what,,reconciles Dr. Jacobus surrender,of,, the if .surrendered .it..,im(st nVe, /uTlsis. Article/' hej.pays; S‘cau be relinquished, j>uly because the right ;o^ f ,ex,amipation,,’nee,ds, np, h,fprljial'assertion,,f .„h. <, The. relinquish.-.- ment of,.thei' Article ,would,,not reljnquish.the,! right,which,it, asserts.’, 1 ’ 7I , ~1, ‘f, Asitp the liberal]clauses,of the, Fijrst|,.A : ';tj l e|e l) ! .the wishes, of; .distinctly, expressed*,, advocate , the,!omission/,ofpie§dless..clauses jn„the.;Birst.Article,’,’;i&c., (The ijadjfl? are ours.) The Tenth Article may or ioipitted.j [ ,the .clauses ; pf t]h | e J^irpt|,jjipst,gpi n,as,, a master | q(\ , j course,. ,And yfo ?,, ‘j- , liberty, provided therein, of, the Calviqistie system.,,,And jf the plain and be Jo adhpi[e. Jo„.the .Calvinistic or jßefarmed,sense jof-the ( is the sense of claiming explain- ,and expound within; that.penpe ?ri?or this„.if.‘it,inean nothing more.and ruuoh, means iror%- ing worth, this is of Is a. grave ;in,consistency. here ? are adopted, .have the “ .pffetjttp amend opr Gon (essmn ‘ 1,, r . ‘ t Andris not this, the. grand error , which' is going through the.whole O'd School Church,, that; what is merely a priiicij>le qf.i/ilerpfetation proposed in the Ejrst Article,, is. an amendment, of the JConfession,? ” oanjyp^injelli/: Genesee Evangelist. ISTo. 1183. i;i<ov ui;(!i 3.; ;j : ~ ; ; gently make;qf .fjvis eqpfict of; ideas, which first represents thei clausesoas’ of.nO'effect, and then repudiates them’Wah -ameßdiheßt? A judicious -principle’ of interpretation can only ,be .viewed andfepiidiatfed asJamamendmenify byi those who have a dogmatic interpretation of their .own which ,'tHey wish to< establish <as ekeludive, find -whichmightbe judged; incorreot or inadequate, if a reasonable rule of interpretation were admit ted! JTtey jvbo are sure [they- are lalone right in ;their htftfisrstidhdirigiofithel Confession,. do not 'Wish tb'hear talki6f! theipFinoiple3iQ£rihterpreta hi i Brofeseos,;of iiAlfegidny tnoWs iwhatrhe;-i's ab'oub,r:WiheiJ, speak iing’df theifeamet/bingjihe glides sosmoothly from '‘‘ neediest iclausesj’ J )t6:‘i amendment of, the Con feSsion.’fi'f" /,! -r-.•! „ (J .. , , We ninst bake'-this opportunity earnestly to ' pretest’ < msenof sthephrase, “ The and simple,” in this , connection, •ifr. not usd it.in. his Article, but it idridb Currency.; : Werregardit as inappro- lflnj list’ to the 'Work of-the Joint Commit- the people. ’Nbthihgof’theisofbihaybave beenimeant imthe begin theqihrasejfiused, there is'hn impression thafcthelsJioiaifc Committee 'pTdposedeomethiogtftneiidatoryofiiliß: Standards in their Basis. If they did this anywhere, jt,was in"the Tenth', or; Disciplinary; nOt'int the-Fir.:#., or doctrinajiiclause.i Theyidid.not tainch r .they never thdughtJof'touching the. doebriaea of the.' Confes sion. The'Standards pure are part of their Basis,'jnsi'as the 'Holy- Scriptures dre., And ! because' they 'simply, -revivod. the’ did fundamental ' thle df Ame rican *Presbyterianisra, .which recog nizes-th‘e difference between- essentials and mon ies sehtiais in Calvinism, J thpy ;pannpt,jexcept by ibigdtSjibe'regarded as> abandoning! mr amending i: thC “ Standards'pure and simple.” Imj/.y 1 ; 1, . j. ’ v . -J. p , J. ~ Ll , n'.'. l n i]?CBMC S-EfijrjMKN;?,—Qa .an,in side-pageiiWe'give, of- the -.question be tween license ;in. Massachusetts, showing w; decided iraaotipn An£rt!pr-pf, ,the former Ipolicy. •: tTh&itriadjpf tbe ltoense has re- Widt>}(b in'i«trecgtheniag,fche?pftblie-,B<iiiti£u6ot in •fevarof theiprohibitory daw>jiand-,ejSiell branches the Government'.acQ bu the-gidetof, ,the law, it now looks as if it would; be Stated: under more ]f^yp^able f circunistanp^. ) tl}|i^ r! eYpi: J , l ip, the Bay i J(! We ; #e 4 ais(} H 4p^Ffg^ J ljjj; tjhe, reporters !sbftt ; in, f clnaugq,i-at|ipn festivities at tba i Gftp}tal,J‘ liquors: is pro .hib;itpdj sl® j&q!#FJ^PS? e is! Jjp epnducted on, f tempera9ce, i prin l cip]es.” |II Jp [ ,, i e9|miectipn too wjtb,tb® jßwfl?’vQele^yft IJfew |i9rk City. : on iit l is out of com plimen i tito, i tbe I mun.y ! |ladi,^ ! w^ J o,pr)e, expected to ptb-:,.: p'm.iuiniif-sc-a V> !:;;‘r t- ■l*l' V.'i i ' . -/viM •'liiW U' l -*ii r.' Jj V;i \ are glsjd,, to see. our city courts meeting the late outbreaks of crime by, the ‘ prompt adminis tration of justice. ‘ In the" quarter 'sessions du ring lie last iys ! than * twenty-one con victiojns were bad, ’ for'' violations of the.eigiti 'cgifiwj>nime,nt id' Varfdua degrees, soma on two and' tiriebills of indict ’nlerit; 'and' s&hlebc'es 1 were 1 pro'rfbunCed, amount ing, 1 in' 'the ‘aggregate, to'aboik 'thirty years' ■ im prisonment. 1 ' Senlfeh c 6 -of !j 'dfeath : '\Vas also pro noubteed upo'n''Grerald’’Eb!t6n r f<ir''the unprovoked mWder 'of Txmotiy HeefiaH. 7 . l Eum l as usual was factors l in tie deed.’" Judge Peirce, 'said 1 : : r ' >; ■ ‘ * Yqoispa'lht 'you? victim at ? ’nfiiJ"ii:glit, and sud- J <l^nS4‘>UroO&liV'b : im.fkce to face With'death and the ■;i of. jefce^nity.; By :a. r repiarkal>le cor Ja. the pro'vufenee 'of God/ you, too, at ofliidhigbti.by’itbe ’verdict of the fpi,- and teach us that as we sow so also shall we reap.; • ill „V:f: if | ; j l’ .' V ; iV ' openlng^lifeuA'4p'^o,!i^t^tihe’|,oriti cism of a'new bperatib ptece, p3rfdfiued an the %Urllt ry.‘ 1 tlnfor tunalely'for iir. J Bitfepian s s treasury'” says the critic, *• there is no possible objection te'the new 'ojlfera bouffe f o'U I:i ti'e score of morality.’* Comment "is’ altogether ifnnccessary, hut the critic deserves. to he called to accounlfer failing to* niter 1 a-soli tary-word of 'ip'firbval of' the moral fone of tie -piece, in the ’three-quarters of a 'colamn which inferiority as tO’ftOtostruclanope cor'rei#' m'oril •‘prlncijfes, that will, prove 4t pecuniary Bucfees3, is-so hopplbss, crifieshave nOkaworcL of encouragement ‘to to’ the author-. Is tikis iot the fair’itfereuce ? —.Mr. Spurgeon has been heard to say:: I receive about forty children a year, into my church, and about two persons are excommunicated every year, alwavs adults. I have never had o’ccasiou to cx .• T . -'V.,; : ' <■ ’ -■ communicate a child. *.■ J J>IC« i'lT | Home & Foreign Miss. $2.00. v jiidiiress 1—1334 Chestnut Street. l I'.Wl !''. B !.
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