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THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 1869.
REV. JOHX W. REARS, D. D., Editor.
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Church.
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St. Church.
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Hill Church.
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465“ How we went to Switzerland , by G. W.
M, Missionary Touring in India, 111., Serious
Questions, Installation Services at Baltimore ,
Presbytery of Pittsburg, Church Erection at
Atco, page 2nd; Editor's Table, Literary In
telligence. The New Chicago Tunnel, ConcerV
Pitch, Rival of the Great Eastern, page 3rd;
The Better Land, ( Original Poetry,) The Dog
Spitzi in the Reformation, 11, Imprisoned. Sun
beams, How Window Glass is Made, How to
Talk, Confess Ignorance, page 6 th; Religious
Intelligence, Reformed Churches, Congrega
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The 0. S. church, of Hermon, Pa., com
posed of such It. P.’s as dissent from the Stuart
suspension, recently built a church iu a fort
night, holding prayer-meeting every night. The
“dew of Hermon” is descending upon them.
Wilmington has thirty-two churches to
thirty thousand people. Twenty-eight are or
thodox Protestant bodies.
Quakers as Indian Agents. —Gen. Grant
is choosing a good plan of carrying out his pro
gramme for the Christianization and civilization
ef the Indians. He has caused letters to be writ
ten to members of the Society of Friends in ' this
eity, asking them to nominate persons fitted for
the position of Indian Agents and pledging him
self to do all in his power to comply with the re
cent Memorial presented by the Yearly Meeting.
No compliment to a religious body could be high
er or better deserved.
—Our Old School brethren are pushing a
number of subordinate educational schemes with
vigor. One in Terre Haute, Ind., contemplates
a Eemale College, with an endowment of
8200,000 ; another for the same class at Cham
bersburg, Pa., has secured means to pay for a
handsome site, proposes to raise $150,000 more,
and aims at an ultimate endowment of $500,000.
Our own branch has some finely endowed and
prosperous institutions, but they are by far too
few, and the interest of our people in such enter
prises is with difficulty raised to the point of
liberality.
—Among the worthy pasters, in the other
branch, who are .at this time receiving evi
dence of a belter appreciation from their peo
ple, we are glad to chronicle our friend, Dr.
Bittenger, of Sewickleyville; his salary has
been raised to $2,000, besides a commodious
parsonage. We notice, too, that the salary of
Rev. J. Addison Henry, of Princeton church,
W. P., has been increased $l,OOO, and that his
oharge are giving many substantial indications
of inward and outward prosperity.
A GREAT DAY IS THE FIRST CHURCH.
Forty-three persons united with the First
church, thirty three by profession and ten by
letter, last Sabbath. Both Mr. Barnes and Dr.
Johnson officiated at the Lord’s Table. Dr.
Johnson spoke of Mr. Barnes as the sower, and
himself as the reaper of the spiritual harvest.
No such ingathering has taken place in this
church for over a quarter of a century.
In the afternoon, a mission school among the
colored population was opened in Liberty Hall,
Lombard St. Both the pastors were present,
and took part in the exercises. More teachers
than were immediately necessary offered them
selves, and over a hundred scholars.
THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN, THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 1869.
REUNION ITEMS.
The Presbyterian Banner, 0. S., (Pittsburgh)
some weeks ago indulged in exceedingly ill-hu
mored and incredulous allusions to our declaration
that the policy recommended by the New School
Reunion Committee was designed to preserve the
liberal-orthodox position of our body. We made
this declaration bqfore the report of the Commit
tee had appeared. Since it has, the Banner has
had no further remarks on that branch of the
subject, but in its last number—March 3d—it
advocates at length the dropping of the Xth Ar
ticle, and the acceptance of the recommendations
of our Committee as a Basis of Reunion. Has it
abandoned its indignation at the liberal-orthodox
policy ? Docs it consider such indignation con
sistent with an earnest advocacy of the Basis of
our Committee? Or is it inscribing a consent
and agreement to tbis liberal-orthodoxy upon the
unwritten heart-contract which is to be framed
between us? We are well pleased with the Ban
ner’s zeal for our Committee's specific suggestion
as far as it goes, hut shall we ever have an ex
plicit understanding with it, on the other matter
involved?
With The Presbyterian Of this city, we have
such an understanding. It frankly and openly
avows its dislike of the Committee’s declaration
of adherence to liberal construction. It says:—
“This it seems to us, is reintroducing the
Gurley amendment, which had just been hand
somely bowed out.”
It does not think Reunion
“Will be accomplished by each Bide standing
upon its own terms, or acceding to the claims of
the other, in such a way as practically to say that
they omit what they do not omit—that they yield
what they do not yield—that they surrender what
they mean to retain.”
In its,issue of March 6th, it manifests some
trepidation at the recent movement of Dr. Eagle
sod, a well-known advocate of Reunion in that
branch, against the rule of examination, against
the whole practice in that church since the divi
sion, and in favor of the repeal of the Xth Article
in the Basis. Dr. E. has also offered to open a cor
respondence with a view to procure from the
Presbyteries in his church who have voted for
striking out the Smith and Gurley clause
a similar vote for striking out the Xth Article.
Although this is just what is necessary to bring
the 0. S. Presbyteries into exact accord with the
recommendations of our' Committee, The Pres
byterian hopes the scheme will fail. It says:—
“We may be willing, in the end, to give up the
Tenth Article, if the inherent right of examina
tion is conceded by our brethren. . . . Rut
while the Presbyterian Church is exposed to the
incursicn of young men, fresh from Andover,
with the shreds from Professor Park’s theology
in their hands, we shall stand by the right of ex
amination, and try, on all proper occasions, and
in all proper ways, to see that the right is exer
cised. . . . Dr. Eagleson surrenders the
Tenth Article, and accompanies it by an argu
ment to show that our Church has always been
wrong in her rule on the subject of examinations.
The path to union does not lie that way.”
That remains to be seen.
Since writing the above, we have received a
copy of an address prepared and issued by a meet
ing of ministers of the other branch held in Pitts
burgh, March sth. This address to Presbyterians
of both branches is so fraternal in tone, and comes
so well up to our own New School position, that
we only regret the comparatively informal ’and
entirely unofficial character of the document. We
quote a few sentences:
Perfect unanimity, however, ought not to be
expected. Diversities belong to mankind. They
belong to even the operations of the Spirit. No
two individuals, either as men or Christians, think
precisely alike. In the Church, then, as in every
other community, forbearance is to be regarded a
virtue. “How far?” you ask. The answer must,
necessarily, be somewhat indefinite. Something
must be left to good sense and kind feelings. It
is so in every partnership. .. . . All that is
asked is an honest reception of the same honored
symbolsand this demand is not' understood to
restrict either ministers or people in a due exer
cise of Christian liberty. And the precise bouifd
aries of a due exercise of liberty cannot be fix§d
in advance. They are to be determined from day
to day, and from age to age, by the body. A
creed states principles, church courts expound
and apply those principles.
Such distinct avowals of what we have been
accustomed to regard as peculiar to our own de
nominational position,—as, in fact, involving the
essence of all New School “heresy,”—have never
appeared in the editorial columns of aDy Old
School paper, even of those considered most in
sympathy with ourselves. While advocating Re
union with us, these organs have studiously
avoided any frank and trustful recognition of
this prevalent and powerful sentiment in our
body. Reunion was to be achieved by coldly ig
noring it. Henee our anticipation that in- Re
union it would find its death. We rejoice to see
tokens of a contrary spirit.
Following these and similar declarations, are a
series of resolutions which are recommended to
the Presbyteries for adoption: providing for the
removal of the Xth article as well as the familiar
clauses in the Ist; also authorizing the coming
Assembly to consummate Reunion on the Basis
as thus amended, and with any further amend
ments which may be approved by the concurrent
vote of three-fourths of the General Assemblies.
These recommendations and the address, which are
signed W. D. Howard, Chairman; A. C. Mc-
Clelland, Secretary, are almost identical in gen
eral character and object with the address and
recommendations recently issued by our own
Union Committee; if they meet a general ras-
ponse in the other body, they will prove the two
bodies to be closely allied in spirit, and will make
it the more wonderful, that agreeing so nearly on
the most vital point in the whole transaction, —
doctrinal liberty —they should not find room for
an explicit avowal of that agreement, like the
Gurley clause, anywhere in the Basis of Reunion.
Strange enough, too, in this view, is a single clause
in the description of a right union, given farther
on in the Address. We italicise the clause:
Into such a union we, as fur as in us lies, pro
pose to enter —a union conserving truth, guaran
teeing liberty, cherishing good will, judging chari
tably, helping with delight, loving, promoting
love, showing ourselves worthy of love.
We supposed the object of the Address was to
promote a union without guarantees. In the
second paragraph of the address it is said :
To secure, under the bond, strictness on the
one side and liberty on the other, explanations
and guarantees have been tried. These have
proved unsatisfactory.
Do the brethren really understand themselves?
Do they after all intend to give us a guaranteed
liberty ? They make it plain that they mean
we shall have liberty, but about securing guaran
tees they are by no means clear.
We have freely criticised the course of our
New York cotemporary on Reunion. It has
given us pain to disagree with our good brethren
in their mode of viewing some of the aspects of
this momentous question. It gives us all the
more pleasure to declare our cordial assent when
their views accord with our own. The leading
article of their last week’s issue contains so much
that meets our views, that we would gladly lay it
entire before our readers. We give such extracts
as our space permits. The Evangelist is answer
ing comments of The Presbyterian, (0. 5.,) of
this city, in reference to omitting the Xth article
from the Basis. It says :
“ One intimation of The Presbyterian on this
point we confess quite startles us. ‘We are but
giving,’ it says, ‘ fair warning to our brethren of
the Other Branch when we say that there are
many in our Church who will immediately de
mand that the right of examination shall be ac
knowledged as an inherent right of tho Presby
tery, and will carry this claim of right up through
all the Courts of the Church until it is recognized
by the highest tribunal and made thus the law
of the Church.’ We supposed there would be
more or less of dissent in different quarters what
ever agreements should be adopted. • Bat surely
we were not prepared for such a belligerent spirit
as this indicates. Is this a specimen of what we
are to look for all along the line, if the Standards
pure and simple are to be accepted without ex
planations or agreements ? Is this the end of a
measure recommended as ‘magnanimous; honor
ing to the Great Head 'of the Church, and ex
pressive of mutual respect and confidence, be
coming Christian gentlemen professing the same
faith and polity ?’ If feo, we should like to know,
at leajfc on which side ,our reunion brethren in
that Church, who so cordially invited us to the
feast of love, expect to be ranged. Some of these
agreements are of great importance to us. The
Presbyterian refers to the Second Article as one
that must be given up if the Tenth is. Are we
goiag to have a like contest over that? Is ‘the
claim’to be ‘carried right up through all the
Courts of the Church,’ that the few respected and
beloved churches standing among us on the Plan
of Union shall be expelled from the body ? Until
we know something about matters of this sort, one
article at a time of the agreements into which our
Assemblies have entered is, we think, quite enough
for us to abandon.
Tke Presbyterian takes exception to the words
of the Reunion Committee as contained in the
following sentence: 'lt must, however, be well
understood that, by agreeing to the omission in
question, the Presbyteries do not relinquish nor
deny the right to all reasonable liberty in' the
statement of views,’ &c., and regards them as
only a ‘ re-introducing of the Gurley amendment
which bad been handsomely bowed out.’ The
exception seems curious. Of course the Commit
tee did not' mean to relinquish that right. We
never supposed our brethren wished us to do so.
It was the ambiguity of the language, or its lia
bility to be misinterpreted, that we understood
them to object to. If the omission of the two
amendments implied an agreement to the ipsis
sima verba theory of the adoption of the Conies-*
sion, none of us would consent to it. Our Church
are, we believe, a body of true Calvinists of the
stamp of the Confession land Catechisms. And to
the system of doctrines contained in our Stand
ards, they mean steadfastly to adhere, whether in
the proposed union or out of it. But surely they
never did nor can consent to tie themselves and
each other to one.set of words and phrases in their
statement and exposition of those doctrines. If
our brethren expect, that, it is well that the Com
mittee introductidthe sentence; for wehavehere
tofore never understood them to require it. We
believe, as The Presbyterian thinks, both the
Churches are coming more and more to believe,
that ‘ each holds and preaches the same faith —
that each holds and administers the same polity.’
But there are minor differences, and there will
be where there is any freedom of thought; and,
on these, while we do not intend to coerce others,
we are by no means disposed ourselves to Buffer
coercion. We do not believe our brethren intend
to deny us this liberty, and if not, why should
they object to the very moderate and general
statement of it in the address of the Reunion
Committee ?”
Referring to the seeming vacillation of the
friends of Reunion in the other branch, the
Evangelist says:
“ It was, no doubt, a wise purpose on the part
of the former to preserve by all proper means the
integrity of their own numbers. But something
was due to those who were disposed to act cor-;
dially with them though in the other body, as
well as to those in their own who, after all that
has been done to please them by these repeated
changes, will probably 1 tmer a sturdy no when
the final vote comes.’ Indeed the great difficulty
between us and a portion of the friends of union
on the other side, has been an apparent forget-
fulness on their part, that there was another party
to be consulted in this matter besides the oppo
nents of the whole scheme among the old leaders
of their own party.”
FROM OUR ROCHESTER CORRESPONDENT,
(The first part of this letter is on the first page.)
REVIVAL IN BUFFALO,
God is doing great things in Buffalo. The
work began among the Methodists, but has ex
tended into the Presbyterian churches. The
North church, under the faithful ministry of the
Rev. W. Calkins, is especially moved; more so
perhaps than at any previous time in its history.
Meetings are held every nforning at eight o'clock,
and again in the evening, conducted by the pas
tor, pervaded by deep and powerful feelings. It
is thought that about one hundred have passed
from death unto life ; and still the work is going
on. Meetings are held every evening, also, with
considerable interest, in the First church.
WHAT BUSINESS TO THEM ?
We see that one of the Catholic churches of
Auburn wants to have the priest of their own
choice ; bub the Bishop says they must have
another, whom they heartily dislike; a beautiful
illustration of the tyranny of the Romish system.
What right have the people to. say who shall
preach to them ? Why should they not go sub
missively, like dumb cattle, just where they are
driven? The Bishop is determined they shall;
and so, as they will not have the - priest of his
appointment, he shuts up their church, and tells
them they shall not have any service in it, until
they submit to. his authority. How long would
a Protestant congregation submit to such one man
tyranny ?
ANOTHER OUTRAGE.
We had our city election this week. Our law
requires the closing of all grog shops within a
quarter of a mile of the polls; and the Mayor
caused the law to be enforced. What inconve
nience this must have caused many thirsty men!
What right has the government so to interfere
with the convenience and comfort of the sover
eign people ? Hasn’t a man a right to sell whisky
where he will; or to buy it at every corner of
the streets ?
We know it is said that strong drink makes
trouble at the polls; interferes with the peace and
security of elections. But does not strong drink
make trouble other days, and interfere with the
quiet and safety of the community at all times ?
Ah ! how easy it is for the government to be in
consistent with itself. It shuts the grog shops
on certain days, just for the sake of the public
welfare. Why not shut them every day, for the
same reason; and so save the people from three
fourths of the crime and pauperism and wretch
edness under which now they groan? Surely, the
time must come when greater consistency and
humanity will rule our legislation on this sub
ject. Genesee.
Rochester, March 6, 1869,
PROTESTANT TRACTS.
We are glad to see a number of new tracts
thrown abroad by the American and Foreign
Christian Union , none too soon for the impend
ing crisis. The Roman Catholic View of Educa
tion is one, and Should Protestants send their
Children to Catholic Schools? another—both
treating a point of practice which .has reached
alarming proportions. The propagandists of
Romanism in the United States show the
quality of the men and measures through which
the Papacy expects to bring this country within
the sweep of the never abandoned project of
universal dominion. Americanized Romanism
shows that the vicegerency of tRe Papacy for
bids the idea of anything but hypocrisy in the
Jesuitical pretence of the Romish Church to
modify itself to our institutions, and that, while
seeming to Americanize Romanism, the real pur
pose is to Romanize America. These and others
in the same interest, are carefully and ably
written, with thoughts well condensed, and well
studied grounds of statements. The late and
peculiarly - Jesuitical enterprise by a Catholic
Publication Society in 'this country, has made
it especially important that we should have a
distinctly Protestant tract effort, and it is emi
nently suitable that the Union should make this
work one of its own departments. We speak of
the Catholic Society as a Jesuitical movement,
because of the disingenuous character of its pub
lications. They are prepared, not for its own
people, but for a broadcast circulation among
Protestants, and under a seemingly candid ex
hibition of Romanism, they leave the reader in
profouud ignorance of those elementary parts of
the system where the Antichrist stands revealed,
and where the germ of spiritual despotism lies
vital, awaiting only the right external influence for
another growth bearing the same bitter fruit as
ever. The new issues of the Union contain a reply
to the most widely circulated of these Jesuit
tracts, Is it honest ? Overwhelming testimony
gathered from Romish authority, exposes in that
tract as much of a prevarication and falsehood
as would be well crammed into four pages of
matter, and leaves it powerless for harm, except
where outside and irrelevant'influences smother
Christian candor.
It is hoped and expected that the Union will
multiply issues of this kind, and give them the
widest possible circulation. It is hoped that
they will use, not alone their own press, but
gather id from other Boards of Publication, a
full handed Protestant tract literature, telling us
in short sentences; and from unquestionable
authority, just what Romanism is, what its reli
gious, political and social instincts are, and what
it means to do and is doing in this country.
The truth is, our people, as a whole, know very
little of the viper whose life, dying out- of the
old world, we are here revivifying. They see
Romanism only in the meek Jesuitical disguise
here assumed for propagandist ends. They have
not read the decretals of councils, the Papal
bulls, thd vicegerent assumptions and other
fundamentals which are held as the unchange
able basis of the Papal authority. Now let the
Union tell us of these things, and pass them
along from hand to hand, from city to city, and
from State to State. Let us' read, and then let
us judge;
|bta af fur ©lrattos.
ministerial.
Rev. TFm. Aikman, late of Wilmington, Del.,
was installed pastor of the Spring Street Church ,
New York, on Wednesday evening, 3d inst. In
the absence of Rev. Dr. Booth, on account of
sickness, the Rev. Dr Bonar, late of Montreal,
preached the sermon on “ Except the Lord build
the house,” &c., Ps. 127: 1. The Moderator,
Rev. Dr. Lathrop, of New Haven, presided, and
put the Constitutional questions. The Rev.
Robert Aikman, of Elizabeth, N. J., brother of
the pastor, gave the charge to the pastor, and
Rev. Jas. D. Wilson, the late pastor, the charge
to the people. The venerable Dr. Samuel H.
Cox, the second pastor of the church, gave in
conclusion, a brief but, with its reminiscences of
the fifty years since his settlement there, deeply
interesting, address. The very large audience,
the peculiar relations of the speakers, the happy
and evident enthusiasm abroad made the occasion
memorable.
Rev. C. T. Berry has received a call to the
church of Caldwell, N. J.
Rev. E. P. Ackerman of Hughsonville, N. Y.,
has served the First church (0. S.) of East Bos
ton, Mass., three months, and lias received a
unanimous call to become their pastor.
Rev. R. M. Overstreet left the church of Sand
wich, 111., February 21st, and moved to Fort
Scott, Kansas. Elder M. B. Castle supplied the
vacant pulpit with great acceptance on a recent
Sunday evening, when the minister who was ex
pected failed to appear, and the members of the
session, to which three have been added, appear
determined not to let the work cease for want of
an ordained minister. The church numbers one
hundred members, and is sixty miles West of
Chicago.
“ Our contributor, Rev. Arthur T. Pierson, of
Waterford, N. Y., has accepted a unanimous Gall
to the Fort St. Presbyterian church, of Detroit,
at a salary of $3,000 and moving expenses, and
expects to be in his new field in about four
weeks.” —The Advance.
Rev. E. Marsh has closed his labors in the
church of Mt. Carroll, 111.
Rev. J. G. Fackler presses his resignation of
the Central church of San Francisco. Many
leading members are unwilling to give him up.
Rev. Mr. Newell succeeds Rev. J. R. Ham
mond as pastor of our church in Placerville,
Cal. The latter retires from ill-health, and the
former has entered on his labors.
Rev. L. Hamilton, of Oakland, Cal., is get
ting help from queer quarters. The Unitarian
church of San Francisco (Rev. Mr. Stebbing’s)
took up a collection of $lOO on a recent Sabbath
to enable him “ to bring his views before the
public,” i. e. to publish his forthcoming book.
Clmrcbes.
Englewood, N. J. —The corner-stone of the
new Gothic church edifice was laid February 22.
The services were held in the chapel, and were
participated in by Methodist, Reformed, Episco
pal, Presbyterian (Old and New School) clergy
men. Rev. James H. Dwight, the first pastor,
read a paper which he had prepared, giving
the history of the enterprise which is in a new
town en the Hudson, some fourteen miles„from
New York, and connected with the Fourth Pres
bytery. It has now a membership of 118, and
is rapidly increasing its power and usefulness.
The building, when complete, will accommodate
about 800 persons. It is to be of red sandstone,
with white sandstone trimmings.—TheEvangel
ist.
Irvington, N. Y. —The Presbyterians of this
place, are electing opposite their present place
of worship a beautiful church, into which they
soon expect to remove. It is of marble and blue
stone, to be handsomely fitted up, and to cost
about $70,000.
Washington, I). C. —General Grant is a con
stant attendant at Dr. Sunderland’s (First Pres
byterian) church, Washington City, and his chil
dren are regularly in their places at Sabbath
school.—Exch.
Manchester, Mich. —This church has been rap
idly gaining ground both in spiritual and tempo
ral matters since Rev. J. Gordon Jones took the
pastoral charge two years and a half ago. The
church has become self supporting, the Sunday
school has gained new life, and the prayer meet
ings new power. The- old inconvenient house of
worship has grown too small, and has been so
changed and enlarged at a cost of $3OOO, as to
make it quite a new affair. It was rededicated
January 10th, and enough was then raised to
pay all debt on church and parsonage, and to in
sure both for three years. On the following Sab
bath, twenty were added to the church, and many
more are seeking the Way of Life, the fruits of
a revival without precedent in the history of the
place. ’
Marquette, Mich. —This church has not yet
called a pastor, though such a statement appeared
in this paper a few weeks since. It is a growing
church, in a growing’ town; has one of the finest
church buildings in the north-west, and pays a
sailary of $2,000 and will soon be able to he in
increase it.
ChiUicothe, Mo.—The O. S. church of this
place has joined our body, and is now supplied by
Rev. Si Sawyer, formerly of East Tennessee
Presbyteries.
The Presbytery of the District of Columbia ,
held a special meeting on February 23d, at the
Western Presbyterian church,.Washington City,
when a call from the First Constitutional Pres
byterian church, Baltimore, was presented to
“ eT ’ x ~* e P“ e [ l D- Noyes to become its pastor.
Mr. Noyes signified his acceptance of the call,
and the following Committee was appointed for
his installatura, namely: the Moderator, Rev.
. . Clover, to preside and propose the Con
stitutional questions; Rev. Peter B. Stryker,
DD.,—at the request of the church and by
invitation of the Presbytery— to preach the ser
mon; Rev. Byron Sunderland, D.D., to give
the charge to the pastor, and Rev. J N.
Coombs to deliver the charge to the peopie.
This is the fourth installation for the Pres
bytery during the past year. Rev. Dr. Sun
derland has received a call to a prominent field
in Brooklyn, N. T. Geo. H. Smyth,
, , Stated Clerk.
*• S. A branch of the. Evangelical AUi
ance has been organized here, Hon. Peter Par
ker, President The_ Fair of the T. M. C. A.
is being, held in their new building, corner of